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Chapter 45.3- And so the Dragons Danced

Added 2025-02-14 21:12:53 +0000 UTC

“Thank you, Grandfather” I said again, while wondering where this was going.

“But of all your successes, the one that I am most proud of is the relationship you have built with our Fire Lord. The Wu family will sit on he throne of the Fire Nation, Natsu. Just think of that. My Great Grandsons will be Princes of the fire Nation, and my Great Granddaughters will be princesses. All within the same generation where Azulon spat on our family and my son’s sacrifice. You have made me prouder than I could ever have imagined, Natsu.”

“This only matters if we win” I pointed out.

“The Avatar is a powerful bender, but a child. Zuko has always been his sister’s lesser and now he has taken the throne after his father’s death in suspicious circumstances while consorting with water tribe savages. We can not lose.” He said.

“And that is what scares me the most” I whispered to myself. The second one started to say things like that, you had to be worried about what was going to happen next.

“And how did the Fire Lord die again?” I asked. I knew Azula had gotten some answer out of them and had been spitting flames since then.

“One of his guards killed him”

“You know who it was” I accused. I could see it in his eyes, the way he fiddled with the cuff of his robes. My grandfather was many things, but a skilled liar had never been one of them.

“I do. But I do not think this is knowledge that you want to have” He said after a minute of silence.

“Who was it? I have to know”

“Your friend, Zhufu.”

“Zhufu? Why the hell would she kill the FireLord”

“Are you aware of the situation with her family?”

“That they are poor. I know” I said, not sure how this related to it, unless she had been paid off to kill him. But that wasn’t possible, Zhufu had always been the softest of us all. It was why I hadn’t minded her being posted to the imperial guard.

“What you don’t know is what they sought to do about their situation” He began

A/N:: shorter than usual