|•|W I T 卄 E R||•| Zuko X Reader ⚠SLOWBURN⚠

Worry

"Y/N-" Zuko paused and turned his head away from you, "...Do you really think so?"

"I do," You said. "I do."

Zuko chuckled softly, gaze travelling towards your eyes, "You'd... Probably be a good mother."
You raise an eyebrow. "Probably?"

"I don't want to jinx it." He shrugged.
You scoffed, smiling, "Prick."
Zuko laughed, caressing your hand with his thumb.

You let out a sound of contentment, closing your eyes. He always knew how to calm you down.

"Something on your mind?" Zuko asked.
You nodded, "Yeah... Remember Oka?"
Zuko tutted. "Yup." He put an emphasis on the "p."

"I don't know when he's going to attack. It could happen soon-It could happen today, even. And I'm not ready at all." You explained.

"Well, you defeated the crazy lady with the spikes. Oka's got nothing on you." Zuko stated.

"Ozai favors him. Azula brought him to the Fire Nation with her. He probably has connections. He wanted my power. I think... He's been studying me." You grimaced.

Zuko narrowed his eyes, "...That kid. The one with the curly brown hair."

"Curly brown... You mean 740?" You inquired.

"The one who can warp time." Zuko sat up, "Can't he tell you when Oka will attack?"

Your eyes widened and you stared at Zuko blankly, aggressively blinking.

"...Can't he?" Zuko mumbled.

You launched yourself forward and wrapped your arms around him. "Thank you! Thank you a million!"

Zuko chuckled and ruffled your hair, "Hey now, don't get my spine screwed up."

You sat back down with a dumb grin. "Right! Right. Thanks, Zuko. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get back there."

"Do you know how to do that? Saiyaka had to use portals, right?" Zuko questioned.

"Let me try this." You placed your hands on the floor and shut your eyes, focusing. You were able to see below ground. Focusing a lot more, you went lower and lower until...

You could see what looked like 740 waving at you. He made a pushing motion with his hands. Copying that movement, you wound up inside your headspace.

Lso gave you a nod. You made another shoving motion and fell to the cool, dark, black floor of "The Horizon."

"Hey, big sis Y/N. Nice to see you again." 740 said. Baoshi lifted you up, "Hello,
Y/N. I got to see you and Zuko, and I've got to say... The two of you, uh..."

"Do you need my help?" 740 asked.
Baoshi nodded. 740 made a slicing motion. "Ohh! The two of you slay!" Baoshi grinned.

740 snorted and stretched, "Anyway, you have fifteen minutes before Azula attacks you guys. You spent five getting here, so I'll make this snappy."

"Wait, wha-"
740 clapped his hands, "I said, snappy! Shh!"

"Oka will attack on the day of Sozin's Comet," 740 said. "He and Azula are making their way towards the Western Air Temple."

You bit your thumb and narrowed your eyes. The temple was close to the North Pole. Would you have to face Oka soon?

"Geez, calm down. You're going to have gray hair at fifteen!" 740 exclaimed.
"Aren't you like... Seven?" You questioned.
"Shut it, old lady."

"Oka isn't going directly to the Air Temple. He's going to use it as a point to fly towards the Northern Water Tribe. He's in Northern Earth Kingdom air right now. Close to your sister tribe."

"All he'd have to do is attack the moon and ocean spirits, just like Zhao." You muttered.
"No, no, he wants to enjoy wiping everyone out, one by one." 740 explained.

You shuddered. "He's terrible."

740 let out a curious hum. "I've killed people too, Y/N."

"You're different. Bai Hong was manipulating and controlling you like a puppet." You stated.

"Oka's got something controlling him, too. I'm not saying he's a good guy. Honestly, I wish I could snap him away." 740 shrugged.

"You want to kill him?" You raised an eyebrow, surprised.

"Or turn him back into the kid he was before. That would ruin the balance of time, though. Let's talk about the present."

740 crossed his fingers and focused. "You have five minutes until Azula strikes."

You nodded and launched yourself upwards with a swing of void, placed your hands on the ceiling of The Horizon, and shut your eyes.

You got back to the tent and turned to Zuko. "Azula's on her way. We've got to go." He looked surprised, but stood up and exited the tent with you.

The Fire Nation airship was in the distance, looming above you all in the sky. You called out to everyone and caught their attention.
"They're coming. We have to get out of here!" You explained.

Toph earthbended a tunnel and you all started rushing into it, but Aang stayed behind, trying to get Appa into the tunnel. Zuko went towards the airships, most likely to fight against Azula.
"You guys go ahead!" He said, his voice then lowering, "I think this is a family visit."

"Come on, we've got to get out of here!" Sokka said, tugging on Appa's reins, but the sky bison wouldn't budge. Attacks started launching from the airship, debris falling from broken bits of rock and the temple.

"I can't get him in! Appa hates tunnels!" Aang grunted. "Aang, there's no way we can fly out of here." Katara huffed. "We might not have a choice." You muttered.

"We have to split up." Sokka turned to the others, "Take the tunnel and get to the stolen airship."

You realized that you'd have to leave your father behind. "No!" Katara yelled, going towards Hakoda. "We can't get separated again!"

"It'll be okay. It's not forever." Hakoda whispered. You, Katara, and Sokka shared a hug with your father before going back to Appa.

"I'm glad I got to see you all again." Hakoda smiled wistfully before entering the tunnel with everyone else.

"I can clear that way out," Toph placed her hand on a wall and pointed in an area frighteningly close to the airship. "And we can fly out through there!"

"Uh, there's an awful lot of fire in that general direction." Suki said. "We'll get through. Let's go." Aang said.

Appa flew out from the temple with a shield of rock which deflected the attacks thrown at him. Once the rocks fell, you all began to block fire blasts aimed at Appa.

Zuko and Azula made two simultaneous fire blasts at one another, knocking each other down and off the airship. You reached out and caught Zuko, pulling him onto Appa, but Azula was still falling.

"She's... Not going to make it...?" Zuko mumbled, slight worry in his eyes. Azula launched herself towards the wall of the temple, stabbing her hair pin into it to stop her fall. "Of course she did." Zuko muttered. She was perfect, as always.

The seven of you flew away, with Azula smiling sinisterly at the rest of you.

Looking down, you saw an oddly placed, small patch of ice.