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Zuko ½ : Book 1 "fusion"
Written by Gabriel R. Lopez
Previously on Avatar...
"AHA! The infamous training ground Jusenkeyo. Alright boy, pull that finger out of your nose and get ready to fight." A tubby man wearing an old eastern fire nation uniform, with a blue bandanna, and a pair of glasses got into a fighting stance.
"Prepare to loose old man!!!" The boy was barefoot, balancing on one of the poles, wearing a red silk shirt, golden bracers with intricately carved fire symbols, and a black pair of pants. A large fire nation symbol adorned the back of his shirt, removing any questions from witnesses of weather the two were of the fire nation.
"Don't get cocky Ranma!" the old man growled at the boy
"Customers please! I warn you, bad idea!" the Jusenkeyo guide was scared. If these two became cursed , he had few doubts that his village would be attacked by the fire nation.
'Sploosh!'
"Aiyah! Coustomer fall in spring of Drown pandarat, tragic story of pandarat, who die tragically 300 year ago, now whoever fall in spring take on appearance of pandarat."
"Huh?" the guide distracted Ranma as he was knocked into a nearby spring by a 500lbs. Rat with panda markings.
'Sploosh'
"Aiyah! Young Mister Customer fall in spring of disfigured Emo boy, tragic story of Disfigured Emo boy who drown 4 year ago looking for spring of drown boy, fall in spring become disfigured Emo boy…you first customer fall in spring. "
"is there any cure to the curse?" Ranma asked , feeling some pain he touched the scar tissue.
"No, but hot water temporarily restore customer original form, come to my hut, I fix."
Ranma looked at his reflection in the water, he had brown hair and golden eyes the vision from his left eye was blurred, but he could see well enough to know his appearance was frightening to say the least.
Several days later…
"Xian Pu, of the joketsu water tribe to the east, you were defeated by the outsider of the fire nation, you have brought dishonor to our people, you are therefore banished from our tribe until you return with the boy's head ." the elder narrowed her eyes at the girl and then turned her back on Xian Pu.
"I understand grandmother" Xian replied and then began her quest to kill the outsiders.
One week later…
Ranma awoke in his un-cursed form one morning to find the severed head of a panda rat next to his sleeping bag. He found a bladed boomerang to his neck. As Xian stared into his eyes "tell your bother I come for him next." Xian then knicked his cheek with the blade and vanished into the trees
Ranma was silently grateful he had the tent that evening , otherwise he might have shared the same fate as his father. Speed would be his ally if he hoped to get to Gaoling by nightfall. Ranma's mother was an earth bender and Ranma was engaged to marry into the Bei Fong family. Their daughter (Toph) would be 16, roughly the same age as the cursed martial artist. Ranma's father moonlighted as a fire nation spy for the earth kingdom Ranma had been trained by the greatest fighters in the fire nation, and his skill as a fighter had even Gained the attention of King Ozai. A man who was so impressed with the boy's skill as a fighter, and his mind as a tactician, that he granted Ranma an offer he couldn't refuse. Ranma was formally engaged to Princess Azula of the fire nation…until his father was caught spying and they had to make a break for it.
Ranma didn't like Azula anyway, she was two years older than him and they had more of a sibling rivalry than a loving relationship. Besides, Ranma was fairly certain Azula was a violent sociopath.
After burnig his fathers body, Ranma veiled himself with the Umisenken to hide his presence from wandering eyes…ones that belonged to an Amazon of the eastern water tribe. And hoped that he would make it to te earth kingdom border by nightfall if not Gaoling itself. The legends of the hidden water tribe of the east were very real, and Ranma didn't want to be anywhere near the crazy girl when his curse was activated.