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Co-written by: Masamune X23
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After the whole fiasco at the Sato mansion, Naruto was recovering in his home, the Beifong manor, for temporary rest till Tenzin had prepared for Asami, Mako, and Bolin's arrival at the island, who were in the meantime staying at his home with Korra, who wanted to see what his home looked like.
0 Dream 0
Naruto was once again looking at the other him in his dreams.
He was currently watching his other self fighting some redhead kid who was one hell of a sand bender.
All of a sudden the redhead covered himself in sand was look half human and half demon.
Some pink haired girl was blocking the redhead's path to some black haired kid. The redhead slammed the pink haired girl with his sand claw trapping the girl.
His other self started to fight back with clones of himself and a giant toad.
The redhead turned into a giant sand monster and the two colossal beasts fought it out.
When to two beasts disappeared in a poof of smoke, his other self and the redhead landed on top of some trees and went to punch each other, but his other self beat the redhead.
The two landed harshly on the ground where his other self started to crawl with his chin to the redhead.
"That loneliness, I know all about it, but then I found those precious to me. That's why I fight so hard, because I care for them and if you ever try to harm them, I'll kill you!" his other self said, thus ending the dream.
0 End of dream 0
Naruto woke up in a heavy pant and was slightly covered in sweat.
"What was that?" he questioned out loud.
He sat on the edge of his bed trying to figure out what that dream was all about, but he got nothing and didn't notice Kurama watching him from his own bed.
'Inch by inch, step by step, and you'll get what it's all about soon, Naruto.' Kurama thought as he snickered.
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It was about six in the morning as Naruto sat by his family's Zen garden and looked at the sand.
He remembered his dream about the sand bender and waved his hand by the sand. All it did was move a bit.
He frowned as he jumped off the deck and landed in the garden. He got into a stance and tried to bend the sand in a better position. All he got now were sand strikes, not real manipulation of the sand like he saw in his dream. He then got into an air bending stance and started to move in circular motions, while doing this the sand started to pick up around him.
He grinned, "This may be fun." He said as he continued to bend the sand with a bit more of refinement.
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"Cups?" Bolin asked as he looked around the kitchen and Kurama pointed to the far cupboard with his tail.
"Thank you." The earth bender said in a chipper mood as he decided to make some breakfast.
Korra lazily walked into the kitchen with her hair down as she plopped herself onto a chair and laid her head down on the table, "Morning." She mumbled
"Good morning!" Bolin said in return as he got into a thinking position, "Spices?" he asked the fox and Kurama pointed at the cabinet by the oven, "Thank you my second favorite furry companion." He said as he took out some spices from the rack.
Mako and Asami walked in as Mako yawned a bit. They each sat at the table and looked at Bolin.
"Bro, what are you doing?" Mako asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, since it seems that Naruto doesn't have any servants around, I decided to make some breakfast." Bolin answered as he flipped something in a frying pan.
Korra raised her head, "Yeah, if Naruto is rich and all, why doesn't he have servants?" she asked with a half asleep expression.
"Well that's because-" Asami started, but was cut off by another voice.
"Because mom thinks that if you want something, get it yourself." Naruto said as he walked into the kitchen and was covered in sweat, "Since we're rarely home due to our job, we really didn't see the need for them." He finished as he sat down next to Korra.
Korra took a whiff and held her nose, "Whoa, what were you doing?" she questioned as she waved her hand in front of her face.
Naruto took a quick whiff and shrugged, "Working on something new." He answered cryptically.
"Like what?" the Avatar asked.
He grinned in her face, which caused her to blush a bit, "Se~cr~et." Was all he had to say.
Korra was about to question him further, but Asami interrupted her, "Don't even bother Korra, once Naruto says it's a secret he won't budge. It makes trying to figure out your birthday present a major pain." The heiress joked.
Korra pouted as Naruto stood up and headed to the bathroom, "I'll wash up quick for breakfast Bolin."
"You better hurry or you're getting it cold!" Bolin shouted back jokingly.
-One quick shower later-
Naruto plopped down in the kitchen all clean and started to eat some of the eggs and other breakfast goodies that Bolin made.
"So…how's Aunt Lin doing?" Asami asked with concern.
Naruto good mood vanished at that moment as he knew they weren't going to like hearing the news "She's…retiring." Naruto muttered as he put down his fork and took a big gulp of OJ.
"WHAT!" Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin shouted in shock.
Naruto sighed, "I know, but that's not all."
"Oh, what's next?" Korra asked with sarcasm.
Naruto muttered something incoherently.
"What?" Korra asked as she put her hand to her ear and leaned in close.
"She picked me to be in charge of the Metal bender Police Force." Naruto said in a calm voice.
There was utter silence as those words left the blondes mouth.
Everyone had differed reactions to this.
Korra was shocked.
Asami was both surprised and proud.
Mako was indifferent.
Bolin was shocked, but jumped out of his seat, "Yes! We are friends with the new Chief of Police! We are untouchable!" he announced in glee.
"Why would she pick you? I mean, not that it isn't great, but I mean you're still a teenager." Korra questioned
She was of course very proud of him, but this was a big responsibility and she was worried how he was going to handle it, especially with Amon and the Equalists running around. Part of her was also worried about how this would affect their relationship if Naruto now had less time to be with her.
Naruto sighed as he ran his hands through his blonde locks, "I know, but I, I guess she wanted to keep the Beifong's running the Police Station, but also for another reason." He said
"What other reason?" Mako asked after taking a sip of water.
"So that Tarrlok doesn't get his hands on the Police Force." The Chief-to-be answered.
Korra, Asami, and Mako nodded.
Bolin raised his hand, "Explanation to those who are not so in the political loop?" He asked with confusion.
