Author's Disclaimer: I don't own a thing belonging to "Avatar: the last airbender." Nothing!
Author's notes: Well well, Zuko is in a precarious situation. His and Ty Lee's scheme is dumped on him again and he might have to claim another of his sister's pups. This is supposed to of course show the irony of life. Things you try to plan can blow up in your face.
I haven't mentioned it before, but seeing as this story is Omegaverse, Zuko and Mai both have a mating bite. I can't believe I didn't mention it until now (smacks forehead).
Special thanks to QueenTyzula for help on wording in a certain scene upcoming. She gave a very specific line for Mai and the rest formed somewhat around it. Thanks, buddy! :P
Thanks also to Maraghoul for rehashing some character analysis. Thanks again! Mai's proactive seeking out Azula came about due to her conversations :P
Harley Quinn Davidson: Long live Azula indeed :P I know I'm favoring Zuko a lot but I do have love for the crazed princess.
My guest: Thanks for the lengthy review! Glad you seem to be liking it so much ^_^
"Stoking the fire"
Chapter twenty "Living with the consequences"
Zuko opened his eyes. Ty Lee was whimpering in her sleep and he wrapped his arm around her waist. She burrowed into his shoulder and he rubbed her back softly, willing her to stay asleep. Her mouth opened and she gave a soft wail and murmured incoherent things against his shoulder. Zuko kissed her brow, feeling protection surge through his being. Tonight Ty Lee had been able to go to sleep much faster, but she had still yet to leave her apartment.
Ying had tried her hardest to get her to go for a walk, but Ty Lee had refused, doing odd stretches and waited for Zuko to come back from his council meetings. Once he came back, everyone dressed down for yoga stretches, and Zuko bundled her up for a bath afterward. They had embraced, soapy warm water enclosing them and Zuko had rubbed her down strongly until she was able to relax.
Zuko wanted to stay up awhile longer and read over his policy scrolls, but Ty Lee's soft sighs helped soothe his mind. He had taken off his tunic and climbed in beside her and had fallen asleep promptly. Staying far from his wife's derision and stinging revelation was a breath of fresh air. As his eyes flickered open, listening to Ty Lee murmur in her sleep, he felt almost at peace.
Mai. Zuko frowned, thinking of his erstwhile wife. She still wasn't definitive if she wanted to keep her baby. If she did, she could leave him. He had to honor his earlier words with her. He couldn't order her or force her to stay. He had almost lost her forever that way in the first few months of his reign. He had to leave the door open for her to choose to leave if she wanted.
Ty Lee rolled in her sleep, facing away from the Fire Lord.
Zuko gave a ragged sigh. Unbidden, his arm tightened around Ty Lee's waist, latching onto the warmth of her body. His wife could leave him. She could have another's baby. If she chose to leave, he could die silently inside and far away from her sneers and expressions of hatred.
Then he needn't feel slightly guilty over consorting with his concubine. That was beside the point. Zuko stretched, muscles along his bare torso flexing. Ty Lee rolled half on her side and he laid his cheek against her shoulder, nuzzling the fabric of her shift. He closed his eyes and inhaled. Ty Lee always smelled good, even after an exercise, but her pheromones were downright heady and sweet. It was her pregnancy that was making her more receptive to his alpha wants. The way she burrowed under his arm soothed his damaged heart.
But if Mai stayed…if she stayed, he couldn't guarantee he would stay away from Ty Lee. Sex or not, she soothed him now. And their lives were in enough turmoil as it was. If Mai stayed, he had to know if she was going to try and keep her child. If she did want to keep it, and she was going to stay in the palace and undivorced, he had to consider the possibility of keeping up facades.
If she was going to stay under the title of Fire Lady, the child had to be his as well. Zuko wanted to laugh bitterly aloud. The very scheme he and Ty Lee had concocted was coming full circle and spilling hot water into his lap.
If Mai wanted to keep her baby, and she wanted to stay married, they'd have to sleep together and soon before her pregnancy was discovered. And boy, did he not want to discuss that with Mai at present. As angry as she was at him, she was not going to like the suggestion.
