AN: So yeah...I did it. Here is the sequel. I hope it was as good as the previous chapter.

Mako picked up the chewed up ball and gave it another heave as Nuktuk took off after it. This had become a regiment for the two over the past year. Mako had bonded with the dog more than he thought he would have. The two went everywhere together. Lin ended letting the dog come in the office to "boost cop morale" but it was just an excuse to see Nuktuk every day.

Mako snapped his fingers and he dropped the ball at his feet. He scratched behind the dog ears causing him to stand up and start to wag his tail in delight.

Mako tossed the ball a couple more times and watched him chase it again. He often wondered how much more fun it would be for the young pup to chase after one Korra airbended through the air. Mako looked toward Yue Bay and noticed that the sun was starting to make its decent. He whistled and Nuktuk came bolting over to him. The two walked side by side in silence through the park glancing at the people who were littered throughout the park. Nuktuk started to whine as they came up to the statue of Korra.

"I miss her too" he lamented looking up at the face of the fearless Avatar "I miss her too"

Korra had been gone for the past year and Mako had missed her deeply. She wrote everyone when she had the chance but it wasn't the same. Nothing really was anymore. Bolin was gone and Asami was too busy for anyone. This made him value his friendship with the brown dog more than he realized. He knew that people grew apart over the years but with Korra he thought it would be different. That their relationship was different. Those last moments he had shared with her on his birthday a year and half ago made him think that a spark was still there just waiting for someone to give him life. Their break up had hurt both of them, and they were slowly repairing the bond that they shared but the distance wasn't doing them any favors.

They got near the exit of the park and Mako took one last look of the giant statue of his heroine, as if to say goodbye for the evening.

Mako loved the summers evenings in Republic City. The smell of the air as whipped through his shaggy hair. The walk to his apartment was as quick as always. Nuktuk bounded up the steps ahead of him, eager to get his treat that Mako had promised.

Mako jiggled his keys into the door ready to close another day. His apartment was smaller than his old room on Air Temple Island but it got the job done. Finding a place suitable for animals was a bit harder now that the spirit vines had taken root in the city. He had started his search for one about a week after Korra left because the empty halls of the Air Temple reminded him too much of what had been. Luckily he had found a cheap apartment that was big enough for the boy and his dog.

He did his nightly chores and finally was able to lay down for the night. Nuktuk tried to nudge his way onto the bed but Mako pointed to Nuktuk's designated corner. He knew Nuktuk would make it back on the bed but he would be fast asleep before then. Nuktuk did his circular dance with his soft bed, finally snuggling in propping his head on the edge and stared at Mako.

Mako rested up against his headboard running over his previous case load trying to calm his mind before he went to bed. The past couple nights Korra had been haunting his dreams. It was the same dream of the break up and the tears that followed. He had broken her heart and he had tried his hardest to make everything right but it still left him empty.

He reached under his pillow and pulled out the picture from the Spirit festival. He smiled as he gazed at her 1000 watt grin. It could pull the most depressed person out of their stupor. The worst part was the fact that she had been his but he had let her slip through his fingers. He let out a sigh which pricked the ears of his furry friend who looked up at him.

"Don't fall in love ok boy?" Mako quipped looking down him as he slid the picture back under his pillow. Nuktuk barked in agreement. Mako clicked off the light and rolled over preparing himself for a night of restless sleep.

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Korra sat with her legs brought to her chest as she gazed out at the vast sea in front of her. She was finally on her way home to Republic City, to her friends, and hopefully, to Mako. The time apart had given her time to get some air from him and if she was honest, it didn't help. It only made her miss him more. In his last letter he sent a picture taken by someone in his office. It featured Mako hunched over his desk and and a resting Nuktuk at his feet. Mako had cut his hair and seemed to be a spitting image of General Iroh. She laughed when she first saw it because she thought Mako was just fanboying over the mighty general but then she realized that it made him look handsome. She also noticed the light bags under his eyes and his smile looked...tired. She tried to get information out of him in a recent letter but he just blamed it on the case load he had taken. She called bullshit though she wouldn't say that to him.

