Disclaimer - I don't own the Legend of Korra or its characters. They're created and owned by Bryke (Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko) and Nickelodeon~
Author's Note - I've had the idea for this story bouncing around in my head for a while now, and I just had to get it out =p
Synopsis - Alternate Universe of the Avatar Universe. Korra is a fully-realized Avatar, in control of both her Spiritual and Physical sides, which means mastery of all her bending abilities, which includes Air.
Asami is also a bender, though she has yet to tap into her actual bending powers and abilities. She is where Korra was in the Avatar canon-verse; completely unable to access that one important bending ability that made up such a huge part of her.
Hope you all enjoy~ =D
~I'll Bend The World For You~
She was a bender.
She had always been a bender.
The fact that she couldn't actually bend her element was her biggest problem. Hell, it was the summer of her 17th year, and she still didn't even know what her element was. Both her parents were born benders themselves. Her mother was a water bender, and her father had been a fire bender.
So, then why was Asami Sato unable to summon even the smallest traces of an element to bend for herself!
The young, dark-haired woman let out a long, discouraged sigh as she walked down the busy streets of Republic City, carrying a brown paper bag full of groceries. She had lived in this city all of her life, and she had seen many many wonderful and amazing feats performed by the benders living here.
Asami marveled at the fluid grace of the water benders, and was dazzled by the fiery power of the fire benders. Desire and want constantly warred within her, whenever she practiced behind the home she and her mother lived in. No matter how much effort she put out, or how many hours she toiled away trying to force her element out, she could never unlock it. But she still just knew that the power was within her. She could always somehow feel it. Like a gentle warmth that lay curled up within her stomach, always begging to be brought forth.
She was just never able to.
So, whenever her mother held her sobbing form against her body, after another afternoon spent with no results, Asami would wonder why she was so different. Why it seemed like she was the only bender in the entire city who couldn't actually bend.
She constantly asked herself the question; what was it that she needed to finally unlock her powers.
So now as she continued to walk along the less crowded city streets, she was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't notice when she stepped out into the middle of the road, without waiting for traffic to slow.
"Whoooa whoa! Hey, look out! Naga doesn't come with a built-in brake system, ya know," a female voice that Asami had never heard before, but somehow made her feel like she wanted to hear again, pulled her quickly out of her thoughts. She looked up and saw that she was standing at the edge of the road, blocking the path of a large...well...Asami had never seen an animal quite like that before.
Something of her thoughts must have shown on her face, because that same female voice let out a soft, amused chuckle. Asami found herself looking up the white-furred animal's sleek mane, until she came eye-to-eye with the most beautiful person she'd ever seen in her young life.
"Never seen anything like my friend Naga before, have you?" the delightfully-rich sounding voice spoke again, and Asami found herself only able to shake her head 'no'.
The young woman who sat astride the great animal with such confident ease, grinned down at her and then stretched down her hand.
"Come on, I'll give you a ride to wherever you're going. It's the least I can do after almost running you over," the tanned-skinned young woman said with an easy-going smile, as she waited for Asami to take her hand.
Asami glanced apprehensively at the white-furred animal before her, seeing how big and tall it truly was, before looking back nervously at the outstretched hand before her. Then with a determined squaring of her shoulders, Asami reached forward, tightly grasped the hand held out to her, and found herself being pulled up easily by the young woman.
Asami was surprised to feel a small buffet of air that seemed to materialize out of nowhere, which seemed to aid in her getting up onto the animal. She was even more surprised to find herself sitting in front of the young woman, and not behind her.
A deep, rich chuckle floated passed her ear, and Asami felt herself shiver slightly, as deceptively-strong slender arms slipped around her waist, and held her securely against the chest behind her.
"I don't want you to fall off Naga, so I hope you don't mind being my passenger up front," the caramel-smooth voice murmured beside her ear, and Asami just barely found her bearings enough to shake her head no.
Goodness, if she kept this up the young woman behind her, would begin to think that she didn't even know how to speak!
That same warm chuckle breathed out beside her ear again, and Asami did her best to hang onto the soft fur beneath her free hand, while the other clutched the almost forgotten bag of groceries against her chest.
"My name is Korra, by the way. Can I ask what's yours?" the young woman asked, as she lightly pulled on the reins attached to her riding partner, which set the white-furred animal moving forward.
Asami wet her lips with her tongue, and was finally able to force words out. "Asami. Asami Sato. It's a pleasure to meet you, Korra. May I ask what's brought you here? I don't believe I've ever seen you around this part of town before. Oh, and you can turn left here; that street leads to my home," Asami stated, as she indicted with her head the desired street she wanted Korra to direct Naga down.
Korra easily pulled on the reins to direct Naga down the street indicted, and they all settled back into a steady, rolling gait down the mostly empty street.
"I'm actually here to see Tenzin the Air Bender. It's been a few moons since I last saw him and his family, and I wanted to pay them a visit. And while I was here, I also wanted to ask him if I could move in with them on Air Temple Island," Korra replied, as her grip on Asami's waist unconsciously tightened.
Asami's forehead scrunched up slightly in thought, before she replied, "Air Temple Island? Tenzin? The son of the last Avatar? You want to move in with him and his family? Wait! That bit of air that helped me onto Naga's back earlier, along with you having visited Tenzin before, who happens to be the son of the last Avatar; plus the fact that I've heard rumors that the newest Avatar is a sometimes-brash-but-helpful, tanned, beautiful young woman...Korra...are you by any chance...the new Avatar?"
Asami could practically feel the brightness of the smile that overtook Korra's face, as the young woman behind her pressed closer to reply into her ear, "yes, I am. I am the new Avatar."
Asami shivered in Korra's grasp, and the fingers she had buried in Naga's fur unconsciously tightened, as she twisted her head around so that she was practically nose-to-nose with the young Avatar.
"Then you may be the only person in the world who can help me. Please Korra...can you help me unlock my bending!"
AN - Hope you enjoyed~ Please review ^.^
