Bet no one expected a chapter this soon! I worked on this almost nonstop, besides sleeping, but then I got up and kept going till I felt it was a good place to stop. We'll see how fast the next chapter comes out but don't expect any schedule, I do have a life and all. Ok, let me set something straight real quick. I haven't read a Naruto/Korra crossover in nearly half a year, I didn't even know NeonZangetsu had made one until like fifteen people pm'd me about it. I apologize the initial chapter is similar but from what I've seen in the second mine is pretty different so no worries all you crazy Zangetsu fans. I love the dude too, I wouldn't copy his work but somehow this is the second time I've made a story with chapter one being so close to his. It's to be expected though, he's made a lot of stories across multiple planes.

Key:

"Naruto"-speaking of humans and demons in human form

'Naruto'-thoughts of humans and demons in human form

"Naruto"-demon/sentient talking in demon form

'Naruto'-demon/sentient thinking in demon form

"Naruto"-anyone speaking through mental link

'If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake' –Frank Wilczek

Chapter 2

Kuvira groaned loudly when she awoke from her slumber, her only thought was the soreness and pain shooting through her body. Her instincts kicked in and she immediately tried to sit up only for pain to shoot through her entire body quicker than lightning and eliciting a sharp cry of pain. The woman now knew she had to take her time so she tried again, using her right arm to slowly, very slowly, sit upright. Once she had accomplished that Kuvira moved her left hand to remove the rag that had rested on her face before getting a lay of her surroundings. It was a very large and very lavish room with white walls, her bed rested in the corner and a small nightstand, both white and gold, with a glass of water stood to her right. Across the room from the foot of her bed was a large oak wardrobe and a dresser next to it while a vanity with a large mirror resting on the wall faced her just past the night stand. She could see her beaten face and body, her cheek was still swollen and her eye near it was a bit puffy. Her chest had no article of clothing on, letting her breasts feel the open air and she could also see the heavy wrapping around her abdomen and the stiff plank resting on her back to keep it straight.

'I need a shirt then I'll get going' thought Kuvira, gently and slowly bringing her legs around to rest on the ground. Just as they touched the soft, thick carpet the door opened and in walked the woman, Melawin.

"Ah, you're up. Wonderful!" said the woman with a smile, quickly shutting the door and moving to the dresser.

"I apologize for not leaving you with a shirt but I had just replaced your bandages and washed you before going off to put some clothes in the dirty clothes room. I should have given you one, knowing you'd be up soon" said the woman, grabbing a plain button up green shirt.

"Where…are we" Kuvira managed to get out, now learning her jaw was slighting damaged so speaking was a bit hard.

"Naruto's house, it's a little bit away from the village you met us in. He can tell you about it over breakfast, I'll help you there." As she spoke she helped Kuvira guide her arms in the sleeves before buttoning it up and walking to the corner of the room and grabbing a wooden staff nearly seven feet tall.

"I got this so you could walk around by yourself, albeit rather slowly" said the woman with a smile. Kuvira took that time to actually examine the woman in front of her. She had blood red hair, an odd commodity anywhere, piercing red eyes and sharp canine teeth, her outfit was pretty normal though. A regular black short sleeved top, plain brown long sleeved pants and some combat boots to match the pants.

"I….where…..ish….Baatar?" asked Kuvira and Melawin frowned.

"He's not around right now, he most certainly wouldn't be allowed inside Naruto's house. He's likely to still be running around the village looking for you, or he left. Now, get a hold of this staff and I'll help you up." Kuvira reached out and gripped it as tight as she could with both hands before she forced herself to stand, Melawin easier her up by putting her hands under her armpits. After a good minute Kuvira was now on her feet and off the bed, still hunched over slightly but she was on her feet and somewhat mobile. She tried to ignore the fact that tears freely fell from her eyes, the pain she experienced just standing was unlike anything she had ever felt.

Melawin stood next to her and grabbed her forearm gently "It'll be a while before you recover so take your time with everything.'

