Don't Think Twice

Author's Note: Welcome to chapter 2! Hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter 2: Help Me, Help You

Intro Music: Avatar: The Last Airbender Theme

Sonic might be a genius or the luckiest person alive. Given that he had to make up an entire story that was fake on the fly, besides the homeless part, Korra, Mako, and Bolin actually believed the crap he was spitting out. In fact, Korra in particular believed the story so much that she offered that him, Tails, and Knuckles to come with her to live at Air Temple Island as long as necessary. Still, just because it worked doesn't mean that Sonic feels good about it. He had to lie so much to get to this point, but he felt that the whole 'Oh yeah, we come from another world' story wouldn't be believable. But… hey, he had to do what he had to do.

While Sonic Was Sleeping…

BGM: Spider-Man OST – Norman's Troubles

The environment could be described as nothing but darkness. Was Sonic going through the same thing like last time? Both were dreams, yes, but this one was proving to be a nightmare. Sonic couldn't tell where he was. All he knew is that in mere moments, he was fighting for his life against a mysterious figure. They were going toe to toe, but even with all of Sonic's skill, the figure proved to be too much handle.

Sonic got pushed back by a vicious strike, sending him flying. Trying to push himself up, the blue blur was now very bloody. It would take a moment for him to recover, soon seeing that the figure was charging up a massive beam attack. Though… there was something weird about this whole thing. The beam wasn't being aimed at him. Was it being aimed at somebody else? It didn't seem like it, there wasn't anyone else, so was this figure firing at nothing?

Everything was so confusing, and that would be amplified by Sonic running as fast as he could to get in front of the attack, extending his arms to try and hold the beam back. But why? Why was he holding the beam back? There was nobody to protect!

At least… so we think.

His nightmare would end with him ultimately being engulfed by the beam, an enormous explosion soon following afterwards.

And that's when he would wake up.

Sonic woke up in a cold sweat, his eyes being as wide as they can be while also letting out a quick yell. He was breathing heavily, staring at the ground for a moment. He was trying to process what just happened. What even was that dream? Was it just a simple nightmare?

He rubbed his head, letting out a deep breath as he tried to calm himself down. Meanwhile, in a room that wasn't too far away from his, a certain someone wasn't quite sleep yet. That person was Korra. Hearing the sudden yell, she got up and came to Sonic's room. She knocked on the door to see if he was alright.

"Sonic, you okay in there?"

Sonic's head looked up to the door, knowing that it was Korra's voice behind it. He sighed, before responding. "Yeah, I'm fine."

By his tone, it was pretty clear that Sonic was lying. This time, Korra was able to detect Sonic's bullcrap, making her not give up so easily.

"You mind if I come in?" she asked. She knew something was wrong with him. People just don't wake up from their sleep and yell for no reason in the middle of the night.

Sonic really didn't feel like talking about his nightmare, but he wouldn't decline Korra coming in, given that she's mostly the main reason why he, Tails, and Knuckles even have a bed to sleep on.

"Nah, I don't mind." replied Sonic. Korra opened the door, entering the room and looked at Sonic.

"So, you're telling me that you're fine when you're sweating like crazy AND screaming loudly in the middle of the night?" Korra already knew the answer, really. It was evident by the look on her face along with having her arms crossed.

Sonic tried to fight till the bitter end, though.

"…Yeeeeessss…?"

A for effort.

"Cut the crap." Korra bluntly said, simply not having it. She came to Sonic's bed and sat on the edge of it. "Let's try again. You're gonna tell me nothing is wrong with how much you're sweating along with the fact you shouted like you were being killed?"

Well, technically, he was killed in the dream. Korra must be educated in traumatizing screams.

Realizing that he had no way to get outta this one, Sonic gave up.

"Alright, fine. I had a bad dream, okay?" Sonic retorted, slightly sounding embarrassed. Korra's face became more curious. "It all… Just felt so real. Too real. It felt like I was actually there."

