WORDS: 3K / RATING: M

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Korra: "You want me... to kill myself...?"

Katara: "That would be one way of putting it, yes. Kill that Korra, and you can take her place, while she takes yours."

This Korra, not understanding, shook her head, "I... thought you needed me- Why-"

Katara: "That Korra may not have as much experience with fanfics as you, but she's better suited for my type of work - she's a product of this world," she gestured around her. "And this world is a little more cut-throat than the ones you might be used to, as I'm sure you'll find out. Good luck." And she started to disappear. "Oh and by the way, it's post-Season 4, so, That Korra might not be the easiest opponent. Especially in your sorry state."

When she had completely vanished, This Korra was left completely alone, and the night had completely fell, and it was completely silent...

Except for the robbery in progress right around the corner.

The Passage: Origins, PART II

BANG! the bullet from the revolver smashed the storefront glass as the owner yelped from within.

Guy with gun: "Man, you see that shit?" he spouted in amazement, wondrously inspecting his weapon. "This shit is the real deal, son!"

Friend of guy with gun: "Alright, John Wayne, do you mind not letting that thing off right next to my FUCKING EARS!? Those 38s are loud as SHIT! God, my ears are ringing!"

Guy with gun: "Sorry, man, my bad. Hey, let's just get this stuff and get the hell outta here, man!"

Friend of guy: "What?"

Guy: "I- I said, let's just get this stuff and get outta here!"

Friend of guy: "WHAT?"

Store owner: "No, please! I already got robbed last week! I don't have much left!"

Guy: "Like hell you don't, man, this is a goddam jewellery-..." he trailed off looking through the shattered glass of the display, "...store- Man what the fuck is all this?"

His friend came and eyed the shawls hanging on the side, and picked up a Torah.

The Guy picked up a menorah. "Uhh, I guess this thing is kinda like jewellery?"

Store owner: "We also sell kosher meats and-"

Unable to hear the store owner, the guy's friend unintentionally interrupts him, "Man, I thought you said this was a jewellery store!"

Guy: "Well, that's what Po said! He for sure told me that there was a jewellery store on 5th! Either that or he said jewry store, haha, which I heavily doubt he did- Oh, wait..." He looked down at the menorah in his hand. "Shit... Well... there might be some cash in the register! Check the back!"

Friend: "WHAT?"

Guy: "I SAID CHECK THE CASH REGISTER!"

Friend: "... ...WHAT!?"

Guy: "I SAID:-"

Friend: "Ah, screw it, man, while you're out here planning a bar mitzvah, Imma go check the cash register!"

Guy: "*angry growling*"

This Korra: "Hey! S-Stop!"

The guy froze in place and slowly turned around to face the Avatar.

Guy: "Oh my God, it's... it's... uhh... some crackwhore...?"

The other man came running with a bag full of money. "I got the loot, let's bounce!" he said, jetting out the store, knocking Korra over. "Outta the way, crackwhore!" he sped into the night along with the other guy. "And next time, just use your goddam earthbending to break the window."

Guy: "But, I'm a waterbender."

Friend: ...

Guy: ...

Friend: "WHAT!?"

This Korra was left on the asphalt, staring up into the sky... Where she saw a flying bison come into view. And it was getting closer. That's the airbenders! she realised, rising from the ground. Ikki! She's alive!

Pepper moaned.

Jinora: "Ohh, I know you're tired, Pepper," she soothed empathetically, letting down the reigns for a second to pat her bison's head, "We're almost home, okay?"

"We're all tired," Kai added. "Who knew a mission back to the swamps would've taken us this long?"

Jinora: "'Us?' You were passed out on Pepper the entire time!"

Kai: "What? Being unconscious makes me sleepy, ergo I'm tired!"

Jinora furrowed her brows at him. "I should've never taught you that word."

Kai: "Alright, fine, who knew a mission back to the swamps would've taken 'you guys' this long? Happy?"

Jinora shook her head and decided that she wasn't even gonna look at her boyfriend the entire rest of the way back.

"Hey," Ikki poked Kai's back and kept her finger on him, circling it around. "If you and Jinora are still having trouble, you know where to find me. ;)"

Jinora: "Ikki. For the love of Mahatma Gandhi, tell me you're not hitting on Kai while I'm sitting right here."

Ikki: "Well he's clearly not happy with you, so-"

Jinora: "Why don't you just stick to your street urchin, Little Sister?"

Meelo: "She can't, Skoochy left her."

Ikki: "Meelo!"

Jinora managed to laugh and speak at the same time, "Yikes! Dumped by a boy with no fixed address! That's gotta be painful!"

