Chapter 37
Korra looked at Vaatu and sent water at the Dark Spirit. "You are only prolonging the inevitable, Raava," said Vaatu as he flew at Korra. Korra sent air at the Dark Spirit, keeping it away from her.
"I won't allow you to fuse with Vaatu," said Korra to her Uncle as she used her Air bending to lift Unalaq up in the air and then throw him at the Southern Spirit Portal. Tonraq ran towards the spirit portal to keep his brother away from the battle, while Korra continued her battle with Vaatu.
"So this is Vaatu," said Asami as she stood in the land between the two worlds. The President knew that many spirits existed, but this one was much larger than the rest. It was a large black and red kite; when it shot energy from its face, the Dark Spirit glowed purple.
"Wan defeated you before, and I will do so again," said Korra as she sent more air and water at the Dark Spirit. The combined attack pushed Vaatu backwards.
Vaatu then sent another purple energy at Korra, throwing the Avatar on the ground. Vaatu landed, and touched the ground near Korra. Green roots grew to a gigantic size and quickly restrained the Avatar's movement.
"Give in, Raava, I will defeat you this time," said Vaatu as Korra tried to move but could not.
Vaatu sent one purple jet of energy at Korra, then another. While Korra was powerful, these energy attacks hit her like a truck.
"Your era has ended, Raava," said Vaatu as he sent another purple energy ray at Korra.
"You cannot give in," whispered Raava to Korra. The Avatar closed her eyes, and with all her strength broke the green roots that held her to the ground.
"What?" said Vaatu
Korra began sending water jets and more air attacks at the Dark Spirit. As Vaatu prepared to attack Korra once more, a large fireball flew at him. Vaatu turned its massive head and saw Azula, who sent another fire attack.
While the fire attacks did some damage to the Spirit of Chaos, Vaatu's body quickly regenerated itself. Then lightning pierced the Dark Spirit's body, but once against it did not cause any lasting damage to Vaatu.
"Pathetic humans, don't you know that no human can defeat me," said Vaatu as more fire attacks hit him.
"My name is Lady Azula, and the most powerful non Avatar Fire Bender in the world," said Azula as she kept sending fire at Vaatu.
"Thanks Azula," said Korra as she joined the battle and continued sending her water and air elements at Vaatu.
"No, no," said Vaatu as Korra created a large sphere of air around the Dark Spirit and then jumped. Korra bend a large jet of water that also surrounded the air sphere. Using these two elements, Korra began moving Vaatu who was now trapped in his elemental prison back to the tree of time.
Before Korra could do anything, a water jet hit her, sending the Avatar on the ground. Korra stopped bending, releasing Vaatu back into the air. When Korra stood up, another water jet hit her, sending the Avatar further back.
"No," said Korra as she looked up, seeing that Vaatu flew at Unalaq, before hitting the Chief of the Northern Water Tribe. When he hit Unalaq, Vaatu disappeared, and Unalaq's eyes turned red.
"No," said Korra as Unalaq smiled.
"We are one. I am now the Dark Avatar, the one and true Avatar," said Unalaq as he flew towards the Northern Spirit Portal and touched the glowing yellow energy.
"Argh!" cried Unalaq as red and purple energy shot upwards
"No," said Korra as she realized that Vaatu fully fused with her Uncle.
"Korra," said Asami as she ran towards her girlfriend, with Azula following closely.
"We need to stop them," said Azula
"Too late, Vaatu is now fully fused with Unalaq," said Korra
"Nonsense. Look at me Korra, no look at me," said Asami as she touched Korra's chin and looked in the Avatar's eyes. "We will defeat the Dark Avatar. I know we will. You need to believe in yourself,"
Korra smiled and her eyes began to glow with white energy. "You cannot win," said Korra as she flew at UnaVaatu, and the two Avatars began their battle. Both Avatars used Water Bending to create mini water tornadoes beneath their feet so that they could stay in the air.
