A/N: Reviews are welcome. I am open to ideas for new chapters or even new stories. I hope not to take to long to put up new chapters but with school, you know, that old tune. Well here it is chapter 2.

Kai new it wouldn't take much convincing to get Azula to come with him. It combined the two things she loved most in the world, sneaking and firebending. After their brief scuffle in her bed chambers, he explained to her what he had found. They were ancient scrolls depicting some very interesting firebending techniques and he had them now. Of course, they had to travel quite a ways by foot to avoid being seen with them. They would surely get in trouble for being out past curfew but they didnt care. They only had one thing on their minds and that was firebending.

After walking for almost an hour it seemed, they arrived at the perfect place. It was deep enough in the forest that they would not be seen and it was open enough not to burn the whole forest down by practicing. Kai opened the small bag and took out the scrolls. Five of them were wrapped tightly in scarlet ribbon. But two of them were sealed with an electric blue ribbon. He set those two aside for later. The first scroll he opened depicted a very unusual move. Using your mouth to firebend seemed ridiculous until now. After only four attempts between the two of them, Azula was the first to do it successfully. It took Kai only one more attempt after that.

The second and third scrolls were practically the same and very simple it seemed. Create a swirling vortex of flame by spinning your hands in a circle. However, when the two children attempted it they could only create a small vortex, perhaps only a foot wide. The drawing showed it being six or seven feet wide and ten or twelve feet long. It took many tries for either of them to even come close, but this time it was Kai who succeeded first. Azula followed very shortly afterward. They were both amazed at how closely there skills rivaled the others. The fourth scroll was something they had both seen before, fire daggers. One flame in each hand coming to a sharp point only inches from your clenched fists. Very useful for hand to hand close range combat. This was an easy one. They both successfully created the depiction on their very first attempts.

The fifth and final red ribbon scroll was incredible, to say the least. Until now they had been completely silent. Azula was the first to speak. "We should wait to do this one, it looks really powerful we could both get hurt." Kai knew that was a risk with this but he couldn't help himself. He had to try it. Azula understood and they both took their stance to begin.

The graceful and flowing movements of body and fire was astounding. This was the most advanced technique they had ever seen or done. The dancing dragon. These techniques were as old as firebending itself. And they were doing it without any practice or previous attempts. The warm glow of red and orange faded against the black background of the night sky. The only witness to the truly beautiful essence of these moves was the moon itself. Upon the last movement of the now heavily panting bodies was a double handed punch, landing both of the young firebenders faces only inches away. They had done it perfectly. For several long minutes it was silent.

They were ready. The final two scrolls lay neatly on the now damp ground. Kai moved to pick them up. Azula followed closely behind. As they reached the ancient scriptures Azula was the one to speak. "Which one should we read first?" Kai was silent. He hadn't thought about that. He bent over and picked up the one on the left. "We'll try this one first." He looked confident that he had picked the right one and she trusted him.

She trusted him.

She had never trusted anyone. Trust is for fools. She always used fear to get what she wanted. The only problem was that this man didn't fear her.

She pushed these thoughts to the back of her mind. Right now, she just wanted to learn the mystery of what these scrolls contained. "Well, aren't you going to open it or do I?" She was always sarcastic to him. It got things done a lot quicker. "Ok, here goes nothing."

It seemed they both held their breath for an eternity while the scroll was unwound.

There were no pictures. Only a simple sentence.

"True power stems from the absence of emotional attachments."

"Thats it?" Azula was mad. Kai was mad too. "We came all the way up here for something my crazy uncle could have told us?!"

"Im going to keep it. It could mean something if we ever figure out what it means." This seemed reasonable to Kai. "If it was important to the Fire Sages than it could be useful later on."

Quickly Azula grabbed the other scroll. "If this is another meaningless phrase..."

Azula stopped. Dead in her tracks. The look in her eyes was total awe. Kai quickly stepped over to see what the scroll was and he too stopped. There they stood for what seemed like hours. In reality it couldn't have been three minutes. Both of their eyes scanning and reading the scroll several times. If they could pull this off, they would be regarded as some of the strongest firebenders in history.

