Although I was fine with Bolin and Mako coming to stay with us on the island, I was not expecting Asami. Or all of her luggage. I can't really put my finger on it, but I still wasn't too sure about Asami. Maybe it's because she was so beautiful and I felt pretty inferior when standing next to her, so I made it a point to keep as far away as possible. "Hey Kanna, Bolin and the others are here, why don't you come see them?" Korra asked me as I went through my practice, going through the forms that we had learned together and she fell into step beside me, our bodies mimicking one another perfectly.
"They know I'm here, they can come say hello if they want to." I responded curtly, eyes closed as I continued to focus.
"You know, Asami isn't so bad after all. She's actually pretty cool and knows how to handle herself." Korra said to me and I opened my eyes to frown at her disbelievingly. That princess? No way. "Maybe you should give her a chance. Meelo's already started making moves on her, it was pretty funny actually and the girls can't stop asking her questions about her hair and all that kind of stuff." My eyebrow twitched in irritation as I went back to my steps, trying to focus on the sequences as Korra started to go on and on about Asami. "I know she's with Mako but she's just so nice and friendly you can't help but like her. Also she's a kickass driver, did I tell you that she gave me a ride in one of her satomobiles around her dad's racetrack the other day?"
"Yeah. Once or twice." Or a thousand. Seriously, what's so special about this girl anyway? Sure she's beautiful, rich, had glamorous hair, perfect makeup, stunning eyes, can hold her own in a fight and is a genius. Absolutely. What's not to like? Korra continued to go on and on about how awesome Asami was and slowly, I began to feel that seed of jealousy bloom. "You know what? I don't care! I don't care about Asami or her father's satomobiles or how great you think she is! Just shut up about her already!" I yelled, taking Korra by surprised as I swung my hands backwards in frustration and a large barrel of water exploded as the water rushed outwards and sloshed all over the floor. "Great."
"What is your problem?" Korra demanded, shaking her head to clear the shock from her system as her eyes narrowed. "You don't have to be such a jerk about it! She just found out her dad was working with Amon!"
"So what? I don't give a damn about what she's been through, so long as she stays out of my way then we'll all be happy." Turning around I walked away, throwing up my hand. "Have fun with your new playmate, I hope you have a great time together."
"Fine! I will!" Korra yelled after me and after a few moments I heard her growl in frustration before kicking at the water. Inside I felt myself wilting. What the hell was wrong with me? Where did that come from? Was I really that jealous of Asami? I really was a jerk. Coming to that realisation only made me feel worse about myself so I took off running, disappearing to a quiet part of the island where no one really came by as it was a pretty steep decline towards the small cove, making it dangerous for the kids but peaceful to sit by.
Sighing to myself I opted to meditate like Tenzin had showed me, thinking that perhaps it would help me relax a little. My hair flowed loosely on the breeze with my two thick braids framing my face as well as the littler ones, a warm blanket around my neck as I tried to figure out why I was feeling so miserable. I guess I miss home and the familiar faces there, namely Gran-Gran. She must be feeling so lonely without someone there to keep her company.
Unfortunately, my peace and quiet didn't last long as I heard Korra's angry footsteps coming towards me. "Okay, what is your deal? You've never acted this way before and it's totally thrown me. What's eating you up so bad?" She demanded to know so I exhaled, irritated that she couldn't see I was trying to have some time alone to myself.
"Quite frankly Korra, it's none of your business. I don't have to tell you anything." I responded, opening my eyes coldly as I rose to my feet. "But maybe if you didn't spend so much time fooling around with your new friends and actually focused, you'd know what was up!" Korra made a sound of exclamation and disbelief, hand going to her chest as her face darkened.
"You're blaming me for your bad attitude?! Unbelievable! Are you jealous because I'm spending time with friends other than you? That's just stupid, Kanna, maybe if you weren't such a sour loser then you'd actually have more people that liked you who weren't little kids!" Okay that stung, but I wasn't going to let her get away with a comment like that.
