Korra stepped off the ship and took a long breath before regreting it. Asami came down and smelled the smog in the air. "The capital of machines." She said seeing the multiple trucks driving through.
Korra whiping the swaet from her forhead. "Why did have to the summer soltice?" Huan sighed and then explained.
"Because it's the most important soltice and Zuri is entertaining the firenations elite, during her art show." He showed them a picture of hundreds of dragons forming a collum of glass.
Asami didn't look impressed. "So she's a earth bender? I'm just happy I can visit master Yutaka and I bet you can do the same thing."
Huan took offense to that. "No, she's a fire bender and the collum you see here, is hand made and it took four months to finish." Now the two looked impressed. "and unlike your assumption you can't bend glass to take such forms, its fragile and temperamental." He clearly had exprience with it.
Korra smiled. "I will just talk to her and clear this whole thing up, where are we staying?" Asami looked around to see a fire sage walking toward them. He had raven black hair with thin strips of gray, posture was perfect and looked like a young Roku. He wore the same clothe like all Fire Sages but only that his hat had a ruby on the forhead, even then he had two sword on his belt.
"The Fire lord said a sage will give us a place to stay." Her speech went slower as she noticed the man's height.
"I am, Great Sage Azuma, I am honored to meet the avatar, I'm the few to have met two Avatars in my life time, I hope to meet your re-incarnation, I Apologize if that sounds rather morbet. I meant no offense." Korra gulped at the fact that this giant was planning on meeting her next life, just creeped her out.
He lead the way humming a song, Asami decided to break the ice. "So when did you become a Fire Sage?" She asked.
Azuma simply answered. "When I was sixteen." He asnwered with a happy tone.
Korra continued. "Why?"
"Oh, at the time I fought two leaders of the local traids here in the capital, but afterwards I was caught and got into prison and there was a fire sage who gave me an offer. neither Stay imprisoned or be his apprentice. I took the first option and laughed at him so, he beat me up and took me as his apprentice." He laughed at the memory of his old master.
Again the two stared at the man, now worried. "I Have to say there hasn't been a boring day since." Korra and Asami looked at each other contemplating what to do. "Any other questions?" He asked with a smile.
Korra took her change. "Do you know what's Zuri issue is?" Azuma laughed. "What so funny?"
"She's my daughter. My pride and joy, what did she do?" Asami looked a bit confused.
"She said something about Korra. We don't even know, everyone just says that she critics her a lot." Azuma shacked his head.
"Such a small world, I can't order her around like a child anymore. So you have to take your grievances with her." He spoke still cheerful. But his eyes widened before pulling a blade to block a spear held by the flying fire bender.
The bender back flipped, he stared terrified. "Return honor to the fire nation!" Azuma got the spear under his armpit and punched the wanna the be assassin, a simple knock out punch.
Korra looked at man his eye already swollen. "Man, I didn't think a sage could do that." She said looking at man. his face covering had something written on it. "Return to Ozai?"
Azuma sighed, "Yes, Sadly there are some who wish to return to the old ways. Luckily there are none in the royal family nor the elite that would support their madness." He paused. "Maybe if Azula had kin, but even they wouldn't stoop to this." He looked at the boy barely strong enough to hold the spear.
Korra looked police officers came, cuffing the man. The mask and the anger gave Korra a really bad deja vu. "Korra are you alright?" Asami asked.
She shacked her head and nodded. "Yea just deja vu, Azuma can you show us around the capital." He nodded with a smile.
Azuam then lead them to the worst part of the capital which was worse then anything in the fire nation. "This is the worst part the Capital, crime is rampent and even the dogs will attack you for a finger long piece of bread, or your finger." Asami and Korra looked each and Asami showed that she had brought the eletric glove. "Miss dumplings! I Have some tourists here to feed!" A spoon was thrown at him by a woman in her 60's but like she's in her early 40s and he didn't dodge, it was a stand with red chairs and different pictures inside of it. She wore a apron, under it a blouse and a necklace with a four pointed blue star, in bedded into a snowflake obsidian.
"I sell other things too, but you keep advertising my duplings!" She took a short look at the two in their early 20s "Why did you bring a clown and a strong lady." Asami brow twitched at the remark, but took it as a compliment. "I can say I'm honored, but I don't like blowing smoke." She told the Avatar and turned the stove on.
Azuma sat down and ordered. "My usual Mom." He got what he asked and got plate in seconds.
Asami looked at the appetizing fried dumplings. "I will have the same." She got a plate for plate for Asami and Korra started speaking.