"It's simple Bo, Tarrlok's been going on a campaign to get Naruto's mom fired and now that she's resigned, Tarrlok is going to try and get control of the Police Force to expand his influence in Republic City." Mako said
Bolin looked at his brother questionable, "How do you know all that?"
Mako looked at Bolin with a black expression as he raised his right hand, "Because I read the paper." Mako answered back as he showed the now revealed newspaper in the right hand he raised.
Bolin just sweat dropped at the answer.
"Well anyway…to celebrate my last day of freedom, let's spend the day Naruto style!" Naruto said as he pumped his fist in the air.
"You make it sound like you're going to prison." Korra joked and everyone gave a good laugh.
"Ha ha ha." Naruto laughed dryly at her.
"So what's on the menu?" Asami asked with a grin, as she knew what he wanted to do.
"The usual?" he asked the heiress.
"The usual." Asami confirmed with a nod.
Everyone else just raised an eyebrow at them, as they had no clue what they were talking about or what the usual that they mentioned was.
Korra frowned ever so slightly, that went completely unnoticed, at how in sync the two were.
"Beach party!" Naruto and Asami shouted loudly.
0 At the beach! 0
Korra and Asami were in the female changing room putting on their swimsuits.
Korra had taken off her shirt and looked through the bag Asami had given her that held her swimsuit. She instantly blushed red seeing it, "Wha-what is this?" she squeaked out in shock.
It was a two piece swimsuit that was blue and had white lining as the strings to the bikini and was double laced around the bottom piece (1).
"That is a swimsuit, a two piece to be more precise." Asami commented as she got into her new swimsuit which was almost an exact duplicate of Korra's except that instead of blue it was completely red with twin strings tied to the bikini while the bottom was a bit less wide than Korra's
"Th-that's not it, I know what it is, bu-but I can't wear that." Korra nearly shouted.
She couldn't wear this in front of Naruto, what would he think? Crap, she really didn't know how to deal with this since her social skills were blocked heavily by the White Lotus…stupid White Lotus.
"Come on, you want Naruto to see your great figure, right?" Asami questioned with amusement as she finished getting her suit on.
"But…" she trailed off till Asami stopped her.
"Tell me, does Naruto do things to get you to blush? Say with a comment or an action?" the heiress questioned her changing buddy.
"Yes…how did you know that?" Korra asked with narrowed eyes.
Asami just grinned at her, a grin which reminded her of Naruto before he pulled a prank or something.
"Never mind that, think of this as payback. Now change…or do you want me to help you?" Asami asked in a teasing tone.
Korra just sputtered at her and turned red, "Nononono…no. I can do it hehe." She said as she put her bottom on and threw the top part behind her back and pulled the strings from under her arms and tied them behind her neck as the front of it secured her modesty.
As Asami was leaving the changing room, she dropped one last comment, "I think Naruto will like the fact you don't have a tan line." She quipped as she speed walked out the room.
Korra just growled at the girl, how the hell did she know that fact?
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Naruto was relaxing on a tanning chair as he watched the crystal blue wave's crash against the white sand of the beach.
He was wearing a pair of green swim shorts with his space earth bangle on his left bicep as usual with a pair of sunglasses. He was also enjoying a fruit smoothie during the hot rays of the sun.
Mako was lying in a chair nearby relaxing too.
"Hey Naruto, where are all the people?" Bolin asked as he was blowing up a beach ball.
"That's because this is a privately owned beach by both the Beifong's and the Sato…but I guess since all of the old man's accounts have been frozen the Beifong's own it…for now." The blonde answered.
"Wait! You two own this entire beach?" the voice of Korra asked.
Naruto lifted up his glasses and turned to face Korra, but dropped the fruit smoothie on the sand as he froze when he saw what Korra was wearing and how he now had a good look at her figure.
She was well toned, no doubt due to her training, her stomach was nice and flat with some muscle on it, and she had a nice tan all over, no doubt due to her living in the south pole…and her chest was nice too he thought.
"Ye-yeah." He stuttered, if he had a shirt on, he would be pulling the collar to get the steam out from him, due to how hot he was feeling seeing the water princess like this. He was really wishing he had been in the water to help him stay cool from what he was seeing right now cause he was now feeling like a volcano that's beginning to awaken.
"So…what do you think?" Korra asked in her usual tone, but had a blush on her face as she averted her eyes from Naruto's, but she took a quick peek and saw that hot six pack of his.
Did she just lick her lips for a second?
"You look gorgeous." He said breathlessly.
Korra's cheeks turned an even darker shade of red.
Asami was smiling like the Cheshire cat, "Now…how to make this even more fun." she said as Mako was just staring at her like Naruto did with Korra.
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Naruto was swimming in the water till he saw a wave coming at him. He looked to see Korra riding on top of it on an ice-board and then she jumped right at him.
"Whoa!" the blonde shouted in surprise and caught Korra. He was just about to ask her why she did that, but the wave slammed on them both.
They resurfaced and breathed in some air and Naruto turned to Korra, "Easy water princess," he said coughing out some sea water and shrugging at the bad taste it left in his mouth, "You could've hurt someone." He finished
Korra rolled her eyes, "Come on Naruto we're in my birth element, I think I'll be fine."
"I was talking about me." he said with a deadpan expression.
"Oops, hehe." Korra said as she rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment and had a sheepish smile.
"It's cool." He said as he splashed her in the face and he smiled at her, "Now were even."
Korra had taken a menacing look, "You think you can take me in my element Beifong? Oh it is on!" she shouted and sent a large wave at the blonde.
Naruto had just realized his mistake at challenging a water bender to a splashing contest, "Oh crap." He muttered as he stood frozen and looking up at the top of the wave that hit him and sunk him below.
They continued for about a few minutes till Korra obviously won, but Naruto didn't go down without a fight.
"Let's head back to shore." Naruto said as he started to swim, then he felt a big wave building under him.
