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Zuko's Betrayal	By : CaptATKirk Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Het - Male/Female > Katara/Zuko Views: 9220 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Note: Thank you to those brave souls who read this. Thanks to my Editor JPNelson. For those who have been reading faithfully.....Let the Madness begin. =)
Chapter 4 The Beginning of Lan’s Madness
((( Azula )))
I wait in my tent for Mai to come back. After all this time she still has to play games with Zuko. She still after he disgraced her by marrying that water witch Katara wants my Brother. It doesn’t matter. Tomorrow we will have the Ice Dragon and it all will end. I sit on the chair and watch the fire. It is better than watching Zhao and his Mistress Huan Shiang. Although I do like watching Hun Shiang at work I can’t right now. I told them I would join in the fun later.
Mai finally arrives and looks like she has been ridden hard and put away wet. I wanted to watch damn it but Zu Zu knows all to well when I am watching and when I am not. I can smell my brother on her and it excites me. Yes I desire my brother. I always have. He along with this Ice Dragon are the only two who I can not frighten or intimidate. They are the only two who can kill me.
“ Well ?” I snap at her. I know my brother he can talk his way out of anything but not to himself.
“ It was as he said. He wanted to capture the Ice Dragon but she was too much for him. He decided to use the Water Bitch for bait. It all failed because I followed.” She shrugs and walks around the tent.
“ So Zu Zu wasn’t lying. That doesn’t help me Mai. He is now even more of a Golden Child in Father’s eyes now!” I relax and calm down. This will get me no where. If only my Brother would slip up. Zu Zu has grown up unfortunately. Before in the game of Palace Intrigue Zu Zu wasn’t even a player now...He is a more than worthy opponent.” Did you get what you wanted Mai? Has Zu Zu ‘stolen’ your innocence?!”
“ Whatever.” I know he has. She doesn’t have to tell me. It’s all in the way she holds herself now. Zuko has probably ridden her very hard. I knew he could be ruthless. I told him that he and I are alike more then either of us wants to admit. He is a creature of bad habits just like me.
“ Well now that you had a taste do you still want him? Do you still love him ?” I get up and walk to her. I want to taste what my brother did. I trap her between the wall and myself. I reach into her and let my fingers work her a little. I can feel that my brother excited her and got her off. I pull out my fingers and bring them to my face. I can only see clear liquid tinged with pink. “ What you couldn’t even give him the pleasure of making him cum?”
“ I did. Just not where you think.” She tries to get away but I want to know. Where did my brother spill his seed. Ahh in her mouth. I kiss her hard and brutally. Mai doesn’t respond right away but that is alright. I let my tongue explore her mouth and only taste her. I can’t taste the salty maleness that would be there if he did.
“ Well there is only one place left.” I pull her away from the tents side and throw her face first on the ground. I sit on her waist and pull down the pants she favors. She is kicking and screaming for me to get off her but I won’t. It is one of those obsessive thing I have to know. I spread her little cheeks wide and let my tongue lick around the little hole and I can taste it. Blood and my brothers essence. He is just like me. He likes it rough and the rougher the sex the better the climax for us. I keep licking enjoying the ambrosia that hopefully one day I will get to taste. I kneed her pale flesh and ever so often let my nails rake it. I know Mai is delighting in this...she always has. Once I am satisfied with all that I am going to get I slap Mai on her ass and get up off her.
“ Can I go now ?” Mai straightens herself and stares at me. She is like me as well. She likes pain. It gets her off.
“ Yes. Go find Ty Li. I believe she is playing with the two new slaves I just acquired.” She shrugs and walks away. I have drank deep of what my brother gave to her and now I need to be filled. I take off my robe and go into the back room where Zhao and Huang Shiang are. As I lift the flap I can see Huan Shiang’s ridding crop thumping against his bare muscled thigh. He has his little concubine suspend from the tent. She likes pain as much as we do. Her black hair in a tight braid laying across one very ample breast. Her skin is flushed with her exertion. I know Zhao... he has hit her hard.
“ Ah Princess care to play a game? “ Zhao looks to me and smiles. As far as lovers go he is not hateful...but he is not Zuko. He is not the man my brother is.
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((( Zhao )))
Princess Azula is not a bad bed partner. She can outlast Huan Shiang. This is the second time tonight we have made the poor girl pass out. We do enjoy our play times together.
