Another two months another chapter. This one takes place right after the last.

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The storm was taking a turn for the worse, Zuko observed as he looked into the dark sky pouring down rain.

A moment ago, it seemed like it was letting up, but now he was sure the opposite was true.

"We should get moving." Zuko said before turning his head back down to Azula.

She was staring at him in a daze, before snapping out of it as she gave a nod of her head in agreement.

Trying to rise up, Zuko nearly fell forward on his face had Azula not caught him in her arms.

"I must have lost my footing." Zuko said wearily as Azula helped him back to a sitting position.

"You better let me help you." Azula said.

"Wait, you're seriously offering to help me?" Zuko asked a bit surprised.

"Yes, unless you don't want it tough guy." Azula riposted.

"No, I'll take you up on the offer…thanks." Zuko said.

"Good, now try and not to squirm too much." Azula said wrapping his arm over her shoulder and helping him to his feet.

Zuko hissed in pain as he stood to his feet with Azula.

"Hurts like hell." He said.

"We need to get you to a healer quick." Azula said beginning to move forward with Zuko slowly, mindful of his injuries.

"Really wish you were a water bender right about now." Zuko remarked referring to their healing capabilities.

"Thirty minutes ago probably wouldn't have been so bad either." Azula bantered looking at Zuko with a small smile.

Zuko smiled back at her when suddenly she stopped and looked up at something to the side of him with eyes wide in horror.

Looking to see what it was, Zuko could barely see anything in the poor weather conditions other than a dark mountain off in the distance.

Zuko's eye squinted before it widened in horror.

"Wait…That wasn't a mountain…"

Towering about 50 feet, covered in black rigid scales, wings partly extended, perched on a small ridge with its enormous talons dug in, and staring at him with dark yellow reptilian eyes, a low audible rumble escaped from its mouth.

"Pathetic."

It…It was a dragon. Zuko stared completely in shock of the legendary beast.

Snapping out of it, Zuko looked to Azula who was in equal shock of the beast staring up at it.

Grabbing her by the hand, Zuko pulled her with him as he began sprinting away from the dragon as fast as he could.

They had to get as far away from it as they could, Zuko thought adrenaline driving his broken body.

Dragons were secluded creatures by nature; maybe if they just left it alone it wouldn't…How was this even possible?! His uncle supposedly had slain the last dragon.

An increasing strain on his arm with his hand connected to Azula's brought Zuko's attention back to reality as he looked back at her. He grimaced as he did. She was panting, struggling to keep up. Dammit, she was still exhausted from their battle from earlier! No way was she going to be able to keep this pace.

A pillar of green fire suddenly shot down through the clouds in front of Zuko as he slid on his feet to a stop with Azula. The pillar spreading out created a wall of fire blocking the fire sibling's path as Zuko grimacing nervously watched as the dragon descended down from the clouds in front of him and touched down about thirty yards away. Dammit, he hadn't even noticed it move…

The dragon let out a low rumble as it stared at the two irritably.

"Run Azula." Zuko said as he pushed her behind him.

"What? What about you?" Azula asked shocked.

"I'll try and distract it and buy you some time. Get to the city and send help." Zuko said grittily.

In truth Zuko knew what he was doing was almost certain suicide, but at least this way one of them would live.

"I'm not leaving." Azula said defiantly seeing through his attempt of self-sacrifice.

"Stop being stubborn and listen to me for once!" Zuko snapped turning to her.

Meanwhile, the dragon didn't take too lightly to being ignored as it opened its mouth and unleashed a deafening screech that made Zuko and Azula cover their ears.

Rising up its talons, the dragon then brought it down toward Zuko and Azula.

"Look out!" Zuko shouted tackling Azula out of the way as the dragon's talons shattered the ground where they just stood knocking the two back from the force of the impact.

Rolling on the ground with Azula in his arms, Zuko took a dagger out of his boot and stopping face up, remembering what Mai had taught him about throwing weapons, threw it at the dragons face.

