Chapter Three- A Day in Republic City
KORRA
The next morning I woke up feeling frustrated. By the time Kai and I went to the dining room to eat breakfast Tenzin was already gone and I couldn't plead with him to let me go to Republic City. If it was so dangerous than why did they choose to make their home so close to it? Kai could sense my frustration.
"Pema, we're going to go explore the island a little," I declared once breakfast was over and we finished helping her clean the dishes. I hoped that it didn't come off as too harsh.
"You girls go have fun! The children have to work on their meditations and I think I would like to rest for a while since the baby is coming so soon," Pema smiled cheerfully at us.
"Thanks, Pema!" I smiled back. I turned to Kai and said, "Let's go get Naga and Kala."
As we walked towards our sleeping quarters Kai said, "Korra, you're acting weird. You seemed very irritated at breakfast, but just now you were so cheerful to Pema about exploring the island. I know that you don't really want to."
"Don't worry about it, Kai. Let's just go," I answered her hastily. Could she tell what I was planning?
We took our polar bear dogs and mounted ourselves on the saddles. We rode around and found all sorts of hidden paths in the woods. It took almost all morning but we finally arrived to a spot on the edge of the island. It had amazing rocks for Kai to bend and there was a beach for me. I sat by Kai for a few minutes and watched her bend. She thrusted rocks up from the ground and rose her self. She was so immersed in her work that I slipped down to the water where the two polar bear dogs were romping.
"Naga, come here," I whisipered. The polar bear dog stepped away from the beachy shore and ran towards me. I hopped on the saddle and looked back once at my sister. She was so into her bending that she didn't notice what I was doing. Naga and I ran towards the water and my polar bear dog began to paddle quickly.
We were almost a mile away when I heard Kai's shouts. I looked back and she was standing on her rock platform. Her long raven colored hair was flowing behind her. I quickly turned and faced towards the City. It was hard to face Kai's disappointment.
The swim to the island wasn't horribly long, but by the time I got there I felt famished. Naga and I navigated our way throughout the city, almost getting hit by many Satomobiles in the process. We finally found ourselves a quaint park with a pond in the middle where there would be some fish.
As Naga and I made our way throughout the park I heard some shouting that attracted my attention. "What is that?" I asked Naga. We ran towards the commotion.
"The time for equality is now! We need to get rid of benders and equal out the playing field. The only way that we can do that is with the help of Amon! Join the Equalisits and help us fight the tyrant benders!" A small angry looking man shouted on top of a wooden stage. There were several people around him cheering at what he said. Posters of a man in a mask were scattered around the stage.
"What's your problem?" I shouted. "Bending is awesome? Why wouldn't you like it?" I sat on Naga with my arms crossed.
"Let me guess, you're a bender, aren't you?" The man on the podium asked.
"Yeah, and it's awesome," I hissed back.
"You would probably waterbend me off this stage right now wouldn't you?" He shouted.
"If you continue to be this annoying I might," I retorted.
"This is the problem with benders!" The man on the podium shouted. The crowd turned to me and they all looked angry. I whispered in Naga's ears and we took off running.
Naga and I went to the pond and fished some grub out of it. I was in the middle of grilling my second fish when a man popped out of the bushes next to me. He looked dirty and his hair was sticking out all over the place, "Hello there. My name's Gommu. I live in this here bush. May I have one of those delightful fishes of yours?"
I looked at the man in disbelief. "You live in that bush?" I asked. He nodded his head. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the man so I handed him one of my fish, "Enjoy!"
"Thanks missy. Don't look now, but here comes the coppers!" He responded quickly and dove back into his bush.
"You can't fish here!" The man shouted. He looked angry. I hopped on Naga and ran out of the park as fast as I could.
KAI
"Good girl, Kala," I whispered to my furry best friend when we made it on shore of the island. It shouldn't have surprised me that Korra took off, but for some reason it did. I didn't blame her for it. I wanted to see the city too.
Kala and I rested for a moment when we reached the shore. I didn't have any idea where Korra might be. But if I knew her she was probably getting into trouble.
"Come on Kala," we should get going. I nudged the polar bear dog and off we went. We ran throughout the city. I'd never seen a Satomobile before in my life, but now it seemed liked I was seeing them everywhere. There were loud honks coming for the Satomobiles and I was doing my best to dodge the traffic. Eventually though, it grew too tiring.
I directed Kala over to a small street. There was a woman selling fruit. "Excuse me miss," I asked the woman. She looked up at me. She seemed extremely nervous.
"Yes?" She asked before glancing over her shoulder.
"Could you tell me where the council members meet?"
She pointed down the street, "It's down that way. Make a right when you see the park and then you will be right there," she said, but it sounded like there was more she wanted to add. A loud shout came from behind her. She took one glance back and then turned to me again. "Go away from here! Now!"
I looked beyond her. There were three men cornering an older man. I looked to the woman with determination and shook my head. I hopped on Kala's back and we ran down the alleyway.
"Stay away from him!" I shouted.
The three men took one look at me and burst out laughing. "What's a pretty little thing like you going to do to three Triple Threat Triads?"
"I'm a lot more than a little girl," I hissed back at the men. With the raise of my fist I pulled the stone from their feet and raised them up. One jumped onto the ground before the rocks stood too tall, but the other two were stuck. The old man below hobbled back into his shop.
I used an air blast to knock the two men off the newly erected rock pillars. One man shot into the window of a store and the other landed on top of a Satomobile creating a large dent int the top.
I was too busy admiring my work of the two men that I had almost forgotten about the third. All of a sudden a large blast of fire was heading my way. I ducked down just in time to avoid it.
"Are you sure you want to mess with me?" I hissed at the man only a few feet away.
"It would be my pleasure," he retorted with a twisted smile.
"Oh no you don't!" A familiar voice echoed from behind me. I turned around and Korra was charing towards us. Naga was running quickly and slammed into the firebender. Korra then took some water from a pouch she always kept with her and froze it around the man.
Then I blasted him with a powerful shot of wind and he went soaring into another Satomobile that lined the alleyway.
Korra looked at me with a beaming smile. Her brown hair was secure in its ponytail, but my own black hair was flying behind me.
"Korra, I'm so glad I found you!" I laughed. It was a nervous laugh though. I hadn't been expecting to get into a fight my first day into the city.
"Kai, I have to tell you something," she repsonded. She looked more nervous than I was used to seeing her.
But before she could a tough looking woman with short grey hair and scars on her face entered the alleyway.
