Avatar: The Legend of Korra: Daisies

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Capítulo Un: Anticipation

"We've been here for too long." Mako said, half-heartedly meditating next to Jinora.

"We cannot leave the city without Kai," Tenzin answered, not breaking his concentration. "He is our responsibility. You know this, Mako."

Ever since Kai's disappearance, and Bolin's increasing paranoia since said departure, Tenzin had taken to even more meditation, but this time, he was not alone. Jinora was at his right hand, as always, but he was now flanked on his left by his brother, Bumi, a newcomer to their father's old habits. Even Asami joined them from time to time. Mako had found meditating to be strangely calming, after giving his grandmother his father's scarf- the only comfort he'd allowed himself to have throughout his troubling childhood.

But Bolin could not be put to rest by rhythmic breathing and oms. His constant pacing was beginning to be evident on the wooden floors of their temporary home in Ba Sing Seh- which was quickly looking to become permanent.

"We are NOT leaving my little brother!" Bolin wailed hysterically. "He's lost! He could be cold, hungry, sick,-"

"Or be held for ransom as we speak." The group of benders- and non bender- said in unison.

"Achieving mental clarity," Tenzin replied, "will do us- and Kai- more good, and give us a better chance of locating the boy instead of making indents on wooden floors that we are financially responsible for."

And with a gentle rush of air provided by the newest airbender, Bolin found himself sitting on his rear, in a V-formation, with Tenzin at the front. The spot opposite him was regularly occupied by Korra, but had remained vacant for several days.

The Avatar had taken to solitary meditation.

But, not at the present moment.

The polybender walked into the room with the grace and litheness of an air nomad, but commanded it like a true earthbender speaking to rock.

"We've all had those thoughts, Bolin. And maybe just a little worse." Korra said, effectively ending the impromptu meditation session. "But we can't afford to act on paranoia."

As one, the newly assembled Team Avatar rose from the ground, and looked expectantly at Korra.

"Sometimes I paid attention to the White Lotus' history lessons. Once in a solstice." She joked, trying to lessen the tension amongst her friends. But her attention was directed at Tenzin and Bumi now. "The first time your dad he went to the Fire Nation, he snuck in." She paused, as if waiting for confirmation, which she received in two nods. "He faked as a student, and went to school with other kids from the Fire Nation. And while he was there, he found out that the education system was changing history. Making it so the Fire Nation's actions would be put in a good light, justifying the War to a new generation. These kids had no option but to believe what they were being told-"

"Similar to my father's first visit to Ba Sing Seh!" exclaimed Tenzin, catching on to Korra's train of thought. "The Earth Kingdom government was being thwarted from the inside out, the citizens were constantly under watch by some, some group- why, I can't put my finger on the name, but they were most definitely twisting the truth, changing the reality of the war as the citizens knew it, all to contain Appa, my father's sky bison, in custody. And not only that, but they also brainwashed citizens, in order to wipe their tracks."

"The Dai Li." Korra chimed. "It was the Dai Li. And even though Aang helped the Earth King cleanse the government after the war's end, I have no doubt that there were some moles, and they're back withholding secrets, and possibly people, from the Queen."

Sharing a glance, Bolin and Mako allowed the name to register for a moment, before asking different versions of the same question.

"Green cloaks?"

"Circular green thing in the middle?"

"Green feather?" They asked in unison, regarding the elusive guard's appearance.

"From what I can gather about my prior visits to Ba Sing Se, that sounds about right," Tenzin answered cautiously. "Although I've yet to see any in the upper ring of the city."

"Well, we saw them up close and personal," Mako huffed. "Remember how we spent five days in the lower ring? They wouldn't let us on board the train to bring us back. Honestly Asami, if you hadn't gone on that shopping spree, I don't think we would have ever made it back."

Little by little, the estranged group of talented teenagers was making coming together. Asami smiled through tight lips, but made no attempt at eye contact with the firebender.

"So how do we prove that these Daisies are holding the kid?" asked Bumi.

"Well, I actually haven't gotten that far," said Korra sheepishly. "I was gonna call it an Avatar hunch. Look, either the Queen is aware of the kidnappings of her newly gifted citizens- because let's face it, there's no possible way there are no air benders in a city this big- or they're being held under her nose, and she's just as much as a puppet figure as her dad." Having recently met the Queen, Korra was not sure which was true. "Regardless, we are getting close to her to find out."

"Korra."Asami's sweet voice said hesitantly. "I'm all for finding Kai, and kicking some corrupt guard butt if we have to; but what if he ran away, just to run away? What if he doesn't want to be found? He's smart enough to fool us all once, he can make it on his own here." A look into Asami's green eyes showed genuine concern for her dear friend, and those around her. "Jeopardizing your already strained relationship with the Earth Queen just to see if he's maybe being held hostage-which is a long shot, and you know it- is crazy. You're a political figure, you have to think of the consequences breaking into a foreign monarch's home to find a runaway would have."

"The consequences of my actions are what gave that runaway the power to run away so smoothly. We're doing this, Asami, at least to make sure we're not repeating Aang's experience in Ba Sing Se." Korra said sternly to her friend. "I need to know if you're in."

"Of course, Korra." The entrepreneur said. "Of course."

"How do we do that?" demanded Bolin, anxious for a game plan.

"With the art of Diplomacy. We need to spend more time in the palace," Tenzin answered, running through a million possible scenarios in his head. "I'll contact the former Earth Kingdom Councilman, and pull some strings to get us onto the social scene of the Upper Ring."

"YES! Team Avatar's got a new mission! Operation: Save-Kai-from-unknown-bad-guys-that-we-aren't-sure-have-him…. I'll work on that." Bolin finished lamely.

Author's note:
The title is a working one, and subject to change.

I have a certain idea in my head of where I want this story to go, and it's pretty solid. Also, I plan to make this a romance. Guess between whooooo.

I have no idea how fanfiction works as far as publishing things. I've been having a hard time as of late.