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Dragon's prey	By : ajj77sunhawk Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Slash - Male/Male > Sokka/Zuko Views: 20843 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Shaking head sorrowfully at readers, you know if you cannot trust Zuko – how could you expect Sokka to trust him? So little faith in Zuko's love – oh well -that was why the last chapter got written – because I figured that Sokka (LIKE some readers) only believed the bond of the Fire Spirit holds Zuko and Sokka together. Anyway this is HOW the story was always meant to play out... for those who stopped reading at the last chapter – sigh well you made your own bed – stories need to keep being unpredictable, as for all the others – thanks for your patience.

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Chapter 23 : Freedom?... MY FREEDOM...

“I no longer burn from inside out. Sokka has fixed the Spirit.” Zuko's voice was strange , wondering, a bit disbelieving and flat. “Brilliant, so damned brilliant. Leave it to Sokka to find a way, he has solved everything it seems with minimal losses. The Fire Nation no longer requires a sacrifice, my heir will be sane and as long as we don't mess up – a good ruler- the Dragon Spirit has a constant bond companion...” Zuko let out a dry barking laughter. “ I can choose now, I actually have a choice...” He laughed again. “I am .... free, I no longer need a sacrifice... I don't NEED the Dragon's Prey!”
Zuko's laughter echoed in the room.

Katara looked at the laughing Lord, his face was strange contorted. She turned to Yue and said, “Sokka and you are so alike, you are both willing to sacrifice everything for the benefits of our nations. I guess we will have to respect his wishes, Zuko looks like Sokka has given you freedom.”
Zuko’s laughter abruptly cut out, his eyes narrowed at Katara almost angrily. “Respect his wishes? What does HE wish for Katara? Yes Sokka the warrior would wish for this, but have you ever asked what Sokka the MAN wishes for – I have, I know and I WON”T simpy forgot what Sokka wishes for in the silence of his heart!!!

“Freedom? How the hell can Sokka, you or anyone else dare dictate to ME what MY freedom means or is? Brilliant – NO – Sokka is a bloody FOOL!!! Freedom... do you know freedom for me is Katara? Freedom is what I find when Sokka is in my arms, when all that delicious strength and wisdom surrenders to my heat, when he shatters all control, and comes apart in my arms, THAT Katara, that is my moment of REAL freedom!”

He glared at Yue, “My body may be free to have a physical reaction, but do you think MY Heart, my head, MY HONOR will allow me to take another, while Sokka lies here like this?” Zuko turned from them all and gazed at the form on the bed, his anger suddenly drained away, he sank to the bed side and placed a gentle hand of Sokka's unresponsive face. “Freedom? I can think of nothing ... not a single thing at this moment – other than wanting to see a pair of blue eyes again, wanting his spiriti to wrap itself around me, and give me peace, hope and love again. Freedom? Idiot!” Zuko leaned down and pressed his lips to Sokka's . “My sacrificing idiot! I have never been LESS Free than I am in this moment!” The words were a caress, to go this far, that Sokka loved him – Zuko had no doubts – for them to so quickly believe he would accept a lesser being as his wife! How unbelievable was that. Still... from everyone’s reaction it seemed that it was he that had to prove himself. Prove the strength of his love.

He turned to the others again, his temper once again spiralled.

“This stupid plan may have freed the Fire Spirit from Dragon’s Prey, BUT I sure as HELL have not freed Sokka from ME!! He has promised himself to me! More than once he has sworn that he was MY man, not the fire Spirit's not the Fire Nation's – but MY man! Do you think I will allow him t break that vow? Do you think I will simply let him go? Do you think I will allow Sokka’s body to forget my touch, do you think I would EVER allow another to touch him? He no longer belongs to the Dragon, he no longer belongs to the Fire Nation, but he BELONGS to me. His body,, his heart and his spirit BELONG to me and - Now I don’t have to fucking share him – he is MINE and I am not going to allow him to go gallivanting around in a different world – and forget who he belongs to! ME! Sokka is MINE and I want him back NOW!!”

There was a shock that rippled through the room, Katara tried to calm the raging Lord, “Zuko, you are being irrational, you never wanted Sokka before the Fire...”

That hollow laugh barked out once again and he cut off her words, “I didn’t want Sokka before the Fire Spirit, Katara? Are you sure of that? Why don’t you ask Suki how much 'I didn’t want Sokka before.' She saw us together on the Boiling Rock, and though we were not ready for it than, SHE warned me off Sokka! She knew I resented her intrusion between us, SHE knew that I intentionally barged into her alone time with him. Oh Sokka never guessed, he was always blind that way, but seriously only he could be so naively innocent to imagine – that I did NOT know whom he was waiting for on that night I interrupted him. I didn't know why myself really, but I had to go to his tent, I had to have his attention on me, his trust just for a while. Still it was deeply satisfying that I made him focus on ME – even for a short time. At the time I didn't understand what my own feelings meant - but Suki saw it, she knew it, even then - before I myself was able to recognize what was between us. That is why I took you instead of Sokka to the showdown with Azula – I wanted to take him – but Suki had warned me not to.

