Chapter Fifteen

Home Again

Azula and Khundes sat at a table in her chambers. Khundes was eating and Azula just sat there watching him. She wished she knew what he was thinking. If he was really going to help her and if he really wanted to be with her.

Khundes looked up at her. "Why do you keep staring at me?" he asked.

"I'm still trying to decide if you are really going along with this or if you are just playing me," Azula said with a bitter edge on her voice.

"Azula. They've obviously left me for dead. They knew me for two days," Khundes said.

"Still... You could be playing me," Azula said with a glare.

Khundes stood up quickly and threw his plate of food at the wall behind Azula. "What do you want me to do!?" he yelled at her.

Azula stood and stared him down. "I want to know if I can trust you," she said, her glare becoming steadily sharper.

Khundes sighed and walked over to the window and watching the now setting sun. "I don't know you want me to prove to you that you can trust me. I really don't. The Avatar left me for dead. If he really wanted to get me back he and his friends would have come by now. I have nothing but hate and anger for he and his friends," Khundes paused and turned to look at her. "The Avatar will be yours... I swear it," Khundes said.

Azula stared him down. She wanted to believe him. She just needed to test him to make sure. "I don't believe you!" she yelled as blue flames erupted from her fist.

Khundes wasn't fast enough to move out of the way and was blown backwards out the window. After a short moment of falling he landed hard on the ground. With a groan, Khundes looked back up at the window he fell from. He saw Azula standing there with a smug grin on her face. Guards began to run to him for aid in case he was hurt. He got to his feet and shooed the guards away. Azula jumped down from the window and landed on her feet on the ground in front of Khundes. "Azula stop! I'm not going to fight you!" he yelled.

"Then you'll die," Azula said and more blue flames came erupting out of her fist at him.

Khundes shot flames from his fist towards the blue flames coming at him. When the two flames connected there was a small explosion.

Azula was blown backwards onto the ground. As she got to her feet and the smoke cleared she saw Khundes running down the toward the courtyard garden. Azula smirked and ran after him, shooting blue fireballs at him.

Khundes jumped and ducked and rolled all over the place to avoid the fireballs. Quickly Khundes turned and launched a very large fireball at her. When she made her move to dodge the fireball, Khundes ducked behind a bush in the garden.

Azula landed on her feet in the courtyard garden and began scanning the area. "Why do you hide from me?" She asked. There was no response. "Why don't you want to fight me? Are too much of a cow-" Azula hit the ground hard. When she looked back she saw Khundes coming at her quickly. She had no time to react. He was now positioned on top of her.

Khundes looked at Azula. She went to hit him in the face but he grabbed her hand and interlaced his fingers with hers. She tried again with her free hand. Khundes did the same thing with that one. He then began to force her hands down above her head. Finally both her hands were on the ground above her head. She was trapped.

Azula looked up at Khundes. His eyes were so full of rage and hate. But not for her... If she looked deeper into his eyes she could see how much he cared for her. She jerked her hands free of his grasp, grabbed his head, and pulled it to her and began kissing Khundes.

As they kissed Khundes felt like he was wanted, even needed, again. He had his love back.

Azula forced him to roll over so she was now positioned on top of him. The kiss broke. She looked down at him and smiled slyly. "Welcome home dearest," she said the began to kiss him again.

Khundes wrapped his arms around her, pulling her body closer to his. For the first time in a long time, Khundes felt like he was home.