Chapter 10

Leaving the electronics store, Korra makes her way to her new job. After her first day, she had plenty of time to think over all she had learned. Although she kept a sharp eye out, nothing out of the ordinary caught her attention. That was to be expected though. They wouldn't be very successful if they let all of their secrets slip within her first day there.

Kuvira was also on her mind. She was hard to figure out. She was nothing like the rude woman Korra had met, her first day there with Asami. She actually liked Kuvira a bit, and she knew that her new boss felt the same way about her. She could use that to her advantage and gain some useful information. Maybe.

Entering her new place of work, she walks past her newest enemy, Koen, making her way into the smaller building where the karts are held. Before entering the room, she looks around and makes sure no one is near her. Satisfied that she won't be followed, she fully enters the room. She slides the chair, from yesterday over, and reaches into her pocket, pulling out an envelope and, her newest purchase, a phone. She places the envelope down with the phone on top of it.

Once she's standing up straight again. She can hear Kuvira's voice, coming toward her. Quickly sliding the chair back into place, she hears the door open. She spins around, and tries her best not to look suspicious, hoping she hadn't been caught already.

Kuvira simply stands in the doorway with the door open, looking at Korra with slightly narrowed eyes, as if thinking.

"What are you doing here?" She finally asks.

Korra swallows the lump in her throat before speaking. "I work here, remember."

Kuvira doesn't answer and walks into the room closing the door. She walks further into the room and bypasses Korra, stopping at the chair. Korra watches breathlessly, as her heart pounds so loudly, it's all she can hear.

After what seems like forever, Kuvira turns around with a grin on her face. "I never even gave you a schedule to follow. And here you are. My bad."

Not believing her ears, Korra remains silent, dumbfounded. After she realizes Kuvira is waiting for a response, she releases a sound somewhere between a cough and a chuckle.

"I just thought that was how you guys worked. Your boss never gave me a specific time to return yesterday, either."

Shaking her head, Kuvira sits in the chair. "Sorry about that. You're right, that is how my boss operates, but I'm more professional than that. You're in college right?"

Not seeing what that has to do with anything, Korra gives her a look. "Yea."

"I'm about to go on my break. Come with me, so we can talk about your hours? Or you can send me your class schedule. Whichever works for you. Regardless of what you choose, you'll have the rest of the day off." Kuvira shrugs, sounding hopeful. At least Korra thinks that's how she sounds.

This could be her chance to gather some information. What could go wrong?

"Sure."

Kuvira hops out of the chair, with a wide smile on her face. "Let's go."

She ends up taking them to some restaurant, a few blocks away. Getting closer, Korra can make out the big green words on the front of the building, Green Goblin.

Quickly pulling into a parking spot, Kuvira exits the car. "I hope you like burgers." She says, as Korra follows her into the building.

"I haven't been here in a while. I used to come a lot, when I first moved to Republic City."

Kuvira speaks with the hostess, who quickly seats them. Taking her seat, Korra looks around, equating the lack of customers to the fact that's still kind of early on a Monday morning.

"I figured you weren't from here, but wasn't entirely sure. Let me guess… hmm Watertribe?" Kuvira grips her chin, and looks to the ceiling, as if deep in thought.

"Oh wow, you're amazing." Korra says, teasingly. "I wonder what gave me away."

"I scare myself sometimes." Kuvira nods, solemnly.

The waitress decides to make her appearance, at that moment. "What can I get you two?" She asks, with her pad and pen at the ready.

They place their order, both consisting of some kind of burger and drink.

Korra decides now is as good a time as any, to try and get some information. "What about you? I mean, I can obviously tell you're of Earth Kingdom descent. But were you born in Republic City?" She says, starting her investigation, slowly.

"I was born in the Earth Kingdom. I moved here a few months ago." Kuvira reveals.

"How is it in the Earth Kingdom? I've never been, but always wanted to go."

A wistful grin sweeps over Kuvira's features. "It's a great place. My favorite actually. The people there are unlike any other, so strong and determined. They're what make the Earth Kingdom amazing." Kuvira's entire face, suddenly darkens, and the drastic change shocks Korra. "But recently the Earth Queen, has been making things hard for the citizens."

