Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HTTYD OR LEGEND OF KORRA.
Chapter 13: When Extremes Meet
After everything that happened at the Sato mansion, Haru was recovering in his home, the Beifong manor. In the meantime, Korra, Asami, Mako and Bolin were staying with him at his house temporarily until Tenzin had prepared for their arrival at the island.
Haru was training in the courtyard behind the house, getting his mind off Hiroshi and the Equalists. Every time he thought about them in just made him so angry. Haru was launching giant rocks at the wall, doing flips and kicks so rapidly. He was so focused on breaking the wall he didn't hear someone calling his name.
"HARU!" the voice yelled. He looked to the side and saw Asami standing at the courtyard entrance.
"Hey." he said hesitantly as he scratched his head.
"Hey." she played with her hair. Both were unsure what to say since the falling out they had at the Sato house.
"Wanna sit down…with me?" Haru gestured to the bench on the side of the wall. Asami slowly nodded.
"Sure." she replied. The both of them went to the bench and slowly sat down, both weren't making direct eye contact until Haru broke the ice.
"Look, I'm sorry about everything that went down. I wish every time I close my eyes that it didn't happen, but I can't change it. As much as I didn't want to believe it, I couldn't ignore the evidence."
"I know and I'm sorry too. I just—" Asami said with a sob. Haru put his arm around her shoulder.
"I know." He told her. Asami started to cry and hugged Haru while crying on his shoulder as he rubbed her back.
"Let it out Asami, let it all out." he whispered to her. Asami nodded in his shoulder and continued to cry.
Meanwhile from a balcony window Mako saw Haru and Asami, he narrowed his eyes and walked away angrily.
In the Kitchen
Bolin was searching through Haru's kitchen searching for any signs of food.
"Nothing?" He said when he saw the cupboards were empty. He looked under the sink.
"How does Haru survive in this place?" Bolin said giving up on the search. He sat at the counter and put his head down sobbing childishly.
Korra lazily walked into the kitchen with her hair down as she plopped herself onto a chair. She looked a Bolin confused by his crying.
"Bolin are you actually crying?" She asked surprised.
"THERE'S NO FOOOD! WAAAAAAAAA!" Bolin cried a loud. Korra covered her ears as did Toothless when he was suddenly woken up by the Earth-bender. Toothless narrowed his eyes and shot a tiny plasma-blast at a pot that landed on Bolin.
"Ouch!" Bolin said as he rubbed his head to ease the pain. "What was that for?" Bolin pouted. Toothless warbled a response and went back to sleep.
Mako walked in from upstairs then Haru and Asami walked in from the courtyard. Mako glared at them for a second, then he turned to Bolin.
"What's going?" Mako asked.
"I was looking around for food, but there was none, then Toothless blasted a pot and made it hit me on the head, see?" Bolin pointed to the bump on his head. Mako, Haru, and Asami looked at Toothless who was sleeping soundly.
"To be fair, Bolin was making a lot of noise." Korra chimed in. Then everyone relaxed.
"Ah that's makes sense." Haru concluded. Bolin looked at Korra betrayed.
"Et tu Korra? Et tu? What happened to 'Benders before Dragons'? huh?" Bolin asked accusingly. Korra shrugged.
"Bolin there is food in the house, it's down in the cellar. We keep it there so Toothless doesn't get more than his share." Haru said assuring his fellow bender. At this Toothless perked up and looked at Haru with a betrayed look as well and whined.
"AHA! Bolin: 1 Toothless 0!" Bolin said proudly. Toothless growled and Bolin quickly ran to the cellar.
Everyone laughed at the display and sat down at the counter.
"So, where'd you go this morning?" Korra asked Haru.
"I got up early did some training in the yard and talked with Asami." Haru said casually as he got a glass of water. Mako seemed a bit relieved, but still not convinced.
"Say, where's Aunt Lin? I don't think she came home last night. I everything alright with her?" Asami asked with concern.
Haru good mood vanished at that moment as he knew they weren't going to like hearing the news.
"She's resting in the hospital and she's…retiring." Haru muttered as he took a big gulp of water.
"WHAT!" Korra, Asami, and Mako shouted in shock. Bolin walked in with a bunch of food from the cellar.
"Hey what's going on?" he asked confused.
"Haru's mom is retiring." Mako replied. Bolin nearly dropped all the food in shock of the news.
"That's crazy!" he exclaimed.
"I know, but that's not all." Haru sighed.
"Oh, what's next?" Bolin asked with sarcasm.
Haru mumbled something that they couldn't hear clearly.
"What?" Korra asked as she put her hand to her ear and leaned in close.
"She picked me to be the new chief of the Metalbending Police Force." Haru sighed.
There was utter silence as those words left the metal-bender's mouth.
Everyone had differed reactions to this.
Korra was shocked.
Asami was both surprised and proud.
Mako was indifferent.
Bolin was shocked, but he put down the food, jumped on the counter and struck a pose.
"Yes! We are friends with the new Chief of Police! We are untouchable!" he announced in glee. Korra turned back to Haru.
"Why would she pick you? I mean, not that it isn't great, but I mean you're still a teenager." Korra questioned.
She was of course very proud of him, but this was a big responsibility and she was worried how he was going to handle it, especially with Amon and the Equalists running around. Part of her was also worried about how this would affect their relationship if Haru now had less time to be with her.
Haru sighed as he ran his hands through his hair.
"I know, but I guess she wanted to keep the Beifong's running the station so that Tarrlok doesn't get his hands on the Police Force." Haru replied.
Korra, Asami, and Mako nodded with understanding. Bolin was confused by the statement and raised his hand.
"Uhh..explanation for those of us who are not so in the political loop?" He asked with confusion.
"It's simple Bo, Tarrlok's been going on a campaign to get Haru's mom fired and now that she's resigned, Tarrlok is going to try and get control of the Police Force to expand his influence in Republic City." Mako said. Bolin looked at his brother questionable.
"How do you know all that?" Bolin asked.
Mako looked at Bolin with a blank expression as he raised his right hand.
"Because I read the paper." Mako replied as he showed the now revealed newspaper in the right hand he raised.
Bolin just sweat dropped at the answer. Haru then perked up getting everyone's attention.