"Give up, Avatar," said UnaVaatu as he sent water at Korra, and then flew towards the Southern Spirit Portal. Korra followed, also exiting the Southern Spirit Portal. The two Avatars arrived at the Southern Pole, where they used the snow that surrounded them against their opponent.
"We need to help Korra," said Asami as she ran towards the Spirit Portal. She saw frozen Mako and Bolin but ignored them and continued running, soon jumping at the yellow energy, and then returning to the Material World on the South Pole.
"Help us," said Bolin as the two brothers saw Azula, who stopped running and looked at the two brothers in amusement.
"You look good, you should get frozen more," said Azula
"Can you help us?" asked Mako
"Of course I can," smirked Azula as fire formed around her hands. She then extinguished the fire.
"No! I will be stuck in ice forever! This is such a horrible fate! No, I am too young to stay frozen for eternity," cried Bolin as tears began descending his face.
"Bo," said Mako
"At least I have you here, Mako. We will be frozen for eternity," said Bolin as he ignored his brother.
"Bo," said Mako as Bolin turned his head, finally noticing the fire nearby.
"But," said Bolin
"You really thought I would leave you two here?" asked Azula, "Although I am tempted a little to leave you two whiny babies frozen in solid ice,"
Azula then sent fire at the blocks of ice, melting the ice, and turning it into water. She then also saw Tenzin, and freed him from icy chains. As the water dropped on the ground, Bolin ran towards Azula and hugged her.
"You are my hero, Lady Azula," said Bolin but Azula heated her hands and touched Bolin's face.
"Warm, warm," said Bolin as he ran away from the woman. Mako just shook his head.
"Come on, we need to help my granddaughter and the Avatar," said Azula as the four people exited the Southern Portal. When they returned to the Southern Pole, they saw Tonraq lying on the ground.
"Tonraq, sir, are you alright," asked Bolin
"I am fine," said Tonraq as the group looked at Korra's father.
"Go help Korra, I will stay with Tonraq," said Tenzin
"I will stay as well. I need to catch my breath," said Azula, as the two adults stayed with Tonraq. They helped him to sit up; the three people then watched the raging battle between Korra and Unalaq.
"Korra," said Asami, as she looked how Korra fought with Unalaq. The two were still floating in the air using their mini water tornadoes beneath their feet. As they floated, they kept sending jets of water and various frozen objects razing from frozen arrows and ice balls to large spikes.
When one of the Avatars sent ice at the opponent, the other Avatar quickly moved their hands, turning ice into water. The two Avatars exchanged those attacks for ten minutes before reaching the ground.
"I am the Avatar, and I can use more elements than you, Uncle," said Korra as the two exchanged elements once again.
"You can only use two elements," said UnaVaatu as he sent another jet of water. He then moved his hands, creating a wave, sending it at his niece as well.
"That's still more than you have," said Korra, sending an ice rock at Unalaq, who turned it back into water, and sent at Korra, throwing the Avatar on the ground.
"While I wield only one element, I mastered it. I am far more experienced than you are," said Unalaq as he created a large ice rock, sending it at Korra. After it hit Korra, the Avatar fell on the ground once more.
"Your time has ended," said Unalaq as he threw his right hand on the ground, separating the ice in two directions, creating a small canyon. Korra fell in it, and Unalaq moved his hand, as he began to close off the gap by moving the ice back together, fully intending to crash Korra with pressure from two sides.
"No," said Korra as it became harder and harder for her to move.
"Korra," whispered Raava
"Raava," said Korra as she found it difficult to move
"You are the Avatar. Do not give in to ten thousand years of Darkness," whispered Raava once more.
Korra opened her eyes; they began to glow with white light. The ice that surrounded her flew in all directions, some of them hitting Unalaq.
Korra rose into the air and sent air and water attacks at Unalaq. She then formed jets of water around each of her hand, and threw both jets of water at Unalaq's hands.
"Korra," cried Asami as she kept running towards the Avatar.
Korra and Unalaq looked at each other; both people realized that they were in a standstill. As Korra tried to move, Vaatu escaped from Unalaq's mouth and glided towards Korra's face.
