Chapter 25: Changing
I couldn't sleep one bit, I stayed up all night, just thinking of Azula. If I could change her. How I would do it. An idea grew in my head, one I knew if I messed up, my life would be over.
It was extremely quiet and peaceful, till everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Sorry, I had to pull it.
"Everybody wake up! The Fire Nation is here!" I yelled, rising to my feet, everyone wincing from the light.
"How did they find us?!" Katara asked, in disbelief.
"Doesn't matter! We need to move!" I snapped at Katara, I don't know what came over me but the fact that she still came after us was beginning to settle.
Maybe what had happened at the Boiling Rock meant nothing, Maybe I hadn't changed her. All I knew then for certain, was I had to face her. No more running.
"What are you doing here?!" I asked, shouting so she could hear.
"I came to talk! I don't want to hurt any of you, just give me the Avatar." Her words didn't seem so violent as usual, or at this point her eyes didn't seem mad.
"No! You need to stop this, Azula! Please." I pleaded back, clenching my fists, I could never win against Azula, I didn't want to.
"Kyo?" Even from where I stood I could see her eyes, in disbelief. Like she thought I would go along with her.
"Just give it up!"
"Don't make me do something I don't want to." Princess spat out.
"I know. But you don't have to listen to anyone's orders anymore. Come with us." All I could do was hope she was convinced, or at least a spark.
"I can't!" Azula grasping the rails of the airship, showing what seemed like rage on her face.
"Yes you can, Princess, I don't have anything that will convince you but myself." I spread my arms out, desperately wanting her to throw it all away.
"...attack!" She paused, clinging on the rails even harder, trying to hide her emotions, though it was easy to see them.
I know you would get pretty pissed off if I didn't describe the fight, but it wasn't the fighting that made it difficult.
The whole time Azula hesitated to hit me, and instead went for Zuko. I couldn't either. Knowing I had already changed a few things from happening, why not everything else?
We just watched as Azula was falling, Azula was Zuko's sister and yet he did nothing. If Mia was evil and about to die, I would still try to save her. She's my damn sister!
"She's not going to make it." Zuko hesitated as he saw Azula free falling. "Of course she did." The Fire boy then sighed, as she reached the mountainside and used her hair thingy to hold herself.
"What was that about?" Zuko asked, sounding offended.
"What was what?" I played dum but the Fire prince knew way better.
"Somebody is in looooveee." Mia teased in her sokkasm way. Zuko then shot her an annoyed look. Clearly hating the fact that I might be dating his evil hot sis.
"What does that even mean?!" Zuzu spat out, even more furious at me.
"Just forget it Zuko." I shrugged, picking lint off myself.
I lifted my eyes back up at him to see that his mind wasn't settled, he just decided to shut up.
———Mia POV———
After what happened, of course we went camping on a cliffside near the water, eating rice around the campfire.
"Wow camping, it really seems like old times again doesn't it?" Aang smiled, looking at all of us.
"If you really want it to feel like old times I could uh... Chase you around and try to capture you." I didn't know Zuzu was into that stuff. L. O. L.
"To Zuko! Who knew after all those times he tried to snuff us out, today he'd be our hero." Sokka cheered raising his cup along with everyone else.
"Here here." We all cheered. Except Kyo.
"I'm touched. I don't deserve this." He stated looking at me, hiding his smile with a head tilt. I had to smile back, grabbing his left arm.
"Course you do." I reassured him putting my arms around him.
"And of course you'd glom over Zuko." Kyo scoffed before leaves.
"What's with him?" Sokka asked, completely unphased.
"I wish I knew." Zuko replied with a bitter brotherly tone, obviously thinking of earlier.
I walked after him though but I'm pretty sure Sokka went, "what's with her?"
"It's crazy Zuko, who knew I'd trust someone who is the prince of the Fire Nation. The Nation that killed my mother." I heard Katara say as I went after Kyo. Probably Katara's side mission still coming up.
I reached the beach side where he sat, drawing in the sand.
"Kyo?" I called out.
"What?" He snapped, pouting, crossed arms.
"What you got there?" I pointed to his drawing, which was obviously a dragon.
He didn't reply, just stared at it, silently sitting there.
"You ok?"
"I'm fine."
"Azula." I said in a Red Robin way, making my bro immediately glare at me. "Yep, definitely Azula."
"Look Kyo, she's bad news." I sighed, puttting arms and legs together.
"You don't know that." He snapped. Still not looking at me.
"Zuko knows it, I know it, deep down you know it. That's why you're so doom and gloom. Hell, in the comics when she can change she didn't. Spoiler Alert." I felt like all those years ago trying to convince my bro that there were other girls out there besides his crush.
"Whatever." I completely hated when he got like that, even though I did the exact same thing. "Go make out with dream boy." Mr. I'm-the-brother-so-I-can-say-stuff-like-that, scoffed.
I glared, fake growling giving him the point I didn't like that one bit, even if those were my hopes when I saw my boy again. The relief I can actually say "my boy" while referring to Zuzu.
Speaking of Zuko as my boy, it meant I was going back to my tent Suki and Sokka style. I'll try to remember there might be kids reading this.
Ha ha.
So I went to my green little tent, super causal, Zuko was already sitting inside all lazy like. "What's bothering Kyo?" His voice sounded curious for two reasons. One; he's his girlfriend's bro, two (which was more likely) he didn't like how Azula and Kyo talked to each other.
"Stuff." I replied not selling out my brother.
"Like what?" He raised his head up from his arm made arm rest.
"You'll have to beat it out of me." I smirked.
"I'm serious." Those gold eyes shot me a glare that he would Fire bend something if I didn't talk.
"Fine! Kyos' in love with Azula, it's as simple as that." I shrugged, turning to the side.