"Well since this will be the last day I will see you guys, I was thinking we head out and have some fun!" Haru said as he pumped his fist in the air.
"You make it sound like you're going to prison." Korra joked and everyone gave a good laugh.
"Ha ha ha." Haru laughed dryly. "But in all honesty, I'd much rather go to prison, at least there no one would mess with me." He said flexing his muscles.
"Be careful what you wish for." Asami laughed.
"So, what did you want to do today?" Korra asked. Haru grinned mischievously. The others looked at his confused.
"Beach party!" he exclaimed.
Beach cove
Korra, Bolin, Mako and Asami arrived at the beach cove Haru told them to drive to. He had flown ahead on Toothless to get the house ready. Everyone got out the car and marveled at the sight before them. The beach cove was surrounded by tall rock walls, so no one could easily find them. The water was crystal clear, and the sand had a nice tan brown color. Korra, with a little help from Bolin, made earth stairs for them to get down into the cove. They walked over to a small house that was close to the water. Toothless and Haru met up with them.
"Welcome everyone to my secret beach." Haru said proudly.
"You own this entire beach? Is there anything you can't do?" Bolin asked with wonder.
"Not if I can't put my mind to it." Haru laughed.
"How did you find this place? Mako asked.
"Well when I first started flying with Toothless, we had a rocky flight and kinda crash landed here. Over the years I altered the terrain around the cliffs to make it hard for people to find this place and I built that house over there." Haru explained.
"How many people know about this place?" Korra asked.
"Well there's you guys, my mom, Tenzin, and…Heather." Haru said the last part warily. Korra and Asami both felt unease when he mentioned the ex-girlfriend. Bolin raised his hand in confusion.
"I'm sorry, who's this Heather person?" Bolin asked.
"My ex-girlfriend Bolin." Haru replied.
"Ooohhh I see, this place was your little romantic getaway spot, huh? Well played Casanova." Bolin smirked while nudging Haru with his elbow. Mako palmed his face at his brother's insensitivity.
"Bolin!" Mako whispered sharply. Bolin looked at Mako, who was pointing at a disappointed Korra. Bolin realized his mistake and tried to play it off.
"I MEAN…Ahem...I mean it's alright I guess, it's kinda…dusty." Bolin said looking around snobbishly. Haru and Mako palmed their faces. Haru composed himself.
"Why don't you guys go inside and get ready for swimming while Mako, helps me prepare the food."
"Yeah let's go Korra." Asami said pulling Korra's hand. Bolin sped up after them.
In the changing room.
"How are you feeling?" Asami asked Korra who was looking out the window. Korra sighed.
"I know I shouldn't be upset. It was before we started dating but I can't help but feel…" Korra drifted off.
"Jealous? Like you don't measure up?" Asami listed.
"Yeah those things!"
"I know how you feel. Haru's your first boyfriend, but you aren't his first girlfriend, so you feel as though you're not special to him."
"Exactly! From what I heard he like REALLY loved Heather." Korra emphasized.
"That would be an understatement." Asami sighed.
"How so?" Korra asked.
"Haru would talk about her nonstop, his mom and I both found it annoying. One time when me and Haru were in school, Heather tried to pick on me and tease me, but she would always behave whenever Haru was around. Ugh! She was so annoying but, being Haru's friend I had to support him."
"So I'm guessing they were super close?"
Asami nodded.
"Do you think they've…ya know?" Korra hinted. She wanted to know how far Haru went with Heather...intimately.
"Done it? Yeah, they did, but Haru would never go into detail, not that I wanted to know. Have you and him…?" Asami asked.
"No, honestly I'm afraid to. He wants to sometimes when we're alone, but I chicken out because I think what if I'm not as good as her." Korra explained sadly.
"Korra stop. After Haru and Heather broke up, he was distraught for months, I've never seen him so sad. He had stopped visiting as often and his mom said he wouldn't eat sometimes, but then he got out of it. Then you came along, and I've never seen him happier. The love he had for Heather was different, but the love he has for you is just as strong, maybe stronger. Don't worry about her, she's his past, but you are his future." Asami explained to the young Avatar.
"Wow I really needed to hear that, thanks Asami." Korra got up and gave Asami a hug.
"No problem, just don't break his heart, or else you will feel my wrath and Lin's wrath." Asami said darkly as she tightened the hug. Korra's eye's widened with fear at the mention of Lin.
"Don't worry I won't." she quickly added. Asami let her go and went back to her smiling self.
"Great, now try on this swimsuit." Asami gave Korra a bag and they both went into separate bathrooms to change.
Korra had taken off her shirt and looked through the bag Asami had given her that held her swimsuit. She instantly blushed red seeing it.
"Wha-what is this?" she squealed out in shock.
"That's your swimsuit, it's a two piece." Asami replied. She had already gotten dressed in her Fire Nation red swimsuit.
"I know what it is! Bu-but I can't wear this!" Korra nearly shouted. She could only imagine how Haru would react if he saw her wearing this.
"Come on, you want Haru to see your great figure, right?" Asami questioned with amusement as waited outside the bathroom.
"That's what I'm worried about!" Korra exclaimed.
"Korra it's not that big a deal, just come out already or Haru will come see what's the hold up." Asami teased.
"Okay! Okay! I'm coming out." Korra took a deep breath and slowly stepped out of the bathroom.
Asami immediately gasped.
Back at the beach
Haru and Mako were cooking the food on a barbecue grill, while Bolin was blowing up a beach ball.
"Hey Haru, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." Haru finished flipping the meat before turning to Mako.
"Is there anything going on between you and Asami?"
"No not at all." Haru replied. "Why?"
"It's something Hiroshi said back at the mansion. He said he'd rather you be with Asami than me. Also, this morning I saw you and her hugging in the courtyard." Mako explained.
"Look Mako, me and Asami were very close when we were kids, our parents even wanted us to get married. When we were older we dated, but we decided we were better off as friends. After the whole mansion raid, things weren't the same between us, what you saw was us making amends and nothing else. I'm sorry if I've caused you trouble." Haru replied.
"No, I'm sorry, for not trusting you. You've been nothing but a good friend to us. And I'm sorry for almost fighting you before." Mako apologized.
"No problem, it wouldn't have been a fair fight anyways." Haru chuckled. Mako laughed as well then, he narrowed his eyes.
