Korra couldn't help but smile. The weather in Republic City was normally hot during the summers, but today was different. The cool breeze whipped Korra's hair and she breathed in the smell of leaves. There was much foliage surrounding the Sato mansion and it was days like this that made Korra take a step back and appreciate nature. This all came to a sudden halt when she heard a crash come from inside the house.
"Kairi be careful! Do you want Mama to come in here and yell at us?"
Korra shook her head and sighed. It would be a miracle if she could go one day without her children causing some sort of trouble.
"Sorry Hiro, I was just trying to keep up with you," Korra could hear her daughter say.
"Well stop following me around!"
Korra heard loud steps and then a door slammed. She quickly made her way back into the house and found her daughter sitting on the floor with a pout on her face.
"What's wrong sweetie?" Korra sat next to her daughter and put on arm around her shoulder. Kairi sniffled.
"I was just trying to play with Hiro, but he got all mad at me…" Kairi trailed off as a tear rolled down her cheek. Korra wiped the tear away.
"Remember that talk we had about big brother getting 'into his zone?'" she asked her daughter. Kairi slowly nodded.
"Your brother is working very hard on a project that mommy gave to him. I think he is just really focused on that right now and you caught him at a bad time. That doesn't mean he hates you sweetie." Korra picked her daughter up and nestled her to her chest.
"I know Mama, I just wanted to play and he never wants to anymore." Korra frowned at this. Her son Hiroshi was very much like Asami; always tinkering away at a new project. Lately he had been obsessed with being "just like his mom" and this turned into him ignoring his younger sister.
"Honey, your brother still loves you and still wants to play with you. Just give him some space and he will cool off ok?" Kairi nodded and wrapped her arms around Korra's neck.
"Thanks Mama, you always know how to make me feel better." Korra's heart swelled with love. She once thought that being the Avatar was the greatest thing that ever happened to her, but she had been proven wrong twice. The first time was when she realized that she was in love with Asami and they decided to start a life together. It wasn't the smoothest of transitions, but the two made it work and they couldn't be happier. The second time was when Korra and Asami decided they wanted kids.
"He doesn't have any known family, Asami," Korra was trying to plead with her wife. The couple were currently at the orphanage located in Dragon Flats Boroughs. After the battle of Republic City, many children were left homeless and without families. With the help of Future Industries, many neighborhoods in Republic City built orphanages to help house the many young ones that were left with nothing. It had been two years since Kuvira's attack, and Korra couldn't think of a better time for her and Asami to start a family. They had a beautiful wedding with close friends and family in attendance that took place on Air Temple Island. Both women agreed that the place where they first realized their love only seemed fitting to tie the knot. It was now, only one year later that Korra felt baby fever.
"Korra, I understand but I need you to be sure about this. This isn't like you babysitting the airbender kids. This is a lifetime responsibility. You being the Avatar and me being the CEO of a company takes a lot of our time. I just need to know that we will dedicate every single moment that we can to this child." Korra looked to the ground. The room was silent. Asami studied her wife's demeanor and jumped when Korra suddenly moved forward and kissed her.
"I know I am the Avatar and I know you are an important business woman in this world. But I made a promise to you that night that I do not intend on ever breaking. Asami Sato, my life is dedicated to making you happy and I know it may be tough at times, but I will make sure that this child will have nothing but my undivided attention. As far as I am concerned, my family comes first, my duties as Avatar come second. I don't care if that sounds selfish because that is how much I am in love with you and in love with the idea of us starting a family." Asami couldn't stop the tears. She cupped Korra's cheeks in her hands and gave her the most loving, tender kiss she could muster.
"I love you Korra." Korra smiled and placed a kiss on Asami's forehead.
"I love you too, Asami. "Korra took Asami's hand and led her to the room with the boy that she had told her about. A boy was sitting down on the ground playing with little toy cars. Future Industries toy model cars. Asami kneeled down and looked at the boy.
"Do you like cars?" The boy looked at her and smiled. He took her hand and nodded. She couldn't help but smile back.
"Me too. I am around cars all the time." Korra was over to the side of the room, talking with a worker. Asami sat down next to the boy.
"What's your name?" He continued to push the car around.
"Hiroshi." Asami gasped. She took a few moments to compose herself and smiled at the boy. "Nice to meet you Hiroshi. My name is Asami." The boy stopped his movements and turned fully towards Asami.
"Are you going to be my new family? I haven't had one for a while…" the boy's voice was soft. Asami looked over at Korra, who was still talking with the worker.
"I would love to be your new family, but only if you want to be a part of it. I don't want to force you into anything you don't want to do." The boy looked at Asami with a fierce intensity. Suddenly, he flung his arms around her and squeezed her tight.
