Earth

Fire

Air

Water

Only the Dual Avatars can master all four elements and bring balance to the world.

Book IV: Balance

Chapter IV: The Calling

Wan has been waiting for this moment, he waits for Korra to finally get up, poised to strike. Korra yawns as she stretches her arms, rubbing her eyes. Wan blushes for a moment, thinking of how adorable she looks but this soon turns to anger. "Hello Korra," Wan says with venom in his voice. Korra glances at where the voice came from and her cyan eyes widen. "Wan?" She quickly realizes what she has done, "Wan listen-" Wan snatches her hand away from him, grasping it firmly, "I don't want to hear it!" He screams. He harshly lets go of her arm and walks away. Korra gets up onto her feet and rushes out of the cave, "Wan listen to me!" Wan laughs coldly, "Why should I? You broke the promise." He continues walking away.

"Wan, I can explain," Korra pleads. "Oh, so now you want to explain. You lied to me the entire time saying you were in Republic City, I read every single letter Korra! How about telling me you weren't there huh?" Korra tries to go closer to Wan but he quickly attacks her with an air blast making her land in the swamp water. "Leave me alone."

Korra grunts as she slowly gets up from Wan's attack, clenching her fists. She throws a fire blast at Wan who avoids it with ease. "Would you just listen to me?" Korra yells, frustrated with the other Avatar. Wan stops for a moment and continues forward. "Go talk to Toph or something, just leave me alone," Wan sasses as he walks away from her.

Korra watches in shock and sadness, Toph walks up next to her. "What did you do now?" she says in a bored tone. "I... think I hurt him," Korra sighs as she rubs her other arm with her hand. Toph scoffs and walks away "He's in his own feelings, let him cool off we have work to do."


After a rough day of training and Toph beating Korra up every five seconds, Korra lays on her back as Toph begins to make dinner. Wan walks into the cave and throws some fish down and makes his own fire. "Well, I guess firsty don't want my dinner," Toph sasses. Wan closes his eyes, ignoring what the older woman says and keeps cooking the fish. Korra glares at Wan, who looks back with an equally angry face. "You could have come," Korra says under her breath. "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you" Wan mouths as he cleans the fish, "Say it louder Korra."

"I said, you could have come. But instead, you sat around at the South Pole," Korra retorts. Wan clenches his fists, "And you could have kept your promise but instead, you left like a coward."

Toph whistles to herself as she keeps stirring her stew around, the blind earthbender makes a bowl for herself as the dual Avatars argue. "Well, maybe if you could just not be so sensitive and just listen, we could just solve everything!" Korra's hands go up as she looks at the cave ceiling, "Can I just have my side of the story? Nope, Wan already thinks I'm a bad person."

"And selfish," Wan mentions with spite, "And a prick. You know what? How did I deal with you for two and a half years?"

"Oh, you know exactly how," Korra says with a spiteful tone, suggestively glaring at him. Toph chokes on her food for a second, now it all makes sense. Wan folds his arms. "And you were the one who asked. Plus, we didn't even do anything, nice try," he retorts. Toph interrupts them from her eating, "Children, children, children! You two bickering was funny at first, but it's getting stale and I have to deal with you two for a while. So, let's cut the crap, and let's get to the part where you admit your sexual and romantic feelings for each other."

"Woah!" Wan screams in shock and Korra's mouth drops, "You are way off base!" Toph laughs, "Oh, spare me, spare me, spare me. You're dancing around each other in this mind-numbing mating ritual! I can see it from here. It's almost more visible than the metals both of you are carrying around."

Both Korra and Wan stop their bickering turning to Toph. "Wait...what metal?" Wan and Korra say in unison. "You two are really are love birds in denial, look at you saying things in unison. Yes, the little bits of metal poison stuck in both of your bodies. Neither of you can even feel the metal in your own body? You really are the worst Avatars ever," Toph says while eating some of her stew. "I thought Su and Lin got it all out," Korra says in complete shock at this revelation. Toph sighs as she moves her spoon around, "Oh, my girls never really picked up metal bending all that well if you ask me."

