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Chapter 86 - Dark Passenger

Once outside of the cave that led to the spirit pond, I could feel the cold air hit my face. My clothes were still somewhat wet, so I should have gotten Katara to take care of that.

But right now, she wasn't in the right state of mind to do so. It was better to leave her alone for now. 

Walking down the street, I saw people praying to the Moon and Ocean Spirits while bowing down and then celebrating. 

What foolish behavior. If it wasn't for me, or the threat to their wellbeing, the Spirits wouldn't have even moved.

Humans in this world need to come to their own terms and take care of their problems. 

If they had done that from the beginning this whole Fire Nation mess wouldn't have happened.

Well, it wasn't my job to fix their mind. Nor did I care to.

Walking through one of the corners, without drawing too much attention. I arrived in an abandoned alley, and did some hand seals, I made a water clone. 

Zabuza has been strangely quiet in the Multidimensional Chat. By now I had hoped that he would at least say something. For now, I don't have the time to try and coerce him into talking more.

There's probably a reason why he is quiet, and sooner or later, I will figure it out.

But for now, I had to go and deal with Azula. My plans with her aren't done yet. Normally I would feel a tinge of guilt manipulating someone like that, but for now, there's none. Since this should stop Azula from going down the path she originally went.

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-Azula-

The burning pain in my stomach kept me awake all night long. By now the ships had set sail for the Fire Nation, and I hadn't gotten a proper wink of sleep during it all.

Even the expensive sheets and mattress were of no help, as it felt like my organs were being melted off.

"Tch, there you go, pushing yourself too much," I felt like Kuzon was next to me, saying what he would normally say.

My mind was a bit cloudy, and I hadn't slept much due to the pain. Or else if he was here, then someone would have notified me.

Damn, am I feeling guilty for leaving him behind? Yes, I am. But staying behind in that situation would have ended up in my death and the army's destruction.

Sorry, Kuzon. 

"Those wounds are bad, probably will get infected if someone doesn't take care of them soon. The people in this ship are too busy bouncing around to notice that their princess is slowly dying. Do they even know what an infection is?"

Suddenly, a comfortable, but cold water-like substance touched my wounds as the bandages were slowly and gently taken off.

I slowly opened my eyes and was greeted by the dim light of the candles in my room.

Sweat rolled down my face as I saw something that shouldn't have been anything more than a dream.

Kuzon's face scrunched in concentration as he manipulated water that shined a little and infused in my wound. The heavy injury was closing up quite fast. 

Ah… so he was a waterbender. That's a shame… 

Suddenly his gaze turned towards me, and I saw his eyes widen in surprise. Undoubtedly because he had been found out.

His water splashed on the ground as it went out of control.

"Uhhh, could you forget that you saw that," he said while awkwardly smiling at me.

"No…" I muttered, barely able to speak.

Shit, I shouldn't have said that.

Instead lying would have been better, that way he might have at least let me live. My mind was too tired to think straight. 

"Is this how I die?" I asked him.

Someone like Kuzon probably was skilled enough to make it look like I died of sickness. So this question of mine was quite stupid.

He sighed, raising the water again.

This is it… here I will die, in a dark room with no one to look over me.

At least I won't have to face father's anger for failing this mission, so that's a plus. "So? Will my death be painful?"

He nonchalantly stared at me. I always hated how he  never seemed to be worried about anything. As if he knew the future and was willing to accept losing.