LEGEND OF KORRA DOJINSHI SCRIPT
Journey through the Spirit World
By FirstEdition
CHAPTER 2
THE FOLLOWING DAY
Korra BURSTS into the frame, delivering a powerful jumping, back-spin kick, unleashing a gout of flame!
A HUGE spirit with a trapezoidal head and four arms darts backwards before surging towards her, SLAMMING its arms down towards her. Reflexively, she MASHES her fists together and a slab of earth BASHES up against them. She grits her teeth as she focuses on the enraged spirit.
"Nnnghh...! I... Need you to CALM DOWN!" She shouts.
She STOMPS suddenly and the earth BEHIND the spirit rockets upwards, tossing it over her. It hits the ground and quickly recovers. A nearby group of odd-looking spirits cower in a strange spirit hut.
"You've got NO business going around picking on these other spirits!"
The thing hisses at her, swaying this way and that, it's angered eyes narrowed into wicked slits.
"But they STOLE MY TWISHUN!" the spirit says, raising its four arms menacingly. "I will FIND my Twishun... even if it means going through YOU..."
Asami stands behind Korra. Her electrified gauntlet at the ready.
"Come on, Korra, we can take him."
Korra replies, but doesn't look over her shoulder.
"That's alright, Asami. Just let me handle this."
Asami's eyes turn downcast and Korra misses the look of hurt that her words have caused.
She focuses to her opponent.
"How do you know that these spirits have your... your... uh... tw-"
"TWISHUN!" it roars!
"Right! Twishun! How do you know they have it?"
"I've already told him!" says one of the cowering spirits. "Nobody has seen his Twishun here, but he won't listen!"
Korra turns and looks at the spirit. It hisses and lowers its stance.
"I know..." it says, pausing as it thinks of how it knows, "I know... because YOU are helping to HIDE IT!"
It LEAPS forward! Korra stamps the ground in a forward lunge, but is too far away for it to do any good as the beast FLIES down towards her! But then, she pushes up, off the ground, in an EARTH UPPERCUT the sends the spirit FLYING once again.
She turns around, and tries to Earth-bend it in place, but it's too quick. It slithers like lightning, this time coming in low to the ground, dodging the various bits of Earthbending that Korra use before slashing at her!
She raises a slab of earth JUST in time. It's smashed to pieces and she's sent sailing.
"Korra!" cries Asami.
"I'm fine...!" she grunts, getting to her feet, more determined than ever to hold this spirit down.
It slithers at her again, but Korra waves her arms in wide circles, and catches the spirit in a sudden updraft of Air-bending.
She follows it up into the air, delivering a powerful Air-summersault kick which sends the spirit sprawling.
It manages to recover, looking around at the scene. Korra and the villager spirits dead ahead, but... Asami, all by herself... off to the side.
"YOU!" It exclaims! "Tell me where my TWISHUN IS!"
It SURGES forward, catching Korra and Asami by surprise at its rapid change of target.
In an instant, Asami narrows her eyes, the electrified gauntlet humming with power. She focuses, ready to fight... WHEN KORRA COMES FLYING IN! SMASHING into the head of the spirit with a flying side-kick!
The thing is send tumbling to the ground and Korra quickly wraps it up with Earthbending.
Asami glares at it, then at Korra.
"I'm not defenseless, you know!"
Korra looks shocked and hurt.
"Sorry... "
"No..." sighs Asami. She lets go of her anger and smiles at Korra. "You were just trying to protect me..."
Korra smiles. "Actually, when it came after you it gave me the perfect opportunity."
"See?" says Asami, putting her gauntlet away. "We make a good team."
The spirit villagers begin to waddle out of their hiding place and gather in the dirt path that leads into the woods.
Korra walks over to the trapped spirit. As it comes to it begins thrashing, but the Earth is too dense and too stubborn to move.
"Are you going to calm down or do you want me... US!" she corrects, glancing over at Asami (who smiles and approaches), "to knock you around some more?"
It seethes and hisses, twisting and contorting in an effort to escape.
"Yooouuu! You have my Twishun! You THIEF! Now you'll take it from me forever... and it will be GOOOONNNNEEE...! Auuuaahhh... Wuahh—" and the spirit begins to sob.
"There there," says Korra, getting closer. "Just try and relax and take it easy. Breathe. ...or... glow. Or whatever it is spirits do to relax. Just...! Listen, I can't even start to help you if you won't talk to me! What... or who is your Twishun?"
The villager spirits walk up near Asami. She's much taller than they are.
"Twishun... it's the little red leaf-spirit who covers my head. I'm just... I'm NOT the same without it. I KNOW that Twishun was stolen... somebody ELSE wanted to wear Twishun on THEIR head!"
"That's not true," chirps one of the villager spirits. "None of us are wearing a red leaf-spirit on our heads."
The spirit gestures to the rest of the assembled. No... there's just a big group shot of a bunch of odd looking creatures an—wait... ONE of them has a red leaf on his head!
"Is that...?" says Korra.
