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Chapter 13: Avatar Talk

Korra checked on everyone in the camping area to make sure they were all asleep before sitting back down in front of the campfire. She hadn't bended much since she arrived in the past and she was getting anxious to bend some fire. Although water was her natural element, fire was honestly her favorite element, most likely because it fit her fiery personality. It also picked up more favor since her boyfriend was a firebender.

She thought of Mako as she played with some fire from the campfire, tossing it around and continuously enlarging it and diminishing it. Korra had only been gone a week but it felt longer. She had become enraged at the fact she had no way of knowing how to get back to her time and in a moment of rage chucked a fire ball at a nearby tree. She regretted it immediately and ran as fast as she could to the edge of the cliff they were on and waterbended some water out of the ocean and doused the flame on the tree. Korra then preceded to airbend the smoke away from the campsite as to not alarm any members of the Gang. She inspected the tree and gave a sigh of relief as soon as she realized the burn marks were almost entirely unnoticeable.

Korra returned to her previous seat by the campfire and facepalmed herself. She couldn't believe how reckless she was at that moment and realized that she was going to have a hard time fighting the urge to bend other elements.

Korra suddenly heard the sound of a tent ruffling and turned around to see Aang getting out of his tent and coming towards Korra.

"You couldn't sleep either?" Korra asked as Aang sat down next to Korra by the fire.

"It's so weird, I was fast asleep and then I got this weird feeling, like the Avatar Spirit was trying to wake me up or something and now I'm too awake to go back to sleep." Aang explained. He had bags under his eyes signaling he was tired but the boy showed no other signs of fatigue. "How about you Korra, why couldn't you sleep?"

"Oh, I just have a lot of stuff on my mind", Korra sighed.

"What is it?" Aang asked with concern. "Maybe I can help."

"Oh just boy problems, nothing you would understand."

"Well Korra I am a boy", Aang said lightheartedly while gesturing to himself which got a light chuckle from an otherwise stone-faced Korra. "Maybe I can give some insight on how we think."

Korra pondered over this for a second and decided to give it a try. "Sure, why not?"

Korra then proceeded to tell Aang all about her relationship with Mako and the love triangle she has with him and Asami, while also leaving out any details that might point out she was from the future.

"Wow", was all Aang could say to break the dead silence. Korra's situation was much more difficult than the Avatar had first envisioned. He pondered the situation and finally after another minute of silence came up with a solution.

"Does this Mako guy love you as much as you love him?" Aang asked the sulking Korra. He tried to sound as sincere as possible but that didn't stop the waterbender from snapping at him.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Korra asked sarcastically with a hint of anger. She was now standing inches away from the airbender. She didn't like the fact that her own past life would be so blunt with her.

"No no that's not what I meant", Aang backtracked. "What I meant to say is that if he loves you as much as you love him you have nothing to worry about."

Korra withdrew back to her previous seat and let out a huge sigh.

"How can you be so sure?" Korra asked, but this time there were no undertones to her question. She was actually curious.

"Korra, I've been traveling the world with Katara for the past year and for most of the time I worried if she loved me as much as I love her." Aang explained. "When I found out she did that thought left and is never coming back because I trust her. A strong relationship is built on trust and you must trust your partner and if they say they love you, you need to trust they will be faithful. So I say laugh off the other girls attempts and show that Mako guy you trust him by not letting that girl get to you."

Korra stared at the Avatar before her. He was currently younger than her yet a great deal wiser.

Korra finally lifted herself up and walked over to Aang and, much to Aang's surprise, tightly hugged the airbender.

"You have got to be the wisest thirteen year old kid ever." Korra complimented Aang which brought a warm smile to the airbender.

"Yeah, but I'm on par with the average 113 year old man." Aang joked, which earned a playful slap from Korra.

As their embrace ended, Aang couldn't help but feel a warm feeling come over his body. He tried his best to ignore it but it wouldn't go away. He just felt really happy and relieved, like he was not only helping out Korra but was also helping himself out.

"By the way, I know Mako loves me just as much as I love him." Korra said catching Aang off guard.

"Well of course he would love you, who wouldn't? You're smart, funny and incredibly beautiful." Aang said subconsciously.

"Wait, did you just say you think I'm incredibly beautiful?" Korra asked kind of caught off guard yet also amused at the situation.

"Well…yeah…..I guess…I mean…ah" Aang stammered as he stood their flustered.

Korra wanted to probe this situation further but felt her tiredness finally catch up with her and decided that sleep was more important than torturing the poor boy.

"Well it's getting really late so I better try to get at least a couple of hours of sleep. Thanks again for all your help Aang, it was really assuring. Good night."

"Good night" Aang responded back as he watched Korra crawl into her tent before returning to his own. As Aang went to sleep he made sure to clear his mind of Korra and focus on thinking about Katara and how much he loved her. The Avatar has mastered all four elements but has yet to master his hormones.

The next morning Korra woke very refreshed. She didn't sleep long but it was arguably the best sleep she had gotten while in the past. This was most likely due to the fact that she no longer worried about her relation issues as Aang's words really stuck to her.

Korra exited her tent to see the sun was just beginning rise. It appeared no one else was awake yet so Korra decided to sneak off and get in some earthbending practice.

When she found a secluded area she got in her stance and proceed to attempt to move a boulder but failed to do so. She tried again and failed. She tried a third time and failed yet again. Korra focused all of her energy into one last attempt to move the boulder in front of her and found herself losing her balance and falling forward, cursing her misfortune.

Korra was getting very worried but was interrupted by the sound of Katara's voice coming from the camp telling everyone to wake up and that breakfast was ready.

She wondered why Katara would shout so loud but got her answer when Aang appeared behind Korra walking back towards the campsite. He was fairly sweaty, like he just finished a morning workout.

Korra hid herself from Aang's sight feeling that explaining why she was on the ground against a giant boulder would lead to bad results. She would return to camp a little later under the excuse that she had just gone out for a morning walk.

What Korra didn't fully understand about her situation about not being able to earthbend the boulder was that she couldn't because at the same time Aang was practicing earthbending nearby. It is impossible for two Avatars to bend the same element at the same time since there is only one Avatar. This would be one of the first of many instances to come of the Avatar Paradox.

First of all, yes there will be some moments of Korra/Aang but mostly friendship. I am a Kataanger to the death so no need to worry.

Second, there will be more on the Avatar Paradox in the upcoming chapters. If you want to know all about it now just message me and I'll give you all the guidelines. It will be very important thoughout the rest of the story so hopefully it will become clear to everyone.

Thanks for reading!