I keep a close watch on this heart of mine I keep my eyes wide open all the time I keep the ends out for the tie that binds Because you're mine, I walk the line

Korra opened her eyes looking over to the horizon she could see the sun touching the ocean in just a few more minutes it would be nightfall.

She lowered her view towards Air Temple Island from her current distance she could just barely see the islands courtyard and if she squinted she could make out the tiny specs of the people running around in a panic at where the Avatar had gone to.

If the Airbenders where to take flight they would probably spot her sitting on top of Aang's giant shoulders.

"Are you alright?"

Korra looked over to the young man who was currently holding her hand. Without his glowing aura around him he was dressed differently. He wore a zipped up black coat, dark orange pants, a pair of black open toed boots, along with a black headband with a metal plate on his forehead. But the thing she couldn't keep her eyes off was his right hand, for some reason he had it covered in wrappings. When he was all glowy she remembered seeing his hand bare so why was it covered now?

Naruto saw what Korra was looking at when she didn't answer his question. Naruto lifted his wrapped arm up. "You want to know what happened."

The Avatar nodded at his statement.

Naruto smiled as he used his wrapped arm to scratch the tip of his nose. "I'll tell you" he turned his head to look into Korra's eyes "if you tell me what happened to your legs."

Korra started to swing said appendages something she wouldn't be able to do a few hours ago. "It's kind of a long story."

"Come on you can just sum it up can't you? Here I'll go first you remember my classmate the one who I always said was the top student at the ninja academy?"

Korra scrunched her face up as the fog in her mind was lifting her time she spent in the forest. "Sas-something."

"ah yeah Sas-something I guess it all started with him."

Air Temple Island

"I knew we couldn't trust that guy!"

All round the court yard a group composed of the new members of the Air Nation, a few officers of the Republic city Police department, a couple of White Lotus Sentries along with Korra's friends and family where panicking for one reason and one reason only the avatar was missing.

"Guy comes from a black hole and just because he's glowing he's supposed to be a good guy." Mako ran his hand through his hair in frustration. After everything they've been through, what Korra had been trough they just lost it all with some stranger taking Korra right form under their noses!

"Calm down Mako I'm sure Naruto just took Korra somewhere quit so they can catch up." Bolin said while looking through a set of binoculars trying to find any sign of where Korra and her apparently childhood imaginary friend flew off to. "You heard Korra they've been friends since they were kids."

"Korra said he was her imaginary friend as in he wasn't real" Mako yelled out in frustration. The young officer made his way towards Senna and Tonraq "Sir" he said addressing Korra's father "did Korra ever mention Naruto to you when she was little."

The chief of the South Pole shook his head but hearing the name caught Senna's attention "Wait did you say Naruto, as in Naruto Uzumaki?"

Mako's head tilted towards Korra's mother "You've heard of him ma'am?"

Senna's look of concern dropped into one of irritation "Mako we've been over this you can call me Senna or even Aunt Senna but don't call me ma'am it makes me sound old."

Tonraq rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment "ah sweaty is now really the time?"

"I suppose your right. It's just hard to believe I always teased Korra when she told me about a boy who would play with her in her dreams. But I had a feeling that was Naruto carrying our daughter when he flew with her out of the temple. She always said he had hair as bright as the sun with a smile even more radiant. I just can't believe he's real."

"I know dear this whole day has been confusing enough."

"I found them!"

All eyes were on Bolin as they looked at the direction he was gazing at, Aang Memorial Island more specifically the giant statue of Anng's shoulder.

"Here let me see!" Ikki jumped onto Bolin's shoulders with her legs dangling off his chest. She grabbed the binoculars and pulled them to her face "He's right they're on grandpa Aang's shoulders!"

Asami who for whatever reason was still pushing Korra's empty wheel chair let go of said chair and pulled out a spy glass from her back pocket and aimed it at statue Aang "It looks like their talking"

The young mechanic turned tycoon put down the spyglass and addressed her ex-boyfriend "You can relax see Korra's not in any danger." She handed the spyglass over to him.

"I hope so" the firebender looked through the glass.

Back to the Shoulder

"….and that's about it. As soon as Sakura stopped the bleeding and we all went back to the village I just had to wait for a week before Granny Tsunade could make me this prostitute arm."

Korra felt her eyes water again. For the past half hour Naruto had given her an abridged version of his battle with the masked man Obito that lead to his bout with Madara that then lead to his confrontation with Kaguya to finally his fight with Saskue.

"I can't believe you went through all that. I can't believe all those battles took place on one day. And I can't really believe you lost your arm on your birth…. Wait? Did you say your prostitute arm?"

Naruto looked at said arm then back to her "Yeah you know my prostitute arm, my fake arm that I….wait it's prosthetic not prostitute I don't know why I keep getting those two words mixed up."

Korra laughed one thing she remembered Naruto always made her laugh when she was either scared or mad he always had a way for her to crack a smile.

"But I don't understand you have healing powers can't you fix your own arm you know like grow a new one?"

"It doesn't work like that I Korra. Believe me the week it took for my new arm to get ready I tried everything to grow a new one I guess my new abilities have limits, I just glade me healing you wasn't one of them."

