Oneshot -

Kuvira is on the march on republic city with her super weapon, Korra needs help


[Spirit world, Korra]

„Spirits, this is the Avatar. Please listen to me […]"

Korra was it… I like her… of course the other oh so peaceful spirit's don't want to fight.

"We don't get involved with human wars."

Just that you toughed us bending, the avatar regularly uses power as a superweapon in wars, oh the hypocrisy… yet you are right the pact of non interference… yet I am not quit a spirit am I?

"I hope you come to my aid to safe the new world we all share."

The best lies are the one you believe yourself. How you call these peaceful beings to war.

"What you want is exactly what Koveira wants, to use spirits as a weapon in a human war. The answer is no. "

And there they disappear, tail between their legs, up to their own wars. Chaos against order, light against darkness, creation against destruction … there are so many dimensions spirits wage wars, I've barely scratched the surface myself.

"Wait please listen… if spirits and humans are gonna life with each other we have to work with each other…"

The last one of the light spirits gone I can make my appearance.

"Work with each other to bring as much destruction as possible you mean avatar."

"No, I. . . "

Quite impressive, I know. I actually became a blue dragon after my death. Probably also had something to do with the experiments … but I digress.

"You ask spirits of light and creation to wage your war. Try asking a spirit of fire and destruction instead… or ask me."

Let's call it bravery, you do good to cover your surprise, be cautious and suspicious. Even if I am not your enemy this time Avatar.

"I am grateful for your help Dragon."

Seems you really need all the help you can get. You should know what they say about dragons.

"Ah but my help does not come cheap avatar."

"What is your price?"

"I am no mere mercenary avatar. War, destruction, fire and fight that IS what I desire. Call me for your wars, let me reign destruction onto your enemies, be my disciple and share your techniques, teach me magma bending, prove your strength to me once a year and one year of total freedom these all are my price avatar Kora. "

"Quite a bit you ask for."

"Can't deny you get quite a bit of help."

"How can I trust your word? You are no good spirit. I can't risk you to run rampant and kill innocents."

"I swear I won't run rampant in Republic City. I can even grant that I will not kill a single citicen of the colonies, ex colonies of the fire nation, the fire nation and Azaroth as people in these nations pray for me."

"But you would go and burn the villages of other nations for a year... no wait you want to destroy these nations, the fire nation killed your race. I can't allow that."

No matter the form no one believes me when I try to tell the truth.

(chuckles)"I suppose it is this obvious. Fine, but I NEED to kill, as is my nature. That army, at the very least I need to torch these, don't I?"

"You would not stop if they surrender would you?"

"Hmm… because you asked nicly... I suppose they fight for their country and leader, I can respect that. As a matter of fact I am impressed by your enemy, to back the Avatar in a corner – she really must be something."

"She is a tyrant that brings war… she is bad for everyone."

"Really, that is why a whole army is at her command."

"She brainwashes people, gives no one a choice, threaten those that oppose her and doesn't stop for anything. She... she harvested spirit vines for her weapon. You live in the vines."

Now I am tempted to join her, pity she's from the wrong nation. It is not exactly the vines but the heat and fire below its outer reaches in the spirit world.

"Let me guess, she appears to be a monster but get things done. She sounds like the perfect example of what a noble should be. Competent, cunning, ruthless, powerfull… most people prefer following such a leader to the questionable freedom so few can use."

"Freedom is needed as much as air. People suffer without it."

"People suffer more without food or shelter, without medicin and so many other things to name. Freedom is a luxurity at best. Total freedom, no rules no governments no police – is that what you want?"

"This would not work, not today…"

"Humans are predators. Without control the result is anarchy - just like fire without contol only discussions amuse me Avatar, yet let's go back to my offer. I suppose you have little problems accept me to 'aid' you against your enemies in war when I accept surrender?"

"Yes, it is the year of free reign that I've a problem with."

"As your philosophy is 'everyone is good at hart' and mine is 'no one is a good guy' we won't come to an agreement in who is 'innocent'. How about… I won't attack unprovoked?"

"What would count as provocation?"

"Bending, attacks with weapons and insults… and I won't anhilate villages just for some minor provocation… with the exception of fire bending and my fiancée, I'm rather touchy on these two subjects."

"I can understand that… still leaves too many openings what you could mean by insult."

"Hey you are the one who wants ME to fight against a spirit super-weapon and I should allow INSULTS? (Sighn) Let's go over the other points… with the bending thing I am doing you a favor."

"It sounds suspiciously as if you just want to kill me."

"That would be the last point – but I just want a suitable opponent. The avatar should be strong enough I hope - every year you have to prove you're still a fighter. I'll give you a free pass this year and maybe on a few other years when you're too busy."

"This feels like I just change one problem with another one…"

"Probably some kind of curse, the avatar has to keep things balanced. A big fat lie if you ask me. Since the extermination of the air nomads the world is out of balance, the avatar missed for a whole generation yet nothing too bad happened."

"The fire nation invasion… ah pardon, forgot you're a spirit of war. Besides the air nomads are back and you won't destroy them."

