Wiping your brow, as you dip your rag back into the bucket of water. Then go back as you clean the floors of the hallways on the island. After finding out that the others would be staying here, by Korra and your father. You got up really early just, it was not even dusk yet. To clean the place for them.

You where excited on having them here, though felt bad about what Asami was going through. Having to find her father apart of Amon's group. Losing the only family she had left in her life. You could understand that feeling well, thinking back to your cousin.

Stopping you from cleaning, as you stare in space. Just thinking about it. From what you found out from Korra she was injured from her fight with Asami's father and the other Equalist. In one of the hospitals, in the city. Your grip on the cloth tightens, the thought of her fallen like that was not something you could not imagine in your eyes.

But also, you missed her greatly. The only family you know and have. It was the distance she put with you both that made you feel, like you had lost the only family you had in your life. Though Tezin and his family are your own. They just where not your real family by blood. Only by friendship.

Thinking how you should have been there, you could be able to help protect your cousin. But what could you do. Korra told you to go back home, and stay there. Like always, sending you away. Out of danger. The others could protect themselves, but when it came to you. What could you do, but just stand there and get in the way.

Your grip on the cloth gets tighter and tighter, as you knuckle grow white, and start to burn. Your nails started to scrap on the the wooden floor, the anger inside you started to slowly build up, that it started to effect your surrounding. Besides getting heated up inside, around it did as well. Heat waves started to form around you, go all along the hallway. Stuff started to melt and started to burn.

Closing your eyes, as you tighten them shut. Adding pressure to your teeth. Holding back your tears of disappointment, for all that you have failed to do for yourself and others.

Though you tired to keep the tears at bay, they started to slowly seep through their shut seal. The heat started to rise up more and more.

Naga who was sleeping with Korra, thanks to her sense of smell. Woke up, knowing something wasn't right, she quickly starts to nudge her master awake. Korra slowly starts to come to, rubbing her eyes.

"What is it girl?"she asked her, Naga looks passed her. Korra does the same, looking with her sleepy eyes in the direction of her friend.

Tears ran down your face, as they sizzled once they hit your skin. Just as you where about to wipe them away.

"Kas-Whoa!"Korra calls out to you. Surprised by the heat emitting from you, as well the heat wave she was sure she saw. Not caring she goes over to her best friend. Placing and hand on her, only to bring it back as it sizzled just from a simple touch on her friend's shoulder.

She looks at you, with wide confused eyes. She wasn't sure what was going on now. How you had all of a sudden been able to emit this heat. But she quickly pushed that in the back of her mind, when she heard you crying.

"Kashi!"she slightly yells to you, which snapped you out of the state you where in. Causing all the heat to go away. Though still leaving a trace of the damaged it had caused.

Turning you look up and see the Avatar. Korra looks down at you, you saw the look in her eye, which she quickly got rid of, once she saw how you looked.

Her eyes soften with compassion in them, getting down to your level. Placing two hands on your shoulder.

"Kashi, whats wrong?"she asks you.

Using the back of your wrist to wipe away your tears"I-It's nothing."you lie to her, then give her one of your smiles. You slightly bow your head to her"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you."

Korra didn't believe you for one second."Kashi...you can tell me. Whats wrong?"she asked you in a lower voice, just like Mako.

Not wanting to seem weak to her, you quickly change back to the happy Kashi. That everyone knows"It's nothing, I promise. Just got something in my eye. From all this cleaning."you them try to laugh it off."Nothing to worry about. Ok."

Korra looks at you, she had so many question right now in her head. About what she walked in on, with you. The room, all heated up. But she didn't press matter anymore. Seeing you would try to avoid it with her. She gives you a reassuring smile.

"Ok."Korra tells you, getting back up. She turns and leaves you.

You watch her leave, once she was gone. Your eyes drop with regret not being able to Korra about how you really felt. You go back to doing the floors only find the cloth was dried up as well extremely dried out and burnt. Looking into the bucket that was once filled with water, it was all gone. And the bucket smelled of burnt wood.

The next day the others where arriving, though you where not on the island, instead you wanted to go see Lin.

Making her a nice dessert, as a get well gift. It sat by you while you rode on Kida to the city. Once there at the hospital where she stayed. You get off, and make your way inside.

Going to the desk you ask the nurse behind the desk where Lin was. She asked your relation with her, about to say cousin you stop yourself. Thinking how Lin told you, after she left with Tezin. That you and her were not family anymore. So you just say a fan, the nurse sent you on your way.

Holding the her gift which you wrapped up nicely in a emerald green silk handkerchief, with silver embedded edges. All this was handmade by you, keeping your eyes darting back and fourth for the room number that she would be in.

Finally finding it, you stand infront of the closed door. Gripping Lin's gift close to you, as you swallow hard. Slowly reaching for the knob to open it.

Back on the island, Korra and the children welcome Asami, Mako, Bolin and Pabu to the island. Looking around they noticed you not with them.

"Where's Kashi?"Mako asked before Bolin could.

"She left the island for something"Janora tells them.

