I'm sorry about the confusion and having this chapter all over the place. I have re-edit this. Hope it's better.
Thanks for your reviews. And here is the ages of some of the characters. Also with Ace, she has a Dutch twist, so all her 's' will be replaced with 'z'. Just try to think of a heavy accent.
Asami: 124
Korra: 21
Mako: 23
Bolin: 22
Opal: 23
Ace (Ansie Uys – un-sea ace): 25
Kai: 20
Chapter Seven:
"Do you think the wolf would still be around here?" Korra asked as she followed Asami towards the old stone church. "I hope so, he reminded me a lot of you and in a way helped us and helped save the town." Asami explained and she looked at Korra with a thankful smile.
"What?" Korra asked confused by the look Asami gave her, the young Hybrid shifted from one foot to the other looking at herself. Korra was still covered in dried up blood with some of it wiped off partially. After Korra broke down in Asami's arm the Vampire suggested they should go home, Korra declined and said she wanted to go for a long walk and go look for the wolf pup.
Asami's heart leaped and she pulled Korra into a tight hug, holding onto her as if her life depended on it. Korra was shocked by this movement but embraced the hug rubbing Asami's back. "I thought I lost you. I thought I would never see your stupid irresistible grin again. I was on the verge of madness." Asami confessed.
"I ain't going nowhere, and to be apart from you was more torture than that dammed dagger." Korra said honestly with a sour bark of laughter. Asami pulled away from the hug and again lose herself in the sight of seeing the love of her life again, those cobalt blue eyes. "Gosh, Korra I love you so much." Asami pulled her in for a deep kiss. When she let go of Korra, the tanned woman had a sheepish expression and a lopsided smile.
"Mm." Korra purred. A bark broke both of their attentions and a white pup ran up to them as if it had known them its entire life. The wolf ran up to Asami and rubbed itself like a cat around her legs and then went to sit right next to Korra.
Korra bent down and rubbed the wolf behind its' ears earning a purr and down its' back and saw how the eyes closed in delight, the pup rolled over onto it's back exposing her belly. "It's a girl." Korra said and she gave her a belly rub.
Again to their surprise the wolf somewhat purred almost like Korra does. "Where's your pack, girl." Korra asked the pup. As if it understood Korra, the pup sat up and pressed her cold nose to Korra. Asami stroke the white head and behind the ears. Korra's blue eyes seemed to shine for a moment. "We're your family." Korra stated and picked up the pup.
"What's her name?" Asami asked when she fell into step with Korra. "I think I'll call her Naga." Korra said as she looked at Naga's brown eyes. "I like it." Asami nodded
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Asami was fixing her breakfast by the buffet early in the morning, alone, everyone had their own different schedules in the mornings, some mornings Yasuko would go into town with the staff to buy all the necessities for the Castle.
Her mother may not have a career but she rules the Castle, where Hiroshi rules his business with an iron fist. Yasuko rarely sees herself above her staff members and treat them all equally. She even sometimes help out with the housework that is when she is not busy entertaining the other highborn house wives.
Hiroshi would always be early out to his office and working on all the patent rights, financing papers, board meetings. He would reserve weekends for family, that is if he is not on a business trip. He did however always make time for his family.
He can be the most caring and humble man at home, at business… let us just agree that he did earn either respect or fear from his employees and peers alike. No one messes with a Sato. He made certain of that.
Tonraq would be out of the town early in the morning out to oversee his iron mines and the factory melting the irons out of the rocks and cut them up into the appropriate shapes and sizes. He would return to the Castle for dinner and again away in the early hours of the mornings.
Asami recalled the one morning she caught Senna and Tonraq, giggling and laughing in hushed tones like young teenagers. Asami knew she shouldn't pry but how could she resist? Senna would tease her husband, he would rush into her arms forgetting what he was supposed to do, and then Senna would remind him, shooing him away.
Tonraq would whine just like his daughter and sloshed back to his horse and then Senna would run up to him, giving him a tight long hug, releasing a purr similar to Korra's and Tonraq would melt into her warm embrace and give her a deep kiss and then out of playfulness nibble her neck making her squirm and giggle. Asami could have died by the sweetness of their interactions. She wondered if even after being together for a hundred years if Korra would still feel the same about her.
