Disclaimer: I hereby declare that I would never own ATLA.
Author's Note: Hey everyone! It's nice to know that there are many people enjoying my fic.
To tell you the truth, the main reason why I started writing this was because I didn't want to forget the story that was stuck in my head for days and then BAM! I wrote it and posted it in fanfiction.
I'm rambling again.
Lez go!
"Aiding Thy Adversary"
Explosions and screams could be heard from the village and all the people there had to hold their breath as they listen to them.
"Looks like they're getting closer" Ku said
"What do we do?" Azula asked
"What else? We intercept them"
Azula smirked and they headed inside the forest
They were now near the soldiers and could hear some screaming just beyond the trees infront of them
"Time to make my entrance" Azula stepped forward
Ku raised his eyebrow "What are you do-"
But before he could finish his question, Azula fired a very large fireball and it rammed into the trees infront of it and incinerating them like they were never there
Ku whistled "Damn woman! Since when do you get this excited?"
"I'm pissed by the fact that the fire nation soldiers in this world are idiots" this time she sent several large fireballs continuously
Screams could be heard from where Azula threw those fireballs
"I think that will suffice" Azula said breathing calmly "Let's say hello to our friends" and she started walking
"You go on ahead." Ku waved her off "There's something I need to do at the moment" Ku was fishing something from his coat
Azula rolled her eyes and just continued walking and when she was exposed to them she heard gasps
"F-firelady U-Ursa?!" one of the soldiers shouted
'Ursa? Do I really look like my mother?' she just noticed then that her hair was down
'I guess it accidentally went down after our incident' she had a little bit of blush going on her face. Good thing she was far away enough for no one to notice
"No you idiot! She's definitely not my mother!" she smiled when she heard he younger self scold the soldier
When she looked towards her she can't help but feel a little bit ashamed
The idiot was currently infront of her younger self, acting like a shield or some sorts
Azula snorted 'Like that's gonna help'
"Who are you and why do you have the same flames as mine?" Younger Azula demanded an answer from her
"I'm known by many names but you can call me Enma" older Azula said
"Enma? Not bad, I could've thought of a better name than that" said a hooded figure behind Enma
"What's with the hood, idiot?" she asked
"I have my reasons" he shrugged "and it makes my entrance cooler than yours" he added
"You haven't answered my question" Azula cut them off "Why do you have the same flames as mine?"
"Same flames?" Enma laughed "Listen little girl, put this in your head. Your flames can't compare to mine"
"Is that so?" Azula challenged
"Do you want to test that theory?" Enma stood in a stance
"Gladly" Azula followed suite
"Woah woah woah!" Ku stood between them
"What is it this time?!" Enma said with gritted teeth 'I am getting sick of this idiot interrupting me all the time!'
"You had your chance to show off, now it's my turn" he then threw a knife to an unprepared soldier and it went through his throat and stuck on a burned tree
The soldier didn't even had time to suffocate before he died
Ku then rushed to another soldier and sliced him in half. He was so fast that nobody even saw him unsheathed his sword and sheathed it again
One by one the soldiers fell until it was only Azula and Sokka left standing
"Now what?" Sokka was terrified, very terrified "That guy sliced through your elite soldiers like paper!"
"Distract him" Azula simply said
"What?!" Sokka shrieked
"We have one shot, while you fight him I will shoot lightning at him and I'm betting it would be enough to kill him" she explained
"What about me? How am I supposed to fight someone that strong?!" he asked incredulously
"I believe in you" Azula smiled that same smile whenever they were alone
Sokka nodded and ran straight to the hooded figure
"Wait!" Ku held his hand up
Sokka had a confused look "What?"
"Your stance is wrong!" Ku lectured
"What?! It's fine just the way it is!" Sokka argued
"No it's not! You call yourself a swordsman? I saw better form from a bandit than what you're showing!" Ku argued back
Sokka snorted "Yeah right. I bet you're just making that up!"
Ku snorted back "Oh really? Are you blind or are you stupid enough to think that you're better than me at sword fighting?"
Sokka unsheathed his space sword "Why not let our swords talk?"
"Could've said it better myself" Sokka was surprised that when Ku unsheathed his own space sword "Ready?"
