Mai looks at the letter in front of her. It's a letter from father, telling her to meet him at a secret hideout that he's recently created. She looks at her baby brother, who seems to be determined to eat her sleeve, then looks back at the letter and sighs. She hasn't seen father since the end of the war one year ago, and she isn't too keen on seeing him anytime soon. Besides, she has to babysit her brother for the day. A secret hideout is hardly the place to take a baby to.

Mai continues to look at the letter. She can't deny the fact that she's curious to find out what exactly does the man want from her and why he's at a secret hideout of all places. She's also terribly bored. Mai looks at her brother again, who has finally (for now, anyway) ceased chewing her sleeve. She picks the boy up and stands.

"Do you want to go see father?" she asks.

"Gaga!"

When they arrive, they are greeted by a bunch of people wearing headbands, looking at different weapons and talking. Mai walks further in before she finds father. The man grins when he sees her, but that grin slowly fades into a look of confusion when he sees Tom-Tom in her arms.

"My daughter, it's good to see you again! Why did you bring your little brother with you?" he asks, pointing at Tom-Tom who eagerly reaches out towards him. Mai refuses to let her brother go. Something about this place doesn't seem right, and the look on father's face certainly isn't making her feel any better.

"So? What do you want?"

Father steps back a little bit at the sight of the glare on her face, which almost makes her smirk. She wonders if this is how Azula felt when she gave that speech to the Dai Li, and watched as that one agent cowered in fear at her mere presence.

It takes a couple of seconds, but finally the man answers her question, "I welcome you to the New Ozai Society! It's a group for people to join, people who are unsatisfied with the new Fire Lord and want him gone. Together, we shall dispose of Firelord Zuko and put Firelord Ozai back on the throne once more!" Cheers erupt as he says this, people clapping and chanting "death to Firelord Zuko!"

Mai blinks. Of all the things she was expecting to hear, it certainly wasn't this. There's an ongoing plot to overthrow and kill Zuko, and put Ozai back on the throne, and father wants her help to achieve this. Why the man thinks she'll actually help him is beyond her, but Mai does know one thing. She needs to stop this plan now, before it gets out of hand and things happen. Things that she would much rather not think about.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, father, but I have no interest in helping you with your plans. Zuko and I may have broken up, but I still love the idiot. So I'm afraid that this little plot of yours ends here."

Mai puts Tom-Tom down and attacks. A short while later, her father and his cronies are groaning on the floor, watching as Mai walks away, Tom-Tom in her arms once more.

"Say goodbye to father, Tom-Tom."

"Baya!"

"Close enough."

Mai hadn't planned on going to see Zuko today, but she supposes that she should tell him about what happened. She has a feeling that this won't be the end of it.

"Hi!" a little voice says from behind Sokka and Azula. They both turn around to see a little girl staring at them. Azula looks confused, wondering who this little girl is, and Sokka begins to panic. The last thing that he wanted was for Azula to meet her half little sister. The girl in question turns to him.

"Sokka. Who is this?" she asks.

For a moment he considers lying to her, but decides against it. Azula is a masterful liar, surely she would be able to tell that he was lying. Besides, Sokka knows that he isn't a good liar. And he doesn't have it in him to lie to Azula either. She doesn't need more lies in her life. Best to rip off the bandaid now and get it over with.

"She's…..your little half sister. Her name is…."

"Kiyi!" the little girl helpfully replies.

"Her name is Kiyi."

"I'm not hard of hearing, Sokka. I heard her just fine."

Sokka recoils at the tone of her voice. As he suspected, she's angry. Although there's something else in her tone that he can't quite put his finger on.

Azula stares at the little girl in front of her. So, Ursa decided to replace her with a daughter that she always wanted. Fine by her. It's not like she wants a relationship with the woman or anything like that. Ursa made it clear to Azula years ago what she actually feels about her. It's fine. It's fine.

She tries to ignore the tears building in her eyes. Azula looks at the little girl and begins to compose herself.

"What do you want?" she asks.

"Zuko told me that you hate mom. Is that true?"

Of all the questions she was expecting, it certainly wasn't that.

"At this point? Yes, I do. I barely even consider her to be my mother."

The girl looks at her and smiles.

"Then we're the same! I hate mom too!" she declares.

Azula glances at Sokka, who looks just as stunned as she feels right now. Ursa's youngest daughter hates her? Azula never thought she'd see the day where someone else despises Ursa just as much as she does.

Kiyi continues, "Stupid Zuko made mom change her face, and now she doesn't look like how she used to anymore! She scares me and I don't want to be anywhere near her! I hate both of them!"

Huh

Perhaps Kiyi is right. They really are alike. She hates Ursa, and Zuko…well, Azula isn't sure how she feels about dum dum at the moment.

"Can I stay here with you?"