Wanting to help Sonic even more now, especially by how spooked he looked, Korra's look turned into one of concern. "What did you dream about?" she inquired.

Sonic gave a pause, wondering how he wanted to exactly put it into words. Clearly, Sonic didn't want to talk about it, but since he knew Korra wasn't leaving anytime soon, he decided to explain anyway.

"I was in a battle with someone I didn't even know… The fight was pretty intense, but as it went on, I started to lose. You could say I was majorly outclassed…" he began, continuing with his story. "I got sent flying by a powerful attack, skidding across the ground. When I recovered, I looked up to see that he was charging this powerful beam, but it wasn't being aimed at me. It's like he wasn't even aiming at anything, but for some reason, I found the will to rush over there and hold the beam back. I don't know why I did that when there was nobody to protect in the first place…"

As Sonic was explaining his nightmare, Korra definitely looked worried for him. She wanted to say something right then and there, but Sonic wasn't quite done yet.

"Before I knew it, the beam engulfed me and an explosion happened. That's when it ended, and so, here I am now." Sonic finished, still being unsettled. This isn't the first time he's gone through a nightmare, but… Something about this one felt off.

Trying to figure out the best way to help Sonic, Korra would try to go step by step. "Do you know what the guy looked like?"

Sonic gave a nod. "No. He… or it… was a dark figure. Can't describe the facial features if my life depended on it."

Korra nodded back. "And you said you were trying to hold back the beam when no one else was there? Are you sure it wasn't Tails or Knuckles who you were trying to save?"

"I'm tellin' you, Korra, nobody else was there." Both of their looks were confused, as they should be. "I know it's confusing, but that's how it happened."

Korra remained silent, processing what Sonic told her. Her look became softer, wanting to assure Sonic that everything was going to be fine. "Hey, don't worry about it. We all have bad dreams every once in a while." she told him, noticing his embarrassment over having a nightmare. "Just because it happened in your dream doesn't mean it's really gonna happen." Korra said sweetly, making Sonic form a small smile on his face.

"Thank you, Korra." He started rubbing the back of his head. "Jeeez, it's like I've told you that more than a few times already."

The two shared a laugh at that comment. "And I appreciate all of them. Though, promise me something, okay?"

Sonic titled his head to side, not sure what Korra was planning on saying.

"If you're ever going through another nightmare, don't think twice about coming to me to talk whenever you need to, okay?" She had a smile on her face throughout her sentence. Sonic, giving a chuckle, also gave a nod and a smirk.

"Promise." replied Sonic.

"Good." Korra kept her smile, now getting up to go back to her room. "You're gonna get some sleep this time?"

"I'll try." Sonic said. "Night."

"Goodnight." Korra responded, walking out the room and closing the door, going back to her room.

Sonic, this time plopping in his bed, closed his eyes and surely enough, he went back to sleep.

Seems like the talk worked.

BGM: Kingdom Hearts 2 – Lazy Afternoons (Or morning in this case)

It was now morning time, the sun shining as bright as ever. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were busy snoring in their rooms. When Sonic was getting some feeling back in him, his eyes fluttered, not yet realizing that he was in an awkward position. He was hanging off the bed, and once he was awake enough to realize that, it was already too late. He fell on the floor hard, first hitting his head then his back. He stared at the ceiling for a moment, letting out an irritated groan from the pain he just went through.

"Great… Just great…"

As for Tails and Knuckles, they woke up normally. There was a sweet aroma going around the Air Temple that couldn't be ignored. Tails and Knuckles both smelt this, their mouths now watering over what could be cooking. They walked out of their rooms, greeting each other with a simple wave. Though, they noticed that Sonic hasn't revealed himself yet.

"You think he's sleeping?" Tails asked.

"Not with this smell roaming in the air." Knuckles said. Eventually, Sonic came out his room, holding his head and back like he was an old man.

