"You can't be busy," Kuvira heard Bataar laugh from behind her as she watched Latika jump onto the bed, "You're five!"

"I am, daddy," Latika replied matter-of-factly, "Very busy."

"Well busy or not," Kuvira grinned, "You need to go to bed. It's nearly midnight and you shouldn't have stayed up this late as it is."

"But I'm not tired," Latika pouted.

They'd stayed in Republic City three extra days after Korra had inadvertently opened the new spirit portal, but Kuvira was glad they would be going home to Zaofu in the morning. When she saw Latika cover her mouth to yawn, Kuvira cast a glance at Bataar and grinned.

"I think someone is more tired than they let on," Bataar chuckled, "Though if you don't go to bed, I'll have to tickle you until you do."

Kuvira laughed when she saw Latika's eyes go wide, and she stood at the foot of the bed and crossed her arms as Bataar pounced onto the bed. Latika squealed and broke into a fit of giggles, trying to wiggle off the bed and out of Bataar's reach. She began flailing her arms and legs and Kuvira chuckled and shook her head as Latika squirmed around.

"Daddy!" Latika shrieked between her laughter, "Stop it!"

Bataar was laughing with her, and Kuvira raised one eyebrow when she felt a breeze go through the room. She frowned and glanced over to the window, only to see that it was shut. Where did that come from? She didn't wonder long, as Latika kicked out her leg within seconds and forced out a gust of wind strong enough to send Kuvira into the wall.

The breath was knocked from her when she collided into the wall, and Kuvira slid down into the floor with a grunt. She felt her jaw drop, and she pushed her hair out of her face and looked up to see Bataar frozen in place. He was staring at her with wide eyes, and his eyes darted once to Latika before his mouth fell open. She just bent air. Holy shit.

"Mommy?" Latika sat up on the bed, looking at Kuvira in worry, "Are you ok?"

Kuvira blinked at her a few times before looking at Bataar again, both of them unsure of what to do. Latika looked absolutely petrified, and Kuvira saw her bottom lip quiver. You're scaring her. Say something.

"I'm fine," Kuvira coughed, pushing herself to her feet, "I'm okay. I just…fell."

She stepped over to the bed, taking as deep a breath as she could manage when Latika walked to the end of the mattress and wrapped her arms around her.

"I'm sorry, mommy."

Kuvira was trying not to freak out, and she stroked Latika's hair absentmindedly as Bataar stared at both of them.

"It's ok," Kuvira replied after taking a deep breath, though she was trying to process what had just happened herself, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"We should…" Bataar managed to find his voice, if only for a moment, "We should find Korra."

"Did I do something wrong?" Latika asked, looking between them.

Don't scare her any more. This is fine. It's ok. My non-bending daughter just started airbending. Strongly enough to send me into the wall. Holy shit. She couldn't bend yesterday. Or any day before that. How did this happen?

"Mommy?" Latika's voice drew her from her thoughts, and she looked at her and took a deep breath, noticing how worried her daughter still seemed.

"Kuvira?" Bataar's tone was worried too, and Kuvira only nodded before lifting Latika off the bed.

"Latika," Kuvira said slowly, "Did you feel yourself do that?"

"You mean when I kicked my leg out?"

"Yes."

Latika nodded, and Kuvira looked at Bataar, knowing she had to look as surprised as he did.

"I'm going to need you to do it again. We're going to go show Aunt Korra.'

"Korra!"

She jerked awake when she heard Bataar shouting her name again, only to see that Asami was already out of bed and heading toward the door to open it. What's going on? Bataar's voice was full of concern, so Korra knew immediately something was wrong. She looked over to see Sokka still asleep in the bed beside her, one of his small arms thrown across Asami's pillow. She smiled and stretched as she sat up, blinking rapidly when Asami cut the light on.

Bataar and Kuvira came into the room as soon as Asami opened the door, and Korra raised her eyebrow when she saw Kuvira was holding Latika at arm's length in front of her. Kuvira's long hair was out of its braid and strewn about wildly, and she and Bataar both looked startled.

