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Chapter 59
By the time Zuko arrived the meeting was already in progress, “Brother I’m glad you could join us, smelling like unwashed Waterbender no less,” Azula stated wrinkling her nose in distaste to hide her glee. Just like a lamb to slaughter Zuko was lining right up.
“If I had been given more notice I would have had time to take a bath. Admiral, I apologize for my current state,” Zuko replied taking the only empty seat which was unfortunately between Ty Lee and Mai.
“As everyone knows we have captured the Avatar and his companions after they dared to invade our capitol. Father has suggested that we take our prisoners on brief tour of the Earth Kingdom to flush out the rest of the rabble and show the world the superiority of the Fire Nation. I propose that we add a few stops to our itinerary,” Azula said confidently. The more people saw Zuko and the Waterbender, the more damning it would be when it was revealed she’d received his virginity.
“Pardon me Princess, but wouldn’t that increase their chances of escape?” Admiral Chu-hua asked.
“It would if they were capable of doing so,” Azula replied with a smile.
Zuko didn’t like that look.
“As my brother pointed out, they are disgustingly devoted and can be used as pawns to ensure good behavior since one won’t leave without the other. So long as one is under our control we have the others where we want them,” Azula said.
“I thought they were of no consequence?” the admiral asked.
“Yes, well that was before we learned the Water Tribe boy is the one who planned the invasion. What will the rebels do now that we have their symbol of hope and their strategist?” Azula smirked.
“And the girl?” the captain acting as helmsmen asked interestedly. He had been pulled from the coast guard to join the Ursa’s crew.
“Zuko is already taking care of her. I’m sure the rebels will be happy to see that the Avatar’s Waterbender is now spreading her legs for the Prince of the Fire Nation,” Azula said dryly.
After the meeting Zuko made his way to the kitchens. Azula’s plan was cruel, but at least it bought him more time to formulate a plan before they made it back to the Fire Nation proper. Perhaps enough to convince Katara he really was on their side and trying to help them. He returned to the room to find the four of them already eating breakfast. She was laughing at the Zhao twins impression of their father or as they referred to him, that bastard whom their idiot grandfather thought would make a good match for their mother.
Katara didn’t stop smiling when Zuko when walked in. She had realized her attack last night didn’t work the same reason the invasion didn’t; he was expecting it. She had been withdrawn all day so knew something was not right and expected her to do something. She needed to get him to drop his guard around her to regain the element of surprise.
“Hey, Lady Katara, tell Zuke how the Avatar got old bushy ‘burns to set fire to his own boats,” Zhao 2 cajoled.
Katara was starting to learn that his voice was slightly deeper than Zhao 1 and he was the less serious of the two. Zuko listened as Katara explained that Jeong Jeong had told Aang that Zhao was his former student and that he had no control.
One of the twins piped up, “Please do not ever use that term to in regards to him around our mother. Hearing her expound on the subject was enough to make me wish I were back in the Fire Nation.”
The other twin elbowed him and the one who said that covered his mouth. Katara laughed. She’d learned their mother was born in the colonies and they had spent most of their life there. They hated being in the so called homeland and dealing with the stereotypes of “proper Fire Nation citizens” especially since they weren’t Firebenders like their father and older siblings.
Katara continued and told them that Aang noticed how Zhao indiscriminately burned the forest so he hopped from boat to boat making Zhao destroy his own way back down river before flying away. They laughed and told her how they’d once tricked him into doing something similar with a bush that he loved because their mother was allergic to the blossoms. They finished eating and left to attend to their duties once again leaving Katara alone with Zuko.
“Do you want to go to the spa room? I know you washed up last night, but maybe you’d like to get a nice soak and maybe another beauty treatment?” He asked weakly.
“That would be nice,” She responded politely.
She expected Zuko to call Ty Lee but instead he escorted her. He knocked on the door and told the attendant that he would be on the men’s side if they needed him. Two of the women tending to her had done so at the palace. She demurely followed them to the showers. She thanked the woman who gave her towels while the other woman set up the privacy screen for her shower.
Unlike the previous times she had showered with one screen the woman used three screens and turned on four different nozzles creating a virtual waterfall before showing Katara how to use the hose attachment. Katara laughed at the irony and thanked her. She was finally surrounded by enough water to do some real damage but the room was full of non-bending Fire Nation civilians who seemed to be more afraid of the royal family than she was.
Katara took her time washing. The water was warm, but she found the knob to make it hotter. She luxuriated beneath the spray before picking up the hose and toying with the settings. Several of them were odd, but she found one that massaged with hot water. She remembered something Yugoda told her about directing healing intent into the water for injuries that couldn’t be touched directly and tried it. The water glowed briefly. Katara vowed to that practice more often as she placed her fingers in the stream and directed it over her body.
She sighed as the glowing water took away her lingering aches. She changed to a gentler setting and this time she didn’t have to bite the towel to heal areas between her legs that Zuko injured. When she could no longer feel the soreness, she turned off the nozzle and bent water inside her. She winced when she began to swirl it but it wasn’t painful enough to prevent her from healing her most of her injuries or cleansing herself well enough she felt she’d removed all traces of Zuko’s presence.
Of course these spa maids weren’t like the one she’d met last night. They insisted on plucking, shaving, waxing, and trimming her like they had done at the palace before giving her a massage. They rewashed her hair and brushed it dry. This time instead of giving her a fluffy terry robe, they gave her an outfit made of the softest fabric she’d ever touched.
“Prince Zuko had this commissioned for you before we left the palace. Lady Ursa had items of a similar fabric to wear after her spa days as well,” one of them explained as they bound her breast with a red band and gave her something that were loose like Earth Kingdom breeches, but stopped below her rear like the more modest underwear Mine had made.
One of the ladies called them tap pants. She said they were called that because they excited a man’s passions until he was unable to resist giving a woman’s bottom a good firm tap. The comment made Katara realize this was the same woman who mentioned the former Fire Lord whose bedroom taste delved beyond his own species. She could potentially be a good source of information since she seemed to speak exactly as she thought.
Once her foundation garments were in place, they helped her into a pair of fitted trousers and a loose tunic. The garments flowed against her skin like silk, but seemed to be resistant to the oils they’d slathered on her skin. Katara thanked them followed behind Zuko when he took her further below deck.
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