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Azutara AU - There are spirits who, if a human saves their lives, become indebted to them and unable to leave their side until the debt has been repaired. Azula, a kitsune, just so happens to be one of these spirits. It also just so happens that Katara has saved her life.
Another one for @waterfire1848
Azula had never known, that it could be like this, that a parent, that a mother could be like this. That a mother could be this gentle with her. Sure Kaori chided her now and then, but her mother always made sure to tell her, what she did wrong and how to make it better. Something Ursa never did.
But the most important thing Kaori did...
"You are not a monster, Azula! You are my beautiful daughter!" the kitsune answered moments after Azula said, that Ursa was right, that she was a monster.
That one sentence was enough for Azula to make her cry. As soon as she heard that sentence all dams broke and she cried for the very first time in years. And Kaori just took her in her arms, making Azula feel the embrace of someone who loved her for the first time in years.
AU - When Azula is cursed by a Fire Nation spirit to become a kitsune, she and Zuko flee the palace (Zuko is about seventeen and Azula is fifteen). Without really meaning to, they make it to the Earth Kingdom and become a con artist duo to stay alive. During a con, they steal from Sokka and he gets his money back from them so they track him down to where he and his sister are hiding. His sister who also happens to be cursed if the canine legs are anything to go by.
For @subterraneanwatcher
[ Katara returns to the Gaanng. ] Sokka: Umm…What’cha got there? [ Katara, looking down at the kitsune with familiar blue fur and golden eyes. ] Katara: Fish.
Regarding the kitsune!Azula-AU, this was partly inspired by reading @bellatrixobsessed1 story "Skin and Scale" and Azula's mischievous nature in general. So yes Kitsune, who are known to sometimes play pranks on humans and Azula fit very well together I think :3 So this is one AU-idea that lives rent free in my head
@waterfire1848 have another snippet/flashfic in this AU :) It just came to my mind :3
The march through this spirit-cursed forest was grueling, but Ozai knew it was for the best of him and his nation. He had to do it! He needed this, no matter how often his wife complained or cursed during this journey.
Speaking of which, Ursa was still close behind him, holding in her arms what would bring greatness to him and his nation.
"Why are we doing this? Why did we take this spirit's cub?" Ursa said pointing at the wiggling bag in her hand.
Again, this woman was complaining again. He took a deep breath to calm himself, because no, stirring the wrong spirits with his anger would certainly lead to disaster. He then turned around.
"We are doing this for our Nation! We are doing this for us!" he rumbled in a low voice
What he did not tell his wife, was that he had no other choice. Because a dragon would have been a better choice than a kitsune. Because a dragon may be easier to control, but they were extinct.. Thanks to his brother, no less. But kitsune were powerful fire benders of their own. Just what he needed, a powerful bender, not this failure Zuko, who lacked a spark. And siring another child with Ursa? This may create just another failure.... So yes, this was the only way for him to get what he wanted.
Hours later they arrived at a clearing. There sat another spirit, who looked at them as if it had expected them. It looked like a snake with the upper body of a human. The color of its scales was an everchanging mess of hypnotizing swirls and spirals, and its long and bony fingers ended in sharp claws.
"Ahh, Prince Ozai and Lady Ursa!" it said with a lisp. "Did you bring what I need?"
Ozai nodded and then shoved his wife towards the spirit.
"Good. Good!"
More kitsune-AU, decided to add a bit of headcanon/lore in this snippet.
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They sat around the campfire in relative silence, eating breakfast. But now and then Sokka still shot Azula an angry look. He was still pissed at the "joke" she and Appa played on him this morning, very much so. Which was the reason he finally spoke up.
"You know, I've could have fallen to death! Do you know that?" He grumbled at the kitsune. Her ears twitched, as he called her out before she looked up at him from her plate.
"You wouldn't have. Appa would have caught you with his air bending." she calmly gave back. And from a few yards away Appa roared as if to say yes.
"Then what was this about? What is the actual job of you and the other kitsune? Other than pranking people?" Sokka was shouting now. Azula just looked at him, sighed and put her plate down, her ears drooping a bit.
"Kitsune are prone to mischief, yes. We sometimes can't help it. But we actually had a purpose..." she said looking down at her hands. "We were messengers.... before the war. Messengers for the other spirits and sometimes between mortals and spirits, mainly between Agni and the old fire sages before Sozin came around." Sighing, Azula looked up again and realized, that the whole group was looking at her, listening intently.
"We also sometimes delivered messages for other mortals in the Fire Nation, that were adressed to dead family members. People would put letters at little shrines dedicated to us. Then we would come, pick up the letter and deliver them to those who the letter was addressed too. This all ended with Sozin, who declared the old religions obsolete and to be superstition. He also had most of the shrines dedicated too us destroyed."
