Yeah...something had to happen...XD
A slip, a scream, and then nothing but the sloshing of the waves.
"KAZURA!" Zuko bellowed, watching his three-year-old daughter slump into unconsciousness, dragged away by the currents. He lurched up, but before he or Mai could act, a red blur dove into the water. Powerful strokes brought the figure further out to sea, towards his daughter.
"Who was that?" Mai asked with a panicked expression.
"I didn't see." Zuko shook his head as he and his wife hurried to the edge of the beach.
A head bobbed up and down in the rougher waves further out at sea.
"KAZURA!" Mai shouted herself hoarse. Suddenly a bigger figure with a head of black hair grabbed onto the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation. Then figure began to swim back to shore, and pushed Kazura onto solid ground. The terrified three year old screamed for help, and Zuko waded in as fast as he could, picked her up, and brought her back to shore. The couple fretted over their daughter, forgetting about the person who saved their daughter.
"Zuko!" Mai suddenly said. "Where's the person who saved Kazu?"
Suddenly, it clicked. Black hair…a powerful swimmer…Kazu.
"Azula!" Zuko yelled. Mai's eyes widened. Zuko gritted his teeth.
"Agni, please, let this work." He whispered, closing his eyes. He took a running leap and fire burst out of the soles of his feet, propelling him upwards. At first he was unstable, but then he gained control, and he scoured the surface of the ocean. Despair settled in his chest when he couldn't spot anyone in the choppy waves.
"AZULA!" He hollered. The crashing of the sea drowned out his cry. "AZULAAAA!" He roared, trying to compete with the waves, but La's ocean would not lose.
"No…" He whispered. "AGNI, NOOOOOO!" He screamed, breathing jets of fire out in his rage and grief. She can't be gone. She can't. She was too strong to die. Not like this.
The ocean steamed, and Zuko looked at it, stunned. A figure burst out of the surface, skin red and steaming as well. Sparks ran along her body, jerking it once every few seconds. Zuko dove down and caught his sister, propelling himself back to the sandy beach.
He set Azula down on the beach and immediately proceeded to force the water out of her lungs.
With a gasp, Azula bucked up, eyes shooting wide open, spitting a fountain of saltwater straight into Zuko's face. Zuko blinked at the sting and rubbed the water out of his eyes. She hacked a few more times before lying back down on the beach, exhaling deeply.
"Azula! You're okay!" Zuko said, relieved.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Azula asked him. "You're not getting rid of me that easily, Zuzu." She said wryly. "The day I die before you will be the day you've finally beaten me at anything, and I promise you that's never going to happen."
Zuko smiled weakly, hoping with every fiber in his being that she would be able to keep that promise.
Weeeeell, didn't that suck. Whatever, at least Azula got to spit saltwater into Zuzu's face XD