Foxes and dragon

Chapter 1

I don't own Naruto or avatar the last airbender!

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It was a calm and cool morning in Konoha the sun was just breaking over the village massive wall and people were just getting up to go about they're morning routine. However, this was all loudly interrupted by a loud explosion ripping through the less populated part of the village. Ninja poured from their home heading to their posted. While other went to the epicenter to investigate what was happening?

Yugao leap from roof top to roof top around the large crater caused by the explosion, looking for any one that might have been caught in it. She landed on top of one of the tallest buildings around just next to the hole. She looked out across it wondering what could have caused it as no one saw or sensed a thing it just happened out of thin air. Looking down to the center she spoke what looks like a figure lying down at the bottom. Bring her hand up to her two ways communicator she reported. I think I found something in the center of the crater going to check it out she spoke, getting a roger. Leaping down she headed towards it.

Golden amber eyes crack slightly open up with a low groan. They looked around in confusion for a moment before closing again, "What happened to me," came a crackled voice that belonged to none other than Azula, princess of the fire nation.

She tried to setting up, but immediately crumpled back to the ground in horrible pain. Letting out a silent scream her head arched back her eye roll up back and she ripped her finger nails off as she dug her hand into the hard ground as the worst pain she has ever felt shoot through her body. When it finally passed she went completely limp fearful of moving any part of her body unless going through that pain again.

She looked up at the sky it was strangely beautiful to her right now. Maybe because she hadn't seen it in so long, being lock away in the psycho ward by her bother Zuko. She dared a smiled, she knew she was dieing, but it didn't matter she was free back out in the sun with the fresh air and cold earth...

"Earth!" she spoke feeling the ground a little with her left hand. "How could there be earth when I was flying miles out to sea on an air ship." She whispered and wondered about it only to give up as she felt lightheaded and tired. Closing her eyes she resided herself to death. Not caring anymore about anything.

Yugao landed close to the figure, she consciously move closer unsure if it was a trap or not, but once she saw it was a girl and saw just how badly she was hurt she knew it wasn't a trap. Move to the teen side and looked her over grimly seeing just how bad a stat she was in. She was bleeding from everywhere and she was certain there was a bone that wasn't broken. She reaches out to check for a pulse and was surprised when the teen eyes open and look at her with groggy amber eyes.

"What's your name," Yugao asked? She watches as she just looked at her strangely. Removing her masked she tried again, but in the end got the same resulted. She must be out of it she thought thinking it was all the blood loss and injures the girl was. Going to her two ways communicator she called for a media team to come.

Azula stared up at the strange woman. She couldn't understand a word she had said to her. Even stranger was that the woman was now talking to herself now and fiddled with the thing in her ear. Did I land back in back in crazy house she thought thinking it would be just her luck for that to happen. Closing her eyes again she decided to ignore the woman. But the woman shook her until she opened her eyes. "What do you want," she heisted at her angrily as the shaking really hurt.

Yugao raised an eyebrow at the language. The teen had just spoke, never hearing anything like it before in her life. 'Something is not right,' she thought. Before reaching into her pouch, and pulling out some blood pills, and food pills, 'Either way I can't let her die, she might have the answer to what is going on, she thought holding them up to teen lips.

Azula at first refused to open her mouth, but Yugao jabbed her in the leg causing her to gasp out in pain. She slipped them in and covered her mouth forcing her to swallow them. Azula glared daggers at the woman and thought if it wouldn't hurt her she shoot a ball of fire at the strange woman. It was then her eyes widened as she felt a rush of energy and her light headiness faded away she looked back at the woman and saw her pulling out rolls of cloth and started to bandage up some of her wounds to try and stop the bleeding.

'Is she trying to save me,' she thought winced at the pain as she wrapped up her leg?

All of a sudden several more people appeared around her wearing strand white robes. They crowded around her talking to the woman speaking the strange language. While they work on her, she began to feel uneasy as they would look at her at time with hard looks like deciding on something, 'No doubt something about me.' she thought as one of them then stuck her in the arm with something. But before she could see what it was, she found herself losing consciousness. She fought to stay away she watched as a man in long white and red robes flanked by men in black robs appeared. They looked at her and then at the woman and started talking, "What's going on," she spoke getting them to look at her it was then she blacked out.

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Zuko shifted around in bed. He couldn't sleep his mind was on Azula and her recent escape a week ago. He had sent ship after ship to catch her, but in the end to keep her from escaping he ordered her airship shoot down. He remembered watching as the air ship exploded with a bright light temporarily blinding everyone around. He wondered what was the cause of it, but what worried him most was the fact they hadn't found her body or any trace of her.

