Day 7: Distance

Kuvira knew she should be proud of what she'd achieved. The entire inner city of Ba Sing Se had been stabilized because of her efforts, well, hers and that of the Metal Clan's security force. They had worked block by block to put down the chaos hard.

She had no choice but to be brutal, and now, Kuvira had a lot of blood on her hands. And part of her was worried about this. Was she doing this because it was necessary, or was she doing this because it was a convenient lie to tell herself so that she could rid herself of her frustrations?

She sure hoped it was the first one. No one had opposed her, and some had killed people themselves, even though no one's body count was quite as high as Kuvira's.

Large chunks of the city had been destroyed even before she got there, but now they would have to rebuild it. As it turned out, the bandits they had captured, not killed, would be quite useful now. All earthbenders who, with proper supervision, could help rebuild the city.

Kuvira stood on the Inner Wall, high above the city, staring out over the Agrarian Zone. Of course, she couldn't help but notice that she was staring towards the south-west. Towards Zaofu. Towards her.

Suyin had betrayed her. Tossed her aside like everyone else in her life had.

And yet she couldn't help but long back to the days when they were together. Kuvira closed her eyes, and immediately, one of her favorite memories sprung to mind. It hadn't been especially exciting, just them talking in bed, Kuvira resting her head in Su's lap. They weren't even fully undressed, both of them still in tank tops and underwear, with Suyin lightly stroking her hair.

That seemed so long ago. A single tear fell down her cheek, and she was quick to wipe it away as she heard someone approaching. She couldn't appear weak in front of her men.

"Kuvira!" It was Baatar Jr., whom she had convinced to go with her. She didn't know whether that had been out of spite or because he really was a good engineer. Probably both. "Raiko and the other world leaders are almost here," he informed her. "We should head to the palace and meet them there."

Kuvira followed his outstretched arm and saw the airships coming in. "You're right, we should. You go, I'll meet you in the train in a minute."

He nodded and went back down, while Kuvira took one last look at the horizon. Zaofu seemed so far away, and yet, if this meeting would go the way she hoped, then it would be within her grasp shortly. All she'd have to do was be patient.

And there you have it, my first Suvira story. Like I said, short chapter, but I did like writing for this ship and might do so again in the future. I really wanted to tie it in with the show, make it seem plausible that this happened without trying to rewrite the entire canon. I know there are one or two little foibles that don't make sense, like Suyin's marriage appears to be happier than I'm making it seem here, but whatever. My headcanon, my rules :D. Anyway, thanks to you all for reading it, I hope you enjoyed and that I'll see you again at my other stories.