the thief and the airbender
the world
[older!Kainora]
{for camilleRomance}
It started on Kai's very first night on the airship, and during a conversation under the stars, Jinora revealed she had always harbored a secret hope of one day meeting a Lion Turtle, and it spiraled all over the place from there.
A month or two later, in the library of the Northern Air Temple, Jinora had hauled out a giant map of the world. It was her map, and as Kai had leaned over her shoulder, he could see tiny circles added onto the map in ink.
"What are those?"
"Markings. Once an airbender gets their tattoos, they're officially an adult - unless they were still too young, like Grandpa Aang - and are free to travel the world. These are some of the places I want to go, like Omashu, and I want to camp in the Patola Mountain Range and see the Great Divide..." She grinned at him, excitement sparkling in her eyes. "Where do you want to go?"
She handed him a pen. Feeling uncertain, Kai eyes roamed over the map, finally settling in the Fire Nation, near the Western Air Temple. He had always heard the Sun Warrior ruins were incredible. Slowly and carefully, he circled the ruins, looking up at her nervously.
"Ooh, I hadn't even thought of that," she said happily. "Spirits, the ruins must be beautiful. We should go see these places together someday."
And five years later, holding hands, they did. On the back of their sky bison, they traveled all over the Earth Kingdom; to tiny little villages and growing cities, to seedy pubs and Avatar Day festivals, to Kyoshi and Whale Tale Islands. To the Fire Nation; to the place where the Firelord Ozai was finally defeated, to the village of the Painted Lady. Even to the Water Tribes, and the Air Temples, they traveled together.
They chose spots and camped out and cooked and bickered and laughed and stayed up late talking about nothing and everything. They traded turns of choosing places and giving the other the chores they didn't want to do.
Together, they saw the world. And as beautiful as it was, it was made only more so by the fact they were beside each other, fingers laced with matching smiles. Although they had nearly seen it all, and done it all, both Kai and Jinora agreed that their greatest adventure was on their last journey.
They went to the four ends of the world, determined to find what had set them on their path in the first place: a Lion Turtle. And they did.
CamilleRomance, I hope you enjoyed this. As always though, if you were hoping for something different, let me know and I'll give this prompt another shot. With the next two episodes of Legend of Korra on Saturday (I myself am particularly excited for "The Original Airbenders") it's sure to deliver a healthy dosage of Kainora moments.
God knows I need it. (It was just a ship how did it end up like this?!)
Anyway, thank you for all of your feedback, and feel free give me more requests! :) I hope you all have a great day.
