The Trouble with Fire

Ch.5: Kyoshi Island

Zuko X OC

disclaimer: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender. I own my OC


"The Avatar is on Kyoshi Island?! Uncle ready the rhino's.. he's not getting away this time.", Zuko said, walking toward the bridge. Iroh turned to Zuko and pointed to his fish platter. "Are you gonna finish that?", he asked. Zuko scoffed and grabbed his plate.

"I was going to finish it later!", he yelled, taking the plate with him. Iroh scoffed making Fang laugh a little as Iroh crossed his arms over his chest. She quickly made her way toward the bridge, she could see Kyoshi Island far in the distance.

Zuko must have told the helmsman to kick the ship into overdrive because they seemed to be going faster then she had ever thought the ship could go. One of the guards slowly approached her. "Will you be disembarking as well, my lady?", he asked, holding the reins of one of the Rhino's in his hand.

Fang wanted as little to do with fighting or attacking a small village but if the Avatar was here.. then she had to make sure that Zuko didn't capture him. "I shall." she answered as she gently reached out her hand to take the reins from him.

The guard quickly left to return to his post and Fang set to placing her hand onto the rhino's horn, she gently ran her fingers across the horn and could hear the rhino make a content noise. His gold eyes stared at her as she gave a gentle smile. "Time to go.", she whispered to him and climbed on top of him.

Fixing herself to where she was comfortable on the saddle, she gave a gentle tug on the reins signaling the rhino to move forward. As she lined up her rhino behind Zuko's she could feel the ship coming to a slow stop, they must have been reaching the island.

Fang bit her lip and took a deep breath as she realized her heart was racing. The ramp opened and fell beneath them, leaving them a path to walk on. She watched as Zuko gave a hard tug on the reins and moved forward. "I want the avatar alive.", Zuko stated to both of the guards walking beside him.

Fang pulled on the reins and had the rhino move forward onto the snowy path. Tall trees loomed over them and cicadas cracked as they walked up the steep hill toward the village. She could see a small fence outlining the village as they approached.

A deep frown came to her face as she saw that all the houses were made of wood... something that could burn so easily. She could only hope that Zuko had ordered his guards to not destroy this village, even if he did... in the heat of battle, things were bound to catch fire.

"Come out avatar! You can't hide from me forever!", Zuko yelled out into the village making small children scurry into the nearby buildings to hide. It was quiet in the village and Fang could only hear the sound of frightened mothers shushing their even more frightened children.

She hated that everyone one scared of her just because she wore Fire Nation clothing. Not all Fire Nation people were bad but this war had made all of them look like it. Three of the guards on rhinos continued forward, peeking into buildings as they walked past them.

Fang's eyes scanned the area quickly, she could have sworn she saw something green flash across the corner of her eye. She eyes snapped when she saw one of the guards get flung off his rhino by one of the warriors from the village.

The others were quickly flung off as well and one was coming straight for Zuko. He quickly shot a couple fireballs at her but she dodged them. Fang watched as she leaped into the air and was about to knock Zuko off of his rhino but Zuko reacted quickly and had his rhino turn and hit her with it's tail.

The girl was flung to the ground with a hard thud Fang turned her eyes to see something but it was too late and another warrior had knocked Zuko off his rhino. Fang leaped off her rhino and ran toward the warrior standing over Zuko and hit the back of her shoulder.

She made sure not to use any fire bending because she did not want to be responsible for destroying anyone's home. The woman grunted in pain as Fang hit her below the elbow, breaking her arm. The warrior let out a cry of pain but Fang placed the palm of her hand on the warriors back. "I'm sorry.", she whispered and shoved hard, pushing her into the nearby building. She genuinely felt bad for hurting her but there wasn't much choice in this situation.

She could hear Zuko sending fireballs toward each of the warriors that were surrounding him. "Nice try avatar but these little girls can't save you.", Zuko taunted as he looked around at the empty village. "Hey! Over here!", a young male voice called.

Zuko quickly turned and saw the avatar standing in front of him, staff in hand. "Finally.", Zuko whispered and lunged toward the avatar, throwing fireballs at him quickly and knocked the staff out of the avatars hand.

Fang didn't want to get involved in the fight if she didn't have to, she quickly hid in one of the buildings so she could still watch how the avatar was keeping up against Zuko. She watched at the avatar grabbed two fans that one of the warriors had dropped and send a incredibly strong gust of wind toward Zuko, making him fly into one of the buildings.

The avatar grabbed his staff and took off flying into the air. Fang slowly walked out of the building she had been hiding in and saw all the smoke coming from all of the homes. There must have been a considerable amount of damage to this village.

Her eyes fell on the statue of Kyoshi, a previous avatar who was slowly burning. She turned her eyes away as she saw the wood starting to turn black. Fang made her way toward where Zuko was, she helped him up as he cursed under his breath.

Fang turned her gaze up quickly as she heard a grunt and saw the avatar on his flying animal quickly fleeing the village. A slight smile came to her face, she was happy he had decided to flee. Without the avatar here, Zuko had no reason to attack the village nor did he want to.

"Back to the ship! Quickly, don't lose them!", Zuko yelled, quickly running towards his rhino. Fang ran after him and grabbed the reins of her rhino and climbed into the saddle. Zuko and the other guards had assembled on their rhinos and were quickly making their way toward the ship.

