It was a nice sunny day in Yu Dao, only we were inside, at a council, listening to the old ways of government by some professor. But as usual, and as I did back home all I heard was; "Blah blah blah."

"Tell me again, how exactly is boring lecture guy, supposed to help us figure out what to do with Yu Dao?" Sokka whispered, to me with a bored tone.

"Don't blame me it was the earth king's idea, I don't want to be here." I shrugged with a defensive voice, leaning near Zuko who I sat next to.

"Can you two keep it down, please? Some of us are trying to listen!" Katara whisper-yelled.

"Sorry, Katara." Aang apologized, though I didn't know why.

"Surprise, surprise. My boring sister likes boring lecture guy.l Sokka teased with a smirk.

"Hey! That's my girlfriend your talking about!" Aang defended, before Katara threw a snowball from her water cup at Sokka's forehead. I hid a snicker as he slowly began to whip it away.

"Professor, can you repeat that last part?" Zuko asked, raising his hand.

"Blah blah blah, family is family blah blah, a Nation is a large family, blah blah blah." Was all I caught.

"You okay Zuko?" I asked, tilting my head to see his face which was staring at the table.

"Have you been listening to him?" He whispered.

"Uh, you want the honest response?" I scratched my head with a skittish grin.

"I put my father in a prison and my sister in an institution. My mother's been banished for years. What does that mean for my Nation?" He asked deep in thought, not looking up from the wooden table.

"Zuko," I sighed, softly putting a hand on his shoulder, "if anything, that shows you'll do what you have to." I tried to reassure him but I could see it did nothing.

"The guy's a blowhead! Only people like Katara are taking him seriously." Sokka shrugged pointing his thumb at her, only to get another snowball on his forehead.

When the council was finally over I walked out to face Zuko giving me a warm smile. "It was good seeing you." I smiled back, putting my hand on his chest armor.

"You too." He said, with a soft voice gently holding my hand.

"I'll miss you." I sighed with a fading smile as I slowly kissed his cheek.

"Me too." He replied as our hands slowly parted.

"Ew, oogies." Sokka sighed, as I walked out of the daze to the steps.

"Be a little boy and run off and play, I grinned,waving back at Zuko one last time.

                                    ~*~

About a week later, I got a letter from Zuko to meet him at the Capital. As soon as I could, me and the Gaang took off for the palace, anything to see Zuko again.

"Iroh, we didn't expect to find you here." Katara smiled, as we entered the throne room with Iroh.

"Zuko, your friends have arrived!" He said opening the curtains.

"Zuko! It's been forever!"I gasped, running into his arms and holding his neck tight.

"It's been a week, but I did miss you." He sounded like he was smiling as he hugged me back.

"Where's Toph?" He asked seeing she wasn't there.

"Toph told me to tell you that she wanted to go on a life changing field trip but couldn't." I grinned.

"She had to stay at the academy. Now that folks have seen the Lily livers- I mean, her students in action, everyone and their mothers want to be metalbenders. Even the Yu Dao police chief went to visit her." Sokka explained as Zuko pulled away, I still wanted to hang on but I couldn't be like those old ladies.

"We came as soon as we received your message. What's this about?" Katara asked.

"I recently obtained some new information about Ursa, my mother. It turns out she's in a small town called Hira'a on the outskirts of the Fire Nation. I'm going there to look for her. Uncle Iroh has agreed to look over things while I'm gone." Zuko explained, turning to Iroh.

"May you find who and what you are searching for, my nephew." Iroh replied, with a smile and his hands in his sleeves.

"That's great, Zuko! So how can I help?" I asked putting a hand on my hip.

"The information about my mother came at a cost you see-"

"Zuko! BEHIND YOU!" Aang yelled pointing at Azula, who was slowly walking in.

"How did you escape, Azula?!" Katara yelled as she formed a water whip at her.

"Katara, wait!!" Zuko shouted, reaching out his hands.

