AN: Third song-related fic.

Bad One: Yeah, I can be speedy sometimes. Just don't expect me to update constantly. I update one story or throw up a one shot at least once a week. Looking back on it, I liked the first one better too. Guess I feel like I had rushed the one shots a bit. Your welcome, and I'll most likely need some ideas later, thanks for offering. ^ _^

Whispers in the Dark

One Shots

3

Azula

"Despite the lies that you're making

Your love is mine for the taking"

She always lies.

Lies about her life, her feelings, herself.

And I just hate it. The way that when we kiss she would shy away or flinch. That when she was sad she would hide herself away, and cry to herself. This was just another one of those moments.

"It's just wrong," Ty Lee croaked out as tears leaked down her young face.

I awkwardly tried to comfort her, but I never was good at it. I could only be comforted, not the other way around. Though I tried as Ty Lee babbled on as she always did in these situations.

"But it just feels so right," I stopped cold when I heard her say this.

Her grey eyes widened as she gasped, realizing about what she had just said.

"And I'm just so afraid," She continued as she gazed at me fully.

"Don't be," I said, my voice husky as I bent down beside her crouched form.

Ty Lee didn't complain, didn't flinch or shy away, but just took the kiss. After that, I left her alone, unable to do much more to help her from her invisible monsters. Her love was mine, and she just had to realize it for herself.

Azula

"My love is, just waiting

To turn your tears to roses"

I hated to see you cry.

My blood would boil and I would mentally kick myself for not being able to help you. I have demons of my own to face, but looking down at her tear-stained angelic face made me feel guilty.

It was just another day when she was sitting by the turtle-duck pond. I still fail to see why she liked that pond so much, to me it was just a bad memory of another person pretending to be me with a family that I didn't have.

Her hunched shoulders shook as her muffled sobs could be finally be heard. Ty Lee was always hanging out with boys at clubs and dances, always alluring the danger of heart break and broken pieces. I wrapped my arms around her body, feeling her lift her head slightly.

Her hair was down, cascading in rippled to hide her angelic face. I couldn't see the soft grey eyes, nor did I want to see the broken look they held. I wished that I could heal her, help her. But I was just as helpless, not able to even defeat my own demons.

She already knew that I loved her, I wasn't very good at hiding my true feelings from the acrobat. And I felt that she loved me too, even though she herself wouldn't openly admit it. I dropped my chin on her shoulders, letting out a lazy puff of heat escape from my lips. Ty Lee stopped shaking, tilting her head up more.

Walking around so that I could face Ty Lee without falling into the pond, I crouched close to in front of her. Using my hand, I brushed the hair away from her face. Even though it was nighttime, I could still see her features outlined by the soft light of the moon.

She was stunning, even when she was crying. Her soft grey eyes leaked with compassion and sadness, also reflecting other emotions to cover what my father would call weakness. But Ty Lee was anything but weak, at least physically. Emotionally Ty Lee was a wreck.

Her pale, innocent face was looking right into mine. So close that our lips almost brushed against each other.

"You know that I hate it when you cry," I said lazily, a hint of a smirk on my face.

Ty Lee sniffled. "I know, but I just can't help it."

"Yes you can," I found myself growling out. "I can help you. You just have to trust me"

"I trust you, 'Zula," Ty Lee sniffed.

Just as I was about to get up, I felt Ty Lees soft lips meet my own. She quickly pulled away, eyes blinking in surprise by her own actions. I smirked as I got onto my feet, holding my hand out for Ty Lee to take. She took it, and rose gracefully to her feet.

"Just promise me not to go those clubs and dances anymore," I said as I hugged her. "At least, not without me."

Ty Lee pulled out of the hug, still holding my hands as her eyes widened with surprise.

Ty Lee

"I will be the one that's gonna hold you"

I never thought that I would live to see the day that Azula had actually openly cried.

She was always the strong one, the one who didn't show any weak feelings. She had went to Mai for comfort, a pang of pain going through my heart. I knew that Mai liked Zuko, and that she would never think to try to help Azula.

I wanted so badly to just hug the princess and whisper that things would be okay, but I didn't even trust myself enough to go through with it. I could watch as Azula appeared out from Mai's room in the stationed tank with tears still leaking down her face.

