Chapter 37
The girls rode on Naga into the darkness; they knew that they could not return to their past lives, especially Asami, who tried to sit stoically on the polar bear dog but still cried a bit.
"Don't worry, everything will be better. Who knows, maybe Hiroshi change sides and join the good guys; you two could reunite" spoke Korra as Asami looked at the scenery that they were passing by.
"No, I know that my father is a complete monster. While joining these Equalists might have darkened his heart and made him evil, what he did to me was unacceptable. While I will always love him, I will never forgive what he had done. Spirits, I hate him! I want him dead!" spoke Asami as she cried before Korra comforted her.
"Its Okay" spoke Korra as she hugged her friend
"It will be but from today I have no father" spoke Asami finally. "While I might have actually loved him, my feelings just went haywire, I think that I just lost all the remaining feeling of love that I am supposed to have for my fire. But my father, my own father used my phobia of electricity against me, he tortured both my body and my mind to break me."
"Asami Sato, please stop crying this instant" spoke Korra as she suddenly hit her friend in the face lightly with her hand, as she tried her friend to sense some reason.
"My name is Asami, Asami Sato is dead. I refuse to associate with my father any longer" spoke Asami to Korra's horror as Naga jumped in the water, which was freezing cold.
"Great, now we will freeze to death in these costumes" spoke Korra as she then realized that she was a Fire bender. Korra moved closer to Asami before hugging her from the back; the Avatar then breathed deeply before heating her body up significantly. Asami and Korra's skin came in contact, as Korra warmed her friend.
"Thank you Korra" spoke Asami as Naga swam in towards the island.
As the polar bear dog arrived to the island, she put her face on the ground, which made the two girls fall; the two best friends then realized that they were covered in dirt since their bodies were wet and they just landed in dirt. They smiled at how dirty they became.
"Who are you? Trespassers are not aloud on the island" spoke a guard dressed in a blue and white uniform as he approached the two girls.
"Hello, my name is Korra, I am the Avatar? I want to see Master Tenzin" spoke Korra
"Please, the Avatar died many years ago and we had not yet seen his reincarnation" spoke the guard as Korra then got frustrated and sent fire from her hands, then bent the nearby water before throwing it into the man's face; finally Korra jumped and hit the ground with her hand, some rocks moved and threw the man on the ground.
"Still don't think that I am the Avatar?" smiled Korra as the guard tried to escape and tell the Air bending Master about the Avatar.
"What is going on here?" asked Tenzin as he appeared
"Councilman Tenzin, these girls just appeared on the island, one of them first claimed and then proved that she is the Avatar" spoke the guard
"All right, you can go" spoke Tenzin as he let the guard go. "Why did you arrive here Korra? And why are you two dressed like this? Did anyone attacked you?" asked the man
"Well yes but its worse than you think" spoke Korra as she saw Tenzin's horrified face, "You see, Asami and I just returned to the Sato Mansion and as we enjoyed our day in the sauna, the Equalists attacked us and trapped us in the house."
"Yes, I have heard about them. These people try to advocate some sort of equality for everyone in the Republic City, although the Council does not know much about them" spoke
"Master Tenzin, it was a trap set by Hiroshi Sato, Asami's father" spoke Korra
"Hey, he is not my father! He tortured me" replied Asami as she told her story, describing with great detail the torture that the girl underwent as a way in which Hiroshi Sato tried to break her mind.
"I am so sorry to hear about this Miss Sato" spoke Tenzin
"My name is Asami, Asami Sato is dead. I want that man, that monster to be defeated; I will help my sister to do what I can to take that monster down" spoke Asami as she looked Tenzin straight in the eyes.
"Note to self, I should not anger this girl" thought Tenzin, "Alright, lets find a place for you to stay, shall we. " spoke Tenzin as he led the girls to the women's dormitory. As they were passing the main building, a man in a light blue costume walked out of building. The man's long hair was divided into three thin pieces; they lay behind his back.
"Tenzin, I searched everywhere for you. So, what is your decision about that" the man stopped talking as he saw the girls.
"Who are you?" asked the man curiously
"Tarlok, this is Avatar Korra, who will be training with me soon. This is Asami, former Asami Sato, Korra's best friend" spoke Tenzin
"Wait, your name is Tarlok?" spoke Korra
"Yes? What of it?" answered Tarlok, clearly surprised, as the girl apparently knew his name while he never heard of her before.
"My adoptive father's name was Noatak and he mentioned that he had a brother named Tarlok. " spoke Korra as she looked at the man
"Noatak? He did not die in the storm!" smiled Tarlok and to Tenzin's surprise the man actually seemed to be genuinely happy
"Uncle Tarlok?" asked puzzled Korra as Asami slapped her face with her hand.
"You do have the craziest adventures," joked Asami as she looked at her friend, who she viewed as a sister.
A/N:
And so the Arc 4, Air begun! There will be some interesting surprises in this arc.
Also, I strongly recommend checking Korra v Fire Nation fanfic on my profile; I recently finished the first part of the four-part Water Arc finale.