Greetings everyone!
This story has been stuck in my head for ages (meaning since the freaking beginning of last summer) so when I just got my laptop for my birthday (Today, May, 29th) I had to type this all out so far. I would like to make this a rather long series. I try to keep this matching up with what happens in the series in said crossovers but we all know that for sure wont happen. I have a few warnings though. There WILL be femslash/yuri/lesbian-ness later in the story and even some slash/Yaoi/gayness. I'll let you do the guessing because thats more fun. ALSO - there is GodAzulaness. Yeah, she's going to pretty sue like and bad ass. Deal. There is some other stuff but I forget it now. Whatever.
Anywho~ Lets geth this show on the road.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto/ATLA
-TR
~Protege: Abandoned~
It was a late night in the Fire Nation. The night air was warm and the sky was a deep black with stars poking out at times. There were no clouds, which was good for sailors who traveled by stars. Not many people were awake at this time.
Many of the taverns had closed for the night so the drunks were just stumbling home. The only people who were out were a mother and her daughter. The two were walking to the port. Both remained quiet for the most part.
"You have the scrolls that I left in your room?" The woman asked the young child.
"Yes. Although I don't understand why you wanted them. They have all the bending styles in them..." They girl replied to her mother.
"You will understand in due time." Her mother answered, "What of the other things?"
"I have my clothing and the things that you gave me all in my pack. And the scroll that I am to give to a Kurenai."
"Good." She replied, "Now when we get there you will not bother the sailors on the ship. If they ask for assistance, you give it. You are not a princess anymore."
"I'm still a princess." The girl growled angrily.
"Don't act like one. People don't like little monsters."
"Who cares." The girl stated, "I'm their superior, they should obey me anyway." She then pointed to her crown, "This proves it."
Her mother smirked and plucked the crown off of the little girl's head. "And now it doesn't Azula."
The girls eyes narrowed and smoke came out of her nose as she growled. Azula gave her the look that said "Give it back or I will burn off your eyebrows" but it didn't work out for her. Instead the woman wrapped the crown in a red cloth and placed it in her daughters bag.
"You have to give that to Kurenai as well." The girl didn't respond with words. She just growled at the older woman. The woman rolled her eyes. The sooner she was rid of the monster, the better. Then she might have a normal life with her husband, who would only pay attention to the little girl, and her son, who was frequently ousted by his little sister. Maybe with the monster gone, things will be normal.
"Why do I have to go." Azula asked now breaking the silence.
"So you can get stronger." Her mother lied.
"Then send Zuzu away. He's weak. He could stand to get stronger. You baby him too much and it makes him weak." That may be true but it angered the woman. Nobody talked about Zuko, the Crown Prince, that way to her. Especially not this monster of a child.
"You're going and that's final Azula."
Azula didn't respond immediately. I stead she focused on the road in front of her. They had about a five minute walk until the reached the port where she was to board a boat that was to take her away to a distant land called the Land of Fire. Azula approved of the name. She liked fire but she was a Fire Bender so of course she liked fire. By the age of six, she had mastered the basic moves of fire bending perfectly. She was a protégé. Her father had even trained her a little bit.
"Does father know I'm leaving?" She asked her mother.
That was a very good question. Prince Ozai actually had no idea of his daughter being sent away. Her mother had actually planned to send Azula away and stage her kidnapping by a rebellion in the Fire Nation. The scrolls that were taken from the Palace Library were going to be taken by these "Assassins" to teach people who had the ability to bend, to use more dangerous techniques to take down the Fire Nation from the inside. Soon Fire Lord Azulon would start persecuting his own people and when he didn't have enough people, the Fire Nation would fall and the war would be over.
"Of course he know Azula. But your father is a busy man so sadly he can't come see you off. But Uncle Iroh will be here."
The girl rolled her eyes. She hated Uncle Fatso. Sure he was the General of the army but he always sent her stupid gifts and he would always beat her at pai sho and it frustrated her to no end.
Little did the girl know, Uncle Iroh, one of the leaders of the White Lotus, was in on this plan of sending Azula away. He and her mother had planned this for almost a year. The woman who was to receive her, Kurenai, had no idea of the plot. All she knew is that Azula is her niece and want to become stronger. Kurenai knew that Azula was a princess and she was snobby and a brat but she also know that the girl was a protégé and that she would make a fantastic shinobi.
The two females finally reached the port. That was when Azula saw the strangest ship she had ever seen. It wasn't like any of the war ships. It still had and armor plating on it but it was so small and had a sort of motor on the ship. It intrigued her but it was still very pathetic. She was a princess, why was she to be placed on some dingy little ship? It didn't matter because the girl really had no say in this. She was only a six year old. She may be the princess but she was still only six.
"I have to go on that thing?" Her mother never answered her because her Uncle had appeared on the port and engulfed his niece into a bone crushing hug.
"How is my favorite niece?" He said in a jolly manner.
"I'm your only niece." The sleep deprived princess snapped at the old man.
"That makes you my favorite!" He exclaimed happily.
"Whatever. You came to say good bye to me?" She asked him.
"Azula, be nice to Uncle Iroh!" Her mother scolded her for her manners.
"It's fine Ursa! She's just tired. She is up very late. Lack of sleep will do that to anyone. It's fine." Iroh smiled. "I actually have something for you Azula."
