Disclaimer: I do not own ATLA, LOK, nor any of their characters or likeness. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Please forgive my choppy writing.
A deep blizzard bellowed across the Southern Water Tribe. Korra and Asami gingerly walked up to an old familiar igloo home while protecting their faces from the natural elements. Stopping short of the door Asami grabbed Korra's shoulder and whispered
in her ear. "Are you sure you're ready for this?"
Korra looked uncertainly into Asami's eyes. "I don't think I'll ever be ready, but if we don't do this now I know I'll regret it." Korra took one last deep breath before opening the door and walking in. "Hello? Mom, dad are you here?"
Senna was in the main part of the house setting a tray of food down on the table; from the look of her soot covered clothes she must have just finished cooking. After wiping the sweat from her brow Senna looked up to see the two women standing in the
doorway, and her face instantly filled with joy "Korra!" The ecstatic mother ran directly to her daughter, and wrapped her arms tightly around the young girl's neck. "Finally you've come home. After all that terrible mess with the Earth Empire, we
thought it would be months before we saw you again."
The excited reception warmed Korra's heart making her feel a little more comfortable about the situation. "Well considering how stressful that whole ordeal was, we decided we needed to take time for a vacation. We just flew in ahead of the storm a little
while ago." Korra was relieved to see her mother so happy; it may help when she delivers her special news later on. Right as she finished contemplating on her eminent confession, Korra noticed her mother now eyeing up the tall raven-haired girl standing
behind her. At this Korra immediately snapped back into reality, and introduced her. "I'm sorry mom, you remember Asami Sato right?"
Senna appeared to be uncertain of whether she knew the woman in front of her or not, however, she eventually gave in and accepted what her daughter said. "Yea sure, I think we've been acquaintedonce or twice."
A subtle shuffling echoed from an adjoining room, soon Tonraq came walking through the doorway wearing the same exuberant grin as his wife. He immediately saw Korra, and dashed forward constrictingher in a bear hug. "It's great to have you back."
As Tonraq let go, he slowly took a seat while looking around. "Where's your other friends? The two brothers, Mako and Bolin I believe theirnames were."
"They're not with us. You see it's only me and Asami and ugh..." Asami then stepped next to Korra and reached for her hand to give her support. The warmth of the young inventor's palm against her own made all of Korra's anxieties begin to fade away. She
turned to the young girl beside her and shined a loving and thankful smile. Then she returned her gaze to her two parents who were now thoroughly confused about what was happening in front of them. "Mom, dad; Asami and I are together. I told you that
we took time for a vacation, but the thing is we just got back from it. We went on a trip together to the spirit world, and the two of us sort of connected." A slight blush bloomed on Asami's cheeks as her girlfriend continued. "I know it's not a
traditional Southern Water Tribe relationship, but we were both hoping that you could still give us your blessing."
Both Tonraq and Senna were speechless, their faces had become blank, and neither of them showed any sign of emotion. The lack of a reaction started to make Korra worry, the comfort of Asami's grasp was beginning to disappear. That's when Tonraq stood
up from his seat and slowly walked up to his daughter and newly professed girlfriend. "I remember holding you when you were no bigger than the length of my forearm, thinking to myself, this is my little girl. Some day she's going to meet a boy, fall
in love, and end up having children of her own." Tears threatened to fall from Korra's eyes as she listened intently to her father's words. "However, that dream changed when your mother and I found out you were the Avatar. At such a young age you
had an enormous responsibility thrust upon your shoulders, even if you didn't know it yet. We thought you'd never get the chance to be normal, but you found a way to set your own path in the world. Through time you learned to choose between good and
bad decisions, and eventually you became a very mature young lady."
Korra briefly perked up at the mention of how much she had matured. "Thank you dad. You don't know how much this..."
However, Tonraq held his hand outto interrupt his daughter. "Don't misunderstand me. Through my beliefs I cannot and will not accept your choice as being right, but as your father I will honor it."
A shaky twinge was growing in Korra's voice."What does that mean?"
Tonraq did not falter at the sight of his daughter's fear. "That means I'm not going to force you to change your decision. You are grown now, and no longer the age where it is appropriate for me to forbid you from doing something. However, because you
are my daughter, I am going to beg you to reconsider."
"And what if she doesn't" Asami spoke up slightly irritated at how Tonraq was talking to Korra.
"Than I'm going to have to ask the both of you to leave." The tone of Tonraq's voice was firmer and much colder than Korra had ever heard before.
Korra couldn't believe what she was hearing. "No, please don't do this. I love you, don't push me away." She tried to extend a hand up to her father, but Tonraq stepped backwards out of her reach. A tear was quickly forming in Korra's heart. She looked
over to her mother and said "Mom please help, don't let dad put a distance between us."
"You put that distance there yourself" Senna called back to her. The phrase shot a dagger into Korra's heart. The woman who had only moments ago welcomed her with open arms was now ready to send her out the door. "Who are you? Your not the daughter I
raised. I don't even recognize you anymore. Until you fix yourself, we don't want to have anything to do with you."
The tears Korra tried desperately to hold back were now streaming down her face. Without another word she turned and ran out of the igloo home. Asami shot both of Korra's parents an angry disapproving glare, and quickly chased after her girlfriend. The
sun had already started to set behind the storm clouds, but Asami could still faintly see Korra in the distance. Without a moment's hesitation Asami kicked the snow beneath her, and dashed straight for her. The wind violently blowed against the young
CEO trying to stop her from moving forward. Every step felt like a struggle. Soon the tiny image of Korra was beginning to disappear in the distance, but Asami kept pushing. Korra had been hurt, and she needed to be there for her. However, the small
blizzard buffeting against her skin was not making her objective any easier. Suddenly a giant polar bear dog appeared next to Asami. "Naga? Am I glad to see you. Come on, Korra ran off and we need to get her." Naga lowered herself so Asami could climb
on top of her, and then immediately bounded deeper into the storm.