"How about we take the express way?" Korra said as she grabbed his hand while she enlarged the wave and rode back to shore at high speeds with about a twenty foot wave.
"KKKKOOOOORRRRRRRRAAAAAA!" He shouted out in both fear and a little anger.
"WAHOO!" the water-tribe girl shouted in glee.
The wave crashed on the beach and Korra landed on her feet and look for Naruto, "Hey Naruto, where are you?" she said in a loud voice.
She turned to the sound of shifting sand and saw Naruto was buried up to his waist, head first.
"Ouch." She said in a low tone and winced, that had to hurt.
The sand opened up and Naruto shook himself off and whipped his hands around himself to collect the sand all over his body.
"I think I'll take a rain check on the next express water princess." He said with a chuckle as he turned the sand into a ball and dropped it to the ground.
"Right." Korra muttered and cursed herself for doing something stupid.
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"So, what next?" Naruto asked
"Sand building contest?" Bolin announced as the next activity in question.
"Yeah, sounds fun." Asami added
"I'm game." Mako said with a shrug.
"Who's going to judge?" Korra asked
"Kurama." Naruto and Asami said at the same time.
"What?" Korra, Mako, and Bolin said.
Naruto shrugged, "Little guys' got an eye for art." He replied
"He would just pick you." Bolin argued
Asami laughed, "No, he actually picks which one is better. Trust me; we tested this out when we were little." She retorted
Bolin thought about this for a second and nodded, "Fine. The fox may judge."
Mako went for the classic and filled a bucket with sand and flipped over and put a flag on top of it, it also had a mot that was superheated with fire bending thus turning it into a circular tube of glass cut in half with water in it.
Mako looked at the fox, "Well?" he asked
The fox shook his head and went to the next one.
"Dismissed by a fox. Low blow." The fire bender muttered.
Asami was going for a bit more creativity and made a two foot tall car out of sand with good detail.
Kurama looked at her questionably, "What?" she shrugged, "It's a sand building contest, not a sand castle contest." Asami stated like if it was a fact of life.
Kurama nodded and swayed his head from side to side saying it was a maybe and walked away.
Korra did a little bit of sand bending and made a sand replica of Naga.
"So, how'd I do?" Korra asked, it was an exact replica of her animal guide and she really didn't have an eye for art, but she thought she did alright.
The fox nodded once and walked to the next one.
Bolin followed Korra's example and made a sand replica of…himself…that was striking a pose.
"I call it…Me, myself, and I." Bolin said dramatically as he struck the same pose.
The fox started at him and yipped which he translated as amazing, but it was in fact for idiot.
Kurama went to his owner next.
Naruto was last up and slammed his foot into the sand and waved his arms outward and made a perfect replica of Republic City.
"I think this one is my boy." The said with a chuckle and the fox nodded as he yipped.
Everyone walked up to it and admired it.
"So cool." Asami said in awe.
"Nice job Naruto." Mako said was he was really impressed at the detail in the sand sculpture.
"Wow." Korra muttered as she marveled at it.
"…I think I know who won." Bolin announced and patted Naruto on the shoulder, "Man, how did you do that?" he asked his fellow earth bender.
"My grandma taught me sandbending." Naruto replied
"Well, she really taught you well." Bolin said as he wondered if he could be able to do that.
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A little later, Korra, Mako, and Bolin were playing in the water and getting their butts handed to them by Korra in a splash fight…it seemed they didn't learn from Naruto's defeat.
Naruto walked up to Asami and tapped her shoulder, "You okay?" he asked her as he sat down next to her.
"Yeah." Asami said with a fake smile.
Naruto frowned at her, "Lose that Asami." He said and she had a frown on now.
"You always could tell." She muttered
"I'm your best friend…I have to be able to know that." He stated to her.
"It sucks." Asami said in a soft whisper with a sob.
Naruto put his arm around her shoulder, "I know." He told her.
Asami started to cry and hugged Naruto while crying on his shoulder as he rubbed her back, "Let it out Asami, let it all out." he whispered to her.
Asami nodded in his shoulder and continued to cry.
Korra sent Mako and Bolin flying with a big wave and turned to wave to Naruto and saw him hugging Asami. She narrowed her eyes and scowled as the water around her started to bubble.
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After having fun at the beach, Naruto decided to get some dinner with everyone, so why not stop at his favorite place.
"So Naruto, where are we headed?" Bolin asked excitedly with Pabu on his shoulder, since the blonde said they would be going to his favorite restaurant. Maybe a fancy place or something.
"I think I know where we're going." Korra said with a smirk.
"Where?" Mako asked with interest.
"Ichiraku's." Both Korra and Asami said, but Korra just turned to Asami with a light glare for answering.
Asami just raised her eyebrow at the hostility Korra had been giving her since they left the beach.
Bolin gasped, "We're going there!" he said in excitement.
Mako gave a low whistle since that place was always had long lines going down the streets.
"Don't we have to wait on line?" Mako asked and Bolin deflated at that.
Naruto shook his head, "I kinda co-own the place." He slyly answered and Kurama gave a disgruntled yip at that while sitting on the blonde's head.
Mako and Bolin just looked at him with wide eyes.
Once again Naruto walked in front of the long line coming out of the noodle shop and waved to Ayame.
"Party for five Mr. Beifong?" Ayame asked as she did a head count of Naruto's group.
"Yep."
"Go right ahead." The waitress said with a small bow and led them in.
Everyone walked past her to get in, but Bolin had a bit of a blush on his face with a goofy smile as he waved to Ayame, who in turn waved back.
They all sat down and everyone ordered what they wanted.
Naruto noticed Bolin staring at Ayame and nudged him from under the table, "She's single~" he said in a sing song tone.
Bolin sputtered at that, "I, I was, um thinking she looked very professional." The earth bender said in an attempt to cover his staring.
