Princess Azula, the ambitious and ruthless younger sister of Fire Lord Zuko, hears from a mysterious peasant woman that she will one day be Fire Lord. When her brother dies a sudden and untimely death, Azula sees an opportunity to take the throne fr...
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"Play something for me, Izzy," Father said. They were sitting under the giant cherry tree in the garden. Izumi had been laying on a blanket and twirling a sprig of blossoms between her fingers. She picked up her shamisen and strummed the Earth Kingdom folk song, "Secret Tunnel," which had become popular after appearing in the opera The Tragedy of Oma and Shu or The Cave of the Two Lovers.
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"Two lovers, forbidden from one another. A war divides their people, And a mountain divides them apart. They'll build a path to be together." Father, face pale and eyes tired, leaned back in his cushioned lawn chair and placed his hands on his chest. "You play as well as your mother," he said. Izumi smiled and continued singing. "Secret tunnel, secret tunnel, Through the mountain, Secret, secret, secret tunnel." Mother taught Izumi how to play the shamisen, considered a somewhat vulgar instrument because of its association with geishas and wandering minstrels. A proper lady should have learned to play something more refined like the koto, but Mother had always liked to be unconventional.
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Father always said that he fell in love with Mother either when he heard her play Leaves from the Vine or when he tasted her sakura mochi.
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