Chapter One
Disclaimer: Omg I don't own avatah.
In a small earth kingdom market place; fire nation soldiers were chasing after a pretty young earth bender. Her brown hair reaching her shoulders and her green eyes shining with excitement over the ruckus she started. Her pet monkey Abu followed her. The soldiers had spears; and as she ran she stole stuff from the stalls.
"Gotta keep
One jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford
( That's Everything! )
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke" She sang as she and Abu dodged the attacks of the soldiers. Their knapsack filled with food.
"Riffraff! Street rat! Scoundrel! Take that!" They shouted at her as they stabbed her with their spears. She deflected an attack by putting a loaf of bread on the tip of the spear.
"Just a little snack guys" She looked at them apologetically; but she snatched the bread and ran. The venders all shouted.
"Rip her open take it back guys!"
"I can take a hint, gotta face the facts
You're my only friend, Abu!" The girl and her monkey hid behind a stall and the fire nation soldiers ran right passed.
"Oh it's sad Chan's hit the bottom
she's become a one-woman rise in crime" rich looking girls in kimonos with paper fans sang sadly. Hateing that she was making such a mockery of their sex. The soldiers spotted her and she took off running; passed a tailor shop.
"I'd blame parents except she hasn't got 'em" The fat tailor sang before Chan snatched a skirt and put it in her bag. She made a turn that brought her back to the girls in kimonos. She hid herself among them and sang.
"Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Tell you all about it when I got the time!" They found her and she started running again. "One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time gonna use a nom de plume
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block" A bunch of venders tried to cut her off by forming a block ade to the exit.
"Stop, thief! Vandal! Outrage! Scandal!" She climbed onto a roof of a building and smiled at them.
"Let's not be to hasty.." That's when the soldiers jumped on top of the roof and started chasing her there too. "Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat
Otherwise we'd get along"
"Wrong!" They all shouted at her.
"One jump ahead of the hoofbeats"
"Vandal!"
"One hop ahead of the hump"
"Street rat!"
"One trick ahead of disaster"
"Scoundal!"
"They're quick, but I'm much faster"
"Take that!" She came to the end of the roof tops; behind her stood the guards; and infrount of her was a fall that could possibly kill her.
"Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin'
All I gotta do is jump" She grabbed onto Abu and jumped. Letting whatever will happen to her happen. When she landed in the arms of someone you wouldn't expect. Or would you?
The arms of Prince Zuko! He rose an eyebrow when out of the sky a woman fell into his arms; with her pet monkey. She smiled at him apologetically. He dropped her onto the ground; she snorted and dusted herself off.
"Talk about bad manners." She snapped; but behind her were the soldiers shouting
"STOP THIEF!" She turned to her pet monkey and shouted.
"C'mon Abu!" The monkey followed her as she ran from them. The soldiers stopped infrount of Zuko and held up a picture of Chan and Abu.
"You seen this girl?" Iroh pointed the opposite way of where she really went. They ran that way; and then Zuko asked why he bailed her out.
"She probably has a reason for stealing." Zuko shrugged it off and went to collect what they came there fore.
Chan and Abu ran to an ally way, and rested against the wall. She laughed with her monkey and broke off half a piece of bread, her monkey ate half; and she ate half.
"They need better police." After some eating; Abu heard her singing softly. "Riffraff, street rat
I don't buy that
If only they'd look closer
Would they see a poor girl? No, siree
They'd find out
There's so much more to me" Abu patted her leg and finished his half of the bread.
"Excuse me miss." Chan jumped when she saw Iroh walking to her. She at first thought he was part of the fire nation police that was chasing her; but then he started speaking. "I won't harm you. But you were being chased by those soldiers; why?"
"I stole from the market place. Not very inconspicuously but I did."
"Why?"
"I wouldn't be able to eat if I didn't. Abu and I need food just as much as the fire lord."
"That's understandable. But-"
"There she is! Get her!"They turned and saw the police running to her. Abu crawled up her arm and onto her shoulder as she and Iroh ran from them; they passed Zuko on the way to the ship; Iroh grabbed him by his wrist and dragged him along with them. Taking her aboard ship and Iroh telling her to hide below deck. Before the police could do anything; the ship was out of the port.
She was able to come back above deck; trying to catch her breath.
"Uncle! Why did you do that? She's a wanted criminal!" She took that as an insult; even if it is true.
"Hey! A girls gotta eat!" She snapped. Zuko growled and the two started arguing. Over what is a bit confusing. Abu and Iroh just watched idly by;as the words flew in the air; they caught a couple of them curse words. However; not from Zuko. Chan had the mouth of what you would think Zuko would have. Because she doesn't have any parents; she has no reason not to curse. What would happen through the rest of the fic if these two can't figure out how to cope with each other? well...you'll just have to sit back and wait my dear reader.
omg I deleted Misty cause it was hard. BUT! Once I know more about that whole 'children adapting the behaivor of whatever raises them' thing. I'll probably re-do it. Most likely. Almost definitly. But not now. :D sorry 'bout that.