Heyo! How's it goes my peoples!?
I have another wonderful chapter for your reading enjoyment, and I hope you like it. (It took me forever to finish this dang it.)
And don't worry, I promise to start updating a whole lot faster. School's just been a hassle, so I've been kind of distracted.
Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender or the Legend of Korra in any way, shape ,or form.
Korra was ready for action.
Her fingers twitched eagerly, her eyes narrowing as she gazed across at her opponent.
Wei smirked back at her, before bending two metallic rocks off the nearest pedestal and sending them her way.
Korra sidestepped, twirling around as she redirected the metal off to the side. She pushed one away, and used her free hand to bend out the metal cable at her side.
The avatar concentrated as she tried to smack the metalbending twin with it, only for it to miss by a foot as he dodged. She tried to recoil the cable, when he slammed a foot down on the metallic rope, and bended it into a constant flowing loop.
Korra grunted as it wrapped around her waist and sent her flying back around ten feet, looking up as the twin pumped his fist and grinned, "I can't believe I'm sparring with the Avatar!"
Wing grumbled from over where he was working with Bolin, a frown present on his face, "I can't believe I'm stuck with her friend."
Bolin held a smaller lump of meteor metal between his hands, pressing together with all his might, "Hold on! I almost got it!" The rock fell limply from his hands, and a disappointed look crossed his face, "No? Oh well- OW!"
Two metal plates came up and smacked the poor earthbender between them, causing Bolin to call out indignantly, "HEY!"
"Trial by fire! Best way to learn metalbending, my friend!" Wing bended another metal rock at Mako's younger brother, causing Bolin to squeal and dive out of the way.
He popped back up to his feet, and kicked a small rock the size of a pinkie into the air, before punching it straight into Wing's forehead.
Suyin's son grabbed his forehead and groaned, the sharp stinging pain from being hit in the middle of his head.
Mako and Asami walked over, the firebender chuckled and looked at his little brother, "Oh! Nice shot Bolin! But I thought you were suppose to be practicing metal bending?"
Wing finally stopped whining about the scratch on his forehead to glare at the other earthbender, crossing his arms in annoyance, "Yeah, cheater."
Bolin rubbed his arm as he walked up to his brother, "Mako, metal bending is extremely difficult! No one can get it right away, if they can get it at all! It's not normal!"
The sound of a renewed sparring match dragged their attention over to where Korra and Wei were in fierce competition, the Avatar twirled once and used the cable to sweep Wei's feet from under him.
He fell with a thump, and Korra recoiled the metal cable back into it's holder. The Avatar was silent for a second, before a smile broke across her face and the bender jumped happily, "Wahoo! Metalbending Champion!"
Asami and Mako looked back at Bolin with an amused look to which the earthbender sighed and pouted, "Well she's the Avatar! Of course she's going to get it easier than me!"
The CEO of Future Industries decided to take pity on the poor soul that was Bolin, and got everyone's attention, "Guys, it's time to wash up. Tonight's Opal's farewell dinner."
"Ugh!" Bolin grumped around, "And now I got to say goodbye to Opal!? This is the worse day ever!"
And with that said he slumped down and slowly staggered away from the sparring area.
Mako raised an eyebrow as he watched his brother retreat, "I better go make sure he doesn't do something stupid and accidently burns down our guest house, I'll see you guys at dinner."
The twins, Korra, and the secretly pregnant heiress all waved him off. Wing and Wei soon excused themselves for a quick game of that odd metal ball game before they had to clean up, and raced off towards the arena.
Asami only had a second before Korra ran up to her and lifted the nonbender off the ground in a bear hug, "Did you see me!? That was awesome!"
Korra set the slightly frazzled woman down before directly addressing the child growing in the inventor's womb, "Your mama's going to be the best metalbender in the world. Even old grumpy Lin won't stand a chance!"
"Don't let her hear you say that," Asami warned, a playful smile appearing on her face. "You know Beifongs don't like competition."
"More like I'll leave her in the dust," Korra looked up at the slightly older girl, a warm sparkle in her eyes.
For a moment time seemed to freeze, and Asami could feel her cheeks heating up from their close proximity. Korra's face was merely inches away, all she had to do was lean forward a little and they would be kissing.