Korra find herself pulled deeper into the conversation. "What do you mean?"

"She's corrupt. She always has been, but something changed, and now she's exploiting her own citizens. I couldn't stand to watch my proud people suffer anymore, so I left." She says, lowering her head, slightly.

Korra can't believe something like that has been going on, in the Earth Kingdom. "That's horrible. She needs to be stopped."

Kuvira suddenly drops her fist down, onto the table. "I swear I'll find a way to help my people."

The raw emotion behind her words, cause Korra to blush. She jumps slightly when the waitress puts a plate of food down, in front of her. Did she already bring the drinks? Korra hadn't even noticed.

"Thanks…"

"Anyway…" Kuvira releases a deep breath, and a grin slides back onto her face. "About your schedule. When are your classes?"

"I have back to back classes, every week day, from eight in the morning until around three."

Kuvira looks down at her watch. "It's twelve right now."

"I can afford to miss one day. It's just my stupid communication class." She says, dismissively.

Shaking her head, Kuvira calls for the check. "I can work your hours around your classes. You should go. I'll drop you off, if you like."

Korra really doesn't want to see her professor's face, but she supposes she'd never hear the end of it, if she missed one of her great lectures.

Shrugging limply, Korra nods. "Sure I guess. Thanks."

"Stop whining, you only have three hours left." Kuvira laughs.

The waitress from before, comes back with the check and some to-go boxes, before Korra's pout can deepen. She just pulls out her wallet, when Kuvira stops her, with a hand over hers.

"I got it. I invited you here, after all."

"Are you sure? It's no problem-"

"Don't worry about it." Kuvira says, waving her off.

After their meal is paid for, they head off toward RCU. Korra still can't understand one thing. Kuvira doesn't seem like the type of person, capable of causing any harm, let alone working with the triads. Although her investigation is far from over, she gets the feeling that no matter who or what Kuvira is, she won't find out anything valuable from her. So, she'll just ask the question that's been on her mind since she started working at her new job, yesterday.

"Hey, can I ask you something."

Kuvira looks at her briefly, before her attention finds the road again. "Sure." She shrugs.

"Do you and Asami know each other?"

She looks at her suspiciously. "No. Why?"

"You acted kinda harsh towards her, back when we first met. Why is that?" Korra asks, truly curious.

Sighing, Kuvira leans back into her seat. "It's not that I hate her, technically. I just hate it when people with power, don't use it in good ways. I know she's not like her father, but I can't forgive her for sitting by idly either. She's apart of one of the most, influential families in the word, yet she sits by, while others suffer."

Korra nods her understanding. She'd felt the same way about Republic City, and couldn't resist helping. But you can't blame Asami for something, she probably doesn't even know about.

"Maybe she doesn't know about what's happening, in the Earth Kingdom. I didn't find out until earlier, so it's possible."

Kuvira quickly shakes her head. "Some of the rebels had a meeting with her. They'd asked for weapons, to fight back against the Earth Queen and she'd denied them."

"What?" Korra can't believe Asami would deny them help. Maybe Kuvira was confused.

They finally reach RCU and their conversation comes to an end, at Korra's displeasure. She isn't particularly happy, with how their conversation ends.

"Here, gimme you're number, so I can give you your schedule." Kuvira hands Korra her phone.

Korra accepts the phone, and quickly creates a contact, entering her number. Once her number is saved, she sends herself a text, so she'll have Kuvira's number.

Kuvira pockets her phone, with an apologetic smile on her face. "Sorry, today got so… moody. I just had a lot to get off of my chest."

Having exited the car, Korra sticks her head inside of the passenger window, to respond. "It's alright. So, I'll see you, whenever my schedule allows?"

"Whenever your schedule allows." Kuvira repeats, with a nod.

With that taken care of, Korra jogs in the direction of her current class. It's only then, that she realizes she'd brought nothing but her phone, and a burger with her. Thankfully, she probably won't need to take any notes for her next class. Maybe.

She makes a few turns down long, winding hallways, and stops in front of a closed door. She listens closely but can only hear muffled speaking. She opens the door slightly and peaks in. Breathing a sigh, of relief, she's greeted with the sight of some student standing before the class, seemingly trying to piece together a small amount of clues, given to him by the professor, and come to a conclusion on their meaning.

