More Brawlfic
Even more of that Brawlfic. Because I'm still a loser. and people would poke me about it otherwise.
Woooo~
Chapter Three-
Ursa and Tai: Age eight
Aiden: Age seven
Netami: Age five
~*~
It wasn’t until her second child that the weight of responsibility finally hit Ginny in the face. With having two children, she couldn’t afford to waste her time anymore. With Light at work all the time, she took it upon herself to be there for her children. She told her agents she was taking time off and decided to be a stay-at-home parent. It was also then she knew she’d have to devote herself.
As a symbol of her new self, she decided to cut her hair. In a way to make her look “mature”.
When Zuko first saw it, he had mistaken her for a thirty-year-old woman.
“Very funny,” Ginny sighed. “Really, you’re a riot.”
“It’s not you,” he frowned. “You look so…so…”
“So…what?”
“Nevermind,” Zuko shook his head, and then looked at her thoughtfully.
Ginny blinked. “What is it?”
“You cut your hair to prove you changed. I think I’ll do the same.”
“Zuko, your hair is already ridiculously short. And you’d look terrible with it shaved.”
“I’m letting it grow out,” he smirked. “It’s tradition anyway.”
“You’re such a dork,” she teased and then ruffled his hair.
“Yet you’ve been friends with me all these years.”
She thought for a moment and then smiled. “You take yourself too seriously; I can’t help but like you.”
“Thanks, babe.”
“Welcome,” She grinned that mischievous, knowing grin of hers then kissed his cheek.
~*~
“Where are you going?”
TenTen stopped in her tracks and then pivoted to look back at Mai. “I’m going to go pack.”
“….Another mission?” Mai’s face fell.
“Yeah…Lee, Neji, and I….”
“Have fun with that.”
“Hm…” TenTen thought for a minute. “You can come too. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind.”
“But…the twins…”
“Leave them with him,” TenTen didn’t bother with his name. “It’s been a few months. It’s not like they’re at war still or anything.”
“If…If that’s what you want,” Mai smiled, a small blush tinting her cheeks.
“Honey,” TenTen grinned, then tilted Mai’s chin up with her finger so she could look her in the eyes. “There’s nothing I want more than having you beside me.”
Mai beamed then leaned in to give her a kiss.
~*~
Aiden had never heard so much yelling in his short life.
Meanwhile, Netami sat perfectly content on the floor under a bright lamp, “Moby Dick” open across her lap. She had picked up reading quickly and had already gone through the picture-books. Now she was starting to raid her father’s collection.
From his seat outside their bedroom door, Aiden could hear his parents shouting. The phrases he could pick up was “He’s just a boy!”, and “You shouldn’t have left the Note out where he could get to it!”, as well as “Well, if you had bothered to watch him instead of checking your email he wouldn’t have gotten to it!”. He had no idea what this “Note” was, but it sure sounded important to his father. All he did was pick it up off the desk to look at it. It was Light’s favorite thing, why was it so bad for him to see it?
Minutes later the door opened, startling Aiden enough to cause him to scoot a few feet, and Light came storming out. He had a pillow in his hand and a blanket, which meant he was going to spend the night on the couch. Ginny stood in the doorway; arms folded, and gave her son a triumphant smirk. That’d teach her careless husband what for.
~*~
Ursa had been deemed a Firebending prodigy. She could do advanced moves that rivaled the greatest of soldiers. And she was only eight-years-old.
Needless to say, the day she learned how to use bending to unlock doors had made her exceptionally thrilled.
Ever since she was small, she had always wanted to see what her father kept in his study. The door had a fancy lock, only skilled benders could undo it. It had been set up for him by the Fire Sages. Surely such an important, secret place would hide something interesting.
Tai was nervous about the whole escapade. Orochimaru had taught him to never use his ninja abilities to do bad, despite him being a master of stealth. So the fact his sister was encouraging him to invade his father’s, his powerful, Fire Lord father’s, personal area made him feel uneasy.
When Ursa managed to undo the lock, she giggled in triumph and grabbed her brother by the hand to drag him inside. It was a small room, lined with bookshelves, stacks of crates, with an old desk in the center. On top of the desk, with a pile of dust, was an old laptop computer. This interested both of them, for they didn’t know their father had one of those until he signed the notice to allow all citizens to acquire one once more. Tai found an outlet and plugged it in.
