1Disclaimer: Simply put I own nothing, except for Yuo and a few other characters that I thought up.
A bright day shines over the city of Ba Sing Se. The sky is perfectly blue, the trees are green, goat birds happily sing their own unique melody, and everything seems right in the newly conquered city, unless of course one was to look at the city itself.
It is the morning after the Day of Black Sun and a young fire nation strategist sits in his small one room, makeshift Earth house. Yuo has chosen to live such small quarters rather than forcibly stay with an Earth Kingdom family and have frightened eyes looking at him all day. Yuo normally wears a regal red Fire Nation robe, with a suit of thin black metal armor underneath it for extra protection, his hands are covered with a pair of red silk gloves. His long black hair falls just above his shoulders and covers his left eye, and is quite thin for a young man, some even dare say he looks frail. He is known for training in the ways of the lost Air benders, agility and evasion rather than strength and raw power.
Yuo is no older than the former prince Zuko, yet through his own actions he has become a respected tactician and is now part of the major defense of Ba Sing Se.
During the fateful eclipse, as expected, there was a massive revolt by former Earth Kingdom soldiers and refugees. What was unexpected was the level of organization displayed by the attackers. The battle left dozens of fire nation soldiers wounded and the outskirts of the city in ruins.
"Leaving my soldiers wounded...forcing us to use precious medicine to heal the lot of them...utilizing small and well placed groups to spread my forces thin..." Yuo said calmly as he studied the events of yesterday in his head for what must have been the twentieth time, his hands folded in front of his face as he looked into space seeming lost in deep thought. " And when their defeat became clear...start to devastate as much of the city as possible during the retreat knowing full well that we would be forced to make further use of our materials to repair or run the risk of losing what little stability we have left...well played."
Something suddenly came to Yuo and he jumped a bit as if being snapped out of a trance. He remembered that he was in the middle of writing a Haiku, which he was never really good at doing. "Right...let's see what we have here." Yuo reads over the unfinished poem with a smile in hopes that this time he would get it right.
"You are..." he sighsand crumples up the paper. "No! No! No! It's all wrong! She'll never..." Just then he was interrupted by captain Jeux.
Captain Jeux was in charge of Yuo's well being. A tall, brave man, capable of his job, and above all loyal to Yuo.
"What is it?!" Yuo said as he quickly tried to hide the crumpled up love Haiku.
"Did I come in at a wrong.."
"No no! Of course not...why would you... think that?!" Yuo said blushing a bit, trying to retain his superior look of confidence.
"Sir your face is red and your...well...yelling."
"Your point?! Er...your point?"
"Well sir you only do that when your writing a love letter." the captain says smiling nervously, scratching the back of his head.
"It's not a letter!" Yuo lowers his head as if he's been defeated is a child's game realizing he is yelling again.
"Yes sir...whatever you say." the captain says still smiling, he is dressed in his fire nation armored uniform with his helmet off.
"What is it you wanted captain?" the young strategist said, taking a deep breath and standing up to speak to the captain.
"I wanted to give you the damage reports. It seems there is almost twice as much damage as we originally thought, but our injured soldiers will be ready to serve again in about a month." Jeux says with a wide smile, backing up a bit as if to make a quick exit.
"I see...is that all captain?" Yuo said as he sat back down and brushing his long hair back with his hand.
"I believe so sir." turning around quickly and tries to tip-toe out.
"Captain." Yuo said as he remembered something.
Jeux froze and stood at attention sweating a bit. "Y-yes sir?" Jeux slowly turned his head to look at Yuo.
"What about my shipment of jasmine tea from the Fire Nation?"
"Oh yes...about that you see..." Jeux smiles as he turns around to face Yuo but slowly inches his way out of the house. "It...never arrived...we think it's been intercepted by rebels."
There is a calm silence and a steady wind was heard blowing bye. The suddenly a loud almost inhuman high pitched yell could be heard and every person quickly turned to look in the direction of the yell.
Captain Jeux takes off quickly leaving a large dust cloud behind him. He stops for a moment to look back only to barley dodge being hit in the head with a chair.