Lightning bending.

Kai was the first to attempt it. "I have to separate yin and yang and then recombine outside of my body." He closed his eyes. The task at hand demanded total focus. Following the depiction on the scroll he swung his arm around in a full circle. As his hand with his two out stretched fingers came close to completing the circle, several small flickers of lightning appeared jumping away from his hand. As he threw out his arm to shoot the lightning a loud boom over came the entire forest. He was thrown back threw the air as the space around his hand seemed to explode. It had taken less than five seconds to complete the full motion and land him back a considerable distance from where he was standing before.

"Kai!" Azula was scared. No she was terrified. As she reached his side he began to stand up. Other than the pain in his back from where he had hit the ground to the burn on his hand he was fine. Thank Agni.

"Let me try that again." This time he was even more focused than before so as not to repeat the incident of his first try. With a full circular swing his hand shot forward and from the ends of his now red scarred fingers, so did the lightning.

It was beautiful. It was also terrifying. The feeling coursing through his veins when the lightning was crashing through the black nighttime sky was exhilarating. It was also humbling. The great force of the element he now controlled proved quite satisfactory. After his successful endeavor, the Princess stood. She was going to get it on her first try. She had to.

And she did. Hers however, was smaller and less potent than Kai's. She didn't care. She now had a new element to add to her arsenal. Her father would be proud of her. Not that he wasn't already but she liked hearing it. She conjured two balls of flame in her hands and to her and Kai's surprise, they were a magnificent blue.

She clamped her hands shut and doused the flames. Never had she felt so powerful as she did today. Kai opened his hands and blue flames sprung forth into life. As of now they were both on top of the world. The sun was beginning to rise. The Firelord would be up soon and would be furious if he found the young Princess returning home in the early hours of the morning with a boy. Even if the boy was like family.

They snuck in through the window. The guards were easy enough to get by. It was a little unnerving actually. Any trained assassin could get in with no trouble at all if two children could. They found there way to their bed chambers and they decided to hide the scrolls in Azulas room. They began to dress for the day ahead. They would be tired but they could muster through their classes fairly easily now. Especially their firebending classes.

It was around eight that the servant arrived. The Firelord wanted to see him. Kai was shaking. Did the Firelord know? Had he sent spies to watch them? He couldn't imagine what was going to happen when he arrived in the firelords presence.

Azula was there already. By this time he was absolutely terrified. Of all the people in the world, Ozai was the only one he feared.

Kai bowed very low to the Firelord. Ozai grinned at him.

"Tell me Azula. This boy is a strong bender, a skilled fighter and forever loyal to the Fire Nation. Correct?"

Azula too was terrified, he could see it. "Yes Father."

"And you get along with him very well correct?"

"Yes Father."

"Very well than." Ozai was happy. About what though?

"You two were raised together and are equal in every way. Therefore, when you come of age, you will wed to each other."

Kai and Azula were absolutely speechless. They didn't love each other, did they?

"That is all, children, you are dismissed."

They couldn't get out that door quick enough.

Ozai sat there smiling smugly to himself. Of course he knew what they had done the night before. He had them watched constantly in case Azula and Zukos mother ever decided to try and take them back. Yes they were very powerful, even more powerful together. When they wed and had children, nobody would stand a chance. Ozai was going to see the end of this war, but his daughter held the key to the future of the royal family. And who better to marry her to than the most loyal citizen of the Fire Nation.

The two children stopped in the hallway. Neither of them spoke. What was there to say? They didn't want to talk about it right now anyway. They were tongue tied. The Firelord basically just married them off to each other already. Without another word, they both walked opposite ways down the scarlet red corridor. There would be plenty of time to talk about this later. Ozai had made sure of that.

A/N: Well. The end of chapter two. Its slightly longer than the first. I promise I'll make them longer when the story gets good but for now I'm just sort of setting it up. Please Review! Let me know how I'm doing!