The fire war renaissance

Chapter 36: Sparks

Alright everyone, October 15th just as promised. Part 4 is focusing more on the relationships between the characters, so no real action will be happening in this part, but the drama, romance, and even the enlightenment is on.

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go watch my new "How to Train Your Dragon" two disk DVD with a new bonus short and deleted scenes. (I'm really excited).

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Chapter Thirty-Six: Sparks

"What does it say?" Mai asked her husband when he stumbled in the room later than she would've liked. Just before she was about to scold him about working too hard he waved a special letter in front of her face and said that he received an interesting message from the Earth King.

"He wants me to come and view a special presentation in Ba Sing Si." Zuko explained while he sat on the bed next to Mai.

"Special presentation?" Mai echoed.

"Yeah, he said it's from some guy named Gan Mo."

"You mean the guy who's in it with Toph's family and lent us that trackless locomotive?"

"Yeah, that's the guy."

"Are you going to go?"

"I have to, the Earth King made it clear that I needed to be there to insure that the project launches."

"Ugh," Mai groaned and leaned against Zuko's shoulder. "More business?"

"Looks like it."

"Well, at least we get to go to Ba Sing Si and check up on Iroh, Sokka and Suki." Mai smirked.

"Assuming they haven't killed each other already." Zuko snickered and kissed his wife's forehead.

It had been almost three months since the death of the Black Jade and Azula's leaving. And no word of either had been heard.

Mai and Zuko had been planted firmly at the Fire Nation Capital palace, after the long absence with taking care of the Black Jade they had missed quite a lot, and had a lot of catch up to play to get back on track. Meetings, conferences, signings, dedications, speeches, and enough to make both Zuko and Mai's head spin. Of course, Ozai wasn't as involved with the community as Zuko was—he was too busy running a war to care about his own nation—but Zuko was becoming remarkably well at taking up the role that was originally meant for Fire Lords, and that was instilling the continuity of his nation.

Aang, Katara, Toph, and Yuexi had all decided to stay with Zuko and Mai for the duration of the three months. Though they attended some of Zuko's more busy assignments, the four were mostly just relaxing, sometimes going on their own little vacations and double dates.