Greetings, benders and non-benders from across the Verse and welcome to the next chapter of Avatar: Duality. Hope your all going to enjoy it as much as I had writing it and now on to the reviews.
The Storm Master 567: It's a bit of a habit of mine to have that. I'll try to keep an eye on it. I admit, when I thought up his Superhero name, Vigilante was the first thing that popped up in my mind. I was thinking about something else, but everything I came up with felt to generic or silly.
Niinjja: Happy to have you. Now I just have to decide if I want to do a Spider-man like OC but with airbending or a Doctor Strange OC but with spirit/energy bending.
girani4: I am working on it! Really!
Girlbook: Those are secrets. *wink wink*
Lelouch of Zero: That's very fortunate for him, though maybe he is planning around it. Yeah, Soshi can be a jerk, but his friends happiness comes before his own. If you didn't realize it so soon, then I did a good job.
TragicFiction: The reason Soshi restored her bending has to do with the reason he can bend two elements. The KorraXSoshiXAmon is a joke, don't worry about it. I can get a bit silly in the Q&A section. No the mind link is between Soshi and Korra. Not Soshi and Amon.
Now story time.
In the morning, the yacht docket into the South Pole harbor. A crowd of people where gathered around. The airbending children excitedly greet Katara and their aunt Kya, who are awaiting them on the dock.
"Gran Gran!", the airbending kids said. The children all gather around Katara and hug her waist.
"Oh... you've all gotten so big.", their grandmother said.
"We missed you, Aunt Kya.", Jinora said to her aunt.
"Oh, I missed you, too. Your father doesn't bring you to visit nearly enough." she said as Tenzin and Pema, "He's probably scared I'll beat him up like when we were kids." she lightly punches Tenzin's arm playfully.
"I'm not scared of you!...", Tenzin protested, rubbing his arm before slightly timidly adding, "Anymore."
Korra rushed up to her parents, hugging Tonraq while Mako stands behind her and Senna stands to the side.
"Dad, this is Mako." she said, introducing her boyfriend.
"Sir." Mako offers his hand to Tonraq.
But Tonraq crosses his arms, "I hope you're not getting my daughter into anymore trouble up in the city with that masked man?" he asked sternly.
"Uh... No... uh... I... no.", Mako stuttered.
"Knock it off, Dad.", Korra said.
Tonraq laughs and shakes Mako's hand. But the waterbender's eyes widen as he saw who was walking towards them. "By the spirits."
Mako turned around, his eyes narrowing as he saw Soshi, waving to the cheering crowd as he walked towards them.
"Soshi." Senna said, tentatively when he got to them. Eleven years ago, when they last saw him was during Qipian and Mirai's funeral, he was just a boy. But this was the first time they saw him as a man.
"Senna.", Soshi said, but she didn't say anything. Instead she pulled him into a motherly embrace, "I have missed you too, Senna."
"Last time I saw you, I could lift you up with one arm.", Tonraq said happily, shaking hands with Soshi once Senna let go of him, "Your more handsome than in your photo's."
"Thanks." Soshi said, with a sad smile, "Sorry if I haven't been visiting as much as I would wanted to. I just..."
"It's alright, Soshi. You had your father's company to look after." Senna said, "We are just happy with the letters and gifts you send when it was our birthdays."
"It wouldn't look good on me if I forgot your birthdays, now would it?", the young man said, "Your pretty much family after all, you changed my diapers once."
Suddenly Bolin appeared next to Soshi, "You have photo's of baby Soshi!?", he said, "Can I see them!?"
"You should have asked sooner if you wanted, Master Bolin." Mitsuzo said, walking up to them.
"I would like that Mitsuzo!", Bolin laughed.
"Oh? Who is this fine gentleman?" Kya said with a smile.
"Mitsuzo Soroi! Soshi's awesome butler." the young earthbender said, throwing an arm around Mitsuzo, before turning to the crowd, "Look at all these people that came out to greet us!"
"No." Mitsuzo said, "They came to greet Soshi and... them.", he points to a large and ornate Water Tribe ship that approaches across the water.
