I'm Just Your Problem Chapter 21

I do not own Avatar The Last Airbender or any of its characters or the title or the song "I'm Just Your Problem" by Rebecca Sugar

*This fanfiction is not related to Adventure Time I was listening to this song while thinking of this story idea and it stuck

Forget about sleeping. I'm just going to stay up all night. I was staring out the window, gazing at the moon that shined before me. After my revelation about Kei Lo it made me even more determined not to close my eyes. That and the fact that my room presented a constant reminder of my missing little sister. Both factors made me feel this way. Strangely enough I found myself in the same room Mother had been to earlier when she was talking to Uncle Iroh. I don't know I chose this room to be in right now but it felt right. There were no distractions and it was a room I had barely been in before. I didn't feel like going back to the guess room Kei Lo and I had talked in. It presented itself as a reminder of my feelings. Why was everything now a reminder to me? It seemed like everything had a story now these days.

"Love?" I questioned. "I didn't think I was capable of such a thing."

True that I did love my siblings and my friends but I never thought anything of romantic love. I remembered Kei Lo's words about starting a family in the future. Then I remembered how he said that there was someone for me out there. Now I didn't know how to feel about those two things. I let out a sigh as I rubbed my forehead.

"Now I understand why I used to hide my emotions," I commented.

While I wasn't that same Azula I was before at the same time now I comprehended why I never felt anything other than determination, anger and hatred. It was to avoid going through such strange feelings. Feelings that I don't understand and feelings that I never thought I ever have to feel. Bu then Kei Lo came along.

"And of all people it had to be him," I said. "The current boyfriend of my friend. As if it wasn't awkward enough when Zuko and Mai were together when thought they're not together."

As if that made any sense. I let another sigh.

"I now know how it feels to be Zuko."

If this is how he felt about love then it's understandable why he did the things he did when around Mai. It was also understandable why he wasn't too fond Kei Lo. I focused my attention on the sky for a while, the dark sky that carried the bright moon. Suddenly I heard a knock at the door, I turned to see that it was one of the servants.

"Excuse me Princess Azula," she addressed.

"Yes, what isit?"

I found it strange how I didn't recognize the servant but then again I had only been at the palace for a short while.

"Fire Lord Zuko has requested your presences in the throne room."

"Really? Has he said why?"

"All he said that it is of grave importance," she replied. "I feel like it might have something to do with your younger sister, Kiyi."

I didn't to hear any more once I heard that name. If it had anything to do with Kiyi then I would go.

"Very well then I shall head there right now, you are dismissed."

"Thank you Princess Azula."

With that the servant left and I shook my head several times in order to get rid of the thoughts I had concerning Kei Lo. I took in a deep breath and started to head to the throne room. Along the way I noticed how quiet the palace was, after my private talk with Mai I went back to see Zuko and Kei Lo. Kei Lo had left with Mai apparently and Zuko wanted to see if he could get in contact with Aang. I think he wanted to make things right and to do that he needed to start with Aang. I could see the throne room and quickly entered but to my surprise Zuko wasn't there. I looked around but no one but me was there at the moment.

"Zuko?" I called out. "Are you here?"

"Azula?" a voice questioned.

I turned around to see Mother standing there in her night clothes. As I said before I didn't plan on sleeping so I was still wearing my regular ao dai and my hair was still up. I looked at her with a mix of confusion and annoyance. On the other hand she had a look of worry on her face.

"Azula," she said.

"That's my name," I bluntly stated.

She flinched a little at my response but she took a step closer to me.

"You called for me?" she questioned.

I raised an eyebrow at her remark.

"I did no such thing," I said. "Zuko called for me that's why I'm here."

"But I was told that you called for me and wanted me to meet you here to discuss something of grave importance."

I gasped, I was told the same thing regarding how important it was. But I didn't call for her and Zuko wasn't here even though he supposedly called for me. Both Mother and I were called to the throne room, a place right now that was quiet an where no one would be here at this hour. It was only me and her. My eyes widen at the realization of what was going on.

