Three reviews already! Yahoo!
I do have to warn you now though that I already have most of the first volume fleshed out as well as key events for later volumes.
Anonymous review person, you are right they do seem rather weaker and I will try to do something about that but the first volume will mostly go as it did in the show, with differences.
Disclaimer: I don't own either the characters or series from either one. But I do own This Fanfiction, and its characters.
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Chapter One
Five years later
South Pole
It was a very wonderful and exciting time for little Korra. Her Mommy and Daddy were very happy and proud of her for being named the Avatar. Those funny looking old people in those white outfits were saying that being the Avatar was a very special thing and that she was very important. Her Mommy and Daddy were so happy that they let her keep the Polar Bear Dog pup she found alone in the snow. They said that every Avatar had an animal companion and now she had hers. Korra and Naga, the name she gave to Polar Bear Dog pup, had instantly become friends and played all the time together, but Naga was always running off alone to explore.
Running out into the snow around her house, bundled up in her parka and gloves, Korra looked around smiling brightly and called out. "Naga! Naga!"
Waiting a moment for the woof of response Korra took off in the direction it came from beaming as she closed on her target. Climbing over a large snow pile, she saw Naga chewing on an icicle.
"Naga, you're going to get it stuck to your tongue again." Korra chided as she plopped down with the pup and wrapped her arms around its neck.
Naga's only response was to open her mouth and whine when the icicle stuck to her tongue.
"See I told you so." Korra said with a giggle.
Suddenly Naga stopped whining and started growling around the icicle at a spot behind Korra. Turning curiously Korra was able to briefly see a bald man in a dark body suit before everything went dark.
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The whole plan had been proposed by Unaloq the chief of the Northern Water Tribe to get the Avatar into the hands of the Red Lotus. There she would be used best help the balance. Even though Unaloq was the Avatars uncle he held no reservations and even agreed to keep his brother busy with a meeting. Zaheer had been chosen along with P'li, Ming Hua, and Ghazan to commit the righteous act and if all went according to plan no one would ever know they were the culprits.
Going over the plan one last time mentally Zaheer nodded to his comrades to move into position. Crawling on his belly, Zaheer crested a snowy hill and spotted the Avatar, a small girl bundled in a thick winter parka, run out of her house smiling. Waiting patiently, Zaheer heard the girl called for her pet and then took off in its direction which just so happened to pass by him.
Zaheer waited until the Avatar passed him before he slowly moved into a crouch and began moving toward his target. As he neared his prey, the pup noticed him and began to growl making the little girl turn toward him, but too late.
Fast as lightning, Zaheer reached out and struck a pressure point on the girl's neck dropping her before she knew what hit her. The pup, enraged by what he did, lunged at him and tried to bite his leg only to be thwarted by the icicle in its mouth.
Whipping his leg out, Zaheer sent the puppy flying. Shaking its after landing the puppy charged at Zaheer only to be frozen in ice when Ming showed herself, her armless form not hindering her abilities in the slight. Picking Korra up after binding and gagging her, he held her under his arm motioned his comrades to come to him.
As a group, the four quickly and quietly moved away from the Avatars home and toward a sled they had previously set up pulled by an adult Polar Bear Dog. As they reached the sled things went wrong.
Steel cables shot out of a nearby snow bank and wrapped around Ming Hua before she could react. Before she could free herself, an electrical charge shot down the cable. Ming screamed out in pain before passing out.
Thinking quickly, P'li shot a fire ball, her combustion bending too loud for their situation, at the snow bank melting it to reveal a cable launcher. Suddenly Ghazan cried out and collapsed, his attacker standing behind him.
"A MEER BOY!" Zaheer mentally cried out.
P'li swung her fist at the boy, intending to roast him alive with a wave of fire. Shooting forward the boy pushed aside P'li's fire bending hand with his left one and struck out with a stick like devise in his right. As the end of the stick hit P'li's side she cried out as it electrocuted her.
"How could he be so fast?"
Turning away from his latest victim as she collapsed the boy threw a weighted length of cable at Zaheer as he backed away in surprise. The cable wrapped around his feet and pulled them together. With the loss of balance Zaheer toppled over sending the unconscious Korra sprawling. Sitting up Zaheer saw the boy reach him and strike out with the stick. The last thing Zaheer felt was the intense pain of being electrocuted, and then blackness.