(sighn) "Fine… you're still not balanced, as all avatars are."

"What do you mean?"

"You only see the light side on anything BUT fire. Spark of life and utter destruction are the two sides for fire… ah but you didn't agree on being my disciple yet. This is one point not up to discussion. I am a cruel and hard master, yet you WILL become the BEST fire bender of all avatars."

"And how shall I do that in time?"

"In your lifetime, and even this should baerly enough time, as both of us have their own duties. As your master I will expect nothing less but excellence during the time we practice. And as an excellend disciple your master will learn a few things from you too, a balance… as for that fights- you are a fighter else we would not even be able to talk. I am not exactly a good spirit."

"Figures, this is a literal deal with the devil..."

*Mighty roar*

"I AM A DRAGON not some mere weak devil. Call me evil monster if you don't wish to call me dragon but don't insult me. You know I can't promise not to kill you in a match, accidents do happen… let's say you have to survive ten minutes against me."

"Make it five once a decade and I accept."

"Fine, but I get one fight this decade. Ok, I won't attack unprovoked and the leader of that nation has to accept my stay… basically I become a guest of that nation or leave. I'll make my own island or claim an unchecked one if no nation wants a dragon roaming the streets."

"Sounds reasonable… and you won't attack any vehicles, villages, trains, cities or anything else."

"Not without reason, as I have to defend myself. A certain species nearly killed all dragons, remember?"

"… I appologise ..."

"Eh, one of the reasons I am against burning the world as glorious as that would be… no more dragons. Do we have a deal?"

"I have to think about that, Mr. Dragon."

"One more thing… NO one, not even you will ride on me. I might be a monster, but certainly not a tame animal. You won't like how I'd react to such a disgrace."


[Return of the conquerer - thought as possible aftercall to conqueror Azula]

A bit of time passes, Korra accepts and brings her into the human world.

"Ah… changed quite a bit since my youth … well so did I. Ah, always a nice view, is this the invasion?"

"A dragon… you brought a frigging dragon…"

"Some of these faces look familiar. . . is that…

"No, these are allies, the united forces under general Iroh"

"General Iroh?"

Control yourself better…

"Not the dragon of the west, he is the grand-son of Zuko. He never has harmed any dragons."

Who is this, the older version of Aang?

"Is he even a fire bender?"

"A master, he can bend lightning and saved the city, one of our best commanders."

So… seems the fire nation didn't change all that much.

"In the name of the people of republic city I thank you for your aid in this time of need."

"Avatar is that man insulting me?"

"NO. No, this is president –"

"And there goes our chance to eliminate meddlesome politics and clarify our chain of command."

"Did… did the dragon just threaten me?"

"Your weakness is responsible for this invasion, you allowed the problem to grow and didn't act, am I right?"

"I WANTED to act, but republic city can't fight without allies and the fire nation didn't want to fight an unprovoked war."

"Which lead to the current crises. At least you did the right thing and called to rejoin the fire nation. See, there they are, ready to reclaim and defend their colonies."

". . . they are our ALLIES! They come to aid, not to conquer. You have no say in this."

"Oh, so republic City doesn't need my help."

"You gave me your word!"

"Ah, so this IS an enemy of yours, Kora."

Argh… quite the range, not too shabby… let it flow your whole length, strengthen it and aim for that statue…

"Get into the airship and away from that dragon."

A statue of you is really a bit much, don't you say.

"Not too bad General Iroh, would you like to reclaim these territories for the fire nation?"

"We are not here to claim anything, we are here to defend our friends."

"Friends… ah that's the deal… a puppet government… or just a weak democrathy that can be conquered at our leisure. No… Great Uniter… of course, divided, you get a fake independence and none of the responsibilities while able to force them to anything you want."

"Enough. Oh I knew this was a mistake, you are supposed to HELP!"

"You are supposed to help incarnate our enemies, take the time to spill it out it is worth the time."

"… no. No, it can't be."

"You look old Katara, seen a ghost?"

This look alone was worth returning, so many emotions.

"You know each other?"

"You could say that, I also know Zu-Zu or fire Lord Zuko better than anyone else… oh and I killed your name giver."

". . . Azula the dragon princess?"

"Yes, as you can see I have become one roaming the spirit world. I conquered the world; I made this city great, as did Mai and Ty. Aang doesn't get a statue in my city if neither me nor my sisters in arms get one.

Now let's deal with this puny invasion, I need intel – how many, quality of troops, commander, preferred strategy, weapon technique, beding ability… hmm… as much as it pains me, till I am up to date I support general… the general of the united forces as our supreme commander. Tell me our time frame, if we reliable spies in their ranks, if we did we plant false information, where we are superior, where inferior, which units are weak and strong, where you plan ambush…"

Oh I love war.

"Speaking about it, what ARE our aims short- and long term. Crush the invasion, of course but that will probably not end the war. If we plan to annex them why not counter-invade instead of defending. Make republic city a trap for their main force, we could use all those spirit vines. The explosion should make this city a rather deep lake – and destroy their main force without us losing a single soldier. No... don't want MY city to be a deep lake...

