As a recap, Team Avatar went to a press conference with Lin and Tenzin, people are now curious about the identity of Kuzon's father, and he and Lin went to Tenzin's place for dinner. Lin and Tenzin had a little…um…time to themselves after dinner. I've read that you guys found the "..don't do it on the floor" thing hilarious. I'm glad you think so.

Disclaimer: If I owned Legend of Korra, don't you think I wouldn't be typing this?

Chapter 3: First Date

Two weeks later…

"Oof!" groaned the thug and landed on the hard ground. Kuzon had earthbended a rock into hitting him in the butt.

He grinned and wiped the dirt of his hands. "Simple rule. Don't mess with the Police Captain."

"Thanks, Kuzon." Mako said. He was training to be an officer but he was only there to assist and get some pointers from Kuzon. He would have his writing test in two weeks and a physical test three days after that. "Really, um, informative."

"Well, you've got to learn from the best." Kuzon replied, still smiling as he put handcuffs around the thug's wrists.

"Then I should be learning from your mother." he muttered.

The Police Captain shook his head in disagreement. "Whatever, rookie. Anyway, you've got to get back to the academy and all that."

"Yeah, but you have to sign this first." Mako said and handed him a piece of paper and a pen. His cheeks were slightly red. It felt like Kuzon was some sort of teacher and it made him feel weird that he had authority over Mako.

Kuzon scribbled his signature and handed it to Mako along with the pen. "See you later."

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"Ms. Sato, we are running low on steering wheels." said a man in a tweed jacket.

"Then go order some more." Asami Sato instructed. "And order some brakes while you're at it. We're running low on those too."

"Yes, Ms. Sato." the man bowed and left.

Asami was now running Future Industries. Everything was going great. Surprisingly, it wasn't that hard and she loved being the CEO of a company that made cars and planes. 'Course, at some times it was stressful because her father had tarnished Future Industries' name but she was glad to be doing something instead of being at her mansion all day, bored out of her mind. And of course, she loved her new outfit. (A/N she looks like Amelia Earhart, btw)

Despite having a great job and everything a person dreamed of, she was still missing something important. She had hung out with Team Avatar only once in the last two weeks since everyone was busy with their new lives. Asami missed her friends a lot, especially Kuzon. She was also quite disappointed in him, not that she'd tell him. They hadn't even had their first date but considering that he had a lot of responsibilities now, it was-sort of-alright.

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Pema turned to her husband, who was eating a late lunch due to a council meeting. They were alone in the dining room. "How was the council meeting?"

"Fine." answered Tenzin. "We were discussing some privileges that non-benders should have and things like that."

Pema couldn't resist asking, "What did you and Lin discuss last night?"

In surprise, Tenzin choked on his salad. She patted his back until he swallowed. "Oh. Uh, why?"

"Just out of curiosity, dear."

"Well…" he hesitated. "We mostly chatted and drank tea, but we did discuss…the crime in Republic City."

She was now a little suspicious. "Really?"

He nodded and ate in silence. Then he asked, "Why is this so intriguing to you? Lin and I are just, well, friends."

"Never mind." Pema said quickly and sipped some tea, trying hard to ignore the curious look from her husband.

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"Okay. That should be the last of 'em, Pabu." Bolin grinned at the fire ferret. They had been hanging posters for two hours for two new probending players; a firebender and waterbender. He was wondering if anyone would show up for the tryouts in three days.

The fire ferret twitched his nose and cooed.

Pabu climbed up Bolin's arm to his shoulder. "Let's go back to the Arena and train. Then we can eat something!" Bolin grinned to Pabu.

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Lin was in her office looking at some paperwork for the new metalbending officers and the waterbending or firebending recruits. She was approving some of their tests and some she had to write letters saying they had failed. It was dull work.

There was a knock at the door. Lin looked up from the papers. "Come in."

Korra came into her office. "Hi, Chief." she said.

"Hello Korra. What do you want?"

She hesitated. "I was kind of wondering where your son was."

