Saturday Morning: The Wedding
The crews came early to set up for the historic moment. There were caterers, florists, ice sculptors even thought it was summer and it would melt quickly, earth sculptors, fire artists and musicians all set to work and make this a day and night to remember.
Ty Lee woke up and needed coffee before she could help get Suki ready. She went to help get her in her dress.
"How was the bachelor party?"
"It was fun."
"I can't believe they went with their boyfriends. I would never let Zuko go to a place like that."
Ty Lee shrugged. "Azula doesn't find it that sexual."
"What?"
"I mean sure, the women are being sexualized, but she doesn't see it any differently than when people use erotica or tinctures to get themselves in the mood. She doesn't care if he gets excited looking at another girl as long as she's the only one he touches once he's excited."
"Gross!"
"I got a dance from a hot girl, and it was fun."
"Pervert!"
Sokka snuck downstairs to get some flowers from the florist. He had a big cloth bag to take away the roses.
"Are you raiding the wedding?" Iroh questioned.
"Ty Lee said I could take some of the roses. She said they ordered way too many."
"How many are you taking?" Sokka had just dumped like 30 in a bag.
"She said I could have 100 roses, which should be enough." Sokka finished his bag and then he saw sunflowers and pinched some of them too and also some of the apricot ginger flowers.
Sokka heard Ursa in the distance. "I better go."
He ran off with the bag before the former princess could catch him.
"What are you doing?" Ursa asked Iroh.
"Just admiring. They look beautiful."
The decorator came to try and get all of the flowers in the correct place. She didn't notice that any were missing. Sokka hid the flowers in Azula's spare room and took his bath. He had to get ready for his part in the wedding.
Guests started to arrive. The ushers guided them to their seats and it was a sight to behold.
"They turned this entire wedding into a huge garden," Arnook said to his wife as they went to their seats.
"It's beautiful," she said.
Ursa looked happily as the guests were filling up the wedding.
"Azula! Get a move on!"
The royal family should be out there, but she was not moving quickly this morning.
Azula was having trouble keeping her eyes open. She was tired from being out late the night before.
Kiyi and Ikem were ready to go. Iroh was too. "Does Azula need help in there?" he looked to Ursa.
"If you don't get out here!" Ursa called into the room
"WHAT WILL YOU DO MOTHER?"
Kiyi laughed until Ursa frowned.
"Shouldn't you be downstairs, Miss. Flower Girl?"
"You told me to wait for you."
"I did. AZULA!" Ursa banged on the door.
Azula threw the door open. "I'm ready now." The servants did her makeup and her hair. She looked quite lovely, with her hair down and a flower shaped clip holding it back on one side.
Zuko growled as the servants got him ready. He was sweating bullets. "How am I so nervous?"
"Relax bro," Sokka told him. "She like loves you stupid!"
"How are you so calm?"
"I'm not marrying her," he laughed. "Why would I be nervous?"
"But you're the best man and she's your ex."
"Meh! I mean I wasn't thrilled, but I'm happy and in love. I feel awesome."
"I hate you."
"And it's hard to feel stressed out when Azula's so cuddly at night."
"Really man? Really?"
"Well if you're annoyed with me, then you're not so nervous? Are ya?"
IDIOT!
Now the royal family was seated. Azula asked the servant for some lemonade.
"It is hot out here," Ursa commented.
Azula wanted it for the booze.
The music started. Zuko and Sokka went to the altar.
"Don't his robes look fancy?" Katara commented to Aang.
"They are made from very fine silk."
"He can't afford that."
"Azula can."
"You don't think…"
"He's her date to her brother's wedding. Maybe she got him the robes."
"Is she his sugar mama?"
Ty Lee went next and waited for Suki. She wore a lovely pink dress.
"She would wear pink," Azula commented as he finished her lemonade.
"That was fast," Ursa said of her daughter's drink.
"Well, I wanted the booze to hit me fast."
"WHAT?"
"It was half gin, duh!"
"Are you drunk?"
"Not yet. Give me five minutes."
Ursa would throw her out if she could get away with it. Why is her daughter so impossible?
Kiyi went next with the flowers. She also had a pink dress, but hers had a tutu kind of thing on the bottom.
She sat with Ikem in the front when she was done.
Suki's father took her down the aisle. She had her hair up and a lovely white dress. She went with all white other than the more colorful dress Ursa had worn when she married then Prince Ozai.
She handed her bouquet to Ty Lee and Zuko pinned back her veil.
The Head Sage started the ceremony.
Azula was bored. She closed her eyes and was just about to doze off when her mother hit her.
"ATTACK!" Azula yelled in defense.
"Stop sleeping at your brother's wedding."
"I don't care if he sleeps at mine, as long as no one can hear him snore, and I don't snore."
Ursa was gonna kill her.
"I'll keep her awake," Iroh promised.
It wasn't that long, but it felt like forever as they told these cheesy stories in their vows about how they were friends and they didn't think they'd ever be more, but then they looked at each other with this special look and they never felt the same way again.
"This is such nonsense," Azula said under her breath. Love doesn't come down to innocuous looks that morph into something important for no reason. It comes down to the person you can truly be yourself around.
She told Sokka things she wouldn't even tell Ty Lee. She didn't find love in some unexpected place. She just did it. Sure they decided to make up a lie and then it was kind of true at the end, but when she kissed him, she wanted to kiss him. It wasn't just to make a show. It was because he tasted good.
Finally, they said their "I dos" and he was able to kiss his bride, so they could leave.
Suki's crowning ceremony was in an hour and Azula needed more alcohol for this.
People came down to hug the bride and congratulate the couple.
Sokka was looking around for his girlfriend. Where did she go?
Katara approached him with father.
"Hey Dad." Sokka said before the two men hugged.
"It's been a while since I've seen you."
"I know. I haven't been able to get away from work. I don't really get paid vacation days, and I have bills."
"Nothing wrong with getting your work done."
"Don't you have something to tell father," Katara glared.
"Not this second."
"You can tell me anything, son."
"I want to introduce you to my girlfriend, but I don't see her at the moment. I was about to look for her."
"You settlin' down?"
"I think so dad."
"Good for you."
Katara grunted. Hakoda was supposed to say no. He will, when he sees her.
Sokka escaped the line of fire and got into Azula's room to see her naked.
"Oh Baby Baby!"
"First of all, we're not doing the nasty yet. I need a cold bath since it's so hot out there, and I refuse to be sweaty all day. Two, I have a surprise for you tonight too, so you don't to see me change back into my dress."
