And here is my new story for all the Korra fans! I've loved the avatar series since it first came out all those years ago; I can remember the world premiere of the Boy In the Iceberg back in 2005 (I think that's when it came out), and once Korra came out (literally .) I fell in love with yet another show.
This is Korrasami. So warnings if you don't like that pairing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Korra or Avatar: the Last Airbender.
Asami had a list of things she never thought would happen to her. A very long list filled with situations that seemed unbelievable to normal people.
However, the CEO of Future Industries quickly learned nothing was normal when you were a part of team Avatar.
Especially situations pertaining to the Avatar herself.
A muffled squeak was the only sound that escaped her mouth as she was shoved into the small room, the blue-eyed girl's mouth slamming into her own as she kicked the door closed behind her.
She could smell the stench of alcohol in the Avatar's breath, the frenzied and slightly desperate grabs at the non-benders clothes as tears clouded Korra's eyes and the woman breathed against her lips, "They all hate me. They hate the vines and spirits. I can't even leave this island without getting hounded by the paparazzi and Raiko. Why can't they just see this is better for us all? Why can't they understand that?"
Asami pressed her hands against Korra's shoulders and smoothed them down the bender's muscular arms, her eyes flickering shut; her legs felt weaker than she liked, but she tried her best to comfort the other- even if this isn't exactly what she had in mind.
Korra pressed up against her firmly, her arms lifting the taller woman off the ground and urging Asami to wrap her legs around the stronger woman's waist.
The heiress could only gasp as the other deepened the kiss, and the sharp influx of air around them caused her to open her eyes and look as Korra slipped into the avatar state.
"Are you sure?" Asami looked at the healer; Kya's sympathetic smile eased some of her dread at the news, but the knot in her chest only furthered as she took in the medical report.
"Positive, I've seen the exact same results a million times in the southern water tribe," Kya waved a hand toward Asami's exposed abdomen. "It may be a little early, but there's no denying it. You're pregnant."
"H-How...?" The dark haired female sat up from the couch and stared at the healer, "I've never slept with a man before. I can't be pregnant. It isn't possible."
The daughter of Aang and Katara gave the younger woman a hesitant look, "You haven't?"
"No," Asami released a shaky breath. "I mean I'm not a virgin, but it wasn't..." The heiress blushed, "It wasn't with a man."
Kya's sighed and shook her head, "Look kid, I know you're probably a little embaressed about the whole situation, but I'm not lying. You are pregnant."
"I'm not lying," Asami snapped at the water bender. "I don't know how or why this happened, maybe I am pregnant. Maybe I'm not. But it doesn't change the fact that I've never had sex with a man."
"Then how..." Kya's voice trailed off, her eyes going wide as a particular impossible thought pushed into her mind. "You said you never slept with a man before, but you have slept with someone. Right?"
Asami's face flushed crimson as she lowered her head, "Yes... I did."
Kya pursed her lips as memories of her childhood came to mind; the stories her father would tell her about the past avatars and some of their more progressive lovers, "Did it take place two weeks ago possibly, that was about the time the fetus was conceived, so is it when it happened? And was it the only interaction of that nature you had with anyone since then?"
"Yes," the CEO twiddled with her fingers nervously. "It was the first and last time."
"Was it Korra?" Kya could practically feel the poor girls fear; her shoulders shook with barely repressed sobs as her voice cracked and she nodded at the water bender; it was if simply hearing the name broke something inside the poor woman.
"Oh honey," the only daughter of Avatar Aang pulled the crying girl in for a hug; her hand patting the clearly upset female on the back as she calmed down enough to speak again.
"I just came in to see why I'd been so weak lately," Asami sighed miserably. "Not to find out I'm pregnant. After what happened that night, we agreed to just move on from it; to just try and forget it ever happened. I wasn't expecting this to come along. Even if I tell her I'm pregnant, she'll never believe me!"
"Not quite," Kya stood up. "I need to talk to Tenzin. I have a thought of how this could of happened, but I need to ask him to confirm it. But I won't if you're not comfortable with me sharing the information with him."