But if she was going to remain by the Fire Lord's side, she had to keep up appearances as well. Zuko's stomach roiled and he buried his face in loose strands of Ty Lee's hair.
Should Azula come back, he had to protect Ty Lee's baby. The paternity of that child had to be known as his to his sister should she ever cast eyes on him or her. As for Mai's baby….. Azula had recently mated her. She would know Mai's child was hers unless he did something publicly about it. She would see it as a link to the throne. She would take Mai from him!
Zuko's head began to ache and he tried to fall asleep. He focused on Ty Lee's quiet breathing. Her small hand settled on his and she arched back into him in her sleep. Zuko kissed her shoulder.
With everything seemingly going to hell, he had to get any moment of peace throughout the day that he could.
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Iroh walked quietly down the length of the main corridor leading to the throne room. He favored one far side, keeping to the shadows. A slim middle-aged man was examining lines of detonation and taking measurements of the wall near the throne room doors. It was late at night and Iroh had quietly arranged the palace guard's rotations to be nowhere near the corridor for a few nights this week. He had already called in this engineer and his loyalty to the crown was unwavering.
Even if he had worked on explosives for the War under Ozai's reign, it didn't make him unusable now. He WAS good at what he did.
"How goes it?" Iroh asked softly. The man blinked and smiled at the older lord. His black beard was thick and grew half down his chest.
"Well, my Lord Iroh. I have two stone masons coming in shortly to help me remove corners to the wall. We'll run my lines in there and set a sparking device for the lord's use inside the throne room," he explained. Iroh nodded, smiling.
"Very well. I'll stay and watch, if you don't mind," Iroh said. The engineer nodded, and tied off two pieces of metal cable together. In his years working for Ozai, Iroh had been the favored elder brother until the death of his son. Afterward, he remained in the shadow of his younger brother's charisma, seemingly forgotten after Fire Lord Azulon's death. But Iroh had been playing the game of thrones as quietly as he could, so he could exert his influences where it was needed.
Lord Zuko had been shaped by Iroh's tutelage, after all. The engineer smiled as he set the cables down and picked up a canister of blasting jelly. He dabbed a stick inside and applied a small dollop to the ends of the cables. Iroh was impressed how efficiently and quickly the engineer worked, making sure not to get any of the blasting jelly on his skin or clothes. Two men in robes whisked up quietly and the engineer greeted them quietly. Iroh watched as they set their tools to the stone of the walls and carefully carved out small squares. Their tools made small 'shink-shink' noises, but this far down the empty corridor, no one would chance to hear it.
He'd have to check on Zuko tomorrow. Iroh didn't know what had so upset his nephew, but when he had seen him and Ty Lee collapsed on the sofa, unmoving and fatigued, he knew it was severe. If Zuko needed his help, he'd be there.
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Ty Lee fidgeted uncomfortably. It was bad enough the palace healers wanted to inspect her belly again, but Lady Ursa had decided to poke in. Bad enough to be all but naked in front of the old men, but Zuko's mother too? Ty Lee grunted softly as her breasts were touched alittle too firmly. Only Zuko touched them gently, for they had gotten tender. It took everything in her not to flail a fist out at the bearded old men who almost seemed to delight in gazing on her body.
"Alittle protrusion here…." One of the men ran his hand low just above her pelvic bone. Ty Lee started. Her normally flat torso had begun to swell a slight baby bump, still too subtle to be far different from her usual slim figure. She wondered idly if Zuko had noticed. "Three months along at the very least…. Are you eating the diet we set out for you? You need more strength. More meat at dinner."
"Yes," Ty Lee admitted. "Chicken-duck and pork-beef with rice mainly."
"She'll need more vegetables too," Ursa suggested, smiling. Ty Lee smiled her thanks. She hitched her robes closed quickly when the old men waved at her to do so. Ursa helped her retie the sashes and adjust the outfit.
"No exercise, my lady. You shouldn't chance things," one of the healers suggested. Ty Lee quirked an eyebrow. Ursa shared a sympathetic look with her. If Ty Lee wanted to exercise, she was going to. She knew it was good for her and she wanted to keep her flexibility. Ying and Zuko could help with her stretches in private.
