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I didnt think about adding a header to my first chapter but I will here for those who make it past the first one.
This is my first shot at writing, I know nothing about it, I'm just an average Joe like you (maybe even less than average), with a belief that Kuvira is in no way hetero, ha!
After writing the first chapter, I realized how hard it is to paint the picture in your own mind through words to share it with others. Some things come out great and others might be somewhat of a disappointment or lacking.
I have read some incredible fanfiction stories of which I appreciate very much. Thank you to those who have written and read, are writing and reading, and will write and read about the things we love and imagine alike. Here's my shot, hit or miss, at trying something new.
This story is post the last episode to the cartoon, and is mostly canon, minus Korrasami. (I'm a Korvira shipper baby.)
As always, I am not affiliated with Nickelodeon, or The Legend of Korra. I do not own any characters mentioned besides those I have made up. (Teo, Manchu).
This chapter contains: explicit language, sexual harassment and sexist comments.
Kuvira's Redemption
Chapter 2
"You wanted to create a place where you and your people would never be vulnerable again."
Kuvira, with tears swelling up and threatening to fall, looked up at Korra, who was standing a few feet away.
"I may not have been an orphan, but believe me, I understand what it feels like to be afraid," Korra stated softly, as she began to kneel down in the purple spirit flowers that covered the ground around them both. "After I was poisoned, I would've done anything to feel in control."
Kuvira sat in a silent awe, clutching her injured side. The avatar, the most powerful person in all the four nations, was here comforting her, even after all the devastation and horrible things she did to people she once loved and people she'd never know, all the same. Guilt started to rise inside. When she asked Korra why, why save her, why risk everything for her, Korra simply replied 'I guess I see a lot of myself in you.'
At the time, Kuvira's inner defenses were still up, and shed be damned if she let them down to Korra, the person who ruined her plans, who took the earth kingdom away from her, who took everything from her!...but no. She was alive because of Korra's selfless act, because Korra saw something in Kuvira that Kuvira didn't want to see in herself.
She was in the wrong, Kuvira knew it now. Surrendering, accepting whatever punishment the World saw fit, was the only option she had.
Kuvira felt the ship rock slowly, making it known where she was at before even opening her eyes. The sun slipped through the square holes of her cell walls, falling in warm rays onto her dark clothing. She got up and walked to the corner, where a container of water was kept. After drinking enough to quench her thirst she splashed some onto her face in hopeful aid to wake up.
'It doesn't make sense.'
Kuvira thought back to what Korra had told her was the reason she stood between the spirit canon and herself, while scanning the broken skyline of the city ashore. The memories started to consume her, and with them the emotions they carried. Anger, guilt, embarrassment, loneliness.. Her hands tightened into fists at her sides. Tears began to swell, which made her more frustrated than anything. She always thought tears were weakness.
When she was younger, she'd lay in bed thinking about the bastards who abandoned her. Not once did she cry over them. For her whole life she was hurt by someone, shed use it for fuel. In her training, her learning. To be better, stronger. Kuvira never broke down, never gave up, never let anyone in, besides Suyin.
'And now Korra,' her hands unclenched and she took a deep breath.
Kuvira hated to admit it, even if it was just to herself. The less people she let in, the less people who could hurt her. She owed the Avatar her life. Kuvira lifted her shirt, exposing her freshly healed wound. Unable to resist, she grazed her fingers across. Over and over the soft pink skin.
Goosebumps broke out over her body at the memory of Korra gently touching her in the same spot. The thought of Korra did something to Kuvira's body that was unfamiliar to her.
Distracted by the impossible fantasy of Korra's touch replacing her own, Kuvira's hand found its way moving upward. Her fingers traveled over her defined stomach, until they found the bottom of her small, left breast.
As her hand cupped it slowly, she imagined the avatar, as if she was standing behind her now, doing it instead… until she noticed Teo's unwavering gaze, which quickly snapped her out of it.
'What's gotten into me.'
