Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar the Last Airbender. I know Zuko's kinda out of character…but it's the best I can do…He's in my turf. Imagine if I had the normal Zuko come to our world…. He would probably be destroying everything and nothing would be safe from him. That wouldn't be much of a story. I tried to make it the best I can.
Chapter 4
(Next day)
RYAN!
"Yeah…sure….okay great!….Is it okay if I bring a friend along?…..Yes?…Okay thank you. We'll be there in 5 minutes."
Amy hung up the new phone. She went over to Zuko who was watching 'Will and Grace.'
"Zuko, you're coming with me to baby-sit alright?" She told him. Hoping that he didn't mind. Zuko laughed as on of the Gay guys danced with Jlo on stage. "Babysit?" He said after his laughter wore off. Amy nodded.
"Yes, my friend has a baby named Ryan. She said you can come. Do you want to go?"
Zuko did not fancy the idea of being left alone the whole night in the strange house, "Yes." He said, getting up and following her.
"For how long?" Zuko asked getting in the car. He buckled himself in with more ease this time. He had slept on the couch last night, Bear snuggled on top o his chest, it acting like a heating pad. Zuko had fallen asleep watching Avatar re runs. He was use to everything now…but Amy had a bad scare when Zuko stuck his hand down the garbage disposal to take a fork that had fallen into it out of there. She showed him that if he wasn't careful…….Amy stuck a carrot in the disposal and turned it of. Zuko felt a little ill when he saw the shredded carrot emerge. That could've been his hand, but a lot messier then that.
"We will be babysitting until two in the morning." Amy started up the car and back out.
"Oh." Amy stopped and turned to Zuko, 'I almost forgot. They have two big dogs. They will jump on you!" She warned, "But don't barbecue them okay. The black one it Hailey, she's a Rottwiler. The brown one is Oscar and he's a Boxer."
Zuko took this information in. He started to understand Amy, but in a freaky way. Without knowing it, she had become his first friend…besides Uncle Iroh. But Zuko didn't let Amy know it.
They pulled up to a small house with three cars out in front.
"We're here!" Amy announced. Zuko followed Amy as she went to the door and knocked twice and went in. Zuko stepped inside, and was immediately set upon by two wild barking dogs! The brown one brought Zuko to the floor and began licking his face. Zuko forgot what Amy told him and was about to 'barbecue' the dog but..
"OSCAR OFF!" Amy shouted, grabbing the dog and pulling it off Zuko
"Attennnnhut! She shouted. Oscar sat down and put a paw up in a salute. (It is so cute!)
"Good boy. Stay." Amy helped Zuko up.
"You okay?"
Zuko nodded, wiping slobber off his face, "That…That…was a dog! It was more like a tiger!" He stepped away from Oscar.
Amy laughed, "Yep! But don't worry about him. It's the human Ryan that is trouble. Hailey? Where's Ryan?" She asked the large black dog.
Zuko watched as Hailey went to the other room and came back, ushering a small toddler out.
"MEME!" He cried, running to Amy. He had short blonde hair and large blue eyes. He is a cutie!
"RyRy." Amy swung him up and caught him in a big hug. Giving him a big kiss on the forehead.
"MeMe?" Zuko said, puzzled.
"He can't say Amy, so he says MeMe." Amy explained. She showed Ryan to him, "Ryan, say Hi to Zuko." Ryan blushed and hid his face in Amy's shirt. Amy laughed, "Oh you're not shy. He'll get use to you. Where's Mama?"
"Krystal! I'm here!" She announced. She motioned for Zuko to sit on the couch; he did, sinking into the comfortable pillows.
" Be there in a sec! Make yourself comfortable!" Came a feminine voice from the other room, "Jeremy, go see her and give her money for pizza."
A white, shaved 24 year old man came out of the room, wearing a shirt that said, 'Semper Fi.' This was Jeremy Zuko guessed.
"Hi!" The man said, stickling out his hand to Zuko, "I'm Jeremy, Ryan's father."
Zuko shook his hand like Amy had taught him to do to anyone who offered him their hand, "I'm Zuko. Nice to meet you." He said.
Amy's eyes went wide, she didn't know that Zuko could be so polite. Jeremy handed him $20 out of his pocket, "Here's for the Pizza." Jeremy looked them over, "So, are ya'll dating or friends?" he asked.
"He's a friend staying over at my place until his house gets retailed." Amy lied casually. Jeremy nodded, "Ahh, Okay. So, we will be out tonight. We'll have our cells on if you need us. We should be back around 2 or so."
Amy and Zuko nodded. Krystal came out of the bedroom, her hair done up and everything. She looked beautiful. She was about 6 or 7 years older then Amy.
"You ready to go?" She stopped when she saw Zuko
"Hello, I'm Krystal." She said, Zuko introduced himself. After exchanging pleasantries, they left. Ryan cried for the first minute, then stopped when he found interest with a toy gun.
Amy brought Hailey and Oscar over to Zuko, "Zuko, these are the dogs."
Oscar tried to jump on him again, but Amy held him back.
"Pet them." She instructed.
Zuko reached out a hand ad patted Hailey's head. The dog licked his hand and rolled onto her back, begging for her belly to be scratched. Zuko did, he smiled as the dogs leg kicked the air in pleasure.