They could already tell by the appearance of it that it was old. The case was covered in stickers, “Zuko x Sokka forever” etched into the back of it. The screen was blurred by fingerprints and the keys were slightly melted in places. Once it booted, they both chuckled as they saw how messy the desktop was. The background picture was of a topless Jennifer Love-Hewitt. Obviously Zuko wasn’t always the organized leader he now was.
The first place Ursa went to was his documents. The folder was filled with message logs, saved emails, journal entries, all kinds of things. What caught her eye was the folder marked “Pictures”.
She clicked and all over the screen were photographs of their father, not a day over eighteen, and all the people he hung out with. Pictures of him and Mai, Orochimaru and Gai, the Avatar and Katara, everyone. She was just about to move on when she stopped and gasped.
“What is it, sis?” Tai blinked.
“Tai….look.”
It was their father, and their “aunt” Ginny…together. Not in the “friends” together…but…
“I don’t get it,” Tai shrugged.
“I think our family just got even more messed up.”
They heard footsteps approaching so they quickly powered down and dashed out of the room. With what they found Ursa decided to be upfront and talk to their father about it. It would be a lot easier than for him to find out what they had done himself. She pulled aside one of the guards and requested an audience with him. It was the end of the day, there would be no excuse for why he couldn’t see them.
The door opened and they walked in together, keeping face. When they reached the throne they got to their knees and bowed. Despite him being their father and it was still a customary sign of respect. Zuko nodded, which meant they were allowed to sit up and speak.
“It was all her idea!” Tai blurted out.
“…Excuse me?” Zuko raised a brow, his lip curled in amusement.
“Ignore him,” Ursa shook her head. “Actually, we’ve come with a question for you.”
“Go on.”
“Were you ever in a relationship with aunt Ginny?”
If Zuko had been sipping a drink, it would have sputtered out of his mouth. “…Come again?”
“You. And aunt Ginny.”
“I do believe that is none of your business, my dear,” Zuko sighed, hoping that would end the topic.
“You know, dad, that’s not really fair.”
“Ursa…” Tai warned under his breath.
“What isn’t?”
Ursa got to her feet, her fists clenched at her sides as she eyed her father defiantly. “You’re always keeping things from us. All these secrets. You won’t tell us why you left mother, you won’t tell us about this, and you’ve never told us how you got your stupid scar! As if all that information would kill us or something! No wonder mom hates you! I’d be mad too if I had to deal with this all the time.”
“You’re treading on thin ice, princess,” Zuko told her, his tone flat and serious.
“What are you going to do? Challenge me to an Agni Kai? I’m only eight!”
Zuko’s scared eye widened for a moment when he remembered when his father had challenged him. He was barely older than she was.
“Tai. Ursa,” he snapped, getting to his feet. “Go to your rooms. Get out of my sight right now…if you know what’s good for you.” He looked away.
Ursa marched out, feeling triumphant, with a slumping Tai in tow. Something about the way his father looked at her then, made him wonder, and even fear him a little. He was worried that one day, Ursa would go too far…and then….
“She has a point.”
“Like you’d know anything.”
Sokka came around from behind a pillar and wrapped an arm loosely around Zuko’s waist, smirking. “I know a few things.”
“They went through my things.”
“I may not know much about kids, but I was one once. They were just curious.”
“They don’t need to know…about that. I was a failure. They’re supposed to respect me.”
“You’re a different person now. It’s who you are now they respect, and nothing you did before will change it.”
“You don’t understand….”
“Look,” Sokka turned Zuko around so he could look at him. “I’ve known you for a long time. You were the most whiny, pathetic, pain in the ass. But I grew to love you…because I knew what was inside all that.”
“You’re just being nice to make me feel better.”
Sokka sighed. “You’re going to have to tell them about it all eventually….Or I will.”
“….Fine.”
“Come on,” Sokka grinned. “I leave tomorrow and I want to get one last good night in before I go.”
“Go ahead, I’ll be there in a few,” Zuko waved him off, smiling for a moment. He then turned to a group of servants. “You.”
“Yes, my lord?”
“Go to my study. Burn it all. Save only the computer…and bring it to me.”
“But my lord…All those documents are important to you….”
“It’s not safe anymore. Destroy it all. Only thing I want is that laptop.”