"Rough time sleeping?" Tails inquired.

Sonic groaned. "Rough time waking up." As he said this, he tried to fight through the pain he was feeling. However, Knuckles got a mischievous grin on his face from the sight.

"Wow, looks like you're not feeling too great, buddy. Something wrong with your back?"

Sonic raised an eyebrow, already suspecting something by Knuckles' tone. "Yeah, fell on my head, then fell even harder on my back."

Knuckles' grin turned into an evil smirk. "Well, is that so? Looks like you need some help~"

Sonic's eyes widened at this. "No, no, no! Actually, now that I think about it, I'm completely fine!"

"Nonsense!" Knuckles exclaimed, coming closer to Sonic. "You look awful! I know exactly what you need!"

Tails raised a finger in the air, now fearing for Sonic's life. "Uh… Knuckles?"

"Don't worry about it, Tails! I'm a professional! I know when somebody needs a good crackin' in the back! Ain't that right, Sonic?!" Saying this, Knuckles was now behind Sonic, getting into a stance and pulled his right fist back. Sonic's eyes were now as wide as they could be, realizing that Knuckles was paying him back for hitting him hard on the back yesterday. It was evident since Knuckles was mocking the way he talked to him and Tails.

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! KNUCKLES!"

"I'M HERE TO HELP!" Knuckles declared, his voice being in a heroic tone that was also somehow evil at the same time.

That's when Knuckles punched Sonic in the back, absolutely knocking the wind outta him as a loud crack could be heard. Sonic had lost all feeling for a good few seconds, but then he was transferred back to reality. Knuckles did do what he said he would, which is crack Sonic's back. The morning 'falling on your back' pain was now nonexistent. However… a new pain was brought in to replace it. The 'Knuckles just punched you' pain.

"There, now isn't that better?" Granted, Knuckles didn't send Sonic flying like he truly wanted to, but he did get enough satisfaction in the end.

Sonic was trying to recover the best he could, taking deep breaths. Korra, who heard all the ruckus that was going on, came into the hallway to see what was happening. "What the flameo is going on here?"

"Ah, nothing. Just me and Sonic having a good conversation. You know, since we're buddies and all, we can get really loud." Knuckles said, wrapping his arm around Sonic's neck and continued to smirk. Sonic had a look of saying 'help me' without actually saying it, but Korra didn't seem to notice.

"Okaaaay…?" Korra wasn't sure what was happening, but shrugged it off. "Well, if you guys are hungry, there's some breakfast in the kitchen. The rest of Tenzin's family is in there, so this is a good opportunity to introduce yourselves."

"Sounds great! Lead the way!" Tails said, at this point wanting to get as far away as possible from the Sonic and Knuckles circus. Korra nodded, as Tails and Knuckles would follow. Sonic closed his eyes, taking a deep breath and tried to stand up straight. The pain from Knuckles' punch started to go down as he calmed himself down.

"He's going to be the death of me, isn't he?" Sonic said aloud, following them to the kitchen.

Once they made it to the kitchen, Tenzin, his wife Pema, along with the kids Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo. They were all eating sweet buns, they smelled so, so good.

Though, they were going to have put up a fight if they were going to get some sweet buns.

"INTRUDERS!" Meelo shouted, coming right for Tails since he was the closest one to him. Tails' eyes widened, putting his hands up and yelling, "Hey, wai-OOF!"

Meelo tackled Tails to the ground, looking at him dead in the eyes. "Who are you and why have you invaded my home?!"

Tails wasn't sure what was happening right now. "Invaded your home? What are you-"

That's when Korra laughed, picking up Meelo, much to his dislike. "Unhand me, Korra! This is an intruder trying to steal our sweet buns!"

"Relaaaax, Meelo. They're not gonna steal anything. As a matter of fact, they technically live here now for the time being."

Meelo was confused. "Huh?"

