A Tale of Red and White
I do not own Avatar or any of its characters. I own only Kanto(Not Lin's dad), Yangchen(Not the past Avatar's incarnation), Tao Te Ching and Krishna Lee. All other OC's belong to their creators.
Book One: Korra
Chapter One: Welcome to Republic City, Avatar Korra
Earth
Water
Air
Fire
Ten thousand years ago, humans lived on the backs of lion turtles, afraid to venture out into the Spirit-infested wilderness, except in the rare instances when the lion turtles would grant them the power of the elements so they could hunt for food.
For a long time, this was the way the world worked, few humans even knew of the other lion turtles and even less of the cities on their backs.
Then everything changed... The skies darkened and evil spirits rampaged throughout the land, even invading the lion turtle's cities.
Before long, the cause of the darkness made itself known, the dark spirit Vaatu soared across the land, proclaiming his power and foretelling the doom of the light spirit Raava, and with her, mankind.
On the back of an earth lion turtle, a young vagabond teenage boy watched as his world fell to chaos in the mass panic. The boy left to learn what little he could of spirits from the village elder, hoping to find a way to correct the obvious imbalance in the world. They told him the legend of a powerful spirit that lived atop a mountain several days travel from their city. The spirit's name was Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, also known as the Great Victorious Fighting Buddha, rumored to be even more powerful than the spirits of light and darkness.
The boy went to the lion turtle to gain the power of earth before setting off on foot for the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, hoping to set things right with the Monkey King's help.
This is his story, the story of the Red Lotus' original founder...as well as its Avatar.
Deep in the Spirit World, Spring 100 AG...
In the center of the Spirit World sat the old, gnarled Tree of Time. In the once empty hollow in the tree sat the Dark Spirit, Vaatu, sealed there 9929 years ago by the first White Avatar, Wan.
Underneath the tree there sat an elderly man, his once-brown hair and waist-length beard now white with age, as he sat with his legs crossed in the lotus meditation position. He was garbed only in a simple white loincloth, despite his obvious age he had an almost-anorexically thin physique, his limbs bulged with wiry, corded muscles that resembled steel cables when he flexed them. Upon his crossed legs there sat a black, iron staff, each of its ends capped by a gold hoop. The man sat in serene meditation, for a brief moment, completely in tune with the spiritual energies of the cosmos, his only food for the last 9900 years. He was distracted from his meditation by the rumbling voice of Vaatu,
"You cannot stop the inevitable, old man. I will be free during the next Harmonic Convergence, and then I will wipe you and your precious beloved from the world forever." the dark spirit said from his prison. The old man paid him no mind, Vaatu would never dissuade him, nor he Vaatu.
"When I am free, I will punish you for eternity. The torture I visit on you will make you beg for oblivi-"
"Silence!" The old man croaked, his voice hoarse from disuse, as he hopped to his feet, remarkably more spry than his age would suggest.
The old man sat up, his body tense as a spring as he manipulated the energy within himself to extend his senses, as he searched to confirm the feeling of ice-cold fear that had pierced his meditation like a spear. After several seconds of stillness, his body untensed as his shoulders slumped in grief.
Yes, it was true... Wan, or at least his current incarnation, was truly dead, now there would be no more Avatars. His best friend was gone, and his grave work had begun...
"Well Vaatu, you're half-correct. Wan has died while in the Avatar state. We will have to see about the rest. The portals may be destroyed by the next Harmonic Convergence."
He decided to waste no time as he closed his eyes as he reached deep within himself as his eyes burst open, now shining with deep, golden light as a matching colored tail sprouted from his posterior as he inhaled and brought his arms above his head and widened his stance. There was a mighty whoosh as a golden fog rolled in before shrinking down to a dog-sized cloud before raising itself and the old man off the ground as he summoned his staff to his hand before catching it with a BONG!
"Fly Kinto-un, we have much to do and little time with which to do it. First, take me to Koh, the Face Stealer." The Cloud whistled hauntingly before turning and taking off for Koh's lair, nothing more than a gold streak across the sky.