"Where…..ish…..that…man?" slurred out Kuvira.

"He's setting up the table, he'll know you're up so we better get going." Before she could say anything Melawin opened the door and ushered her out, setting her first goal. She took one painful step forward, then another, and another and continued her pace, gripping the staff for all it was worth so she could stay somewhat upright as she moved. It took nearly a minute but she made it across and outside the room before Melawin closed the door. Now Kuvira was in shock, she was inside a massive hallway with large windows facing an endless grassy plain, a few trees scattered here and there.

"Surprised he had this place? There's a lot you don't know honey but let's get some real food in your belly" said the woman, leading her right. She took it slow, letting Kuvira move on her own through the hall until they arrived at the dining room almost five minutes later. The room was equally massive and lavish, a large table nearly fifteen feet long sat in the middle of a room, large plush chairs lining it. She noticed a plate sat at the end and one sat at the other.

Melawin motioned to one "Your plate was just prepared." Kuvira walked over slowly and with Melawin's help she sat down in a somewhat comfortable position, the black of the plush chair allow her to lean against it without too much discomfort. She stared at the food for a moment, admiring the fine china it sat on, the elegant glass what she assumed to be orange juice rested in and the silver plated utensils. The woman looked up and saw Naruto slowly sitting down into his chair and smiled when he saw her.

"Hey princess, sleep well?"

She glared at him "Why….am I….here?"

"Well, your people couldn't properly care for you with your back all messed up and I didn't trust them as it was so I took you to my place. Melawin has been watching over you for nearly two days now, this is the third" said Naruto, taking a bite of his food and Kuvira slowly ate some of her before responding.

"Sho…..Baatar….hashnt….done…anyshing?"

"As of yet he hasn't but he had come close until Melawin stepped in and scared him something fierce. I don't know what to expect from him but don't thing I'll be lenient if he chooses to attack the village or my home" said Naruto.

"I….need to….shpeash….with him" said the woman, trying to talk as best she could.

"I will send someone to bring him and only him here and we can arrange a meeting but I will say this, you are not leaving until I deem fit. I will not have someone I caused harm to become crippled for life because some stubborn, stuck up child decided to do what he wants. Is that clear?" asked Naruto and Kuvira nodded her head.

"Fine…..but….ish that….the only reashon….you took me….in?"

Naruto sighed and put down his fork "In all honesty, you remind me of a friend of mine. He was just as determined as you, he was beaten, broken, alone and most of all, determined. I can see that in you, the drive to do something great, something you see as good but you're going about it wrong. Know what I say is true, there is a better way to go about it. If you want, I will explain it and help you but only if you accept my way going about it."

Kuvira gulped her food down and spoke "I…..have…to…hear it." She really and truly did want nothing to do with him or is ideals but if he could best her in combat so easily it would be wise to gain his trust and possibly his alliance.

"When you can speak clearly I will explain it then you can meet with that man and decided what you wish to do afterwards. If you do leave you have your promise to keep, if you plan on keeping it" said Naruto and she glared at him.

"You…..w…..won…and….I ain't….gonna leave…..without d….doing as I…shaid."

Naruto clapped his hands together and smiled "Wonderful! Now, let's get you back in bed and if you want I'll read you a story or two until you fall asleep." Kuvira grabbed the staff she had rested nearby and held tightly before attempting to stand before her knees gave out. Before she had even fell more than a few inches she felt an arm snake around her hips and lift her up on her feet.

"Take it slow, your body is just getting used to be used again so you can't move that fast" said Naruto. Kuvira growled a bit, her proud nature forcing her to ignore his words. She could do what she pleased if she set her mind to it, no matter the pain she experienced.

"I know you want to do what you want, when you want but let me tell you this now. If you aren't careful you could severely damage your spine and be forced to limp forever or possibly be left in a wheelchair if you take things too far. Accept the help your given until we tell you otherwise, I don't want to see you crippled permanently" said Naruto.

Kuvira huffed as she hobbled after Naruto to her room "Fine…oaf."

