A/N: Hello again :) I'm so glad you guys liked my last chapter! I'm sorry it took me so long to update, it took me a while to decide how everything was going to happen… and I was watching Shane Dawson's older videos…he's awesome XD BTW I'm sorry about the cliff hanger and all, but I won't be posting anything about that until next chapter…Sorry T.T but I have to give Korra's POV once more. PLEASE forgive me and read this chapter :) I hope you like it~~

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Korra's POV

"You got…what?" Asami asked confused, now letting go of my arms. Damn does she have a grip! I rubbed my arms where she had grabbed them and I looked up, trying to think of an answer to her question. I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly.

"Um, yeah. That's what happened," I said, sounding extremely improbable. She looked at me very skeptically. I can tell by now that I was going to get one hell of a lecture after I tell her all of this. Oh gosh, how would she react to my "boyfriend" being Mako? I just pray that Aang's spirit is here to protect me from the impact of her reaction to that.

"Korra. I meant explain the bruises, silly. Although, I would love to hear about that later," she said, trying to calm herself down. I tried thinking of a way to explain this to her without her flipping the fuck out again. I couldn't just say "Hey Asami, I'm going out with a gang member so all of my friends and family don't get attacked." She'd explode. I sighed and prepared myself. But I had to get her to calm down completely before I told her about all of the recent events.

"Alright, I can explain, but before I do, you're going to have to chill. Ok?" I told her, putting a comforting hand on her shoulder. I smiled at her.

"I'm fine, so calm down," I added. It took her a while but she eventually nodded and sat on the couch. I sat beside her and tried to tell her as little as I could about Mako being a gang member. I prepared half of the truth. I breathed in real deep and began; with one piece at a time.

"Well, I did go down Haruka Street first off," I admitted slowly. She was about to say something before I added really quickly;

"Of course, I didn't mean to, I was just thinking a lot and I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." Asami raised an eyebrow at me, not really believing me. This is going to be a long day.

"Honestly, I really didn't know," I repeated, and she just shrugged and sat back again, letting me go on.

"Well, when I realized that I wasn't on the right side of town again, I turned and tried to go back before these three men came out of nowhere and…" I said, slowing to a stop because I knew this is probably where the bombs are going to drop. She looked at me incredulously and she sat up alarmed.

"Did they do anything to you?" she demanded, grabbing my arm again. I looked down and saw a flashback of that specific event go past my eyes again. It was really scary for me. I had never been in a situation like that. The city must really be dangerous. I'm very grateful that Mako came though, even if I did flip out on him at first.

"No, they didn't. I promise you Asami, they didn't," I said, trying to convince her before she got any wild assumptions. But she already did because she stood up and looked like she was about to attack somebody. Let the explosions commence.

"Then explain the bruises on your arms, Korra! Who were the guys that did this to you? I'll find them and-" she started to scream at me before I jerked her back down on the couch. I grabbed both of her shoulders and made her look at me.

"I. Am. Fine." I said slowly, trying to get it through her thick, now clouded skull. She slowly calmed down and began breathing regularly. I went back to where I left off.

"They had some bad intentions, I'll admit that. But they didn't do anything to me. They were going to but then someone came in and saved me…" I explained, stopping again to wait for her reaction. She looked at me relieved, now relaxing.

"Thank goodness. I'm glad you didn't get hurt too bad. So who saved you?" She asked, purely interested. At least she's calm now. I smiled, relieved as well. I wonder how she's going to take this part though…

"Mako Tamotsu," I said dragging the words out slowly, because I knew she and Mako were already having some kind of problem already; I wonder how she'll react to this. But instead of her immediately assuming things, she stops and looks at me blankly. But then I see a concentrated look her eyes, like she's putting pieces of a puzzle together. Then her eyes go wide with a bunch of emotions mixed together and she stands up and looks at me like she's about to attack someone again. Except this time, it was more deadly. I shivered.

"NO! NO NO NO!" She started shouting at me. What did I do this time? I stood up and put my hands on my hips, wondering what kind of bull shit she came up with this time.

"What is it, Asami?" I asked, worried. I thought she was going to scream at me again, but instead, she says in a very calm tone;

"Korra, I know what you're going to say. Mako saved you from the bad guys. You were impressed by his "bravado" so you asked him out and he said yes." Wow. I didn't even have to make up a story. Kind of cheesy but thanks Asami. Before I could respond,

"But you can't! You can't do that, Korra. He's not the kind of guy you want to be with, he comes from a dangerous place and…and…" Uh oh. She started looking down at the ground and I could see that same look that she had when she looked at Mako earlier today. Her eyes were filled with sadness, nostalgia and apologies. Wait…I think I get it now.

