The next morning, the avatar awoke to the sound of someone arguing outside. Slowly getting up from her slumbering, she paused to look at her nightstand where the flower still lay. After a pause, the seasoned teen walked down the corridors which lead her to the entrance outside.

Tenzin was talking to someone who was sitting on his butt with his arms tied behind his back.

"Chen?" Korra exclaimed in surprise. As soon as he looked up at her his eyes seemed to shine with excitement to see her. Tenzin looked back at the blue eyed girl, his temper easily seen on his features.

"You know this boy Korra?" He asked rather haughtily.

"Sort of, What's going on Tenzin?" Korra asked questionably.

"While everyone was unloading, this kid came leaping out of the entrance way and knocked some of the packers into the water. He's lucky I haven't called the police yet."

"Uh that won't be necessary…he saved me from a band of equalists last night."

"I don't remember you leaving yesterday…Korra…" the old man's voice gained momentum in becoming agitated, however before it could reach its peak, Korra stood the boy up and had pushed him forward.

"Oh uh well we should be going, training and whatnot, come on Chen!" Korra spoke quickly before the two made off towards the training grounds. Tenzin attempted to call after, however only to find it in vain as they went out of earshot. Still flustered he turned back towards the boat and began supervising again.

"What are you doing here Chen?" Korra asked as she untied the rope around his wrists. As soon as she did, he dropped them to his sides before walking forward a bit, turning around and facing the young avatar.

"I came to see you." He replied, as if he didn't know what he just did was wrong. It was hard for the avatar to stay mad at the boy, as he looked at her with such a gleam in his eyes. It almost made her blush.

"Well alright, since you're here, do you want a bite to eat?" She asked. Chen looked at her with wide eyes.

"You have food?" He asked, at that second a small stream came from his mouth before he wiped his mouth quickly, a bit embarrassed. Korra smiled before a chuckle escaped.

"Haha, come on its breakfast time after all." She explained. After the small chat, the two set off towards the dining room.

Sliding open the door, Korra walked in, looking back slightly at Chen. After she had gotten a good look at him, his clothes were actually tattered, almost as if he were a slob. Dark stains splattered over the back and front, and his physique, though toned, was rather malnourished looking. On his face a few scratches marked his cheek bones and neck, however he didn't seem to notice. His dark hair was cut in a fade in the back, however his bangs were just a bit long, choppy, almost as if he cut it himself, ending just above his eyes with bangs on the sides of his face. His eyes were almond in shape, a dark bluish hue with specks of lighter blue in the middle of them. Looking to Korra, then to the table, he waited near the door.

So far, Bolin and the family had come to eat. With a sullen expression for a bit, Korra unfortunately noticed that Mako and Asami were late, most likely snuggling or something gooey like that. Sitting down at the table, until she was interrupted.

"Who's that?" Bolin asked, looking over at Chen who was still standing by the door.

With a quizzical expression Korra gestured to him.

"What's wrong Chen? Come sit down with us." She beckoned. His eyes were a bit shifty from the people, however nodded and came over.

"So Chen. Where you from?" Bolin asked, leaning towards him. Chen glanced at him as the strange earth bender examined him more closely.

"No where special, here and there." Chen gestured with his hands a bit, his expression cool and calm. "Where are you from?" He retorted back, looking at the thick boy. Though he wasn't overweight, he was very muscular looking, almost like a body builder.

"Republic city actually. I'm surprised, I've never seen you around before. You a traveler?" The conversation went on like that for a while between the two boys, however it was easy to see Chen was getting bored of it quickly. Looking over at Korra, she looked to be a bit pissed off for some reason or another.

"So why so serious?" Chen asked. His demeanor changed slightly, unlike the more innocent version, he had become slightly more serious seeming.

Pulling his fingers on the sides of his mouth, he revealed pointed canines as he stuck his tongue out in an attempt to look like some crazy monster.

"What the?" Korra looked at him weirdly before making a face. "Blech" She pulled down one of her eyelids before sticking her tongue out. Chen responded with a laugh before Korra smiled back at him. Bolin intervened. "BLARGH!" He pulled his eyes back into small slits before making a massive looking overbite towards them. All three began to laugh, obviously cheering the gloomy girl up.

It wasn't long before the food was brought out and the three ate it while chatting of this an that, however Chen remained silent as he listened to them explain things about pro-bending and the tournament etc.

After the breakfast, Bolin explained he needed to go take a shower and left Korra and Chen alone once again. The kids had went with their mom to republic in order to go shopping followed by Tenzin.

Walking outside, Chen scanned everything around him, his eyes taking in every single detail of the grounds.

"So…you seemed like a good fighter last night…how about a quick spar right here and now?" Korra asked, a smirk on her face. Chen looked at her, his eyes slightly widened in surprise, however he quickly recovered before a smile came to his face.

"A spar…sounds fun." Chen reached into his pockets and brang out his hand weapons. Korra readied herself in a stance.

((Blargh…sorry for the short chapter, and the…dundundun…cliff hanger! :D the next chapter hopefully will be longer, around the same length as the first one. for now, please do enjoy this chapter please review and thanks very much for the feed back! Love you all!))