HEYO! Welcome to the sequel of Dangerous! First things are always first: if you haven't read Dangerous, please, please, PLEASE read it to avoid confusion! I'd hate for you to confused and I want you enjoy the story! I'm happy to tell you that I have big plans for this story (hence the name 'Change') and it will somewhat go along the storyline of season two. This time, I will include the main antagonist (Unalaq) rather than ignore them like I did with Amon.
Hope you enjoy!
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~No POV~
Sounds of labored breathing and grunting were coming from behind the gym doors. Heavy blows landed on dense material. It was early in the morning, the sun just starting to climb into the sky. Inside the gym Korra was practicing with a punching bag, her hair clinging to her forehead and sweat developing on the back of her neck. Her eyes were focused on the bag before her as she struck it in the side again and brought her arms in front of her as if she were blocking herself from someone. She turned on her toes and lifted her left leg up, connecting her heel with the bag. She flinched inwardly at the feeling of needles being stuck in her chest and dropped her leg. She sighed heavily and took a seat on the nearby bench, grabbing her water bottle and taking a drink from it.
"Almost..." she muttered. "But not yet..."
After being bedridden for three months, Korra was finally well enough to at least practice getting back into action as she had been doing for the rest of the past three months. Being half wolf, her injuries fixed themselves rather quickly. Not as quickly as she would have liked, but her injuries were very serious. There were instances where she could still feel the electricity covering her body and the claw slowly crushing her. She shuddered slightly and closed her eyes. She found it hard to believe that only six months had passed since everything had happened.
Her ears twitched, picking up the sound of footsteps on the other side of the door. Korra smiled to herself, already aware of who it was. The door slid open and the footsteps continued until they stopped in front of her.
"Figures." a mocking tone said, giggling. "Can't take a break, can you?"
"You know how much I love the thought of fighting a punching bag that can't fight back." Korra said, looking up.
Her girlfriend, Asami Sato, stood before her with a grin on her face. She stood up and placed her hand at Asami's waist, pulling her close to kiss her. Asami placed her arms around Korra's neck and kissed her back.
"Tenzin did say you had to take it easy." she said after a minute. "Why do you think he hasn't let you do any sparring practices?"
"I'm not in as bad of shape as I was six months ago." Korra said. "I have all my bending back and I've even somewhat mastered air."
"Have you tried going into your wolf form?" Asami asked.
"No, Tenzin wants me to wait a little longer before I do." Korra said.
"At least you're listening to him." Asami said.
"Yeah, yeah, how rare is that?" Korra said jokingly.
Asami took a few seconds to fully assess Korra. With just her arms around her neck she could feel that Korra was getting physically stronger again, but there were still the little things. The way Korra's breathing seemed to falter at times because it hurt to take deep breaths, the way Korra moved her arm sometimes, and the scars from the electricity going over her shoulder and around her torso below her chest. Asami instinctively ran her hand along Korra's shoulder thoughtfully, her touch light. Korra stared at her with watchful eyes, Asami's touch raising goosebumps.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
Asami's hand continued downward to under the wraps concealing Korra's breasts and trailed along the edge where the rest of her scar was sticking out. "Nothing...I just..." She trailed off and looked Korra in the eyes. "I'm..."
"Hey," Korra's voice came to her soothingly. "It's alright. Everything is behind us now."
"Still, it hurts to think that my father did this to you." Asami said, biting her lip.
Korra frowned and leaned forward, kissing Asami tenderly. Asami sighed, giving in to the distraction. Her spirits lifted almost immediately and she was thankful for her thoughts going to much happier places. She felt better in Korra's embrace, to know that Korra was still there to do so. Her heart skipped when Korra nipped at her lower lip playfully and she pulled back.
"Don't do something you're going to regret, Avatar." she said teasingly, though she tried to make her voice threatening.
Korra wasn't phased. She pulled her closer by her waist and smirked. "Who said I was going to regret it?" There was a challenging but playful growl hidden in her tone and Asami felt the threat of fire smoldering in the pit of her stomach. A blushed formed across her cheeks and Korra laughed.
"I don't think Tenzin would mind if we used one of the bench presses." she said.
Asami shoved her back slightly by her chest with caution as to not to hurt her, flustering deeper. "Oh, shut up." she muttered.
"I'm only kidding." Korra said, still laughing. "You'd destroy me in this state."
"So I take it we should wait for you guys outside?" A new voice said.