As she finished, Azula scanned their faces. She could see the gears in their heads spinning, especially Sokka and Katara. The waterbender was also the first one to speak up.
"You said most of your shrines were destroyed, not all shrines. So there are still some left?" the girl asked.
"Yes, there are. They were actually gateways exclusive for kitsune to walk between the spirit world and yours. Only a few remain in remote parts of the Fire Nation. And Ozai apparently knew how to find them, and there he found me, as I accidently passed through one of those gates when I was still a curious little cub, who had no idea what was good for her." she answered calmly.
Azula shook her head a little. This memory was actually once lost to her, locked away by the curse, this stupid spirit had put on her. If it weren't for her new friends it still would have been to this day. She owed them so much.
"But you don't need them, right?" the earth bender, Toph was her name, Azula tried to remember herself, asked.
Azula shook her head.
"No, you're right. Mother gave me something that helps me with travelling between worlds. That's all you need to know."
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It was few days later when Katara and Sokka approached her out of nowhere. They both looked sad but there were also hints. of curiosity and hope behind their eyes.
"You said you can deliver messages right?" Sokka spoke up. Then Azula noticed a letter in his hands, rolled up und sealed with blue wax.
"Can you deliver this to our mom? Kya is her name. She was killed in a raid by the Fire Nation." Katara asked, looking at the kitsune hopefully. Quietly Azula nodded, before the Sokka handed her that letter. Then out of nowhere they both pulled her in a really tight hug and uttered a small "Thank you!"
Azula now realized they were crying.
"This may take a while." Azula said, while still stuck between the two. "A few days atleast"
"It's okay, take your time!" both siblings said at the same time, big smiles on both their faces.
Have another kitsune!Azula-snippet :) This takes place years later around the time Izumi is around 6-7 years old.
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It was early in the morning, earlier than usual that Izumi was woken up, which was weird in itself. But the strangest thing though was, that instead of her nurse maid it was a strange woman who had woken her up. Her hair was white and... she had fox ears and two tails in the same color as her hair, the tails were tipped with blue flames.
Izumi's eyes widened in recognition.
"Auntie!" Of course her dad had told stories of her, had shown pictures of her. Her aunt, the kitsune. But she had never met her, until today.
"Hush, little fire cracker! Your dad does not now I'm here, yet. What do you say? Do you want to surprise him?"
A big grin on her face Izumi nodded. A grin Azula returned, though hers was much more mischievous.
"Then let's go!"
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The moment the nurse maid had entered the Fire Lord's bedroom and told Mai and Zuko that little Izumi was missing the Fire Lord nearly got a heart attack.
Minutes later all the guards were on high alert, searching every room in the palace and every street surrounding it. Of course, Mai and Zuko being worried for their child, joined them in the search.
And it was Ty Lee and another of the Kyoshi Warriors who found her.
"Thank Agni! Where is she?" Mai and Zuko asked in unison.
"Oh, she's by the pond and. safe. But..." Ty Lee said smiling slightly.
"But what Ty?" Mai asked being slightly annoyed by her friend.
"Well! Look for yourself!"
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Izumi was squealing out of joy. She and auntie's little siblings were chasing dragonfly-moths created out of blue flames by her aunt. When ever she, Yuki or Hito caught one another one popped up elsewhere and zipped through the garden.
"Be careful, little one!" she heard her aunt calling. As she turned around, Izumi saw that Hito nearly jumped into the pond to catch one of the fiery insects, her aunt barely able to catch him in time.
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As soon as Ty Lee had lead him and his wife to the garden with the turtleduck pond Zuko let out a breath of relieve. But soon after that annoyance and maybe a bit of anger replaced it.
His daughter was safe and sound. And obviously had a lot of fun catching insects made out of blue fire by Azula. And she was obviously not alone. Two kitsune-cub's, a boy with orange hair and similar colored foxe's tail and ears and a girl with silver hair, ears and tail were doing the same. Both were around Izumi's age, it looked like. The boy nearly jumped in to the pond while trying to catch one of the insects. Azula just caught him in time.
He took a deep breath, dismissed the squad of guards that had been following him. Then he turned his attention back to Azula.
"Azula!" Zuko shouted and her ears twitched at the sound of his voice, while the children stopped playing.
"Hello, Zuzu! How nice of you to join us!" she called back, a smug smirk on her face. "And hello to you, too, Mai."
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Oh, Zuzu was angry, she could feel it. If looks alone could kill she would have been dead by now. But teasing him was way too much fun, he being the Fire Lord or not.