"Wait a minute," I gasped. "It's a-"

But it was too late, a large amount of smoke filled the room and Mother and I were caught right in the middle of it. We started to cough and there was no way to get out of it seen we were no blinded. I could feel my body grow weak all of a sudden. My knees hit the floor as I felt sudden sharp pain strike me at my legs, arms and back.

"Ah!" Mother gasped. "Azula! Where are you?"

"I'm over here, can't see!"

I tried to open my eyes a little only to be met by blurry vision. My head started to feel light as did my body. Finally I couldn't fight it anymore and I collapsed on the floor, I could hear another bump on the floor and knew it was Mother. Someone grabbed me by the arm and pulled me up but I couldn't fight whoever was holding me. I was helpless.

"We got you now."

"You traitorous lunatic."

I recognized the two voices; they were the same that had spoken to me when Kiyi was kidnapped. Once again they were coming from the same person… two different voices and yet somehow the same. I fainted in my captor's possession. I couldn't do anything.

My mind was empty, void of any thought. My arms felt heavy as did my legs, it wasn't the heaviness you feel when you're tired instead it felt like something heavy was on them. I tried to move but the weights were holding me down. That is until I felt a cold splash of water hit me. I gasped and I regained my sense as I opened my eyes. I did not like what I saw before me. The Kemurikage or the people who kidnapped the children.

"Wake up her treacherous mother as well," once of them said.

I heard another splash of water as I saw Mother was right beside me. Mother gasped and her attention became focused on the people in front of us.

"The Kemurikage!" she gasped.

"No," I corrected. "They're not the Kemurikage… they're impersonators and terrible ones at that."

One of them stepped forward and slapped him. I grunted and Mother flinched.

"Quiet you!"

"Who's going to make me? You?" I questioned. "The people who kidnap defenseless children and yet are too scared to tell people who they really are so that's why you have to take on those disguises."

The one who had slapped me was about to do it again until another one stopped them.

"Enough," they said. "She'll pay don't worry."

"Both of them will pay," another stated. "They're the ones who ruined everything. They will suffer for that."

"Especially the traitorous lunatic!"

"Don't call Azula that!" Mother yelled.

"I don't need your help," I rebuffed. "And by the way how long are you going to call me that? I get the point and so does everyone else I'm sure."

"That should be your title," one said. "You don't deserve to be the princess of this nation."

"Or Fire Lord for that matter."

I growled a little and struggled to stand up but I saw that my arms and legs were cuffed. My arms were cuffed behind my back making it more difficult for me to firebend or do anything really.

"I get it I'm a failure and an embarrassment to Fire Lord Ozai. What's your point?" I stated. "Because I already know that you're in league with the New Ozai Society. What's your goal exactly?"

"Why you stupid girl, our goal is very simple," the one with the familiar voice said as they walked to me.

That one knelt down next to me and grabbed my chin roughly.

"You were entrusted to take care of your mother and look how that turned out," they said as they pointed to the woman beside me. "You had a simple task and you failed! What's more embarrassing is the fact that you socialize with your brother and her spawn! You've changed in a way that doesn't resemble the Azula before, the one who earned respect and demanded it as well. Now you're a shell of your former self. You accept people and that allusion called love! You betrayed your father by doing so! What kind of a daughter are you?"

I glared at the person before me. This person didn't know me! How dare they act as if they did!

"I'm the kind of daughter that doesn't allow her father to use her as a weapon anymore! I will not bow down to that man! He's only a father by name only, he isn't a true father! Fathers love their daughters and their children in general! He hasn't done anything of the sort for me and Zuko! You don't know anything about me so shut it you faker!"

That person growled and then stood up.

"Oh but I do know about you Princess Azula," they said.

"Or should she say we know about you," a similar voice said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

Suddenly I saw the cloaked figured take off their masks to reveal girls who looked a little older than me. I recognized one of them as the very same servant who had led me into the trap. The only one who didn't remove the disguise was the one that stood before me. Then that one reached to pull the mask off. What I saw made me gasp! An older woman's face was revealed and a face I had come to know very well since she was one of the ones that trained me ever since I was young. Then the cloak parted ways at the bottom to reveal a similar older face. Twin faces with similar voices and yet different in their own way.

"Lo… Li," I stated.

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