Fan the Flame (Zuko X Reader)

Captured

"(Y/N)?"

I sat in the corner of my cell, hearing someone call my name from the cell door. I didn't look up. Instead I kept my head down, fidgeting with the dress that I was made to wear. I hated it. The fabric was itchy and coarse. It made being kidnapped that much more of a living hell.

"Is that your name? (Y/N)?"

The voice from outside of my cell definitely belonged to an old man. His voice was laced with care and concern. still, I didn't look up. He sighed.

"I know that this situation isn't ideal, and if I could get you out of here I would. I'm only trying to make this easier for you." The man slid a dish underneath my cell door. the smell of stir fry filled the air. My stomach growled. I was starving.

I heard the man get up to leave. I glanced up.

"You were right." I said. "My name is (Y/N)"

The man smiled. "Nice to meet you, (Y/N). I'm, Iroh".

He turned around again and opened the door to leave. I crawled over, grabbing the stir fry that Iroh left. I picked it up and walked over to the small, rickety bed in the cell. As intolerable as this place was, it could be worse.

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My eyes fluttered open and to my dismay I remembered where I was. Still trapped on the Fire Prince's ship with no way of knowing if someone, let alone anyone, was coming to rescue me. The smell of sea salt and smoke lingered throughout the room.

Staring at the ceiling I wondered if Aang and his friends cared enough about me to come looking for me. I doubted it. It would be selfish of me to expect them to anyways, with Aang being the Avatar. I turned onto my side to face the wall, shutting my eyes and trying to fall back asleep. I so desperately wanted this all to be over.

Hearing the sound of footsteps pacing from the room outside of my cell, I sat up on my bed and turned to see who it was. Zuko stopped pacing to stare back at me. His golden eyes glinted with frustration. He was lost in thought.

"You know, the least you could do is let me sleep." I scoffed. Zuko ignored my comment and turned away.

"I wanted to ask you something. About your bending" He said, still turned away from me. I scooted forward on my bed as he turned to face me again. I studied the burn over his left eye, wondering what could have caused it.

"I'll tell you what you need to know...as long as I'm allowed to ask about your scar." I bargained. Zuko paused, deep in thought again. Then he locked eyes with me and nodded.

"Alright. I can't tell you much though." He began to walk closer to my cell, Stopping right in front of the door.

"How is it possible that you can airbend? I thought that the Air Nomads were killed over a century ago." I figured he would ask this question.

"I'm really not sure. I discovered I was an air bender years ago, but I didn't tell a soul. Not even my parents." I scolded myself internally. I shouldn't have mentioned my parents. If they found out who my family was they might go looking for them and it would be all my fault. I wanted to keep them out of danger. Especially Kumi.

"Why?" He asked.

"Why what?"

"Why didn't you tell them?" He looked at me with an expression I couldn't read.

"You said you wanted to ask me a question, not two." Zuko rolled his eyes and turned to storm out of the room.

"Wait." I pleaded. He turned back to look at me.

"You never told me about your scar."

The Prince and I made eye contact for a brief second. Who was he? And what was he hiding?

"I was challenged to an Agni Kai." He turned towards the door to the room. "I lost." And just like that he opened the door and walked out, shutting the door behind him. His answer leaving me with more questions than I could even comprehend.

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Zuko's Pov:

I stood at the bow of my ship, watching the sky change to shades of orange and pink as the sun went down. I wondered what was to come now that I had the airbender girl. Surely Father would appreciate me finding her as well as the Avatar, wouldn't he? He would restore my honour and I could resume my life in the fire nation. And he'd be proud of me, I hoped.

Hope swelled in my chest as I thought of my life going back to the way it used to be. a feeling I hadn't felt this intensely in a long time. For some reason though, I felt a small pang of guilt in my chest for capturing (Y/N). I told myself to snap out of it and I tried to shake the feeling, but I couldn't help but remember how sad she looked in her cell. I was taking away her freedom, and I knew it.

I tried to ignore the guilt I felt. After all, If she knew what I had gone through and what I was capturing her for I'm sure she'd understand.

Why did I even care if she'd understand? It's not like she meant anything to me, no matter how intriguing she was. Or how beautiful she looked the day I met her.

What was I thinking? she was off limits, and my prisoner. Besides, I didn't have time to think about these kinds of things. I needed to focus on capturing the avatar now. that was my top priority.

Over the horizon I noticed another Fire Nation ship. As our ship drew closer I noticed coal scattered across the deck of the ship. From the looks of it it was abandoned recently and the crew was no where to be found.

We anchored next to it. I walked across a plank to the deck of the ship, and looked around. Amongst the pieces of coal I noticed a blue necklace that glinted in the setting sunlight. I picked it up to get a closer look at it. Just as I thought. It belonged to the Water Tribe girl that travelled with the Avatar.

The Avatar was close by.

A/N:

Hi guys! I'm planning on updating this book once a week. at the moment though I have a lot of free time and ideas for this book so I'll probably be updating even more than that. I hope you guys are enjoying it so far and thanks for reading!! <3