"Aw, but I do get to kiss you and admire you now." He wrapped his arms around her nude body and kissed her tenderly.
Someone knocked on the door.
"Go away," Azula said.
"Your mother wants me to …" Iroh started. "AAAHHH!" he ran out screaming at the sight of her naked.
"Can't these fools listen?" Azula pouted.
Sokka laughed as he kissed her again.
Iroh ran into the bartending station, snatched a bottle of whiskey and poured himself a tall glass before chugging it straight.
"Way to start Prince Iroh!"
"I need therapy!" He ran away.
"Did you tell Azula?" Ursa started.
"NOOOO!"
"What the heck did she do to him?" Ursa frowned.
Azula and Sokka enjoyed a tall whiskey sour before the crowning ceremony. She kicked him out when it was time to get dressed again, like she said she would
Azula went down to rejoin her family. Sokka sat down with the tribe.
"Where's your girlfriend?" Bato asked him. Of course, Hakoda told everyone.
"With her family. I'll be sitting with her at the feast."
"Ah, is she a beaut?"
"She's fucking gorgeous."
"Nice!"
Iroh refused to look at Azula during the crowning ceremony.
"What did you do to him?" Ursa questioned.
"Nothing. I was minding my own business!"
The Head Sage said more junk and sprinkled holy water. Suki got a crown and a bunch of people started cheering. She said some babble about being excited to help lead the country or something stupid. Azula wasn't listening. She was imaging whatever Sokka had in store for her tonight.
After Suki's ceremony, they had another break before the feast. The ice sculptors were hard at work as were the earth sculptures. The other artists would perform later.
Ty Lee was talking to Mai.
"You look cute."
"Thanks. My mother made me come."
"Aw, it's not so bad is it?"
"Once the nobles stop saying should have been you to me."
"I'm sorry."
"Not your fault."
"We went to the strip club last night."
"Zuko had a bachelor party?"
"Suki wouldn't let him come, so we went without him."
Mai giggled. "How was that?"
"Fun, and you won't believe what happened." She described the Kyoshi stripper and how Azula paid for Sokka to get a dance.
"Now that is weird. Why would she do that?"
Ty Lee shrugged. "Maybe she wanted to see if Suki still excited him."
"Why would she care?"
"He's her boyfriend."
"WHAT?" she yelled, causing everyone to look at her. "Stop looking at me!"
They turned away.
"They got together in Republic City. They've been all over each other all week. Zuko and Suki are both going nuts!"
"I gotta see this!"
Sokka had gone inside for some cool air. He saw Aang without his sister.
"So how are you holding up?" Aang asked him.
"I'm fine."
"It can't be that fun to watch your ex marry your best friend."
"It's not, but I've moved on to greener pastures."
"You're not jealous?"
He shrugged. "Azula's pretty amazing. If I was jealous before it was because Suki had found someone new and I hadn't, not that I wanted her back. Now, I'm on the Azula express!"
"Next stop, Republic City, choo choo!" Toph told him.
"Yeah, she wants me to move in with her."
"Really?" Aang gasped. Katara is gonna die when she hears that, and by die I mean want to kill Sokka even more!
"Yeah."
"Oh, her place is nice," Toph told him. "She has that comfy couch and everything's all new."
"You must not like the wooden floors though."
"Unlike some people who don't care if I can see," she pointed to Aang and Sokka, "She got a lacquer for the wood with traces of metal in it, so I can still see on it. It's not as good as being on earth, but if there's anything in my way, I can tell."
"You can do that?" Aang asked.
"Yeah. You can put trace metal in ink too, so I can read the paper. I still hate paper, but I can read it now. When she did her floor that way, I figured why not do that with ink too, and we found a guy to make it."
"That's great Toph. I can write to you now."
"Who says I'll read your babble Twinkle Toes?"
Azula was sitting by herself on a bench.
Mai saw her alone. "If she's with Sokka, why isn't she with him now?"
"I don't know."
Mai went to go find out. "Where's your boyfriend?"
Azula looked around. "He's just with Aang and Toph."
"Do you not like them or something?"
"Toph is fun. Aang's fine outside of negotiations. He's kind of immature when it comes to how politics works."
"He's done a lot over four years."
"I'm sure he has, but it's a matter of doing things well as opposed to just being able to slap your name of stuff and say it's complete, just to have to fix it three months later."
"Then why are you alone?"
"Well, we've been together almost nonstop since we got here. I thought he might want some time with his friends without an Azula filter, and he still hasn't told his father yet."
"Ah, the Chief. How did Katara react?"
"That witch. She tried to forbid him from seeing me, like she has any right."
"I hear Zuko and Suki thought you were kidding."
"Everyone thought we were kidding. I don't even know if Ursa believed it before she saw him kiss me."
"Perfect timing. You got together right before their wedding, giving them no chance to make a plan for it."
"He's the one who made it official at the last minute. If we had still been casual, I wouldn't have told them at all. Plus, what plan could they have made? Nothing they did or said was going to change it."
"I wasn't sure if you'd ever date," Mai told her. "I'm surprised your first boyfriend was him."
"Who says he's my first boyfriend?"
Mai looked at her.
"He is, but we haven't spoken in years. Would you know if I had one?"
"Ty Lee would have said something."
"I didn't tell her about Sokka until I was already here."
"And why was that?"
"I figured I'd see her here anyway. What difference did it make if she found out a few days a head of time, she might have left before the letter got there anyway."
Mai wasn't sure what to make of all this. "Why him?"
"I don't know if I can answer that. I love him, but I don't think it comes down to a when I first saw you moment or something cheesy and ridiculous like the garbage my brother spewed today.
I am able to be myself around him, in a way I haven't been with anyone else. It's like I have no reason to be guarded around him, like anything I say won't scare him away. I guess I like who I am when I'm around him better than I like who I am when I'm not."
"Damn it. You just cost me 50 coins." She turned to Ty Lee. "She actually loves him."
"I told you."
"What, did you think this was some scheme to ruin Suki's wedding?"
"I figured you were probably just horny, and ruining her big day was a fringe benefit."
"That's probably one of the most benign things anyone has said about our relationship."
"Given how everyone else in the palace is, I'm not that surprised."
When it was time for the feast, Hakoda expected Sokka to sit at his table, but his son was missing. "He's never late for food." He stood up, looking around for his son and then he saw him, sitting next to "who is that girl?"
She had her hair down and a smile on her face. She kissed him and cupped his face gently.
"Is that?"
He pointed to Bato. "Who is that girl?"
He stood up and looked. "That looks like the princess. Yeah, that's her alright."
