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    The Agni Kai happened 2 years earlier than in canon. After fighting for his life from his wounds, Zuko wakes up miles away from home with an impossible mission and a ragtag crew of the worst soldiers in the navy. He sees this and decides he doesn’t want to please a father that would do this to him, so he ignores his quest. Banished and without purpose, things aren’t looking good for the once prince of the Fire Nation. But hey, at least he has his uncle with him.

    *Basically, a story where Zuko realizes he’s been abused a lot earlier and says ‘Fuck you’ to Ozai and his quest. He decides that we wants to stop the war instead and he and his crew begin to fight the Fire Nation. When they find the Avatar, Zuko is overjoyed. The only problem is Aang is under the impression Zuko’s trying to capture him.

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    Zuko butts heads with the feisty, stubborn girl working alongside him in the tea shop, and ultimately makes her lose her chill enough to break a table…
    But hey, she’s cute, so no harm done…
    right?

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    Zuko asks the Gaang to take him prisoner.
    The Gaang takes him up on his offer.

    Zuko offers to teach the Avatar.
    The Gaang accepts that offer as well.

    What could possibly go wrong?

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    Zuko realizes his destiny much earlier. As in, as soon as he wakes up in the palace after his Agni Kai and is told he is banished. Unfortunately, he's never been a patient one. So he storms right up to Ozai and tells him what he's going to do. And gets locked up for over three years. Then, one day, he's being pulled out and told he's the new Fire Lord.

    A "Zuko never meets the Gaang and suddenly becomes Fire Lord after three years of literal torture" AU. In which the Gaang doesn't know what to think of the new Fire Lord who happens to be the missing nephew of Aang's firebending teacher, Iroh constantly has a headache, and, sure, maybe the world hates the Fire Nation, but the Fire Nation LOVES Zuko, and he can work with that.

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    “I think Katara’s right. I don’t love mom more than her. How could I? The only real mom I can remember seeing is her.”

     

    A conversation between Zuko and Sokka post The Southern Raiders.

    War takes and it takes and it takes.

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    Zuko had no words.

    Well, that wasn’t technically true. He had exactly five, which would remain unspoken:

     

    ‘What the fuck is that?’

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    "Fire. Air. Water. Earth. My aunties used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace, when the Avatar kept balance between the Fire Nation, Air Nomads, Water Tribes, and Earth Kingdom. But that all changed when the Water Tribes attacked. Only the Avatar mastered all four elements. Only he could stop the ruthless waterbenders. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. A hundred years have passed and the Water Tribes are nearing victory in the war. Five years ago, my father, uncle, and cousin journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Water Tribes, leaving me and my brother alone. Some people believe that the Avatar was never reborn into the Earth Kingdom, and that the cycle is broken. But my brother never lost hope. He still believes that, somehow, the Avatar will return to save the world."

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    Zuko infuriates a spirit, and Uncle Iroh pays the price for it. - Or the AU where Uncle Iroh is de-aged, and Zuko needs to find himself to break the curse put on his Uncle. Zuko's conclusion: spirits don't make sense.

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    Zuko never wanted Izumi to feel pressured to be a perfect firebender like he was by Ozai, but he had hoped to foster a love for firebending that came from the lessons he'd once learned from Ran and Shaw. With Izumi showing an intense dislike for firebending, he feels like he's failed at that goal.

    When he receives a message from the Sun Warriors asking for assistance, Zuko decides to bring Izumi along, hoping that it will give her a new perspective.

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    Firebenders don't burn. Especially not Royal firebenders.

    Zuko has never been burned before.

    Father's hand is on his face.

    Zuko is burning.

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    Zuko was forced to give Ozai an heir and take his mother's place by the Fire Lord's side. Despite all that is between them, Zuko tries to make things work with Ozai for Izumi, to give her a life better than his own and the love he never had.

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    A dragon settles next to him. He’s a dark red, and it looks like there is fire unfolding on his skin. A dark scar of bright fire runs down one side, and a white one that looks like a shock of ice.

    “Hi! Are you my spirit guide?” Aang asks. He’s pretty sure Appa’s his animal, but maybe he has another one in the spirit world. It’s not like anybody really tells him this stuff.

    The dragon just growls.

    Or: the siege at the north goes a bit differently. Everything else does too

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    Two years after the 100 Year War, Zuko is buckling under the pressures of being Firelord. Between subversion in the court, assassination attempts, threats from other nations and from within, he is unsure of his leadership. With the help of a new ally in the form of a veteran and rising figure in the Colonies, can Zuko restore his nation's honor and change its course?

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    Imagine if izumi the princess of the fire nation had siblings. Being the little sister of the perfect crown princess is not easy. Everyone adores her and what about you? You are just her shadow. or not?. 15-year-old Alyssa is trying to find her place in the royal family. She doesn't mind being manipulative to achieve her goal. Is their relationship going to become like Zuko and Azula? I smell a Agni Kai coming. Is she going to dethrone her and take the throne?
    And where is Zuko in all this??

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    "Did I do the right thing?"

    "What?"

    "Did I do the right thing when I didn't kill that man?"

     

    Zuko and Katara, huddled in a cave on their way back to the Gaang after they spare Yon Rha-- Katara's mother's killer --talk about their mothers, morals, and (fatherly) love, or lack thereof.

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    “Can I ask you a question that will hurt you?”

    Shi froze for a beat, then, slow, “Ask. I might not answer, but you should ask.”

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    Before Azula was a rebellion leader, before Ozai had sunk his claws into Zuko, they had been children.

    Snippets of childhood from the lives of Zuko and Azula from the Roleswap AU, Lily White Poppy Red. Can be read as a stand alone.

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    Fire Lord Zuko is put in charge of the Gaang’s kids, and it all goes downhill from there.

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    An old and retired Zuko reminiscences on his lost friends and passes away only to find himself in the land between life and death.

    Given a task by La and Yue. Save Tui, save the moon.

    How could he say no? To see everyone again and fix old mistakes.

    If only he knew why they tell tales to be weary of when a Great Spirit offers something too good to be true.

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    10/?
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    16 year old Zuko is trying his best to be a good heir. But Azula, even while off hunting the Avatar for the glory of the Fire Nation, outshines him at every turn. His Father gave him a chance to earn some respect by giving him a water tribe boy to torture for information. Instead he goes and befriends the idiot.
    He's left with few options before his father discovers what a failure he is.

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