Chapter 11:

Later that night Korra joined everyone for dinner. Katara and Pema had come out of the kitchen setting down steamy bowls of soup with sides of bread at each seat. Tenzin looked across the table to see Meelo eagerly trying to eat the hot soup.

"Meelo, be careful that's hot. Blow." he said.

The little boy breathed in deeply then let out a great blow sending the soup flying across the table to his father. "My bad, Daddy" he chuckled. Jinora and Ikki giggled covering their mouths with their hands. Tenzin wiped his face with a napkin and closed his eyes with a sigh of frustration.

After that dinner continued regularly with conversation between the sips of soup. Mako and Bolin offered to do the dishes, and began clearing the table. Meelo started to help them, clumsily trying to carry two bowls away. Mako noticed and took one of the bowls from him. Jinora and Ikki went off with Pema to watch her put baby Rohan to bed. Lin decided to turn in for bed early. Katara, Tenzin and Korra were all still at the table.

"That was great Katara, really hit the spot. Thank you." Korra said rubbing her belly.

"Oh no problem dearie we're just all glad you're doing well again".

"Yes we were all very worried. Now that you're doing better we should be headed back to Republic City in a couple days." Tenzin chimed in.

"Just a few more healing sessions and you should be good as new."

"So what exactly is going to happen when we go back", Korra asked Tenzin.

"Well I'm not too sure yet. There are a lot of damages that need to be repaired. We also need to figure out what to do about Amon, and his equalists"

"Speaking of Amon, I think I have an idea about who he is".

"Oh really" Tenzin said cocking his head slightly to the side.

"Yea I had a vision when I was trapped by him, but I wasn't all too sure what it meant. I think it was explaining who he was."

"What happened" Tenzin asked, eager to figure it out.

"Well I saw two Kyoshi warriors first. Then, Sokka put his hand on one of them and she was crying. She was complaining about how benders think they are superior and then she just walked away."

Katara was shaking her head. "Suki". Korra looked up at her waiting to hear more. "Suki was the head of the Kyoshi warriors"

"Yes I do remember you telling me about her a few times a while ago. But why was she so upset? And what was Aang trying to tell me with this"

"Was there more to the vision. Maybe you should continue first." Tenzin suggested.

"Well after that it continued but it was a totally new vision. So the other Kyoshi warrior from the first vision was with this little boy, her son. She was showing him some fighting moves, and then she started poking this practice dummy kind of like the chi blockers do. All of a sudden these fire nation soldiers came and took her and her husband away, leaving the little boy all by himself. I figured it was Amon he said his parents were taken by firebenders when I was at the rally with Mako".

"So he must be Ty Lee's son." Katara said.

"Wait…Ty Lee. You mean the circus girl who was friends with Azula"

"Yes" Katara said squinting her eyes trying to focus on all the information at hand.

"But still how does it all make sense together"?

"Well it's time for a little history lesson then maybe we can sort this all out. Ty Lee was the type of person who always had to be a part of some type of group or clique. So after Aang defeated the firelord she abandoned Azula and joined the Kyoshi Warriors. For a while Sokka and Suki were together, inseparable actually-"

"Really? But what happened"

"Well they just started to grow apart after a while. I think it had something to do with the fact that he was always around Toph. Even though Toph could clearly take care of herself, he was the one to always look out for her and that probably made Suki jealous".

"So that's probably why she was crying and leaving him in my vision…because she was hurt that they were growing apart and jealous of Toph"

"But that still doesn't explain the second part of Korra's vision" Tenzin interrupted.

"Maybe it does. If Ty Lee was really cliquey she would've gone with Suki when she left Sokka. "

"She did and we never heard from Suki or Ty Lee after that", Katara answered.

"So it makes sense that you wouldn't know she had a son. And if Suki really didn't like benders maybe she convinced Ty Lee to feel the same way".

"And maybe together they started a group whose mission was to fight benders and this evolved into the equalists. Think about it for a moment. Amon's mask vaguely does resemble the face paint of the Kyoshi Warriors" Tenzin began. "So Ty Lee probably taught Suki and whoever else joined their group how to Chi Block to stop benders from being able to bend temporarily".

"Yes Tenzin. That makes perfect sense. And when she had her son, she most likely taught him to have the same dislike for benders. And according to your vision Korra, we know she taught him chi blocking"

"Katara what happened to Azula after Aang defeated the firelord"?

"Zuko and I managed to chain her up. She was jailed shortly after that. There was a rumor that she somehow escaped years later"

"If she did, maybe that is who sent those fire nation soldiers after Ty Lee"

"Of course. Azula would want revenge. And that was probably enough to make Amon dislike benders even more, the fact that benders took his parents." Tenzin added.

"Alright well all of that makes sense, but it still doesn't explain how he is able to take people's bending away for good."

