Quick Author's Note:

Oh joy of joys, I've finally resumed writing this damn thing. Nah, I love this story, but anyway, for those who are looking at this specific chapter for updates, it'll probably be a week or maybe even two before I start uploading the new stuff simply because, well, band camp. For those who live in PA and are in marching band in high school, you know exactly what I mean.

Anyway, enough about that, I'll leave you to read or whatever you want to do. I don't know, but right now I have to catch up on Sword Art Online II; see ya!

P.S. I don't own Avatar or Legend of Korra or any related characters and none of this would ever be considered canon in any way.

"Come on! Keep up!" The Avatar called to us as we began running. We turned down a long hallway and were met by three of the Queen's Guard. Before anyone could react, they shot their…hand…things at us, grabbing the Avatar's wrist and dragging her toward them.

I burst forward, diving into their ranks and blasting them from behind toward the Avatar, allowing her to swiftly take them out with a couple blasts of fire. She nodded to me before taking the lead once again.

We both saw the exit, and the young Avatar shot through it with a strong gust of wind. She inspected the area. "It's clear!" she called running out to safety, only to be blocked by a wall of the Queen's Guard.

"Clear my butt!" I yelled before shooting a continuous blast on air towards them, the others soon joining me.

"Go!" she called to those not holding the Guard off. When I looked, I saw a massive airship lowering itself to where we could jump to it from the highest point on the building. As more and more of us broke off, it was soon just the Avatar, Tenzin and I. "Go on!"

"No way! Not until you two go!" I called back, breaking off and jumping into the air, forcing an extremely potent blast of air to come from a kick, knocking the Guards flat.

With them temporarily subdued, all three of us scaled the wall, however we didn't entirely make it.

They all went for the Avatar, seeing her as the biggest threat. As she was pulled, I did probably the stupidest thing I've ever done. I jumped off after her. Once I caught up to her, I blasted the Guard with air once again before propelling the Avatar back up to where she was.

After landing on the ground, quite hard actually, I started running for my life; well not running; but air scooter-ing. As I did, I saw another group running. I soon caught up to them and began running for real. "Hey so, are you guys with the Avatar?" I questioned. "Because she kinda owes me now."

"A little busy here, guy," a firebender said back, before sending a couple fireballs back toward our pursuers. "And you bringing more of these guys doesn't exactly help."

Another one looked up and behind us before I heard what sounded like a bison. "Everybody hang on!" he called back to thrust his fists down, and a pillar of earth propelled us all into the air before we landed safely of something akin to the flying bison that some airbenders had.

I took a deep breath, releasing a heavy sigh as this strange group had their reunion with…someone. Some little kid, I don't know.

Eventually, I turned around, leaning onto the edge of the saddle. I heard some snickering before someone tapped my shoulder, and when I turned, it was the Avatar.

"Hey," she greeted. "I just wanted to thank you, for earlier."

I shrugged. "Yeah, uh-huh," I said boredly, not thinking much of it. "You don't have to thank me."

"Well, I may not have to, but I thought it'd be the right thing to do," she smiled, which I returned. "You have incredible control over your airbending," she commented.

"I guess if the Avatar says so."

"It's just Korra," she replied, waving one of her hands in front of her face.

I nodded. "Alright then, Korra. So what were you doing in Ba Sing Se?"

"We were looking for newly made airbenders, like you," she explained. "It looks like we finally found you guys too. I'm sorry for what the Earth Queen did."

I shrugged once again. "It's not your fault and hey, you got us out in the long run, so it's fine."

"Yeah, you're right. Well, I'm sure you'll have a great time training with Tenzin, he's-"

"Eh?" I interrupted. "Training? With that old geezer? No way, not me."

"But…you should learn from somebody."

"Even so, I've heard some pretty bad things about that guy; I don't think it would end well. Let's just say that. Besides, judging from Ba Sing Se, it seems like I'd have a lot more opportunity to improve my skill traveling the world like you, rather than staying cooped up in some temple somewhere."

I overlooked to the sky, my eyes slowly gazing downwards; a mistake I would most likely make many a time. Just the sight of the ground so far beneath us made my stomach lurch, and I soon hurled off the side of the bison, much to the amusement of the others on board.

