Zuko No Shugotenshi: An Avatar Ghost Story

By: Evil Retasu-Chan

Chapter I: Kaidan

(I guess you could say this is a horror/romance story. It involves a wonderful romance, beautiful marriage, and a murder most vial. Yep, Zhao's in it. This will not come even close have as much humor in it as Happy Now, but there may still be some humor. Someone suggested I do a full Zutara one, and here's your request! It's gonna be, at least, a trilogy. Yay. This one involves an OC I've had in my mind for, well, since the Spirit World was unleashed to the public.

'Wow.'

That's a direct quote from your head when you read that, isn't it? Isn't it?

Happy Halloween, everyone! Hope you enjoy an Avatar ghost story by the ERC!)

Kaiden.

In the old tongue, it meant 'Ghost Story'.

It was the name of a fourteen girl who lived in the Earth Kingdom port of Suiun. Her mother, a delicate, sickly woman, owned an inn there, and Kaiden worked as a maid. She had other duties, as well. The teenhad five other siblings to look after when Mother was too busy to attend to them. "Here you are, Kibou, with no rice. Aibou?" The brunette handed the second oldest her plate. "Oh, you had the lack toast and tolerant... Bibou had the crusts off... Amibou had it festival style... And Akanbou has her milk!" Kaiden beamedat her picky, but sweet siblings. She then sank into a chair, tucker out from today's happenings. The Avatar and two Water Tribesmenhad flown past yesterday, so everyone knew the Fire Nation would not be far behind. Kaiden was just worried for her siblings, that's all.

When the admiral entered the rundown inn, he went instantly to the pale woman behind the counter. He had one of his soldiers hold her by the collar with one hand, and threatened her with a fireball in the other. "Tell me where the Avatar is, or nothing but ashes will be what's left of your filthy head." "I don' know what you' damn talkin' 'bout." the femalelied through clenched teeth. "Ah, foul mouthed for someone of your status..." He said calmly, then smirked. "Do it."

Kaiden gasped as she heard her mother's painful screams. Akanbou started shrieking from all the racket. The teen grabbed her baby sister, and ran up the stairs to the entrance hall. "Mother?" She saw men in red and maroon armor slowly surround her. One man, who seemed to be quite highly ranked, went over to her. Smirk plastered on the bastard's monkey-like face, the admiral grabbed the toddler from Kaiden's arms, and set the poor child's foot on fire. "No, oh, please!" Kaiden couldn't stand fire. It had taken her father's life, and was slowly taking her little sister's. The teen felt tears coming past her eyelids, blurring her vision. Akanbou's cries were the only other things that could be heard over her older sister's own. "Please, I'll do anything! Stop, oh, please make it STOP!" And as she said that, nothing but black was the baby's leg, but otherwise, the child was uninjured. He threw it to the sobbing young woman. "Pathetic."

Admiral Zhao then turned to one of his soldiers, and said, "Set the place on fire." As soon as he said this, tables, chairs, anything wood was suddenly ignited, and the two soon were surrounded by it. Smoke filled the air, making the tiny baby cough. Kaiden held her sister close, and found a small window that lead to outside. The other three siblings were outside, frightened. "Aibou!" Kaiden called out the tiny window. The seven year old came up to there. "Sister!" She looked terrified. Kaiden became as calm as possible, trying not to cry. "Aibou, I want you to take Akanbou and the others." She handed her the bawling toddler. "Run as far away as possible. Go to the nearest port. Uncle Tasukaru lives there." "Sister, what about you?" "It's too late. There's no way big enough for me." When the child appeared to be starting to cry, Kaiden said, "Be strong, Aibou. You must, for your family. Now, go! Go!" The teen started to cough. Kaiden sank to her knees, as she saw her siblings depart, and accepted her fate.

She then wept.

She wept until she could not even breath anymore.

(I really wanted to do a piece for Halloween. No, it's going to be multi-chaptered, and basically help me to get better at writing serious stuff. Yep, that's what this is for. Hope you like it!)

Evil Retasu-Chan