It took a few seconds, but Korra suddenly seemed to understand Asami's rather frantic train of thoughts and backed up embarrassedly, a deep blush spreading across her face, "Sorry! I shouldn't have invaded your space like that, that was really uncool of me and I sincerely hope you can find it in your heart to for-"
"It's alright," Asami laughed, she didn't know why but suddenly she simply couldn't stop. Maybe it was the awkwardness in the air, maybe it was the fact that the woman she had been dreaming of kissing ever since the night the baby was initially conceived had almost done it for her.
Or maybe it was just the nerves spreading throughout her body looking for a escape route.
The heiress doubled over, her contagious laughter eventually dragging the Avatar in with her, and the two of them leaned against eachother as they giggled and snorted at the smallest of things that normally wouldn't garner a second glance.
Korra fought to catch her breath, only to take one look at Asami before the two of them burst into laughter again.
Finally, after falling to the ground and managing to calm the insistent giggles, the Avatar was able to regain use of her lungs and ordered her body into a standing position; she turned and dutifully helped the pregnant engineer off the ground, unconsciously making sure the woman carrying her child didn't have any signs of harm on her body.
"Quit babying me," Asami ruffled the master of the four element's hair. "I'm fine."
"I know," Korra grinned. "I can't help it. Got to make sure you're always okay."
"If you're this helpful when I need food in the middle of the night, then I'll be impressed," Asami gestured back towards the guest houses. "Now come on. You stink, and I need a fresh jacket after rolling around in the dirt."
"I do not stink!"
"Whatever you say Korra."
The dinning room was filled with people.
The chef was passing around some type of raw veggie wraps, and Korra practically heard her stomach growling in excitement. She was so freaking hungry it wasn't even funny. Maybe it was her water tribe heritage? Chief Sokka used to talk endlessly about meat and whatnot, and due to her own ravenous appetite she could understand why.
Asami inspected the special wrap the chef had made for her, he had to be included in the news of her pregnancy when she couldn't seem to eat anything without growing nauseas. In response, he prepared several meals specifically for pregnant women that actually seemed to agree with her stomach for once.
Korra was beyond relieved when Asami started eating again, the Avatar had been getting rather worried that missing so many meals would have a negative effect on their child's development.
Their child. Those two words were enough to send chills racing up her spine. Of course, she always wanted children, but due to her position as the Avatar it had seemed something of a fairytale fantasy.
She saw how it affected Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya; she could only hope she would be able to do right by her little boy or girl.
Asami hadn't spoke to much of what she wanted in her future, never really said if she had wanted kids or not. And now she didn't really have the choice, it had already been made for her.
Sometimes, Korra felt guilty about the whole thing. If she hadn't let her emotions get the best of her and stayed away from Bumi's stash of alcohol, this wouldn't have happened. And Asami wouldn't have to worry about the responsibilities of raising a baby and running her company at the same time.
The bender vowed she would be there to help; she vowed she would cherish her offspring with all her heart. She vowed she would not screw this up.
And just maybe, there might be a chance at a being a complete family with the heiress.
Korra never really gave any thoughts to the odd thoughts floating through her mind whenever Asami popped into her brain. The inventor was breathtakingly beautiful, that could not be denied, but Korra never understood what it meant when she caught herself sneaking glances, or watching the sway of her hips as the CEO sauntered off somewhere with dozens of blueprints in her hands.
Until now that is.
She was falling in love.
She was falling in love with Asami Sato.
The baby was what really kicked her emotions into gear. Imagining her and Asami raising a child together sent her heart fluttering sporadically, and in all honesty she felt a little bad about it.
She and Mako had only broke up a little over a month before, and suddenly here she was about to become a parent with his ex-girlfriend.
Yeah, it was kind of messed up.
At least he hadn't seemed to take it badly, if not a little surprised, but then again that was perfectly understandable. She hadn't really known she liked girls either until she came to Republic City; she'd been so isolated in the White Lotus Compound, it was hard to tell if she was even attracted to people at all.
Then she met people her own age, and everything fell into place.
Su called for a toast, rising from her seat to address the room, "Thank you everyone for joining us in celebrating Opal's farewell dinner." The matriarch looked down tenderly at her daughter, "Opal you are an amazing young woman, daughter, friend, and soon to become airbending master. Your father and I couldn't be more proud of you." She kissed her daughters' head, and Korra felt a tug on her heart. Would she be able to be that affectionate with her kid? "So, I ask everyone to raise their glass, and help me honor Opal as she prepares to help lead us into the new age."
Everyone raised their glass in acknowledgement, and smiles spread across the room.
