Disclaimer: I do not own Legend of Korra. If I did, Makorra and Bosami will be canon, especially Makorra.

I also do not own Aladdin. I just think its story is perfect for Makorra.

Enjoy!

"Run, bro, run!"

"Bo, again?"

"After them!"

Two young men ran through the busy street of Republic City, desperate to get away from the horde of the police after them. During the fast race, the brother ended up on a roof overlooking the same streets they ran on.

"Ah, nuts." The brother with the bread in his hands moaned.

"Hold it right there, you thieves!"

The two brothers turned around. Captain Lin BeiFong was approaching them, flagged by her police force, metal cords menacingly waving about like a crabopus.

"I'm gonna cut off your hands and mount them on my wall as a trophy, you little street rats!" She threatened, her patience falling short.

The stocky brother glanced to the bread with wide eyes. "All this for a loaf of bread?"

"No, Bolin, all this because you took it without paying!" His tall, slender brother told him harshly. "Again!"

"I had to, Mako! They raised the prices again! We can't even afford food! We can barely afford rent!"

Mako groaned. He glanced over the edge again.

"Do you trust me, Bolin?"

"With my life."

"Then jump!"

"What?"

Mako grabbed Bolin and forced him to leap off the roof with him, narrowly escaping the metal cords.

"MAKOOOOOOO! YOU'RE CRAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZY!"

"EARTHBEND, BO!"

"Oh, right!"

Bolin raised his hands, summoning a mould of earth which the brothers slide down and broke into a run. They hide behind a wall, stopping to catch their breaths.

"That...was...too...close!" Mako said in between heavy intakes of air.

However, Bolin only grinned. "Oh, relax, Mako. You're only in trouble once you get caught!"

Just then, metal cords roped around them, and they were pulled in, lifted off the ground.

The chief's right hand man, Saikhan, grinned of happy satisfaction. "Gotcha!"

Bolin gulped. "We're in trouble."

Mako rolled his eyes.

"And this time- GAH!"

Something brown and furry attacked Saikhan's smirking face, causing the captain to release the brothers.

"Get this thing off me!"

"Way go, Pabu buddy!

"Let's get out of here!"

Pabu, Bolin's ferret, jumped off Saikhan's ugly face to Bolin's shoulder just as the brothers ran down the busy street. With Mako in the lead, the brothers outsmarted the police, taking tight corners down narrow alleys, dodging satomobiles and running pass people who turned their noses at the sight of them.

"Riffraffs!"

"Street rats!

"Scoundrels!"

"Stop, thief!

"Vandals!"

"Outrage!"

"Scandal!"

"Hey, that's not nice!" Bolin shouted, stopping for a moment. Mako grabbed him and forced him to keep running.

Despite that delay, the brothers were still a step ahead of the police, much to Chief BeiFong's ire. Eventually, the brothers disappeared from her sight.

"Clever boy…" She muttered.

"Should we widen the search?" Saikhan asked his chief carefully.

Lin narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips, and then shook her head.

"No. Save your energy for the next crime. It was only a loaf of bread."

"Whew! We lost them!" Bolin cheered. He, his pet and older brother were in a dark alley. Disgusting but surprisingly safe.

Mako dusted the dirt off his sleeves. "We only got lucky. The police have another reason to hate us."

"Ah, don't be so gloomy. You're way smarter than the cops. Thanks to you, we feast!"

With a grin, Bolin broke the bread in half and handed half to Mako. The latter took it without compliant. He opened his mouth, the food in between his teeth, ready to bite down but he stopped when he caught sight of two young children, a girl and her younger brother, fishing for straps in the dumpsters.

A flashback clouded his mind, a memory of himself and Bolin 10 years ago, exactly in the same position. Anyone who saw the boys like that just walk on by, not even stopping to help them.

Without a second thought, Mako stood up and walked over to the dumpsters.

Bolin looked up at him, perplexed. "Mako, what are you doing? I risked my life getting us this loaf!"

"No one helped us when we were like that. They still don't."

The young children stared at Mako approaching them, ridded with fear and fright until he handed them his only piece of food.

Mako was even smiling a little. "Here you go. It's okay. Here. Take it."

