Going Home Again

"Going Home Again" is a comic released by Nickelodeon Magazine.

Overview
''After Ba Sing Se's fall, Princess Azula decides to return home to the Fire Nation with Prince Zuko and their imprisoned Uncle Iroh. Zuko, however, refuses. Azula and Ty Lee form a plan to convince him to leave with them.''

Synopsis
After the fall of Ba Sing Se, Princess Azula decides to return home to the Fire Nation with Zuko, who helped her to defeat the Avatar, and their imprisoned Uncle Iroh. However, Zuko refuses to join her. In an attempt to convince him otherwise, Azula and Ty Lee team up to hook up Zuko with his old childhood crush, Mai.

With the help of the Dai Li, Azula arranges a dinner date between the two, and claims to Zuko and Mai that they are meeting with Admiral Liang, the Fire Nation admiral put in charge of the occupation. Upon arrival, Zuko and Mai find themselves at dinner together alone, realizing that something is up. As the two proceed with their date, they spot Azula and Ty Lee spying on them, so they decide to take a walk through the city in order to get some alone time.

During the walk, Zuko runs into Jin, a girl he dated previously. She recognizes him and questions him on who Mai is. Zuko claims that she is a friend from the circus, the knife thrower. In a demonstration, Mai expertly throws a sharp icicle through a fish she placed on Zuko's head, in a fashion similar to a prank Azula pulled on the two several years before. Mai offers Jin a turn next. Jin declines at first, then decides to try it anyway, and Zuko barely dodges in time before the icicle can hit him. He slips and falls into the fountain and chases a laughing Mai through the alleys. Surprised at her uncharacteristically good mood, Zuko remembers her better side from the past. Mai reaffirms her crush on Zuko and the two kiss.

On the day Azula is set to leave with Mai and Ty Lee, Zuko is still unsure of whether he wants to join them. Mai wants him to come with her, but he still seems uncertain. He finally agrees to go when Azula questions whether Iroh will even survive the trip. Thus, Zuko makes up his mind and returns home to the Fire Nation.