Korra seemed fine. I visited her some mornings when she was training with Mako and Bolin for the championship. I didn't today; Moki said I can't miss too many more morning. He thinks I'm secretly sleeping in. I wish.

"You're not focusing," He said, watching me try to create a small wave in the pond in his back yard.

My arms ached from lifting and dropping them so many times in a row. "I am focusing! I couldn't be any more focused. What else could I focus on? I've tried this for hours, and it's just water!"

He shook his head. "It's not that simple." He came up from behind, wrapping his arms around me and lightly grabbing my wrists. He pulled them closer to my body, and went over the movements with my arm. I could feel the heat of his body through my shirt. "Your movements should be fluid, like the water itself." He lifted my arms up, and brought them slowly down.

I could feel his breath on my neck, and shivers went down my spine. "Okay," I said shakily. It was harder to focus on the water with Moki so close to me.

We were still going over the movements when Raya called from behind us, "Shai, someone is here to see you."

I wasn't sure why, but I jumped away from Moki, nervous being seen so close to him. Next to Raya was Bolin, smiling and wearing his usual dark green attire. "Hey, Bo," I said.

Moki took a couple of steps away, but the look on his face was cool and put together, unlike mine. "Hello, good to see you again."

Bolin greeted Moki and then turned to me. "Do you want to go out for lunch?"

"Sure," I said, grabbing the clothes I usually wear over my training clothes. I slipped into my tunic. "Where is Mako and Korra?"

Pouting, Bo said, "They ditched me. Mako and Asami have a lunch date and Korra has air bending duties."

"Well, you have me for lunch." I put on my pants, and then grabbed my shoes.

We began to leave when Moki grabbed my arm. "You have an hour for lunch. Don't be late."

"Or what?" I teased, sticking my tongue out at Moki. His silence made me giggle, and I glanced one last time at Moki before we left.

"So hows practice for the tournament going?" I asked Bolin, slurping up my noodles.

His mouth was stuffed with food too. "Great! I'm pumped for tomorrows match. We're so much better with Korra on the team."

"That's great," I said. "It's good she's making it to the practices now."

He nodded. "Yeah. You're coming to our game, right?"

I stared at Bolin's innocent smile, and Mako's words echoed in my mind. "I'm protecting my brother, though. He really thinks you're our sister." Am I a harm to Bolin? I don't mean to be, but is it possible I'm doing more damage then I realize it by walking into these two brothers' lives? They have learned to live and survive, and here I come messing things up. I don't mean any harm-

"Shai?"

I looked up from the bowl in my hand and smiled at Bolin. "Yeah, I'll be there tomorrow." Something in my stomach told me I was a bad person for spending so much time with my brother, but I couldn't help. I needed to know more about my famiy, my brothers. Maybe I am causing damage to this boy, but at the moment I decided to act selfish. "Can't wait to see you guys play!"

"Korra is just amazing, isn't she?" Bolin said.

I giggled. "You've said this like ten times now, you know." We were walking down the street, heading back to Moki's.

He just grinned "I know, I just can't get over it."

"Why don't you ask her to dinner?"

He pondered this for a moment. "Dinner..."

"You know," I said, kicking a rock down the street as I walked. "Where you eat, and talk, and it's usually the last meal of the day. Some people eat after that though, like me. Especially when I'm up late in the base-"

"I know what dinner is," He said, rolling his eyes at me. "That's a good idea though. I think I'll ask her to dinner."

We were on my street, and I said a few encouraging words to Bolin, gave him a hug, and we parted ways.

"You're getting pretty good," Raya said later on that day. "Maybe I should give you a couple of lessons in healing."

I smiled at her. "That'd be great!"

Moki and I were sitting in the kitchen sipping tea after another long day of practice.

Raya was preparing to cook dinner. "How about you and your family come over for dinner tonight?"

I pondered the idea. "That sounds lovely. I'll go tell my mother."

Mother was delighted. Father was hesitant, but after a talk from my mother he agreed. We arrived a couple of hours later, greeted by a tall man at the door. I would have thought that was Moki if the man hadn't had streaks of grey in his hair. He was taller than Moki, too, and wore nice city clothes. "Hello, I'm Norago, Moki's father."

Father reached out to shake and introduced himself. "It's very nice to meet you. This is my wife and my daughter."

Norago turned to me. "It's very nice to finally meet you, Shai."

I bowed in return. "The pleasure is mine."

We went inside, and on the kitchen table was a big dinner. "Raya went crazy with cooking," Norago said, laughing a deep, throaty laugh. He had a deep voice that rumbled throughout the house.

"It smells amazing," I said. "What kind of food is this?"

"A traditional Water Tribe dinner," Raya said, coming in from the backyard. She was followed by Moki. "Let's take a seat and start eating."

We all took a seat. I sat next to Moki, and on the other side of the table sat our mothers, and at the end sat our fathers. We got ourselves a plate of food, and began to eat. Mother instantly began talking to Raya about the recipes while our fathers talked about work and what was going on in Republic City's society. I was in the middle of a conversation with Moki when I caught the name Amon coming from my father's mouth.

"...and with this Amon man around no bender is safe," Father was saying, taking a sip of his tea.

"How long has Amon been terrorizing the city?" Norago asked, leaning forward curiously. My father was a tall man, but he looked small compared to Norago.

"Not very long," Father said. "But I hear that Avatar Korra is working with Councilman Tarrlok to stop Amon."

"No she's not," I said, and fell silent when all eyes went to me. "I mean, she's not anymore. She's training for the Pro-bending Championship."

Father looked appalled. "What kind of Avatar chooses a sport over the safety of her people?"

I opened my mouth to defend Korra when Moki said, "Korra isn't a fully realized Avatar yet. She still had to master Air-bending. She's still young, too."

Nodding in agreement, I said, "Most of the city is terrified. I bet she's just as scared." I know she's just as scared.

Norago shrugged. "I don't know enough about this Avatar to say anything, but I agree with the fact the she should be focusing on her Avatar duties."

Father said something in agreement.

I got angry. "She has so much pressure already to face Amon so soon, and what if she does it before she's ready? Before she's mastered all elements? Amon can take her bending away as well as the rest of us." I paused. "Don't expect so much out of someone so young. She's still learning."

The table grew quiet. "well," Raya said finally. "How about dessert?"

"That was pretty brave," Moki said as we sat in his back yard with a cup of tea in our hands. Our parents were in the kitchen talking. "I don't think I could ever stand up against my dad like that."

I shrugged. "Korra is braver than anyone gives her credit for. She's an amazing bender."

Moki nodded. "You and Korra are good friends. I get it. You have to stick up for your friends."

I looked down at the tea in my hands. I could see the reflection of the moon in the dark liquid. "Is that story true?"

"What story?"

"The one about the moon spirit. That she was once a Northern Water tribe princess."

"Yeah," He said. "Princess Yue."

We grew quiet. "When are you going back to the Northern Water tribe?" I asked him.

"I don't know," He said slowly. He was looking at me intensely. "I miss my friends so much, but I have a reason I want to stay."

"Which is?" My fingers played with the hem of my shirt.

Moki finally looked away from me and at the pond of water. "It's funny."

"What is?"

"How I've known people back home my whole life, and I've only known you for a small amount of time, and I'm starting to choose you over them."

Sorry it's taken me so long to post another chapter, school started monday and my teachers just love giving homework. Im going to try to at least up load once a week tho. Enjoy :)