Zuko
Ever since I arrived on the island I felt like there had been a great amount of murder, given that politics in times like these usually were accompanied by blood it shouldn't surprise me but somehow it still did. I mean was waiting until I left the island not an option, hell, they could have just rigged my ship to explode or something, but instead of that, I get shit assassins sent after me.
Ozai should have the decency of at least sending that guy that could make explosions with his mind after me.
"I'm not going to bury these guys since assassins don't deserve funerals" I speak out loud just to break the silence but then I rethink my words, assassins trying to kill me don't deserve funerals I correct in my mind. I'm sure that eventually, I would have assassins of my own and I would like to give those working with me a proper send-off. With those intrusive thoughts out of the way, I decided that continuing to enjoy the sun can't hurt me.
I fell asleep on the sand and if the sky was anything to go by sunset was fast approaching, perhaps a stupid move given that I had just survived an attempt on my life on this very beach. With a laugh and a bit of help from my back, I stood up and headed to the house.
On the steps to the house, I found my uncle sitting with a fan in his hand as he refreshed himself with it.
"There you are Zuko! I thought that maybe you had been too impatient and left without the ship or that some noble woman managed to convince you to leave with her" the last part came with a teasing grin, Iroh didn't look that worried but then again, he had just seen me beat a lot of firebenders.
"Don't joke about that uncle, I assume the ship is ready?" if not the Ozai was going to do something, I don't know what he could do but I rather not find out, besides the sea was waiting and so was the avatar.
"Ready to go Zuko…"Iroh looked as if he had something more to say but he was struggling to say it, in the end, it seemed that he would remain silent and I wasn't going to pry, at least not right now.
"Then the South Pole awaits"
We moved quickly to the ship, our crew was already on board and anxious to get off the island, I don't know what they did or what people told them to have men that have been with me since I was exiled so nervous but as soon as we had some distance from the shore I would start asking questions.
Smoke rose into the air, the ship rumbled and slowly the beach was getting farther from us, by Ozai's word I was once more going to hunt the avatar the difference was that I was no longer an exile and had all the benefits of my position so if I ever so Zhao he wouldn't be able to interrupt me as he did in canon.
The sun was setting on Ozai's reign.
Mai
Mai had a terrible, very terrible problem. Mai was now almost perpetually horny, which could have been easily solvable by the use of her hands or one of the toys that were available for noble women but the thing that made her problem very terrible is that it wasn't working.
While the touch of her fingers or the toys was still pleasurable it failed to have the same spark as when she laid with Zuko, it was driving her into madness she was constantly at the edge of her climax but no matter what she did it remained out of reach.
The option of looking for another lover until Zuko came back was not only disgusting to her but it actively enraged her, besides, there was no guarantee that she would be lucky enough to find another man as well-equipped as Zuko.
Mai punched one of the vases next to her bed sending the thing careering to the floor, the sound of it breaking managed to alleviate some of her frustration but she could hardly spend all the time she had breaking things until she saw Zuko again. Mai was now reconsidering the words she had spoken before if she knew what she did now then she would have gone with her lover no matter the consequences! Mai was going to go insane at this rate.
Taking a deep breath she tried calming herself "Just continue breathing, an opportunity will present itself" she was speaking to the empty air of her room, and vocalizing the words was helping her too.
"I just need to find a way to follow Zuko, that has to be my priority"
"It looks like you're even more smitten than when we were children" Mai could recognize that mocking tone of voice everywhere, when she was little it appeared in her nightmares sometimes.
"What do you want Azula?" they were 'friends' so a little disrespect wasn't out of line.
"Well it looks like you're very bored and I heard that you and your family would soon go to one of the conquered earth kingdoms, at least once it was conquered" the last part reminded her of the stupidity of some of the older generation, those fossils should wait before declaring victory.
"And?" Azula frowned and Mai realized that perhaps she was being too casual with the princess, Mai prepared to doge one of Azula's accidental fire blasts but the fire never came. Azula merely stared at her for longer than usual and sat beside her bed.
"We're friends, right?" the word friends was so foreign to the princess's mouth that Mai could have sworn it was harder for her to say that than to kill a man.