The dragon let out a screech as the dagger grazed its right eye.

Eyes clenched shut as it brought its wing to the injured eye; the dragon slammed its other talon into the ground blindly.

Zuko rolled over with Azula narrowly avoiding the attack, but was sent flying from the impact.

Taking the blunt of the harsh landing, Zuko slammed into the ground and rolled with Azula roughly before finally stopping face up and eyes closed as his arms fell from around her.

"Zuko..?"Azula called worried moving her wet hair back out of her face as she rose to her hands on top of him.

"Come on, get up, talk to me…" Azula said shaking Zuko's unconscious body concerned.

Suddenly, Azula's eyes went wide in horror as looking at her hands she saw them covered in blood.

Looking back at Zuko she could see the force of the impact from being blown back had reopened some of his wounds from earlier.

"No, no, no, he's losing blood fast." Azula thought upset.

She had no choice, she thought, putting her hands over the open wounds. Turning her face away uneasily, she heated up her hands hot enough to close Zuko's wounds. A grimace came across Zuko's face.

"Az…" He spoke blearily.

"Zuko I stopped the bleeding, but we need to-" Azula said frantically.

"J-Just go…you have to…leave me…" Zuko said.

"Stop being a self-righteous fool Zuko, I already said I'm not leaving you!" Azula pleaded upset.

"You aren't going anywhere." Azula heard a deep voice growl behind her as her eyes lit up in shock as she turned around to see the dragon glaring at her with one eye cut.

"You insects think you can wound me and simply walk away?!" The dragon boomed.

Azula scowled nervously as she rose to her feet and stood between the now unconscious Zuko and him.

"I'm a god compared to you worms!" The dragon stuck his face into Azula's.

Something on Azula caught the dragon's nose as it began sniffing her.

"Roku…" The dragon growled.

"I can smell his stench on you like a decaying corpse!"

"And yet, at the same time I can also smell…Sozin." The dragon said perplexed.

"Could it be that their offspring have made some sort of covenant and have decided to abandon old aggressions?!" The dragon fumed.

"My kin served Sozin, we remained loyal to him even after he hunted down my kind to extinction. But, this…If his descendants have decided to give up on tradition and embrace the enemy then they are the enemy!" The dragon rumbled.

Azula's mouth, teeth clenched nervously, suddenly twisted into a smirk.

"What's so funny?" The dragon fumed.

"It's just I've read and heard so much about the legendary dragons of old." Azula said beginning to slowly pace around the dragon.

"About their power, ferocity, cunning, and even how the rarest of type could even speak." Azula continued as she had almost completely walked around the dragon as it followed her with narrowed eyes.

"Just a little bit further…" She thought.

"But now that I'm face to face with one, I have to ask…." Azula said coming to a stop and facing the dragon with a smirk.

"Is all of your kind exaggerated, lizard brain, pathetic over grown snakes? Or is it just you?" Azula asked insolently.

Rage shot across the dragon's face as opening its mouth it shot out a stream of green fire at her.

"Perfect, it hadn't taken a breath before unleashing its flames." Azula thought as she watched the approaching flames.

Leaping to the side to avoid them, Azula put her hands in the green flames that shot past her as face scrunching up in exertion, she redirected a small stream of it back at the dragon as she spun around and hurled it at it.

The dragon roared in anger as the fire exploded in its face blinding it as it recoiled covering its eyes with its wings.

Running off to the side, Azula stopped and faced it.

Breathing erratic, she stood up straight and taking a deep breath whilst closing her eyes, brought it under control.

Sticking out two fingers, Azula then dropped into a familiar stance.

Groaning as he began to regain consciousness, Zuko rolled over onto his stomach. Coughing up blood, he opened his eye slowly as his blurry vision began to focus on Azula standing to the side of the dragon in her lightning bending stance.

The dragon roared in anger still blinded as he spewed torrents of green flames in front of him.

Lifting up her two fingers to the sky, Azula held them there in a state of deep concentration as lightning flashed sporadically in the sky above her.