"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked suspiciously
"No offense Mako, but I am the grandson of Toph Beifong." Haru smirked proudly. Mako crossed his arms.
"Ya know, you earth-benders think you're all that." Mako replied. Bolin heard this and piped up.
"Hey I'm an Earth-bender!" Bolin chimed in.
"Not you Bo!" Mako shouted to his brother. Haru scoffed.
"Mako, your fire can't melt rock, plus I'm also good at chi-blocking." Haru pointed out.
"He does make a valid point." Bolin added. Mako looked at his brother betrayed.
"Whose side are you on!?" Mako asked incredulously. Bolin turned away and went back to blowing up the beach ball. Mako wasn't done and turned back to Haru.
"One blast of my lightning and you're toast." Mako countered. Haru dramatically pointed at Toothless.
"My Dragon can literally breathe a mixture of fire and lightning!" Haru threw a rock into the air. At this Toothless got up and blasted it to dust. Mako and Bolin looked on in shock, then Mako composed himself.
"He doesn't count!" Mako argued.
"You know what this means, right?" Haru said narrowing his eyes.
"Oh yeah." Mako said also narrowing his eyes.
(same time)
"I challenge you to an Agni Kai!"
"I challenge you to an Prithvi Kai!
They both pointed at each other, with venom in their eyes.
"Oh boys!" Asami called out. Both Mako, Haru and Bolin look towards the house to see Asami and Korra dressed into tight fitted red and blue swimsuits. Their jaws literally dropped.
Haru could see that Korra was well toned, no doubt due to her training, her stomach was nice and flat with some muscle on it, and she had a nice tan all over, no doubt due to her living in the south pole…and her chest? He had felt them when she first hugged him, but seeing them? Phenomenal!
"So…what do you think?" Korra asked a bit nervous, she had a blush on her face as she averted her eyes from Haru's, but she couldn't help but admire how well toned his body was. His biceps, pecs and abs were a bit too much for her.
"You look amazing." He said breathlessly.
Haru was flying on Toothless alongside Korra, who was riding a giant wave with an ice-board. Haru locked Toothless' tail in place and slowly stood atop him with a wooden board. Once he was ready he jumped off Toothless with the board onto the wave next to Korra.
"Yeah!" He yelled with glee. Suddenly the board became unstable and Haru swerved into Korra. They grappled onto each other as they sped towards the beach. When the waved crashed the two of them washed onto the shore tired. Korra was lying on top of Haru.
"That was fun." Haru said out of breath.
"We almost died!" Korra said exasperated.
"I've never felt more alive." Haru smirked. Korra got up and was straddling Haru, who was now bright red.
"Uh Korra I think you lost your…" He pointed at her chest. Korra looked down and shrieked, she immediately covered herself and looked around for her top.
"Where is it? Where is it!?" she panicked as she searched all around.
"Calm down Korra I'm sure it's around here somewhere." Haru said trying to assure her. The others heard Korra yell and began walking over to them.
"Are you guys ok?" Mako called out. Haru and Korra froze, the other could NOT see here like this. Haru decided to stall them.
"Stay back guys! Nothing to see here!" Haru said waving his arms covering Korra.
"But we heard yelling." Bolin replied.
"It's nothing just a bit of a situation here!" Korra said aloud. The others weren't convinced. Something in the water caught Asami's eye and she gasped.
"Korra is that your top in the water?" Asami pointed in the water. Pabu was swimming with Korra's top in his mouth. Haru, Korra, and everyone else were blushing.
"Then that would mean that Korra's..." Bolin gasped at the realization.
"Bolin do you think you could grab it, please?" Korra begged.
"Sure thing. Pabu! Come here, bring that to me." Bolin said to the ferret. But Pabu had other ideas as he swam to shore he darted past Bolin and ran all over the beach.
"Mako grab him!" Korra shouted. Mako dove after the little top-stealer but he darted quickly to the left causing Mako to trip and fall.
"Haru do something!" Korra said pushing her boyfriend forward. Haru tried to sand-bend and trip the ferret but he was too fast. Pabu ran towards Asami who was ready to grab him, but Pabu just jumped over her, when that happened Haru was bending the sand and accidentally hit Asami in the face with a sand ball.
"Sorry!" He apologized. Pabu was dodging everyone left and right. They weren't making progress.
"Alright that's it! Toothless!" Haru yelled. Toothless jumped into action.
While Pabu was running, Toothless landed right in front of him and hissed. Pabu shrieked, dropped Korra's top and went running back to Bolin. Toothless picked up the top and walked it over to Korra.
"Thank you so much Toothless." She said taking her top back. Toothless crooned as Haru petted him.
"Thanks, bud." Haru smiled.
Later
Korra was sunbathing on a rock when a shadow covered her. She opened her eyes and saw Haru standing over her with two cups in his hands.
"Fruit smoothie?" He asked offering her one.
"Such a gentleman." She said as she took the smoothie. Haru sat beside her.
"Korra I want to talk to her about earlier." Haru began, but Korra shook her head.
"There's no need. Asami told me everything." Korra replied. At this Haru was confused.
"She did?" He asked, eye-brow raised.
"Yeah, she said I shouldn't feel jealous of Heather, because that was in the past and that what we have may not be the same, but it's stronger."
"Well I'll be, Asami Sato giving great relationship advice." Haru said astonished.
"Yeah it caught me off guard too." Korra laughed. They both laughed. Haru then slowly held her hand and looked her in the eyes.
"I just want you to know that no matter what, you are the only girl I love, till the end." Haru said sincerely.
"That's all I wanted to hear." Korra smiled. The two of them lean in and shared a passionate kiss.
Later that night
After spending the day swimming and just having fun. Everyone was sitting outside eating the food Haru had made by a campfire. Bolin had already gone through three plates.
"Mmm-mm! Haru this is the best food I've ever had! These lamb-chops are so tender and juicy. And the sauce? Amazing!" Bolin said with his mouth full of food.
"Thanks Bolin."
"When did you learn to cook so well?" Mako asked.
"Well when I was 14. Mr. Shiro let me work in his shop over the summer and he taught everything about cooking. He said the ladies love a guy who cooks." Haru chuckled.
