A/N: Alright. I've used a lot of time, and put a loooot of effort into this story. And not only did I have this one to write, I also had the other one to finish.. Plus I have an exam Friday morning I need to prepare for. Anyway enough of my whining. I hope you'll enjoy the story. :)
Btw a new chapter for "Something New" is up tomorrow. :)
Day 4 - story
"Tell me a story daddy!" Kimra said as she jumped into her bed, then sat down and put the covers over her legs.
The father, who was about to turn off the light and leave the room, turned around and looked at her, and of course when she didn't receive a reply right away she pouted, something she was quite good at. Mako sighed silently, so she wouldn't hear, and walked towards the bed and sat on the edge.
He thought about it for a moment "Hmm. Since it's your birthday, I think I will." The father smiled.
"Yaaay!" Kimra clapped her hands.
"Has anyone told you the story about how your mother saved the City from a man named Michio?" Mako asked with a smile.
"No?" She looked up at her father with a slightly confused expression.
"Well then I'm going to tell you about it… The name Michio means 'Man with strength of three thousand' and the name fit him, because he is very strong, he can lift a mega-tank over his head and he was a strong bender." He started out.
"Woooow." The girl said with widened eyes.
"Your mother was 22 when we heard of him the first time, but it wasn't until a year later that he actually started making trouble. He came to the city to take down President Raiko, but of course your mom wouldn't let him do that.
"Unfortunately Michio got help from someone, and since we didn't know who, we couldn't find him even though we looked everywhere in the city. You know that your mom, Aunt Asami, Uncle Bolin and I are a team, team Avatar. The four of us were looking for him for four weeks, and we got help from both the police and the Airbenders, but no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't find anything that could help us.
"Only a few days later the president was going to the theater with your grandfather because of a charity performance. No one wanted to cancel it, so both your grandfather and the president were escorted by the police in case anything should happen. Team avatar was already in the theater, and your mom was on the balcony where grandpa and Raiko would be throughout the performance.
"What we didn't know was that outside in the shadows, the Agni Kai Triad surrounded the theater and then attacked the police officers, and to our surprise Michio was with them. The officers called for reinforcement, and not only did team avatar help but also a lot of cops that weren't around the theater. Your mother fought Michio and we were able to win the fight, but mommy got a little bit hurt, so she needed a little bit of healing. Thanks to her the president was safe.
"We didn't hear anything for a week, and we were sure they were planning their next attack. The police infiltrated the Agni Kai's headquarters, but they weren't there, they had fled. So we were starting from scratch and didn't know what to do, should we just wait for something to happen, or should we try to find Michio and the Agni Kai's? We ended up with searching for them once again.
"But that same night something happened that we hadn't expected. President Raiko was kidnapped from his home. He was working in his home office in the middle of the night, when there suddenly was a knock on the door. He told whoever was on the other side to enter, but he didn't recognize the face, so he asked what the person wanted and suddenly Michio walked into the office, and then he kidnapped the president. They left the house without being noticed which meant that they got help, and the next day the president's wife found a note on his desk which was to be delivered to the avatar, your mommy.
"Mom read the note from Michio. It said that he had the president and that he would call at 1pm exactly, and she had to answer the phone if we wanted to see Raiko again. So we waited for him to call, the hours felt like days. He finally called at exactly 1pm as he wrote in the note, and he said that we would get the president back if we gave him Republic City. Mom wouldn't do that, but he said that if she didn't, we wouldn't get Raiko back, so she had to give in. After that they agreed to meet on Aang Memorial Island one hour later.
"We made a plan with Lin; you know she's the chief of police. Your mom would meet with Michio and the police would surround the island, then it would be up to mom to get the President to an officer who would get them back to the city. And after that, mom would try to take down Michio. But the plan didn't work as we had hoped, because Michio had brought members from the Agni Kai's, so as soon as Raiko was off the island they attacked mom. But we had our own surprise for them, so mom wasn't alone in this fight.
"We fought them for a long time, and Michio showed his strength by lifting very heavy things over his head and sent them after mom, but mom didn't get hit. In the end she entered the avatar state and got him captured long enough for her to remove his bending.. Now Michio is locked away in a secured prison far away from here, the president and the city is safe, and it's all thanks to your mother."
"Wow. Mommy's so," Kimra yawned "Cool."
"Tired?" Mako asked with a smile.
The girl just nodded as her eyes slowly closed, the Firebender chuckled.
"Goodnight princess. I love you." He kissed her forehead, but got no reply; his daughter was already asleep.
He got up from the bed and spotted the stuffed bison on the floor, he smiled to himself as he remembered where it came from. He placed it in the bed beside Kimra, and then tip toed towards the door, turned off the light and got out of the room. He looked one last time at his daughter with a smile on his lips as he closed the door slowly.
When he turned around to walk towards the living room, he hadn't expected to see his wife leaning against the wall looking at him with a smile. She pushed herself from the wall and turned towards him. He walked towards her and stopped when he was right in front of her, his hands found their way to her waist, and hers found their way around his neck.
"Didn't you forget something in that story of yours?" She asked with a small smile.
"I'm quite sure I got everything, even though I left out some of the worst details.. Why?" He raised his eyebrows slightly.
"You forgot to tell her that I couldn't have done it without you." She replied her smile widened. Mako smiled back at her and leaned forward to kiss her tenderly.