"I would love that…Mommy." She wrapped her arms as tight as she could around the boy. He released his grip and stood up. He reached up and grabbed Asami's hand. The pair turned to Korra with smiles on their faces. Korra turned towards the two with a look of bewilderment on her face.
"Did I miss something here?" Asami tugged Hiroshi's arm and the little boy nodded. He skipped toward Korra and hugged her leg, looking up at her with emerald green eyes.
"Hi Mama, my name is Hiroshi and Mommy said I could join your family! I promise to be the best son ever!" His goofy smile led to Korra's trademark lopsided grin. She crouched down and ruffled his hair.
"I hope you know how cool our family is." He laughed and wrapped his arms around her neck in a warm hug.
Korra smiled at the memory. Their son was full of energy and kept to his word of being the best son ever, but Korra was biased. Both women couldn't be happier with how things had turned out, yet they wanted to try something different.
"Are you sure this will even work?" Asami asked breathlessly. Korra looked deeply into her wife's eyes, smirking.
"It wouldn't hurt to try would it?" Asami closed her eyes and breathed in the scent of Korra, a sense of security and love washing over her. The warm feeling of Korra's body over hers made Asami feel whole. Korra was placing kisses all over Asami, eliciting soft mewls from the raven haired woman. Asami moved her arms and placed Korra's head in her heads. Soft emerald eyes met loving, ice blue eyes.
"Let's try it. Just don't destroy our bedroom please." Korra chuckled and placed a light kiss to Asami's lips.
"No guarantees Mrs. Sato." Korra proceeded to make tender love to Asami. Before Asami could climax, Korra slipped into the Avatar state. Asami yelped in surprise, but the pleasure coursing throughout her body made her forget what was happening. Her climax was the most powerful one she had ever experienced and it wasn't until a worried Korra's voice reached her ears that she regained her composure.
"Asami! Are you ok?" Asami's vision began to clear and she saw Korra looking down at her, concerned.
"Yeah, I am ok. That was just…wow." Asami slowly sat up. Korra continued to give her a worried look.
"Asami you were out for a good ten minutes…" Korra's voice was soft. Asami chuckled and kissed Korra.
"I am fine I promise. That felt amazing. Now stop worrying about me you silly Avatar and come cuddle with me." Korra sighed and kissed Asami on the forehead.
"I love you Asami." Asami smiled, a feeling of completeness washing over her.
"I love you too, Korra." Two weeks later, Asami had not been feeling like herself. The couple later found out that it was because Asami was pregnant. The child had been conceived using the Avatar state. Both women were ecstatic. Hiroshi was excited to be a big brother.
"What are you going to name her?" he excitedly asked his mommies.
"Well what do you think of the name Kairi?" Hiroshi bounced up and down.
"I love it Mama!" He ran over to where Asami was sitting on the couch and plopped down next to her. He put his hands on her stomach and leaned close to it.
"Do you hear that baby? My name is Hiroshi and your name is going to be Kairi. We have the best mommies in the world. I hope you are ready to find out how cool our family is." Both women smiled, their hearts full of love for the family that they had started.
Korra knocked on her son's door.
"Hiroshi, can I come in?" She received no response. She slowly opened the door and saw her son sitting at his desk. He was fervently working on a toy model car.
"What are you working on?" Korra walked over to the desk and observed her son. "It's a model car that Mom wanted me to try putting together. It is proving rather difficult." Korra was amazed at how smart their son was. Even though he was adopted, Asami's genius seemed to rub off on him more and more every day. For being only 11, he was already showing prowess in the area of engineering.
"Can you stop what you are doing for a second?" Hiroshi grunted and set his model down. Korra crossed her arms.
"You upset your sister," she said in a serious tone. Hiroshi groaned.
"Mama, she wouldn't stop chasing me around. I was trying to find a part for my model and she kept pestering me." Korra gave her son a stern look.
"That doesn't mean that you treat her that way Hiroshi. She is your sister and she loves playing with you. Now I know she can be annoying sometimes but she looks up to you." Hiroshi continued to stare at the ground, a pout on his lips. Korra sighed.
"Your mother and I grew up with no siblings. Now I can't speak for your mother, but I know I would have loved to of had a brother or a sister to play with. It got pretty lonely just me and Naga." Hiroshi looked up at her, a curious look in his eyes.
"I guess I didn't think of it that way." Korra gave him a small smile.
"Take 30 minutes out of your time to play with your sister. Then I promise you can come back to your room and work on your model ok?" Hiroshi nodded and leapt off his chair. He headed for his door but then turned back and gave Korra a hug.
"I'm sorry Mama, we have to keep up our title of coolest family huh?" Korra kissed him on the forehead.
"Yes we do indeed." The two heard a door open.