Sokka charged and swung his sword downward
Ku ignored it and evaded to the side and that left Sokka open and Ku kicked him on the side
Sokka felt that kick and he was sent flying for about two meters before he recovered his footing
"Is that it?" Ku taunted
"I'm just getting started!" and Sokka rushed again. He swung his blade horizontally just like when he was training before
But just like his previous attack Ku only evaded it and punched Sokka on the stomach and followed it with a knee to the face
Sokka was sent flying again and this time there was blood coming from his nose
"Aww" Ku cooed "Did that hurt?"
Sokka just gritted his teeth and thrust his sword forward in rage
This time though, Ku intercepted the attack swung his sword around Sokka's causing it to spin right off his hands, leaving Sokka for the pickings
When Ku looked up Sokka just smiled towards him
"Now!" he shouted before ducking for cover
Ku looked behind him and saw Azula firing lightning at him
"Shit!" he pierced his sword to the ground and held it tightly while he received the lightning full force
Azula had a victorious smile on her face when their plan worked but it only lasted for about a second before she felt that she couldn't breathe. When she looked down, she saw a fist was connected to her chest and when she looked up she saw Ku's eyes through his hood and could see the same blue eyes as her boyfriend
Before she could pass out Ku whispered something to her
"Science, bitch" and he uppercutted her and she soared for about two seconds until she fell like a rock, unconscious
"Azula!" Sokka shrieked "What have you done to her?!"
"Isn't it obvious?" he asked sarcastically "She annoyed me and she was interrupting my playtime"
"How dare you!" and Sokka ran blindly towards Ku
Ku just shrugged and sheathed his sword and started walking away
Sokka didn't even care whether his enemy was giving up or not because he just kept running towards Ku. He didn't even notice the arm that struck him on the neck causing him to instantly lose consciousness.
"Why did you do that?!" Ku asked hysterically "It was going to be an epic ending!" he acted like what Sokka was about to do "He was going to run towards me and he would do an epic jump" he demonstrated "then he would thrust his sword down as hard as he can" he held an imaginary sword and swung it down "Then I would turn around and only miss it about an inch then finally I would hit him with an uppercut and say" he turned around and he face Azula slowly "Too slow." Ku's face then turned sour "But nooooooooo, you had to interrupt and ruin it!" and Ku stormed off
Enma sighed "You're welcome!" she shouted towards him
"Fuck you!" he replied
"What about these two?" she motioned towards the unconscious bodies of Sokka and Azula
"You carry them! I'm not in the mood!" and he vanished through the forest
"For the love of!" she groaned and she proceeded to drag them towards the village
By the time she arrived at the village one of the people there told her that Ku was asleep and told the villagers to bring the newly acquired prisoners to their cells
"Good" she dropped the two unconscious teens "They were beginning to get in my nerves" and she went to her room
When she got there she was surprised to see a sleeping Ku in her bed.
She sighed and lied next to him. She was so tired that she didn't even care that he snaked an arm around her waist. Funny thing though she kinda liked it, kinda.
When morning came, Enma was surprised to see that Ku left earlier than expected. She thought he would use the chance to stay with her as long as he wanted because she wasn't in the mood to scold with him.
She knew where he went. It was like she knew what was going through that idiot's mind everytime he had that goofy smile on.
And just like what she predicted he was in the prison cell, making fun of his younger self. For some reason though, he refused to show them his face.
"Where's Suki?" Sokka demanded
"I thought you broke up with that bitch?" Ku asked
"I thought so too" Azula sent Sokka a betrayed look
"What?" Sokka asked, bewildered "I'm just a worried friend"
"Very convincing" Azula said sarcastically "If you're so worried about your friend, why don't you ask him to bring you to her!" she snapped
"Geez, and I thought me and Enma were loud" Ku said
"I said it before and I'll say it again, speak for yourself" Enma said by the door
"Morning Enma" Ku said without looking at her
"I'm surprised you didn't take advantage of me." Enma said, amused
"And I'm surprised you were expecting that" he shot back
She could feel the smirk on his face even when he has his back on her
"You still didn't answer my question" Azula asked directly towards Enma
"You're still on that?" Ku asked grievingly "Get over it! You're not the only person who can bend blue flames so live with it!"
