Azula holds her breath.

That was Sokka's voice.

Sokka. The dumbest of the Avatar's idiot companions. Right there on the other side of the desk. She thought about all the times she'd seen him trip over and land in the mud or hit himself in the head with his own boomerang. She didn't even want to think about how it would feel to be caught naked by that clown.

"Relax, Sokka. We can afford to treat ourselves for a day."

And that was Katara. The annoying, supercilious water-bending bitch who thought she was better than everyone. Nobody was better than Azula! But now she was nude and ****, crouched behind a desk with nowhere to run, and she just knew Katara would think it was absolutely hilarious. These were her worst enemies. She'd dedicated her life to beating them. And they were about to catch her with no clothes on.

"All right," she heard Aang say. "We'll take a room for the night, thanks."

Azula looked up. She was crouching at the base of the key rack. Which meant the receptionist would have to turn around to get a kay. Which means she was about to get caught.

She tensed all her muscles, preparing to leap away. Maybe if she was very, very lucky, she could get out of the room before anyone found out she was there...

"No, wait. I just realised I spent all our money on those cabbages."

Azula relaxed.

"Oh, no, here's some."

Azula tensed.

"But this is Water Kingdom money. This is the Earth Kingdom."

Azula relaxed.

"You can change the money? Great!"

Azula tensed.

"But with the conversaion rate, it's not enough..."

Azula relaxed.

"Oh, I've got it. Do you accept payment in cabbages?"

Azula's nerve broke. She leaped up, pushed the receptionist aside, threw herself over the counter and ran squealing for the front door, covering her bouncing breasts with her hands as she threw herself in between a very surprised pair of waterbenders. Sokka watched her bottom flex as she bolted out of the building, his mouth gaping with surprise. Aang blinked in bewilderment.

"Was that..." he said.

The side door opened and Mai and Ty Lee burst into the room, fully dressed and clutching huge fluffy white towels. Ty Lee staggered to a halt as she spotted the Aang Gang, who were looking just as confused as she was.

"Oh," she said. "Hi. Um, have you seen..."

"Yep," said Katara.

"And was she wearing..."

"Nope," said Sokka, who was wearing a huge stupid grin.

"Which way did she go?"

"Out that door," said Aang, helpfully. "Hi, guys!"

"Into the street?"

"I guess!"

"She's left the building? She's out in the town? Running through the streets without... without any..."

Mai was looking pale.

"I told you," she said. "I told you this was a bad idea."