Shoutout to Axl for his string of reviews.

From here on out, your still free to suggest anything, but I'm going to keep it short with this one line. I hope you enjoy.

Air Temple Island, Morning…

Sasuke relaxed as he faced Mako, Bolin, Asami, and Soren. "Start."

The three teens were uncertain what to do, but Soren rushed in determined to get a bell. She was the youngest of the three, so she felt as though she needed to act fast and strike hard. Getting a bell was everything in this moment.

Soren jumped and threw a kick that Sasuke blocked with hand. She wasn't done. The daughter of Tenzin turned her body to land a punch only for the Uchiha to block it as well. She went for a kick with her other leg, but Sasuke dropped her before jumping back.

The Uchiha smirked. "Shinobi Battle Skill 1: Taijutsu." He looked at Soren. "You did well Soren, but you'll have to try a lot harder than that."

Asami ran in and slid to Sasuke's right hoping to snag a bell while he was distracted. The Uchiha flipped over her body and out of reach. Asami came to a stop and started to get up only for Sasuke to be there sweeping her feet before delivering a punch to her gut knocking Asami away.

Soren saw this and decided the best strategy was to get out of there for the moment to regroup. This left Sasuke with Bolin and Mako who both shared a brotherly nod before moving to square off with Sasuke together.

Sasuke wove a hand sign making both brothers shoot out their respective element. A fire shot to the head and an earth shot to the legs. When the dust settled, it was revealed that they'd attacked a tree.

"I was certain that was Sasuke." Mako thought.

"Where did he go?" Bolin thought.

Sasuke was behind them. "Shinobi Battle Technique 2: Genjutsu. Also known as the Illusion Jutsu." Mako whirled around with a fire dagger in hand only for Sasuke to catch his wrist. "Nice try."

The Uchiha threw Mako into Bolin who'd been starting to earth bend. The brothers fell to the ground in a tangled mess.

Sasuke walked up to them with all his attention seemingly focused on the brothers. "There's no telling who we may have to face, so it's better if you understand these things now. Even more so, you should strive to see through them.

Soren stood perched in a tree. "This is my chance." She threw a barrage of shuriken, but Sasuke casually looked as he drew his blade to block them. "I got to move!" She started jumping along the trees. "I thought that was my chance, but Sasuke Sensei was just baiting me."

Just before he could give chase, Asami had recovered and charged Sasuke. He turned around intending to slam his fist into her stomach, but the Sato flowed underneath it and spun around kicking Sasuke.

The Uchiha smirked as he turned into lightning nature. "Lighting Style: Lightning Shadow Clone."

Asami's eyes went wide before the electricity ran through her causing the Sato to scream in pain. Before she could fall to her knees, hands shot up from the ground catching her legs. She was then pulled into the earth until only her head was visible.

The real Sasuke emerged from the ground and crouched down in front of Asami. "Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu. That was Shinobi Battle Skill 3: Ninjutsu." He started to walk off in the direction of Soren. "Better try again or you'll never get a bell."

Mako was back to standing. "Bolin, get you and Asami out of here." Bolin nodded before earth bending the girl out and the two of them ran. "Hey, you can't walk off Sasuke because I'm not done yet."

The fire bender began generating lighting.

Sasuke turned around. "Oh, looks like someone's starting to get serious." He held out his hand and started producing lightning nature. "Let's see what you got Mako." Mako fired off lighting at Sasuke who held out his hand covered in lighting. "Chidori!"

The lighting met the Chidori and both were canceled out; however, Mako expected this. He was immediately on the move and came at Sasuke's right side. The Uchiha drew his wooden blade and moved to strike Mako who ducked below the blade.

The fire bender then jumped and flipping back shooting out a crescent of fire only to hit a log as Sasuke had used the Replacement Jutsu. This left Mako looking around for a Shinobi that was no longer in the immediate area.

With Bolin and Asami

Bolin and Asami finally stopped to regroup and catch their breathes.

"Okay, I knew Sasuke was strong, but not this strong." Asami stated. "He's not even doing that Sharingan thing, yet he's running circles around us."

"I know." Bolin looked at Asami. "You think since he likes you, that you could distract him?"

"At this point, the thought has crossed my mind, but Sasuke isn't that type of person." Asami stated. "We need something more to have any chance of taking him on."

Bolin was about to speak before smiling as he spotted two bells nearby. "Hey, looks like Sasuke dropped some bells."

He ran over only for Asami, to late, to yell. "Bolin, it's a…" Bolin stepped in a pile of leaves and was snatched up by a rope causing him to hang from a tree branch. "…trap."

