This story takes place before, during, and after Kuzon(Aang) appears at the Fire Nation school in the 2nd episode of the last season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The story focuses mainly around On Ji and Shoji. I just love the idea of seeing Fire Nation families living normal lives, so, I came up with this! Enjoy!!!

How to pronounce OC characters:

Zayn - Zane

Mr. Hiyan - Hee-an

Soniga - Sō neeja

Chapter I: Threat from the Bully

On Ji walked into Ms. Kwan's classroom and sat down at her seat. She opened her history book.

"Alright," On Ji said to herself, "you got everything? Pencil. Check. History Book. Check. Eraser. Check. Good!" Soon after she had made sure she had everything she needed, Hide walked into the class and winked at On Ji.

"Hey, On Ji!" he said to her, to which On Ji responded by just waving at him. After a few more minutes, Ms. Kwan walked into the room and started speaking.

"Good morning, class! Recite the Fire Nation Oath!" The students in the classroom complied to the teacher's command. The students in the classroom turned and bowed at a painting of Firelord Ozai.

"My life I give to my country, with my hands I fight for Fire Lord Ozai and our forefathers before him. With my mind I seek ways to better my country, and with my feet may our March of Civilization continue."

"Good," Ms. Kwan said, "Now then, turn to page 400 in your history books." On Ji opened her book to the spoken page. On Ji was sitting at her desk when she felt a spit ball hit her on the back of the head. She knew it was the school bully, Zayn and ignored it. Every spit ball that hit her, she just simply pulled off. After a few minutes of spit balls hitting her on the back of the head, a voice spoke to her. It was like a stage whisper. The voice was raspy and deep.

"On Ji!" the voice said. On Ji just turned to look at Zayn. But the second she did so, another spit ball collided on her forehead. Zayn just snickered. Without saying a word, On Ji took off the spit ball and tossed it into a trash can.

"On Ji," Ms. Kwan said.

"Yes, Ms. Kwan?" On Ji replied, slightly nervous that the teacher was angry at her.

"Is Zayn troubling you?" Ms. Kwan asked sternly. She glanced back at Zayn, who had an angry look on his face. She deciphered it as 'you tell her, you're going to need to watch yourself from the moment the bell rings to the moment you get home!'

"Yes. In fact he is!" On Ji said, not too worried about Zayn's look. Ms. Kwan looked up at Zayn.

"Zayn. You are to leave this class immediately. You and I are going to have a little talk outside!" Ms. Kwan said. The teacher and the student left the classroom, Zayn casting an angry look to On Ji before going through the door.

"You're gonna need to watch your back, On Ji!" came a voice. On Ji turned around to reply.

"I know, Shoji!" On Ji said. Just then, Ms. Kwan and Zayn came back inside the classroom. Zayn cast a dreadfully angry face at On Ji. After Zayn sat down, Ms. Kwan continued speaking the lesson.

"Continuing our lesson. On Ji. We are at the beginning of paragraph four on page 402. Continue reading," Ms. Kwan said. On Ji flipped to page 402 and began reading the fourth paragraph.

"Firelord Sozin died in the year of 20 AG while he was still looking for the Air Nomad Avatar. During his last years of searching, he was dumbfounded that the avatar kept eluding him. Soon after his death, his son, Prince Azulon, was then crowned firelord…" Before On Ji could finish reading, the bell rang to go to the Algebraic Period. On Ji grabbed her school supplies and left the classroom. While she was walking down the halls to go to the next class, she heard Shoji's voice.

"On Ji!" he said, running up to her.

"Hey, Shoji! What's up?" On Ji asked.

"You think I should keep you safe- I mean! Watch your back?" Shoji asked. He blushed very brightly, for he was embarrassed that he almost treated her like a helpless damsel in distress.

"What do you mean?" On Ji asked, confused.

"You saw Zayn's glare, right? You know, when he was coming back into the classroom?" Shoji said. On Ji nodded.

"Well… just, watch my back. You don't need to treat me like a princess!" On Ji said, giggling.

"Alright! See you at recess!" Shoji said, as he waved goodbye.

"Bye!" On Ji said, waving back.

"How is THAT watching my back? I'm still a few minutes away from arriving at algebra!" On Ji asked herself. After a little consideration, she just shrugged the feeling off. She arrived at her math class and stood at her desk. She brought out her supplies, once again checking she had everything she needed. Soon, the algebra teacher, Mr. Hiyan, walked into the classroom. He spoke with a deep, French accent.

"Good afternoon, students! Today, we will learn about percentages! Flip to page 248 in your Algebraic books!" Mr. Hiyan said. The class complied. On Ji looked through the page and saw the % sign practically every time she finished a paragraph.

"Now then. For a small example, let's say that there are a million earthbender soldiers in the world and each one was killed by a firebender troop. That number is a percent! Everyone understand?" Mr. Hiyan said. All students except On Ji shook their heads. Noticing this, Hiyan asked her to give him an example.

"Well… if firebender troops killed 200,000 earthbender soldiers, then that would be 20%" On Ji said.

