Here is the next chapter for your reading entertainment! I'm glad you all loved the last one so much, and I hope this one lives up to your expectations!

Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or the Legend of Korra.

Watching Naga come running to her with the ball in her mouth, tail wagging merrily, left Korra feeling happy and grateful for her companion.

The Polar Bear Dog dropped the ball at her feet, panting as she watched her master lift the toy up with airbending and blast it at least half and mile away for the animal to fetch.

Naga barked merrily and took off running after it; the great beast thumping after the ball and disappearing into the distance.

Lin crossed her arms moodily, "While you're out here playing fetch, some of the most dangerous criminals in the world are trying to kidnap you. Oh yes, let's continue playing and act like there's no danger at all!"

"Calm down," Korra looked at the chief of police. "We just got here. No one knows where we are but us, there is no chance those criminals can find me."

"Whatever," Lin frowned and narrowed her eyes.

Naga barked, which was funny as the dog had the ball in her mouth, and bounded up to the metalbender; the animal dropped the ball at the Beifong's feet, looking up at the middle-aged woman with hopeful eyes.

Korra smiled and explained, "She wants you to throw it for her."

Lin pulled an unimpressed look, raising a eyebrow at the drool-covered ball, "No thanks."

The sound of running feet dragged their attention over to the fast approaching pair, "Mako, Asami, what's happened?"

"We just received word of a new airbender!" Asami beamed; her skin had that pregnant glow Korra loved so much. "They're not far too!"

"That's great!" Korra clapped her hands excitedly, "Where are they?"

"A city called Zhaofu," Mako supplied the information. "Home of the metal clan, it's only a day's trip from here! We can get there by evening."

Lin stiffened in surprise, prompting the three teenagers to turn and look at the chief, "You know the place?"

"Never been," Lin turned sharply to Korra. "But I don't want you going there; I'd feel a lot better if you were back in Republic City where I can protect you."

Mako and Asami exchanged a look at the woman's odd behavior, while Korra crossed her arms stubbornly, "Sorry, but if there's a airbender in Zhaofu, that's where I'm going."

She headed up to the airship, Asami and Mako following after her and leaving the angry chief to deal with a still-wanting-to-play Naga.

The Polar Bear Dog nudged the ball closer to Lin's feet, only to watch as the metalbender used her metal cables to slash the toy.

Naga whined in despair.

"This city is beautiful!" Bolin practically jumped out the window looking at the view; the airship slowly began it's descent to the metal city, "It's all metal! It's amazing!"

Asami stood next to the avatar, Korra's eyes were wide in amazement; the master of the four elements was awestruck at the feat of engineering known as Zhaofu. Each separate area of the city had large metal domes, giving the buildings the look of an platinum flower.

"You should feel right at home chief," Mako commented, looking to his boss for approval.

Lin was leaning against the window, a large and visible frown on her face. The four teenagers exchanged glances at her unusual behavior, but waved it off as a simple case of grumpiness.

The metalbenders working on the airship docks bended two metallic ropes at the airship, connecting and pulling the machine in for a smooth landing.

Bolin squealed excitedly and ran for the door, the other three following after him with amused smiles. Asami looked back and noticed Lin wasn't following; the earthbender instead seemed to be sulking in her seat, Naga and Pabu sitting next to the dangerous looking woman, "Aren't you coming?"

Lin scoffed and waved them off, "It's just metal. Go on ahead, and don't tell anyone I'm here!"

Korra furrowed her eyebrows, "Why not?"

"Don't question me, just do it!" Beifong snapped and crossed her arms moodily, she looked like a grounded teenager.

The avatar shrugged and made for the exit, "Fine then miss grumpy pants."

The four of them walked down the makeshift staircase connecting the airship to the docks and followed Korra's lead, approaching a man and a pair of guards standing near what looked to be a huge elevator.

The man's eyes twinkled as he watched them approach, and Asami automatically felt her stomach stir with nausea, she placed a hand over her stomach and placed a hand on Bolin's shoulder, "Wait."

The earthbender's worried eyes looked back at her, "What's wrong?"

Asami swallowed, unsure of where the sudden nausea suddenly came from, she'd been pretty good with the pregnancy hormones the last week, "It's nothing. I just felt a little dizzy for a moment. Must be the excitement."