"Do you know Master Yukata." Azuma thought about it, while Asami started breathing heavily and her face turned red. "Asami?!" She said worried and then Zaya got a pitcher of chi-chi juice which gulped down like her life depend on it.
She panted but her face was the color of your lipstick. "How isn't he dying from the inside out?!" She pointed still panting, felling the aftermath of eating a dumpling made by the son!
"Simple, he was raised on my food so his tounge is numb to pain or his pain tolerance is so high that punching him between the legs wouldn't make him flinch and here huusuur, won't burn your tongue, the soup that comes out hot." Asami just took a bite out of the meat pastry and let the soup run onto to the plate. "Smart girl," She ate it like it was her last.
Korra one. "Is it really that bad?" One bites and Korra breathed out fire and Huan blocked with a wall before he was burned alive.
Huan sighed. "I will have the frozen azula please." Zaya smiled at that and got two scoops of blue cream and starting down chocolate on it from a far distants before she snapped her fingers and caused the shocolate to burn and have the fire have blue color. He took a spoon full and smiled. "A show and dessert." He said thankful.
Asami staded shocked st reveal. "You had ice scream?" She said her voice like a child learning that she wouldn't be getting the toy she was asking.
Zaya put the ice cream back. "This is the fire nation, Ice cream is like finding an air bender during the hundred year war, almost impossible and in the South Pole." Asami still looked at Zaya like she had spat on her. "Baseline that dessert your friend ate cost 6 Gold coins or 600 yuan." Huan didn't as he bend said coint toward her.
Asami sighed as the paint went down and slapped Korra's hand away from her food. "It's same thing, just get your own." Zaya gave Korra a plate. "How?" Asami asked as Korra ate.
"It's the popular thing here and it's easy to make, and the only one who disliked it was Yutaka, who cares if fried it's still good." Azuma hit the stand.
He growled. "Yutaka, That spineless." Zaya rolled her eyes. "He comes back from the South Pole and says bending through the muscles is better, more pure fire bending! He comes up to me and challenges to an Agni kai, because I said he froze his brain there." Korra's eyes widened that Yutaka had done this.
Korra gulped trying to imagine how the fight would have went. "Who won?" Azuma showed the answer simply by pointing at him with his thumb.
"This handsome blue eyes!" He said grinning and Zaya brought out the coal burn soup and there she figured out why it was called coal burn soup. "Sea prunes, it better as a omelette." Smiled and ate with smile and a mild hint of digust.
Asami continued. "Where is he now?" Korra looked Azuma who thought about it.
"He is either on ember Island or the next city over." Korra pouted and finished the soup. "How about I bring you to the hotel?" They stood up, Zaya took the plates.
Korra walked next to him. "How long did the Agni kai last?" Azuma looked at the cloud for a brief moment this having happened almost five years ago his mind wasn't the spring chicken it used to be.
He looked at Korra again being the highest person on the streets was annoying. "About five minutes, gave him a nasty scare on the foot" He said in a bored manner Korra raised her eye at lack of emotion toward beating her fire bending master.
"I bet he gave you a few scars two, right?" Azuma looked at Korra like a rattle cobra about to strike.
His voice deepened. "If you're burned during an agni kai you lose, Avatar." He then walked into a Airbender and which demeanor changed from about to rip Korra's head off to apologetic. "Sorry sorry, I didn't see where I was going." He said helping the bearded air bender up and it is revealed to be Bumi.
Bumi stood. "No don't worry, Oh Korra what are you doing here?" He smiled.
"Planing on talking with a Critic." Asami answered. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just asking around for a vixen that got away and during my younger years." He showed them a picture of Zaya demonstrated a bender made fire canon. Azuma just looked trying to remember when he saw this familiar person. "Her name is Zaya she was Commander of the Volcano unit." Azuma eye twitched and he went silent.
"No, I don't think so." Korra said looking at the picture. Huan looked at picture and could easily imagine the firebender in the picture being the same as the cook they had met, but once he saw the expression on Azuma he decided to stay silent.
They said goodbye and got to the Hotel.
Huan got his own room and The couple had a room with separate beds. "This was the last room for two." Azuma explained and left the room he was stopped by the same assassin. "Oh, it's you." The assassin growled.
"You should be fire lord! Not those pretenders, you're more qualified to lead this nation into a greater era." Azuma smiled.
"I will we just need to wait." He said in a whisper, bringing the assassin out of the hall away and to the down stairs. Korra gulped having heard everything.
Once they were at first floor Azuma electrocuted the Assassin. "Call the security a prisoner from the boiling rock tried to attack the Avatar." They carried him off.
Azuma smiled as he watched him be carried away again.