This story will go along the plot of The Legend of Korra with some of my OCs and including Howl. One more thing, some of it might change a little though. So it sounds OOC, please don't flame me or whatever. Just enjoy. Don't read it if you don't like it all. All characters and everything else, except for my OCs, in the series The Legend of Korra belong to Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.

Resolved for Now

On the night of their match, Bolin and Korra enters the locker room. She looks at Mako and walks silently past him as he was about to talk to her.

Later the Fire Ferrets line up against the Buzzard Wasps. "You can't find two teams more evenly matched in age, size, and strength than the Fire Ferrets and the Buzzard Wasps. Believe me, I've looked! This should be a pulse-pounding semifinal, folks!"

The bell has rung, and the match begins. "The Buzzard Wasps open with a flawlessly executed combo. All three Ferrets take an early visit to Zone Two. And Mako is knocked all the way back into Zone Three! The Fire Ferrets have been struggling to stay alive since the opening bell. All three players are totally out of sync tonight."

Bolin is struck in the stomach with an earth disk. He then stumbles to the side of the ring, removes his helmet, and vomits. "Ooh, that has got to sting! And Bolin loses his noodles! Literally. Which reminds me, this match is brought to you by our sponsor, Flameo Instant Noodles! Noodliest noodles in the United Republic." Korra looks at Bolin with worry, and then at the Buzzard Wasps. We won't give up just yet.

The match continues with Korra being knocked into Zone Three. "The Buzzard Wasps fly deeper into Ferret territory. And Mako plunges into the pool! Can the Fire Ferrets hold on? The Wasps have the Ferrets backed up to the edge now- and the Ferrets are bailed out by the bell! They'd better pull themselves together for Round Two, otherwise they can kiss the finals goodbye."

The bell rung again, and second round begins with Mako being knocked back a zone. He then gives out a fire blast. However, it hits Bolin in the back and knocks him to the ground.

Bolin turns around, facing Mako. "Hey, watch it!" He was then struck from the behind by a blast of water and was knocked off the edge.

"The Wasps take advantage of Mako's unforced error and Bolin is in the pool! Ooh, and a blatant hold on the Buzzard Wasps' firebender by the Avatar!"
The referee blows the whistle, "Unnecessary roughness! Move back one zone!"

"Does it look like I care about unnecessary roughness?!" Korra aims a water whip at the referee as she heads back. The referee then pulls out a yellow fan.

"Oh, and the Avatar is slapped with the yellow fan. The Ferrets are their own worst enemy right now. It's just sad to watch. With the Buzzard Wasps leading two rounds to zilch, the Ferrets' only hope of winning is with a knockout."

"Well I guess there's always next year."

"What are you saying, Mako? We have worked hard for this moment, and we can't let this setback get into our heads. We still have a chance, a slim one!"

"The way we're playing, we don't even deserve to be in the finals."

"No, not you too Bolin." Korra didn't want her friends to lose hope just because of some silly bicker. What happened to the turtleduck brothers back then? "Look, if we don't pull together and work as a team, we'll never forgive ourselves."

"Let's just get this over with."

"The sooner, the better." The Fire Ferrets then grimly head back to the starting line. The bell then rung as Round Three has begun.

"Bolin's knocked into Zone Two, followed quickly by his brother! And Bolin takes a zinger to the shoulder! Looks like it's a clean hit." An earth coin strikes Bolin in the shoulder and he cries out in pain, "Ouch!"

"Bolin!" Mako gets a sudden hit with a blast of fire and is knocked off the edge.

"Mako's in the drink and out of the match. And Bolin keeps playing with one good arm! I gotta hand it to him, this kid's got grit! But how long can he keep it up? Apparently, not very long. The Ferrets' dream of making it to the finals now rests in the Avatar's hands. But with three on one, I don't like her odds." Bolin gets knocked off the edge with an earth and water combo.

"Hold on a second! Did you see that? What an unbelievable effort here by Korra! She's dodging every element the Wasps throw at her! The Avatar finally gains some ground, but with only ten seconds remaining, it might be too little too late!" Korra puts on her concentrated face and dodges the elements at a quick pace. She then uses her water whip and aimed it at the opposing earthbender, making him land in Zone Two. She then uses her water whip again and placed the opposing firebender in Zone Three. Finally, Korra angles herself so that the Buzzard Wasps are lined up in front of her and knocks them out with a single blast of water. "It's the big kibosh! What a knockout!"

Korra then walks up to the brothers. "That- was pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen."

"Thanks for not giving up on us. We never would have made it this far without you. I owe you. Big time."

"Yeah I guess, Mako." She then turns around to see the Wolfbats entering the locker room with Tahno entering last. He inhales deeply with an expression of disgust. Oh look what the catgator dragged in. "Oof, you boys smell something in here? Wait, I know what that is. Yeah, that's the scent of losers."

"I hope we see you in the finals. Then we'll know who the losers really are."

