Surprise

You know, I felt really bad for not updating this story as much as my other ones so I decided to update it a little bit more.

That night Zuko decided that he should tell his uncle about his decision.

"Are you sure about this Zuko?" Iroh had a worried look on his face. Zuko just smiled lightly at him.

"Yeah, I am. Katara even said that she was doing better." Zuko said as Iroh filled their empty cups with tea. "And also, she might be able to give heirs before I do."

Iroh looked at him in disbelief. "You mean you might Zuko." He pondered on that before answering his uncle.

"Yeah, I guess you are right. I might get married and I might be able to have kids. But I still think that Azula has a higher chance of heirs more than I do." He took a sip of his tea and set it down as Iroh was thinking of something.

"And why do you think that Zuko?"

"Because everyone is still scared of me." Iroh just smiled.

"You know Zuko, you never change." He chuckled as Zuko blushed a bit.

"When we travelled together, you were always like this and you still are."

"Thanks?" Zuko said unsure if what he said was right. Iroh chuckled again.

"If you want to be able to announce your decision, you might want to tell them now." In Zuko's mind he could picture the Fire Sages and the Gaang.

"Yeah..." And with that Zuko excused himself and went in search for the Fire Sages. He found them walking in the hall together whispering about something. Maybe him he thought. As they saw him they bowed.

"I've made up my mind." The Fire Sage that was talking to him the day looked at him in disbelief.

"This quick?" Zuko glared him. He decided to ignore the man.

"Yes, so I need you guys to make an announcement tonight and gather all the people of my nation because I will make my decision publick tomorrow." He finished his sentence and walked away from them, back faced to them. "And make it quick." He said that over his shoulder. They all paused for seconds before nodding and left to do what they were meant to do.

Now, all Zuko needed to do was to ask a favor from Katara. Finally, after searching almost the whole palace, he found the gaang in the garden. They were sitting around the pond, feeding the turtleducks. He heard Katara and Aang comforting Sokka about him and his Suki.

"Aww Sokka, just give her time. She might change her mind if you just gave her time." Katara said as she put a hand on his shoulder. Sokka removed her hand and turned away from Katara, a very childish move of him, causing Aang to smile and Katara to laugh.

Zuko hated to ruin the fun but this was something that he just had to do. He walked up behind them and cleared his throat. Aang was the first to stand and hug Zuko. He was surprised by this but still hugged him. Katara and Sokka got up and each gave Zuko a hug of their own.

"So Zuko, what brings you here?" Aang questioned. Zuko rarely came to stay with them on his free time. In fact, he barely had any freer time.

"Actually, I came here to ask Katara a favor." He looked towards her. Upon hearing this, Katara moved to stand in front of him.

"What favor are you asking from me?" Another thing too, was that, Zuko never really asked any favor from them or help. He stopped looking at her and stared at the ground.

"I want you to get my sister ready." Katara and Aang stared at him confusion as Sokka was feeding the last of the bread crumbs to the turtleducks, eating some as well.

"The announcement of my decision for tomorrow." What he said didn't earn a reaction from Aang and Katara but Sokka.

"Wait..." He stopped what he was doing and walked towards Zuko until he was facing him. "You made a decision? About what? And we weren't even invited?" Zuko rolled his eyes at Sokka's outburst.

"It's just about what we talked about yesterday Sokka. I don't want to wait forever for them to finally give me the right to speak my mind. I'm the ruler after all, I could do whatever I want so tomorrow was going to be the day." He looked at Katara again.

"Katara," He began. "About my sister-" She raised her hand, silencing him and smiled.

"Of course. I would love to help prepare her."

"Can you also make sure to not let her know about it? I think this subject is still a little sensitive to her." Katara nodded at Zuko's word. Before leaving, preparing to tell the words to the maids.

It may seem impossible to get word throughout the nation, but apparently, it was not because by the next morning everyone in the palace was in a frenzy, running everywhere and nowhere all at once.

As Katara got a reluctant Azula to get dressed and ready Zuko thought that this would be a good time to go and see his father. Or Ex Firelord. Zukoo got into the darker and creepier part of the cell room. Finally, he reached his father's destined room. He stood outside the cell, just staring at his father as the man continued to ignore Zuko. Ozai got fed up by the silence and spoke.

"What do you want?" Zuko stared at his father as if he hadn't spoken a word to him.

After seconds of silence Zuko spoke. "I just wanted you to know that I'm going to be ruling the Fire Nation with my sister beside me." As Ozai heard this he laughed.

"Are you so sure that she won't kill you in that process?" Zuko didn't even flinch a bit.

"She's my sister, and I know that she tried many times to kill me but she isn't like you. She's still my mother's daughter after all." Ozai snorted at Zuko.

"And aren't you mine's too?" This actually made Zuko widen his eyes before narrowing it down.

"Yes, but you and Azula are similar too. Becoming evil because of lack of parental love." Ozai glared at Zuko and kept the stare, neither refusing to look away.