"Sure," Ty Lee smiled sweetly. Ursa linked her arm with hers as they left the healer's chambers.
"I remember carrying Zuko. You're at the best stage, not too big and the future is bright," Ursa confided. Despite the passion of her marriage bed with Ozai, she had been quietly afraid during each pregnancy. If she gave birth to a child with defects, or if a stillbirth cursed her, she would be shunned by the court. And she didn't want to think of what Ozai would do.
But Ursa kept the happy thoughts for the young woman. It was apparent Zuko was not his father's son in ways of temperament and he treated Ty Lee gently.
"Did you have any idea of what was to come?" Ty Lee ventured to ask Lady Ursa. Ursa settled Ty Lee into her family's sitting room and ordered tea. Kiyi sidled up and sat next to Ty Lee, beaming. The attention made the acrobat slightly nervous.
'Oh Ursa, if you knew what your son and I planned, you wouldn't be this nice to me,' Ty Lee thought. She sighed.
"Only that I was to remain in good health and spirits and try to bear a healthy child. In a lot of ways, I envy you, Ty Lee," Ursa confessed. Ty Lee perked curiously. No, Ursa didn't know the dilemma she and Zuko swam with daily…
"How is that, my lady?" she asked sweetly. Ursa set her chin on one hand, lost in old thoughts.
"Zuko is not as Ozai was. I tried my hardest to rally a good feeling around each of my pregnancies at the palace, and I was truly lucky. Zuko and Azula came out fine. But I knew moments of fear when Ozai would parade me to his father. After all, I was expected to bring results," Ursa said. Ty Lee swallowed. She was lucky Zuko was truly good, rough edges or not. He was definitely not like Ozai. Or Azula…
Ty Lee's heart lurched. She could hear her ex-lover's familiar gasps of passion entwined with Mai's voice. The image that produced made her feel truly ill. She pressed a hand to her belly. Ursa laid a hand on her arm.
"Are you okay, Ty Lee? Do you need to lay down?" Concern for the child she was carrying was all over her face and Ty Lee's heart lurched unpleasantly. She wished she could tell Ursa the truth, that her missing daughter was truly loved by her, but that would upset more than anything having to do with her. This secret was essential to Zuko's hold on the throne…..
Azula's flashing eyes sparkled in Ty Lee's memory. She laid a hand over her breast, exhaling. "I'm okay, Lady Ursa…. I'll just go rest awhile."
Ying knocked at the royal family apartments and stood at attention by Ty Lee's side in full Kyoshi Warrior garb and make-up. Ursa smiled at her. "Just in time, Ying. Ty Lee's tired."
Ying inclined her head politely to the once princess and her gaze was concerned looking down at Ty Lee. "Let's get you back, my friend."
"Ying, what would I do without you?" Ty Lee asked. She meant for all time. She knew her best friend remembered the day they met in a Fire Nation prison cell and had bonded in the darkness.
"I pray you never have to find out," Ying said tightly. She and Ty Lee bowed to Ursa and swept out to the hallway. They passed several linking corridors and made their way to a balcony protected by a lattice network. There was some relative privacy and Ty Lee hugged her friend's arm, relaxing slightly. The two stood at the balcony railing and looked out over the grounds. A new voice sounded to their right, and a familiar voice growled a greeting.
"Just the two I was looking for."
Ty Lee stiffened, her gait going rigid.
Mai was in the corner waiting, seemingly for them. She leaned against the railing, arms crossed like a lazy servant. Her gaze was expressionless as her more forlorn days of youth. Her hair was pinned up in circling braids. Her bangs fell loose into her eyes, however, and the dark orbs flashed hatred at them.
Ty Lee clutched Ying's arm so hard, she left nail marks in the fabric of her heavy sleeve. Ying let her grasp on, taking a half step in front of Ty Lee. Mai was the Fire Lady, but she wouldn't let her hurt Ty Lee.
Mai laughed, seeming to read Ying's mind. "I'm not going to use my knives. I thought we were friends."
"We were, my lady. I hoped we still are," Ying said politely. Ty Lee shivered. She frowned prettily. 'Everything she does is pretty,' Mai thought sourly. She could see Zuko touching her gently in her mind's eye, giving her languid, fierce passion. She had heard Ty Lee lay with Azula in the field once during the War. The cries she made then resounded in her mind and echoed with her husband's known moans. She growled.
