The Legend of Kiara

BOOK 1 - Air

I do not own Legend of Korra or Avatar the Last Airbender. They both belong to Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino. Hope you enjoy!


Chapter 3 - The Chase Begins

PART 1


**With Every Legend, There's A Beginning**

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Admiral Chan Ro stood in front of a Republic Forces Commander. All around them, in Granite City Park, the grass was slightly charred from fire and the ground was raised in some area, indicating Earthbending being used. "So, you had the Avatar, but allowed her to escape?" Chan asked the Commander.

"Uh, she had help, sir. A young waterbender girl and a airbender boy." The Commander said nervously.

"And which way did they go?" Chan asked, annoyed.

"We're... not sure, sir. They flew away on a giant flying bison. They could be anywhere by now." The Commander answered, rubbing the back of his head.

"Get out of my sight, Commander." Chan ordered, turning away from him.

The Commander saluted, turned on his heel, and walked away.

"Get me a cruiser. We're going hunting." Chan said to one of his men next to him.

"Yes, sir." The soldier replied and walked away.


Kiara, Rachael, and Jin flew through the clear blue skies on Kevin. Kiara laid in the back, asleep, Rachael sat next to her, brushing her hair and humming to herself. Jin steered the bison from the very front.

After a while, Jin got bored. "Sooo. Does Kiara always sleep?" He asked Rachael, turning his head to her.

Rachael shrugged. "Sometimes, but not as much as she does now." She said, still brushing her shoulder length black hair.

Jin was about to say something else, but stopped when he noticed a clearing below. "I've found us somewhere to land." He said, pulling on Kevin's reins. They descended to the ground and landed gently. Which is surprising considering how massive the beast is.

"Kiara, time to get up!" Rachael shouted in her sister's ear.

"Ahh!" Kiara screamed jumping up. "Why scream in my ear?!" She asked, glaring at Rachael.

Rachael ignored her comment. "We've landed, Avatar." She said, jumping off of Kevin.

Kiara mumbled under her breath about 'annoying little sisters' as she got her backpack and jumped off the beast. "Come on, Sofia." She said to her FireFox who stretched and followed her.

"Okay, Kiara, it's been five days since we started airbending training and you've almost got the basics down." Jin said as Kiara walked over to him. "So, we're gonna spar." He said smiling.

"What?!" Kiara said then shook her head. "No, no, no, no, I just started airbending."

"Which is why this is the perfect time to see where you're at and what we need to work on." Jin said, getting into a stance. "Let's begin and no firebending."

Kiara sighed, but got into her stance anyway. "Let's get this over with."

Jin smiled and quickly swung his staff in front of him, sending a powerful, crescent-shaped wave of compressed air.

Kiara crossed her arms in front of her face as the air slammed into her, sending her flying onto her back. Quickly she jumped to her feet and punched her fist towards her opponent, throwing small, compressed blasts of air.

Jin stepped to the side, avoiding the small burst of air. He formed a very small compression of air under his feet and used it to launch himself into the air. He twirled his staff above his head to stay up there, then kicked his feet at the Avatar numerous times, sending small air blasts at her.

Kiara attempted to dodge all of the blasts but got hit in the chest, throwing her onto the ground. When she looked up, Jin was directly above her. He spun his staff before swinging it at her. She rolled away from the wave of air and flipped onto her hands. While still on her hands she spun both of her legs, creating a small funnel of air around her, throwing Jin away from her and into a tree.

"Wow, that was a good one." Jin said, smiling then jumped into the air again. He spun his body around, creating a small tornado. He jumped pushed his hand forward, sending the tornado towards Kiara.

"Why won't you stay down?" Kiara complained and waited for the tornado to get close enough before spreading her arms out, dispelling the attack. As the dust cleared she looked around and couldn't find Jin anywhere.

"Up here." Jin said from above her. She looked up and saw him hovering above her. Before she could react he he spun his body around before spreading his arms and legs apart, creating a large sphere of air. Kiara has knocked off her feet and sent sliding on the ground. Jin ran over to her as she slowly stood up. "I win... again." He said, smiling as he helped her up.