Lin rolled her eyes. "Kuzon is very busy at the moment and so am I." She gestured at the few pieces of paper she had on her desk. "Don't you have to be somewhere?"

Korra shook her head. "I finally have a day off."

"What do you need to tell him?" she asked. "You're not dating him, are you? I thought he was with that Sato girl."

The Avatar merely laughed. "No, I'm not dating him." Lin let out a sigh of relief. "But I need you to pass this on to him."

Korra handed a flyer to Lin. "There's a fancy celebration for me and the rest of Team Avatar-plus everyone else who helped defeat Amon. You can come too if you want, although I think you have to because you probably have to make a speech like I do."

"Alright. Thank you, Korra. You may leave." Lin said and gestured to the door.

The Avatar bowed and left the office.

She sighed. She didn't like Korra that much, but she had distracted her from her paperwork. Lin finished up the last few paperwork and then sighed deeply in relief. "Finally. I'm done."

There was another knock at the door. "Come in." Lin called out.

"Hey, Chief. You've got more paperwork." said a page. He held a large amount of papers in his arms.

Lin slapped her forehead with the palm of her hand.

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Meelo was bored.

He had done everything from listening to Ikki, eating candy, gnawing on his father's head until he had to go to a boring council meeting, and snitching on Jinora when she was about to go meet Skoochy.

When he saw a plane in the skies, Meelo was definitely interested. The plane was small and fancy-looking. It looked like it was coming to land on Air Temple Island. He yelped and ran behind a tree. The plane landed and out came the beautiful woman in a pretty outfit.

"Hi beautiful woman!" Meelo said to Asami.

She chuckled. "Just call me Asami, Meelo."

"Why are you here, my beloved?"

"Um, I need to talk to Korra about something. It's really important."

He grabbed her hand. "C'mon, I'll lead you to her!" Meelo said and led her to the Meditation Pavillion. Korra was there, her eyes shut and her expression relaxed and peaceful.

"KORRA WAKE UP THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS HERE!" he yelled in her ear.

She opened her eyes and glared at Meelo. "Why the-" Then she noticed Asami. "Oh, hi Asami. What do you need?"

"I need to talk to you. In private."

"You heard her, Meelo. Can you leave?"

Meelo looked at Asami and said, "Farewell, beautiful woman. I'll get some of your hair one day!"

He ran away to give them some privacy.

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"So what did you need to talk to me about?" asked Korra. "Wait, let me guess; you're finally dumping Kuzon."

"What? That's not true! We're happy together." Asami said.

Korra's shoulders slumped. "Oh. Never mind then. I guessed because he hasn't even taken you out on a date. Mako's taken me out on three dates so far. It was really fun."

"Actually, that's what I came to talk to you about." she said. "He hasn't asked me out on a day yet and we've been dating for two weeks. Should I be worried?"

"Well, he is very busy keeping the streets safe and arresting people. I'm sure he'll ask you when he's available."

"Yeah, but I'm sure he'd rather sleep in his free time."

Korra threw her hands in the air. "Why don't you go ask him about this?"

Asami nodded. "Thanks Korra."

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"Are you alright, Mako? You look kind of tired." Bolin said to his brother, who lay on the couch.

Mako was panting and his muscles were sore. They had worked them hard at the Academy. He didn't know how much push ups he had done today, but his muscles said way too many. There were several bending exercises that they had to accomplish before the instructors taught them more advanced techniques.

"Of course I'm tired, bro." Mako replied.

He shrugged. "Well, what do you want me to do for you? I'll make some stew if you want."

The firebender shuddered. He wasn't a big fan of his brother's stew.

"I'll be okay. Take care of yourself and Pabu. All I need is sleep and silence."

"Okay. I'll be in bed. With Pabu. In silence. Really quietly. I'll be so quiet-"

"Bolin!"

"Sorry."

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Kuzon sat across from his mother's desk. "That's a lot of paperwork you've got there." he noticed as Lin wrote. Every so often, she'd shake her hand to get the blood moving because she would grip to tightly on the pen.

Lin glared at him. "Can't you help?"