"…Yes" really there was no other answer to the question, the heat of her cunt was forgotten for a moment and even the ghostly touches she felt on her skin ceased their torture because of the sudden heaviness of the conversation. Mai didn't know where Azula was going with this, but it would be a lie to say she wasn't scared.
"Then you won't have a problem helping me!" the happy tone in Azula's voice could have horrified even the face stealer and Mai did her best not to twitch or move as the eyes of Azula found her own "Right?"
Once more Mai knew the correct answer but unlike before there was barely any time between the question and her answer "Yes"
"Great!" Azula grabbed her hands and Mai almost felt her spirit leave her body as she saw Azula copy some of Ty Lee's mannerisms "I have a great plan to help all of us, but it will only work if you help me"
Mai was scared to ask, but at this point, there was no other option, so Mai decided to bite the proverbial bait and asked "What do you want my help with?"
"You're going to help me become the Fire Lady!" Mai would rather die than betray Zuko after the time they spent together and while a part of her heart felt the dream of forming a family with Zuko crumble another resolved to die if it meant saving Zuko.
Mai moved her hand to grab some of the hidden weapons, if she was lucky Mai would kill Azula right here and now, if she wasn't, then Mai would at least take one of her eyes.
"And I'm going to help you become Fire Lady!" Azula continued speaking oblivious to Mai's thoughts.
Mai's brain stopped, air left her lungs and she almost fainted. What?!
"It wasn't that long that some royalty still married each other, and I have a plan to make sure that I can proceed with this, but I need you to use some of the connections your parents possess. I want to spread a rumor."
"A rumor?" Mai's mind was still catching up to what Azula was saying, she-Azula couldn't possibly be saying that she wanted to-
"I want you to spread rumors about Zuko's legitimacy, I don't need people to believe them, I just want them to pay attention to it"
"Why?" Mia couldn't understand, there was still something missing. How did making Zuko an illegitimate child make it easier for Azula to marry him? Oh, Spirits! even the thought of it made Mai's spine crawl.
"If we say that he isn't Ozai's son, then it won't matter if he marries me, half-siblings have married before in various dynasties even outside the fire nation. The objective is to convince the peasants of this, if Ozai was cucked he would never admit it and publicly Zuko's blessing is something that the royal family couldn't ignore and even if I just make it sound like he is Iroh's son then that's a win"
It all fit perfectly, a man or woman with the sun's blessing would be a politically advantageous match for the crown no matter their origins as it would reinforce the image of the royal family being chosen by Agni.
Royalty was no stranger to incest, all of the nobility was related in some way or another, and people who contributed were raised to the status not only as a reward but to make sure that defects didn't arise in their bloodlines, Agni wouldn't let the descendants of his chosen to be born wrong, so even if Azula was Zuko's sister there would be no repercussions for the bloodline.
Azula didn't want to have children anyway, she had told her so before, and they could say that they were just being cautious with the bloodline and have someone else propped up as the one to continue the royal line.
This way Zuko could have Azula on his side without worry, Azula would get her throne and Mai would get her man.
"If…if we're doing this, we're going to need Ty Lee's help. Her sisters are some of the most prolific gossipmongers in the capital and we could fake the process of two separate investigations, one by my family and one by hers this way we could reinforce the lie."
Azula patted her head as if Mai was a pet, and the grip Mai had on her hidden weapons disappeared. The Azula had never sounded more rational.
"It will be even better if you both start differing rumors with a single point in common, you will say that Zuko is Iroh's son and we will have Ty Lee's sisters say that he is the son of my mother's lover"
Mai was making a dark bargain with Azula but if it worked out…
If it worked out then she could leave without fearing her anymore.
Auhtor note: not gonna lie i almost forgot again but luckily someone sent me a private message to remind me, anyway here it is. Also what do you think about Azula's master plan, i think its in charachter as she is good at getting what she wants with ridiculous plans like when she infiltrated with two people and somehow managed to take over the place all while she did her true mission which was capturing the Avatar.
As always my is below but i recommend checking it out tomorrow cause i set it up to charge the first of the month and it would suck if you payed twice.