Luckily for her, the door is at the back of the room, while the student, along with her professor, are at the very front, giving the white board all of their attention. She enters, quietly, and quickly finds an empty seat, next to a girl with long, wavy, dark hair.

She leans over in her seat, to get closer to the girl, and whispers. "Hey, sorry to bother you, but can I-"

She's too shocked to continue her question, as Asami turns and looks at her with a curious smile on face.

"Asami?!" She whispers, harshly.

The girl in question, has to cover her mouth otherwise she'd burst out laughing. Once she 's sure she won't disrupt the class, she looks back into Korra's shocked eyes. "Hello to you, too. What do you need?"

Just as Korra is about to respond, the student who was distracting the professor, slams the marker down, causing her to jump slightly.

"Nice job. Well, now that that's finished- Korra?" The professor just so happens to look her way.

Sliding down a few inches in her chair, Korra curses the spirits. "Heh. Hello… Professor Izumi." She smiles nervously.

Izumi only scowls. "Nice of you to join us… at the end of the lesson. Class dismissed."

The entire room floods to the door, and Korra swiftly follows Asami. She grabs onto her shoulders, trying to hide her form behind the slightly taller woman. It seems as though, she will make it out alive, as the door gets closer. Just as Asami exits, Korra moves to follow but, a hand gently clamps her shoulder, preventing her departure.

She slowly turns to face the owner of the offending appendage, not at all surprised, when she's met with scowling amber eyes, looking at her over small frames. "Where do you think you're going?"

Korra looks to Asami, with pleading eyes, who only laughs at her, while she's dragged deeper into the room by her professor.

Giggling slightly, Asami finishes telling her friends about Korra's grand entrance.

Opal shakes her head, still chuckling. "I sorta feel bad for her. Izumi isn't someone you wanna make mad."

"i wonder what she's making her do. Maybe she's making her write 'I won't be tardy anymore' like a gazillion times!" Bolin says, horrified.

"You should've seen how she was looking at me, when Izumi stopped her from leaving." Asami says, still tickled by the memory.

"Hey Opal! Break's over! I could use a little help here!" Iroh yells over to their table, as he balances three plates and five cups in his hands.

"Sorry Iroh!" Opal says, laughing as she runs into the kitchen.

"I'm surprised she still has a job." Mako shakes his head.

"I'd hire her if she got fired."

"Hire her for what? You don't need employees." Mako looks at Bolin, confusedly.

Bolin shrugs. "For being Opal." He says, with a big grin on his face.

"Aww. Bolin that's so cute!" Asami says.

Asami feels her phone vibrate against her leg, and tunes out the rest of the conversation, reading the message.

Korra: Finally free. Thanks for the help Asami

Asami: Don't mention it. It was really no problem at all

Korra: Yeayeayea whatever. What are you doing this weekend? I want to make it up to you for missing lunch yesterday

Asami: I'm free all weekend. What do you have planned?

Korra: Uhh… I didn't make it that far yet. Maybe we can just hang out?

Asami smirks down at her phone, feeling extra playful today.

Asami: … did you just ask me on a date?

Korra: No?

"Hellooo? Asami?" The sound of Opal's voice, draws her attention away from her phone, just as she is about to type out another reply.

"Huh? What is it?" Asami has no clue what's going on. A second ago, Opal was in the kitchen.

Opal sighs, shaking her head, with a small smile on her lips. "I asked what you were doing this weekend."

"Actually, Korra just asked me the same thing. I'm still not sure what I'm doing yet." She says, motioning to her phone.

Opal's face lights up. "Ooh, ask her if she wants to have a sleepover!"

"Okay."

Asami: Wanna have a sleepover?

Korra: And who's asking who on a date again?

The reply actually makes Asami smile, while rolling her eyes.

Asami: A sleepover with me and Opal. Geez

Korra: Sure that sounds great

Asami: See you Friday?

Korra: See you Friday ;)

A/N: Sorry this chapter is a bit shorter than the rest. I felt this was the only appropriate spot to end it. The next one may be about the same length, but I'm not sure yet.

And 'Green Goblin' is a play on Red Robin, in case you didn't get the reference.