"Well that definitely paid off." Korra said giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"So Haru, you ready to the 'Head Bender in Charge'?" Mako asked with a smirk.
"Kind of." Haru said unsure of himself.
"What do you mean? You were literally born for this." Asami replied.
"Don't get me wrong I've always wanted to protect and serve Republic City, but that's only half of what I am." Haru replied.
"You're talking about your dad, right?" Korra ask. Haru nodded in confirmation.
"What about him?" Bolin asked.
"I want to find out more about him and where he came from. There are so many question and not enough answers. The person responsible for his death is still out there." Haru explained.
"Maybe one day you'll get the chance." Korra said rubbing his back.
"Maybe, but until then, we have to deal with Amon." Haru said. Everyone groaned at the mention of the Equalist fanatic.
"What?" Haru asked confused.
"Way to kill the mood Haru." Mako said dryly.
"Yeah we were all having fun until you brought him up." Asami pouted.
"Just one night I'd like to not think of the possibility of having my bending taken from me, just one night." Bolin whined.
"Hey I'm sorry guys, you're right. The night is ours and tomorrow everything will be okay.
"Cheers to the new Chief of Police!" Korra said raising her cup. The others joined her.
"Hear! Hear!" They all cheered.
Later that night they headed back to the Beifong manor, so they could get ready for heading to the Air Temple Island the next day.
Korra decided to sleep in Haru's room tonight, once she was comfortable she kissed him goodnight and drifted off to sleep.
Haru looked at his beautiful girlfriend next to him and couldn't help but marvel. This was his life, and it couldn't have been any better. Thoughts of marriage and kids flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile at the inkling that him and Korra would be married one day, it was surreal. He slowly closed his eyes and went to sleep. His life was so far complete, but he was going to need all the rest he could get, for tomorrow he was going to be the new Chief of Police.
The next morning
Haru woke up bright and early and saw that Korra wasn't beside him. He got up and stomped his foot feeling the vibrations throughout the house. No one was home. He looked on his night stand and saw a letter marked to him. He opened it and read it, it was from Korra.
"Dear Haru,
Congratulations on your big day! I'm sorry I wasn't there to wake up beside you, but we didn't want the move to Air Temple Island to distract you, so we left early. I'll see at your induction. My boyfriend the Chief of Police! I'm so proud of you.
Love Korra.
P.S.: I gave you a kiss on the cheek for good luck"
Haru smiled at the letter and felt his cheek for Korra's kiss, he could feel it. The girl is really something special, he thought. He put down the letter and when to the bathroom to bathe. One he was done he groomed himself and put on a black version with gold trimming of the Metal bending uniform to show his new status as Chief and headed down stairs. Toothless was ready for him.
"Alright bud Let's go" he said he opened the tailfin and they took off into the air.
Air Temple Island.
Korra arrived with rest of the group to the Island was greeted by the Airbender children.
"You're finally here! Welcooome to Air Temple Island. Your new home." Ikki greeted them with a smile.
"Yes, welcome to my domain." Meelo said pointing to himself. Bolin leaned over and smiled at them.
"Well, aren't you sweet, little monk child." He replied.
Pabu jumps down from Bolin's shoulder and runs in between Meelo's legs before running away. Meelo bends over and looks through his legs at Pabu. He stands erect again.
"What's that fuzzy creature?" Meelo asked.
"That is a fire ferret. An arboreal mammal common to the bamboo forest of the central Earth Kingdom." Jinora recited. Ikki jumps out from behind Jinora and gasps in delight.
"He's cuuuute!" she squealed as she runs after Pabu.
Meelo airbends upward while an irritated Jinora plugs her ears by putting a finger into each of her ears to silence Ikki's shrieks. Pabu who hisses at Ikki and runs under Naga. The girl follows suit as she continues giggling with joy. Meelo descends down to jump on Naga's head, grabbing and pulling the polar bear dog's ears backward.
"Yip yip! Fly sky bison! Fly!" Meelo goaded.
At the gates of Air Temple Island. Naga playfully chases Pabu around as the group strolls behind them and walks toward the temple. Ikki runs around with her hands outstretched as she sings and hums gleefully. While walking Asami looks down at Meelo with confusion as he grins at her.
You're pretty, can I have some of your hair?" he said holding out his hand. Mako and Asami look at each other, then Mako winked jokingly.
"Looks like I have some competition." He said. They both chuckled lightly. Once they entered the gates Ikki stood before them to make an announcement.
"And now for the grand tour. The flying bison sleep in those caves down there. And that's the temple Grandpa Aang built. And that's the greenhouse where we grow the vegetables we eat." Ikki said rapidly as she pointed. Bolin raised his hand.
"I have a couple of questions. Is this an all vegetarian island? Is that where you train airbending? Do we have to wear Air Acolyte clothes? Do we each get our own sky bison? And final question, how many trees are on this island?" He asked Ikki in a similar manner. The girl thought for a second before answering.
"Yes. Yes. No. No. Ten thousand five hundred and fifty-two." She answered with a smile. There was a long pause from the others as they blinked at Ikki in surprise.
"So, where are we going to be staying?" Mako asked
"You're a boy." Meelo replied. "Boys have to stay on the boys' side." He pointed.
"I'd be happy to show you to the men's dormitory." Jinora offered. She and Mako start walking away.
"I'm a boy!" Bolin added as he followed them. Meelo stayed behind.
"Ikki, Meelo, why don't you go with the boys too?" Korra asked. Meelo looked back at Asami with wonder.
"We shall meet again soon, beautiful woman." He said before running off with Ikki.
"Come on I'll show you to your room this way."
Girl's dorm.
"Well, here's your room. I know it's a little rustic compared to what you're used to." Korra said
"I think it's really charming and the best part about it, nothing here reminds me about my father." Asami said with a bitter tone. "Thank you for your hospitality." She said as she turned to Korra.
"No problem." Korra said with a smile.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Korra opened and saw it was Tenzin.
"Tenzin, come on in." Tenzin walks into the room.
"Good day, ladies. Asami, welcome to the island."
"Thank you for having me." Asami said as bowed to the Airbending Master. Tenzin bowed back as well and turned to Korra.
"It's almost time for Haru to be inducted as the Chief of Police. Are you coming with me?" Tenzin stated.
