I know, the first chapter was short and not of good quality, but I hope this one will make up for it. And there's Linzin, Makorra, and whatever Kuzon and Asami are called. Um…Kusami? Meh, I'll work on it.

I found out that Book 2 is called Spirits. Bumi's going to be a regular on the show, Mako's a cop, Bolin is the captain of the Fire Ferrets 'cause Korra and Mako quit, they're going to be in the Southern Water Tribe, and Kya's a hippie. Lol.

Chapter 2: The Dinner

Korra's eyes tried to find the intruder and saw the dark silhouette of the person on her right. The person was built like a man and Korra was now certain he was because of his low voice. She tensed. Was it Amon? As if reading her thoughts, the mysterious intruder chuckled and removed his dark mask.

"Hey Korra." Mako grinned down at her and removed his hand from her mouth. "You look scared."

She scowled and punched him hard on the arm.

"Ow! I know I should've said something but I missed you." Mako apologized. "Tenzin probably wouldn't let me come this late unless it was important."

Korra smiled. "I missed you too. Being stuck in City Hall with a bunch of old people and Kuzon wasn't fun at all."

"Bo and Asami weren't really entertaining either." he said.

"At least, we're together now." he added and planted his lips firmly on hers.

They shared a short kiss before Korra pulled away.

"You know," Korra said, changing the subject. "I don't think I'll continue probending. I still have to master the Avatar State and I'm going to be far too busy to continue probending."

"Me, neither." Mako agreed. "I think I'll be a policeman."

She laughed. "You, a cop?"

"Yeah, what's so wrong with that?" he said in mock offense.

Korra shook her head. "Nothing. I just think you'd look good in a uniform." she grinned as he blushed. "I'm going to go to sleep. I'm tired."

She felt Mako's warm lips on her forehead. "Good night." he breathed in her ear. She smiled and closed her eyes.

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"Mom!" Kuzon yelled. "Hurry up! We have to go to work."

"Don't rush me." Lin snapped, her eyes tired and entered the living room. She had half of her uniform on, and she wore her pajama pants underneath.

Kuzon was wearing the Police Captain uniform and serving himself and his mother coffee. He stared at her for awhile, then burst out laughing. "C'mon Mom, you should rally dress better. It's our first day since the Revolution."

Lin scowled. "If my son didn't tell me to hurry, I would've had my entire uniform on."

"Well, get fully dressed quickly. I really want to get to work." Kuzon said excitedly.

She rolled her eyes and returned to her bedroom. Five minutes later, Lin returned to the living room with her full attire.

He handed her a cup of coffee and a doughnut. "Let's go. I call driving the satomobile."

Lin handed him the keys. "Don't drive too fast."

"I'll try."

Once they arrived to Headquarters, Lin was forced to give the Police Captain a ticket.

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"Tenzin, are you alright?" Pema asked her husband.

Tenzin was fidgeting in his seat and had barely touched his breakfast. She wondered what was wrong.

"Yeah Tenzin, you need to relax." Korra said.

"I'm fine. I'm just not hungry." Tenzin replied. Pema wondered if he was lying.

He stood. "I must go now. There are more council meetings I have to attend."

Pema frowned. "I thought you were done with them for awhile."

Tenzin shook his head. "No, there's more."

"But I thought there weren't any-" Korra started to say.

"There is." Tenzin interrupted. "Good bye, everyone."

Pema stared at her husband as he exited the room. Then she looked at the children. "Did you do something to your father?"

They shook their heads. Then Jinora stood. "I have to go to the library."

"Don't stay out too long with Skoochy or else I'll go down there myself to get you." Pema warned.

"Fine." Jinora muttered, her cheeks pink from getting caught.

"I have to go too. I need to go talk with Bolin and Mako." Korra told Pema. "After that, we have to go to a press conference in front of City Hall."

Pema inwardly groaned. That meant she was left alone with the children. And they looked as hyper as ever.

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Tenzin sat at the Meditation Pavilion and closed his eyes. There were too many things on his mind. He was nervous about the dinner, but excited too. He got to be with his son and Lin. Although, there were certain complications, Pema for one. He still hadn't told her about Kuzon, and it made him feel guilty.

Concentrate, Tenzin thought to himself. Do not think of anyone or anything.

It worked well for the first minute. He took a deep breath.

Lin.

Tenzin shook his head and put his face in his hands. This was impossible.

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"Avatar Korra, are you going to be helping restore Republic City and keeping the streets safe?"

"Mako and Bolin, will you two and the Avatar still keep probending?"

"Asami Sato, how do you feel about your father's betrayal? Are you going to take over Future Industries?"

