Arianna's POV
Suddenly the throne room doors flew open and a guard ran in.
"Your Majesty, Your Grace!" he gasped.
"What is going on?!" Zuko demanded.
"Someone demands to see you," the guard answered.
"Who?" Zuko asked.
Hahn was led in and instinctively Arianna held Kuruk more protectively.
"I have a proposition for you," he said to Zuko.
"What?" Arianna could tell Zuko was shaking in rage.
"A fight. To the death, the winner gets Arianna as their wife." As he spoke the last few words, he looked directly at her.
"You're on," Zuko said.
"Zuko, no!" Arianna cried out.
"Ari, I'm sorry, but I have to do this, for you and Kuruk," Zuko replied. He turned back to Hahn, "let's take this elsewhere."
"Hahn, did you kill my father?" Arianna asked.
"Like I said, I was going to make you regret rejecting me," Hahn answered.
"So you did kill him!" Arianna exclaimed.
"I did what I had to do," Hahn said.
"You monster!"
Hahn turned to Zuko. "Are you ready or not?"
"Let's go," Zuko replied.
Zuko, Hahn, Ursa and Iroh went outside while Arianna took Kuruk to the nursery; she couldn't bear to watch the fight. Hahn had the elemental advantage, but Zuko had the advantage that the sun was out.
Zuko's POV
Zuko was completely concentrated on this fight, he racked his mind for everything he had learned, he knew that they were pretty evenly matched in advantages, but he had never fought Hahn before, so he didn't know how good his skills were.
Hahn made the first move and Zuko was able to counter it easily. He remembered what Iroh told him about trying to use your opponent's moves against them.
"Just to let you know, when I win and you're in the afterlife, be prepared to see your son not long afterwards," said Hahn.
As the fight continued Zuko could tell that Hahn was getting cocky and unfocused and Zuko decided to use that to his advantage. Within just a few a minutes Zuko had Hahn down on the ground; Zuko stood over him.
"Do it," Hahn said.
Zuko bended a ball of fire and thrust it into Hahn's chest, it killed him instantly.
Arianna's POV
Arianna sat in the nursery holding Kuruk in her arms. She couldn't bear to lose Zuko. Hahn had taken everything from her; she had figured out that Hahn had killed her father, although he never admitted to it, to her it just made sense, he wanted to make her regret rejecting him, and he almost took Kuruk from her, and she couldn't lose Zuko too.
Suddenly, the nursery door opened and Arianna stiffened and looked away.
"Ari."
She looked up and saw Zuko standing there. She laid Kuruk down, ran over to Zuko and threw herself into his arms.
"I was so worried about you," Arianna cried.
"It's all right, Hahn is dead, he won't be bothering us anymore," Zuko said as he rubbed her back.
"But Hahn, he was such a great warrior," Arianna replied.
"I had more to fight for and he got cocky and I quote: 'Just to let you know, when I win and you're in the afterlife, be prepared to see your son not long afterwards'. I wasn't going to let him hurt you or Kuruk," Zuko responded.
"I love you so much," Arianna said.
"I love you too," Zuko replied.
They stood there for a while and the Kuruk started crying. Arianna went over a picked him up.
"It's all right sweetie, I'm right here," Arianna said to him.
Kuruk snuggled closer to her; she walked over to Zuko and when Kuruk saw him, he held out his arms for Zuko.
Zuko took his son into his arms. "It's all right buddy, nothing is ever going to happen to you, I promise."
A/N: So it was Hahn who killed Arianna's father after all. To everyone who guessed correctly: great job! Sorry about the fight scenes, they are not my strong points and I'm really working on writing better fight scenes.
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Until next time!
~Forest Princess