"And you won't tell anyone else?" Asami's heart was pounding in her chest; dread and fear practically flooded her senses, leaving the poor girl distraught and borderline hysterical, "Only Tenzin?"
"Only Tenzin," Kya smiled. "I promise."
The inventor let out a deep breath; trying to steady her nerves and disbelief at the situation, "Okay. Just him."
The healer nodded and moved to the door, stopping to look back at the other, "Stay here. I'll be right back, I'll bring Tenzin back to the room so we can discuss it here, okay?"
"Okay," Asami forced out; her eyes watching as Kya exited the room and gently slid the door closed behind her. The girl took a shuddering breath and wrapped her arms around herself; how was she ever going to get through this?
"Pregnant!?" Tenzin sputtered unbelievably; his face turning red as his sister explained. "What!? How?! whO?!"
"I told you," Kya shushed her little brother. "It's Asami Sato. Korra's friend."
"I know who Asami is," the air bending master crossed his arms. "She stayed here for a few weeks before relocating back at the city. I meant who the father is?!"
"That's the thing," the healer pinched the bridge of her nose. "The child doesn't have a regular father like others would; the situation is a bit more... complicated."
"What!?" Tenzin raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean it's complicated?"
Kya shuffled on her feet, "Do you remember the stories Dad used to tell us? About Avatar Kyoshi and others of his past lives?"
"Yes," the air bender nodded. "They were some of his favorite stories to tell."
"Do you remember the one about Kyoshi and her daughter Koko? About how Koko was supposedly the child of Kyoshi and her female lover?"
"Of course I do!" Tenzin snapped, "But I don't see how that has anything to do wit- Oh."
Kya nodded slowly, "That's what I thought."
"Korra!?" Tenzin cupped his chin in thought, a frown on his face, "But they haven't acted any different than they normally do, if something has happened between them you think you would notice."
"Maybe it was an accident?" Kya shrugged, "They're still young Tenzin, they don't know these things as well as we do. They don't know how to react to what they've done, so maybe they just decided to ignore that it ever happened. I don't know. All I know is that there is an upset young lady in there who is scared and alone, with no idea how this could of happened to her."
"I know, I know," Tenzin sighed and ran a hand over his face. "I have an idea, but I'll need to speak with her to be sure."
Kya waved him after her, "Come on then, better to figure this out now while we have time."
The two walked out of the Master's office, acolytes nodding respectfully at the two as they passed, and made their way to the left wing of the compound.
The little room Kya had been using as her office was devoid of life save for the woman sitting on the bed in the corner, her green eyes flickering up to look as the two entered the room behind them.
Asami nodded her head in greeting but her eyes were dull and nearly lifeless; she looked lost and uncertain about everything she was.
Tenzin cleared his throat and clasped his hands behind his back, "Kya tells me there is quite a predicament we have going on here. Is it true? Are you pregnant?"
The heiress nodded, her gaze not rising from staring at the ground.
"And Korra is the only person you've been with?" Tenzin stressed; his words searching for an answer.
Asami nodded once more, her hair falling in her face as she looked up into the eyes of the middle-aged bender, "She is."
Tenzin pursed his lips and kneeled in front of her, Kya stood off to the sides; her eyes watching carefully for any sign to intervene, "Asami, while you two were... uh... being friendly, did Korra go into the Avatar State at all? If you can remember, we need to know."
"I..." Asami rested her head in her hands, "I'm pretty sure she did. Once or twice, it scared me at first, but she didn't act different. She seemed so stressed and frustrated, it just flickered on and she didn't even realize it at first."
Tenzin's expression was stricken, his eyes narrowing in thought as he mulled over the information, "The Avatar State is still unknown in many aspects. Being connected to Raava gives Avatars so many different abilities, it's hard to say I'm surprised to hear this happened. Although, it's not the first time I've heard of this, but I needed to be sure."