Once we landed, the old geezer gave a speech about rebuilding the Air Nomads or something, and asked for volunteers. Everyone except me volunteered by the way. Once everyone had been loaded up onto one of the two airships, the one going up to the Northern Air Temple the geezer said, he came up to me.

"Hello, my name is Tenzin. I noticed that you were the only one of the group not to come with us."

"Yeah? And?"

"Well, I think what you did back at the Catacombs was very brave and you are exceptionally talented in some ways, but I must beg you to reconsider."

"…Sorry, but my mind is made up," I said, trying to be as least obnoxious as possible. " A temple just isn't the place to learn for me."

"I see…"

"Tell you what, old man; when you're done "training" the others, come back and see what I know. I'll do my homework; promise," I held my hand out.

He offered a nod. "Alright, but I expect you to have memorized every monk and their accomplishments by then," he said jokingly…I hope it was in joking anyway, before shaking my hand. "Now, do you need a couple of scrolls to get you started? Anything to aid in your own training?"

I thought about it. "Well, I always wanted one of those glider things you guys have," I smirked.

"Well…anything to aid you," he seemed defeated before relinquishing one of the spare ones.

With that, the new Airbenders departed, leaving one airship left. I don't really know why I hung around there instead of leaving to find someplace new, but around the time when the moonlight began to take over, just after sunset basically, I was called over by that firebender from earlier.

As I approached I saw that they had been quarreling a bit, possibly over who would be the one to call me over, and by "they" I meant Korra, the firebender, the earthbender from earlier, and also another girl.

"Hey, what's up?" I wondered aloud.

"Well, you said that you wanted to travel the world, and I've talked to the others, and we were wondering if you wanted to come with us," Korra explained.

I thought about it. I would be able to travel the world and see so many new places, but at the same time I would also have to travel with the Avatar; which I've heard isn't the best thing to do if you want to travel peacefully. Still, we worked together pretty well when we broke out, and it certainly was satisfying to stick it to the Queen's Guard, so I guess it was fine.

"I…guess I could come along."

"Cool!" the earthbender rapidly grabbed my hand and shook it forcefully. "The name's Bolin, and this little guy here is Pabu," he scratched the fire ferret, which had been riding on his shoulder, on the head. He proceeded to jump onto my shoulder and nuzzle my head. I chuckled and accepted the affection.

"Careful," the firebender warned. "That just means he's gonna mess with you later. My name's Mako, by the way."

"And I'm Asami," the other girl finished out the group. She had very pale complexion and thick lipstick. "What's your name?"

"Yuuto. It's not exactly a normal name for an Earth Kingdom kid, but I like it," I explained.

"Yeah, it's…nice," Bolin said. "Well, let's get going. Come on, Pabu!" he said before the ferret left my shoulder and we all boarded the airship. On board, I was immediately questioned by an older woman.

"And who's this?" she demanded accusingly.

"Lin, this is Yuuto," Korra introduced. I held my hand out to her.

"Good to meet you, Chief," I said, recognizing her. She didn't even think about responding though, not even acknowledging me.

"Avatar, I can't have you bringing aboard strangers when I'm trying to protect you."

I reared my hand back and made a little airbending show for her in it. "I can handle that," I said, smirking.

"Right…" she said as she turned back. "Fine, but if he does anything to-"

I frowned. "I got it, okay?"

"Tch," she stormed off.

"Alright; I can tell she'll be a bundle of fun."

And so we took off to...some random river because we needed water for Korra's polar bear-dog. "You'd think that they'd be popping up all over the place," Korra said, her voice clearly annoyed at not having heard word of any other locations of airbenders. "Where are they?" she yelled out into the wilderness, causing a couple of birds to fly away from the trees. She furiously scratched her head in annoyance.

"Hey, come on. Calm down, Korra; they'll turn up soon enough."

"Yeah, or maybe they were all scared away by Tenzin before we made it Ba Sing Se," she retorted to herself. "I'm just so-"

"Hey guys!" Asami called to us from the entryway of the airship. "I found a report of a new airbender!"