"What?" asked Korra
Vaatu touched her face and climbed into her mouth. Before Korra could react, Vaatu grabbed Raava and began pulling the other kite from Korra's mouth. After some struggle, Vaatu fully pulled Raava away from Korra and pushed the white and blue kite on ice.
"Raava," said Korra as more water hit her, sending Korra to the ground. Another water jet hit her again, throwing her ten feet away from where she originally stood.
"Korra?" asked Asami as she approached Korra and hugger her
"Raava," pointed Korra as she dropped on the ground, unable to fight back. Asami saw that UnaVaatu was hitting Raava with water.
"Argh!" cried Korra as she saw Aang's image. The image then immediately disappeared. Korra touched her chest, feeling her now lost connection to her predecessor Avatar.
Another hit, and Korra saw Roku's image fading away. Korra touched her body once again, with her hands touching her legs. She crawled into a ball, trying to ignore the pain of separating from her past lives.
Next, she saw Kyoshi's face, which then promptly disappeared from sight. Then she lost her connection to Kuruk and soon after to Avatar Yangchen. "Korra, what is happening?" asked Asami
"My past lives, I am losing connecting towards them," said Korra as UnaVaatu paused and looked at the defeated Avatar.
"You are weak, you are nothing," said UnaVaatu as he looked at Korra. He bent water and sent it at the two women, sending them further away from Raava.
"I am sorry," said Korra as she screamed again when she lost her connection to more Avatars, "I wasn't strong enough,"
Asami looked at the Dark Avatar, and then at the surroundings. "Asami, I am not the Avatar anymore," said Korra
"It does not matter. You are Korra, and I fell in love with Korra, not the newest Avatar," said Asami, "And you are special. Your bending does not define you, but it's the strength of your spirit that makes you special, not your former connection to Raava,"
"Asami," said Korra as Asami hugged her and then jumped away. "Asami?"
As Korra lay on the ground, shivering from pain she received as her past lived separated from her one by one, Asami ran towards the Dark Avatar.
An image of Wan appeared to Korra. With another hit of water, her last past life had vanished. Only Raava now remained, and all her past lives were now gone. "Your last host's past lives are gone, Raava and now it's your time to be destroyed," said UnaVaatu as he prepared to hit Raava, fully intending to destroy the Spirit of Light.
UnaVaatu was unable to hit Raava as his body received a kick. The first kick hit in the stomach; and then another kick hit Unalaq in the groin area.
"What?" said UnaVaatu as he turned, facing Asami Sato.
"I am going to destroy you," said Asami as the Dark Avatar sent water at Asami, who evaded it.
UnaVaatu formed water arms and grabbed Asami, lifting her in the air. "You cannot defeat me, pathetic girl," said UnaVaatu
Asami grinned and with a quick movement touched the water covered arm with her glove. Electric charge passed through the UnaVaatu, causing him to release Asami, and temporarily stop fighting.
Asami did not waste time and ran at UnaVaatu, throwing a few kits and punches at the Dark Avatar. She also hit him with her electric glove, sending more electricity at Unalaq's body, keeping him in some pain, so that he could not utilize all his power against her.
Seeing that UnaVaatu was not fighting, Asami ran towards Raava and grabbed the Light Spirit. "You need to get back to Korra," said Asami to Raava.
An arm covered with water grabbed Asami's leg and pulled her away towards Unalaq. "You cannot defeat me, young girl. You can only stall time until my victory," said UnaVaatu as he used Water Bending to force Asami's fingers apart, so that Raava would be left defenseless.
"Go and help Korra," said Asami to Raava but the Light Spirit did not reach. While Raava agreed, she knew that she did not have time to get to Korra as another arm covered with water flew at Raava.
Unalaq's arm collided with Asami's right hand. While Asami felt pain, she also felt strange. "Finally, Raava is gone, and soon you will be too," said UnaVaatu as he threw Asami on the ground, ready to transform into a larger being.