Bolin's face lite up in a grin, "I know! It's great, huh!?"

The two quickly caught up with Korra and Mako, the former who had been glancing back at the heiress when she saw her stop suddenly, before their attention was dragged over to the man who was sent to greet them, "Avatar Korra. It is a pleasure to meet you."

Korra nodded and sent a smile back at him, clasping her hands together in front to offer a quick bow, "The pleasure is mine."

The strange man had a balding head and an odd nose piercing that went across his face and connected to his ear, he introduced himself, "My name is Aiwei. I will be your guide for the day."

"Thanks," Korra grinned. "Now can we see the airbender? We're kind of on a schedule."

"Of course," Aiwei looked between the four, his eyes lingered on Asami momentarily, however no one noticed. "And this is everyone?"

"Yep," Korra laughed nervously. "Just us."

Aiwei nodded and gestured behind him, the four entered the elevator, and watched in awe as the metalbenders used the hydraulics to propel them safely to the ground.

Asami covered her stomach once more with her hand, her nausea had picked a bad time to act up, but as soon as it happened it was gone. Her worries were soon forgotten as they were loaded into a transit, zipping through the city.

"Everything is so cool here!" Bolin looked around ecstatically, "It's awesome."

"Indeed," Aiwei agreed. "Here in Zhaofu, everyone is encouraged to meet his or her greatest potential." The train passed by a gigantic statue of a woman holding a huge metallic ball, flowing robes hung off her body, "That statue is dedicated to the first metalbender, Toph Beifong. She opened the possibilities of what we thought to be impossible, and expanded the horizons of bending."

"Ohh!" Bolin bounced on the balls of his feet, "Is Toph here!? Can we meet her!?"

"I'm afraid that won't be possible," Aiwei explained. "Madam Beifong used to drop by from time to time, however a few years back she decided to take a trip of spiritual enlightenment, and no one has seen her since."

"Oh," Bolin deflated. "Sadness."

Korra looked around anxiously, "How long until we meet the airbender?"

"You will meet her today Avatar," Aiwei assured her. "But first, her mother would like a word with you."

The train car came to a stop and they all piled out; Mako commented on the size of the estate they were in, to which Aiwei explained that it belonged to the most important family in Zhaofu.

They entered a long sparring room, where in the middle a group of female metalbenders were completely some kind of mixture of dance and bending.

Korra blinked, "Are they training?"

"Actually, they are rehearsing for a dance recital," Aiwei corrected; waiting as the oldest one, a middle-aged woman with olive green eyes, dismissed the dancers and walked over to where they were waiting.

"Avatar and company," Aiwei held his hand out in the woman's direction. "May I introduce Suyin. The matriarch of the metal clan."

"It's an honor to finally meet you Avatar Korra," Suyin bowed once, and Korra smiled and did the same.

"Thank you. It's a very nice city here," the southern water tribe native grinned. "Very impressive."

"And you're a wonderful metalbender!" Bolin was bouncing on his feet again, "That was so cool!"

"Thank you," Suyin clasped her hands together. "I'm glad you though it impressive. I'm sure now that the audience will love it once we perform."

Aiwei went forward and whispered something in the matriarch's ear, a frown appeared across her face, "Korra, why did you lie when Aiwei asked if anyone else was with you?"

Bolin gasped and covered his mouth, "Busted."

Asami and Mako widened their eyes, while Korra suddenly looked like a deer caught in some headlights, "I... uhh... I wasn't..."

"I am a truth seer," Aiwei interrupted her rambling. "I can tell when you are lying. I can detect the changes in your heart and breathing patterns, I could tell you were lying."

"Oh," Korra deflated. "I'm sorry. Republic City's chief of police is here and she didn't want anyone knowing she was with us. She asked us not to tell. Sorry for lying."

"Lin is here!?" Su's eyes widened in disbelief, hope flooded into her face, "Well, I would love to see her!"

"You know Beifong?" Mako asked, his eyebrows retreating up his forehead.

"You're kidding right?" Su blinked, "She never told you about me?"

"Why would she?" Korra looked expectantly at the metalbender.

Suyin smiled lightly, a hand raising her to neck, "I'm Lin's sister."

After Lin and Su's reunion, and meeting Opal and the rest of the Beifong's; Asami was tired and hungry and ready for some dinner.