"It's happened before?" Asami looked up, her eyes begging for an answer, for some validation that she wasn't just some freak accident.
Kya stepped forward, "We believe it has. Our father used to tell us stories of things he learned from his past lives, once or twice we've heard of female Avatars having children with women, but this is the first time we've ever been confronted with it on a present scale."
Tenzin rose and rested a hand on Asami's shoulder, "You're too good-hearted to make up something like this, and Kya's confirmation of your pregnancy only furthers my belief. Along with what you have told me, I do believe we have quite the situation on our hands. Korra... well, we can wait and tell her when you're ready, and after I've researched more on this. Until then, I do ask you stay within Republic City."
"I wasn't planning on leaving any time soon," Asami groaned and leaned forward, resting her face in her hands. "I've been so busy lately with my company, it seems unbelievable that this could possibly be happening."
"Don't work too much," Kya advised. "Stress is bad for the fetus, and you're still not far along. It's barely two weeks; take it easy."
"You do plan to keep the baby, correct?" Tenzin asked, looking to the heiress.
"Yes," Asami wringed her hands. "I'm just in shock from all this. I wasn't expecting news of this scale."
"How long do you want to wait to tell Korra?" Kya asked, "You won't show for another month and a half at most, but I do recommend you tell her before then."
"I know," the CEO let out a shuddering breath; her hands rubbing her arms as a shiver ran up her spine. She looked to Tenzin, "You know Korra better than anyone, you're her teacher. How do you think she'll take it?"
Tenzin rubbed his temple, feeling the signs of an upcoming headache, "It's hard to say. I don't think she'll be prepared for the news, you're both still so young. But, I think she'll believe it, and I do think she'll step up to the plate; so to speak."
Asami let out a relieved exhale, standing up from the bed and smoothing out her skirt and jacket, "I have to head into the city. Raiko has asked for my presence at the conference in two hours, and I have to stop by my office first."
"Hmm," Tenzin nodded. "Very well. I'll drop you off with Oogi, as Jinora and I promised to meet Korra at the spirit wilds on Fifth. She's supposed to give Raiko a quick report on any progress with clearing away the vines."
"He's still hounding her for answers?" Kya asked, looking to her little brother. "I heard he's throwing her under the bus again, poor girl's been working almost nonstop with the vines lately."
"Doesn't surprise me," Asami swept her hair back. "People are complaining to him. His poll numbers are even lower than Korra's. He's trying to save face."
"Politics," Tenzin said. "Are mostly throwing others under the bus to save face, it's how it is in Republic City at least."
The tattooed man turned to leave the room, waving Asami to follow, "I'll see you at dinner Kya. We should get going."
The two exited the room and made their way out to the courtyard. Jinora waved as she saw them approach, the oldest of Aang's grandchildren waited on Oogi's saddle; her face brightening up when she saw them, "Are we leaving? I called Korra and told her we'd be there soon."
Tenzin nodded and air bended Asami gently into the saddle, Jinora smiling in greeting to the nonbender, "We're dropping Miss Sato off at her company first. Then we'll meet up with Korra."
"Alright," Jinora sat Indian style, and leaned against the side of the saddle. Asami relaxed in the back; she'd flown on bison plenty of times, even steering Oogi back during Harmonic Convergence.
It still didn't do anything to help the nausea rising in her throat as Oogi kicked up off the ground, leaving Asami to cover her mouth with one hand and use the other to hold her stomach.
Watching Korra argue with Raiko was becoming somewhat of a daily occurrence after Harmonic Convergence; watching Korra struggle with the harsh questions and feeling of inferiority brought on by the peoples lowering opinion of her was also becoming more and more frequent.
"This is a disaster," Korra groaned and looked down.
Asami smiled lightly and walked up to her, "Don't worry, we'll figure something out."
"Easy for you to say," Korra looked away. "Eight percent approval? Who are they asking?"
The CEO cocked her head to the side, "You can't take that to heart, people are just frustrated."
Korra clenched her glider, "I don't blame them, I should be able to fix this. I'm the Avatar."