“There had always been something between us, something between Sokka and I – the Fire Spirit only boosted what was already there! It cleared the path to our hearts! Sokka is MINE,.. he bears my....” Zuko's eyes widened – a panicky look glazing his eyes, he spun to Yue, “The tattoo, in the spirit realm does Sokka still...” Zuko's throat closed he could not finish the question.

Yue her face still calm said softly, “The dragon on his cheek and the Wolf-Hawk on his chest have faded a little, but the fire symbol on his neck is clear and strong.”

Zukos eyes blazed! Joy flooded his system, “MINE! Sokka know he is mine. And the only good thing about this mess is that and now I don’t have to share him!”

“B..b..but don’t you remember what Yue said, if you don’t have a wife, than you wont have a child and Sokka will be trapped.” Aang protested weakly.

“No, Aang, I was listening – more than all of you I was listening!” He looked at the silent body on the bed, “I can’t even bring myself to leave this room while Sokka is like this. I cannot even hope to be an effective Fire Lord without my heart beside me, so General Iroh, you are to take over my position as Fire Lord until I return, and it will be YOUR responsibility to produce the child that will free myself and Sokka from the Spirit Realm. The babe requires the blood of the fire Lords, not my blood specifically. General Iroh my orders to you are to produce the body for that baby, for I have every intention of going to the spirit realm and securing my wayward consort. If need be you can wear the crown until the child is adult for I will have NO other as my consort!”

Iroh looked shocked, than a thoughtful looked crossed his face. Slowly he nodded.

Captain Savin stepped forward, and bowed. “That is good my Lord, we will look after things for you until you return with Lord Sokka. However my Lord, please be aware that you have to share him with your Nation. We are not willing to let him go. If you had taken another less worthy as your consort my Lord, I fear you would have to wade though a mass of resignations from your personal guard and the army.”

“Me, Savin? Don’t you mean you would be dealing with mass resignations?” Zuko asked with a small smile, his first true smile in 9 hours. Savin's words buoyed his spirit.

“No my Lord, I meant you, for the first resignation you would have been receiving would have been mine.” Savin said with a smile, pleased at his Lord’s loyalty.

Zuko smiled and nodded at the loyalty.

Yue had been silently watching, she said softly “So you will go against Sokka’s wishes?”

Zuko shook his head, “No Lady Yue, I am doing what Sokka really wishes. I am stopping him, no matter how good it is for the nation, this time and forever - regardless of the benefits - I am stopping him from leaving home, I am going to drag him back into my arms, and make sure that down to his very bones he KNOWS whom he belongs to. He asked me to stop him, and I am never going to allow him to leave me. And since tahht idiot set it up so that he cannot come home, home is going to just have to go to him. Send me to him Lady Yue, please, I beg you send me to my heart.”

Yue’s smile was like the moon, breaking from behind the darkest clouds. “Lord Zuko, what I told you... that was Sokka’s plan, he never asked me if it was mine. I have my own plan, but I had to be sure that you truly loved Sokka, before I could share my plan with you. Sokka can and does sacrifice everything for those he loves – I had to make sure that you Lord Zuko were worthy of his love and that you would do the same. Like you dear Zuko, I have no intention of allowing Sokka to languish alone in the Spirit realm.”

Zuko’s eyes widened. Yue's smile now became stronger, her determination finally showing. “Your plan however is not acceptable. Peace is best for all, and while Sokka did not see it, when he made the sacrifice his pain and the pain of the Wolf-Hawk's echoed though the spirit realm. Both proud beings are hurting – and the WolfHawk will bear his pain of separating with Sokka for an eternity – and none of the other Spirits including the Fire Spirit - want that.

“The WolfHawk and Sokka acted independently in this. They made the sacrifice, without asking- it allows for possibilities.. your plan is a good one, but the Fire Spirit and I have a better one. Your Fire Spirit is as possessive as you are Zuko, so while he seems to be going along with the 'plan', he does not like being so far away from you, nor does he like not being able to touch Sokka. And he really does not like the idea of Sokka alone and lost in the Spirit realm, he does not like the Fire Nation without you leading it, so we have come up with a better plan.”

Zuko looked at Yue, his blinked in surprise, hmmm.. why had he nt considered that.. his spirit was as possessive as he was... a real smile twisted his lips, and this time his laughter was true, relief, joy and triumph infused his laughter. It seemed that Sokka was not the only one who could make plans,.. why did they seem to forget that?

Others slowly came to the same realization, and the relief that infused the room was now filled with joy.

--tbc--

:PPPPP I do believe that most of you now owe Zuko an apology! Sheesh have a little bit of faith people!!! They are possessive!
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