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Fuseki	By : Katalyst Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Azula/Katara Views: 12157 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Unbetaed, largely. I figure you all will call me on anything too glaring!

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Azula and Aang spent several moments in silence before he broke it. A cheerful voice, but there was a hint of steel under it. “So what’s going on with you and Katara?”

Azula regarded him coolly. “Excuse me?”

“I might be young, but I’m not stupid, Azula.” He stepped off of the walkway, tugging her out into the garden. “And I know you’re up to something with Katara.”

She smirked a bit. “So, what, you’re looking out for your friend? Going to use your avatar powers on me if I step out of line?”

“No…” He looked at her, smiling a little “I’m warning you. I’m actually concerned for your safety.”

She raised an eyebrow, regally. “Warning me?”

“Yeah. You may not realize it, but she could obliterate you. And she’s sort of... emotional. And you’re not exactly known for being....” He trailed off. But the damage was done, he had thoroughly insulted her character. Though the he was right… she wasn’t known to be particularly kind to those she dated.

However, what bothered her most was that the all-powerful Avatar thought she wasn’t strong enough to beat some uppity water tribe peasant. It irritated her. No, more than irritated her.

“You think she’s more powerful than me?” She knew her voice was a bit too incredulous, but really, this was just ridiculous.

“I know she is.” He shrugged. “I mean. You’re awfully strong, but she’s scary.”

“I’m scary!” She stopped. Blinked, because that wasn’t exactly how she meant to phrase that, and the kid was actually giggling, which just made her even more furious. “I’m the best firebender in the nation.” She folded her arms, glaring at him.

Oh… I know.” He was still snickering, and she suppressed the urge to just fry him then and there and be done with it. Especially because he sounded so damn patronizing. “Just.. well…” He shrugged. “Be careful, okay? She won’t take well to you breaking her heart or using her.”

She snorted just a bit. “Why are you so quick to assume that I’m doing either?”

“Oh… mostly because I’ve heard that you’re really awkward around people you actually like.”

Her jaw dropped. “What?”

Aang shrugged a bit. Dropping down next to the pond, holding out a hand to pet one of the turtleduck babies “People say you sort of act… uh.. well. You know.”

Azula sneered just a bit, wishing she’d have brought a loaf of bread to chuck at them. She could have bounced it off the Avatar’s bald little head, while she was at it. “That’s ridiculous! I’m perfectly capable of interacting with others.”

“Yeah. When you’re using them.”

“That’s not true!”

He shrugged, holding up his hands. “I’m just telling you what I’ve heard.”

“From whom?” she gritted out, laying odds that it was Zuko. That spineless, cowardly little snipe.

He just waved a hand, shrugging some. “A few people, honestly. You’d be surprised what one can pick up from palace gossip.”

She carefully composed her face, though she was positively seething. Slander was one thing she would not tolerate. She’d have to find out who had been speaking against her right away.

“Anyway.” He flopped on his back, folding his arms behind his head as he looked up at her. “Just thought someone should let you know that she’s plenty capable of defending herself, and she has a pretty… explosive temper. Plus she’s …”

“She’s what?” Azula gritted out, really wishing she could throttle the child.

Aang just grinned a bit, shrugging. “She knows her own worth.”

She bowed just a bit, stiffly. “Thank you for the warning, I suppose, though I’m sure I have no need of it.”

“You’re welcome.”

The fool seemed to be completely ignorant of her sarcasm, just grinning up at her. She snarled a bit and turned on her heel, heading back to her room, now in a doubly foul mood.

Once she was back in her room with the door firmly locked, Azula paced. Paused and turned to the mirror, glaring at herself. There was no way the girl could be stronger than her. No fathomable way.

...could she? She dropped down to the vanity chair, and leaned forward, to rest her chin in her hands. Sighing a little under her breath, studying her own, perfect face.

What did she really know about the water tribe girl? She racked her brain to try and think of anything real, but all she could come up with were her own observations. The girl’s fragility and vulnerability, the surprisingly graceful way she moved, the pretty sounds she made…

But virtually nothing about her. A definite weakness in her plan, wasn’t it?

Perhaps she should learn what she could. She tapped a finger to her lips, thinking. Who should she use?

The Avatar was out of the question, of course. Not only was he an annoying little brat, but he was also far too connected with her brother (a connection that she tried not to dwell on, as it was really rather sickening).

No, it would be best, perhaps, if she approached the brother again. He was dull enough to not really realize what she was doing, anyway.