“ I think we broke her.” Azula fits nicely at my side. She is built like a cat lean and predatory. She had learned a long time ago how to get what she wants from men. She had years of practice with her father. Hun Shiang has finally passed out. Azula hit her while I fucked her. Soon Azula will be my bride and we will be one big happy. I look at a suspended Huan Shiang and think how soon Azula and I will rule the Fire Nation. Oh I now Zuko is still alive but we have plans for his highness....yes we have many plans for that little ass.
“ I believe so.” I look down at her and I know she is far from satisfied. She needs more. I turn Azula around so that her back is to me and push her so that she is laying on the table.“ Now it’s your turn my little princess bride.”
“ Do your worst.” She hisses. This is all fore play to us. I rip her Tiara out of her hair and wind her dark chestnut hair it in my hands. I am still slick from Hun Shiang and I glide in perfectly to the princesses little love cave. I am not the first I know but Ozai paid me well. Azula has been simmering all night. She had her little fun with Mai and used her tongue on Huan Shiang. According to Huan, Azula runs a close second to her brother in her words...’ Prince Zuko has a tongue that a viper would be envious of.’
“ That is when I am at my best.” I know this will not get her off. I flip her over and grab her by her neck. I squeeze gently and can feel her getting wetter. “ You like this don’t you your highness.”
“ Is that all you have ?” She moans.
“ You know better.” I laugh and let my nails rake across her taught nipples. She hisses and I can feel her getting tighter. As I work her on my length I do the same thing to her thighs till I draw blood. We are both so close now. I let her neck go and she returns the favor raking her little sharp nails across my chest. Soon as I keep working her I know I can’t handle much more. I feel the familiar tightening and soon I release into her and she takes it all. She milks me for all that I am worth. I brace myself above her using my hands. I am done for the night. I watch as her eyes become heavy and know she is well satisfied. It took almost all night.
As far as bed partners go I have not found one to match her. Huan Shiang tries but even she can’t match Azula for stamina. There is a prize that I want and It’s the Ice Dragon. I have seen her....I was so close I could have tasted her sweat. She has beaten all that we have put before her. That kind of woman, I have found from experience, is anything but a pussy cat in the bed chamber. I know how much Prince Zuko desires her. Fire Lord Ozai is obsessed as well as Azula. She will not admit it but I know she has dreams of fucking the infamous General of the Immortals. I have to admit they all have exquisite taste. Soon one of us will have her and one of our dreams will become a reality.
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((( Lan )))
I look and see that the reports were not wrong. Azula and Zhao have arrived with three more legions of men. As I put on my armor I let everything I have felt over the last couple of days leave me. I tried it when it rained last night but it didn’t help. I let the pain I feel for what Zuko has done to Katara leave. I let my hate stay but in the back of my mind I let it sit. I must become like the white flame I wield. Unyielding and merciless. I walk out of my tent and my Immortals are ready. I walk past the camp fire and flames and make my way to the front lines. I am stopped by an Earth Kingdom General. I believe he is one of the Earth Kings Five grand Generals but I am not sure. Nor do I care.
“ You have only Three Hundred men and women with you. How do you expect to take on six legions of trained Fire Nation Soldiers?” I look at this little man and keep form laughing.
“ You.” I point to the commander at his right. “ What do you do for a living ?”
“ I am an aid.” He states simply to me.
“ You.” I use my chakram and point to the one on his left.” What do you do for a living ?”
“ I am a black smith My Lady.” He bows to me respectfully.
“ A noble profession.” I nod and look to my immortals and smile. “ Immortals what is our Living!?”
“ DEATH. DEATH. DEATH.” The shout as one. I turn back and watch this little general turn a pale white.
“ Out of both of us...I have the Warriors.” He steps aside and we make our way to the front to do what we do best. We will hand these legions...Death.
I walk at the head of my Immortals and the earth Kingdom Soldiers part before me making way. I hear there murmurs of ‘General’ or ‘My Lady’. Toph Haru and Sokka are with me. I can just feel them. I stop at the front lines and wonder if I can end this fast enough. Should I use the power locked in me and let loose the Fire and Ice storm that has been building in me or fight the old fashioned way. Since Katara has been up and awake she has been spouting about how Zuko is not a monster how he has done everything to keep her safe. The storm in me has grown larger since then and it wants out. Iroh spouts this as well and I can only rack his up to being gone too long. Sokka Toph and I agree that Zuko has her brained washed. I have failed her. I have failed Uncle Iroh. I will not fail a world that still calls me to deliver them.
