Quick Meme: Demon'Verse

[beckyh2112]

(Yes, I'll get back to my other memes eventually, but I want to play with my shinies right now.)

You may blame my newfound love of the Detective Inspector Chen novels for this entirely.

Previous installments are:
- Ozai and Lu Ten, enjoying life
- Ursa/Ozai, the first impression was... memorableThis AU is Fire Nation-royal centric, so not

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Zuko, hiding his heritage

[beckyh2112]

Zuko dashed through the farmer's laundry hung out to dry, pulling down clothes that looked like they'd fit. His reds had to be burned, now they were on the run from the Fire Nation.

(They'd sent Azula after him, they'd sent Azula after him, they'd sent Azula and they told her she could be somebody if she brought him back, and-

And it was all a lie, wasn't it? They were both half-demons, and the Firelord loathed them both, and Azula would never achieve her ambitions in the mortal world.

Some nights, he didn't think either of them would.)

Zuko ran faster, pushing it out of his head. He needed to focus on the here and now. He and Jee needed to look like refugees from the war, Earthfolk refugees, and they needed to run as far from the war as they could. As far from the Fire Nation as they could.

Fire burned in his gullet, and he ran still faster.

When he found Jee, he threw the bundle of cloth at the lieutenant, then stalked around the clearing, words pouring out of his mouth as he explained what he'd figured out.

"The only place like that is Ba Sing Se," Jee said without looking up from the green and brown cloth he sorted through.

Zuko nodded, growling slightly. The Impenetrable City looked much like the Walled City in Hell, or so his father had told him on one of their few visits there. He... might know his way around a bit. "All right."

"Here, wear this," Jee said, tossing a bundle of brown cloth at him.

Zuko shook it out into a brown robe and scowled. "I can't fight in this, lieutenant."

"Drop the lieutenant." Jee shook out a green tunic and scowled at it. For an instant, his fingers smoldered. "Fucking hell, Zuko, we can't even use our names, much less our titles. And don't complain about the robe. It hides your feet."

Shame crashed through him as he glanced down. Backwards feet, the most visible mark of demon-blood he had. Anyone who saw them would know what he was, would be able to tell him out to Azula. They were even more distinctive than the scar Lu Ten had given him.

"Demon blood's rare," Jee said almost gently, "but it's not impossible to find. There's others out there, and there's likely to be some in Ba Sing Se. Once we're there, it'll just be a little quirk you have, Prince Zuko. We just got to get there."

Zuko nodded and picked up the brown robe. First, they'd get to Ba Sing Se, then he'd deal with the next part of it.

Re: Zuko, hiding his heritage

[silverhunteress]

Oooh, I like this. Zuko going into hiding with Jee makes me all kinds of happy. Wonder how our dear lieutenant stumbled across our little half blood. I also wonder what unfortunate circumstances resulted in Lu Ten giving him the scar. I'm really hoping you decide to keep playing in this verse.