Take back Ba Sing Se

Victory

a/n: No, the image is not related to this story sorry. I just liked it and wanted to put it up :)

"Your Princess Azula, clever and beautiful, disguised herself as the enemy and entered the Earth Kingdom's Capital. In Ba Sing Se, she found her brother Zuko, and together they faced the Avatar..."

"And the Avatar fell! And the Earth Kingdom fell!"

"Azula's agents quickly overtook the entire city. They went to Ba Sing Se's great walls ...

"And brought them down!"

"The armies of the Fire Nation surged through the walls and swarmed over Ba Sing Se, securing our victory."

"Now the heroes have returned home!"

Azula walked towards Li and Lo proudly. Her chin high and a smirk on her face. She was a prodigy, no doubt. And even if some doubted that, they had been proved wrong. After all, she had done the impossible. This had to be her greatest achievem- No, this had to be the Fire nation's greatest achievement. Even the Dragon of the West, Azula's smirk grew, so loved by the fire nation, considered so mature by everyone who knew him or heard about him, the one who got the closest to conquering Ba Sing Se was now defeated by her.

"Your princess, Azula ..."

The crowd cheered loudly for the princess who could penetrate the impenetrable. But of course, even Azula accepted, that none of this could have been possible without...

"And after three long years, your prince has returned ..."

"Zuko!"

Zuko came and stood beside her. The crowd cheered loudly again. Azula gave Zuko a proud smile. She realized that Zuko is not that fragile and weak child anymore. He had grown. Had became more smart. His fire bending had improved as well. Not as great as hers obviously. Nevertheless he had regained his honor in front of the whole nation.

Azula will never admit it but she was proud of him and pleased that her big brother is home again.

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"I expected this kind of treachery from Uncle. But Zuko, Prince Zuko, you're a lot of things, but you're not a traitor, are you?"

"Release him immediately."

"It's not too late for you, Zuko. You can still redeem yourself."

"The kind of redemption she offers is not for you." Uncle Fatso objected.

"Why don't you let him decide, Uncle?" Azula snapped at her Uncle.

"I need you, Zuko. I've plotted every move of this day, this glorious day in Fire Nation history, and the only way we win is together. At the end of this day, you will have your honor back. You will have Father's love. You will have everything you want."

She did need him, yes. Not that she couldn't handle everything herself but she didn't want to take any chances. She had come this far, she will complete it. If she didn't need another hand, she would have just ordered the Dai Li to capture him and Uncle. But maybe some part of her wanted her big brother to come back home. It would be easier to convince Zuko than their Uncle obviously. Their Uncle is way too much of a coward. And not everything she said was a lie. He would regain his honor. He would get Father's love. He would come back to the palace.

Isn't that what everyone wants?

"Zuko, I am begging you." Zuko looked from her and Uncle. What is there to even think about?