A/N: The correct answer to last chapter's question was... Roku. Congrats to both ArrayePL and Rioshix for guessing the correct answer. Both Azula and Zuko are both related to Avatar Roku. Thank you for playing. NOW ON TO THE FIC!

Chapter 10 : The Next Day

It had been a long night, but Morra did not leave Azula's side at any time. Last night, Morra, along with her husband were forced to break into Azula's room after she had failed to answer their calls. But when they finally entered the room they found an horrific sight, for laying in the bed, was the unconscious form of Azula/Zura with her wrists slit and bleeding. For a few moments, they just stared at her almost lifeless body. Unable to comprehend that their new found friend and surrogate daughter was trying to end her life. But soon, the shock wore off and the 2 then set about the task of saving her life. First, Morra ripped off pieces of her own dress and wrapped them on Azula's wrist in an attempt to stop the bleeding. Then, whlie her husband went to get Kenga and inform him of what had happened, Morra proceeded to use her water bending to heal the cuts on her wrist. She was successful and the bleeding stopped, but Azula had yet to regain consciousness. Possibly a result of the large amounts blood that had left her body. By the time Kodda had returned with Kenga , Azula still had not woken up, but she was still breathing. It was then decided to move the sleeping form of Azula off her blood stained bed and on to the couch that was in the family room. Kenga then decided to stay the night and help Morra watch over their young charge. Itwas at this time that Morra filled him in on what had happened when they went into town and heard the story from one of her victims. The cause for her relapse back into her depression and possible cause for her wanting to take her own life. Both Morra and Kenga hoped that this event destroy all the had work that Azula had put in to change her life, but all they could do now was keep and keep an eye on her and hope that she did not do any lasting damage to herself.

For the rest of the night, Kenga and Morra kept an eye on Azula as she slept. Morra making sure that her Azula's pulse was stable, while Kenga just made a few notes that would be sent back to Zuko about what had happened. As well as keeping an eye on Bao, who was obviously worried about her master. But soon, even the 2 healers were unable to stay awake and Kenga fell asleep at the table. But Morra stayed by Azula's side the entire time and fell asleep in her chair, while Bao just laid herself down by the couch and slept. The next morning, Morra began to stir. Her neck and back were a bit stiff as a result of sleeping in the chair all night and her mouth was now suffering from a bad case of 'Dragon's Breath.' She had not bothered to clean her self up last night, as she was too focused on Azula's well being. As she looked down at Azula, Morra saw that her pulse was strong as well as her skin color had returned. An improvement over the deathly pale color that she had the night before. As she continued to look at Azula, she noticed that her eye lids were moving rather rapidly. A sure sign the the former princess was dreaming, but of what, Morra really did not know. She was about to get up and make herself a pot of tea, when she heard a soft moan and when she looked down, she saw that Azula was starting to wake up . Morra was back at her side in a flash, as the young woman began to open her eyes... "Azula..." She said softly, " Azula, are you all right?" At this point, Bao was alert and she soon began to lick her master's hand.

"Mor... Morra? Where am I, what happened?" Azula asked in a weak voice. " Just take it easy, how are you feeling?" the healer asked.

" My wrists hurt. Oh no... Morra, I am so sorry if I had you worried." whispered out, but Morra just smiled and said, "It's OK, I am just glad that you are alright. Would you like some tea?" Azula just nodded slightly. Morra just nodded back and went went into the kitchen to start a pot. Passing a sleeping, drooling Kenga by the table.

Azula was now alone in the family room, save for Kenga who was still asleep at the table and Bao, who was now by her side and resting her head on her chest. As Azula began to scratch her companion on the head, she could not help but to think about what her Great-Grand father had told her. She was now getting a second chance and the fact that she had managed to accomplish so much in the last few years, showed that she committed to changing her self for the better. Sure there were many that wanted her dead and history would always remember her as a monster, but she would just have to live with that fact for the rest of her life and not allow her guilt to consume her and destroy all that she had worked so hard to achieve.

"How are you feeling Zula?" she heard a male voice say and when she looked , she saw Kenga standing over her with Morra behind the couch. " I'm fine, don't worry about me. I am just so sorry for what I did. I mean...just to hear that man stalk about what I did to him and his village... I just don't know what came over me." she said sadly. Morra just sat back down beside her and handed her a cup of tea, while Kenga sat in another chair next to her.

" Well, I doubt that it was fun to hear about what you did from some one that witnessed it." Kenga said.