Asami sighed at that. When she first met Korra, she used to be so proud of who she was. Now, she saw it as a job, a job she was stuck with and had to be good at.
The Southern Water Tribe native kicked at a rock and looked up at the other woman, "Sorry. I'm just a little stressed."
The heiress placed a hand over her abdomen, remembering the life that was currently growing inside of her. The life the very girl standing next to her had a hand in creating.
Yeah, she knew what being stressed felt like, "I can imagine."
Korra gave a tiny smile, "We better get back to the island. I don't want to miss dinner."
"We'll take my car," Asami waved Korra after her. "Come on. We should be able to make the next Ferry."
The drive was quiet. They ran into some traffic on seventh, but Asami knew her way around the back alleys well enough so that they missed the bulk of it.
Korra twiddled nervously with her hands; looking from the road and back to the driver. Asami could feel the Avatar's gaze, her eyes seemed to burn into her soul; she wasn't even looking at the blue-eyed girl, yet she still couldn't stop the blush from creeping up her face.
Luckily, the chilly breeze from the ocean air doubled as protection for the burning blush; keeping Asami from feeling just how red she might of felt.
"Hey," Korra looked nervously at her. "I know we talked about... you know... that, but I never really got the chance to apologize."
"Apologize?" Asami glanced at the young avatar, "You really don't need to apologize."
"Yeah," Korra scratched the back of her head. "I kind of do. I just feel real bad; I mean I basically jumped you, and I shouldn't been so pushy."
"It wasn't one-sided," Asami pointed out; a feeling of nausea rose in her throat. "I wasn't fighting or pushing you away."
"Still," the avatar looked out the window. "I feel like I didn't really give you a choice. I wanted to apologize sooner; it's just the morning after we kind of agreed to forget about it, and then I was so busy with the vines and Raiko was being an idiot." Korra glared at her feet, as if they were to blame for the whole thing, "I haven't really gotten the chance to talk to you lately, and I felt really bad. Especially since Mako and I had just broken up a few days earlier. I didn't want you to think you had been used or something."
"Don't worry about it," Asami's stomach twisted; as if the child growing there could sense their conversation. "I didn't think that." Liar. "But, thank you for apologizing anyway. It's very brave of you."
Korra smiled at her, "It's no problem."
With that said, she turned and gazed back out the window. In the west, the sun had just begun to set; casting a view of pink, orange, and purple over Republic City.
It was a comfortable silence, but the inventor was burdened with knowledge that Korra didn't have. Knowledge that would change both of their lives.
Some part of her screamed to just tell her, to get it over with already. Her body had begun to shake, whether it was from nerves of the cool air, she didn't know. However, she was just counting her lucky stars Korra hadn't noticed.
Finally, after an eternity of suffering in silence, the two arrived at the Ferry. Asami drove her car onto the loading dock; two of the workers guided her onto the boat, before closing the side latch behind her. The two ladies relaxed in their seats and waited, occasionally laughing or commenting on little bits of things they had heard around. A particularly popular subject was how big of a mover star Bolin had become; the NukTuk star quickly rising to stardom thanks to Varricks' help. (Even though Asami still hated him for trying to steal her company)
When the Ferry pulled up to the island, Asami drove off the boat and onto the pier; parking in a special spot Tenzin had set aside after she had gotten sick of returning to the city pier only to find her expensive car stolen, (It happened at least five times), and hopped out of the automobile.
When they reached the dining area, Korra quickly sat down to Bolin's right, while Asami stood standing near the door; she hadn't really felt like eating since her nausea was still bothering her.
Tenzin and Kya rose an eyebrow in her direction, silently conveying a question only the three of them knew. Asami shook her head once, showing she hadn't told Korra just yet.
They returned back to their dinner, and Asami found her attention drawn to where Bumi was currently throwing his arms around in an attempt to bend; although why he was doing it seemed to be the question.
She looked around the room and frowned, "Where's Mako?"