"Of course you did. If I used firebending, you would've lost." Kiara said dusting herself off.

"Hey, you did do better than usual. Most of the time I win in less than a minute, now it was much longer and you manage to knock me into that tree." Jin said, patting her on the back.

"Yeah, I guess I did do better." Kiara said, smiling as the walked back to where Rachael, Kevin, Chuchi, and Sofia were. "Let's eat the last of those ribs."

"Yeah, Jin we still have some fruit in the basket." Rachael said as she got a small pan out of one of the bags. "It's on Kevin's saddle." She said, pointing at the basket.

"Thanks." Jin said, jumping onto Kevin's back.

Kiara helped make a fire and Rachael began to prepare the last of their ribs.


Admiral Chan stood over a large holoprojector of the surrounding area with the Earth Kingdom. As of now, he and the Sun Typhoon Corps, an army of over 36,865 firebenders, waterbenders, and nonbenders under Chan's command, were in one of the many United Forces military bases.

From the reports from neighboring towns and cities, the Avatar had been through here already. Which also meant she couldn't have gotten far from where they are now. The door behind him opened and a man in red, black, and gold armor stepped inside and stood at attention. "You summoned me, Admiral? What can I do for you?"

Chan turned to him. "Yes, I have an assignment for you." He said pushing a button on the holoprojector's console. A large image of three people appeared as holograms. "This young girl here," he said gesturing to the teenage girl in the middle. "Is the Avatar. The one to the right is a waterbender, and the last one is an airbender. I want your Commando team to find the Avatar and bring her to me."

The leader of the Red Sun Commandos, Hei, eyed the image of the Avatar. She's just a little girl? This should be easy. "As you wish, sir. What about her friends?" He asked, gesturing to the other two holoprojections.

Chan waved his hand dismissively. "The other two are of no concern to me. But, if they get in the way take them as well. And keep the Avatar alive." He ordered, turning back to the holotable.

Hei saluted and quickly left the room. Walking through the maze of halls he made it to the barracks where his five person team were stationed. Pushing a button next to the door it slide open and he stepped inside.

"We've got an assignment, Commandos." Hei said as the door closed behind him. The five people in the room immediately stood up and saluted him.

"What's the mission, boss?" Maya asked standing at parade rest along with the rest of the team. Maya, a nonbender, was the only girl in the squad and was only 16 years old. Two years ago Tuuk Jar declared that the age for enlistment into the United Forces would now be 16 and over because of how far outnumbered the Republic was. Soon after this declaration thousands of young teenagers signed up and joined the military. Many older soldiers didn't like the idea of having children in this war, but couldn't really do anything about it. After Maya's 16th birthday she joined the army, though her family begged her not to.

For about a month Maya stayed in the United Army and participated in a handful of battles with the Earth Kingdom. In those few battles her superiors noticed how she took on any bender and usually won with little injuries, if not none. Her former instructors stated how her skills with a sword are nearly perfect and deadly, the same as her fighting skills. With more training she became a master and a deadly adversary.

Of course, with her skills she was moved to a more suitable position in the military and was placed in the U.N. Special Forces as a Commando. The other men in her squad think of her as their younger sister, protecting her from anyone who wanted to do her harm, though she could certainly take care of herself, including their leader Hei.

"We're going to find and capture the Avatar." Hei said, nodding at the shocked faces.

"We-we've actually found her?" One of the men asked, still surprised at how easy and fast this happened. Most people thought it'll take awhile to find her, but this was too easy.

Hei nodded. "We believe the Avatar is around here somewhere, most likely in the forest nearby. Our job is to find, apprehend her, and bring her to the Admiral."

Maya raised an eyebrow. "She? The Avatar is a girl this time?"

Hei sighed, shaking his head. "Yes, Maya, the Avatar is a girl. If you'd paid attention to the briefings and reports in the last week or so, you would know that." He said, smiling.

Maya rolled her eyes, but he did have a point. "Sorry. When do we leave?"

"Right now actually. Suit up, Commandos." Hei ordered and everyone quickly moved to their lockers to get ready.