Senna would be around most of the mornings and always helped out in the kitchen staff. In addition, if Asami may say so that woman can cook indeed. Senna and Tonraq was about to move out of the Castle, however Yasuko would have none of it, saying this Castle is big enough for all of them and hundred more, and she wasn't exaggerating. Asami was thankful because she wasn't sure if she would live without Senna's cooking.
Korra would struggle to get up in the mornings and Asami was certain if she didn't wake her up, the hybrid will not be at her workshop until after midday, leaving poor Kai in charge of her well-oiled but stubborn team of blacksmiths or are they boilermakers now or wielders... Asami would just call them the metal clan.
Naga would always be around Korra, she was only allowed in some of the stores of the town, who could blame them? That wolf was massive! Bolin had to get help from both Asami and Korra to expand his pub to accommodate the large beast and his customers.
Asami would work in the office along side her father, occasionally, but most of her time she would work in the factory tinkering and working hand in hand with her co-workers there. She would sometimes lose track of time entirely, then she would hear howling of her lover, Naga and her work wife, Ace - a mixed Dutch Lycan, who at first's accent was so heavy that Asami could barely make out any word she said. Asami had to learn Dutch herself and proper English to Ace.
Asami sat down at the smaller dining table and started with her breakfast. She would get so engrossed with her inventing, drawing up plans and tinkering that her Father would literally have to drag Asami out of the factory and ban her for a whole day.
Asami sipped on her tea and she shook her head thinking of last night. Korra, Mako and Naga came waltzing in to her and Ace's workshop, just to remind their significant others of the time. Ace said farewell and left with Mako. Asami said she would almost be done she just want to quickly wrap up one last thing before leaving. Korra nodded and gave Asami a sweet kiss and rested with her back against Naga.
Her father flashed in the early morning hours and found Korra and Naga in deep sleep on the wolf's dirty blanket and Asami drawing on blue prints. He scolded her like a child in a slight humorous manner and pulled her out by her arm out, Korra and Naga awkwardly followed them out. Hiroshi said that he better not see her at the factory again until Monday.
So Asami had a long weekend. And if she wasn't allowed to work today she would go and tease her friends throughout the day. Senna came in the room and greeted Asami as she made her way to the buffet.
"What is your plans for your forced off day, dear?" Senna asked Asami with a warm smile. Asami loved Senna. She love the Lycan's twisted humor and her calming wisdom and patience.
"I am debating whether I should tease some of my friends, spend the whole day in the library, join you and my mother and the other ladies for tea and town's gossip or to try and sneak my way back into my workshop…" Asami smiled with mischief while planning on a way to get back to her station without getting caught by her father.
Senna let out a soft chuckle… "That's a pleasant list of pickings, if I may suggest another option…" Senna trailed waiting for Asami's reaction. The younger Vampire's green eyes urge her on for her suggestion.
"Now I know that you have discovered many of Korra's weak spots…" Senna watched Asami's growing blush and her shy/naughty smile. "I can teach you how to make one of Korra's favorite snacks, a treat she will beg for and never refuse." Senna finished.
Asami tiled her head to the side and smiled brightly. "I would love that, thank you Senna." Asami beamed. "I just need to call Korra's work and let them know that she is on her way." Asami said with a grin. "Just like her father…" Senna mused, Asami could just nod her head in agreement.
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There was a gathering around the AvatarSmith's metal littered counter. "So how does this work again?" Kai poked at the telephone box mounted to the wall. "It says here in the manual that you should lift the receiver up from the connecter and then wheel in the numbers clockwise and then you wind it up with the crank…" Alex said as she read through the manual.
Kai nodded his head with his fingers shaping his chin and he eyed the telephone. "So do you guys know how to call the boss?" Hank's slow and deep voice cracked the silence. Kai glared at the short round man next to him. Hank was just a little taller than Naga and wider with his beer belly, his face is permanently red and his nose was just like a pig's. He hammered good metal but he and Kai would always find something to disagree.