"Oh? The brooding teenager?" Bolin raked a hand through his hair in an attempt to copy his older brother's signature hairstyle, "He's at the police station. Said he had to 'focus on work.' But he's really missing out, I love being a part of this family!"
Asami mentally rolled her eyes when she heard the fire bender was still at the police office. She knew how awkward he had been around the two of them since his break up with Korra, and while it was endearing at first, it got to the point where it got a little old.
If he was acting like this now, she wondered how he would react to hearing about her pregnancy.
The heiress briefly shook her head. He'd probably go from level five of awkward to downright stuttering and ignoring any chance to see any of them.
She was ripped out of her musing when she heard Meelo smack his hand on the table, "LOOK ALIVE UNCLE BUMI!" Then throw the plate that bounced into his hand at his uncle as the older man tried to get Bolin to bend a giant boulder at him.
The inventor cringed and waited for the sound of a plate shattering on the poor mans face, when the craziest thing happened.
Bumi air bended a sphere around the plate; stopping the flying projectile in it's tracks.
Dead silence echoed throughout the room, everyone gaping in shock at the bearded man as he exclaimed, "I told you!"
Tenzin broke the silence first, his face a picture of pure awe and disbelief, "You're an air bender."
Bumi let out a sound of victory, saying something about how his mom would love this, before he lost his concentration and the plate shattered on the table.
After dinner, everyone went off to their rooms; Bolin had to help Kya and Jinora drag Bumi out as he was still attempting to copy what he had done just minutes before, while Tenzin reassured his brother that they would work on it in the morning.
Pema took Meelo, Ikki, and Rohan to their rooms to put them to bed; which effectively left Korra and Asami standing in the dining area.
The avatar sat down her finished dishes and jumped to her feet; stretching her arms and legs before turning to grin at the inventor, "You can stay on the island tonight. I know it's a long drive back to your place. You're room is all made up, the maids cleaned that side of the complex yesterday."
Asami smiled and nodded thankfully. Ever since the Equalist Uprising, she always managed to stay over on the island at least twice a week. The air family had been so kind to her, and she often found herself craving the comfort of being in some semblance of a normal family; especially since she had her father put away for his part in the failed revolution, (not to mention he had tried to kill her at the same time).
Entering the room, she slid the door closed behind her, and sank onto the bed. She was too tired to even change into pajamas.
Acting normally around Korra wasn't a problem, she was excellent at fooling people. Something she had to be able to do ever since she was put in charge of Future Industries.
However, she felt weak and weary at the same time.
She was pregnant. With the avatars child.
God, she didn't even know how the others would react, how the paparazzi would react. They would probably eat her alive. Two women being able to conceive a child just didn't seem possible, but Tenzin's words had helped calm her earlier in the day.
It's true they didn't know the full extent of the avatar state, but she was positive there was no other explanation. She didn't sleep with anyone else since that night, and Korra had been her first. It was the only way to explain how she could of possibly fallen pregnant.
With a tired sigh, she shrugged off her jacket and kicked off her shoes. She was too tired to think about this now, for now she would get some sleep and figure it out tomorrow. Hopefully Tenzin might of found something about this by then.
Pulling the covers over her body, she rested her head against the pillow and fell asleep quickly afterwards; the sweet exhaustion lulling her into unconsciousness.
It's too bad morning came far to quickly for her tastes, and sadly it was quite an unpleasant wake up call she received.
Asami was sure she'd thrown up the rest of her stomach about five minutes ago, tears tracked down her face from dry heaving so much. After another minute, it seemed to calm enough for her to grab a cloth to wipe her mouth, only for another lurching sensation in her stomach to act up and send her back over the waste basket; more bile forcefully leaving her stomach, falling into the waste basket as she heaved and coughed.
Foot steps echoed down the hallway, and she coughed as her door was pulled open and a pair of small feet padded over to where she was still throwing up by her bed.
Asami relaxed slightly when she felt a small hand rest between her shoulders, and a cheerful yet worried voice spoke softly, "Are you alright?"