Complete silence follows, only for the occasional ribbit from a frog-squirrel. "Can you get it out?" Wan asks. Toph scoffs, "Of course I can, finally I can get some peace from you two arguing." Korra glares at Wan, "This isn't over."

"Far from over," Wan glares back while eating his cooked fish. Korra lays down while Wan turns his back away, a small flicker of sadness growing inside of both of them.


Meanwhile, Wu's coronation is, unfortunately, not what was expected. He wanted it to be big and lavish but instead only got a small coronation in Republic City. Gun places a royal earring on Wu's chest like a small brooch, "Now rise, Wu of the Hou-Ting Dynasty, King of all the Earth Lands and glorious defender of Ba Sing Se. Long may you reign!" A few people clap. Wu sighs as he speaks into the microphone, "Thank you, for that incredibly brief, but very moving ceremony. I am touched by the love of my devoted countrymen, who have worked so hard to restore their beloved leader to the throne. One of them deserves special attention. Kuvira, rise! For your service to the realm, I would like to present you with the Kyoshi Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest honour, which was somehow not stolen, unlike the royal pinky rings."

Kuvira bows a little as the metal is hung over her neck, "Thank you. And if you don't mind, I would like to say a few words." Wu moves out of her way, folding his arms grunting at how his ceremony is completely ruined and how it is going to get ten times worse for the new king. "Sure, we only have six hours to fill." Kuvira steps up to the microphone, "Growing up in Zaofu, with Suyin Beifong, I learned that the idea of a royal family passing a title from one generation to the next was archaic and that technology and innovation should be what drives a nation forward. It was the pathetic rule of kings and queens that caused the Earth Kingdom to descend into such incredible disarray. It's taken me three years to get it back on track, and there is no way I will allow it to slip back into the dark ages. I would like to make an announcement to the world: The Earth Kingdom is no more. And from here on out, Wu has no authority." The crowd gasps, Tenzin and Raiko exchange worried looks. Wu exclaims "What? I just got the royal brooch!"

"I have created a new Earth Empire, and I will continue to lead it into the future myself, bringing about a new era of prosperity for my people. And let me assure my fellow leaders of one thing." She tore off the metal from the ribbon and levitates it over her hand with her bending "Anyone who crosses our borders or stands in our way, will be crushed." She crushes the metal with her bending and lets it fall to the floor. The crowd goes into an uproar, Bolin nervously stands up with the crowd clapping. "Thank you, Kuvira! All hail the Great Uniter!" the crowd chants. Wu slumps, "Worst coronation ever."


Wan trains on his own, letting his frustrations flow, he couldn't believe what Toph said when she tried to take the poison out of him. She said that he didn't want to heal, and that he wanted the poison to stay inside of him, so that he wouldn't get hurt again. Wan hits the tree with slices of waterbending, getting more upset. How was he supposed to get it out? He feels out of sync with his bending and himself. His mind goes back to when he was sobbing on his bed, feeling alone and helpless. How he almost thought about another way out.

Wan screams as he turns the water to ice and slices the tree, Korra had no idea what he went through, how depressed he was, which frustrates Wan. He sighs as he wanders around the swamp, following the sounds of nature. Wan closes his eyes and once he opens them, he gasps as he sees the wars he fought in his former life, he sees men charging and Wan pushing them away with his bending. Wan quickly runs away but the vision changes to Amon walking towards him while his whole body is held in place by his blood bending. Wan pants, shaking, he clenches his hair and runs another way, but the swamp shows him another vision. It's of Unalaq hitting Raava, slowly killing her and him in the snow screaming at him to stop. Wan steps back slowly as Unalaq's head turns, his glowing red eyes bringing Wan terror. Wan trips on himself landing on solid ground, he looks up to see himself being tormented with Korra by the Red Lotus. He is right behind Zaheer and the four other members. Wan sobs as he sees Korra in agony and Zaheer turns his head. Wan opens his eyes to see that everything is back to normal, he's in the same old swamp. Wan panics as he glances at his hand and clenches it tight.