"That remains to be seen," Mai said dryly. She turned her attention to Ty Lee who stood straight-backed but shivering. "Ty Lee, why so shy? Come, talk with me abit. I bet you're dying to know what happened."
The 'what' was heavy on Ty Lee's mind. Mai didn't have to address the elephant-giraffe in the room for her to know what she was referring to. Her heart sank like a stone to her belly. She clasped her middle with one palm.
"I really don't want to know," she admitted truthfully. She swept her gaze to Mai's feet, lips pursed in a sad frown. "You wanted to do it, and you did."
"Well, yes, that's the essence of it I suppose," Mai all but drawled. She gave a short laugh. "Please, you must know details. Who came on to who, who made the first move…. It'd just kill you if it was Azula, huh?"
Ying put an arm in front of her shivering friend. That she was shaking so noticeably during a hot summer's day was disconcerting. "Stop it, Lady Mai!"
"Or what? You won't harm me. Status says it all," Mai retorted. She turned her unfriendly glare to Ty Lee. She wanted to flee, she wanted to leave the hurting words. But they were almost enchanting in a most perverse way. She almost HAD to hear it all. Even if she knew it would hurt badly. "I found your precious princess in an inn tavern. She's such a lonely drinker, our Azula. So I had to stop on by."
Ty Lee hugged her elbows in her hands. "Stop it, Mai," she pleaded. "I don't want to hear….."
"You WILL hear," Mai growled. She stalked closer, holding Ty Lee's eyes unkindly with hers. She stopped a pace across the acrobat in the fine red robes. "You will hear how I climbed on to her lap and she carried me off to a room. She wanted it badly. I was still talking when she tore my clothes off and thrust into me…. So hard, that's Azula. Always ready to attack, or rut, in this case….."
Ty Lee flushed, face turning red with embarrassment. She clutched Ying's sleeve, but she seemed unable to move. "Stop it…."
Mai gave a short laugh. "Does your time with Zuko compare? Azula was so harsh, I almost couldn't breathe. And I LIKED it. She pounded me so hard, I thought she was going to tear me open…"
Tears formed in the corner of Ty Lee's eyes. "Stop it!"
Mai didn't stop. She trailed a finger up and down the railing beside them. "You're smart to have discarded her when you did, Ty Lee. Azula is so wild, so utterly untamable. Not by you, not by me. All I could do was, well, enjoy the ride."
A slow smirk stretched the Fire Lady's lips. Ty Lee blushed. "No, Mai, no more…"
"You know her as well, don't you, Ty? The slight ridge under the head of her cock, how it felt when I sucked it to stiffness… how salty she was on my tongue, how hard she came down my throat…"
Ty Lee felt like she was dreaming. At the very least the words being spewed at her felt like the vestiges of a nightmare. She pinched her arm but to her dismay, she was not waking beside Zuko. She was very much awake and the look of odd horror on Ying's face reflected the roiling in her heart and belly.
"She tastes different than Zuko, doesn't she?" Mai tapped a finger against her lower lip. She licked her lips suddenly. "Headier….saltier…. like liquid fire."
Ty Lee flushed with embarrassment and rage. Her shoulders began to shake. Ying placed a hand on the acrobat's arm. "That's enough, my lady! This is vulgar!"
"Vulgar? Yes, Azula does specialize in the sweatier acts of passion," Mai grinned, enjoying the look of quiet horror on Ty Lee's face. "It's not love, Ty Lee. You don't want her, she'll go to others. She certainly came to me…."
Tears slid out of the corners of Ty Lee's eyes. She scrubbed a sleeve against her damp eyes. "Stop it!"
'I don't have to explain myself to you….. I don't have to explain what happened!' Ty Lee thought frantically. She was ready to out the paternity of her child, but Zuko was at odds about that…. Mai couldn't know. Not as of now. She had promised him…
"I won't. You had your chance to stop things before they went too far. Now you're going to have to live with it," Mai snapped. Unbidden, Ty Lee's gaze went to her stomach. Mai glowered and crossed her arms across her belly. "I know Zuko's gone crying in your lap. You won't enjoy him, not as things are now."