"What is he doing with her?"
"It looks like they are a couple."
"A couple of what?" Surely he can't mean romance.
"You know, like Katara and Aang."
"Absolutely NOT!"
He marched over to his son. "Sokka, get up."
"What?"
"You are not doing whatever this is." He waved his finger at them.
"Excuse me."
"I am ordering you as your father and as your sovereign to get up and sit over there." He pointed to his table.
"No! You can send all the warriors you want after me. I'm not going anywhere."
"You're grounded!"
"I don't live with you, and I'm 19."
"Don't make me count to three."
"Are you even listening to yourself?"
"One! Two! Two and a half! Two and three quarters! Two and seven eights! Two and …"
"He could go on until infinity," Azula told her boyfriend.
"Then let him go on until he gets there. We'll be done with the wedding by then."
"Maybe we should discuss this after the meal," Iroh suggested.
"I'll be back," he said as he sat down.
"As angry as he was," Azula said, "he actually didn't raise his voice, which means he either had some modicum of control, or he was too angry to control his voice box well enough to yell. Which one do you think it was?"
Sokka shrugged. "He hasn't tried the counting thing since I was like 11."
"Maybe I should try it. How effective is it?"
"Um, It's hard to say. It sounds stupid now unless you know what happens when he gets to three."
"Maybe it only works until the age 11."
Hakoda buried his head in his hands.
"Whats are you doing?" Bato asked him.
"How could my son betray me like this?"
"What?"
"He's dating Princess Azula!"
"So."
"So. She tried to kill both of us, and him and Katara."
"Did you look at her? She's freaking hot!"
"What?"
"If I were his age, I'd be in love with her too."
"Are you kidding me right now?"
"So it's infatuation. If you leave them alone, they'll probably break up, but if you demand he stop seeing her, he'll only want her more. Just do nothing!"
Maybe it is just infatuation. "I am so confused."
The head table was served first. Once they had all of their food out then they started serving the tables very quickly.
Kiyi pointed to what she wanted, not remembering the names of all the dishes. Sokka formed a meat pile. Azula clandestinely slipped some vegetables on his plate. He ate them, surprised by the interruptions of the meat.
"Are you getting him to eat his vegetables?" Suki questioned.
"Not now that I've been outed."
"They actually taste like the meat since they got cooked together." Sokka kept eating.
Azula ate more vegetables and tofu than Sokka, but she had a good amount of meat too. The wine and beer was poured generously. They served juice and water as well.
Over at the Air Nation Table, Aang was enjoying the array of vegetables, tofu, rice, and pasta dishes in front of him. Katara was glaring at her brother. "How could he be with her?"
"He seems really happy, and she must have changed. Toph is friends with her and so is Satoru."
"Even if that counted, which it hardly does, since it's Toph and she's friends with all kinds of sketchy people, there's a difference between being friends with a girl and dating her."
"Not really," Aang told her. "Friends are people you trust. If you think someone is too untrustworthy to date, why be friends? I don't want to date all my friends, but I think they are all datable, for someone."
"So why not let Toph date her?"
"Katara, you can't control everything."
"I know."
"Then why worry about it. He's gotten through a break up before. He may have to do it again, and if he does, we'll be here because that's what family is for. All we can do is wait."
"I guess …"
At the Earth Kingdom section, Toph was having a great time. Satoru sat with her even though he was Fire Nation. Lao and Poppy were glad to see they were still together.
Toph was happy she could grope him under the table and her parents couldn't tell. He was flushing furiously.
"Are you okay?" Poppy questioned.
"It's just a little warm in here."
"Aren't you Fire Nation?" Toph teased.
"I am, but I've gotten used to Republic City weather."
General Fong noticed Azula and Sokka. "Are they a couple?"
The other men looked around. She smiled at the warrior, and they could have easily been holding hands under the table.
People started whispering about their status.
"I saw them at Xing's Steakhouse."
"I saw them eating brunch."
"They left City Hall together on Tuesday."
People didn't quiet down until it was time for the speeches.
Ty Lee went first. "I'm Ty Lee, and I've been lucky enough to be Suki's friend and a warrior with her for three years. She was a great leader, always there for us no matter what shenanigans we got into, like when I got stuck on the roof trying to get into the warrior house after forgetting my key or when Rai accidentally set the kitchen on fire trying to make waffles.
When she and Zuko told us they were together, I was both happy and sad. I knew they would make each other happy, but I also knew they would get married and she would leave us to become my country's Fire Lady. I wasn't sure how we'd hold up without her, but it's been six months, and we have yet to burn down the house, so I think we'll be okay. Then again, we also banned Rai from cooking.
To the happy couple, cheers!
Her speech was short and sweet. People laughed, and then it was Sokka's turn.
"Well, Zuko first met Suki, it was love at first sight. I know because he burned down her village, obviously, so she would have to move in with him."
The crowd laughed. Zuko turned red with embarrassment and anger, and Suki giggled.
"Unfortunately, that genius plan didn't work, so he sent some crummy assassins after himself, so the warriors would move in to protect him."
The crowd gasped, but a select few: Toph, Azula and Satoru were in stitches.
"This did work, but he still wasn't with her. He really needed to cement their relationship, so he tried to go to war with her king over Yu Dao, putting her in the middle, unless, she married him and became the Fire Lady.
Then, she would only belong to one nation and after all that, he finally got a date, and eventually another date, and this went on until he proposed and she said yes.
All of it, evil genius, just like Zuko. Congratulations and have a wonderful marriage."
Zuko was ready to hit him. Azula had switched seats with Sokka after his speech to give him a buffer.
"I'll protect you."
"At least he didn't mention our past relationships," Suki offered.
Zuko folded his arms.
After dinner came the couple's first dance. People oohed and ahed as the couple took the floor. Sokka snuck out the back. This was the perfect time to set up Azula's room.
Azula pulled out her flask and started drinking gin.
"Put that away," Ursa scolded.
"No."
She sat and continued to drink.
Toph had a matching flask. They both had a badger mole and a dragon on them, cementing their drunken friendship.
"They look good together," Aang said of the couple.
Katara was happy for them, but maybe if Suki hadn't left Sokka, he wouldn't be with Azula now. "Yeah they do." It's too late for what ifs. She just needed to figure out how to get that bitch away from her brother. Katara looked around. Where was he?
He started trying to arrange the flowers, but he couldn't get them to look as he wanted.
"I suck at this," he mumbled as he fumbled with the sunflowers. A guard had seen Sokka's entry and went to investigate. He was expecting an assassin, but saw a boyfriend with flowers.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to be a romantic, but this is hard."
