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Avatar: The Last Airbender
by MuffinLance
Mid-Season-One Zuko is held for ransom by Chief Hakoda. Ozai's replies to the Water Tribe's demands are A+ Parenting. Hakoda is… deeply concerned, for this son that isn't his, and who might be safer among enemies than with his own father. Podfic and translations in Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian now available! See chapter one author notes for links.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by orphan_account
“I think he’s sick.” Bato says flatly. “So unless you want the next meeting to include the Fire Lord puking all over the budget scrolls, maybe see if he's okay?” Hakoda glances up the hallway, like perhaps Katara will appear and take over dealing with the prickly teenager. Of course, his daughter is off treating injured refugees with the Avatar, and Bato is still staring at him expectantly, arms crossed. “Fine,” He sighs, and he claps Bato on the cheek before heading into the room. Or: Zuko falls ill not long after Ozai's defeat. Hakoda sits with him and learns some unpleasant truths about his childhood.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by voices_in_my_head
"The Fire Prince had nightmares. This was something the whole crew had been aware for some time; he’d had a nightmare around the same night he’d started sleeping in the crew cabin. At the time, Panuk hadn’t found it strange, not when the kid had almost drowned and was surrounded by enemies.It didn’t take him long to start questioning just what it was that caused the prince night terrors, though. He didn’t speak often while it was happening; sometimes he grunted, like he was in pain, but that was about it. But there were the nights… The ones everyone tried to ignore, where he mumbled “please” and “don’t.”"AU after ch8 of MuffinLance's Salvage.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by 00AwkwardPenguin00
Bato is nearly healed from the skirmish with a Fire Nation patrol, and is just hanging around the Abbey until he hears from his Chief. Then his Chief's kids show up out of nowhere with the Avatar, and a mysterious scarred teenager armed to the teeth.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by dont-leaf-me-alone (HufflepuffChildOfApollo)
A thirteen-year-old Fire Nation Prince winds up on a ship with the Chief of a minor village in the Southern Water Tribe. Chaos ensues.This now has a Russian translation! You can find it here: https://ficbook.net/readfic/11383862
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Miss_Rust
“What does he even do, though? You never said.” Katara throws a pillow into his face,” Stop being oogie.”Sokka throws it back at her, then narrows his eyes.“Come to think of it, I actually don’t know.” Sokka has never asked Zuko what he does for a living, not even after three dates, but oh boy does he find out. Zuko thought that Sokka knew, that it was obvious. Sokka doesn't mind either way.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Miss_Rust
"He's a figure skater.""Oh? So we all have the ice in common, cool. Maybe he can give me some pointers! Is he any good?" Katara asks, now really curious.Sokka can't help it, he snorts. Good doesn't even begin to cover it. In which Sokka's new boyfriend is the reigning Olympic champion in figure skating, and he has to somehow tell that to his family. And friends.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Demonwolfkid
Panuk sees more than he lets on. He just doesn't say much.He's still one of the youngest members of the crew.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by DaedricDovah
A fire hawk is circling the ship. Based off Salvage by MuffinLance.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by ImagineGeese
Based on the tumblr prompt found here but slightly to the left:https://captainkirkk.tumblr.com/post/628849887874842624/au-where-the-war-ends-for-reasons-fire-lordChief Hakoda steps up and agrees to an arranged marriage with an unknown Fire Nation noble in order to save his tribe- despite his blossoming feelings for his second-in-command. But when the Fire Nation sends a child, Hakoda must balance canceling the wedding, keeping the peace and protecting this strange, scarred prince sent to live under his care.Meanwhile Zuko is sent away by his father to a strange icy land and falls in love- with the son of his betrothed.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by 00AwkwardPenguin00
Gathering allies for a certain-to-be-suicidal attack on the capital of the Fire Nation is not a straightforward task.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by The_Chronic_Cryptid
In the aftermath of the siege of the North Pole, Prince Zuko winds up adrift and is "rescued" by the warriors of the Southern Water Tribe. Trapped on a wooden ship in the middle of the ocean, Zuko tries his hardest to stay in control of his bending and his temper with the Water Tribe crew that holds him captive. But when Chief Hakoda's efforts to wrangle the Fire Prince include tying the two of them together to keep an eye on him, Zuko's position on the ship and fight for control gets tangled, as the lines between warden and parental figure weave together and the two become attached in ways they never expected at the end of his rope.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Mikarkus
Hakoda just wants to destroy the Fire Navy, is that so much to ask?Apparently yes, as his second in command drags in a net containing one half drowned fire prince with a severe brain injury. He can't justify tossing him back like the crew wants, so he will just keep him prisoner until they make it to port and then he's the Earth Kingdom's problem. (Does it count as imprisonment if he's allowed to run around the ship as he pleases?)Hakoda and the crew slowly adopt a brain damaged fire prince. Just another day at sea.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Silverfox1412
Salvage AU Muffin and her tumbler asked for.Season-one Zuko is held hostage by Chief Hakoda. The Water Tribe crew is Concerned. Hakoda really wonders about head wounds. Zuko justs wants to shift to fly back to Uncle.Tiny wiggle snake wants cuddles.Why is there a dragon on a Wooden Boat!!
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by crosspin
Sokka gave him a sheepish smile. “It’s…well, you see, there’s this boy…” Hakoda sighed and set down the sports section. This was going to take a while. “He works at Barnes & Noble. At the big information desk in the middle. Every Saturday. And I really want to ask him for his number, but it’s super awkward because there’s always this other guy working the information desk at the same time. He’s old, like you. But I have a plan." Sokka’s eyes lit up deviously. “You come with me to Barnes & Noble today when they’re working and distract the old man. And while you have him distracted, I’ll swoop in and get the goods!” Sokka has a plan to ask out the cute boy at the bookstore. Hakoda is a begrudging participant until he meets the boy's beautiful older coworker.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Thisisentertaining
Katara still hates him. Sokka is following some Water-Tribe-Father-Figure around with stars in his eyes. Aang is pouting because his friends are paying more attention to the Water-Tribe-Father-Figure than him. Oh, and there is a Water-Tribe-Father-Figure now. And Zuko has a wonderful track record with Fathers. Overall, this is a /great/ time to be Zuko.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
by SugarPill
After rescuing a half-drowned Fire Nation prince, Hakoda makes the difficult decision to leave his ship and return home to Southern Water Tribe. But Zuko turns out to be less of a political bargaining chip and more of a traumatized, angry teenager—much like Sokka and Katara are no longer the children Hakoda remembers leaving behind two years ago. Or, pre-series Zuko is captured by the Southern Water Tribe and Hakoda ends up with an unexpected moral dilemma, a boatload of politics, and three surly teenagers under his roof.