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Azula's Lost Chapters OR Azula's New Cook	By : DecieverGod Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Het - Male/Female Views: 13899 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Within the hour Azula and her team were back on the streets, ‘perusing’ the local shops. This time however they were more careful with what they stole. Well Azula and Mai where, Ty Lee continued to steal anything she thought was shiny and/or pretty. The princess and Goth however were careful to steal things that would be useful. Azula would singe purse strings off and snatch the bag before it jingled enough to be noticed, while Mai used hidden blades to do effectively the same thing.

It was surprisingly easy to distract those they were stealing from. Azula might have been concerned had she not seen where their gaze landed, or felt their hands on her. She felt the desire to teach many of them the taste of fire. She did however restrain herself, content with the knowledge that she was removing the burden of their purses from them.

Though the princess did notice that the guards appeared to be lacking this morning, where yesterday they hadn’t been let out of someone’s sight, now it didn’t appear that they were being kept under anyone’s watch. Of course perhaps she was giving the Earth Kingdom guards too much credit to assume that they wouldn’t fall for their ruse completely. After all, to them they were just a trio of foolish Fire Nation girls out looking for something occupy the time which they clearly had too much of, and their escort.

Though speaking of the Captain, Azula hadn’t seen him since she’d had him leave her room. And while it wasn’t like she was worried about him or anything, she did wonder where he was. Perhaps he had encountered the guard, and that had been what delayed him in cleaning her clothes. Or perhaps he was just keeping his distance from her due to her little…

Well either way it was nothing for Azula to concern herself with. More pressing was there need of a means of transportation. There was nothing wrong with walking, on its face. There was just something so, un-regal about it, and it was slow. If they walked it would be a couple of days before they reached the nearby Fire Nation encampment, where as if they somehow obtained a carriage it would likely only be a day’s ride. Of course it would take more than robbing fools of their pocket change for a couple of days to purchase a carriage, and if they were going to spend more time in the town it would be better spent walking. Once they got to the encampment Azula could have them provide her with a means of travel.

The princess toyed with the idea of finding some traveling nobleman or merchant who didn’t mind going to a Fire Nation encampment to take them. Three lovely girls could always find someone to take them where they were going; Azula knew that much of the world. Though whoever took them would likely have to be executed upon their arrival, and Azula didn’t much care for the idea of seducing some stranger into giving them a ride. Sure Ty Lee could handle most of the seducing, Azula had never much thought of herself as a seductress, she’d always felt she was more of a temptress. Though that was only half of what forestalled the princess for that course of action. She was growing intolerant of the men in this town already, and spending a full day with one who might misunderstand what the ride entitled them to. Of course she could always have the Captain kill them if they got out of hand… She’d keep that in reserve encase she couldn’t come up with anything better.

It was around that point when Azula became very aware that she and her friends were slowly being encircled by large burly looking men with pikes. She glanced over at her friends. “Mai, Ty Lee, we have company.” The two girls looked up from a merchant’s stand; the merchant retreated into the back, never a good sign. Azula turned to address the large Earth Bender whom had greeted them so flavorfully the other day. “Is there a problem sir?” She said with feigned innocents and a cavity inducing smile.

“Don’t play innocent with us girly. We’ve been getting reports from all over town, every place you’ve been it seems the merchants have been losing stock. Now would you care to explain that?” He smirked a little and propped one of his sizable hammers over his shoulder.

Azula continued the innocent act. “Well we’ve been a lot of places. I don’t remember seeing anyone stealing things, but we’ll be sure to keep an eye out for a thief.” She bowed a little, crossing her arms behind her back, secretly preparing to defend herself.

“Tsk, still playing dumb huh? Well I guess it’s not that hard for you Fire Nation scum.” Azula’s brow twitched, scum? How dare he call her, the princess of the most powerful nation in the world, scum. “Well I’ll talk a little slower for you. You, are, the, thieves.” He chuckled a little and his gang laughed along.