Naga moved far more smoothly through the raging snow; to Asami it felt like she wasn't even touching the ground. After about a minute of traversing Asami caught sight of Korra once again, and she noticed that her girlfriend was kneeling in the snow with
her hands covering her face. Asami didn't wait for Naga to slow down, she swiftly jumped off the polar bear dog's back and ran straight to Korra. Not caring about how cold it may be on her legs, Asami slid on her knees next to Korra and wrapped her
in a strong embrace. "Korra, I'm so sorry that happened to you. I never thought your parents would say anything like that." Although she tried to speak, Korra's sobs made it to painful to utter a word. Asami gently rubbed the back of the pained woman
in her arms, and soothingly tried to calm her down. "Come on sweetheart let's go somewhere warm." Throwing Korra's arm over her shoulder, Asami helped the grief stricken Avatar to her feet, and the two of them walked back over to Naga who was now
a short distance away. For a brief moment Asami thought about going back to Korra's place, but after what transpired she didn't think she could stand being in the same room as her parents. Naga eventually led them into town where Asami spotted a suitable
inn to stay for the night. She didn't pay too much attention to the price of the room when she spoke to the inn keeper, Asami simply dropped several yuan coins on the counter and asked for the first available room.
When the two women entered what was to be there shelter for the night, Korra immediately collapsed onto the bed and resumed her earlier weeping. Asami joined her and sat next to Korra on the bed. Once again she started making circular motions on the small
of her girlfriend's back. Asami had never seen Korra break down this badly. Even when she had been confined to a wheelchair for several months Korra had kept it together for the most part, at least on the outside. Korra had always tried to appear
strong in front of Asami, but now it seemed like her walls were rapidly crumbling down and all the built up emotion was flooding out. After several minutes Korra's crying subsided enough to where she could finally speak. "They don't love me anymore."
"Don't say that; of course they love you. They're just confused right now. I've witnessed your parents risk everything for your well being in the past. I'm sure if you give them enough time they'll come around." Asami hoped what she was saying was right.
As much as she hated seeing Korra in pain, she hated the idea of giving her false hope even more.
Rolling over onto her back, Korra showed the puffiness and irritated redness of her eyes. "My mom said she didn't recognize me, that I needed to be fixed."
"She was wrong to say that Korra. You don't need to be fixed, because there is nothing about you that is broken." At that moment Asami reached for both of Korra's arms and pulled her upright so that they sat face to face. "Look at me. I'm not going to
lie, this Is going to hurt for awhile. Like I said, I'm sure they're eventually going to come around. However, until then you need to let their opinions fall to the wayside. I know you were hoping for their approval, but you have to understand that
they were raised with a different mindset than us. It will take some time for them to get used to the idea. So please don't beat yourself up about this. You are a strong beautiful woman, and you shouldn't let others, even your parents, determine what
makes you happy."
Kora was silent for a moment before she leaned in to kiss Asami directly on the lips. "I love you so much."
A deep blush appeared on Asami's face, and she looked at Korra with surprise in her eyes. "You love me?"
Korra realized what she had just confessed to, and her face turned a light shade of pink as well. But she didn't back down from her statement, she simply nodded wearing a shy smile. Suddenly Asami grabbed both sides of Korra's face and returned the kiss,
she then moved her head next to Korra's ear to whisper. "I love you to. No matter what happens or how our family and friends react, I will always be right next to you, holding your hand, and taking every criticism and judgment that they can dish out."
Asami pulled away, and this time a small tear was running down her cheek. "Korra I will gladly face down the entire world if it meant being with you."
That last sentiment made Korra giggle as she wiped the tear from Asami's face with her sleeve. "You're starting to sound like me Asami, threatening to beat everyone up."
"Sometimes you have to fight for the ones you care about. My favorite Avatar taught me that."
Korra felt tears forming in her eyes again, but this time it was due to how much compassion she was receiving from Asami. They had only officially started dating a week prior, but it felt like they had been together for so much longer. Korra was slowly
but surely realizing how much Asami truly was there for her. Even at her lowest point, Asami would crawl down and give Korra her support. She would let her tears flow, but she didn't want Asami to think it was because she was hurting again. So she
turned to look at a very crude Water Tribe painting on the wall, and put on her most smart alec voice. "Yea I was kind of fond of Kyoshi too."
A smile broke on Asami's face, not expecting a joke out of her girlfriend so soon. "There's that wicked sense of humor of yours, I thought I'd never get to hear it again." Asami then rubbed the back of her hand against Korra's cheek; sneakily using her
thumb to get the little water droplets hanging at the edge of Korra's eye that she must of thought Asami didn't see. "Now sweetheart why don't you lay down and get some rest. I'm going to venture through the town to find some food to bring back."
Just as Asami got up from the bed, Korra reached for her hand. Asami looked back to her concerned, and noticed that Korra's grief stricken face had returned. "Would you mind staying with me a little while longer? I really don't want to be alone right
now."
The inside of Asami's heart dropped. She immediately sat back down on the bed, and laid Korra's head onto her lap. "Of course I will. I'll stay as long as you need me."
Author's Notes: Thank you for reading so far. I realize Tonraq and Senna acting this way may not seem too realistic, but the idea of parents disowning their children is not a far fetched concept. My main purpose in this story is to show that not everyone
is going to be fine with Korra and Asami's relationship. Now don't get me wrong there are going to be friends that see nothing wrong with it, but I'm not going to give away who they are. Some may surprise you, some may not. Until further chapters
review, comment, critique, ask questions. All I hope is that you enjoyed it.