Metronome

By; Chibi Ra Chan

Part of GreenifyMe's Zutarian Week Challenge

Theme 4 of 7;

Notes; Sorry that it's a little late. I had this finished and then it closed for no apparent reason, and I had to re type the whole this. -facedesk- Anyway, This is loosely based on Irrel's The AU . Please enjoy.

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"You lied to me!"

Azula calmly paused from drinking her coke slurpie to glance at a soaking wet Zuko who has glaring menacingly at her. His clothing hung limp from the extra water that was weighting them down. And there were pieces of grass or some other kind of foliage sticking to his face.

The 15 year old ignored his comment all together. "The seaweed monster look isn't really working for you Zuzu."

He tore the plant from his face and glared even harder. "You lied to me!"

"I've heard." she took a long sip from her frozen treat. "So she pushed you into the pond?"

"What gave it away?" With a huff he sat down across from her on the picnic table.

Azula started to pull the other contents of her 7-eleven bag out. Zuko looked specifically interested in the pack of Twinkies that Azula was currently unwrapping.

"I thought you said she liked me." He reached for the pastry but she smacked his hand away.

"She does like you." she bit into the Twinkie and Zuko's eyes twitched .

"Then why did she-" He was interrupted. When Azula shoved the other pastry into his mouth. He struggled to not choke to death.

"Why does everyone come to me with their problems? Geez do I look like you're therapist or something. You're 16, aren't you supposed to know these kinds of things?"

She took a long sip of her slurpie while Zuko swallowed the last of his impromptu desert. He raise an eyebrow accusingly.

"Azula, what exactly do you mean by 'everybody'?" Suddenly it dawned on him.

His sister grinned darkly, and Zuko came to the conclusion that she was an evil, manipulative, dictator, under the disguise of a little girl. Yes, Azula was pure unadulterated pg-13 evil. He'd even dare to say that she gave Toph a run for her money.

"You!" He shot an accusing finger in her face, and backed away from the picnic table.

Azula put on the most innocent face she could muster, which in retrospect wasn't very innocent at all. "Me?"

"You told Sokka! That's why he came barreling in and interrupted us. That's why she sent me flying into pond scum! So that Sokka see me! You almost got me killed!" he fumed.

Azula had the gull to look hurt. "I would never try to get you hurt Zuzu, I merely told Sokka that Katara was going to the creek, where she's be alone with an older boy. I never said the boy was you."

Zuko glared daggers at his sister. "You bi-" But Zuko's insult was cut off, and was interrupted him made his blood run cold.

"Zuko, care to explain what you were doing with my baby sister all alone at couple's creek?" Sokka cracked his knuckles for effect. Azula smirked, this was going to be good.

Next to Sokka, Katara shifter nervously and when her eyes met his briefly, she mouthed the words that pretty much sealed his fate. 'I am so sorry for this..'

"Well?" Sokka tapped his sneakers against the pavement impatiently.

"Yes, Zuko do tell."

'Azula is evil, Azula must be destroyed.' he though darkly, racking his brain for an answer other then the truthful 'Your sister and I were working on some of the finer points that lead to baby making' He had the distinct feeling that that would not go over so well with Sokka.

"I, uh…" Zuko, the self proclaimed Prince of Roku Private Academy, did the only logical thing he could possible think of at the moment.

He ran.

Nearly instantly, Sokka was chasing after him. "Get back here you pervert!" Katara wasn't far after them yelling for Sokka to leave Zuko along and to stay out of her love life.

Azula, still sitting at the picnic table, merely rested her head against her palm and smirked to herself. "Damn, I'm good."

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Ending notes; Azula is one scary child. Despite my hissy fit at having to type it again, I like this version better then the first. Tomorrow's ficcy will be longer I promise!

Forever and Eternally,

-Ra