North Pole Spirit portal, 100 AG...
The old man entered the human world from the spirit portal, now dressed in a green robe with a blue sash, orange hood, and red leather satchel that were all severely cracked from age. He floated down from the sky, gently landing on the snow with a crunch before turning and placing a hand back on the portal, closing it with a thought before exiting his Avatar State, he was not a young man anymore, he could not be as careless with Sun Wukong's power as he was in his youth.
"Oh my god, sir! Are you alright? What's going on?" a young man in blue robes with white cuffs and a white mantle asked as he stumbled up the snowy embankment before stopping a few feet from the elderly visitor.
"I'm fine, and my name is unimportant. Tell me boy, how long has the Avatar been dead?" the man asked as he leaned heavily on his staff as the man replied,
"As far as I know Avatar Aang is alive and well. He sustained a nasty wound at Ba Sing Se, but he's well now, I think."
A frown scuttled across the man's wizened features. No, Aang had died. He was sure, he could always feel Raava and Wan whenever he meditated. But, by some extenuating circumstance, he'd survived. Nevertheless, the pact was still binding. It was his chance to balance the world now. Not that he could return to the Spirit World for some time anyways, his body was too old for repeated trips back and forth.
"You boy, what is your name?" the old man asked, pointing a knobby, bony finger at the young man.
"Xai Bau sir. My name is Xai Bau and I am a member of the Order of the White Lotus."
Come with me boy, we have much to discuss." the geezer asked as he erected an igloo with a flick of his wrist as he made his way inside to light a fire...
Republic City Pro-Bending Arena 170 AG...
"Let go your earthly tethers... Enter the void, empty, and become wind." The young Pro-Bender intoned as he tried to distance himself from the roar of the of the crowd just outside their box. He inhaled slowly through his nose before exhaling slowly and deliberately through his mouth as he tried to quiet his mind and center himself.
His meditation was interrupted by a quick, forceful punch to his shoulder from their earthbending member and team captain, Krishna Lee. Krishna was the daughter of a formerly Fire Nation acrobat/Kyoshi warrior and her father was an earthbender from a minor coal mining town in the south. She was dressed in their typical black and neon blue-padded jumpsuits over her small, lithe form. Krishna resembled her mother down to a T, down to her long, braided brown hair held by a jade ring at the end. The only thing that let anyone tell them apart was that she had her father's tan skin.(may the both rest in peace)
"C'mon Tao, we've got a match to play and unfortunately they won't let Nekane and I play by ourselves." Krishna said as Tao pushed himself to his feet.
"C'mon bro, get the lead out of your ass." His sister, a typical Northern Water Tribe girl in every sense of the word(complete with wolf tail hairstyle), called from the extendable bridge to the arena as he put his helmet on,
"Yes dear, whatever you say dear." Tao replied with as he clenched his fists in anticipation causing a small flash of his trademark blue fire to flash into existence before flickering out as he waited at the bridge as Shiro Shinobi came over the loudspeaker,
"And now the Ember Island Eel Hound's opponents for tonight: the new rookie team that has come out of nowhere and risen to fame in the Pro-Bending circuit in just under a year, the Wulong Forest Lion Turtles!" Shiro called as the bridge extended and they walked to meet the opposing team in the center of the ring.
"On the count: 3, 2, 1, Fight!" Shiro finished tersely as Tao ducked low to the ground and spun around before launching a turquoise-colored wave of flame into a clay disk as it exploded into a cloud of dust, blocking everything from view...
Southern Pole White Lotus compound, a few hours later...
Korra leaped forward without hesitation, headfirst into the incoming fireblast before dissipating it harmlessly with a twirl of her arms as she ran towards her nearest opponent for her Firebending Mastery test.
She wasted no time after landing before launching two quick fireballs at the safety gear covered opponent leaped to get a shot at her from above. Before he got his chance though, Korra rolled forward before kicking him hard in the shin. The kick threw off the young man's balance and sent him tumbling to the mat with a thump.
