Zuko
Two weeks had passed since I had decided on my new course of action, now I was fast approaching the capital of the Fire Nation along with the Avatar. Two weeks in which everything was being prepared for my arrival while word was sent out across the world for my armies to stop the fighting and consolidate along the borders. Now I was at the end of the road but not alone.
Katara, Yue, Yue's father, Sokka… and a bunch of other 'important' people were going to witness my coronation in the name of cooperation peace, and all that nice shit. The days ahead were going to be interesting, to say the least, first I would be coronated as Fire Lord by the sages along with Aang, and there would obviously be a celebration as we put an end to the war.
Then I would deal with the fallout of the rebels within the conquered earth kingdoms by releasing Omashu from our control, they would gather there giving me the opportunity to kill the radical ones with assassins, and while that happened my people would reform the power structure in the colonies and hire natives to increase reliability and confidence in the new regime which would be boosted by the celebration of a new Fire Lord who in his wisdom would give many of the supplies and luxuries available to the Fire Nation to the colonies.
It was going to be a hit to the economy in the short term but the first impression is hard to forget and with the endorsement of the Avatar who was helping all of it and thus ending the war it would be worth it. I could placate Aang with useless gestures or by destroying vanity projects as well as scaling back with the war factories and releasing the places too far and too useless to hold.
'I'm sorry Aang but it costs a lot of money to move the colonists that spent all of their lives there back to the Fire Nation, a grace period of five years will surely be acceptable but make sure not to say anything about it because a massive movement of people could make others think that we're restarting the war or that there's some kind of plague there'
I snorted at the words passing through my mind, the naïve Avatar would eat it up in a second.
"You know Zuko that smile on your face is really hot" Katara pressed her breasts against my chest and looked up into my eyes with a smile of her own, her fingers traced circles in my hand, it was all very comforting.
"I'm just happy it's all over, I have all the time in the world now to do what I want. No war, no angry Fire Lord and I'm coming home this time for good. Besides, with you accompanying me the trip has been very pleasant" I kissed the tip of her head and she snuggled further into me.
"You just say that because I always wake you up with a blowjob, shame that Yue was forced to stay with her father and I have you all to myself for now" Katara looked over my shoulder and I would eat my crown if she wasn't smirking at Yue right now.
"Katara… you… you know that things are going to change now that I'm to be crowned right?"
Katara stopped smirking at the princess and focused on me, she pushed me down so I could see her face directly and gave me a quick peck on the lips "Zuko, I knew from the beginning that you had a girl here, that you were going to marry someone else because you're the Fire Lord but I will always be with you and know that I'm first where it matters"
The utter devotion and love in her voice were so enticing that I wanted to take her here but I reigned in my desires, that wouldn't be a good impression on the guests or my fellow countrymen.
"I can see land" There in the distance the port of the capital was waiting for me, flags waved in the wind and people were crammed on the sides waiting for me, for the end of the world as they knew it.
One hundred years of war were about to come to an end, I wasn't going to disappoint.
Mai
To say Mai was desperate would be an understatement, the time spent apart from Zuko was tortuous, she would forever deny that at first, she spent an embarrassing amount of time masturbating because she missed his touch so much until she grew accustomed to the distance between them but once she knew how close he was her body betrayed her again.
"If your heart goes any faster you're going to faint, I've seen it" Toph called out from behind her as she stuffed her face, one of these days the boulder that she was going to practice with would be her belly, Mai could hardly believe how much food that girl could eat.
"I don't think you've seen anyone faint" Azula called out dismissively from the throne she had demanded be brought to the port, Ty Lee was dressed in something that could be called swimwear if you squinted and was feeding the princess grapes. It was all very decadent but no one would complain at the sight.
Not that Azula would have cared if they did but there were worse things than watching the princess in a form-fitting dress that highlights her svelte figure and growing tits (which were already far too big in Mai's opinion) which was totally unfair because Mai and Azula had been eating the same thing but the only thing that grew was Mai's ass.
"Ha! Good one princess" Toph's quick laugh made the future consort of the Fire Lord focus on the water again and more importantly on the figure at the very helm of the ship.
"I can't believe we had to send a fleet for Zuko to come back, wasn't that wasteful?" Ty Lee asked her while her fingers were sucked by Azula whose tongue showed off its dexterousness as it lapped up all the juice that covered Ty Lee's hand. Mai didn't miss the pointed look her acrobatic friend was giving to the tongue or the way Ty Lee shifted her legs a bit.
"The Fire Lord shouldn't arrive with a single ship, much less one that is small even if the thing had impressive speed" Azula spoke commandingly as she nodded to herself, she pushed Ty Lee's hand away from her and motioned for a servant to come dry her hand.
The makeshift tent they were in didn't allow anyone but those coming from the front to see the princess and was raised a bit off the ground so all petitioners would look up at the woman, it was also very comfortable and guarded by crazy firebenders that Azula had started to train into obedience.
Mai would be more worried about the fact that at least two-thirds of them were women and that Azula planned to have them guard Zuko if she didn't know that the princess had 'trained' privately with them. Mai would bet that most of them wouldn't even look at Zuko when he arrived given the way they followed the princess' ass when she walked.
"What the hell?" Mai stood there open-mouthed as she watched the small figure that could only be Zuko take a step off the ship, only to take another and another.
"This isn't possible!" Azula spat out through gritted teeth as she saw the same as Mai. Zuko was flying or close to it, there were flames on his feet and he was coming fast towards the port.
They weren't the only ones to notice and soon the crowd that wanted to see their new Fire Lord erupted in cheers.
What's happening? Why are they cheering? I thought it was going to take another twenty minutes before they made landfall" Even as she asked her questions the earthbender didn't stop eating and Mai had to look away from her open mouth full of masticated food.
"He's flying!" Ty Lee called out cheerfully almost bouncing on her feet "I didn't know firebenders could do that"
"They shouldn't be able to do that except when a comet arrives!" Azula was taking this badly and Mai worried for Zuko before she remembered that fire didn't work on him.
"Well, he can so that means you can just that you're not good enough" Toph teased the princess but quickly dodged the retaliatory fire strike that came after her head for the perceived insult, sadly her food wasn't so lucky. "You bitch I hadn't finished that!"
"You can stuff your face later we have to see Zuko and don't think that you're missing our spar this time just because you ate too much!"
It was a powerful declaration to everyone watching that Azula would meet Zuko not from a position of power but by greeting him the moment he landed, a courtesy only extended to those of higher rank which Zuko currently wasn't.
Flowers and cheers were all around them as Zuko slowly descended from the heavens. Her eyes met his and a beautiful smile came over his face, Mai knew it was for her and didn't remember how much she had missed just seeing him. His full face was a delight that made her heart beat faster and that little beauty mark that always commanded such attention just added to his charm.
"I'm back" the words were for her and Mai would forever deny that a single tear escaped her eyes at that moment. Ceremony or not she was going to rock his world and no one would stop her!
Mai would learn not long after that Azula had the same idea.
Author Note: you probably thought I forgot but it's just been a long day, as always I hope you're doing great, if you want to donate something my Ko-Fi is always there or rather here I appreciate anything you want to give me and now we go into the final part of this story which will be the arrival, the ceremony, the sex, more sex, capturing the rest of the people that are missing from the catalog cause in case you forgot this was supposed to be a catalog fic but I just pushed the catalog things to a minimum, then some epilogue chapters to show how the world changes and the final chapter that will lead to a sequel but that won't happen in a while maybe the 100th will be the final one we'll see.