“As you wish.”
~*~
Enjoy, dorks. =P
Woooo~
Chapter Three-
Ursa and Tai: Age eight
Aiden: Age seven
Netami: Age five
~*~
It wasn’t until her second child that the weight of responsibility finally hit Ginny in the face. With having two children, she couldn’t afford to waste her time anymore. With Light at work all the time, she took it upon herself to be there for her children. She told her agents she was taking time off and decided to be a stay-at-home parent. It was also then she knew she’d have to devote herself.
As a symbol of her new self, she decided to cut her hair. In a way to make her look “mature”.
When Zuko first saw it, he had mistaken her for a thirty-year-old woman.
“Very funny,” Ginny sighed. “Really, you’re a riot.”
“It’s not you,” he frowned. “You look so…so…”
“So…what?”
“Nevermind,” Zuko shook his head, and then looked at her thoughtfully.
Ginny blinked. “What is it?”
“You cut your hair to prove you changed. I think I’ll do the same.”
“Zuko, your hair is already ridiculously short. And you’d look terrible with it shaved.”
“I’m letting it grow out,” he smirked. “It’s tradition anyway.”
“You’re such a dork,” she teased and then ruffled his hair.
“Yet you’ve been friends with me all these years.”
She thought for a moment and then smiled. “You take yourself too seriously; I can’t help but like you.”
“Thanks, babe.”
“Welcome,” She grinned that mischievous, knowing grin of hers then kissed his cheek.
~*~
“Where are you going?”
TenTen stopped in her tracks and then pivoted to look back at Mai. “I’m going to go pack.”
“….Another mission?” Mai’s face fell.
“Yeah…Lee, Neji, and I….”
“Have fun with that.”
“Hm…” TenTen thought for a minute. “You can come too. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind.”
“But…the twins…”
“Leave them with him,” TenTen didn’t bother with his name. “It’s been a few months. It’s not like they’re at war still or anything.”
“If…If that’s what you want,” Mai smiled, a small blush tinting her cheeks.
“Honey,” TenTen grinned, then tilted Mai’s chin up with her finger so she could look her in the eyes. “There’s nothing I want more than having you beside me.”
Mai beamed then leaned in to give her a kiss.
~*~
Aiden had never heard so much yelling in his short life.
Meanwhile, Netami sat perfectly content on the floor under a bright lamp, “Moby Dick” open across her lap. She had picked up reading quickly and had already gone through the picture-books. Now she was starting to raid her father’s collection.
From his seat outside their bedroom door, Aiden could hear his parents shouting. The phrases he could pick up was “He’s just a boy!”, and “You shouldn’t have left the Note out where he could get to it!”, as well as “Well, if you had bothered to watch him instead of checking your email he wouldn’t have gotten to it!”. He had no idea what this “Note” was, but it sure sounded important to his father. All he did was pick it up off the desk to look at it. It was Light’s favorite thing, why was it so bad for him to see it?
Minutes later the door opened, startling Aiden enough to cause him to scoot a few feet, and Light came storming out. He had a pillow in his hand and a blanket, which meant he was going to spend the night on the couch. Ginny stood in the doorway; arms folded, and gave her son a triumphant smirk. That’d teach her careless husband what for.
~*~
Ursa had been deemed a Firebending prodigy. She could do advanced moves that rivaled the greatest of soldiers. And she was only eight-years-old.
Needless to say, the day she learned how to use bending to unlock doors had made her exceptionally thrilled.
Ever since she was small, she had always wanted to see what her father kept in his study. The door had a fancy lock, only skilled benders could undo it. It had been set up for him by the Fire Sages. Surely such an important, secret place would hide something interesting.
Tai was nervous about the whole escapade. Orochimaru had taught him to never use his ninja abilities to do bad, despite him being a master of stealth. So the fact his sister was encouraging him to invade his father’s, his powerful, Fire Lord father’s, personal area made him feel uneasy.
When Ursa managed to undo the lock, she giggled in triumph and grabbed her brother by the hand to drag him inside. It was a small room, lined with bookshelves, stacks of crates, with an old desk in the center. On top of the desk, with a pile of dust, was an old laptop computer. This interested both of them, for they didn’t know their father had one of those until he signed the notice to allow all citizens to acquire one once more. Tai found an outlet and plugged it in.
