Part one

"Ever think of taking a bath lately because you reek bitch all over!" Katara snapped at Azula. This was unpleasant for the both of them. Maybe if Katara would shut up for a second Azula wouldn't mind.

They had been in Omashu a few days ago making a deal to trade Bumi for Tom Tom. Ty Lee did her crazy jab thing on Katara and the water bender was useless for just enough time for Mai to tie her up. The Avatar and other boy got away. Azula was planning on killing Katara right then but now she had the perfect bait. It seemed like a good idea at the time but right now she was really starting to regret it.

"I don't think Mai tied those ropes tight enough." Azula came behind Katara pulling at the ropes and the water bender's ribs were crushed. "There that's better." Azula patted Katara's shoulder.

"Touch me again and I will personally rip off that crown yours and beat you with it!" Katara shouted at Azula's back. The princess turned on her heels, rage coming over her.

"You are gonna get it now!"

"Bring it on princess! Because frankly you fight like a girl! And you're a man!" Katara said trying not to laugh at her last comment. Azula's fists tightened her face went red and if she was seeing correctly, there was steam coming out of her ears. "Oh don't be so jealous that you can't achieve my level of beautifulness."

"Jealousy would imply that I actually wanted to be anything like you! So I'm just gonna turn around and assume you suffer some kind of head trauma because there's no way I will ever be jealous of you! The sheer fact I tolerate your pathetic existence is a testament to my love and devotion to kill the Avatar! To me you're nothing but a vile, never gonnabe, riding on the coattails of your boyfriend's claim to fame!" Azula shouted.

"AANG IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Katara nearly screamed. Azula couldn't take anymore of that horrible excuse for a voice. She turned to the blade master and tore off Mai's sleeve.

"HEY!" Mai argued but Azula turned away and wrapped the cloth around Katara's mouth.

Azula shrugged. "The sooner we get there the better."

"You tore my sleeve!" Mai whined covering her pale arm.

"You want a potato to go with whine?" Azula replied coolly.

"I've had it with you!" Mai said angrily. "I'll meet you there!" Mai disappeared into the trees surrounding them. Azula glared at Ty Lee giving the girl an if-you-leave-you're-dead look.

"Wait Mai!" Ty Lee ran after Mai.

Azula stood there now she was stuck traveling alone with ugliest girl in the world. Behind her she heard Katara laughing at the fact her friends left her. Azula snatched the rope around Katara's neck and pulled her along. Now she really regretted kidnapping the girl.

When it was too dark to keep walking through the woods they stopped. She shot a fire ball at the pile of wood on the ground. The flames stayed blue for a few second before turning red and orange. She could hear Katara struggling on the opposite side of the fire. The water bender managed to bite off the cloth tied around her mouth. Katara opened her mouth to shout an insult at the princess a blue fire ball flew past her head.

"Whoops." Azula grinned.

"ARGH! You are just-so-evil!"

"Thanks." Azula said taking that as a compliment.

"You're going to pay for treating me so badly. I have powerful friends." Katara threatened. Azula almost choked on the bread she was eating she was laughing so hard. "What's so funny?"

"You have powerful friends?" Azula chuckled. "That idiot boomerang flinging guy and a twelve year old who has an arrow on his head? Oh and don't mention that destructive lemur and what's its name Momo?"

"Okay so they're powerful sometimes but they'll be angry when they find me."

"If they can find you. They couldn't find their own backside if they were given a map!" Azula laughed.

"It's not like you know anyone powerful!"

"Uh…my dad's the Fire Lord, my uncle's the Dragon of the West…and if I'm not mistaking the whole Fire Nation army is feared throughout world because of what they're capable of."

"What about Zuko?"

"Zuzu? Don't get me started on how much a disgrace he is." Azula said her smile completely gone replaced by anger.

"Can I ask you something?" Katara said curiously.

"What?" Azula snapped.

"Why do you hate Zuko? He is your brother."

"Which is why I hate him," Azula said through her teeth. "First born, mom's love, friends, presents on Fire Day…" Azula mumbled. "I should have had all of that. But nooo…Azula just gets pretty dolls for all her hard work. I hate dolls."

"Having a brother isn't all that bad. It's better than having a sister who you have to share everything with. Although with how whiny Sokka gets I'm not sure…but anyway they're stupid most of the time and you can control them." Katara said staring at the fire then she smiled.

Azula sighed and lay down staring up at the night sky. "Can I trust that you won't run off?" Azula looked over at the water bender.

"I don't even know where we are." Katara replied. "So yeah I guess."

With that Azula yawned and closed her eyes. "Azula?" Katara asked.

"Azula's sleeping right now. She'll be available tomorrow. Have a nice night." Azula answered. Katara gave a lazy laugh. As she sat there she watched the princess sleep because there was nothing else to look at.

It was weird. Azula looked so peaceful as she slept and it was hard to believe the girl could be so cold. The princess' light breathing came over the air gently. It was funny to hear Azula mumbling in her dreams. "Fire flakes…hot…" Katara only wondered what the girl was dreaming about. Then she got too tired to stay awake and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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Katara opened one of her eyes slightly, for last ten minutes she felt as if someone was watching her. She saw Azula three inches above her head staring at her like she was an interesting bug to look at.

"AHH!" Katara crawled away from Azula. The princess laughed lightly at her response. "What're you doing you psycho?"

"Waking you up." Azula said innocently.

"Yeah wake me up not stare at me like I'm a fruit cake or something!" Katara said trying to calm down. Why on earth was her heart beating so darn fast?

"I didn't mean to scare you I was about to poke your shoulder when you woke up." Azula said straightening her back as she sat criss cross on the ground. "I did watch you though."

"Huh?" Katara asked confused.

"You looked…short." Azula said oddly. "You just looked short."

"I…" Katara stopped not knowing what to say in response to that.

"Don't know what to make of that?" Azula nodded and stood up. "Happens to a lot of people."

"What's that suppose to mean? You wake everyone up like that?" Katara said.

"No." Azula said grinning slightly. "Just people I want to do this to…"

Before she knew it their lips were pressed together. Katara's first instinct was to move away but she found…she didn't want to. She leaned forward embracing the princess even more. She could feel Azula smile and move closer to her. If she was woken up like this every morning, who knew how happy she'd be.

"WAKE UP DAMN IT!" Azula shouted. Katara felt her body being shaken so hard her brain bashed into her skull several times.

"Stop…" she groaned. "I'm awake! I'm AWAKE!"

Azula let go and her back crashed into the ground. "Ow…" she mumbled trying to hold her throbbing head but she was still tied up. "Did you have to shake me that hard?"

"Sorry." Azula said not really meaning it at all.

Katara struggled to sit up since she couldn't use her arms. This wasn't good, she thought secretly, she had liked the way Azula had woken her up in her dream better than in reality. No Katara you'd never think about that stuff on purpose. That…nightmare was not about Azula or kissing especially not making out with Azula. Right?