The nonbender pulled away from the trashcan, using the cloth from before to wipe her mouth before she turned to look into Ikki's large eyes, "I'm fine. Something I ate just didn't agree with me."
"Mommy threw up when she was pregnant with Rohan," Ikki smiled; the energetic airbender bounced on the balls of her feet. "And Meelo and I got really sick with the stomach flu once and threw up all day. Daddy had to call the doctor to come check on us."
"You're dad did the right thing," Asami smiled slightly. "I feel better now. I think my stomach's settled."
"Good," Ikki pointed down the hall. "Breakfast is in ten minutes, then we're suppose to go to the courtyard to watch Uncle Bumi airbend. But if your tummy starts hurting again, you could ask Aunt Kya for some medicine instead."
"I think I'll be fine," Asami patted Ikki on the head once; then she pulled herself off the ground and to her feet. "I need to get ready. I'll make it to breakfast, okay?"
Tenzin's youngest daughter eagerly nodded her head, before taking off out of the room and down the hall towards the main building for breakfast.
Asami sighed and ran a hand over her face, walking to the closet and pulling out a set of clothes she must of left the last time she stayed the night. The maids always seemed to keep her clothes in tip top condition.
After washing up, she changed and left her room. Her stomach was still churning, but she didn't feel the need to throw up again. If anything, she felt like she was starving now that she'd emptied her stomach.
She'd also noticed that she'd been paler than normal after that, but she chalked it up to nothing more than morning sickness; although it did surprise her that she'd gotten it so early.
The acolytes were all in the dining area, leaving Asami to weave her way to the private room off to the side where the usual gang ate in the morning.
The air kids were sitting in their usual place, with Tenzin and Pema at the head of the table and Kya and Bumi on either side of them. Asami smiled in greeting and sat down to Bolin's right, playfully bumping his shoulder and laughing when he did the same.
Seconds later, Korra entered and plopped down on her right. Everyone said their good mornings and promptly dug into the vegetarian feast the cooks had prepared.
Asami vaguely listened as Bumi excitedly explained all the things he planned to do now that he had air bending, with Tenzin correcting him and Meelo egging his uncle on with friendly cheers.
The heiress picked up her bowl of rice and was about to dig in when a sudden wave of nausea crashed into her; leaving her to drop the bowl back onto the table and hastily cover her mouth with her hand in an effort to quell the bile rising in her throat.
'Not now,' Asami pleaded. 'Don't throw up at the table.'
Korra and Bolin both noticed out of the corner of their eyes and frowned, only to downright look at her worriedly when Ikki noticed and gestured in her direction, "Are you going to throw up again?! We need a trashcan!"
Suddenly, the inventor had every single head swinging to face her as she still fought to keep down what remained in her stomach. Korra placed a hand on her arm, "Again? Are you sick?"
Asami tried to answer, but another wave of nausea hit the poor woman and she had to once more focus on controlling her gag reflux.
Ikki answered the avatar's question; her hyper voice speaking quickly, "I went to get her for breakfast, and she was hunched over the trash can throwing up. She said it was something she ate."
"Oh," Korra bended the water out of the glasses on the table. "I can help food poisoning."
Asami's eyes widened in alarm, and she noticed Kya and Tenzin panicking in their seats as the avatar's hand closed over her stomach; the water soaking through her clothes and caressing her skin in gentle waves as it begin to glow in a healing motion.
Her nausea faded almost instantly, but Asami tried to scoot away as soon as her hands lowered to the ground.
However, Korra's hand followed her; her entire body stiffening when she noticed something else in the nonbender's abdomen, and she lowered her head in shame when the native water bender turned her wide-eyes in her direction; a shocked glint in her watery blue eyes.
Tense silence was the only sound; everyone knew Korra's expression meant bad news, and Tenzin and Kya, the only ones who actually knew why, exchanged hesitant glances on what they should do.
The avatar stared at the inventor intently, a single word slipped out of her throat, "How?"