They could already tell by the appearance of it that it was old. The case was covered in stickers, “Zuko x Sokka forever” etched into the back of it. The screen was blurred by fingerprints and the keys were slightly melted in places. Once it booted, they both chuckled as they saw how messy the desktop was. The background picture was of a topless Jennifer Love-Hewitt. Obviously Zuko wasn’t always the organized leader he now was.
The first place Ursa went to was his documents. The folder was filled with message logs, saved emails, journal entries, all kinds of things. What caught her eye was the folder marked “Pictures”.
She clicked and all over the screen were photographs of their father, not a day over eighteen, and all the people he hung out with. Pictures of him and Mai, Orochimaru and Gai, the Avatar and Katara, everyone. She was just about to move on when she stopped and gasped.
“What is it, sis?” Tai blinked.
“Tai….look.”
It was their father, and their “aunt” Ginny…together. Not in the “friends” together…but…
“I don’t get it,” Tai shrugged.
“I think our family just got even more messed up.”
They heard footsteps approaching so they quickly powered down and dashed out of the room. With what they found Ursa decided to be upfront and talk to their father about it. It would be a lot easier than for him to find out what they had done himself. She pulled aside one of the guards and requested an audience with him. It was the end of the day, there would be no excuse for why he couldn’t see them.
The door opened and they walked in together, keeping face. When they reached the throne they got to their knees and bowed. Despite him being their father and it was still a customary sign of respect. Zuko nodded, which meant they were allowed to sit up and speak.
“It was all her idea!” Tai blurted out.
“…Excuse me?” Zuko raised a brow, his lip curled in amusement.
“Ignore him,” Ursa shook her head. “Actually, we’ve come with a question for you.”
“Go on.”
“Were you ever in a relationship with aunt Ginny?”
If Zuko had been sipping a drink, it would have sputtered out of his mouth. “…Come again?”
“You. And aunt Ginny.”
“I do believe that is none of your business, my dear,” Zuko sighed, hoping that would end the topic.
“You know, dad, that’s not really fair.”
“Ursa…” Tai warned under his breath.
“What isn’t?”
Ursa got to her feet, her fists clenched at her sides as she eyed her father defiantly. “You’re always keeping things from us. All these secrets. You won’t tell us why you left mother, you won’t tell us about this, and you’ve never told us how you got your stupid scar! As if all that information would kill us or something! No wonder mom hates you! I’d be mad too if I had to deal with this all the time.”
“You’re treading on thin ice, princess,” Zuko told her, his tone flat and serious.
“What are you going to do? Challenge me to an Agni Kai? I’m only eight!”
Zuko’s scared eye widened for a moment when he remembered when his father had challenged him. He was barely older than she was.
“Tai. Ursa,” he snapped, getting to his feet. “Go to your rooms. Get out of my sight right now…if you know what’s good for you.” He looked away.
Ursa marched out, feeling triumphant, with a slumping Tai in tow. Something about the way his father looked at her then, made him wonder, and even fear him a little. He was worried that one day, Ursa would go too far…and then….
“She has a point.”
“Like you’d know anything.”
Sokka came around from behind a pillar and wrapped an arm loosely around Zuko’s waist, smirking. “I know a few things.”
“They went through my things.”
“I may not know much about kids, but I was one once. They were just curious.”
“They don’t need to know…about that. I was a failure. They’re supposed to respect me.”
“You’re a different person now. It’s who you are now they respect, and nothing you did before will change it.”
“You don’t understand….”
“Look,” Sokka turned Zuko around so he could look at him. “I’ve known you for a long time. You were the most whiny, pathetic, pain in the ass. But I grew to love you…because I knew what was inside all that.”
“You’re just being nice to make me feel better.”
Sokka sighed. “You’re going to have to tell them about it all eventually….Or I will.”
“….Fine.”
“Come on,” Sokka grinned. “I leave tomorrow and I want to get one last good night in before I go.”
“Go ahead, I’ll be there in a few,” Zuko waved him off, smiling for a moment. He then turned to a group of servants. “You.”
“Yes, my lord?”
“Go to my study. Burn it all. Save only the computer…and bring it to me.”
“But my lord…All those documents are important to you….”
“It’s not safe anymore. Destroy it all. Only thing I want is that laptop.”
“As you wish.”
~*~
Enjoy, dorks. =P