After, everyone broke into their own conversations. Varrick straightened next to Asami, clicking his fingers twice and calling out, "Zhu-Li! Bring the.. uhh.. thing!"
The super assistant popped out of nowhere, causing the heiress to jump slightly, and watch with wide eyes as she pulled some type of device from a bag and placed it in Varrick's hand, "Check it out!"
He leaned in close to her, propping the device between his hands and smiling, "It's my latest invention! I call it, an airbender finder!"
"Wait, wait, wait," Korra swallowed her food and looked over, "That thing can find airbenders?"
Asami grabbed it and turned, pointing the tip in the Avatar's direction. Korra straightened and waited for a indication that it worked, when Asami frowned and handed it back to the mad man, "I think it's broken."
"It's not broken, she needs to airbend into it!" Varrick gestured crazily with his hands before snatching the so called airbender finder away, "How else do you expect the thing to work!?"
Asami and Korra both narrowed their eyes at him, their irritation building with the odd man.
The heiress sighed and turned back to her food, stabbing her utensil into the veggies on her plate and raising it to her mouth. Korra watched out of the corner of her eye, happy to see the food the chef had made special for the pregnant CEO dulled the nausea she usually got from foods the baby didn't seem to like.
"What?" Asami looked at her and the Avatar realized she'd been staring, "Do I have something on my face?"
"Uh.. No! Of course not," Korra stuttered out nervously, her face turning hot at being caught, before she turned and buried her face in her plate.
The heiress raised an eyebrow in surprise, before shrugging and returning to her meal.
Later, as they watched the airship slowly take off, Korra pursed her lips in thought. They were suppose to leave Zaofu tomorrow and search for more airbenders before heading up to the Northern Air Temple; in order to keep the group of supposed super criminals from catching her, Lin wanted to keep a fast pace as they navigated through the Earth Kingdom.
Normally, it would have annoyed Korra of the police chief's overprotectiveness.
However, with Asami pregnant, and the criminals' exact motive unclear, it was uncertain how far they would go to get to her.
The last thing she needed was her friends and family put in danger by a couple of lunatics.
As the creaking of the domes closing around the city reached her ears, the Avatar decided to worry about it later.
Right now she needed to rest up for the long day tomorrow would bring.
The sound of explosions rustled Asami out of her sleep; screaming and sirens echoed in her ear, and the inventor was out of bed, wrapping a robe around her body, and running for the door in less than ten seconds.
As soon as she opened the door, the heiress was greeted to the sight of Mako and Bolin being blown back into a pile at her feet.
"Guys!" Asami collapsed to her knees, and placed a hand on Mako's arm; she helped the firebender sit up as he groaned, "We can't let them take her."
Asami blinked and looked up, four rogue benders were quickly moving across the courtyard. The pregnant woman placed a hand on her stomach and gasped.
One of the men had a limp Korra slung across her shoulder.
Guards suddenly swarmed the area, and Asami let out a breath of relief when she saw Lin Beifong and her family enter the area, "I don't think they're going to get far, look."
The metalbenders trapped the four fugitives between large sheets of metal, and she watched as the captain of the guard ran up and took a fighting stance, "We have you surrounded, it's over. Release the Avatar!"
For a second their was no answer, when Asami suddenly felt a tug in her stomach. She hunched over slightly, preparing for what she thought was a sudden case of nausea.
But that wasn't what happened.
Instead, the ground shook slightly and the area around the metallic sheets trapping the fugitives turned red hot.
The ground suddenly had a moat of lava keeping them from where the criminals where standing.
"That guy's a lava bender! That's awesome...ly not good for us." Bolin corrected his sentence and looked down sheepishly.
The airbender of the group raked his eyes over the crowd surrounding them. That must be Zaheer.
His eyes met Asami's and something seemed to spark in his gaze.
The CEO had only a moment to cry out a warning before a vicious gust of wind was suddenly rocketed their way.
Mako and Bolin both lunged to pull her out of the way, Lin stomped her foot to raise a wall.
But it was too late, a sharp blade of wind that could probably send her hundreds of feet in the air was heading right for her, and she couldn't get out of way in time.
The small tug in her stomach suddenly burned, she thrust her hands out, and the gust of wind separated in the middle, passing on either side of her.
She was unharmed, the baby was safe, and somehow she had redirected the wind off to the side.
Asami almost fell forward, her body felt tired and sore. Whatever just happened clearly did not agree with her muscles.