The guard chuckled. "This is why the Princess has servants. Ring the bell. One of them will come make this work."
Sokka did as advised and a servant came. He explained what he had wanted to do. He even had a sketch and she said she would take care of everything. "Go back to your princess."
He sighed in relief and went back downstairs.
The father daughter dance was going on when Sokka returned. He thought it would have been over by now, but Azula said, "Suki picked the longest and most boring songs ever!"
Sokka laughed.
Ursa frowned.
"So how's my surprise coming along?"
"Better now."
"Tell me."
"Then it's not a surprise."
"But I like to be the one to surprise."
"I let you, sometimes."
She raised a brow. "I'll get you back."
"I know."
The dance floor finally opened up for everyone. Sokka wanted to dance with his lovely girlfriend, but then his family appeared. Hakoda and Katara wanted an audience with him.
"Whatever you have to say to me, you can say it in front of her." They were a team and his family needed to understand that.
"Fine," Katara said when Hakoda was unsure. "This is the most outrageous thing you have ever done. She's a liar; she's violent. She has who knows how many mental issues. How could you love her given what she's done to all of us? What would our mother say?"
"I think mom would be happy that I found someone who loves me as much as I love her. I think she would want me to move forward instead of being bitter about a past I can't change, and none of us have crystal clean pasts," Sokka reminded his sister. "Did you not lie and steal when it served your during the war?"
"But that was different!"
"Why? She believed in her cause just as much as you believed in yours. I pretended to be Fire Nation so Piando would teach me. Zuko and I pretended to be guards to break dad out of prison. We invaded when we thought they would be helpless. If you think she's a conniving little liar, then I must admit to going toe to toe with her."
Azula had an internal grin at that comment. Katara scowled.
"None of us are perfect, but we try and do our best, and Azula's given me nothing but her best since we got together. She laughs at my jokes even when they're stupid. She never complains about how much food I put away at the restaurant. I admit, when I first saw her again I jumped out of my chair, but she's changed. I know it, her friends know it, and if you weren't so stubborn, then you'd know it too."
"I know I did a lot of bad things before I joined the war, during the war and even after, and although I have my regrets," Azula said, "I wouldn't change anything, because if I did, I wouldn't be here with Sokka right now."
Sokka's hand squeezed hers as she spoke.
"Everything's connected. We can't change any aspect of the world, no matter how small and expect their not to be unexpected consequences. Maybe our pasts needed to be the way they were, so that we could have the future we have today.
If I hadn't terrorized you all during the war, then you never would have realized the capabilities that you have as a waterbender. Sokka wouldn't have grown to be the leader that he became on Sozin's Comet. Zuko wouldn't have become the type of man who risks everything to save a friend. I can't say I did it for your benefit, but I can say I'm happy with the way things all turned out."
Katara stormed off. This is ridiculous.
"I apologize for her stubbornness," Hakoda said. "She inherited from me. I must admit I was baffled by all of this and I can't say I understand it at all, but I must admit, I've never seen Sokka smile the way he does when he looks at you, and when he visits the tribe next, I hope he brings you with him."
"Thanks Dad."
"Just be cautious. I don't need an angry Zuko chasing you around the world for well whatever."
"I'll protect him."
Azula and Sokka were dancing together. It was nice to have someone in his family on board and eventually Katara will come around. She'll have to because he's not letting Azula go.
The music was slow. It was nice dancing with Sokka cheek to cheek, but Azula wanted a faster tune. When she snapped her fingers, a new song began to play. She moved her hips back and forth daring Sokka to keep up with her. She had taken lessons at the royal academy, but he had learned how to dance at parties. He added some variations that she had not yet seen.
"Follow my lead," he husked into her ear. He thrusted forward, his hands on her hips as he guided her back and forth.
His movements and his attitude excited her. He spun her around, her raven black hair flowing from her head like waves as she turned towards him. She was incredible.
Many at the wedding were watching the unexpected couple, including one angry bride.
"Does he have to show off like that?"
"I think he's just trying to dance with her," Zuko commented.
Their moves only got fancier as they moved around the floor. At one point, they separated only for him to beckon her to move forward. She ran to him and jumped. He hoisted her in the air with one hand on her stomach, causing the crowd to gasp in delight.
He lowered her down and dipped her. They shared a loving kiss in front of everyone, and the crowd cheered.
"Thanks for jumping," Sokka said.
"No problem."
As soon as they left the floor, people surrounded them asking them about where they learned to dance and how much had they practiced? It was fun feeling like the tides were turning, that people were really going to accept them as a couple.
Aang had managed to get Katara to come back to the party. Of course, it was just in time to see Sokka and Azula dancing in front of a bedazzled audience. Even Katara couldn't deny she was good, very good, but Azula was still untrustworthy.
The MC told Zuko it was time to cut the cake.
He and Suki went forward and a crowd formed behind them. Toph and Azula looked at each other. They had a plan for this.
Suki fed Zuko the first bite and he fed her next.
When Azula and Toph got their pieces, however, they caked their boyfriends in the face at the same time, causing the crowd to laugh and their parents to be appalled.
"Lava Twins!" They declared as they high fived.
Sokka ate the cake off his face.
Ursa hissed angrily. "How could you do that?"
"It was funny!"
Suki was mad too. "They're ruining my wedding!"
The crowd only laughed harder.
"Suki, no one cares that they're stupid," Zuko tried to assure her. She folded her arms angrily.
"We should go wash our faces," Satoru said to Sokka.
They went to the men's room.
Lao came over to scold her. Toph only laughed.
"You had good aim, considering you're blind on wooden floors," Azula told her.
"Thanks."
Sokka and Satoru were laughing on the way back.
Zuko went after them. "I hope you're happy."
"What's the big deal Sparky Boom Boom?" Sokka asked.
"Don't call me THAT! And Suki's really upset that you upstaged her cake."
"We were just teasing," Satoru said.
"Well, she's offended."
"I guess I should go talk to her."
Sokka went to try and make nice with the bride. Satoru explained Suki's reaction to Toph and Azula.
"It's not like we caked Sparky," Toph retorted.
"I wanted to," Azula admitted, "but Ursa would have kicked me out the wedding and possibly locked me up for assaulting the Fire Lord."
Sokka apologized to the bride as they were dancing. "We didn't mean to upset you. She's been threatening to cake me all week, and I kind of thought she was kidding."
"This wedding may be a big joke to her, but it's not to me."
"Whoa! Azula wants her brother to be happy too. It's not like this is some kind of vendetta against you."