Around noon time
The sun beats down hard on the great city of Ba Sing Se but still a disgruntled Yuo decides to walk the streets, hands behind his back and head down. "I work and work and work and the one thing I ask I can't get...and I'm stuck in this...hostile place...can life get any worse?" sighs and continues walking, obviously saddened by his lack of jasmine tea in his tummy.
"Oh!" Yuo says with a new found excitement. "Maybe the Ba Sing Se theater will have something to cheer me up!" he says giving a closed eyed smile and starts to skip but then stops on one foot as he notices the strong Earth men looking at him oddly. He smiles a bit and continues walking as if nothing embarrassing happened at all.
As he walks down a main road and into the market area, Yuo suddenly trips and falls face first on the ground. "Hey how about watching where your going huh?!" says a young girl's voice.
Yuo sits up slowly rubbing his face and then turns his head quickly. It seems he had tripped over a girl about his age who must have tripped moments before he came walking by. She dressed like a peasant, wearing a sun hat, and has her long brown hair tied in a pony tail and there was a freshly dropped food basket in front of her.
"Excuse me miss I didn't.." Yuo is interrupted when he is hit directly in the face by a piece of flying fruit knocking him to the ground allowing him to hit the back of his head on the ground.
"Fire Nation pig." the girl said calmly, getting up and dusting herself off.
"Ow.." Yuo sits up, rubbing his head. He then picks up the piece of fruit that was thrown at him and walks over to the girl. "Sorry...it seems this piece of fruit somehow found it's way to my face." Yuo said smiling as he hands her the fruit.
The girl picks up the basket she was carrying and takes it looking confused. "What is this some kind of trick?"
"What do you mean?" Yuo asks with a confused look equal to the Earth girl's.
"Aren't you going to call the guards or burn me with your fire bending to make an example out of me?!" the girl pokes Yuo in the chest getting right in his face.
Yuo smiles nervously putting his hands up and backing up a bit. "Oh no...I was the one who tripped over you...it would be terrible of me to do such a thing."
"Well... don't you think that smile and your mercy has changed my...wait...your Yuo. The one who managed to foil the assault yesterday...aren't you?" the girl had a look of shock on her face.
"Yes but what..."
"Please excuse me...I must be going!" she quickly gathered her things and ran off.
"How odd." Yuo said as he scratched his head and shrugged his shoulders. "Off to the theater then I suppose." Yuo whistles a tune as he continues.
About an hour later in a secluded area near Ba Sing Se
A small field of Earth tents make up housing for a band of Earth Kingdom rebels. Soldiers and former citizens alike, all survivors of the disaster as Ba Sing Se during the Day of Black Sun. The wind is blowing hard today as the soldiers lick their wounds.
The leader of the rebels has called a meeting in the center of camp, it seems as if they have a guest among them.
The meeting is taking place in the center of camp around a fire. Three heavy muscled men who used to be great Earth Kingdom soldiers and the respected leader are present.
The leader is dressed in simple blue clothing and a familiar mask, the rebels have come to know their leader as the Blue Spirit. They learned even before the fall of Ba Sing Se, of the exploits the Blue Spirit has committed against the fire nation and quickly accepted the spirit as the leader. Although a great majority of the soldiers found it surprising that the Blue Spirit turned out to be a young girl.
"Approach us." the Blue Spirit said calmly after a lengthy discussion from her three advisors. She sits with her legs crossed in front of the fire.
The young guest walked forward, he was young but his eyes were fierce. He had the look of an enraged warrior, his long brown hair fell between his shoulders, on his back he carried twin hook swords, and wore a newly acquired set of Earth Kingdom armor.
"What's your name boy?" asked one of the three advisors who sat around the fire.
The Blue Spirit put her hand up. "No...he does not have to tell us his name unless he feels it the right time to do so." the advisor nods his head and willingly submits to the spirits command.
The warrior sits down opposite the leader.
"I've heard of you...and those legendary swords of yours too." the sprit said with a calm tone in her voice. "I've studied how you think from the information I have that is...and I think yours is exactly the skill we need...to remove Commander Yuo...permanently." she says as she lifts up the mask a bit to take a sip of freshly made jasmine tea.
Here is the first chapter of my Avatar fanfic. Hope you like it. Keep in mind this is just an introduction to the real story.