'She must have gotten away somehow,' he thought he didn't think she was dead he could feel it she was alive somewhere. He rolled of the bed and went to his disk to go over the reports again.

It was then someone else in the bed move around before groaning and got up revealing herself to be Mai. She focuses on the young fire emperor and sighed, "Zuko come back to bed," she spoke.

"Can't, not until I figure out where Azula is," he answered.

"You're becoming paranoid Zuko. She's dead, we both saw it." She got out of the bed and walked over to him. "She is gone and she is not coming back," she spoke stopping behind him. He didn't answer and keeps flipping through reports. She lets out another sigh and brings her arm around him and hugs him.

"I understand it's hard to believe it even took me a while to, but she is gone nothing could have survived that explosion." She answered reaching out and gently taking the papers out of his hand and sitting them down.

He sighed and leaned back into her, "Your right I just..." He trailed off.

"I understand you feel bad for what happened to her she was your little sister, but you knew that she was dangerous. Not just to the people around her, but also to you and your thorn. If got free there was no telling what she would have done." she leaned in and kissed his cheek, "You should worry more about your mother she still morns Azula death."

He let out a sad sigh, "I know she blames me for what happened."

"She understood that this could happen, maybe if avatar Aang was able to take her fire bending away, then maybe you could have done more for her, but it didn't happen and Aang almost got killed in the attempted. In the end it was probably for the best that she did die and was put out of her own misery" she spoke.

"I just wished things hadn't turned out this way," he looked over to her.

"Yes, I know." she lets go of him so he could get up. "Now let go back to bed," she said.

"Thanks Mai," he said getting up and going back to bed. She nodded and laid down next to him rest's her head on his chest.

"Don't worry thing will get better between you and your mother," she spoke.

"I hope so I looked for her so hard I don't want to lose her again," he spoke.

Both soon fell asleep holding each other.

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Azula amber eyes open again groggily she looked around "Where the hell am I now," she thought feeling horrible like she has been stomped on by hundreds of Komodo Rhinoceros.

After a moment of getting her bearings, she notices the strange clear mask covering her mouth and nose. She tried to reach up and remove it, but found she couldn't move either of her arms. Tilting her head forward to see what was going on, she found her right arm in some kind of hard white material only her fingers were exposed, and her left arm was strapped down with clear tubs running from her arm to a small bag of some sort of fluids. She then looked at the rest of herself she saw that most of her body was covered in that same white hard material, she could only see only her left arm, abdomen, and toe were visible.

Frowning she looked around the room. It was mostly white with a curtain to her left cut her view of the other half of the room. In-between herself and the curtain were several strange machines make all kinds of beeping noises. To her right was a large open window with long curtains on either side. In-between herself and the window were a small table and a chair.

Memories of the strange people came back to her at this point. Oh that's right that woman and the other people she whispered to herself. She tried to free her left arm from the strap, with little success. Finally, after exhausting herself, she gave up and laid her head back. "I guess I wait for someone to come and check on me," she thought

It didn't take long as she heard a door open and close and the sound of footsteps. She watched as someone silhouette appeared on the curtain and more to her side of the room and finally an average size woman appear. She had long black hair and pale wheat color skin and dark hazel nut eyes she was wearing and long white coat with dark gray robes underneath. She was busy looking at clip board and some sheet of paper.

Azula cough slightly to get the woman's attention. She turns to Azula and smiled, seeing that she was awake.

"Good you're finally awake. We were beginning to think that you would never wake up," she spoke walking over to her.

"Azula's eyes widen how can I understand you," she spoke?

"Oh right," she paused in thought figuring out how to explain this to her "Well you see you were in a coma, a very deep sleep, we kind of looked through your mind. You see we weren't sure what was going on when you appeared and we were trying to find out what was going on? While there we place the knowledge in," She explained.

Azula scrunch up into a frown, she then looked away, "I guess under the circumstances it couldn't be help," She answered. She looked back at the woman "Tell me where am I and who are you," she asked.

'Well she took that far better than I thought she would,' the woman thought to herself. "I am Otsu," she placed her hand on her chest and gave a bow of her head. "And you're in Konohagakure hospitals in the land of fire," she paused for a moment "um not of your fire nation," she answered.

"I gather as much," Azula spoke she sighed is their way to tilt me up so I can talk easier she asked as her neck was getting tired.

The woman nodded and walked over to the wall and bushed a button. The bed started to move lifting her upper body up it to a lean back sitting up position. Better she asked getting a nodded from the fire bender.

"Where is this land of fire located? As I have never heard of a land called it before," she asked resting her head back.

"Well." Otsu began, "You're not in your world anymore you see we think you some how opened and slipped through a tear in space into our universe," she answered.