Katara watched the fight with pride, a beaming smile on her face as she commented,
"She's strong." She remarked as the Grandmaster of the Order, and old bald man with an enormous bead in White Lotus robes, harrumphed,
"She lacks restraint." he commented as Korra sent one of her opponents crashing to the ground as she somersaulted off his shoulder with a wolfish grin before following it up with an overhead midair kick and ending the fight with a double flame blast. The twin fireballs hit him hard in the chest sending him crashing hard into the railing before coming to a stop draped over the rope barrier around the ring, his clothes still smoking slightly.
Korra turned to see the man she had swatted from the air had gotten and had turned to charge her. With a smirk on her face, she turned and launched a double-handed flame stream at the last combatant, sending him flying over the ropes onto the roof of the gazebo behind the arena with a loud crash, ending the match.
"Woo-hoo! Alright!" Korra cheered as she ran over to her teachers, her fist pumping the air excitedly. Her cheers wavered when she got to the viewing booth and caught sight of the stern expressions on all but Katara's face.
"What's with all the doom and gloom guys? We should be celebrating. Three elements down, one to go!" Korra yelled giddily, hardly able to contain her excitement at the opportunity to master the last element in the cycle. The elderly man in the Fire Nation robes in the middle of Katara and the White Lotus Grandmaster cocked an eyebrow at her before replying,
"You're getting ahead of yourself as usual, Korra." he chimed in before the Grandmaster chimed in,
"We still haven't decided if you passed your Firebending test. Ever since you were a little girl you've excelled at the physical side of bending but completely ignored the spiritual side." he finished harshly as Korra looked away sheepishly as she rubbed her arm uncomfortably.
"I haven't ignored it, it just doesn't come as easily to me." Korra replied, it was true though. She never could figure out how to do any of that spirity stuff Tenzin was always going on about.
"Besides, that's why I should start my training with Tenzin as soon as possible, he's Mr. Spiritual, right?" Korra asked looking for any way she could to convince them to let her start learning airbending. The Lotus Grandmaster was silent as he turned to Katara before asking,
"Do you believe she's ready, Master Katara?" he asked as he clasped his hands behind his back as he turned to face Katara.
"Yes. If anyone can teach her what she needs to learn, it's Tenzin." Katara replied as she clasped her hands together inside her robe's sleeves.
"Very well, Korra." The Grandmaster began as he turned back to face the young Avatar once more.
"It's time for you to begin your airbending training." he finished as Korra punched her helmet into the air as she spun in a circle.
"Yes! Finally!" Korra exclaimed with glee before she caught the several raised eyebrows her teaches flashed her and regained her composure.
"Ahem... I mean, thank you for believing in me." She said before bowing politely and turning to go find Naga, as she giggled nervously.
She ran down the nearby stairs to the stable where they kept Naga, her polar bear dog, and best friend since the age of six. The massive white dog lifted it canine-like head up and turned towards the source of the approaching noise, before jumping up to greet its owner.
"Naga, you should've seen it. I kicked some firebender butt, and I passed!" Korra said as she wrapped her arms around Naga's neck in a massive hug before retrieving her saddle from a nearby pole and mounting on Naga before making for the main gate so Naga could get some exercise...
A few days later...
Korra ran out of the compound she called home as she caught sight of Oogi flying gracefully towards the compound across the ocean from the window of her bedroom. She shoved her boots on and grabbed her coat before running out across the snowy land to see Tenzin dismounting the bison's head.
"Hey Tenzin, where's Lin?" Korra asked after coming to a stop, immediately noticing the absence of the airbending master's wife. Tenzin quickly finished helping the young girl down from atop the bison, as he apprehensively turned to face Korra,
"Lin couldn't come, she's got too much on her plate right now to leave the city. Besides... we're only visiting for tonight. The situation in the city is too unstable for one of its leaders to leave right now." Tenzin apologized regretfully as his oldest child, Kanto, a young metalbender like his mother hopped from the saddle before landing with a heavy thud on the frozen ground.