"Stay back we don't want to hurt you!" Aang warned not letting Zuko explain.

"Speak for yourself, Aang!" Sokka scoffed, as he held his boomerang.

"Ha ha, ignorant peasant! You really think you can take me down with a boomerang?" Azula laughed, before Suki and Ty Lee ran in.

"Let's find out!" He growled.

"Sokka stop! Let Zuko explain!" Suki stated, running up to him.

"Suki!" He squeaked immediately hugging her.

"Azula was the one who got the information from Ozai. Because she helped me out, we made a deal. She's going to come with me to look for our mother. And she's going to travel unbound. With dignity. I want you all to come with us." Zuko explained, looking back at his sister.

"No offense but that sounds like the worst plan ever!" Aang yelled.

"Oooooh ooooh! New nickname for Zuko! How about bad decision Lord?" Sokka yelled like a child, none of them were letting me talk.

"Would you all settle down?! Sometimes it's like ya'll forget who the avatar is!!" I threw my hands up before folding them.

"Ever since my nephew ascended to the throne, he has yearned for peace. Finding Ursa may be that peace and not just for himself." Iroh smiled hinging that very good advice he always did. I had my mind set, Azula after all was a human being. I wouldn't forget that, and Zuko needed to find his mother.

"We'll go with you, Zuko, I got your back." I stated putting a hand on his shoulder, making him smile at me.

                                    ~*~

That night as I was making my way to my guest room I looked over to see Zuko sitting in the gardens. I silently walked up, Zuko still turned to see me. He lightly smiled as the glimmer from the waterfall shined against his eyes.

"What are you doing?" I asked sitting next to him.

"Just thinking." He replied, keeping his gaze fixed at the fountain.

"What's going on in there?" I asked, running my fingers through his shiny soft hair. He had it down and was in robes, he smelt like fresh laundry and felt so soft, you just wanted to cuddle with him.

"You ever think about our future? What will happen to us in ten years?" He asked turning to look me in the eyes.

I smelt bad compared to him, I felt dirty, I should have showered. Why was he even with me? But I then contemplated his question, and to tell the truth, I didn't, I didn't want to.

I looked back in his eyes, giving him an answer without speaking. "Well, I have." He sighed, turning back the fountain.

"The future's foggy, I can't be blinded by it. I only want to think about what is. Right now." I replied as he sank on his knees.

"And what's right now, Gyawa?" He asked, not looking at me, I didn't know how to answer. I honestly didn't know what to say beside he was my boyfriend. "Right now? I love you. And that won't change. Not matter how crazy things get." I gently put my hand on his cheek and moved it near my face so he could see me.

He seemed comforted by my words, and softly smiled letting his tired eyes say all I needed to know.

                                    ~*~

The next morning we all met in the courtyard getting ready to leave. "Good morning, Azula, nice day to be free isn't it?" I asked walking next to her, trying to give a smile.

"Hmph. Be careful when you put my luggage up on that saggy beast of yours." She huffed, throwing her bag down.

"Why do you have to be so mean all the time?!" Ty Lee said, her voice being annoyed.

"Appa has feelings too!" Suki added.

"I know buddy, it will only be for a little while." Aang replied to Appa growling at her.

As I helped load Appa I turned to see Azula some what attacking Sokka.

"Sokka!" Katara yelled before putting ice on Azula's hand.

"I'm okay." Sokka stated in shame.

"Don't you ever touch him!" Katara shouted in Azula's face.

"Tell your brother not to wave his toy in my face." She replied touching her wrist from the ice.

"We made a deal, Azula! If we're going to do this together, you have to stay calm." Zuko ordered from her shoulder.

"Keep your merry band of misfits in check, and we'll get along fine." Azula grinned, with mad eyes glaring at him.

"I changed my mind, one of you take first watch." Sokka stated with a skittish grin finally getting up, as I stood there with a stern look helping him up.