"Of course I know, go on and finish up cutting up the sizes Asami gave us." Kai shooed him away and Kai stared at the phone again. "You forgot how it work didn't you?" Alex giggled in a hushed tone. "Oh, you're one to speak, you also forgotten how this thing worked." Kai pointed a finger to her.
Alex raised her hands up in the air. "Hey, calm down. I didn't work here last week when they showed everyone how these things works and I don't have one in my house either." Alex defended. The two bells vibrated and a loud ringing noise was heard startling both of the blacksmiths. "Ah! Oh God. It's going to blow!" Kai screamed and fell to the ground and clasping his hands over his head. Alex's shaky hand grabbed the receiver side and lifted it from the hook.
She heard a faint mumble and placed it to her ear. "Er- Hello?" Alex squeaked. "Hello? It's Asami." Asami's voice cracked on the other side. "Hi, Miss Sato? Is everything alright?" Alex asked nervously.
"I can't hear you. Speak through the mouth piece that's mounted on the opposite side." Asami instructed. Alex looked at the big box and then on the other side she saw another receiver piece and lifted it to her mouth. "Miss Sato?" Alex tested as she talked into the piece.
"Hello, Alex. You guys winning there?" Asami asked through the phone. "Uh yes we are doing okay. Is everything alright?" Alex asked and she eyed Kai peering over the counter to the phone. "Yes everything is alright. I'm just calling to inform you that your boss is on her way. She overslept… again." Asami said and Alex could hear the smile in her voice.
"As always." Alex laughed. "Thank you, we were about to call and hear what's keeping her." Alex nodded her head. "Thank you, and the same to you too Miss Sato." Alex then placed the pieces back to their original places.
Kai straighten himself up and dusted the dirt off. Alex busted out laughing. "Oh God! It's going to blow!" Alex teased him. Kai growled and turned back to his station. "I hate you." Kai mumbled to Alex.
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Asami walked with Senna to the kitchen and noticed a large rack with chunky strips of meat hanging there. "So what's the first step?" Asami asked as her attentive eyes followed Senna. The woman walked up to the rack and removed all the chunky strips.
"Well, it's a long process, takes about a week… it's called biltong, something you would oddly only find in Dutch related cultures, more specifically… South Africa. Some would say it is like beef jerky but it is not." Senna sliced the Biltong strip with practice and ease to smaller slices. "Here taste." Senna said and she offered her a slice.
Asami's slender fingers took the offered piece and placed it into her mouth. The taste was wonderful, the outer texture was dried and tasted like salt and vinegar and had a lovely meaty taste added to it, the inside was only a hint still wet and soft. "Mmmm." Asami hummed in approval.
"Unlike jerky… Biltong is dried with it's mixed spices and in strips of the fillet. It's thicker and never smoked." Senna said as she took out a slab of fillet and sliced it into strips. Once she was done with the strips she slapped one into Asami's pale hands and pulled the Vampire closer to the counter.
Asami followed Senna's instructions as she laid in the strip into a marinade of vinegar and spices, and then take out yesterday's already marinated strips and rubbed on more of the assorted spices and finally hanged them up on the hooks to dry.
"I had to made these a lot for that little rebel when she was teething, she would destroy everything we had if it wasn't for the Biltong." Senna laughed as she was cutting more strips.
"She couldn't be possibly that bad…" Asami smiled and she rubbed in some spices. "Have you seen a Lycan in their teething period?" Senna stopped with her work and she looked at Asami with a haunted look on her face. Asami had to bite her lower lip not to laugh at Senna's spooked expression and shook her head side to side.
"They are like wolves but worse! And Korra must have been the worst in all of Lycan history!" Senna broke into a fit of laughter. "She chewed Tonraq's shoes to oblivion, all our furniture had to be replaced and she ate like crazy. You should ask Tonraq to show you the scar on his arm. They were laying on the bed and her was trying to help her to sleep and as he rubbed her belly she took hold of his arm and sunken her teeth into his muscle!" Senna and Asami burst out laughing. Asami also made note of getting Korra to sleep tactic.
