i know i know. i'm sorry for not updating for so long. anyway. i know this is a short one and a part. please don't hate me. I really had a hectic schedule. with all these duties and exams i don't see any free time to continue the story. also i don't know how to put a hot story between them... so if you have some ideas please do tell. i need some ideas on how to come up with a hot scene and and legit ending. i promise after this one i'll update as soon as possible...

thank you for the reviews anyway...

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LAST CHAPTER part 1

Korra ran and ran sometimes looks back to see if Lin was still chasing her. Despite of all that's happened she managed to paint a smile on her face and laugh out loud. She kept on running and shouting " Tenzin! Bumi!" Lin couldn't also help but to smile. She was glad that even with the fact the lost her bending she knew that she hadn't loose everything. She can see her. She can feel her and right now that's all that matters. She wondered if ever she won't be able to gain her bending back, is being with Korra enough for her. She wondered. Still she is happy that Korra is now smiling. She loved her and making her happy is enough. She chased Korra all around the temple. Korra kept on running round and around the whole island. Then she stopped at the docks. She didn't even remember why she was running. Korra stopped and looked at the sky. This caught Lin's attention and stopped a few meters away from her. She looked up but she saw nothing. Lin looked back to Korra. Korra is still staring at the empty sky. Lin noticed a drop of tear ran down on her cheek. Silence dawned over them.

" Why is it so empty?" Korra said, still looking up at the sky. Lin walked towards her. She looked up in the sky the same with Korra. " Who knows?" Lin answered. A minute passed then Korra spoke again. " Who knows? That's the best you've got?" Korra looked at Lin. Her beauty stunned her. The dim shine of the moon traced her curves and body. She saw the perfect imperfection drawn on her cheeks. After a while Lin looked at her. "Who knows is the best I've got for now. I can't say the proper word. I'm afraid that if I start verbalizing my emotions, you might get the wrong idea or perhaps can't understand anything." Korra smirked and placed a gentle kiss on her scarred cheeks.

They both looked at the empty sky for a minute or so, then Lin broke the silence. " Korra, why don't we go out of here for a while? Before we go to aunt Katara?" Lin asked still staring at the sky. This shocked Korra for a moment because she is always the one who put the advances on Lin. " You asking me on a date?" Korra asked now looking at her with an eyebrow raised in curiosity. " Call it what you want. Date or not date. Whatever it is do you want to go?" Lin said with perfectly straight face. " Of course!" " Very well, let's go." Lin said as she headed back inside the temple. " You mean now? As in now?" Lin just looked at her. Korra seemed to understand her look and said, " oh right right… why are you going in anyway?" " I have to get my coat and tell someone I trust in these kind of matters." Lin said. " who?" Korra asked. " Asami of course." Lin answered. " when did you and Asami get along so well?" Korra asked. " Oh, we did some things that lead us to a deeper kind of relationship?" Lin teased. " what?" Korra said in shock as they both went inside.

Lin told Asami about them leaving for the night. She promised to return Korra back before they leave for South Pole. Asami approved and helped them to sneak out. Korra kept on asking Lin on where they are headed. Lin just kept teasing her on the way. Few hours later they arrived at the familiar and close to Lin's heart. Basingse. Korra obviously don't know where she is. Until they arrived at the big house at the top of the hill. It was very calm and peaceful. It's like the earth is within her. Although she is from the southern water tribe, earth bending is her second favorite after water. She never felt the earth deeply reaching the roots within her. " say, it this your house?" Korra guessed. " what do you think?" Lin said. " Maybe it is your house." Korra answered. " Korra, it's not just any other house. This is our house." Lin said. " Our house, you mean us?" Korra said, confused. " It can be, if you want. This is where I grew up. Where I trained. Where my mother and I spend time fooling around. This house, she built it by herself. Of course my grand parents used to come here. Still, this is the place where I feel the most peaceful and happiest. And also the place where I feel the loneliness, sadness and hurtful memories come back to me." Lin said as she brushed her hand to the walls and walked towards the garden. " Hurtful?" Korra asked. " Yes, hurtful. When my mother died, I almost didn't visit this place. When things with Tenzin and me are over, I never wanted to be in this place. Still the happiest because every time I look in every corner of this room, I see peaceful memories I shared." Lin took her guitar and sat down on the floor. " you play guitar?" Korra asked. " Back then, but I don't know now." Lin strummed the guitar. She gently plucked it looking for the tune in her that drifted away years ago. " " Let me get something to eat. You go ahead and take a shower." Lin said as she stood up and went back in. Korra followed her and took a nice long warm bath. After Korra, Lin took a bath and went back to the garden with snacks. "Did you have a nice bath?" Lin asked as she offered Korra some snack. Korra took some and said " yes, it was. I would appreciate it more if you went in with me." Korra leaned and kissed Lin's cheeks. " You're gonna use that excuse to sleep with me." Lin said as she settled down and held her guitar. Korra laughed. " hey sing a song." Korra requested. " okay. what song do you want?" Lin asked. " Any song would be fine." Korra said.

