It had been days since Chu had taken Ba Sing Se. Taken was a bit of an exaggeration seeing as that would imply that he had to fight to get it when in fact they simply walked in. most of the people in the city itself were happy to see Chu, a member of the royal family, come in and take the city. Kuvira may have brought order to most of the kingdom but she seemed, ironically, to have neglected the capital. Chu took the revamped train system up to the Upper-ring of the city where the palace was. As he sat in his seat Chu looked out at Ba Sing Se. the Middle and Lower ring wall had been torn down during the Red Lotus Rebellion, he would have to fix that as well as the houses and shops destroyed during the Anarchy. Finally coming to a stop Chu stepped out of the train and walked on toward the Earth Palace, surprisingly it was one of the few buildings untouched by the rioting. As Chu walked across the courtyard several men in dark green clothes and small hats surrounding them. "Halt who goes there?" stated the apparent leader of the group. "Ah the Dai Li, I thought you had all died in the Anarchy, or had cowered away in shame after once more failing in your duties to protect the city and the cultural heritage as well." Said Chu in a mocking voice, he had always hated the Dai Li and their secretive ways, men who could not be trusted. "Bow before a member of the royal family" Chu ordered. With that the Dai Li agents reluctantly bowed and allowed Chu to pass. Finally entering the throne room Chu approached the throne. I shouldn't sit it is my cousins thought Chu, then again Wu had given him full authority to act in his stead so he sat down carefully as if he would break it. Almost immediately as he sat down he jumped when the door flew open and two messengers came to him. "My lord I bring good news from the south" said the first. "My lord I bring news from the west" said the second. The news was indeed good, it had taken a few weeks but Fu subjugated the desert tribes and had gained the west, meanwhile Hung had subdued the south without a fight. Suddenly a voice came that wasn't a messenger but the avatars. "General Chu!" the Avatar came into the throne room and saw Chu sitting on the throne. "Avatar Korra what a pleasant surprise" Chu said pleasantly. "Judging by the fact that you're here and not dead I assume Kuvira has been defeated?" Korra looked at him intently "yes no thanks to you. And isn't that your cousins chair?" Chu got up and strolled down to Korra. "Don't worry I was only sitting here until Wu came back. I apologize for not being there but I was busy keeping the Earth Kingdom together for the umpteenth time after once again it was neglected." Korra's expression softened. "Sorry. That sounded a lot ruder than it needed to be. Wu is ok and he wants to invite you to Varrick's wedding". Chu smiled at seeing his cousin again. "I would love to… it's a long way to the west you don't happen to have..."
"Way ahead of you" said Korra and brought him aboard the airship.
The Wedding was a lovely affair and Chu was with his cousin who was telling him how he had helped the evacuation of Republic City. "Mako says that I will make a great leader someday… though I have been thinking..." Just then Korra walked up to them "Good to see you, Prince Wu. Or should I say, King Wu? You ready to get back to Ba Sing Se and finally take the throne?" Wu looked down at the ground briefly. "Yeah well… About that." Chu put a hand on his shoulder "Is everything alright Wu?" he asked, personally noting this was the first time he had called him by his name and not cousin. "I was actually thinking of stepping down as king and letting my cousin Chu here take the throne." Wu said quickly. The news hit both Korra and Chu like a pile of bricks, Chu most of all as he had expected to be commander of the army, not King of the largest nation on earth. "Cousin are… are you sure… I mean surely your joking?" asked Chu after recovering from the shock. "For once I'm not…Now I know what you're going to say, 'I'm being lazy', 'I'm afraid of responsibility', 'I'm putting my singing career before my people', but it's none of those things. I really think the Earth Kingdom would be better off if you took the throne Chu, unlike mother you care for the people, and unlike grandfather you're not weak, you have run a province before, commanded armies to victory on so many occasions, and you were a vital part in ending the Anarchy without tainting yourself by joining Kuvira, in other words cousin, I can't think of anyone else to take my place." Chu thought for a moment, me as Earth King… This is not something I want I will tell him to pick someone else. Wu seemed to read his mind "of course if you don't want it I can always abolish the monarchy all together and create democratically independent states based of the United Republic." Chu thought it over once more and shook his head, he had worked too hard for too long to keep the monarchy and country united, he had no choice. "Well cousin if this is your will I will abide by it, that is if the Avatar approves the decision." Chu and Wu looked at Korra, the Avatar looked at both of them and after what seemed like forever Korra finally smiled and nodded "well if you think that's best then I'll support it." And with that she walked off. Chu turned to Wu "Come cousin let us enjoy the wedding and put politics aside for tonight." The rest of the evening was spent eating and dancing, yet the whole time Chu thought about the last few months, he was going to have to work extra hard to not only reform the kingdom but to earn the trust of the world leaders. as the party died down Chu smiled Earth King Chu… it has a nice ring to it.
Hey everyone sorry it's been a while but I will make it up. I apologize if there is little dialogue.