Me: I decided to make up a name so here's the next chapter. Skip this chapter. I found out Zuko's mom's name after I wrote this and published it. Go to the next chapter. Or read this one. The chapters are the same just this one has the wrong name. Although, if you follow the author's notes you should read the bottom.
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Yuri
"My mother gave it to me." Zuko told her.
"Yuri," she whispered.
"How do you know my mother's name?" Zuko asked suspicously as he tried to pry Sarah's fingers off the necklace.
Sarah's eyes were fixed on the sky blue necklace and Zuko couldn't take it from her. Her hand moved slowly to her neck and grasped something beneath her shirt, "Our aikou symbol."
"What did you say?"
"She married him?" she talked as if he weren't there.
"Sarah, what are you talking about? Who are you talking about?" He questioned.
"Where did your mother come from?" She inquired suddenly.
"She never said. My father didn't even know. Now please, answer my questions." Zuko requested.
"I knew your mother. In fact, she was like my sister."
"What?" Zuko shrieked.
"Her parents died in a battle with some soldiers when she was a baby. Yuri and her older brother, Tei were left alone as orphans. I was good friends with their parents so I took the liberty of raising them. I taught them to fight and airbend." Tears swelled in Sarah's silver eyes.
"My mom was an airbender?" Zuko was shocked.
"Yuri, and Tei, I were the last."
"You're lying!" Zuko shouted.
"Why would I lie about her? I loved her! She was one of my best friends!" Sarah grabbed his necklace and pulled an exact replica from beneath her shirt. "This was our symbol! These are the necklaces we made for each other! We called them our aikou, meaning love, necklaces! Why would I lie about that?"
"How did my parents meet?" Zuko asked trying to change the subject.
"That is a funny story actually. Would you like to hear it?"
"Yes, I would."
Flashback
Sarah danced with a drunken Fire Nation soldier as Yuri did the same at a bar in the Fire Nation.
"You are so beautiful," he murmured in Sarah's ear.
"Thank you," she replied as the song ended. "I think I'll sit this one out. My feet hurt."
"Okay, but you have to dance with me to the next song."
Sarah went over to sit next to Yuri. "This is too easy. There must be about a hundred soldiers here."
"I know. When should we do it?" Yuri asked.
"During the next song," they sat together for the rest of the dance and then went back with their soldier.
As they danced Sarah and Yuri drew a knife out of their belts. Sarah winked at Yuri and at the same time plunged the knives into the soldiers' hearts. The music stopped and all the other soldiers drew their swords.
Sarah and Yuri smiled at each other and started to fight. Sarah and Yuri emerged victorious from the tavern after half an hour.
"That was fun." Yuri giggled.
"You'd think that after having hundreds of soldiers being killed in bars the Fire Nation would forbid them from getting drunk. I mean, over the past two years we must have killed 600 soldiers. We probably killed about seventy-five tonight." Sarah said.
"I wonder how Tei fared at the tavern he went to," commented Yuki.
"I'm sure he's fine. He always is." Sarah reassured her.
"You're right. So, where are we going to next?" Yuri asked.
Sarah looked around and when she saw no one there pulled Yuri into a dark ally. "We are going to the palace to cause some major damage."
"Yes!" Sarah clasped her hand over the energetic girl's mouth.
"Be quiet. We can't get caught. We have to change into our black clothes right now so we can stay in the shadows and not be seen. When we get to the palace we will hide our black clothes and put on our dresses."
"But Sarah, the dresses we wore to the bar isn't fancy enough. They'll all know we don't belong."
"I brought other dresses. They're just like the dresses the concubines for the Fire Lord and Prince Ozai wear. Trust me, we'll fit in." Sarah went deep into the shadows and came back with a bag of clothes. She took out a red dress. "Here," she handed it to Yuri, "put this on."
Yuri obeyed and Sarah changed into an identical outfit. After they had changed they put on dark clothing as black as night over the bright red.
They soon left the ally. Sarah carried the bag with her as the crept quickly through the deserted streets of the Fire Nation. It took them an hour of dodging in and out of shadows so they would not be seen before they reached the palace.
Once they were there they striped off their black clothes, hid them, and entered the palace. It wasn't hard to find the throne room where nobles and soldiers danced with their wives or consorts, surrounding the Fire Lord and the two princes.
Sarah and Yuri acted like concubines and stood around watching the Fire Lord and Prince Ozai. To anyone else they would seem to be talking about them but really Sarah was muttering instructions to Yuri.
"You dance with Ozai. I'll take care of the Fire Lord." Sarah whispered.
"What about Iroh?" Yuri questioned.
"Leave him. He's not the tyrant Ozai and their father are. It would be a blessing for him to take his father's place." Sarah stopped talking when the Fire Lord came over.
"Will you dance with me?" He asked Sarah.
She bowed, "It would be an honor my lord." She took the hand he offered her and swept gracefully onto the dance floor.
