"Zuko left?"
"Yes. He betrayed his family and nation just like my brother did. Iroh got to him," Ozai said unpleasantly. "And during the invasion, Iroh escaped."
"How?"
"He's cunning," he growled. "But back to your brother's betrayal. He's not the only one."
"What do you mean?"
"Zuko told me it wasn't him to slay the Avatar but you; and that he was alive. Seeing as how the Avatar is alive, he wasn't lying. You were," Ozai glared at her. Zuko wasn't a very good liar, the Fire Lord knew this.
"Father please..."
Azula lied bruised on her bed, while Ty Lee combed her hair silently. Mai was at her house grieving over Zuko's sudden departure. What Ty Lee couldn't see was Azula too, was grieving. Azula gave him everything, she looked out for him and yet he betrayed her. He threw everything away that he and she worked hard for. She handed him everything and he spat it back at her!
How could he?
How was it he couldn't be content with her and Mai?
If this happens again Azula, I won't exercise restraint on you. You had better not betray me again.
After tonight, Azula would not mourn for the pathetic excuse of a man Zuko was. To think he changed.
He was still weak. When she entered his room after the invasion she found the picture of their mother out. He had built a shrine, meaning he had been praying to her. What mattered about Ursa anyway? Their mother wasn't that great. She would always be bested by her mother when it came to Zuko, Ursa would always be first to him. Azula hated it. She hated her mother. Whether Mai believed it or not, Ursa would be the number woman in his life, not her. How could everyone love that woman? How could they see her as this wonderful being when Azula saw her as someone completely different.
Mama's boy, that's what Zuko was. However one would argue that Azula was daddy's girl.
Zuko would pay dearly, he would suffer the consequence of crossing her.
A/N: Not my best, I know, but it had always been part of the previous chapter.