The little girl's question breaks Azula from her thoughts. Kiyi looks at her with anticipation, and Azula stares back at her with weariness. It's already enough that she's talking to Ursa's replacement daughter, but actually hanging out with her until they leave? It sounds like a nightmare. And yet, going by the look on the little girl's face, she won't take no for an answer and will more than likely put up a fight if denied. The last thing she wants to deal with is a screaming and crying child.

"Fine, but only for a little while. I'm not staying here for long."

Kiyi smiles and eagerly places herself next to Azula, "Why?"

"Because I'm going somewhere else. I'm not well."

"Not well? Are you sick?"

Azula is pretty sure that by 'sick', Kiyi means a cold.

If only it were that simple.

"Something like that, yes."

"Oh. Well, I hope that you feel better soon!"

Me too Azula thinks

Kiyi then does something that neither Azula or Sokka were expecting.

The little girl hugs Azula.

Azula freezes up. It's one thing to be hugged by Ty Lee and Sokka (the latter of which shocked her, but she will admit that a hug was what she needed at that moment. Not that she'll ever admit it to his face) but to get a hug from her little sister is entirely different. Especially when she doesn't know how to feel about the little girl. She slowly pulls Kiyi's arms off of her and pushes her away. Kiyi pouts.

"Why can't I hug you?"

"Did you not hear what I just said? I'm sick. Germs spread. The last thing that you should be doing is hugging me. Didn't your parents teach you this?"

"No"

Azula sighs. Of course they didn't. That's something else that they both have in common: having terrible parents.

"Well now you know."

Some time later, Aang, Katara, Suki, and Ty Lee show up. Azula notices that Mai is nowhere to be found but doesn't comment on it. Ty Lee looks at her with a sad look on her face.

"Unfortunately I can't go with you guys. Suki is going, and she asked me to stay here with the other warriors until she gets back."

Azula is saddened by the news but tries not to show it. She hopes that Ty Lee doesn't notice.

"Azula, don't give me that face! This is already hard enough as it is! I want to go with you too, but I can't. You'll have Sokka and the others with you though, so you're going to be just fine! And you're going to get better too, I promise. And when you do, the three of us are going to have a long talk, okay? About everything."

Azula nods, knowing exactly what she means. The three of them do indeed have much to talk about.

Ty Lee looks next to Azula and notices the little girl sitting between her and Sokka. She doesn't recognize her, but she remembers hearing about Lady Ursa returning and how she had a family with her. Which would make this little girl her daughter. Ursa has another daughter. She wonders how that makes Azula feel. It doesn't seem to make her too angry, if the fact that Azula is allowing the little girl to be near her is any indication.

Azula notices the gears slowly turning in Ty Lee's head and points to Kiyi, "This is Ursa's daughter, Kiyi. Would you mind taking her back inside? She can't come with us."

Ty Lee nods and moves to grab Kiyi, only for the girl to quickly latch herself onto Azula once more.

"No, I don't want to go back inside! That woman isn't my mom!"

The others look at each other, unsure of what to do. Azula has no idea what to say to the child to calm her down. Luckily, someone there knows just what to say.

Katara climbs onto Appa and taps Kiyi's shoulder, smiling at the little girl.

"Kiyi, I know that this must be tough for you. Your mom doesn't look like how she used to anymore. And I know that's scary. But she's still your mother. That's still the same woman who loves you, plays with you, has taken care of you from the day you were born. A lot of things happened to your mom that you don't understand yet, but try not to hold it against her, okay? And if you can't handle being around her right now, you have Ty Lee, the other Kyoshi warriors, Iroh, and Zuko-"

"Not Zuko"

The interruption stuns Katara. Does she not like her older brother? Interesting. Perhaps this is why she wants to go with them.

"Okay, not Zuko. You have your father, too. Once you're ready, you can talk things over with your mom. It doesn't have to be now. It doesn't even have to be anytime soon. Just think about it."

The child looks at Katara and nods, then she turns towards Azula "You'll be back soon, right? Promise?"

Azula rolls her eyes. What a needy child.

"Yes, I will be back soon. Try not to miss me."

Kiyi smiles and slides down Appa's tail, ending up right in front of Ty Lee, who picks her up. Aang and Suki both make their way on Appa, waving goodbye to Ty Lee and Kiyi.

"We'll see you guys later. Tell Zuko that we said goodbye! Appa, yip yip!" Aang says, prompting the sky bison to take off into the sky. Azula looks back to see Ty Lee and Kiyi waving at them, and to her shock she actually waves back. Eventually, the royal palace is no longer in her view, and neither is the capital.

She wonders when she'll ever see it again. She wonders if she even wants to see it again.

Zuko wasn't expecting to see Mai, but he can't deny that he isn't happy to see her. After everything that's happened, he needs a break. Even though the two of them broke up, he still cares about her, and she's one of the few people that he actually feels calm around. The serious look on her face, however, tells him that this will be anything but a peaceful visit.

"We need to talk"

Zuko stares at her. They already broke up, so why is she saying something that usually leads to a couples separation?