"(Y/N) I would like you to join me, Ty Lee, and Mai," Azula said. I haven't talked to her since I was 14.
"What for?"
"To help defeat the avatar, and guess what, Zuko is also with us."
Zuko. That name scares me.
"Ah, I can tell that you don't like hearing his name. Don't worry he won't leave you this time." Azula put her hand on my head.
"It wasn't his fault he left," I said, angrily clutching my fist.
"Of course it was, he wouldn't face father like an actual man."
"Azula why do you want me to help you?" I turned around, facing her.
"Because (Y/N), you're something rare, and we know using both of your elements can help us." She whispered in my ear.
I was born with fire bending AND earth bending. My father was a fire bender and my mother was an earth bender. Some like mutations happened and I was born with both. Pretty cool right? I despised it.
"What do you mean Zuko? Is he unbanished?"
"He is, and now we should have a reunion together."
I don't know why but I was now a part of her team. I couldn't care less about the avatar, I only want to be apart because of Zuko. See what happened, was when my parents died Zuko promised me that he will never leave me. In fact when we were 14 we were going to date, but his Agni Kai with his dad happened, and then he was banished. He left me, I was so mad at him. Azula kept feeding my anger by saying it was his fault and not his dad. She wanted me angry so I could use my rare bending. She won.
Azula brought me to his room. We stood from the outside of his door. Azula smirked and then knocked on his door, and then she left me. I don't know why she wanted me to be with Zuko again, maybe to use me? The only way she knew I was going to give in was to mention Zuko, and again, she won.
Zuko opened the door, he looks so different. He's taller, he had some muscles, his hair is even grown out. He looked amazing. He noticed me right away, almost like he was happy I was here.
"(Y/N). What are you doing here?" He said that in a happy but confused way.
"I'm a part of your team now. Azula talked me into it."
He opened his door wider, indicating he wanted me to come in. I walked in and sat at the edge of his bed. He sat on the edge of the as well but on the other side.
"Where have you been living at?" He asked me.
"My aunt's house, I didn't know how Azula even found me."
"Yeah, she can find people easily. I'm glad that you are a part of the team again."
Again?
"What do you mean again?"
"Oh uh, well how when we were little, before the accident." Zuko touched his face, the side with the scar.
"Yeah, I understand."
Some silence went by until we heard the door swing open, standing there was Azula.
"Let's go on a trip."
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"Azula I hate the beach, you already know that," I told her.
Azula brought me, Zuko, Ty Lee, and Mai to the beach for two weeks. I can tell this is going to be horrible. I don't even hate the beach, I'm just terrified of what's going to happen. For example, Mai hates me, we all know that. Ty Lee is super nice to me, but she does get on my nerves, Azula is, well Azula. And finally Zuko, we still haven't talked about the situation.
We all gathered around a campfire that I started, I also made some rocks seats for everyone.
"It's super cool that you have two elements (Y/N)!" Ty Lee said
"Yeah, it is cool," I replied, not knowing what to say, I hate it when people bring it up. I feel like it's unnatural for a person that's not the avatar to control two elements. I zoned out for a bit, all I could hear was Mai, Ty Lee, and Azula all arguing about their pasts. Zuko kept shut since we all know what happened.
"So (Y/N), you're the only one that has not said anything, are you scared that you'll hurt somebody again?" Azula said, smiling. That's all she does is smile. I hate it.
I glared at her.
"Don't you dare bring up my past and say that I hurt someone."
Zuko looked up at me.
"Oh come on, tell us, tell us how you got so angry at Zuko that you burnt and crushed an entire village."
I bended a rock at her but she was too fast so she blocked it.
"Ah there you go with your angry bending, please do more. I dare you."
At this point, Zuko was on the edge of his seat.
"Azula leave (Y/N) alone." He said.
"Oh, so Zuzu wants to be a part of your life now (Y/N)! How do you feel?"
"Azula please, I don't want to talk about it."
"Yes you do, you just don't want Zuko to know the full story."
I looked at Zuko, he looked confused, he really doesn't know the full story. Mai doesn't care, and Ty Lee is on the verge of her seat. Azula is the only one who knows.
"Fine, I'll tell him, I'll tell everyone what happened." I started off. Azula has her arms crossed, smirking at me.
"Zuko, when my mum died of a sickness I was upset, and then my dad went to war, and died. I told you that everyone left me. You promised me you would never leave me. And then you got banished and left me. You didn't say bye, and you didn't even come to me with your problems. And then your sister came along, telling me that it's your fault, and how you left me on purpose. My anger got out of control and I burnt, crushed, and destroyed an entire village. Because I hated you."
Everybody was silent, not one word from anyone.
"So you burned down a village because of me." He said. Is he serious?
"It was mine, Zuko. It was an Earthbender Village."
He was silent. Ty Lee was crying, and Mai actually showed some emotion.
"Finally, now you can use your bending to full potential-" Before Azula finished her sentence her feet were attached to the ground with my earth bending, she fell and her hands were attached too. I grabbed her chin to make her look at me.
"I never believed in violence, I can't believe you made me do that so you could use me. And I can't believe I fell for it."
I left the campsite and went into some forest that was near the beach. I sat on a rock and for the first time since I was 14 I cried, and I cried harder. I heard some rustling in the bushes, I got up and looked, it was Zuko.
He stood right in front of me, looking upset. He didn't say anything, he pulled me into a hug. He sat down on the rock I was on, with me on his lap, still holding on to each other. I cried into him, I heard him whisper, "It's alright."
I stopped crying and looked into his amber eyes, since it was dark outside I couldn't see the gold part, but I knew it was there. We kissed each other with the moonlight shining bright on us. We pulled apart, our foreheads resting on each other. He pushed a strand of my hair away from my face before saying.
"I'll never leave you, I promise."