Naruto chuckled "Ah, a new word to insult me. I wonder how many you'll come up with before you're ready to start kicking and such again." She huffed some hair out of her face and kept silent until she arrived back and her room and, as much as she hated it, with his help got into her bed.

"Alright, you're obviously not tired so what do you wanna here?"

"You…..choking…..on metal" said Kuvira and to her displeasure he just laughed.

"Good one, pick an actual area or do you want a story about me?" asked Naruto and she perked up at that.

"Ah ha, princess wants to hear something about me!"

Kuvira's face tinted pink slightly "How'd….get…thish…..housh?"

"Hmmm, easy. I saved a nation and they made this wicked house for me and to this day it still stands."

"What…..nashion?"

For an instant his eyes seemed to wander "A long dead nation. Next question?" Kuvira realized he wasn't ever going to tell her what she really wanted to hear about him so she decided on something that would at least amuse her.

"Shomeshing….wish…ashion" said Kuvira and Naruto smiled as Melawin opened the door.

"Oh, storytelling? I wanna get in on this" said the woman, grabbing a chair from next to her door and sitting down near Naruto who sat on the edge of the bed.

"I'll tell you both about my first mission, well, official mission. It started pretty normal, watch over a drunk old man until he got home."

The next day- late afternoon

Kuvira, with some odd healing by Naruto, could once more talk again and she could walk somewhat better. She didn't have to walk so slow now that her muscles were accustomed to being used once more but her back was still in bad shape. He said even with his healing it'd take at the least a week before she could walk without that stick and from there it depended on her bodies own ability to heal. Now, she was trying to walk faster than the pace of an infant crawling with the walking stick while Naruto stood in front of her like a father would a child.

"C'mon, one foot after the other" said Naruto, leading her along.

"Shut the hell up, you oaf" said Kuvira looking up only to glare at him which caused him to smile.

"You make a pretty adorable face when you glare like that with your hair down" said Naruto and Kuvira growled, trying to suppress her blush, traitorous body of hers.

"Bite me" snapped the metal bender.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" asked Melawin from beside and that did it for Kuvira. Forgetting her wounds she attempted to bend earth by slamming her foot on the ground which only caused a large spike of pain to shoot through her back and force her legs to give. In a show of speed she once more had never seen in anyone else Naruto was there with Melawin, one holding one of her arms and the other wrapping an arm around her waist.

"Easy now, get back up slowly" said Naruto in her ear as they slowly brought her back up and she regained her footing. The red head backed off to her side and Naruto walked in front of her and leaned down a bit to get down to her eye level.

"Sorry, we didn't mean to anger you but you are in no shape to even think about bending earth. You've got a ways to go so please refrain from doing that again" said Naruto.

Kuvira sighed "Fine…you fucking oaf."

Naruto smiled "There's that feisty attitude we all missed! Now, let's get back to moving. One step at-"

"Lord Naruto!" shouted a voice from down the hall. Kaia, the woman Kuvira had seen when she entered the village elders town hall was running down the massive hall towards them.

"What is it?" asked Naruto.

"Sir, the man you requested is at the front" said Kaia.

"Melawin, bring him here please" said Naruto and the two women left down the hall.

"It seems he's here a day ahead of time, how wonderful" said the blond with a sigh.

"What's the problem?" asked Kuvira.

"I said I'd tell you how to go about your little movement before you two met again but that won't happen so it seems your conversation will only be to catch up. You are still in no condition to go anywhere."

"What if he brings an army here?"

"I will personally watch each and every man and woman fall before my feet" said Naruto, his eyes narrowing and showing the coldness she had seen during their fight. She was going to comment again but the sound of an explosion shook her out of that. She saw Baatar being held by his arm by Melawin while the door she entered from let out a cloud of smoke from it.

"He brought two men with him, they won't be getting up for a bit" said the woman. Kuvira was not surprised at that, the woman must have been a master bender so dealing with two guards was nothing to her.