Wan walks around to see Korra seated on a tree root and hugging her knees to her chest. Wan airbends himself up to sit with her. "What do you want?" Korra retorts, "You obviously hate me." Wan rolls his eyes, "Well that doesn't mean I don't care," he sasses. "There you two are, did you get my dinner," Toph climbs up the tree and sits next to Korra, "No, this swamp it did crazy things to my mind. I had visions, of all the times my enemies hurt me." Wan's eyes widen,"The same happened to me." Toph digs in her eardrums, "Yeah, I figured something like that might happen."

"What? You know what, you wanted me to see those visions. You are one twisted old lady, you know that?" Korra glances to her side. "Look, I know you both want to get better, and the swamp wants it too. It can sense that you are both out of balance. It will teach you what you need to learn if you're both open to listening. It brought you two back together for a reason." Wan slumps, "Okay, okay, I'm open to hearing what the swamp has to say."

"Good, now you said you saw your past enemies. Now, why do you think that is?"

"I don't know, because they've made us, and a lot of other people suffer," Korra says as she lets her hand rest on her chin. "I saw war from my former life," Wan closes his eyes. "Sounds like you're both carrying around your pain the same way you're still carrying around that metal. You both need to face your pain, make peace, and grow from it. You can't expect to deal with future enemies while you're bleeding from old wounds," Toph replies. Wan and Korra blink glancing at each other. "Boy, you Avatars sure need a lot of hand-holding. Tomorrow we are going to the Banyan Grove Tree," Toph gets up and walks away.


He hated her with every fibre of his being, her arrogance was sickening, her hot-headedness annoying. Her utter lack of self-awareness was so frustrating to him. The first Avatar could go on and on about how much he hated her, he hated those pristine cyan eyes, so beautiful. Her hair, so silky, he hated that haircut, but it fit her face wonderfully. Her body, ugh, so strong yet delicate, her breasts, her brown milky skin.

Wan snaps out his trance, he wasn't going to fall into that trap. He hated her, with every bone in his body, he didn't love her- he couldn't love her. Loving her would be a nightmare that he could never wake up - or a dream…

Wan clenches his eyes policing his thoughts about Korra. He then opens his eyes to watch the fire in the cave, narrowing them when he hears footsteps. Korra sits down next to him, a few fishes in her hand. "What are you doing here?" Wan says his voice filled with venom. Korra rolls her eyes, "I don't know, giving you company? I know you're bored. We haven't done anything in weeks."

"I'm fine, thanks. Not like you cared months ago," Wan sasses. Korra groans now frustrated, "Wan, I was trying to heal nothing was working, I needed time alone away from everyone."

"So, you admit it, you are selfish."

"What!? Oh, so now I can't have time to myself, you know what? Wan, you're clingy!"

"At least I'm not selfish. At least I didn't break a promise!" Wan yells standing up. "At least I tried to heal!" Korra glares at Wan and scoffs disdainfully, "I am trying! I just needed some time!"

"Time for what! Away from me? Say it Korra, you were tired of being weighed down by me! I wasn't healing fast enough for you?" Korra clenches her eyes "It was never like that Wan!" she stands up. Going toe to toe with the man, Korra and Wan are up against each other, screaming at each other's faces. Korra is then pinned to the cave wall. She looks up and gasps, her heart pounding in her chest, her brown skin showing a furious red blush.

"I hate you," Korra mumbles into Wan's face. The tension rises and they both begin to heat up, they have reached the threshold. Wan glares at the woman but something else is burning in his eyes.

Lust.