"Please, don't let me keep you from it," he said while leisurely approaching her cell. "Is the great Uniter missing their ex-fiancé? You never did make it to your honeymoon…or wedding, if I remember correctly, it's because you tried to kill him though, right?"
'Baatar Jr.'
She couldn't stop her expressions from displaying the pain brought on from being reminded of him.
"Oh shit, you weren't thinking of him?" Teo said, with an over exaggerated look of surprise. "Listen…" he leaned in closer, after looking around, and got right up against the wooden bars. "If it's me you were thinking of, no problem. I'll fuck you if you beg me for it." His mouth curled into a devil like smirk. Raising his voice back to normal, and taking a step back he continued, "I've seen Baatar jr., he's been in Republic City with the Beifong family. He's a pretty boy. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he's gay."
Teo shrugged, and continued to stare at Kuvira's unmoving, expressionless form through the bars, he's ember eyes lit up from the sunlight.
"Actually, it makes perfect sense! A pretty fem boy who didn't want to disappoint his mother would go for a masculine dominating female… but where does that put you…" Teo raised one hand up to his chin like he was thinking hard. "Tell me, did you enjoy fucking Baatar Jr. in the ass with a metal dild…"
"Teo!" Manchu called, cutting him off. "You pulling another watch or what. Your relief is here and the boats about to leave."
Kuvira looked over at Manchu, who was jestering with one arm to the boat that was along the opposite side of the prison.
Looking back over at Kuvira once more, he gave a quick smile with a flash of teeth, before making his way around the edge of her cell, and onto the boat that was headed for Republic City.
Kuvira couldn't care less about anything that fell from his stupid mouth. She knew he was trying to get under her skin, and it wasn't going to work. Leading an army, across the entire Earth Kingdom, she came across many men who treated her as less than a person because she was a strong, independent, and confident female.
It was different then, yes, her metal armor protected her bodies strong muscular curves from the prying eyes of the men she was around. That didn't stop the ones in the cities that she conquered from cat-calling and whistling. Sexual comments and remarks thrown at her from cowards hiding in a crowd, but would never have the balls to say it to her face.
She paid them no attention, just like she'd pay him no attention either. Kuvira looked over the city, the buildings in ruin, the spirit portal shining brightly even on the sunniest of days, the vines that wrapped everything from the ground up. Turning to the left, was air temple island, current home to the avatar.
Kuvira sat down on the floor, and ran her hand through her thick black hair as she thought.
'How can I ever repay Avatar Korra.'
Kuvira made up her mind right then. It didn't matter what it took, what the avatar asked of her, Kuvira would do whatever she need to serve her, and to serve her nation the right way this time.
"Manchu." Kuvira said like a statement, in her stirn assertive tone, while still sitting on the floor.
Manchu was younger than Teo, but most likely older than Kuvira. He had dark blue eyes, and chocolate brown hair, that was short on the sides and pulled up into a wolf tail on top. His short beard, nicely shaped to his strong face, giving him the appearance of strong man.
"Yes... Kuvira?" He walked towards her cell, cautiously. Not once since she arrived had she talked to any of guards, the first and only time he heard her say anything was to the avatar, a few days ago.
Kuvira waited for him to stop moving. "You report to the RCPD, correct?"
"Yes."
Kuvira stood to her feet, and faced him. She was about to ask him to relay a message, but what she saw behind him, approaching from the horizon, stopped her. Teo noticed Kuvira's eyes were looking past him, before he could even completely turn around, it was already to late.
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Korra's foot steps were silent against the stone floor in the city hall, as she approached the table where the council meeting was taking place.
"She should be imprisoned in Zaofu!" President Raiko demanded. "Thats where she is from, where this whole disaster started. She's not Republic City Police Department's responsibility."
Suyin Beifong rose to her feet. "You think that an experienced metal bender, criminal such as herself, should be kept in a city of metal? Not to mention, if she has any followers left, Zaofu is the mostly likely to be housing them. It would make escaping all the easier. Zaofu will not be keeping her."
