Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Legend of Korra.
A/N: Kim Possible won the poll, it'll stay up until the day after Shinobi's next update to let any who read only one story know what won, then the Shinobi poll will be up for a rotation.
The Shinobi poll will be if Naruto should get a devil fruit. Choices will be yes. or No Jutsu is enough plus no time to train.
If you or someone you know is still looking for a PS5, I just found one in Walmart IN THE STORE, and then when getting Gotham Knights to scratch that DC itch until Suicide Squad comes out at GameStop (Due to everywhere else day 1 stuff is a nightmare to get if you don't get there at 7-9 AM as no one works where the game section is at) they told me they also had some in stock. So some are getting in stores now.
And Walmart has the GOW bundle for both versions now.
Beta: Chaos-PSD.
Book Three
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Chapter III
The Earth Queen.
The air nation has its first recruit. Team Avatar's search for new airbenders in the earth kingdom led them to Kai, an orphan with a shady past. Meanwhile, Lord Zuko is hot on the trail of three escaped criminals who pose a great threat to the Avatar. Unaware of the danger to her, Korra continues her mission to find more airbenders. Next stop, the walled city of Ba Sing Se.
Team Avatar.
In the airship, Jinora was standing on the deck with Asami, Naga, and Pabu as they watched Bumi and Kai square off. "Light on your feet, Uncle Bumi. Remember, you want to be quick and evasive."
"Don't worry about me, little lady. I've been in a scrap or two, you know. Oh, you're just a youngster, so I'm going to go easy on you." Bumi said as he bobbed around Kai. Wouldn't want to hurt a kid-!" Kai dipped down and spun, having air hit Bumi from his leg knocking his own. "Oh!"
Jinora walked over to help Kai pick up her uncle. "Uncle Bumi, you've got to work on your stance changes. Kai, that was just… Really good."
"Thanks, Jinora. You're a great teacher." Kai replied, getting her to blush before walking away with her uncle.
And stopped as he checked his coat. "Hmm. Did I drop my wallet?" They heard chuckling before turning to see Kai holding a wallet. "Give me that, you little thief!"
Up on the deck that was above them, Naruto with a black vest on, showing his bare chest, Korra, and Tenzin watched them leaning on the railing. "It's so exciting to be on a diplomatic mission to Ba Sing Se. What's the earth queen like?" Korra asked Tenzin who glanced over.
"I've never met her, but I've heard she can be quite… Demanding."
"You can say it… She's a bitch from what I've heard from the Fire Empress." Naruto spoke up hands on the railing.
"Naruto!"
"What? I heard people write songs about how big a bitch she is. I know one."
"Don't you dare." Tenzin sighed as Naruto opened his mouth. "I'm warning you."
Naruto closed his mouth and opened it. "Well-!" He stopped just as Bolin ran over and crashed into the railing. "This is it, Mako! We made it! This is where dad grew up! Come here, look! Look!"
Mako sighed as he walked over. "Okay, calm down. I'm looking."
They looked to see a 100m tall wall in front of them. "I wonder how many airbenders are down there," Korra spoke as they got just over the wall and saw the large city divided by three rings. "Ugh. The lower ring looks terrible." Korra said as Naruto saw the first ring was full of poor people
"Yeah, I can smell it from here. No wonder dad left." Bolin gagged from the smell as Mako used his scarf to cover his nose. They then made it to the middle ring where it was nicer. "Hello, middle ring!" Bolin said, looking down.
After several minutes, they made it to the third ring where the rich lived before landing at the palace where they saw four airships. "Wow. Now, this is more like it." Kai said before they landed.
They walked out and had a man in green clothing walk up. He also has long gray hair in a braided ponytail.
"Avatar Korra, master Tenzin, it is a pleasure to welcome you and your party to the upper ring of Ba Sing Se. I'm grand secretariat Gun.
"Thank you." Korra placed her hand in her fist and bowed as Bolin walked over, Pabu on his shoulder and Naga and Oogi behind him.
"Ahh, it's got that upper ring smell."
"Oh, no. The queen hates animals. We've got to get them out of sight." Gun said walking over.
"Well, I can just stash Pabu in my shirt. These two are gonna be a little tougher." Bolin spoke up, pointing to the two.
"I can kick Kurama out of here."
"Fuck you Naruto!" Kurama flipped Naruto off from the deck before running inside to curl up on the couch.
"Come with me, hurry. I'll take you to your quarters." Gun said as they walked to the palace. "Now, when you meet the queen, make sure you bow low enough. That's very important. And don't look her in the eye, she can't stand that. If any food is served, don't eat before she eats. Oh, actually, I have to taste her food first, then she eats, then you can eat. Better yet, just don't eat."
"Seems like an awful lot of rules." Korra deadpanned at that as they walked.
