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Kensho was thrown into a separate cell and landed on a chair.
"Such hospitality."
"Well, they're guards. I doubt they have any real bedside manner."
"Azula?"
"Hello Kensho. Good to see you again."
Surprisingly, Azula gives him a brief hug and says, "I couldn't find you after the invasion. I assumed they kidnapped you. What I don't understand is what you're doing here."
"I'm working with them."
"What!? Why?"
"Let me finish."
Azula nods her head and lets him speak.
"I'm not strong enough to take on the avatar and his friends. I needed to appeal to their trust of me that I gained in Ba Sing Se. I needed to bide my time. Once they let their guard down, I would escape and make my way back to the Fire Nation. Back to you."
"You always know what to say."
"A special talent of mine."
"Let's get you dressed back into some real armor."
"Sounds good."
One of the guards brought in a spare set of Kensho's armor and handed it to him before leaving the room. He slides the armor on quickly, it still felt comfortable.
Another guard came running into the room, saying that a riot broke out.
"It must be Sokka and the others trying to escape. They'll most likely take the gondola."
Azula nods in agreement.
The two leave the room, with Ty Lee joining them just a few feet away.
They make it to the platform and see the gondola leaving. Ty Lee jumps onto the cable and starts running while Azula grabbed a pair of cuffs and blasted herself into the air. She then cuffed the cable and pushed herself forwards.
Kensho follows the same idea as Azula, only instead of using handcuffs he stands on the cable and uses his hands to thrust him forwards.
When the three got closer they could see three others get onto the top of the cable-cart. Zuko, Sokka, and Suki.
Kensho and Azula landed in front of Zuko and Sokka, while Ty Lee stared down Suki.
"I thought we could trust you." Zuko says, glaring at Kensho.
"You thought wrong."
Kensho pushes his fist forwards, launching a flame at Zuko. He dissolves it of course, and counter attacks. As they fought Zuko launched a fireball at Azula's feet. She spins around but meets the tip of Sokka's sword.
He quickly moves back and allows Zuko to launch another flame blast. Azula, in an impressive display of athletics, drops down and balances on her hands. She then tucks herself inside and kicks a blue flame that reached the other end of the gondola.
Before they can continue their fight, the gondola swings to a halt. Zuko catches Sokka and prevents him from falling. Meanwhile Ty Lee jumped onto the top of the gondola and shouts, "They're about to cut the line!"
Seeing another gondola approaching, going the opposite direction, Azula says, "Then it's time to leave."
Kensho and her flame boost themselves over as the gondola draws near.
Azula says, "Goodbye Zuko," As she boosts herself.
Kensho says nothing, opting to look away after landing.
Ty Lee also jumped onto the gondola once it got close enough and looked at their opponents with slight worry in her eyes.
Without warning the gondola carrying Sokka and the others started moving again. Kensho looked over at the platform and could make out Mai. She was tossing people around with her knives and pinning them to the walls.
"Impressive."
"What is she doing?" Azula asks.
Ty Lee shrugs her arms.
When the gondola stopped the trio jumped off. They then stood a few feet away from Mai, who was being held by two guards.
"Leave us alone." Azula states.
The guards release Mai and walk away a couple feet.
"I never expected this from you."
Kensho stood beside Ty Lee, who looked very scared and worried.
"What I don't understand is why? Why would you do it? You knew the consequences."
"I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do. You miscalculated. I love Zuko, more than I fear you."
Azula's face contorts in rage.
"No you miscalculated. You should have feared me more."
The two spring into action. Azula raises her hands while Mai unsheathes a throwing knife. What would have happened next is a mystery, since Ty Lee sprung forward and Chi Blocked Azula. She fell to the ground with a surprised look on her face.
Kensho runs over to his wife and helps her up while guards surrounded the other two.
"You're both fools."
"What shall we do to them princess?"
"Put them somewhere where I'll never have to see their faces again, and let them rot!"
The guard took Mai and Ty Lee away to the prison. Kensho held Azula close, and she ordered the other guards away.
"I think I'm feeling better. You can let go."
He does so very carefully. Azula wobbles slightly then manages to stand straight.
"Alright. That's better."
Form the ground they see the Airship take off into the distance as a black speck.
"Guess we're gonna need a new balloon."
"You know where they camped at, right?"
"I do indeed."
"Good."
Kensho finds a guard and orders him to send a message back to the Capital. Bring a fleet of Airships with mortar attachments.
While the two waited, Kensho asked Azula about what happened after the invasion.
"Well, nothing much really. Prisoners were detained, and the leader was sent here. Seems like that was a waste of time though."
"Uh huh. Have you heard any word from Jun?"
"No. Ember Island was left untouched, thankfully. You don't have to worry about your pregnant mistress."
"Azula…"
Kensho gives her a look.
"You don't have to worry about Jun."
He nods in appreciation.
"That's good to hear."
"Have you thought about…us being parents eventually?"
"Of course. I happen to think you'd be a good mother."
Azula nods her head, unsure of herself.
"Something on your mind?"
"Just still annoyed at Ty Lee and Mai's betrayal. How could they?"
"You can't please everyone Azula."
"I suppose you're right."
Kensho rests a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"When we get the avatar and Zuko we can return back to the Capital. Then we can get some much needed rest."