The kids gingerly took the bread and shared it between them. Mako kept on smiling. On the other hand, Bolin pouted yet nonetheless, he gave his undated piece of bread to the kids with a grin to hide his hunger. The kids took his bread too and got happier by the brothers' kindness, smiling even. Pabu moved down Bolin's arm and licked the little girl's face, making her laugh.

"Usually, I'm the one who wastes our hard work." Bolin said teasingly.

Mako chuckled a bit, still smiling softly.

Then Bolin dropped his grin, crouching down and his hands open and positioned underside down.

"Bo?"

"There's something big coming our way."

Noise emerged from nearby, alluring the brothers to a crowd huddled on the edge of the street.

"What's going on?" Bolin asked.

His taller older brother looked. There was a parade marching down the street, which could only mean one thing in this city.

"Just another suitor for the Avatar." He concluded.

"Oh, great! Who is it this time?"

Amber eyes narrowed at the snobby-looking young man riding a swanky satomobile.

"Tahno."

Tahno was the captain of the Wolfbats, the Pro-Bending 'star' of Republic City for winning the finals. Only because he bribed the referees, snatching the winning prize money away from the desperate brothers.

Bolin whistled low. "He's the fifth one this month. The Avatar is going through guys like fire flakes!"

Over the past year, rich men and even rich women flocked to Republic City to woo the Avatar. And so far, she rejected, no, almost killedevery suitor brave enough to face her. To see her was many things. A miracle, a reward, a challenge, and a death sentence.

Suddenly, the little kids the brothers fed ran out onto the road, the boy rushing with excitement of the festivities and his big sister chasing him. The satomobile did not slow down.

"GET OUT OF THE ROAD!" Tahno shouted, honking. He even sped up.

The kids froze in fear.

As quick as lightning, Mako dashed across the road, grabbing the two kids just before Tahno made them roadkill. Mako placed the kids in a safe spot and then ran back to the middle of the road, unleashing fire from his hand to make the satomobile stop in its tracks.

"Are you blind? You almost ran them over!" Mako yelled angrily.

"Those monkey-rats got in my way!" Tahno shouted. "It's a tragedy that the city doesn't get rid of its vermin."

"They're citizens of Republic City! Like you and me!"

"Don't kid yourself. You're nothing but a streetrat."

A wicked smirk crawled itself onto Tahno's lips just before he stepped hard on the pedal, making his satomobile lunge at Mako, and thus, causing the Firebender to jump back and forcibly falling into a muddy puddle. Every bystanders laughed at the poor boy, except for his brother who ran over and tried to pulled him up, only to slip and fall into the mud as well, which amused the people more. Mako glowered at the people shamelessly laughing at his and his brother's misery. The fire in his soul burned brighter by the humiliation.

"Only your fleas and your dopey brother will mourn you when you die." Tahno sneered, laughing as he drove off.

Soon the parade died down and the people resumed their daily actives, including ignoring the brothers. The latter managed to stand up and tried to clean themselves. Bolin and Pabu both shook the mud off. Mako pecked dirt and mud from his scarf until it was spotless and glared at Tahno going on the ferry to Airbender Island.

"So... you think Tahno has a chance with the Avatar?" Bolin said awkwardly.

Mako frowned, swiping his forehead with the back of his hand. "He bought his way to winning, he could the same with her. Especially since the Avatar is practically royalty." He glanced to Airbender Island, a small speck in the water due to the distance and snorted. "Figures that the Avatar after Aang is born into money. That's what she is. A pampered, spoilt, entitled brat. They're perfect for each other."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Airbender Island. A little place with great importance and tranquillity, the only place in Republic City not tainted by greed, the place Aang liked the most in the city.

A tiny isle that was being shook by the scream.

Tahno burst through a set of oriental doors, the source of the screaming. He looked like he had been attacked, his fancy clothes ripped to sherds, his perfectly gelled hair undone and limp.

"Tahno?"

Tenzin, Aang's youngest son and the only Airbender Master current alive in the whole world, approached him worriedly.

"What is the matter?"

Tahno stopped screaming, took a deep breath, and started ranting. "She's insane! Insane! She almost killed me! I could've died back there!"

"Come near me again and you definitely will be dead!" A feminine voice shouted from behind the door.

Tenzin put his fingers on the bridge of his nose, closed his eyes and breathed. Deeply.

