A Beautiful Flame: ~Rules Are Rules~

Chapter 5 (Pt. 2)

"Father!" She cried, all of a sudden the building started shattered and collapsed, Omi's father jumped out before the kitchen building collapsed upon him. A couple of servants help drag her father away from the flames and burning wood, he was a bit unconscious.

"Water... she needs water..." Begged her father unconsciously,
"We have to take him out of here," A soldier said, helping a man carry the unconscious servant.
Omi hid her face in Zuko's arms, Zuko teared when he heard her stifled. He hugged her tightly, feeling her pain.
A servant ran up to the children, her intentions was to take away Zuko from the area but he shouted that he wouldn't move anywhere unless Omi came with him, the frantic servant immediately agreed and took Omi and Zuko away.

~Meanwhile~

"What a shame," Azula said from a window of the third floor of the palace, her father standing beside her.
"I'm surprise this doesn't concern you my dear," The fire lord said.
Azula shrugged
"Why should I feel pity over some slaves?, they come and go," She hissed.
The fire lord silently smiled in agreement.

"What I worry is, who's going to make our dinner?" Azula continued.
"Don't worry, we will have everything in order," The fire lord said.
"About order, father," Azula smiled evily,
"I hope you don't mind talking about Zuko,"
The fire lord hardly winced,
"I rather not talk about that limp,"He said in disgust,
"Yes, but do you know why?" Azula said reeling in her father's attention.

The princess ran down to the halls, she caught up with the servant who escorted Zuko with Omi in his arms.
"Zuko! Omi!" She said as she knelted down to hug both of them.
"Mom, The kitchen..." Zuko said with worried.
"I know..." She looked over to Omi, and hugged her tightly, Omi once again allow tears to flow.
"My mother," She whispered sadly. The princess hugged her tightly.
~poor child~

Zuko ran to his room, he grabbed his hair in frustration and kicked his furniture, it hurt his foot, he fell onto his bed and cried until he fell asleep.
What ten minutes seem to become an hour, Azula came barging in,
"Dad's going to kill you... really, he is"

Zuko didn't believe what Azula told him.

~The following morning~

Zuko thought it was a dream, his mother came in, she said she was protecting him and said... goodbye?
What?
He ran through the halls, he called for his mother, but the princess was no where to be found.
"Where's mom?!" Zuko shouted, Azula only mocked him...
He couldn't believe it..
she's... gone?

Omi stayed alone in the shack. Her father was being nursed and hospitalized at a nursing inn located in the marketplace, she didn't move when another servant came to get her, telling her that they found her mother's body within the ashes,she picked up a stick and threw it at the door. Meaning that she wanted to be alone, the servant left without saying another word.
A few minutes later, another servant came in and forced Omi to go outside towards the gardens, Zuko was waiting by the pond, he slowly looked up, the servant bowed and left.
Zuko, as well as Omi, was watery-eyed.
"Z-z-zuko?" Omi started to say,
"She's gone, too," Zuko's lip trembled, Omi stood there, who else other than her mother is gone?
"My mother is gone," Zuko allowed one tear to fall, he pulled up his knees and and buried his face in his arms, he sniffled quietly until he felt two arms wrap around him. He faced Omi, and hugged her back tightly as well.