The couple looked up, finding Kuvira, Bolin and Mako standing in the there.
"Would it kill you to keep your mouth shut for two minutes?" Asami said with a roll of her eyes.
"And miss out on making fun of you two?" Kuvira said. "Don't even joke like that!"
"Aw, come on, Kuv." Bolin said, smiling. "Leave 'em alone."
"Not that I'm not happy to see you guys, but what are you doing here?" Korra said as she grabbed her shirt from the bench.
"It's your first day back to school." Mako said. "We figured we could all go together."
"Yeah, about that..." Korra said, averting her gaze to the floor. "I think I'm gonna skip school today."
"What?" Asami asked. "Why?"
Korra shrugged, putting her hand behind her head. "I...I don't know. Now that everyone knows I'm the Avatar and part wolf, I don't want to go there and have them look at, think of, or treat me any different."
The four friends glanced at each other. They could understand Korra's discomfort with returning to the outside world after being "exposed", but they didn't want that to interfere with Korra trying to return to having a somewhat normal life.
"Korra, just because people knew who you are now, that won't change you as a person." Asami said.
"Besides," Kuvira said, throwing her fist into the palm of her hand. "If anyone tries to pull anything, they'll have to answer to us."
"Yeah, you know we always got your back." Mako said.
"Thanks, guys, but I just don't think it's time." Korra said.
"Come on, Korra!" Bolin said in a high pitched voice as he took Pabu from his shoulder. "School just won't be the same without you, we'll miss you!"
Korra laughed. "Alright, Pabu." she said. "I'll go to school." She pulled her shirt over her head and growled in discomfort. There was a sharp pain in her arm and shoulder. Asami carefully grabbed the edge of the shirt and and helped her finish putting it on. "Thanks."
"No problem." Asami said.
"Wow, 'Sami, never thought I'd see you putting clothes on her." Kuvira said.
Asami gritted her teeth and Korra stifled a laugh. She looked behind her at the clock. "I think I'll go to my room and just clean up a bit. There's no time for an actual shower."
"Go ahead, we'll wait for you outside." Mako said as he started out the door.
"Or would you prefer to join her, Asami?" Kuvira said.
"You know what, Kuvira?!" Asami said as she followed them out.
Korra shook her head and laughed she followed them out herself, shutting the gym door behind her.
~Korra~
I still wasn't so sure about going to school. I had a feeling that I was going end up being everyone's center of attention the second I walked through the school doors. I was staring at myself in the mirror, debating whether or not to wear my hood to cover my ears. I laid them down flat against my head and bit my lip. I was being so self conscious. I shouldn't of had to fear what people would think of me, but I did. A lot. It was one thing to hide the scars I had. Just put on a shirt and I was done, save for the few that tended to streak out from under my sleeves. The red skin pulsed in the mirror when I looked at it and I tugged my sleeve down a bit more. Maybe it wasn't another thing after all.
In the mirror's reflection, I saw my door open and Tenzin stepped in.
"Tenzin." I said, my voice awkwardly small.
"Your friends are waiting for you." he said.
"I know." I said. "I'm just...kind of second guessing myself here." I turned to face him. "I don't want to hide who I am, but I don't want to be stared at either."
"I can't tell you what decision to make." Tenzin said. "But I can tell you to do whatever feels right."
"That's just it!" I exclaimed. My ears twitched, agitated. "I don't know what feels right!"
"Korra, no one is going to blame you if you keep to yourself." Tenzin said.
I groaned and dropped my head in my hands. "Everyone's going to expect me to live up to your father's legacy." I muttered. "But I'm not Aang!"
"You're right, you're not." Tenzin said. I felt his hand on my shoulder. "You're Korra, and you're going to live up to your own legacy."
"How?" I asked, looking up at him.
He smiled fondly and patted my shoulder. "You'll figure it out. Now, let's get you to the docks so you won't be late."
~time skip~
We all took Asami's car to school, the Arctic Wolf. She parked in the parking lot and we all got out. I stared up at the school as it loomed over me, like it was daring me to enter it. I swallowed and Asami came to my side, taking my hand. Mako, Bolin and Kuvira walked up to me, smiles on their faces. I forced one of my own and they surrounded me almost protectively as we made our way to the school. Other students were already on their way inside or just arriving and my heart skipped. The more students that arrived, the more I worried that I would be swarmed. Asami squeezed my hand, sensing my panic. So far, no one had noticed me. We reached the school stairs.
"We got your back." Mako said confidently.
