Scars
In a battle for his life, he would never back down. Even as his own blood was spilled and he grew weak from loss of the vital, crimson fluid, combat would not end until one or both of the sides lay on the ground, dead or otherwise incapacitated. That was his greatest strength, his true advantage over any opponent on the battlefield.
His most exploitable weakness, however, was supposed to follow him to the grave, undiscovered by his foes. Unfortunately, the one woman ruthless enough to go to any length to crush him put him in a bit of a spot...
"Drop the swords and put your hands behind your back, or I'll make her regret it." She had said with a smirk, knowing that she had him.
"All right." He had replied, dropping the double blades and positioning his hands as requested.
Suddenly, a saying from his past came back, "...Azula always lies..."
Flames caught her just above the nose, around and on both eyes. The burning lasted only a few seconds, during which he charged his sister. The sinister female evaded him, disappearing into the surrounding trees.
Deciding that tending to the wounded was more important than chasing the fleeing princess, he dropped down by the side of the heavily burned girl and examined her injuries. The damage to the upper half of her face was quite severe; he hadn't seen such a burn since looking in a mirror after his first Agni Kai.
Azula had burned her for a much shorter time than he had been burned by Ozai, but the intensity of her blue fire brought much more destruction to her victim's face.
Zuko propped her up in his arms, allowing a better view of her face, allowing him to attempt to apply some of his basic first aid and to comfort her simultaneously. However, the wound was much too severe for one untrained in the medical arts to even attempt to fix. That meant that it would scar greatly, regardless of the quality of treatment. Gently, he lifted her up and carried her away from the battlefield.
They had shared so much together and he was not about to let Mai pass on from this world, not now, and definitely not like this...
A/N: A little mini one shot to let people know that I'm going to be updating more often (at least once a day, I hope). Please review.