"Kuvira?" Asami seemed to notice at the same time Korra did, "What's going on?"

Kuvira's eyes went to Latika before she took a deep breath.

"Latika, will you show Aunt Korra and Asami what you just did?"

Korra raised her eyebrow when Latika nodded, and she heard Asami gasp when Latika kicked out her leg and bent a gust of air in Korra's direction. Holy shit. She recovered quickly, seeing the look of apprehension in Latika's eyes.

"Latika!" Korra grinned, reaching out and taking her from Kuvira, "You're an airbender!"

Latika's face lit up as her eyes grew wide, and she looked over her shoulder at Bataar and Kuvira.

"Really? Like Opal?"

"Exactly like Opal," Korra beamed before setting Latika down.

"Can we go tell her?" Latika asked, bouncing excitedly.

Korra rubbed the back of her neck and chuckled, looking at the clock on the nightstand.

"It's a little…late." Korra admitted. Though I don't think Opal will mind. "Why don't you wait until morning? You can tell her before breakfast. Tenzin will be excited to find out too, I bet."

Latika seemed to consider what Korra said, narrowing her gold-green eyes at her. Her eyes reminded Korra of Su, the shade not quite yellow enough to match Opal's. But Latika was Kuvira's daughter through and through as she frowned up at Korra.

Still, when Latika arched one thick eyebrow, Korra smiled. She loved Latika like she was her own daughter, and she knew she'd been so hopeful about being a bender. Now she is. Of course she's excited.

"Okay." Latika finally said slowly before jabbing one finger into Korra's stomach, "But you can't tell her before me, Korra."

Quite the little dictator.

"I won't," Korra replied solemnly, holding one hand up and nodding, "I swear."

Latika accepted her response, giggling as she threw her arms around Korra a moment later.

"Opal is going to be thrilled," Asami chuckled, "I want to be there when you tell her."

"We'll deal with that in the morning," Bataar's voice still sounded shocked, but he was smiling when he scooped Latika up and kissed her forehead, "Let's get you to bed, boss. You coming, Kuvira?"

"I'll be there in a minute," Kuvira nodded, "I need to talk to Korra for a second."

Bataar smiled, seeming calmer than Kuvira did, and he told both Korra and Asami goodnight after thanking them as he carried Latika out of the room. Kuvira waited until he'd shut the door behind him to let out the breath she'd been holding, and she turned around, gripping Korra by the arms as the anxiety shone in her eyes.

"What do I do?" Kuvira pleaded.

Korra looked at Asami who only shrugged, so she sighed before reaching up and taking Kuvira's face in her hands.

"Listen to me. Breathe. You've got this. It's ok. This isn't a bad thing. You wanted her to be a bender, after all-."

"I'm an earthbender, Korra." Kuvira protested, "I can handle earth. This—airbending—Shin knows more about it than I do-."

"Calm down," Korra kept her voice low, and she waited until Kuvira took another deep breath before continuing, "It will be ok. Tenzin can teach her, Kuvira. There are others who can teach her. I know it's different than doing it yourself, but she'll be ok. All you can do is calm down, and be supportive. You know how excited she is about this."

Kuvira nodded, glancing to the side before she frowned.

"Fuck me," Kuvira muttered, "I need to talk to Su. Right now. I don't know what to do. Su has handled this before-."

"Kuvira," Korra drew her attention, her hands still cupping Kuvira's face, "Su can wait until morning, just like Opal. You need to just…take some deep breaths."

Kuvira nodded and blindly sat down on the edge of the bed before bending over and putting her face in her hands. When she spoke again, her words were heavily muffled.

"Oh my god."

"Kuvira," Asami stepped closer, her voice soothing, "You need to make sure Latika doesn't think she's upset you. This is probably…exciting…for her as it is, but thinking that she's done something to bother you-."