"Are you, defending me?" Enma was more amused than before
"No!" Ku answered too quickly "I mean I'm just tired of listening to her whining and whatnot"
"I do not whine!" Azula persisted
"That's what you're doing now" Sokka pointed out
"Are you with me or against me?" Azula asked accusingly
"From what I've seen all day, I believe he's against you." Ku said matter-of-factly "In fact, I think he only cares about Suki"
"You know what, he's right!" Azula shot Sokka a betrayed look "I thought you said you don't love her anymore!"
"I don't!" Sokka answered exasperated
"Then why are you more worried about her than me?"
"I'm not!"
"Whatever, if you're not gonna tell then don't! See if I care!"
"Oh come on! It's not like that!" Sokka tried to reason
Ku just snickered in the background while the two was bickering
Enma sighed "You're having waaaay too much fun for your own good"
"I'm bored" he stated truthfully
"Isn't there something else that can satiate your wants?"
"Weeel" he went closer to her "We could always continue where we left off" he wiggled his eyebrows at her
Enma groaned "Not now, we have business to attend to." Her eyes went wide "Did I just say that out loud?"
Ku smirked "Oh yes." He eyed her hungrily "Don't worry, I can wait" and he went off to do who knew what
Enma followed him with a frown on her face "I can't believe I just said that"
"I can"
"Shut up!" She snapped at him
-Fire Nation Palace-
Zuko was in his room, pacing. He had this feeling that something was wrong but he can't quite put his finger on it.
Just then a servant burst through his room and knelt infront of him
"Your highness, there's an emergency"
"What happened" Zuko asked a little coldly
The servant flinched "A-A prisoner has escaped, y-your highness"
"What?! Who?!" Zuko demanded
The servant was now cowering infront of Zuko "I-I don't know your highness! I-I was only told to i-inform you"
Zuko inhaled a deep breath "It's ok, I'm calm now." He looked towards the servant "Tell me, what do you know?"
"L-like I said before your highness, they only i-informed me that a prisoner e-escaped"
"Ok, you can leave now" Zuko pinched his nose
"Th-thank you, your highness" and he hurriedly left
A few seconds later, the warden entered Zuko's quarters
"Your highness" he bowed and stated "We did a head count and we now know who escaped" the warden said in a grieving voice
"W-ho?" Zuko had a gut feeling
The warden hesitated "W-well it was… your father"
And Zuko's day just got worse
"I-Impossible" he whispered "There's no way he could've escaped that easily"
"That's the thing, your highness" the warden explained "The guards never left their stations and there was no evidence of his escape"
"Unless one of those guards is the one who helped him escape" Zuko summarized
The warden looked offended "I'm sure your making a mistake sire. I hand-picked them myself"
"Then are you telling me that he escaped by himself with your oh-so loyal soldiers guarding him 24/7?"
The warden visibly flinched "N-no, your highness"
Zuko sighed "Gather all the royal guards, whoever helped him escape must be someone who knows the whole layout of the palace since they escaped undetected"
The warden saluted then left
A few minutes later, another servant went inside Zuko's quarters
"Sire, I have news fo-"
"What?! What is it this time?!" Zuko cut him off "Is there some kind of mutiny going on? Or is a meteor heading right towards us? Oh wait, I know, the avatar has gone rouge and started killing people and he wants to take over the world? Well, what is it?!" he snapped
The servant just blinked "Uhmm" he coughed "I'm here to inform you that the palace nurse told me that lady Mai is pregnant and it's a boy, congratulations sire" the servant calmly bowed and left, leaving Zuko gaping
"M-Mai's pregnant?" he whispered to no one in particular
Everything was quiet for a second before Zuko snapped again
"How in the world is Mai pregnant?!" he shouted "The most intimate thing we ever done is kissing! Unless I was not informed that cuddling with a woman gets them pregnant then I don't know how that happened!"