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"Okay Naga… We agreed that you can come along, but you have to behave…" Korra pointed her finger to the black nose of the white dire wolf. Naga has grown into a hefty five feet, Korra could still pick her up and carry the big baby around. Naga's personality was almost identical to Korra's own, she was well behaved… well when she choose to be and had a mind of her own. But nonetheless she is a highly intelligent being and for some reason she can understand Korra and Asami perfectly, in a verbal and telepathic manner.
Three years has past since Asami's telephone invention. Korra hated to admit it but she still struggle to keep up with every new improvement of those phones.
Naga let out an agreeable bark and Korra clipped the leash on her blue collar. Korra faced the tall factory before her. Asami called for Korra to come see the new project that she and her co-worker have been working on for the past three years.
Asami kept this particular project very hush hush and Korra early gave up asking what it is and just did as Asami asked her to.
As Korra entered the massive factory she was greeted with by everyone they passed by. Korra maneuvered past many workstations, different machines and desks with blueprints littered everywhere. There was a stairway that led down to the basement. Korra chuckled as she remembered the reason why Asami's workstation was relocated to the basement.
That's her Asami alright, the woman who loves trail and error until every fine detail was perfect in place and even then Asami and Ace would thinker to Improve it. Asami would play around with wires and push her inventions to the limits until they would explode.
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As Korra remembered the one time they all meet up there at the Fire Ferret after work. Ace told them all, of the story of why her nose was broken and it was all Asami's fault.
"And thiz one here…" Ace jerked her thumb to a blushing Asami, who was trying to hide her face in Korra's chest. "She wanted to tezt the two cables together, next thing I zee iz sparkz flying everywhere and one of the piztons jumped up and explodez shooting a straight bee line for my face! Now my nose iz ztill zore and my eyebrows iz fried." Ace explained in her heavy accent as she waved her hands around and slap hard on the table making everyone jump.
"I told you to stand back!" Asami defending as everyone chuckled and laughing. "Don't worry Ace, I know how it feels like to have things blow up in your face AND have Asami play a role in it." Opal said as she leaned against the blond girl, patting her shoulder comforting.
"Opal it was once. One time, and it was because you got a fright when you finally spotted me in the room. I've been waiting there for fifteen minutes." Asami countered. "Oh and what about that 'howl'?" Opal asked as she crossed her arms over her chest. Mako couldn't help but spray out his beer to the side and burst out in laughter.
"That was Korra's howl! I do not howl." Asami accused. Korra jerked away from Asami and looked at her with wide eyes. "You made me howl!" Korra squealed. Mako laughed and laid his head on the table as his fist hit against the wooden surface. "Oh stop it! It wasn't that funny." Opal shoved Mako so he would sit back up.
Mako's laughter subsided and he wheezed air back into his lungs, his face was red, tears was sliding down his cheeks and he had difficulty to keep his laughter in, Korra caught his eye and she lifted two bundles of her hair around her head shaping a semi circle. And Mako burst out again. "Go and get your brother and some drinks!" Opal commanded as she pushed Mako out of the booth.
Ace calmed her giggles and fanned her face. Opal shot her a glare. "Oh no I'm laughing at hiz reaction. I've never thought he can actually laugh like zhat." Ace said raising her hands in defense, cowering from Opal's fists.
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"Ahoooo!" Ace cupped her hands over her mouth to amplify the howl, gaining both Korra and Naga's attention. Naga howled in unison back with her owner and waved her large tail like crazy. Korra let go of the leash and Naga stormed off to the blond woman.
Korra was surprised to find another Lycan other than her mother. Ace's Dutch father was one-third a Lycan and the other part purebred werewolf, and her mother was a purebred Lycan from South Africa, so that made Ace as close to Lycan you can get these days. There was no doubt that Ace was a far distant cousin from Korra. Senna and Ace worked back her family tree and found that Ace's great grandmother was Senna's, father's sister, different bloodline but pretty close for family.
Ace was dressed in an off-blue overalls and a dirty white shirt. Her slightly tanned skin was covered in smudges, her hair was pulled back into long pony and her hazel eyes sparkled when Naga ran to her. Thin arms wrapped around Naga's thick neck. Naga's rouge tongue licked over Ace's face and she let out a giggle. "Ja, ja, ik weet, ik heb een bad nodig." Ace said as she covered her face from Naga's tongue.