"Of course." Korra said with a nod, she wanted to go and support her boyfriend.
Metalbending Police Station
Haru took a deep breath as he walked up to the podium and remand focus with all the flashing of camera's taking his picture. He looked through the crowd and saw Korra and Tenzin giving him thumbs up for luck. He smiled at them and turned to the crowd.
"It is an honor to take my mother's place as Chief of Police and I thank those of you who have sent their hearts out to her for a speedy recovery. Republic City is facing a threat like none the world has ever seen. Non-benders and benders have been torn between two sides by Amon, because he says we are not equal. But I say he is wrong, we are all brothers and sisters. We must stand together, now more than ever to get rid of Amon. Not too long ago the world was at war, both benders and non-benders suffered, but it was benders and non-benders who stood together and fought back. That is what we must do now. As Chief of Police I will do everything in my power to keep the people of Republic City safe no matter who they are. With the help of Avatar Korra, we will bring balance, not only to this city, but to the world. And I am determined to do that. Thank you." he finished, after a moment of silence, the crowd roared to life. Clapping, whistling, and cheering. Haru smiled in relief.
As the crowd dispersed Korra come running to Haru and gave him a big hug and kiss on the cheek.
"You did it Chief." Korra joked.
"Thanks babe." Haru replied with a smile. Toothless came over and nuzzled Haru. Tenzin walked up him and patted Haru on the back.
"Your mother would be just and proud as I am." Tenzin smiled.
"Thanks Uncle Tenzin."
A cameraman came over to them.
"Mind if we take a picture Chief?" the man asked. Haru nodded.
"Sure, why not?" Haru shrugged.
Haru stood in the middle, while he put his right arm around Korra and Tenzin stood to his left. Toothless stood behind them and flared his wings.
"Say freeze."
"Freeze!" they all said. The man took the picture and handed them a copy.
"Greetings Chief Beifong." Said the voice of Tarrlok.
The group turned to see the northern water-tribe representative.
"Councilman." Haru said with a curt nod.
Tarrlok smiled at him and saw the closeness that he and the Avatar seem to have and stored that tidbit for later.
"Ah Avatar Korra, long time no see. Now that your little pro-bending distractions are over, I look forward to your return to my task force." He said with a curt bow.
"Ha!, forget it." Korra said firmly, "There is no way I'm rejoining your vanity project." She said defiantly.
"That is unfortunate to hear, but I'm sure you'll come to your senses as you have in the past." He said as he looked at Haru, "No doubt you will be helping our young Chief here, so we will be seeing each other."
"Don't hold your breath bub. I'm only going to help Haru and that's it." Korra said firmly, "Tenzin's been right about you all along. You played me, you played Lin, but Haru's too smart to be played by you." She said as she walked up to him. "Here's more news for you, you need me, but I don't need you. I'm the Avatar." She finished as she put her hands on her hips defiantly.
Tarrlok just looked at her with his obnoxious smile, "You are not in fact the Avatar. You are just a half-baked Avatar in training. Which reminds me, how is your air bending going?"
Korra took a sharp breath and her arms fell to her sides.
"Made any significant progress with that?" he asked further.
Korra said nothing.
"I didn't think so." He said condescendingly.
"At least Korra has the guts to go out and face Amon." Haru interjected as he put an arm around Korra. Tarrlock gave the boy an irritated look.
"Careful Chief, I'd hate to see you out of your position so quickly." Tarrlok threatened.
"Is that a threat Tarrlok?" Haru said with growl.
"No, it's a promise." Tarrlok stated. He then turned to Korra. "If you will not be a part of my task force, then you had best stay out of my way. Both of you." The councilman finished firmly as he walked away.
Haru glared at his retreating form and turned to Korra as his eyes softened.
"Don't listen to him babe, he's full of himself, all he wants is to have power under his belt." The new Chief said as he pushed a strain of hair off her eyes and tucked it behind her ear.
"You're an amazing Avatar and you know it." He finished as he gave her a nice kiss on the lips.
Korra blushed from the kiss and returned, "Thanks." She whispered to him.
"Anytime." He said to her.
"Chief Beifong, your needed." Saikhan said as he walked up to the couple.
"Chief, guess I'll have to get used to that one, huh?" Haru said annoyed.
Saikhan's lips twitched to a small, almost unnoticeable smirk, "Afraid so."
Haru rolled his eyes, "Well, duty calls and crime never sleeps." He said as he waved to Korra, "See you later."
"Bye babe, love you." Korra said as she and Tenzin head back to the Island.
Chief's office
Haru sat in his new chair and looked at the picture of a younger version of himself with his mother and grandmother smiling like no tomorrow.
'I miss those days.' He thought to himself as he picked up the photo and gentle traced his fingers over Toph's image. It was days like these that made him wish he could've spent just a few more days with his grandmother before she just left on her trip.
"Saikhan…do you think I'm the right person for this?" he asked the older officer as he placed the photo back down.
"On the record I would say yes." Saikhan said.
"And off the record?" he asked in worry.
"I would still say yes." Saikhan said with a smile, "You're young blood and the poster boy for the new recruits, people are willing to follow you because you're a good leader and you watch out for everyone you work with, a quality your mother has and has clearly passed to you. Now here's your paperwork." The older officer said as he dumped the pile of papers on the Chief's desk.
Haru looked at the stack of papers in front of him and groaned…now he knew why his mother wished she was a fire bender at times.
Later that night.
Haru was hard at work, signing as many documents as he could possible so that he could make it back to Air Temple Island and see Korra. Most of the officers were on patrol, but there were people at their desk like him. He was now on his last paper.
"And…done! Finally!" Haru cheered as he put the last piece of paper in the out box.
"Now to check on a few more things, then I can get some sleep and hopefully some alone time with Korra." He said as he stretched to get the cricks out of his back.
He was heading out his door just as screams started to go around the station.
"Oh. Come. On! Right when I was about to leave? Such misfortune." He shouted. He reached for the handle to open the door, but it wouldn't open.
"What the heck?" Haru said with and eyebrow raised. He pushed with more force, but it still wouldn't budge.
"Hey what's going out there!? Someone get this door open now!" he said banging on the door. He could hear electrical zaps and the thudding of bodies falling to the ground.
