Chapter Eleven: Return Home with a Piece of My Heart
Kai looked at Korra in shock. "What did you say?" he asked almost wanting to grasp her shoulders.
Korra took a deep breath and explained "I release you. Your no longer my poisoner, Go home its where your needed"
Kai was both relieved but slitty saddened that Korra would just let him go like that
"You mean I'm free?" he asked.
Korra with a crack in her throat said "yes"
Kai grasped her hand with small tears falling from his eyes, Stammering his thanks. "Thank you so much, Hold on mom I'm on my way"
He was about to leave when he realised he was still holding the mirror. He came back to give it back to Korra but instead she let him keep it.
"Take it with you. So you'll always have a way to look back and remember me" Korra said placing her hand on Kai's face.
Kai looked at the mirror not wanting to leave but he had to.
Blinking back tears he thanked Korra "Thank you for understanding how mush she needs me. And Korra I'll never forget you. Never"
Kai was about to walk away when ran back and embraced Korra in his arms for one last time. Korra tried to hold it back but a few tears still escaped her eyes. He then let her go and kissed her on the cheek, Then hurried from the room.
Korra stood there watching him leave, angry at herself for not telling him how she felt. She touched her cheek where Kai had kissed her, for some reason the feeling felt familiar as tho she felt it before. Then she thought to that day when she was small. That boy who gave her the rose, It was Kai along. The love she thought she lost long ago. And now she's lost it again. Bolin and Mako entered Korra's chamber with smile's on there faces.
"Well done Korra, That went just swimmingly" Mako said with triumph,
Bolin with a sly smile said "I knew you had it in you".
Korra covered her face in shame saying "I let him go. Why now did I realise that boy was him? WHY" she shouted in sadness.
Mako was completely shocked by this "you…. what? How could you do that?" Mako said in great disbelief.
"I had to" Korra said almost lazily,
Bolin staggered back trying to figure out why she would do such a thing "Yes but…. Why Korra?".
Korra answered with a small sob "Because he shown me that true strength comes from the heart. And because I love him. And he doesn't even know" Korra cried thinking that he never will.
"SHE DID WHAT?" everyone yelled when Mako told them what happened.
Bolin was whimpering in the corner and Lin did her best to comfort him. Jinora, Meelo and Ikkie were huddling together, Mako knelt down to them and they group hugged
"I'm afraid it's true kids" Mako said sadly.
Ikkie was most effected by this "But he can't leave, he can't be going away not now" She said her voice breaking.
"I just can't believe it, I mean she was so close" Izlee said with great dismay.
Tenzin rubbed his head with his wife and baby son by his side "After all this time, She's finally learned to love and has learned true strength" he said in a saddened realisation.
Asamis face brightened with this "That's it then, Wouldn't that be enough to break the spell" She said hopefully,
Pama shock her head then reminded Asami "It's not enough she has to earn his love in return" which put the smile off Asamis face.
Lin decided to sate of obvious "Now it's to late, The lotus is almost gone" they all hung there heads in sadness but they didn't even knottiest the three Air bending lemurs sneaking away.
Kai saddled up Comet and rod as fast as he could out of the front gate, As he left the Ice Palace he heard a load echo of a roar of sadness coming from the Palace tower. He knew it was her crying for him and hearing her in so much pain tore his heart in two. He then looked back and sour a figure flying on to the towers and roaring at the moon, He looked away and let the tears fall. While he rod through the spirit forest he thought about that moment he kissed Korra on the cheek. It felt like same time when he kissed that girl when he was a boy when it made his heart race and feel embracing.
"Could that girl have been Korra?" he thought.
But there was no time to think about it he to find Mai. It didn't take long for him to reach the end of the forest mainly because the spirits didn't give him any trouble. He called out for Mai all time he was out there until found her unconscious in the snow, He ran over to her place her and himself on Comets back then rod back to the village.
When they reached the farm house Kai quickly brought Mai inside, Covered her in blankets and got a fire going with his heat vision. Unaware to him they was someone watching him from the barn. Jet was still camping out following Azulas orders
"Their back" Jet whispered then hurried off to get Azula and Amon.