Korra let go of the hand she was holding and reached over for Naruto's other one. He directed said arm over to her. Korra traced her fingers over the wrappings "So why do you keep it wrapped up like this?"

"It's just easier I don't really like that way it looks under the cloth. The only time I let the wrappings come off is when I'm in my Six Path Mode. When I'm shrouded in chakra my arm goes back to looking like my old one did. But it's not all bad at least this one can do some cool tricks."

"Oh like what."

Naruto smiled as he gently pulled his hand back and concentrated as a series of braches started to grow out of his fingers.

Korra was taken by surprise as the braches quickly grow and surrounded the two of them. She was even more taken back when the grove started to sprout leaves painted in a spectrum of fall and spring colors.

"Wow Naruto this is amazing!" Korra leaned back and used the brush as a cushion. The leaves where a lot softer than normal ones it felt like a bed of fluff.

As the last bits grew out of Naruto's fingers he gently flexed his digits cutting off the connection between his hand and the arrangement that surrounded them. He leveled his hand again and made a head wreath which he placed on Korra.

The avatar placed her hands on the head piece slightly readjust it. Before she could put her hands down she felt something emerge from the wreath. Plucking one of the new phenomenons she held it up to her vison reveling it to be a flower.

Air Temple Island

"I don't believe it!" Ikki shrieked out

"What, what is it did something happen to Korra!" Tenzin asked frantically.

"That glowing boy Naruto gave her a head wreath. And the wreath sprouted a whole bunch of flowers" Ikki explained.

"Really let me see"

Ikki handed the binoculars down to Bolin who adjusted the focusing ring for his eye sight "Wow she's right, this Naruto guys really classy." Boling passed the binoculars back to Ikki while addressing his brother "You know Mako if you did romantic stuff like that I'm pretty sure Korra wouldn't have dumped you"

The stoic firebender turned red "Korra didn't dump me it was mutual." He said keeping his voice even.

"It wasn't mutual she dumped you." Asami deadpanned "And Bolin's right you never gave me any flowers when we dated either you might make a note of that in the future so your next girlfriend don't dump you like me and Korra."

Mako ran his hand down his face in frustration. "Ok can we all stop focusing on me and figure out how we're getting Korra down from there."

"Naruto will bring Korra down when there done catching up" Senna stated as she he held up a spare spyglass Asami had lent her "If half the stories on what Korra told me about Naruto are true then we have nothing to worry about."

"Tenzin what do you think should we go and get Korra or do you think she'll be ok up there." Mako asked the air master.

Ikki had handed the binoculars to her to her father. "I agree with Senna. When Korra's ready she'll have Naruto bring her down." The old master returned the binoculars back to his daughter. A small tear rolled down his cheek and touch his smiling face. "I'm just happy Korra's laughing again."

Pema walked beside her husband and placed her hand on his shoulder. Tenzin placed his own on top of Pema's as they embraced half way.

"pff she's probably laughing at the wreath right now I bet Korra's telling that guy that it's corny." Mako said under his breath.

Korra and Naruto

Naruto narrowed his eyes "what do you mean it's corny?"

Korra giggled at the face Naruto was making "I'm sorry but come on a wreath made out of flowers. Come one what am I supposed to be the princess of the forest or something."

Naruto couldn't help but smile as well "I don't know you were pretty bossy back in that forest you might as well have been the princess of it."

Korra lightly nudged him in the arm "You mean the warrior princess don't you."

"Your right warrior princes" Naruto leaned over to her his ocean blue eyes connecting with Korra's sky blue. "And what princess is without her champion." He said in a smooth sexy voice or at least a mock one.

Korra couldn't help but giggle "You mean my whiskered champion" she touched the marks on Naruto's cheeks tracing her fingers on the impressions.

Naruto shivered form Korra's touch he moved his own hands to Korra's face. Only to pull back his right hand in embarrassed due to its deformity. It seemed he wasn't a hundred present behind his new appendage.

Lucky for him Korra wasn't so appalled she let go off one of his cheeks to guild his new hand over to her lips. She gently kissed the tips of his fingers not showing any sign of hesitation what so other.

Naruto felt his heart beat faster as his bloods started to brighten his face. His stomach twisted and ran cold as Korra stopped her cluster of affection and guild Naruto's hand to her face. She grasped Naruto's bare jowl, she couldn't take her eyes off his.

Air Temple Island

"I think they're going to kiss!" Asami cried out getting everyone's attention on the two heroes.

"Should we really be watching this?" Bolin asked only to get a "YES!" as the general consensus of everyone in the court yard.

"Oh this is just like a romance novel" Jinora sighed as she shared a pair of binoculars with her friend Kai. Each of them was looking through one of the eye piece their faces just as close to each other as Korra and Naruto's. "I just hope this doesn't end the same why as the last story I read."

"Why?" the new Airbender besides her asked "what happened did they get eaten by a dragon or something?" he asked half joking

"No it's just that sometimes the author would really agitate the reader by delaying the kiss to the next chapter or a few chapters later by pushing back it with a flashback arc."

"oh yeah" Kai agreed "what kind of jerk does that."