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Agni & The Fire Lord by FireBride
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
12 Dec 2025
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When a prophecy threatens the balance between spirits and mortals, Agni - The Fire deity falls to the mortal world stripped of her power, condemned to live as human for one month. She finds herself in the palace of her biggest devotee, the Fire lord himself. Zuko’s devotion turns into something far more dangerous than worship.
Some flames are divine.
Some are human.
This one might consume both.A post-series AU where obsession smolders slowly and the world doesn’t see the fire until it’s too late.
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Zuko doesn't wake up after the Lightning strikes his chest. It's too quick, and he can't siphon its blow. He falls, slowly dying. Slow enough to see his sister fighting Katara. Slow enough to see their battle unfold. When he finally succumbs the last thing he sees is Katara rushing over a second too late, trying futilely to save his life.
The only thing he hears are Azula's screams and cries, as she sits chained to the grate in a sobbing mess. When Zuko finally succumbs to his wounds he hears her cry.
When he wakes he hears a laugh, and it's the laugh of a child.
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Book 3 of Lu Ten and Zuko series.
Their defeat in Ba Sing Se left the two cousins being seperated once again. While Zuko managed to escape with his friends/found family, Lu Ten made a sacrifice to go back to the palace.
Pretending to have switched sides, he tries to gather information to help his friends, without his evil Uncle Firelord Ozai to suspect a thing.
Now Lu Ten and Zuko are back in the Firenation, their old home, but under two completly diffrent circumstances. But both have the same goal:
Stop Ozai and seeing each other again.
--It is advised to read the previous two Books to get context for this one-
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- Part 3 of Lu Ten and Zuko
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"We're going to be alcoholics by the time we're thirty," Sokka sighed.
"You think we'll live to be thirty?" Zuko asked, honestly thrilled. Sokka had pretty good instincts. Perhaps Zuko should reevaluate his long term goals. He could start by having long term goals.
A more likely alternative was that Sokka was just a hopeless optimist. It just went to show, you never truly saw another man until you stood shoulder to shoulder against a fleet of war balloons intent on raining death upon the city you loved.
Zuko was just a normal guy with normal interests. He liked theatre, burglary, crotchety ostrich horses, watching the Blind Bandit crush her opponents in a glorious display of skill and violence... just your standard banished prince things. It wasn't his fault he kept stumbling into rebellions and uncovering long-buried secrets. Fine, maybe freeing the prisoners was on him, but he was completely innocent of all other treason. Zuko was his father's loyal son. He'd never betray his nation.
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Uncle Iroh took a more creative approach to fostering Zuko's appreciation of other cultures. Now it's everyone's Problem. -
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Prince Zuko comes to the South Pole hunting the Avatar and instead gets blindsided by his furious betrothed: Lady Raven Arza, five feet of spoiled noble firebender who dodged her father's “you’re not allowed to go to war” rule by buying her own ship and chasing Zuko into it. She’s convinced he deserves to die; he’s convinced she’s lost her mind amidst her flurry of flaming whips. Unknown to both, an ancient weapon is about to awaken and change everything. Arzayanagi is a canon-divergent enemies-to-lovers epic.
Dedicated to my wife, who only vicariously loves me through my writings of Zuko.
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In a prejudiced modern world where Benders are confined to their own territories, sixteen-year-old Prince Zuko has lived an isolated royal life, burdened by his deceptively dysfunctional firebending. Burned one day for opposing King Ozai's nightmarish plan, he flees, driven by a single goal: to escape further pain. But this desperate flight is hindered by his injuries, the relentless pursuit of the Red Army, hidden foes, and meagre resources. He can only go so far without help.
Afterwards in the course of his recovery, a dilemma weighs upon him. As the sole outsider privy to the possible catastrophe looming over both Normals and Benders, should he dare to actively defy his father's tyranny, or should he hand over the burden to more capable hands and focus on forging himself a new life free of suffering.
LONG HAUL Modern with Bending AU, in which Zuko is older when he's burned, goes on the run, gets himself unintentionally integrated into a SWT crew, joins a dysfunctional family of rebels, hunts for Ursa, meets the Gaang and discovers his purpose.
Part Two (Ch 11 to 16: On Strange Waters) Complete! | TEMP HIATUS, VERY MUCH NOT ABANDONED (25/11/2025)
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Zuko does what he’s always done; he keeps going. There isn’t much of a choice for someone who was lucky to be born — you really can’t do anything unless you’re prepared to do it against the odds. He’d gotten used fairly quickly. Even so, it was getting harder by the day to keep going. He’d always thought that sometime, in the end, it would pay off. There would come a time after the fight, grueling work rewarded by rest and recognition. An end, or at least a respite, or an upturn of some sort. He still clung desperately to that idea. Losing sight of it felt like death.
Or: An alternative timeline of events in which some things are just slightly different, the timing is slightly off, and in turn the characters make vastly different choices. The story diverges from canon halfway through season 2 and Zuko joins the Gaang early under different and far less heroic circumstances. Heed the tags and warnings.
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В ходе осады Ба Синг Се генерал Айро, Дракон Запада, погибает. Лу Тен остается в живых. Альтернативная история глазами маленького Зуко.
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What? Zuko’s mind swam. He was banished? The avatar…but the avatar was gone? He hadn’t been seen in one hundred years.