Ozai quickly imated his father and began to dance with Yuri. Soon all eyes were on the two girls. After the dance the nobles and soldiers continueasly asked them to dance. Two hours passed before Sarah and Yuri managed to break away from the entourage of men following them.
"We need to act now, before it's too late. On my signal kill whoever you're with carefully and bring him over to a corner where no one can see him." Sarah instructed.
"Okay," Yuri replied and they went to dance with some soldiers.
Sarah was dancing with Ozai and Yuri was dancing with the Fire Lord when some soldiers noticed that about fifty guards were missing. It took another five minutes before someone found several dead bodies and the girls were about to kill the Fire Lord and Prince Ozai. Knife in hand Sarah prepared to strike when the alarm sounded.
"Ahhhhhhhhh! Murders!" a young girl screamed as she ran from a corner.
Sarah silently cursed and attacked. Prince Ozai stopped the blow and pressed the blade to her neck.
Yuri attacked the Fire Lord but he to stopped it. He held her hands behind her back as she struggled to get loose and run to free Sarah.
"Who are you?" Ozai demanded of Sarah.
"Some one who you should fear. Some one who wants revenge." Sarah twisted out of his arms, grabbed Yuri, and ran.
Soldiers followed but the girls were too quick. Sarah regretted having to leave behind the black outfits but they were too close to the palace. They ran to where their other clothes were hidden and changed into normal Fire Nation outfits. Sarah hid her hair know that it would be a give away to who she was.
"What do we do about the dresses?" Yuri asked.
"We leave them. I'll come back for them later. Come on." They went back onto the streets and to their surprise the soldiers had not yet passed.
"Sarah, what are we going to do? They'll find us for sure." Yuri's voice was urgent.
"Yuri, do you trust me?"
"Of course I do."
Sarah drew her dagger and Yuri knew what she was going to do. "Scream as loud as you can." Sarah told her and plunged the dagger into Yuri's stomach.
The guards heard the scream and came running. Yuri laid on the ground and
Sarah sat next to her.
"Lea! Lea, please be alright!" Sarah cried.
"What happened?" a soldier asked gruffly.
"These two girls in red dresses ran by. They looked suspious and seemed afraid when they saw us. The elder one stabbed my sister in the stomach. Is Lea going to be alright?" Sarah said as she sobbed.
"She'll be fine. Can you take your sister home or do you need assistance?" asked a kindly soldier who had pushed the first aside.
"I think I can make it. It isn't far. Thank you."
"Don't cry. It's okay. Take care and report it if you see these girls again." The soldier wiped Sarah's tears away and left.
"Sarah," Yuri moaned when they were alone.
"Shh, I'll take you home and heal you." Sarah, with much trouble, picked Yuri up and took her to the inn they were staying at with Tei.
Sarah knocked on the door and Tei opened it. "What happened?" His eyes were wide with fear for his younger sister.
"It's nothing." Yuri assured him. Sarah set her on the bed and healed her. Yuri breathed a sigh of relief.
"That is much better. Why am I always the one to be stabbed? It's not fair." Yuri pouted.
"There are two reasons. One, how am I supposed to heal myself if I'm weak from being stabbed. Two, there is no way that you'd be able to carry me." Sarah explained.
"She's right Yuri. You're to weak to carry her." Tei taunted.
"Hey! I bet we killed more people than you." she challanged determined to defeat her brother.
"I killed about fifty. How many did you kill?" Tei accepted.
"About one hundred each," the two girls replied.
Tei shook his head. "I don't know how you do it. I can kill up to fifty yet you two can kill one hundred in a single night. It amazes me."
"I know we do, but you're still an exellent fighter. After all, we both had a great teacher." Yuri indicated Sarah.
"You're just saying that because I'm your big brother and you want to make me feel better." Tei accused.
"I know, I hope it worked because now I'm going to tell you the truth. Sarah and I are much better warriors." Yuri teased.
"That is so true." Sarah agreed. Both girls laughed.
End Flashback
"Why would my father marry someone who tried to kill my grandfather and murders so many of our soldiers?" Zuko demanded.
"I don't think he knew. Yuri had changed a lot by the next time she went back to the Fire Nation. Your father wouldn't have reconginzed her easily. All I know is that I couldn't go with her and when she came home she told me and Tei that she was in love with someone from the Fire Nation. When we asked her if he had killed any of our people she said no. That was a lie. She went back to marry the mysterious man that Tei and I had never met. She wrote often but eventually the letters became scarcer and scarcer. Soon she stopped writing. I went to investigate and learned she was dead." Sarah informed Zuko.
"She was poisoned. She kept me from drinking some milk and drank it herself. She died the next day." Zuko told her solomly.
"I wish I knew who poisoned her." Sarah sighed.
Iroh bowed his head in respect for Fire Lady Yuri. Katara and James did the same and didn't interupt the moment between Sarah and Zuko.
Me: Wow, I wrote four pages and about three of them were the flashback. I hope you all liked it.
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