Kanto was a boy of about seventeen, almost six feet tall, bulging with rippling muscles like most earthbenders, he had a handsome face with his mother's green eyes and black hair. He was currently dressed in a green shirt and black pants held up by a green belt. He was dressed in the ornamental metal armbands and necklace that were all the rage in Zaofu.
"What? But you're supposed to relocate her to train me in airbending?! How long before you can move here? 'Cuz Tenzin, I gotta tell you I can't stay cooped up in this compound much longer, or I'll go crazy!" Korra exclaimed desperately as she clenched her fists anxiously.
"Korra it isn't his fault,the city is going through a very hard time right now. Especially with the Anti-Bending movement causing so much trouble everywhere." His youngest child, their daughter Yangchen, spoke up. Yangchen was a young girl of about fourteen, she had brown hair like her father's she wore it chin-length with a bun slightly to the left side of her hair. Yangchen was an airbender like her namesake, and showed a keen mind for spiritual matters in the past.
"Why don't you all just come inside for dinner and we can talk about this?" Katara interjected, trying to prevent anyone losing their temper.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea, mother." Tenzin agreed, he really was sincerely sorry that he had to push back her training.
"Fine." Korra sighed, "Besides, I could eat." she begrudgingly admitted as she turned to head back inside the compound...
Later that night, in Korra's bedroom...
Korra landed on her mattress with a thump and probably her thirtieth exasperated sigh in the past hour. It wasn't fair, Tenzin wasn't coming to train her for who knows how long, and that stuffy Lotus Grandmaster said she couldn't go to him. How was she supposed to be the Avatar all cooped up in the compound her entire life? Besides she had mastered the other three elements, she could handle herself.
Yeah, she could handle herself... Besides, if she showed up on Air Temple Island, he'd have to train her. An enormous grin split her face as she sat up and ran to grab her bag and ran to start packing.
Korra packed herself some food for the road and a few changes of clothes before making for the stables where Naga slept. Naga's ears perked up as her owner approached. Korra peaked around the doorway before sneaking forward to give Naga a hug around her trunk-like neck.
"C'mon girl, we're busting outta here." Korra said as she ran over and grabbed her saddle from the post before moving to mount it on the polar bear dog. She stopped dead in her tracks as terror seized her mind as she heard a voice ask,
"Nice night for an escape isn't it?"
Korra whipped around at the familiar voice to turn to face the waterbending master, standing behind the young Avatar, a gentle, accepting smile on her face. Korra glanced away sheepishly as she replied,
"I'm sorry Katara. But I have to leave." Korra pleaded to her mentor and friend. "I have to find my own path as the Avatar."
"I know you do." She said, shocking the young woman more than a little bit. "Aang's time has passed. My brother and many of my friends are gone. It's time for you and your generation to take on the responsibility of keeping peace and balance in the world." She said before walking over and placing a hand on Korra's shoulder.
"But I think you're going to be a great Avatar." Katara finished with a smile.
"Thank you Katara." Korra said gratefully before wrapping her waterbending mentor in hug before returning to fastening Naga's saddle before leaving to go say goodbye to her parents...
Several days later, Republic City Pier...
Korra woke inside the hold of the cargo ship to the sound of dock workers preparing to unload the cargo from the ship. She pushed herself off of Naga's side and stood up before turning to either side to stretch her knotted muscles before shaking the polar bear dog awake.
"C'mon Naga, we're here. Let's not keep the city waiting." she said as Naga woke and scratched herself a few times before climbing to her feet as Korra vaulted onto her saddle.
"C'mon girl, let's go!" Korra said as she dug her heels into Naga's sides as the polar bear dog took off for the open ramp, almost pancaking an unfortunate worker who was carrying a heavy crate down the ramp.