"Mine is bigger." Soshi said.
"Bigger mansion, bigger pool, bigger ship, bigger company.", Mako said, "Are you compensating for something?"
"No." he said back, "I have people to do that for me."
"What does that mean?" Mako said, sounding a bit irritated, "How does that make sense."
"I am rich, Mako." Soshi shot back as the ship docked, the crowd claps and cheers, "I don't have to make sense."
"The great chief Unalaq of the Northern Water Tribe comes to grace us with his presence. Hooray." Tonraq said sarcastically.
His wife puts an assuring hand on his arm, his daughter looking at him as well, "Just relax Tonraq, he'll be gone soon enough.", Senna said.
Turns his head back to the ship, Tonraq sighs while growling.
A man almost as tall as Tonraq but far less buff and followed by a set of twins in purple cloaks, as they depart the ship walking down the plank to the pier, accompanied by guards.
"Whoa!", Bolin said, putting on a flirtatious smile, "Who are the lovely ladies?"
Korra glances at Bolin with an amused smile, "That's Eska and Desna, the chief's children.", she explained, "Desna is a guy."
The young earthbender's eyes widen in surprise, "Oh, no, sure, I knew that." he chuckled, turning to Soshi, dropping his smile, "Soshi! Which one is Desna?"
"The one without make-up." Soshi said.
Bolin's face becomes impassive as the Northen Chief and his group approaching them. Once he stood in front of him, he bowed towards Korra, "Good to see you again, Avatar Korra."
"Good to see you too." she said, bowing in return.
Unalaq then turned to Korra's dad, "Tonraq.", he said coldly.
"Brother.", Tonraq said back in the same tone.
Mako and Bolin who worriedly look at each other, surprised with the tone the two brothers use to address each other.
That afternoon, the group was accompanied by Unalaq over the festival grounds, where many tents for games and good stalls where standing.
"It's a shame the Southerners have abandoned all connections to the spirits." Unalaq said, "Even during the most hallowed times."
"I've always loved the Glacier Spirits Festival. Eating cotton candy with Soshi, playing games. I still have that toy air bison Soshi won.", Korra said looking around with a smile, "It's fun."
"You still remember that?" Soshi said surprised.
"How could I forget?" she said, "It was the day we met our adopted daughter."
"Your what!?" Mako suddenly shouted.
"Easy there, hot head." he said, "We are referring to Naga."
"Yes fun. This festival used to be a solemn time of fasting and meditation. Now it's just a chance to watch some rube try to stick an..." Unalaq said looking around the festival, before suddenly stopping, "...Entire arctic hen in his mouth."
The group stops and looks in the direction to see Bolin trying to stuff a whole arctic hen inside his mouth and is attempting to swallow it. Upon hearing them, he widens his eyes, turns to face the group and shrugs.
"What? Oh, it's so good." Bolin he said closes his eyes and clenches his fists in delight.
"Traditions change, Unalaq." Soshi said, shaking his head in amusement, "The world isn't about to end because of it."
"Try telling that to the sailors who are being attacked by angry spirits in southern waters, Mr. Shuang." Unalaq said with a frown, "Some traditions have purpose."
"Wait." Korra said surprised, "Spirits are attacking ships?"
"I'm surprised the Avatar doesn't know about that." Unalaq nodded, "Apparently you haven't been given all of the information you need. It would be my honor to instruct you in the spiritual ways of the Water Tribe."
"I wouldn't mind learning about fighting spirits." she said glancing at Tenzin, "Airbending is getting pretty boring."
"Tenzin is Korra's instructor." Tonraq said at once, "He can give her all the training she needs."
"So you've said." the chief said unconvinced.
"Isn't it up to Korra to decide who train her?" Soshi asked.
"Oh, you know who you should ask to train you?" Bolin suddenly said, "The Vigilante!"
"Right, the infamous guardian of Republic City." Unalaq said dismissively, "There is no such thing."
"I mean no disrespect uncle but, there is a Vigilante." Korra said, "The rumors are very much true."