"Yeah sure and I'm the next Fire Lord." Naruto quipped with a grin.
That had gotten a good laugh from the rest of the group.
Ayame arrived a few minutes with their order, "Please enjoy." She said with a smile and a light bow.
They finished their meal and Naruto paid for everyone.
"See you Ayame." Naruto said and nudged Bolin with his elbow.
Bolin jolted up from the jab, "Yes! Um, it was great to meet you. Best meal I've had. Um, yeah." He finished lamely.
Ayame giggled at him a bit, "Your funny." She said with smile.
"Hehe." Bolin gave an awkward laugh and had a small, but growing blush on his face.
Mako grabbed his shoulder, "Come on lover boy." He said as he dragged his brother.
"See ya!" Bolin said with a wave while being dragged.
Naruto laughed as he followed them.
Korra gave a quick laugh and ran up to Naruto's side while Asami shook her head in amusement.
They headed back to the Beifong manor so they could get ready for heading to the Air Temple Island the next day.
Korra kissed Naruto goodnight, though it was more of a harder kiss from what they normally did for some reason.
Naruto collapsed in his bed and closed his eyes.
He was going to need all the rest he could get, for tomorrow he was going to be the new Chief of Police.
0 The next morning 0
Naruto woke up and got ready for the big day.
He put on a black version with gold trimming of the Metal bending uniform to show his new status as Chief and headed down stairs.
He noticed a note on the table that was from Korra saying that they went ahead to Air Temple Island. It said that they didn't wake him up since they knew he had to get ready for today. There was also a P.S. from Korra that she gave him a kiss on the cheek to wish him luck…she was starting to get bolder with their intimacy it seemed...not that he minded in the least.
Naruto looked down to see Kurama by his leg and picked up the fox.
"You ready for today?" he asked
Kurama yipped a yes and licked his face.
Naruto laughed a bit, "Well that makes one of us. Personally, I'm nervous as hell."
Kurama rolled his eyes at that.
"Don't you roll yours at me you little fur ball, I'm about to take the biggest step in my entire career. I have every right to panic." He said in mock anger.
The fox just whined at his stupidity and squirmed out of his owners hold and ran to the front door.
"Hey, get back here!" Naruto yelled as he gave chase.
He got outside and already saw the fox in his special seat in Naruto's bike looking all innocent.
"Let's just go." Naruto said with a sigh as he put his goggles on and shifted his uniform to make his helmet pop out.
The blonde revved up the bike and peeled out of his driveway and head to the station.
0 Air Temple Island 0
Korra arrived with rest of the group to the Island was greeted by the Airbender children.
Ikki gave a quick tour and answered some questions from Bolin.
Jinora instructed her sister and brother to show the boys their living quarters as she and Korra lead Asami to hers.
As they walked, Jinora decided to start a conversation, "So Asami, how long have you and Naruto been friends?"
"Since we were kids." Asami answered
"Interesting." Jinora half-heartedly replied as she looked at both the older girls, 'Stupid boob monsters.' She thought as she felt a bit frustrated at the older girl's figures.
They just seemed to support her thoughts of not having a chance to get her blonde crush.
Korra opened the door to show Asami her room.
"I'm going to check and see if Ikki and Meelo haven't made the boys go crazy yet." Jinora said in a sad tone as she walked away sulking.
Asami raised an eyebrow at the retreating Airbender, "What's that about?" she asked pointing at Jinora.
"Jinora has a crush on Naruto. She's been okay around me, but I think she's hoping she has a chance with him." Korra answered in an irritable tone. She knew Jinora didn't wish for the two to breakup and was semi-supportive, but the little Airbender still seemed to hold on to the chance of getting the blonde…not that she would ever let him go though.
Asami giggled, "That's sweet that he has a little admirer. Does he know?"
Korra just shook her head, "Nope."
Asami snorted, "Typical Naruto, he can be a bit dense at times." She said with a chuckle.
"Well, here's your room. I know it's a little rustic compared to what you're used to." Korra said
"I think it's really charming and the best part about it, nothing here reminds me about my father." Asami said with a bitter tone, "Thank you for your hospitality." She said as she turned to Korra.
"No problem." Korra said with a smile.
"Have I done something to offend you lately?" Asami asked abruptly.
Caught off guard, Korra looked shocked, "What? Why do you say that?"
Asami shrugged, "Yesterday you seemed to be glaring at me behind my back. So I was wondering what the hostility was for."
Korra looked abashed at being caught; "It was just that, you and Naruto were hugging and you two seemed to be so in sync that I felt…" she trailed off.
"Jealous?" Asami finished
Korra seemed to find the floor very interesting at that moment, "Yeah."
Asami placed a hand on her shoulder and Korra looked up, "It's okay, you just got a boyfriend who happens to have a girl for a best friend, so the two of us hanging together probably seems uncomfortable to you." she said as she patted the Avatar's shoulder a few times in comfort.
"Thanks for explaining it to me. I really didn't have any friends to hang out with as a kid, so this is really new to me." Korra said in a sad tone.
Asami just smiled at the girl, seems miss rough and tough was just like any other teenage girl.
A knock at the door grabbed their attention.
"Come in." Asami said and Tenzin walked in.
"Good day ladies. Asami, welcome to the Island." The monk said with a nod.
"Thank you for having me." Asami said with a bow which Tenzin returned.
He turned to Korra, "Naruto is going to be inducted as the Chief of Police later. We will both be going." Tenzin stated
"Of course." Korra said with a nod, she wanted to go and support her boyfriend.
"Can I come too? This is going to be a big day for him, so I really want to go." Asami said
Tenzin nodded, "Yes Asami, you may come as well." He said exiting the room.
"I hope he isn't nervous." Asami muttered to herself.
Korra raised an eyebrow hearing her, "Naruto? Nervous? We are talking about Naruto here, right?" the water-tribe girl said jokingly.
