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The Last Agni Kai

Summary:

A poem inspired by the final Agni Kai of the show. Slight AU where it is the last Agni Kai, and the story/legend in the Fire Nation about that last Agni Kai.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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Blue gives way to orange

Like the dawn drives back the night.

The coming day will

Fill the sky with light.

 

Too long have we ignored

Our true honor.

Too long have we listened

To the delusional father.

 

As brother fights sister,

All is on the line.

As the world is rocked,

Destinies intertwine.

 

Our Fire Lord rose new

Shame and sorrow filled us all

With our love he cried.

 

Hand in hand,

Friends worked together

To rebuild lands and spirits.

And that is our deepest treasure.

 

No more will we feel the fear

And shame that follows

Us, as the cleansing fire

Washed away our sorrows.

 

To those of us

That stood by

And did nothing,

We’ve forsaken the Agni Kai.

Notes:

Watched the ending again and was inspired to write this. I thought that Azula and Zuko's Agni Kai should be the last Agni Kai of the universe, even if it is an ancient tradition. No other Agni Kai will ever have higher stakes, or as much honor on the line as theirs. I don't write poetry like ever, this is I think my second poem ever. A friend suggested a haiku disrupting the flow of the poem to underline the effect Zuko had, and the fact that haiku are mentioned in ATLA made it perfect lol.