"Why don't you relax a bit, Zuzu?" Azula said, still smirking. "Your little fire cracker is safe. Nothing bad has happened."
"Are you kidding me?" Now he was getting really loud. Izumi and Azula's siblings flinched visibly.
"Zuko!" Mai now chimed in, putting her hand on his shoulder. "Calm down. Nothing bad has happened! And you know very well how Azula is. This might be just another of her pranks."
Azula grinned. Oh, Mai knew her so well. Of course Zuko would say, she could have written a letter or let Aang tell him, that she's going to visit. But where's the fun in that. Causing some turmoil was much more exciting. Especially if it got everybody up and running early in the morning.
"Auntie, am I in trouble?" she heard her niece say, the little fire cracker pulling at the hem of her robe. Azula sighed, leaned down and picked her up, her niece's little arms instantly wrapping around her neck, holding tight on to her.
"No, Izumi you're not." Azula answered, sighing. "Your dad was just worried."
As Azula carried the girl towards her parents, her little siblings followed in her shadow, still laughing and playing with each other, utterly unconcerned with everything and everyone.
"These two are my siblings, the boy's name is Hito, the girl's called Yuki." she said, as she reached Zuko and Mai, the latter one instantly taking Izumi from Azula. "Sooooo..... how does breakfast sound?"
Mai just shook her head laughing, while Zuko deflated visibly, as if someone opened a valve an him, letting out all his steaming anger.
Wrote a new one-shot in the kitsune!Azula-AU :) A little warning before Hand, Azula's prank is a bit disgusting in this one.
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Sometimes Katara wished she could use blood bending on someone. This someone being Korra's new firebending teacher, who thought it would be good idea to treat a twelve year old girl like a soldier. But no, she knew this would be bad idea, an idea that sometimes frightened the old woman in itself because... Where in Yue and La's name did it even come from?
But still.... she had to do something about this guy. She tried talking some sense into him to no avail.
"That brat lacks discipline!" he shouted back at her.
"She's still a child!" she gave back calmly. Trying to stay calm, a thing Katara always tried with this guy but to no avail.
"She still lacks discipline!" he continued to ramble.
It was always the same these last two weeks since this guy arrived. No, she would do something about this. Which is a why she was at a little shrine hidden away somewhere at the south pole with a letter in her hand.
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Korra sat in her room trying to sleep. But she couldn't, because her whole body was hurting. It was hurting because her new trainer was a bad man who liked to force her doing firebending forms until they were done correctly. Even if she said she was tired. Even if Korra said it was hurting. And he was always yelling at her, calling her vile things like 'Peasant,' 'Water savage' or 'Failure.'
Katara had left a while ago after she had tried to sooth and heal Korra. It was like this, since this man arrived here. But it was never enough. The pain never seemed to go away completely.
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Azula had read Katara's letter where the waterbender pleaded for help and was instantly reminded of how Ozai had treated her. Of course this man was worse than Korra's teacher but still the Avatar was a child. So yes, she decided to do something about this. Which is why she was now sitting in Korra's room and watching the girl sleep.
Still in the form of a white fox she stepped closer. The floor creaked causing the young girl to wake from her sleep.
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Korra was woken by a noise in her room and as she got up she saw the source of said noise. There in her room said a large silvery white fox, watching her. And each of their two! tails was tipped by blue flames. This was no ordinary fox, but a kitsune, Korra knew that. They looked familiar somehow. Had she met this kitsune somewhere?
"Oh this is a good friend of me, Korra." she heard Aang, her predecessor say from somewhere and it sounded as if he was smiling. Grinning even. Then it dawned on her, this was Aang's firebending teacher.
"Azula?" Korra whispered and the fox answered with laughter. And then in a puff of blue flames she turned human, well mostly human. She still had her foxe's ears and two tails. And she was tall, Korra realized, way over six feet maybe nearly seven. Her hair had the same color as Katara's but Azula still looked much, much younger than Master Katara.
"So... I'm hearing bad things about your firebending teacher?" the kitsune said with a sly grin. And Korra instantly knew this guy would probably leave very soon.
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As every morning, Zhou sat by the Training ground while watching the young Avatar doing her warm ups. Atleast this she got right. Like the countless soldiers he had trained in the past, this girl lacked discipline. But like he did them, he would wear her down. Until she would obey his every command, without question. The waterbender could complained all she wanted to, this is how you'll get results and form good soldiers.
A shuffle beside him drew him back to the present. There stood a young White Lotus soldier with a tray in her hands. Ahh right, his breakfast! And he saw, that this time they even made him some dumplings. Good!
"You can put this down, soldier!" Zhou ordered and the woman complied. Agni she was tall. But her most striking feature were her golden eyes. A fire national then? But why was she so tall?