Kai: "Technically, I don't have a fixed address..."

Ikki: "Yeah, well..." She recoiled back to her seat in the saddle. "It was more of a mutual thing... Skoochy wasn't really... doing it for me..."

Jinora: "He wasn't doing it for you? Well, I guess there's a first time for everything."

Kai snorted.

Meelo: "Oooooo..."

Ikki folded her arms. "Ah- And what's that supposed to mean?"

Jinora: "Oh, I'm sorry, I thought I was talking to Ikki - you know," she turned to face her, "The girl that has sex in soup kitchen restrooms?"

Both the boys laughed while Jinora maintained her smug smile.

Ikki: "That was literally one time!" That didn't help kill the noise. "At least I actually have sex instead of guarding my cooch like the cave of fucking secrets!" That did.

Jinora: "H-Have you even read about the dangers of sex?"

Ikki: "Not like you've had much experience, depraving Kai of action for so long that on very dark nights I think you can see his balls faintly glow through his pants."

Jinora: "M-Me and Kai are waiting until we're mature enough- And what if I get pregnant? Do you even know what consequence is?"

Ikki: "Uh, do you know what a condom is, Mother Mary? Guess not, your idea of contraception is probably waiting until after menopause to make absolutely certain that you won't have a kid."

Meelo laughed out loud at that. Kai would've also if he wasn't the unfortunate victim of Jinora's gatekeeping.

Jinora: "Listen!"

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Ikki: "Uhh... Still thinking of a comeback?"

Jinora: "No, you idiot, listen! Don't you hear that?"

Ikki closed her eyes and sniffed the air attentively. "No, but I think I... *sniff*sniff*"

"What's that, Rover!?" Kai said, animating and exaggerating every word excitedly, "Smell something!?" Ikki elbowed him. "Ow!"

Ikki: "Shut up! And, yes, it smells like... *sniff* ...kosher meat?"

Jinora: *Trying to hold back laughter*

Ikki: "Aaaand that's funny because...?"

Jinora: "I'm sorry, it's just, of course you'd have a knack for sniffing out meat over long distances."

Ikki: "Ooookay, aaalright, go ahead, laugh at me, with all your regular little noses!"

Kai: "Oh, please, Ikki, super-smell is not something to get a big head about." Ikki elbowed him. "Ow!"

Jinora: "You know, you still haven't told us how you discovered how to use airbending to heighten your sense of smell."

Kai: "Geez, I don't know if I even wanna know, seriously-"

Ikki turned to him once more.

Kai: "Okay, you can elbow me again, but you seriously have to admit - Creepiest. Super power. Ever." Ikki elbowed him. "Ow!"

Jinora: "Wait, did you say kosher meat? Goddammit, did someone break into the Jewry Store?"

Meelo: "Again!?"

Ikki: "Yeah, I also smelled a little gunpowder..."

Jinora: "What!? Gunpow- And you didn't mention that in the first place because why!?"

Ikki: "Well, the meat smell was really overpowering the gunpowder smell so it was the first thing I noticed and you barely even let me finish... And I'm hungry..."

Jinora: "We're vegan!"

Kai: "Okay, so we've established that some thugs have broken into the Jew Store-"

Meelo: "Again."

Ikki: "Why do they keep doing that?"

Jinora: "I don't know, why don't you ask them next time their balls-deep down your slutty throat!?"

Kai: ...

Meelo: ...

Ikki: ...

Jinora: "I... I'm sorry, I guess I'm a little hungry too..."

Meelo: "You're not the only one..."

Pepper: *hungry groan*

Kai: "Me six. I say we beeline right home and get your mom to-"

Jinora: "Home? We can't go home, the owner of that store needs us to get their... uh... kippots? back for them, or whatever they had stolen! I'm landing!"

Kai: "What? No we don't, Jews don't matter!"

Jinora looked away from him in disgust while she landed her bison.

Kai: "What, I was kidding! Jinora! I was kidding! Jinora? Jinora, I was kidding! Jinora? Jinora!"

"Ikki! Ikki!" they heard a voice call as they got closer to the ground.

When he saw her, Kai asked "Ikki, why is that hobo calling out and running to you?"

Jinora: "Probably another one of her fuck buddies."

Meelo: "Uh, that hobo looks a lot like Korra."

Ikki: "You douchebags, that is Korra!"

Meelo: "Wait, what?"

Kai: "Wait, what?"

Jinora: "Wait, what?"

They all disembarked and a teary-eyed Korra ran straight into Ikki for a hug. "Ikki! You're alive!"

