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Azula made her way through the beautifully decorated palace gardens. The princess expected to greet random generals and council members of the Fire Nation but, thankfully, instead she only saw a small gathering of people. Thank Agni, I thought I would have to greet the whole damn nation here, but thankfully my idiot brother did one thing correct. Although, knowing Zu-Zu he would have invited the whole Fire Nation…. Ty Lee must have interfered since she helped planned this and told him what an idiotic idea that was since he was dealing with me. Gods, I love that women. The princess walked on until she was close enough to see who was here.

Aang, Zuko, Sokka and Toph were on the left side of the garden near the live music, talking about who knows what, while Katara, Suki, Ty Lee and Mai where on the right sitting on a stock pile of the finest pillows the Fire Nation royalty had access to, eating, what looked like, some delicious desserts.

The only reason Azula bothered to remember their names was because her job, being the Royal Advisor demanded it, and also because she felt obligated to show them at least that must respect since they had advocated against Zuko's idea of stripping her of her bending when she was in the mental institute.

I suppose I should greet Ty, then go talk out this mess with Zuko.

Azula walked toward Ty Lee, sat down and came up behind the talented chi blocker, wrapping her arms around her waist and as she kissed her neck. Ty Lee giggled and turned her head to see her beloved. "Zula, you always know how make an entrance," she said in a playful tone.

"My presence alone should be a grand entrance in itself," the firebender said with a smirk.

Ty Lee chuckled and said, "How I just love your modesty," and turned to the party guests.

"Ugh, get a room you two," said Mai in a very monotone voice. Ty lee just stuck her tongue out toward her friend and Azula frowned but said nothing, she knew it was playful banter. Mai had no problem with their relationship, in the beginning she was the only one who was supportive of them, and if anything, one could say she might be just a tiny bit jealous because the princess, as egotistical and selfish as she had always been, was very openly loving toward her girlfriend, and Mai couldn't help but wish that Zuko would be as attentive as his sister was.

Well, I guess that's one of the perks of being in a relationship with another female, Mai thought as she looked at her two childhood friends who were so in love.

"Mai. Katara….Suki." The princess said as she nodded to each of them, but the last name she spoke with a bit of venom. She still wasn't very close with any of them, they were all Zuko's friends more than hers, except Mai because they grew up together and were childhood friends. It had been about 3 years since they finally resolved their issues that had occurred at Boiling Rock between them and were friends once more. Although it was not by choice at first, Ty Lee decided to take matters into her own hands and one day chi blocked both, Azula and Mai and then proceeded to lock them in her room and did not let them out until they had settled their issues with one other. It had taken about 14 hours but Ty Lee succeeded in her mission, the difficult part was dealing with an infuriated Azula and a vengeful Fire Lady afterword. But it had all sorted itself out.

"Congratulations, Princess," said Mai with a small smile.

"Princess Azula, congratulations , "said Katara, she knew how much the princess loved being called by her title. The princess forgot for a moment what they were congratulating her on, then she remembered it was her 3 year anniversary of being with Ty Lee. Wow can't believe it has really been 3 years, the princess thought.

"Thank you both," Azula said with a proud look on her expression.

"Azula," Suki said coldly. The fire-bending princess turned to look straight to the person who spoke her name.

They glared at each other for a few seconds until Ty Lee put her hand on the princess's cheek.

"Babe, be nice," the grey-eyed girl pleaded with her lover, then turned to face her friend. "Suki, you know how 'Zula feels about titles."

"Pardon me, Princess Azula," Suki said in response.

"You're lucky you are good friends with Ty Lee, " the grumpy princess growled. Mai and Katara just sat there watching the two interact, interested in where this altercation might lead to.

Azula and Suki did not get along well. They have had it out for each other since the day the princess and the acrobat got together. It was more on Suki's side though. The leader of the Kyoshi Warriors didn't trust he firebender, which she frequently said so. Also, Suki thought she would break Ty Lee's poor little heart, and told the acrobat so but she wouldn't listen. As for Azula, she didn't tolerate the idea of anyone trying to take her lover away from her. And so they resented each other. But they put up with each other for Ty Lee's sake, most of the time. There had been a few times that their heated arguments ended up to physical altercations, in which ended in Azula winning each fight and half the location being engulfed by blue flames. But they knew today was not a day they should start such a fight so the Kyoshi warrior just quietly glared knowingly toward the fire bending prodigy.

"I suppose I should congratulate you also, seeing as you managed to make it this long without doing something psychotic and without hurting Ty," said Suki.

Azula snarled at her but before she could answer Ty Lee spoke. "Yes, you should Suki, because 'Zula has been the most amazing girlfriend ever. I know you all had no faith in her in the beginning but I've always believed in her and look at her now, she has fully recovered, she's the freaking Princess of the Fire Nation again and the Fire Lord's right hand man."The captain of the Kyoshi Warriors just sat there, and for once, and had nothing to say back. Suki just nodded and looked away as she murmured an apology to the both of them.

Azula felt so proud to be able to say that little acrobat was hers. She kissed her on the nose and pressed her lovers' forehead against hers.

"Thank you for saying that," the firebender whispered.

Ty Lee smiled and said "Well it is true."

Azula smirked her usual smirk and pulled away from her lover and stood up. "As entertaining as this is I must greet the rest of the party guests," the princess said to everyone, even though she could care less about actually greeting everyone, she just wanted to go talk to Zuko about her pressing matter. But before she had the time to walk away, she was surprised by Ty Lee stood up to give her a quick peck.

"Love you" said Ty Lee with big grin. Azula decided to give her a little surprise of her own.

"I love you too," Azula said shocking the acrobat, and the rest of the people around her. The princess had told her this many times in private but never said the "L" word in public, her last attempt at trying to put a tough front around the Gaang. So, Ty Lee was extremely overjoyed by this and had the biggest smile on her face. Aw, I'm so happy she's trying to be more loving, Ty Lee thought. Azula hugged her, then pulled back and smiled. Ty Lee sat back down and continued to converse with the girls. The princess then proceeded to walk toward Zuko, and the rest of the guests and talk to him about an issue she had not stopped thinking about since earlier that morning.

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