"Mommy is home!" Hiro quickly pulled away from Korra and rushed out of the room. Korra headed towards the commotion. Asami was standing by the front door with two very happy children clinging to her legs.
"How was work Mommy?" Hiroshi excitedly asked. Asami smiled at her son and picked up Kairi.
"It was tiring, but good." She gave Kairi a kiss.
"Did you two behave for your Mama?" Korra appeared and proceeded to give Asami a kiss.
"For the most part yes." Hiroshi tugged at Kairi's arm.
"Come on Kairi do you want to play hide and seek in the garden?" Kairi's eyes lit up and she hugged her brother.
"I get to hide first!" She sprinted outside and quickly disappeared. Hiroshi turned back to his mothers and smiled.
"I want to show you my car Mom, but I am going to keep my promise to Mama and play with Kairi ok?" Asami gave her son a reassuring smile.
"Ok sweetie I can't wait to see it." Hiroshi hurried outside to find his sister. Asami let a sigh escape her lips and set her bag on the counter.
"Is everything ok?" Korra asked her wife. Asami didn't look at Korra.
"The CEO of Cabbage Corp went missing this morning…" she trailed off. Korra frowned. This was the third CEO to go missing within two weeks. Something was brewing and it gave the almighty Avatar goosebumps.
"Still no clues? How could there not be a single lead to any of these CEO's going missing?" Asami plopped on the couch.
"I don't know, but it doesn't seem like it was just a one-time mistake." Asami pinched the bridge of her nose. Korra sat next to her wife and laid a hand on her leg.
"I will not let anything happen to you." Asami gave her a small smile.
"Is it weird that I am not even worried about me?" Korra frowned.
"What do you mean?" Asami gave her wife a light kiss.
"I can handle myself. You can handle yourself. What if they target Hiroshi and Kairi?" Korra could see the anguish in Asami's eyes.
"I WILL NOT let anything happen to our children. I will fight until my dying breath if someone so much as thinks about trying to hurt my children…my family." Asami chuckled
"I know. We will be fine." Asami placed a kiss to Korra's forehead and got up to make herself a cup of tea. Korra looked out to the garden and saw her children playing happily. Hiroshi was chasing Kairi and the little girl was giggling the whole time. Korra felt a genuine smile creep onto her face.
"I do not go a single day without thinking how blessed we are." Korra turned her head to her wife and cocked an eyebrow.
"That was…random." Asami took a sip of her tea.
"I guess with all the stuff that has been going on, I have taken a step back to appreciate the life that we have built for us, for our family." Korra saw her wife's eyes mist. She got up from the couch and wrapped her wife in a tight hug, kissing her on the temple.
"I could not ask for a better partner in life," she whispered into Asami's ear. The two women heard their children come running into the house.
"Mommy! Mama come look outside! The spirits are dancing in our garden!" An excited Kairi ran over to Asami and tugged her to the backyard garden. The family of four looked around their garden in awe. There were numerous dragonfly bunny spirits dancing around the Sato mansion, gleefully. Korra picked up Kairi and let her sit on her shoulders. Asami sat down in the garden with Hiroshi quickly settling in her lap.
"Why do you think they are doing this Mommy?" Asami looked over to Korra, who sported her lopsided grin and then back down at her son.
"I think it is because they know that we are all happy and so they are happy to be around us." Hiroshi gave his mom's hand a squeeze.
"It's because we are happy Mommy." Kairi hummed and patted Korra's head.
"Yeah we are! And we are the coolest family ever right Mama?" Korra chuckled.
"Yes we are sweetie and nobody can ever break that."
The CEO of Cabbage Corp was brutally thrown to the ground. His captors had him gagged and there was a burlap bag over his head. Once his hands were tied, his captors took the burlap bag off his head. His vision was blurry but he could make out three people. He tried to speak but his mouth was hampered by the gag.
"Good work gentlemen. I figured this one would pose more difficulty. You know what to do now." The low voice belonged to a man standing to the far side of the room. The CEO could not see him very well, but he was smart enough to know that that man was the leader of whoever these people were. He frantically looked at his surroundings, only to find that it looked like he was in a cement box. The room had no detail to it and it felt like the air was slowly being ripped from his lungs. His eyes widened as realized what was about to happen. With one swift move, one of the henchmen took a knife and slit the throat of the CEO of Cabbage Corp. His eyes widened in shock, unable to process what had happened. He knew that various CEO's of big name companies had been kidnapped in preceding weeks. He just never thought he would be a target. He now knew that this operation was something bigger than he ever imagined. Surprisingly, his last thought was of someone he had only met on a few occasions. His last thought was of the last remaining big name CEO in Republic City, Asami Sato of Future Industries.