“ Immortals I hope breakfast was a good one. For tonight we dine in Hell! ”
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((( Sokka )))
I watch as one of her Immortals falls before a fire bender and know what will happen next. I can feel the electricity in the air. As the woman’s eyes turn a milky white that happens with death I can feel the heat building up around her.
“ Lan.” I call her name but she doesn’t hear me. I have seen this once before. No... not this. Nothing like this. Even in the early days when we fought Azula, Lan never became this angry. Even when we learned that Zuko had turned us all over to the devil herself she didn’t get this angry...not like this.
“ Sokka get everyone back.” She turns to me and her eyes are completely white. She drops her Chakrams to the ground. Her hair comes out of the braid and the wind lifts her off the ground. There is no talking to her. Lan is no more. The Ice Dragon has been unleashed.
I know since Katara’s return she softened for all of five seconds. When Katara was up finally she was trying to convince us all that Zuko isn’t the bad guy. That bastard not only humiliated my sister night after night but killed her mind. This has sent Lan into a frenzy. This and the fact that one of us her Immortals has fallen. Hell hath no furry like her anger. I pull Toph back and we Immortals all back away. The Fire Nation soldiers try to run but she walks threw them setting them on fire and trapping them in ice. They will forever be frozen in death. She makes it all the way to their camp burning and freezing all in her path.
“ ZUKO! COME OUT AND FIGHT ME!” Her voice is not hers. It is like Aang’s when he was in the Avatar state. She calls to that bastard again and, again he doesn’t answer her. She can’t hold it much longer but she doesn’t have to. She has proven her point. He can run and hide but in the end she will be the death of him. Lan’s feet touch the earth and she falls to her knees. She has wiped out all the soldiers that were standing. Not one remains.
“ Maybe the Ice Dragon is satisfied now.” Toph grabs my hand and needs reassurance but I can’t give it. The Ice Dragon comes and goes. Lately she likes to stay.
“ No. She won’t be satisfied till Zuko’s bleeding heart is in her hands.” I look to Suki and know she is right. The Ice Dragon will not be happy till she sees his death with her own eyes.
“ Please somebody...bring back the Sex Kitten.” I can hear the shaky voice and know my little earth bender is in tears. Only the Ice Dragon does this to her. No one can make Toph cry...but The Ice Dragon. Suki and I both look at Toph. She has just voiced something we all pray for every night. Someone deliver Lan back to us.
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((( The Earth King )))
I stand here on the balcony and see it. I asked to be awake when the battle started. I was told I was. I look out and see that it is over. I had asked Lan and her Immortals not to fight but she did anyway. I can see her silhouette against the flaming sky. I look to my aid and he like me is in total disbelief that it is over so quickly. She has not mastered Air but can still do this.
“ At dawn, the King awoke to burning skies and saw true power.” He whispers reverently.
“ Where have I heard that?” I watch as the sea is almost boiling. You can see steam rising off the waves. The sky is black and red with smoke and flames. It looks like the end of the world. Then again the world has been dying for the last couple of years.
“ The Dragon Parable. Said to be written by General Iroh himself.”
“ Why did she fight today? I asked her as a favor from one ruler to another not to.” I slam my fist on the railing. I know she has absolutely no respect for me. I know I have not earned that from a great warrior like her but she gave me her word she would not fight unless asked. So the question is who asked?
“ Zhao and Azula arrived with more legions.” My aid gives me my answer unknowingly. Admiral Quan asked her...or my people. Either way she kept her word. I look to the field and watch as Lan carries a body. She carries it and everyone makes way. Now I know why we have seen true power...one of her own has fallen.
“ Your Highness there is an envoy outside. They travel under a white flag....Majesty it is a messenger from Fire Lord Ozai himself.” He kowtows to me and waits. I am not the one he should make terms to. I supply the sword noting more. Lan is the sword that has been cutting him down.
“ Find her Highness Lan and ask her if she would be so kind as to meet this envoy.”
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((( Lan )))
I knew this was going to happen. I felt it as I put my armor on that everything would go wrong today. I shoo the healers who see my eyes and nose is bleeding but I don’t care. I owe it to Leanna to make sure her body is treated with respect. As I wash her body of blood and mud I hold back the damn that wants to flow out my eyes.