Unalaq smile faded, "You mean to tell me, that there not only exists a man who's bending can match, if not exceed that of the Avatar, but that this man is actually real?"
"Oh yeah!" Bolin said, his usual grin stretched across his lips, "There is definitely a Vigilante. And he is like the coolest guy ever! And he has this amazing car called the Avenger that plows through any other Satomobile and that can shoot explosions and ice blast. And he can bend fire and water."
"Alright there buddy." Soshi said, placing a hand on Bolin's shoulder, calming him down. A spark of pride in his stomach because of the praise Bolin was indirectly giving him.
But something caught his attention, Unalaq looked about ready to burst a blood vessel at the surprise Bolin had thrown at him. "So... this Vigilante is capable of bending two elements?" he said, Korra nodded, "That is... very... interesting."
Soshi noticed something in the Northern Chief's eyes, as if he was this new knowledge had unnerved him.
"Weird." Soshi thought.
To his side, he saw Mako kiss Korra on the lips. He felt as if something was roaring his his stomach. He turned away fro them, he had no reason to be jealous, he had to accept it and move on.
"Come on." Soshi said, reaching for Asami's hand. She took it and he lead her and Bolin away, "We got a meeting to attend to."
Korra watched as she saw Asami, walking away hand in hand with Soshi. For some reason, there was the feeling of a stone falling into the pit of her stomach.
"Think they'll be a thing?" Mako asked.
Korra shrugged, turning back to him with a small smile, "We will have to wait and see."
Later that day, Soshi was fixing his tie as he, Asami and Bolin stood in front of a large, white ship. Which he insisted was still smaller than his.
"Thank you for introducing me to Varrick." Asami said, "He is one of the richest men in the world, and he controls the entire global shipping business."
"Thanks for telling me something I knew already." Soshi said dryly.
"Well I didn't." Bolin said, as Pabu sat on his shoulder, "And why am I here?"
"Because I can make a deal with Varrick involving you." Soshi said as they began to board the yacht, "Just stand there, be pretty and follow my lead."
"No problem! I am great at being pretty." Bolin said with a mock salute, "Man, this is nice! I got to get into this whole business thing."
"Speaking of business thing." Soshi said turning to Asami, "If the worst comes to pass, and I hope it doesn't. You can always come work for me, Asami."
"You do know I expect a pretty big paycheck, right?" she said with a smile.
"Being the head of the R&D department gets paid very well." he said, returning the smile, "I wish a certain firebender was looking for a job... Then I could give him a unimportant desk job that pays extremely well and lord over him that I am his boss."
"C-Can I get that job?" Bolin asked.
"In a perfect world, you both could have it." Soshi said.
Inside the meeting room in the yacht. Varrick is sitting on a cushion, his eyes closed and his fingers pressed against his head in concentration with a look of extreme focus on his face while his assistant, Zhu Li, sits beside him, writing on a notepad.
He is surrounded by a number of other people who are all looking at him intently. He stops suddenly, a massive smile on his face, "Did ya see that?" he said, spreading his arms, "Levitation! I was a foot off the ground! Is that incredible or what?"
His audience begins clapping and murmuring among themselves as Varrick stands, his cloak falling from his shoulders as he does so, and bows.
Soshi just sit with his arms crossed. Asami claps with a polite smile as Bolin scratches the back of his head.
"You looked like you were just sitting on a pillow." Bolin said slightly confused.
A shocked Asami gasps and puts her head in her hands in embarrassment, the stunned audience gasping and looking at Bolin as a shocked Varrick looks up at Bolin as well.
The inventor stands up and walks over, stopping in front of Bolin, while putting his hands on his hips and intimidatingly gazing at him. "Are you saying I wasn't levitating?"
"Uh..." Bolin said nervously, looking to Soshi for encouragement. He gave him a gesture to continue being honest, "...no?"
Turning back to his audience, Varrick shouted, "Well, why didn't anyone tell me? Now I look like an idiot!" before pointing at a man in a red hat, who is also on a pillow, "Swami, you're fired!"