"Really? She's been nothing but difficult all week."
"How? What did she do other than love a fool like me?"
"Do you really think she loves you?"
"Do you think Zuko loves you?"
"Of course he does."
"And I believe in Azula just like you believe in him."
"You're not just blinded by sex?"
"Are you blinded by Zuko's money and prestige?"
"How dare you!"
"How dare I what? The angry feeling you have right now, Azula and I have been dealing it with it since we got here. No one was willing to give me the benefit of the doubt at all, but everyone expects me to jump on board their relationships like they were the best thing that ever happened."
"Can you blame us?"
"Yes! This isn't about you and Azula it's about you and me. I'm not an idiot and I'm good at reading people. I was the first one who realized Jet was trouble and I was the one who realized we had to get Kuei to stop trusting Long Feng. I would know if Azula genuinely had feelings for me.
You think that she's using me some how, like I can't see her for who she is, but I can. Which either means we care about each other like we've been saying all along, or we're both out to ruin your wedding. It wouldn't make sense for me to be with someone who didn't genuinely care for me otherwise.
I don't expect you to trust her, but it's not like you've tried trusting me either."
Suki realized that Sokka wasn't the same man he had been during the war or even the same man she had dumped two years earlier. She had thought the clothes, hair and the cologne were just superficial changes, but he had changed from within as well.
"You're not going to give up on her."
"Never."
The dance ended. They went back to their significant others. Azula and Toph were making fun of somebody.
Sokka slipped his arms around his girlfriend and kissed her.
"So are you out of the ostrich horse barn?"
"The what?"
"Where you get sent if you're bad."
Like the doghouse. "If she doesn't let me out, then I guess I'll just break out."
Azula kissed him. "I can't wait until we go to bed."
"Seriously, Zappy you need to chill!"
"It's not my fault he's such a stud."
"Maybe that's why Fan Girl is so angry."
The next big event was throwing the bouquet. Single women rushed forward. Mai hid behind Ty Lee. "I am not going out there."
"But all of the single ladies are going."
"I'd be more inclined to date you right now than get up."
"Really?" Ty Lee questioned.
Rai came over to get them.
"Ty Lee's my girlfriend," Mai told her.
Rai folded her arms, not believing them at all.
Ty Lee took the opportunity to kiss Mai. Instead of slapping her, Mai kissed her right back. The acrobat wondered how far this could go. She slipped in a little tongue and Mai responded in kind.
"OKAY!" Rai left.
The two girls had blushes on their faces.
"I can't wait until the next wedding," Ty Lee told her.
"Why?"
"So I can kiss you again."
"Maybe you won't have to wait that long."
They had a bouquet just for throwing, so they wouldn't have to use her real one. Suki threw it and it went way off course, hitting Satoru in the face. Before he knew it, women descended upon him, trying to snatch it from him.
He ran for his life out of the party, throwing the bouquet behind him. The women all dived for it, destroying it in the process and then it escalated into a catfight with hair pulling and slapping.
The guards had to separate them.
Suki was mad. "How could they do that, at my wedding?"
"She seems to think that because this is her wedding, she can control what everyone around her says or does," Toph said to Azula.
"I know. Maybe we should have started a food fight with the cake."
"Promise to do that at my wedding."
"Oh yeah! I'm caking Suki first."
Satoru finally came back. "I think I lost a kilo running that fast."
Zuko and Suki thanked their guests about an hour after the bouquet was tossed and then headed out to start their wedding night.
Now that Sokka knew Zuko was too busy to interfere, he led Azula up to her special surprise. They went into her bathroom. The tub was filled with red rose petals. Scented candles had just been lit.
"This is gorgeous," Azula told him.
There were roses hanging in the corners of the room and fire lilies in vases around the tub, making it feel like they were in some type of garden. He unzipped her dress and found that she was wearing a white, see through, lingerie set adorned with pearls. It came with a matching pearl choker that Azula put on as he took off her dress.
She looked luxurious. "It was a wedding night set, and I figured it's a wedding night."
Sokka grinned as he pulled her close to him. They shared a tender kiss before she started to take off his silk robes, leaving him in black silk boxers that she had purchased the week before. Eventually, their clothes came off and they were in the bathtub.
Sokka's hands roamed all over her body. Petals clung to her pale skin, almost becoming an outfit of their own. The aroma was cardamom and a slight hint of vanilla. It was sweet and spicy and setting the perfect mood for love.
They got out before their skin got all wrinkly and they dried each other with what Sokka swore were the softest towels known to man. He carried her into her bedroom, which was a different type of garden. Instead of just red flowers, it had all colors: also including sunflowers, ginger and moon peach blossoms. The candles in here were unscented so their noses didn't get overpowered with the fruity and spicy flowers they had.
Sokka was surprised to feel this cold cream on his skin. Azula was rubbing a moisturizer on him, which felt really nice. He hummed as she rubbed his back and chest and eventually she had him covered. He gave her the same treatment, but he got distracted by her pert nipples and kept playing with them.
Frustrated moans left her lips as she wanted so much more. He finally gave in, kissing her lips before moving his way down her body, lavishing her neck, biting her breasts, kissing her stomach and nipping at her inner thighs before she opened her legs for him. She smelled amazing. He grinned as he dove in between her legs. The pleasure was almost too much. She gripped the sheets tightly, fighting to keep control as he was determined to make her lose it.
"Just let go," he told her before he took a break to bite one of her nipples.
She whimpered before he started to lick it and make it better. He went right between her legs, using his tongue and fingers to challenge her. She eventually relented, her back arching, her hips writhing and her hands pushing him forward as he kept applying pressure to her hardened nub until she broke down, gushing into his mouth as she screamed loudly, fire just managing to leave her mouth before she suppressed the flame.
He smirked, very content with his work and he slipped his arms around her. "Are you ready?"
She nodded and he put on a leather condom over his throbbing erection.
"It's okay if you need me to slow down. I'll stop at any time," he promised as he gently pushed his way in. Right away, it was hard to get in past the head. She was so tight. Her nails dug into his shoulder blades as he pierced into her.
It hurt, badly. She winced and he stopped, kissing her face and neck before he slowly pushed the rest of him inside of her. He wished it didn't hurt her. She felt amazing inside. She was so tight and wet.
Suddenly, Sokka felt her getting warmer on the inside. It must be a firebender thing, but he had slept with a couple of firebenders and never felt this sensation before. "Are you okay?" he asked, concerned by whatever was going on inside of her body.
"I'm healing rather quickly," Azula said. She wasn't sure why. No one had ever told her that heatbending could alleviate soreness.