"You used to go out with Mako." I said, not even bothering to ask about that very conspicuous detail. I could just tell they must've had a really close connection a long time ago, Mako and Asami. I guess she didn't think I'd find out because she looked up, shocked that I found out. But she nodded slightly, looking down again. Oh no, Asami…

"Why didn't you tell me today?" I asked, very baffled. She kept her head down.

"Because I didn't think it would matter. But now, it really does. Korra, you can't date him…I don't know how to tell you this but…he's a part of the Triple Threat Triad." Holy shit, she knows! I looked at her in disbelief.

"You…know?" I said slowly. Now she jerked her head up to look at me, shocked again. Before she could ask any more questions, I heard her phone beep in her pocket. We both gasped at the sound, being used to the familiar quietness of the Air Temple. She pulled it out and looked at it and grabbed her bag slowly.

"Hey, my mom's worried sick about me not being at home by now, I got to go. We" she said pointing at me and back to herself.

"Are going to have a serious conversation tonight about all of this." She said before leaving out the front door. I was about to go after her outside with many questions before I saw a familiar figure far outside my window. I stopped and looked down to see Bolin earthbending a gate up from a tunnel across the street where the water goes down on rainy days. He looks beside him both ways then going inside quickly, shutting the gate as well. I didn't want Asami wrapped up in the trouble I was probably going to get into, so I waited until she left until I went after him. I soon made it down to the front of the tunnel and looked to see if anyone was around. Once the coast was clear, I earthbent the gate up and back down like Bolin did once I got inside. I turned around to see nothing but to see the darkness of the tunnel. I lit up a fire in my hand and was going to keep walking before I saw another figure in the tunnel looking back at me. That must've been Bolin! He turned around and ran away quickly.

"Hey!" I shouted after him, now running. I eventually made it close enough towards him to pounce on them. He yelled and fell to the ground under me. I lit up another fire to see Bolin looking up at me, very surprised.

"Bolin?" I asked very confused as to why he would come down here. He looked up confused as well, trying to get up. He laughed a bit though, trying to lighten up the mood.

"Hey Korra, what brings you down here?" He asked, as we both got up off the wet floors of the tunnel.

"I could ask the same thing," I replied with a grin, raising an eyebrow at him, expecting an explanation. He looked at me and smiled sheepishly.

"Well…can you keep a secret?" he asked quietly, even though I'm pretty sure there's no one near where we're at…is there?

"Yeah!" I replied. It's not like I have enough secrets to keep already. Oh, wait. He smiled at me and grabbed my hand.

"Follow me then," he instructed, pulling me along with him. We walked down the tunnel in silence until we got to an end. We saw four other tunnels ahead of us, and we went down the first one on the right.

"So…where exactly are we going?" I asked, dying with curiosity. He saw this and laughed a bit, winking at me.

"Like I said before, it's a secret. I'll tell you when we get there," he promised, smiling. Before long, we made it to the end of the tunnel to see a bunch of people crowded around a large body of water surrounding a large fighting ring in the center of the spacious room. I looked at everything in awe. It was like a secret underground Probending arena! Bolin seemed amused by my expression, looking at everything.

"This," he said, running his hand in the air, gesturing to all everything.

"Is like a Probending Arena. Except here, the people here are a lot more talented, in my opinion. Of course, most of them are from gangs, and they gamble a lot…" he said again, smiling shamefaced. I never imagined Bolin would be in anything like this. I'm surprised.

"Why would you be down here when you can watch a real Probending match? You could get hurt or jumped by one of these crazies, can't you?" I said, almost whispering towards Bolin. He blinked a few times at me, a little startled by my question. He laughed more and put a reassuring hand on my shoulder.

"Haha, I know. But as you know, Probending matches cost a lot of money, and well, I don't exactly have that kind of cash. Plus there's a strict rule around here preventing any fights outside the ones in the ring. So we'll be fine," he affirmed. But that wasn't the only thing that was bothering me. The gambling; I'm sure the people fighting (who're most likely in a gang) would be pretty pissed when they lost and would attack the other outside of these matches. I know, it sounds petty but pretty legit when it comes to them.

"I fight in these every once in a while. Most of the time, I just watch. But when I do fight, I never really take the money," he explained. So he's a bender? Should've guessed, I mean, his brother is a bender as well. But I asked anyways.

"So, I'm assuming you're a bender?" I asked, looking at him curiously. He smirked a little deviously beside me. Oh spirits. I then felt the floor suddenly elevate on the heel my right foot; I fell forward and tripped straight into Bolin's muscular chest, him catching my shoulders to keep me from "falling." That little shit. He really is a flirt, huh? I smiled though, pulled back quickly and blushed a bit.