As soon as Baatar saw her he rushed forward "Kuvira! Are you alright?" He moved around her, checking her body as she spoke.

"I'm just healing up a bit, nothing major" but as she finished he placed a hand on her back to help her forward, specifically the bone that had been nearly fractured. She screamed in pain and fell to her knees before both Naruto and Melawin moved. All the blond did was step forward and thrust his fist out, sending the man straight into the wall behind him before he grabbed his shirt and tossed him down the hall. While that happened Melawin caught the earth bender by her arms and kept her on her knees as she around to help her back up.

"You are a blithering idiot" said Naruto, now standing somewhat in front of Kuvira and Melawin.

Baatar looked horrified at what he had done "I-I didn't know.'

"You couldn't tell by how she walked or how hunched over she was?" snapped Melawin.

"I just came here to take her back, we can care for her on the train" said Baatar.

"No, she will be cared for properly here and only then will she be allowed to leave. As it is she is under my protection, you will do well to keep out of it" said Naruto.

"She is my-"

Kuvira cut him off with a sharp glare she had yet to even give Naruto "Shut your mouth, Baatar. Leave me be, you have done enough." Her tone left no room for argument but her fiancé was not having any of it.

"No! I will not leave you here with these people!" That's when Naruto's eyes hardened and he stepped forward, now face to face with the advisor.

"You will leave and you will not return until you are asked to. Is that understood?" asked the blond. Baatar was already over the line when he didn't listen to Kuvira but coming face to face with the man he assumed that had beaten her so badly his will shattered.

"Y-yes, I will be on my way" said the man.

"Good, Melawin see that he returns to his train please" said Naruto. The red head said nothing as she let Kuvira go to stand on her own before walking off to lead Baatar out of the house and to his awaiting men.

"That went better than expected" said Naruto, turning to her with a smile.

"Huh?" was all the confused woman could muster.

"Well, I kinda expected to see more guards and such so it went pretty well. Besides that idiot fiancé hurting you" said Naruto and for a split second he saw her eyes shift when he said fiancé, it seemed her mind was changing a bit.

"Let's get you back in bed and tell you another story till you go to sleep. Sound good?" asked Naruto.

"Whatever" said Kuvira, trying her best to move at a decent speed as the pain in her back slowly died down. After a short walk and ten minutes later she was back in bed and Naruto was once more sitting at the edge of it.

"What's the story for today?"

"How'd you lose your arm?"

"First or second time?" asked Naruto and Kuvira's look of surprised caused him to burst of laughing.

"The…..first" said Kuvira.

"That's a quick one and the only one I was going to answer. A friend and I had a little…..squabble and after some pretty nasty stuff got thrown around at one another we ended up blowing each other's arm off. The crazy part is we're still on talking terms!" said Naruto, laughing at the end.

"Nast stuff? What kind of bending did you two throw around?"

"We don't bend princess, we create. We're not like you benders, me and my friend, the stuff we play with makes bending a children's game. Maybe I'll show you an example before you leave, just to know what's your messing with" said Naruto with a sly smile and she half heartedly glared at him.

"You better" said Kuvira.

"Is that a threat, beautiful princess of mine?" asked Naruto.

"Stop flirting with me" she snapped. Suddenly he was face to face with her, his lips only inches from her own, a tilt of her head would cause them to brush one another.

"This, princess, is how I flirt. A play of words is only that, a play of words" said Naruto in an almost sultry tone before Melawin opened the door. Her mouth formed and O before she covered it with her had.

"My my, taking advantage of the cripple I see" said the woman as Naruto whined and moved back to his spot.

"You know I'd never do that" said Naruto and she laughed.

"Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't let that oaf touch me in that manner if he wanted to" said Kuvira, adding her input.

"How cold of you, princess" said Naruto, holding his chest in mock hurt.

"What's the story for today?" asked Melawin, pulling up her chair.

"Let's see, how about the time I decided to evade the most elite men where I came from and how a lower ranking man caught me?"