It seemed like everyone had suddenly froze, none of them sure how to process what just happened.
Asami Sato was not a bender.
So why did it seem like she did just that?
Finally, a guard shot a cable in Zaheer's direction and pulled him away towards the walkways to battle; the rogue airbender had been staring at her with a unreadable expression. His eyebrows furrowed up his forehead.
The battle reignited, and she felt Bolin pull her down behind another plastic sheet with Mako and Lin as the combustion bender aimed in their direction.
"How did you do that?!" Bolin frantically gestured wildly with his hands, "Asami! What the heck!?"
"Do what?!" Asami grabbed her head and peaked over the metal sheet. Korra was position in between the four kidnappers, her limp body simply laying there; although Asami almost swore she could see the Avatar looking right at her, "What exactly happened?"
"Your eyes glowed," Mako shot a burst of fire before ducking back down. "It wasn't like the Avatar state, but it was pretty similar. Your iris's suddenly turned bright white for a second, long enough to deflect the air blast."
"But," Asami bit her lip. "I can't bend. How-"
"I don't know," Lin interrupted as she threw a rock in the armless waterbender's direction. "But we need to get Korra back, and not to mention keep you safe now. They saw your eyes, everyone did. Not to mention the fact that Zaheer targeted you specifically."
The implications of Lin's words made her heart feel heavy, nothing made sense, and she could fell the walls closing around her.
Suyin and the twins approached, bending a metal sheet to their side in order to block another combustion shot before kneeling down next to them.
Lin immediately turned to her sister, "How did they get in here?!"
Su narrowed her eyes, "I don't know, but we're not letting them escape!"
Across the moat the criminals worked hard to keep the guards from reaching them. Ghazan looked back to see a metallic bridge crossing over the lave and thrust his fist upwards, a jet of lava blasted the metal in the air; the guards were forced to scatter in order to avoid getting burned by the hot magma.
Asami peaked over the side, watching as each attempt to jump the lava was foiled, "There is no way to cross that moat."
Suyin looked around carefully, taking in every aspect of the area when her eyes were drawn to the domes overhead, "We don't need to cross it."
"What?" Mako shot a stream of fire in the combustion benders' direction before retreating back down, "Yes we do."
"No," Su looked back up before turning to her sister, "We can drop down from the dome on cables."
Lin's eyes widened in acknowledgement, before a flash of hesitation entered, "That's a great idea. Except that third-eyed freak will blast us the moment she sees us."
The younger daughter of Toph turned to Mako and Bolin, "She's a combustion bender, if one of you can stun her, her powers will be knocked out temporarily."
Mako closed his eyes in thought before perking up, "Bolin can land a shot!"
Said earthbender looked at his brother with wide eyes, "I can?!"
"You have to hit her before we drop down, Wing, Wei, let's go," the gathered Beifongs rushed off, leaving the three young adults hiding behind the metal plate.
Bolin made a strangled sound, "I do!?"
Asami placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump and send a sheepish smile towards her, "Sorry, kind of nervous."
"You're allowed to be," Asami replied; one hand went to her stomach, as if she was shielding the child inside from the dangers all around her.
Mako fidgeted with the radio one of the guards had given him, waiting for the signal from Lin and Su.
Suddenly the static sound of the radio buzzing to life filled her ears, and the firebender picked up the headset, "Copy that." He turned to his brother, "Alright, it's Bolin time."
The earthbender nodded, pumping himself up, "Bolin time! Bolin time!"
He shot to his feet with his brother, and bended a rock directly for the tall combustion bender.
To their immediate disappointment, she ducked and turned towards them, using her arms to shield herself from another small rock while the water and lava bender attacked.
Bolin and Mako kept at it, but the barrage of water and lava became too much.
The younger brother covered his head, "It's too much! I can't get a clear shot!"
They ducked back down as a small wave of lava crashed into the side of the metal sheet; the radio buzzed, "Are we a go?"
Mako grabbed the headset, "No go!"
"Copy, we're a go!"
The firebender widened his eyes, "I said no! Wait!"
Far above, Lin and Suyin Beifong plunged headfirst into the fray.
Mako growled and looked over at the three benders currently guarding Korra's body, leaving Bolin and Asami to huddle down as a small wave of lava crashed against the metal plate again.
The heiress tried to control her fearful breathing, holding her stomach as the anxiety rose in her chest like a suffocating balloon.
