This is my first one shot. I have a Danny Phantom fanfic that I am working on but I felt inspired to write for Blue Spirit/Zuko and Painted Lady/Katara. Also I have no idea what color The Painted Lady's eyes are. So in this story they will be blue like Katara's.
This is a edited version. I have been getting some comments on by grammar and spelling. Now for some of the mistakes where honest mistakes, but I do have dyslexia. This means that I have trouble with spelling. I do my best.
I hope you like it
I do not own Avatar The Last Airbender.
A man was laid out on a cot in a small house, struck down by the vicious epidemic that was sweeping the village. He groaned in pain as he clutched at his sides. Sweat made his clothes cling to him uncomfortably. His eye squeezed shut in fevered dreams.
It was the dead of night when she came.
The Painted Lady was dressed in a white as pure as fresh fallen snow. Her skin was the same color. Dark Brown hair cascaded down her back, free of any binding. Red paint ran over her shoulders in lines that curved at the end. Her face was decorated in the same manner. The red around her eyes contrasted their blue color. The lady held herself with the elegance of a royal.
Silently she glided through the open doorway into the single roomed house. Once inside she made her way over to the cot that held the groaning man.
"Don't worry your pain will be at an end soon." she said gently.
The Painted Lady lifted her hand and touched the pained man's head. A bright light burst form where the contact was made. Once it reseeded the man stopped his moaning and no longer sweat. His tossing stopped.
He groggily opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Thank You." He whispered before falling right back asleep.
She smiled softly at him then turned and left. So lost was she in helping people that she did not notice the shadowed figure on the roof.
"You really are something you know that." A voice said from behind her.
Startled the Painted Lady jumped and the voice chuckled at her surprise.
"You really should not come up behind me like that Blue Spirit." She scolded as she continued to glide toward the next house. "And what do you mean by I'm "really something"?"
"My apologies my lady, but it is so fun to see you jump." The Blue Spirit said with a chuckle.
The male spirit leaped down from the roof of the house and landed on the ground. Swiftly he fell into steep beside her.
In contrast to the Painted Lady's white appearance the Blue Spirit was in all black. The only sign of color was his blue and white oni mask hiding beneath a face that only the Painted Lady had ever seen. On his hip hung his deadly dual dao swards.
"What I meant by what I said is that only you would go home to home to ease some mortals pain." he continued.
The Painted Lady stopped and turned to The Blue Spirit. She stood erect and her hands rested on her hips. A small frown made its way onto her face.
"And why shouldn't I help the mortals?" she demanded.
"No reason that you should not my lady. It is only that most spirits tend to ignore the mortals save for the few vengeful ones." He paused then moved closer to her. Their chests almost touching. "But then again you are not like most other spirits are you?"
At this point she decided to ignore his presence, and pushed past him.
"Oh come now. Your not going to ignore me now are you?" He called after her.
Once again she did not respond. Instead she made her way into the nearest house.
The Blue Spirit stayed behind. After a minuets another flash appeared and receded. Another minute passed and The Painted Lady returned with a smile on her face one more.
"Feel better?" He asked.
"Quite, now is there something you needed?" she responded.
"As a matter of fact there is." he said.
The next thing she knew she was in his arms, their chests actually touching this time. The spirit's oni mask was pushed up so that is sat atop his head instead of over his face. He slowly lowered his head till his lips hovered over hers. Yet he did not kiss her.
She didn't expect him to. He always liked to tease her.
For some reason she was ok with this.
"My lord has forbidden all in his domain from interacting with you. I can not give you what you want" she breathed.
"That never stopped you before."
She flashed him a rueful smile and that was all the consent he needed. Swiftly he closed the gap between them and captured her into a searing kiss.
She knew it was wrong. Lord Agni forbade it. Yet she could not resist him. So there in the village that floated on the river and under the moon she kissed him back with all she had.
They had shared many kisses before, but this one would end up being their last for years to come.
ATLA
Lord Agni was the sovereign spirit of fire. He knew and saw all the happened under his brilliant sun. None could measure up to his absolute power over the day. He commanded all lesser spirits that resided in the lands of the fire nation.
Agni was passionate and fair. All who resided in his kingdom of light loved him. The spirit loved justice and despised those who sought to bring chaos into his domain.
Unfortunately for the past eighty four years that is all that existed.
At the moment Agni stood before a large elaborate stone mirror. A vision of fire nation soldiers attacking the southern water tribe reflected on it's surface.
"Why can't these humans just stop their infantile squabbling?" Agni asked himself.
"You know just as well as I that it is in the nature of mortals to fight." Roku's said from behind him.
"Perhaps. They must enjoy it because they do it so often." Agni replied as he turned to face his visitor.
Before him stood Roku, clad in the red garb of the fire nation and with his hair in a traditional top knot. A serine smile played across the man's lips.
"It is good to see you Avatar Roku." Agni greeted.
"I have told you before that I am no longer Avatar. That title now belongs to Aang." Roku exasperatedly replied.
"You mean the boy who got himself frozen in La's southern waters? He has yet to take your title from you in my eyes. He has not earned it." Agni said.
Roku sighed then said "A much as I'd like to argue with you about this I do have a reason for coming here."
Feeling triumphant Roku said "then speak my friend."
"Tui wished to arrange an audience with you."
And there goes Agni's good mood.
"What could the sovereign of the moon possible want?" Agni asked.
"I know not. Only that she wishes an audience." He replied.