"He must have somehow perfected the art of chi blocking to the point where it doesn't wear off. There is really only one way to know, we'll have to wait until we get to Republic City and get him to tell the rest."

"Well for now it is getting late why don't we finish this conversation in the morning." Katara said standing up.

A crash came from the kitchen, followed by a loud outburst of laughter. "What the-" Tenzin started.

Sensing Tenzin was ready to run in and reprimand the boys Korra jumped up. "I'll go see what's going on."

"And tell Meelo he needs to get to bed".

"Will do". She walked into the kitchen only to see a bunch of soap bubbles on the counter and all three boys hunched over laughing. "Do I even want to know" she asked.

Mako straightened up still smiling, "Probably not". Korra hadn't seen Mako so happy since the times of the probending tournament. He had become really serious when everything with Amon had erupted. But during the tournament he was a totally different person. Although he did the sport to support himself and his brother playing with the team was actually fun for him.

"You just had to be there Korra" Bolin said between laughing.

"Yea Korra you just had to be there" Meelo mimicked wiping away the suds with a gust of air.

She chuckled at the little boy. "Meelo your dad said it's time for bed"

"Aww man, no fair", he said storming out of the kitchen.

"That little boy is funny" Bolin said watching Meelo's dramatic exit.

Korra was now leaning up against the doorway with her arms folded into each other, as the brothers finished straightening things up. "Sorry for interrupting, I guess it really has been a party here without me" she said jokingly.

"Yep. Sure has, now I'm all party pooped out", Bolin said yawning and patting Korra on the shoulder. "I'm gonna hit the snow…get it because there's no hay but there's like a ton of snow"

"Yea Bo I think we got it" Mako said raising his eyebrows.

"Night" he said waving his hand and walking away from the kitchen.

"Good night", both Korra and Mako replied in unison.

Mako stretched his arms behind his head and yawned. "Well I think some sleep isn't such a bad idea", he said walking toward her.

A sudden nervousness came over Korra. She really wanted to ask Mako about what he was going to say when they were in the healing room but she couldn't find the words to. He was now standing in front of her at the doorway, contemplating the same thing. Neither of them were letting the nervousness show at this point. She stood up from her position on the wall and met his eyes.

"Yea I am kind of sleepy too".

He motioned to let her walk in front of him, and she did. Everyone had gone off to bed so it was pretty quiet. They walked together in silence for a few paces before it got unbearable and they both turned to each other saying the other's name then quickly turning away in embarrassment. They were now in front of Bolin and Mako's room and Mako could see his brother snuggling up under the blankets to sleep.

He looked back to Korra and a whole bunch of words shuffled through his mind but none of them seemed to be coming out. Somehow he managed to organize a few thoughts. " Look Korra, there is something I've been meaning to tell you"

"What is it Mako? Is something wrong" she asked

" No no. Well that just the thing", he started rubbing the back of his neck. " Everything is actually right".

"Um... what" she asked with a questioning look on her face.

"What I mean is that for a change things have been good. Republic City is safe now that Amon is captured, the equalists are done for, and everyone is okay and... You're okay"

"You seem to be pretty okay yourself City Boy" she said poking him in the shoulder causing him to stumble back a little. He laughed at her antics.

" Anyway", he paused. As he began to continue he placed his hand in hers. She looked down at their hands clasped together. " Korra, when Tarrlok took you I was going nuts worrying about you. And the whole thing with Amon and you being out of it for so long, I was more worried about you being okay than making sure I was alright". Mako felt himself warming up from being so nervous. His hand was burning from his heat but Korra did not mind. She knew her hand was starting to warm up too, so she didn't bring it up. She didn't want to interrupt him. "After all that I realized you were right". Her eyes grew wide anticipating what he was going to say next. " I do have feelings for you, it just took me some time to notice because sometimes you infuriate me so much". She laughed thinking about how mad she made him sometimes. " But all that aside...I love you Korra". He sensed his heart skip a beat as the words flowed out of his mouth and he waited for her response. She took his other hand in hers. After she weaved her fingers between his she pushed them down in order to lift herself up on her tiptoes to get closer to his face. She leaned up to kiss him and whispered, "You're no saint either, but I love you too". The heat between their hands was escalating into a small fire, as they kissed, but they didn't move, until they heard a voice.

"Finally, jeez Mako what took you so long". It was Bolin, he had heard the whole conversation. They both turned to the cracked door to see Bolin lying on the bed. His elbows were digging into the bed and he was supporting his head with his fists, smiling at the two of them. Both Korra and Mako were caught off guard and laughed slightly embarrassed.

"Yea Mako what took you so long" Korra mimicked jokingly, wrapping her arms around him tightly.

So I'm going on vacation for two weeks, gonna update when I get back.