Korra sat down at the head of the table next to Su and Lin, the two sister's had a rather tense air between them; the heiress could tell there was some drama going on.

Her nausea had been bothering her again, leaving the raw elephant koi meal the chef had prepared looking rather unappetizing. She could only drink water at the moment, and picked at her food with her fork; one hand rested against her flat stomach, knowing it was only a matter of time before her abdomen started to swell with life.

Aiwei crept her the heck out; she didn't know why, but the way he was able to read Korra's heartbeat reminded her of what had happened back in Ba Sing Se, when Lin had accidently discovered her pregnancy by detecting the babies' tiny heartbeat through the vibrations in the ground.

She was almost paranoid about it; if he knew, he didn't show it. But something made her uneasy around the truth seer.

Varrick wandering in was a surprise, not entirely welcome; of course, who could blame her given that the man had tried to steal her company.

She looked at Mako and Bolin, her eyes lingering on the brothers; they would have to be told about the baby soon. If truth seers were walking around, who knows who could find out.

The last thing she wanted was them finding out Asami Sato of Future Industries was pregnant through the headlines of a magazine.

A sudden jolt threw her out of her thoughts, and the heiress watched as Lin Beifong stormed out of the room; apparently the chief was irritated due to the fact that Suyin had a fugitive stored away in her city.

Korra called after the metalbender, but the door was slammed shut before anything could happen.

After that, dinner ended quickly. Bolin and Mako disappeared to their guest house to catch an early night's sleep, while Korra and herself were called to Suyin's office to inspect the blueprints of the cities' infrastructure. (Which excited her more than she cared to admit.)

"It's so cool!" Korra eyed the small replica of the main dome, "I've never seen a city like yours before!"

"My husband and I worked on it," Su smiled. "We wanted something different and unique from the old world cities around the Earth Kingdom, we wanted to give the nation a breath of something new."

"It's great," Asami looked over the blueprint. "These hydraulics are flawless. I couldn't have designed something better myself."

"Oh nonsense," Suyin waved a dismissive hand. "I've heard you're a brilliant inventor. The best in the United Republic!"

Asami blushed, "Well I don't know about tha-"

"You are," Korra nodded her head, smiling between the nonbender and Beifong. "She really is."

"Hmm," Su sat her cup down on the table, her face turned slightly serious. "There was another reason I asked you two to join me tonight. Aiwei explained that when the four of you first met him, he felt five heartbeats."

Asami felt her stomach clench, while Korra stiffened and looked down, "Lin?"

"I think we both know she was too far to be detected," Suyin sighed and leaned forward. "I'm not a judgmental person, however I thought you should know. If you didn't already. If one of you really is pregnant, there are some precautions that must be taken so that no harm comes to the baby while you are here."

"You don't know which one of us is pregnant?" Korra blinked in surprise, "I thought you said-"

"Aiwei sensed the heartbeat," Suyin shrugged. "As you two were standing so close together, he could not differentiate who was carrying the child. If he did, he did not tell me."

"It's me," Asami gulped. "I'm pregnant."

Su sat up and smiled, "No need to be ashamed sweetheart! I did not mean to intimidate or anger you, I just wanted to be sure you were aware."

"We're aware," Korra said, she took a deep breath and continued. "Actually there's more to it. The baby is sort of... mine."

The matriarch froze, her eyebrows knotting together, "It's yours? I'm afraid I don't understand completely."

"I'm the babies' 'dad.' I sired it, the whole thing was actually an accident," Korra bit her lip. "I don't really want to get into details for privacies' sake, but the avatar state had something to due with it."

"Oh," Suyin chuckled. "Spirit stuff. I understand. Not everything has to be explained to believe it."

"Do you mind keeping it on the down low?" Asami asked, her hand covering her stomach almost protectively. "With those criminals after Korra, the last thing we want is to give them another way to get to her."

"Your secret is safe with me," Su promised. "May I ask who else knows?"

"Tenzin, Kya, Lin, and now you," Korra counted off her fingers. "We've known for a few weeks now, but haven't gotten around to telling Mako and Bolin yet. It's kind of complicated with me."

"Trust me girls," Suyin sighed and leaned back in her chair, "I grew up with Lin. She is the definition of complicated."

"Why was she so standoffish with you over dinner," Korra frowned. "I've seen her angry, but this was different. This was beyond that."