"He's not invincible Korra. Even Naruto can get nervous." The heiress said.
"This I got to see." Korra said rushing out the door.
Asami just shook her head in amusement.
0 Metal bending Police Station 0
Naruto took a deep breath as he walked up to the podium and remand focus with all the flashing of camera's taking his picture. He saw Korra and Tenzin standing on his left side and Korra mouthed a good luck to him and he smiled at her and turned to the crowd.
"As you know, my mother has retired from her position as Chief of Police. I would like to thank all those who have sent their hearts out to her for a speedy recovery. I have been chosen by my mother to be the next Chief of Police. Some of you no doubt are wondering why someone so young such as I would be taking charge of such a position of responsibility. It's true, while I may indeed be young, far too young for some people; I have been around this position my entire life and know the ins and outs of it. I won't make promises I know I can't keep, but I will say this; I will do everything in my power to keep the people of Republic City safe no matter the cost of my own safety, that I promise. I know most of you are wondering if the Police will be working with councilmen Tarrlok, and I will answer yes, the Police will be working with the councilman from time to time when it involves Amon and the Equalists, all other times the Metal bending Police will be going above and beyond to continue protecting Republic City like they always have, Thank you." Naruto said with a small bow and the crowd cheered for him and he smiled to them.
As the crowd dispersed Korra come running to Naruto and gave him a big hug and kiss on the cheek, "Nice going Chief." Korra joked.
"Thanks water princess." Naruto replied with a smile.
They heard a yip and turned to see Kurama in Asami's arms. She let the fox jump on her shoulder, "Congratulations." She cheered as she sent a look to Korra and the Avatar girl gave a small nod and Asami gave Naruto a big hug.
They heard the sound of a nose blowing and saw Tenzin dabbing his eyes.
"Umm…are you okay uncle Tenzin?" Naruto asked with a sweat drop.
"Yes, yes, I'm fine…I just…something in my eye is all." Tenzin said with teary eyes, he was really proud of his godson.
"Yeah, sure." Korra said in a sarcastic tone.
"Greetings Chief Beifong." Said the voice of Tarrlok.
The group turned to see the northern water-tribe representative councilor.
"Councilman." Naruto said with a curt nod.
Tarrlok smiled at him and saw the closeness that he and the Avatar seem to have and stored that tidbit for later, "Ah Avatar Korra, long time no see. Now that your little pro-bending distractions are over, I look forward to your return to my task force." He said with a curt bow.
"Hee, forget it." Korra said firmly, "There is no way I'm rejoining your vanity project." She said defiantly.
"That is unfortunate to hear, but I'm sure you'll come to your senses as you have in the past." He said as he looked at Naruto, "No doubt you will be helping our young Chief here, so we will be seeing each other."
"Don't hold your breath bub. I'm only going to help Naruto and that's it." Korra said firmly, "Tenzin's been right about you all along. You played me, you played Naruto's mom, but Naruto's too smart to be played by you." She said as she walked up to him, "Here's more news for you, you need me, but I don't need you. I'm the Avatar." She finished as she put her hands on her hips defiantly.
Tarrlok just looked at her with his obnoxious smile, "You are not in fact the Avatar. You are just a half-baked Avatar in training. Which reminds me, how is your air bending going?"
Korra took a sharp breath and her arms fell to her sides.
"Made any significant progress with that?" he asked further.
Korra said nothing.
"I didn't think so." He said condescendingly.
"Tarrlok." Naruto said with growl and bit back his retort as he put an arm around Korra.
"If you will not be a part of my task force, then you had best stay out of my way." The councilman finished firmly as he walked away, "I will see you at a later date Chief Beifong to discuss somethings." He added as he made his exit.
Naruto glared at his retreating form and turned to Korra as his eyes softened, "Don't listen to him water princess, he's just an asshole and trying to shack you up since you won't work for his task force." The blonde said as he pushed a strain of hair off her eyes and tucked it behind her ear, "You're amazing and you know it." He finished as he gave her a nice kiss on the lips.
Korra blushed from the kiss and returned, "Thanks." She muttered to him.
"Anytime." He said to her as he looked at Asami and mouthed watch her and the heiress nodded.
"Chief Beifong, your needed." Said Saikhan as he walked up to Naruto.
Naruto sighed, "You don't need to call me that Saikhan." He said with an annoyed look.
Saikhan's lips twitched to a small, almost unnoticeable smirk, "I know."
Naruto rolled his eyes, "Great, just what I need, to be the butt of the jokes around the station now. Come on Saikhan, show me that mountain of paper work I have to do." He said as he waved to Korra, "See you later water princess."
"Bye Naruto." Korra said as she, Tenzin, and Asami with Kurama in tow head back to the Island.
0 Chief's office 0
Naruto sat in his new chair or his mother's chair and looked at the picture of a younger version of himself with his mother and grandmother smiling like no tomorrow.
'I miss those days.' He thought to himself as he picked up the photo and gentle traced his fingers over Toph's image. It was days like these that made him wish he could've spent just a few more days with his grandmother before she just left on her trip.
"Saikhan…do you think I'm the right person for this?" he asked the older officer as he placed the photo back down.
"On the record I would say yes." Saikhan said.
"And off the record?" the blonde asked in worry.
"I would still say yes." Saikhan said with a smile, "Your young blood and the poster boy for the new recruits, people are willing to follow you because you're a good leader and watch out for everyone you work with, a quality your mother has and has clearly passed to you. Now here's your paperwork." The older officer said as he dumped the pile of papers on the Chief's desk.
Naruto looked at the stack of papers in front of him and groaned…now he knew why his mother wished she was a fire bender at times.
0 Hours later 0
"Finished!" Naruto cheered as he put the last piece of paper in the out box.
