Chang Ai [ENG] [zukaang/ zuko x aang fanfic]

Chapter XI: The day of Black Sun [the invasion & the eclipse]

Azula, like her brother, was starting to lose her mind or maybe she was going through something much worse than that, wherever she looked, wherever she was she only could have hallucinations of the Avatar showing up to attack her and finish her off at any moment, or could also see how her brother laughed at her telling her how naive she was. The nights that followed prior to the invasion day were spent in a complete state of insomnia, every time she closed her eyes and tried to sleep, she had recurring nightmares in which she was defeated by the Avatar on the day of the black sun and that was the main cause of her insomina. She also began to suspect about her brother's strange behavior, the Fire Nation princess recalled that he had behaved in this way during the battle in the crystal catacombs when he tried to catch up the Avatar, after she attacked him with her lightning bolt, as if he was trying to save him or at least protect him, but luckily that Water Tribe peasant managed to catch the boy's body just before it fell to the ground and in front of his eyes. She could even see that he had been spending time with Mai, but they did not share the typical couple moments, they only spent time together as friends, Mai had told her one afternoon that the princess went to visit her at her house and Ty Lee was not around, what had happened between her and Zuko, she told him that Zuko decided that both of them should continue to be just friends because he confessed that he was in love with someone else, but unfortunately he had not told her who it was, after this conversation, the Fire Nation princess was more than convinced that the Avatar was alive, stalking her, looking at her in the shadows, waiting for her to lose what little sanity she still had in her mind.

Oh, but she would not do that, she would not fall without a fight, she was obviously the rightful heir to the throne, she was destined to become Fire Lord before her stupid brother because she was beautiful, powerful and feared, she was unbreakable, no recurring nightmare of the Avatar would be able to take away the little sanity that still remained in her mind. Just to be sure, the Fire Nation princess would send someone to eliminate the Avatar if he was still alive and then after that she would eliminate her brother, there would be no way that he could take the throne away from her.

Azula smiled and laughed maliciously at her plan as she walked through the Fire Nation capital low areas, she had contacted a mysterious man, a man she could trust and who had no morals or desire for power, only liked to murder people... for a certain price.

In the deep night, mist and cool wind swirled around Azula as she waited for him, he appeared with a metallic noise, he had a metal arm and leg, as well as a third eye tattooed on his forehead, her savage golden eyes opened up triumphantly, there was no doubt, that man was the one for the job she had in mind.

"I have a job for you" she whispered as she walked forward, her body swaying seductively thinking that that way she could loosen the cold and penetrating gaze on that man's face, Azula placed her hands on his muscular chest, rubbing the hard pecks and blink in a flirtatious way like her friend Ty Lee always did when she was flirting with a random cute boy "I've heard of you, you have a killer instinct and you know how to keep secrets" the man did not say a word, he just looked at the Fire Nation princess without taking his cold gaze from him "I suspect that the Avatar is alive, I want you to find out if my suspicions are true, if you find him... eliminate him and anyone traveling with him. After that I want you to kill my brother, do it on the day of the eclipse, because no one will be there to see his disappearance"

The girl brought her body closer to the mysterious man one, she could feel the power and ferocity ran through his body, that almost excited her but he was not a worthy suitor, no matter how much her blood heated. The man simply pulled from Azula, turned on her feet and quickly disappeared into the night, leaving his warmth in the palm of her hands and her fingertips, his cold gaze and his bad behavior were etched in her memory. A smile appeared on the princess's face as she walked back to the palace, now she was sure that no one would stand in her way of dominating the world, she smiled because her brother had no idea of the surprise that he was going to receive soon.