"It's a long story," Su chewed on her lip. "Growing up, we didn't know either of our fathers; mom was always busy with work and gave us too much freedom. Sometimes it was a good thing, most of the time it was not. Lin took it upon herself to guide me as I grew up, I didn't like that and mistakes were made." The metalbender sighed, "And she's never forgiven me for it."

"Oh," Korra looked down. "That's... rough."

"Well, if anything this gives me a chance to hopefully make things right with her," Suyin shrugged. "I've got five kids who would love to have a relationship with their aunt, and Opal always wanted to meet her. I'm just sad it didn't go as she imagined."

"She'll come around," Asami said. "She just needs time."

"I hope so," Suyin eyed a stack of papers on her desk. "Now, I think it's time I do that paperwork that's been piling up for the last week; I'll see you ladies tomorrow."

Korra and Asami said their thanks and good nights, before heading over to where their guest rooms were located.

The avatar spotted Bolin and Opal over by a small gazebo and excused herself; Asami yawned slightly and groaned, stretching out her back.

She decided a nice warm shower sounded like a good idea.

The heiress was combing out her wet hair when someone knocked on her door.

Asami sighed and set the brush down, pulling her shawl around her shoulders and covering the lacy straps of her nightgown. Another knock on her door urged her to walk over and pull it open.

"Korra?!" the inventor blinked, "What are you doing here?"

"Sorry," the avatar walked in and slumped in a chair; she buried her head in her hands, a frustrated sound escaping her throat, "It's Lin, I took Opal to talk to her and she completely shut her down."

"Badly," the bender sighed. "I just had to vent, you've always been a good listener." The woman went to continue, but stopped and looked down; a blush spread across her face.

Asami raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

"I was wondering if I could stay with you for a little bit," Korra shook her head, her eyes widening when she realized how bad it sounded. "Not anything bad, I swear! I don't know, I just like being around you and the baby." The avatar stuttered nervously, "It... uhhh, it calms me."

"It's okay," Asami giggled. "I was just about to head to bed, but if you want to lay down with me it's alright. I'm sure it's common to want to be around the baby when you're going to be a parent."

Korra sighed in relief, "Yeah, I'm just kind of nervous. I have no idea what I'm doing honestly."

"Neither do I," the inventor placed a hand over her stomach. "I really never thought I would become a mother so soon; it's kind of intimidating really."

The bender bit the inside of her cheek anxiously as she watched Asami, the heiress was breathtaking looking like that; sure she was already beautiful, but watching her stroke her pregnant stomach, her eyes tenderly looking down as if she could already see the baby. It did things to Korra's heart, things like the fact that her pulse probably just sped up big time.

A tingling feeling starting in her chest spread throughout her body, and the bender blushed when she realized she had been openly staring.

Asami was too busy getting into bed to notice, leaving Korra to push off the chair. turn the light switch off, kick her shoes off her feet, and lay beside her. The avatar hesitantly placed a hand over Asami's stomach, her fingers bunching in the fabric of the CEO's nightdress.

Korra relaxed against the covers, her head burrowing into the pillow, "This is nice."

"It is," Asami mumbled, her face was content and calm, one of her hand's came up to trace circles on Korra's bare bicep. A sharp warmth followed her touch, leaving the master of the four elements feeling elation expanding in her chest.

"Do you ever feel scared?" Korra's voice sounded soft, a tender edge building in her throat, "I do. Sometimes I doubt if I can protect the world, if I can protect the ones I love."

"I do," Asami responded quietly; her hand on the bender's arm stilled it's tracing movements, instead she rested it against the warm skin. "I have nightmares about my father and mother. Sometimes they get so bad I can't sleep, and I always feel so useless in the morning. I couldn't stop them from leaving me, one way or the other they both did. It's one of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with."

"I have nightmares about Amon and Vaatu," Korra shuddered. "I remember losing my past lives, it felt like part of my soul had been destroyed. It was the worst thing I've been through, and then losing my bending to Amon; well, I've never really got over it. For a while I tried to hide behind arrogance, I beat him so I'm better, but it never worked. The searing pain in my veins when he attacked me. It showed me how evil blood bending is. It was horrible."