Tahno gasped for air and released a heavy sigh as well. "I don't know what I do to deserve this. She overreacted."

"OVERREACTED?!"

"SHE OVERREACTED!?"

The doors flew open by a gust of wind, sending Tahno flying into a wall, followed by blasts of fire, which the Waterbender narrow dodged by chance. Though his clothes were now burnt as well as shredded.

"That's it! I'm out of here!"

Tahno shoved Tenzin aside, storming away.

"You can't be leaving so soon already! You only been here for 10 minutes."

"I had enough to scar me for life! Put that monster in chains! And lock up the Polar-Bear Dog and crazy little Airbenders too!"

Tenzin almost raised his voice at him when he cringed. There was a big rip on Tanho's trousers, exposing his behind wearing blue underwear with a pattern of white bubbles.

"Good luck marrying her off!" Tahno bid just before he left completely.

Tenzin groaned hoarsely, anger brewing. "Korra."

He effortlessly air-scooter outside, coming upon a beautiful garden. The person he was looking for was sitting by the fountain, among the flourishing trees and lush flowers, accompanied by his children. He zoomed towards her, calling her name.

"Korra! Korra! Kor-"

"HALT!"

A massive white beast of an animal jumped in front of Tenzin, stopping him, a little bald boy in Airbender garb sitting on its head. The latter looked at his son and gawked. Both boy and animal had cloths of Tahno's fancy clothes in their mouths.

"For Spirits sakes, you two!"

Tenzin grabbed the cloth hanging from the Polar-bear-dog's mouth and pulled, but the animal refused to bulge, making a tug-a-war with the master.

"Give me that, Naga!"

"Naga, let go." The feminine voice commanded, causing Naga to release the cloth, and making Tenzin fall back.

Tenzin clutched the piece of clothing angrily. "So, this is why Tahno stormed out!"

Meelo burped when a pair of hands plucked him from Naga's back, and he grinned up at the girl Tenzin was looking for.

Korra. The Avatar.

The subject of Republic City's gossip.

And of Tahno's nightmares.

"Oh, come on, Tenzin! Naga and Meelo were just playing with him." Korra said as she took away the cloth from his mouth, gently and playfully grasped his face in her hands. "Weren't you, guys? You were playing around with that self-centred, overdressed limp noodle, weren't you?"

"Frankly, I'm disappointed." Meelo said, hugging Korra around her stomach. "He tasted nothing like pig-chicken."

Although what he said made no sense, Korra hugged him back, laughing. Naga nuzzled in her lap and Meelo's sisters, Jinora and Ikki, hugged her by the shoulders, giggling. Then they looked up to see Tenzin's scowl, their laughs trailing off.

"Korra, you cannot reject every suitor that comes to call!" Tenzin reprimanded.

"Looks like I can." Korra smirked.

"By doing so, you're delaying the one thing you had to do."

"Be the physical bridge between the spirit world and the real world, upholding the peace and protect the two worlds from whatever danger?"

"Yes, I mean, no! I mean to marry."

Korra threw her head back and groaned. "That law is stupid and wrong."

"You been here for almost a year, and you haven't made an effort!"

"I came here to learn Airbending, not pick out a betrothal necklace."

When Korra first came to Republic City a year ago, people had assumed she arrived to fault her status in her past life's city. But the truth was far from the gossip. The young Avatar only came to the city to train with Tenzin and learn Airbending, but because she was a girl, she was eligible for marriage by some ridiculous law set by Aang himself and had suitors pouring in by the day, demanding her hand in marriage.

Every day, she had to dress up in clothes picked out by the White Lotus and meet whatever rich snob requesting her when she preferred to practice Airbending, but the demands of suitors keep interrupting her training, and they didn't put the gentle in gentlemen. So, she defended herself and the gossip of the rejects made her look like a terrorist to save their sorry faces.

"Why couldn't any of the Fire Ferrets court me instead? They're my favourite team!"

"The Wolfbats won the championship."

"Cheated, you mean."

"Those are just rumours."

"Everyone knows they bribed the referee. I listened to their games on the radio. He's a cheat, plain and simple. Not Mr. Avatar material."

"Well, you need a Mr Avatar or at least a Mrs Avatar."

