Rebound

Rebound is a comic book story published by Dark Horse Comic on May 4, 2013.

Overview
Mai left the palace after her breakup with Zuko, and tries to get her life back on track.

Synopsis
After Mai broke up with Fire Lord Zuko, she left the Fire Nation Royal Palace and took on a job in the flower shop of her aunt, Mura. Mura had offered Mai the job to help her out, but also in hopes that being around flowers would cheer Mai up, something the young woman denied she needed.

While working on a flower arrangement that looked particularly gloom, a young man named Kei Lo walked in, announcing he was there to buy a bouquet of flowers for a special someone. Mura instantly deferred the handsome, young man to Mai, hoping he could cheer her up more than her flowers could. Kei Lo asked Mai about a bouquet of flower that would say "you're beautiful", and subsequently offered the flowers to Mai herself, successfully asking her out on a date.

The two shared a meal at the local noodle shop, during which Kei Lo managed to make Mai feel a bit better. After Kei Lo deduced that Mai had been feeling do down due to her painful breakup with Zuko, he led her to a political meeting of the New Ozai Society, which was, much to her surprise, led by her father. It became apparent that Kei Lo had been tasked by Mai's father to lead her to the meeting, so she could join the Society to reinstate Ozai on the throne by revealing personal information about Zuko to bring him down.

Tom-Tom was also present at the meeting, much to Mai's annoyance. Her father explained that he did that to introduce Tom-Tom timely to his duties as a Fire Nation citizen. Mai secured her little brother to her back with a sash, before announcing to her father and the rest of the society that she and her brother were leaving. Her father subsequently ordered their unharmed arrest, though the members of the New Ozai Society were no match for Mai and they were swiftly defeated.

As one of the last men standing, Kei Lo tried tell Mai that even though he had been ordered by her father to lead her there, he sincerely liked her. Mai knocked him out, however, declaring that to be the end of their date, and subsequently left her father in the middle of the wrecked room.

The next day, she took Tom-Tom with her to her aunt's flower shop, where the toddler played with the plants, while Mai pined over a picture of her and Zuko.