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Slowly Korra regained consciousness. Opening her eyes the first thing she saw was a boy, maybe a year older then her standing over her. The boy appeared to be wearing black pajamas and a mask that covered his hair and face but left a bar exposed around his eyes. His eyes had to be the prettiest blue Korra had ever seen. Sitting up she saw a sled and four people asleep nearby, one of them was the bald man.
Turning to the boy again as she missed his question she responded with an eloquent "Huh?"
Smiling under the mask the boy said in a cheery voice, "I said, are you OK?"
Smiling up at the boy due to his infectious cheeriness, Korra responded, "I'm OK now...but who are you?"
The boy crouched down next to her to get face to face with her before saying." Who I am isn't important. Just know that I'll always be there for you and that we will meet again, just not for some time." the boy said semi-serious, looking Korra in the eye and losing the smile.
"But...?" Korra started, confused by what he said.
"Hush now." The boy interrupted as he held a finger to her lips.
The boy looked over her shoulder as Naga's frantic bark rang out over the snow from the direction of her house. The White Lotus were now aware something was wrong.
Turning back to Korra he asked, "Hey do you mind keeping me being here a secret? I don't need your parents looking for me."
"Why would they look for you?" Korra asked confused.
"Oh, this and that." The Boy answered cryptically, "Now can you keep it a secret?"
Korra nodded slowly earning a smile underneath the mask, "Thank you!" He said with cheery gratitude.
Before Korra could say anything else the boy reached out and grabbed her shoulder, darkness enveloped her consciousness and she dropped off like a light.
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Waking up once more Korra found herself inside her home and starring at someone she wanted to see since the man came at her in the snow.
"Mommy! "She cried as she latched her arms around her mother's neck.
"Its OK Korra, it's OK." Her mother soothed as she rubbed her hand on her daughter's back.
"I WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE NOW!" her father raged at some of the men in white, off in a side room of her house.
Turning from the men in white, Korra's father saw his now awake daughter and moved to crouch next to her.
"Korra! Are you alright? They didn't hurt you did they?" her father questioned worriedly as he came to her side and grabbed her hand.
Visibly relaxing at Korra's shake of her head he asked, "This is very important Korra. Do you remember anything about the men who grabbed you or anything that happened?"
Korra shook her head slowly remembering and keeping the secret the boy asked her to keep, yet sad to disappoint her father.
"It's alright. As long as you're alright that's all that matters." He said with a sigh. "I think there's someone who wants to see you though." He continued as he stood up.
Korra's father stepped aside and Naga came running past him.
"NAGA!" Korra cried with glee as she wrapped her arms around the puppy's neck and was licked on the face.
Even though she was happy, her mood was dampened slightly by a nagging thought, 'Who was that boy?'
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Twelve Years Later
Republic City Harbor
Stepping off the gangplank of a passenger ship was a boy of eighteen. Shoulder length, sun-kissed golden hair framed his face which was adorned with three whisker like marks on each cheek. Dazzling blue eyes intently stared at the world around him, analyzing everything. His lean muscles coiled and relaxed ready to move at a moment's notice. He wore a brown jacket, unzipped to reveal a black muscle shirt, around his upper body, baggy brown pants and black boots covered his lower. Slung over his shoulder was a bag packed with items unknown. Sitting wrapped around his shoulder was a fox. This was no ordinary fox though. It seemed to have a body structure and front paws similar to a human's body and hands. A band of black fur started around the eyes and extended back along its face up its long rabbit like ears.
"You know you didn't have to follow me here Kurama. I've been able to handle myself for some years now." The boy spoke, seemingly to the fox as he cleared the crowd of passengers and staff of the ship disembarking.
"I came to make sure you didn't screw up. Besides, I haven't stretched my legs in a few years." the fox responded when the blonde had move sufficient distance from the crowd.
With a snort the blonde muttered, "A few? Try ten millennia."
"Well excuse me for being a massive construct of chakra. It kinda makes any activity visible to everyone in a twenty mile radius." the named fox responded sarcastically.
"Calm down, I was only curious about your motivation." the blonde placated in a low voice.
"Whatever, do you still intend to sit the events out as much as possible or are you finally going to kick some ass?" Kurama questioned.
"Both, I will try to sit on the sideline, but you know as well as I do that things don't go according to plan. Besides I'm going to try to work with the Avatar."