Tenzin sighed. He had forgotten that he allowed three strangers to stay at his home, clearly not really wanting to do so. However, since Korra was insistent, he decided to trust her on this. "Right… I forgot to explain." Tenzin then looked at his family. "Everyone, these three will be living with us until they can actually get their own space. Korra brought them last night and said that they were homeless." He looked over at the trio. "Now if you may introduce yourselves…"

"Right. The name's Sonic." he said smirking, giving his signature thumbs up.

"Tails…" he said slowly, holding his head as he got up. For a little kid, Meelo felt like a dang boulder coming at you.

"And Knuckles." he replied, giving a nod.

"Welcome, everyone! I'm Tenzin's wife Pema. You all must be starving!" Pema exclaimed, bringing out some more sweet buns and set them on the table. "Please sit and join us." she said smiling.

"Don't mind if I do! Thanks Pema!" Sonic immediately got to the table and grabbed a sweet bun. Taking a bite of it, it was clear that he like what he tasted. "Oh yeah, now this is the good stuff."

"I'll be the judge of that, thank you very much." Knuckles added, sitting with Sonic and grabbed a sweet bun of his own. When he took his first bite, he had a look of approval come upon his features.

"You're not lying."

Tails would get to the table as well, eating a sweet bun and clearly enjoying it as well. Though, he was making sure to watch his back for Meelo, just in case if he tackled him again.

Tenzin looked at his kids, making an 'ahem' sound. "Kids, aren't you going to introduce yourselves?"

"Oh, sorry!" Ikki exclaimed, not really paying attention until now. "My name's Ikki!"

Jinora would chime in. "Jinora. Nice to meet you all."

"Meelo!" he shouted proudly as Korra put him down. As he analyzed Tails up and down, his breath practically being on him, he noticed that he had two tails. "Wait a minute! Why do you have two tails? Are you some kinda animal and human hybrid?!"

Hearing this almost made Sonic and Knuckles choke on their sweet buns, while Tails looked like a deer caught in headlights. He's already forgotten the bullcrap story Sonic made up for them. Seeing this, Sonic would come to the rescue yet again.

"Well, as a matter of fact!" Sonic began, raising his index finger in the air, "We come from a clan called the Two Tailed Clan! Only the smartest members of our clan have two tails. Tails is a genius pretty much."

That was the only part where he didn't lie since Tails really was a genius. Tenzin was wondering how he didn't notice the two tails last night. Ikki and Pema, though, were amazed at the sight of two tails being on a human.

Jinora looked intrigued by this Two Tailed clan. "I've never heard of that clan before. It sounds interesting." She put her hand on her chin, clearly thinking about something. "If that's your home, why did you guys leave?"

"We were sheltered a lot over there." Sonic simply said, as Korra would add her two cents.

"Yeah, believe it or not, they didn't even know what an Avatar was."

That's when the kids said a collective, "HUH?!" Pema looked a bit shocked too. Tenzin, who was drinking his tea, spit it out immediately as it went all over Knuckles. It was safe to say that Knuckles wasn't too enthused about having tea being spit on him, but he was able to keep his cool. Seeing this sight, it took all the will power Sonic had to not bust out laughing. His ribs were hurting by just trying to not laugh at all.

"That's… That's… How could a clan be so uninformed from news like that?!" Tenzin shouted, making Sonic shrug.

"Trust me, it was a surprise to hear what the Avatar was, and what Korra has to do to keep balance in the world. That's why we left in the first place, so we could travel the world. Our only regret is that we should have been more prepared, because we didn't expect to literally be homeless."

Sonic was telling this lie so much to where it was becoming second nature now. Scary stuff, really. Hearing the story, Tenzin now felt like these people didn't know anything. Heck, he wouldn't be surprised if they didn't know anything about bending at this point.

Which they kinda didn't, but they kinda do? Hard to explain.

