Description: After Lin saved her family, they return to Replubic city. After landing in the city Kya is there to welcome Lin home, but also to tell everybody the big news...

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Edit: please, leave a comment after reading! I'm not that good in English (yet), and I really hope that by doing some fanfiction, it will improve. Also I want to hear what you thought of the story of cores ;).

It took them a while to fly back - Juicy didn't felt the urge to go faster than slow - and Lin was even willing to go walking by her own if it wasn't for her sister, who just sad besides her and snuggled close to her side. Her grey hair fell over her face, but Lin could feel she fell asleep. Almost half an hour after they escaped Kuvira and her man she was of the world, Bataar didn't even had the courage to sad beside his wif when she was with Lin, and Lin was excually fine with that. Bataar senior, who was sitting on the other side of the bison's basket, was definitely not used to an adventure. He grabbed the basket as if it was the only thing that could keep him alive, and his face varied in colours. Lin wanted to trhow him out of the basket a long time now, just to watch him scream in pure fair, but her sister would never forgive Lin if she did that.

He is such a nitwit, how did Suyin happen to marry hím?

After a few hours of flight, the Bison dropped them all of at the square in front of the police station. Suyin woke up, hugged Lin in a fast movement, and jumped of the Bison. Suyin knew Lin didn't liked all the hugging and kissing, but she also knew she just hád to hug her sister as a thanks for everything, and Lin adored that (just a little, though she wouldn't admit it out loud).

Zhu Li already disappeared to the factory where Asami and Varrick worked on… Well, something. Lin didn't know what kind of murderous weapon or tech they were building, at that time she had something else on her mind. Bolin walked around in circles, looking for his friends and pet. Lin's family where just standing all in a huge circle of chatter and laughter. Bumi, who followed them through the air since Juicy flew over Airtemple Island, started a conversation with Suyin and her husband. He must have known Lin didn't wanted to talk, because he didn't make any movements towards her.

Why were all these people taking her into count?

'Lin!' Lin's ears popped, a clear voice hit her in the face and Lin felt the urge to ran towards it. Kya ran towards Lin and wrapped her arms around Lin's waist, pushing her close to her chest and buying her face in the crouch of her neck. 'You're safe, thanks the spirits!' She exhaled, her breath tickling Lin's cold skin.

Lin didn't move, nor did she respond to the affection of Kya. She stood there, overwhelmed by the fact that there was someone where she could come back to, who was waiting for her return. She hadn't thought about it earlier, but she never wanted to leave the city, because there was nowhere to return to. But her family was in trouble and needed her, she couldn't have stayed in the city, not with their lives on stake.

Kya moved back, not surprised by the fact that Lin didn't hugged her back, and looked at Lin's face. She studied it for a while while the rest of the company were chatting with each other and – Lin wouldn't admit it – looking sideways at Kya and Lin. 'You look… Well, better. What happened?' Her turquoise eyes rested on Lin's, and she felt a bit of unease creeping in.

'Well…' She started, but she never gave herself the chance to finish her sentence. She wanted to tell Kya everything, wanted to tell her that she found her mom, how she made a fight out of nothing with that old blind bitch, how they both saved Suyin and her family – with the help of Bolin who, in fact, helped – and how they found out that Kuvira was building on a superweapon that was even worse than they had originally thought it would be.

The thing was; she couldn't. She could not talk with Kya in ease with everyone around, couldn't show her her sorrow and grieve, or show any weakness at all. She was head of police, standing in front of the police building with the statue of her mother, with her family and the few friends she had around her. Even a few her man were standing around the group, standing bye if Lin wanted something of them. How could she ever tell how happy she was to see Kya, how empty and defeated she fled after seeing the damage Kuvira weapon could cause?

'So-' Kya urged. 'How did it go?'

'Good.' Lin said, nodding. Her shoulders tensed a bit, only Kya would probably have seen it, and she felt how tiered she was after the escape and the long, cold flight back to Republic city. 'I'm just-' what? Empty, lonely, sad, furious, terrified? 'tired.'

Kya only smiled a wide smile, white teeth and eyes full of warmth. She reached out to her shoulder and grabbed it with one hand. 'Let's go home soon, 'kay?'

Lin nodded, glad Kya understood she didn't want to talk here, and glad Kya gave her the opportunity to talk later, when they were alone. She always seemed to understand what Lin was going through, even though she sometimes didn't.

