The Dragon Princess and the Wolf Warrior

Chapter 105 [~|~] The Southern Raiders

A.N. So, here it is. The moment you've all been waiting for. The tent scene. I modified it a just a bit, but I think it's in a way that you guys will enjoy.

Also, since Sokka is 15 in canon and Azara (as Azula's twin) is 14 (though maybe they're 16 and 15 by this point in the series since there's never any mention of birthdays anywhere), there's nothing written below that is worthy of an explicit rating because I don't write that stuff for underage characters. But the conversations between characters include references to suggestive themes. And there's a bit more swearing in this chapter. Just a heads up.

There were many ways to wake up in the morning that Azara enjoyed. Perhaps when the soft morning light gently roused her up from bed to complete her firebending sets. Or with a soft kiss from Sokka against her forehead. Unsurprisingly, nearly getting blasted to smithereens by her sister and her armada of war ships was not one of those ways by which Azara wanted to be woken up.

Azara hurried to her feet as the second bomb nearly hit their camp, had it not been for Aang's airbending. With a swing of his glider, Aang closed the ceiling-high doors around their courtyard, blocking them from further direct bombings.

"We have to get out of here!"

Another bomb went off, causing part of the ceiling to collapse in on itself. The bits of rock falling from the ceiling nearly hit Katara, but Zuko jumped towards her, and pushed her out of the way. "Watch out!" The two went rolling and the debris missed its intended target.

"What are you doing!?" Katara snapped, glaring back at Zuko.

"Keeping rocks from crushing you."

"Okay, I'm not crushed. You can get off me now!" Katara stood up and ran off, leaving Zuko by himself on the ground.

"I'll take that as a thank you," Zuko sighed, getting to his feet again.

Toph and Haru worked together to create a tunnel at the back of the temple. "Come on! We can get out through here!"

As everyone else started to run towards the passageway, Azara noticed Zuko running in the opposite direction. "Zuko! What are you doing!?" she shouted, stopping in her tracks, and turning to face her brother.

"Go ahead! I'll hold them off," he called back, before running off.

"Zuko! Come back here!" Azara yelled, about to run after him when Sokka grabbed her arm, tugging her back.

"Azara, don't!" he warned, pulling her out of the way of more falling debris. "You can't go out there!"

"But Zuko needs help!"

"You won't even make it out of here before you get crushed!" Sokka shouted above the crashes of the bombs, some of his long hair falling over his blue eyes.

"But—"

"—I'm not losing you again!"

Another bomb went off, causing the two to brace against each other as the cliffside shook again. Azara sent one last look at where Zuko had disappeared before sighing and nodding.

"If he survives this, I'm going to kill him," she muttered to herself before running with Sokka into the tunnel.

Aang was struggling with Appa's reins, trying to convince the sky bison to move through the tunnel. But Appa continued to dig his six heels into the ground. Even with Katara, Sokka, and Azara tugging on his reins, Appa refused to budge any further.