Korra stood off to the side, watching the cities masters and world leaders continue to bicker about what to do with Kuvira, now that she was captured. She thought back to the other day, when she visited her. Sure, Kuvira was still her normal, short tempered and hard headed self, but over that short period that Korra was there, she had noticed a change in her demeanor.
"She can't stay here." Standing near the table, Lin folded her arms. "There are riots and protests in the streets, growing everyday over her being here. I don't have enough force to deal with the disturbances we're receiving from these Kuvira hating groups. Imagine if the wrong group caught wind that she was out there in Yue Bay, just a sitting duck."
"What do the protesters want, Lin?" Tenzin asked, from the opposite side of the table.
"According to my reports, they want her gone, she took their homes, and families away from them. Thinking that any amount of their tax money will go towards the care and constant watch of her is to much to bare... But even more preferably, they want her dead."
Tenzin looked over at Korra, with a concerned look. He knew how she felt about Kuvira, and what her safety and fair treatment meant to her.
"I won't let that happen." Korra stepped forward, gaining the attention of everyone there.
"Korra, do you understand the consequences if you defend her publicly?" Chief Beifong asked. "You will lose support and respect by the thousands, its best you stay out of this political matter."
"I didn't risk my life for her, only to let her be killed by an angry mob. I know I've made mistakes and poor judgement of character in the past, but I dont think this is one of those times" Korra looked across the room at everyone. She didn't know how to explain what she saw in Kuvira the night they were in the spirit world together. "I'm not defending her actions, not making an excuse for the horrible things shes done to each and everyone of us, but she really wanted to help the people of her nation, and believed that what she was doing was the only way to make it work."
Korra walked towards the windows facing west that overlooked city hall square. Protesters lined the walkways with"s signs promoting both civilized justice and death sentences for Kuvira alike. Looking back, Korra continued. "Think about the many cities and towns inside the earth nation that are now stable, and self sufficient because of her dictatorship. Besides here and Zaofu, she brought aid and protection to those who couldn't achieve it on their own."
"There were many cities doing fine on their own, and instead of accepting that she forced their hand and government into submission." Suyin protested. "I know that you have compassion of all life as the Avatar, but Kuvira did monstrous things, and should be responsible for such."
There was a murmur of agreement among a few of them.
Tenzin cleared his throat, "What are our options then?"
The doors to the conference room burst open suddenly. Mako and Bolin both running through them, both in their police uniform, Mako with his arm wrapped in a sling.
"How many damn times must I tell either of you that you simply cannot burst into a..!" Riako was as quickly cut off as he was obviously ignored by Bolin.
"Chief!" Bolin exclaimed, "The protest by the shore got really big, and well, I was told by someone else, I can't remember his name right now.."He gave a nervous laugh looking around, "Anyway so there were these really angry benders, who were on the docks hyping the crowd about how Kuvira should die and doesn't deserve to live…" Mako groaned impatiently at Bolin, but he kept on. "Well then Teo got back from his watch on the same docks, and said something about Kuvira, and the guys heard and then one thing to the next, which if Teo wasnt such a loud mouth they probably wouldn't have found out about Kuvira, or stolen those boats, and then there was thi.."
"Holy shit I cant listen to this any longer," Lin muttered, as she slammed her hands onto the table, startling half the people around her. "Mako, what the hell is going on?"
"There are protesters on their way to Kuvira's boat as we speak Chief. It doesn't sound good"
'Oh no.'
Korra's stomach dropped, she was a few minutes away, even by glider staff. Without another thought she took off running, blowing by Mako and Bolin.
"We're right behind you Korra!" Bolin called as he turned with Mako in pursuit.
Grabbing her staff left by the doors, she ran outside and took off in the air. Korra flew up until she was above the buildings, and had sight of the republic city bay. Sure enough, two boats were rapidly approaching the floating prison. She hoped the guards were prepared for what was was coming.
I will be working on the next right after posting. Hopefully will come up with a constant posting schedule. Depends on how much time I have. Hope you enjoy.
Sincerely, another fan of Kuvira and shipper of Korvira.
M4RDZ