"Uh, yeah," Ikki replied, half reciprocating, half baffled. "I have been for the past... Wait how old am I?- Nevermind let's keep my age ambiguous, we've been having some pretty scandalous conversations."

Jinora: "Korra, what the hell's going on?" She broke up the hug. But definitely not because she was, like, jealous or anything. "You're supposed to be halfway across the world- And why are you in your underwear-"

Meelo: "I'm getting some serious deja vu here-"

Jinora: "-in the middle of the street at night?"

Korra wiped away her tears and sucked up her snot. Of course Ikki's still alive! Well, this Ikki anyway. What part of alternate timelines do I not understand? I need to snap out of it! What Aurora Katara did to that little Ikki was terrible - but that's why I need to get a grip and prevent myself from ever becoming that jaded. But I obviously can't tell the kids that I plan to kill the other me. For now I'll just use those two thieves to buy some time to come up with an explanation. "Uh-"

Kai: "Uh, those guys are getting away with the store money."

Jinora: "Forget the store money!"

Store owner: "Hey!"

Jinora: "Korra," she took a softer tone, "What happened? You don't seem like your usual self."

Korra: "No, uh... Kai's right. Let's get the bad guys first," she cracked her knuckles, "And talk later."

Before anyone could agree, she was already earthbending a scar of public property destruction through the road to catch up to the thugs.

Jinora: "Alright, you heard her. Everyone back on Pepper."

Korra: "Shouldn't you guys have used a car for this?" she asked, keeping pace with their running. "Or some mode of transport faster than a brisk speedwalk?"

Guy: "We can't afford a car, why do you think we're robbing stores and- OH SHIT! IT'S THE AVATAR!"

His friend turned his head, "OH SHIT! IT'S THE AVATAR"

Guy: "I just said that!"

Korra: "You guys gonna stop running or are you gonna make me... uh, make you- stop?"

Friend: "WHAT!?-"

Fwwwwvvoowwwvvwvwvwvw! a gust of wind from Kai made the pair perform multiple involuntary backflips, landing on the asphalt on their faces.

Kai excitedly punched the air, "Wooo! Did you guys see that!?"

Jinora grabbed a fistful of his collar and pulled him intimately close, not for the reason he initially thought. "Kai! Are you insane?"

Kai: "Wha- What did I do?"

Jinora shook him, "Did you forget Korra's rule about stealing her prey!?"

The fear of God was birthed in Kai's body, mind and soul. "Oh, shit."

As Pepper and the gang stopped near the scene, Korra turned back at him, baring her teeth... for a thankful grin and a thumbs up. "Thanks, Kai!"

He and Jinora shared a bewildered glance.

Kai: "No, Korra, thank you."

Korra: "Uh...? You're welcome...?" She kicked the guy with the gun to roll over. "Hey, you alive?"

Guy: "Aghhhhhh... I think I have a concussion..."

Meelo grabbed the money and sneakily pocketed a bill.

"Hey!" Kai came over and grabbed the bag. "Leave some for me, will ya?"

Korra: "You also have a pretty nice, uh, what would you call that? A coat? A robe? Whatever it is, I like the look of it!" It was blue and white and long and had large waves embossed with spiralling yet sharp Southern-style patterns stitched into it. "Looks cool. You from the South?"

Guy: "YES! GOD, YES, I'M FROM THE SOUTHERN TRIBE! ACTUALLY I'M PRETTY SURE THAT I'M YOUR SEVENTH COUSIN TWICE REMOVED OR SOMETHING!"

Korra: "Small world."

He got up and started taking his coat, or whatever it was, off. "HERE, TAKE IT! PLEASE, JUST HAND US OVER TO THE POLICE!"

Korra: "Yeah, I mean, what else am I supposed to do?"

Kai: "Smear their brains on the sidewalk like you usually do?"

Korra: "What? I would never do that!"

Guy: "Oh my god thank you so much!"

Friend: "WHAT!?"

Guy: "THAT STOPPED BEING FUNNY THREE 'WHATS' AGO!"

Ikki: "Wow, Korra, you're really chill today!"

Jinora: "Yeah, all you did was steal one of their loose-worn kimonos-"

Korra: "Is that what you'd call it?"

Jinora: "-And you let Kai take care of the guys you were chasing."

Kai: "And you didn't even punch me into a building for it!"

Korra: "Wh-"

Jinora: "And, yes, that's what I'd call it, a kimono - speaking of which, you should probably put it on, Meelo's eyes might fall out of his head if he stares at you any harder," she said, blood running down her lips.