"She bent me into the wall," Kuvira mumbled, "That's how we found out. Bataar was tickling her—and she sent me into the wall. It didn't hurt…it's just…she can airbend."

"And you're not mad at her or upset about that, are you?" Korra asked, crossing her arms, "Because you need to tell her that you're not. I'm sure she'll think about it."

Kuvira shook her head mutely and fell into silence, her chest rising with each deep, slow breath she took. Korra looked at Asami and shrugged, smiling when she looked back over and saw Sokka still asleep on the bed.

"I'm surprised he's slept through all of this," Korra chuckled, glancing at Kuvira again, "I woke up as Asami was getting up to answer the door. But he's still out cold."

"He's your son," Asami murmured, "I don't know what you expected. I'm sure the roof could cave in right now and he would sleep straight through it."

"Maybe he has something wrong with his hearing," Korra frowned as Kuvira ran her fingers through her hair, "We should probably get it checked."

"Korra, the only thing wrong with his hearing is that it's selective, just like yours."

Asami wasn't wrong, and Korra smiled to herself and nodded. Sokka definitely favored her, for better or worse. Though Korra was always thrilled to see glimpses of Asami's traits that seemed to crop up more frequently as he grew older.

"How is she an airbender?" Kuvira's voice drew Korra from her thoughts, "That's what I don't understand—I mean I get that she's Opal's niece, but she has a family full of earthbenders. She's my daughter, shouldn't she be bending earth?"

Realization hit Korra like a ton of bricks, and her eyebrows shot up as she stared at Kuvira.

"The spirit portal."

"What about it?" Kuvira asked, lifting her head up, "What does that have to do with any of this?"

"During Harmonic Convergence," Korra explained, sitting down next to her, "When I opened the spirit portals, that's when new airbenders began popping up around the world. That's when Opal got her bending. Remember when she found out? That was from the portals. This new portal has to be the reason. Which means-."

"There'll be more airbenders." Kuvira finished.

"Exactly."

"Holy shit...What did we do?"

Kuvira raised her eyebrows as Latika ran ahead of her across the courtyard, colliding into Opal who had come down from the meditation pavilion.

"Opal! Opal!" Latika blurted out eagerly," Guess what! Guess what I can do!"

"What?" Opal asked, raising her eyebrow as she looked down at Latika.

"I can airbend!"

Opal glanced from Latika to Kuvira, and when their eyes met, Kuvira nodded. Opal didn't have time to ask Latika to show her because Latika had already spun around, generating enough wind to lift herself a few inches off the ground before she tumbled over. She giggled and pushed her hair out of her face, looking up at Opal.

"See?"

Kuvira saw several emotions cross Opal's face at once. The first was her surprise, and her mouth had begun to drop open before the excitement reached her eyes. Within a moment, where her mouth had been open, she was now grinning from ear to ear. She put her hands together tightly and began bouncing, as tears began to pour from her eyes.

"You're an airbender!" Opal shouted, "TENZIN! TENZIN COME HERE!"

Opal started laughing through her tears and she stepped forward and scooped Latika up off the ground. Kuvira smiled and crossed her arms, watching as Opal all but danced around in a circle with Latika in her arms. Tenzin came jogging into sight, clearly worried, and when Opal saw him she skipped over to him and beamed proudly as she held Latika.

"Latika can airbend."

"Yeah!" Latika grinned up at him, "Do I get to train with Opal?"

Kuvira raised her eyebrows, but was thankful Tenzin seemed to be amused. He gave Latika a warm smile and lifted one hand to scratch his chin as he thought.

"Well…I suppose Jinora and Ikki can teach you some things today, if that's what you want. They'll be glad to have someone so eager to learn, that's for sure. Would you like if Opal went with you?"

Latika nodded, and Kuvira was happy to see how excited they both were. Tenzin told Opal where Jinora and Ikki were a few moments later, and Opal wasted little time lifting Latika on her shoulders and taking off in that direction. Tenzin watched them as they left, crossing his arms though he was smiling. Once they were out of sight, the smile faded, and he turned around to look at Kuvira.