Suddenly a Polar Bear Dog came charging out of the cargo hold of a nearby cargo ship, its female rider calling over her shoulder at the workers as she rode away, "Thanks for the Ride!"
"Speak of the devil." the blonde grinned.
"Are you going to follow her?" Kurama queried.
"Nah, I'll intervene later. After she gets into trouble." The now named blonde answered.
"You seem quite sure she will get in trouble. What if you're wrong and she doesn't?"
All the fox received in response was a blank look from the blonde.
"Your right, stupid question. She's the Avatar and new to Republic City, a match just waiting to cause mayhem." Kurama admitted.
"So I guess we have some time to spare. You know what that means?" Naruto asked gleefully.
A predatory grin spread across Kurama's face. "Ramen?"
"RAMEN!" Naruto shouted as he jumped toward the city arms and legs spread wide. As soon as he touched the ground Naruto was off in search of the heavenly goodness.
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After Naruto had run off into the city he found that he was lost. He had no idea where he was because this was the first time he had ever been in the city. Thankfully he managed to find a nice stand run by an older man that sold ramen across the street from a phonograph store. Though he was still completely lost.
"Not bad old man." Naruto said to the owner after finishing his sixth bowl. "Could use some spices and meats though maybe even some fishcakes."
Fishcakes rock.
His partner in crime slurped down the last of his own sixth bowl and nodded to the statement. Naruto's time with the Biju had turned them all to the side of the Heavenly wonder known as Ramen. Naruto's love of ramen hadn't diminished at all even after so long. It hadn't increased either, but that's really because you can't really go any further then total devotion.
"I'd love to do so kid. They certainly would add more flavor to it." The owner admitted as he cleaned a pot and starred in amazement at the fox's apatite.
"Well, why don't you? I'm sure there would be people lining up down the block and you could turn this place into a full-fledged restraint." Naruto questioned curiously.
"I don't have the money." The owner replied sullenly.
"Then what's with the register full of dough?" Naruto asked as he gesturing to said register with suspicion due to its bulging status.
Putting the pot down and taking on a defeated look the owner said, "You must be new here. That's the money for protection."
Before Naruto could question the owner, a pimped out hot rod Sato-Mobile drove down the street and stopped in front of the phonograph store. Three men stepped out and made their way to the owner of said store and began demanding money.
"You better get going young man, before they spot you." The stand owner warned as he suddenly began packing his stand up. "Those men are nothing but trouble."
Narrowing his eyes at the thugs Naruto stood from the stand, his partner joining him on his shoulder a silent snarl marring his muzzle, but before he could move to interfere, a familiar face beat him to it.
"Well what do you know? I told you she would get in trouble." Naruto muttered to his companion. The only response he got was a roll of the fox's eyes.
One of the thugs smashed an offered phonograph into the ground with a fire encased foot, making the store owner scramble back in fright.
"My friend here is not a music lover. Give me the money or else…" The lead thug threatened.
"Or else what hoodlum?" Interrupting the thug and making the trio turn to her was a rather beautiful water tribe girl of roughly seventeen with her hands on her hips. She had her long hair up in three ponytails, two of them framing her face, and wore a blue sleeveless shirt over a muscular physic with water tribe stylized arm bands around her forearms and one around her right upper arm. She wore fur boots and a large fur belt over blue baggy pants. She was Avatar Korra, the latest incarnation of Wan's spirit.
They took one look at her and broke out laughing. "Since you're obviously fresh off the boat, let me explain a couple things. You're in Triple Threat Triad territory and we're about to put you, in the hospital." The lead thug threatened.
"You're the only one who are going to need a hospital." Korra declared, "And for your sake, I hope there's one nearby." She smirked, punching her hand confidently.
"Who do you think you are?" The thug inquired menacingly.
"Why don't you come find out?" Korra offered rubbing her fist into her hand.
The thug's eye twitched before he reached into his jacket and shot water out of a hidden source at Korra. She easily caught the water and launched it back at the thug freezing his face in a block of ice. When he came stumbling at her she kicked him into the hot rod's grill smashing the ice and knocking him out. When another thug came at her yelling she stomped her foot launching him into the air. He flew through his arc hitting a cable, a sign, bounced off an awning and landed on a produce stand before rolling to a stop on the ground. Seeing his friend's losses, the final thug shot fire at Korra, which she just blew through before extinguishing his fire by clasping her hands into his. With a grunt, Korra swung him around and launched the thug through a shop's front window before swaggering up to the fallen man and chuckling.