"Where's Kodda?" Azula asked. "He took the children out on another fishing trip." Morra replied, "He figured that you would want to be alone for a while and considering what happened last night..."

" I'm so sorry that I had all of you so worried." she pleaded, "I... I just was not thinking strait." she to tear up a bit. But Morra came in and said, " It's all right. If I were in your position, I would have done the same. Sometimes guilt can over power even the most rational minds, but it all you can do is over come in and work harder to become the person that you want to be and not the person that your once were."

"Your right."Azula said softly, "I've only been feeling sorry for my self when I should have been focusing on what I have accomplished. I not that monster that every one thinks I am, I am not that person any more. I want to change."

"And you have changed." Kenga replied, " From what I have see, you have proven that you are not that person any more. You are a very capable young person and that you are committed to taking advantage of the new life that you have now. As far as I know, the demon that that old man was talking about, no longer exists."

" He's right you know," Morra said, " You should not let this deter you from trying to build a new life for your self. Now... I'm going to warm up some of that stew that I made last night. You did miss dinner after all and you must be hungry, are you not?" Azula smiled a bit and nodded. "Well then, I better get started." and with that, Morra went into the kitchen to heat up some food, while Kenga stayed with Azula and talked with her. But before Morra left, Azula spoke up and said,

"Um... Morra, if it is all right with you, I would like to stay an extra 2 days with your family. Can I?" she asked hopefully. Morra smiled happily and said. "I don't mind. As a matter a fact, I was going to ask if you wanted to stay here a little longer."

Azula nodded with a smile and went back talking with Kenga, while Morra went back into the Kitchen. But as she did, Morra smiled and though, " It's good to see her smile again."

Dawn was now breaking when the Fire Dragon steamed in to the secluded bay, located a few miles away from the the Water Tribe village. Just the night before, they had located the hidden bay where the former princess of the Fire Nation was being kept. The organizer of the mission was thrilled that they were about to get the one person that would return the Fire Nation to its former glory(and his family to its rightful place as the most powerful family in the Fire Nation.) but when they arrived, they found that the princess was not even there to begin with and by the looks of thing, she had not been there for a few days. To say that Ju Long was a tad upset by this was like saying that Aang was just a Air Bender. A gross understatement. But this not deter him one bit, if any thing, it only set his plans back a bit. He had originally planned to stay at the bay and wait for Azula to return, but unfortunately, the long trip to the south pole had already strained the supplies that were on board. They had not really planned on staying at the south pole for long, they only had enough food and coal for a six week trip. 3 weeks to the pole and 3 weeks back to the Fire Nation. If they were to stay at the south pole for any longer, they risked running out of fuel before they made it back. But it was then Ju Long hatched an idea. Not to far from the hidden bay, was an one of the many water tribe villages that dotted the south pole and located in the village, was a storage depot that held tonnes of coal that would have been used by both the Rock Fish as well as the many Earth Kingdom vessels that frequented the port and need to supply up for the long trip back to their respective nations.

The plan was to pull into the one of the many secluded bays that lined the coast line and by using the 2 tanks that were stored in on board the vessel, (This was one of the features that the Dragon Hawk-class vessel had) they would head over land towards the village, raid the depot and using one of the tanks, carry the coal back to the Fire Dragon. Ju Long wanted the raid to go down as soon as possible and get back to sea, but Captain Hue said that it would be better if they wait until nightfall before they would raid the village. Seeing that there was a less likely chance that they would meet any resistance. With a bit of grumbling, Ju Long agreed to this and decided to wait until night fall. But that did not mean that they were going to stay there and wait, instead, Captain Hue planed to send some of his crew into the village and scout the area. All in disguise of course. While the men were in the village, they would map it out and locate the exact location of the depot, as well as locate other targets in the village that might be of interest to them. After they were done, they would return to the ship, mark their targets and when night fell, launch the raid. After a few final words from Hue, the group of men left the Fire Dragon and headed into the town. A few hours later, the team returned from their scouting mission and they had managed to locate and map out the depot that was in town. But there was one other piece of information that they had not expected to gain.

Ju Long and his body guard were both called to the captain quarters about an hour after the scouting team's return. When they arrived, they were met by both Captain Hue, as well as by the team's leader. A tall, skinny man by the name of Hong. " Ah, Long."Hue said, " It is nice that you could make it."

"Cut the small talk Hue." Ju Long snapped, " Why have you called me here." Hue just motioned to Hong and said, "Mister Hong over here had fallen into a piece of information that you might find interesting and of use to you."