Ty Lee flushed, knowing she was right. They stayed together after the bombshell had been dropped, but in the quiet of night, they both hurt and Mai knew it. "He loves you, Mai. You! Not me! You've hurt him terribly…. "
Mai frowned, features pinched. "Not as much as he's hurt me."
Ty Lee watched her sadly, tears slowly marking tracks down her cheeks.
"Things can't go on this way," she pleaded. Mai crossed her arms.
"Even if you relinquish my husband, who's to say I even want him back?" she retorted. Ty Lee swallowed. The same thought about Azula was in her head. If she sought her out, would she mindlessly only attack her?
"You and Zuko have a lot to decide," Ty Lee tried to make peace but Mai's words made her heart harden and shatter.
"About my problem. Yes, of course he told you. Two days of fucking would have created such a problem. We fucked for hours, Ty. You should have seen how incensed she was….. a heat will do that, but she really WANTED to fuck me. Or stick it to Zuko by sticking it to me." Mai gave a small leer.
Ty Lee couldn't fault Azula for acting on her instincts. But to say it didn't hurt would be a complete lie.
"So you enjoyed it. That is apparent, Mai," Ty Lee murmured. She scrubbed her eyes. Ying clasped her elbow.
"I LOVED it. She certainly fucks differently than Zuko. She's a ball of energy that needs an outlet for release. And she released in me enough times," Mai laughed. "Next time you lay your hands on my husband, remember that. But I don't have to remind you. You've lain with her. You know exactly what you're missing."
The tears came faster and Ty Lee sniffled, turning to leave. Mai's words burned in her ears and made images she wanted to scrub out.
"So you had your fun," Ty Lee croaked out. "You got what you wanted."
"And more," Mai rested a hand on her belly. "You know, you ran away from Azula pretty damn fast. She still hasn't been claimed. Maybe she'll reconsider after OUR pup is born."
Ty Lee's eyes widened, filled with tears. The words bit to the quick and she shuddered in pain. "You're already claimed! You can't mean that."
Mai touched the side of her throat where Zuko's mating bite rested. She shuddered in apparent revulsion. "Pity I let him bite me. If I knew he was going to be like THIS."
"He has his reasons," Ty Lee bit out. It was as close to the truth as she could hint at while remaining cryptic and vague. Mai glowered at her, and her eyes hardened in a still expression.
"He always has his reasons," she snapped. "Enjoy the moment. I imagine Zuko has a lot to consider about us."
Ty Lee knew it was true. She shuddered, fresh tears trekking down her face. Her tremulous connection with Zuko suddenly roiled as if upset by an earthquake. She felt like she was falling, standing on shaky ground of unhappiness. Her brief contentment in Zuko's embraces evaporated from her heart as if insubstantial as smoke. She cried, scrubbing her eyes with one sleeve.
Ying gave a shaky bow to Mai for form's sake and hurried Ty Lee along.
"She shouldn't have done that," Ying murmured. "Ty Lee, don't cry. It's over."
"It won't be over. Not ever," Ty Lee sobbed. Ying paused and bent at the waist. She collected Ty Lee easily into her arms with a soft grunt and carried her the rest of the way to her apartments. Ty Lee clung to her neck, sobbing.
Tsung was passing by and caught the gesture of affection. Her heart thudded then hardened. She glowered at her past lover and stalked off.
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Back at Ty Lee's apartments, Ying laid her gently onto her wide bed. Ty Lee curled on one side, crying her heart out. It was as bad as the tears she shed during her supposed cleansing at the temple. Ying carefully sat on the edge of the bed. She took of her gloves and gently rubbed Ty Lee's side. She noted the slight bump along her lower abdomen and rubbed carefully around it.
"She's just angry at your connection with the Fire Lord. Of course she'd say those things," Ying tried to soothe her friend. Ty Lee laid her head inside the curve of her arm and wheezed. Her expression was so heartbroken it killed Ying inside. She rubbed her side gently. "I'm not hurting you, am I?"