Ikki: "Hey, Master Roshi, your nose is bleeding."

Kai furrowed her brows at Jinora.

Meanwhile Korra slipped into her new over-garment. The snow-coloured hem of it, untouched by the lifelike depictions of waves that dominated the majority of the canvas, comfortably dropped down to her ankles. It was a good fit, but Korra didn't tie it together, which made it look like it was just slightly too big for her, adding to the easy-going aura that already radiated from her.

Even though she was technically wearing more clothes now, the way her chest, still only hidden by the single layer of her bra, protruded from the sides of the untied kimono made her outfit look even more... visually appealing. At least to Jinora anyway.

She couldn't help the blood from flooding out of her nostrils even more violently.

Kai shook his head and decided that he wasn't even gonna look at his girlfriend the entire rest of the way back.

Korra: "Okay, so, back to me being generous and not punching Kai into buildings. Has That Korra ever- Oh, uh, I mean, have I ever done that before?"

Kai: "Yeah, lots of times actually. To lots of different people."

Jinora: "Now that I think about it, it's surprising how frequently you do that. Now, are you going to tell us what your doing out here all half-dressed?"

Korra: Shit, I was supposed to think of something! "...I... ...was drunk...?"

"Drunk?" Jinora shook her head. "Korra, you don't drink."

Korra: "I don't?" What kinda backwards fanfiction is this? "Do I... do pills...?"

"No, Korra," Jinora shook her head. "You don't do anything that might inhibit your senses, skills, and/or your state of consciousness! Do you have amnesia or something? What's gotten into you?"

Korra: "...Uhh... Next question please?"

Jinora slapped her forehead as Ikki slid into the frame. "Jinora, Korra's clearly not in her right mind, let's just take her back to her penthouse."

Jinora: "I don't know, she's still functioning somewhat normally, apart from the-"

Korra: "Penthouse?" she chirped giddily. "I have a penthouse?"

Jinora: "-memory loss..."

Ikki: "Which part of that is normal? Look at her, she's emoting. Like a human. That is not normal. For Korra."

Jinora: "Everyone on Pepper again. Let's get Korra home."

They took flight but it was a little rocky since Jinora kept looking back to check Korra out every so often.

Kai: "Jinora! What the-"

Asami: "-hell is going on!?" She had been (angrily) lounging around the outdoor pool of the penthouse in her robe with a drink in her hand when the group landed to drop Korra off and literally fly away a few seconds later, before Asami's wrath could fall upon them - she had been drinking.

But even then, she was still lucid enough to know that Korra was not supposed to be in the city, or even this continent.

Asami: "You leave on a mission without even having the decency to tell me in person," she held up the sticky note, "You don't answer your phone for the whole two days you've been gone and when you come back early you go into the city without seeing me!? -And what the fuck are you wearing?"

Korra: It's Asami... She's not my Asami, but... she's... Asami...

Asami: "What kind of wife does something like that, Korra!?" she said, gesturing her frustrations, almost spilling a little of the whiskey she still held in her glass.

Korra: Wife? "...We're... ...married..."

Asami: "...Is... that a question orrr...? Yes, we're married, idiot!" Slowly, her annoyance turned to concern as her partner failed to respond. "Korra, are you okay?"

The deck lights refracted cyan light from the waves of the pool onto Asami's robe. No matter the circumstances, no matter if the Asami before her drank or not, nagged at her or not, called her an idiot or not, she was a welcome sight for Korra's sore eyes.

Korra leaned in and wrapped her hand around the glass, along with her wife's, and slowly brought it closer to Asami's lips.

Asami: "Korra, what are-? Mmph!"

She emptied the alcohol into Asami's mouth and discarded it once it was empty, smashing the glass off the marble deck of the pool without a care, not looking away from the prize in front of her for even a second. And in her own time, Korra's tongue followed the whiskey inside, making Asami recoil at first, but eventually close her eyes into a deep moan of pleasure. Her voice made Korra's body react with intense warmth almost immediately.

Once the Avatar had had her fill of the beverage, she pulled away and stared into big green eyes, wanting.

Asami: "Korra. You haven't kissed me that passionately for... Well, I can't remember the last time."

Korra: Seriously, what the hell kinda backwards world is this!?

Asami: "There's more inside," she said softly, biting her lip and pointing her thumb through the windows. "Do you want... more?"

Korra threw Asami's arms behind herself and picked her up by the thighs.

They laughed all the way to the bedroom.

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btw thanks Peachtunes thanks for ur review that means so much thank u