"Maybe if you weren't so obsessed with yourself and your stupid feelings then you'd get some work done and you might have been able to air-bend by now! Instead you're running around trying to play the hero all the time when you're just getting in the way of everyone." I shot back, placing my hands on my hips and I saw Korra snatched her hand into a fist, muscles tensing in anger at my words. "I'm tired of pandering to you Korra, it's your own fault that you can't breathe a single puff of air, you're just useless."
"Me? Useless? You're the one who can't move a single wave! No wonder your father died, with a hopeless water-bender like you it's no surprise that he drowned in that storm." I stopped. Almost too late Korra realised what it was she said and her face dropped in horror, but the damage was done. As if her words had slapped me back into the past I remembered the rolling waves of pitch black as they reared their ugly heads and crashed down upon us both, my father's voice being lost in the swallowing sound of the water. "Kanna I…I didn't mean…" Choking back a sob I flung out a hand, silencing her as I bowed my head.
"I hate you." I whispered, shoulders trembling as I struggled not to cry. "I hate you. Get away from me you selfish cow." Korra froze at my words before her anger sparked at the insult, overtaking her senses as her fists clenched once more.
"You're just a lily livered coward! I'm out of here." Water lily. That's what my dad used to call me, not just Katara. I was his precious and beautiful water lily but now he was gone. I missed him so much. Finally my anger burst free and I lifted my head, glowering at Korra before I struck at her retreating back. I pulled the water from the air as there were rainclouds gathering overhead and as it turned to ice I slammed it against Korra's back, ice melding her to a tree as she yelped in shock. For a moment she didn't move before all at once she smashed the ice around her body and spun around. "Fine then, let's fight!" In response she punched forwards with fire which I artfully dodged, rolling on the ground before I began to bend the vines on the trees, using them to restrain her by her limbs before then sending a rushing wave of snow straight at her.
Korra went flying back through the trees from my powerful force and I gave an enraged yell as I chased after her, sprinting through the trees before I suddenly had to jump, avoiding her earth-bending a huge rock from the ground and I used that as a catapult, descending towards her with my hands jabbing forwards to send ice shard directly down at her, following her movements as she dodged before then pulling the water from the stream, wrapping it around her like a ribbon before sending it straight towards me. With a firm stance I pushed my hand forwards and it froze upon connection with my hand, bursting back in Korra's face and she cried out as she was flung onto her back.
Immediately she was up again and we fought furiously with one another, crossing the entire island with powerful blows against one another as we released all our pent up rage and frustration upon one another. "Korra! Kanna! What do you think you're doing? Stop this at once!" Tenzin ordered as Korra lifted a huge earth rock from the ground and flung at me, yelling from the effort however I dodged with a leap, hands moving quickly to trap Korra's foot in ice to trip her mid movement, allowing me to sucker punch her in the face. I'll admit, it was a satisfying feeling but I could hardly control myself anymore.
All I could feel was this intense anger that felt totally impossible for one human to feel alone. In my mind I could still feel myself drowning underneath those waves and in some way, I think I had never left. They had trapped me there forever in the dark recesses of my mind. The only thing that suddenly snapped me awake was when Korra suddenly punched me back, startling me but I reacted upon impulse to fight back, a mixture of physical and bending attacks that began to grow completely out of control until suddenly Tenzin appeared between us and thrust out both his hands, a strong burst of wind pushing us apart where he angrily stood between us. "I order you to stop." He emphasised as I remained in a crouch, panting for breath and bleeding from my lip. "What has gotten into you both? You could have destroyed the entire temple!" Tenzin fumed and I blinked, looking around me to see that we'd destroyed the courtyard and some of trees, branches hanging limply by the bare bark.
Behind me I sensed the children and I turned, seeing them all staring in wide eyed horror as my distant eyes slowly became clearer, returning from the drowning waves back to reality. Tenzin was ranting, telling that both Korra and I would have to clean up and fix everything ourselves but I didn't want to remain another moment on this island. I felt trapped, like I was suffocating. I have to get out of here as quickly as possible so I turned on my heel and ran for the edge of the cliff, making several people yell out my name as I jumped. For once I didn't feel fear as I plummeted for the water, holding my breath as I created a large ice raft which I then powered away from the island, heading straight for the city where I disappeared into the streets.