Chapter 2-Friends vs. More than Friends

Korra and Natsu proceeded to walk through Republic City to head somewhere to get something to eat. As they walked through the streets, they decided to get to know one another.

"So, what exactly are your abilities, Natsu?" Korra asked.

"I possess a type of Lost Magic called Fire Dragon Slayer magic." Natsu answered "I can breathe fire and create fire from any part of my body while being completely immune to fire and being able to eat any fire except my own to obtain power."

"Were you born with this ability?" Korra continued asking.

"I learned from my father Igneel." Natsu continued answering "He's a fire dragon."

"Your father is a dragon?" Korra continued asking looking puzzled.

"Yeah, he taught me a lot of things." Natsu continued answering "So, how do you have the ability have power over four different elements?"

"I was born with these powers." Korra answered back "The Avatar follows through a reincarnation cycle where a new Avatar is born when the current Avatar passes away."

"So, who do you know in this city?" Natsu continued asking.

"I brought a picture of my friends for you to look at." Korra continued answering as she took the picture out of her pocket and showed it to Natsu "These are my friends. They're names are Asami, Bolin, and Mako."

"Why are you holding hands with Mako in this photo?" Natsu continued asking "Is he your boyfriend?"

"Actually, he's now my ex-boyfriend." Korra continued answering.

"I'm sorry about that." Natsu commented awkwardly.

"No, that's okay." Korra replied in a somewhat sarcastic tone "Mako just got back together with Asami, who he dated before me. And…we're all very happy."

"You know, where I'm from, I'm in my own team and we go on jobs together." Natsu mentioned.

"What are the names of the wizards in your team?" Korra asked.

"They're names are Lucy, Gray, Erza, and my trusted exceed friend Happy." Natsu answered.

"Tell me about them." Korra requested.

"First of all, there's Lucy." Natsu explained "She's a celestial wizard, meaning she can summon spirits from the celestial world to fight for her. Man, I've accompanied her on pretty much every job she's been on."

"What? Are you her boyfriend or something?" Korra curiously asked.

"What?" Natsu nervously asked back as he begun to stutter "I…Why…Where would you get that idea?"

"I'm guessing that since you two have spent a very long amount of time together, you must be in a romantic relationship." Korra explained.

"No, she's not my girlfriend. I—I don't have a girlfriend." Natsu replied still sounding nervous but that tone quickly dissolved "Besides, my exceed Happy and I are always noticing how Lucy still doesn't have a boyfriend."

"Why would Lucy need to search for a boyfriend when she already has an attractive guy right in her grasp?" Korra asked.

"Who are you referring to?" Natsu asked back.

"I'm referring to you, dumbass." Korra replied.

Natsu and Korra stopping talking a for a few seconds, because Natsu suddenly felt suspicious.

"Are you saying you find me attractive?" Natsu asked as he made a smirking look.

"I—I didn't say that." Korra answered.

"You kind of did." Natsu commented.

"Alright, I admit it." Korra replied "I think you're seriously hot. Are we done here?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Natsu replied back.

"Hold on a minute." Korra said with a smirking look on her face "I have a question for you. Do you find me attractive?"

Natsu was silent for a moment because he wasn't sure what to say to Korra's question.

"Well, you're certainly pleasant to be around." Natsu commented.

"No, my personality does not go into factor in this question." Korra replied "This is strictly physical. Do I look attractive?"

"I…guess you do." Natsu replied back.

"Thank you, Natsu." Korra replied back "But you know it's going to feel awkward around you knowing you like me."

"Come on, are we seriously talking about this now?" Natsu asked.

"You're the one who brought it up, fireball." Korra responded.

"First of all, I'm not called fireball." Natsu replied "That name goes to my Edolas counterpart. I'm actually called Salamander. Second of all, I don't have an intention to date you."

"But you certainly want to, don't you?" Korra asked in a smirking expression on her face.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Natsu complained as he raised his voice slightly "Do you play these kinds of games all the time?"

"Listen, can you please just calm down?" Korra requested.

Natsu and Korra were silent and stopped walking to turn and face each other for the next few seconds before resuming their conversation.

"Alright, there's one thing I believe we should settle before we head onward." Korra suggested "I would like you to kiss me."

"What?" Natsu asked in a shocked tone.

"Look, if we find each other attractive in some kind of way, it's better to get it off our chest right now." Korra explained.

"Alright, I'll kiss you if you want." Natsu reluctantly agreed.

Natsu then gave Korra a short kiss which only lasted a second before he moved back.

"What was that?" Korra complained.

"I kissed you like you requested." Natsu replied.

"Oh, please. That's not a real kiss." Korra replied back "This is."

Korra then put her arms around Natsu and kissed him on the lips. Korra continuously kissed Natsu slowly but intensely which lasted a short moment. When Korra took her lips of Natsu's lips, they were silent for a short moment before they resumed talking.

"What was that for?" Natsu asked.

"That was good for me." Korra answered as she patted Natsu's shoulder.

Korra walked onward, but Natsu stayed silent for a short moment to touch his lips feeling curious as to why Korra would have the intention of kissing him.

"Salamander, if that's what you prefer to be called, come on, I'm pretty sure we're really hungry!" Korra shouted "You want to eat, don't you?"

Natsu caught up with Korra and they continued walking onward to one of the Republic City restaurants to get something to eat.