"Yeah, I'm peeing my pants over here."

"And now, the defending champs, the White Falls Wolfbats!" Korra growls at the arena as Asami runs to Mako and throws her arms around his neck.

"Great job! What a comeback, Korra. I've never seen a hat trick like that."

"Thanks! But- if it hadn't been for you and your father, we wouldn't have had the chance to play. So thank you." Korra smiled at her. She then wondered, Did Mako told her about the kiss? Please he has to at least tell her.

"Uh, if everyone's done with the little 'thank you' party, need some medical attention over here."

"Ooh, let me help!" Korra places both of her hands on his shoulder.

"Ow! Gah! The shoulder! Haven't you hurt me enough, woman?!"

"Relax, I'm a healer!" Korra then extracts some water out of a bucket and puts it on Bolin's shoulder. "I learned it from Katara, though most of the lessons I learn is the combat of waterbending."

"No no no no oh- ooh! That's the stuff!"

"Bolin, thanks for listening to my problems. So are you going to be alright?"

"Ahh, I'll be all right. We had fun together, did we?"

"I had a great time, honestly! You are one of a kind, Bolin."

"No problem. Please, go on. I enjoy praise."

Suddenly the ring announcer spoke, "Your winners, the Wolfbats!"

"What?! How is it over already?"

"With a brutal Round One knockout, the defending champs secure their spot in the finals. I hope the Ferrets know a good doctor, 'cause they're gonna need one!" Korra looks over to the defeated team being helped out of the pool by medics with stretchers, her eyes wide open as the rest of her teammates had astonished looks on their faces. She looks closely to a girl with a golden-brownish undercut as the girl follows the stretcher with an injured waterbender lying on it. Is that Asta?

Korra ran out of the locker room with Mako shouting behind her, "Where are you going?"

"I need go. I need to see if they're alright." Korra ran and ran through the twisting maze of corridors. A footfall, someone is behind her. But as she turned around, there was no one there. Strange, I thought I saw her.

Suddenly someone pinned her arm on the wall. "Ouch, let me go!"

Korra counteracts the attack with a flip on the back. She removes the cloak, only to see Asta in an irritated mood. "What the hey, Asta?!"

Asta kicked her square to the stomach and hurls two daggers Korra's way. Each of them pins at her sleeves to the wall; Korra gasps in horror as she sees the bandages unraveling off Asta's arm. "Well, are you surprised about my arm? You should be since you benders only use your bending for entertainment and abuse."

Asta's arm from the elbow to her hand, is covered in black fur. Her hand and fingers are similar to the primates'. She approaches towards Korra until someone held her wrist. "Let go of my wrist, Kazuo. The Avatar needs to be destroyed."

"Is this revenge really going to solve this? Is it really going to bring your parents back to life? Korra has nothing to do with it, so don't blame it on her."

Asta thought for a moment as she continued to struggle. She stopped and her head lowered. "Sorry, but this won't change my perspective on benders."

"So you guys are Equalists?"

"Apparently it's a yes, prissy dweeb."

"Asta, don't even say another word." Kazuo bowed to Korra, "I know that you think that Equalists are evil and-"

"No, no that is not true. You guys are simply defending your rights, except for the part with bending being taken away. But the point is that violence doesn't even solve your problems at all. It gets worse when it does."

Asta jerked her hand from Kazuo's grip, rubbing her wrist from the pain. She then averted her eyes from Korra and spoke in a soft voice, "Then can you prove it?"

"Prove what?"

"That not all benders are corrupted by their hunger for power."

Korra, Kazuo, and Asta arrived at the infirmary. The defeated team is being healed at the moment except for the waterbender. As he sees Asta, he tries to get up but winced in pain. "Hey sis- Kaz. Who's your other friend here?"

"It's just Korra, you should still lie down." Asta then looked at Korra, "Can you heal him, water girl?"

"Yes, and I have a name you know." She sees some bowls of water next to his bed. "Can you sit up for a moment, Mister-"

"My name's Joakim." His black hair is ruffled, and he has a mustache similar to the Lieutenant. He looks familiar, yet his voice sounds sort of like Howl's.

"Nice to meet you." Korra unwound his bandages and pulled the water from the bowls. She felt it smooth over his skin. Joakim winced as she smoothed his back.

"Tell me where your pain in most intense," Korra said clinically.

"Higher." He was racked with pain as Korra moved up. "Ouch!"

"Sorry."

Joakim shook his head in disagreement. "It's all right. I'll be fine. Thank you, Avatar Korra."

"You can just call me Korra." Korra sees Asta standing in the corner, her arms crossed over her chest. Her back was bent over and one foot propped up on the wall. "So what do you think now about benders."

"Doesn't matter, but-" Asta paused for a moment and spoke reluctantly, "Thank you for healing my idiot brother."

"Anytime." Maybe Equalists are not as bad as everyone thinks.