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Zuko stalked into his private gardens, where he knew Aang would be, sighing a bit under his breath. “Avatar Aang.”

Aang squeaked a bit, spinning from where he had been playing with a monkey-rat, feeding it nuts. Breaking out into one of his wide I-know-I’m-in-trouble grins. “Ah… Zuko. Hi.”

Zuko made his most serious face, folding his arms. “And where were you this afternoon?”

“Oh.. you know.. here and there.” He popped a nut into his own mouth, then held the bag out to Zuko.

He ignored it. “Here and there, but not at the meeting.”

“They didn’t need me there. And the meetings are so boring when they’re about stupid stuff like trade.” The boy got a bit of a pleading look on his face.

“Yes, I know. And how do you think I felt when there was no one to roll my eyes with?”

Aang smirked. Going to slip his arms around Zuko’s waist. “I’ll try not to let it happen again.”

“See that you don’t.” And Zuko let the stern look slip, smiling down at him softly as he raised his hands to the other’s shoulders. “Where were you though, really?”

“I was warning your crazy sister.”

Zuko blinked. “You were warning her?”

“About Katara.” Aang leaned up, kissing the corner of his mouth, a gesture which never failed to make Zuko blush (a fact that still irritated him, that Aang was so... forward and comfortable, and Zuko still felt so awkward).

He pulled back, letting the slight embarrassment die down, and smiling wryly. “Oh, but you’re going to ruin the surprise.”

“Surprise?”

“When she does something stupid and Katara beats the crap out of her.” Zuko grinned. He and Katara had set aside their differences – they would perhaps never really see eye-to-eye, ever, but he did have a healthy dose of hard-won respect for her. He probably even had a scar to prove it.

Aang laughed, and honestly, that laugh was always so infectious. Zuko falling into it too, easily as he pulled out of the other’s embrace and took his hand, tugging him inside.

“I think it’ll still be a surprise. I don’t think she believed me a bit. But hey, no one can say I didn’t try.”

“No one would care even if you hadn’t. Azula needs to be taken down a notch.”

Aang flung himself down on a pillow next to the low table, reaching for the food that was laid out for them both. “Then I guess she picked the right girlfriend.”

Zuko settled down next to him, pouring himself some water. “Guess so. Can we stop talking about this now? Thinking about my sister’s… dating habits is kind of creepy, honestly.”

“Your wish is my command, Fire Lord Zuko.” Aang took the cup from him, sipping and smirking over the edge, clearly mocking him.

“Would you cut that out?” He swatted him a bit in irritation, but the truth was… even at his most annoying, somehow Aang always managed to make him happier. “And that’s my water.”

Aang handed it back to him. “Are we both done for the day?”

Zuko shrugged a bit. “Technically we should be there for the dinner tonight… why?”

“I wanted to spend some time with you.” Aang shrugged a little, resting his chin in his hand. “We’ve been busy a lot lately. Haven’t even gotten much chance to spar.”

“Well, if you’re that eager for me to beat you… I suppose we could skip dinner.” He smiled.

--==--

Azula leaned against the wall of the arms practice yard. She hardly ever came here; having very little interest in any type of fighting that wasn’t related to bending. Her brother did, occasionally, and Mai and Ty-Lee… and now the girl’s brother, apparently. She watched him, appraisingly. He honestly wasn’t half-bad with that katana, and she wondered where he picked it up. It wasn’t a water tribe art.

He was distracted though, obviously, looking her way every few seconds. It was enough for his sparring partner to land a few pretty hard blows on him, and she smirked as he held up his hand to signal the end of the match, going to fall down on a bench.

She strolled up to him, holding out a cloth for him to dry his face on. “I’m quite impressed, I must say.” She kept her voice silken but not seductive, smiling in a charming sort of way that she generally reserved for grandfathers.

“Uh… thanks?” He took it, looking at it for a moment like it was going to bite him before mopping his forehead with it lightly and starting to pull off the practice armor. “What do you w.. I mean.. what can I do for you?”

She tried not to let her irritation at that show. He did at least correct his rudeness, this time. “Oh.. nothing important, really. I just wanted to talk to you for a while, about your sister. Would you like to have a late lunch with me? I’ve had the chef prepare some food..”

He shrugged a little, standing. “Guess so.”

She smiled, keeping the edge off it. She knew food would be his weakness, nodding to him a little. “I’ve had a table set up in the gardens. Follow me.”
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