"So she's an airbender," He chuckled, stepping over and putting his hand on her shoulder, "How are you handling that?"

"I…well she airbent me into the wall last night. That's how we found out." Kuvira explained before sighing, "I picked her up and ran straight to Korra. So how do you think I'm handling it? I've called Su three times since I got up this morning."

"You know we'll welcome her with open arms, Kuvira."

"I know," Kuvira nodded, "You've been more than accommodating for my entire family for a long time." She stopped and sighed, shaking her head. "I just didn't plan on staying. But I know that with as young as she is, it's good to train her. That way she can at least competently control her abilities."

"I hope we accomplish much more than that," Tenzin smiled, "If she's as good at bending as you and the Beifongs are, then I have no doubt."

"Tenzin, can I ask you something?"

"Of course, Kuvira."

"Can Opal train her?" The thought had crossed Kuvira's mind several times during her sleepless night. It seemed simple enough. Opal could go back to Zaofu with them and train Latika, as well as any other airbenders in the area. Kuvira was sure there would be more.

Tenzin sighed, a frown pulling down the corners of his mouth as he lowered his hand from Kuvira's shoulder.

"Opal…can't." Tenzin replied slowly. Why not? She's just as good an airbender as Ikki, and Ikki is a master. "Every member of the Air Nation has taken an oath of nonaggression, Kuvira. It's to show that we're unwilling to resort to violence, and will only do so defensively, when there are no other options left. We subdue, but we do not harm. Opal…" He shook his head, looking off in the direction Opal had gone with Latika. "Well I'm sure you remember our past issues with the Equalists. In the midst of all of that, Opal decided to revoke the vow in her efforts to keep her friends and family safe. She hasn't reaffirmed the vow in the years since. While I understand her decision not to do so, I cannot anoint her as a master airbender. She is aware of my decision, of course. She respects my choice as I do hers. That is why she cannot train Latika. Basics, yes. Anything more advanced, unfortunately, needs to be taught by a master."

Kuvira nodded and sighed. I knew that would be too easy. I can't blame Opal for that though, I would do the same.

"Though," Tenzin winked at her, "Korra is…technically…a master in her own right. I wouldn't object to Korra teaching Latika. Have fun getting Korra to move to Zaofu though, Kuvira."

"Ugh," Kuvira groaned, "That's not going to happen."

"I'm inclined to agree there," Tenzin laughed. "Though I'm afraid Su might not like Korra staying long-term in Zaofu either, considering the chaos the two of you bring around."

"We do not-." Kuvira began to object.

"Kuvira," Tenzin interrupted, still laughing, "Did you or did you not open a spirit portal when Asami sent the two of you to make a simple delivery?"

"Okay, that's fair," Kuvira huffed, "I guess we did."

"There was also the time you dressed yourself in Korra's clothes and paraded around the city making people think you were her." Tenzin added. "Which ended with…three street fires, five injuries…"'

"Ok." Kuvira growled, "I got it."

"Then there was the time you both were riding around the city on Future Industries motorcycles and the health department was called-."

"Enough."

"I'm starting to understand why it's good to keep the two of you separated." Tenzin admitted, though he paused as he looked at Kuvira a moment later. "Latika…When did she begin to exhibit bending? Last night, I think you said."

"Yeah." Kuvira replied. "She couldn't bend before that. Ever. We tried everything. Every element, actually. The spirit portal-."

"Oh dear." Tenzin's voice was suddenly quiet. "That means there will be more airbenders, if that was the cause. I should probably prepare Jinora and Bumi to deal with the large amount of phone calls we will undoubtedly receive."

"Okay. I need to call Lin anyway. Su is on her way, and she'll need somewhere to stay-."

"You called Su down here?" Tenzin raised his eyebrow and looked amused. "Latika will be fine, Kuvira."

She nodded before he turned to leave, and she shook her head before pulling her phone out to call Lin. Latika isn't the one I'm worried about.

