The Search Part Two

The Search Part 2 is the second part of The Search trilogy. Written by Gene Yang alongside Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, this portion of the trilogy will focus on Team Avatar's continuing journey to find Zuko and Azula's mother, Ursa. It was released on July 10, 2013.

Overview
In search of their long-lost mother, Fire Lord Zuko and his sister Azula have brought Avatar Aang and his friends into a mysterious forest, but what they discover within may be more than they can face, and could leave them lost forever.

Synopsis
This second installment of the search trilogy begins with Azula having yet another hallucination of her mother. Ursa tells her daughter to give up her quest for the throne and find her true destiny. Azula goes to shoot lightning at her, but doubts herself. She grabs Katara's arm and Sokka throws his boomerang at her. She goes to read the letter in her boot, only to find it missing, and promptly demands to know where Zuko is. Zuko is sitting on a nearby cliff with Aang, talking about the letter. Azula approaches and demands to know where the letter is.

The first flashback begins with Ursa and her children walking in the royal garden. Azula burns one of the flowers, and Zuko tells on her. Ursa scolds her for disrespecting the royal garden, and Azula burns Zuko's bottom, calling him a tattletale. Ursa promptly sends her to her room. Ozai witnesses the event and appears very displeased. Next, he is shown talking to Vachir, at the time a Yuyan Archer, and ordering him to find and kill Ikem.

The flashback ends and the story returns to Azula, who is now attacking Aang and Zuko. Aang leaves to check on Katara and Sokka, while Zuko continues to fight Azula. Azula eventually takes the letter back from Zuko, who holds her over the cliff, and asks her why they have to always be fighting. Azula realizes that Zuko hasn't burned the letter yet, and asks him if he's on "her side". The two return to the group, who are still trying to put out the forest fire started by Azula's lightning. Sokka tells Azula, "Nature hates you!" in reference to the forest fire. The group climbs on Appa, and prepares to leave.

The next flashback starts with Ozai, Ursa, Zuko, and Azula eating. Azula tells her father that during firebending training, Master Kunyo told her her arms were too far apart, but that she could get a bigger fire blast her way. Ozai responds, saying that he will have to send Kunyo to the colonies. Azula says that it "serves him right", and Zuko says that he just wanted her to firebend correctly. Ozai becomes enraged at this, slamming his fist on the table, and proceeding to shame Zuko for not being a better firebender than his younger sister. He continues, saying the lines that Zuko would later repeat when he kidknapped the Avatar at the North Pole: Azula was born lucky, but Zuko was lucky to be born.



Ursa voices her shock and displeasure at that remark, and a servant comes in saying a Yuyan Archer requests an audience. Ozai goes to see him, and he tells him that he couldn't find Ikem, but he looked in Forgetful Valley for months. Ozai tells him to resign from the Archers, and leaves to see Ursa. He reminds her that contact with her past, especially Ikem, is treason, also telling her that he got rid of Ikem.

The flashback ends, and the group gets off Appa. They all don disguises to conceal their identities in Hira'a. When they get into town, the final scene from Love Amongst the Dragons is playing. After the play is over, they ask around about Ursa. The director of the acting company invites him into his home, so they can talk about Ursa. His wife talks with Aang and Katara about marriage, while their young daughter shows Zuko and Azula her doll. They learn that Ursa was taken from town on official business, and people speculate that she married into the royal family, and that Ikem, her boyfriend, left to Forgetful Valley.

Trivia
This comic was accidentally leaked about a week before it was supposed to have been released.

Goofs

 * The fire started by Azula in the forest should have been normal-colored as opposed to blue when the group was trying to put it out, as Azula was not bending it at the time.