Avatar: Another Four Element Bender
Chapter: 1

The Fire Lord Ozai sat there with his friend, the duke, Fudo. The duke's daughter & son, Azula and Zuko kneeled before them. Fire Lord Ozai smiled.

"Hello my dear Fire bending children." He gave Fudo's daughter a look. She was different from the others. He smiled at Zuko.

"Welcome home my son."

"It's great to be back father…" Zuko bows his head and clenches his teeth. He was lying as always.

"Atsuko, we have a surprise for you my dearest." Fudo smiled at his daughter. All had a confused look besides Fire Lord Ozai.

"Yes father?" Atsuko looked up at her father.

"We have arranged a marriage for you." Ozai and Fudo smiled at each other.

There was a silence. Azula then spoke.

"Father, I am The Fire Princess! She is marrying before me?" fire exposed through her hands as she leaped up.

"Azula, you will marry after they will." Ozai held his hand out near Atsuko and Zuko.

"Father?" Zuko jumped up.

"You shall marry Atsuko. Azula you shall marry Ichiro." Ozai smiled.

Azula smiled, "Fine by me." Ichiro smiled at her in agreement.

"I shall be okay with my marriage if Atsuko is."

All was silent and Atsuko stood and looked at Fire Lord Ozai; then at her father. She sighed.

"Father and Lord; I am sorry. I cannot marry him. He is trying to kill the Avatar! The Avatar is trying to help the world!"

"ATSUKO YOU MUST NOT SPEAK THAT WAY IN FRONT OF THE LORD!" Azula pulled up Atsuko by the collar.

"Fa-fa-father?" Atsuko stared into the hazel evil eyes of Azula.

"Atsuko, Azula is right. A fire bender may never speak that way to her lord; my sincere apologies my Lord. She will be punished."

Azula smiled. "I would like to battle you Atsuko. Fire with Fire." She clenched her teeth as she spoke and Zuko stood up, "Azula put her down…"

"You can not tell me what to do brother!" She throws down Atsuko and smiles. "Get up and fight me you coward! If you lose, you shall be prisoner in my ship!"

Atsuko gets up and looked at Zuko, "Thank you for your help prince Zuko…" She bows and un-ties her cape and it falls. Her fire bender dress flowed to her knees. Her boots shifted to a balanced position. She held up her fists and frowned.

Ozai looked at Fudo, "Is this crucial brother?" Fudo shook his head. He was cruel to his daughter, he favored his son.

Azula twisted and stood balanced. She shoots her fingers and fire flew like a dove to Atsuko's face. Atsuko ducked and kicked fire to Azula's feet. Azula flipped back and shot fire to Atsuko's arm that was open from getting up. There was a high scream and Ozai ordered the fight to end.

"Atsuko!" Zuko ran to her as she lay on the ground and looked at her arm, crying.

"I win." Azula smiled and trailed off. Fudo glared at his daughter as he left with his son and the fire lord. "I was never pleased with you Atsuko Ren… You and your mother." He left and the fire lord passed them. "Zuko, take the trader to your sisters ship. Then report back to me afterwards."

Zuko nods and helps Atsuko to her feet. "Are you okay?"

"Yes I am fine." She held her arm and whimpered. Zuko picked her up and carried her to the prison. He didn't want to do it. He actually likes her. She cried.

"Why are you helping me Prince Zuko, I disobeyed your father. Also our nation…"

"Because, you are different… I like different… Do you want me to stay in your cell to see what the problem with your arm is?"

"Yes, please…" Atsuko sighed. As soon as they got to the cell Zuko set her down and she let go of her arm. Her wrist down was burned. She held her side as well, once she lifted her arm, her dress was burnt and so was part of her waist. Zuko gasped and screamed to the guards, "Give me some water! NOW!" The guards scattered and one brought back a pitcher of water and some gauze, he saw what her problem was.

"Thank you; now leave us some privacy please?" Zuko shut the door and turned.

Atsuko was floating her hand over the pitcher of water with a ball of water following under her hand! Zuko gasped and watched. Atsuko was a great water bender. She split her fingers apart and the water fell on her arm and the water hissed and cooled the burns on her arm. The one on her waist would be challenging.

"You can water bend?" Zuko stood by the door dazed.

"Yes… Uh Zuko, can you pour the water on this burn? I cannot water bend like that." She smiles and Zuko smiles back.

"Yes…" He goes to her and pours the water over the burn and gets the gauze and wraps her wounds. She smiles and once he was done he knew his father wanted him back in the throne room. He sighed and Atsuko looked up at him.

"I'm sorry I said that stuff about you Prince Zuko."

"Atsuko its okay… What you said is true about me."

"Zuko," she pauses. "If I wouldn't have disobeyed my father, and yours, by losing the fight… I would've married you if I knew you were this sincere. Good luck with your father…"

"Thank you, oh and do not worry… Your water bending secret is safe with me Atsuko. Good night… I will check on you tomorrow to see how you are doing." Zuko gets up with a bow. Atsuko sits there and smiles, she would bow if she could but she couldn't. Once Zuko left and shut the door she heard him talk to the guards.

"Feed that girl more than any prisoner on this cursed ship. Keep her safe, she is wounded… Also the Duke Fudo's one and only daughter! Good day!"

Atsuko smiled as she heard his feet walk away and thinks of what might become of her. Her father, brother, and Fire Lord Ozai knew that she could bend water. She was a natural and very good at water bending. She was also good at fire bending but she did not like to fire bend. It destroyed a lot more than the other elements. It destroyed their world. She did not like the fact of the world being run by the fire nation. She hoped the Avatar world put an end to this war. Once and for all.