The Princess and the Peasant - (An Azula Epic)

The Girl Named Naoki

The group gazed on in curiosity at their recently awoken guest while Naoki slowly sat up on the old cot.

"Naoki! I...didn't know that she was going to say the S word! If I had known I would have stopped her." Elle called out to the confusion of her friends as she stood up gazing wide eyed at Naoki's shadowed face.

"The S word?" Zoi repeated in a puzzled voice as she eyed the seated girl from where she leaned against the wall.

"S-she has a razor-sharp focus if you utter the names of her targets even while unconscious will bring her back to consciousness." Elle informed as she gazed at her childhood friend with her highborn friends listening in surprise.

"You there! Commoner! You are under my custody. I demand that you tell me everything you know about these soldiers invading my nation, or I will have you imprisoned." Azula commanded in a voice of imperious royal authority.

"You should really sit back down. I don't suggest you move for quite some time. Otherwise, you'll tear your body apart." Mava cautioned as she raised a wrinkled hand while Naoki's booted feet thudded against the floor.

Naoki stood up with her emotionless brown eyes now gazing back at the wary group while she clutched her bloodied blade in hand.

Just as she tore off her bloodied bandages without so much as speaking a single word before discarding them onto the floor behind her.

"Zoi! Do not allow her to leave until she answers my questions." Azula ordered with a scowl while she gazed at the strange girl with intrigue in her callous eyes.

Only for her young servant to intercept the stoic soldier as she rapidly shook her head.

"She's not going to talk to you if we use force! Just stay back, and leave it to me." Elle pleaded with her hand on the taller woman's muscular stomach only for Zoi to surprise the others by nodding her head.

"Very well. But I will be watching closely." Zoi remarked in a calm voice with Azula scowling at her back while Elle approached the mysterious girl.

"Tch. You and your peaceful ways." Azula snorted with a roll of her eyes while her friends gazed at her pointedly.

"You know, Azula! If you haven't noticed there have been times when Elle's peace works wonders." Ty Lee exclaimed with her words causing the princess to scoff down at her.

Just as the shorter girl came to a stop before Naoki while the others waited in suspense as the slightly older girl turned to glance back at her.

"Naoki...are you alright?" Elle asked in a concerned voice with her big sister's eyes softening as they listened to her kind words.

Only for the emotionless girl to turn to speak to her in a foreign language that left the highborn women struggling to make out her words.

"Who is...that bitch and who does she think she is?" Naoki inquired at long last with her brown eyes briefly glancing over Azula's merciless face while the princess scowled back at her.

Just as the others gazed on in humor when their young friend cheerfully answered in reply.

"This bitch is Azula-sama! She's the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation!" Elle announced in an adorably oblivious voice with all but the princess breaking out into an uncontrollable chortle.

The princess's amber golden eyes shook in fury as she bristled while rounding about to glare daggers at her amused subordinates.

"Silence! Elle! Tell that girl to apologize right this minute, or I will kill her!" Azula snapped in a demanding voice with her friends sighing beside her as Naoki stared back at her.