If our aim is peace we could talk, after I've burned down quite a few cities. Big bad dragon held in check by the avatar, I doubt their super weapon is as fast as I am. A few enemy villages and minor cities sacrificed instead of a main battle as you sadly won't allow me to burn Ba Sing Se. Even they would lose less people, as I'd kill less enemy civilians than soldiers stand on the field. A bit of a gamble, she would probably choose to accept the death and declare war on the avatar and fire nation… damn, could have pushed that point, but you probably chose to defend anyway. Where is her army, advancing as a big block? Then we can attack anything else. Advancing in units, then we can harras them… "

What are they all looking at me?

"What? Was I too fast? Just giving you ideas general, if there is one thing I know beside fire bending it is war. WHAT, you expect me to just roar and kill everything around me? Or did you expect me to do all the work alone?"

"We will not do any of this. We don't want to conquer anything, and we don't need to escalate."

"There might be a peaceful solution..."

"Honored to met you great aunt Azula. I like the idea to grab the incentive. This might be a way to force her into talks. She threatens this city with her super weapon, we threaten her cities with our air ships. You keep as hidden as you can, as our ace in the whole. Corporal, you get her up to date."

Who knew, Zu-Zu could have a capable grandson.

"Oh by the way for saving this city I demand 10% of your taxes for the next five years. Mark it as 'defense' budget, as you certainly underestimated it."

"OUT OF THE QUESTION."

"Did you really expect a DRAGON to work for free? But you ARE right, a third of your income for the next seven years. And the payment of a battleship on top tomorrow morning or I will regard you as enemy of the avatar and act acordingly."

"The AVATAR"

"Figures - you rely on the avatar to solve YOUR problems. Guess you never paid the avatar for cleaning up your mess, which is part of the reason you are in this. "

"The Avatar creates half these problems. Ko-"

"Ah, even you agree that half the problems Korra solves are YOUR problems. You rely on the avatar if there is a big mess, and because you CAN rely on the Avatar you get weak and allow things to blow up like this war. You show NO respect towards me, nor Korra. You are responsible for this war through your weakness. Please refuse, I haven't tortured a human in ages."

"I am NOT responsible for this war. I did everything against this."

"I bet there are a lot of things you did to stop this - assassination of key figures as your enemy became apparent, destabilized their grip or helping rebel groups."

"ASSASINATION?!"

"A few dead instead of thousands, common tool in my time… abduction and mind washing works too. I don't know the customs of today yet. Give me one more reason and I will make you my entertainment, as I do love the screams of my dying enemies. I am close to losing control, and none of those respectable warriors would survive this - cousin, tomorrow at 5. Kora I need to blow off a bit of steam with fire bending training before I loose control and burn the city. Let's leave this pesant."


"This may be the how… I am not a storm bender per se, it rather is the highest form of lightning bending – heat differences to create and control the cloud… it is the imbalance between water and fire is what makes the attack as powerful. Freeze the sides, that makes it easier, see the smoke? Use your earth bending to give me a bigger channel while I bend the lava… ha, we're in luck magma. A bit here and… YES HAHA, self sustaining. This will create an Island within a day or two, good work. Lightning and magma, the most destructive fire schools of all used for creation."

MUHAHAHA CALL ME A GOD! Nearly forgot how great bending felt. Quick back to philosophy…

"Light can bear the darkest black of all, and in the darkest night can be light. Yin and yang, creation and destruction however you call it. They bear each other, a balance if you will. I am a master of destruction, but at its greatest high destruction becomes …creation. The same holds true for the opposite, creation. The spark of life is the creation part of fire, as its' highest form that spark burns much too quick and bright and brings destruction with an enormous force."

"I get the destruction part but I don't understand the spark of light bit."

"In time, it took me very long to understand it. The greatest heroes become monster, the greatest monster heroes."

"Bullshit…"

"Without a question I am a monster. A monster that ended the war, a monster standing for the terror of war that warned people never to go there again – enough for nearly two generations. A monster that destroyed whole regions… reclaimed by nature and now inhabited by spirits. A monster who acted against any law but her own … my law being adapted in many places. A monster that slaughtered the innocent… it hit the guilty even more, no bandits and pirates for a decade. A monster that lead one of the most bloody campain… yet the total casualties on both sides were lower than anyone expected. As for the hero… now that is something YOU should think about, Kora."

"I know how a hero can become a monster…"

"Probably… people need monster more than heroes. Heroes safe the day so people don't have to do it themselves. Monster threaten people and the people have to act… yet the balance between action and inaction is great. Iroh, my uncle the dragon of the west, didn't act after he breached the walls. Not because the city could not be conquered, but because he knew tens, hundreds of thousands would die just like his son. Yet his action prolonged the war for decades, causing even more suffering. You know the greatest Irony of all? Aang is hailed as the bringer of peace, yet his inaction caused the longest bloodiest war in history."


Can sombody write the fight Kuvira with her mech against a dragon named Azula? Azula is a bit AU as she's from my own AU, but could be easily adapted. Of course there are other possibilities like mad Azula - Godzilla in the Avatar universe...