“Your uncle tried to accompany you, but the Fire Lord has decreed that he is too useful to the nation as a General and has reinstated his position. He has not been allowed to see you.” The voice sounded hurried and urgent. “They are not allowing me to come on the journey and tend to your injury either.”
Zuko was injured. His father had burned his face. He was banished, he was injured, and he was close to death. But Zuko was sure of at least one thing: He would survive. He had to. He was going to capture the Avatar and regain his honour. This was his last thought before he slipped into unconsciousness. A promise to himself and his nation.
When Zuko loses the Agni Kai he is branded as a traitor to his nation and banished. The Fire Lord decrees general Iroh too valuable to be allowed to accompany his disgraced nephew. He is abandoned instead - left to fend for himself in a fire nation colony.Series
- Part 2 of On Love and Fear
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nobody can save me by pansexualnotmansexual
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Dec 2025
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This fic begins shortly after Zuko’s coronation. A team of doctors and healers are sent to the Fire Nation to look after the health of Team Avatar, including a therapist. As Zuko’s mental health plummets, the Gaang urges him to seek help. An almost-assassination and a suicide attempt send Zuko spiraling, oscillating between "okay" and "not okay."
This fic is an exploration of bipolar disorder and its impact on Zuko, as well as the ones around him.
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- Part 1 of The Rise and Fall of a Bipolar Fire Lord
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self-sabotage by pansexualnotmansexual
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
09 Dec 2025
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Relatively stable and more determined than ever, Zuko vows to find his mother. But just what will it take to do so? And if he succeeds, what will that mean for him?
This is set a couple of months after the end of "nobody can save me." Zuko continues to fight his internal battles. This is a somewhat rewrite of The Search. There will be some parallels, but this story is largely different.
This story attempts a redemption for Azula.
It will be around 150k words-- shorter than "nobody can save me" but still a longfic.
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- Part 2 of The Rise and Fall of a Bipolar Fire Lord
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Soulmates share dreams. Katara’s soulmate is Fire Nation – which becomes much more problematic after their meeting in the reality.
Or: Katara befriends an enemy, Zuko has several life crises, Aang becomes a Zutara shipper, and Sokka develops a habit of adopting siblings. Azula just wants her family back.
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Set a few years after the Imbalance comic, into the future post war. The Gaang is scattered about repairing what they can, when they're all mysteriously summoned to the Fire Nation palace for a special meeting with the Firelord!
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Fire was an element that either commanded respect or consumed fear. Aelita Kenshin had experienced both feelings during her sixteen years of life. A firebending master reduced to nothing but the hollow shell of what she once was, the Butcher of Ba Sing Se no longer trusted the power beneath her fingertips.
The entire world believed the Avatar to be dead and nearly all of the Akira's world thought she was too. Forced to leave Aelita's body behind, Aang and the others are left to grapple with the grief that threatens to overwhelm them with only their desire for peace and justice pushing them forward.
Welcomed home as war heroes next to their sister, twin Princes Zuko and Zetzu are thrust back into the game of thrones, forced to face their demons. With tensions rising faster than Sozin's Comet approaches, it's soon clear that only one of them can be left to inherit their family's scorched legacy.
Fire is the element of power. The people of the Fire Nation have the desire and will to achieve what they want. Only time will tell if that power and desire will be too much to handle as the fate of the world is forged in fire.
Book Three of the series Akira: The Legend of Aelita.
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- Part 3 of Akira: The Legend of Aelita
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"Good riddance."
Those two words changed everything for Lee.After mocking a fanfic that kills off Zuko, Lee wakes up in the fallen prince’s body—injured, alone, and trapped in a darker version of the Avatar world. The Fire Nation thinks he’s dead… and would make sure of it if they knew he was alive.
With no guidance, no allies, and no way home, Lee must survive in a war-torn world while carrying a name that could get him killed.
Zuko is gone.
But his story isn't finished. -
Ash and Aether by emmagoober
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024), Avatar: Legend of Korra
08 Dec 2025
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What if Aang and Zuko were both the Avatar?
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Zuko was born a girl, Azula a boy—and the Fire Nation never imagined the unwanted daughter of the second son would ever be named Crown Princess. But when she is, Zhao sees the opportunity. And takes it.
Some things never change. Zuko is still banished, still hunting the Avatar. But this time, she’s not fighting for her honor, but for her daughter’s future.
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It Wasn't Planned by Xx_ZuzuxSokka_xX
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
07 Dec 2025
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The sun and the moon were never meant to meet, they were forbidden to do so. So when Agni
met a beautiful white haired man, he didn't think that he was the moon spirit… -
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After The Fire Nation's failed Siege of the Northern Water Tribe, travelling with the Northern Water Benders south they separate to continue their journey to find an Earth Bending Master. However, with new enemies at their heels on the Firelord’s order to kill the Avatar.
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Please note this is a sequel, it is highly reccomended to read the first one before this one.
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- Part 3 of Avatar Zuko AU I made from spite
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Prince of Ashes by realityofanarchy
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Live Action TV 2024)
06 Dec 2025
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The Fire Nation has been at war for one hundred years. With his world reduced to cinders, the banished prince seeks redemption on the battlefield.
The Southern Water Tribe was defeated decades ago. With hope reborn, the last Southern Waterbender seeks to bring peace to a world at war.
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Prince Zuko is conscripted into the Fire Nation Army serving the General whose actions he'd protested.