" ok. But before that, here." Lin handed her a piece of paper. "What's this for?" Korra asked. " Every time I sing a song tear a part of it. As you tear, place your regrets, disappointments and emotions you want to go away. No re-tearing of the part that has already been torn. You have to be aware that I happen to know a lot of songs." Lin explained. " that's kind a hard." Korra complained. " you are free to cry." Lin added. Korra was about to say something but Lin started. Lin sang 48 songs already. Korra eyes were already red from crying. " feel good?" Lin asked. " Yeah, I hate you." Korra said. Lin just smiled. " I hate that you know about these things. I hate that I love you. I hate it." Korra complained. " really? Then tear some more. Get ready for the next song." Lin sang two more songs. " maybe that's enough." Lin said as she placed the guitar gently beside her. " do you still have paper left?" Lin asked. " you are really good at these things. It's exact. Did you plan these the whole time?" Korra asked. " no." Lin simply answered. " Liar. What do I do with these any way?" Korra asked. " It will be blown away." " Then let it be." Lin said. "how, there's no wind." Korra said. " you have air. Use you bending. Just because you lost the others doesn't mean you have lost them all. It applies to everything. I lost my mother, uncle Aang, uncle Sokka, and Tenzin but I never did loose everything." Lin said. " What do you mean?" Korra asked. " I have you. Not just you, Asami and the others. I got in better terms with Tenzin and Pema. I got to experience the fun with their kids. It came back. Of course there will be disappointments and regrets in the future but there's always hope. Don't you ever think that because your bending was lost you can't use the other one? Don't think that you're a failure because you are not. You are just a human. You err." Lin said. " I'm not just a human. I'm the avatar." Korra said. " Avatar is just a title. A job perhaps. Have you forgotten that you were the one who made those things clear between us? These are just titles. Beneath those, are humans. And as a human, we are imperfect. We try to be but we can't. We commit errors. That's what makes you so different with others. You know who you are and don't care of what others may think of you. You pursue what you want and work hard in everything even though they don't seem to notice. Even I may not notice it but it makes you unique that everybody else. ' Who knows' is my answer a while ago because you might have the explanation for seeing an empty sky. I didn't see an empty sky. I saw the moon. Even if it's behind us. The sky is so vast. Don't let others narrow it for you." Korra stared at her in silence, absorbing what she just said. Then she took a stance and blew the papers up in the sky so hard that it started to rain. Korra stood there as she felt the rain drenching her. Lin just watched at her, smiling. Then Korra looked at her and gave her the smile that only her can see. It felt warm and melting. Then Korra started to dance like crazy enjoying the rain as it grew harder. Lin watched at her. She couldn't stop smiling. Then Korra grabbed her hand and both of them danced under the rain. They didn't care about anything. It is like the most natural thing to do. Then Korra stopped and grabbed Lin's slim waist and positioned them in a waltz. Korra took the lead. They dance waltz. Looking directly at each other's eye. Both of them weren't talking. Silence was around them, only the rain and thunder can be heard. They danced waltz for a few minutes and before they anyone knew it, they were kissing passionately as they go inside the house.

~to be continued~