"I did not crave for my father's love as much as you did Zuko." That made Zuko rage up a little bit. Deciding that this was for the best he left the room. As he left, he could still hear Ozai chuckling, thinking that he's won the battle.

"Where were you?!" Zuko got yelled at Katara as he made his way to his room. "We were looking all over for you." He turned around and looked at her before staring at the wall behind her, not wanting to make eye contact.

"I went to go see my father." Katara gasped and grabbed his arm.

"He didn't do anything to you did he?" He chuckled at her weariness, reminding him of Toph. The thing about that was, Toph wouldn't have cared if he got hurt or not. The first thing on her mind would've been that he decided to be an idiot and go visit his father. Then, march right up to the man himself who is being suspected. It wasn't that Toph didn't care for his well-being, it was just that she was partially angry.

Katara looked at him in question. "What is so funny Zuko?" He was brought back to earth by Katara's question. He smiled.

"She would've done the exact opposite of what you were doing you know." When he said 'she' she instantly knew who it was and kind of smiled-frown. If that was even possible. "She would've told me that I was an idiot then marched right up to my father and asked him what was going on in that crazy brain of him to have harm an innocent, little idiot like me." Katara would be lying if she told herself that what Zuko hadn't said touched her or even made her tear a little bit too.

"Yeah..." Katara saw Aang and Sokka come near them at the end of the other hall already tired from searching for Zuko so mind as well settle in his bedroom until he comes back. "You should go get ready. They're here." Zuko nodded at her before leaving to his room, getting yet another lecture from Sokka and Aang. Aang because he would have to be the one to be standing next to the Fire Lord, nobody wants to be standing in front of a nation that was not entirely theirs because a friend asked them to and then not attend, and Sokka because he said they searched everywhere but couldn't find him then he got so hungry and tired from it.

Zuko stood on the balcony facing a nation before him. "And today, I have made a decision that I..." Before he could finish his sentence Katara had appeared behind him, wheeling in Azula in a wheel chair. He smiled and bow at her before moving to his sister. He took Azula hand to make her stand and faced their nation.

"I have decided today that I... will share my honor with my sister. She and I will rule the Fire Nation together." This earned him a good amount of gasps from his people.

"And I," Aang said standing on Zuko's other side, " The Avatar, agree with his decision. If any object, please say now or forever hold your peace." No one said anything for those couple of silence. Aang took it that they had nothing to object. "Then it is settled. I hereby crown Azula as the Fire Nations' Fire lady, not as a wife or concubine but as a ruler of your nation." Slowly, after Aang had said that they heard clapping. Small ones at first before it got louder and then they heard some screaming and cheerings. Aang smiled, their job here was done.

While Aang and Zuko may be celebrating a victory won for them, the Fire Sages didn't.

"But Fire Lord Zuko," One of the Fire Sages started, "You cannot do this. This is not acceptable at all!" Hearing the man say that, Zuko got angry.

"I never said that I was getting married. I just said that I've made up my mind. It's not my fault that you jumped into conclusions." Zuko turned around and left them mumbling angrily to themselves.

As he started walking out he heard Katara try to calm Azula down. She was sniffling and crying.

"He's not supposed to do this. You are not supposed to share... it's yours and yours only." She sniffled a bit more as Katara smiled at her. Azula has really gotten a lot softer with the help of Katara.

"You guys are playing tricks on me aren't you? You guys already won me but that isn't enough is it? You want to torture me!"

"I don't want to do any of that to you Azula." Zuko said this and she jumped, a little bit startled.

"You're lying. You were always a bad liar Zuko." It felt weird to him that his own sister had called him by his given name.

"Yes, you're right. Because I was always telling the truth... I couldn't even stretch a truth if you tortured me." She sobbed now.

"Nuh uh... " Zuko came around to her and hugged her tight.

"You are my sister, I would never want to hurt you. I couldn't even hurt my own father who has hurt me for my whole life, hated me since I was born." Azula shook her head.

"At one point he did love you... he wanted to love you... mother told me, when I was being mean to you." She sobbed into his chest as they stood there.

Katara sniffed at the beautiful scene before her. She was happy until she heard a slurp from her right. She looked and saw her own brother standing there, watching the Fire Nation siblings cry their heart out while he was eating noodles and Fire Nation cuisine, he wasn't supposed to eat before the Fire Lord anyways. So rude... it broke her heart to know that her own brother who she has lived with her whole life, cried with her at night, loved her eternally, felt so hurt to have lost a love, troubled over love... would be watching this beautiful scene without crying, only thinking it was amusing... so heartless indeed.

She wiped her tears and smacked her brother in the head. "How can you be so emotionless Sokka?!"

"Hey! I'm still eating!" He turned away from her and headed back to the dining room.

She wasn't even sure if she was crying for the relief that Zuko and Azula has finally now settled their problems or sad that their love a bit nicer than hers and Sokka's.

"It's ok Katara, you have me." Aang said that and hugged her. "You'll always have me." She smiled and nestled into his shirt.

Hope you guys loved it! XD!