"I hate you too," Wan retorts. He rashly kisses Korra, who embraces it fully. They completely melt in their hate kiss. Fumbling and moaning, wild. The duo falls down, Wan on top, the dual Avatars hungrily tasting each other's lips. As their adrenaline rises so does their lust. Wan pulls back taking off his poncho frantically as Korra takes off her tank top. Wan's hands run down her waist, causing Korra to lose her breath. Wan wastes no time ripping off her bandage-like bra, he grabs her rear tight. Korra's nails dig into his back, leaving scratch marks. Both enjoy each other's flesh. The fire burns out but a tiny spot of ember is left, Korra's back arches as screams of pleasure ring throughout the cave and swamp. Wan hungrily kisses her once more, holding her and guiding her up and down as she sinks down on him. "Oh f-f!"

Beads of salt roll down Wan's back and forehead, as he grunts in ecstasy. Both of their hearts thump faster and faster, as they move in a beautiful rhythm ever so close to nirvana. They scream as they finally reach the peak. Korra then collapses on Wan, who pants.

Both take a moment to breathe, "Again," Korra demands aggressively with a low voice. Wan grins a carnivorous smile.

"Gladly," Wan growls in a low husky voice, a sharp anger in his words.

Wan flips her over and once again is on top of her. Just like at the South Pole, Wan's movements were slow and powerful. Korra moans but Wan covers her mouth, making long strokes each time making her body convulse. Korra cries out, he was hitting all the right spots, and strangely he had a softness about him. "Go harder," Korra hisses.

"No."

"Why?" Korra gasps as Wan whispers in her ear, "I like that you beg for more. Like a good girl." Korra's face becomes red instantly. "You like this," Korra whispers, turning her head over to him. Wan smirks, "Yeah I do. I wanted this for years."

"Me too," Korra arches her back as Wan hits a sweet spot. Wan holds her close, this time kissing her softly. Korra's eyes widen at this sudden change of pace and her eyes close softly. Wan pulls out of her slowly, the female Avatar thought it was over until she felt a wet tongue over her sex. Korra gasps loudly as she sees Wan's head in between her legs. "Wan-"

"Relax." Wan says breathing down on her, kissing her thigh. "You taste good."

Korra blushes harder, "Why are you being nice? I thought you hated me."

Wan didn't respond to this but instead kisses her and licks her gently, he devours her until he feels her or rather tastes her reaching nirvana once more. The water tribe Avatar is panting from the left over pleasure. She gets up pushing Wan down on his back, and takes his sex into her mouth. Her reflexes were impressive to Wan. They exchange eye contact a few times, making the male Avatar blush and look away. "Look at me," Korra says seductively.

Wan orgasms on the spot, and Korra wipes the fluids off of her face, licking it.

"Sorry," Wan flushes.

"It's fine…" Korra blushes as well. The two sit in silence for a moment, then Wan hugs Korra kissing her body.

In the end, the duo falls asleep cuddling. Toph walks into her cave after her midnight stroll, she quickly gets a sniff of sweat. With her earthbending she could see clothes scattered all over the floor and Wan and Korra sleeping. At first Toph is disgusted but then a small smirk graces her face, "Finally, took them long enough." The blind earthbender goes to sleep.

Morning comes and Wan wakes up, groaning as he yawns. He turns over to see Korra naked and peacefully sleeping. Wan eyes widen in shock as his thoughts run at thousands of miles per hour. It all comes back to him. He lets out a small gasp at what they did last night in a fit of rage and passion. They went all the way. Wan quickly puts on his clothes, trying to hide any indicators. He brushes his hand on her shoulder for her to wake her up, she yawns and looks down, blushes and rushes to put on her clothes.

"Korra-"

"I already took care of it," Korra puts on her shoes. "No, I won't get pregnant with your baby," she finishes. Wan breathes in relieved. Korra turns around away from Wan as the shame starts to sink in. "This means nothing," Korra mumbles, her back turned away from him. Wan silently nods, "No strings attached…"

"Good," Korra walks out of the cave, in her mind she replays the memory and her whole body trembles at how good he was. How high he made her feel, him inside of her drove the water Avatar crazy.

