Azula was just standing there clapping. No attack, no anything, just clapping. Azula looked like she had just been out for a walk for four months rather than an escaped convict. Aang could believe he could go from that happy to that angry in no time flat, but Azula had a history of making the impossible happen.

"Azula" Aang said

"Well, well, well if it isn't the Avatar, and the little peasant water tribe girl. Isn't it just so sweet, dreams can come true." Azula said putting her hands over her heart as if to mock them.

"What are you doing here Azula?" Katara said.

"Well I did come to visit with my dear brother Zu-Zu, but then I came across this lovely scene and I had to come and congratulate you two."

"Azula I'm warning you…" Aang said.

"You're warning me?" Azula let out one of the most sickening laughs, "What are you going to do to stop me? My own father couldn't stop me, and he was related to me. I'm not going to hold back on you."

"What are you talking about 'your own father'?" Katara asked.

"Ozai and four guards were murdered about a week ago." Zuko said as he approached his sister. "Azula is believed to be responsible for all five, I guess this proves it."

"Well if it isn't Zu-Zu. Did you come to congratulate them too? Isn't it so sweet?"

"Azula, I never thought you could be that evil. He was a man with no defense. How could you."

"Me evil, I just did the thing this one was too scared to do." Azula pointed at Aang, "Anyways he was holding me back. You all are holding me back. You all need to DIE!"

"Azula if you hand yourself over now, we won't harm you." Aang said but he already knew the answer.

"Hand myself over, ha, why should I? No one can stop me. Not even the Avatar can stop me now, not even if he has friends."

All three of them got ready for a battle, but Azula just stood there. Even after they had launched a few attacks, all she did was dodge.

That was until she saw her moment. Her eyes focused in on Katara. Her evil smile grew across her face. Then she lifted her fingers up in the air, and started to charge her attack.

All the sudden, time slowed down for Aang. What normally took a split seconds now seemed to drag on forever. Aang took advantage of this anomaly, and took off in a sprint towards his fiancée.

As soon as he got in front of her, he flung his arms out as if to say to the lighting 'come and get me'.

But Azula already knew this would happen, and had already planned for it. At the last possible second, Azula changed her target. It wasn't Aang or Katara, it was Zuko.

Zuko had also thought Azula was going to attack Katara. He had no chance to counterattack at the last moment switch. The attack hit him right in the heart. Zuko just lay there, not moving.

As soon as the attack had hit his friend, Aang went into the Avatar State. The rage had over come him, and all he saw was Azula. Aang began to attack with great force.

Katara saw this as her opportunity to get over to Zuko. She ran over to her fallen friend, and got her water ready to heal. Zuko had a hole in his chest and was losing a lot of blood. Katara tried all she could with her normal water, but all she could do was keep him alive, but just barely. He continued to lose blood, she need to do some fast. Katara had to think fast.

"That's it!" Katara said, "Aang can you hear? We need to get back to the palace; I have some Spirit water on Appa. It could be enough to save his life. Aang please."

With one final gust of wind, Aang knocked Azula over and quickly picked up both Katara and Zuko, and then ran as fast as he could back to the palace.

"Don't worry Avatar, I'll be waiting right here. I swear I won't move an inch!" Azula called out and then sat down on a rock that was close by.

Aang ran to the first empty room he could find, and sat the two of them down. Then without saying a word he took off towards Appa. It took Aang only a few moments to find the container holding the water, then quickly ran back to where he had left them. He hand the bottle to Katara, and stepped back to let Katara go to work. She had done it for him before; she could do it for Zuko, she just had too.

With all of Aang's running back and forth he had attracted the attention of the head servent.

"Avatar what's going…?" The servent then laid his eyes on Zuko, "Oh my word, what happened?"

"Azula did." Aang said through his clenched teeth.

"Azula did this! Oh my, this is worse than I thought. I've got to find Lady Mai, and tell her…"

"Tell me what?"

Mai was standing in the doorway, but soon she saw the state Zuko was in. She walked over to him, and graphed his hand.

"Who do this?" Mai asked not taking her eyes off her husband.

"Azula attacked us." Aang answer, "I thought she was going to attack Katara, but she changed at the last second. I'm sorry Mai."

"Where is she?"

"My Lady, you can't go after her. The Fire Nation needs you right. We can't have you hurt like the Fire Lord." The servent interjected.

"I'm not just going to sit by and let her get away with it. The Fire Nation might need me, but Zuko needs me more. So you can go get me my knives, or I can go get them myself. Either way I am going out there and bringing that bitch down!"

The servent said nothing, just bowed and let the room to retrieve the knives.

"Katara, I trust you completely just bring him back to me." Katara nodded. Then Mai turned her attention to Aang, "I trust your coming with me."

"Yes, I'll be right at your side."

"Good then let's get going." Mai then grabbed her knives from the servent who had just walked up, and then Aang and she headed to the cliffs.

When they got there, Azula was nowhere to be found.