"Now to check on a few more things, then I can get some sleep and hopefully a warm dinner from Pema." He said as he stretched to get the kinks out of his back.
He was heading out his door just as screams started to go around the station.
"Oh. Come. On! Right when I was about to leave? Such misfortune." He shouted and muttered the last part to himself and headed down.
He saw some electric flashes, indicating the use of electro-gloves and saw chi-blockers hitting officers who didn't have armor on.
"You guys have got some balls attacking this station on my first day!" Naruto shouted as he glared down at them in fury, "Drop the gloves and put your hands in the air and I'll promise to make the beating I'm going to give your asses will only be slightly painful." He growled.
The chi-blockers and whoever they had freed ran out the door as fast as possible.
"They really like doing things the hard way, don't they?" Naruto said to himself with a sigh as he jumped over the railing on the second floor and headed to the garage and put on his goggles and his armor covered his head.
He hopped on his bike and revved it up and peeled out of the garage in pursuit of the truck with two Equalists on motorcycles tailing behind it and in front of it.
"You are so not getting away while I'm on the clock…that would suck on my first day." Naruto growled in his helmet as he followed them, not even seeing Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin in a car he just passed by that intersection.
"Was that Naruto?" Mako asked in shock.
"Yep." Korra and Asami answered at the same time.
"Let's give him a hand!" Korra ordered and Asami nodded as she shifted gears to follow the young Chief.
Naruto zoomed ahead and as a truck was about to block his way, he skidded under it and continued going.
He raised both of his hands and shook them twice and shot them upwards.
Suddenly two earth pillars shot up under the two rearing Equalists and sent them flying into the air and landed roughly on the ground and Naruto closed his fists and a hand of earth caught them, making sure they don't leave anytime soon.
He saw a car chasing him and looked in disbelief.
"What are you doing here?" He shouted over his engine and the wind from the speed they were generating.
"We're the new Team Avatar! You wanna join?" Bolin shouted.
Naruto's hand twitched as he wanted to slap Bolin upside his head for asking something like that right now.
"Alright krew, help me out!" the blonde said
"Crew?" Mako asked in confusion.
"Yeah, but with a K instead of a C for Korra, Krew." Naruto shouted
"We should make T-shirts later." Bolin suggested
"We'll talk!" Naruto said
Mako stood up and launched an arc of lightning at one cycle and Bolin sent a barrage of rocks at the other.
Now it was just them and the truck.
"Korra! Bolin! Help me make a semi-loop de loop ramp!" Naruto ordered
The Avatar and other earth bender nodded and all three made a large loop and the truck drove right up it since it had nowhere else to go and flipped on its back after it tried to stop.
Naruto shifted his armor off his face and whooped, "Nice!" he cheered and jumped off his bike and captured those trying to get away with Korra and the rest helping.
The press arrived to take their pictures with the captured Equalists just as Tarrlok and his task force arrived.
"Avatar Korra, what do you think you're doing?" Tarrlok asked angrily as he stormed up to her.
"She assisted me in capturing these idiots who thought it was a genius idea to do a jail break on my first day, but we got them." Naruto said interjecting whatever Korra was going to say.
"That's all well and good Chief Beifong, but you tore up the city to do it." Tarrlok added with irritation.
Naruto looked back to see the damage and shrugged, "Nothing a little earth bending can't fix." He said uncaringly.
"Fine, but this is Avatar Korra's last warning to stay out of our business." Tarrlok said and was about to leave when Naruto spoke.
"Sorry, but the new team Avatar is now a deputy group to the Metal bending Police and can act on behalf of myself and they only answer to me." Naruto said with a sly grin.
Tarrlok turned around and glared at Naruto, "You're playing a dangerous game Chief Beifong."
"As are you Councilman Tarrlok." The blonde countered.
Tarrlok left with a huff.
"That was awesome! Were deputies now!" Bolin cheered as he jumped up and down with excitement.
"Nice." Mako said with a smirk.
"So Krew?" Korra asked Naruto as Tarrlok's task force brought the captured Equalists to their trucks.
Naruto shrugged, "Avatar Aang's group was called the Gaang, and so I thought why not." He said with a smile.
Korra put a finger to her lips in thought and nodded, "I like it."
"Alright, but head home for now and I'll follow you guys later." The blonde said as he gave Korra a quick kiss on the cheek and headed for his bike and drove back to the station to finish up and get some sleep.
"Bye!" Korra shouted waving him off.
0 Next day, Police station, afternoon 0
"A WHAT!" Naruto's voice shouted from his office and everyone in the station winced…it seems the boy really takes after his mother if he's got her shout down.
In Naruto's office, Tenzin arrived to explain what new law Tarrlok had gotten to pass.
"Is the man insane? All this is going to do is instigate them more!" Naruto roared at the monk.
Tenzin had his fingers in his ears and took them out, "You have your mother's yell, that's for sure." The monk quipped, trying to lighten the mood and getting the ringing in his ears to stop.
Naruto smiled at that, "Thanks, I've been practicing."
Tenzin lost his sense of humor and looked at Naruto with utmost seriousness, "What now?" the monk asked.
"We try not to step on the non-benders toes and hope things stay peaceful…but we know that isn't going to happen. That damned idiot really enjoys making messes that we have to clean up." Naruto said with a grunt and Tenzin nodded.
"Keep me posted on anything new." The air bending master said.
"You do the same for me." the Chief said.
0 Hours later 0
Naruto was in the middle of his paperwork when his phone rang.
"Hello?" he asked
"…he did WHAT?" Naruto roared
He kept listening and slammed the phone on the hook, destroying the phone.
He stormed out of his office and shouted, "I want my bike ready five minutes ago!"
A new recruit scrambled to the garage to get his bike ready for him.
Naruto walked to the garage, "Thanks." He said to the rookie and drove to where Tarrlok just fucked up big time.
