The Banished Commander (ATLA fanfiction)

Fourteen

Zara's P.O.V.

I look out towards the shore when I see a Fire Nation flag being flown high above the sea. I shake my head before I look at the other flag being flown before I see the royal sigma.

"Great..." I whisper

I look over at the others too see them all taking naps. I frown before grabbing my twin daggers, heading to the shore.

"What is she doing all the way out here?" I whisper

I walk to the shore to see a figure look at me before motioning at the captain to stop the boat. I watch as it pulls to shore before I stop in the treelines. I feel my hands tightly wrap around the hilts before I see her.

Azula's black hair waves in the wind as she steps off her boat, stepping onto the shore, taking a look around.

"Might as well come out ZaZa, I saw you when I first decided to stop." She says

"Oh yeah?" I ask "What are you doing here Azula?"

"It's Princess Azula to people like you." She laughs "I'm out here trying to find my lost brother."

"Oh, the one that you never cared about?" I ask

"What would you know about that?" She asks "You're the one who left when he needed you most. You're the one who lied to him about why you were leaving."

"Yeah, who's fault is that? If I remember correctly, I wasn't given a choice about how I left! You and your father threatened your own family if I was to tell him the truth." I correct "You're the reason why I lost everything I care about! If you had never told your father, maybe you wouldn't have to be dealing with pretending to care about your brother!"

I see Azula's eyes start to fill with anger. I feel my hands start to warm up as I step out from the trees, walking towards the princess herself.

"Little do you know all that my father actually knows." She laughs

I see her bend some fire towards me before I roll out of the way.

"You think you can still out-bend me?" Azula asks

"I never said that!" I say "But with my training, I know for a fact that I can at least take you."

"Oh, you mean your mark?" She laughs

I freeze in my place as I realize that she knows about my mark. I feel something hit me in the ribs again before I go flying onto my back. I wince when I look down to see her smirking at me.

"That's the biggest reason why my father banished you. He didn't think that it was a good idea that you stay around." She says "Especially if you were in a relationship with my stupid brother."

I shake my head before standing up, brushing the dirt off before I throw some fire at her, watching as it slowly starts to turn from red to white to blue. Azula laughs as she blocks it, throwing it right back.

"Why are you still fighting? Not like you have anything to fight for." She laughs again "Zuko hates you now if I'm correct."

I growl before I shoot another thing of fire toward her before she jumps back.

"I wonder how Zuko is actually doing as I am assuming that you've ran into him." She taunts

"Leave him out of this Azula. He's trying to be happy while trying to find a way to restore the honor that he didn't deserve to lose." I growl

I grab my dagger before throwing it toward her.

"So you do still care about him? So much that you don't care that something bad happens to you over him?" She says

I feel my entire body start feel like it's on fire before Azula takes a step back.

"You really have the most powerful mark." She whispers

I clap my hands together as I watch a whole wave of fire extend from my body, flying toward Azula. I watch as her eyes widen before one of the soldiers quickly blocks it.

I watch as she smirks at me before running toward her ship as I look at my hands and clothes to see that they are all entirely fine.

"What was that?" I hear Sokka ask

I look back at him before I shrug.

Zuko's P.O.V.

I look out the window when I see another Fire Nation ship pull up to the harbor.

"Uncle..." I start

"Tread carefully nephew." He says as he looks at the ship

I look at the flags before I see my sister walk off the ship.

"What are you doing here Azula?" I ask

"Coming to take you home dear brother." She says

"But I haven't brought the avatar to him..." I start "Or Zara..."

"He's heard about your experiences and thinks that you have learned enough." She says "It's time to go home dear brother."

Zara's P.O.V.

I look at my hands as I try to focus on the others as they are talking over the food that we were able to get our hands on.

"It was almost as if she was made of fire. A huge wave of fire just left her body and went towards the girl!" Sokka yells as he tries to act out everything

"Wait, who was the girl?" Katara asks

I shake myself out of the thought before I look at the others.

"Yeah Zara, who was she?" Sokka asks "Why did she call you ZaZa?"

I take a deep breath before I look at the fire between us.

"Her name is Azula. She's Zuko's sister." I say "She calls me ZaZa because of what I used to call Zuko."

"The Zu nickname?" Aang asks

"Yeah. Azula was always jealous of the relationship that me and her brother had and started calling Zuko ZuZu. That resulted in her giving me and Zuko matching nicknames." I explain

"What was she doing here?" Sokka asks

"Nothing good. Especially now that she knows I've ran into Zuko." I say "I need to see if there is a way of me to get ahold of him."

"What? Why?" Katara asks

"Azula hates her brother. If she's looking for her brother something's not right." I say