Title: Sparing Match
Word Count: 704
Summary: [He should know better than to challenge the Avatar to a duel. | Mako and Korra. Makorra.]
Rating: K+
Because I really wanted to write something with that pond-thing picture in Air Temple Island but we never got to actually see.
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everyday-makorra prompt· heat
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The trees are burning.
Korra quickly sends a torrent of water to the leaves, dowsing the flames before they can spread any further. Crouching in her spot on the cliff, Korra waits, and feels the rocks beneath her feet.
There.
She ducks her head just as a trail of loose fire flies over her head. Raising both her arms out in front of her, she sends a trail of earth in the direction of the attack, rock and dust fill the air, and her attacker stumbles out through the outcrop of the rock.
"Agni, Korra. I thought you said you were only going to use water." Mako coughs, waving his hand in the air. "That last one nearly sent me over the cliff."
"It's not my fault you made me use the last of my water on that tree you tried to char." She says, crossing her arms. Mako simply raises hands.
"You're the one who ran into here. I thought we were going to head down to the pool to spar." He places a hand on his hip, eyeing her. Korra walks over to the edge of the cliff, looking down to the pool of water trapped in by the land. She turns back to him.
"Round two?" she asks playfully.
Mako sighs and starts walking to the path down the cliff.
"Only if you promise not to soak me this time." He says. Korra laughs and jumps down the cliff, using earthbending to slow her descent to the bottom of the crevice.
Korra has to wait a good five minutes for Mako to finally make it down to the bottom. Once he does she quickly rises from her resting spot by the pool, bows to him, and goes into her stance. He does the same, his feet standing firm in the dusty ground.
After a moment of waiting, they begin.
Mako is fast, sending out two jets of flame directly at Korra. She pulls water out of the pool beside her, blocking the flames and sends the steamy mix straight back at Mako. The air is clouded and Mako holds his footing in the dirt, watching in front of him to where she was last standing.
She breaks through the white from his left side and splashes him down with the water in the air. Mako falls back from the strength behind her attack and finds himself flat on his back. He coughs; the wind knocks out of him, and leans to the side, sweeping the flames to his feet, sending them in a whirlwind of heat toward Korra. Unfazed, she blocks his fire with water and waits for him to stand up. He places his hands close to his body, his trademark stance for pro-bending.
"Come on, City Boy," Korra says, the water flowing on her arms. "Let's see what you've got."
Mako smirks and fires a barrage of flames, quick two-second bursts, straight ahead. Korra waves her arms around her, creating a shield of water to absorb the heat. Mako continues to pelt her with the fire while he slowly makes his way closer to her. Until his hand is almost touching her defense. He reaches his hand forward, breaks through the water and the fire sears in his fist. Korra dodges, ducking her head under just as the flames lick the top of her hair. She smiles and quickly wraps the water around Mako's arm, freezing it and the rest of his body in place.
"Looks like I win." She says, grinning. Mako struggles, but cannot break free from the ice.
"Yeah, yeah. You win." He says. "Now will you get me out of here? It's freezing."
"Fine." Korra says, melting the ice from Mako. He almost falls forward she does it so fast, and he stands tall, facing her.
"Guess I should know better than to challenge the Avatar to a duel." He says. Korra smiles, and looks at him slyly. Then, she quickly wraps the water from the ground around Mako's foot and pulls him straight into the pool. He breaks the surface, gasping for breath while she just watches him from above.
"Yeah, you should."
He can't help but laugh when she jumps in after him.
:Fin:
Still working on writing fight scenes. Making progress. I think. :D