I know all my Immortals by name. I know how many children they have. A few I know how many mistresses as well. Leanna is married to Zhang. They have four children two boys and two girls. I know everything about them down to the day all of their children were born. She shouldn’t have died today. She should be at home sitting on their farm watching there grandchildren chase hog chickens around.
This should not have happened. It is my fault for listening to Katara and having hope that she was right. This is my fault for believing for an instant that Aang is still alive and Zuko is not the demon I thought him to be. I hesitated. I second guessed myself and now a good person is dead. I will not hesitate again. I will have no hope. I will have no fear. I will know no love. I will have no joy as long as the Demon son of the Fire Lord lives.
I finish cleaning her and I dress her in a green and gold gown. I make sure her hair is dry and clean. I nod to Haru and he goes to find Zhiang. I do not know what is the custom for the earth kingdom. I watch as Zhiang comes and I bow my head and step back from her body. He kneels before her and takes her hand. I had cleaned their wedding ring and put it back on her finger. I had to. It was a symbol of there devotion to each other. I could not let it remain sullied as it was. It had to be as clean as there love was for each other.
“ I hope I haven’t disgraced her. I thought she should look nice when she meets the Great Goddess.”
“ My Lady you could never disgrace or dishonor her. You have done what I would have done.” He looks to me and I can see the few tears he has shed for his wife.
“ I don’t know what she would have wanted. I don’t know if she wanted a warriors funeral of burning or to be buried ? Whatever it is I will make it happen.”
“ What do you want to happen to your body after you die My Lady?” He stands and looks at me. I wish he would stop calling me that. It is my fault she is dead and he is asking me what to do?
“ Well I would be put in my best and laid in a boat. I would be set out to sea and huge bonfires would light the beach. An arrow would be shot into my boat and if the flames from the fire matches the setting sun then I have lived a good life and will go to heaven.”
“ Then as your Immortals that is how we shall all go. Regardless of our Nation.” He bows to me and goes back to his wife’s body.
“ It will be so then.” I place my hand on his shoulder before leaning over and kissing Leanna’s cold lifeless fore head. “ Good Bye my beautiful Immortal. May your light guide the way for all of us to heaven.” Haru stays with me as I leave the healing tent. The blood has dried on my eyes and nose now. I will take care of it later.
“ I’ll see to everything Lan. Why don’t you get some rest ?” I look at Haru’s green eyes and know I look like shit. Normally I would do this myself. I would see to this myself but for what I am going to do I want no one around. I need Lan the woman to come out alone. I want no one to see what will happen when I let her feel.
“ I’ll do that.” My voice is horse. “ If he wants to leave make it so. Tell him there is ...never mind. I know him. He will want to avenge his wife. “ I kiss Haru on the cheek and make my way to my tent.
I step inside and stand in the middle of it. I look at all the maps and charts and want to watch it all burn. I throw off my armor and as I finish getting it all off I let my chakrams fall to the ground. I let loose the flood that has been kept at bay. I let broken feeling Lan out of her bottle. It starts out slowly until soon I can’t see anymore because there are just to many tears. I fall to my knees and hug myself to keep from screaming. I try to get them under control but I can’t. I feel arms around my shoulders and through my blurry vision I can see Katara’s dark skin.
“ Let it out Lan. It wasn’t your fault.” I can feel her trying to get closer and I push her away.
“ Get out.” I have finally stopped and can only see red. This is my fault for listening to her. This my fault for having hope. This is his fault for not only poisoning her body with him but for taking her mind.
“ Lan you have to-“
“ I SAID GET OUT !” I feel the Fire Bender in me that wants her to burn. I call it down. I make it stop. It is not her fault...like me she is what Zuko made her. I can’t be around her because she reminds me everyday how much I failed all of us. She slowly gets up and makes her way to the entrance of my tent. She stops and looks at me. I wish she wouldn’t. She may walk and talk like Katara but that is not Katara...not anymore.
“ People die in wars Lan. You can’t stop it from happening. You’re not all powerful.”
“ Leave me be.” I turn away and go to the tub of water Sun Quan’s aid has filled for me. I am about to strip off my clothes when Katara has to say one last thing. She has to rub salt on the knife. She is just like Zuko now.