"Um, I-I'm guessing you're a-an earthbender," I stammered. Dammit Korra, you're doing it again. He grinned, pleased by my reaction. Him and Mako, they just love to fuck with me. Yup, they're brothers alright. Bolin then pointed at his chest, which was now buffing up with pride.

"That's right! I'd say I'm pretty good myself too," he commended on himself. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms across my chest.

"Is that so? We should spar sometime then! I'd love to see what you got," I requested, smiling a little. His green eyes lit up with excitement.

"That'd be awesome! But seeing that you're the, well," suddenly become very quiet and whispered

"the avatar and all, I don't think it'd be a fair challenge," he said in his normal voice again. I put my hands on my hips in disapproval. I play fair!

"Oh come on! I'll only use water bending then, if that makes things fair," I assured him. I really did wonder how good of a bender he was. Maybe this'll be fun. He looked at me skeptically, then smiled brightly and grabbed my hand once again.

"Let's go then!" Wait, what? He started pulling me through the large crowd of people, me stumbling along with him.

"What are you doing?" I tried to yell over the shouts and cheers of the people. He laughed loudly and kept pulling me past the many people towards the ring. Wait, we're going to fight right now? At this place?

"You'll see," he said, winking at me again. He pulled me upstairs and inside a room separate from the big crowd and ring, and walked up to a man who seemed to be in charge of all the fights. Bolin talked to him for a bit and made some agreements with the man and soon, he towed me over and I saw a tall man with a strange beard.

"What's your name, sweetheart?" the man said, looking me up and down slowly. I had the strongest temptation to knock the shit out of this guy. But I didn't want to get Bolin into any trouble, so I just clenched my fists at my side and ignored this guy's wandering eyes.

"Ko-" Bolin elbowed me and coughed, giving me a look that said I really shouldn't say my name. Oh! I forgot; they can't know I'm the avatar.

"Ko- Kotori, I'm a waterbender" I answered a little uncertainly. The man looked at me a little doubtfully but he just shrugged and went back to his co-workers. We walked back outside and Bolin shook his head at me.

"Korra, you've got to be careful, you can't let people like this know you're the avatar around here," he warned me. Woops. I honestly wasn't really thinking about that. Oh well, I guess I'll only be bending water this time. I can do it. I then heard a voice coming out of the large speakers above our heads.

"Now next up, the one and only Bolin; the flirtatious earthbender!" Bolin looked up and blushed brightly, shocked by the name they gave him. The co-workers died with laughter up on the 2nd floor; they must know Bolin well. I giggled a bit as well. I never giggle. I must be really damn excited.

"Versus, the lovely waterbender Kotori!" the announcer said in a grand tone. I blushed a bit at the name. I then heard a few people walk toward us, giving us a helmet and some body armor. And seeing that the fight was only 3 minutes a match, we just put it on over our clothes. Then Bolin nodded his head towards the elevator that lead to the tall arena, motioning for me to follow him. I smiled and walked with him towards the small looking elevator. As we both went up in the air, I heard the people below us cheering and shouting again. I just smiled and looked down the whole time.

"Hey," Bolin said, nudging me. I looked over and saw his hand held out towards me.

"May the best man, or lady, win. And no harsh feelings afterwards" he said, smiling at me. I smiled back, took his hand and shook it.

"Alright," I agreed. We soon made it to the top and we stepped onto the platform that brought us closer to the large arena. I saw that the arena looked like almost like a replica of the real thing. The people here must have a lot of money to make something as secret as this authentic. We soon made it to the arena and we went to our spots; waiting for the announcer to start the match. I got prepared; fists up front, and becoming very aware. I am a water bender and ONLY a water bender. I have to keep saying that so I don't screw up and accidently firebend him off the platform. I breathed in and out slowly, getting ready.

"Are you ready?" a man on a tall platform above the ring calls out through a microphone. We nod and he blows the whistle. Let the fight begin. Before I could bend water up and out, Bolin already had two earth disks flying right at me. I quickly dodged each of them before bending water out of the narrow vents beneath me and sent it flying at his upper torso. He dodged it as well as he threw three more all heading straight at me, doing a few rigorous moves as he did so. Damn, he's not bad at all.

I flipped up into the air, avoiding each of the disks and bent water up with me and kicked it fiercely at the next two disks he fired at me. The rapid speed of the water broke the two disks in half, while I bent more water into my hands and shot it fervently towards him. Bolin noticed this and panicked; I smirked a bit. He narrowly escaped my attack before spinning and hurling another storm of earth disks my way. I flipped a few times, evading each one just barely. I bended another sufficient amount of water in my hands, having to try my damnest to hold onto it while dodging each of his attacks. I then got a really clever idea; while he was launching those disks at me, I flipped over and held myself up with both hands as two disks passed by me briskly, and whirled myself around quickly, using my feet to send the water soaring hastily at him. I flipped back up to see him lying on the ground two zones away, two earth disks laying fruitlessly at his sides. Haha! I can do this only using water!

