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I Will Always Love You More by Anvi_theknightlight
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Nov 2025
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Mai loves Zuko and will always fight for him even when he doesn't want her to, especially when he won't fight for himself. Mai plans to kill Ozai, she doesn't know how, when or if she can she just knows she needs to kill the bastard that hurt Zuko, maybe even punch Azula for extra measure because she's being a bitch.
Zuko loves Mai, he will live for her when he couldn't live for himself he lived for her, to see her. He just wished she'd stop being so over-protective and let them fight together.
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- Part 1 of Omega Zuko stories
- Part 1 of You Will Be Loved
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The Apothecary’s Plight by PhantomNyktos
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Nov 2025
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Kanasu always knew this day would come. As the daughter of two countries at war, she was never truly safe in the Fire Nation. Her dad had tried to protect her, but when she’s finally discovered, she is forced to flee the home that refused to claim her.
Just when it feels like even the ocean is against her too, she is saved by the prince of the very nation she‘s running from.
She fights him at every turn, challenging his beliefs and patience. But as days pass, the lines between captor and captive blur. The tides are shifting, and for the first time in his life, Zuko wonders if he'll burn in the flames of rage or let the water pull him somewhere new.
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Turns out the fire lord ended the war a while ago. Woops by LeenosBreadNDough
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Nov 2025
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Zuko is firelord and had ended the war a while ago, the gAang doesnt know.
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Lee, protector of the water tribe by Pipinpadaloxicopolis_3
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
06 Nov 2025
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The Avatar has returned 100 years after he vanished, and although rumors claim he's nothing more than a 12-year-old boy who only knows airbending, the Fire Nation has prioritized hunting him down.
In some parallel world, Prince Zuko would be part of that hunt, but in this one, he died at the tender age of 12 when, still recovering from the Agni Kai against his father, he was attacked and killed in his royal chamber. A month later, Lee arrived at Pohuai Fortress, and three years later, the blue spirit helped the Avatar escape from the same fortress.Series
- Part 1 of The Legend of...
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"Are you..." Zuko rasps out and the man instantly snaps his mouth shut - finally stopping his hysteric rambling with it. He must be surprised that Zuko is coherent enough to say anything at all and he leans forward to fully capture the rest of Zuko's slurred words. "... trying to hit on me while I'm bleeding out on your carpet?"
The man gives him a bewildered look. "... I have hardwood floors. That's a towel."
___Or: Zuko tries to find ways to deal with his fucked up life - like knitting, smoking, being an asshole in general, moonlighting as a vigilante - you know, regular stuff - he just never accounted for meeting Sokka.
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Son Of Light, Daughter Of Darkness by MuseForYou
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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Katara is eighteen, avoiding an arranged marriage to the only man her age in the South Pole she’s not related to, and stumbles upon a man freezing in the ice.
He’s been abandoned by whatever ship he sailed on and has no memory of where he comes from, who he is, or why he has stunning gold eyes when everyone else in the South Pole has gorgeous blue.
Even though he makes her heart flutter like nothing else before, Katara has a duty to her people. The neighboring tribe’s proposal would ensure her village survives the brutal winter, but she cannot stand her betrothed. Meanwhile, the stranger with amnesia needs to prove his worth to the village if he doesn’t want to be exiled for the sin of having the wrong eye color.
They strike a deal. Help each other provide for the town, and he’ll get to stay until he remembers who he is, and Katara can avoid her marriage—at least for one more year.
But after a year together, fighting to survive the cold, how will they face his memories coming to the surface when someone else is found in the ice?
(AKA this is a slightly aged up gaang. Zuko has amnesia, lives in SWT for a year, and then joins the gaang early for the events of the show. Zutara-centric.)
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Fanning The Flames by GoldenHourglass
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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Left behind at the Misty Palms Oasis, Katara waits days for Aang, Sokka, and Toph to return. But when bounty hunters close in, her only chance at escape comes from the last people she ever thought she could trust: Zuko and Iroh.
Now traveling under false names, bound by a fake marriage, and with no room for mistakes, Katara finds herself on the road to Ba Sing Se. What begins as mutual distrust slowly turns into eating side by side, sleeping even closer, and something far more dangerous: comfort. She thinks it will end once they reach the city, but in a place crowded with millions of refugees, and stuck in the Lower Ring, she doesn’t have much hope of finding the others. With no leads and nowhere else to go, she resolves to wait for her friends to find her.
But in their cramped apartment, days turn into weeks, and Zuko and Katara begin to settle into something that almost feels like domestic bliss. It isn’t real. Or at least, it isn’t meant to be. But the longer they stay, the harder it becomes to remember where the act ends and something real begins.
*Updated Weekly*
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- Part 1 of Fanning The Flames Series
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Undeserving of those harmonies by sea_shore_martinis
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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She was used to silence. She trained in silence, studied in silence; even her dreams were devoid of sound. That is, until those foolish tunes started to intrude on her quiet.
Music. What a pointless thing.
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Sokka Rules the Fire Nation With a Phoenix by Pooka_Huldra
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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The sequel to Sokka Steals a Dragon from the Freedom Fighters.
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The cycle is broken. Yet, water and fire meets. Steam is the consequence. Cupid watches.
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AU where Ozai wins and Katara is forced to marry Zuko. ZUTARA FIC
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before the ashes in my wake by karotone
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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“Fire Lord Zuko,” the guard says, gasping for breath between words. Zuko nods twice. “We’ve gotten reports that our food storage in the woods — the large one — was burned by disputants. Nearby guards had asked to call for you immediately.”
Zuko sways. Of course something like this would happen as soon as he tries to take a break. The guard notices his hesitation and speaks again.
“We think the attacker might be Princess Azula, My Lord.”