"It's okay. You can continue."
He kissed her neck before slowly pulling out of her and thrusting back in.
She grunted. He couldn't tell if it was from pain or pleasure and he did it again. It was louder this time. He desperately wanted to go faster, but he couldn't hurt her anymore than he already had. He continued to move slowly.
Azula's soreness was mostly gone. It was starting to feel good. Despite herself, she let out a throaty moan. "OHHH SOKKA!"
Her sounds inspired him to try going a little faster. Her moans only got louder and more frequent. Suddenly, he lost control of himself. The pleasure was just too overwhelming and he started to go harder and faster into her.
"OH FUCK!" he hissed repeatedly. He needed to cum. He felt ready to explode.
Azula felt a similar desperation. She lifted up her hips and began mewing loudly. How did her sounds keep getting sexier? Sokka pulled her close and began to really give it to her.
She dug her nails into his skin, leaving scratches he would feel tomorrow, but she was well worth it. He grabbed her hips and was now slamming into her.
"OH FUCK AZULA!"
"SOKKA! SOKKA!"
They got louder and more desperate as they drove into each other. He finally came and she was right behind him, gushing all over his cock as he collapsed on her.
His heart was pounding. He felt like he was trembling, but he was too high on endorphins to tell if he was or if it was in his head. She pulled him into a lustful kiss.
Once she caught her breath she said, "We should apologize to Toph in advance."
"For what?"
"For ruining her sex on the way back."
Sokka started to laugh. "I didn't go too fast?"
"It was perfect. At first, it really hurt, but by the end, I only wanted more."
"You're warm, very much so. Maybe your fire healed you." Suki had made his stop their first time. It wasn't until the third attempt that they made it until the end.
"I guess it did."
"Are you ready to go to bed?"
"You don't want more? I thought you had more stamina than that."
He frowned, offended. "I have plenty of stamina. I just didn't want to do too much when it's your first time."
"I'll tell you when I've had enough."
It didn't take him long to get hard again. He put on another condom and was surprised when Azula threw her leg over his hip. She guided him into her and slowly lowered herself down.
She gasped.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but you feel even bigger right now." She leaned forward, her hands on his shoulders and began to ride or well, she kind of bounced.
He grabbed her hips, slowing her down. "You want to move slower and more forward than upwards. It's like your grinding on my hips instead of bouncing up and down."
He guided her with his hands, showing her how to move with him inside her. She was a quick learner and soon, the room filled with lusty moans and grunts.
She was even prettier on top. She was backlit from the candles and her perfect breasts were in easy reach. He grabbed them and cupped them, pinching and pulling on her nipples as she threw her head back and moaned with abandon.
He couldn't help himself. His hips started to rise to meet hers and soon, he was fucking her from below, holding her hips as she slammed into her.
"OH SOKKA!" She repeated over and over. He felt possessed, like he had to have her screaming his name. He flipped her onto her back and took control, giving it to her hard and fast as he grunted and growled.
She never thought she'd be the submissive one in anything, but when it came to Sokka, she wanted him to dominate her. His blue eyes were cold with lust as he stared at her, making her his over and over again. She knew with one look, he could have her anywhere. She was already addicted to him.
They kept slamming into each other until they both came again.
When she came to, she said, "Now I'm ready for bed."
Luckily her room was on the opposite side of the palace from pretty much everyone else's room. Zuko did that on purpose, unsure of how she would respond to others near her personal space. She had always been territorial.
Sunday: 1 Day after the Wedding
Ursa decided to have a farewell brunch for Zuko and Suki before their honeymoon. They were leaving this afternoon. Given the tension between Azula and Suki and Sokka's escalation of it (whether or not he meant to) the former princess decided not to invite her older daughter or her boyfriend. The guest list had been restricted to the honored couple of course, uncle Iroh, the Avatar and his girlfriend, and Ty Lee.
Iroh suggested they add Toph and Satoru, but Ursa was afraid of how Toph might behave.
"It's only breakfast, what can she do that early in the morning and she is a Bei Fong?"
Not wanting to offend an important political family, Ursa invited Toph and Satoru at the last minute.
"You know this is a nonvitation," Satoru told her.
"A what?"
"When you get an invitation at the last minute because they don't actually want you to show up."
"Explain that?"
"Let's say you want your friends to go to your party. You invite them early and then remind them, so they clear their schedules and don't forget. Let's say you don't want someone to come, but the person is well connected and will make a fuss about not being invited. Instead of inviting the person early, you invite the person at the last minute, hoping they already have plans: a nonvitation."
"I see. Well it's free food, so I don't care."
It was in the garden, which was gorgeous right now. It was summer. The sun was shining and the flowers were in bloom.
Ursa had flower teas, a little champagne, and the chef did a special breakfast: eggs Roku (Benedict) with komodo sausage, fresh biscuits and fruit salad. The avatar was given tofu sausage instead of meat.
They all took their seats. Ursa assigned them places. Of course Toph asked, "Where's Zappy?"
"She decided to sleep in," Ursa told her.
"So you didn't invite her at all."
Ursa made a face.
"Dang. She wasn't even good enough for a nonvitation. I can't wait to rub it in her face."
"Remember the last time you mocked her about her poor relationship with her mother. She burned you," Satoru told her.
"Oh yeah, but I didn't realize she could run that fast. Next time, I'll knock her down on her butt!"
"What did you say to her?" Iroh questioned.
"What was it? Um, oh yeah. I said with an attitude like yours, no wonder your mother doesn't love you."
Everyone was shocked.
"Damn, she burned me good."
"I love Azula," Ursa insisted.
"Even I could tell that was a lie," Satoru told her.
Before Ursa could argue, she heard a noise. "What was that?"
"Probably an animal," Aang said.
A slapping sound filled the garden.
Toph turned red and started to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Satoru asked her.
She whispered something in his ear.
"Oh Mama!"
"You never whisper." Katara accused.
"I do when I got a secret."
It was only a minute later before there was a groan. "OOHHHH!"
Zuko's food fell out of his mouth. "Tell me no one else heard that."
"No one else heard what?" Aang asked him
"OOHHHHH! SOKKA!"
Katara gasped.
Suki dropped her glass, spilling champagne all over the table."
"OOOH FUCK!" Sokka hissed.
Zuko jumped up and ran away. He managed to trip and roll into the pond. Everyone saw it. It was so embarrassing!
Toph started cracking up. "Way to go, Sparky Boom Boom!"
"You knew," Katara accused Toph.
