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Zuko is presumed dead after his Agni Kai against his Father. His body is disposed of in the sea, a fitting death for a dishonorable firebender, and his death is covered up. However, he survives and is caught in the nets of some Earth Kingdom fishermen. He is raised in the Earth Kingdom unaware of his past. When his adoptive uncle is killed during a trip by Earth Kingdom mercenaries, he must begin to unravel the secrets of his origin to get revenge. Is it worth it though in the end?
Chapters will probably be short for the time being unless more people are interested in this. More tags will be added as the story progresses. Warnings will be added before every chapter.
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Affection Given Freely by WinterSnufkin
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
26 Feb 2025
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Jing Mei steps over to Zuko and nudges him with her shoulder. “If he’s a good Uncle, he’ll understand. Besides, how could he not forgive you if you provide all these lovely gifts beforehand?”
“True affection cannot be bought,” Aiko says.
“Most certainly it can!” Jing Mei declares. “Come, let’s go buy him one of those nice ink sets I see over there, and some fancy parchment to go with it.”
Aiko sighs and begrudgingly follows.
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- Part 8 of The Little Lady
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Given the task of accompanying the Earth Prince and her dear friend Giren to the Fire Nation over the summer when she was only 14, Sana didn’t expect to become a bargaining chip to help prevent further invasion into her homeland.
Or: After meeting Sana in school in the Upper Ring, Giren decides to come up with the brilliant idea to play matchmaker in the middle of a war between their two nations.
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- Part 1 of Mey's ATLAverse - Universe 1
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“Aiko,” Jing Mei cuts her off, disapproving. Watanabe’s mouth snaps shut with an audible click of teeth at the sound of her name. “I was speaking to Zuko, not to you.”
Zuko stares at her with wide eyes. He doesn’t like to see his First Mate reprimanded. “She is permitted to speak for me,” he finds himself saying. “She hasn’t done anything wrong.”
“Oh?” Jing Mei looks intrigued.
Watanabe crosses her arms, discomfort flickering across her face like a shadow cast by candlelight. “He lies. I was being impolite, as you say.”
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- Part 6 of The Little Lady
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The 100 Year War brought more skeletons to the world, some more obvious than others.
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- Part 1 of A:TLA Ficlets
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Agony Is A Fire, Never Ceasing. by L0cal_NPC
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
24 Feb 2025
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- Language:
- English
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- 566
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- 1/4
- Kudos:
- 1
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the things we pick up as we go by FiresFromOurHearts
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
24 Feb 2025
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Zuko buys tea along the way. Uncle might not be here, but Zuko will see him again.
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- Part 14 of Feb Ficlet Challenge '25
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Home is Where The People Are by coIibrx
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
23 Feb 2025
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Zuko knew who was, the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, a very stubborn one at that. He survived through life out of sheer spite, but what happens if he loses the only guidance he has?
When Zuko is forced to see the world outside his ship, he sees some disturbing truths about his home. But at least he has Hakoda to help him. Which ends up going up in flames, Zuko knows a lot about flames.
Home is where his father is, where the Fire Nation is. But the crew teaches him that home is where the people are.
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Inching closer, Aang tilted his head.
"Aang," Katara reached for his arm only to be brushed off.
"I don't think he's kidding," Aang crossed his legs. "Zuko, can you tell me what you last remember?"
The panic that had been swelling inside him hit max pressure, pushing against his heart and ribs. Breathing picking up, he shook his head. "I don't know who that is," he insisted, voice crackling in his throat.
Or, after the storm Zuko was also caught in, who should he find but the very one he's been after?
(Not required to read previous parts)
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- Part 3 of Forgotten Flames
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It becomes a routine. Changing up the time that he sneaks into the kitchen only works once, and then after that the Cook starts sleeping in the kitchen. Impertinent!
No matter how quiet he is, they always wake up and catch him. Then he’s forced to consume ‘a responsible amount of fuel’, as determined by the Cook.
He doesn’t like eating. It feels like a waste of time, and it often leaves him feeling nauseous. He’s always been a picky eater, and military rations are difficult for him.
Then he realizes that if he can convince the Cook to hate him, they probably won’t care about whether or not he eats. Unfortunately, very little seems to bother them.