“ It’s not his fault either Lan. Don’t blame Zuko. Don’t blame the man that still loves you and cries out for you in his sleep. Blame his father. Ozai took our Mothers away. Ozai took our Fathers away....now Ozai has taken all three of us away from each other.”
She is gone. I am alone. The way it should be. Her words mean nothing for Lan is no longer home. Lan has been dead for four years now. I am the General. I am the Warrior. I am now the‘ The Ice Dragon.’I know what they call me to each other. They think I don’t know but I do. Lan Yin Meng has died. I will become the thing of nightmares. I must have fallen asleep for when I open my eyes June is standing over me with a towel.
“ What is it now !?” I look at her and take the towel wrapping it around myself
“ Ozai has a messenger in the Palace. Seems the prick wants to end this.” She fold her arms across her chest and sneers. Her face masks mine. We don’t believe it at all.
“ Does he now...well let’s see what he wants. Royal armor if you please June.”
“ I knew you would say that. It’s already waiting for you.”
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((( Quan )))
I can hear the people and know that Lan and her Immortals are coming. She is a Goddess to them. She is one to me as well. I watch as she comes through the large doors that Haru and Toph have bend open for her. She was once able to bend earth as a reflex but lately the ability to do so is slipping away from her. She is dressed in the blue and gold royal armor her people have forged for her. Her red hair loose and unbound. A simple gold crown if you will that forms a ‘v’ at her fore head. Inside it is a huge moonstone with the new symbol for the Water Nation two crescent moons divide by the ocean. She is there Queen and looks every inch so.
“ No offense Admiral Quan but you do realize she is married woman?” I look at my New General and try not to get angry. The Earth King has put the Dragon of the West in my command. I will give the devil his due...General Iroh is very clever and a gifted tactician but I still can not get over the fact that he is the Fire Lord’s brother or that he seems hell bent on breaking Lan.
“ None taken. I hope you don’t take offense that your nephew was an idiot to let her slip away.” We look at each other and then to Lan and her Immortals. We don’t like each other. We both have different views on how to deal with Lan.
She purposely made the envoy wait. It is her way. Lan moves when she wants to. He begins now only bowing to her slightly. I watch her eyes and I as well as everyone else in this room knows this man is going to die.
“ Fire Lord Ozai wishes to negotiate with the General. I have been authorized to give you whatever you wish for the safe return of Prince Zuko. He wants his son back. He will give you whatever you demand. All he asks in return is for you to kneel before him.” I watch as June who now sticks to Lan like glue hiss at the mention of Zuko from this messenger. Lan has fought back the urge.
“ I don’t have the demon spawn he calls a son. If I did I would have already sent you his head.” She has become cold. She has said it without any feeling at all. I know her....she is waiting to strike now.
“ Ozai will give you anything you want... you can not win this You are only a mere woman in a mere Earth Kingdom.” This messenger has sealed his fate. Lan will kill him. I can see it in her eyes. They have turned stone cold like that of a killer. Her Immortals and Dia Li are poised ready to kill him. They will not get the chance.
“ You come here and insult me and these people and you want me to bow down to Ozai !?” She motions to our King before pulling out her chakram and staring down at this messenger. I can feel the air become charged. She will kill him with lightning.
“ I come here under a white flag...this is madness !! ” She backs him all the way to the balcony. He holds up his hands and thinks that will save him. He thinks some white flag of truce will save him from the Ice Dragon.
“ Madness! You call this madness! Little man you have not seen madness!!” If you blinked you would have missed it. She dropped her chakram and using her nails ripped a whole in the mans chest pulling out his still beating heart. ” THIS IS HELL! You go back and tell Ozai I kneel before no man! No more Nations will bow down to him as long as one breath remains in my body!”
She throws the heart to the other messenger before using her foot to kick the dead one off the Balcony. She bows respectfully to the Earth King before walking away. She has made her point. She will not stand for Ozai’s nonsense anymore.
“ She is on a express way to hell.” I look to Iroh and can not believe he has said this about his own student.
“ Not really...she just saved the whole envoy from being massacred by killing the stupid one. The Dia Li and her Immortals were ready to kill the whole envoy. Lan does kill General Iroh make no mistake but there is method to her madness.”
“ It is still madness none the less.”