"Oh yeah. Satoru, how good was the look on Ursa's face?"
"Um her face is still frozen." Ursa looked paralyzed in fear and despair.
"OH! Zappy's gonna hear all about this."
Unaware of the garden party, Sokka and Azula decided to go for a walk. The mood struck them and he took her on all fours behind the bushes, on the other side of the garden furniture.
Loud moans and grunts echoed outside as Sokka fucked Azula in the garden. The others were too frozen to get up. Toph and Satoru thought it was hilarious and Zuko stormed in the palace, cold, wet and angry.
Sokka grabbed Azula's hair, pulling on it as he thrusted.
"OH YES! OOOOHHHHHHH!"
Sokka managed to make her cum so hard she set the grass on fire.
"MY GARDEN!" Ursa yelled, finally breaking her silence.
Aang managed to bend back the flames. Azula didn't even notice what happened.
Sokka came all over the grass. He had to pull out of her since he didn't have a condom.
"Let's go get breakfast," Azula told him.
They left, unaware that they had just given a show.
"She defiled my garden," Ursa cried.
"This is karma for not inviting her," Toph told her.
"Karma is a bitch, and her name is Azula," Satoru laughed.
"That's a good one!" Toph told him as they high fived. They were the only two who had eaten their meals. They didn't stop eating just because Sokka and Azula were doing it.
"This is delicious," Sokka said as he ate his spicy meat-lovers omelet.
Azula went with the vegetable omelet with the side of bacon. "I wonder why no one came to breakfast."
Zuko confronted them as they were eating. "What in Agni's name is wrong with you?"
"What?" Azula was baffled.
"Having sex in mother's garden?"
Did a servant see them?
"Have you never just gotten in the mood?" Sokka asked.
"Not outside!"
"You and Suki must have lame sex," Azula told her brother.
"WE DO NOT HAVE LAME SEX!" he yelled at her.
"Totally," Azula whispered.
"Lame!" Sokka finished.
"AAHHH!" Zuko kicked the wall, stubbed his toe and hobbled away.
The two lovers laughed.
A few hours later, Zuko and Suki headed out on their honeymoon.
Azula had a plan for when they were gone. "Hey Sokka, want to inaugurate Suki's Fire Lady chair?"
He gasped. "You mean?"
"And when we can wear their crowns. I know where they keep the key."
"Oh yeah!"
They went to go have some royal sex.
It wasn't until that evening at dinner that Sokka and Azula learned how Zuko knew of their outdoor fun.
"Oh man," Toph started. "That garden party was awesome."
"Toph, don't do this," Iroh told her.
"Why not? Hey Azula. We were all having breakfast in the garden this morning."
"So?" she said.
"When?" Sokka asked.
He looked at Azula.
"Oh!" was all she said.
"Oh Sokka!" Toph mocked.
"My bad," Sokka said.
Katara found it all too absurd to get upset over. Maybe Azula and Sokka deserve each other.
"You should have seen Sparky. He ran out of there, tripped and rolled into the pond!"
"Man, that's the second time I've gotten him to fall in there," Azula said, slightly proud of herself. "And I got him to stub his toe today."
"Do you live to make him miserable?" Iroh asked her after all her brothr did for her.
"No, but since I can, it's pretty fun."
Sokka laughed. "How mad do you think he'll be when he finds out?"
"Finds out about what?" Ursa questioned.
They had a little sex accident in the throne room. She might have set a tapestry on fire.
"I suggest we don't tell him and just go home. He might not notice for a month."
"Okay."
They didn't elaborate what happened.
"When are you going back to Republic City?" Ursa questioned.
"Tomorrow morning."
"I thought you'd be here longer."
"Why?" There wasn't much for her here. Sokka and Toph had to get back to work.
Zuko was sneezing on the boat.
"Don't tell me you got sick from falling in the pond?"
"I didn't get sick from falling in the pond." He sneezed.
"Azula ruined our honeymoon and our wedding!"
"Our wedding was good," Zuko said. "The people were happy. We had a fun night. Yeah, she was there and smooching Sokka, which made me want to hurl, but she didn't set anything on fire."
"Well in that case…" She leaned in to kiss him, but instead, he sneezed on her.
"EW!"
"Sorry Babe!"
After dinner came some drinks and people discussed their favorite part of the wedding.
"You and Azula were the best dancers there," Aang told them. "How long did you practice that?"
"It was our first time dancing together," Azula told him.
"Get out," Katara responded.
"I took lessons for years, but I had no idea he could dance."
"I have to keep some of my talents hidden," he told her, "or else you'd be bored of me."
"Never," she kissed his nose.
"OOGIES!" Katara complained.
"You have like four years on me," Sokka told her.
"What about Suki?"
"She didn't really like PDA, so I doubt I could have caused that many oogies."
"The bouquet fight was the best part," Toph told the group.
"That was funny."
"It's a good thing I didn't try to catch it," Ty Lee said.
"You were too busy smooching Mai," Azula declared.
"Yeah."
"Has she changed teams or was this a drunken impulse?"
"Not sure yet."
"I kind of got a lesbian vibe from her years ago," Azual said, "I couldn't tell if she was gloomy because she was about to cut off all her hair and declare herself a lesbian, feminist, man-hater or if she was just like that."
Sokka turned to her.
"Seriously, 9 out of the ten lesbians I know cut off their hair and got all angry at the world."
"Ty Lee's the only one who kept her hair?"
"Yes."
"You know that's not true," Ty Lee told her.
"It's my story, and I'm sticking to it."
Ursa felt defeated. All she wanted was a nice send off for her son, and Azula had to get into the mood in her garden. What did my flowers ever do to her?
Ikem was still tired from yesterday's wedding festivities. "Are you ready for bed?"
"Yes Dear."
Monday: Two Days After the Wedding
Zuko woke up feeling great. "Maybe I'm not sick after all."
Suki sneezed. "I hate you."
He kissed her forehead. "Sorry. Maybe it will be gone by tomorrow."
They only had a week away on Ember Island. Who knows how long this stupid cold was going to last?
"I bet a nice hot bath will make you feel better. " Zuko went to draw it.
Sokka and Azula were sitting in her bathtub, sans rose petals.
"Enjoy this while it lasts. My bathtub in Republic City isn't this big."
"Oh I will," Sokka said as he stretched out his legs.
The two walked about what they would do when they got back. Sokka brought work clothes, as he would have to go to work straight from the port.
Azula didn't have any work until next week, so she could go home and get her apartment ready for his "trial period."
"I can't believe this all happened because I sat down next to you at a bar."
