Author's note: Okay, before anyone says anything, I know I contradicted myself last chapter by having Yakone kill Toph when an earlier chapter said Toph died when Korra was still training with Katara. I'm fixing it with this chapter by saying Toph was killed by Yakone but they managed to save her like Katara did with Aang. Okay,that said,enjoy!
As the vision ended, Korra was in shock. She loved to fight but she would never outright kill anyone. She had come close during the fight with Tarrlok but she knew deep down she couldn't go through with it. It was one of the few things she had in common with Aang…or so she thought. But as she into her predecessor's mournful face, the female Avatar could tell he found no joy in what he had done.
"Killing Yakone was a hard decision" Aang said before she could speak "I had struggled with doing such things since I fought Fire Lord Ozai and in discovering the ability to take bending away, I thought I had found an eternal solution. More enemies came afterward and for a time,it worked but then there were nonbenders just as dangerous as Ozai, evil spirits, corrupt mystics, and even other energy benders but these are stories for another time. Each time I was forced to kill,I ached. Only my family kept me going and I hope you will have the same if you are ever forced to kill."
"So..is that the whole story behind my visions?" Korra asked and Aang nodded. "It was a great story and all but I still don't get it. What does this have to do with now?" "You recall Yakone's lieutenants were all trios? With Yakone dead, their bending came back but at normal levels and when they were released after serving time, they attempted forming new gangs that eventually became the modern day Triads. As for how it relates to the Equalists, I think you know."
Korra thought for a moment and then remembered the boy with the burned face and what Amon had told his followers at "the revelation." "That kid was Amon, wasn't he?" Aang nodded again. "I thought very little of him at the time but as years passed, ant-bending propaganda began emerging and rumors of chi-blockers attacking the benders on the council and other prominent positions started to emerge. Predjudice against non-benders grew as a result and soon,Republic City was falling away from the path I and Zuko envisioned. One night shortly after my sixty-sixth birthday, I was visited by Avatar Roku in a dream. He told me that the boy I met years ago had discovered the power to destroy bending itself and would prove a great threat to Republic City and the world. He also told me that due to my one hundred years in ice protected by the Avatar State, my life force had been drained considerably and I would die in a matter of months. It would be up to my successor to stop Amon and restore balance."
Aang smiled at Korra when he said this but Korra scowled. "Thanks for reminding me how bad a job I've done. The Equalists are winning the war and I'm stuck her waiting for Amon to come kill me, still unable to air bend which you said was your fault!"
"It is" Aang responded, not affected by Korra's outburst "and I'm going to make it up by helping you airbend." "How?" "You'll see" Aang replied with a smile and vanished. Korra was left confused when suddenly, her eyes began to glow pure white. In the next moment,she was in a misty, unfamiliar place where Aang stood before her in living color. "Welcome to the Spirit World Korra."
An2: Only one or maybe two chapters to go! Special Thanks to Silver Omega 01 and the Storywizard.