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Rebuilding	By : voyager Category: Avatar - The Last Airbender > Slash - Male/Male > Aang/Zuko Views: 2674 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Avatar The Last Airbender is the property of Nickelodeon. I don't own or profit from the characters or settings of this story. Warning: Deals with adult situations, and characters dying

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Chapter 9

Recovery, and Questions that Needed Answered

It had been a week since the assassination attempt, Zuko's wound was healing well, though there were some lingering effects from the venomous arrow; he was sitting up in bed and awaiting a visitor. Aang and Sokka came in leading two of the imperial firebenders, who had a shackled prisoner between them. The man would not look up, but did so when Zuko said, in his most commanding tone, "Look at me; I want to know why you did it." The man looked up, but still wouldn't speak. Zuko took a different tack, "What did your investigation turn up," he asked the sergeant of the guards "Your highness, he is, or was, a cousin of the late Admiral Zhao, he meant to get revenge on you for the admiral's death." Sokka added, "He also hoped that with you out of the way, it would leave the way clear for your dad to return to the throne."

"What shall we do with him, Sire," the corporal of the guards asked, and then reminded Zuko that the historical punishment for the attempted assassination of a Firelord was death by slow torture. The law had been enacted by Zuko's great-grandfather, Sozin, and had never been taken off the books. Sokka and Aang looked at Zuko, they couldn't believe that he'd seriously consider that possibility; but they knew better than to say anything in front of the assassin. Unlike his predecessors, Zuko was neither a tyrant, nor a killer. But Zhao's cousin didn't know that; "Hold him for now, his fate will be decided later," Zuko told the guards.

Aang could see that the conversation had taken a toll on Zuko; he still had a way to go before he'd be fully recovered. "Take him back to his cell for now," he told the guards, "the Firelord needs his rest." The guards looked at the Firelord, their faces were unreadable behind their masks, but Zuko knew they were waiting for confirmation of Aang's instructions. He quietly sighed, and then nodded, waving them and their prisoner out of the room. Zuko made a mental note, he'd have to instruct the guards and the rest of the palace staff that not only was Aang the Avatar, but he was also technically, now a prince of the Fire-nation; any instructions from him could be considered as coming from the Firelord himself.

Once they were out of hearing range, Sokka asked, "Zuko, you're not seriously going to have that guy tortured to death, are you?" Zuko looked at Sokka with a tired and somewhat sad expression on his face, "Sokka, how can you ask me that, of course I wouldn't do that; but he doesn't know that." "You're right, sorry I asked." Sokka was ready to head back to the residential areas of the palace, though Aang was going to stay here for the night. Zuko made sure that nobody could hear, this was just for Sokka and Aang's ears; "That man couldn't have gotten in to the palace, and smuggled weapons and poison in on top of it, without help." Neither Aang, nor Sokka liked where that line of reasoning might eventually lead, but they agreed to keep their eyes and ears open. Sokka also suggested they keep this between themselves, for the time being. Before he turned to leave, he asked Aang and Zuko if they wanted him to send anything over.

Zuko began ticking off a list of documents on his desk that he needed to review, but Aang cut him off, he wanted to keep his consort's mind off of official business, assassins and affairs of state until he was well again. "No, Zuko, no work until you well again; your uncle and mother are taking care of all the official Fire-nation stuff, and I've got everything else covered." Zuko gave him a weak smile, and asked "You're going to be a real pain in the butt until I can get off mine and out of this bed, aren't you?" "You'd better believe it, Zuko." Aang and Sokka laughed, and Zuko tried to, but the chest wound made it painful. Aang nodded his gratitude to Sokka, who turned to leave, and then t Aang went to sit in the chair beside the bed, and he said to Zuko with a sly smile on his face, "So, tell me what your plans for the 'honeymoon' are."

Zuko began talking about the plans he had. First, Zuko asked Aang if he wouldn't mind making a few stops in the Earth-kingdom; he had met some very special people there while he was in exile, and when the time came for him to move on, he didn't exactly depart on the best terms, he needed to explain himself and make it up to them. Then he wanted to visit the family vacation house on Ember Island, he and Aang were going to start to make the old house a home, again. Aang replied that he thought those were excellent ideas. Then since he wanted to be spontaneous, and he was on reasonably good terms with a certain Air-bender, Zuko suggested they just went where the wind took them. Aang smiled at Zuko, and thought 'I'm going to get him to grow a sense of humor, yet.'
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