The Blue Spirit left the tavern once Xin Fu started advertising the fight. He went to the inn that the Professor was staying at and rented a room for he and June. Zuko entered the room, put his mask inside of his bag and started studying the notes he took from the Library.
I'll need to focus on these texts if I am going to replace the Avatar. Hopefully, this advice will work against Earthbenders.
He opened up a scroll and read aloud, "Let go of your earthly tether. Enter the void. Empty and become wind."
Let go of the tether that's keeping me from becoming wind? Since i'm a firebender I might have to become a flame. Fire is will, it is energy. Something like air would be emptiness, fire would be completion.
The scarred young man sat down and began meditating on the bed.
Completion... I might need to let go of something or maybe I should ... embrace something? He touched his scar and began to get lost in train of thought.
A few minutes later there was a knock at the door.
"Come in, June." Zuko continued to meditate.
"June? You can't recognize your own sister, Zuzu?" a familiar voice introduced herself.
The former prince opened his eyes and slowly turned his head to see the Crown Princess, Azula. A scroll was clutched in her left hand.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm just a concerned sister trying to make sure her brother is alright. Especially, when he is the Blue Spirit." she pulled out his mask from his bag.
"How did you figure that out?"
"Many months ago, when you first began as the Blue Spirit, you attacked several bandits. You used a special type of fire to defeat their leader. Colonel Shinu also reported you to the Fire Lord. Only Father and I know of this other than he. You told him you were trailing the Avatar correct?"
"Y-yes."
"Liar. If you were actually trailing him you would've used a ship to sail around the world and used the Fire Nation resources. Instead you quit like Uncle once things didn't go your way. That's probably why Uncle left, to join you."
Uncle left the Fire Nation? Maybe i'll get to thank him for everything.
Azula continued with a grin, "If I were you i'd worry about myself. Especially, since I am here to find out about that special fire of yours and the message Father has to give you."
"Father is letting me back?"
Why?
Her grin grew wider, "Why don't you read it and see after you tell me what strengthens your fire? The scroll is in my hand if you haven't noticed."
"My fire comes from the Sun and my own drive."
"You're not telling me all of it, but maybe this scroll will change your mind." she handed him the parchment.
There was another knock on the door once Zuko started reading the paper. Azula opened the door for the bounty huntress, June.
"Blue, why didn't you tell me you were having family over?"
Family? This parchment says I was taken in to be a body to protect the real child of Ozai. Signed by the Fire Lord himself.
Her scarred companion did not answer back. His head hung low over an open scroll on his lap. She noticed the tears that were dropping down onto the paper.
"Is everything okay? I'm not really into family fights. I can just leave."
"Don't worry he's just in denial. Same thing happened when my Mother left. Poor Zuzu."
Zuko lifted up his head head and smiled, "Princess Azula came here to reveal that I was never her brother to begin with."
"Why are you smiling then?" June asked.
The Crown Princess frowned, "He's lost it."
"No. I'm happy ... This is the greatest news I have ever gotten in my entire life. If anything Azula should be sad."
She frowned, "Why would I cry tears over you? We were never close from the start, Zuko."
"During my journey I realized that 'our' so called family wasn't a family at all. You're even lonelier than before you told me this. Ozai adopted me as a meat shield for you, and Ursa only loved me because I wasn't Ozai's child. I'm sorry that you're the only one that hasn't realized he's using you."
Azula punched Zuko across the face, "Don't you dare say that. I won't ever allow that again! You're just saying that because Father always liked me more."
He created a rainbow colored flame in his hand, "To be honest, Zula, I plan on killing Ozai, with this flame right here."
"Why are you calling me Zula? Why are you even telling me this?"
The flame grew more intense, "This is a dragon's flame. My flame. This fire came from the sun and the friends and allies that feed my drive, my dream ... to have a true family, one where I can truly be happy."
The former prince stepped closer, "I'll teach you how to use the dragon's flame. Together we can overthrow the Fire Lord and bring peace to world."
She backed away, "N-no you're just saying this to get back at Father! What about honor?"
"I'm doing it for more than that. I've met the people he has hurt and I have been his victim. You are a victim of his as well. There's no honor in being his puppet. Please, give it some thought. You'll come around eventually." He extinguished the flame and stepped back.
The Crown Princess walked out the door, "I'll be back tomorrow. You'll come crying back to me, asking me to convince Father to let you back and i'll kill you. I'll kill you with your own flames Zuko. Meet me in the woods west of the front gates, tomorrow evening, before sundown."
June turned to her companion, "Are you sure about her?"
He smiled again, "She just needs time to think. I did when Uncle Iroh tried to talk to me."
"It's great to see that look on you, Blue. Or should I say Zuzu?"
His grin struggled to stay up. "I'm not going to hear the end of this am I?"
"Nope."