attackfish

Hmm, good question. Zuko would have been within his rights to do so according to Fire Nation law, so he likely would have gone back to his ship to agonize a bit, and deal with his pissed off crew (who used to be Zhao's men). As he went off to search for the Avatar and Zhao's men dealt with their chain of command problems, Ozai, receiving word of this might either be impressed and think better of his boy and give him some manpower and funding (oh Azula, your snit would be epic) or he would decide Zuko was dangerous and troublesome and try to drag him home. ala book 2.