"OPEN THE DOOR!" he yelled. Suddenly the window behind him crashed open and an object fell to the ground. There was a beeping noise coming from the object. Haru walked around his desk to see what the object was. He looked under his desk and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Oh shi-"
BOOOOOOMMM!
He didn't even have time to finish his sentence as he tried to run to the door, but it was too late. The bomb went off while he was still inside his office.
Air Temple Island
Tenzin's phone was ringing, and he picked it up, "Hello?" he asked.
His eyes opened wide, "WHAT!"
"Tenzin, what's wrong?" Pema said with concern as the call had woken them up. Tenzin dropped the phone and immediately started to get dressed in a hurry.
"There's been an attack at the station…someone blew up Haru's office…" Tenzin started to shake, "While he was still inside." The master monk said in a panic.
Pema gasped in horror. Tenzin and rushed out the room and down the hall with all the power he had to get the flying bison ready.
In the Hospital
Lin was still in bed from her soreness and she was disappointed that she had to miss her son's induction as Chief of Police. The most important moment in her son's life and she was stuck in a bed.
"Pitiful" she thought. Suddenly she could hear commotion coming from the halls doctors and healers were running rapidly past her door. She caught a glimpse of Tenzin and the front desk.
"Tenzin!" Lin called. Tenzin looked up, saw her and quickly rushed to her room.
"Lin!" Tenzin said panicked.
"Tenzin what's going on out there?" Lin asked confused by the monk's erratic behavior.
"There was an attack at the station. Haru-" He began.
"What about Haru? What's going on!?" Lin asked worried at the mention of her son.
"An explosion went off in his office." Tenzin blurted out. Lin's entire body froze. Her eyes widened with horror, flashes of her pregnancy and Haru growing up flashed through her mind and now there was a possibility of him dying? She couldn't handle it.
"No, no no no, not my baby, not my boy!" Lin said as she tried to get out of bed. Tears were already streaming down her face. Tenzin tried to stop her, but she pushed him out the way. She entered the hall and start following all the commotion until she spotted him being taken into a room, all she could see was blood dripping from his Chief armor. She rushed over despite the pain she was in. She had to see him. She had to see her son.
"Let me through!" she yelled, but two guards stopped her.
"I'm sorry Ms. Beifong, but we can't let you go."
"That's my son in there! Haru!" she called to her son. Two more officers came, and they struggled to get Lin back, but she wouldn't budge.
"That's my son in there! Not my son, please! Oh spirits please! Not my boy!" Lin cried out hysterically. The officers managed to pick Lin up and carry her back to her room. Tenzin held her as the guards closed the door. She sobbed into Tenzin's cloak and held her rubbing her back, comforting her as she cried into the night.
The next morning
Korra, Asami, Mako and Bolin rushed into the hospital waiting room, there Pema and the kids sat. Jinora and Ikki were crying and Meelo didn't understand what was going on, while Pema held them close and had a few tears herself.
Last night around the same time Haru was attacked, Korra and the others were out on patrol and confronted Tarrlok, who was rounding up non-benders. Asami, Mako and Bolin were arrested. It was after that she found out what happened to Haru that she got Tenzin to bail the others out, so they could visit Haru this morning.
Tenzin walked in after the others. Asami walked over to him.
"Where's Aunt Lin?" she asked desperately. Tenzin pointed to a room with a closed door. Asami quickly ran over and walked in. She saw Lin sitting on a bed holding a picture. Lin looked up and saw Asami.
"Aunt Lin." Asami said as she went over and hugged and started to cry on her. Lin shed a few tears too.
"It's so good to see you." Lin whispered to the girl. Korra came inside once Asami and Lin finished their hug. Lin slowly got up and went over to hug the young Avatar.
"Have they said anything about him?" Korra asked with tears in her eyes. Lin shook her head.
"They haven't told me anything since he came in." Lin said sadly. Suddenly Mako popped his head into the room.
"The doctor's here to tell us about Haru." He said. Korra, Lin, and Asami's eyes brightened up and they went rushing into the waiting room to meet the doctor. Everyone was gathering up, Lin made her way to the front.
"Doctor please, tell me, is he alright?" Lin asked.
The doctor had a conflicted look on his face. "Chief Beifong is in stable condition. He has a concussion with some burns on his face, along with some bruising and other injuries from the explosion. His armor protected him from the brunt on the blast and the healers have already healed the burn marks on his face so there won't be any scaring…" the doctor drifted unsure how to explain the rest. Lin could feel the doctor's uncertainty from his vibrations.
"But?" Lin asked. The doctor took a deep breath and exhaled.
"We had to amputate a part of his left leg." The doctor said sadly. Everyone gasped in horror. Jinora had burst into tears, Pema pulled her close to comfort her. Lin froze, and Tenzin held close in case she fainted. Korra was crying and Bolin, Mako and Asami were consoling her. Lin looked back at the doctor.
"How? Why?"
"My guess is the bomb went off closer to the ground, his injuries are consistent with this theory. When he came in the bottom part of his leg was damaged beyond repair. We did our best not to cut away too much, cleaned it and wrapped it up to heal. He'll most likely be out for a few days or possibly a week, it's hard to say but we'll keep monitoring him." the doctor said.
"Can we see him?" Lin asked quietly.
"Yes, but two at a time only." The doctor said walking away to see his other patients.
Lin and Tenzin were the first to go in.
They entered to see Haru lying in a bed completely unconscious. His armor had been removed. There was bandaging wrapped around his head, left arm and torso. There were some burns on his face, but Lin and Tenzin saw that they were beginning to heal slowly. They looked at his legs and could see the difference in length through the covers, Lin couldn't stand the sight.
Lin approached Haru and held his hand to her face and started to cry, "I can't believe they did this to you." She said tearfully.
Tenzin couldn't bear to see his godson like this. Haru was always strong and lively, now to see him, the strongest person he knew besides Lin, injured and broken, it was devastating. It would have destroyed Lin if he had died. He just hoped that Korra would be alright since he had never seen the girl so shook up before.
They next two to come in were Asami and Korra.
Asami had a teary smile on her face, "You know, it seems like yesterday, we had just met. You were laying in the grass looking at the clouds. Things were simpler then." She said as she brushed his unruly locks with her hand.
Korra sat on his other side and was afraid to touch him, afraid she would hurt him more.