"They're in the past now," Asami cuddled her head into the crook of Korra's neck; not even realizing what she was doing in her sleep deprived state. "The same way my parents are in the past for me. You moved on and became stronger from it; they can't hurt you anymore."

Korra felt another blush spread across her face, the feeling of the little puffs of air hitting her neck as Asami breathed was nearly angelic. She wrapped her free arm around the heiress and pulled her close.

Their bodies melded together comfortably, and tiredness pulled at the avatar's heartstrings like a eager child.

Slowly she closed her eyes, allowing the soft sound of Asami's breathing to lull her into a dream-filled sleep.

"Korra."

Raava's voice echoed in the confinements of the dark cave, leaving the Avatar to look around in a wide circle, "Raava!? Where are you!?"

"Prepare yourself."

"What!?" Korra ran in the direction of the spirit's voice, but the only thing she could see was an inky blackness spreading across the walls, "Raava what's going on!?"

"Prepare yourself."

"Prepare myself for what!?" Korra turned around desperately, "Why can't you answer me?"

The avatar bended a giant flame in her hand, using it to illuminate the odd looking cave. The walls were made off pumice stone, as if the whole place was just a hollow ball of lava that had cooled suddenly, "What in the world is this?"

A sharp wail caused the avatar to whip around and raise the flame in defense.

In the middle of the room, a child was hovering on the ground; the little boy had his face covered with his hands, sobbing into the dust covered appendages.

He was completely covered in volcanic ash and dust, a wave of long dark hair was matted with the stuff, and his skin tone was impossible to make out due to the coating covering his body.

Korra kneeled in front of him, she reached to touch his arm before hesitating, "Are you okay?"

"Lost," the child, who must of been two or three, cried sadly; his tears wetting the ash on his hands. "Help."

"Lost?" Korra blinked, before leaning forwards, "Whose lost? Kid what's going on?"

"Help, lost." the same words from before must of been all he knew, "Lost."

"Who though?" Korra wanted to scream, what in the heavens kind of place was this. "Who's lost!?"

The toddler looked up, and the avatar almost gasped in horror when she saw the kids' face; a large angular scar ran from his forehead to his lip, and his wide-blue eyes were filled with fear, "Help! Help!"

"Help who?!" Korra begged for an answer, "I can't do anything if you don't tell me who's lost and needs help!"

"LOST!" The kid screamed and the walls melted off, turning red hot and slowly surrounding them.

Korra grabbed the kid and lifted him into her arm, balancing the boy as she blasted blast after blast of air at the approaching lava; the avatar backed up to the only solid wall, and climbed onto the rocks leading to the ceiling.

The airbending did nothing to cool the lava, and it continued to advance, pooling below her and slowly filling the area.

Korra continued to climb, the crying child wrapped his arms around her neck and hung on; muttering help and lost over and over again in her ear.

A sudden slush caught her attention, and the bender looked up in terrified panic as a wave of lava fell from the ceiling. The boy screamed, Korra felt the avatar state kick in, and burning pain covered every pore of her body.

"KORRA!"

"What!?" She fell to the bed with a thump, Asami held protectively in her arms as if she had been fighting off an enemy in her sleep, "What happened!? Why is the room a mess?"

Furniture and clothes were scattered everywhere, windows shattered, the bed had somehow moved across the room, and the dress was tipped over and smashed into the closet door, "Did I do this?"

Asami sat up and sighed in relief, "Yeah. You suddenly went into the avatar state in your sleep. I couldn't wake you up, you just kept blasting air everywhere."

"I'm sorry," Korra felt her voice crack; she'd lost control, somehow the dream had-

Oh spirits, the dream. It had been so real, so terrifying; she could almost still feel the weight of the boy who had been hanging off her neck, "I... I had a nightmare. I didn't mean too... I didn't think.."

"It's alright," Asami hugged the shaken woman, rubbing circles into her shoulder blade with her thumb. "You didn't hurt me, and everything can be replaced."

"I..." Korra felt her heart clench painfully, something wasn't right; she could feel the beginning of dread building in her stomach, "I... still... I shouldn't have lost control like that... the baby, I could of hurt you."

"You didn't," the heiress soothed her. "I'm fine- Everything is oka-"

"GUYS!"