Seething in rage, the dragon began to regain his sight as he looked around for Azula with his cracked open eyes.

Lightning struck down into Azula's fingers like a lightning rod as the dragon snapped his head to her.

Azula opened her eyes as she stared at the dragon eye to eye.

Inhaling a deep breath, the dragon's chest expanded and glowed green as Azula weaved the lightning in her fingers around her body before tucking it into her abdomen.

Time came to an almost standstill as Azula thrust forward an arc of powerful lightning at the dragon as he opened his mouth pouring out a river of flames.

Just before the dragon's flames poured out however, a small fireball, weak but unexpected made the dragon flinch and delay its attack as its eyes snapped to where it came from.

On the ground, on his stomach, hand extended out, breathing strained, was Zuko glaring up at the dragon.

Eyes snapping back to the threat in front of him the dragon's black pupils widened as they reflected the lightning incoming too fast for it to react.

The dragon let out a shrill shriek as electricity shot through its entire body.

Its dark yellow eyes bulged and its entire body seized up from the excruciating pain as finally the electricity ceased.

The dragon's eyelids drooped as limbs giving out it collapsed onto the ground in front of Azula with a thud.

Breathing heavily with her fingers still extended out, Azula's serious expression softened, as she fell to her hands and knees exhausted.

On his stomach watching, Zuko bowed his head as he rested on his elbows.

Rain still poured down from the sky as Azula after a couple of moments of catching her breath raised her head up to look at Zuko. He raised his head as well as the two stared at one another. Fatigue wore heavy on their faces as sticking out his hand Zuko gave Azula a thumb up.

A small smile came to Azula's face as she began to pick herself up.

Rising to her feet, Azula winced a little holding her right arm that she had used to redirect the lightning as she began to walk toward Zuko.

Watching Azula smile at him as she approached, Zuko couldn't help but feel like things were going to be different between the two from now on.

A sudden twitch in the dragon's wing behind Azula made Zuko's eye snap to it in horror.

"Azula!" Zuko shouted as the dragon's eye shot open.

"Watch out!" He shouted. Azula turned to her side shocked as the dragon rose to his feet knocking her on her rear.

Looking up, Azula looked in horror as the dragon staring down at her irately with an already full breath, unleashed it on her.

Green flames poured from the dragon's mouth as Azula didn't have time to evade the wide spread attack.

Powerless to do nothing, but stare at the flames as they approached her, Zuko suddenly appeared in front of her back toward her with his arms spread out to the sides.

"Zuko…?" Azula uttered surprised.

Peering back behind him with his right eye, Zuko uttered something inaudible to her.

Eyes widening in shock, Azula wished for once she couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"Zuko…!" Azula called getting up and frantically reaching for him.

Azula was forced to cover her face as the blinding green flames that Zuko shielded her from hit him head on and he shouted in pain.

The two were lost in a torrent of green fire as the dragon continued the devastating attack.

Cutting off the flames a couple seconds later, the dragon stared closely as the smoke dispersed from the location of his target.

The image of Zuko came into view from behind the smoke as it dispersed around him.

Trembling with hands still extended out, Zuko stood a charred remainder of a man.

A smirk came to the dragon's mouth as he let out a satisfied grunt.

Azula on her knees stared at Zuko in a state of complete horror and shock.

Arms drooping to his side, Zuko fell back into her arms as she held him with tears beginning to well up in her eyes.

Her mouth trembled trying to speak, but nothing would come out.

Raising a shaky hand up, Zuko held it out as Azula clasped it.

Zuko's hand squeezed hers as his charred lips quivered.

"A-A-Az- r-r-ru…." Zuko struggled to choke out throatily.

Hand going limp, it fell down to his side as Zuko let out his final breath and expired in her arms.

Azula's irises shrunk in horror.

"Hmph, good riddance." The dragon spat cruelly.