"It looks like..." says Asami.
"Twishun!" exclaims the spirit, who begins trying to wriggle free once more.
The bug-eyed spirit wearing Twishun looks around, as if playing at innocence. "What?"
"Huh..." says one of the village spirits, "I guess that IS a red leaf-spirit...!"
A pause as Korra and Asami tower over the bug-eyed thief. Then...
SHOOOOMMM!
OFF it goes! Running as fast as its feet will take it. The legs working hard. Rapidly looping over and over, like the wheels of a car. ROCKETING through the... landscape... except...
Korra has picked it up off the ground using Waterbending. It's not going anywhere.
The thief spirit sighs.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER
The ferocious bestial spirit, now with a little red leaf, dozing on its forehead, looks noticeably cuter. It's slitted eyes now arched in happiness. It bows before Korra.
"Sorry for fighting, Avatar," it turns to Asami, "and sorry to her friend," and then turns to the village spirits. "And sorry to the village spirits. I angry that Twishun was stolen. I out of balance without my Twishun."
"You're welcome, spirit. Bringing balance is kind of my thing."
"Yes, thank you, Avatar!" chirps a village spirit who hugs Korra's leg. "Now that we know about the trickster spirit, we'll keep him away from our new friend."
They smile.
Korra smiles at them, and Asami smiles at Korra.
JUST DOWN THE ROAD
"I'm glad you were able to help them," says Asami.
"Thanks," smiles Korra.
They walk.
"You know..." says Korra, as they plod down the path. "I didn't mean to make it seem like you were defenseless back there."
Asami smiles at her, half-heartedly.
"Yeah, I know. I just... don't want you to feel like I'm some little girl who needs protecting."
Korra smiles at her and laughs.
"Asami, I don't feel that way about you at all. I just... spirits can be tricky, you know? Sometimes... you can learn a lot by just watching. I think that's what I was trying to say."
Asami regards her. "I'm really impressed with you, Korra."
"What?" Korra blushes.
"The old you I think would've loved a chance at fighting. But instead... you opted for a different path."
Korra, still blushing, smiles at her.
"You think?"
Asami nods. They walk along.
"You know," laughs Asami, "it kind of stinks that you had to work in the middle of your vacation."
"Well..." muses Korra, "maybe we should do something to make up for it."
"What did you have in mind?"
NEAR A SLOW MOVING RIVER
A slow moving river in the spirit world. Clouds high overhead. A view of the ravine from the previous day in the distance...
Korra splashes into the river. Dressed appropriately for swimming, she dives down, moving through the water.. Swimming gracefully as it envelops her. Calmly able to move about, looking totally in her element. She surfaces and looks around. The sky. The waterfall in the ravine. The floating sky-rocks. Everything just so tranquil and breathtaking.
Her head turns and there, on a rock in the middle of the river, lounges Asami, who looks at her and smiles.
"This is SO perfect..." Korra says, swimming over and wading up to her waist.
"Mmmmhhh..." hums Asami, reclining. Also dressed for swimming, Asami looks more like a beach-girl out for a session of tanning, relaxed and just enjoying herself.
"Now THIS is a vacation," says Asami.
A pause.
There's a small gurgling noise. Then recognition on Asami's face!
"Korra! Don't you d-!"
SPLOOSH!
It's too late! Korra is already giggling and jumping back into the water as Asami is left there, drenched by Korra's waterbending!
"Oh, I-! I should've...!" She glares over at Korra, but she can't stay angry with Korra's infectious laughter in her ears.
"Oh, you're gonna' get it!"
She grins wickely and DIVES in after Korra.
"What? You think you can do something about it?" Korra laughs.
Asami swims over and is making ready to splash Korra just as a wave is waterbent at her and she WOOSHES away.
"Hey! No fair!" Asami says, splashing the water.
"Alright, alright!" laughs Korra. "No waterbending."
She's up and then dives and the two chase, Korra heading for the shore with their stuff. She's followed quickly by Asami who manages to catch up with her in the shallows, wrapping her around the waist and then tugging her back.
The moves are playful, and Korra is tossed back into the water before Asami pounces her!
"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry-I'm sorry!" laughs Korra.
"That's right," Asami says smugly. "And don't you forget i—"
SPLOOOSH!
"KORRRRRRAAAA!"
NEAR DUSK
The two are seated by the side of the river. Steam rising gently from the water. Korra and Asami recline in an impromptu hot-spring, aided by Korra's firebending.
"Mmmmhhh... firebending hotspring..." grins Asami.
Korra leans back and closes her eyes. She exhales and a small puff of fire comes from her lips.
"Mmmmhhh... just the right temperature," Korra sighs.
Asami playfully splashes Korra, who just smirks tiredly.
"Mmmhh... okay... I deserved that," Korra admits.
"You're darn right you did." Asami smirks.
Both look calm. Relaxed. Balanced.
"Well... what do you think?" says Korra.
"About what?"
"About our trip."
"I think... it could continue indefinitely..."