"As long if they're rich, boring and selfish."

Tenzin groaned and then glanced to his children. "I know you can't Airbend, so which one of my children here did It?"

"Me, Daddy!" Ikki said, sticking her hand up with a big grin. "He said Korra overreacted, which is totally not true, he was a jerk and a cheat!"

"You must not use your bending for intimidation. It is wrong."

"Father, it was justified." Jinora said.

"Very well, then. What had this one done this time?"

"He tried to force himself on me, yelled at Ikki and Jinora, and threw Meelo across the yard." Korra confessed blankly.

"WHAT?!"

"First he used the lamest pickup lines on Korra while trying to get on top of her, then Korra kneed him in the peppers and flipped him onto his back, Jinora and I laughed, it was really funny, but he started to yell at us for laughing at him, it was his fault for what happened but he kept yelling and yelling and yelling, then out of nowhere Meelo flew in and bite him hard the head, Tahno started screaming and running around, we laugh even more, I'm surprised Meelo had actually bite him with all the hair and gel he had, it looked like a squid, but then Tahno grabbed Meelo and threw him across the yard, right into a wall, we all gasp and Jinora and I ran over to check on our weird baby brother, Korra got so mad at him, that's when she sick Naga on him!" Ikki explained without taking a single rest.

"…he did that?"

"Yes! He was the worst yet!"

"Korra only has bad taste in men and women because the only men and women she's allowed to meet are bad." Jinora noted.

Meelo whined as he hugged Korra. She rubbed his back while raising a brow at Tenzin, silently saying 'told you so'.

Tenzin was shocked. "…you were wise to reject him. But Korra, this string of rejection has goes too far. You turned down Prince Wu and 4 nobles from the Earth Kingdom, 3 from the Fire Nation, 5 from the Water Tribes, 2 Kyoshi Warriors and now you turned down the champion of Pro-Bending in Republic City! Soon there won't be anyone left to marry you!"

"Has it ever occurred to you that I don't want to marry?" Korra quipped.

"It's not a taboo, father." Jinora agreed. "Nearly every Avatar before Korra was unmarried. They focused more on keeping balance than following social norms."

Korra stuck her hand out, setting Meelo down. "See? The world is not gonna end because I won't get married."

"It will because you cannot be the Avatar without getting married!" Tenzin pressed.

"Was Aang drunk when he wrote up that law? I want someone who doesn't see me as a trophy." Korra sit up and groaned, tugging at her fancy belt. "Stupid thing. This belt is heavier than Naga and cost more than this whole city."

"That belt is a gift from Prince Wu, before you Earthbended him 10 feet into the air!"

"It was higher than that."

"This is no laughing matter! You made yourself to be a terrorist, not at all a bringer of peace!"

"I was only defending myself."

"She has a point, father." Jinora pointed out. "Yeah, every guy that comes here treats her like trash and expect her to fall at their feet, begging them to marry her, like she has no self-respect. They all act like they have a stick stuck up his butt!" Ikki said in one breath.

"Ikki! Where did you hear that phrase? Bumi?" Tenzin cried.

"No, auntie Kya."

"Of course."

"Korra wouldn't be considered a 'terrorist' if her so-called noble suitors didn't manhandle her and threaten her into marrying them!" Jinora protested, defending Korra fiercely.

Despite her robust attitude and superior bending, Korra was not a violent person. She only gets physical when her suitor gets physical with her.

…Which was every single one she met.

Tenzin sighed. "Girls…" He set his gaze on Korra, who just looked away. "Korra, you are not just the Avatar. You are the daughter of the chief of the South Pole and cousin of the chiefs of the North Pole. You have a reputation to uphold."

"Just because Princess Yue the moon goddess was my great-great aunt doesn't mean I have to be a perfect princess like her. I admire her and all, but I'm not like her. I don't even like purple! Look at this getup everyone makes me wear! Just look at me! I look ridiculous!"