"Not here," Asami replied; pushing Korra's hand away from her abdomen. "Please?"
The only response she got was a harsh nod, the bender rising to her feet immediately and pulling the other woman up hastily; although Asami noted that she was handled with surprising care.
Korra muttered a quick 'Excuse us,' before pulling the inventor out by her arm, leaving Asami two seconds to turn and send a pleading look to the two others who knew what was going on. Kya and Tenzin sent her a quick nod and began pushing their dishes to the side, but from the way Korra was walking Asami thought it would take them hours to catch up with them.
The avatar practically stormed through the hallways and towards her room, pushing open the door, and closing it behind them once they both were properly inside.
The master of the four elements turned to stare at her, leaving Asami to shuffle on her feet nervously as she withstood the burning gaze of the most powerful human on the planet, "So...?"
"You're pregnant!?" Korra breathed unbelievably, "How are you pregnant!?"
"Well, usually it involves something called se-"
"That's not what I'm asking and you know it," Korra interrupted. "How can you be pregnant!? I thought I was the only person you ever slept with! I know I was your first, I took your virginity for Kyoshi's sake!"
"I don't know," Asami sank onto the bed; resting her head in her hands. "I didn't sleep with anyone else besides you, and I just found out yesterday! I'm barely two weeks along Korra."
The southern native inhaled sharply, "But it's impossible! If I'm the only person you've ever been with-"
"It's your child," the CEO murmured; completing the other's statement. "I don't know how, but it's yours."
"But, I can't be," Korra sputtered; her face turning a deep red. "It's not physically possible!"
"Tenzin thinks it's because of the avatar state," Asami stated; lowering her head and staring at the ground. "When I went to Kya about how weak I had been feeling, she didn't believe me either when I said I hadn't been with a man. But once I explained she thought she realized something and went to get Tenzin. He said it's probably happened before, with other avatars."
"He knew?" Korra growled, "And he didn't tell me?"
"Yes," Tenzin's voice echoed into the room as he slid open the door, the air and water bending siblings stepping into the bedroom. "Kya and I both knew about Asami's pregnancy. We were the one's to offer her options of how it could of happened."
"And you think it's mine?" the avatar skeptically raised an eyebrow, "How would that even be possible?! I've never heard of this happening before!"
"Do you remember the stories my mother used to tell you about Avatar Kyoshi?" Kya spoke up; her voice a strong beam of support for the fragile woman currently collapsed on the bed, "Her daughter Koko was said to be born from two women too. As well of a handful of stories going back to the other avatars in history."
"But those are just stories," Korra argued; her hands clenching into fists at her sides.
"No they weren't," Tenzin stepped forward. "I researched it a great deal yesterday. It seems based on eyewitness accounts across the nations, Kyoshi really did acknowledge Koko as her biological child. She claimed she conceived her using the avatar state somehow."
"The avatar state..." Korra's eyes went wider than saucers, and she turned to look at the woman putting up a brave front on her bed, "So, it is mine then."
"It seems so," Kya confirmed. "She's about a half-month along, so it's still quite early."
Korra nodded uneasily and looked hesitantly at the two adults, "Can you two give us a minute? I need to talk with Asami."
The inventor tried not to feel any dread at that, Korra's words seemed so soft and gentle; however, she knew looks could be deceiving.
Kya sighed and waved her brother off, "Alright. We'll be out in the courtyard. Bumi is eager to try air bending again."
The two left the room and slid the door shut behind them, leaving the two young women alone in an awkward situation.
Korra sighed and sank to her knees in front of where Asami had been sitting; taking both of the pale woman's hands and running her thumbs over her knuckles, "I guess I really screwed up, didn't I?"
Asami chuckled lightly, looking at the avatar with a small smile, "I think we both did."
"So," she grimaced. "You knew yesterday? When we were talking in the car?"
The smartest mind of the United Republic exhaled slowly, her thoughts drifting back to the chat they had the previous day, "I did."