Toph sits on a tree branch as Wan and Korra arrive. "So, did you enjoy yourselves last night, did you get it all out?"

"Get what all out?" Wan asks dumbfounded. Toph scoffs at the first Avatar, "Oh don't play dumb with me firsty, you had sex last night. Good, I'm glad you got it all out, and you two are not bickering anymore."

"Well...I can't say I'm not mad at her but…" Wan shrugs blushing, Korra looks away, her face turns dark with a flush. "Don't act shamefully now, I was only getting started with teasing you two. I remember when I was young and frustrated-" Toph starts off, "Have you two ever had the talk before?" Korra covers her face with her hand. "Stop!" Wan shrieks, "For the love of Agni!"

"This is humiliating," Korra mumbles as she hides herself behind her hands. "Well you banged in my cave, now I have to make sure there's no... fluids. Korra, how was he anyway? He must have been something for you to be screaming like that!" Korra is now completely mortified and her mouth hangs open, "You are some sick old woman!" Toph laughs, "Oh he was something good, tell me was he-" Korra walks away before Toph can even finish, Toph slams her leg crackling dying of laughter at the dual Avatars' reactions. "Alright you two, come on let's get to the tree." Toph gets up and the duo follows.

It takes them the entire day but once they reach the tree in the evening and climb up Wan is completely breathless at the scenery of the Banyan Grove Tree. "This is...incredible," he gasps. "You can say that again," Korra breathes. "The roots of the Banyan Grove Tree spread out for miles in every direction, connecting this whole swamp and in a way, the whole world. The problem is you've both been disconnected for too long, disconnected from the people who love you and disconnected from yourself and from each other," the older woman guides both of the dual Avatars' hands to touch. Wan glances at Korra, who wipes tears from her eyes. "Now, Korra, do you have anything to say? And Wan, you shut up and listen."

"Wan, I didn't mean to break your promise. I was heading to Republic City and I saw something, I wasn't ready...and I knew it. I only lied to you so that I wouldn't hurt you more...I knew you were deeply depressed. I was wrong, I should have told you the truth. I should have trusted you. I'm sorry if I ever broke your heart." Korra finishes. "No, I'm sorry," she glances up, in tears.

"It was selfish of me to say that, to ask you for that promise. I am petty and self-centred to be angry at you. We are both going through turmoil and I should have been more understanding."

The duo hug each other tightly, crying in each other's arms. Toph smiles softly, "Okay, are you love birds done?" The duo parts and rolls their eyes "We're not love birds."

"Sure, sure just keep saying that."

They set their hands on the tree, an orange and blue glow on the tree and it's trails zap down through the vines. And they see Ikki, Meelo and Jinora on top of Pepper. Wan and Korra gasp and smile at each other, "Ikki, Jinora and Meelo! They're here!"

"Good. Hopefully, they're here to take you home," Toph sighs. Soon Pepper flies to the tree and the three airbender kids fly to the Dual Avatars, "Wan! Korra!" The dual Avatars cry tears of joy, making an attempt at wiping them. Jinora lands and rushes towards them, embracing the Avatars' waists. Ikki and Meelo throw their arms around them as well and the duo hugs them back. "Oh, we missed you guys so much," Wan smiles as he ruffles Ikki's hair making the airbender girl giggle. "You guys got so big."

"How did you find us?" Korra asks. Ikki smiles, "Jinora sensed both of your energies, we figured you two would be together."

"But we never would've been here if it weren't for Ikki," Jinora smiles at her little sister. "I never would've stormed off and found those soldiers if it weren't for Meelo," Ikki shrugs. "I was trying to toughen up these ladies, but I guess it was a team effort," Meelo smirks. Wan laughs whole heartedly.