Azula looked at the man with one brow raised. He handed her a large wooden box. Inside it contained two sheathed katanas.
"I felt that it would be very useful where you are going."
For the first time in her young life, Azula gave her uncle a kiss in the cheek.
"Thank you very much Uncle Iroh!" The young child exclaimed happily. She took the swords out of their sheaths. They were perfectly balanced and very heavy for the six year old. They were made of dragon scales, the toughest material there was. The scales gave the blade a redish color that Azula loved. "I love them!"
"I thought you would." Iroh chuckled, "Use them well." Azula nodded and cradled the large box in her tiny arms. "Now I believe it is time for you to get on the ship Princess."
Iroh and Azula walked up the gangplank to the ship.
"This Hime?" The man on the boat asked, he had blonde hair, something unusual in her country.
"Yes, this is Hime, Yuuhi Hime." Ursa responded to the man. "And you must be Namikaze-San."
The man nodded in response, "Yes ma'am. Sho Namikaze. I'll be Yuuhi-san's escort to the Land of Fire, and possibly to Konoha."
Ursa nodded at this statement and gently pushed Azula inside of the vessel. "Take care of her. She's our only hope."
The man nodded and took hold of Azula. "Of course. We'll train her up well. I have no doubt that she will make jonin by the time she is 15."
"Good. I must be off. Good bye." Ursa turned around and left the port. This confused Azula who thought she would stay and wave until they couldn't see her anymore.
"Well Bye to you too!" Azula shouted before storming away, swords in hand.
"Good bye Niece! I will await the day you return with excitement." Iroh called.
Azula turned around and shouted her good byes while the ship took off. "Bye!" She called to him. Iroh nodded and kept waving until the ship was out of sight.
When he could no longer see Azula of her ship, he stopped waving. He calmly turned around and made his trek up to the Fire Nation Palace. It was very calm and peaceful walk, until he found Ursa.
"What took you so long Iroh!" She asked him.
"I felt it polite to wave to my niece as she left the Fire Nation." The General responded calmly. "Have you staged to look like Azula was kidnapped?"
"Yes, I left bits of Ba Sing Se silk over the room that was slightly singed so they believe that Azula fought a little. There are a few burn marks in the room as well and dirt on the floor."
"Not bad." Iroh said. He couldn't say anymore until he saw the room. "Let's go."
"Yes let's." Ursa decided.
While the two Fire Nation Royals walked back to the Palace, the youngest royal was on a shinobi ship. The vessel was very fast. Azula looked back at the Islands that were the Fire Nation. She missed it already. The men aboard the ship left the girl alone. All she had were the clothes on her back, the swords and whatever was in her bag. Finally Sho approached her.
"Hey kid. Missing home already?" He asked her.
Azula who was leaning against the edge of the boat just nodded.
"Yeah I miss home too. My home is Konoha. You'll be living there with the Yuuhi Heiress. Not a big clan I will say. Pretty new. All of them are good with Genjutsu so I bet you will be pretty good at it considering you are one."
"I'm a what?" Azula asked him.
"Well a ninja. A Yuuhi. Yuuhi is a clan who specializes in Genjutsu. They aren't a major clam yet, but they are pretty small." Sho answered her. "They all have red eyes or sometimes gold eyes like you."
Azula nodded but remained silent.
"You know kid, it's getting really late... Well it IS really late. You should probably be going to bed right now."
"You're not my father, why should I listen to you?" Azula grilled dangerously at the man. Sho seemed unfazed though. He had seen worse.
"Well I'm going to be a father soon so I better get some practice in right?" Azula shrugged but then nodded.
"Yeah, I guess."
"C'mon, I'll show you to your bed." The two walked down some steps into a cabin below the ship. Inside there were hammocks all over the place and hooks right above. "We all sleep in hammocks, it's comfy but a bed is better. The hooks up there," he pointed to hooks above the hammocks, "they are for our bags." They walked over to a corner hammock. "This will be yours. Can you get up in it?"
"Of course I can!" Azula responded. She grabbed the cloth and tried to get up but it just flipped over on her. She attempted getting up a few more times before she gave up. It wasn't a problem though, Sho gently picked her up and placed her on the hammock.
"Thanks." She muttered not sounding very thankful.
"Anytime Hime."
"Why do you call me Hime? What does it mean?" Azula asked in a demanding tone.
"Where I come from, Hime means Princess. And many if us in my country have codenames so I just assume that yours would be Hime. In Konoha you won't use your codename, that's only on big missions like these."
"Missions? You're on a mission?" The princess questioned him.
"Yes. A recovery mission. It's A ranked, so it's one of the hardest." Sho responded to the child.
"What does your mission have to do with me?"
"We had to come get you and get you to the Land of Fire or Konoha with you being unhurt." Sho explained. "I can explain more to you tomorrow Hime. It's getting late so you should go to sleep."
Azula yawned. "I've stayed up later!"
"I'm Sure you have," Sho chuckled, "But you need to be rested because I'm going to teach you shinobi things tomorrow."
"Alright." Azula decided against arguing with the ninja. "When is dawn?"
Sho paused and looked at a wrist watch, "In about six hours."
Azula nodded and laid down in her hammock. Sho put a blanket over the girl, who accepted the small gift before drifting off to sleep.
"Good Night Princess."
So? What do you think? Is it good? I hope it is. I haven't written in a while so... yeah!