Kiara sat in her sleeping bag, staring at the clear night sky, watching the stars and the full moon above. Rachael slept next to her with Chuchi curled up at her feet. Jin slept on Kevin's large tail, snoring lightly. Sofia was next to her asleep as well, her chest slowly rising and falling with each breath.

The full moon cast a beautiful light down on their small campsite. Kiara had always liked the moon since she was a little girl and still liked to stay up a while longer and stare at it in thought. Her mother used to tell her a story about the moon spirit and how she was a beautiful and nice being. Kiara sighed, shaking her head. Thinking about her mother and the moon just made her miss her family even more. "I wonder when I'll see you all again?" She said to herself, turning over to try and sleep.

Nearby, high in one of the tall trees, Maya and another Commando watched the small group silently through binoculars. The team left the base two hours ago and had been searching for a long time. "Sooo, that's the all powerful Avatar?" Maya said, watching as Kiara turned over on her side.

"Yep." Her fellow Commando said nodding. "That's her. Let's go tell Hei." He said and began to climb down followed by Maya.

When they reached Hei they told him where they found the Avatar. "Great job you two. Well, let's go and get this over with." He said, following them to the location.


Kiara eyes flew open and she found herself in the middle of the largest storm she's ever seen. Lightning flashed almost constantly, followed by the loud rumbles of thunder. The wind howled as it picked up and the trees around her moved with it violently. "What's going on!" She shouted as a streak of lightning hit a large tree. Kiara screamed as the tree toppled over towards her. She wanted to move, jump out of the way from being crushed, but she couldn't move.

Right before the tree could land on her, everything went black...

Kiara quickly sat up, breathing heavily as she looked around. She slowly began to calm down as she realized she was still at the campsite with Rachael and Jin. Sofia woke up next to her and nudged her arm, trying to figure out what was wrong. "It's okay, Sofia, I'm alright now." Kiara said, rubbing under the FireFox's chin. "It was... a... bad dream I guess." She said, unsure of what it was she saw.

"I need to clear my head." She said to herself, petting Sofia on the head. As she stood up, Sofia also stood. "No, no, Sofia. I need you to stay here and watch the camp. Stay."

Kiara could hear Sofia whimpering but the fox did as she said and stayed in her spot. "Good girl. I'll be back soon. I won't go far." She said quietly and walked away into the forest.

After she put some distance between her and the camp, she stopped at a small pond in a medium sized clearing. She took off her shoes and placed both of her feet in the cool water while sitting on the grass. "What was that strange... dream?" Kiara thought to herself. None of it made any sense. What kind of storm could be that powerful? The constant lighting, thunder, gallons and gallons of rain coming down. It was the biggest storm she's ever seen or heard of. And to top it all of the dream ended as quickly as it started.

Behind her, deep in the trees, the Red Sun Commandos crept slowly towards her. "Why'd she have to wonder deeper into this freakin' forest." Maya complained, swatting a few flies that flew past her.

Hei held up his fist and everyone stopped walking and crouched down. "She's over there." He whispered, pointing at the young Avatar who had her feet in the water.

"What is she doing?" Maya asked, looking through her binoculars.

Hei shrugged. "I'm not sure." He then turned to the rest of the team. "Everyone spread out. Use your stun nets to catch her, we don't want her getting away. Stay focused."

Everyone saluted. "Yes, sir."

Kiara continued to gently kick her feet around in the pond, still thinking about that strange dream. "Hm, I guess I should probably head back before Rachael or Jin notice I'm gone and have a heart attack." She said to herself, putting her shoes back on.

As she stood up and began to walk away, a pair of bolas flew towards her from behind. Sensing something coming, Kiara whipped around, facing the bolas, and swatted them aside with airbending. "Uhh, I think you lost something." She said, picking up the now useless weapons. Six men in red and black armor, rimmed with gold, emerged from the trees around her.

Kiara got into a fighting stance, looking at her enemies closely. "You're surrounded, Avatar." A female voice said. She turned around to her left and noticed that one of the soldiers she thought was a man was a girl. Looking closer, the girl couldn't be no older than her!

