A/N: This was fun :) AMENDMENT: Oops! Somehow Ch.4 got cut off. Sorry about that! It should be fine now :)
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~Whoo hoo~
"Whoooo hoooo!" Korra whooped as she flipped in the air, hardly having to flex and push off the ground, but still managing to do an aerial. Air made it a little too easy. She spun her hands above her head and brought them down in a twirl to form Aang's famous air ball scooter. "Whooo!"she had a few reasons to be happy today.
Jinora and Tenzin sat meditating at the steps just before the large open area Korra was practicing on, Jinora's younger siblings behind them supposedly meditating as well. This was their way of relaxing and Korra was doing hers. Tenzin's brow twitched in slight irritation as Korra zoomed by back and forth, the Doppler effect getting on his nerves:
WhoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo! hoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!
Jinora smiled and let one eye open watching the avatar fly around. Korra bent some earth at two sides of the practice area, making a U shape in the middle and started ramping the air ball up one side then the other doing different flips at each apex. A huge grin spread on Jinora's face as she watched the avatar go back and forth, back and forth. She sprung up in an instant, a little air assisting her and she bolted for the ramps. Like kitten-foxes coming out of a whole one at a time her siblings popped up one at a time, following with grins plastered on all of their faces. Tenzin opened his eyes, knowing something was up and upon seeing the avatar fling a giggling Iki into the air his eyes went wide, one brow twitching again. "Korra!" They didn't hear over their whoops and laughter.
Tenzin scrubbed his face with a sigh. Korra was so unlike herself when it came to spiritual training. She was so gung-ho and head-on about everything else she did. He even thought she'd have air-bending training mastered by the end of the month, but with the spiritual side of things...
Jinora suddenly landed at one edge of the ramp, the only one of them all not popping around like popcorn. Tenzin frowned, wondering what she was doing as she took a lotus position and seemed to concentrate. Suddenly a spirit the size of Oogi came bolting for the crowd of children and the avatar. His eyes went wide with fear until Jinora air bent up the ramp, landing on the spirits back, giggling.
He chuckled to himself. Kids.
Pema sat down beside Tenzin with the new baby, nuzzling her nose to Rohtan's and cooing. Tenzing's smile grew wider as he wrapped an arm around her and made faces at his youngest. Rohan's grey-green eyes dazzled him. Beautiful, just beautiful. Life…a miracle.
SMACK!
Tenzin winced at his brother's idea of a friendly pat on his back. He coughed. "Cheh! Good morning, Bumi."
"Hey Bro, what's the plan today?"
"Avoid you," Tenzin mumbled.
"What?" Bumi…well, boomed.
"Nothing. What about you? Kya?"
"Nah, we're still in vacation mode, Ten-ten." Kya said behind Bumi, her hands folded at her waist as she leaned on one hip.
"Do not call me that!" Tenzin said curtly.
His sister and brother sniggered and he became red-faced until he heard his wife chuckle too. He looked down, smiling again. "Is something funny, Pema?"
Pema tucked in her lips and shook her head.
That made him chuckle. He kissed her forehead and then looked back down at Rohan. "Say, do you feel like having a day to ourselves?"
Pema's brows knit. "Of course I do, Tenzin, but there are these little badger-mole-children that just seem to pop out of nowhere everywhere I look," she waved her free hand around with a smirk on her face.
Tenzin chuckled again. "I'm serious. I bet Kya would watch—"
"No way, Bro," Kya interrupted his thoughts. "I gotta go pick up Mom today remember? She wanted to come help train Korra with her spirit-bending."
"Oh, right, right." Tenzin said a little sadly. "Well," he caressed Pema's chin. "Maybe Mom will want to watch them some time when she's visiting."
An all too innocent whistle came from Bumi's direction and he raised a brow at his older brother. "Bumi?"
"I just, you know," Bumi pouted a little, kicking the dirt. "Could watch them sometime."
Pema and Tenzin turned to look at each other at the same time with matching expressions of fear, their eyes wide and they turned back to say together "NO!"
Bumi pouted some more. "Ah, come on! I never get time alone with them. They always want Kya to bend and I get pushed aside."
Pema's expression softened a little "Well…"
Tenzin turned on her. "What? You can't be serious, Pema! The temple will be in ruins when we get back if we let him—"
"Ohhhh," Pema scolded him a little, touching his nose playfully. "Come on. He took care of you a bunch when you were growing up, right? Your parents were so busy. You turned out fine," she smiled with hope in her eyes.
Tenzin shook his head, "only because Kya could water-bend the fires out."
"And because you were never fun enough to make any real trouble anyway," Bumi retorted.
Kya laughed at her brothers.
"Well," Pema thought for a second, "what if Korra and Asami helped out as well? Would that make you feel better about leaving?"
Tenzin turned, stroking his beard in thought. "Are they..uh…I mean, I try not to pay attention, but I know they were both dating that Mako kid for a while. Do you think they'd cooperate enough?"