Suyin, who was talking to Bumi earlier (who, in his turn, tried to hit on her, even though she was married and already had a bunch of children), joined the two women. She didn't pay a lot of attention to Kya when she grabbed Lin's other shoulder, smiling just as wide as Kya did. The smile didn't reach her eyes, she probably was to tiered for that, but she did look happy and – above all – free. 'Thanks for everything, Lin. I really appreciate that you and Opal tried to free us. Without you…' She shook her head. 'I just can't think about that option with them involved.' She look over her left shoulder towards her family, all glad they were walking free in daylight again. A shine hitted her eyes for a short time, and Lin felt a bit of greave. She also wanted to have a family like that, but then again, now she had. Still, it didn't felt that way. Maybe it needed some time, and she felt like she could give her old wounds some them to heal. After all, she had Kya now. Lin didn't started from the bottom and, more imported, she didn't started alone.

'Don't.' Lin shook her head, then smiled a little back at her younger sister. 'We hate each other, remember?' She was a little bit rusty when it came to joking, but she saw in Suyins eyes that it worked out as she hoped.

Suyin chuckled, then rolled her eyes. 'Well, I will hate you more if I think about what could happen to my big 'sis if she was caught.'

Lin's shoulders tensed again by the nickname and she looked her, her eyes spitting fire and steam circling out of her ears. Suyin only smiled even wither at her reaction, but she did let go of her shoulder. Somehow she had that much respect of her sisters personal issues, and Lin appreciated that, especially when she taught how they could have ended up if Lin wasn't willing to forget her back in Zhao Fu…

'Wait.' Kya, who stayed quiet while the Beifong sisters were talking, and threw her hands in the air. 'Stop right there.' Her eyes began to scanning Suyin, and Lin could see from the expression of Suyin that she didn't liked that the fact someone hold back at her.

Suyin looked over at her, raising an eyebrow. She didn't seemed to remember Kya, but who could blame her for that after… What would it be, thirty years? Twenty years of living in Zhao Fu and ten years of Kya being on a journey with some water-tribe hippies. Kya didn't looked that young anymore, after all. Her chocolate brown hair had turned grey and even thought she still had the same hairdo, it didn't looked the same. Her muscles had grown because of the training sessions she did with Lin in the metalbend academy and, above all, because of the things they had been through the last years. Also the events that happened and were currently happening made her look somehow older than she was, but Lin still thought she was more beautiful than everyone around them.

She loved the fact that her hair was so white it looked silver, that she got some wrinkles on her face Lin could easily tease her with, that she got more sensitive all over her body the older she became and - on top of that - that her wisdom grew with the years and she sometimes even outsmarted Lin and her sysmatic senses.

'Suyin, do you remember me?' Asked Kya, looking Suyin right in the eye and pointing both her fingers at her own head. She seemed somehow hurt by the fact Suyin ignored her earlier in the conversation, what Lin could understand.

'Uh-' Suyin looked over to Lin's side, knowing she should, but she didn't. 'Well…'

'Kya.' Kya grumbled, more than a little bit annoyed by the fact that a person could forget someone that pretty and awesome (at least, Lin thought Kya would think something like that).

'Kya!' Overwhelmed by the remembrance of Kya, Suyin wrapped her arms around Kya. 'Sorry girl, but I do now!' She did a step backwards to look at her, from top to toe. 'You've changed.'

'Well, would be weird if I didn't 'ay?' Kya grinned. But the hug made a lot to be forgotten, and she seemed open for a conversation with Suyin. 'Where are you staying, since you can't go back to Zhao Fu?' She asked.

'Well-' Suyin shrugged her shoulder '-Probably at the metalbending academy or something, I don't know.' She looked at Lin.

'If it helps, you can also stay at air temple island?' Kya interfered. 'You are family of us now, after all?'

Lin panicked. She felt her heart fell to her feet, her blood thickened, drained out of her face and limbs. She just stood there, again, in shock. She tried the make a sound, but it turned out to be became a desperate 'Aaaahg'.

How could she!?

'What…' Suyin stared at Lin, then grinned. 'You are going to get married!? With Tenzins brother? Girl, you know where to find them, don't you?' Suyin elbowed the pale-to-death-and-deeply-in-shock earthbender, and started laughing out loud.

'No, please, Suyin.' Lin backed, terrified by the fact that her sister was wrong and - even more terrified by the fact - that she had to tell her with who she actually was going to marry. 'Don't do this.'

'You're going to get married and I may not be happy for you?' Suyin rolled her eyes. 'Sure, whatever. Kids!' She beckoned her children and her husband towards the group of woman. Off cores everyone heard the conversation (you hear what you want to hear, don't you?) and not only Suyins family joined, but soon after that Bolin, Bumi and a few of lin's workers were standing a few inches closer.

'Bumi, I didn't even know you were dating Lin.' Suyin said. She truly seemed happy by the fact Lin was going to marry someone and would start her own family, even if it was at an old age.