"I'm off duty until noon, Sir! May I watch the Avatar during training?" she asked him politely after she placed the tray beside him.
"Of course!" Zhou said nodding at the woman. He grabbed the chopsticks and picked up one of the dumplings. He put it in his mouth but as soon as he bit on it a terrible taste filled his mouth. His eyes watered and he nearly vomitted.
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Azula grinned under her helmet. Of course these were no normal dumplings, no these were filled with a nice mixture of rotten eggs, fish and koala-sheep dung. And they had the desired effect. As soon as this imbecile of a trainer bit on them he started coughing and sitting. A shame he didn't puke all over the place.
"Drown your ancestors! Are you trying to poison me?" the man yelled at the kitsune, pointing the finger at her accusingly.
"No, I'm merely giving you what you deserve, 'Master' Zhou! You treat a child horrible, you get horrible things in return. Simple as that." she said with a smug smirk on her face.
"Who are you?!" the idiot yelled at her. And as if on cue at the same time Katara and other members of the White Lotus entered the training area.
Zhou instantly run to the headmaster of the compound and complained about her, that she had tried to poison him.
"Name and rank, Soldier!" said headmaster demanded as he approached Azula, Katara beside him grinning fiercely.
"My name is Azula, and I'm the Avatar's new firebending teacher!" Azula answered grinning while removing her helmet. Her hair spilled out and turned instantly from black to white, two fox-ears popping out of her head at the same time. Then her two tails appeared as the soldier's uniform was replaced by a silver and red robe.
"Because this one is a completely incompetent imbecile!" she continued, pointing at the fuming Zhou.
"How dare you! First you are trying to poison me! And now you question my training methods?" said man yelled at obviously ignoring the fact Azula turned out to be a kitsune.
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As soon as the yelling started, Korra stopped her warm ups and saw that Katara was approaching her. The woman was grinning from ear to ear.
"Hello, Korra. How are you doing?"
"Uhh, I'm fine. Legs and arms are still hurting, though." The young Avatar answered fidgeting a bit. Now and then she looked over at where Azula, Zhou and the rest of the White Lotus were arguing loudly.
"Is she in trouble?" Korra asked curious.
"Azula? Oh no she is not." the old waterbender answered. "But it's better if we stay aside for a bit."
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"You treat her like a soldier, Zhou. No worse actually, like a weapon that still needs to be forged! And doing this to a child?" Azula took a deep breath before continuing.
"Believe when I'm saying that this will do her only harm. Because believe it or not I'm talking from experienced here." Ohh, Azula remembered the training sessions with Ozai very vividly. The pressure to be nothing but perfect, the exhaustion after hours of doing katas and still having to continue over and over again because of a single mistake Azula had dared to make. And Zhou was similar according to the things Katara had told her. Azula took a deep breath, this was another thing Aang, his friends and her real mother had saved her from.
"How dare you?! How dare you to question me and my methods, spirit?" Zhou yelled again, the headmaster beside him completely overwhelmed by what was happening in front of him.
"Maybe because I'm a better teacher than you? I trained Aang if I remember correctly." The kitsune gave back nonchalantly, while inspecting her nails.
"I challenge you!" Ahh, there's the reaction she was hoping for.
"To what? An Agni Kai?" she asked feigning obliviousness.
"Yes, an Agni Kai!" Zhou yelled back.
"Fine by me. The winner teaches the Avatar firebending." Azula said smiling. The head Master just shook his head, apparently he had given up already.
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It was an hour later when Korra stood together with Katara and the rest of the White Lotus on the side of the Arena, where Azula and Zhou were facing each other. Katara's hands were resting on her shoulder, as the woman stood behind her.
"This will be over fast." Katara whispered in her ear. Korra could hear the grin in the old woman's voice. And she was right. Mere moments after the gong sounded to signify the start of the Agni Kai, Zhou charged towards Azula throwing fire at the kitsune. She easily dodged everything the man threw at her and then as he was just a few steps away from her.... She loudly stomped her right foot on the ground and raised her arms. A wall of bright blue fire erupted from the ground right were Zhou stood. The man screamed as the flames swallowed him, but as they dissipated he was mostly unharmed. Only his hair, eyebrows and his beard were burned of, leaving him completely bald. His skin was reddened from the heat but not burned. He fell over from the shock after being surrounded by fire. After that the headmaster, who doubled as a referee in that Agni Kai declared Azula the winner.
Said kitsune was smiling triumphantly, as she walked out of the Arena and over to were Katara and Korra were standing.
"Guess, who's your new teacher little Avatar."
Korra just jumped into the woman's arms hugging her and Azula just hugged her back.