Pema stifled a smirk. "Oh, yes," she said without giving anything away. "They'll be fine."
Tenzin gave a slightly devious smile. He enjoyed torturing the avatar a little too much. He knew she wasn't too keen on babysitting duties, but she'd agreed to do it whenever they liked since she had room and board for free. They gave her a bit of spending money for it too to sweeten the deal. "Oh Korra!" he sounded downright giddy as he left to go let the avatar know their plans.
Pema chuckled after him when she saw Korra's eyes dart around, looking for escape. Tenzin always got that smart ass grin on his face when he wanted her to babysit.
She started to run, but he caught her in a well-controlled tornado and when the avatar's head slumped, Pema knew she had a date. She looked down at Rohtan. "Ah, I'll miss you, Sweetheart. But I'll see you later."
Rohtan giggled up at her, totally entrancing her until he tugged on a strand of her hair. "Ow! Oof, you're definitely my son."
She heard a gentle chuckle behind her and turned to see Asami. She smiled warmly. "Morning, Hon." She quirked a mischievious brow. "How'd you sleep."
Asami merely smiled and shook her head at Pema. She wasn't too easy to ruffle up. No matter. The avatar would just about die if she teased her at all today. Pema watched as Asami's eyes caught something and the young woman's cheeks became painted in a slight sakura color. She turned and wasn't surprised that Asami had spotted Korra. Korra's pout dissipated immediately in the distance and she gave an enthusiastic wave. Asami chuckled and waved her fingers back, biting her lip.
"Ooh, you got it bad," Pema laughed at her.
Asami's eyes widened, remembering Pema. She smiled at her. "Guess so."
Korra came running up to them. "Hey!"
Asami's eyes brightened as they met Korra's. "Good morning, Korra. How did you sleep?"
Korra pouted with a little huff, stepping back and crossing her arms. "How do you think?"
Pema laughed and Korra couldn't help a grin. "Hey thanks for being so cool last night, Pema. You know we wouldn't…I mean…"
"Make me no promises, Avatar," Pema raised a skeptic brow. "Just don't wake any of the kids up so I have to get up and we're square."
Korra rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly before Pema leaned in. "So when did you two—"
"Are you ready, Pema?" Tenzin interrupted with a giant smile for his wife. The guy was such a sucker when it came to her. How many kids were they on now and he still looked at her that way?
The avatar smiled at Asami at the thought until she realized she'd be stuck on the island all day, babysitting a bunch of very hard to round up kids.
Asami saw the sudden pout take to Korra's lips and stepped closer to her as Tenzin and Pema discussed what they were going to do. "You ok?"
"Yeah," Korra sighed dramatically. "Tenzin's making me baby-bend today."
"You mean babysit?" Asami smiled.
"Nope!" Korra said the word with a pop and turned her own mischieveous smile on Asami. Asami chuckled under breath. "I have to check in at one of the factories today. Would you…like me to pick you up?"
Korra thought about it for a few seconds too long, making the heiress nervous.
The green-eyed girl tilted her head. "Korra?"
"Oh! Sorry, I was just thinking about what we should do," she smiled.
Chuckling, Asami reached for her hand. "I could see the gears turning."
Korra bumped her hip playfully with her own. "Any ideas, Miss I've Lived Here My Whole Life?"
A corner of Asami's lips pulled. "As a matter of fact, yes."
"Do I need to dress up at all."
"Um…" Asami pondered.
"What?"
"Well," Asami smirked at her. "Wear something you don't mind getting sweaty in."
Korra's eyes grew about five times their normal size and her cheeks showed a faint brush of pink.
Asami laughed at the sight. "Take it easy, Avatar, you'll see."
Korra's eyes did not get any narrower. In fact, they might have gotten wider.
"Korra?"
Tenzin's voice brought Korra crashing back down to reality and she tore her dilated eyes from Asami. "Yeah?"
"Temple's yours and Bumi's."
"What!?" Korra looked exasperated. "You didn't tell me I was going to be watching Bumi too! He's worse that all the kids combined!"
Pema chuckled and patted her shoulder. "Good luck, Hon. Think of it this way," she laughed in Kya's direction who she knew would appreciate the joke. "You can water-bend all the fires out."
Korra scrubbed her face from her brow to her chin in an uncharacteristically Tenzin-esque fashion.
Squeezing the avatar's hand, Asami purred into her ear. "I'll see you tonight, Avatar."
Korra's agitation, and pretty much everything else she'd ever known or felt left her consciousness as she melted a little. She was going to say something, but felt Asami's lips peck hers. All she could do was watch dumbly as her favorite sight in the four nations walked away.
She heard an impressed whistle behind her and turned slowly in slight horror.
Iki's eyes were wide then she gave a wide grin. "Does this mean Mako's available?"
Korra scowled. "That and about ten years too old for you."
Iki stuck her tongue out and took off on an air-ball scooter.
The avatar chased after her, smiling a little as she day-dreamed about later that day.