"How do you know that?" Mr. Hiyan said, slightly surprised that one of his students already knew what 20% of 1,000,000 was.

"My mother has been getting me prepped for the algebra test coming up…" On Ji said, her cheeks turning slightly pink.

"Blushing I see…" Hiyan said, "very understandable if every student is looking at you!" On Ji looked around the classroom.

"So… does anyone, other than On Ji, know what 1% of 1,000,000 is?" Mr. Hiyan said. The class just simply looked at one another, seeing if anyone knew what it was.

"On Ji," Hiyan said, pointing at On Ji, "why don't you tell us?" On Ji just rubbed the back of her head, slightly nervous she might blush again.

"10,000. 10,000 is 1% of 1,000,000!" she said quickly. Hiyan nodded.

"To figure out what 1% of deceased earthbending soldiers there are in 1,000,000, we must take six steps: First, we know, that the number 1,000,000 is 100% because it's the output value of the task. Next, we assume, that x is the value we are looking for. Since 1,000,000 is 100%, we can write it down as 1,000,000 is 100% of 1,000,000. We now know that x is 1% of 1,000,000, so we can write it down…"

"I didn't know that solving percentages was so complicated!" Soniga, the girl who's next to On Ji, whispered in On Ji's ear.

"It's incredibly easy once you get the hang of it!" On Ji whispered back. Soniga looked back at Zayn, who had a mischievous grin as if he's plotting something. Something else she noticed is that Zayn was also staring down On Ji.

"Did you make Zayn angry or something?" Soniga whispered in On Ji's ear. On Ji glanced back at Zayn.

"Let's just say that I need to be careful during recess and when school gets out…!" On Ji said. Soniga shuddered.

"I know," On Ji said. Suddenly, Mr. Hiyan's voice spoke up in a rather tense tone.

"On Ji! Saniga!" Hiyan said. The two girls turned back toward the teacher.

"Sorry, Mr. Hiyan!" On Ji said as she bowed. Hiyan shook his head.

"This is the fourth time this week you have been talking! One more time and I'll have a talk with your parents after school! Understood?!" Hiyan said sternly.

"Yes!" On Ji said quickly with a little fear in her eyes, for she was slightly fearful that she may stain her perfect record of being a nearly flawless student.

"Of course, Mr. Hiyan!" Saniga said calmly. Hiyan nodded and continued the lesson. After a few more minutes of teaching, the bell rang to go to recess. On Ji obviously paid close attention to her surroundings, knowing that Zayn would probably attack her at any given moment.

"On Ji!" the voice of Shoji shouted. On Ji turned and saw the very student running toward her.

"Hey, Shoji!" On Ji said. The two sat down and started talking.

"I actually heard that Zayn was planning on doing something to you after school," Shoji said. On Ji just looked at the ground.

"He was shooting spitballs at me. And he gave me that glare that he gives everyone else he bullies; don't you DARE tell the teacher I was doing said thing he was doing!" On Ji said.

"You know when he gives you THAT look, it pretty much means he's gonna take you to a disclosed location and make you do something that could get you in major trouble with the school, right?" Shoji asked.

"Eh… boy…" On Ji said. Suddenly, a shadow cast over them. They looked up and saw Hide.

"What do you think you're doing with my girlfriend, Shoji?!" Hide asked angrily, grabbing Shoji by the collar and furiously yanking him up to his feet.

"Hide! We weren't doing anything that implies that I'm dating him!" On Ji said angrily, getting up to her feet. Hide just simply ignored On Ji's remark and punched Shoji in the cheek.

"Hide!! You stop that now!" On Ji demanded. Hide immediately stopped attacking Shoji and looked at On Ji, who had her arms crossed and was glaring at him.

"If you keep acting like that, we're THROUGH!!!" On Ji said. Soon after On Ji said that, the bell rang to go to music class.

"Come on, Shoji!" On Ji said, grabbing Shoji by his hand and bringing him along toward music class. She turned and glared at Hide.

After music class, the bell rang to go home. On Ji was more careful going home than she was going into the yard for recess, for she lived rather isolated from everyone else. She started to calm down when she was a few yards from her house. As she kept walking, she felt someone grab her wrist and yank her into a bush. She began to yelp, but a hand covered her mouth. When she was inside the bush, she saw Zayn. He released his hands from her body. On Ji glared at him.

"You know there are better ways to yank me into a bush than grabbing me by the wrist and putting your hand over my mouth, right?" On Ji whispered angrily.

"How is that?!" Zayn asked.

"You could've, I don't know," On Ji said sarcastically, "said my name!"

"That wouldn't have worked!!" Zayn said.

"Whatever! What do you want?!" On Ji asked.

"You're gonna prank Ms. Kwan tomorrow!" Zayn said, giving On Ji a screwdriver.

"You want me to loosen the bolts on her chair?" On Ji asked. Zayn nodded.

"No! No way am I doing that!" On Ji said angrily.

"Yes you are!" Zayn said. On Ji just tossed the screwdriver back at Zayn and then crawled out of the bush.

"You're going to regret that, On Ji!" Zayn said as he squeezed the screwdriver.

There you have it. The first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it!