One of the guards suddenly shouted and pointed in the sky. Fang turned her gaze to where he was pointing and saw the avatar plummeting to the earth, he landed into the ocean with an elegant splash. What on earth was he doing? He was supposed to be fleeing.

A gasp came from her lips as she saw the avatar rise from the sea on the head of a huge eel. It was brown and it rose stories about them. It's large jaw opened revealing dagger sharp teeth. Water spewed out of it's mouth and fell over the town dosing the fires that Zuko and his guards had created.

Water fell on her like rain and her hair slowly started becoming damp. She watched as the avatar leaped off of the eel and back onto his flying animal, finally making his getaway. She knew Zuko was going to be furiously angry. She did not want to be around him when they got back to the ship.. the only thing she could do was go to her chambers, lay by the candles and read some of the scrolls.


Several days had passed since they had lost sight of the avatar leaving Kyoshi Island. Zuko had been in a worse mood then usual, yelling at his guards and his uncle. He had ended up going to investigate the weird disappearance of a fire warden near an earth bender village.

There hadn't been much to find, lost of rubble, droplets of blood scattered around different places and a mysterious Water Tribe necklace on the floor. Zuko had kept a hold of it as he was sure it belonged to the girl that was traveling with the avatar.

The winter solstice was quickly approaching, she watched the sun set while she laid her hands on the railing of the bridge. Zuko had gone to find his uncle who wanted to relax in one of the hot springs. Fang had now wished she would have gone and taken a dip in the hot springs too.

It was becoming so cold and her muscles ached from the drastic temperature change. She watched as Zuko returned without Iroh. "Where is Iroh?", she asked him, a little concerned. "I told him to be back in a half hour or we're leaving without him.", he said. Fang frowned.

"He's still in the hot springs?", Fang asked, looking back out in the general direction of them. "He refuses to get out.", Zuko scowled, standing beside her. Fang turned to him and placed her hand on his back, gently running her hand up and down his back.

"Perhaps we should have relaxed in one of the hot springs.", she said, smiling up at him. Zuko shook his head and frowned more. "I don't want to loose the avatars trail.", he answered her. Fang let her hand fall slowly as a soft sigh escaped her lips.

It was always the avatar first then her.. though she supposed his honor would always come first before her. Fang turned toward the sun that was almost set, she was growing increasingly worried about Iroh who still hadn't returned from the hot springs.

It was about to be Zuko's deadline and he was becoming more and more impatient. "My Prince... I am beginning to become worried...", she stated quietly still staring out at the forest in front of her. Iroh should have returned by now, he was always late but never this late. The sky was becoming darker and darker as they waited and with each passing minute Fang felt more and more nervous.

"Gather up ten other guards", Zuko ordered to one standing against the entrance to the cabins. "Stay here while I go look for my uncle", Zuko ordered her. Fang frowned, she didn't want to stay stuck on this ship not knowing when either of them would be back. She hated staying on the ship by herself on the ship.

All the other guards were always cautious around her for fear of raising Zuko's temper. "Ready the rhinos!", Zuko yelled as he walked toward the cabin. Fang quickly turned and moved toward her husband. "Please let me go with you.", she pleaded, grabbing a hold of his arm.

Zuko's stayed silent for a moment, contemplating whether to let her go or not. "Please.", she pleaded again. Zuko let out a sigh and slowly nodded to her pleading. A smile appeared on Fang's face as she held onto his arm tighter.

"Thank you.", she whispered as a rhino was brought out to them. Zuko turned to her, placing each hand on her waist as he lifted her up onto the leather saddle. He followed suit after and held the reins tightly in his hand as she wrapped her arms around his waist. The ship creaked and hummed as the bridge fell to let them off the ship. Three rhinos with two guards each followed them as they traveled through the forest.

The rhinos moved quickly through the brush as Fang welcomed the cold breeze on her face. She hoped they found Iroh quickly, she was praying that nothing bad had happened to him. The rhino under them slowed to a stop when Zuko pulled the reins. "Here.", Zuko stated and quickly got off of the rhino, Fang and the other guards following suit.

"Uncle! Uncle! Where are you?", he asked, pushing aside some branches from the tall surrounding trees. "Maybe he thought you left without him, sir?", one of the guards suggested. Fang stared at the way the land had slid with a furrowed brow. "This looks like a land slide, sir.", another guard chimed in. Fang looked up at him and shook her head. "Land doesn't slide upward.", she commented, feeling a pang of fear go through her.

"These rocks didn't move naturally...my uncle's been captured by earth benders!", Zuko hissed. Fang turned to him. "We'll have to tail them, they couldn't have gotten too far.", she said, quickly making her way back to the rhino. A guard swiftly helped her up onto the rhino as she gave a worried glance toward Zuko.

He moved quickly, jumping onto the rhino and grabbing the reins in one swift motion. He didn't even wait for the guards as he gave a hard tug on the reins making the rhino practically soar through the forest. Fang gazed at Zuko's back, she could see the tension in his muscles making her want to comfort him but alas she knew anything she said would cause him to be mad at her.

Biting her tongue she watched as the branches and green leaves flew past her in a blur. Her eyes were desperately searching for Iroh in the forest but all she could see was lush forest. The patter of the rhino's behind them were as loud as ever and seemed to be timed with her rapidly beating heart. All her mind could think and dread about was if Iroh was being taken to Ba Sing Se.

They had to get to him before they made it to the city or else it would be too late. It would be a million times harder to get to him while he was being held captive in a prison... they had to get to him before they reached the city.. they must.


End of Ch.5

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