"AZULA!" Aang called out. Then all the sudden Azula was standing right in front of them.

"No need to yell Avatar, I'm right here."

"I thought you said you wouldn't move inch."

"Oh I guess I lied, I hope you don't think less of me." Azula then let out a laugh, and then turned to Mai, "Well if it isn't Mai, the girl I thought was my friend, but I guess I was wrong."

"I was never your friend; you only controlled me by fear, but no more. I'm going to bring you down."

"Now is that anyway to talk to family. Isn't true that you married my brother? Specking of, how's the hole I left in his chest?" That evil smile returned to her face.

That pushed Mai over the edge. Mai began attacking throwing daggers directly at Azula. But Azula dodged them with no problem.

"So you can't back up the big talk, can you? You're just a little girl playing with a dangerous dragon. Well you know what they say, play with fire you're going to get burned."

"I'm planning on it."

Mai continued to throw the knives, but again Azula dodged them with ease. Azula then turned to Aang.

"Oh Avatar, just wanted to let you know, after I'm done here I'm going after that pretty little fiancée of yours. After I'm done with her there won't be anything to look at."

Aang felt himself going into the Avatar State. He could feel the anger coming back. He then launched into a series attacks that required Azula's full attention.

Mai saw this as her opportunity. She waited till there was a break in their attacks, and then grabbed a dagger. She made sure she could make the shot then whispered, "This is for you Zuko." She threw the dagger as hard as she could.

Bull's-eye, she made contact. The dagger was logged deep in Azula's shoulder right in between her joint. Azula cried out in pain, and then backed up. But she couldn't go too far because she was already all the way to the edge of the cliffs.

Aang watched close by, still in the Avatar State, as Mai moved forward to deliver the final blow. Mai lifted the dagger up in the air, and then brought it down. Before she made contact, Aang caught her hand as his arrows stopped glowing.

"Aang what are you doing?! We can finish it here and now."

"Mai this wouldn't be what Zuko would want, to turn you into an executioner."

Mai thought about it a moment then said, "You're right."

Then she reached over to Azula where the dagger was still lodged. Mai pulled the dagger from her shoulder, but not without turning it.

Azula then fell to the ground and cried out in pain. Azula then started to blow fire from her nose.

"How dare you…" Azula said then hit the ground as hard as she could.

Just then the side of the cliff gave way. Aang and Mai were far enough away to just have to step back a few feet. But Azula was too injured to even stand up. She was at the mercy of the cliff. Aang and Mai just watched as she when over the edge. They ran up to the side just in time to see the splash. They watched the ocean for a few moments in silence.

"Do you think she's…?" Aang asked.

"No, she's survived worse falls. She'll be back I know it."

The two watched a little bit longer then headed back to the palace. Their thoughts turned to Zuko.

Meanwhile

Katara had done all she could. If he was going to make it, he would. All she could do was wait. As more time pasted, her thoughts turned grim. She started to cry.

She continued to cry a few more moments. Then a hand reached up and wiped the tears from her face. Katara looked down and saw Zuko looking up at her.

"Katara why are you crying you should be happy." Zuko lifted up the necklace hanging from her neck. "Congratulation."

Katara wiped the remaining tears from her eyes, "Zuko I thought you weren't going to make it. How are you feeling?"

"Like I just got barbequed alive, but other than that, I'm fine."

"Zuko!" Mai said as she walked in the door.

She ran over to his side, and kissed his face. She was careful not to touch his chest. Aang followed her into the room. He walked over to Katara and kissed her.

"I'm glad you two are ok, so what happen?" Katara asked.

"Well let's just say, Mai left her…" Aang paused searching for the right words, "mark in her."

Aang then told them of their battle with Azula, and her ultimate defeat and her fall into the ocean.

"She'll be back." Zuko said.

"That's what we thought also." Mai said.

"I don't want to think about her anymore. Let's talk about something else. So when is the big day?" Zuko asked.

Aang and Katara both looked at each other thinking the same thing.

"I don't think we can have it anytime soon, with Azula out there some where."

"Aang if there's one thing I know about my sister, it is that she never just attacks out of the blue without some plan. I think she was just testing us, she'd going to go off and think of a new way to bring us down. It's going to take her awhile to reach that point, so there is no better time to have it then right now."

Aang thought about it a while then turned to Katara. "So what do you say, will you still have me?"

"Aang of course I will." Katara said then gave him a kiss.

At an Island South of the Palace

Azula washed ashore. It took her a while to regain her strength, but then she stood up and looked up towards the palace.

"Don't think this is over Avatar, not by a long shot."

Hey again,

Just wanted to remind you to comment, and also tell you what Azula's prison # stands for.

Answer to Azula's prison number:

#0112 corresponds with season 01 episode 12 entitled "The Storm". When Zuko receives his scar from his father, Iroh looks away. This is where you first see Azula in the series, not enculding the opening. She's right behind Iroh looking excited at the site of her brother being scared for life.