The man looks up to Varrick and glares at Bolin before bowing his head and retreating up the steps behind Varrick.
"I like you, kid, you're a real straight shooter, just like me." Varrick continue, "Soshi, he's with you?"
"Of course, I always bring my tiger shark to do business." Soshi said.
"That's the Soshi I know!" Varrick laughed, "And of course you have a beautiful lady at your arm!"
"Its nothing like that." Soshi quickly said, "I was thinking about cutting her into that thing we were talking about last time.
"That one way to impress a Sato!" Varrick continued, "But first you gotta check out that other venture we were talking about!"
"You mean the moving pictures?"
"Indeed!" Varrick said, turning to his assistant, "Zhu Li, do the thing!"
The assistant stands up and starts a projector. A moving image of an ostrich horse appears on a screen behind Asami and Varrick.
"Impressive, isn't it?" Soshi said, amused at Bolin's impressed reaction.
"That's old garbage, Soshi! That's the past! Shut it off, Zhu Li!" Varrick cut in, as Zhu Li turns off the projector, "Imagine watching this! Ginger, come over here and do your poses!", he gestures toward to his left.
"Oh no." Soshi mumbled as a beautiful red haired woman, Ginger, in a white fur coat, who walks toward them. She drops her shawl and strikes a number of poses, as lights flash behind her.
Bolin looks wide eyed and drooling, until Varrick gets in the way of his view.
"Spectacular! And, we tell a story; there's romance, action, some funny animal stuff for the kids. You know, whatever! Thanks, Ginger, go rest your gams." Varrick said leaping forward and sits between Soshi and Asami, "How about that tiger shark? We're gonna do big business with these movers as Soshi and I call them."
"We are still discussing how we are calling them. But Varrick is right, this is a big opportunity, at least think about it." Soshi said, before gesturing to Asami, "About cutting her in..."
"Stop! She is in." Varrick said, pointing to the ceiling.
"I-I am?" Asami said as Varrick took her hand and shakes it.
"If Soshi vouches for you, your awesome in my book! We'll hammer out the details of our ship line airplanes at the royal feast tonight." Varrick said, turning to his audience, "Now, who wants a rocket boat ride?"
Varrick's guests exclaim their approval before leaving the room.
"Is that how business usually goes?" Bolin asked confused.
"This was rather normal for Varrick. We were naked in a hot tube when we talked about the airplanes." Soshi said, before Asami happily hugs Soshi and ruffles his hair, "Hey, hey! Careful with the hair!"
"Thank you Soshi!" she said happily, "Your the best."
Later that evening, inside an enormous hall made out of ice in which a large feast is going on. Korra, her parents, Soshi, Unalaq, and his children are sat at the head table.
"This is a wonderful feast in your honor, Uncle." Korra said.
"This is nothing." Unalaq said, "When this festival was founded, the tribal elders would commune with the spirits. People would watch the brilliant displays of light as spirits danced in the sky."
"Yeah, yeah. Everything was better back then." Soshi said, sounding a bit irritated at Unalaq's condescending tone, "It's no wonder your not very populair, if your such a party pooper."
Unalaq shot him a glare, as Tonraq gave him an approving smile. "You know what I have been wondering, Korra?" Unalaq said, turning to his niece, "Every Avatar before you traveled the world to learn. Why did Tenzin and your father kept you secluded at the South Pole?"
"I thought Aang ordered the White Lotus to keep me down here?" Korra said, turning to her father.
"We all did what we thought was best for you." Tonraq said.
"Who I train with should be my decision." Korra said, crossing her arms, "Dad, not yours or Tenzin's."
Across the room where Tenzin, Bumi, Kya, and Katara are sat at a table, having overhead the conversation at the head table.
"Looks like someone's trying to take your place as the Avatar's stick-in-the-mud mentor." Bumi teased his younger brother.
"Bumi, don't pick on Tenzin." Kya added, "You know he's always been sensitive."