Seeing an opportunity to possibly show newcomers on what it takes to airbend, Tenzin figured that this would be a good experience for them. He looked straight at Korra with all these thoughts. "Korra, it's time to continue your airbending training."

Korra groaned. "Alright…"

Tenzin then looked over at Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. "You three, I want you to come and watch. If you're all as uninformed as I think you are, this would be a good experience for you three to watch Korra go through her airbending training."

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all looked at each other, then back at Tenzin. Honestly, they didn't mind that one bit. The more they could learn about this world, the better off they'll be.

"That's fine!" Tails said, being quite excited. Sonic and Knuckles shared similar faces during this time. Korra was sighing as loud as she could at this development. She was used to the kids watching her fail at airbending, but now the new people have to watch her fail as well.

"Greeeeeaaaaaat…. Now I get to embarrass myself in front of more people…" Korra thought, rubbing her head.

Tenzin, Korra, Pema, the kids, and Team Sonic were all outside now. They were right by the airbending gates that Korra just loved to go through. Tenzin would go into full blown teacher mode when it came to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

"Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, these are called the airbending gates. These cover the basic movements of what it means to be an airbender." Taking a deep breath, Tenzin released an air blast, making the gates spin. "As Meelo would say, you have to be the leaf. You have to imagine yourself as one of the gates, and replicate its movements to come out unscathed." Explaining how things are done, he looked to Korra.

"To give you all an example on what I mean, Korra will demonstrate for us."

Korra rubbed the bridge of her nose, already being frustrated before she even began.

"Alright, Korra! Show us what ya got!" Sonic shouted, cheering her on. However, Korra wishes that Sonic would shut up in this moment.

BGM: Rocky Theme

Taking a deep breath, Korra looked at the gates and clenched her fists. "Today is the day that I beat these gates!" She tried to convince herself, and for a few seconds, it worked. She ran into the airbending gates, having a face that looked like she was ready to take on the world.

Unfortunately, the airbending gates, who were playing the role of the world in this scenario, absolutely annihilated Korra. She kept on hitting every gate in sight, looking more and more like a pinball as time passed. Pema covered the kid's eyes, Tenzin looked away, and Team Sonic all had looks of 'that doesn't look too pretty.'

Korra then got sent flying out of the airbending gates, skidding across the ground as she groaned in pain.

Rocky Theme Suddenly Ends

Yep, she still couldn't beat those gates. She was so hopeful this time, too. Tenzin, not trying to be too discouraging, said, "Maybe next time, Korra."

Korra rolled her eyes, growling. "You always say maybe next time! I'm tired of hearing that!"

"Learning the movements of airbending doesn't happen overnight. It takes a great amount of time to get the basics down, much less the advanced techniques." Tenzin replied. Sonic continued to look at those airbending gates spin. After seeing Korra fail the way she did, he wondered if going through the gates was as hard as it looked.

"Yo Tenzin, you mind if I give it a try?"

Tenzin looked at Sonic with a surprised face. He wasn't expecting Sonic to say that at all. Though, it's not like he was going to decline.

"Um, sure, I guess." Tenzin replied. He was expecting that Sonic would fail the same way Korra did. I mean, it's not like he's gonna pass with flying colo-

Sonic cracked his neck, not wasting any time and took off like the blue blur he was. The wind followed, speeding through the gates as they picked up in speed due to Sonic's speed. When it was seen that he came out unscathed, and finished it in less than a second, everybody's mouths were agape. Well, except for Tails and Knuckles. They're used to this crap by now.

Sonic started chuckling on the other side. He walked back to the group casually, his cockiness showing. "You sure it's as hard as you make it out to be? That was pretty easy."

Tenzin, who was the most shocked one of all, was trying to process what he just witnessed. When his mind caught up with him, though, that's when he lost it.

"How did you do that?! How did you make it look so easy?! How did you do it so fast?! How are you an airbender?!"

That last comment caught Sonic off guard.

