Devil-O-Angel

Zuko doesn’t just know about the recent Avatars. He researched Avatars that were hundreds of cycles ago. And he has Opinions on every single one of them.

This boy has probably gotten into screaming matches with scholars over it.

The Gaang has officially banned talking about past Avatars when out drinking after a memorable night when Zuko called Avatar Kuruk a “dumb bitch” and got into a fist fight with him.

@captainkirkk

I love the implication here that Kuruk heard Zuko shittalking him and pulled the past-life-possession thing that Roku and Kyoshi did with Aang

“Y’know who was a dumb bitch? Fucking…Kuruk. Bitchass son of a…bitch.”

The clouds turn dark. The wind howls. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Zuko feels sea spray, the cool, tingling droplets of a crashing wave

Lightning strikes the spot where Aang was sitting. Zuko blinks the blinding afterimage away, and Avatar Kuruk, huge and blue and indistinct, stands in Aang’s place

“Listen here you little shit”

Zuko also won against Kuruk because well Kuruk is a total bro he’s still a dumb bitch. (Mmmmmm Himbo Avatar Kuruk)

Kuruk dropping back into the spirit world to nurse his hurt pride (and ribs, why do bruised ribs hurt if you’re dead that’s hardly fair), only to find Kyoshi smirking at him “So how did your fight with the drunk teenager go?”

aang and zuko bitch drunkenly about aang’s past lives together. “Kyoshi got me convicted guilty at a murder trial”

“no offense dude but you were a himbo back in the day”

“don’t remind me. theres always kuruk’s voice in the back of my head telling me to do drugs”

“roku utterly failed at his job”

“ik i can’t believe he was my past life. his clothes? wack. his friendship w the fire lord? wack. his refusal to stop a war? wack. me? I GET SHIT DONE”

“you are the only avatar I like” zuko announces to the entire bar

sokka pitches in: “Kyoshi was pretty hot dude”

“you just have a thing for face paint” says zuko, thinking about suki

“Kyoshi says thanks but she’s a lesbian” says aang

sokka thinks of suki and yue and bemoans his taste in women: “why do all the best ones like girls?!”

“Kyoshi says straight people can kiss her ass,” aang says wisely. he is the avatar, so everyone in the bar agrees with him and the straights run for it. everyone is happy

@muffinlance I hope you're happy, I couldn't stop thinking about Chaos Avatar Zuko. So I stayed up on Christmas Eve ( technically Christmas at that point) and plotted this.

I might come back and properly write this?

Merry Christmas I guess.

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His father had summoned him. It was about the spirit. Father said that he had a way to get rid of it. 

Zuko still didn't understand why father and Uncle wanted the spirit gone. Vaatu was actually quite nice. 

Zuko entered the room, this room was dedicated to the Angi. As such it had a number of pots and offerings along the walls with a beautiful shrine at the back. 

(Past this point is just basic plotting)

Zuko is sitting seiza While Ozai is standing over him. 

Ozai: You understand that everything I do is for the good of the Fire Nation.

Zuko, so much trust: Of course, you're the Fire Lord.

Ozai caressing Zuko's left cheek: Since all other exorcisms have failed, that leaves one option left. You must be cleansed by fire. 

Zuko confused: What?

Ozai burns Zuko. 

Zuko SCREAMS.

Vaatu: No!

Zuko's eyes glow, he's Vaatu now.

Vaatu grabs Ozia's stupid goatee with his right hand and yanks it down into the left hand swinging a puntch. 

Zuko's left arm brushes against Ozia's still hot hand and gets burnt too. 

Vaatu and Ozai fight. Vaatu only knows firebending, but has picked up a bit more than Zuko, and has more powered behind his blasts. Vaatu's flames have flicks of blue in them. 

It's around this point that Ozai realises that he's done fucked up. 

He can't fight this thing. It's too small and moves too fast. It's fire is hot and-

How the FUCK did it dodge lightning?!

Did it just climb up into the rafters? Fuck where did it go?!

Vaatu goes absolutely feral. He drops down and clings to Ozai, yanking hair, jabbing the jugular. 

Vaatu is on Ozia's back and says in a voice that is Wrong!NotRight! And far too deep to be coming out of Zuko's mouth: You are a despicable genetic donor. You treat your own spawn like this?!

Maybe I should do to you what you have done to him. 

Vaatu's left hand glows, fire licking the skin but never burning it. Vaatu's hand descends towards Ozia's face.

Ozai has so much fear.

The doors burst open and guards rush in along with Iroh. They can all see what Vasto was about to do, but they freeze at the sight of the ugly blistering burns that stretched from Zuko's left wrist to the left side of Zuko's face. 

Iroh, somewhat regains his composure: Zuko, please don't do this! I know you're in there!

Vaatu: You, round human. You have always been kind to larva. You would let genetic donor do this?!

Iroh: I never knew what he was planning! I heard the commotion and ran here. Please spirit, let my nephew go. Don't do this, if you do the reproductions for Zuko will be far worse than this.

Vaatu hissed: Did you not hear how larva screamed?! That deserves vengeance. This pathetic human must pay in blood, 

Vaatu looks at Ozai, the burnt side of Zuko's face in clear view to Iroh and the guards: or skin. 

For Christmas, I get burnt Zukos and goatee pulls. I wouldn't have it any other way. <3