"I'm not sensitive!" Tenzin said defensively as his older siblings began to poke him.
At the head table, Unalaq stand up in order to give a speech. "As your chief, it is my honor to speak at this festival, which was founded to bring our tribes together and restore the ancient balance between our world and that of the spirits. But I am saddened to see what it has become: a cheap carnival that celebrates greedy and trivial humans."
"I feel the time is fast approaching when the North can no longer stand idly by while our Southern brothers slip into total spiritual decay. Angry spirits are already attacking ships in your waters. I only hope we are not too late to change course."
He sits down, and Varrick stands up to give a speech of his own. "Chief Unalaq everybody, always great to have him in town. Now, let's have some fun with Wacky Wushu's Dancing Otter penguins!"
A man dressed in purple dances onto the stage, and bends a stream of water onto the platform. Three otter penguins slide along the water, before sliding back, stopping in front of Wushu.
At night, Korra, Soshi, Mako, and Bolin where walking over the festival grounds. Mako feeds Korra some cotton candy, which she greatly enjoys before feeding some to Mako, much to Soshi's annoyance.
"Oh, Soshi! You should try this!" Bolin said, eating some balled food off a stick. He turns his head away and his eyes widen as they landed on Eska and Desna, who are standing beside each other alone, surveying the people walking past.
"So your into girls from the Poles?" Soshi said, walking next to the young earthbender, "Yeah good luck."
"Any advice?" he asked.
"Talk to her, but what's more important is that you listen. You can accomplish that by nodding. You also need to be generous, so lot of wine or alcopop, depending on what your interested in." Soshi began to advice.
"You also need to say a lot of 'so funny' and 'I always have that too'. No idea why it works, but it works. But you must never, under any circumstances, let her notice that your interested in her sexually. Do you know what happens to a woman if you do that, or a beautiful one at least?"
"What?" Bolin asked, curious.
"Her brains has a meltdown, she has never experience that." Soshi said, "That's why it works best on beautiful woman because an ugly one automatically assumes she isn't going to get laid."
Bolin clears his throat, smirks, "Alright then wish me luck! I'm making my move!" handing Soshi his food before dashing off.
"Those two have always creeped me out." Korra said, standing next to Soshi, They smell like a grandma's attic."
"Just happy they are not part of my family..." her said, "As far as I know..."
"So about that advice you gave Bolin..." Korra said, "Think it would work on me?"
"No. Your to smart for that." he admitted, before handing the food to her, "I am going to take an early nap... I really have a bad case of jet leg."
Korra behind him at a disappointed look, as he began to walk back to the yacht. It wasn't true he was suffering from jet leg, he had no desire of seeing Korra and Mako act like two sickly sweethearts.
He walked past Bolin attempting to flirt with Eska, with some form of success. Eska was talked side-wise to her brother, "...Perhaps it would be interesting to spend time with a person whose ways are so rough and uncultured.", she then turned back to glance at Bolin, "You amuse me. I will make you mine."
"You mean like a boyfriend, or like a slave?" Bolin said nervously smiling.
"Yes." Eska said, grabbing him by the collar, "Win me prizes."
Bolin laughs nervously he is guides away, while Desna walks beside his twin.
"Like a boyfriend or slave?..." Soshi thought with a raised eyebrow, "What's the difference?"
Soshi moaned as he was laying on his back, moaning more and more of a shaft enters inside him. Eventually, the entire length is within his body.
"Oh yes, that's the spot.", he groans as his motions slowly pick up in speed, "Give it to me! I want your cum inside me! I want you to go as hard as you can!"
His breasts begin to swing back and forth as a result of his request being granted. Eventually, the feeling of an orgasm began to form as the member slides in and out of his body. "Keep going, Mako!", he cries out, "I'm about to cum!"
"Me too!", Mako grunted as he thrusts continue.
Soshi wraps his legs around his waist, locking him into place, as he yells at the top of his lungs as his fluids drench his member.
Holding it in for one final thrust before letting Mako's own orgasm explode within Soshi. With both of them now breathing heavily as a result from their respective orgasms.
