Chapter 10

KORRA POV

I saw it coming. As soon as he got ready his attack I saw it. I knew I was gonna die so I did the only thing I could do at that moment. I closed my eyes and hoped at a quick painless death. And a few moments later I knew it, I had died. I opened my eyes and saw a whole new world. I wandered around the ground, I had no idea where I was. "Hello Korra" I looked around and saw a man standing a few feet from me. He was blue, weird. "Uh, hi." The man came closer and I recognized him, he was the man from the large statue at Aang's Memorial Island, and that meant that the man was Avatar Aang himself. I bowed him as deeply as I could. "No need to do that Korra. You are me after all" "What do you mean? And by the way that sounded very weird." He smiled at me and explained that I was indeed the Avatar and that he was a past life of me. "So, just to make sure I understand. You are me and I am you. We are both the Avatar only I was born after you died." "Correct. Do you have any questions left before you return?" "No not really… Wait, what do you mean by return? I am dead!" "Yes, you indeed died. But we want to give you a fair opportunity to become a full realized Avatar just like the rest of us." "So what you're basically saying is you're not done with me yet and you want to send me back to that crappy place to become some kind of hero." Aang held out his hand and I took it. "You're smart Korra. You understand exactly what we mean. I wish you all the best and I will see you soon. Be careful and things might not be as they seem to be." He vanished. Gone. Forever? I did not know and I had no time to think about what just happened because I was back in the ring. Zhànshì was standing a few feet from me with his back towards me and I saw my change. I had to win this thing. And so I did. I made the biggest wave I had ever made and directed every single drop towards him. He flew out of the ring and I had won. I finally had my spot in the triad.

MAKO POV

Somebody please explain this to me?! One moment I thought the girl I loved had died. Wait, what? Loved? But that's not the point right now. The point is that Korra resurrected from the dead. She fucking died and now she was alive again! How was that even possible?! I had so many questions right now, too many in fact. And I actually did not give a single damn thing about all of these questions. She was alive, she had won, she was gonna be fine. And that meant that I was gonna be fine as well. At least if she can forgive me for lying to her. One way to find out right?! I walked out the room and headed towards the stage. The winners were already lined up, staring straight forward. The fire bender was a boy barely sixteen. But his fire power was not to mess with and if he kept practising he might become one of the elite fire benders who were just below me in rank. The earth bender reminded me of Bolin, he was just as bulky yet he had a sweet gleam in his eyes. I would guess him around my age. And there were Asami and Korra, no need to explain why they had won or how they looked like. They were fierce and there was no doubt that they were the best in their category. I saw Tahno walking on stage, he grabbed a microphone and started announcing me. "Before the big man himself will join me on the stage there is something you all should know. He is mighty, powerful, passionate, a fire bender who you should not mess with. He was the apprentice of Lightning Bolt Zolt and the leader of the Triple Triads. I present you Mako" His speech made me smile and I started walking the stairs towards the stage. I was welcomed with a big applause and I waved and thanked them. Tahno handed me the microphone and I looked at the winners. They looked at me with awe, except Korra and Asami. They had shocked faces and Korra looked like she was about to cry. "Winners, congratulations. You will all be rewarded with a place amongst my men in the triad and I will all see you in two days" I gave the microphone back to Tahno and walked towards the winners. I explained that they will get a map leading to the triad headquarters from Tahno and that I expect them to be there on Monday. I noticed Korra avoided my gaze. Tahno joined us and as soon as Korra got her map she ran away, Asami ran after her. I was gonna follow her as well but Bolin grabbed my shoulder and said that she probably needed some time alone. I could understand that, so I let her go.