"Airbender?" he repeated, but then he got what Tenzin was trying to say. "Oh, no no no, you must be mistaken. I can't airbend at all."

"Alright, now I know you're playing games with me!" Tenzin knew what he saw, and his eyes would never lie to him. "When you went through those gates, a large amount of air followed you which made them spin even faster! Those are things that only an airbender can do!"

Sonic could only laugh at Tenzin freaking out. He seemed like such a calm person, so to see him act like this was comedic. "Tenzin, trust me on this one. I'm no airben-"

"OH, YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!"

The group turned to see an enraged Korra, looking like she was out for blood. "You're telling me that Sonic can just casually go through these gates with no problem whatsoever, but whenever I try to do it, I get my butt handed to me?!" In some ways, it was understandable for Korra to be as angry as she was. She's been trying to get this whole airbending thing down ever since she got to Republic City, so to see somebody literally come out of nowhere and treat the basics of airbending training like child's play, it made her feel embarrassed and inferior.

You could also say she was a teensy bit jealous.

"Korra, calm do-"

"SHUT UP, SONIC!" Korra shouted.

Yep, she was more than just a teensy bit jealous.

Everybody's eyes went wide, as Korra's hot headedness was in full effect. "Since you find that going through the airbending gates is so easy for you, how about you be the Avatar and take everything on for yourself?! I mean, apparently, you're so naturally gifted that you'd be able to handle it!"

All of her frustration was coming out right now. Yes, Korra still wanted to be the Avatar, but being the Avatar is no small task. Almost everyone's problems become your responsibility to handle them, and Korra is still trying to figure that whole thing out. This causes her to become stressed beyond relief, and her outburst today is the result of it.

After Korra said what she said, she looked over to Tenzin, the kids, and Pema. All of them had shocked looks on their faces, to which Korra could only reply with, "What?"

She turned to Sonic, who looked saddened by what was said. He wasn't crying, nor was he on the verge of crying. However, if there was one person that could understand what Korra was going through, it would be Sonic. Trying to be the good guy all the time by fixing everyone's problems is difficult, extremely difficult even. It's why he's taking it as hard as he is, despite not knowing Korra for that long to begin with.

It was at this moment that Korra realized what she said, her eyes widening and now felt like the biggest idiot on the planet. What she said was way out of line. "Sonic, I-"

Before she could even get the words out, Sonic ran away, specifically back to the inside of the Air Temple and went into his room. Tails and Knuckles could only shake their heads, walking away without saying a word. Pema decided that the kids saw enough chaos for one day, so she brought them back inside the temple. The only one left was Tenzin. He couldn't even find the words for this moment, as hard as he tried. Eventually, he ended up walking away as well, leaving Korra alone.

Knowing what she did, Korra looked down. "Nice going, Korra…" she told herself, being disgusted with how she acted.

It was now nighttime again. Ever since her explosion, Korra's been wondering how to even approach Sonic. She was in her room, telling herself, "God, I'm an idiot." She would say that more than a few times too. Ultimately, there was only one way to make things right. She just had to go up to him and apologize. Making up her mind, she left her room, coming near Sonic's and knocked.

"Uh… Sonic?" she started. "It's me. Korra."

There was no answer.

Korra sighed loudly, still being behind Sonic's door.

"Sonic, I'm really sorry. I'm really, really sorry. I shouldn't have acted the way I did. I let my anger get the best of me and it caused me to be a person I'm not." She paused, looking at the floor.

"I'm not looking for you to accept my apology. All I want you to know is that I'm truly sorry." she said sadly. Though, the door still wasn't opening. Figuring that Sonic wasn't going to speak, she was about to walk away.

Until she heard the door open.

She looked to see Sonic, being as happy as she could be that he opened the door. "Sonic!"

"Come with me. I wanna show you something."