"Oh, you have no idea, and I'm the one who gets in trouble when people don't follow them, so please, please, for my sake, just try not to upset her majesty," Gun replied as he glanced back at the group.
Naruto grabbed Kai as they passed a woman with jewels on and a money pouch. "Nope." He said pulling the airbender with him.
"Here we are," Gun said as they stopped at a three-storied house.
"Ooh, very swanky," Bolin said, looking at the house before they walked inside.
"Now, go in and make yourselves comfortable… And keep those animals out of sight in the backyard. Avatar Korra, if you'd follow me, we don't want to keep her majesty waiting." Gun said as Naruto kissed her cheek.
"Good luck babe, I'll get the bed ready."
Gun took Korra to the garden of the palace where they saw a woman in green and yellow clothes with a gold headdress watching a man trim large hedges into turtle ducks.
"Your majesty, may I present Avatar Korra."
"You're ruining the koi pond! It's completely overshadowed by the topiaries! Guards, take that buffoon away and get me someone who knows what they're doing!" She yelled, throwing her hands out showing she had finger jewelry on. "You! Rip everything out and start over!" She said to another who earthbends the bushes into the ground. "I am surrounded by idiots. So I finally got a visit from the Avatar. Let me guess, you want something."
"Well, actually, your majesty, I was hoping you could…" Korra stopped as the queen turned to her.
"I hardly think you're in a position to ask me for favors after everything the last Avatar did to the Earth Kingdom. He and Fire Lord Zuko took advantage of my father's weakness and stole our lands to make their own little empire. The United Republic is earth kingdom territory."
"Well, I-I'm not sure what I can do about that." Korra
"Not that you care, but what's left of my kingdom is falling to ruin. Roving bands of barbarians are raiding villages in the countryside, and now, some of my subjects are refusing to pay their taxes." The queen said before looking back
"I'm very sorry for your troubles, but actually-"
"That topiary is supposed to be an eel swan, not a turtle duck! No! To your left! Your other left! Do you have these problems with your servants?" She asked Korra who shook her head.
"I don't really have servants. But, your majesty, the reason for our visit is that we're trying to gather all of the new airbenders who are popping up in the earth kingdom, and we'd like your help finding the ones in Ba Sing Se."
"Airbenders in Ba Sing Se? Where did you hear that?"
"Before we left Republic City, we got some reports." The Avatar replied as the queen turned to her.
"Hmm. Well, before I even consider helping you, I'll need you to do something for me."
"Oh. Of course. What is it?"
"I have a vault full of tax money sitting in a town South of here. Barbarians have stolen my past two shipments. Go collect my money and bring it back here."
"Yes, your majesty." An annoyed Korra spoke as the queen turned and motioned for her to leave.
Later, Airship.
"Are you sure we shouldn't have brought more people to collect the tax money?"
Asami asked Korra as she flew the ship while Naruto looked out the window. "Royal guards are waiting at the vault. I doubt anything will happen. I think her majesty just likes ordering me around."
After flying for several hours, they landed at the vault that was in a run-down city. Naruto, Korra, and Asami approach the building where the tax money is stored as Korra looks around aimlessly. She then notices the villagers hiding as they pass them. "I don't like the looks of this. Let's hurry up and get out of here." Korra said as they got to the vault as the door opened to show a guard.
"You here to pick up the tax shipment?"
"Go ahead and load it on the airship." Naruto thumbed over his shoulder at that.
Four guards put the tax money into a wheelbarrow and walk to the airship. Suddenly, a red flare appears in the sky, having the guards look up in surprise. Four motorcycles jumped up a ramp as two motorcycles accompanied a truck to the airship. The guards run away in fear, dropping the gold. "So much for our escorts." Asami sighed.
"Maybe we should've brought everybody else," Korra spoke as the three ran to the gold.
They came to the bandits as one walked up with a green shaved mohawk, skull face paint, and a black goatee with a green stripe.
"Step away from the gold, and you won't get hurt."
"Sorry to disappoint you, but we're taking this gold back to Ba Sing Se," Korra spoke as she raised a hand.
"Suit yourself." The man said as he ran at the Avatar.
Only for Naruto to get in front of him and earthbends him to the left. He then earthbends two motorcyclists, throwing them up in the air. Other motorcyclists try to retreat but Korra earthbends them as well. One motorcycle charges Asami, but she charges back and takes them down. Another motorcyclist charged toward her, but Korra earthbends them away from her.
Another motorcyclist picks up one of the sacks of gold with his spear, but Naruto airbends them off their motorcycle. Asami charges at one of the motorcycles that attempts to attack her with his spear, however, she evades with the backflip and stunned both people on the motorcycle. The leader gets back up and attacks Korra with several kicks, but Korra earthbends him again, having him run away.
"Retreat! Retreat!" You're on the wrong side of this fight, Avatar! That gold belongs to the people, not the queen!"
"Why do I get the feeling he's right?"
Ba Sing Se.