Naga barreled down the walk way and down several streets, almost causing several car accidents on the way before making her way over to a sidewalk overlooking the waterfront next to Air Temple Island.
"There it is, girl. Air Temple Island, that's where Tenzin lives. You ready for a little swim, girl?" Korra asked when Naga sniffed around before quickly darting of to the left.
"Alrighty food first, then Air Temple." Korra said as Naga barreled down another busy avenue, narrowly avoiding crashing into several Satomobiles, however several of the other drivers were not so lucky, more than a few of them crashed into one another before Naga rounded a corner before pushing her head through the curtain in front of a meat vendor's stall. Naga began to visibly drool at the sight of all the delicious food for sale in the stall, two seconds before she could take a bite Korra spoke up,
"Naga, wait." Korra said as she hopped off the saddle and circled around so she could address the middle-aged woman in the yellow dress who ran the stall.
"We'll take one of everything." Korra said as she picked up a meat kabob to look it over.
"That'll be twenty yuans." the woman said in a nasal, fairly grating voice. Korra patted herself down before realizing she had no money.
"I actually don't have any money." Korra confessed sheepishly as she flashed the stall owner a guilty grin.
"Then what good are you to me?!" the woman snapped angrily as she snatched the kabob out of Korra's hand swiftly.
"It's fine Koko, I got this one." A voice said from behind her as she saw someone hand the shop keep a twenty yuan note.
She turned to see the arm belonged to a young man who was out with a young woman. They both looked to be about her age.
The woman was very curvy and just a few inches shorter than her with long brown hair held in a braid the end of which had a green ring of solid jade holding it in place. She was dressed in a hip-length sleeveless green shirt over a pair of khaki pants with brown calf-length boots and decorative metal bracers on her wrists. She had tan skin typical to many Earth Kingdom citizens. Korra saw from her muscular build and the way she held herself and immediately knew this girl had at least some sort of serious earthbending training.
Her companion was a young man a few inches taller than herself, immediately recognizable as a Water Tribe citizen from his dark skin. If she had to guess, she'd have to say he was from the Northern Tribe. He had handsome, youthful features and short, dark brown hair and a simple metal circular metal earring in one ear. He was dressed in ice-blue a top reminiscent of Southern Water Tribe armor that covered from his shoulders to the top of his abdomen that laced up in the front, showing more cleavage than she thought was strictly necessary and left his not-unimpressive abdominal muscles exposed. The top was fur lined at the edges of the shoulders which also sported two shoulder pads that were each a little bigger than her hand and were also fur-lined at the edges. His forearms were covered by long, black, leather fingerless gloves that were laced up along the inside of his arms, extending midway up his biceps. He wore a simple pair of brown leather pants over a pair of plain brown boots over his legs.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, Tao?" the woman asked uncertainly as she shot the man a questioning look. Korra quickly suppressed a scowl at the remark. What was this chick's problem? She was just trying to feed her dog, she wasn't trying to buy a house or anything.
"Krishna dear, it's just twenty yuans. We can spare that, especially after the payout for winning last night's match. We've also got plenty of money to cover the entrance fee for the Championship Tournament." Tao finished as he slid the note to the shop keep, who set about wrapping up Korra's order to go, before making his way over to the polar bear dog with her head still poked through the front curtain.
"Besides... Who could say no to this face?" Tao asked as he reached out and scratched Naga behind the ears. Within seconds, Naga was belly-up on the ground as Tao went to town scratching her belly.
"Well, thanks a load. I really appreciate the help, guess I got to the city without thinking about how I was gonna pay for anything. I promise I'll pay you back as soon as I can. What's your name again?" Korra chimed in, supremely grateful for the gesture.
"My name's Tao, Tao Te Ching. This lovely lady is my girlfriend slash team captain, Krishna Lee. And who might you be?" Tao said as he took a break from petting Naga.
"I'm Korra. This is Naga." Korra said as she gestured to the polar bear dog now rolling around on some nearby grass.