The firebending brother shot to his feet, hammering in the escaped criminals direction with wave after wave of fire, "Bolin now!"
Bolin took a deep breath, hoped this worked, and kicked up a pinkie sized pebble and punched it for the combustion bender's forehead.
There was a resounding blast, and Asami slowly peaked over the edge.
"Haha! Nice shot little bro!" Mako smiled hugely, the three of them watching as Lin and Su lowered down to the ground, grabbed Korra and pushed Ghazan back. The metal cables recoiled, and they were pulled back up towards the domes.
The armless waterbender grabbed at Lin's ankle with one of her weird water arm things, only for it to be blasted with a fireball from Mako.
He shot another one over, only for it to be blocked with a swipe.
Zaheer blasted the two guards he was fighting into a column, only to look up and see the Avatar being brought to safety, "No!"
He blasted off the ground with his glider staff, and the entire audience on the floor watched as he slowly approached the retreating sisters taking Korra above the domes.
A sharp blade of air in Lin's direction, dodged.
The chief of police grabbed at the cable as she tried to steady herself, her eyes widening as she watched Zaheer get closer.
Suddenly, Suyin bended the cable in her direction, keeping the two away from the dangerous airbender, and threw three metal bands for his glider wing.
They cut through the material like butter, and the airbender went tumbling down towards the ground.
He used a burst of air to cushion his fall, growling in annoyance, "We failed!"
With a loud scream, he bended the smoke around into a tight tornado, effectively covering their escape.
Mako, Bolin, and Asami all stood up and looked around, "Where are they?"
The radio buzzed next to them, "Guards! Search the entire estate!"
"We're about to find out," Bolin stated, before the three of them were lead away to Suyin's office.
They were sitting on the couch when Su, Lin, Aiwei, and two guards carrying Korra came in.
Asami held her hands over her heart, her stomach was doing flips and she chewed on her lips nervously as they watched the guards set her down on the couch across from them.
The heiress felt like she might throw up again just from seeing Korra so defenseless like that.
Bolin rubbed her back comfortingly, and she threw him a thankful smile.
Aiwei shook a bottle in his hand, and propped the Avatar's head up so that she could swallow, "The tonic should neutralize the effects of the Zhi-Shu(?) toxin."
Slowly Korra moved her finger, the feeling of returning to life throughout her body. She tried to sit up, but struggled quietly to do so.
Lin turned on Su, "How could you let this happen!? You told me this place was secure!"
"It is!" The younger Beifong defended, "This was obviously a well-planned out operation, so don't blame me!"
The captain of the guard walked into proximity at that moment, standing at attention in the doorway, "We've completed the search."
"Did you find them?" Lin demanded, her fists clenching at her sides.
"We searched the entire estate multiple times, but there's no sign of them," the captain informed.
Lin snarled, "Well keep looking!"
The guard nodded respectfully and quickly ran off.
"Hmm," Aiwei rose to his feet. "It would seem they had inside knowledge of Zaofu."
Korra groaned as she finally managed to sit up, regaining complete control over her body and grabbing her head, "It.. It had to be a guard."
"I agree," Aiwei said.
Suyin's nostrils flared, "Question them all! Whoever betrayed my city will suffer the consequences!"
Aiwei nodded, and the adults were about to disperse when Mako spoke up, "Wait!"
They looked over at them, noticing how Asami was huddled in on herself, "We're forgetting something else here. Zaheer specifically targeted Asami."
Korra's eyes widened, and she shot to her feet and stood in front of the heiress, kneeling and grabbing her hands protectively, "He did!? Are you alright!? The baby wasn't hurt, was it!?"
"No," Asami smiled and ran one hand through Korra's hair, the gesture helping ease the frantic beating of the Avatar's heart. "I'm okay."
The room collectively suddenly was entrenched in thought, Lin cupped her palm, "How could I forget!? She deflected the air blade, and I'm pretty sure you're not an airbender."
Asami pursed her lip and punched a hand out, coming up with no following gust, "No. I'm still a nonbender. I don't know how I did it."
"Wait, did what!?" Korra stood back up and crossed her arms, "Can someone tell me exactly what happened?!"
"It almost looked like she went into the Avatar State, Korra," Bolin explained. "The wind was just about to hit her, and her iris's glowed like Avatar white and she thrusted her hands out and BOOM-"
"What he means to say is that she deflected the airbending somehow," Lin stepped in. "Something caused her to tap into some kind of power and she managed to keep herself from getting hurt."