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- Part 3 of The Little Lady
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Zuko has been of marrying age for years now, but a part of him had been hoping that under his uncle’s progressive leadership, he would be spared the tradition of an arranged marriage. Judging by the increasingly concerned look on Iroh’s face, evidently Zuko is not so lucky.
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aka, zuko and sokka are in an arranged marriage <3
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Without Face, Without Honor by samthehyena for WitchofEndor
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
19 Feb 2025
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When Ursa left she took Zuko with her and they started a new life with new faces in Ursa's hometown. Now Zuko is an ordinary Fire Nation citizen and an up and coming actor with the Ember Island Players. But when Zuko’s theatre troupe starts producing a play about the Avatar who has recently reemerged, Zuko can't help but wonder whether he is honor-bound to return to the life he left behind.
And because an actor's life always needs a little extra drama, Zuko also falls for the boy he got cast as in a play along the way.
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"Thief! Thief!" Zuko heard someone shout from behind him. He turned around to see what all the commotion was about. He expected to see the vendor yelling at someone and that someone was running away from him and the guards. And he was right. But what he didn't expect was that someone to be his daughter.
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Izumi's sweet tooth manages to get herself and Zuko arrested. By their own guards. Who have no idea who they are arresting. -
i've seen your face underneath my dreams by mangomonk
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra
13 Feb 2025
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Since the end of Hundred Years War seven years ago, Fire Lord Zuko has been isolated in the Fire Palace, fending off assassinations and mending the Fire Nation and its burnt bridges, all while putting off the Fire Sages' demands that he take a wife. When Iroh finally finds him a match, he reluctantly agrees to the marriage, with the expectation of never speaking to her again and sending her off to Ember Island.
It proves to be more difficult than he expects though, when he realizes that his new wife is as stubborn as a dragon moose.
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"Shoulders straight, keep your eyes down. Copy me exactly. He will not address either of you. We are loyal citizens and we have nothing to fear."
Your mother would be the very picture of composure with her high glossy bun and painted lips, if her hands were not shaking. Her fingers clenched and unclench around a gilded fan before drawing further into the sleeves of her red kimono.
"Yes Mother."
Lady Jia spread her fan. "And remember: his title is Fire Lord now, not Prince."
The fall of the Fire Nation to the Avatar and the rise of Firelord Zuko, through the eyes of one woman.
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Abnormal Psychology by loathsome_child
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Feb 2025
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“We are not hugging the evil out of Zuko, Sokka.”
“No, I have an even better idea.” There's a lopsided grin playing across his features and a determined glint to his relentlessly blue eyes. It looks stupid to Katara. In retrospect, it really should have looked stupider. “What Zuko needs—” His voice becomes low and monotonous as the history lessons Gran-gran liked to dish out, and he whips a seal-walrus mustache from his pocket and plasters it onto his face with embarrassing levels of enthusiasm. “—is therapy.”
“Where the hell did you get that mustache, Sokka?”
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(Or, the Gaang attempts to give Zuko therapy. Zuko just wishes Sokka would stop interrogating him with a mustache.)
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Waterbending could mean an endless supply of ice blades.
The thought came unbidden, sharp and unwelcome. Zuko froze, his mind immediately rejecting it. No . He chided himself, forcing the insane notion away. It was just another way his mind was trying to drive him into greater peril. He still had his inner flame; he could still feel the sun. He was a firebender.
Zuko must now face the trials that come with being alive as well as tackling the most important question; Why is he alive?
[Or, What does one do after being saved by a spirit?]
Recommend reading the previous ones to understand this.
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- Part 3 of Tales of the Spirit
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I No Longer Look Like Me by TryingCrying
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
07 Feb 2025
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Zuko and Sokka make a minor mistake, then Zuko ruins everything by majorly freaking out.
Hakoda is mostly confused. But when things start clicking into place, it all starts to make an awful sort of sense.
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- Part 1 of Woke Up Hurting
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'If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.' -Sun Tzu, Art of War
When Ozai burns Zuko, Azula and Zuko must flee. They must hide; then, the Dragons must strike.
A Zucest fic in the context of a larger narrative.
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For what must’ve been so much of his life, intelligence has made a habit of showing its face around every corner Zuko turns, whether he wants to find it there or not.
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In which Zuko dismantles his inferiority complex, Sokka meets his match, and Suki finds what she's been looking for.