AN: I rewatched the series and the hardest part about this installment was the Mako problem. It's really hard not to dislike him but as a friend of Korra he doesn't deserve that. This is a part of bringing that to a peaceful mediation. More Iroh next time to make up for this lack.

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"And that's enough for today everyone! If you go back down to the pier there will be a ferry to escort you back to Republic City." Korra wiped the sweat from her forehead as the five people in front of her fell to the mats in even worse condition.

"Avatar Korra are you certain that-"

"Not really you're call to make. C'mon Korra, I'm here to save you from the perils of hard work and sweat." It was one of the greatest reliefs in the past few months that she and Asami weren't normal together- they were even better. The well-dressed arm hooked into hers as they hurried past the doors before another pro-bender could complain about their maltreatment.

They were here for how she would help them. Everything Amon did worked because he had fear and managed to block their heart chakras. Korra could fix them but that wouldn't change anything. They should be able to fix themselves. (She was proven right a few weeks back when a little firebending boy got his flames back. He lit the candles on his own birthday cake).

"You know Asami with a little help we could probably open all your chakras, too." Asami shook her head.

"We've been over this, Korra. There is nothing wrong with being a non-bender. In fact the whole theory you're working with came from non-benders." Korra shrugged and untangled herself near the window. The breeze felt good after the workout.

"Avatar Aang thought that if he released Ty Lee's bending that she would be a bender. She didn't agree. But we'll never know now."

"She knew herself and that she wasn't a bender." They'd had this conversation before and they hit on only the important points with each reiteration.

"But benders change. Azula changed so incredibly that they thought it was spirits." Azula had never set foot in Republic City. She was also still alive and most over the age of thirty still shivered at her name.

"So says the Water Tribe Avatar, your chakra is naturally meant to forget the past." Water Chakra, something none of the hard headed benders seemed to lack. They could forget their shortcomings all too easily.

"I'm not just a one trick chakra kind of girl." As usual they'd come to the end of the discussion with neither winning.

"No, and Mako was your heart chakra."

Korra felt herself seize up and go into a cold shiver. They had never actually talked about the Mako thing but if Asami thought it was like that, then Korra really couldn't do anything to fix their friendship.

"Asami, I…"

"I heard that you had something for him and I wanted to hate you for it. But then nothing happened between you two and I read something in the journal General Iroh told me to give you." Asami pulled a green bound book out of her pocket with fading pages that smelled like charcoal.

"I read that the nature of the Avatar and the Heart Chakra is to give it up. You never meant for it to happen, did you Korra?"

Korra wanted to admit that yeah, she did still have that crush on Mako. The problem was that he was just among a group of people now and that so many people came into her life that his needs just didn't seem as vibrant as before. There were more than two people willing to take a walk with her now.

"I'm still sorry, Asami. I'm part of the reason you two didn't work out either. But if you don't mind me asking, why are you still sponsoring the team?" A real smile broke out on the heiresses face as she toss the journal over and made to leave. Before exiting the door she slapped Korra on the ass.

"Just because I'm not dating either of them doesn't mean looking is out of the question, is it?"

Korra whooped with laughter that echoed around the temple.