"What?!" Zuko screeched, getting to his feet.
"Calm down," I waved my hands, slowly placing them through his dark brunette hair. "He isn't stupid. I think he's slowly realizing it can never happen."
"I don't know Kyo well but I know Azula. My whole life I've never known her to be NOT caring."
"Zuko... just leave him alone. When he has a crush he won't let it go for a long time." I scoffed, folding my arms.
"No, this is one he has to let go." Zuko had wide eyes and looked rather furious.
"Where are you going?!" I asked as he began to walk to the tent door-ish-thing.
"To speak to Kyo." He snarled out, not looking back.
"Zuko." I sighed, but there was no stopping the Fire Prince, and I was getting tired.
————Kyo POV————
"Kyo?" I heard Zuko's voice call out in aggravation, knowing he was heading in my tent. Lucky I wasn't Sokka.
"What?" I replied as he came in.
"What? do you mean what?! You know what! Azula! That's what!" Zuko shouted.
"You know you're saying What a lot." I scoffed still laying down not looking at him.
"Azula is no laughing matter, Kyo!" The Fire prince gritted through his teeth.
I immediately stood up, and finally looked in his eyes. "No she's not! And it's like you don't give a shit about her!"
"She's evil! You don't think I've wanted a sister that I could care about?! You don't think I'd want a sister who could love me with kindness instead of a conniving, psychopath!?" Her own brother saying that, calling his own sister a psychopath. Clenched fists, like he would fight me for it.
"You changed Zuko! Why can't Azula too?" My own hands became fists, stiff body, an anger boiling inside. Maybe I was mad at Zuko, maybe I was mad at him for being right, Azula maybe, me? I couldn't place the anger.
"She just needs to see..." I looked away from Zuko, maybe I was angry at myself. For falling for someone like Azula.
"She never will. If you want to kill yourself go ahead!"
"Why do you even care?! Because Azula's your sister?! You could careless about her? Your her damn brother but you don't see what she's capable of! Because you've stereotyped her!" I went back to shouting, how could he be that cold towards her?
"For good reason." Zuko defended.
"You lived with her your whole life, but you don't see what she's going through. She's hurting!"
"Everyone hurts! That's no reason to fall in love with someone who follows the Fire Lord's word no matter what!" By this time I'm sure everyone heard our argument, hearing two guys shouting at each other was pretty easy to hear.
"Than I can say the same about you and Mia!" I yelled back,
"You're hopeless!" Zuko shook his head walking out, all doom and gloom.
Once he left though, I didn't care, all I cared about was how to see Azula again. I think I had found a way. I just had to wait till everyone was asleep.
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That night I snuck out of my tent, slowly creeping to Aang, and gently grabbed his glider. Making my way to another place to try and use it.
When I got to a clearing, I stood there and opened the glider, but not before I heard foot steps behind me.
"Mia!" I screeched as I turned to see my sister. "W-what are you doin up?" She didn't look pleased, hands on her hips all mom style.
"Mm, remember how I always have this bad case of not sleeping. I had it tonight. And probably for good reason." She whispered, wide eyes. "Where are you going?! Are you out of your mind." Whisper yelling was kinda her thing.
"No! For once I'm not, Mia! I have to go! I can change her! I know I can!" I slowly began to look at the glider, knowing I wouldn't see her again, not till this was all over.
After a long time, Mia finally spoke again. "Alright fine keep your voice down! It's just.... let me go with you." Mia didn't look at me, she just stood there staring at the grass.
"No! You stay with Zuko, it's where you belong." I placed a hand o her shoulder.
"... okay... How are you even going fly Aang's glider?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I'll just use Fire bending instead. Cause they'll need Appa. And Aang does that whole spirit thing and well yeah, he won't need it." I began to explain.
"I know." Mia mocked me.
"Good luck Kyo. Don't get yourself killed." She whispered as we hugged
"I promise I won't. Bye sis." I smiled, I had the best sister in the world. She got it, point was would Azula get it?
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I could barely control the glider, when ever I needed a blast I had to make sure I wasn't hitting it with Fire.
I don't know for how long I flew, but the one thing cycling in my head was if I wasn't making a big mistake. What if Azula couldn't change. If I changed her what then? She would still go to jail. What would that help? What reasons did she even have to change. Nothing.
I finally saw the capital, a volcano not hard to miss. I reached the top, it was morning by that time, I could barely stand.
My arms and legs were shaky from holding myself up all that way. I don't know what I was thinking.
I crouched over, hoping no one saw me, then I would sneak into the palace and finally see her.
But that's not how it went.
I soon saw that I wasn't far from a watch tower, I had to make a run for it. However, just then I felt a large blast of Fire heading my way.
I immediately dodged it, and kicked Fire back, only another was already on me.
"Give up." The rough voice of the guard said, holding her fist to my back, I dropped the staff, and knelt. Maybe they would take me to her.
"I want to see Princess Azula!" I said, as they began tying me up.
"Shut up." The other guard growled as they took me to the tower.
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Time went on and on, I sat in that watchtower for sometime.
I heard a few of them talking about the glider, or me, or the Avatar.
But I quickly forgot about all that when I heard a loud bam come form the door.
"You idiots! Do you not realize who I am?!" I would recognize that voice anywhere.
I soon heard footsteps, and more talking, but nothing I could make out.
Not to long after a guard came in and dragged me to a cart, but no sigh of Azula.
He locked it and soon I was being transferred to the capital.
Maybe Azula got me out?
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[A/N: what's up? As you can see, I am not dead. I just took a long break from this story, (I got lazy) but I just watched Avatar last night and almost immediately began writing this chapter lol. Really hope you enjoyed it. Comment if you want the next chapter. If I only get two comments, I probably won't update sorry, but writers need lovin. Love ya!]
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