He started to giggle until it escalated to full-blown laughter "This is all a dream, that's it" he nodded to himself "I'm still asleep. When I wake up everything should be back to normal"
-Mai's Room-
"What's the meaning of this?!" Zuko barged through her door taking it off its hinges
Mai sighed "I can explain"
"Explain what exactly?! That my girlfriend, whom I never touched I might add, is pregnant!" Zuko was pacing in the room
"Zuko, would you calm down" Mai said monotonously
"How can I calm down knowing my supposed girlfriend is being banged behind my back while I'm busy running this spirits forsaken country?!"
Slap!
There was a visible red handprint on Zuko's left cheek
"Now, would you calm down and listen to me for a second?" Mai calmly said
"Fine" Zuko said begrudgingly and sat on the ground completely forgetting he was the firelord
Mai sighed and looked away "This happened a week ago…"
-Flashback-
AN: Cue in epic flashback sounds
Mai was having her same boring day at the same boring place doing the same boring stuff. She was attending a lecture on how a lady should behave when with the firelord. Like she need to be told on how to handle Zuko
Mai couldn't believe how a palace's life was. She thought that she would be practically ignored. She thought that since she was not that important, people would ignore her. It was quite the opposite. While the firelord's job was to run a country, her job was to be the face of the masses, oh joy. This means she had to attend every major party the palace was going to throw and she had to answer every single question that was thrown at her.
When the lecture was over, Mai went for a stroll at the garden since it was a cloudy day. It wasn't until a few minutes later that she noticed that she was being followed. She ignored it at first but as time went on the person seemed to be getting closer to her.
She made a 180 and threw knives at a certain tree
"Who's there?" she asked but no one answered
When she turned around and continued walking she still had that feeling that someone was following her. She was panicking now and the hair behind her neck stood on end. She started to run as fast as her feet could take her but the person was still behind. She kept running and she felt that the person was now an arm's reach from her.
When she looked behind, she saw no one.
When Mai turned a corner that's when she noticed that she was led to a dead end
Mai readied herself by putting knives in-between her fingers.
"Whoever you are, I'm ready for you!"
"Is that a fact?" someone whispered behind her ear
She turned around and threw her knives but all she hit was a wall
"Show yourself!" Mai was now circling around so she won't be blindsided
"Why should I?" The voice asked behind her
"Don't tell me you're afraid?" Mai taunted
She heard laughter all around her
"My, my. Someone sure is confident?"
"Why shouldn't I?"
The voice laughed again. Mai felt that the voice was directly behind her but her peripheral vision didn't see anybody
"What's so funny?" Mai asked
"You" the voice answered "You act so tough when you know deep inside you're cowering with fear"
"That's not true"
"You act like you don't care when you know it yourself that you truly do. You just don't want people to be close enough to you because you fear they will hurt you"
"Stop" Mai closed her eyes shut
"You don't want to trust people other people knowing their just gonna hurt you in the end" the voice was getting closer to her
"Stay away from me!" she was now kneeling
"Just like what he did to you" he whispered in her ear
"No!" she sprang up and started throwing knives everywhere
The voice laughed again
"I'm right, am I? You know that there is no one in this world you trust, that's why you shut yourself so that you wouldn't get hurt" the air suddenly felt heavy for Mai
"Foolish little girl!" the voice boomed in her head and she was forced to clutch it since it deafened her
"How naïve are you?" the voice continued "You think you can escape from pain? Ha! Don't make me laugh!"
She then felt the air around her grab her entire body and lifted her up inches in the air
"I'll show you real pain" and she was tossed around like a doll.
Her body crashed against the wall until it cracked and she was thrown to another room
Mai was now in the verge of losing consciousness and before she could pass out she saw someone walk towards her
Few hours later, Mai woke up inside her room filled with bandages. But that didn't stop the pain that was in her body, particularly near her womb. That's when she realized that she wasn't pure anymore
-Present-
"When Ty Lee visited me, I just told her that I slipped when I was practicing in the trees and that's how I got my wounds." She looked towards Zuko with glassy eyes "Now you know"
Zuko just sat there and stared at Mai with an unreadable face
"I know I should've told you but I was afraid that you might think I'm dirty and…" she stopped
"I-I thought y-you were gonna banish me" and in a blink of an eye Zuko hugged her as hard as he can
Mai couldn't take it anymore and she started crying, crying like she never did in her whole life
"Shush it's gonna be ok." Zuko comforted her "I'm not gonna leave you."