Asami gripped Kuzon's hand as she fought to keep her face neutral. The reporters were being way to nosy. She wanted to punch them all in the face.

Team Avatar, Lin, and Tenzin were standing in front of City Hall. They did their best to keep calm and answer the questions to the best of their abilities, but some questions were quite personal.

A reporter glanced at their intertwined hands and asked, "Ms. Sato, are you and the Police Captain dating?"

Now they were interested in them. Asami bit her lip.

"Police Captain, are you worried that Hiroshi will break out of jail and kill you for dating his daughter?"

Lin glared at the reporter, who gulped.

"Leave him alone." she growled protectively.

"What is your connection to Lin Beifong?" a brave (or stupid) reporter asked Kuzon.

"Kuzon Beifong, who is your father?"

"Is he actually a firebender?"

Asami noticed that he was glaring daggers at his new fans.

"My father will remain unknown." Kuzon announced, fighting to keep his voice under control. "My mother is Lin Beifong, obviously."

You could hear a pin drop for about ten seconds, then reporters were asking more questions and photgraphers were snapping more pictures.

"Bolin, get them on another subject." Asami whispered and nudged Bolin with her ellbow.

He nodded. "Okay." Bolin told everyone, "Mako and Korra are a couple!"

There were several gasps, including a few people fainting.

"Korra, have you and Mako planned on marrying?"

"Did you ever go on dates?"

"Have you kissed?"

Mako shot a look at Bolin. "Why would you say that?"

He shrugged. "Asami told me to get the reporters on another subject."

"They were getting to focused on Kuzon's dad." Asami replied. "I didn't mean for Bolin to say that."

"It was the first thing that came into my head." Bolin said defensively. "Besides, you can't hide everything from the press."

"Actually, you can't hide anything from the press." Korra murmured.

Tenzin placed his hands on Bolin and Asami's shoulders. "That will be everything for today." he told the reporters.

A young woman raised her hand. "Did Kuzon's father abandon him or not?" she asked nosily.

Kuzon grabbed the microphone. "No. He didn't know about me." he answered quickly, looking at Tenzin's angered expression. He hoped nobody noticed. "And that will be all."

"Good bye everybody!" Bolin shouted into the microphone and Team Avatar departed with Tenzin and Lin.

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They decided to go eat at Narook's Noodlery. Lin and Tenzin passed. Tenzin had to go to a meeting and Lin still had to work. She let this one slide for Kuzon, since he needed a break and was still a kid. Bolin thought that he was too stressed and serious, like his mother.

"Man, I am starving!" Bolin said when their noodles arrived. He picked up his chopsticks and stuffed noddles in his mouth.

The others picked up their chopsticks and neatly put the noodles in their mouths. Bolin rolled his eyes. Well, that wasn't the fun way to eat. he thought as he chewed on his noodles carefully.

"Am I the only one who hated the reporters?" Korra asked.

Asami shook her head. "No. I was ready to slap some of them."

"Ditto." Kuzon said.

"Bo, did you really have to tell everyone Korra and I were dating?" Mako asked Bolin.

He slurped his juice and then answered, "People would've found out anyways, Mako. Besides, I had to help Asami and Kuzon out. They only started dating."

"So did Korra and I!"

"Yeah, but they don't spend the whole time kissing." Bolin countered.

Mako's face went red and so did Korra's. It took all of his willpower not to laugh.

"Let's just eat." Kuzon suggested.

"Thanks for helping me out." Bolin whispered to him.

He shrugged and ate his noodles.

"What are you going to do tonight?" Asami asked Kuzon.

"I've got to go to Tenzin's for dinner." he answered. "Says he 'wants to get to know me' better."

"I noticed they're getting along better now." Korra said. "When I first met your mom, Tenzin had to come to Headquarters and bail me out. She was really abrasive to him. Now, they're friendlier."

Mako nodded in agreement. "They are pretty good friends now." he said, glad that the subject wasn't focused in him or Korra.

"It's not going to last much longer." Kuzon said. He drank his water casually as his friends stared at him.

"What do you mean?" Bolin asked.

"History will repeat itself, and he's going to hurt her again." he replied. "Who knows, maybe they're going to grow closer together, he chooses Pema," Kuzon said her name with disgust, "over her again, and my mother's heart gets broken all over again."

"Maybe not." Asami said. "Maybe he'll choose her."

Korra scratched her head. "Well, he is married. That really ties his hands."

"Can we order dessert now?" Bolin asked, eating the last noodle in his bowl.

"When did you finish?" Mako asked.

"While you guys were talking about Beifong." Bolin answered. He rubbed his belly satisfactorily. "Man, that was good! But I still have room for dessert. Waitress!"

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Lin was having trouble picking out what to wear.