"I can't believe this is really happening, he was just sworn in yesterday and we were all happy." Korra said in disbelief.
"I can't believe my father works with the people that did this." Asami said sadly.
"I'm not sure they did this." Korra replied.
"What? How can you say that? The Equalist we captured last night, escaped from the station right after the bomb went off, it has to be them." Asami said adamantly.
"But your dad loved Haru, he said he would never hurt him."
"My father has said a lot of things Korra, it's hard to know when he's telling the truth." Asami countered. She looked back at Haru, her best friend. "But he wasn't lying when he said he loved Haru." She admitted. Korra stood up from her chair and stepped closer to her boyfriend's bedside. She held his right hand in her hand and squeezed lightly.
"I'll find out who did this you…I promise." Korra said as she knelt and kissed him on the cheek. In that moment Haru stirred ever so slightly, Korra felt his hand squeeze back just a little. Her eyes widened,
"Haru?" she called, but he didn't respond, he was still asleep. Asami stood up and went to the door.
"Come on, let's let the others see him." She said. Korra let go of Haru's hand and left the room, not before taking one last glance at her beloved.
Hidden Equalist factory
Inside this factory Amon and Hiroshi Sato were discussing plans for the next few days in a room separate from the development chamber.
"So, I trust everything will be ready by the scheduled time I gave you." Amon said in his usual cold tone.
"Yes, development is proceeding right on schedule, so we should have everything ready in about a day or two." Hiroshi nodded.
"Excellent, you've done well Mr. Sato, with your help everything will go as planned and then Republic City and all their benders will fall with it." Amon said.
"I can't wait to see that day come to pass. Now that we have everything figured out, there is something I'd like to discuss with you, sir."
"Of course, go ahead."
"Just recently Haru Beifong was involved in an explosion."
"Yes, I did hear of that. What of it?" Amon asked. Hiroshi became nervous as he answered.
"Well, I-I was wondering if…"
"You think I had something to do with that bomb?" Amon said blankly.
"No, I was just-"
Amon started laughing much to Hiroshi's surprise. Amon composed himself then turned back to Hiroshi, "Do not presume I would do something as pathetic and trivial as that Mr. Sato. I prefer a more direct approach when dealing with an enemy, especially Haru Beifong. Besides you asked me not to harm him and I am a man of my word."
"Yes of course, I'm sorry for thinking otherwise."
"Once I purify Haru of his bending, you can do with him as you wish, as per our agreement, plus your daughter. Beifong will be of no threat to me."
Mr. Sato said nothing as he believed Amon and went back to their plans.
"Master Amon!"
Both Sato and Amon turned to see an Equalist running forward with a message in his hand.
"What is it?" Amon questioned as he didn't like being disturbed when he was planning his next move.
"I thought you should read this, it's a report from our informants on something I think you'll find very interesting." the Equalist said as he handed the message to Amon.
Amon looked it over and read it and when as he did a smirk developed under his mask at what he read. When he was done he threw the letter away and started to head out.
"Where are you going Amon?" Mr. Sato questioned.
"To purify the one who made you doubt me." Amon said without turning back.
Air Temple Island-Night
Korra had been thinking about Haru all day, thinking of when they first met and all the time they spent together and now he sat laid in a hospital bed unconscious. It made her angry, yet sad. Who would do such a thing? She replayed the day in her head searching for any sort of clue and then she opened her eyes wide. Korra got up from her bed with a determined look on her face and opens the window to look at Republic City. She then turns to her Polar bear dog, Naga and kneels beside her.
"Wake up, Naga let's go. Time to get some answers." She whispered. Naga gets up and runs off with Korra.
City Hall
Tarrlok was working with the council page when suddenly the window burst open, blowing papers everywhere. They look up to see Korra standing at the window.
"You and I need to talk." Korra said jumping down from the window. Tarrlok's face contorts with anger.
"Are any of the other council members here?" Tarrlok asked the page, while he kept his focus on Korra.
"I believe everyone has gone home for the night." The page replied.
"Then you should do the same." Tarrlok suggested. The page shifted his eyes between Korra then Tarrlok.
"Are you sure, sir?" he asked.
"Leave us." Tarrlok ordered. The council page looks at Korra before looking back at Tarrlok. He bows and quickly walks away.
"You obviously have something on your mind? Spit it out." Tarrlok snarled.
"You did something to Haru, didn't you?" She accused.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, maybe you should go home and get some rest." He said trying to deflect the question.
"I'm not going anywhere! Someone needs to stop you. Your use of power to hurt people ends today." Korra said firmly.
"As if you're in any position to take the high road. Didn't you come here to use your Avatar powers to shake me down? See, that's what I admire about you, Korra. Your willingness to go to extremes in order to get what you want. It is a quality we both share." Tarrlok said with a smile.
"You and I are nothing alike!" She yelled angrily.
"Look, I'll make you a deal. You fall in line and Chief Beifong might live to see 20." Tarrlok smirked slyly.
"So you planted that bomb?" Korra said in horror. Her suspicions were correct.
"Guilty as charged. That runt should've stayed in his place, but no he had to get in my way."
"You're a monster! You are worse than Amon and you're going to pay for what you did!"
"Then by all means, make me!" Tarrlok roared.
Tarrlok launches stream of water from the waterfall at her. Korra barely dodges, only a small section of her hair being cut. She rolls and earthbends at Tarrlok, forcing him back and causing him to hit his back on the wall. Korra raises her arms and holds it straight while shooting a blast of fire toward Tarrlok, who protects himself by waterbending a dome around him. He thrusts his hands forward repeatedly behind the dome, firing several ice darts toward Korra, who flips back to try and dodge them, but still gets grazed as she lands.
She attempts to punch the ice darts away, but one catches her on her side, and she lifts her hands up to protect her head. Tarrlok continues to throw ice darts at her with a sadistic smile, but Korra earthbends a wall to protect herself. She thrusts her arm forward, earthbending the wall behind Tarrlok into him, causing him to fly through the wall into the council chambers. He tries to catch himself, but trips over the railing and begins to fall, grabbing the railing with his hand, his hair loose over his face as he glares.
"Still think that I'm a half-baked Avatar?" Korra said walking through the hole in the hall.