Azula gave a snort "That rather hard to believe," she spoke. Not believing a word the woman said.

"I know it's hard to believe, but it's the truth I have no reason to lie to you," she answered. "Tell me can you remember what happened that might have caused you to come here," she asked.

Azula looked down in thought." I was running from my brother's ships I had stolen an air ship. But I don't remember anything else. Even memories of what happened to me before that are or after I lost that fight for the thorn is foggy." She then looked up at the woman. "Do you know," she asked?"

"Sorry, but we don't. We didn't dig too deep into your mind, just enough to see who you are and to implant the knowledge of our language. That why I asked you we saw parts that you seem to be blocking out subconsciously," she answered.

Azula nodded well 'It doesn't matter as long as I'm far from that hellhole I am happy,' she thought not wanting to remember. "What will happen to me now," she asked looking to Otsu?

"Well Azula nothing you're not a prisoner here once you're fully healed up, it's up to you what happens to you," she answered.

Azula nodded and looked out the window "Is there away I can stay here in this village," she asked.

"Yes, the Hokage wanted to talk to you once your healed so you can talk to him and he will know doubt let you stay and give you any help you may need," she answered.

"Even knowing what kind of psychotic monster I am she asked," she guessed, if they saw all of her memories, then they knew all of the bad things she has done.

You're not a psychotic monster. You may have a few problems, but it doesn't make you a monster you just need help in dealing with this problem. Something we can help you with," she answered. Getting Azula to look at her a little surprised. You know maybe this is a second chance to start over with a clean slate, a chance to become something better than you were. She spoke walking over and undoing the strap on and releasing her left arm free.

Azula brought her hand up and squeezed it a few times before looking back to Otsu. 'A second chance she thought a clean slate to start over.' She looked back to the window in thought.

"Well I have to go, but I have some nurse come up get you anything you need also don't touch anything and stay in bed as you're still not full healed. I will be back later to check on you," she watched Azula nod she then turns to leave, but stopped short of the curtain and looked back and spoke. "Many people don't get a second chance. So don't waste it!" she told her before going.

Azula watch some birds land outside her window on a tree 'A second chance' she thought looking up at the ceiling, "I think maybe I like that," she whispered to her self.

Otsu appeared in the Hokage office moments later after leaving Azula room. She saw the ageing leader sitting behind his desk with his two old teammates standing behind him. She walked over and bowed from the waist before taking a seat.

How is she the third asked?

"She fine just woke up," she spoke.

"Good, how she take the news to the mind reading" he asked.

"Amazingly well she seems to understand our reason for doing it," she answered.

He nodded now what about her fire bending ability is it something we can learn he asked changing the subject.

She shook her head "No like the bloodlines it is something you have to be born with to have, but we do know that any kind she may have her will have it. In fact, unlike the bloodlines it won't fade over time it may even get stronger.

"Even stronger," spoke Koharu

"Yes." She nodded, "Up until now the people of her world have simply been adsorbing the energies from their elements and storing them in their body before using it to control their element. Similar to a jinchuuriki and their bijuu, like the jinchuuriki over time the bijuu chakra leaking into their network causes their chakra network to expand and get big and increasing their reserves and potency. She right now has as much chakra as the five tails and it's just as potent. We found that out when we bled some of her chakra off it had burned one of the nurses helping, giving her third degree burns. We think she somehow tapped into her chakra unleashing it all at once. Ripping a hole in-between our worlds letting her fall through. And now if she learns to combine her chakra with her bending it well become far more powerful and with her newly acquired ability to earth bending she will become even more powerful," she explained.

The three seemed a little shock by this discovery.

"Amazing this girl could prove to be a valuable asset to the village, we should get her to stay here," spoke Homura.

Yes, but I'm not sure about her mental stability form what I've read she has quite a few problems some of which could prove dangerous to those around her the third spoke unsure of the girl.

"Sir," Otsu spoke, "The girl has asked me if she could stay in the village and though she does have some problems. I think most of them can be cured or surprised with the right treatment. Along with that I have seen that she does understand the many wrongs she has done and showed some want to change. We should at least give her a chance," She spoke.

He sat back and thought about what she said stroking his bead he spoke, "Alright I give her a chance. But I want you as her personal doctor and keep anything on her, locked away only you are allowed accesses to them unless I say otherwise," he told her and his three team mates. They nodded "Good, now anything spoken here, stays here understand," they nodded again. "Good that will be it. I send for her as soon as she can leave the hospital," he told Otsu who nodded and bowed.

After everyone left and Hiruzen let sigh and looked out the window and out across the he swore to village protect. "I hope this isn't a mistake. To let that girl stay," he thought.

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