Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Omg I don't own avatah.
Iroh walked by Zuko's room and saw Chan looking through his clothes.
"What are you doing in here? Zuko will get mad." Chan looked at him and grinned.
"Zuko told me to find clothes that look like fire nation clothes. So I'm looking through his clothes. I might make these pants into a skirt if I can. Or maybe I'll try to-"
"Chan, please don't take his clothes; I might be able to help you find some. I'm sure there has to be something for you to wear." She closed up his dresser; with Abu on her shoulder; she followed him. "I don't see anything wrong with what your wearing. Sure; it isn't fire nation clothing, but you aren't a fire bender."
"That's why she needs fire nation clothing." They turned and saw Zuko. Leaning on the arch of the door. "I won't have my right hand able to throw the earth. She either learns to bend fire; or she sleeps in the rain. new order; forget the clothing; just learn to fire bend." He left her; she turned to Iroh uneasily.
"He wants me to fire bend?" Iroh nodded.
"Fear not. I'll teach you. I taught him all he knows." Chan bowed as a thank you; he told her that she needn't thank him.
Later that day they went on deck so she could practice her basics.
"They are your greatest weapons." Iroh explained as she lessoned. "I do hope your not as impatient as my nephew. Anything worth doing is worth doing right. Let us begin." She went through each of the drills Iroh put her through; and when he said she was doing fine; she asked him if she could try again. "Why?" He would ask. "Your already doing so well."
"I want to do better than well. I might have to fight as a fire bender; but at least I'll be able to fight." Iroh smiled; and wished his nephew would take his bending as serious as she did.
A couple of hours later; Iroh and Chan were training; when Zuko told her he wanted to train. He was wearing his training uniform; Chan stopped her own training; looked at him and whistled.
"good!" Iroh smiled. "You can train with Chan." Chan could admit she was nervous; she had only been training for a few hours; but she thought it would be fun to face off against Zuko.
"No." That brought her spirit down. "Uncle; I didn't intend for you to train her at all."
"How else was she to learn Zuko?"
"She'd have to teach herself. That's what I intended."
"Don't be like that Zuko; you wanted her to learn; did you not?"
"That was my order."
"Then think of it like this. If I teach her; she'll learn faster than she would on her own. By the time we get to the next island she will be ready to fight if necessary."
"Oh I don't want her to fight." Chan could stay silent no longer; she shouted at him.
"And why the hell not?" Zuko crossed his arms and gave her a smartass look.
"Your a woman. Wemon can't fight. Wemon are only good for bearing children and doing the chores." Iroh shook his head miserably. Chan narrowed her eyes.
"You say that.But you know just as well as I do that I'm faster; and stronger than you!"
"Oh really?" She could hear the irritation in his voice. She smirked.
"I'll bet I'm stronger too! Unlike you; I've been taking these lessons Iroh has been giving me seriously. You however; just do them, and when you grow bored you move on. Without truly mastering them."
"Are you saying your better?"
"Yeah. I am." She smirked. "If you weren't so dim you would have known that." She saw his eyes narrow; and his fists lit on fire.
"Oh that's it!" Chan grinned; she had enraged the dragon!
Zuko shot some fire at her from his feet; and sent a stream of fire from his finger tips. When the fire cleared;he saw she was gone. He looked and couldn't find her. She was were it was impossible for him to find her. Behind him. The second he felt her hand on his spine; he tried to turn and fight; but she kept to his back and loured him into a spiral. Iroh just watched; waiting to see if what he had been teaching her paid off.Zuko fell into the spiral; and was hit by a blast of flames. He was knocked to the deck; starring up at the red evening sky. Chan smiled down at him proudly. Zuko rose to his feet and pouted.
"I didn't want you to be better than me." He growled angrily. "Go below deck and don't come back until I say so!" Chan nodded and went below deck; trying to find something to entertain herself. She walked into the hull and saw the soldiers playing a board game; and then turning to face her once they heard her come in.
