A/N Well, for Deamon Fire, who looked at the obvious, this chapter has an explanation as to why Ozai doesn't burn Lara to a crisp. Politics. Maybe it's a little OOC that he cared about it all, but the whole story wouldn't make sense at all if Lara died. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Hope you like this new chapter.

2: Ask him when he's gonna reveal the scar Zuko gave him during the Agni Kai. Gasp dramatically when people say they don't know what you're talking about.

Lara was still annoyed.

Two months had passed since Zuko and Iroh had departed, and things were getting boring.

Without Zuko to annoy, Lara was stuck annoying Fire Lord Ozai, which was probably not the brightest thing to do.

Without Iroh to calm him down, Lara was stuck with an annoyed Fire Lord for the rest of the day, which was not the most fun way to spend a day.

So, perhaps boring wasn't the correct word for it. An angry Fire Lord hurling fireballs at you isn't boring, exactly, more… painful. Very painful.

And so Lara was still annoyed. And, once again, she decided to strike back!

See previous chapter for long thing about how she was going to do the unthinkable, blah, blah, blah, pull a prank on the Fire Lord, couldn't think of one, blah, blah, blah, decided to annoy him, which wasn't so unexpected, blah, blah, blah… You get the picture.

So, where were we? Oh, yes. Lara was going to annoy Ozai. Right.

Once again, Lara marched into the throne room. The two guards outside cowered in fear of her awesomeness, and let her pass unchallenged.

Well, that might have been because they were asleep, but Lara decided that it was her awesomeness. They were intimidated, see.

This time, Ozai was attending a social gathering designed to remind the populace who their leader was and to improve confidence in the governing body. At least, that was what their Father had called it. Ozai called it a useless waste of time, Lara called it fun, and Iroh called it a party.

Lara didn't seem to care much that she hadn't been invited to this party. In fact, she simply strode up to Fire Lord Ozai and plopped down on his lap.

"LARA!" Ozai's temper was always shorter at these social-gatherings-designed-to-remind-the-populace-who-their-leader-was-and-to-improve-confidence-in-the-governing-body/useless-waste-of-time/fun/party.

"Hi, big brother," Lara replied cheerfully.

Everyone at the (see two paragraphs up for full name) thingy stopped their conversations immediately to listen carefully and give furtive glances to their leader and the person who dared annoy him so much.

"Get… off… me," growled Ozai through gritted teeth. Lara was impressed. For once in his life, her brother seemed to be making a token effort to keep his temper. Token effort, mind you. He wasn't really trying, just pretending to so that he would seem like a better person. Token effort. Remember that, now.

"You mean 'get off me, little sister,'" corrected Lara. "You can't deny being related to me forever, you know."

"Lara…" Maybe Ozai really was trying to keep his temper… oh, of course. There were lots and lots of people there. Lara was royalty, so it would look very bad if he incinerated her in front of a crowd.

Zuko was different, mind. Zuko had done something bad. Well, not really all that bad, but it was bad according to the Fire Nation. Bad with a capital 'B', making it Bad, instead of just bad.

What Lara was doing was bad. Zuko had been Bad. There's a difference.

"You know, big brother, you have quite a bit of a habit of keeping secrets," Lara continued in a stage whisper.

Of course, Lara was a very loud person, so a stage whisper for her was basically a shout for the rest of us. She didn't really need to talk so loud, since everyone in the room was listening intently. You could have heard a pin drop. If Lara had deigned to shut up, which she didn't.

"But I'm glad you finally got the one about the Agni Kai out in the open."

"The… Lara, what are you talking about?" demanded Ozai.

"You know. That one secret you were keeping about Zuko. How he really did get a hit in on you during the Agni Kai, and it gave you a scar just as bad as you gave him, just in a… er… different place. I'm glad you finally told everyone about that."

"But I… wait… Lara!"

"You there," Lara beckoned a random guest over.

"Lara, if you don't shut up this instant," Ozai growled warningly.

"Do you know about the scar that Prince Zuko gave the Fire Lord during their Agni Kai two months ago?" Lara asked the random guest, ignoring her brother.

"Err… no?" whimpered the random guest. "I've never heard of it, Lady Lara…"

Lara gasped so loud that she fell off Ozai's lap. "You've never heard of it?" she demanded from the floor.

"Lara, what are you doing?"

"Brother," Lara turned to Ozai, "You promised me that you would tell everyone what had really happened. I'm ashamed of you. Not only that, I'm shocked. I feel faint…"

For a moment or two, Lara reeled around on the floor, looking dizzy, then she collapsed.

Some of the guests looked concerned, others relieved at the momentary break in her constant chatter. Ozai, however, wasn't buying it and just looked annoyed.

"LARA!"

Lara propped herself up on her elbows. "What?" she asked innocently.