"No….it's just….. I wrecked everything horribly with Azula. She ran and now our child is Zuko's. He's done alright by me, but I don't love him. I love her and Mai fucked her!" Ty Lee covered her eyes with her wrist, sobbing.
"If you let her mark you, things could have gone differently," Ying said softly. "I can see where you're torn up…." Despite herself, she thought of Tsung. Ty Lee rolled and laid her head in Ying's lap. She cried loudly, shoulders shaking. She had a new life and a new role at the Fire Lord's side, but her confrontation brought to mind everything about the woman she loved.
Azula….how warm her hands had been all over her body….. how her gasped obscenities resonated in Ty Lee's ears, how her lips wrapped around her nipple…. The soft look her beautiful face wore when she slept, worn out by their rutting…. Ty Lee curled in on herself, and she couldn't stop the tears from coming.
Her life was a mess and she had helped shape the distortion it had become. She could only blame herself. If she had allowed herself to be bitten by Azula and marked as hers….she would be mated to her, their child would be Azula's, and Zuko would find another way to find an heir.
"Oh, Azula…I'm so sorry….." Ty Lee choked. She sobbed, clutching at Ying's waist. Ying rubbed her back softly.
When Zuko found them, Ty Lee was still crying. His heart sank and his expression pinched to worry. He swept to the bed, unfastening his shoulder armor and cloak. They fell to the floor. He toed off his boots and sat on the edge of the bed beside Ying. Her eyes were full of naked worry for the crying concubine.
"What happened, Ty Lee? You can tell me. Please, stop crying. You have to relax," he soothed. Ty Lee was passed to him and she laid her head against his thigh, cradled in his lap. His arms held her.
"Stupid, really…. I shouldn't be crying this much," Ty Lee tried to laugh it off, but she could tell Zuko wasn't buying it. He looked horribly worried for her.
"Tell me," he urged. Ying leaned on one hand on the edge of the mattress.
"It was Lady Mai…." She said softly. "She…..had some choice words for Ty Lee."
Zuko frowned unhappily. His arms tightened around Ty Lee. Her crying was slowing, but she was still upset. "Damn her," he hissed. "I'll give HER some choice words."
"No….she's just angry….." Ty Lee's tears redoubled as she looked up into Zuko's sad face. "Not just at me. At you too…"
"I know….. we'll have to get over that. Hopefully one day she'll forgive us," Zuko said softly. Ty Lee hugged his waist, burying her face into his tunic.
"For your sake, I hope so too," she said. Zuko rubbed her back. Ying bowed to him and let herself out of the bedroom.
"Don't worry about me, Ty. I'm more worried about you," he confessed. Ty Lee's hands trailed up and down his back in soft passes.
"Just hold me…. Please, make it all stop hurting," Ty Lee said softly. Zuko turned her chin up with two crooked fingers. He leaned down to kiss her brow.
"I am sorry everything is this way," he apologized. Ty Lee scrubbed at her eyes with her sleeve.
"I don't want to think about that. Let's talk about happier things," she begged. Zuko's eyes were soft and he nodded.
"How did your appointment go?" he asked. His hand went between them and rubbed her belly. Ty Lee started when his fingers plucked at the wide sash of her robe, feeling the slight bump along her lower abdomen. "My, it's really started to assert itself…."
Ty Lee gave a soft laugh at the look of wonder on Zuko's face. "Our child is doing fine," she said, emphasizing the first word. Zuko looked relieved she still cared to be in the role he had appointed.
"Good! That's great…. Anything we should keep up with?" he asked curiously.
"The healers and your mother say good diet and no exercise. But I'm inclined to disagree," Ty Lee said. Zuko raised an eyebrow.
"What about?"
"I intend to get in all the exercise I can. With Ying. And with you." Ty Lee was an old hat at seduction even when she wasn't trying for sultry and Zuko had to swallow hard, as one bare shoulder showed. She had loosened her robes, and more of her creamy flesh was revealed with each pass of fabric. A pleasant ache began to settle between his thighs and Zuko sighed as he began to stiffen; Ty Lee's playful chi curled around his and filled in the cracks of his ragged energy. It felt entirely too good.
