Chapter 1:
Memories
Misa's hands were perfectly placed in a fighting position in front of her. Her black hair in a messy bun to prevent them from falling. She was no longer in her fire nation robes. She was in her red leggings and black high heel boots with her favorite red no sleeved shirt. She looked at her opponent and started to look for weak points. One... she counted in her head, getting ready to attack. Two... she breathed in and out. Three!
She ran towards the opponent who started to run towards her as well. He launched a couple of blasts of fire but she managed to block them and send some back. He dodged her flames and tried to hit her again but also failed. She was just too good. Misa ran towards him ready to end the fight. She ran past him and grabbed his arm sending him to the ground. She smiled satisfied with her actions. But he wasn't ready to finish the fight he aimed a burst of fire at her. Her eyes widened slightly and dodged the flames by inches.
She narrowed her eyes at her opponent seeing that he was trying to get up. She showed off some somersaults and landed on top of him. She smirked and he narrowed his eyes to her. "It seems that i won again, Zuko." she whispered in his ear. She didn't have to look at his face to tell that he was blushing. That made her laugh. "What's so funny, Misa?" he grumbled and pushed her off. She laughed again and stood up.
"It just funny because you are a sore loser, Zuki." Misa said and punched him playfully on the shoulder. Zuko snickered when he heard his nickname. Zuki was a nickname she had gave him when they were only 5 years old. Now they were both 17 and she was still calling him that. "Well i think you should be having less fun and start helping me to find the avatar!" he yelled throwing his hands up. Misa groaned and walked towards her room.
It had been already two years since they had been banished and sent to look for the avatar.
Flashback:
Zuko was being forced to do an agni kay against his father, the fire lord. Misa stood in the crowd next to his sister, Azula. She could feel tears in her eyes. "This is wrong." she said quietly. "What are you talking about?!" said Azula with a smirk on her face, "He deserves it."
Misa gasped when she heard screams; it was Zuko. "Zuko!" she screamed . She pushed through the crowd and ran towards Zuko. When she threw herself to Zuko the Fire Lord stopped blasting flames and turned to look at her. She gasped. 'Why am i so stupid' she thought to herself.
She immediately bowed down and said sorry. When she looked to her left Zuko was looking at her with worried eyes, well eye. Zuko had his hand on his eye, he was burnt. She looked towards the Fire Lord. He grabbed me by the wrist and smacked her across the face.
She could feel the tears that she was trying to hide fall on her cheeks. When he finally let her go to fell to her knees. "These to are to be banished from the fire nation and can only regain their honor by capturing the avatar!" She turned to Zuko, both with worried faces, they were only children how were they supposed to find the avatar?
End of Flashback
Misa sighed and changed into her robes again. They were beautiful robes, they were red with gold trims on the sleeves and collar. She brushed her hair and put it into a ponytail. When she went on her way to the deck she bumped into someone. She almost falled until someone pulled her back to her feet. "Watch it." It was Zuko she looked at him and sighed. She had been doing that a lot lately. "Sorry." she muttered.
When she was about to go Zuko grabbed her wrist. "Is something wrong?" he said pulled her back. She sighed, again, and shook her head. "Are you sure?" he said. "Yeah, i'm just tired. Don't worry about me Zuki." she half smiled. "I know when you're lying Misa. I've known you all my life, your like a sister to me..." he said muttering the last part.
Misa put a hand on his shoulder and sighed, again. "It's nothing really! I was just remembering the day we were banished." she said trying to smile. Zuko looked down, also remembering. How could they forget. It was the day they lost their honor. And even if Zuko wanted to forget he couldn't, he had a scar to remind him every time he looked in a mirror.
Misa couldn't help but to sigh again. She felt tears prickling in her eyes. She let go of Zuko's shoulder and was about to leave when she felt two arms embracing her. She gasped surprised at the sudden affection Zuko was giving her. He didn't hug anyone, no even his uncle. When she fully processed the information she wrapped her arms around him, hugging him back.
"Thank you , Zuko." she whispered. "For what?" he whispered back. "For this, i really needed it." She smiled and let go of Zuko. Zuko smiled, it had been some time since she had seen on of his smiles. She felt butterflies in stomach but she couldn't explain why.
She smiled back and walked away. She really did feel better.
Sooooo how was the first chapter? Did you like it? I hope you did! I think i didn't mention this to anybody but i am a really bid Avatar fan (and especially a Zuko fan) so that's why i started to write this fanfic.
PLEASE REVIEW! I would love to hear what you people have to say about the first chapter. I hope it was ok...
Thank You for reading!
~ .okumura