Zuko broke the hug and wiped the tears from her eyes "No matter what happens, I'll treat that child like it's my own" and Mai continued crying
A few minutes later, Zuko left the room.
"Hey, how's she doing?" Aang asked sincerely
Zuko sighed "She's asleep now. I never expected so many things happening today. It never occurred to me that being firelord is this taxing"
Aang shrugged "Nah, it can't be that bad"
"Whatever" Zuko said and for no reason, Aang stopped and stood there with a mysterious smile on his face
"Hey, Zuko" he called
"What?"
"Please take care of my child for me"
Zuko's eyes went wide and when he turned around, Aang wasn't there anymore.
That's when he remembered that Aang just sent him a letter this morning that he was going to stay in Ba Sing Se for a while since the king was still missing
-Kyoshi Island-
The sun just shined and the light entered the prison cell where Azula and Sokka was kept.
The door slammed opened and startled the two
"Rise and shine guys!" Ku said, still wearing the hood "We have a big day ahead of us and I don't want you guys to miss the opening ceremony!"
"What do you mean?" Sokka gulped
"You'll see" and Ku started dragging the two teens in the center of the town
"Here's the fun part" Ku turned towards the two "Sokka"
"Y-yes"
"We want you to help us"
Sokka just glared at Ku "Are you crazy! Why in the spirits' name would I help you?!"
"Because of this" Enma said behind him. When he turned around he saw Suki and Azula being held by her "It's either her" she motioned towards Suki "Or her" she nodded at Azula "Make your pick"
"Pick for what?" Sokka asked
"Oh you know, which one we'll spare and which one we'll keep as a hostage" Ku said delightfully
"Wh-what?! I can't do that!"
Ku mocked gasped "Really? And here I thought you were gonna pick Azula immediately."
Ku tsked and looked towards Azula "Are you gonna accept that?"
Azula looked away and Sokka could see the hurt in her eyes
"Does that mean that both of them will be our hostages then?" Enma asked
"Wait" Sokka said "Release Azula" he gritted his teeth
Suki's eyes widened by Sokka's decision but because her mouth was gagged she didn't have the choice to voice her opinion
"Brilliant decision my friend"
"In one condition" Sokka said
"What?" Enma asked while she untied Azula
"Show us your face"
Ku was silent for a few seconds before he released a deep snicker "I knew you were gonna say that"
He slowly removed his hood and when it when it was completely off Sokka was shocked by who he saw
SMACK!
"Ow! What was that for!" Ku asked Enma as she hit the back of his head with her hand
"Did you really wear that hood all this time just so that you can do this?!" she gestured towards the thick beard Ku was wearing
"Hey! I don't tell you how to live your life, do I?"
"For the love of!" Enma proceeded to curse
"Language, language madam" Ku tsked her "Not infront of the kids"
Enma gritted her teeth and when she was about to smack Ku again she saw Sokka was about to say something
"N-no way…" Sokka trailed off
"Wha?" Azula looked at him disbelievingly
Sokka then had stars in his eyes "I. Can't. Believe. YOU'RE REAL! Spirits!" he went closer to Ku and looked at him like he was his god "All these years I thought that you were just a figment of my imagination but here you are!"
He then ran towards Azula "That's Wang Fire! You know the person I told you that I was impersonating!"
"Good grief" Enma smacked her face and she saw her younger self smack the star-strucked watertribe on the back of his head
-Fire Nation Port-
A hooded figure walked inside a cabin of a cruise and when he was inside he sat opposite with a person with the same clothing albeit taller
"How are you readjusting?" said the smaller of the two
The taller one then closed his hand and when he opened it again flames were dancing in his palm
The taller one grinned "Like a new man"
Author's Notes: Wew! Finally got that one done! Anywho, I loved this chapter! I wanted to make it longer but I think my mind is pooped.
Oh, and sorry to those who wanted some lemon scenes but I'm not really the type of person who can pull off those kinds of things so here you go! Enjoy!