Junko

Junko
GENERAL
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character	Zuko
Character	June
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Allies
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Het

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Junko is the het ship between Zuko and June from the Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom.

Canon

Zuko first met June when she damaged a part of his ship with her Shirshu Nyla. There was a stowaway inside of the ship and June was a bounty hunter. Zuko later confronted her and said that she owed him for the damaged done to his ship, which she refused to pay. Iroh then offered to pay her gold in exchange for her assistance in finding Aang. June accepted the offer which irritated Zuko because he did not believe that they should pay. When he showed June Katara's necklace, she teased Zuko for losing his girlfriend and said that she was too good for them when they found her.

Zuko, Iroh, and June located and captured Katara and Sokka but Aang was not with them because they had gotten into a fight. However, Nyla was able to pick up Aang's scent and they were able to locate him from there. A battle ensued once they caught up to the Avatar and June aided Zuko in the fight. Nyla was temporarily blinded and accidentally paralyzed both Zuko and June. Iroh laid on the ground with June and Zuko pointed out that his uncle was never hit by the tongue.

Several months later, Zuko joined Team Avatar and Aang went missing. Since the group could not find him, Zuko came up with the idea of locating June to help them find Aang. Upon arriving, June saw Katara standing with Zuko and remarked that they must have worked things out. Both were angry and replied that they were not a couple. June was initially hesitant to help Zuko again until he mentioned 'the end of the world' and she agreed to help him. She tried to help Zuko find Aang but Nyla could not pick up his scent so she helped them find Iroh instead.

Following the end of the hundred year war, Zuko attempted to search for his mother Ursa and could not get his imprisoned father Ozai to give him any information. Because of this, he once again sought out June's services in order to locate his mother. However, June and Nyla were unable to locate Ursa. Zuko later told the rest of Team Avatar that not even the shirshu could find his mother.

Fanon

Junko only has a small amount of popularity because most fans prefer to ship her with Iroh instead. However, it still has some fans. A lot fans think that she was jealous of Katara since she assumed that they were a couple and Zuko did not deny it at first. Some fans also point out the fact that Zuko has sought her out a couple of times which makes some fans think that he cared for her opinion. Junko usually rivals the Junroh ship as well as many other ships involving Zuko.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

June/Zuko tag on AO3

June/Zuko tag on FanFiction.net

Trivia

• June is sometimes dubbed "Pope June" for being the first Zutara shipper and many fans claim that she was the first to ship Zuko with Katara.