Mako slowly pull his softened shaft out of Soshi, falling back on his back. Both of them staring at the white ornate ceiling.
"Is something wrong?" Mako asked, "Did I do something wrong?"
"No, no. You were great... There is something else that's bothering me." Soshi said.
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.
"Unalaq offered to train me." Soshi began to explain, "He says he can teach me about the spirits and my connection to them."
"Sounds good." Mako said, rolling to his side to look at his bed partner, "What does Tenzin think?"
"Tenzin thinks I'm his prisoner or one of his kids." Soshi said, "I'll never finish training with him in charge. I mean, you heard what Unalaq said. The South is spiritually unbalanced and it's the Avatar's job to fix it, but my dad won't even let me think about Unalaq teaching me. Well?"
"Well what?" he asked confused.
"What do you think I should do?" Soshi asked.
"I guess you should do what you think is right." Mako said "I support whatever decision you make."
Soshi let out a irritated sigh, putting his underwear back on. "Oh thanks." he said sarcastically, putting a shirt on, "That's a big help."
"I thought you wanted me to be supportive?" Mako said, sitting back up, "Now you want me to tell you what I think? Make up your mind!"
"Just forget it." Soshi said, storming towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Getting some fresh air!" he shouted.
"Yeah right. Your going to Shuang." Mako said, making him stop in his tracks, "He can tell you what to do, and he will listen to you about how horrible of a boyfriend I am!"
"Maybe I will!" Soshi shouted back, "And just for the record, Soshi told me I shouldn't be so hard on you! You might not like him, but he was actually standing up for you!", he slammed the door behind him, leaving a surprised Mako behind.
Soshi stalked through the red carpeted hall, anger boiling in him until he came to the door he was looking for. Gently he knocked on the door, "Soshi, are you awake?"
Soshi eyes shot open wide, his face laying on the desk in the Lair. Sweat was running over his back. Standing up, he walked past the two display cases, one containing his usual black Vigilante suit.
Twisting the head of the statue, his bookcase slid to the side, hiding the Lair from view.
He then walked to the door, opening it to see Korra standing there. "I am awake now..." he said, stepping aside to let her in.
"Soshi are you alright?" Korra said, her own anger being forgotten for a moment.
"I am fine, Korra. Why do you ask?" Soshi said, the two walked to the sitting area of his room.
"You don't look so good." Korra pointed out as they sat down on the couch, "You obviously have been sweating, you look rather pale."
"It's nothing, Korra." he assured her, "Just a bad dream."
"Those bad dreams... Do you have them often?" she asked, still a hint of concern for her friend.
"I have been having bad dreams a lot lately..." Soshi mumbled, remembering all the dreams he have been having about the date Korra and Mako had been on, or their other nightly activities. "Do you have bad dreams?"
"No. My dreams are... I won't say bad, but just silly." she said, before elaborating on them, "I sometimes dream I am the Vigilante, but I don't think they are dreams. More like visions of what is happening at that very moment."
"Sounds a lot better than what I dream about." he said with a light chuckle, "But I assume you aren't here to talk about dreams?"
"No, I want to talk about..." Korra began.
But Soshi cut in, "If you should continue to train with Tenzin or go train with Unalaq?"
"How did you..."
"Korra, how long have we known each other?"
"Long enough that our parents put us into the same bath together." Korra said playfully.
"Another thing I can place on my list of accomplishments." Soshi puffing his chest out, "I was the first man who saw the Avatar naked!"
"When you were like five!"
"They don't need to know that."
The two laughed, both forgetting their troubles for a moment.
"But honestly Korra, there seems something fishy about Unalaq." he said, turning serious, "I can't tell you what you need to do. But I know you will make the right chose, and I will support you either way."
"That's reassuring." Korra said with a faint smile. She was about to talk with him about an other concern when the entire ship shook.
"The fuck was that?"
"I don't know." Soshi said, looking up the swigging chandelier, "But it's coming from the upper deck."
Soshi and Korra came running out of the back of the yacht, near the pool area were Bolin and Mako appeared as well.
