Blazing: An Avatar AU

Chapter Seventy-Eight

As the light and dust cleared I realized that Zuko had redirected Azula's lightning into the sky. I let out a sigh of relief as I saw Zuko standing in front of Azula, smoke all around him. His hair was a mess, sticking to his forehead, and his face was clouded in fury. I bent water from the pool onto my ankle, healing myself enough to get up and walk towards everyone.

Zuko steadied his breathing as he stared Azula down, "Did you forget, Azula? I know how to deal with your lightning."

"Whoa," Sokka took a step back, "I think I might be scared of you again," he said referencing Zuko. Then, he stopped in his tracks and glanced at me, "Actually, you could never scare me more than (Y/N) does."

     I laughed, "Don't worry, Sokka. I would never hurt you. Probably."

     Sokka gulped, "Probably...?"

     "Joking!"

"Misu and Rafa have nothing to do with our mother!" Zuko yelled at Azula, still clearly mad, "How could you even think-" he shook his head, "Never," he glared at Azula, "Never attack (Y/N)."

Azula's expression was still crazed, "But that's exactly what she wants you to believe! Zuzu, how could you be so naive?!"

Zuko shook his head, "You're right. I have been naive," he turned to Sokka, Katara, and I, "Take her down."

     "Gladly!" Katara bent water out of her pouch.

     "It's about time," Sokka wielded his boomerang.

"No," I glared at Azula, "Let me do this," I said as Azula blasted fire at me. I expelled her fire with a hook kick and lunged for her, using water as an extension of my own arm, slashing at Azula, who started to hop out of the way.

     "What's the matter, (Y/N)?" Azula sneered, "Where's your blood bending?"

     "That would take the fun," I ducked, narrowly missing Azula's fire blast, "Out of beating you," I lunged towards Azula again, this time wielding fire.

     "No, don't do this!" Misu attempted to intervene, "The Avatar is trying to bring the spirit here! You mustn't cause such a disturbance!"

In a moment of distraction, I turned to Misu, giving Azula an opening.

      "You're done-"

Katara froze Azula's foot to a tree, just as I turned around.

     I flashed a smile at Katara, "Thanks, Kat."

     "Anything for my favorite cousin," Katara smiled. 

     "I'm your-" I sighed, "Whatever," I turned to Azula, "I thought you fought with honor?" I bent a huge sphere of water, ready to freeze Azula's whole body.

     "Please!" Misu pleaded, "You have to stop!"

     "She's right. Stop," At the sound of Aang's voice, I dropped the water into the pool and turned around to meet him.

     "Aang, you're back!"Katara exclaimed.

     Sokka let out a sigh of relief, "Whew! It's just you, Aang! This forest is so creepy, I half-expected another creepy-face!"

     I blinked, "You can't recognize his voice?"

     Sokka pouted, "I can! I just-" he sighed, cutting himself off.

     Zuko laughed slightly, "You can't win, Sokka."

     Sokka rolled his eyes, "You know what, I'm still happy that there are no more of those creepy-faces."