Azula tensed her jaw a little, she would have ground her teeth at her inability to act, but she knew doing so would be playing into their hands. If only they didn’t have such a significant advantage, if only she didn’t have to maintain her innocent tourist girl façade. The three of them could easily take all of these brutes in a second, if only…

“What’s going on here?” The princess smirked a little as the crowd of guards parted. It was Tatsuya, and as brash as these brutes were, the sight of a heavily armed soldier put an end to their mocking. Though Azula found herself less pleased as the Captain walked through the part the guards had made to stand between her and them. While it made sense for their escort to stand between them and a potential threat, from a battle standpoint it would have been better to have forces on both sides of the enemy lines.

“What’s going on is that these girls are thieves!” Yelled out one of the less important looking guards, he quieted down quite nicely after a meaningful glare from both his superior and Tatsuya.

“Do you have any proof?” The Captain looked to the Earth Bender, who was clearly the leader of this little rabble.

“Proof? Yeah I’ve got proof, before you and your little harem here came into town we didn’t have a problem with thievery, and now you’ve been here all of one day and we’ve gotten over a dozen reports of theft, missing fruit, cloths, coin purses, and jewelry.” The bender took a step forward and got up into Tatsuya’s face, he was taller than the Captain, but only because he was also several decades older. “And you know what everyone of them happens to remember? You’re little friends here showing up and not buying a thing after spending a good amount of time looking.”

The Captain didn’t back down in the face of the larger bender. In fact he took a step forward and glared up at the older man. “I don’t suppose you asked if there was anyone else they all saw who stuck out? And did it ever occur to you that perhaps my ladyships haven’t purchased anything because they know your merchants neither sell anything of the quality they’re accustomed to, nor charge anything resembling reasonable prices? It would seem that while you hate the Fire Nation, you’re not too good to overcharge her people.”

“You got something to say fire boy? Or are you going to let us take you all in for ‘questioning?’” Azula didn’t like the way the Earth Bender growled out ‘questioning’ and it was her impression that very little questioning would take place if these brutes were allowed to take her and her friends into their custody.

Tatsuya didn’t appear to like the idea any better. “I might entertain the idea… If I thought that you had any valid reason whatsoever to take us in, other than your clear prejudice of course.” He took a step back, but only to toss his head back in apparent disgust.

“Well then it would appear we’re at an impasse, because we’re going to be taking you and your little girlfriends in, even if we have to use force to do it.” The Earth Bender looked back at his mob and chuckled, his lackeys laughed along in support.

“I would dare you to try.” The Captain replied with such cold intent that the laughing was stopped dead. He curled a small orange flame about in the palm of his left hand, his right held his halberd over his shoulder as he glared out at the mob, shifting his feet a little to more readily drop into a fighting stance.

The Earth Bender smirked. “So you want to make a fight of it eh?” The bender and his mob encircled the four of them. Ty Lee and Mai prepared to defend themselves, but Azula remained perfectly calm, as she always did. Though now she remained calm because she could tell, Tatsuya had a plan.

“Really…” The Captain extinguished the flame in his palm and shifted out of his battle stance. “A battle between benders can get so… messy. And I would hate to see anything damage your fine town.” His voice dripped with such malice that Azula would not have thought he could have managed had she not heard it herself.

The guard captain looked at his crew and stood up from his battle stance. “So, you’re going to let us take you in then?” He put his hands on his hips each holding one of his sizable hammers.

“No,” Tatsuya interrupted before the guard could continue. “at least not outright.” He smirked a little. “You see, in the Fire Nation there is something we use to decide matters of honor, matters that cannot be decided any other way…” He turned to address the Earth Bender, relaxing a little as did the guard’s mob. “An honor duel, an Agni Kai, held between two Fire Benders, they enter without armor or armaments. Nothing but their bending between the two of them and the victor claims authority.”