Leaving it at all, they give them all the tour of the island. Once that was done, Tezin informed Korra about Tarrlok and the new head chief police. Feeling they should be there.

Back with you, now in Lin's room. Standing as you look at her, she was not awake which was good. But just seeing her like this, it was just not right. This was not the Lin you knew.

Your impulse was to cry and hug her dearly. Asking her why she left you alone, abandoned you. How you missed her, and wanted her to come and be better like before. How much you loved her dearly, and that you where so sorry beyond words on how you are. That you would do anything to make things better.

But all you could was just look at her, though your hand had a mind of its own, as it slowly started to inch its way to Lin. Till you saw it, stopping it just inches from her cheek. Bring it back, you place her gift on the desk next to her. Not wanting to stay any longer without breaking down in tears of either regret, sadness or love. You quickly leave.

After having a talk with Tarrlok about how he is lying to everyone and that there are other methods with this new Chief of Police. Heading back to the island, Korra talks to Tezin about how she has yet to airbend, Tezin gives her some advice about her past lives.

Korra listens to it, she then brings you up. Telling him, how she found you earlier this morning, about how hot it got in the hallway you where in. Hearing this, Tezin grip tightens on the reigns of the Bison.

Korra saw his reaction"Tezin...?"

Sighing to himself, Korra could tell he knew something about that episode with you this early morning. She just had to get it out of him.

The dead silence stayed for along time"Tezin...Is everything alright with Kashi?" Korra asked him.

Tezin stayed silent"...Please tell me Tezin, I'm really worried about Kashi."

Hearing those words about his eldest daughter, he slowly started to tell her.

"...What you saw and felt Korra...was Kashi's bending art."Tezin tells her, this came to a shock to Korra.

"Bending? She can bend?"

"In a way, yes"

"What is it that she can bend?"Korra inches closer to him, now fully interested in what he had to tell him about her best friend.

"Kashi's bending element is fire."Tezin confesses to her.

"Fire?! But she's an airbending right? I mean she is your daughter." Korra reassures him, with a slight chuckle. But Tezin did not laugh at all. She looks at him. She was sure she saw his eyes water up, but he holds it inside.

"Kashi is my adopted daughter. Not mine's by blood, she related to Lin. She is Lin's cousin."

"Lin's cousin?!... But how, Lin is an earthbender."

"Yes, I know...so is Kashi though through blood, she is also a firebender as well. On her grandmother's side. You see Lin's mother Toph also had an older sister name Avani, who was also half earthbender and firebender. Her mother was the firebender. Avani married a firebender, and they had children, and their children had children. I grew up Avani's children, as well her grandkids as they got older. Kashi was born to Avani's second child. Though he and his wife did not live long, Kashi's bending was noticeable the day she was born which caused the end of her family. My mother was there when it happen, and so was I. Seeing that Lin was all she had left, since we could not find the others, my mother gave her to Lin. Kashi lived in the city till she was four, her bending was hard to control, and Lin not knowing how to deal with it. Sent her to live me, feeling she had no right to rise her at all. And since then Kashi has stayed with my family."

Korra did not have any words but a few"What type of bending was it that caused her to loose her family."

"...As I said Kashi is a firebender, but just like her grandmother, she firebends, by heating things up from inside out, as well around her, which I must is something not even her grandmother could do. Kashi's bending is a dangerous type of firebending, that is why I let learn airbending moves to help calm her. Her bending comes out through her emotions, if she cannot control them. That is why she came to the island the city life caused her great trouble."

"..."Korra"So, you've been just watching her to make sure she doesn't do it again? Like she is some prisoner?"

"...At first...but then it faded away. I grew to watch her as my daughter. Which is what she is till this day."Tezin tells her, Korra looks at him. Taken back by how stared right her. He was serious about what he said about you being his daughter, she could tell right off the back.

"Does she know?"Korra asked him.

Tezin's eyes drop"She doesn't know about her bending, but she hurts deeply about Lin leaving her. Kashi really looked up to Lin, and loved her dearly."

Korra looks at her teacher, she was sure she saw a few tears trickle down from his eyes. Korra grew quiet not wanting to say anything, all she could think about was you now. This something she had never known at all. You seem so happy, but inside you cried.

In Tezin's mind, he just thought of when you came to the island. Lin just pushed you in his arms, as she turns and leaves you. He had to hold onto you tightly, as he heard you scream her name over and over again. Tears streaming your golden ruby eyes. Pemma was with him, it hurt him to have to hold you back like this.

He felt so bad, as he watched the ship sail away with Lin on it. She didn't look back at all, he was focused on her not looking back that you manged to get out of his grasp, when he realized this. He darts after you calling for you, but you did not stop. As you ran right off the dock. Right into the water, not being able to swim, he dives in after you. Grabbing hold you, he brings you back to land, holding your small body in his arms.

As you shrived, he wasn't sure if it was your tears rolling down your face or the water. All he could do was look at you, as you try to shrink in his arms, burying your face in him. He wanted you to open your eyes, but you did not. So he turns and walks back to his wife. Who cries at the sight of you, he walks passed her.