"Oh?" Zuko asked softly, trying to get moisture back in his throat. He swallowed. "What did…you have in mind?" He gave a low gasp when Ty Lee reached for the apex of his thighs and caressed the bulge there through the fabric of his trousers. He widened his knees, sighing as he was tugged to hardness. "Always so forward with me…."
"Isn't that how you like it?" Ty Lee knelt up, her robes falling around her waist. Zuko palmed up her shift beneath and gently cupped her rounder breasts. She sighed with pleasure as his face went low to feast on the curves. "Oh, Zuko…"
Her whispered endearments surged his confidence. And it felt good to be wanted by the woman he was so fond of. Zuko ran a hand down her naked spine, to her buttocks and urged her to climb onto his lap. She rocked back and forth over his clothed erection as he gently brought each nipple between his lips. Ty Lee made a banishing motion with both arms, shoving her robes down her hips. Soon she was fully naked before him. Zuko found himself grinning as he gazed up and down.
There was no doubt he was worried about her, but if Ty Lee felt better enough to tease and entice him, he wouldn't disappoint her. Ty Lee helped him tug his tunic off and she ran her hands up and down his waist, unlacing his trousers with slow licks along her lower lip. Zuko watched her, transfixed.
Soon he was exposed and Ty Lee was cupping the base of his length, squeezing him gently. He gasped and arched his back.
Ty Lee moved carefully on her side, and took his length into her mouth. She released the head with a soft pop and ran her tongue up and down the side of his cock. Zuko's fingers tangled in the sheets. He gave a soft sigh and startled gasp when she engulfed him again, hand cupping his scrotum gently. His hips shifted restlessly and his gasps grew louder.
Ty Lee pressed her hands along his belly and chest as she went down on him. She could have forced him to climax, but she wanted it inside her. Her heart bled and she wanted the brief comforts sex gave them.
When Ty Lee brought her lips off his cock and gave a coy smile up, Zuko blinked and helped push her to her back. He didn't have time to fully undress, shoving his trousers down his hips so he could get at her. Ty Lee widened her thighs and a careful pass of his fingers made Zuko relieved she was wet and ready. When he made to part her with his fingers, Ty Lee grabbed hold of his wrist. She brought his hand to her mouth and sucked the tips of his thumb and forefinger. The feeling was oddly erotic and Zuko throbbed against her thigh.
"I'm okay, Zu. Just fuck me…and don't you dare hold back," she pleaded. Zuko nodded. He hitched his arms around her thighs and hoisted her knees on top of his shoulders. As he lined up, Ty Lee gasped beneath him. Her face was flushed and her nipples were hard, telling him it was alright to go ahead.
Zuko tried to make his entrance gentle, but Ty Lee groaned beneath him, moving her hips in delicious ways. "Just fuck me….I know you need it, too."
Zuko wanted to forget the rage on his wife's face as well. He sank in with a harsh thrust into the woman beneath him and she cried out, clutching at him. Zuko gasped beside her ear. Ty Lee begged him to continue and his thrusts grew harder and wilder as his cock throbbed with heaviness. He wanted to come badly and seeing Ty Lee scream beneath him told him she did too.
Sweat broke out along Zuko's brow and slid down his face and neck. His arm muscles quaked with the effort of keeping off of her belly. Ty Lee's hands clutched at his sides, digging in. With the angle of her legs on top of his shoulders, it made driving into her easier. Ty Lee banished Azula from her mind. She hoped Mai would get some slight form of revenge knowing her husband loved fucking her.
With the unstable thought in mind, Ty Lee dove for her orgasm, working under Zuko and clutching at his length again and again as he drove into her. He was yelling above her, jaw hinged open in a loud wail of ecstasy. When Ty Lee began congratulating herself silently, she found herself screaming in response as he hitched higher, snapping his hips against hers in uneven jolts.
"Give it…give it all, Zu…" she pleaded. Zuko caught her throat with his teeth and she didn't have time to worry as he nipped her carefully. It was not a mating bite, but the implication was enough to thrill and worry her heart. She came harshly, held in place by Zuko's strong arms, her legs trapped over his shoulders. He erupted moments later, groaning against her.