Tears streamed down her grief stricken face as images of Zuko flashed across her mind of him earlier: blushing, staring down at her surprised, smiling at her, and peering at her over his shoulder.

Azula let out a loud cry of pure agony as red flames shot out around her.

The dragon's face lit up in surprise as he looked down at Azula who was now surrounded in an aura of red flames.

Laying Zuko down gently on the ground, Azula stood up and looked down at him with shrouded eyes and a frown.

She was completely dry as rain dissipated around her aura. Her hair danced in the fire that surrounded her as did the sparkly tears that flew from her eyes before evaporating.

Looking up at the dragon with a glare behind her hair covered eyes; Azula balled her fists and clenched her teeth as she stood poised to fight the dragon.

The dragon had never seen anything like this before. Up until now it had all been cheap imitations of his kind and their movements, but this….This was completely unique.

A combustion suddenly erupted below Azula's feet as she blasted off toward it.

Eyes widening, the dragon was taken by surprise as charging forward with a flaming fist Azula slammed it into its gut.

Scales on the dragon's belly shattered around the impact of her attack as the dragon's mouth opened from having the wind knocked out of it.

Combustion erupting at her feet in midair, Azula soared up to eye level with the dragon.

Glaring at her as he regained his composure and closed his mouth the dragon swiped at her with his left talons.

Avoiding the attack by flipping with one arm on top of its paw, Azula squatted perched with her hands and feet on it.

A combustion of flames suddenly erupted from Azula's feet as the dragon's paw exploded into pieces and she went flying forward at its head.

The dragon snapped its head back letting out a shrill scream of pain as Azula came with a fist full of flame in her hand.

The dragon's right paw came out of nowhere as Azula was swatted down to the ground like a meteor.

On her hands and knees on the ground the dragon crashed his paw on top of her as he stared at it.

A combustion suddenly exploded the dragon's paw as it shrieked as it brought its maimed appendage to its face.

Standing in a crater with blood trickling down her forehead, Azula glared up at the dragon her red aura still burning.

Staring down at Azula with eyes that bulged in anger, the dragon let out a ferocious roar at her.

Drawing its head back the dragon inhaled a deep breath of air.

Balls of red flame ignited in Azula's hands that she kept down and to her side as she watched it.

Thrusting his head forward, the dragon unleashed a torrent of green fire from his mouth at Azula as she bringing her hands together in front of her shot forward a torrent of red flames at him.

The two flames clashed in the middle of them creating a yellow center point as although considerably smaller than the dragon's flames Azula's flames held even with the dragons.

Azula's teeth clenched in concentration as the dragon stared enraged and confounded of how she was matching the power of his flames.

Shifting his feet the dragon leaned his body forward for better control as he began pushing back Azula's flames.

Azula's faced scrunched up in grit as she tried to stop his advance.

The dragon's mouth opened wider as green flames began spilling over her red flames that barely now kept the dragon's at bay from completely overtaking her.

Falling onto her knee, Azula bowed her head struggling to hold on.

The image of Zuko peering at her over his shoulder came back into her mind, only this time she could hear what he said.

"Goodbye, Azula."

Azula screamed lifting her head as her red fiery aura grew causing the dragon's eyes to widen in shock.

Standing on two feet her aura and her flames turned a dark blue as they overtook the dragon's green flames.

The dragon's eyes widened in horror as the clash of flames center zoomed toward him, before going down his throat.

The dragon screeched in agony as cyan flames erupted from his mouth and he thrashed in suffering.

Falling to the ground with eyes still wide open the deceased dragon's body began burning away from the inside out.

Azula's giant blue aura decreased as it turned to red before finally disappearing completely.

Breathing heavily she stared at the ginormous best laying on the ground in front of her, before turning her attention behind her.

Zuko's disfigured body laid in a puddle of muddy water as Azula walked over to him weakly with a frown.

Kneeling down in front of him, Azula picked him up into her arms and held him close to her.

The sound of weeping could be heard through the rain that wouldn't stop falling.

The end.

Well probably not.