It was 6:45 already and she had been spending almost fourty-five minutes digging through her wardrobe to find what to wear. She couldn't just go with her uniform. That would not be right. Unfortunately, Lin did not have a great fashion sense and something that was even more unfortunate was that she did not have anyone to help her with her dilemna.

"Why couldn't I have a daughter?" she muttered as she tossed aside a shirt.

"Heard that." came Kuzon's reply from his room.

Lin rolled her eyes but did not say anything.

"Are you ready yet? Because I've been ready since I got here from the Noodlery ten minutes ago." said Kuzon. He came out of his room and leaned against the doorway. "Can't you just pick an outfit and get it over with?"

"I don't want to wear something to formal, but I'm not wearing something too casual either." she murmured.

"Women. Always taking so long to get ready." he muttered.

Eventually, Kuzon got bored and went to the living room to watch T.V. Lin finally settled on brown tights, black boots, and a dark green shirt.

"We can go now." Lin announced when she came in the room.

"Good." Kuzon stood up and turned off the T.V.

"But," she said. "I'm driving this time."

He grabbed his glider and ran his fingers over the hard, smooth wood. "Fine."

"We can just go on my mother's old boat. Leave the glider behind."

Kuzon sighed but reluctantly agreed.

Once they got to the docks, they found an old boat that hadn't been used in years.

"When was the last time this old boat sailed, Mom?" Kuzon asked.

"Your grandmother and I had to chase a firebender. He had destroyed some houses and killed people just for money. He went by boat so Toph and I chased him in this boat. The firebender was worried when we were catching up to him and he shot lightning at the boat. He was aiming for the motor, of course but luckily the idiot missed. Toph pushed me into the ocean before he fired and Toph was in the explosion. She survived, but had to retire earlier than she would've liked. I was upset that the firebender escaped, but I was glad my mother was alive. She died about eight years after the incident, when you were seven." Lin answered bitterly. "The lightning had taken its toll on her."

He nodded. "Oh." he said quietly.

"Just get in the boat." Lin instructed.

They sailed in silence towards Air Temple Island. They left the boat docked and walked to Tenzin's house.

Before they walked in, Lin told Kuzon, "After dinner, I have to discuss some important business matters with Tenzin. You should hang out with Korra and your…half-siblings."

"What kind of business matters?" Kuzon asked suspiciously.

"Important business matters, that's what. Now stop asking questions and get inside."

Before Kuzon could ask anymore questions, Ikki opened the door and gave them both a huge smile. "Hi Kuzon! Hi Lin!"

"Hey Ikki." Kuzon greeted her with a warm smile. Lin only gave her a stiff nod.

She opened the door wider and said, "Come in! Mom made dinner."

They walked into the dining room where Tenzin and his family were seated with Pema serving fresh food. Kuzon sat in between Jinora and Meelo and Lin sat next to Ikki and Tenzin. Korra sat on one end of the table and Pema sat on the other. Korra waved to them.

"Lin, it's so…nice to see you." Pema said and gave Lin a smile that she knew was fake. "And Kuzon, how are you?"

Kuzon nodded at her, his gray eyes piercing Pema's soft brown ones. "Fine." he said stiffly.

They withdrew their gazes. Kuzon picked up his chopsticks and ate carefully, as if the food was poisoned. Lin tried the food. It was good, better than her own cooking. She didn't cook much anyway and didn't like to do it. She and Kuzon mostly ate out or got takeout.

"The food is great." Lin said to Pema. Kuzon and Tenzin gave her surprised looks. Lin never acted very civil, let alone to Pema.

"Thank you." Pema replied.

"So how does it feel being Chief Beifong again?" asked Korra.

For awhile, Lin didn't know she was talking to her. "Hm? Oh, it's fine. Tiring work but we've made some progress. Not many disturbances."

She saw Meelo lean towards Kuzon and heard him whisper, "Did you bring the candy?"

"Yep." he said and patted the pocket of his pants. Meelo's eyes widened excitedly.

"Do you have some of Asami's hair?" Meelo asked.

Kuzon shook his head and gave the five-year-old an odd look. "Um, no. Do you?"

Meelo shook his head. "Not yet. But I have a plan." he said mischievously.

"Are you going to tell me what it is?" he asked.

"Nope."

Ikki tugged Kuzon's sleeve. "Do you know where Uncle Bumi is?"

He shook his head.

"He's probably partying with strangers in a nightclub!" she said brightly.

"Ikki!" Tenzin scolded. "You cannot talk about what Bumi's doing!"

Lin raised her eyebrows. "Let me guess; tomorrow, when I go to work, I will see Bumi behind bars and you will have to bail him out?"

