Fakiru

Fahiru is the het ship between Fakir and Ahiru from the Princess Tutu fandom.

Canon
Fakir and Ahiru start off as enemies who later on become close friends. But due to Fakir's very possessive and protective nature towards Mytho, this ends up being the source of many conflicts between Ahiru and him. In the beginning Ahiru was in love with Mytho, as her love for him was the motivation to help him find the pieces of his heart. Fakir, being Mytho's protector, acted in a derogatory way towards Ahiru for reasons that are revealed later, causing a feeling of hatred for each other to grow between the two of them. Ahiru takes on the role of Princess Tutu, who is in charge of recovering the lost fragments of Mytho, a matter that Fakir does not want and, therefore, despises Tutu without knowing that she is in fact Ahiru.

However, this changes later on. In one of Fakir's encounters with Princess Tutu, she loses her pendant (the one that allows her to become human), which once again transforms her into her original self: a duckling. In Ahiru's attempt to retrieve her pendant, she gets locked in a locker and Fakir finds her, taking her with him and leaving her outside the school while he feeds her bread. With this moment between the two, Ahiru learns another side of Fakir, one that is sweeter and contrary to what she had known, which causes her to be more understanding of him. Later, still in her duckling form, she follows Fakir and then, since he doesn't know that she's Ahiru, he opens up his heart to her, revealing his hurtful past and most intimate self. This shows Ahiru a new side of him once again, and she gets closer and leans on him to share his sorrow.

Meanwhile, the tension between Princess Tutu and Fakir continues, as Fakir is suspicious of Ahiru and becomes more persistent in pushing her away, sometimes provoking some fear in Ahiru. Then, Ahiru gives Mytho back the feeling of fear. And for the prince, the pain is so strong that it causes Fakir to be stricter with himself and those around him. However, Fakir is seen to be more open about his feelings when he meets Ahiru transformed into a duck. In the meantime, she understands him and gradually understands his motivations until she learns the truth.

Again, Mytho is the one who once again changes the course of their relationship by accepting the pain that would continue to affect him while Princess Tutu continued to give him his fragments. By this time, Fakir discovers that Ahiru is related to all these events, but without discovering that this is Princess Tutu or the duckling, so they decide to form an alliance of sorts without Fakir quite trusting her.

Their bond becomes closer and closer, with Fakir being the one who changes his view of Ahiru the most and coming to care about her. Reaching the middle of the series and after a series of events, Fakir discovers the truth about Ahiru, who has the alter-ego of Princess Tutu and who, in turn, is an innocent duckling. As the plot goes by, Ahiru comes to accept more and more that she doesn't really love Mytho as she thought she did and, instead, helps him out of friendship.

Meanwhile, Fakir is the only one who knows Ahiru's secret and, therefore, helps her to keep it. The adversities continue and the second act of the story is reached. Up to this point, Fakir and Ahiru have harvested a pure friendship and now both wish to save Mytho. Fakir's past and childhood traumas are discovered, and Ahiru steps in to support him and help him resolve them.

Finally, the mysteries are solved and after a series of events, Ahiru must gather forces to defeat the Raven King, the villain of the story. Ahiru knows that when it is all over, she will be a duck again and will not be able to be a human again, it will all be over eventually. Fakir finds her at the bottom of the sea and dances with her, telling her that no matter what happens, he will always be by her side and will never leave her. In the final scene, Ahiru (back to her duckling, original form) and Fakir rest at the foot of an apparent hill, where everything seems to be at peace.

Fanon
Fahiru is the most popular ship in the Princess Tutu fandom. It's an overall consensus amongst the shippers, and most of the fandom, that the ship should've been canon. So most fans headcanon that after the scene in the series' finale, where the two are peacefully together in the lake, they went on to develop a romantic bond. A common plot in fanfictions is about Fakir using his power to turn Ahiru into an human again.

Fandom
FAN FICTION