When Azari reached where Zuko and Iroh were, Iroh began to explain his dilemma.
"I've checked all the shops on this pier. Not a lotus tile in the entire marketplace," Iroh said sadly.
"It's good to know this trip was a complete waste of time for everyone!" Zuko exclaimed.
Azari touched her bracelet. She was a little hurt that Zuko would say that. Was getting the bracelet for her really a complete waste of time? Azari knew Zuko was just angry at that moment. But sometimes she wondered which mattered more to Zuko. Azari or the Avatar.
"Quite the contrary. I always say, the only thing better than finding something you are looking for-" Crew members walked by carrying heaps of things. "-is finding something you weren't looking for at a great bargain!"
A crew member walked past the three playing a tsungi horn.
"You bought a tsungi horn?" Zuko was incredulous.
Azari felt a bit like laughing. Iroh loved to find the most obscure things he could.
"For music night on the ship. Now, if we only had some woodwinds," Iroh looked around and then pointed at a ship. "Oh, this place looks promising!"
"I am not going in there with you," Zuko said.
"I'll go with you," Azari shrugged. Zuko glared at her but she just smiled at him. He rolled his eyes but followed them.
When they walked in Iroh immediately spotted a monkey statue, "Oh, that is handsome! Wouldn't it look magnificent in the galley?"
Azari watched Iroh as he marveled at it but soon saw Zuko listening intensely to the pirates talking.
"We lost the water tribe girl and the little bald monk she was traveling with," one pirate informed the captain.
Zuko turned swiftly to look at them, "This monk, did he have an arrow on his head?"
The captain nodded, "He did. He and his friends stole a very valuable waterbending scroll from us." The captain looked angry.
Zuko on the other hand looked excited, but he talked calmly. "What would you think if I paid you to get your scroll back and capture the monk kid for me?"
"How much?" the pirate captain asked.
"Name your price," Zuko said. "We'll meet you here at dusk."
Sometimes Azari really couldn't handle Zuko's obsession with the avatar.
9/9/24 I know it's a really short one but I forgot about writing until literally ten minutes ago. So sorry about that, chapters will be longer in the future. Next one will be extra long I promise, I have it planned out this time. Thank you so much for the votes and reads! I can't believe so many people read this! Next chapter on 9/23/24
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Avatar the Last Airbender: The Admiral's Daughter Zuko and OC
FanfictionAzari is the daughter of admiral Zhao, she is a waterbender who is forced to live on the streets of the fire nation until she escapes with Zuko. Together they search for the avatar, but Azari soon realizes that the avatar being captured isn't a good...