Korra and Sonic were now outside right by those cursed airbending gates again. Though, they would focus on that later. For now, Sonic would focus on giving Korra some pointers. "Alright, first thing's first. When you were traveling through those gates, you charged in and started thinking too much at the same time. Take it from me, someone who can be really reckless at any time. However, charging in and being reckless don't always have to be related to each other."

Korra raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"I charged in just like you did. Though, the difference is that I let the wind guide me. Yeah, I can run extremely fast, and yes, that did help me in getting through the gates, but there's a certain path that you have to follow. When the wind guides you, you're able to pick and choose your spots at a moment's notice. For example…"

Sonic ran through the gates one time to get them spinning again, and ran through them a second time while still not having a scratch on him. Coming near Korra, he pointed out to how the gates were moving. "It's a matter of just doing it and taking it from there."

Trying to take in everything that Sonic was saying, Korra made sure that she was going to get through these gates. She got into a stance, but then Sonic stopped her.

"Form's all wrong. You're asking to get hit with that. You'll never get the proper speed and acceleration you need that way." He came behind Korra and adjusted her form by slightly moving her arms in a more relaxed position. Korra, who wasn't expecting Sonic to get so close to her, had a slight blush appear on her face.

Sonic looked at her legs, and said, "Your legs are tense. Un-tensify them or whatever."

Trying to focus on the task at hand, Korra made her legs less tense. That's when Sonic gave her some space. Seems like he's playing the role of teacher pretty well.

"Go." Sonic told her.

Korra gave a nod, coming to the gates and did what Sonic told her to do. Unlike her previous attempt, or all her other previous attempts for that matter, she let the wind guide her. With gates spinning around, she spun around with them, having her eyes closed. She looked smoother, much more precise, and overall just more fluid. She was simply doing the task at hand without having any second thoughts. Seeing the performance she was putting on, all Sonic could do was smirk.

"Atta girl."

She was looking graceful, and before she knew it, she got through the gates without being treated like a pinball. For a moment, she couldn't believe it. She was speechless, but that speechlessness would soon turn into kid-like excitement.

"I… I did it… I actually did it…"

She looked at her hands, a smile appearing on her face as it got bigger and bigger by the second. "I DID IT! I ACTUALLY DID IT!" She ran towards Sonic at full speed, making the blue blur's eyes widen. She hugged Sonic out of pure joy, catching him completely off guard.

"THANK YOU, SONIC! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!" she repeated over and over again. While Sonic wasn't expecting a hug, he did understand why she was doing this. He hugged her back, being extremely happy for her.

"See? I knew you could do it." Sonic told her, smiling. They separated from the hug, and all Sonic could do was chuckle. Korra still had her happy face. From above, Tenzin saw all of this play out. He couldn't have been happier to see Korra finally defeat those gates, and it showed in his smile. He wouldn't interrupt the moment, though, as he went back inside the temple.

After Korra's victory, she and Sonic both sat on the edge of the cliff together, seeing the beautiful night sky and how Republic City had an amazing glow from afar. They were officially relaxing, since both of them have recently gone through their issues. There was silence for a long time, but Sonic decided to break it.

"I accept your apology, by the way." he said, still looking at the glowing Republic City.

Korra looked over at Sonic, knowing what he meant. "Still… Sonic, I'm so sorry for that. I didn't mean to-"

"Korra, I said I accepted your apology. It's alright." He let out a small laugh, now turning to her. "It's in the past. To be honest, I was mainly worried about you, because it looked like you were going through a lot of stress. Besides, if I was more aware of your feelings, I wouldn't have acted as cocky as I did after I went through the gates the first time. So, I apologize for that."

"Are we gonna be apologizing to each other all night like two idiots?" Korra asked jokingly.

"Only if you want to." Sonic replied in his own joking tone, both sharing a laugh.

"Well, I accept your apology, Blue Blur." She told him. They turned back to Republic City. As time passed, it looked like something was on Korra's mind. Sonic looked over at her to see that she was in deep thought.