"Why didn't you tell me then?" Korra's voice was soft and pleading, gaining answers as gently as she could, "If you knew then, how come you didn't say anything? Were you even going to tell me at all!?"
"Of course I was!" Asami pursed her lips in irritation, "I was scared and frightened, okay!? I didn't know if you would believe me, or if you would accuse me of lying and tell me to get lost. We're finally friends and I didn't want to risk losing that."
Korra chewed on her lip; her hands gripped the others with so much emotion, her body trying to express what she couldn't seem to say, "I wouldn't of. I mean at first I might not of believed you, but Tenzin would of whipped my butt back into shape and tell me I was wrong. Then I would of done everything I could to apologize."
"That I can believe," Asami sighed lowly; her head bowed as she closed her eyes.
The avatar kneeling in front of her pressed their foreheads together, moving her arms to wrap around the beautiful female's waist and hold her close, "I'll do all I can. I promise. I'll be there for my child."
Asami sighed wiped at the tears gathering in her eyes, "That's all I want. For this baby to know it's... uhhh... what should it call you?"
"I think mom would do just fine," Korra pressed a kiss to Asami's cheeks and pulled them to their feet. "Once the baby's born we'll worry about that, but we have quite an amount of time before it comes to that."
The brilliant engineer groaned, "Two more months of morning sickness, ugh."
"Oh, you'll be fine," Korra promised. "You can always just have Kya or me help you. Katara taught me how do settle an upset stomach."
"Yeah, I noticed."
Korra was having a rather unbelievable day.
Between Bumi's air bending, dealing with Mr. Awkward Mako, or tracking down the rouge airbender on the bridge; she was already stressed.
Then the jerk Raiko had to go and banish her from Republic City, as if she had done all this on purpose!?
It infuriated her beyond comprehension, and she longed to introduce him to her foot, fists, and Naga's teeth. (Of course, he probably would of banished her again; like she was Lord Zuko or something)
The two redeeming things about the day were the fact that Team Avatar was on the move once more! It was time to bring back the airbenders.
But the greatest thing had to be the discovery she had made at breakfast, when she had tried to quell Asami's upset stomach and ended up finding out she was pregnant.
At first, she felt nothing but boiling jealousy under her skin. She didn't know why, but it was definitely there. The thought of someone with Asami nearly made her blast a fireball out the window; she had been that agitated.
Then she realized the fetus was too far along. If it had been someone else's, it would been a lot smaller than it was; and the development matched up perfectly with the night they had shared.
Korra nearly bashed her head into a wall after that happened; she was finally getting along really well with the mysterious Sato, only to go jump her and probably ruin everything.
She had been so relieved when Asami had assured her that she wasn't mad, and the two of them moved past it and stayed friends; although, Korra did have a suspicion that they were actually closer than they had been before.
But now everything was different.
Asami was pregnant with her child. The CEO of Future Industries; the prissy, beautiful, rich girl she used to grump over was carrying her child, the Avatar's child, inside of her.
She still was processing the information; the two had made an excuse for the scene at breakfast, saying they had gotten in a little fight the night before and were still irritated with eachother in the morning. Everyone had seemed to buy it, (but Jinora gave Korra this little smirk that made her wonder if she knew), Tenzin and Kya had promised not to mention a word of the pregnancy to anyone until they found a way to break the news.
The biggest worry with the situation was how the public would react.
She made a lot of unhappy enemies when she left the portals open, and the fear that they may target Asami and the baby scared her more than anything.
Then there was her parents. They were going to kill her when they found out. She was a dead woman, an absolutely guaranteed dead woman.
Korra sighed in exasperation. She had so much to do, so much that had to be done. She wondered how Avatars ever got the chance to raise a family, how they were able to protect their loved ones. She remembered how close she came to losing everything during Harmonic Convergence, she'd been having nightmares of Vaatu.
But there were good things to happen, Korra mused. Da'w, the new airbender, was certainly a bonus. She could only guess how many others were actually out there, but she was excited to find out.
Never before had she had an opportunity like this.
It was time to restore balance to the four nations.
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