                                    ~*~

We flew for sometime before my legs got tired and I stood up. "It is just like old times huh, Gyawa?" Zuko asked, me with a slight smile before looking back out to the sights.

"Yeah, great company, great view, and now the wind in my hair." I replied with a smile as I let the wind wave my long hair around. 

"Ahh! Gyawa p-p-please!" Sokka gasped, with hair in his mouth, trying to move it. 

"Even better than old times. Before, I always wanted to kiss Katara and now I actually get to do it!" Aang said ,with a chirpy voice before Katara awed him and kissed.

"I, for one could do without that part." Sokka groaned seeing it with a frown.

"Too bad Toph couldn't be here." Katara said.

"Well, instead of Toph we now have..." Aang added making us all look at Azula.

"So tell me kids, I've been dying to know. Which one of you miscreants did she approach first?" Azula's question made me uneasy, she was actually seeing and hearing Ursa, but it was like everyone else didn't get that.

"What are you talking about?" Katara asked getting defensive.

"None of you had ever met me yet! How did she convince you to help her ruin my life?!" Azula yelled, getting up in my direction.

"That's enough Azula!" Zuko growled, putting a smoking fist near her.

"Put that away, Zuzu, it's just small talk." She grinned at him with those mad eyes.

"I miss Toph." Sokka sighed.

"You said it." Aang added.

                                    ~*~

"I think that's Hira'a up ahead. If we can't get there before sunset, though, we should set up camp. I don't want to enter town in the middle of the night like a gang of bandits." Zuko said, after awhile of flying, by this time I was leaning on his shoulder half asleep.

"Good point, hey Gyawa- ah! What it's not enough that we have one passenger who stares at us with crazy eyes!?!?"  Sokka gasped seeing my face.

I was uncontrollably making an angry expression, it felt weird most of all.

"Gyawa what's wrong?!" Zuko asked, in concern.

"With your face?!" Katara finished with a point.

"I don't know, but I can't stop it! Yet I feel a presence. Or something..." I stated as I could feel something, just something radiating on me somehow.

"Now that you mention it, I feel it too. That's why I'm doing this!" Sokka said, making an angry face as he made his eyes bigger.

I looked back at Zuko to see him staring at me with thought. Making me a little embarrassed really, I couldn't control my own face.

"Sokka this is serious!" Katara yelled.

"As serious as this?" Sokka asked, turning his face into a serious expression.

"Knock it out!" She yelled.

"Look, that giant wolf!" I gasped leaning over Appa's saddle to see a blue wolf running.

"Did the wolf spirit look like this?" Sokka asked, making another face.

"There's nothing down there." Zuko stated looking over at me.

"I saw it." I defended.

"What was that for?!" I heard Sokka shout.

"I told you to knock it off!" Katara yelled back. 

"Azula get down from there!" Zuko also yelled as Azula out of nowhere stood on the edge of Appa's saddle. Why was everyone shouting?

"I can't tell you what a pleasure it's been riding with you all, listening to you bicker. Too bad not all siblings get along as well as Zuzu and me. Now that Hira'a is just a hop, skip, and jump away, it's time to bid farewell. I'll be sure to give her your regards!" She said, before jumping down, but there was noway she would survive that jump. 

"No, Azula! We're too high up!" Zuko yelled reaching his hand out.

"Got it!" I stated as I quickly grabbed my glider and flew after her.

I caught up to her and easily grabbed her. "Nice glider avatar, is it fire proof?l She asked, before I couldn't do a thing as she shot blue fire at it.

I growled at her before she burst out of my grasp and I collided with the ground hard. I groaned in pain from the fall before slowly getting up.

I stretched as the Gaang ran up to see if I was okay. I immediately ran passed them to get to Azula.

"Please... I don't want to do this." I heard Zuko say as they faced each other.

"Get out of the way, Zuko!" Katara warned as she threw a water whip at Azula. She wrapped the water around her and froze it in place.

