"You'll see."
As we approached a bar, I noticed the shirshu from earlier resting outside.
Zuko announced,
"We're here."
As we approached, a man came flying through the window and crashed on the ground before us. I pulled him to his feet and followed behind Zuko into the bar.
Most people inside were men crowding around an arm wrestle fight, between a very muscular man and the pretty lady from before.
Zuko grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd.
He yelled, whilst shoving some of the audience,
"Out of my way! Step aside, filth."
I shot them a half-apologetic smile, but Iroh, who was following behind us kindly assured them:
"He means no offence. I'm certain you bathe regularly."
Zuko let go of my hand and stood before the table where the lady was are wrestling and announced:
"I need to talk to you."
She looked back at us smugly responded,
"Well, if it isn't my new friends, angry boy, warrior chick and uncle lazy."
Iroh let out a loud chuckle but Zuko and I maintained our flares as she slammed the buff man's hand into the table, causing the room to fill with cheering and clapping.
Zuko continued,
"Your beast trashed my ship. You have to pay me back."
Coins rained down onto the table as she collected them,
"We'll I'd love to help you out, but I'm a little short on money."
Then she had the audacity to yell to the room,
"Drinks on me!"
As she went to sip her drink, Zuko grabbed her wrist and lent in towards her, sternly stating,
"Money isn't what I had in mind."
She followed us outside to where the shirshu waited for her and Zuko held out the water tribe girl's necklace,
"I need you to find someone."
She leaned against the shirshu and mockingly asked,
"What happened? Your girlfriend run off on you?"
"It's not the girl I'm after. It's the bald monk she's travelling with."
"Whatever you say."
"If you find them, I'll consider the damage to my ship paid for."
She rolled her eyes,
"Tsk. Forget it."
She climbed onto her shirshu and I reached for my kantana but Iroh held his hand out, signalling for me to stop before stepping forward and bribing,
"Plus we'll pay your weight in gold."
She smirked and turned around and walked over to us, she pointed at Iroh and said,
"Make it your weight, and we got a deal."
He chuckled at her comment and exclaimed,
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Fire & Rain: Book 1
FanfictionI wrote this for myself but you can read it, too, if you'd like. Y/N is a water bender who was born on board a fire navy ship holding Southern Water Tribe captives, she was left in a Fire Nation orphanage and was eventually adopted by Fire Nation n...
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