"What's going on?" Bolin yawns.
A dark bipedal entity was perched on top of the roof, it's glowing orange eyes looking in their direction.
"What, is, that?" Korra asked.
The spirit quickly makes its way toward Soshi and attacks him, pinning him against the wall, and begins to lean in closely toward him, but it is distracted by Korra's, Mako's and Bolin's attacks.
"Got it!" Bolin said, earthbending a few earthdisk that were laying around, but the spirit jumps out of the way, "Don't got it!"
The spirit slams into the two brothers, and the Avatar knocking them off the yacht.
Seeing his chance, Soshi firebends but the spirit is too fast and his attacks fail to hit. The spirit tries for a direct attack, but Soshi manages to get out of the way in time by jumping over the railing, shoulder rolling in the snow.
Tonraq and Tenzin came rushing out of the yacht, rush to their aid. Tonraq using his bending to encase the spirit in ice. The spirit appears to have been contained, but several tendrils break through the top of the ice, grabbing both Tonraq and Soshi, and throwing them into one of the stalls and the ground respectively. The tendrils recede, and the ice explodes as the spirit breaks out completely.
"Spirit, why are you angry with us?" Tenzin said, attempting to converse with the spirit, "What have we done to offend you?"
It didn't seem to help as he is batted away by the entity. After Korra recovers, she enters the Avatar State, catching the attention of the spirit.
The spirit makes its way toward Korra, who lifts herself into the air to dodge its attack, causing the entity to land in the festival market behind her. She shoots a number of fire blasts at the spirit from atop her air spout, but her attacks seem to have no effect, and the spirit grabs her with one of its tendrils, slamming her into a nearby stack of boxes.
The spirit stands over Korra, intending to issue another blow, when a stream of water controlled starts to encircle it, and the spirit ceases its attack.
The water was controlled by the approaching Unalaq, who continues to bend the water so that it encircles the entity entirely, the water starts to glow bright yellow, and the spirit changes color.
As the water falls to the ground, the spirit begins to walk away, before disappearing.
"Go in peace." he said as Tenzin and Tonraq run over.
"Korra!" Tonraq said, "Are you all right?"
"I am fine..." Korra said, standing up, "Where is Soshi? The spirit seemed to be focused on him..."
"I am okay." Soshi said, walking towards them, turning to the chief, "How are you able to control that spirit when no one else could?"
"As Tonraq could tell you, I have spent my life studying the spirits and learning their ways." Unalaq said, turning to the Avatar, "All of this knowledge is lost in the South, but I could teach you everything I know."
"Chief Unalaq, clearly you are very knowledgeable, but Korra still has much to learn about airbending." Tenzin said, "And I hope that going to the air temples will help her connect with the past Avatars."
"The air temples will teach her nothing." Unalaq told him bluntly, "Only I can give her the training she needs to be a complete Avatar."
"I've told you that will not happen!" Tonraq said.
"Hey! I'm right here!" Korra said suddenly, "Anyone want to ask me what I think?"
"Korra, please listen." Tenzin began.
"I'm tired of listening to you. Both of you." Korra said, "You keep me locked up, telling me you know what's best. But both of you were powerless against the spirit attacking Soshi... I think it's time I had a new teacher. Unalaq has proven he's the only one who knows what I need to learn. I have to go with him."
"Please, I know you're angry, but we've come so far together." Tenzin said.
"I'm sorry, Tenzin." she said, "This is as far as we go."
The airbending master appears hurt, but he remains respectful. "It has been a pleasure serving you, Avatar Korra.", and he began to walk away.
"Do you think I did the right thing?" Korra said, looking as Soshi.
"I don't know." Soshi said, "But I know your heart is in the right place. You'll just have to trust it."
Unalaq approaches the two from behind, "I know this was a hard decision, Korra, but it was the right one." he said, "Now it is time to put it behind you and begin your new training. I have great plans for you."
Soshi glared at him, the same kind of unease air coming from the Northern water tribe chief.
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