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Zutara: Fire and Water chp1

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1. Paper pile


The morning sun shone brightly through the window. Outside, birds chirped happily. the sky was so clear that it assured that this day would be the best day to get out and enjoy the summer air.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck in here. 'Here' is this secluded room, where formal draperies covered the walls, and a table and chair served as its only pieces of furniture. On the table is a mountain of paper work, waiting to be read by the Fire lord.

Sad to say, that Fire lord is me.

I made an audible sigh as I gazed on the piles of paper, which the sunlight coming from the window seemed to shine a spotlight on.

"I might as well get this over with."

I lazily slumped on the chair and began skimming through the papers.

Almost all the papers were reports from various Fire nation officials. Some reported on the current condition of the colonies, which were undergoing rehabilitation from my fathers rule. Some colonies still couldn't trust the Fire nation though. (I don't blame them though)

Others were about the uprisings from some Fire nation cities, who couldn't accept the fact that I, the banished prince, had become the Fire lord. Others were about certain Fire nation officials, who were suspected to be planning a revolt.

I groaned at all the reports I was reading. Who knew that restoring the world to its peaceful state could be so stressful!

I just knew that my uncle would do a much better job than I with these things. He used to be one of the greatest generals before, a great strategist, and he always says such wise things. (Although I don't really get half the things he says.)

But he insisted that I be the Fire lord, that I had "the ideas and the honor to restore the Fire Nation's own honor."

I sighed again and went back to my work. I gave most of the 'depressing' reports a quick glance, only noting the important details. One paper caught my eye. It wasn't a report, but a weirdly illustrated, fully colored painting of my friends, although I had to try to recognize which person was which.

It was obvious that the bald headed one with an arrow on his forehead was none other than Aang, the avatar. He was drawn bending water into some trees that looked more like twigs. Bending water with him was a person who seemed to have Momo's ears, so I guessed it was Katara and her hair-loops. Toph was two times her size in the picture, and was drawn earth bending. I recognized Suki: apparantly, she was air bending with her fans. Finally, I saw Sokka, the person I believed was responsible for the picture, depicted as a figure holding a sword twice his size on one hand and a boomerang that looked more like a banana on the other. On the sky, looking like a deformed cloud, was Appa.

I chuckled as I gazed into all the color. Flipping the page, I found a letter addressed to me from Sokka himself.

Hey Zuko!

How 'ya doing? Just want to tell you that Team Avatar's doing a great job in the whole "restoring the world" thing.

We went around the world helping people out, fixing up their homes and doing other stuff.

The other day, we tried to fix up things in the Wulong Forest. (you know, the place where Aang kicked Fire lord Ozai's butt)

Guess what! While we were there, I found my Space Sword and my Boomerang!!! YEAH! They were in good shape too!

(I made a drawing at the back so you can picture the whole event :D)

Yeah, that's about it. Wish you were here, but I guess you have a lot of 'Fire lord' duties to attend to.


I kinda miss the bad-tempered, moody fire bender you were when we traveled.

That's all for now!

Sokka


I made a small grin and wondered where they were right now.

Well, wherever they are, at least they're happy together.

I thought to myself.

It was then that I realized how much I missed traveling with everyone. Sure, during those times, we were like fugitives, constantly escaping from Fire nation imperial soldiers, or even Azula, but then we got through together.

Again, I let out a sigh and, putting the letter aside, restarted scanning the reports.

"You look exhausted, but the day has barely begun." A familiar sounding voice commented.

I looked up from the papers and saw my uncle, Iroh, standing by the door way.

"No, I'm fine. I can do this all day." I lied, obviously not wanting to 'do this all day.'

He let out a gentle smile, the smile that says 'I know you're lying.'

"You should take a break, it is a fine day today." He said, walking to the window and gazing into the scenery.

"Perfect weather for the Fire Days Festival." He added.

"Oh really?" I replied a bit surprised. I had forgotten that the Fire Days Festival was today. Though I guess I had forgotten it since I didn't really give much interest on festivals anyway.

"You should check it out. You can go with your friend, Mai."

"Mai needed to spend time with her family in the Earth kingdom and won't be back in a while."

Well, that was one way to look at it. The real reason was that we had a fight, and she said she needed some time away from me.

It's already been a long time since she left; I thought she would've already cooled down by then. Without her being here, my days in the Fire nation were very boring, and even lonelier than before. No wonder I've been missing Aang and the others.

Sometimes I wish that I'd have someone by my side all the time, someone who wouldn't leave me no matter what happens. I guess that's just me being selfish.

"I still think you should go. I can handle the rest of the reports for today." Uncle said, breaking me away from my thoughts. His offer was very tempting. I looked back at the mountain of paperwork, and decided a day in a festival would be way better than skimming through all the reports.

Uncle placed a mask on the table, one that looked a lot like the 'Blue spirit' mask I used to wear.

"If you're going, you should wear this. Everyone else would be wearing something like that to the festival."

He lowered his voice to a whisper. "Not only that, but you should wear this so that there wouldn't be any pesky escorts following you everywhere." I grabbed the mask and eagerly got out of my chair.

"Thanks uncle." I said.

"No need to thank me. Just make sure to buy me some jasmine tea from the festival." He replied cheerfully.

"I will."

I gave him a smile and got out of the room as fast as I can.

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I stealthily got out of the palace easily.
I have to say, wearing the mask that uncle gave me made me feel like I was the Blue spirit again. It was so nostalgic.

I pondered about attending the Fire Days Festival in the capital, but then I thought of wanting to check out the other cities. You know, a change of scenery, since I'm always at the capital anyway... And, I guess that less people would recognize me as the Fire Lord in other villages... Most people haven't even seen a picture of me... And I don't plan to wear the mask the whole day... It's quite uncomfortable... Then again, maybe I just wanted to get a wider distance between the paper work and myself.

So I decided to attend the Fire Days Festival in the town of "Dai Ski". The place isn't too far or too near the capital, so I thought it was perfect.

Dai Ski is located near the mountain range closest the capital, and is not as populated as the other cities. It takes about two hours to get there on foot, but I guess I can use the exercise.
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This is new... I'm actually submitting literature O__O

Anyways, I wrote this Zutara fan fic for my sister as a christmas present last year.

She's an obsessed Zutara fan, and at that time, she was desperately looking for a Zutara fan fic that seemed canon (Like a continuation of the series and all, and with the right characterizations)

I tried looking for one, and when I couldn't find one, I decided to just make one :D

Honestly, I'm not so confident with my writing skills. Even now, I'm doubting if I should really post this or not >___<
(I'm still deciding if I should post the next chapter... I'm a bit scared O_O)

Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy it; My sister did in the end :D
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sarbear1521's avatar
Can just imagine sokka when he found his stuff "OmFG my boomerang!!! Yay and my space sword!!!! :D ^^" *hugs his stuff affectionately*