Korra giggles. She lifts her head and looks over at Asami. The sight of her in the warm water. How relaxed and beautiful she is.
"The Spirit World is... so much more than I ever thought it would be," says Asami.
They look skyward. The dancing sky spirits shifting in hues and the stars beginning to shimmer in the beyond. Sky-eels lazily floating in the breeze and many other spirits, all dipped in gold by the setting sun.
"Everything is so... incredible and... different but... this this really amazing way."
"Huh."
Asami looks over at Korra, who is reclined again, with her eyes closed.
"What?"
"Oh just... well... I've always thought that about YOU."
Asami tries not to blush.
"You... have?"
"Oh, totally. Let's see..." Korra opens her eyes and begins to go over the list.
"Expert Sato-mobile driver. Pilot. Head of Future Industries. Incredible businesswoman. Master of self-defense. I... I mean you even designed those humming-bird machines! Those... those! Those are about as amazing as anything you could see here."
Asami had been blushing at the words. The praise filling her. Giving her hope and igniting her feelings. But when Korra turns to look at her, her expression has changed.
Korra sits up, looking concerned.
"What's wrong?"
Asami remains motionless.
Korra pauses, thinking.
"It's your Dad."
She gives Asami a plaintive look.
"I'm so sorry, Asami... I... I shouldn't ha—"
"No..." says Asami, fighting the tears.
Korra moves over towards her.
"Come on..."
"I just..." she pauses, looking up at Korra with those big eyes of hers.
"Since we came here... I... I guess... Oh, Korra, I don't know..." she whimpers.
"Asami..." coos Korra. "I'm sorry... I know it must still be painful..."
"I just... I miss him... so much." She hides her face. "There are things about him... that I hate... and that I'll never like or understand but... I loved him Korra and... and now he's gone... and I'm all alone... A-and I... I've just been trying not to think about it...!"
"Asami... you're not alone..." says Korra, now beside her.
"I must be so awful... my father dies and... and I'm out on vacation..."
"Asami... don't think that way," says Korra, putting an arm on her.
"We'd been having such a good time together I was able to forget but... I... I can't believe I forgot..."
She turns her back on Korra, curling up. Grief now mixing up with guilt. The scene replaying in her mind. The crampt interior of the hummingbird... her father speaking to her... then suddenly the rush of air as the back canopy blows off... and the sensation of being PULLED backwards as she watches the MASSIVE metal hand CRUSHES the hummingbird...
She feels herself falling, in pain... and then someone's arms are around her, and the pain subsides.
Korra is holding her. Her arms wrapping around Asami from behind.
"Asami..." she says softly.
"Korra..."
Asami jerks. She squeezes tightly into a ball. She makes an awful noise of pain and sadness, choked by tears. "I can't believe he's GONE!"
She puts her head to Korra's chest... and the sobbing begins.
AFTER DARK
The two sit by the campfire. Korra brings Asami a bit of cooked yam on a stick. She sits down next to her and smiles. Asami smiles back, but... more tiredly.
"You know... even after all that happened with the Equalists," says Korra, "I'll always remember your Dad as a hero. I think... he may have single-handedly turned the tide against Kuvira. If it wasn't for him..." Korra trails off and looks at her.
Asami nods bittersweetly, taking her yam, but not feeling very hungry.
"M-maybe..." Asami says quietly. "I'm just thankful that we reconciled before he... before he left."
Korra gives her an encouraging smile. She sits down next to her. They nibble on the yams.
"You know..." says Korra with a mouthful of yam. "I'll ALSO remember him as the man who sponsored the Fire Ferrets."
Asami giggles softly.
"Back in the good old days, right?" Asami says.
Korra laughs and sighs. "Yeah, right... You mean, back when I was reckless and naïve?"
Asami rolls her eyes.
"Back when you were fresh off the South Pole. Little girl in the big city. But I think you were really amazing back then. I mean... I liked you back then."
Then it hits Asami as to what she's just said. Her eyes go wide. She glances nervously over at Korra. Who is ALSO looking over at her with these WIDE eyes.
"I... I mean not... LIKE like... I mean... when I... when I SAW how you were brave and... fearless and... wanting to make a difference... It... eugh..." awkwardness, "... well, it was inspiring."
Korra laughs it off. "Mmmh. Well, we've grown a lot since then. A lot has changed."
Asami nods at her. They smile.
Their meal finished, Asami begins to curl up to go to sleep. She bites her lip nervously and raises her head to look over at Korra, who is similarly bedding down.
"Korra...?" she asks in a near whisper.
"Yeah?"
"Do... could you... sleep next to me...?" Asami asks nervously. She glances at Korra and adds "I just... it... I... feel better when you're close to me," she says, tucking her head away, afraid of what the answer might be.
She hears a soft noise, and then feels Korra settling in behind her.
"I'll be right here, okay?" says Korra softly.
The tension and worry melts from Asami's face. She feels Korra's body laying against her. Korra puts an arm over her... and everything is right with the world. Peacefully, perfectly, Asami falls to sleep...