"So, I hate to bother you again. But do you know how to get to Air Temple Island from here?" Korra asked, having realized she had no idea how to get to Tenzin's home either.
"We were just headed there. Wanna come with us? We just have to pick our waterbending member on the way. That sound good?" Krishna asked as she stepped forward, apparently having had a change of heart about the young woman. Korra stopped midway through taking the bag of meat from Koko as her brain put together the various clues before snatching the bag of meat away before whirling around excitedly,
"Wait! Are you guys Pro-Benders?" Korra gushed excitedly. She'd been in the city less than an hour and she may have already met a Pro-Bending team? This was by far the one of the best days of her life already, right after finding out she was the Avatar.
"Yeah, we're the Wulong Forest Lion Turtles." Krishna proclaimed proudly as she placed her fist on her hip. Krishna may not have loved people but she loved to talk about Pro-Bending, especially her own team.
"Oh wow! I love you guys! You guys are my favorite team after the Fire Ferrets! Is it true you guys all know how to chi block?" Korra asked, still gushing like a fangirl, there were so much random gossip about the rookie team's members, that they got questions like this all the time.
"Yeah, Krishna's mom practically invented the stuff back in the Hundred Year War." Tao replied with a half-grin as Krishna beamed proudly.
"Can you really metalbend, Krishna?" Korra asked enthusiastically as she clenched her fists to get rid of her nervous energy.
"Yep, I can sandbend too." Krishna said, her voice still filled with pride.
"Wow. What's your record again?"
"Fifteen wins, three losses. All our wins have been knockouts though." Tao answered. "So, you wanna come to Air Temple Island with us?"
"Yeah sure! But what are you guys heading up there to do?" Korra asked, a tad bewildered as to why a Pro-Bending team was headed to a place that taught about the one element not in the sport.
"We find the evasive nature of the stances taught in airbending particularly useful for dodging attacks in the ring. It really helps give us a leg up on the other teams. Can't knock us back if they can't hit us." Tao finished informatively.
"Wow okay, let's get going then." Korra said as they set off to find a place for Naga to eat...
Half an hour later...
"Wow. It's so weird to hear you two are related. What with you being a firebender and you a waterbender." Korra wondered aloud as she looked from Nekane to Tao.
"Yeah, everyone says that. But daddy was a waterbender and mom was a firebender. So, here we are." Nekane replied with a shrug. They had picked Tao's sister up ten minutes ago and were on their way through Republic City Park. They were walking down a sidewalk past a grassy hill separated from another close hill by a small river with a bridge from one side to the other. It was a beautiful scene, albeit slightly ruined with the knowledge that it housed dozens of vagabonds. Korra opened her mouth to speak when a voice rang out.
"Are you tired of living under the tyranny of benders? Then join the Equalists! For too long, the bending elite of this city have forced non-benders to live as lower class citizens! Join Amon and together we will tear down the bending establishment!"
The group looked around to see the source of the voice was a scrawny bearded man in a yellow robe atop a soapbox waving a megaphone around. The Lion Turtles sighed collectively as they recognized the familiar sight of an Equalist propaganda booth. Korra, however had never seen one of the street preachers, who were masters of turning the crowd against any who spoke against them. This became quite clear as Korra spoke up,
"What are you talking about? Bending is the coolest thing in the world!" Korra exclaimed, causing Krishna and Tao to facepalm themselves in embarrassment. The scrawny man took one look at the Avatar in her Water Tribe getup atop Naga and replied,
"Oh yeah? Lemme guess, you're a bender." he replied condescendingly as he pointed at her as he gesticulated childishly.
"Uh, yeah I am." Korra said as she crossed her arms confidently.
"Korra, don't." Nekane whispered as she tugged on the hem of Korra's pants.
"And you'd probably just love to knock me off of this box with some waterbending, huh?"
"I'm seriously thinking about it." Korra replied daringly as she leaned towards the man.
"See! Benders like her only use their power to oppress us!" the preacher wailed before Tao stepped forward.
