! I am not an owner of Legend of Korra. This is just a fanfiction and all characters belong to their original creators.!
I am so happy that some people found this fanfiction and it really motivates me to write more and upload new chapters as soon as possible. And special thanks belong to Pvlmaddog who wrote the first review. Thank you so much for feedback and this chapter is dedicated to you. I hope you and other readers will like it. And don't worry this is a Baavira fanfic so they will find their way to be together at the end but it will be complicated. This story is about their history and relationship throughout years. So are you interested in this fanfiction after reading the first chapter? It was some kind of prolog and in this chapter we will travel back in time.
In this chapter we will return to Zaofu 6 years ago. Kuvira is 18 and Baatar is 19 years old. I hope you will like it.
Zaofu, 6 years ago
It was hot summer day and Kuvira was currently on her watch. She was wearing dark green guard uniform with armor on her chest. She was a Zaofu guard for almost two years now and she really liked her job.
Kuvira stopped walking when she reached the city center. She sighed and looked up to the sky and then she removed sweat from forhead with her hand. This was one of the biggest disadvanteges of Zaofu. All these metal houses and streets were like an oven in the summer.
Square was emptier than ussual because everybody was hiding in their houses in such a hot weather. She went closer to the fountain in the middle of square and washed her face with cold water from the fountain. She felt much better now.
When she was about to leave city square the bell rang on the top of Zaofu Tower. It was 2 p.m. and her watch was officialy over now. "Finally" she said to herself.
Kuvira went back to guards' residence where she lived since she became guard herself. The building was made from metal and glass... like all other things in Zaofu. Every guard had their own little apartment but most of them were empty because other guards lived with their families in the city.
Kuvira picked the roof apartment because she loved the view on mountains around Zaofu. It was small apartment but Kuvira really liked it. It was her place which she could finally call home.
When she walked into bedroom she throw her armor on the floor and fully clothed fell on the bed.
Kuvira really wanted to go sleep but remembered that she needs to go on a dance practise with Suyin and other girls today. She laid in her bed for a while and then went to have a shower. She felt relief when cold water ran over her body. She hated hot days like these.
It was 3:45 p.m. when she walked out of shower and started preparing for today's practise. Kuvira took on her training light green tank top and dark green trousers and her hair was in a long braid.
Kuvira left her apartment at 4 p.m. with a light brown bag on her shoulders, in which she had a towel and dance shoes, but then realized she will be in the gym too early because dance practise should start at 5 p.m.
Normally, Kuvira would go for a walk in that spare time but today was so hot weather that she decided to wait in a gym until dance practise starts.
The gym was located close to Beifong's residence where she used to live for so many years. Kuvira could still live there but she decided to move out to her new apartment in guards' residence. Suyin wasn't happy about that but she respected Kuvira's decision.
Kuvira reached the gym quite fast and when she opened a massive door to the gym the place was empty. Kuvira put her bag on a bench in the corner and slowly walked to the middle of the gym.
It was nice to have this place just for herself. Kuvira took a deep breath and closed her eyes... Then she started dancing...
She was dancing on her tip toe and looked elegant as a swan. It was her new dance routine which she will perform on Zaofu winter festival. Kuvira danced for about five minutes and was in her own world. She felt so relaxed while dancing and it was something she really enjoyed. Then out of nowhere she heard familiar voice.
"Wow. That's really beautiful." Baatar said while standing in the doors. "You are really beautiful" he thought for himself. She looked like fairy. Baatar always saw her with her serious face expression and seeing her like this was completely new for him.
Kuvira nearly fell on the ground when she saw him. His appearance really changed since they were younger. He was much higher and gain muscles. Baatar was wearing dark green trousers and olive t-shirt with metal necklace which is typical for all Beifongs. "You scared me, Baatar. How long have you been standing there?" Kuvira asked nervously.
"Long enough." Baatar replied with a soft smile on his face. "But you don't have to worry... your dancing is perfect."
Kuvira gave him a mischievous look with a little smile. They grew up together and knew each other for years but when they became teenagers things got awkward between them ... so they didn't talk much since then.
"And what are you doing here? "Kuvira asked Baatar. "I didn't know you were exercising."
Baatar smiled. "I am not. Or at least not that often as I would like but... I was actually installing new technology here." he finally said.
"Which technology?" Kuvira asked curiously.
Baatar looked right into her eyes and wanted to say something but no words came out... after few seconds he finally said: "Follow me. I will show you that." he went to near hallway and then continued down stairs to engine room.
"The room was really small but full of machines and technologies. Kuvira was kind of confused from all of that but Baatar on the other hand looked really confident. He was always good with technologies.
Baatar then stopped close to one machine which was visibly new. "That's it." he said. "This is my new invention." he said proudly like if it was his child.
Kuvira couldn't help but laugh. "What is it for?" she asked curiously.
Baatar fixed position of his glasses and then started with explaining: "This machine is cooling the air inside of building. It is powered by electricity and it is actually really quiet. It's not like that old cooling machines we used to have before. These ones are much better and it allows us to control the tempereture in just a few seconds. It was really needed in hot days like this one.
"That's great!" Kuvira was amazed. "You are really smart, Baatar. And how do you work with it?" she asked.
"Baatar smiled and said: "Look here." he said and Kuvira got down on her knees and looked closely while Baatar continued with explaining. "These buttons control temperature and you can change the intensity of cooling as you like. The air travels in these tubes and proces of cooling is done in this area" he pointed on one part of machine and was now so close behind Kuvira that she could feel his warm breath on her neck. Kuvira was shivering and hoped that Baatar didn't noticed anything. She wasn't focusing on Baatar's explanation of the technology anymore and she could only think about how close he was. It was completly new feeling for her.
"I hope we will have these machines in all houses as soon as possible. It would really help in days like this." Kuvira finally said.
"Yeah. We are working on it with my dad. We should start with installing next week." Baatar said proudly.
"That's great." she replied. When Kuvira stood up and turned around she was now facing Baatar. There was just a small gap between them and they stood in a awkward silence for a few seconds.
"I should probably go now. Dance practise will start soon." Kuvira said quietly.
"Yeah I should go as well." Baatar replied as they walked out of engine room and continued back to the gym.
"Thank you for showing me your new invention." Kuvira said facing Baatar.
"It was nice to talk to you again." Baatar said with smile on his face and Kuvira gave him a warm smile as well.
"See you soon, Baatar."
"See you soon, Kuvira." Baatar replied as he was walking out of the gym. When the door closed behind him... the picture of dancing Kuvira occured in his mind again. He smiled for himself and went home.
At the same time on the other side of the door Kuvira was thinking about that feeling she had when she felt Baatar's warm breath on her skin. It was a completly new emotion for her. But her thoughts were interupted by other members of dance group who just walked in.
She couldn't wait to see him again.
So that was a new chapter. Did you like it? This was a moment when Baatar and Kuvira felt the first spark between them. Our lovebirds will meet again soon so I hope you will stay tuned.
And about that "cooling machine"...yeah it is air conditioning :D I just didn't know how to call it in a more fancy way. And I am sorry if technical terminology is not correct here but I tryed my best and I needed Baatar to have a reason to appear in the gym :D If somebody is interested air conditioning was invented in 1902 so according to LOK universe it already exist at this time but Baatar created a new upgrade and more sofisticated technology which is currently only in Zaofu.