The two looked over at the bedroom door, watching as Bolin came sprinting inside, "We're starting breakfast, everyone's waiting for you, what's taking so-"

The earthbender stopped in his tracks and looked around with wide-eyes, "What the flameo happened here?"

Korra groaned and buried her face in her hands, while Asami chuckled nervously and shook her head.

He wisely dropped the subject.

"Lin's sleeping," Aiwei stated, leaving the guest house and addressing the small crowd that had been gathering outside the place. "She was stressed and it took a negative effect on her body; Madam Beifong should be better after a long rest."

"I shouldn't have fought her," Suyin looked down guiltily. "I knew she was off, but I still egged her on. How am I ever suppose to get her to forgive me now?"

"She'll come around," Korra placed a hand on the matriarch's shoulder. "I think she just had her own demons about your past that she had to work through."

"I hope so," Su sighed and turned to leave. "I think I can for some rest too. Haven't fought like that in a while."

"It was awesome," Wing and Wei elbowed eachother in the stomach goofily.

The metalbender shooed away her twin sons and the rest of the family; Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami all stood awkwardly outside the front door, shuffling from foot to foot.

Asami and Korra eyed the brothers, before glancing at eachother and silently reaching an agreement.

So many problems seemed to be popping up everywhere, and the two expectant parents decided it was time.

Mako and Bolin had to learn about the baby.

"Hey," Asami's voice seemed too soft to be her own. "Guys, do you mind talking for a bit. There's some stuff we have to tell you."

"We?" Mako looked between Korra and Asami, "You mean you two?"

"Yeah," Korra kicked at a rogue pebble. "It's kind of important. Like life-changing important."

"Is this about that slumber/destroy the furniture party you two had," Bolin leaned forward expectantly. "Cause that was kind of awesome, I didn't know it was possible to blast a vanity out a window that small."

Korra blushed and looked down, ignoring the small laugh coming from the pregnant heiress. Mako raised an eyebrow, "Slumber party? I didn't know you guys did sleepovers."

"It was an accident," Asami shrugged. "Korra and I were talking and she fell asleep at my guest room, then she did some sleep-style airbending and wrecked most of the stuff."

Korra muttered embarrassedly and shrugged, "It was an accident damn it."

Pabu scampered up her arm and sat on her head, causing the irate avatar to look downright adorable as she pouted with the ferret sitting on her head. Asami decided to have mercy on the other woman and gestured back towards the boys' guestrooms, "Can we talk at your place? It's closer and private... The news isn't something we want just anyone overhearing."

"Alright," Mako waved them in the direction, the group making the walk over to the small guest house rather quickly. Bolin and Korra chattered about their metalbending practice earlier in the day, while Bolin lamented about how he couldn't seem to grasp the skill just yet.

The firebender ahead of them held the door open for the group, shutting it behind them and making sure there wasn't any eavesdroppers around them, "Now what's this life-changing news?"

Korra's perkiness suddenly deflated, and Asami felt the nerves rising in her throat like bile. The two exchanged hesitant looks, before swallowing their fear and addressing the elephant in the room.

"Look," Korra held out her hands pleadingly. "I know this is going to sound kind of shocking, but please keep an open mind. I'm still not to sure how this happened, but it did. And now Asami and I, well we have some consequences to deal with."

"Consequences of what?" Mako scrunched his eyebrows together. "What's happened that's so bad?"

"It must have been bad to shake you guys this much," Bolin commented. "Did you kill somebody or something, cause I love you guys, but I'm just not cut out for prison life."

"No Bolin," Korra smiled amusingly. "We didn't kill anybody, and I wouldn't say what happened was really bad to say, it just... well it certainly took me for surprise."

"What's happened?" Mako asked; his hands drumming against his thigh impatiently.

Asami took a deep breath and placed a hand over her stomach, "I'm pregnant."

For a second Bolin and Mako stared uncomprehendingly at her, not understanding the words that had left her mouth. Mako turned a very bright shade of red, while Bolin held one hand up in a questioning pose, although whatever he was about to ask never made it out of his mouth.

Finally after almost a minute of painful silence, Mako spoke, "But... I don't understand. Whose the dad? It can't be me, we never..."

"We never did the thing, yes," Asami sighed. "The father... well let's just say it's someone you know."