Korra stood up from the fountain's edge, displaying her that her muscularly voluptuous body was decked out in a purple long-sleeved dress with cutout shoulders and a high neck, the dress itself made of a heavy fabric and trimmed with white fur on the rims. Her dark hair was tied up in a strange kind of a folded over updo, with braids by sides of her face held by big light-blue round hairclasps with the carved crest of Water Tribe, representing the Water Tribe. Holding up her hair a gold flame-shapes hairpiece, representing the Fire Nation. Prince Wu's gift, a green sash with a big gold buckle with the Earth symbol, tugged heavy to her waist, representing the Earth Kingdom. Representing the Air Temples and a gift from the Airbender family was a chunky necklace of round wooden pendants with Air symbol on it that hung around her neck. Her pretty yet upset face was covered in heavy makeup consisting of a white powdered face, bright red lipstick, thick black eyelashes, round pink cheeks, and blue eye shadow clashing with her bright blue eyes.

"We believe as the Avatar, you need to wear the styles of the four nations and of your family. And every young lady is expected to wear makeup."

Korra groaned again, this time she was exposed with her vulnerable side. "Tenzin, just please listen to me for once. I want to be the Avatar, I really do. I'm just...not ready to get married. When I do marry...I want it to be for love, with someone I know and trust."

Tenzin sighed again, taking a more gentle, fatherly manner of speaking. "Korra...it's not only this law I'm worried about. The road you travel on is a lonely one. At least you need another traveller to meet occasionally."

"If only I can travel on my own for a change."

"You need someone to take care of you, provided for-"

"Puh-lease! I haven't done a thing on my own. I don't even have any friends!"

"Hey!" The kids cried. Naga whined in response.

"Apart from you guys. I mean friends my own age, who aren't related to any of Team Avatar or anyone important, friends I can make on my own! People who would like me for …me. I never even visited Republic City yet. I've been on this island since the day I got here. I barely practiced Airbending because I have suitors crashing through the door and there's nothing else I can do."

"But Korra, you're the Avatar."

"Well, sometimes, I really hate being the Avatar!" Korra exclaimed angrily, turning away from her teacher.

Her anger combined with her bending caused the water in the foundation to rise in a wave and the ground to shake. Luckily, it was only for show and settle down after a minute of dramatic flair.

Tenzin groaned and turned to his children. "You must promise me that your teenage years won't be like this!"

"I will make no such promises." Jinora deadpanned.

Tenzin groaned again and stormed off, a manner of behaviour much like his father's reincarnation.

Ironic, his father became his foster daughter.

When Tenzin left, Korra snarled in utter frustration, and yanked her hair from its confining style and wiped her hefty makeup off with her sleeve. But then she looked at her reflection in the water. Some makeup remained on her face, on her neck and eyes. She glanced to her sleeve, bearing makeup smudges. And then she looked down on her accessories associated with the Four Nations.

They were heavy, like her destiny, as the mask of makeup she was forced to wear.

Korra groaned and laid a hand on her forehead. Naga laid her big head on Korra's lap.

"Korra?" Jinora said timidly. She was the only Airbender around. Her brother and sister had already left shortly after their father. "Are you OK?"

"I don't know if I could endure this any longer." Korra answered, unable to keep in her frustration again any longer. "I know what she must do as the Avatar, but I do not want to go as low as to marry just to get the job. I mean, seriously? Since when does peace come second to marriage? I need someone to talk to."

"You can talk to me."

"No offence, Jinora, but I need someone who can understand the pressure I'm living in, forced to wear an identity someone else made up. I can't even talk to your grandfather because I have 'no spirituality.'" Korra made air quotes with her fingers as she said that. "I'm tired of being pampered, tired of being spoiled, tired of being entitled! I want to work, do my job, do things myself, go out into the world! I want my own Team Avatar! … I know I sound spoiled like Tahno when I say I want something."

Jinora only smiled. She was used to her rants and knew she was just frustrated. "You're not spoiled. You just want things you don't have. And those things are good to have. You need them. Your lack of freedom may be the reason you can't airbend. After all, Air is the element of freedom."

That made sense. Ever since she was 4 years old, Korra had been sheltered. She was always caged. She had no freedom.

Korra raised her head up, seeing birds flying. Her desire for freedom got worse.

"The Avatar must make sacrifices. But this is a sacrifice not worth taking. I can't give up what I never even had."

"Maybe you should run away from your problems." Jinora jokingly suggested jokingly, rubbing Naga's fur. "That way you can finally get a taste of freedom."

She didn't see Korra's smirk as her words gave her an idea.