I got out of an intricate twist that I had been trying to perfect as Azula just stood there, looking lost and alone.

"Azula," I found my voice saying softly.

I watched as she stiffened. She certainly hadn't want me to see her weakness, see her crying. She quickly turned and fled into her room, closing and locking the door as I walked after her. I didn't even try to bang or knock, knowing that Azula didn't want to see me.

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I heard Mia and Azula talking in the room next to mine as I tossed and turned with restlessness. I tilted my head towards the wall, happy to realize that I could hear every word clearly spoken.

"Why don't you go and see Ty Lee," Mai was saying. "She can comfort you better than me."

"I don't want her to see me like this," Azulas voice growled in answer.

"Well, she already did and she is quite confused and hurt by your actions," Mai shot back.

I didn't hear Azula after that as a door clicked. I sat up, startled as the door to my room opened and Azula stood in the doorway. "May I come in?" She asked.

I knew that she wouldn't wait for an answer, or take no for an answer, so I just nodded my head. She slowly walked in, as if she was in pain and her muscles had stiffened. "I'm sorry," her whispered words echoed in my head.

I felt my body slip out from the covers and my legs dangled along the edge as I patted a spot beside me. She sat down next to me, instantly spilling her worries and fears to me. I listened, my insides happy as I finally got the chance to comfort her and feel how she feels.

"You know," I said as I hugged her when she had finally finished. "I wouldn't judge you, or anything. I just wanted to be the only one to comfort your, to hold you."

My voice broke into a whisper as I said that sentence.

"I know," I heard Azulas drowsy reply. "Now."

Azula

"I will be the one that you run to"

You were just like a mouse.

Easily startled and forgiving of everyone. You attract attention with beauty and grace that you say that you don't have. But I know better, I know the truth that you deny.

You are better than me.

There, I thought it. Ty Lee is better than me. She always was. But she was just so oblivious when it came to most things. People called her dumb because of it. They are wrong.

Some nights I would hear you creeping about, plucking up the nerve to bother me. Sometimes I would let you sleep next to me (not in that way for you perverts), or growl for you to leave me alone if I didn't want to be disturbed.

And after every fight, she would run to me. I guess because she wants to feel protective or something. At least, that's what I thought before. She wanted to make sure that I was okay, as in alive and breathing. But if she was ever scared or hurt, she'd turn to me. As if I could actually help her, comfort her when she came with tears welling up in her eyes.

And I like it.

I would always protect my Ty Lee.

Azula

"My love is

A burning, consuming fire"

My element is fire.

Fire represents many things.

Passion. Rage. Protection. Destruction. Spirit Rebirth. Eternal. And even Love.

Before I didn't even know what love was. Let alone how it felt, since I was never shown true love. Until Ty Lee came into my life, being bullied by some older and taller girls. I didn't know why back then, I stood up to protect her. Now I know that it's just my nature. The nature of Fire.

Ty Lee

"When darkness comes you know I'm never far

Hear my whispers in the dark"

I would just sit back, as the darkness in your heart grew.

I wish now that I had done something, anything to help you. I know that in her heart, she loves me. I sense it through the confusion, the darkness, the pain. And only recently now I have started to comfort you, bring you closer to the light.

It was so dark that night. The moon covered, offering no solstice or light to us of the living. I waited, spotting her crouched figure by a dark pool of water. Stepping lightly, I slowly made my way to her as if in a trance. I paused once I had finally reached her, unsure, hesitant.

Her head tilted upwards. In the dark of this strange night, I knew that she couldn't see me, try as she might. I silently listened as words tumbled from her mouth, telling me things that I knew and things that I suspected. I waited until the words stopped, leaving no sound to our hearing.

Then it was my turn. I told her of that I would help through the darkness, never going to wander far from her in case that she needed me. I babbled on, the only sound to both of us in the dark. To her, I was a dream, trying to comfort her during this period of no light and mysteries.

My whispers continued through the dark.

Cutting deep into her heart, shedding light and ultimately helping her.

AN: This song was just teeming with ideas. I hope that you enjoyed all of these mini fics.

I just love it when the main characters have something wrong with them, as you can see how Ty Lee is in lots of my fics.

Song this time was Whispers in the Dark by Skillet.

R&R, please?

I'll update even if I don't get a review, it's based on if I have an idea all typed up and ready.

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