"You know," Su called out as she stepped into the dining hall where Korra was sitting with Kuvira and Shady Shin, "If your spirit portals made more metalbenders than airbenders, I would be much more inclined to like them. It's pretty, though."

She smiled as she came toward the table, and Korra could see Aiwei step into the room behind her. She hadn't expected Aiwei to join Su when Kuvira mentioned that Su was coming to the city, and judging from the way Kuvira's brow creased, she hadn't expected it either. Shady Shin didn't stay longer than a few seconds, pushing himself up from the table and muttering something about needing to go find Kya. Korra shrugged him off, and when Aiwei saw her he nodded politely in her direction.

"Considering two of the airbenders Korra's portals have brought about are related to you," Kuvira teased, finding her voice and relaxing, "You sure do complain about them a lot."

"I'm being honest when I say I prefer metalbenders." Su shrugged. "Though I'm more than pleased that Opal and Latika are airbenders. Zaofu can always use more people, benders or not, however they choose to use their talents. Speaking of, there have been five different calls to Bataar since we left this morning of people claiming to be airbenders. So this portal business has reached farther than Republic City."

Does this mean this is going to be like it was after Harmonic Convergence? Korra frowned and crossed her arms before she leaned back in her seat to look up at Su. Five in Zaofu is more than last time, but still. She made up her mind to ask Tenzin before she went to bed if any other new airbenders had called him, knowing that he'd likely sat by the phone all day to wait. This means we get to make another trip to bring them all here to train.

"Where's Latika?" Su asked as she sat down at the table and motioned for Aiwei to follow suit. "I want to see her."

"She's still running around with Opal." Kuvira laughed. "They should come in soon, Opal is probably hungry. I don't think Latika's given her a break all day."

"Sounds familiar." Su grinned. "She's excited. You both know how long she's wanted to be a bender. Especially considering how much she looks up to you, Korra, and Opal. I'm sure Opal was thrilled to find out."

"You should have seen her face." Kuvira replied as she shook her head. "Her face lit up-." Kuvira stopped to mimic the expression Opal had made as she laughed. "—then she started laughing and picked Latika up and-I don't think I've ever seen Opal that happy, actually. Not recently, anyway."

"Well then this gives her and Latika another reason to spend time together."

Su was smiling, and Korra was glad that Latika was an airbender for the same reasons. Opal had been alienated in Republic City as the only airbending Beifong. Now with Latika, the pair wouldn't be alone. It would be a good thing, Korra thought.

"What happens if there are more airbenders around?" Aiwei asked, arching one eyebrow as he set his gaze on Korra.

"We'll probably go around the Earth Kingdom first, like we did last time." Korra shrugged. "Collecting all the airbenders that want to join us and going to the Air Temples before coming back here. It'll probably take a few weeks, depending on how many new airbenders there actually are."

"Wait." Kuvira's eyes lit up and she reached over and grabbed Korra's arm to get her attention. "Does that mean Latika gets to go with them?"

Kuvira was really asking if that meant she got to go along to get out of Republic City. Korra knew that much. But she nodded, glad that knowing she wouldn't be stuck in the city is what caused Kuvira to grin. Korra grinned in return, knowing that it wouldn't take much convincing to get Asami on board with going with them as well. Like a big family vacation.

"Oh no," Su started laughing, shaking her head as if she'd read Korra's mind. "No, no. Absolutely not. The two of you are not flying around the Earth Kingdom together to find new airbenders. No way. I give it a week before Tenzin is calling Lin or me to come and get one of you. We're too old to handle both of you."

"You're not old," Kuvira snorted before grinning teasingly, "At least…not as old as Tenzin."

"Yeah he's got a few years on you," Korra added with a laugh when Su crossed her arms and shot Kuvira a glare. "Besides. We're just going to pick up any new airbenders. What's the worst that could happen?"

"With the two of you?" Su arched one eyebrow. "Everything."