"I'd like to hear this one" said Melawin with a smile while Kuvira remained silent, intent on letting him begin.

"So, there I was, a bucket of paint and a rope around my waist as I dangled from a cliff….."

One week later

Naruto and Kuvira stood across from one another outside, her outfit had changed a bit now. She had on a plain green baggy shirt and baggy green pants while forgoing shoes for this adventure. Naruto had removed his cloak and jacket, leaving him standing in a white t-shirt, black pants and combat boots.

"So, how's it feel walking freely again?" asked the blond. Kuvira curled her toes on the soft grass and moved around slowly, using her arms for balance every now and again.

"Much better" said Kuvira.

"Wonderful, now I'll explain what my plan for your movement and you are. For you, I planned to teach you how to truly earth bend, something you know very little about. Your metal bending is to the point where you can do what you please but you can't mix the free flowing metal and move the earth in the same way. I was going to train you, to become more in tune with bending earth which would transfer into your metal bending to allow you to ascend to new heights. Now, your movement was pretty easy to fix. Cease the camps, the slave labor and the ideal that every single state must bend to your will. Those you willing allow to join can run safely under your banner of protection and still supply the empire. You would be on a tight budget for a year or so but after that things would flourish, with a sound and stable empire your people would experience some semblance of peace. That would give the nations who refused to join an incentive, after some time, you would have a large empire of willing and most of all, happy residence inside. You would be helping those that wish to be helped, not forcing those who will do only the bare minimum and nothing more" said Naruto but he kept going.

"As it is now, I will allow you to do as you wish but if you continue your path I will stop it myself. Do not force my hand, you will find its weight overbearing. I need to go into the village for a moment, you have just shown me you are safe to travel and move freely therefore, you are free to go." With that last bit he turned and left, leaving her to her thoughts.

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'You are free to go' the words rang through her head over and over as she sat on her bed. If she was honest, the promise of teaching her things she didn't know enticed her but her men needed her. She needed to continue her already delayed move, but, was it the right move? Kuvira growled and grabbed her head, she didn't know anymore. His words over the past week changed her view of him and she learned he was much to wise for a man that looked just her age.

"Ah, princess seems to be having some problems" said Melawin, poking her head in before walking in and shutting the door.

"I'm just confused is all, all cause of the damn blond oaf!" shouted the metal bender.

Melawin laughed and sat down "I know it's a lot to take in but think of it this way. He's offering to help you master earth bending and in the process master metal bending with no strings attached. You chose to take his advice with your little move but training is only gonna cost you time and energy. Where's the harm in getting better?" Kuvira listened to her words, she had a great point. If the man wanted to train her then so be it, she'd learn and get better before continuing her plan.

"Fine, I'll train with him then I'm going back to my men" said Kuvira. Melawin smiled and stood, opening the door and standing in the doorway.

"Good to know but remember princess, clothes that go through the wash to get clean don't come out the same way" and with that she shut the door.

Kuvira narrowed her eyes 'What's with that woman and her references? It's like she does it just to confuse me even more after she helps me.' Deciding staying in her room after regaining her movement was pointless she stood and shifted her feet slowly before she started walking again to the door. She opened it and walked out only to see something she certainly didn't expect to. Naruto was walking down the hall towards her room, blood staining his left arm, some of his clothes and a few drops splattered on his face. She saw the look in his eyes, the look of a hardened veteran, the look she had seen only twice before. However, when he saw her his eyes instantly softened and his body relaxed a bit.

"What happened?"

"I found a group of child slavers" was all he said, leaving the rest open. He saw her jaw twitch and her fist ball up, it seemed she didn't approve of that either, at least for children.

"Where are the children?"

"Being taken care of at the village for now, one is somewhere around the house with Melawin now. Seemed to take quite a liking to her but that's to be expected after what happened. Have you thought about my offer?"

"I accept the training, the plans for my movement is still up for debate" said Kuvira, holding firm in her belief that her system was correct.

Naruto smiled "Wonderful! I get to see princess more often!"

