Avatar: What if - Book 1

What if... Zuko was an only a child?? part 2

Ty Lee's request to help in the mission undoubtedly took Zuko by surprise but also Iroh, the only thing she was looking for was for her nephew to be distracted for at least a moment, to forget about his father's mission and act as a simple teenager, but then he emerged.

Although Ty Lee is such a skilled acrobat, she doesn't know how she could be of much help. That was until she performed a demonstration where she faced some of Zuko's guards and showed what she was capable of. It seems that Ty Lee masters the blocking technique. of chi, which combined with her great agility makes her a formidable speaker, Iroh has to admit that.

Zuko also did it because he gladly welcomed him to the mission when he saw how the demonstration ended. After that, his nephew, remembering what he had to do, was sent to ask the Fire Nation base that was in the port. They were to report any sightings of the Avatar.

He hopes that the Avatar is cautious and can hide, the last thing he heard about him was that he had left Chin Village after facing the Rough Rhinos, but nothing more until that, he only hopes to guide his nephew well on this journey.

But he knew of his nephew's enthusiasm for this mission, for years, just when his father, Ozai, became Fire Lord, Zuko lived with the mentality of proving his worth as crown prince and as his father's son, he dedicated All his time learning everything he needed as a prince and perfecting his firebending, he left his childhood behind and focused on growing up.

Zuko was also trying to follow in the footsteps of his father and his grandfather, whether in how to behave, performing firebending moves whenever he could see them, or in doing his quest to find the Avatar.

He had asked Iroh for everything he knew about the other nations, and soon his nephew formed a crew with a ship and funds to carry out the impossible mission. He had to admit that Zuko could be very persuasive when he wanted.

For three years he sent this crew to travel the world to find someone who had not been seen in 100 years, he hoped that Zuko would eventually see that this was a waste of time. Until the message arrived that the Avatar had reappeared at the South Pole, right where Zuko had sent the Wani the last time, and it also turned out that the Wani crew made first contact with the Avatar.

Zuko had achieved the impossible. Well, technically he did but he was still the one who ordered the mission. When he found out he was ready to leave to face him but Iroh stopped him, telling him that he couldn't stop his training at that moment, Zuko was close to obtaining the title of teacher, and if he left he wouldn't be able to do it for who knows how long, Zuko didn't know. He seemed very dissuaded, but luckily the news arrived that Admiral Zhao would take charge of the task.

Zuko wanted to protest but Ozai told him that he would do nothing and stay in the capital, Zuko reluctantly agreed but asked his father that if Zhao failed, send him to capture the Avatar. Ozai scoffed at the idea and sarcastically said that Zuko could do it if Zhao failed and managed to convince him that he was a talented firebender.

This led Zuko to reveal his experiment. A new firebending technique that he was perfecting and that would help the army, Ozai was interested in the progress and the demonstration that Zuko gave him and told him to continue developing it.

With what Ozai said, Zuko used it as motivation to finish his training, and while that was happening, Iroh supervised his training. Still, on the other hand, he watched the Avatar's steps, his position in the White Lotus gave him the means to prevent him from getting into trouble, which he must add was too much. Still, luckily they were able to help him, and with Zhao hot on his heels, what happened in Pohuai had been the most difficult. Still, they were able to get someone in to get him out, and from there it was commissioned to watch him more closely, the last one had been when the Siege of the North happened, he knew that what Zhao was planning was crazy when he presented it in the War Room, he tried to object cautiously, but his brother had the final decision. Still, He was pleased to know that his nephew also disagreed and even more so that he asked him to do something.