Mrs. & Mr. Fire Lord (ATLA Zuko x OC fanfic)

Chapter IV - Wrongly Arrested

"Well, that's an awfully bandaged wound," Iris said, carefully taking off the white and red colored fabric from her friend's shoulder.

June winced but immediately wiped the painful expression off her face."You know me, I was always pretty bad at fixing wounds," She said grinning.

Iris bent the water from the pot beside her and she started healing the wide cut on June's shoulder. She and her husband had just returned from their Honeymoon. They couldn't afford to stay away from the Palace longer than a week.

"Mind telling us what happened?" Zuko asked folding his hands against his chest.

"It was a man. Not a bender. At first I thought it was just one of the muscular men I used to kick their butt off, but... this is something else..." June said and she turned at Iris "...he seeks revenge, not just from me, from you, from Herla, Talia, Gia, all of us,"

"He's just another victim of our past-" Iris tried to say as she finished healing her friend, but Zuko cut her.

"Last time we dealt with that kind of victims I almost lost you..." Zuko said walking towards her and he wrapped her elbows with his hands "...not this time,"

"You won't lose me. How many times have I fooled you about that?" Iris asked grinning as she rested her hands on his chest.

He shrugged playfully "A lot,"

"Whatever. When you two lovebirds stop flirting, you might want to start dealing with the situation," June said waking up and unleashing her sleeve to its full size that covered her shoulder.

Iris and Zuko pulled away from each other.

"She's right," Iris whispered at her husband.

"Sorry, can't help it," Zuko whispered back at her and she shot him a playful look.

Iris turned back at her friend and she said "Okay, I'll inform the Avatar. We'll take care of him,"

"How? He could be anywhere by now," Zuko asked.

"If he's still in the Earth Kingdom he'll go to all the rest of our team," Iris said "...June, where have the other five of us settled those last years?"

"I can take you to them,"

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Roar!

She could recognize that sound anywhere. Toph turned at the Dark One, Ho Tun, and Penga saying "You guys continue training all these idiots, I think the Avatar's here,"

"THE AVATAR-" Ho Tun tried to say excitedly but the Dark One shut his mouth with his hand.

"Are you crazy?! If they hear that the Avatar is here they'll walk out storming for autographs," Penga said.

"Short-headed aren't you, my friend? Like the head of a clown-fish that roams the seas, yet its memory lasts only three mere seconds," The Dark One said.

"I'm the only one who understands your poetry, so I'm not short-headed, Dark One," Ho Tun said shooting his friend a deadly look.

"Quit, your bickering and draw their attention," Toph said at the three of them pointing at the countless students that waited for an instructor.

The partnership with the Earthen Fire Industries really helped expand the building to a huge Academy that fitted hundreds of students. Toph was really proud of it.

Toph had grown a lot and she was dying for a new mission with her friends. She had gotten sick of the Dark One's poetry and those three's belly-aching every time they got into an argument.