The Age of Showa

by General Yankee Doodle

A new Fire Avatar arises 200 years after Roku as the cycle starts once again. The military dissatisfied with the current branch of the royal line seeks to eventually replace it with their preferred who the Avatar happens to hail from once he becomes a full-fledged Avatar. The Prior Fire Lord in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of the last to Avatars banned the White Lotus.

1. Chapter 1

Air, Water, Earth, Fire,

It's been almost 200 years since the last Avatar was born of Fire. With this new Avatar comes uncertainty. However unlike with the untimely death of Avatar Korra, the world was prepared when Avatar Genji died. Thus things reminded relatively calm when in his final days Fire Lord Kazuto banished the White Lotus from the Fire Nation. Not wanting another Sheltered Avatar like Korra, or a false Avatar like Luan.

And despite Fire Lord Kazuto's successor, Fire Lord Chu being a weak ruler, the military has made sure this decree was enforced. As of late a junior noble house has taken the throne over the main bloodline of Fire Lord Zuko. However the new New Avatar is of Fire Lord Zuko's main bloodline giving him, though shaky, a claim to the throne. As such the Military have been Grooming Avatar Showa as a secret Crown Prince and he has already mastered both Fire and Water. His next task is to travel the world in search of a Air bending Master in secret.

Book 1: And Avatar born of Fire and Ice

Standing out on the deck of the ship feeling the breeze go through my shaggy black hair. My brown eyes closed I can feel the warmth of the sun and the push and pull of the waves. Before I knew I was the Avatar, I knew I was a Child of both the Fire Nation and the Water Tribes. So I assumed that's why my connection to both the Sun and Moon was so strong and that was why I could bend both elements from Birth. Probably both are the case as Avatar Korra was able to bend three of the four elements without training from a young age. However her stupidly is the reason I can't talk to her like the Avatars before her could.

It's not completely her fault though, she was sheltered and unprepared. The the hope is by me traveling the world in secret to learn the other two elements I will avoid the same errors. Though I may make completely new ones. Only time with tell when I am ready to seize the throne.

"For someone as important as you Sir, you would think the Admiral would have given you a better ship." One of the more seasoned crewmen complained. He was in his early forties, brown hair, starting to gray, redish orange eyes, dressed like your average sailor.

"This is the perfect ship for what we are trying to do, your name please?" I asked as I was interested in knowing who I was talking to.

"Tao, Lee Tao Sir."

"Well then Lee, we need a ship that can be disguised as a fishing vessel but can still act as a warship if attacked. As this is of a class long since decommissioned no one will suspect I am anything more then the son of a well off small business owner who is in the fishing business who decided that since his son is going to learn air bending that I might as well take a fishing vessel with me so the family can make some money overseas."

"That is a good cover story Sir, now that I think about it."

"Thank you, now we are almost there get the ship ready to dock."

"Yes Sir."