"Something on your mind?"

That caused Korra to snap out of it.

"W-What? Oh, it's nothing."

"You're lyyyyiiiiiiinggggggg~"

Korra rolled her eyes, sighing heavily. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you. But please don't laugh at me."

"I won't." replied Sonic. Korra was figuring out how to say this, but there's wasn't really a way of saying it besides… Well, saying it.

"What do you do when you like someone?"

Sonic raised an eyebrow, but then it clicked. He thought back to how she looked when Asami came in and did all her cute stuff with Mako. He remembered how Korra looked discouraged during that moment.

"Just to confirm, you're talking about in a romantic type of way?"

Korra sighed once more. "Yeah…"

"You talking about Mako?"

That caught Korra off guard.

"H-Huh?! How did you know?!"

"It was really, really obvious when that Asami girl came into the locker room and started hugging Mako. I looked over to see your face, and let's just say you didn't have the greatest look." Sonic explained, Korra still being surprised.

"Did I look that bad?"

"Yup."

Korra rubbed her temples, closing her eyes. "Forget that I said that. This is all way too embarrassing."

"Hey now, I may not be some love guru. In fact, I'm probably the farthest thing from a love guru, but since I want to help you, I'm willing to suffer through this conversation." That caused both of them to laugh again, but hey, Sonic was speaking the truth. The only reason why he was doing this was because he wanted to help.

"Let's start with this. What do you like about him?"

Korra thought about it for a moment. "Well, he's hot. And cool."

Sonic was waiting for Korra to expand upon her answer, but when it wasn't happening, he said, "That's it?"

Korra thought about it some more. "Um… He's a nice guy. It takes a bit for him to open up given how stoic he can be, but he's a really nice guy if you can crack him."

Sonic just looked at Korra, saying, "I see…" He slightly shrugged. "Well Korra, the only thing I can say to you is that you gotta let your feelings be known. If you don't at least try, then you'll never know how he feels about you."

Listening to Sonic's advice, Korra was debating if she should do it or not. Mako was in a relationship with Asami. Would she really want to break them up, especially if Mako was truly happy with her?

More than that, though, she had to comment on how much Sonic was helping her. "You know, for not being some love guru, you're actually giving some decent advice here." She slightly joked, but she meant what she said about him giving decent advice.

Sonic chuckled. "I try to be a swiss army knife, I guess. Still, it's more about helping my friends and making sure they're okay."

Sonic was really serious about his friends, and that's been that way since… Forever? Let's go with forever. Korra, appreciating Sonic's efforts to help her, got closer to him and hugged him. Once again, she caught Sonic off guard, but he did hug back.

"You have a steadfast heart of gold, you know that?" Korra said, smiling.

Sonic had a smile of his own. "I just try to help."

They ended their hug, and Korra would get up. "I'll keep your advice in mind when it comes to Mako. So… Thanks." She told him, about to walk away. Though, she almost forgot to say goodnight.

"Goodnight, Sonic."

"Night, Korra."

That's when she walked away, leaving Sonic alone at the cliff. His head went back to looking at the glowing Republic City, having a smile on his face.

END OF CHAPTER 2: HELP ME, HELP YOU

BGM: Sonic R – Number One

Korra: Guys, look! I can defeat these gates!

Ikki: That's great, Korra!

Knuckles: All the credit goes to Sonic.

Tails: DO YOU WANT HER TO LOSE IT AGAIN?!

Mako & Bolin: Why didn't we even appear in this chapter?!

Next time on Don't Think Twice!

Learning Experiences

Sonic: How dare you guys do the preview without me?!

Author's Note: Alright guys, chapter 2 is done! Big thanks to all of you guys who have favorited and followed this story! And another thanks to the people that came from The Adventures of Legends! You guys reading the reboot shows that y'all are still with me, and I appreciate it so much. See you guys in chapter 3! As always, READ AND REVIEW!