0 Dragon Flats Burrow 0
As he drove he saw the power was out and felt his anger reaching new heights. Some ponytailed bastard was about to get his head shoved up his ass.
He stopped his bike where he saw Tarrlok's task force centered around and saw a lot of people shouting, most likely to have their power back.
He saw the perpetrator and shouted, "Tarrlok!" but he heard another voice say the same thing and turned to see Korra walking up to the ponytailed bastard too.
"Chief Beifong, Avatar Korra…a pleasure." He said
"What is the meaning of this Tarrlok? These people are no Equalists as far as I can see. Just non-benders who want their rights back." Naruto stated
"These people are the enemy Chief Beifong." Tarrlok countered
"No! There not! Now turn the power back on." Korra ordered
"I suggest you and your playmates return home Avatar Korra and leave this to the professionals." Tarrlok said in a dismissing tone.
"We are not done here Tarrlok; you go behind my back to get some of my officers to help you with this farce of an Equalist rally. That is something I can't just stand by and watch." Naruto said in a monotone voice.
Tarrlok just glared at Naruto and shouted to his men, "Round up these Equalists!" he ordered
"All officers stand down! This is a direct order from your chief, stand down!" Naruto ordered and none of the metal bending officers moved, "Any attacks on civilians will be met with equal force Tarrlok, so I suggest you tell your men to stand down." He said to the water bender.
Tarrlok growled at the earth bender and saw Asami and sent a water whip to catch her arm.
Asami saw the water around her arm and struggled, "Hey, let me go!" she shouted
"You're under arrest." Tarrlok stated
"What? You can't do that!" Mako said in surprise.
"Actually I can. She's a non-bender out past curfew and her father is a known Equalist conspirator." Tarrlok states as he pulls in Asami, but a spear of earth rose from the ground and slices the water whip.
"Asami Sato is under my protection Tarrlok. She has been interrogated personally by me and holds no allegiance to the Equalists." Naruto says as he steps in front of Asami, "I should have you arrested for assault of a minor Councilman."
"You're a toddler playing an adults game Chief, you should go back to your playpen." Tarrlok growled at Naruto.
The blonde just smirked at him, "Shows what you know, I've been playing this game since I was in a playpen."
They each stared at each other for what felt like an eternity, till Tarrlok spoke, "You win this round Chief Beifong, but know this…you've made an enemy today." He warned gravely.
"You can't always make friends." Naruto quipped and watch Tarrlok leave and started to head to the civilians.
Tarrlok muttered something only Korra heard, "No one crosses me and gets out unscathed Beifong, you'll see." He muttered darkly.
Korra narrowed her eyes at that and followed Naruto.
The crowd thanked him and Korra, though Korra felt like she didn't really earn it since Naruto did most of the talking.
She was going to have to talk to Tenzin about some negotiation strategies…she was really just going to beat Tarrlok up if he didn't co-operate.
"You guys head home where it's safe. I have to go back to the office." Naruto said with a tired sigh, this was getting a little old, fast.
"Alright." Korra said reluctantly, "Promise me you'll be careful." She said as she gave him a quick kiss.
"Come on Korra, it's me. I promise though." Naruto said reassuringly.
"Good." The Avatar said nodding as she and the rest of the Krew headed back to the Island.
Naruto grabbed his bike and took a slow right back to calm himself.
0 An hour later 0
"Did I get a new phone?" Naruto asked as he entered the station.
"Yes Chief Beifong. We just got it replaced ten minutes ago." Said the secretary.
Naruto nodded and headed up to his office.
Naruto collapsed in his chair and tried to close his eyes for a quick nap.
He suddenly heard a beeping noise and opened his eyes to see where it was coming from. He looked under his desk and his eyes open wide in surprise.
"Oh n-" He didn't even have time to finish his sentence as he tried to raise an earth wall to shield himself but was unable to in time as a bomb blew in his office, with him no doubt as the target.
0 Air Temple Island 0
Tenzin's phone was ringing and he picked it up, "Hello?" he asked.
His eyes opened wide, "WHAT!"
"Tenzin, what's wrong?" Pema said with concern as the call had woken them up.
"Pema get dressed and wake up Korra, and get Oogi ready. I have to call Lin." The master monk said in a panic.
"What's wrong?" Pema ordered
"There's been an attack at the station…someone blew up Naruto's office…" Tenzin started to shake, "While he was still inside."
Pema gasped in horror and rushed with all the power of a pregnant woman could to get Korra and the flying bison ready.
Tenzin took a deep breath and dialed Lin.
0 Beifong Manor 0
Lin was still in bed from her soreness and cursed as she had to miss her son taking on the most important job of his young life. Her phone start to ring and she picked it up.
"Hello?" she said with a grunt, she was sleeping dammit.
"What? Tenzin slow down what are you sa…what?" she asked in a whisper.
"No, no no no, not again, not again." Lin said as she felt a certain memory fill her mind.
0 Memory 0
"Alright, promise me you'll be careful?" Lin said to the man before her as she sat in bed with her swollen stomach from pregnancy which she happened to be six months in.
"Come on Lin-lin, it's me. I promise though." The man said with mischief in his emerald eyes that was accompanied by his unique blonde hair as he rubbed her belly.
"Good." Lin answered with a nod.
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2 days later.
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Lin stood over the grave of the man she loved and the father of her child. Tears were streaming down her face, but the rain that was coming down made sure no one could tell she was crying.
"Liar." Lin muttered as she rubbed her stomach and walked away with tears in the rain.
0 End of Memory 0
"Naruto." She said as she forced herself out of bed and head to the hospital.
0 Hospital 0
Korra, along with Asami, Mako, and Bolin were sitting in the waiting room with Tenzin and the rest of his family.
Jinora and Ikki were crying and Meelo didn't understand what was going on while Pema held them close and had a few tears herself.