"Asami, uh a little held here?" Bolin asked.

At that moment, the leaves under Asami shifted and she was captured in a net. "I'm in trouble myself at the moment."

Sasuke walked into the clearing and dispelled the transformation Jutsu revealing that the bells were nothing more than two leaves. "Sorry about that you two, but honestly you got only yourselves to blame."

Bolin moved his arms up to his feet causing a section of the ground to shoot at Sasuke who lunged to the right before continuing as if nothing happened. "If the bait is obvious, you shouldn't take it. A Shinobi must see through deception. Anyways, have fun."

He walked off.

"That guy may be just to smart." Bolin stated. "So, you got any tools like Soren"

Asami sighed. "I got nothing. What about your earth bending?"

"Kind of hard to focus on creating something sharp from here." Bolin replied.

Yeah, they were trapped for the moment.

With Soren

Sasuke was walking along the trail when he heard Soren call out. "Clone Jutsu!"

Several Soren's jumped out of the trees lunging for Sasuke, but the Uchiha grabbed the real one, punched her in the gut to wind her, and threw his student over his shoulder as the alarm went off alerting everyone that the test was over.

"Well, looks like you all fail." Sasuke stated as he walked back to the stumps.

With Mako

Mako came across Bolin and Asami in the trees and cut them down just as the alarm went off.

"We lost." They all thought.

Stumps

Sasuke decided to tie Bolin to the stump, keep Soren on his shoulder for a demonstration, and let Asami and Mako sit on either side of the earth bender. The whole lot of them were extremely downtrodden.

"Well, I must say each of you impressed me with how wrong you got what it means to be a Shinobi." Sasuke stated firmly. "Even for those of you who just recently learned of this, you've heard my tales, yet you didn't listen to them.

Asami and Soren, you only though of yourselves while Bolin and Mako only thought of themselves and each other. Unfortunately, no one here took being a Shinobi seriously and were more concerned with the outcome. You never considered why I tested all four of you together."

"What do you mean?" Bolin asked.

"I'm saying that none of you realized the true intentions of this test. Mako and Bolin were close, but I chalk that up to their bond rather than true understanding. Each of you need to use your head and think back.

I was on a squad with three people. Every squad of Genin I encountered were three people. That's the standard number with no one having been sent back. It's so basic yet even the pro-benders missed the point of teamwork."

Everyone was shocked.

Soren asked. "Teamwork… that's what you mean?"

"That's what I mean." Sasuke stated. "It's to late now, but if all four of you had come at me, you might have been able to take the bells."

"The three bells but four people, early rise, and no food…" Mako opened his eyes wide. "You stacked everything against us, so we'd be pitted against one another."

"Exactly." Sasuke stated. "I wanted to see if you four could overcome the obstacles and put the squad ahead of yourselves. Mako and Bolin, you were more concerned with each other passing that you ignored your teammates except for one rare instance.

Soren you were concerned with thoughts of your age that it never crossed your mind to ask for help. As a result, you tried to take me on all by yourself even though our training should have clued you in to the fact that I'm not a normal opponent.

Asami, no matter if you want to admit it, you were trying to impress me with your skills. To show how capable you were. Yes, a squad is comprised of individuals with their own skill sets; however, teamwork is the most essential element.

When individuals put themselves above the squad, it can lead to failure and death." Sasuke grabbed Soren and held her out while grabbing a kunai to hold at her throat. "For example, Asami kill Bolin now or this child dies."

Everyone stared at him shocked before Sasuke put the kunai away and tossed Soren over to the others. "That is what can happen on a mission and when you face Shinobi who come from my world. At any time, your life could be on the line."

He walked away from them but looked back at the four. "All things considered, you four are unknowledgeable about my world, so I'll give you one more chance." He turned to them. "That said, it's going to be much harder.

You'll have three hours to get a bell so eat your lunches to build up strength. Bolin doesn't get any. Consider it a reminder that you performed arguably the worst of the four. If anyone feeds him, that person will automatically fail."

So, Sasuke left them only to hide and observe as they began to eat. Bolin's stomach growled, but he didn't want anyone to fail.

The earth bender chuckled. "Well, this is no big deal, right Mako? After all, we went without food longer than this on the streets."

Everyone looked at him before Soren closed her eyes and held out her lunch to him. "Here Bolin, eat some."

"Soren, put your food away." Mako held out his. "I'll take the rap on this one and feed Bolin. This way you three can try to get the bell."

Asami shook her head. "No, if one of us is going to get in trouble, we all are." She held out her own lunch as well. "We're supposed to be acting like an actual team, right?"