Nuktuk on the other hand looked to be as strong and healthy as she thought he would. She smiled at the thought of the training regiment Mako had for the young pup. She laid her head back on her knees. In the back of her mind something still bothered her. He still hadn't mentioned anything about what was on the back of the dog tag. Her fear was that he did see it and thought nothing of it. Surely he would have mentioned it if he had felt the same way. She had told Asami of the gesture and she hadn't heard anything either. Maybe she was holding onto something that wasn't there anymore, a faint memory of soul-mates. She got to the point where she was angry at herself for waiting for an answer from him. She was stronger 30 men combined but not strong enough for the storm that was love.

She took one last look at the picture and then tucked it back in her jacket pocket as close to her heart as she could. She would wait for now but she wasn't sure she could wait forever.

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Mako woke up groggy and looked at his clock. 5:45 am. He was covered in sweat due to the recent heatwave that had stuck Republic City the past week.

"Get off dog" Mako said pushing Nuktuk trying to alleviate the muddled bed and the increased temperature due to Nuktuk slumped next to Mako. Korra still hadn't come back yet even though she was due 3 weeks ago. There was nothing on the news outlets either which always worried him and usually brought flashbacks of the Red Lotus. He hoped to Spirits she was OK.

Nuktuk slumped off the bed giving Mako a bit more relief.

He tossed and turned trying to get comfortable but it was no use. He sat up on his elbows and looked at Nuktuk.

"Want to go for a walk?" He suggested. He did this whenever he couldn't sleep. It allowed him to clear his head and the view of Yue Bay was a sight in the morning.

Nuktuk jumped up waging his tail in agreement. It seemed like he had the same idea in mind as Mako. Mako rolled out of bed throwing on an old t-shirt and his shorts. He grabbed Nuktuk's leash and led him out to the street. The sun had just risen over Yue Bay causing a pink glow to peak through the buildings.

The air was cooler outside something that Mako thanked the Spirits for. The two jogged the mile and a half to Korra's park, the normal appointment of fetch coming due.

They entered the park and slowed to a walk. Mako's shirt was drenched in sweat and from the sped of Nuktuk's panting he figured that the dog was just as tired. This run was a but different he felt strained, like he was chasing something he could never catch. He was chasing Korra.

He let him off the leash and took a seat on a nearby bench, his favorite spot in the park because it gave ample shade and a breathtaking view of the bay. Nuktuk wandered around chasing the butterflies and rolling in the grass. Mako felt his eyes grow heavy from his exhaustion. He rested his hand on his head and without thinking he drifted off.

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His eyes shot open as his head slipped from its resting place. He checked his watch and noticed that he'd been out for about 15 minutes. He stretched and stood up grabbing the leash. The power nap was nice and he felt refreshed which wasn't common for him. He whistled for Nuktuk realizing that he wasn't around.

"Where are you?" He said aloud as he scanned the park. He saw a golden sparkle on the ground and ran up to it. He picked up the collar and brought his other hand to the bridge of his nose. Dumb dog.

Why? He had trained the dog so well he thought this would never happen. The park was massive and without his collar Nuktuk could be picked up by another family or worse Animal Control. He ran over the various scenarios and the people he could reach out to in order to find his beloved friend. He rubbed the golden tag trying to pick up some sort of good luck from it. As he was doing so his fingers felt the writing on the back of the tag that he never had seen before. He flipped over and read the words.

"I have never stopped being in love with you" he said puzzled.

Was this a joke? The only person who had be in contact with this was Korra. He lost his breath as he reread the message that was neatly inscribed on the back. She still loved him? After everything they had been through she still loved him? It all started to make sense to him. The letters saying that she missed him deeply, that a part of her wasn't missing, how she had so many regrets and things she had left unsaid to people. He was that people or person for that matter. He was the one who made her whole. He started to get frustrated. Why was she this complicated? Why couldn't she have just told him how she felt. It would have made this time apart so much easier on him and possibly her. It meant that maybe they could have a future together and that she could be part of the small family she helped create.

"Of all the damn days. I lose my dog, I find out the woman I'm madly in love with still loves me and she isn't even here to-"

"Mako?"

He froze. It's like he was in a dream. That voice. It was the voice that had pulled him back from the brink so many times, the one voice that made all the pain go away...the one voice... that made him always regret saying goodbye. He took a deep breath, his heart pounding in his chest as he turned around.

"Korra?"

AN: Hope you guys like it. I've never written a sequel before so this was pretty tough.

As always please review!