Korra looked at Asami. Asami knew that while Korra felt weak, she did not feel any pain from the last hit that Unalaq had made. Asami smirked as she realized that Raava has escaped.
"Why am I not getting bigger? Raava, where are you hiding?" asked Unalaq as he looked around, trying to assess the situation, "Raava, I destroyed you, I saw you gone,"
UnaVaatu's red eyes looked around, but he only saw Asami and snow, lots and lots of snow in the frozen tundra. He then immediately turned his focus at Asami, who was also confused as to what was going on.
"You," said UnaVaatu," as he flew quickly at Asami. As Asami tried to understand why the Dark Avatar was attacking her, Raava quickly escaped Asami's body and flew towards Korra.
"You, I should have destroyed you long ago," said UnaVaatu as he grabbed Asami's hands and legs and threw the non-bender on the ground.
"You have lost, Unalaq, as you could not destroy Raava," said Asami as UnaVaatu formed a large ice ball and threw at Asami. It hit Asami's chest, and the young woman spat some blood on the ground.
"I will destroy you," said UnaVaatu as he parted the ice sheets once again and threw Asami in it, and then bent the ice, once again trying to squeeze his opponent.
"Asami," said Korra as she felt Raava entering her body.
"Korra, you are the Avatar, and you are strong," whispered Raava. Korra then remembered Asami's last words to her.
"Asami," cried Korra as fire escaped her mouth and shot straight at the sky.
"What?" asked UnaVaatu as he turned his head, seeing a fire wave shoot up in the sky.
"Korra," smiled Asami. The young non-bender felt that the ice sheets stopped moving.
Korra stood on the ground, taking a deep breath. She bent water with her right hand, and fire with her left hand. Korra rose in the air using Air Bending. A rock platform appeared underneath her feet.
"I am the Avatar," said Korra as she flew towards the Dark Avatar, sending all four elements at her Uncle.
Korra sent a large fire wave. The fire evaporated the water around UnaVaatu's arms.
Korra then bent air, throwing her Uncle further away.
Korra created a large rock and sent it at the Dark Avatar, hitting him in the chest.
Finally, Korra bent water and threw and created a large fist made of water, which she then threw at the dark Avatar.
As UnaVaatu stood up, Asami climbed out of her hole, and looked at Korra.
"I knew you would get all your elements back," smiled Asami as she hugged Korra.
"Thank you for believing in me," said Korra
"I love you Korra," said Asami
"I love you too, Asami," said Korra as the two young women looked at each other, and then saw approaching UnaVaatu.
"Together," said Asami
"Yes, lets do this together," said Korra. Korra's left arm touched Asami's right arm, and the two looked at Vaatu, ready to fight the Dark Avatar.
"Fools, I will defeat you and then I will rule the world as the one true Avatar," said UnaVaatu as both Korra and Asami looked at him.
Korra rose in the air. A fire ring formed around her. A jet of water also began circling Korra. Rocks rose from the ground, and completed the last element to circle around the Avatar. Korra's eyes began glowing.
"It's nice for you to read history," said Asami as she took a combat stance and extended her Equalist glove, ready to battle the Dark Avatar. The Dark Avatar used water to quickly move towards the two women and then attacked them. The final battle between the Korra and Asami against UnaVaatu has begun.
A/N: And so the last few scenes of the Book 2 are now very different from canon book 2. I thought it was nice to make Asami have a much larger role in plot of Book 2, cause in canon she did not really do much. I hoped you liked that change. Also, however brief, I hope you liked Asami v UnaVaatu scene.
While Korra does not have connections to her past lives, she did read about the battle between Aang and Ozai, so she knew of the technique of putting three elements around herself, while she was using Air Bending to stay in the air.
While Korra lost her connections to her past lives, including Wan, Vaatu did not destroy Raava, so the plot of "The Light in the Darkness" episode will be discarded. Korra still has her connection to Raava, just not her connection to her past lives.
Next: last chapter where Korra and Asami fight UnaVaatu.