"That sounds nice."
Azula rubbed her wedding ring and looked down at Kensho's left hand. The fingers with the missing nails had healed and skin covered the wounded areas. His own ring was visible and gave Azula a sense of belonging. Belonging to someone who understood her, truly understood her.
The Airships arrived late at night and Azula immediately took command. With directions from Kensho the three Airships took off to their destination. As they flew Kensho took Azula aside.
"You should get some rest. You'll need your energy tomorrow."
"I'm fine."
"I know. Still, it'll ease my mind."
"…Fine. But you're going to rest with me then. I won't have you overwork yourself either."
"Fair enough. I'll make sure we're on the right path then join you in your chambers."
Azula nods in agreement before walking off. Kensho returns to the bridge and lets the captain know about their heading and what landmarks to look for. After finishing the navigation he walks to Azula's Chamber.
She was already in her bed robe and laying on the bed, waiting for him.
Kensho stripped himself of the armor and prison rags, leaving him practically naked. He then crawled into the bed next to Azula, who wrapped her slender arms around him. They both relaxed into the mattress and shared a kiss.
As they lay together Kensho rubbed Azula's hand. It was euphoric.
"Your hands are so soft."
"Yours are rugged. I like that. What does it feel like without…well, you know."
"It's odd, but bearable."
Kensho kisses Azula atop her head and says, "You should be sleeping."
"So should you."
"Alright, let's quiet down then and get some shut eye."
Azula doesn't respond and closes her eyes. Kensho follows her lead.
Kensho wakes up and feels empty space where Azula should be.
"Guess she's up." He says to himself, garbing himself in his usual armor.
Leaving the room, Kensho notices the sun was up and they were closing in on their destination. Kensho made his way to the bridge and found Azula sitting in her chair.
"We're closing in. Order the Airships to fly straight towards the cliff."
"Yes sir." The Captain responds.
All three Airships descend.
Kensho scans the terrain and leads the ships towards the Avatar's Team.
"I'm going up top to greet our friends."
Kensho nods in acknowledgement.
Once the Airships got close enough Kensho ordered the 3 Airships to launch the explosive canisters from the mortars. A flame passed overhead the Airship he was on, presumably from Zuko or Aang.
The Airship rose and Azula stood atop a platform.
"What're you doing here?" Zuko asks.
"Isn't it obvious yet? I'm about to celebrate becoming an only child!"
Azula then spins on the railing and kicks a large blast of blue flames before swinging down. Zuko evaded the brunt of the blast and ran towards the Airship. He jumped off a collapsing pillar and threw a few punches of fire, one hit the platform Azula was standing on which forced her to jump onto the tough lining of the Airship.
Suddenly, the Flying Bison broke through the rocks trapping it. It used the rocks as a defense from Azula's flames. Behind her Zuko rose up atop an Airship.
Zuko started running and then jumped, kicking Azula's flame out of the way before launching an attack of his own. The two then started fighting, with each not gaining any significant advantage. Until they both collided fire powered fists into each other, which knocked them both off the Airship.
Zuko was snatched by Appa, and they all watched as Azula fell.
"She's not gonna make it." He comments.
Using her superior fire bending, Azula pushes herself towards the cliff and grabs on.
Kensho had the Airship lowered so she could jump back on. When she did he could see she lost her hair pin.
"Well, that was thoroughly exhilarating." Azula states.
"You look good with your hair down."
"Why thank you. We failed here though, so we should return back to the Capital. The avatar is a master of evasion, so I doubt we'll find him anytime soon."
"Agreed. Captain. Bring the ships about. Let's go home."
When the Airships returned to the Capital the moon had risen in the sky, and Kensho immediately went to his study to fill out a report. A few minutes into it, Azula showed up to give him company.
"Why do you have to write those reports?" Azula asks, checking her nails.
"It's my job. Higher the rank, the more paperwork."
"Well, when we're Fire Lady and Lord, I'll make sure you don't waste time on paperwork."
"That's something to look forwards to."
Finally finishing the report, Kensho leans back in his chair and groans.
"Now that you're done, how about we relax?"
"Yeah. Sounds good."
The two decide to walk around the garden, the moonlight illuminating the grounds.
"Hopefully this war doesn't drag on." Azula remarks.
"Yeah. Azula, are you ok?"
"What do you mean?"
"With Mai and Ty Lee. That must be rough."
"I'd rather not talk about that."
"Right. Of course."
"…I can't believe they did that."
Kensho wraps a comforting arm around her.
"They were my friends. I trusted them, and they betrayed me."
"It couldn't have been easy on them."
"Oh please. You were there. You saw how quickly Ty Lee joined Mai. They're traitors. They deserve to rot."
The two stop walking, and Kensho holds her close.
"I know. I know. I'm right here though. I'll always be here."
Azula buries her face into his chest. No tears, but her tight grip gets the message across.
"Come on, let's go back to the palace. Get some rest."
"Alright."
Kensho leads Azula back to the palace, and once inside they make their way to their room. Once there they disrobe and lay on the bed. After a few minutes Azula climbs on top of Kensho, wanting to sire an offspring.
After a few hours the two lay in each other's arms, both resting in a dreamless sleep.
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