Disclaimer: I (DreamCrosser) and sopranokittythegreat do not own the material from The Legend of Korra, just the characters we made up.

Authors Note: This is a story that me and my friend sopranokittythegreat wrote together. It first started out as a role playing game, but then it got so good that we decided to write it all down and post it! Paragraphs alternate between authors. * means DreamCrosser is writing. ~ means sopranokittythegreat is writing.

*Lin clicked off the radio and sighed heavily. "Man, I thought the Fire Ferrets where doomed there for a moment," silence filled the room for a moment and then she jumped up "but at least they are one match away from winning the tournament! Whoohoo!" she yelled.

~Fira bounced up from the arm chair where she had been previously curled up. "I know, right? THEY ARE SOO AWESOME! I can't believe the Avatar is on their team. Though, it'ssoo stupid that she's not allowed to bend anything besides water. I mean, SHE'S THE AVATAR!Sheesh, people can be such jerks." She looked down at the floor indignantly, her usually sparkling green eyes dark with anger, remembering how she had been rioted out of her job at the power plant for being able to power all of the machines at once. She exhaled though her nose, releasing small, blue flames, and reached up to touch her eye, which was black and painfully swollen where the fire bender she had a crush on had punched her during the riot- the incident that had made her lock herself in the bathroom for no less than two hours while she cried her eyes out in the shower for fear that her anger would cause her to burn down the apartment. Despite herself, she smirked at the thought that he was probably in the hospital at that moment suffering from third-degree burns from hers truly. Then she jumped, catching herself and brightening her attitude and looked up hopefully at Lin. "I know I had to quit my job, but can we please, please, pleasego to the next match? Pleeeeeeease? I-I promise I'll try really hard not to electrocute or set anyone on fire for an ENTIRE week. PLEEEEEEEEASE?" By now, her puppy-dog face was more than perfected; she had even managed to hide that ever present, mischievous glint in her eyes, though her long black hair began to float from the static electricity produced from her excitement.

*Lin giggled at her Fira's antics. How could she not say no to her friend? Her friend needed a distraction from what happened to her. It would be the break they deserved. Besides both she and Fira had worked hard enough. "You know what, we both need a holiday don't we? Why don't I call my boss and tell him I will take her offer on my break time and we will quickly pop by the arena to get our tickets for next Saturday?" Lin said as she stood up from her seat. "And don't worry about your eye, we will try to find a way to speed up your eye's healing before the game. If not, we will try to cover it up. What do you say?"

~"YES!" Fira cheered, jumping nearly four feet into the air and doing a fist pump, her apparent joy sent bright blue rivets of electricity over her and she was momentarily engulfed in a haze of scalding white flame. Realizing that she had just promised not to set anyone on fire, she straightened up and tried to carry herself with a bit more control. "Uuhhm, I mean, yeah, that sounds awesome." She amended, still grinning.

Then a horrible thought hit her and her face fell. What if I saw Ziron at the game? It was bad enough her Equalist parents had hated her. Being protested and attacked by the boy she admired had nearly broken her. She didn't think she could bear to see him again, let alone talk to him, since knowing him, he would probably confront her if he saw her. Especially after she burned him like that, he probably thought that she was some sort of monster, like her parents did. Though, he had deserved it, after all, he punched her in the face. She decided that maybe it wasn't such a great idea to go, after all, she could still listen to the match on the radio like she usually did. Though, she still really wanted to see the Fire Ferrets in action, all this hearing about them and never seeing them really was starting to get on her nerves, and then there was always the thing about getting to watch actual master fire benders. What if watching them helped her learn to control her own bending? But still, even this wasn't worth having to see him again. She needed an excuse. "But, Lin, I still don't have a job, and you know, rent is really expensive." She looked down at her feet. "Don't we have a payment due soon?" She gained a little more courage and looked Lin in the eyes, "And what if some of the power plant workers are there? What if they recognize me? I mean, they're probably still going to be angry with me, after what I did to Ziron" As she spoke, her inner fears began to creep into her face and voice, and her eyes once again fell to the floor. She felt so incredibly miserable that for once, her long hair lay perfectly flat.

*Lin's eye brows scrunched in concern as she put her hands on her friend's shoulders. "Don't worry Fira, nobody is going to hurt you. If they are there and a fight breaks out, then security will stop it as soon as possible. If not, I will be there to protect you. I am not going to let some idiot who broke my friend's heart and face hurt her further." Her serious face turned into a grin "Besides, the envelope for rent has more than enough yuans thanks to my raise at my job. And no matter what happens, we are going to march though this together. And I say we take a break and have a good time this Saturday!"

~Fira stared at Lin for a moment, felt her throat begin to tighten and her vision started to blur. How did I ever find such a great friend? A tear was threatening to fall down her cheek, and she quickly hugged Lin before, or at least she hoped before, she saw it.

"Thanks" she mumbled into her shoulder. She blew a puff of steam up her cheek and the tear evaporated, then she released Lin and flopped back onto the arm chair. While being absolutely terrified of the prospect that she might have to see Ziron again and slightly annoyed that her plan to evade said incident had failed, she was still really pumped that she would finally get to see a master in the ring, maybe even get to meet one, to even learn from one- her dream come true. A few strands of her hair began to rise back into the air as she regained her usual quirky medium. She draped her legs over one of the arms of the chair and laid her head back on the other. Being a "special" fire bender did not help the efficiency of her metabolism, and quite frankly, took a lot out of her. "I'm hungry" she moaned dramatically, completely changing the subject.

*Lin giggled at her friend's sudden change of mood. "Yeah it is past time for dinner isn't it? Why don't I make us some Hottmen Instant Noodles and we can talk about our plans for Saturday?" She said as she walked over to the kitchen area. She leaned down, opened a cupboard, and pulled out some packages. "I got your favorite flavor!"

~Fira, still flopped in the chair, with absolutely no intentions of moving, lazily fist pumped."Yay shrimp." She mumbled with exaggerated exhaustion and began planning how to trick Lin into letting her eat on their living room furniture and even getting her to carry her to her bed so that she wouldn't have to walk. "I wonder if we'll see any Equalists at the tournament?" she wondered, thinking about her parents. "Wait, I'm still allowed to zap Equalists, right? I mean, at leastcan I start Amon's pants on fire? It's not like I would ever do anything permanent to anyone, unlike those cabbage-heads. I burn people, but- but, that's not permanent, Republic City has like a gazillion healers, right?" She looked away, as the guilt from hurting Ziron began to sink in.

*Lin began to boil the water on the gas stove. "Zap Equalists? Only if they are attacking. Amon? Go right ahead. He is a mad man and needs to go down."