The face that the brothers made was one of the funniest things the heiress had ever seen, and Korra shot her an amused glance before taking pity on the poor souls, "Look, I know this is going to sound kind of outrageous, but I'm telling the truth. The baby... well I'm sort of the 'father' to say, I sired it. The baby's mine."

"What!?" Bolin choked on thin air, looking confusingly at the two women, "But... how? You're a girl!- Wait." The earthbender leaned closer to the avatar, "Aren't you?"

Korra pushed his face away with a slightly embarrassed huff, "Of course I'm a girl!"

"Then how?" Mako looked quickly between them, his face was the element of surprise and slight mortification. There was the awkward ex-boyfriend card, "I mean... if you're a girl..."

"I got a little drunk shortly after Harmonic Convergence," Korra sighed and looked down. "I was upset about not being able to deal with the vines, and decided to raid Bumi's stash. I sort of ran into Asami and... well, I thought she was really pretty and... well you get my drift."

"You didn't..." Bolin looked worriedly at the heiress, "I didn't know you went that way, either of you!"

"It's not really something you tell everyone," Asami rubbed the back of her neck. "I didn't really know either. It kind of took me by surprise too."

Korra flushed and looked down, muttering a quick sorry, while Mako rubbed his temples, "So this is why you guys have been so off the last month? You're pregnant with Korra's baby? And I still don't understand how exactly this happened."

"I went into the avatar state during the... you know, the act," Korra chewed on her lip. "Tenzin told us that it's happened to other female avatars before, that I'm not the first one to have a child by another woman like this."

"The avatar state gives you the power to knock up women?" Bolin's eyes went wide, "That's really insane, I thought the avatar state only gave you increased bending abilities."

"There's other stuff to it," Korra sighed. "Stuff we haven't even discovered yet. The spiritual side of my powers is what caused this, somehow it gave me the ability to create life inside another. There's so much we don't know about this. We don't even know how it'll affect the baby, it may give the kid powers like mine too."

"It may not," Asami looked at the brothers. "All we know for certain is that I'm pregnant and Korra is the biological parent. There's no one else it could have been."

"Okay, okay." Bolin held up his hands imploringly, "I believe you."

Asami and Korra smiled gratefully at him before turning to Mako, the firebender held his chin in his hands, his thoughts echoed into his eyes, "Mako?"

"I believe you," he answered softly. "I was just thinking of the criminals. We already made an enemy of the Earth Queen, and Raiko too in a way. But we don't know anything about these other people. How many have you told so far?"

"You, Bolin, Lin, Su, Tenzin, Kya, and Aiwei knows one of us is pregnant," Korra counted off on her fingers. "But we didn't tell him who."

"So what now then?" Bolin looked worriedly at Asami, "If someone bad finds out, they could use that against us." He gestured at Korra, "Against you."

"I know," the avatar chewed on her lip worriedly. "It's why we waited to tell you guys and the others, we're still trying to keep it a secret. At least while we still can."

"Alright," Mako and Bolin nodded. "We won't tell anyone. Don't worry."

"Thanks," Korra smiled while Asami sighed in relief. "And thank you two for understanding. You're always there when we need it."

"Hold up, hold up, hold up," Bolin looked suspiciously at the two girls. "Are you guys dating now?"

Korra and Asami both flushed and looked away, before the avatar managed to cough into her hand once and shook her head, "No, we're not." But I wish we were.

"Okay, okay," Bolin smiled. "Just checking."

Mako looked out the window, the sky had darkened, "Dinner's soon, we should get ready. I need to wash up a bit."

"Alright," Asami looked at the two. "We'll see you then?"

The firebender seemed hesitant for a second, before acceptance washed across a smile and he smiled at them, "See you then."

"We should of grabbed one of the cops," Ming-Hua looked at the three sitting around the fire. "Maybe they know where the avatar is."

Ghazan waved a hand, "She could be anywhere, the world is a big place after all."

P'Li smirked, "We'll find her, it's only a matter of time anywhere."

She looked over to where Zaheer sat meditating, the new airbender slowly opened his eyes, determination drew across his face, "She's with the metal clan, and I've just found out some rather startling news."

"What's happened?" P'Li looked at her partner, mild concern appearing in her face.

Zaheer smiled at the combustion bender, a million thoughts ran through his mind on how they could use the information to their advantage, when finally he spoke.

"Asami Sato, the avatar's companion, is pregnant."

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