After a moment of thought Agni spoke
"Very well, tell her to meet me in the court of spirits when the sun sets. I do not want her to claim that I am unfair. We will be at equal power then."
ATLA
The Court Of Spirits was a small glen at the base of a volcano. A stream flowed around the edge on one side. It is where all official and legal proceedings between spirits took place and was neutral grounds for the four sovereign spirits.
So it was of no surprise that Agni chose this place for his meeting with Tui, the goddess of the moon. None held power over the other.
"Good day Lady Tui." Agni greeted as the sun was just setting.
"Good evening Lord Agni." Tui stoically replied.
Both gave the other a small bow.
"Might I know as to what this meeting is about my lady?" Agni asked.
"Well my lord it has to do with one of your subjects actually." She said.
He frowned. "I can not stop the mortals from attacking your people. I am sorry but they only seem to obey their "Fire Lord"".
"No it has nothing to do with that." Tui said. "I speak of one of your children."
This confused the lord of fire.
"Who, and what has this spirit done to anger you?"
"I am not angered. I just thought that you would like to know that The Painted Lady has gone against your orders and associated herself with the Blue Spirit. They only meet at night so you would not know, but I see all beneath my elegant moon." Tui replied.
To Agni it felt as if he had been slapped.
The Painted Lady, one of his children, his daughter, associating herself with that thieving man. Had she lost all sense?
With a solemn look on his face Agni spoke.
"I thank you for telling me. I shall deal with this from here."
"I should hope so. You can not let such disobedience go unpunished."
ATLA
The Blues Spirit could feel the back for his heels burning from being bodily dragged though the forest the Court of Spirits. Two minor spirits held onto each of his arms as they pulled him along. His hands where tied behind his back. After hours of being dragged they reached the clearing and, weather he knew it or not, his fate.
The two spirits threw him to the ground and onto his knees. He would have kept his head bowed if a familiar voice hadn't gasped. But it did and he snapped his head up to look at his love's horror stricken face.
There stood The Painted Lady, Agni and Roku in the center of the Court of Spirits.
"Tell me daughter, do you know this spirit?" Lord Agni asked her.
The Painted Lady tore her eyes away from The Blue Spirit and moved them to look at the ground.
"No, my lord." She said.
Agni's eyes narrowed.
"Are you sure?"
The Painted Lady remained silent.
"That is unfortunate. I have heard tell of you and he meeting under Tui's moon. Is this true? If it is you have just lied to me my child." Agni said.
The Blue Spirit could feel his heart break in two. He knew it might come to this one day, and he knew she would ask for forgiveness. He also knew that Agni would only give it if she denounced him.
She would do it too. She was too loyal to her lord.
"Yes, my lord. I have lied to you. Forgive me" she answered.
"It does not matter. You are forgive for lying. But not for seeing him." Agni pause. His eyes softened before he continued. "You know of how he stole the power of fire manipulation from me and gave it to the mortals. Because of this it forced the other sovereign spirits to give mortals the power of the elements in order to keep balance. He has caused so much trouble. I shall only forgive you for disobeying me if you renounce him."
"Here it comes" The Blue Spirit thought.
The Painted Lady closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Her answer shocked them all.
"I am sorry my lord but I can not do that."
Agni's eyes slowly went from shock to anger.
"And why not." He growled
A sad smile spread across her lips. She slowly walked over to the Blue Spirit and kneeled next to him. Her eyes caught his as she gazed lovingly at him. The Blue Spirit felt his heart sore with what she said next.
"Because I love him, my lord."
Agni frown deepened
He did not want to do this. He loved all of his children and wished to see them all happy. Unfortunately the other sovereign spirits will demand that they be punished. He'd rather chose his own form of punishment. The other spirits would no doubt demand immediate destruction of the two.
"Very well than you shall share his fate. Both of you are to be stripped of you spiritual powers and reborn as humans. Once you die a mortals death you will not join the spirit realm, but the underworld instead."
Magic began to swirl in Agni's hand. The wind began to pick up and turn with the spinning spell. Agni took one intimidating step at the two lovers.
"If I might interject." Roku spoke for the first time.
Agni stopped but the spell and wind did not die.
"These two should not be condemned for their love. True they disobeyed you, but do they deserve no chance at redemption?" Roku reasoned.
The spirit of fire pondered this a moment.
If the idea of redemption was Roku's idea and not his the other spirits could not claim favoritism. Agni almost sighed in relief. This was his out and Roku knew he was giving it to him.
"Very well." He said. Then turned to address the Blues Spirit. "If you can manage to redeem yourself in the eyes of all of the spirit realm both you and she may return upon your mortal deaths, and have all of your powers restored."
The Blue Spirit was stunned at this turn of events.
"T-Thank You my lord." he said.
Agni nodded and finished his spell.
In a flash of light the two lovers where torn from each other. Not only by time but by distance as well.
Water surrounded The Painted Lady's home so water is where she was taken. She was born to the chief of the southern water tribe two years after she was banished from her world. Her once white skin was now mocha. No longer did she go by the title The Painted Lady. Instead she now responded to Katara. The name given to her by her human mother.
The Blue Spirit, a being of freedom, was placed into the oppressive home of the "Fire Lord" immediately after his banishment. His face that was once hidden by a mask was now instantly recognized. His golden eyes that once belonged to his love only were now admired by many women. Zuko was this prince's name.
Neither remembered their past lives, but destiny did not let true lovers part so easily.
What do you think? Not to bad is it?
This is just a oneshot for now but once I finish my Danny Phantom fic I will make this a chapter fic.