A/N: This is very, very rewritten. It's basically an entirely different story based on the same basic idea, except has a lot of the same content from the original and so I didn't delete and repost it is as something new. The original got too murky and my ideas weren't focused enough, so I had to cut and add to make it cohesive (and coherent). I'm going to be updating with the new/rebooted chapters for the rest of the night.
It's a Tyzula!Baby story, and is told in multiple third person limited perspectives, excluding Azula. I intend to give absolutely no glimpse into Azula's real thoughts.
The pairing is Azula/Ty Lee. And a Jun/Mai/Zuko triangle.
It's going to likely be around 25-28 chapters, with the baby being born at around Chapter 12. I'm hoping to get at least halfway through by the end of February.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the rewrite!
IMPERFECTIONS
Prologue â Jun
After three weeks â the longest Jun has ever tracked someone â she finds Princess Azula.
The princess had a weird habit of just vanishing. It was just like the Avatar a few years back, which led Jun to believe there was something Spirit World-y going on. But she did not care about that, she cared about the reward Zuko promised, and the victory of catching her most elusive prey.
Azula is in an inn in the distant Fire Nation, and Jun has only just returned from a dry lead in the Earth Kingdom. Nyla caught Azula two days ago and the princess didn't pull a vanishing act for the longest period of time yet.
And there the princess is, cornered outside by the trash. She looks strange, but Jun never looked at her beyond the wanted posters. Maybe the smirk on her lips that is so alive instead of just a drawing. Azula looks at Jun, on her powerful mount in front of a weak young woman breathing heavily, as if she has won.
"I'm pregnant," says the princess and Jun has heard that before.
"Congratulations," she says sarcastically and with one sting to the upper arm, Azula slumps against the wall and slides, slides, slides to the ground.
She doesn'tâĤ even try to resist the venom. Jun hesitantly dismounts before shaking her head and going to the paralyzed girl. She taps handcuffs against her waist as she looks down.
That same smirk. Like she has won instead of lost.
"You gave in fast," Jun says, examining the handcuffs in her hands. This feels off. "I don't like your smirk, pretty princess. Are you actually knocked up?"
"Something like that." Azula purrs, her smirk fading.
"Whatever. I get my reward whether you're plotting something or not." Jun shrugs and binds her prey.