Mako and Bolin run into a cousin of theirs Tu, and his father, Chow, who recognizes Mako and Bolin as his brother's children, revealing him to be their uncle much to their surprise. He takes them to meet their family, including their grandmother, Yin, who is particularly elated to meet her grandchildren. She promptly inquires about her son and daughter-in-law but is disheartened to hear from Mako that the two were killed while he and Bolin were still young.
Bolin, though, is grateful that he and his brother now have a huge family. Mako inquires as to why his father left Ba Sing Se and discovers that his father aspired to achieve things greater than working the fruit stand. However, his goal of leaving conflicted with his father's wishes, resulting in tensions between the two which caused Mako and Bolin's father to sever all communication with his family, save for a single letter he sent during his birthday.
Yin brings Mako and Bolin to a room and shows them the letter, which includes a photo of them as children along with their mother and father. Yin remarks that Mako has his mother's eyes, prompting Mako to give her the scarf that used to belong to his father, claiming that his father would have wanted her to have it.
North Pole.
Zuko and Tonraq walked into the throne room where he saw Desna and Eska sitting at said thrones. "Lord Zuko, Uncle. This is a surprise." Desna said as he and his sister stood.
"Finally something interesting happens. Ruling the tribe is so tedious."
"Then you should enjoy this. We need to check on a secret ice prison in the Western tundra." Zuko said, gaining a small smile from the twins.
Later, they all walked into a metal prison while a snowstorm came down. "Why didn't anyone tell us we have a secret prison we could have been throwing people in?" Eska asked as they walked to an elevator and started going down.
"I'd like to put my tailor in here. He never gets my cuffs right. They're so creasy."
"We built this place secretly with your father to hold a very special prisoner. She's a powerful firebender named P'Li who can create explosions with her mind. Ironically, I hired a guy with a similar ability to kill the Avatar myself once." Zuko explained as Tonraq looked at him from the side of his eyes. "Didn't work."
"Don't feel bad," Eska said from behind him. "I tried to kill Korra after she ruined my wedding. It happens."
"Let's just focus on keeping this woman in prison," Tonraq spoke up as he glanced back.
The elevator stopped and they walked into an ice cave with bridges around a cavern with a cell in the middle.
"The intense cold prevents her from firebending," Zuko explained as they got on a platform that extended over to the cell.
"There's certainly no way anyone's breaking out of here." Desna mused before Zuko glanced back.
"That's what we thought about the other three prisons."
"Must be something exciting going on." They heard a woman's voice shivering before they saw the bottom of her chin revealing she was tall and has fair skin. "No one interesting has visited me in 13 years."
"Don't get used to it," Tonraq told P'Li who smiled.
"He's out, isn't he?" Mmm, I'm feeling warmer already."
Ba Sing Se.
"Your majesty, the Avatar has returned with the tax payments."
Gun said as he stood by Korra.
"Finally. Secure it in the vault."
"It's being done as we speak." Gun bowed as Korra took a step forward.
"So now, your majesty, if I could start meeting some of the airbenders here in the city."
The Dai Li thoroughly searched the city, but it seems your reports were incorrect. There are no airbenders in Ba Sing Se. So you can gather your little band and be on your way tomorrow." The Queen waved her off.
"You make me do your dirty work extorting your citizens for your stupid palaces and topiaries, and then you just want to send me away? We're not going anywhere until we find some airbenders! We know there are some here!"
"Get her out of my sight!"
"This isn't over!" Korra yelled at her before walking away. "I'm going to find the airbenders!"
Later.
In the lower ring, Tu's father exclaims how proud his brother would have been with Mako and Bolin, considering that they are assisting the Avatar in her travels. Mako expresses their need to return to the Upper Ring to help Korra in her search for airbenders in Ba Sing Se. Upon mentioning them, the family members gasp and reveal how Dai Li agents have apprehended airbenders in the city for the Earth Queen, supposedly for use in experiments. Mako and Bolin decide to return to the Upper Ring to inform the others.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes
Beta: Chaos-PSD.
Kim Possible won the poll, it'll stay up until the day after Shinobi's next update to let any who read only one story know what won, then the Shinobi poll will be up for a rotation.
The Shinobi poll will be if Naruto should get a devil fruit. Choices will be yes. or No Jutsu is enough plus no time to train.
If you or someone you know is still looking for a PS5, I just found one in Walmart IN THE STORE, and then when getting Gotham Knights to scratch that DC itch until Suicide Squad comes out at GameStop (Due to everywhere else day 1 stuff is a nightmare to get if you don't get there at 7-9 AM as no one works where the game section is at) they told me they also had some in stock. So some are getting in stores now.
And Walmart has the GOW bundle for both versions now.
To those that celebrate it, I hope you have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
Next to be updated will be Hero Rising: Next Generation on Friday then Maelstrom Huntsman.
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Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.🐺