Zuko sighs.
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Or, Azula and Zuko meet again, and Azula tries to be a little better.Series
- Part 1 of burn and heal
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“the only girl i ever love was sokka in drag” ZUKKA by avidhater
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
05 Nov 2025
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“Andrew in drag” by The Magnetic Fields inspired
Zuko runs away to Kyoshi Island, desperate to escape the weight of his past and the expectations that follow him everywhere. He hopes to find some peace—but peace is the last thing he gets. Instead, he stumbles upon Sokka, decked out head-to-toe in Kyoshi Warrior armor, and in the dim light and confusion, mistakes him for Katara.
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NFWMB (Nothing fucks with my baby) by Readme4fun
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
04 Nov 2025
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The story takes place five years after the original events of ATLA.
What would happen if Aang breaks out of the iceberg five years later? How would the world look, and more importantly how would the characters change?
21 year old Zuko has been out at sea for the last six years, since his banishment. One day he sees a clear blue light near the South Pole. Naturally he investigates, not in the hopes of regaining his honour. That is something that he lost hope of long ago, instead he does it for the sake of his crew of misfits. Little does he know that the strange blue light is about to rock his fucking world upside down.
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* Chapter 1-10 The prisoner
* Chapter 11-28 The chase
* Chapter 29-49 Ba Sing Se
* Chapter 50-60 The guardians
* Chapter 61-70 The fate of the world
(Later chapters are generally longer)Mind the tags! A lot of focus on the spirit world, the avatars and what’s needed to end a 100 year old war. Moreover it's centered around Zuko, Katara, Mai, Ty-Lee and Toph. Aang and Sokka are important, but not main characters.
Please note that this is a WIP, chapters are posted consistently every Saturday.
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A Little Bit of Death by trickyster_3000
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
04 Nov 2025
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To Zuko, life is a stage and an important play is taking place in front of him. He believes that it is his destiny to keep the story on track no matter what and ensure everyone gets a happy ending. Things would be so much easier if the characters would stop dying, killing him, and/or ending up in some sort of catastrophic situation. It doesn't really matter, he will reset the stage as many times as it takes until everything is perfect.
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The Gaang, Zuko, and Iroh have finally made it across the arid desert and to the great walled city of Ba Sing Se.
However, within the walls of the Earth Kingdom's largest city, things are not as idylic as they would appear, and they face challenges that they never considered.
In addition to secret police, fire nation drills, and worst of all, politics, they will run into friends and foes both old and new, including some faces that they never wanted to see again.
In the midst of all this, they will try to contact the King of the city, and hopefully find Appa.
Hopefully without adding to already tragic backstories (not likely).Series
- Part 17 of Always trust Sokka's instincts
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Katara felt like she was waking up from a long slumber, one of those that grace you once in a lifetime, where your muscles feel stiff after lying motionless for a long time and yet your mind indulgently asks for some more time. This was funny considering she didn’t remember sleeping for more than 2 hours in day because while healing Aang. As her consciousness returned slowly, she heard a weird murmuring sound.
It was a man's voice, a very deep raspy voice which murmured, "Come back to us, Katara. Come back to me." And was he holding her hand in a gentle grip? She slowly opened her eyes, squinting at the sudden light and then..... It was all red.
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A self indulgent tropey Zutara fanfiction collecting dust in my archives and inspired by the legendary ATLA fanfics which I have voraciously consumed over the last 10 years
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Waterbending Master, Healer and Ambassador Katara loses her memories of the last 8 years and learns to forgive and love Zuko all over again.
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- Part 2 of comics what comics?
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The Ways I've Changed by Teeny_Tyrant
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
03 Nov 2025
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Zuko has been having trouble sleeping because of a certain someone on his mind. Sokka tries to make up for it with having a movie night. While watching their movie Sokka admits something and Zuko has to start asking some clarifying questions.
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- English
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- 1,407
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 11
- Hits:
- 165
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Prince Of The North Edition Book 1 by Tocic_Kylx
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
03 Nov 2025
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Born beneath the Northern Water Tribe's shimmering lights, Prince Kyle was destined for greatness, but never how he wished. A prodigy waterbender and Northern heir, Kyle's power comes not only from the moon and ocean spirits, but from something ancient and forbidden. As the Fire Nation's war rages beyond the North's icy walls, Kyle is torn between duty and destiny, tradition and freedom, love and survival.
When fate intertwines his path with Aang, Katara, Sokka, and the Avatar's journey, Kyle is thrust beyond the frozen seas. As he joins Team Avatar, new choices, alliances, and a love that could melt or shatter his heart resurface from his past.
Haunted by secrets, marked by an upside-down crescent moon, and burdened by royal expectations, Kyle must discover how to balance his identity as both prince and individual. His journey through conflict and self-discovery will reveal the truth about himself and his destiny.
From the icy North to the burning heart of the Fire Nation, one prince's journey will redefine balance, destiny, and love.
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Remember Ember Island by sixtiescosmo
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
02 Nov 2025
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It's been 5 years since the war ended when Katara arrives in Caldera as the new ambassador of the Southern Water Tribe. Katara and Zuko haven't spent any real time together since his coronation, and neither of them knows how to act around the other.
It would be so easy just to consider themselves friends...if either of them had ever stopped thinking about what happened between them that one night on Ember Island.
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"So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve and carve until a coin of light appears and you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side—waiting." — Ocean Vuong, Torso of Air
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When Mai gets a call in the dead of the night from Zuko's uncle about how Zuko hasn't come home since the end of the school day and their breakup, her mind doesn't automatically assume kidnapping. She doesn't think anyone could be capable of making Zuko disappear.
But then she finds Zuko's shoe hidden in a dirty curb, and she wishes for once that she was wrong.