Kuvira glared at him "Don't say stuff like that."

Naruto ignored her comment "We do have an issue though, training you will take at the shortest a month of training. I won't be babying you through this but teaching you how to unlock the power you possess, I'll let you mold yourself afterwards. Once your back is healed properly I'll begin your training and keep in mind that it'll be brutal."

"Nothing I can't handle."

"That's what I like to here, now we do have another issue to deal with, Baatar jr." There it was again, that glint in her eyes when only he mentioned her name, something inside her really was changing.

"Is he causing problems?"

Naruto shook his head as they began to walk to the dining room for dinner "As of yet, he hasn't even moved from the train but I fear leaving him be for an entire month will not work. He will move and do something foolish, something he will not live to regret if he does. What is your plan of action?"

"I have asked him as his superior and his…..leader to stand down. If he does not you have every right to step in, I would do so but I'm not in any state too" said Kuvira. Naruto noticed she hesitated in her speaking, refusing to say fiancé so she substituted it for leader. Interesting, maybe her view of that man changed more than she thought. Now seemed like a good time to ask, while her mind seemed focused on it.

"What is he to you?" asked Naruto bluntly, surprising the metal bender.

"Baatar? He is my advisor, my closest confident…..my…."

"You can't even say it anymore, is he really to you what he once was? Holding onto things that have changed isn't bad but holding onto things you yourself have changed feelings for only created larger problems" said Naruto as he sat down at his seat and Kuvira sat down on hers.

The woman sighed "I know that, oaf. I did love him, what I question is if I still do. Slowly, I see less of him and it pleases me, less of his voice, his face, his presence and every time I see him I get agitated and I just don't understand why. What changed in me?" Naruto kept silent for a minute, eating some food and letting her eat her own before speaking.

"The mind works in odd ways, but in your case it's rather simple. You never really loved him if you think of him as you do now, you merely held fondness for someone who shared your views. I've had a somewhat similar problem in the past, after a while I learned of it and moved on."

"But how did you move on, from everything that happened. We were engaged, are engaged, so do I just say I don't want to do this anymore?" asked Kuvira, forgoing her food.

"Yes" said Naruto bluntly and she recoiled as if she had been physically hit.

"That is what you do, you don't play a charade game with someone like that. Be blunt, sweet talk, do what you must to get your point across."

"How is it so easy for you to say such things!?" shouted Kuvira as Naruto stopped eating and sighed as he set his fork down. He had yet to see her so venerable but he knew why, he'd seen it before.

"I've seen it thousands of times, the same set up in the same way with the same type of people. You're feeling bad because you offered someone your heart, your most precious secrets. You've invested so much time in someone only for your feelings to change from love to irritation. You have to realize that emotions change, especially at such a young age. You will meet someone else, the right person for you but the one now is obviously not the one by what you've told me" said Naruto. Kuvira took every word to heart and agreed, deep down she knew he was right but something she heard irked her.

"How could you have seen it thousands of times? How do you speak with such knowledge yet you look no older than me? It makes no sense and defies any reason I've come up with."

Once more the blond sighed and closed "If I told you, you'd never believe me. Only four people nearby have so far, you are different from them though. If the words fell out of my mouth you would let them fall to the floor and shatter like glass."

"Tell me, I must know" said Kuvira, that determined look racing through her eyes with a tint of curiosity. Naruto hummed to himself, maybe she wouldn't believe him now but telling her now may cause her to believe it later and change her course of action with that 'movement' as she calls it.

"In simple terms, I'm an immortal human with the power of a god.'

Her dumbfounded look almost made him burst out laughing "Huh?"

Chapter two is done! I went to work right after I put this out, got some sleep then finished right before I had to go to work. As you can tell Kuvira has her prideful nature but it's toned down right now, and oddly enough, Naruto seems to break through it rather quickly while Baatar isn't having any luck in that standing. Yes, I'm planning as I write, nothing is scripted preplanned which is pretty fun for me! Take it easy and let me know how it is!