"Got an idea about who I am now, chumps?" She said arrogantly, just before the hot rod's engine roared to life and the car sped at her.
Stepping aside Korra dodged the Sato-Mobile as it sped past, the third thug joining the two already inside the vehicle.
"You're not getting away." Korra yelled after them before launching the Sato-Mobile into the air with some upturned earth. It bounced around a little before speeding into a store front, leaving the occupants out cold. Stopping in front of the wreck Korra smirked slightly.
Chuckling, Naruto surveyed the damage to the street and several establishments. "She sure made a mess didn't she?"
"Oh look here come the PO PO." Kurama exclaimed cheerfully as sirens started up.
Sighing Naruto asked, "You've been listening to the radio again haven't you Kurama?"
"Whatever do you mean?" said fox questioned while trying to look innocent.
"You know that all they air is garbage. I mean we get better news from passing travelers then the announcers." Naruto said in exasperation.
"Hey it's taught me about city culture, whereas I can't say the same for your little Avatar over there." the Biju defended.
Blowing off the 'your little Avatar' comment Naruto watched as Korra began digging herself a deeper grave.
Looking quite proud of herself Korra declared to the Metalbender officers, "I caught the bad guys for you officers." And gestured to the men staggering out of the wrecked store front.
"Arrest them!" The lead officer commanded. His comrades quickly securing the men in cable bindings.
The lead officer then walked up to Korra and pointed at her, "You're under arrest too!" Drawing a gasp from Korra.
Taking that as his que, "Hold it there officer, you shouldn't be so hasty, she's obviously new to the city so why don't you let her explain what happened and then inform her of the laws around here." Naruto said as he stepped toward the officer from around Korra, holding his hands in a placating manner.
"She can explain herself all she likes, down at headquarters!" The officer exclaimed angrily as he shot cables at the Avatar.
Before she could intercept them though, Naruto reached out and grabbed the cables stopping them short.
"That's not very nice of you. If that's how you treat those who stand up for the little guy then no wonder this city is going to the shitter." Naruto growled, not happy with the officer's attitude.
"Fine then you can join her too." The officer said, angry at his comment and interference, as he bent more cables at the offending boy.
Ducking under the cables, Naruto yanked the officer to him and swung his body over his and threw him down the street.
Straightening he was grabbed on the shoulder and pulled onto the back of Naga behind Korra, who had mounted her furry friend.
"Come on let's get out of here!" Korra yelled spurring the Polar Bear Dog into action, taking off down the road pursued by more officers.
As Naga took a sharp turn an officer jumped at them hoping to drag them off their mount, only to receive a face full of Korra's boot.
Naga dashed down the populated street as the Metalbenders took to some cables running over the street.
'Oh this doesn't send a good message for benders, the Avatar is a criminal.' Naruto thought.
As Naga dashing toward a bridge the lead officer from before shot cables at the fleeing group and snagged Korra's hair. Thinking quickly Naruto dug into a pocket in his jacket before flattening along his back and flinging a length of weighted cable at the Metalbender.
The cable wound around the officer and bound him securely leaving him to fall onto the center of the bridge. With the loss of control Korra's hair was freed from the cable.
"Thanks.", she called back to the blonde, glad to be free of the hair pulling.
"No problem." He replied with a grin.
Naga ran up some steps onto a large bridge and almost into a Sato-Mobile.
"CAR!" Naruto yelled out the warning on instinct.
Naga dashed down the street and onto another bridge. Spotting a train passing underneath Naga jumped onto its roof.
They were given only a moment's breather before a Metalbender airship took position overhead.
Getting a running start Naga jumped off the train and onto a nearby roof, but before they could get any further metal cables from the airship wrapped around Naga and lifted them up.
Before Korra or Naruto could retaliate more cables struck out and wrapped around them, leaving them immobilized.
After struggling for a moment they resigned themselves to their fate. Naruto did the only thing he could do given the situation.
"So... my names Naruto Uzumaki. What's yours?" He asked nervously.
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That's a wrap.
I will try to update regular-ish, but things don't always go according to plan.
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