* Ja, ja, ikweet, ikhebeen bad nodig. – Yeah, yeah, I know, I need a bath*
"Who said Naga understands Dutch?" Korra said as she walked up to the smaller woman. Ace let go of Naga and pulled Korra in for a hug. "I do." She said with a smile and rubbed her greased hand over Korra's cheek. Korra pulled away with a whine.
"Korra, can't you stay clean for at least two hours?" Asami asked as she rounded from one of the machines. She walked up to Korra and pulled her in for a deep needed kiss. Ace coughed. "Don't mix buzinezz with plezure…" Ace teased.
Asami giggled against Korra's lips and the hybrid wished they weren't in the factory anymore. Much to Korra's displeasure Asami pulled away, she took Korra's hand in hers and faced the shorter blond girl next to her.
"Je bent een om te praten, gisterena vond heb je Mako's zuigerschacht test inbrengen van de kar zin." Asami seemed like she was teasing because Ace's face flushed red.
* Je bent een om tepraten, gisterenavondheb je Mako's zuigerschacht test inbrengen van de kar zin – You are one to talk, last night you tested Mako's exhaust instead the car's.*
"Ik dag je hebt met Korra gesproken over de telefoon…" Ace mumbled and walked back to her station. Korra looked at Asami for an explanation. Asami laughed and gave her a wink and then lead her to her workstation.
*Ik dag je hebt met Korra gesproken over de telefoon… - I thought you were talking with Korra over the phone *
Ace stood next to a large object that was covered by large cloth, grinning form ear to ear. "Thiz iz so cool!" Ace jumped excited in her place. Asami point out for her to calm down but she was also excited. Asami let go of Korra's hand and walked up to the mystery object, Naga was lying under Asami's work bench chewing a large bone of a cow.
"This is what we've been working on so hard and the reason you had to hammer such strange metal work… we call it…" Asami dragged out, gripped her hands in the cloth and with much strength and speed ripped it away.
"The Satomobile!" Before Korra stood a large black metal beast, four wheels, open cabin, windows, a double cushion seat and a wheel inside. Ace jumped and clapped her hands together enthusiastically. "And it roars! Louder than you can!" Ace said and laid down on the front of the beast. Asami skipped to the metal door and slide onto seats right behind the smaller wheel.
Asami turned something by the side and it rumbled, Korra raised her brow to Asami saying I-can-beat-that and she crossed her arms over her chest with a smug smile. Asami grinned and then the beast did let out a loud roar. Ace jumped up and drummed her hands over the metal before her.
"Wow." Korra let out an impressed laugh. "What does it do?" She asked as she walked closer to Asami. "This will be a new way of transportation!" Asami boomed and made it roar again.
"Telephones, transportation, boats, planes and city planning is there anything you can't do?" Korra asked as she eyed the metal Satomobile… "Hey, I helped alzo you know!" Ace joked.
"The two of you are crazy geniuses!" Korra said as she laughed, Naga barked to second Korra's statement.
"Well, seeing that that's done and it is almost log off time…" Ace wiggled her eyebrows at Asami.
"Go already!" Asami sighed amused and waved Ace away. The blond girl squealed and danced in her place before she hugged Asami and gave her multiple kisses on Asami's face. "Hey! Hey! That's mine!" Korra pulled the other Lycan away. Ace turned around in Korra's grip and even placed a kiss on Korra's sealed lips before she skipped away humming to one of her nation's songs.
Korra shook herself out of her daze and refocused her gaze to Asami's amused expression. "Care to inform me of what the hell did just happen?" Korra asked trying to sound serious but failed as she laughed between her words.
"I promised her once we're finished she can have a month's paid leave." Asami said with a bright smile. Korra nodded her head and then pulled Asami closer to her warm body. "I know of someone who can also use a little bit off time. I've missed you." Korra pouted swaying from side to side with Asami in her arms.
"Is that so?" Asami teased and pulled Korra in for a deep kiss.
Chapter seven: end
Okay there we go. I hope this edit was better. Thanks for your understanding! And yes I made a note not to post when exhausted, won't happen again.
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