Ty Lee lay, panting and Zuko remained upright to gently move her legs off his shoulders. She squeezed his waist with trembling thighs as he collapsed against her.
The coupling had been hard and fast, but Ty Lee found she liked Zuko's gentler side. He touched her with gentle fingers and craned up to kiss her. She slung an arm around his neck and kissed him back. The eagerness of his mouth against hers filled her heart with an unhealthy amount of satisfaction.
'Look who's satisfying your husband…..' she thought vindictively to Mai. Zuko seemed to feel the same, for his touches were passionate as he kissed her insistently.
Ty Lee smiled, holding his neck as his kisses moved down to her breasts. He carefully cupped the underside of one tender breast and licked around her nipple. Ty Lee arched, half in pain, half in pleasure.
"Is this okay?" Zuko asked softly. His look of worry was heartbreaking. Ty Lee nodded. She ran her fingers through his touseled black hair.
"Yes….. Zu, thank you…." She breathed. Zuko leaned on one elbow, watching her shift beneath him. They were still joined and he gave a languid thrust, watching Ty Lee arch her back beneath him.
"I should be thanking you. I know we made a mess of things, but here…. Things feel so good," he admitted. Ty Lee pushed him so she could roll on top. She leaned down to kiss him and Zuko cradled her head with one hand.
"You certainly feel good inside me," she said with a devilish smile. She was gladdened to see Zuko perk beneath her. His pectoral muscles tightened as he took a deep breath.
"Let's stay like this awhile," he smiled. His hands went low and cupped Ty Lee's hips. Soon she would be round all over, but for now the only evidence of his heir was the slight bump along her pelvic bone. Ty Lee wanted to weep suddenly when he cupped the bump gently. "Are you alright?"
"You're always worried about everyone else," Ty Lee blinked. She leaned down and pressed kisses along Zuko's throat. When she ran her tongue over Mai's mating bite, he stiffened. A mixture of surprise and pleasure was on his face. Ty Lee nibbled on his lower lip, hands caressing his sides as she soothed over her touches to the mating bite he shared with his wife. The passionate look Zuko flashed up at her made her heart soften. She was only too glad to be tipped onto her back and taken again.
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"Zuko has sent half of the palace guards on rotation around the capital grounds. Very coy of him," Lady Sachiko said. Her servant had finished reading a missive from the capital from one of the lords in Azula's pocket.
Azula frowned. She crossed her arms, boot tapping over one knee. "Zuzu must not be as dumb as he lets on to be."
The ancient lady nodded. She sighed as one of the servants fanned them. "It is such a hot day, my princess…."
Azula shrugged. Steam slowly left her nostrils on each exhale as she adjusted to the hot temperature. "We're going to have to rethink this strategy."
"Or send some of the Kemurikage to work on any new soldiers he sets into place," Zirin suggested. Azula huffed. She blew one of her bangs out of her eyes.
"No matter how he delays, we're going to get into the palace. It's inevitable," Azula growled. Zirin nodded, but a feeling of dread settled over the women. Zuko was making slight moves that indicated he knew something was afoot. There was so much more to discuss than just strategy.
"It seems Zuko knows we're coming," Zirin ventured carefully. Azula gave a smirk.
"Let him know and dread. We'll strike hard and thrust our way into the palace," Azula waved a careless hand. Zirin reflected that Azula relied too much on her powers of intimidation and fear. Zuko could be plotting his own defense and without fresh eyes in the palace, there was no way to know exactly what they were up against.
As Azula conversed pleasantly with the fawning old lady, Zirin tried not to worry they were running needlessly to death. A glorious end in battle was one thing, flinging yourself off a cliff was quite another.
End for now
End notes: Musical asides: "Don't let me be misunderstood" remake on the Killbill 1 soundtrack. Those lyrics seem to echo Ty Lee's thoughts about all of this mess. "Life has its problems and I've got my share, that's one thing I never meant to do, cause I love you…."
I also listen to the one hour best of anime collections on youtube, as well the Tenchi Muyo movie soundtracks.
I really need to throw poor Azula a bone more often don't I? I still love our crazy princess, and she'll get her due.
Most sincerely, pen
12/18/2016