"I know right," Sokka couldn't be happier.
They kissed in the tub. There was a knock on her bedroom door, but she wasn't there to hear it.
Ursa tried the door and it was locked. "Of course. She locks it when she's not in there."
She didn't see Azula until lunch. The Princess and her caveman were eating fried komodo chicken.
"It's crispier than chicken," Sokka told her.
"I like it fried, but other than that, I think chicken is better tasting."
"Yeah, I can see that."
Sokka took an extra crunchy bite.
"Azula," her mother called. The princess wore her mother's voice was worse than train tracks screeching to a halt.
"Yes Mother."
"Do you have time to talk before you go back?"
"I would say no, but you would just lecture me anyway."
Ursa glared at her.
Azula didn't look up from her plate. "Let me guess, she's giving me her token look of disdain mixed in with disappointment."
Sokka looked. "Yeah, I think so."
"This isn't a joke."
"Was I laughing? Whatever it is you want to say, just say it."
"I'm concerned about your reputation."
"I'm the crazy princess who shot her brother and killed the Avatar. I hardly doubt it can get any worse."
"Well, you could cause a volcanic eruption and kill a whole town," Sokka offered.
"Ooh, I like that."
"I meant what will people think if you keep fornicating outside?"
That Sokka's really good. "What do you want me to say, sorry I ruined the garden party I didn't know was happening?"
"That's not what this is about."
"Really? I think it is. Let me guess, you got cute flowering teas, eggs Roku and some watered down mimosas, to give Zuko and Suki the perfect send off and I ruined it just like I ruin all your other plans because I go out of my way to make you miserable."
"Would it be so hard for you to act like a princess for once?"
"What does that mean to you?" Does it mean getting caught with a secret paramour or poisoning the Fire Lord?
"You could try remembering your etiquette rules."
"I remember all of them," Azula told her. "Just because I don't care to adhere to all of them doesn't mean I forgot."
"And would it kill you to be nice to Suki?"
"It might."
"She's Zuko's wife now."
"Really? I didn't figure that out when they bored me to death with their mushy vows."
"Did you really have to cake Sokka during her wedding?"
"It would have been odd to do it after, although next time I could save the cake until we get to bed and then do it."
"UGH!" Ursa huffed and walked away.
"Was it something I said?" Azula questioned.
That evening, the quartet headed back to Republic City.
They got back on the sky ship and Toph gave them two silk scarves.
"What are these for?"
"For tying your mouths shut since you two are so noisy. It's distracting!"
"That might be dangerous. Azula's breathed out a couple of flames during well, you know."
"Damn really?"
"I kind of set fire to the tapestry in the throne room."
"You two did it in the throne room?"
"While wearing their crowns," Sokka added.
"Damn Snoozles."
"We decided to welcome Suki to the family, properly."
"HAHA ZAPPY!" Toph punched her arm.
The onslaught of whiskey and meaty goodness continued. The ride to Republic City would be a good one.
Sokka grinned. Moving in with Azula would be even better.
Saturday: 7 Days after the Wedding
Sokka spent the morning boxing up his stuff. He didn't have a lot, as the apartment had been rather small.
Azula came with a carriage since he wouldn't need a moving truck. They went back to her place and decided to have breakfast in the apartment.
Sokka unpacked is stuff while Azula made a meat-filled frittata, waffles and bacon for them to share.
He got into her bedroom. His first time inside and it was nice. He expected red walls like her room in the palace but it was purple and gold, which he thought was pleasant, quite royal feeling actually. He got to the closet. She had given him half of the space in the bedroom closet and he did not have nearly enough clothing to need the walk in as well. He put his boomerang on a hook and there was a place for him to hang his sword as well.
He took a packing break and followed his nose to the food. "This smells great."
"I hope you approve. I don't actually go to brunch every weekend. I would get fat if I did that."
He kissed her neck. "I could get used to his."
"Me cooking for you."
"Yeah. I meant us living together, having our own place to retreat against the world, not having anyone walk in on us as funny as your families reactions were."
"Mother would have a heart attack if she found out I moved you in before we became engaged."
"Why would she find out?"
"I might tell her just to see her reaction."
"I wish we could see Zuko's reaction when he sees the throne room."
"Ah! I almost forgot about that. That tapestry was ugly anyway."
"You scorched the wall behind it too."
"Well, I was rather heated."
"We might need to work on that before you visit the tribe or else our sex will melt my house."
Azula laughed. "That would be pretty funny."
After breakfast, they finished getting Sokka's stuff put away, so they could get rid of the boxes. He flopped on the bed. "This is a nice bed."
"Oh I know." It was a king sized bed with an extra thick mattress.
Sunday: Eight Days after the Wedding
Zuko and Suki returned from Ember Island. Zuko had to resume working the next day.
It had been a pretty good vacation once Suki got over her cold. Zuko wasn't, however, expecting the news he got when he returned.
"We had to hire an emergency plumber Zuko," Iroh told him.
"Why?"
"Well, it appears that Sokka filled Azula's bathtub with rose petals, and when the servant cleaned the bathroom, she didn't remove the rose petals before emptying the tub, so they clogged the drain and well, made a mess of the plumbing system.
The plumber fixed it and they cleaned up the mess from the water, but you have a bill."
Zuko saw it and screamed. "1000 ban!"
"The rose petals had made their way through the pipes and he had to dig some of them up to find the blockage."
He groaned. "Anything else?"
Iroh didn't know. "I think that's it. Hopefully, Sokka will be more conscientious the next time he tries to be romantic."
"A bathtub full of rose petals? What was he thinking?"
"He never did anything like that for me," Suki pouted.
Zuko glared at her.
"Not that I'm still thinking about him. That's old news."
"Well I hope he keeps to romancing her in his own apartment."
Zuko didn't see the throne room for another week. He went in there, and "WHAT IN AGNI'S NAME?"
The guards came running. "What is it my Lord?"
"What is that?" He pointed at the tapestry.
"It appears half burnt."
"NO SHIT! How did it get that way?"
No one knew how or when it had happened.
"This was a good burn," one of the said. "It got the wall too," he pointed to the discoloration.
"Who would burn half of a tapestry?" Zuko questioned.
Zuko looked around and was about to leave when he saw the plaques for his crown and his wife's crown had been changed from Fire Lord and Fire Lady to Fat Head Sparky Boom Boom and Mrs. Fat Head Sparky Boom Boom. This had to have been, "SOKKA AND AZULA!"
The echoes from his yell could be heard for quite some distance. This would be the first of many times that he would angrily shout their names.
The End