Asami was crying against Mako's shoulder and he was holding her tightly with a solemn look on his face.
Bolin was quiet and he too held a solemn face and kept taking quick peeks at Korra to make sure she was okay.
Korra was not handling it well and was trying and failing to hold her tears back as Tenzin was squeezing her hand and rubbing her back to try and sooth her.
"Tenzin!" a female shouted and the group turned to see Lin in a black overcoat with her uniform on.
"Lin." Tenzin said solemnly.
"How is he?" She asked with desperation.
"We're not sure. They have the healers working on him now." The monk said.
"Aunt Lin." Asami said as she hugged and started to cry on her.
Lin rubbed her back soothingly, "It's okay, this is Naruto were talking about, he'll bounce back." The elder earth bender said trying to reassure not only Asami, but herself.
Suddenly a doctor walked to them, "Councilman Tenzin."
"How is he?" Lin asked
The doctor gave a small smile at Lin, "He'll live. He has a minor concussion with some burns on his face, along with some bruised ribs and other injuries from the explosion. His armor protected him from the brunt on the blast and the healers have already healed the burn marks on his face so there won't be any scaring…he'll most likely be out for a few long days, so we'll keep monitoring him." the doctor said
The group sighed and cried in relief.
"Can we see him?" Korra asked quietly.
"Yes, but two at a time only." The doctor said walking away to see his other patients.
Lin and Tenzin were the first to go in.
They entered to see Naruto lying in a bed looking completely unconscious. His armor had been removed while he was still in uniform which was torn and parts were burned off while his hair looked partially charred from the explosion. Lin and Tenzin saw some burn marks on his body that were beginning to heal slowly.
Lin approached him and held his hand to her face and started to cry, "Scaring your mother like that…you're so grounded after your better." She said tearfully.
Tenzin just stood in the corner and smiled at his godson. It would have destroyed Lin if he hadn't made it. He just hoped that Korra would be alright since he had never seen the girl so shook up before.
They next two to come in were Asami and Korra.
Asami had a teary smile on her face, "You always know how to make the girls who care for you cry Naruto. Not a very gentlemanly thing to do." She said as she brushed his unruly locks with her hand.
Korra sat on his other side and was afraid to touch him, afraid she would hurt him more.
"You know…I once had such a crush on this idiot." Asami said wistfully.
Korra's eyes snapped to her once she said that and watched her warily.
Asami saw the look and laughed lightly, "I said once Korra. I'm over it. Though I never did understand why I got over him myself. Maybe it was because I had grown to love him so much as a brother that I didn't want that to be ruined by a new relationship." Asami said sadly as she turned to Korra.
"Did he know…or…did you two ever…" Korra began asking nervously but Asami cut in.
"No we didn't. I never even told him about it, not that he ever noticed since he was dense when it came to girls feelings. Although I small part of me wonders what it would've been like to be with him, the rest of me is happy the way it turned out. For so long Naruto was like the brother I always wanted and all those years we spent together really helped us to get to know each other really well. I may be in the friend zone but I still care for him all the same." She finished with a smile.
"Thanks for telling me." Korra said quietly.
"Actually, thank you. I've kept that bottled up for some time now." The heiress said in return.
Korra walked out of the room, but not before give Naruto a kiss and walked outside for some air.
She just kept replaying the entire day in her head till she stopped at a sentence she heard. She growled and rode Naga to see if her theory was right.
0 City Hall 0
Tarrlok was working on some paper work with the council secretary when his window slammed open and the cold air rushed in.
They turned to see Korra standing there menacingly.
"You and I are going to talk." The young Avatar stated.
0 Memory 0
There he was again, watching his other self fighting…always fighting. This time it was with a friend the two morphed into some sort of demonic beings and took charge at one another with lightning and maelstrom in hand.
"Chidori/ Rasengan!" they shouted and they powers clashed.
It died down and his other was on his back gripping a metal headband with a line through it.
"Why?" was what his other self asked.
"To walk my path of an avenger, I needed to sever all bonds. Goodbye Naruto." The other boy said leaving his other self in the rain.
0 End of memory 0
Back in Tarrlok's office Korra was walking up to Tarrlok with anger fueling her adrenaline.
The man had openly admitted that he tried to kill Naruto as the blonde had continued to get in his way. Korra became filled with rage and attacked him intending to take him down and see that he never hurts Naruto or anyone else ever again.
She had fought him with all three elements she had mastered and was eventually able to overpower Tarrlok. She was about to deliver the final blow when he suddenly started to use blood bending…without a full moon.
She tried fighting against it but it was no use as Tarrlok threw her against pillars and walls until she started losing consciousness. So now she was beaten, tied up, and at his mercy.
She saw him closing a set of doors on her that look like a trucks back door.
"Where are you taking me?" Korra demanded
"Somewhere no one will find you. Say goodbye to Republic City Avatar Korra, you'll never see it or you're boyfriend ever again." Tarrlok said menacingly.
In a last ditch effort she shouted and tried to burn him with some fire from her mouth, but he got out of the way.
"You can't do this! Let me out! Ahhhhh!" She shouted as Tarrlok started the truck and drove away to who knows where.
"Naruto, help me." she whispered to herself and held back from crying at the thought of not seeing him again.
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Sorry for the long wait, I was sick as a dog and the medicine I took made me sleepy.
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MASAMUNEX23- Hello fellow readers and viewers. That's right it's me his beta reader and buddy speaking for the first time. Just hoping you enjoyed the chapter we worked on despite our late entry. Also for those who're reading let me be the first to tell you that there will be surprises in the next few chapters. Which ones and what are they you ask we'll sorry but I'm not telling because that would be spoiling and I enjoy seeing you guys now get restless from wanting to know what'll happen next cause I always experience the same thing. So stay in touch and you'll find and see what the new surprises are.