Well, Lin thought, you'd be surprised…

'Me neither!' Bumi laughed, hitting Lin on the back. Lin growled. Bumi always had been though when it came to physical contact, and the slap on her back did hurt her muscles and skin more than she would have admitted. 'But I've wanted to for a long time, to be truthful.' He raised his eyebrows towards Lin and smiled his (not that) sexy smile, whistling between his teeth.

'You wish!' Kya laughed, pushing Bumi away from Lin. Lin grimaced, she was somehow touched by the fact that Kya wanted to create some space between her and Bumi, but she still couldn't afford a whole smile at the moment.

Lin felt the urge to burry herself deep into the earth, push herself of the ground with her earthbending or use her cables to raise herself out of this mess, but she knew that when she did, she only made it worse. And, after all, Kya and Lin had decided they couldn't keep their relationship a secret any longer.

That this conversation would come this quickly and unprepared, that she didn't expect.

'Then what? Did you kill Pema or something?' The idea of Lin killing Pema to get her ex-boyfriend back, made Lin angry.

'What? No!' Lin, shocked by the fact that her sister thought - for one second - that Lin was capable of that, shouted 'Never!'

'In fact, Tenzin and Pema are doing fine together. The kids are doing great to.' Kya said, grinning even more. She was so in her element.

Suyin didn't seem to understand, but Lin heard the twins shoot into a hysterical laughter. 'Y-You… Aaaah!' Screamed the left one (she couldn't differentiate the two of them).

'That-' the other twin-boy said, who calmed down a little bit. 'That's gonna make mom máááád bro.'

Lin didn't expect Suyin to take it light, but she didn't expect her to be so mad either. Unease creped in and Lin felt the urge again to burry herself deep down below and never come out again.

Kya found it about time to spit it out, and said 'Well, I hope you don't mind but…' She stepped forward and stood beside Lin. She wrapped an arm around her waist, holding her close to her side and looking at the still pale face of her fiancé 'I'm the lucky one. Sorry Bumi.'

Lin didn't knew how to react, but she didn't wanted to let Kya feel unloved, so she reached her arm out and placed a hand between Kya's shoulder blades. She couldn't really look at Kya, she couldn't make it more personal than it already was. Her barriers always seemed to break down by the touch of the senior waterbender.

Bumi shrugged his shoulders. 'Don't mind me, enough fish in the-' his eyes grew big 'WHAT!' His cheek dropped and Lin heard a sound, equally to a fish on dry land, when Bumi tried to speak. For the first time in forever, Lin caught Bumi out of words and out of breath.

Silence took over and the howl company looked at Lin and Kya, all with different expressions. Bolin was the only one who didn't seemed surprised, but totally at ease. He looked around, probably for Mako, Asami or Korra. The twins were laughing again, hitting their mother on her back. Suyin's husband took the hand of his wife, because she really needed something to hold on to. Her skin was even more pale than normal, and her eyes were filled with disbelief. If no one would had taken her hand, she definitely would have fallen to the ground, according to the fact that she was trembling. It could be because she was tired as hell and in shock, or because she was tired and mad as hell. Lin hoped it was the first option.

And then there's Bumi, who decided to sit on the tiles of the square, to baffled to stand on two feed. He said, after taking a few long breathes 'Well, no one had seen that coming… You never seem to surprise us, Beifong.'

'Can we go home now?' Lin whispered to Kya, the silence was stretching painfully long after Bumi fell still.

'Nha, just a few more seconds.' A huge smile spread over her face and she looked at the group of baffled people around them. Kya seemed totally amused and relaxed. Her arm still hung around Lin's waist, her fingers tapping on the metal armour Lin wore. 'This is even better than I expected!'

'Kya, you're insane! We could have just… I don't know.' Lin exhaled, than grumbled loudly.

'Well, they don't forget it how the first female marriage began!' Kya laughed hard and then, in a swift movement, she kissed Lin on her scars and let a kiss fell in her neck. She grabbed Lin's hand and started to walk towards their apartment. 'Come, let's make you some 'Welcome home'-dinner. You'll seem to need that, sunshine.'

'Well, I need a lot more than that.' Lin hissed at Kya.

'You mean sex?' Kya grinned.

Lin was furious Kya said that out loud, while most of her family and friends were within hearing distance. She began to shout 'What? No! Shut up! You're so-'

'-I know, I have some gin ready, don't worry.' Kya interrupted. She twirled around wrapped her arms once more around the earth bender, tangled her fingers into her dark grey hair and leant forward. In a split of a second, Lin found herself intensely kissing Kya, her hands on her sides, teasing Kya, knowing how sensitive she was there. When Kya broke the kiss she whispered 'Maybe a little bit of sex?'

'if dinners' good.' Lin whispered back, totally forgotten about the howl conversation.

Man, that woman knows how to kiss

Yay, that was my first Kyalin story ever! Hope you enjoyed reading!

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