She earthbends, causing Tarrlok to fall to the ground. She jumps off and punches the ground, causing a gigantic hole around her. She looks up at him with anger, breathing heavily.
"This is for Haru!" Korra yells charging at Tarrlok.
Tarrlok moves away in fear as Korra begins to firebend from her palms. suddenly she is halted by Tarrlok as he begins to perform bloodbending. Korra groans in pain as he continues, making her fall to her knees.
"You're in my way Avatar, and you need to be removed."
Korra looks at her twisted arms before looking at Tarrlok with shock, as he comes closer. "You're, you're a bloodbender?" she asked with agonized surprise.
"Very observant." Tarrlok said sternly.
"It's not a full moon! How- how are you doing this?!" She asked as she struggled under his hold.
There are a lot of things you don't know about me.
Tarrlok bloodbends her and flings her across the room into a pillar. Korra begins to lose consciousness as Tarrlok approaches her, until she faints. Visions come to where in a courtroom, Yakone bulges his eyes, Sokka yells in pain from the bloodbending. Toph tries to metalbend her cables, but she too is bloodbent. Aang struggles to move closer to Yakone, who laughs at him, an expression of determination in his eyes. Korra sluggishly wakes up to find Tarrlok has bound her with ropes and threw her into the trunk of a car. She lifts her head.
"Where are you taking me?" She demanded.
Somewhere no one will find you. Say goodbye to Republic City, Avatar Korra. You'll never see it or your boyfriend ever again!" Tarrlok said menacingly.
In a last-ditch effort, she shouted and tried to breathe fire at Tarrlok, but he got out of the way. He manages to close the trunk of the vehicle and bangs a fist on the door before walking up to start driving.
"You can't do this!" Korra screamed. "Let me out!"
Tarrlok started the car and began to drive away from City Hall.
At the hospital.
On the roof Toothless was sleeping, the mother of his rider tried to get him to go home, but he refused and wanted to stay to protect his friend. As the black dragon slept, his ears perked up to the sound of climbing and jumping. Toothless shot up battle ready for anything. When he looked up, he saw Amon and a few Equalist. He recognized their mask and knew that they were trouble. He snarled at them, some of them backed away in fear.
"What do we do sir? That dragon won't let us get to Beifong." One Equalist said fearfully.
"That's why she's here." Amon said. He nodded over to the Equalist next to him. The female with the double axe stepped forward.
"Are you sure you don't need assistance?" Amon asked. The woman Equalist shook her head as she walked slowly to the dragon.
"No, I've got this, me and him go way back, don't we Toothless." The woman chuckled.
Toothless' eyes widened at the sound of his name. He didn't recognize this person, he tried to catch her scent, but could not smell anything in fact. This had him worried as she kept coming closer with the axe. He shot a plasma blast at her feet as a warning and snarled. The woman then slowly crouched to the ground and dropped the axe, causing Toothless to relax a bit, but not completely.
"Don't you remember me Toothless?" the woman asked. She slowly took off her mask, revealing herself to be a beautiful woman with long black hair and gold colored eyes. Toothless recognized her, she was his rider's previous mate, but what was she doing with these other humans in black? the dragon thought. The woman inched closer and stretched out her hand.
"That's right it's me…Heather." She smiled lightly.
While Toothless was focused her outstretched hand. Heather reached back slowly her other hand and pulled out a crossbow. Toothless sensed something was wrong and backed away. Heather furrowed her brows in frustration.
"Fine be that way." She said, before pulling out the crossbow and pulling the trigger.
Toothless didn't catch her movement in time before he was hit, he looked at his foreleg and saw a dart sticking out of it. He turned to Heather and growled and prepared a plasma blast, but suddenly his vision went blurry, he was suddenly seeing three Heathers—no four. Feeling panicked Toothless shot the blast before he collapsed. The blast he shot missed Heather by a few feet. She walked up to the dragon and knelt by his head. Toothless tried to attack, but he couldn't move, his eyes were slits when she came closer, his breathing rapid.
Author's Note: Similar to the way he looked when Hiccup found him in the first HTTYD movie.
"I'm sorry Toothless, but you can't save Haru this time." She said. She pulled out a bottle and sprayed it in Toothless' face. The dragon moaned in discomfort before falling unconscious.
Heather stood up and turned to Amon and the other Equalists.
"We're all clear." She said. Amon and the others walked over to where the dragon laid. The other Equalists climbed down that side of the building, while Heather stayed with Amon.
"Good work Sergeant." Amon commended. "I hope what we do here doesn't bring up old feelings."
"No sir, not at all." Heather replied, her voice and face were void of expression.
"Good." Amon said before descending the side of the hospital.
Haru's Hospital room.
Haru was lying in bed still unconscious from the bomb, and now he was surrounded by Equalists. Amon and Heather came in through the window last. Amon slowly walked to his bedside.
"The great Haru Beifong, Chief of Police. Oh, how the mighty have fallen." Amon chuckled. "I would've preferred to break your will before purifying you, but it seems you're already broken." Amon said as he looked at Haru's amputated leg. He then reached out to put his thumb on Haru's forehead.
"And now to finally end the Beifong line." Amon touched Haru's forehead and it was over. He had taken away his bending…for good.
Amon retracted from Haru and looked to his followers.
"Take him." He commanded. The other Equalist nodded and began to tie Haru's leg(s) and carefully carry him out the window where a getaway truck was waiting below.
Ounce Haru was secured the Equalists started to leave the hospital room Heather and Amon remained. Suddenly Asami walked into the room, she had come in to sit with Haru. When she looked at the bed she saw it was empty, she gasped and looked at the window and saw Amon and…
"Heather!" she shouted. Heather looked back and smirked, she then quickly jumped out the window along with Amon. Asami ran to the window and saw a big truck driving away fast. Asami ran out of the room and into the hall.
"Help! Somebody, help!" she yelled. Mako ran to her.
"Asami what happened?" He asked worriedly. Asami looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"Haru's been taken by Amon!" she exclaimed.
Author's note: Hi guys i had to get this chapter out of my system. I had be working on it since the last update and i'm kinda proud of this chapter. It's the longest I've ever written and i hope you guys like it. Any questions, praise, or critics are welcome in the reviews just don't be a troll. Until next time. BYE!