Bolin shook his head. "No guys. Don't feed…"

Each of them shoved food in his mouth. "Just eat it already!"

A huge plume of smoke spread out before them with Sasuke coming out utterly livid. "You!" Everyone was shocked and terrified. "You four broke the rules, so I hope you're ready for your punishment." He activated his Sharingan and created a Chidori. "Any last words?"

"Sensei, we're a team, so we're in this together." Soren declared firmly.

Asami said, "That's right, we gave our lunch to Bolin because it wasn't fair to deprive him of it. All it'd have done was lessen his chances to pass."

"We won't back down to you because this is our decision." Mako declared.

"That's right." Bolin felt brave with the four of them. "We four are united in this choice."

Sasuke walked up to them. "So, you four really agree on this choice?" They sat there unmoving making Sasuke smile as he dispelled his Jutsu and his eyes returned to normal. "You four pass." Everyone was shocked.

"For my first squad, it's amazing you passed. In pretty much the same way as I and my team did to. A Shinobi must see through deception. To a Shinobi, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum.

Mako and Soren gave a small smile at that while Asami's love for Sasuke only grew, and Bolin was brought to tears. "Wow, Sasuke's cooler than I thought."

"You can thank my Sensei for that. Anyways, the exercise is over." He took out the four head bands and threw one to each of them. "Starting now, you four are Genin." He cut Bolin free. "Let's head back to the temple. Asami and Bolin, you'll get you Chakra and Blood Line Limits."

Everyone was happy, and Shisui, who was hidden in a nearby tree, smiled before leaving the area.

Air Gates

Korra was moving through the gates with Jin nearby the bend air through them. By this point, The Avatar was at least a master at this. It wasn't much in the grand scheme of her training, but it was about the only thing she had besides the forms.

Shisui was walking by with his hands behind his head when he stopped to look at the gates. "Oh, this looks neat." He walked over. "Hey, what's going on Korra and Jin?"

Korra looked up at him. "Huh, it's my air bending training."

Jin nodded. "The goal is to move through the gates without touching them while they spin." He produced a leaf and air bent it into the gates where it moved on through to the other side. "In short, one must be the leaf."

"Cool." Shisui looked at Jin. "Mind if I give it a try? Shinobi are known for being light on their feet."

Jin nodded. "If you wish, I don't think father would mind."

He bent more air through and Shisui moved on in flowing with the gates until he came out the other side. He was rather quick about it as well.

"Wow, that was impressive." Jin nodded. "You might be a natural air bender… without the bending of course."

Shisui chuckled. "One of my natures is wind, and as I said, Shinobi are light on their feet."

Korra sighed. "Great… I had so much trouble with this, yet here you come beating it in one go."

Shisui smiled. "No need to be salty Korra. Maybe you just need to take a break from this air bending training and work on some things you're a natural at. It may not help, but taking a break from something difficult, only to tackle it later, always helps me."

Korra thought about it. "Well, it might be worth a shot, but Sasuke's going to be tied up with his students meaning I have no one I can train with. The air benders only fight in self-defense, Lin is still laid up, and Kanan is busy at work."

"I'm not doing anything, for the most part, during the day." Shisui shrugged. "If you want, we can train together. It's not like mastering the elements means you're the strongest with them. Even the strongest Shinobi knows there's room for improvement."

Korra thought about it and she did always enjoy a good fight. "Alright, let's start training."

Jin moved back to observe as Korra and Shisui immediately squared off with one another. Korra went for power and raised the earth sending it at the Shinobi. Shisui jumped over it and at the Avatar coming down on her with an axe kick that the Avatar blocked by crossing her arms.

She uncrossed them to shot fire up only for Shisui to vanish and appear behind her ready to chop her neck. Korra whirled around just in time forcing Shisui to change directory and go for her stomach.

The Avatar was sent reeling back. It was at this point that Shisui decided to keep the fight close since the Avatar's hand to hand was severely lacking. The Uchiha spun around kicking Korra in the gut before sending an elbow into her chin.

Shisui then crossed his arms. "Looks like you could use some work in a lot of areas Avatar Korra."

Korra looked at the Shinobi in a new light as he was thoroughly in control of the fight. "What do you mean?"

"Based on what I observed, your fighting style was rigged even with the pro-bending elements you've added." Shisui stated. "As I understand it, the Avatar has access to training from all four elements.

Something people would kill for even if they lacked your powers. The reason being that they wish to incorporate the styles of the other elements into their style. In short, it's true you may have mastered water, earth, and fire.