"Ello!" She greeted happily. Raising a hand in the air to show she was greeting them. They rose a hand back and continued on with their game. She approached them with little to no caution. "Is he always so uptight?" They nodded.
"This is a good day for him." One of the pointed out. "You don't ever want to see him on a bad day."
"That boy is wound tighter than a piano wire." Chan sighed. "Of course; it beats stealing." She sat on a barrel next to them and watched the game.
That night; she walked on deck and leaned over the side. Abu sat with her as she tried to fix the collar Zuko forced her to wear. It had a red gem on a black lace base thing that hooked in the back; which immediately made her his right hand woman. Her hair was put up in fire nation female fashion; which she hated. Earlier; Iroh had found her an imperial robe which wemon wore in the fire nation palace. It used to be Zuko's mother when she was alive; which made Chan feel uncomfortable about wearing it. The entire outfit however bothered her. When she looked down at her reflection in the water below the ship; she wondered who it was starring back at her. The only thing about her that was her true element; were her eyes and hair. Other than that she was completely fire nation.
"Excuse me; Miss Chan?" Chan turned around and saw Lt. Ryoku smiling at her. "The men want to tell you something below. In the hull. Please come." Chan nodded and followed Ryoku down to where the others were. They all stood there smiling.
"We were just thinking.." A soldier named Kii spoke up for the rest of them. "Your Zuko's right hand woman and all; and in a way. Your like us.." He paused; and then smiled. "soo..."
"Consider yourself at home.
Consider yourself one of the family.
We've taken to you so strong.
It's clear we're going to get along.
Consider yourself well in
Consider yourself par to the furniture.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Who cares?..What ever we've goin we share" Captain Yiing sang to her. Putting his arm around her neck and nearly crushing her windpipe.
"If it should chance to be
We should see
Some harder days
Empty larder days
Why grouse?
Alsyas a-chance we'll meet
Somebody
To foot the bill
Then the drinks are on the house!" Another soldier bursted in; smacking her gently on the back. Chan smiled as he pulled her from Yiing's grasp and asked her to take off that hair tie. She hid and her hair fell back into it's rightful place. She set it on a table before another soldier grabbed her arm.
"Consider yourself our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss,
For after some consideration, we can state...
Consider yourself
One of us!
Consider yourself..."
"at home?" Chan answered; happy to have them already accepted her. They spun her around; causing her robe to revel her thin ankles.
"Consider yourself..."
"One of the family!"
"We've taken to you.."
"So strong!"
"Consider yourself at home...
We've taken to you so strong.
Consider yourself well in...
There isn't a lot to spare
If it should chance to be
We should see
Some harder days
Empty larder days --
Why grouse?Always a chance we'll meet
Somebody
To food the bill --
Then the drinks are on the house!
Consider yourself our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration, we can state...
Consider yourself...
One of us!" Her hair was no longer perfectly strait as she had gotten it before; and now it was flying everywhere with the fun she was having with all the others.She had not been accepted before as a part of a family.
"There isn't a lot to spare.
Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity.
There's a cup-o'-tea for all
Only it's wise to be handy wiv a rolling pin
When the landlord comes to call
Consider yourself our mate
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself
One of us...
For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself...
One of us!
If it should chance to be
We should see some harder days,Empty larder days,
Why grouse?
Always a chance we'll meet
Somebody to foot the bill.
Then the drinks are on the house.
Consider yourself at home."
"Consider yourself one of the family.
We've taken to you so strong.
It's clear we're going to get along.
Consider yourself well in.
Consider yourself part of the furniture.
There isn't a lot to spare.
Who cares?
Whatever we've got we share.
If it should chance to be
We should see some harder days,
Empty larder days,
Why grouse?
Always a chance we'll meet
Somebody to foot the bill.
Then the drinks are on the house.
Consider yourself our mate.
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself...
One of us!" Chan laughed as all the guys welcomed her as one of them; it was unlike anyone to like her so much they'd take her in no matter what her past was like.
consider yourself- oliver twist. Origonally it had alot of words but not this time. I cut them out to make it shorter. :D