"Wow…I never knew anything like this in my life." He said, showing Oscar the same amount of affection.
Amy smiled. Ryan tottled over and tugged on Zuko's pant leg.
"Owcide? Owcide!" He said, grabbing Zuko's finger and pulling him towards the door. Zuko looked at Amy, "What is he saying?" He asked.
"He's saying outside. He wants to go outside. He always wants to go. Even though it's dark out, the street lamps are on. Let's take him to the park for awhile. Then we can order pizza." She put the dogs in the backyard and they left out the front door. Ryan held onto Zuko's fingers, pulling him along in the direction of the park.
"What's pizza?" Zuko asked.
"Food. It's good. I think you will like it." Amy said. Ryan took her fingers, holding onto both Zuko and Amy. Zuko looked down at the small boy.
"Is he a bender? He looks like he's from the Air nation." He said. Amy looked up at him and shook her head.
"No, No one here is a bender. You are the only one. But do not use your firebending here. If you do and someone sees you…we're screwed."
"The only one? I'm the only Firebender in this world?" Zuko couldn't believe it.
She nodded, "At least that I know of." They walked under street lights and posts. They reached a small park in the center of the neighborhood. There was a group of teenage boys playing a late game of Basketball on the court. Zuko watched with interest.
Amy tensed when she saw them, then picked Ryan up and carried him to the slide as far away she could get from the boys.
Zuko was puzzled about her behavior. He asked her what the matter was. She shook her heard, "Nothing.."
She put Ryan on the slide, he giggled as he went down.
"Mor! Mor!" He laughed, holding his arms out to Zuko for him to pick him up.
Zuko and Amy played with Ryan. Zuko had never seen such a little boy with so much energy!
Amy bent to pick up Ryan's shoe that had fallen off. She heard someone walk up behind her, she turned.
"Hey baby!" The boy said, coming closer, "How've you been?"
Zuko watched the boy with growing distaste. One of the boys had seen Amy and had stopped the game to come over. His friends followed behind him. The boy was about as tall as Zuko, but had short blonde hair that stuck out at all angles. He wore a white-T with baggy plants that had a silver chain hanging out of one of the pockets. Zuko knew that this boy was no friend of Amy's.
Amy's eyes narrowed, "Go away Matt, don't ever call me baby!" She said, turning away. Matt caught her shoulder, pulling her back around.
"Don't tell me to go away. What's your deal? Don't you love me no more?" he asked, looking hurt.
Amy batted his hand away. "I broke up with you remember! Of course I don't love you. Now take your friends and go away." She said, venom dripping in every word.
The boy's around Matt covered their mouths, "Ohh" coming from them. A black boy slapped Matt on the shoulder, "Man!" He cracked, "You just got BURNED! Haha!"
Matt was not happy that his friends were now laughing at him. He looked at Zuko and smirked, thinking of a way to restore his dignity; "I guess you got this guy now." He scorned. Zuko did not like his tone; this boy was reminding him of Zhao, but not as smart.
Zuko held Ryan in his arms, the little boy watching with solemn eyes as the big boys talked.
Matt walked up to Zuko, his eyes flicked to Zuko's scar that could be seen by the street lamp.
"How you get that scar man!" Matt asked nastily, "Play with fire and you'll get burned!"
Zuko grew hot with rage. Ryan squirmed in his grasp trying to get out; his holder had gotten hot. Amy saw what was happening. She took Ryan out of Zuko's hands. The look in her eyes telling him not to do it.
Zuko glared at Matt. The boys behind Matt started chanting the age-old word, "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!"
Matt laughed, "You are one weird looking dude. I didn't know Amy liked orientals. Can you do Kung Fu like the movies? Show me ponytail! Fight me if you aren't a sissy!"
Zuko had no clue what Kung Fu was, but he knew that this guy was making fun of him. Amy tried to stop them.
"Stop Matt! Just go home or leave us alone! Leave him out of this!" She said pleadingly.
Matt shoved her out of his way, "Get out of the way Bitch!"
Amy fell with the baby, but Zuko caught her in his arms. Zuko moved her and Ryan behind him, shielding them with his body. He turned on Matt.
"No man should ever call a woman that, and hurt them. You want to fight? Sure I'll fight. If I win, which I will, You have to leave Amy alone, never bother her again." He said.
Matt smirked, "And if I win, You have to shave the rest of your ponytail off and give Amy up. Deal?"
Zuko nodded, "Deal."
Amy grabbed his shoulder, whispering in his ear. "Are you crazy? You can't use your bending here. Don't do this!" She pleaded.
Zuko shook his head, "Don't worry. This guys just like Zhao, a bastard and an asshole. I will win." He was sure of himself.
Zuko stepped forward to Matt.
"You ready?" He asked, kicking off his sandals to the side. Matt grinned, not removing his own shoes, "Oh Yeah! Come on scar face!" He called. The boys formed a circle around Matt and Zuko. Amy was in the circle, holding Ryan tightly, hoping that Zuko wins. Without any warning at all, Matt charged swinging his fists, Zuko saw a fist coming straight for him….
Left off at a cliffie! Haha! Tune in next time. Will like a lot of reviews please!
