Zuko a dragon amongst men
This is a story that came to me some days ago reading some Chinese webnovels while my brother was watching Avatar the last airbender
In this story Aang due to his knowledge of energy managed to comprehend a wisp of the concepts (comprehension about the very laws of the universe) so he taught them to his friends and basically each of his friends became the greatest benders of the whole world (even more than they already were)
First sorry if my English is bad is not my mother language and I'm a bit rusty
I do not own the rights of Avatar the last airbender or the characters here
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It was the 15th anniversary since the hundred year war end, Zuko was busy with national affairs and the celebration so he was extremely stressed
"(sigh) This is the exact same every year, a play about us by the Ember island people, a big party and a whole week of problems, I miss the times when I was wondering the world"
And just by this phrase seemingly the spirits heard his prayers because he felt extreme dizziness while his vision blurred, and after some moments he heard some voices and when he checked his surroundings he saw many old generals and his father Ozai in front of him they were discussing about an agni kai that he will do due to his disrespect to a general
"Goodness this is the war chambers before… my father fought with me an agni kai"
"Hairless little boy you will have an agni kai to remand what you did today!"
This was the old general trying to get Zuko punished but after some doubt Zuki accepted even knowing that his father was his opponent but… this time thing will end up different, none of the first timeline will repeat.
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Just an hour latter Zuko was already waiting in the firebending arena, since the universe, the spirits or whatever superior force gave him this chance he'll grasp it no matter what!
"BEGIN" shouted the referee
So he turned to see that familiar scene, his father waiting for him just before get his scar, remembering the ruthlessness of his father not only to him but the world his eyes turned cold.
"I'm ready, father"
"Hmmp! You're not as spineless as I thought, but still I'll show you respect"
And without further words he shot his first fireball, it was a unrefined fireball but for a normal twelve year old child this was the same as a lifelong scar… but… Zuko was not an ordinary child anymore, his comprehension about the concept of fire was even deeper as Aang, he even grasped some concepts of water, earth, air and thunder, since all four elements are a part of the same he managed to grasp some of it.
The fireball was more that he could handle with raw strength but in truth this is nothing more but a joke in his eyes, with but a mere movement of his left hand he vanished the fireball into nothingness, this surprised everyone in the arena especially Ozai.
"You managed to advance a little in your firebending skill son but… you're nothing but a useless ant in my eyes"
As he said this he send three fireballs in tricky angles trying to harm his own son, this left the audience dumbfounded even Azula was surprised by this, but how can the greatest firebender in history bat an eye to this child's play?
He just stood there allowing the flames to engulf him using his comprehension to turn the wild energy of the fire into gentle one absorbing this energy for his own use, right now as a mere child his greatest issue was his chi reserves, so he used this wild fireballs to forcibly increase his reserves.
Ozai was dumbfounded seeing this, because these fireballs were enough to reduce to ashes even an adult waterbender much less his twelve year old son, this happened in a split of a second so this break down the calmness in Ozai so he begun to do something unthinkable.
Blue thunder was emanating from Ozai's body, He was using thunder! In this moment even Azula begun to feel a tinge of fear towards his father and even some worry for Zuko.
"NO!" shouted Iroh if this thunder touch Zuko he was sure his nephew would die! But he was too far, in this moment there was nothing he could do to stop his brother, so he could only watch with fear and sorrow the thunder in his way to kill his nephew.
"Child's play" Said Zuko coldly and with his left hand he took the thunder giving it the shape of a sphere and then he swallowed it, everyone was amazed by this, everyone knew the lethality of thunder and now a mere kid didn't even put this in his eyes!
"(sigh) Ozai the firelord… father you're indeed ruthless force a child to an agni kai with one of the greatest firebenders of this time… no wonder you managed to handle war affairs this well, but now this war will end! I already know the avatar whereabouts and I'll help him end this war, and right now no one not even you can stop me!"
At this moment Zuko turned his head to see his uncle Iroh.
"Uncle… let's go!"
This short speech left the whole audience quiet right now the crowned prince was openly going against the ideals of the whole fire nation during the last hundred years! Not only that he even claimed to know the avatar whereabouts how could this not surprise everyone!
"You're seeking death!" after this Ozai stopped holding his power and even if this would be bad for him he had no other choice that going all out!
Ozai shot many bluefire attacks not holding anything back! But for the current Zuko this was nothing more than a crude application of firebending so he didn't even move and then he redirectioned them to his uncle to help him opening some space around him to escape.
This left the firelord angry because his own son didn't even spare him a glance and helped his brother but even before he could react Iroh was already leaping to Zuko and in a breath of time he was already to the side of his son.
"Nephew! Will you explain me all of this latter?"
"Of course! I never intended to hide it from you uncle"
At the same time many soldiers were surrounding them and in but a moment all of them used their powers to roast them alive! But even this was not enough to handle Zuko, in his original timeline even Aang in avatar state was unable to win him if he only used firebending, much less these small fries but with a thought all the fire vanished and in a blink of an eye golden thunder was surrounding him and Iroh.
"FATHER! I already said that this war is OVER!"
The surrounding thunder converged in his right hand and then golden fire surged in his left, without hesitation he fused both and fired the fusion to the sturdiest wall of the arena, and after a burning sun like brilliance and a deafening explosion, the whole wall was… gone!
Then he used the concept of vibration to break the earth (Toph's courtesy) beneath him making a road only for his uncle and him.
In this moment not even Ozai had any courage left, this was an absolute disparity!
Right now Iroh and Zuko already left the hall and in this moment Azula with her sharp perception noticed something.
"He… he didn't even harm anyone but… even like that he is unharmed!"
This rang out in the heads of everyone, it was true! With his terrific power he could kill everyone here but even like that handicap he managed to escape unharmed.[Page breaking]
This is the first part of my first avatar fanfic hahaha hope you like it
I want to clear something out, right now Zuko have many abilities applied to his fire bending, he can use the vibration concept to superheat his fire or to freeze water, the circular softness concept to reach the fluid style of water bending and even the concept of speed of air bending and thunder similarly for example Toph can use the vibration concept to freeze water or even to produce fire, even if they cannot reach the same level as real bending they can use some skills of the other elements (at least to the level they reached in the original timeline.