What The Tide Brought In

Korra sighed and lowered her fishing rod. This sucked – even more than one of those new-fangled vacuum cleaners she'd been hearing about. She'd been fishing for several hours, and she hadn't gotten so much as a nibble. If things kept going this way, she'd have to give in to temptation and use her bending to snag some dinner.

Beside her, Naga gave a low whine.

"Yes, I know." Korra gave Naga a scratch behind the ears. "At the rate I'm going, we'll starve to death. But don't worry. I'm sure our luck will change. We're bound to catch something…" She trailed off. "Wait, what's that?"

There was some debris floating toward the shore. Most of it was metal, but was that… a person in the middle of it all? Her eyes narrowed.

"That's definitely a person." Korra got to her feet and brought the water rushing in with a few sharp gestures.

The person – a young woman – coughed and hacked before trying to get to her feet. She got about halfway there before flopping onto her back. Korra helped her get up into a sitting position and tried not to stare. She had the prettiest green eyes.

"Where am I?" the woman rasped before spitting up more water.

"You're at the South Pole." Korra rubbed the woman's back soothingly as she continued to cough up fluid. "Uh… I kind of saw you floating in the water, so I pulled you out."

The woman blinked and tightened her hold on Korra. She'd finally stopped gotten all of the water out of her system, but she continued to shiver miserably. "How did you get me out of the water?"

"I used my bending." Korra gestured at a small pile of wood she'd set up to cook any fish she caught. It caught alight, and she dragged the other woman over to it. "Here, this should help you warm up." She studied the woman's clothes and winced. She was soaked. "Um… we kind of need to get those clothes off you too."

The woman stared.

Korra waved her hands around. "Hey! I'm not trying to be a creep or anything. I promise. It's just… you'll catch hypothermia if you keep those clothes on. They're soaking wet." She gestured at the rucksack she'd brought. "I've got some spare clothes that you could borrow, and I'll turn my back and everything…"

The woman laughed. It was a wonderful sound. "No, that's not it. I mean I understand that I need to take off my wet clothes – this isn't the first time I've taken an unplanned swim in the ocean. It's… you made fire… with your bending. And you said you used bending to get me out of the water, which means that you can bend water too."

Korra nodded slowly. "Yeah…"

"Which means you're the Avatar, right?" The woman grinned. "It's not everyday someone meets the Avatar."

"I… um… actually don't get out all that much." Korra made a face. "I'm sort of still in training." She smiled. "My name's Korra, by the way."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Korra. I'm Asami – Asami Sato."

And that was how Asami got horribly lost, crashed her prototype speedboat, and met Avatar Korra all in one day.

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Author's Notes

As always, I do not own The Legend of Korra. I'm not making any money off this either.

I thought I'd take a stab at some Korra fan fiction. And what better way than with a light-hearted AU snippet?

As always, I appreciate feedback. Reviews and comments are welcome.