"Well, what is it?" the noble man asked rather impatiently. Hong just looked at his captain, who nodded at him to speak before he started to tell his tail...

" We had entered the town just before midday. As ordered, we managed to locate the Coal depot near the edge of town, near the water front. We were about to leave when one of the men called me over to a near by house. And if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have called him a liar."

"Well, What did you see?" Long shouted, causing Hong to flinch a bit. But he continued, " I saw her."

"Who?"

"Princess Azula. She was standing outside one of the ice homes in the village with a couple of the villagers. It looked like they were helping her to move around." Hong replied, sounding as if he could not believe what he was saying.

"Are you sure it was her, Tell me man?" Long asked, coming up to the young man's face. "Tell me! Was it her?"

" It was her, I saw her with my very own eyes. I was the princess." Hong told him.

Ju Long could not believe what he was hearing. This man had just told him that princess Azula was in fact, in the Water Tribe Village that Hue and his crew were planing to raid that night. How or why she was in the village, he did not know or care. What he did know was that his princess and future puppet Fire Lord was there and in his grasp.

"Captain, change of plans. I and my companion here will go into the village with your men and we will rescue our princess."

"But what about the coal?" Hue asked, " We need them to get back to the Fire Nation!"

"You forget, my dear captain. The only reason you were going to going to get the coal, was that we were going to stay longer at the south pole. But once we get our princess back, we could head back home one time. In other words , we don't need the coal." Ju Long replied. Hue wanted to to protest, but he knew that the old man was right. If they were able to get Azula that same day, they would not need the extra coal. Plus, he wanted to get out of this cursed cold weather as soon as possible. But most of all, he wanted Ju Long off his vessel as soon as possible. Thanks to him, 2 of his men were dead and they had risked being found and attacked by both the Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom navies, respectively. All he did was take a deep breath and said, " All right. But as soon as we get back home, I do not want to see you in Fire Fountain City again and you do not contact me ever again! Do you under stand?"

"Don't worry Hue, once this is done you will never see me again." Ju Long replied with a smile and with that, he along with his companion went back to their quarters to prepare for their upcoming trip in to the village.

It was now night time in the home of Morra and her family. Kenga had long since gone home, while Kodda and their 2 children had returned home from another fishing trip. Things had calm down from the near scare that Azula had given every one the previous night ans things were almost back to normal. After having breakfast, Azula decided that she wanted to make up for what she had made her new friends go through by helping Morra around her home. Of course, Morra protested. Saying that she needed her rest, but Azula said that she wanted to help her after what she had done. But eventually Azula realized that Morra was only thinking about her well being and contented herself by playing with Bao. But she did manage to help Morra with dinner. That alone made her feel a little bit better about herself. But now, it was late and every one were now in bed. Well... almost every one, as there were 2 people that were still awake at that hour. Sitting in the family room, was Azula and standing behind her with her hands at her temples was Morra.

Once again, they were engaged in another healing session and after Azula's attempt at ending her own life, Morra thought it would be best that they do another session just to be on the safe side. "Now just relax, Azula" Morra said softly, " Just relax and calm your mind, and allow the water to do its work."

Azula did as she said and cleared her mind. She could feel as if the cool water was entering her mind and cooling it off. It was a feeling that she got every time she had this session. Within a few minuets, Morra removed her hands and the water that had covered them returned to the pouch from once it came. "How are you feeling Azula?" Morra asked, "Better, thank you."she replied, as she got up from the couch.

" Are you sure that you don't want me to stay out her while you sleep? You know you don't have to sleep in the room if you don't want to." Morra said, Her motherly persona showing itself.

"No, I'll be fine. Besides, I think Kodda would like some of your attention now." Azula said with a small grin. Morra returned the grin with a small giggle.

The 2 women were about to turn in for the night when a heard a knock on the door. "Who could that be at this hour?" Morra asked to no one in particular. There was another knock on the door "Who is it?" Morra asked as she walked up to the door.

Even though it was late at night, Morra was not worried one bit. The village was a rather close community and crime was almost unheard of there. Thinking it might have been one of her neighbors, Morra walked up to the door and opened it. But when she did, both she and Azula were met with a rather odd sight. Standing in front of them was a old man and he was dressed in official Fire Nation garb, similar to what high ranking noble men in the government would wear. Both Morra and Azula were puzzled by the appearance of this man and were wondering just what he wanted. But when the old man caught sight of Azula, bowed and said...

" Princess Azula, It is so good to finally meet you..."