"Sorry, but this is my break. I had a really, really long day." said Kuzon and sipped some of his tea.

She handed him the flyer. "Korra wanted me to give you this."

He read it. Once he was done, he sipped his tea thoughtfully. "Cool. Looks fun, even f it's a formal occasion."

There was a knock at the door and a page came inside. "Chief, Captain. There's someone here to see you."

"If it's that cabbage guy again, tell him I hate cabbages." Kuzon told the page.

The page rolled his eyes. "It's Ms. Sato." he said and left the room.

Asami came in, looking gorgeous as ever. She look a little worried, but glad to see Kuzon.

"Asami. This is surprise." he said, running his fingers through his hair.

She smiled. "Hi Lin. Hi Kuzon. I need to talk to you."

"Is it important?" asked Lin.

"Well, yes but not in the way you think." Asami replied. "Can I talk to you outside, Kuzon?"

"Uh, sure."

He left the office and joined her outside.

He folded his arms across his chest. "So what's wrong?"

"We haven't been spending a lot of time together lately, so I was wondering if maybe later tonight we could go out and do something." she said. "Unless you're too busy but I get off from work early today so that's why tonight seemed good."

"I think I can make it. Maybe we should go to this new restaurant serving Fire Nation cuisine."

Asami gave him a dazzling smile that took his breath away. "Sounds great."

"I'll pick you up at seven?"

"Yeah, that's fine." she replied and checked her watch. "I'd better go. My break's over in ten minutes." She kissed his cheek. "Bye."

Kuzon smiled at her as she walked away and went back inside, a dazed smile on his face.

"What happened out there?" his mother asked.

"I've got a date tonight." he replied. "With Asami."

She rolled her eyes. "You say that like it's a good thing."

"It's the best thing. It'll be our first date. It's going to be amazing tonight."

"Mmm."

Kuzon snapped out of his daze. "You must of felt that way too on your first date. Was it with my father?'

She nodded curtly. "Yes, it was with him. It was crazy."

"What did you two do?"

"He took us on Oogi, accidentally pushed me into the Yue Bay, and when we went back on the ground I earthbended him into a building." answered Lin while busied with paperwork.

He laughed. "My father's quite the charmer. Did you kiss him?"

She reddened. "None of your business. You're off your break. In an hour, you're free to go on your date."

Kuzon grinned. "Alright, Mom. See you later."

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Asami waited in her mansion in a new outfit she had recently purchased. (A/N This outfit is her regular outfit in Book 2)She was excited to go out on her first date with Kuzon. She checked her watch anxiously and hoped he wouldn't be late.

There was the honking of a car outside. She grabbed her purse and walked as fast as she could in her heels. Outside, was her boyfriend in a dark brown coat, black pants, and a dark green dress shirt. His mouth was agape when he looked at her.

"You look…you look…" he stuttered.

She chuckled. "You don't look so bad yourself, Kuz."

He opened the door for her. She climbed in and shut the door.

Kuzon drove them to the restaurant. "You look gorgeous, Asami." he said once he had control of himself.

"Thanks."

They arrived at the restaurant. It was called Fiery Fire Nation Food.

"That's an interesting name." Asami remarked.

He nodded. "Yep. After you." he said and held the door open for her.

They sat down at a booth. A waitress approached them. "What would you like to drink?"

"I'll have jasmine tea." said Kuzon.

"So will I." Asami said.

The waitress nodded. "Here are the menus. I'll be back with the drinks." She left to get their drinks.

"It's a pretty nice place, huh?" he asked.

Asami agreed. "Yeah, it is."

"Did you hear about that Avatar Grand Ball thing?" Kuzon inquired.

"Yeah, it sounds like fun."

"Do you want to go together?"

She smiled. "That would be really fun. Hey, I've been meaning to ask you something."

He grinned. "Shoot."

"Are your parents alright? Korra told me the other day Tenzin was acting weird after you guys had dinner at his house."

Kuzon frowned and looked nervous. "Uh, the thing is-"

"Here are your drinks. What can I get you?" the waitress asked, placing their tea cups in front of them.

