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Unusual Circumstances	By : voyager Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Slash - Male/Male > Aang/Zuko Views: 5136 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 18

Sibling Rivalry

(Set Between 'Sozin's Comet' Pts. 3 &4)

Half a world away from Ba-Sing-Se, in the Fire-Nation capitol; the very subjects of Iroh and Ursa's conversation were readying themselves for a confrontation that was a long time in coming. Azula knelt before the Fire Sages, and was becoming more and more unbalanced by the moment.

She did not wear the formal coronation robes, as was tradition; she simply wore the Fire Lord's cloak over her standard-dress military uniform. It was fitted for Ozai, and had not been altered; so it looked ridiculously large on Azula. She had also apparently attempted to give herself a haircut, and her luxurious raven locks now hung in uneven, shredded tatters. Judging by the dark lines that encircled her eyes, she had not slept in some time.

As the lead sage was about to place the golden flame-shaped hairpiece upon her head; the badge of the Fire-lord's office, he was interrupted by a low, rumbling groan from above. Those assembled in the courtyard looked up to see a giant flying bison, bearing the Prince of the Fire-nation and a girl from the Water-tribe come to a halt and land in the courtyard. Zuko jumped down and told his sister, "Sorry, you're not going to become the Fire-lord, today, I am!"

"You're hilarious," she said with a disturbed cackle; "are you going to challenge me for it!?" "Yes," Zuko said, emphatically. "I challenge you." "Very well, brother, it's the show-down we were always meant to have; Agni-Kai, just you and me!"

Katara pulled Zuko aside and practically shook him, "What are you doing?" "Even you admitted to your uncle that you were going to need help dealing with her!" "If you do this, you're just giving her a chance to separate us!" "I know," Zuko said with quiet confidence. "I can't explain it, but there's something off about her." "I think she's losing her grip on reality." "And, this way, no one else has to get hurt," Zuko told Katara, with a meaningful look in his eyes. As Zuko and Azula readied themselves by meditating in opposite corners of the arena, Katara hoped and prayed Zuko was right about Azula's state of mind.

Finally, the two warriors were ready; they stood, faced each other, and began. Zuko moved in cautiously, sizing up his sister's posture and trying to gauge just how far she'd slipped away, mentally. Azula, on the other hand, had a feral snarl on her face and charged recklessly at Zuko, building up an enormous firestorm of blue flame behind her. Katara could feel the heat building, even a dozen yards away. Zuko used his own fire to split Azula's burst and then dissipate it harmlessly into the surrounding walls of the courtyard.

'She was definitely slipping,' Zuko thought to himself; he'd never been able to dissipate her fire like that, before. Until recently, it was all he could do to simply block her. It seemed that the balance of power and the control of the situation had shifted in Zuko's favor. Katara wondered if it had anything to do with Zuko finally finding some inner peace, and greater self-confidence; which in turn, Katara associated with his budding relationship with Aang.

The young Avatar seemed to have that effect on nearly everyone he met; but it seemed to be especially profound in Zuko's case. Even so, Katara knew that Azula was still a formidable and dangerous opponent; she watched the fight, and looked for any openings she could exploit to enter into the fight on Zuko's side.

As Katara watched the unfolding battle with awe, and fear, she was still a little intimidated by fire, especially blazes this formidable; she was stunned to hear Zuko trying to goad his sister into using her lightning. Then Katara remembered what Zuko said about being able to redirect lightning bursts. Katara realized Zuko would try to turn Azula's own attack against her! It was a very risky, but incredibly courageous gambit. The fire witch, having had enough of her brother's taunts, screamed "I'll show you lightning!"

The air around the princess began to spark and her hair stood up as a blue corona of pure energy built around her. Then she prepared to fire the blast of lightning, but it was aimed not at her brother, but at the person he had sought to protect by keeping her out of the fight; Katara! Zuko yelled "NO!" and leapt into Azula's line of fire; he tried to redirect the lightning, but he wasn't prepared for her to shoot at Katara and his form was off. Most of Azula's lightning was redirected but some of it caught Zuko in the chest, and he crumpled to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.

The earlier fear that Katara had was now replaced by cold rage. As she saw Zuko take the shot that was meant for her, Katara was reminded of the last time she saw a dear friend fall to this she-devil's lightning. When Aang fell, Katara had been able to use her healing abilities and water from the spirit oasis to tend to his wounds right away; Azula didn't appear to have any intention of letting Katara anywhere near to her wounded brother, however.

As Katara rushed towards Zuko, to try to help him she was blocked by a wall of blue fire that sprang up between her and the fallen prince. She looked around for a source of water, if she could get to some, she was confident she would be able to level the playing field.
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