Your next step, besides mastering Air, should be to incorporate those other styles into each element. I read a history book detailing someone named Iroh who invented Lighting Redirection through incorporation of the other elements.

What I'm saying is, combine power, substance, freedom, and change within yourself to reach higher levels of power. Put all four into any of your bending styles, and you'll see a massive improvement.

From there, combine the modern pro-bending styles and I'll bet you become a great Avatar." He chuckled. "Well, your hand to hand could do with boosting. I know it's not one of the four elements but learning hand to hand is a valuable skill for everyone."

Korra nodded and Jin said, "That was very wise Shisui Uchiha."

Shisui chuckled. "Well, I always hoped I'd get to be a Jonin instructor someday, so I guess this is proof I could have given it a good shot." He looked at Korra. "Anyways, I'd be honored to help you if you want."

Korra smiled. "You know, the way you talk about it, I'll accept."

They shook on it.

City Hall: Council Room, 7 Days Later…

Tarrlock's Task Force, without the help or cooperation of the police force, had been sticking to its usual brand of taking down hidden training halls of the Equalists. With no sign of Amon, the conversation between the members of the council had inevitably turned to the non-benders.

"The law I would propose would make it illegal for anyone to be a member of the Equalists or even be associated with them. It also puts into effect a curfew ensuring all non-benders are in their own homes by nightfall." Tarrlock stated.

"This is going to far Tarrlock." Tenzin argued. "You can't punish all non-benders for the actions of a few."

Lin and Kanan, who were in attendance, stood at this proclamation. "I agree with Tenzin. The police force won't enforce such rules. We are to serve and protect. We do not rip away civil liberties from the people."

"What would you have us do chief of police?" Tarrlock asked. "Go raiding more mansions and hoping to stumble upon the Equalists? Maybe just hand the city over Amon right now? My law is the only thing that will keep the city out of Amon's hands."

"If you think for one second, you'd realize how negative this law is. Frankly, you're an idiot Tarrlock." Kannan stated angrily. "People who are Equalists have already proven themselves capable of going where they shouldn't. Your law will only anger non-benders."

"If you want true change, then vote into action Sasuke Uchiha's idea for the Shinobi Force." Lin stated.

"Some force isn't going to stop Amon." Tarrlock stated. "My plan is the only viable option."

"Really, some force isn't going to top Amon?" Kanan questioned. "Then what good is your task force?"

Tarrlock turned to the council deciding to end this. "All those in favor?"

He raised his hand followed by every member of the council save Tenzin who just sighed. Lin and Kanan stormed out of the room.

Outside the Room

Lin and Kanan moved through the halls together.

"That Tarrlock is a real piece of work, and the entire council, except for Councilman Tenzin, are nothing but sheep." Kanan stated. "Chief, we can't stand by and let him get away with this."

Lin looked at her son. "We won't. Tarrlock seems to think he's above the law, but everyone must follow it. He'll slip up one day, it's only naturally, and we'll be there to put him where he belongs. In the meantime, we have men who need saving. Is you're the new armor ready?"

"The department got them in right before we left to attend this meeting." Kanan stated.

"Then it's time to suit up because we have a raid to conduct." Lin stopped Kanan and smiled. "I'm proud of you Kanan. You may have only led for a week, but you did good."

Kanan smiled. "Thanks chief."

Lin patted his shoulder and they continued walking.

Equalist's Base

A young man with purple eyes, shoulder-length, white hair, and shark-like teeth walked into the room carrying the twin swords Kiba. His attire consisted of a black, sleeveless shirt, light purple pants, and striped legwarmers. He wore the Hidden Mist head band.

The other Equalists looked at him but made no move to stop the man as he approached Amon. "Your intel on the location of Kiba was sound Amon." He showed the swords before stowing them with the four other swords in his possession. "So, I will work for your Equalists, but I'm not changing my attire."

The Kyoshi Warrior appeared behind the man brandishing her fans. "You will do as Amon says. If he wishes for you to…"

The man turned into a puddle of water as the Mist Shinobi appeared behind her with Kiba pressed against her neck. "A Shinobi takes pride in their head band, and I take pride in my attire of the Seven Swordsmen. Changing my attire is nonnegotiable. If that is a problem, I will take my leave."

Amon said, "That will not be necessary Mangetsu. Your aid is needed, and we will continue to pay for it. In addition, your attire is acceptable."

The real Mangetsu sealed the twin blades away. "Just keep your subordinates in line. I work for you, not them." He walked away but looked back at Kyoshi Warrior. "Watch your step girl. Just because a Shinobi works for someone, it does not mean they are weak."

He left the room leaving the Kyoshi Warrior standing there in shock.