"You alright, Gyawa?" Zuko asked with worry in his eyes.

"I'm fine, but I won't be about to use my glider again." I sighed, looking at my glider before I felt that odd feeling again.

"Then why are you making that face?" He asked as I realized I was doing it again.

"I feel it again!" I sighed.

"Zuko, you gotta reconsider this arrangement with your sister." Sokka added for good reason.

"Of all the co-conspirators she could've chosen, why an uncultured-" Azula began to say before gasping.

I immediately turned to see the blue wolf behind Sokka. "Hey... that fear in your eyes... so you've finally learned to respect the power of mr. Boomerang!" He yelled with a grin waving his boomerang around.

"Uh Sokka, you might want to-" I muttered before it snapped at him. He barely missed it running the other way.

"The wolf spirit must've left the spirit world for a good reason! So please everyone be respectful!" Aang pleaded.

"'Respectful?!' Your spirit just tried to eat me!" Sokka yelled back.

"Those markings on it's belly... they look sort of like a face..." Zuko stated, while his markings were the last thing I was looking at.

"Gyawa, look! That's the face you've been making!" Katara said pointing at it.

"Wolf spirit stop! I'm the avatar! You have no reason to attack us! I'm sorry if we caused a disturbance, my friend..." I looked back at Azula, I couldn't believe I just called her friend. "Here took her own way, we had to come after her. I apologize." I bowed only to scream as it took a bite at me.

"Gyawa!" Zuko yelled, making sure I was okay.

"It missed me!" I yelled back.

"Your respectful tactic doesn't seem to be working!" He stated before he threw fire.

Katara threw ice and Sokka his boomerang. Only to have the wolf eat the fire and breathe it back out. "Did that wolf spirit... just eat my fire?!" Zuko asked, completely stunned.

"And burped! It ate your fire and burped at you!" Sokka freaked out.

"Stop! You give me no choice!" I yelled standing in between him and the Gaang.

He was about to bite at me before Appa rammed into him.

"All right! Giant spirit animal mega brawl!" Sokka yelled.

"Go easy on him buddy! We just want peaceful passage to Hira'a!" Aang waved at him.

Despite the efforts the wolf made Appa always got the upper hand. "Woo hoo! Sky bison; one, fire eating wolf: zero!" Sokka cheered as the wolf got pinned to the rocks.

"Appa, I asked you to go easy on him! Are you okay, big giant wolf spirit?!" Aang yelled as the wolf was recovering.

"Aang, are you crazy?!" I defended Appa, I felt really good about that.

But not before the wolf stood up and began to spit out glowing pink bees at us. "It just threw up a cloud of moth-wasps at us!" Katara gasped as she stood there just watching, not knowing what to do.

"You are the grossest dpirit ever!" Sokka squeaked in disgust.

The bugs began to fly all around me, I hated the noise they made around my ears. I couldn't help but fire bend at them, but nothing happened.

"Did they eat my whole arm?! I can't see my arm!" Sokka gasped, as they were covering his arm.

Meanwhile on my side of things it was starting to get hard to breathe and I was being hoarded by the bees. I gasped kneeling down grasping my throat as they covered my vision. Suddenly they began to leave, and I could breathe again.

I stood up to see they were following a lightning ball, along with the wolf.

"You're welcome." Azula said, as we all turned to look at her, I got to admit I was glad she was there for that.

                                    ~*~

Later we set up camp near the forest, since that was a spirit and something felt different about the place I tried to go in the spirit world.

But as I went through the usual odd places I found nothing oddly normal for the spirit world. So I tried to meditate on this place, but it was like that wolf spirit didn't exist.

After that I opened my eyes to see Zuko, standing by the fire with shock in his eyes as he held a letter.

He then looked up knowing eyes were on him, I gave a soft smile. But the stunned expression only lingered on his face, I didn't know what to make of it. What was in that letter?