I nodded, understanding, we started up the stairs. Kuvira pulled the doors open.
Silence. That's all we were met with. Silence and eyes. It was like something out of a movie or a show. I bit back a whine and my ears flattened against my head. I didn't wear my hood, but, in that moment, I wished I did. Asami looked at me, another second of a heartbeat passing, and the hallway was drowned with noise.
"...the Avatar..!"
"...her ears, they're so cute..!"
"..Is that Korra..?"
I winced from the noise and stepped back as the crowd of students came forward, trying to talk to me and get my attention. Asami laughed at my blush and Kuvira stepped forward in front of us with Bolin and Mako, putting her arms out.
"Alright, alright, people! Back it up!" Kuvira said, then closed her hand into a fist. "Don't make me use persuasion!"
The crowd fell back, but the murmurs didn't cease. Kuvira cleared a path for us in the sea of students and we walked through the hall with every single eye on us. It was unnerving, to say the least. My ears remained against my head and my eyes casted to the floor. My heart pounded in my ears and Asami placed her hand on my cheek, turning my head for me to face her. Her green eyes sparkled with reassurance and a smile graced her lips.
"Just focus on me." she whispered.
I nodded and gave a small smile, thankful that she managed to turn herself into a distraction. My gaze remained locked with hers until we made it to our classroom. The students standing there quickly moved out of the way and Bolin opened the door. We followed him inside.
~time skip~
~Asami~
First period went by about as bad as we could've expected. No one could keep their attention off of Korra for more than a few seconds and it was really stirring up jealousy in me. Of course, I knew it didn't mean anything (though there were a few girls that were testing my patience when their eyes were everywhere but on Korra's face) and I was just being overprotective, but I could feel Korra's discomfort through the imprint and I reached across the isle to take her hand. She looked at me from the corner of her eyes. I noticed that her ears had been down all period.
"Korra?" I said quietly.
Her ears twitched when I spoke her name and she looked at me fully. It was evident in her eyes that was still freaked out about being in school, despite that she kept her poker face. "I'm fine." she said evenly.
I was inclined to believe her had it not of been for the dimmed light in her eyes.
When the bell rang we had to separate for second period. She had Opal in that class so I had no doubt that she would keep an eye on her, but I hated to leave her alone while she tried to readjust to school. All of second period I was fidgeting and looking at the clock, wishing that timebending was a thing. Time passed agonizingly slow and when the bell finally rang, I flew from my chair to the door, in a hurry to get to the fourth floor. I was on the second and I ended up skipping stairs. When I reached the top of them, there was a tap on my shoulder and I turned around, only to be met with cold blue eyes and a hair curl that needed a serious style change.
"Asami Sato."
"What do you want, Tahno?" I asked through my teeth.
"Oh, nothing really." he said, though the smirk on his face said different. "Just wanted to welcome you back to school."
"You and I both know that's bullshit." I said, crossing my arms. "You never talk to anyone unless you're looking for trouble. Unless you're still mad about Bolin and Mako beating you and your precious Wolfbats last month."
His eyes showed the slightest bit of anger at my comment. The month before was the Pro-bending Tournament, and the Fire Ferrets had gone up against Tahno's White Fall Wolfbats. He was the waterbender for the team. His had such a pompous attitude and acted like he was the greatest at everything. You would think that after being beaten by a bunch of amateurs, he'd be knocked off his high horse. Nope.
"I'll let that slide, Sato, only because your girlfriend is the Avatar." he said coolly. He circled around me to stand in the doorway. "I've just come to tell you to stay on the lookout."
"What do you mean?" I said.
"Some people here don't agree with Korra being here, others want some of her." He stepped aside and I could see Korra standing up the hall, leaning against the lockers. Two girls came up from the hallway on the other side of her. They looked at Korra and blushed deeply. Instantly, I felt my face grow hot. Tahno grinned at my reaction and turned around. "Just be careful."
With that, he started up the hall. I walked behind him to get to Korra. As he passed by her, he nodded at her and raised a hand, sticking out to fingers and aiming them up after tapping his forehead. "Avatar Korra."
Korra watched him, confused as I came to her side and took her hand. "Who was that?" she asked.
"No one important." I said, masking my disgust. "Come on, let's get to gym."
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Well, what did you think for a first chapter? Trust me, it'll pick up as I go on. I don't do sequels often, so it's something to get used to. I look forward to you joining me in the next chapter!
Thanks for reading!