"Oooh, I love your hair," Ikki looks at Korra and turns to Wan, "And your hair too!"

"I like it too," Korra looks at Wan smiling in a flirty way, making the other Avatar blush. "Nah...it needed to be trimmed anyway," Wan waves Korra off. Toph clears her throat loudly, "I'm so sorry. This is Meelo, Jinora, and Ikki. Aang and Katara's grandchildren," Korra gestures to the children. Toph walks up to them, "Your grandpa was a real pain in my butt." Wan bursts out laughing at this, Korra elbows him and he quickly shuts up. Meelo stops digging in his nose and flicks the booger away, "Wait a minute - cranky, old, blind. You must be Toph!" Toph smiles at this, "Oh, I like this one." Jinora turns to Wan and Korra, "You guys need to come home, Kuvira is taking over the Earth Kingdom. You have to stop her."

Wan and Korra glance at each other, uncertain if they are ready. Wan closes his eyes."I don't know. We're not the Dual Avatars we used to be. We can't even go into the Avatar State," Korra starts. "Or connect to Raava," Wan solemnly adds with a tinge of sadness.

The airbender sisters plead with them. "Please, guys," Ikki starts. "The world needs you both back," Jinora adds.


Wan and Korra stare at the burning fire, Wan closes his eyes breathing out. The duo turn to Toph behind them are the airbender kids watching. "Okay. I'm ready," Korra says. "Me too," Wan adds. "I'm not bending it. You two got to do this on your own," Toph states. Wan glances at Korra concerned, he nods. "We can do this," Wan smiles softly.

The duo gets into horse stance with their arms raised to their torso at the side, palms facing up, side by side. "Close your eyes. Clear your mind. Now, focus your energy. Find the metal. Let it move through your body."

Wan and Korra close their eyes and begin to find the metal and start to draw it out. As he starts drawing out the metal, Wan is hit with flashbacks of Zaheer. He crumples to the floor, sweating. "I can't-" Wan whispers. "Yes, you can!" Toph yells, Korra glances at Wan, "Get up and try again, release the fear. That fight is over, you both won, you both survived." Wan gets up with the help of Korra, both are anxious but they continue, to the point where small little droplets of liquid metal start to form on top of their skin and move down their forearms. Both continue to push through the pain and the flashbacks. Both are trembling as more metal is pulled out of their bodies. The liquid metal flies out from both hands in two separate blobs which merge into a big globule and the two globules, Korra's and Wan's, form into one. More and more metal builds up and Wan and Korra bend the poison out completely. Toph smiles as the duo completes their ordealm passing the metal to her. She bends two halves of a rock together to capture the poison in its centre. "Well done, Wan and Korra. Well done." She spins the rock to completely seal it.

Wan gasps as his eyes snap open glowing pure white. The same happens to Korra. Both enter the Avatar state and stand with pride. Meelo throws his fists up, jumping for joy. "The Dual Avatars are back in business!" Jinora rushes over to Wan and Korra as they exit the Avatar state, Wan grins showing his teeth as he looks at his hands flexing them into fists. "That's much better," he says as he stretches his fingers. Korra smiles, "Wow, I feel lighter. Thank you so much for helping us. I'd like to give you a hug now if that's okay with you." Toph sighs as she closes her eyes then opens them with a small smile, "All right. You earned it." Korra embraces Toph but Wan joins in as well. Toph pats both of their backs, not even fighting the first Avatar's embrace. Later on, the duo are settled on top of the sky bison. "Bye Toph," Korra waves as Pepper takes off and the rest of the airbender children say goodbye. "Thanks for everything! Bye!" Wan smiles as he looks at the night sky, tears running down his face.

"We're coming home."

Toph looks out at the sky bison leaving the swamp, then sighs as she walks back into her humble home. "Finally, some peace and quiet and no more pining from the love birds, just confess already. Is it that hard!"