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((( Lan )))
I can not join in the festivities. I feel no joy anymore. We set Leanna adrift before night fall. The flames from the four bonfires we had set 1 for each child she had were the same as the setting sun. I used my bending to set her a flame. It was the brightest Fire I had seen. She had lived a good full life as I knew it would be. She was a good woman and I will miss her very much. Suki has asked when possible if she can take her place as one of my Immortals. I have left it up to Zhiang to deiced.
The Earth King has thrown a giant Festivus in the Place Gardens to celebrate her life as well as those we have lost. I have to hand it to him he does throw a good party but I can’t celebrate. I will celebrate when I have Zuko’s bleeding heart in my hands and his cold body thrown to the sea as an offering. I watch the flames of the lanterns and can hear music that would always make me feel something but I feel nothing.
“ I think Lan should dance for us !” I snap out of it and look to see Suki and the other Kyoshi Warriors waiting for me to agree.
“ I don’t think so.”
I know she wants me to do the knife dance that I did on my wedding day. I could see the men of Kyoshi drooling when I did it. I watched them watching me and knew what they thought. I know how envious they were of Zuko. I watched him too and could see the pure lust that was in his eyes. Then I loved that look... I craved that look I saw in Zuko’s eyes. Now I crave and revel in the wide eyed look of fear when I was about to kill him.
“ Yeah Lan dance like you did on Kyoshi !” Katara has thrown in. Everyone now is chanting my name to dance. I don’t dance anymore. Something else Zuko has taken from me. I walk away.
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((( Zuko )))
“ ZUKO! COME OUT AND FIGHT ME!”
I sit bolt upright as her words ring through my head. Jong Jong and Aang are gone. They are going to try the impossible. They are going to try to get Lan to believe. They don’t know her...it is not in her nature to forgive. Aang she may. If anything of Lan remains in her, she may actually forgive him. I can only hope. Me I am another story all together. I have hurt her too much for her to forgive me. Even if she does learn the truth I have hurt her far too much. I have shared my bed with the only woman Lan was ever jealous of. She will not let that go easily...or at all. In saving Katara as I know Lan would have wanted me to do...I have lost her. I have lost the one who meant the most to me. I may die by her hand soon.... but I can live with that.
I am sore and tired but I have to leave soon and wait for Aang. I have to stay awake now. I can see the sun has set and can’t believe I have slept this long. I watch the flames of the fire go down and know it will soon go out but it doesn’t. I keep watching and I can feel her. I can feel Lan as if she is next to me.
I can see her through the flames.
As my uncle would say I am about to do something incredibly stupid and I reach my hand into it. It doesn’t burn me so I decide to be stupid again and stand in the flames. Still I am not burned but I can see Lan as if she is right in front of me. I can hear some kind of strange music and can see her dancing to it. I haven’t seen her dance like this since our wedding.
“ Lan.” I call her name and watch her keep dancing. “ Lan do you know who I am ?”
“ Yes.” Her lips do not move but it his her voice none the less.
“ Lan do you still love me ?”
“ Yes.” She has stopped and she is looking right at me. I know she can hear and feel me. I look at her eyes and they are the violet color they usually are when we finished making love.
“ Then let me in your heart again.” I am being shoved back and I see the flames have turned to ice. I crawl back to them and touch them. They freeze to the point that it burns my skin. She has shut me out.
I lie here and wait. I will not give up. Even though winning her heart back will be hard I will not give this fight up...she is to important to me. I love her too much to let it end like this.
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((( Lan )))
I had to be alone so I went back to the beach to watch the fires and that was when I heard the music I last heard when my mother lived. I don’t know why but I had to dance. I thought I had buried that Lan along with the necklace that marked me as his. Feeling and hearing Zuko through the flames of the fire has weirded me out. I know it was the Spirits trying to talk to me but to actually feel him....I thought I had put that Lan to rest.
I sit now in front of the trunk that I had kept it in and I open it. There covered in dirt is the necklace. Someone has dug it up from the grave I put it in. I back away from it and think I am now losing it. I have finally gone mad. First feeling and hearing Zuko threw a fire and now the betrothal necklace he carved for me not in it’s earthly grave.
“ What ?” I turn to see June with two glasses and a bottle of Rum. If I know her like I do that is a very old bottle of rum. She like me would rather celebrate some ones life quietly.
“ Nothing. Just old things.” I slam the lid to my trunk closed and sit down at the table. June does the same and pours us both generous amounts of rum.
“ Well. I know you and I know you and I need this.” We both slam our drinks back and I wait for another.” Yup you definitely need this.”
