Romeo and Juliet: A Maiko tale

by musicisherescape

The Tei and Agni families have been feuding for centuries. But everything changes when Mai Tei and Zuko Agni meet one night. AU, based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, rated T for Violence, Suggestive themes, and eventual character death.

1. Prologue

Prologue

Two households, both alike in dignity, in the fair Capitol city where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge to new mutiny, where noble blood makes noble hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star cross'd lovers take their life; whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows, with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death marked love, and the continuance of their parents' rage, which, but their childrens end, couldn't remove. Such violent delights have violent ends.

-Excerpt from "Romeo and Juliet" By William Shakespeare.