"That's not fair! You know absolutely nothing about her! Korra is a brave young woman! I hardly
believe she would use her bending for anything like oppression." Tao said, his voice calm and even.
"What's more, bending is something people spend their whole lives mastering. That's countless hours they could be doing something else! Besides you have no idea how hard it is to get by even as a bender. What do you do? Because my only two options are Pro-Bending or power plant work, both of which are extremely dangerous work."
"Well I-I..." the protester stuttered before Tao continued,
"Besides without bending how would we power the city without firebenders to use lightning to supply the power?"
"I... I never thought about that." the protester mumbled sheepishly.
"Also, some of the richest men in the city are non-benders, look at Hiroshi Sato or Cabbage Corp. Now, if there's nothing else, I think we'll be on our way." Tao said as he walked off before Korra and the other followed suit.
"Wow, that was kinda awesome." Korra replied, thankful that she was getting away from the protester.
"We've dealt with their ilk before. You just need to know their game and use it against them." Nekane replied.
"Yeah, unfortunately for you, they're everywhere in this city." Krishna added as they made for the ferry.
One hour later, on Air Temple Island...
"Also, if you don't mind me asking, what's your poison? I'm guessing earthbender from your interest in my metalbending." Krishna asked before Tao replied,
"Nah, brave girl like her, I'm guessing firebender."
"You're both wrong. Look at her getup! She's a waterbender." Nekane exclaimed. Korra chuckled before replying,
"Actually, you're all right. I'm a waterbender, and an earthbender, and a firebender." Korra replied coolly. The group was silent for a bit as the Lion Turtles shared puzzled look when Nekane gasped,
"You're the Avatar? That's so cool!"
"Nice." Krishna replied casually. Tao's reply died in his throat as a loud "Ahem." rang out across the Air Temple Garden.
Tao turned to see a woman in her early fifties in the uniform of the metalbending police force. She had strong features and a nasty set of two ragged scars on the right side of her chin. She head neck-length black hair streaked with gray and her face was set in a hard scowl.
"Mr. and Ms. Te Ching, and Ms. Lee... My department received several anonymous tips regarding Triad and Equalist operations, but when my officers got there, the supposed fugitives were already bound and waiting for them. You wouldn't know anything about that would you?" Lin Beifong asked suspiciously as Tao answered,
"C'mon Chief, we're just Pro-Benders. We're not superheroes, we couldn't fight crime. But this girl kinda is a superhero. Look, it's the Avatar!" Tao answered innocently as he flashed his best smile and pointed to Korra, causing Lin's scowl to deepen. Korra was about to ask what they were talking about when both Krishna and Nekane grabbed a hold of her boots and silently shook their heads at her. Korra took the hint and decide to inquire about it later.
"I know all about Korra, Mr. Te Ching. Unfortunately I'll have to deal with you later. Right now, Korra and I have business with my husband." Lin finished sourly.
"Of course, we'll just be out in the training area. Nice meeting you Korra." Tao said as the Lion Turtles took off across the garden towards the training area.
"You'd better not screw up our deal with the White Lotus, bro. We really need the help if we wanna beat the Wolf-Bats."
"I won't, sis. I know how to handle this... and crap, we need Tenzin to airbend these... But, that's probably not a good idea." Tao said after pondering the current situation inside the temple.
"Well, what are we gonna do then? Seems kinda wasteful to go home now, honey." Krishna asked as Tao made sure they were alone, before...
"I got this." Tao said as he inhaled slowly through his nose before bringing his arms back and circling around before thrusting powerfully forward as a huge gust of wind shot out and hit the gates, sending them spinning quickly in either direction.
"Alrighty, let's do this." Krishna said as she approached the gates.
"Be the leaf." Krishna exhaled as she entered the gate field...
Author's Note: Here it is. Hope you like it. I'm working on the description of the bending movements so hopefully that'll shape up soon. Also, I invite you to ponder the ZhuSami pairing, and the idea of President Amon...
This is the 19th Angel, signing off...