“ Shut up and pour....by my fifth I will start talking.” She shrugs and does what I ask. We sit in silence for a while and our drinking has slowed. I am now on my sixth but I don’t feel like talking.
“ To Leanna.” June picks up her glass and I clank mine against it. I have known June for a long time now...she can read my mind as well as I can read hers but as the old saying goes ’Great minds think alike.’
“ To Leanna. May her light guide us when our time comes.” Her and I both drink the whole glass down in one gulp.
“ Well at least you aren’t here in your tent alone and you have said more than three words.” She waves the glass around and I can only smile. June and I have always had a rule...no drinking alone. “ For you that is an accomplishment.”
“ That would go against our rules.” We both nod our heads solemnly before I do my best to fill our glasses. We haven’t even begun to get drunk yet.
“ That it would.” She nods and we sit back on our chairs each in our own thoughts again.” You know if you would let Haru or Quan fuck you-“
“ Don’t start that again! I have had the same speech from Toph! I don’t want anymore of it!”
“ Alright how about me you and Toph? You have to admit that would be something fun.” I am about to agree with her that it would more than likely be an experience I don’t think the three of us would forget when Haru comes in.
“ This better be good.” His green eyes are wild with excitement. I know him he does not interrupt without good reason
“ We have Jong Jong.” I watch Haru’s eyes and there is more but he will not say. I swear if he has the Demon Prince I will definitely be with Haru tonight.
“ Bring him here!” I slam my glass on the table and wait. They did not fail me. It is nightfall and they have him. I watch the two Dia Li bring him in and The Ice Dragon is pleased. She is more than pleased. I also see a hooded figure come behind them but that means nothing. I have one traitor now...one more to go. “ What do you have to say for yourself?”
“ I have done what I was meant to do. I have kept my promise to keep you safe. I have kept my promise and kept him safe.” He motions with his head to the hooded figure.” If you wish to kill me for it then so be it.”
“ I wish you wouldn’t do that.” I am about to say something smart when the hooded figure finally lets the black hood fall and I see a face I haven’t seen in many years. Actually I haven’t seen this face but I did see his younger one.
“ Aang ?” I am afraid to say it to loud for the fact I may be losing my mind. I look to June and we are mirrors of each other. We are in total disbelief. We have both gone mad or someone spiked the rum. I hope it was a rum spiking.
“ It’s me. You haven’t gone crazy June.” Little arrow head has grown up. He sure did get tall that’s for sure. He looks at me and he is pissed.” Lan you have.”
“ Excuse me !?”
“ Lan for to long hated the wrong person. You have hated Zuko for far too long. I am the one that changed the plan. I am the one that begged him to let you go and save Katara. It’s my fault that he turned me in. I am sorry for it. If you want to hate someone then hate me...not him.”
I want to kill him. I want this little fucking monk to die. Katara has been telling the truth and if that is the case she has been fucking my husband and enjoying it. For all of five minutes I was me again and it felt good but like before I have been stabbed in the back by those closest to me. I have kept this welt on my back that Zuko gave me when we fought to remind me to trust no one. I will kick myself later for not taking my own advice.
“ Get out of my sight Avatar. Take your whore Katara and get away from me. Out of a friendship you have trashed I give you one day head start.”
“ Lan wait! Katara-“
“ You shut your fucking air hole! You let the world down Aang twice now! I haven’t! They call to me now and I unlike you deliver results! I answer there cries that haunt me at night! I gave up everything that I ever wanted to do what had to be done!” I can feel the Dragon she wants his blood I am ready to give it to her.
“ Lan I’m sorry! I don’t know what else-
“You haven’t begun to be sorry! You have one day all of you! ” I look to Jong Jong in this inclusion out of respect I will give him a chance.” Start hiding for when I do come after all of you hell will come with me and even the Avatar can’t stop a hound of hell!”
I throw my glass at Aang and walk away. I have to or we will kill each other and then who will the world call to. I have to live. I have to see their end with my own eyes. I have to help a world he turned his back on. The Ice Dragon will see the end of all of this...or die.
TBC
It only gets worse for Lan.
“ At Dawn, the King awoke to burning skies and saw true power~ Dragon Parable” Comes from card # 7 The tongue of the Dragon in The Upper Deck Trading card Game of Avatar the last Air Bender.
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