the thief and the airbender

reminded

{for Jokermask18}

"This is gonna be so cool! I've heard so much about Master Katara." Every history he had ever read at the Northern Air Temple had listed her many, various accomplishments. He couldn't help but feel amazed.

"She's just my GranGran Kai. But she is pretty amazing," Jinora agreed, half-laughing at her friend's excitement. It had taken a lot of coaxing from herself and her mother, but finally they had convinced Tenzin to allow Kai to come with them on their annual trip to the Southern Water Tribe. Kai was just as excited about meeting her GranGran as he was about snow, which he hadn't really seen much of before.

Their ship - courtesy of Asami - pulled in at the harbour, and Jinora could see GranGran smiling at them from below. Jinora beamed at Kai happily, but it faded when she saw he looked worried. "Something wrong?"

"What if she doesn't like me?" he said, doubt pouring over him. "I mean she's your grandma, what if I do something wrong and you both hate me?"

Jinora took his hand. "I could never hate you Kai," she told him, blushing. "And GranGran likes everyone. You'll be fine. I promise."

Nervously, he smiled at her. "Okay. I believe you."

Ikki and Meelo got down to the docks before them, and GranGran enveloped them in a hug. Then it was Tenzin, and Pema's turn. Katara took little Rohan, now a year old, and kissed his nose. Finally, as her mother took the baby back, Jinora swooped in for her hug.

"You've already grown so much," Katara remarked, smiling warmly. Jinora pulled away and with a small jerk of her head and a glance at Kai, urged him to move forward. "Who's this young fellow?"

"GranGran, this is Kai, one of the new airbenders, and my best friend." Jinora couldn't help but feel a little nervous too. She had never introduced a friend to her grandmother before, or even had a best friend until Kai.

The boy bowed respectfully. "It's an honour to meet you, Master Katara." He looked up, hoping his nervousness wasn't showing on his face, and felt a great surge of relief when the waterbender was simply smiling at him like she smiled at one of her family members.

"Just Katara is fine," she told him, and he smiled almost sheepishly, but she could also sense the happiness behind it.

Later, at her house, Katara found an odd sense of nostalgia in watching Kai and Jinora interact. They reminded her of herself and Aang, at that age, in many ways.

"GranGran, are you okay?" Meelo asked, surely noticing her misty, watery eyes.

"Yes, I am Meelo, don't worry child." She patted his head, her smile growing as she saw Jinora laugh at something Kai had said. "I'm better than okay, actually."

Hi guys! Jokermask18, I hope you liked this. Half of this was inspired by Narnianbirthcybertronianspark's (find her on tumblr!) excellent headcanon: "I have a headcanon that the next time the family and the Krew go to visit Katara, Jinora drags Kai along and Katara gets misty-eyed while watching them interact because their dynamic reminds her of herself and Aang at that age and this was supposed to be cute but it's just sad I'm sorry." She's awesome and posts Kainora stuff. :)

As always, feel free to send more requests in. :)

ALSO: MotherofAvatars on tumblr is also starting to set up a Kainora week. It seems it will either be next week (August 3-9) like Skg1000 had already proposed, or August 31st - September 6th.

Either way, they'll be lots of Kainora goodness, who else is ready for it?

Love you guys. I hope you have a great day.