Korra couldn't believe it at first, but looking around at all the grim faces made her realize this was a whole lot more complicated than she thought, "Was it around the beginning of the fight?"
"Yeah," Mako nodded. "Right after the lava bender created the moat."
"I remember seeing him aim at someone, but I wasn't in the right position to see it was you," Korra frowned. "You guys don't think Zaheer knows Asami's pregnant, do you?"
"I believe it may be possible," Aiwei was the one who spoke up. "People will go to extremes to accomplish their goals, and it's already been made clear they wouldn't even hesitate to dare try and kidnap you in a place as secure as our city. I do not disbelieve that they would attack a pregnant comrade of yours to create a diversion long enough to get away."
Asami hugged her stomach, and Korra felt guilt eat away at her heart.
This was all her fault. Asami and their unborn child were now in danger because of her.
"But how does that explain her glowing eyes?" Suyin wondered; the harsh light in her eyes that came from discovering there was a mole in her city had disappeared and she turned her attention to the only nonbender, "What did it feel like?"
"I.." Asami rubbed her arms, "I don't know how to explain it. Almost like a shot of adrenaline. For a few seconds it was like I had all the power in the world running through my veins, then I felt dead tired."
"The power part does sound like the Avatar state," Korra scratched the back of her head. "But I never really feel tired afterwards."
"Well, she's not the Avatar," Mako pointed out. "Her body isn't used to dealing with surges like that."
"What if it's the baby?!" Bolin jumped to his feet, his eyes excited at a new idea. "What if the baby has some avatary powers like you!?"
"That's crazy!" Korra retorted, "Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi don't have any avatar powers, and they're the children of Aang."
"Wait," Aiwei looked between the two younger women. "Miss Sato's baby is... yours, Avatar Korra?"
The southern Water Tribe native stiffened, before turning and looking at the truth seer, "Yes. We conceived it using the Avatar State."
"And don't tell anyone," Lin snapped at the man. "We already have to deal with maniacs trying to kidnap Korra, I don't want them to go after the CEO of Future Industries as well."
"Still," Mako rubbed his temple. "None of this explains how Asami suddenly developed the ability to redirect bending."
Korra exhaled sharply through her nose, one hand clenching as she ponder over what could of cause this.
A far-fetched idea popped into her mind, "The Avatar State is a defense mechanism."
"What?" The room turned to look at her.
"The Avatar State," Korra slowly smiled, finding the correct explanation. "I looked at the stories on Kyoshi about her daughter she sired. It said Koko wasn't a bender, but was able to protect herself against it. Kyoshi said once it was because of the Avatar State, but the rest of the writings were destroyed when the Air Benders were wiped out."
"You think the baby can defend itself," Asami wrapped her head around the idea. "Whenever it senses I am in danger, you think it protects me?"
"It makes sense," Aiwei spoke up. "I am no great spiritual advisor, but it does seem possible for a child conceived using the Avatar State."
The occupants of the room all processed the information, and Lin shook her head, "This just keeps getting better and better."
Suyin shot her a amused look before turning to the four young adults in the room, "How about you kids go get some sleep. We'll have you sleep in the guest rooms in the house. That way you'll be close at hand in case something happens." The matriarch turned to her advisor, "Aiwei, would you be a dear and show them the way?"
"It would be my pleasure," the aging man went to leave, waving for them to follow.
Mako and Bolin moved first, followed by Asami and then Korra.
The Avatar chewed on her lip as she mulled over all that had happened.
She hadn't even noticed it, but her hand automatically drifted to Asami's, unconsciously taking comfort in the fact that the pregnant woman was safe.
Asami simply smiled tiredly, bags forming under her eyes from lack of sleep, and laced their fingers together.
That night they slept in the same bed, one of Korra's hands resting on the small and barely noticeable bump of Asami's stomach.
The heiress had one hand on the Avatar's muscular arm, her fingers drawing circles over the firm bicep.
Korra couldn't help the shiver that traveled up her spine at the action, it brought back a certain memory of the same finger tracing her bare stomach, exploring each individual ab she sported.
That had been the night this all started.
Asami sighed lightly, Korra's arms were wrapped around her in a protective embrace. Even though she wasn't the one who had almost been kidnapped, the southern native hated the thought of anything happening to her (hopeful) girlfriend and child.