"I'll have…the spicy chicken with wonton soup." Kuzon said after he skimmed through the menu.

The waitress scribbled his order down, then asked Asami, "What would you like?"

"I'll have dumplings and fried rice, please." she said and handed her menu to the waitress.

The waitress left them alone.

"Kuzon, I'm waiting."

"Well, they had…a moment." he muttered, his cheeks pink. "I don't wanna talk about it."

Asami nodded. "Okay. That's fine."

"So how's Future Industries doing?" Kuzon said, changing the subject.

"Fine. Did you know my father's trial in two weeks? They expect me to be there and be a witness." she said.

"I heard. I have to be there in case he puts up a fight or former Equalists try to break him out." he said grimly. "I'm sorry."

She tried to shrug casually. "Sorry I mentioned it. I needed to get it out. I haven't talked to anyone about it and it's driving me nuts."

Kuzon held her hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze. "It'll be fine. The council will give him justice and then…hopefully you can put the past behind you and forgive your father. He did this for you and your mother because he loved you two, but he did the wrong thing instead of the right thing. You'll be fine. You've got me. And Korra, Bolin, Mako, my mother, and Tenzin's family."

"Thanks, Kuzon. That was really nice of you." Asami said and gave him a soft smile.

He brought her hand to his lips. "You're welcome."

A man in a metal bending uniform ran towards their table, ruining the romantic moment.

"Captain Beifong!" said a metalbender. "Captain Beifong!"

Kuzon looked at him, a slight irritable tone in his voice. "What's wrong?"

The metalbender said, "There's been a disturbance downtown. One of the triads was seen robbing a shop."

He sighed. "Sorry Asami. I've got to handle this."

"Let me come with you." Asami offered. "I have the Equalist glove in my car."

Kuzon nodded. "Alright."

The metalbender ran to an airship and Asami led Kuzon to her car. They followed the airship until they caught sight of made a ramp of earth and the Satomobile flew up. Kuzon sent blocks of earth to the van and dented the metal. Asami shot electricity at one of the tires. The van skidded to a stop and almost turned over. The thugs grabbed multiple bags and tried to make a run for it. The earthbender captured the two thugs in two separate earth shells.

"No one messes with Captain Beifong." he said firmly. "Take them away."

Two metalbenders rushed forward from the airship and earthbended the thugs out while grabbing the backs of their hirts. They put handcuffs around their wrists and led them away.

"What else is in the van?" Asami asked. "We should go check it out."

They opened the van carefully. There weren't any more thugs, just bags of jewels and yuans. Suddenly, she heard a loud cry from under some of the bags. She looked at Kuzon, who looked surprised. Asami dug under the bags and found a baby girl wrapped in a thin blanket.

"Woah." he said. "Why is there a baby there?"

She shrugged, carefully cradling the baby. She opened her eyes. Bright blue eyes gazed at Asami's green ones. Asami carefully examined the baby. She had light skin and black hair. The baby looked hungry.

"We have to take care of her." Asami said firmly.

Kuzon put his arms around her shoulders. "We will. But we have to look for her parents. They probably miss her."

"The baby can stay at my place." she said. "I'll feed her, help her sleep," she sniffed the baby. "and I'll give her a bath. Poor thing, what was she doing there anyways?"

He looked thoughtfully at her. "The thugs might've stolen her from her parents or maybe one of them is her father. I'll take you home."

"Thanks." Asami said and carried the baby safely into the Satomobile.

"Empty the van and put the bags at Headquarters." ordered Kuzon and the metal benders obliged.

Kuzon drove them to her mansion as fast as he could. They spoke about the baby, about what she might need for the night. Asami was getting fond of the baby girl all of a sudden. She always liked children and wanted siblings when she was younger but all that ended when her mother died.

They arrived at the front of the mansion.

"Do you want me to walk you in?" he asked.

"No thanks, I'll be fine."

He started to drive away, but Asami called out, "What should we name her?"

She thought he couldn't hear her but he yelled back, "Lian!"

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