The guard smirked. “Heh, you’d fight me without your fancy fork there?” He nodded toward Tatsuya’s halberd. “Fine. When and where fire boy?”

The Captain ground his teeth a little. “Midday at the northern edge of town, can I trust you to prepare an even area for our duel.”

“Hey I’m just shocked to see a Fire Bender willingly go one on one.” He smirked a little tossing his shoulder back as his mob moved back behind him. “So I’ll be expecting you there fire boy, and don’t even think about skipping town, because we’re going to keep an eye on you.” He nodded to his boys and some of the scrawnier looking ones nodded back.

“Oh you needn’t worry about us departing. I intend to see you ground in the earth as you so deserve.” Again the Captain spoke with such rage, such wrath, that the princess dared herself a smirk, were she a cat, she might have almost purred as the malice the young boy managed.

The guard mob soon dispersed, most of them following their bender captain as he took his leave with a spat to the Captain’s feet. Several of the lookouts remained around, broken off in their own cluster before they decided who was going to watch who and when and dispersed accordingly.

The Captain continued to grind his teeth a little before he took a deep calming breath and turned to address the princess. “I am sorry my lady.” He took another deep breath. “I let my past get the better of me, I apologize.”

Azula toyed with a lock of her hair. “You seem to be doing that a lot lately Tatsuya…” She smirked a little. “Regardless, now is hardly the time to discuss your actions. After your duel, and you will win, you’re to meet me in my room where I will decide how best to punish you for acting without forethought.”

Ty Lee was trembling a little. “Whoa… that was kinda scary…” She giggled a little. “I mean all those guys with pointy sticks pointed toward us, it was like we were super-fugitives or something.” She quickly returned to her bubbly cheery state.

“I don’t know, it wasn’t that exciting…” Mai rolled her eyes a little. “After all, it’s not like we were ever in any danger, not really anyway.”

Azula glanced over at Mai, the Goth had perhaps said too much, at least while they were within ear shot of the guard’s snitches. “Well, I suppose Tatsuya wouldn’t have really let things get too dangerous.” She glanced over at the Captain who nodded; this conversation would be just for those watching. “And though I can’t say I approve of how you handled it, you did handle it, and for that we’re appreciative.”
“Yeah! Thanks oodles and bunches Tatsu.” Ty Lee smiled and leaned over Azula’s shoulder to beam at the Captain. “I just can’t imagine why they’d think we were stealing things though.” She feigned an overly articulated shrug.

“Yeah. I can’t imagine why they would think we’d steal anything.” Mai was a bit less into the acting, but perhaps more convincing. Of course it wasn’t really that it mattered, if Tatsuya lost his duel than the Earth Bender would still be unarmed, and the rest of his mob would likely be gathered there in one place. The three of them could scythe through them in an instant, and if the Captain won then all the better. After all, what happened when he won had yet to be decided.

“But Tatsu, don’t you think taking and Earth Bender on one on one is kinda dangerous?” Ty Lee glanced between her two friends as she looked up at the Captain. “I mean it’s earth… isn’t it kinda, I don’t know, hard to smash?”

Azula crossed her arms in front of her chest, she’d already thought of the bending difference, so had Tatsuya. “While it is true earth is a more ridged element than fire, and this provides them with several advantages. Including a more solid defense, more forceful offence, and overall better strength in their acts.”

“You make it sound like I don’t have a prayer.” The Captain smirked a little.

“Well you will have several advantages of your own. The sun at midday is at its highest, and you’ll be at your most powerful, not only that but Earth Bending requires a great deal of force, much greater than Fire Bending, a drawn out battle will favor fire.” Azula licked her teeth just a little; she could already picture the Captain burning apart his enemy’s defense. This was going to be fun, for her at least, those actually fighting might not enjoy it as much, and that just made her smile even more.

Author's Note- Ha! Ask and you shall receive, two chapters in one weekend. I think it's a new personal record.
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