Okay, this chapter is kind of important...but it's really short again...they'll get longer...kind of...XD
"Auntie 'Zula?" The five-year-old child looked up with large, innocent eyes as they sat beneath the big tree in front of the turtleduck pond.
"Yes princess?" Azula looked away from feeding the turtleducks.
"Where is granddaddy? Every time I ask this daddy wouldn't talk." She said, frowning. "Grandmommy is here with us, isn't she? Where is granddaddy?"
Azula paused, throwing another few crumbs at the quacking creatures.
"Your granddaddy…well, princess, what do you know about him?" Azula asked neutrally.
"Well, I know he was Fire Lord once. His name is Ozai, and he's daddy and your daddy with grandmommy Ursa." Kazura said proudly. "I've seen pictures of granddaddy, but I never met him. Can you take me to him?" She asked innocently.
"Perhaps, Kazu. One day, when you're old enough to understand." Azula whispered, eyes suddenly far away.
"Old enough to understand what, auntie? He's my granddaddy." Kazura frowned. "I want to see him. Why would I need to understand anything to see him?"
"Kazu, when I say no, I mean it." Azula said sternly, eyes flashing dangerously. Kazura, never having seen this side of her aunt, recoiled with something akin to fear in her eyes. Azula immediately softened.
"I promise, Kazu, that I will bring you to see him someday. Maybe we can even go with grandmommy and your daddy." She offered.
"Okay, auntie. Pinky-promise?"
Azula hesitated. She doesn't like to break promises to people she truly care about (well, at least nowadays). She doesn't know if Ozai would ever be safe enough to be allowed around Kazura. After all, he had corrupted her herself, and she did not want her niece to end up like her, and despite Kazura's intelligence, she did not possess the same amount of cold calculation and cunningness that Azula did.
"Okay." She conceded defeat after those puppy-dog eyes wavered at her for a few more seconds, and linked her pinky with Kazura's.
"Thank you! You're the best auntie ever!" Kazura squealed, hugging Azula round the waist enthusiastically. Azula was somewhat taken aback by the gesture, but smiled and hugged the child back.
"I love you, auntie 'Zula." Kazura sighed into her happily. Azula froze, memories flashing in her head.
I love you.
How could I have raised such a monster?
Don't think about these things, Azula chastised herself. You already made up with mother during your month away in the village she was in.
"And I you, princess." She finally whispers.
Aww, Azula made a promise. Will she keep it?