Tenzin bit his lip. "Yes." he admitted.

She noticed the bookworm-Jinora-staring intently at something under the table and presumed that she was reading a book.

After a couple of more minutes of casual converse, everyone was finished with their dinner. Lin and Kuzon forced themselves to graciously compliment Pmea's cooking. The kids dragged Kuzon out of the dining room, each for their different purposes. Jinora wanted to quiz him on one of the books they had both read, Ikki wanted to talk to Kuzon about her day and ask about his day, and Meelo really, really wanted the candy he had smuggled out of their house.

"Pema, Lin and I have important business matters to discuss." Tenzin told his wife.

She eyed them a little suspiciously. "Alright. I'll go make sure the kids don't kill your son, Lin." Pema said jokingly and went to check on the kids.

"Come, Lin." Tenzin said and they walked to his office.

Lin sat on one of the chairs and Tenzin sat beside her in another chair.

"I missed you." he said awkwardly.

She rolled her eyes. "That's all you can say? Really Tenzin?"

They looked into each others' eyes and Tenzin moved in and closed the gap in between them. Their lips met and Lin rediscovered her love for Tenzin. They both crashed on the floor but they didn't care. He wrapped on arm around her waist and the other in her shirt. She wrapped her legs around his waist. Lin put her arms around Tenzin's neck and pulled him closer to her. She let out a small moan of pleasure.

One of her boots accidently came off and she felt Pema's heartbeat come closer.

Lin reluctantly broke the kiss.

"What is it?" Tenzin asked, sounding a little annoyed.

"Pema's coming." Lin panted.

They let go of each other and sat back on the chairs. Lin fixed her messy gray hair and put her boot back on. Tenzin tried to breathe at a normal rate.

"Get a grip, Tenzin. You're hyperventilating." Lin hissed.

He calmed down a bit just before Pema came in. She was holding a tray with teacups on it and looked suspicious.

"Are you alright?" Pema asked. "I heard a loud crash."

Tenzin held up a book on his desk. "Yes. This fell on the floor when I was about to show it to Lin."

"Oh." Pema said. She held out the tray and he grabbed it. "I made you both some jasmine tea in case you two got thirsty."

"Thank you, Pema." Lin replied.

She nodded and left the room.

Lin waited until she was certain that Pema was out of earshot. "Are you alright?" she asked. "You look nervous."

Tenzin cleared his throat. "It's nothing." he said quickly.

She frowned. "Tenzin…"

"It's nothing Lin. Honestly-"

Lin gave him a peck on the lips. "So why were you so nervous?"

"I just feel a little guilty for lying to Pema. I love her as the mother of my children…well, most of my children." he corrected when he saw her glare. "But I'm not in love with her. I love you, Lin. Only you."

"I love you too, Tenzin." she said to him.

Tenzin kissed her hair. "I'll love you forever. Every day of eternity."

Lin smiled. "So will I."

As they leaned in for a kiss, they heard a noise which made them jump in surprise.

"Hi Mom." Kuzon said. "Hello Father."

"Hello, Kuzon." Tenzin said. "Can I help you?"

He nodded. "I need to talk to you. Privately."

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"Why?"

They were outside. The sky was a dark blue and was completely cloudless. No one was outside but them. Kuzon's arms were folded across his chest ane he gave Tenzin a hard look.

"Why what?" Tenzin asked, oblivious to what Kuzon was trying to ask.

His gray eyes bored into Tenzin's. "Why are you doing this to my mother? Messing with her feelings and all that."

"H-h-how did you find out?" he stammered.

"I was trying to teach Korra about seismic sense. When I demonstrated it, I felt your heartbeats beating rapidly. Either you were scared, nervous, or doing something you weren't supposed to!"

Tenzin raised his arms in defense. "Kuzon-"

"You have a wife and four children. What's wrong with you?"

"Kuzon," he said gently. "I love your mother."

He shook his head. "You're going to hurt her again! I won't allow it."

"I have no intention of hurting your mother." Tenzin said firmly and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Things are complicated right now and I don't know what to do. You'll just have to trust me."

They stared at each other for a couple of tense seconds before Kuzon backed away. "I know you still love her, but promise me you won't hurt her. She was a mess when you left her. She only tried for me to act all normal again. That took years. I don't want to see her broken again."

"I promise. Will you promise not to tell Pema or anyone else about what we were doing?"

Kuzon snorted. "Of course I'm not going to tell Pema. She hates me. The feeling's quite mutual, by the way. And don't worry. No one else will know about your secret relationship. Next time, don't do it on the floor."

Tenzin felt his cheeks get warm and was certain they were red. "Of course."

That's it. Hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter might be in a week or so so stay tuned. BYE!