"Oh, so Tuuk Jar enlists children into his army now?" Kiara said, frowning at the girl. "What is Republic City coming to?"

Maya growled. "Silence!" She ordered, stepping closer. "You're coming with us!"

As soon as she moved, Kiara kicked her leg in a side arc, sending a wave of fire at the young Commando. Maya dived out of the way, annoyed that the Avatar couldn't just come quietly.

"Maya!" One of the other Commandos shouted and launched a ball of fire at Kiara.

Kiara turned around and dispersed the attack, then punched her own attack, knocking the man off his feet. She ducked her head as another fireball sailed over then swung her leg at the second enemy behind her, smirking as the man sidestepped the attack but was struck in the leg by an arc of air.

Maya reached behind her and pulled her katana sword out of its crimson sheath. The swords blade was about 60 cm (23 1⁄2 in). The katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade with a circular guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. The guard had a golden engraving of a dragon, as well as on the sheath. She ran towards the Avatar as she knocked another Commando to the ground.

Kiara turned around in time to see Maya's blade swinging for her side. She bent backwards, narrowly avoiding the sharpe, single-edged blade. Quickly Kiara pulled her own katana sword from the sheath on her back. It too was about 60 cm and a gold lined guard and grip. Engraved on the blade was 火烈-Fire is Fierce.

Maya and Kiara immediately crossed blades, locked in place as they pushed at each other. Getting frustrated, Maya allowed herself to fall backwards, throwing Kiara off balance, then kicked the Avatar to the ground.

Kiara jumped back up moments later. "Cheater." She said to Maya, punching another fireball at her.

Maya ducked her head from the blast and sidestepped another. Kiara continued to launch a barrage of attacks at her, pushing her towards the small pond. Teetering on the edge, Maya's eyes widened slightly as the Avatar kicked a larger blast of fire at her. She crossed her arms in front of her and the force of the blast threw her into the cold pond.

Hei and the other Commandos finally managed to stand after Kiara's relentless strikes and noticed that Maya was the only one who was still standing... until she fell into the pond a second ago. Hei kicked his foot and caught the young Avatar by surprise, pushing her onto her side. The other Red Sun Commandos joined him and all simultaneously fired a stream of fire at her.

Kiara quickly stood and extended her hands, catching the powerful attacks.

The Commandos eyes widened as Kiara willed the large mass of flames to move behind her, arms spread. Kiara smirked at their stunned faces and spun her arms around, dispensing the flames and generating lightning at the same time.

Maya pulled herself out of the pond just in time to see Kiara point her fingers at her fellow Commandos, sending a streak of lightning at their feet. The resulting explosion threw the Commandos off their feet and onto the ground.

Maya ran towards the now exhausted Avatar and grabbed her by the arm with her electric gloves.

"Ahhhh!" Kiara screamed in pain as the glove sent electrical currents through her body. Slowly she was forced onto her knees, breathing heavily. She looked up at her attacker and saw that it was the same skilled young girl from before.

Maya froze as she looked the Avatar in the eye. They were filled with anger and pain. What am I doing? This girl was about her age. The United Republic wanted a child chained up and tortured. Was this really right? She thought, never really thinking about this until now. Suddenly, frightened at what she just did, she let go of the Avatar's arm, letting her drop to her hands, still panting softly. Maya stepped back a little, shaking her head. We can't do this... can we?

A Commando fired a stun net at Kiara, which pinned her to the ground and electrocuted her again. "Ahhh!" Kiara screamed, gritting her teeth from the immense pain. Hei walked over to Maya and patted her on the back.

"Good job, Maya. You singlehandedly forced the all powerful Avatar to her knees." Hei said, smiling at her. "That's impressive. Alright men, let's get her back to base.

"Yes, sir."

One of the Commandos picked Kiara up into his arms and they all began to walk towards the base. Maya glanced at the Avatar and saw that she was still slightly breathing heavy, but eyes were still filled with anger. Maya looked away, shaking her head. She thought capturing the Avatar would be exciting and it's all she could think about all day, seeing the hated Avatar in chains. Now she really didn't know what to think.