It was an odd thing to do if they were just friends, but all lines of modesty had long since been erased due to that fateful night; cuddling to give comfort seemed a pretty tame thing to do.
"What do you think they want with you?" Asami asked, her head laying on the other's shoulder.
Korra sighed and rubbed her eyes with her free hand, "I don't know. What does anyone ever want with the Avatar? Either to help them or brutally murder them."
"Aren't you glad I'm on the help side then?" Asami teased, trying to find humor in the situation.
"I'm very glad," Korra grinned. "You could destroy the world with a swipe of your hand if you wanted Miss Sato."
"I'm aware," Asami chuckled and pulled her hand away from the other's arm, (much to Korra's disappointment). She placed it over her abdomen and hummed lightly to herself, pondering the ever-changing future.
Korra felt butterflies in her chest at the sight. It was almost like the CEO was trying to sing to their child, so very gentle and tender.
The Avatar smiled, "You're so beautiful." And immediately she ate her words, sputtering like mad as a blush overcame her face.
Dear spirits, did that really just come out of her mouth this couldn't be happening it was almost more embarrassing than the time she blurted out to Mako that she thought they were 'made for each other.' (She'd been so very wrong about that though).
Asami simply raised an teasing eyebrow at the scarlet Avatar, "Beautiful huh? I always considered myself more gorgeous than beautiful."
"Why do you have to torment me?" Korra whined, heat burned in her cheeks.
"You're blushing."
"Asami!"
"Okay, okay," the heiress laughed heartily, causing Korra's heart to pitter-patter in her chest sporadically.
The CEO settled back against the benders' shoulder and snuggled close, while Korra's arms automatically returned to wrapped around the other's waist; one hand reclaimed it's place on the small swell signifying the growing child inside of the nonbender.
Korra had an idea pop into her head, a slightly embarrassing one, but an idea none the less, "Hey, can I try something?"
"Hmm?" Asami looked up at her, "Try what?"
The master of the four elements, protector of the world, vanquisher of Vaatu blushed like a nerd and twirled a piece of her hair bashfully, "I wanted to.. umm.. talk to your stomach... you know, the baby."
"Oh," Asami cocked her head. "Do you mean my bare stomach? Did you want me to pull my nightgown up?"
Korra blushed deeply and Asami realized how that must of sounded, "Oh no! No no no no, I have shorts underneath! It's nothing like that."
She turned a lovely shade of red, the dark color highlighted across her pale cheeks, "Besides it's nothing you haven't seen before."
"True," Korra chuckled and the awkwardness began to fade.
Asami raised her hips off the bed an inch, and Korra helped pull her dress up her legs and over her hips and stomach. They bunched it below the ribcage and true to her word, Asami was wearing a pair of sparring shorts underneath.
Korra hesitantly stared at the bare abdomen. She could see the slight outline of the CEO's own toned core muscles, and wondered how long until they would disappear with the curve of the pregnancy.
"Hey little guy," she pursed her lips. "I'm Korra, uhh... Avatar Korra if you want to be technical. I'm your mom, or father too. It's complicated." She ignored the amused look on Asami's look at that and continued her thoughts, "I just want you to know I love you very much, and I'll keep you safe. Forever and ever, I promise. Okay?" She looked up and saw the slightly tired look on the heiress's face, deciding to cut it short and let the soon to be mother get some sleep, "Now your mommy's pretty tired, and truthfully so am I. I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay? Catch ya later, mini-me."
Without thinking, she pressed a kiss to the bare skin.
Asami jerked and Korra panicked, "I'm sorry! I'm really really sorry, that was stupid of me, I should have asked you, please don't be mad!"
The inventor giggled, and the avatar stared confusingly at her, "Why are you laughing?"
"I'm not mad," Asami patted the other's cheek. "I'm really ticklish. I'm not mad. Just really ticklish, and that's one of my sensitive spots."
"Oh," Korra stammered. "I.. uh.. I totally knew that."
"Sure you did," Asami drawled.
"Okay I didn't," the muscular woman gave a sheepish look, gazing into the beautiful green eyes of the heiress.
Suddenly it hit her how close they were sitting.
Literally, they were only a few inches away from eachother.
Korra felt her heart pounding in her chest, butterflies rising up her throat in nervous little breaths.
Closer and closer they seemed to lean; their faces almost touching.
Then Asami made a choice, and closed the distance.
Soft lips brushed over her mouth, and Korra swore she felt the world explode.
And it's done!
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