"I can't believe she did this! My little girl is out there with no protection! She could be hurt, or mugged, or worse,"Tenzin said frantically.

"Don't worry Tenzin," Kya reassured, "Jinora's a smart girl. She can protect herself. Besides, she has Kai with her. They can take care of themselves."

Tenzin was red in the face. It was morning after Kai and Jinora went into the city and Tenzin didn't sleep a single minute last night. He still wore the same robes he had yesterday and the wrinkles on his forehead looked like they have been there all night. He has deep bags under his eyes and his eyes were bloodshot red. "I don't care if Dad is there to protect Jinora! I want my baby girl back her safe with me!"

Pema walked over to her husband, holding their newest son, Rohan, in her arms. She sat down on the couch next to Tenzin. "You won't always be there to protect her Tenzin. She needs to learn what its like to be on her own, weather it is good or bad. Maybe this shouldn't have happened, but it did; and we need to be here when she comes back." She handed him their son, who was sound asleep, and Tenzin took him gratefully. "Your other children need you. Be there for them. Let Jinora do what she wants. She and Kai will be just fine. Nobody is going to look twice at a couple of street kids. Now go get some sleep." Pema took their child again and watched as Tenzin walked out of the room and to his sleeping quarters.

After countless minutes of flipping around on his mattress he finally sucommed to sleep.


Jinora used her bending to keep herself pushed to wall while she slowly slid down on the inner side. She and Kai landed side by side. It was dusk, the sun setting behind them, blinding anyone who would have looked up at them. Her Dad really planned this out. Of course, the inside of the lower ring wall was filthy. Just the slide down the wall made them dirty enough to pass as street kids.

"This place looks terrible," Kai muttered under his breath. He was right, the whole place was under a blackish green cloud of dirty fog, the people looked like they have had to fight for every day they lived. Garbage piled onto the streets and the dirt floors had piles of rotten food along the main road. "Come on Jinora, we need to find a place to sleep," he scanned the street in front of him and quickly ran into an alley adjacent to them.

"Kai? Where are you going?" Jinora yelled into the darkness after him. She had a moment of pure fear. Remembering when she was in the Fog of Lost Souls, Jinora was petrified.

"Calm down Jinora. I'm right here. What's wrong," Kai looked over Jinora's shoulder to see a single tear falling down her face.

"Never leave me alone again. Please. Can you promise me that?" Jinora whispered into thin air.

"I will never leave you Jinora, no matter what. You know that, right? I could never leave you alone, even if it hurts me to stay by your side I will until I can't. Okay?" Kai had shuffled around so that he meet Jinora's eyes. He rested his hands on her shoulders and slowly tipped his forehead down until it meet hers.

"Okay. Why did you leave me though?" she aske him, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"I was just grabbing this," Kai lifted a medium sized blanket up to show Jinora. It was earth kingdom green and had black stains dripped all over it. There was a few small holes along with many patch jobs all over the blanket.

She immediately questioned herself why she didn't think to bring her own blanket. She could hardly keep herself warm with her breathing and she knew Kai could not do it at all. It was one of the few airbending techniques that jinora has not yet mastered and she regretted not studying it more.

The sun had completely set by the time Jinora and Kai walked down the thin walkway, with only the few dim lights to guide them it was difficult to stay together. Kia grabbed Jinora's arm and pulled her to the side. "I can bearably see in this lighting, and all the people make it hard to stay together. Here," Kai held out his hand in front of her, "take my hand."

"Um… I… huh, sure." Jinora put her hand into Kai's and wearily looked up at him. His hair had begun to get greasy and there was little drops of sweat running over his temples, but what stood out the most to Jinora was the slight blush in his cocoa cheeks. She returned his blush with her own and they began to walk through the crowd again, hand in hand.


I will be updating soon. I will be watching the new episode (S3EP10) before updating again. But for now I will be

continuing the story. Thank You for all the views :) Please R&R