Kiara opened her eyes, slowly, adjusting to the sudden flood of light. The female United Forces soldiers got the stun net off of her and handcuffed her hands behind her back. Feeling too weak to try and fight back, Kiara just eyed the girl, shaking her head. How could Tuuk Jar possibly force children into a war he created?!

Maya quickly turned away from the Avatar, not liking how she looked at her like that. The whole way back to the base, Maya tried and failed to convince herself that what they're doing was right. The Avatar did attack us. She told herself over and over. No, she was defending herself. We attacked first, we're the enemy to her and the rest of the world.

The Commandos led Kiara through a wide, long hallway, towards the command center. Hei lead them all through a large door at the end of the hall where Admiral Chan was waiting. Two of the Commandos pushed Kiara forward causing her to trip and fall to her knees in front of the smiling Admiral.

"So, this is the great Avatar, Master of all four elements." Chan said, circling Kiara. "Not so powerful without the other elements are you, young Avatar. You're a child." He said, chuckling to himself.

Kiara looked up at him, gritting her teeth in anger. "This child just took down a majority of your men only moments ago." She said, smirking.

Chan laughed. "And look at how that fight ended, Avatar. You're no match for all of my men in this facility. There's no escape." He then turned to Maya. "And I believe her capture wouldn't have happened without this young lady getting the best of you. Your accomplishments must be noted and praised, Maya."

Maya managed a small smile. "Thank you, sir." She said saluting. Once he turned back to Kiara, she dropped the smile and looked down.

So her name is Maya. Kiara thought to herself. Gotta remember that.

Getting more and more annoyed with Chan's constant talking, Kiara began to pull on her chains. "Un-chain me and I'll fight you right now!" She shouted angrily.

Chan stopped in front of her and appeared to be thinking about it. "Ummm, no."

"Why? Afraid you'd get your but kicked by a little girl?" Kiara asked, smirking.

Chan shook his head. "Oh, I'm quite sure I can handle a child. I just don't want to risk you trying to escape. Don't worry, you'll live through this." He said, walking towards the holoprojector. "Barely."

Kiara took a deep breath and let out a powerful blast of fire from her mouth. Chan was hit in the back and sent flying over the holotable and into the wall at the other end of the room.

Hei and another Commando quickly grabbed Kiara's arms and electrocuted her with their gloves. "Ahhh!" She shouted in pain and dropped to her hands again, panting softly.

Chan stood back up and dusted himself off. "Blow all the fire you want, Avatar. There's still no escape. Take her out of my sight." He said, waving his hand dismissively.

Maya and Hei brought Kiara to her feet and dragged her away to her special cell.


Kiara raised her head, looking straight ahead at the steel door in front of her. She was suspended above the ground with chains on her hands and feet. The medium sized room she was in was about 20°, preventing her from firebending. Outside her door were five United Forces soldiers, and Maya, who were guarding her. The entire base was on complete lockdown.

Maya looked at the Avatar from the small, thick glass in the cell door. She could see her eyes staring at the door and looked away. "What's the temperature in there?" She asked one of the soldiers.

"About 20°, it'll probably drop if she causes any problems." One of them answered.

Maya leaned back onto the wall, and stared at her feet in thought. Admiral Chan had ordered that, since she was the one to subdue her, she would help guard the Avatar's cell. She didn't like that one bit, but obeyed his command without hesitation. "Th-This isn't right." She whispered to herself, shaking her head slowly. In only about 3 hours or so. Three hours. Her views on the Avatar had changed dramatically. The Avatar is supposed to be hated. Right? After what Avatar Tu-Li attempted all those years ago, everyone in Republic City hated the powerful Avatar. But... this girl was her age and she would more than likely be subjected to torture and intense interrogations. No one, especially a young girl, should go through that.

No matter how hard Maya tried, and she really tried hard, the Avatar kept creeping back into her head.

This isn't right and you know it!

She deserves it for what Tu-Li did!

What does the former Avatar has to do with this one?! They're completely different people?! Right?


Well, that's that. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

I'm really sorry this chapter took so long. I couldn't figure out how to start of this chapter, but I think it turned out alright.

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