"It was all your fault fool!"
"Why couldn't you be a man and face it like a true man, but no you had to do something stupid once again!"
"You fool!"
"Now we got stuck here because you weren't man enough to face it and take it. No! You had to use some stupid move and redirect it!"
"Now father thinks that I want to kill him!"
Those and similar complains Sokka heard from Azula for last two days after that fateful sparing match that ended prematurely when Azula wanted to zap Sokka with lightning, but Sokka somehow managed to redirect it toward fire lord, angering Ozai for such action.
Sokka's nefarious plan to create food crisis in capital by overeating was stopped by fire lord, by limiting the amount of times Sokka could eat to merely one. Normally Sokka getting fed only once a day would considered it to be inhumanly torture, but this time he decided to play it cool and do nothing for now, at same time his mind was creating plans how to avoid guards posted at the entrance of his apartment and how to get to kitchen to get his stomach stuffed once again with food. Expect there was one small problem. He was locked with Azula and she didn't left him out of her eye sight at same time complying about everything he did. That was another reason why Sokka decided to remain silent in hope that Azula would stop berate and follow in every foot step. Two days had passed, but Azula didn't stopped to complain. To pass time Sokka decided to read on some stuff he had brought from royal library when he could still walk freely. It was books and scrolls about Fire nation history and laws.
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"Why are you smiling fool? You should be dead terrified being stuck here with me who could kill you at any second and if that wasn't bad enough, there also is no food here." Azula asked when she noticed wicked smile on Sokka's face. That fool grew bold beyond the recognition of man he was before he married her. How that fool transformed from terrified and obedient to unruly and resistant during this short time was beyond her.
What's up with people stopping to fear her these days?
Sokka raised his eyes from the book he was reading and after looking at Azula, lifted one eyebrow.
"I would be dead terrified if got stuck in same room with evil princess bent on world domination that could kill me any second and there will be food, but since I am only stuck here with my lovely wife, I see no point to freak out." Sokka smiled while looking at Azula and could see how hot air started to surround her. Maybe that wasn't the smartest thing to say, but he couldn't control his moth and looks like this could cause some problem.
"Maybe I should remind you why you should fear me?" Azula stated while igniting blue fire in her hand and shooting fire ball at Sokka, but Sokka managed to dodge it.
"As a matter of fact, no, you can't. Fire nation law state that we should live in peace and harmony and there even are several pages of how to deal with unruly princess and that Fire lord himself is guaranteeing my life. So put that fire away may dearest and be content with what we got here." Sokka answered while dodging another fire ball.
"You know you are going to set this place on fire if you continue with this way and your dad will be very furious about that." Sokka tried to reason with Azula, but Azula was unbreakable in her will to set this fool on fire.
"I don't care! You need to be reminded to fear me and will do it." Azula stated and shoot another fire ball at Sokka. It was extremely dangerous situation since she was firebending inside room that wasn't supposed to be used for firebending practice.
"But I care for you Azula and all this anger will be bad for our kid. That if we manage to survive and Ozai didn't kill us both before that time." Sokka tried to get out of this situation.
"You do?" That wasn't what Azula expected to hear. She stopped what she was doing and her anger began to subside. "When why are you still acting so stupid and get us in trouble?"
"What can I say? The universe likes to mess with me. At same time you are pretty lucky you got stuck here with me. If it was some noble, you most likely would be lying naked on our bed with your arms and legs tied to bed and your husband doing his royal duty while several fire sages watching that you don't get out of your restrain. I still can't believe you have such barbaric laws." Sokka dared to take step toward Azula in hope she don't use this time to roast him.
"Why are you so sure I wouldn't roast you alive, fool?" Azula asked Sokka, but was ready to attack him if he did something stupid.
"But I am sure. You had several days to do just that, but you only complained. From my point of view you decided to opt to use mental torture. The way you used to eat your meal and what you will say while eating it, it was driving me crazy and almost made me want to attack those guard outside our door and made dash to the kitchen."
"Huh, almost? It looks I am losing my touch. What made you stop from doing such silly things?"Azula asked.
"I shouldn't said that, but let's return to topic. From what I saw about you during my travel with friends and my stay here in palace I am pretty sure you are not violent person. You can be lethal that's for sure, but you also have cold and calm mind and tend to avoid using violence if there is chance. Also you need me more that I need you. Your laws are so strange and you are so restricted by them plus your evil father and his upbringing that it's no surprise you are who you are now.
I must admit that you have brilliant mind and could be good military commander, what do you call them? A general, yes, you will be good general. But I am pretty sure you have no idea how to deal with regular people. Have you seen how fast that tailor fled the palace after he completed your measurements, it wouldn't surprise me if he and his brother would be on their way to leave capital or even Fire nation! You need more out of town experience and I can provide it, that is if you would let me. The life in palace is too 'exhausting' and too 'stressful' for both and even more for you since you are pregnant, you need calm atmosphere." Sokka tried to reason with Azula at same time inserting compliment or two, after all, all girls liked compliments and from the look he got from Azula, Azula wasn't exception too.
"I decided that I will forgive you this time, fool, but don't test my patience again!" Azula calmed down and sit on chair. She knew the laws concerning princess pretty well and what should be done to unruly princess. She also knew that Sokka wouldn't be the one to use those laws. Azula remembered the visit of tailor and how funny it was to command him or how scared he looked after all that. At same time Azula was worried about what that fool was planning. She has already had some 'out of town' experience and it ended by wrecking some fool's house, well, it was Zuzu, Mai and Ty lee that did all the wrecking while she just stay there. Zuzu always was the one to break stuff.
"Good! Now that we are calm again, I want to ask you, when you will honor our deal?"
"Deal? What deal? I don't know what you are talking about." Azula wanted to shrug it off, but looks like her fool was adamant to continue with it.
"I am talking about my dad. Where is he?" Sokka wanted to ask this thing long time ago, but there were no suitable place and time for it.
"I can't do it." Azula said it while inspecting here nails.
"What? Why?" Sokka wanted to scream, but decided to lower the tone, it still get out quite laud.
"Lower you voice fool or do you want for everyone to hear it and…let just say you don't want to experience what would happen then."
"What do you mean you can't?" Sokka was confused. Does that meant that all what he had to experience was in vain and was just another of her clever plan to get him, now that he started to trust her?
"If you haven't noticed we are stuck in this place." Azula replied. She was content with the way she lived and didn't want to do anything to change it. While Sokka was starting to trust Azula, Azula wasn't so fast to trust him. Sokka was locked to live with her and his father as insurance was locked in dungeon. Life was good, until that fool did something stupid and got her in trouble once again.