The few weeks with you was hard, you cried every night for Lin. But she never came back, your cries where so loud it woke the whole island. You did not want to eat or anything, you just stayed in your room. No one wanted to be by you, as you bending caused them not too. But Tezin, faced it head on one night. He stands at your door, as you cried. Your room was hot, as you run to him. He holds you tightly as you cried on him, till you could not cry no more.

Tezin, looks at his hand which was still permanently marked by your bending, a mark to make him always remember that night.

You had made it back to the island, and got started on dinner. Lucky for you your mother was nowhere to be found, so you got started. Once dinner was done, not feeling in the mood at all to be around one, you get everything set up in the hall as well with your family.

Then head to your room, telling your mom you just where not feeling well. Getting into your bed, you pull your covers over you, as you just stared at the wall, just thinking about how much of a failure you where.

A knock came on your door, it was Korra. She pops her head into your room.

"Hey, Kashi... you up?"she asked you. But you gave her nothing.

She shuts the door, and leaves you alone. The next morning, you get up and make breakfast, as you made breakfast you find out Asami, Mako and Bolin got arrested last night. This shocked you, quickly you run all the way to the where the Bisons stayed, as you see Korra and your father about to leave.

"Kashi, is everything alright?"Korra asked you.

"The others, are they alright?"you asked them"Are they coming back?"

"We're going their right now to get them out."Your father tells you.

"I'll come too."you tell them, as you start to get on Oogi.

"Kashi's it's alright. I've got it. Don't worry about it."Korra tells you with a smile.

You stop as you look at her, she gives you a smirk"..."

"It's alright, go back inside."she tells you"Ok, ready Tezin."

Before you could say anything, they leave. Leave you standing there, wanting to help in someway. But she just could not see it. Something flared up inside you, but you calmed yourself down, when you heard Ikki's voice.

That same evening, you went to be early, but you just looked out your window at the falling snow. You felt just like the snowflake that came down. Soft and helpless having to land in a big pile to protect it.

You grip the selves of your nighttime kimono. Just as you push yourself off the ceil of your window, you see out the corner of your eye Korra and Naga leaving.

Seeing that, you leave your window. Going to get Kida, you stay up in the sky as you follow them, Korra made her way to the town hall. Landing Kida, who you hush, you stay where you are. Then go and follow, as you go inside, the place shakes as you hear Korra and someone else which sounds like Tarrlok grunting. Stopping where you are, as fear took over. But hearing Korra calls of pain, you swallow it as you and run to her. Yelling her name.

The place shakes again, causing you to trip badly ripping your kimono. Scrapping your knees and elbows badly, picking yourself up, not caring that your slippers now ruined. You race to the aid of your friend.

You hear her yells of pain, your heart pounding, as you race to her. Coming to where the fight was, as you stare wide eyes at the sight you stumbled upon.

Tarrlok bloodbending Korra, you gasp. It was loud enough for him and to hear. They turn and look at you.

"K-Kashi!"Korra yells to you in panic.

Tarrlok looks at you killer eyes, you look at him. His eyes where icy, something inside you snapped.

"Stop it!"you yell as you jump from the second level of the place, heat waves came from you. As you use your airbending moves to shot the waves at Tarrlok. The heat hits him hard, knocking him back. He loss control over Korra. Who falls down, you land hard as you stumble on the ground. Getting up, you race to Korra forgetting your pain.

"Kashi! What are you donig here?"she demands from you, as she hugs you.

You hug her as well"I-I..."

Before you could say anything, Korra gets lifted up again. In pain.

"KORRA!"you yell to her, turning around to Tarrlok there, he did not look at him, his hair now messy.

You get up as you stand your ground, he looks at you. Eyes locked on you.

"Tezin's little brat, is a bender. I've heard of you...you do the same bending that your grandmother could do."he tells you with a frown.

"..."you look at him.

Your eyes showed him fear, that you tired to swallow. You had to hide it, for the sake of Korra, who was in pain from his bloodbending. You go to strike him, but this time with out your heat waves. Your strikes where slow, with one hand he back hands you hard. Causing you slide across the room, out cold.

"Kashi!"Korra yells for you. But you did not move at all. She then looks at Tarrlok, just as she was about to say something, he makes his grip on her tighter. Causing her more pain.

"I'll deal with you, then her."he tells her, as he looks from her to you. He then walks with her over to you, using his bloodbending to pick you up.

Then proceeds and takes the both of you, and throws you both in back of a Sato-moblie truck. Shutting the door tightly. He then drives away.

Korra kept pounding demanding to be let out, but he did not listen to her. She then goes to check up on you. You where still out, as she looks at you on the floor of the truck. Tears welled up in her eyes"Kashi...I'm so sorry."she tells you as some of her tears fall on you. Just as she was about touch you, the truck stops, and her body as well yours was lifted off the ground, Tarrlok opens the door, he then takes you both to an old abandon house out in the middle of a forest, to the bottom of the basement, he locks Korra in a metal container. While he locks you elsewhere.

He then leaves you both, as Korra calls out his name. But no one could hear her at all.