"Woohoo!" I yelled, laughing and jumping in the air exhilarated. Man, it's been so long since I've been in a real fight! Being with Tenzin, he's always telling me to relax and not fight, because air is peaceful. But I've told him a million times; I'm not peaceful. I looked around to see many cheering people around me, all whooping and calling. I then heard the whistle go off.

"Knock out! Round one goes to," he stops, looking at a paper in his hand,

"Kotori!" he exclaims, and I see Bolin is now up, his eyes wide with surprise. I grinned at him and crossed my arms a little smug. Who did he think he was dealing with? I'm the avatar! He smiled back and then pulled his arms in, hands now balled into fists. I did the same, adjusting my stance to prepare myself for the next round.

But before we could continue the fight, I heard the screams become more…urgent; like they were in pain. I got out of my stance and looked over to see an array of lightning going around the crowd. Wait, that can't be right… I then saw a bunch of black suited people with strange yellow-green goggles and sword-like tasers, shocking people in the crowd. What is this? I thought there were no fights outside the ring! But, this looked more like a…war. I looked around to see the ninja-like people putting up a large poster saying "The Revelation." What the…hell? Is this another gang? Before I could think, I heard a familiar voice cry out in pain close to me. I saw one of the strange people electrify Bolin with the large tasers and start to carry him away. No!

"Bolin!" I cried out stupidly. He was now lying on the ground unconscious. I ran towards him before two other black cloaked men jumped in front of me, those tasers radiating with electricity. They both tried jabbing me, but I sprung into the air, running towards Bolin. The two men ran swiftly after me. I knocked the shit out of this guy's head and he fell to the ground. I then grabbed Bolin's arms and flung him over my back. Man, was he heavy! I ran as fast as my feet would carry me towards the end of the spacious fighting arena and saw a long rope with a small platform on it a few feet away.

I heaved myself (along with Bolin) towards the rope recklessly, and I just barely grabbed it before seeing the two strangers jump after me. And without thinking, I used one hand to bend a large flame of fire behind me to push myself towards the exit. But before I knew it, I was escalading towards a banister on the second floor. I ended up almost hitting it, so I stopped bending the fire behind me. But then I looked up to see a man that looked almost the same as the ninja's; except this man had a hood and a mask. But what really got to me was this man's penetrating eyes; even in the shadows of his hood, I felt them boring through my skin. And I swear, I could just barely hear this man say

"I'm coming for you," just before I fell back away from the banister. I became dazed for a second by what he said but I quickly realized the situation I was in, and saw all the tasers blaring fiercely below me. I then got an idea and bent all the water below the arena around me and made it swarm the floor beneath me as I quickly propelled us towards the tunnel we first entered. I soon saw the light at the end of the tunnel and earthbent the gate up and back down as I passed through it.

I dropped Bolin carelessly to the ground so I could actually breathe. Oh shit, those men could be coming after us any second! I summoned the water into my hands hurriedly and enveloped the gate with it; freezing at least 3 inches of water onto the gate. That should hold them. I picked Bolin up again and hauled our asses out of there before they could find us. I ran at least three blocks before I dropped to the ground, exhausted.

"Ugh," I heard Bolin groan and turn uncomfortably on the ground. Oh shut up, you didn't do anything to be groaning! I prodded him with my foot a little ruff. He suddenly jerked himself up so fast, I'm sure he got whiplash. He looked around him, freaked out. He turned to me and saw me breathing heavily from the long run. He looked so confused, he looked like a little five year old, his green eyes wide with wonder; it was almost adorable.

"What – How – " he tried to ask. I grinned widely at his flustered expression. It took him a minute, but I waited, trying my best not to laugh.

"What happened?" He asked, extremely weirded out. I saw a flashback of the recent events and there was one thing I was stuck on. The man with the mask…Who was he? And why is he coming after me? And most of all; why do I feel like those sinister, piercing eyes are still boring into my back?

A/N: Holy shit that was a long ass chapter! XD oh gosh guys, IF YOU'RE CONFUSED ABOUT THE SETTINGS OF THIS CHAPTER, READ THIS! 1. The tunnel that Bolin went in (in this chapter) is similar to the tunnel that Lin, Mako, Asami, Bolin and Tenzin first went in to find Korra in episode 9. 2. The arena looked a lot like the Probending Arena, except darker and looked like Hiroshi's underground lair. Okay, that's all :) I'm sorry for my amateur writing skills when it comes to fighting scenes ;_; please forgive me. I REALLY hope you like this chapter; I spent a long time on it :P Thanks for reading! Please review; let me know what you think :)