Chapter 115 - My SI Stash #15 - Golden Wind by Cherico (Avatar: The Last Airbender) (1/2)
-A SI Airbender fic recommended by cade2065~ He's apparently quite the badass (～￣▽￣)～
*QuestionableQuesting story, so you need to have an account to get access to it! Have a good day~
Sypnosis: ???
Rated: M
Words: 190K
Posted on: forum.questionablequesting.com/threads/golden-wind.10596/ (Cherico)
PS: If you're not able to copy/paste the link, you have everything in here to find it, by simply searching the author and the story title. It sucks that you can't copy links on mobile (´ー｀)
-I'll be putting the chapter ones of all the fanfics mentioned, to give you guys a sample if you wan't more please do go to the website and support the author! (And maybe even convince them to start uploading chapters in here as well!)
Chapter 1+2 (exceptional)
”Kin Kaze…”
”You have potential, you have proven your skills.”
My hands clenched, was I about to pull this off?
”But the prince...the prince is being exiled, this is a fool's errand.”
”I wish to stand by the prince sir.”
”I recommend that you go to school, that you study medicine in the royal academy for boys.”
”The prince needs people who are willing to stand by him even in exile sir.”
The man shook his head.
”I....”
A door opened and General Iroh walked in.
”This is the volunteer?”
”Yes, but he's too young, and while he has some medical training.”
I smiled.
”He's more of an alchemist than a true healer.”
The older fatter man studied me.
”Do we have any other volunteers?”
”No, I'm sorry but no one wants to destroy their medical career by working with an exile...no offense.”
”Well then it's better to have the next best thing to a healer than no healer at all. Are you willing to study hard?”
”Yes sir.”
He smiled.
”Wonderful. Well, come with me.”
Seven years...Seven years of wandering the fire country, of hunting and begging and using whatever abilities I have to survive. Two god damned years of doing whatever I could to get just a little bit stronger. All for this moment. I tried to control my face, my emotions.
”Zuko is going through a rough time right now, he could use a friend.”
General rule of thumb when you've been chased by an eldritch abomination, gifted powers for surviving the night and then sent to another world aged down to a six years old body? Look for the familiar. Since I was in fire country that meant finding Zuko. I guess I should be glad that I arrived as early as I did, that I was given the advantages that I had. That I was able to grow my powers by fishing, hunting and helping out in various hospitals.
My black and purple outfit was clean, my alchemist materials were strapped to my back and I had a letter of introduction from the hospital that I volunteered slash apprenticed to. I was walked onto an older ship.
”I just want to thank you um.”
”Kaze.”
”Kaze, do you play Pai sho?”
I grimaced.
”I only know a little bit. If we played I think it would be best if we play in private I'm embarassingly bad at it.”
”Don't worry I would be glad to teach you.”
We went down into the ship and I checked to make sure my hat kept my hair completely covered. I was nervous, I was pretty sure I could trust Iroh but my records were shoddy. He would look into things, he had to. The ship was mostly empty, it looked like it had a skeleton crew barely enough to keep it functional. I was led to a room.
”The ship's doctor's quarters.”
”I will need space to make medicine, and better equipment, and ingredients...I believe I could in time make a profit if money is.”
”Don't.”
He smiled.
”A ship's doctor is always provided what he needs, to do otherwise would be foolish.”
”Of course.”
”Zuko will be aboard soon, then we will leave. Thank you for coming here, having a healer around really makes a difference.”
With that he left, I gathered what few possessions I had and put them away. The ship was old but the equipment was good, better then what I was normally stuck with. I could work with this. I tried to catalogue what was here, what I could work with. Bells clanged and I put myself together. I rushed to the ship's deck and stood ramrod straight as the prince walked on deck. And looked us over, most of the people here were middle aged or elderly. People who had served with Iroh directly and were here out of personal loyalty or people who screwed up bad and me.
”Great.”
He stopped at me.
”You...what do you do?”
”This is the ship's doctor, Kaze.”
”but he's my age.”
”Kaze is very smart for his age.”
Zuko sighed, tired and defeated.
”Lets go.”
There were no further introductions, Zuko didn't seem like he was up to it, and so as the sun set we left the fire country and I felt myself relax a little. I went back to my quarters and cleaned, it was important that my infirmary remained clean, that my instruments were clean. I had a gift for cleaning, something I received for surviving my personal nightmare. I took a breath and concentrated on my cover. I heard a knock and opened the door. Iroh smiled, holding a board.
”A game?”
”Mind if I set it up?”
”Sure.”
I took a breath and locked the door, my heart pounded and my hands shook as I set up the pieces on the board. Iroh raised an eyebrow as the design took shape ,when I was finished he looked at it.
”I was told you could help me.”
He looked at me as I took off my hat, my blond hair falling down.