Thanks for the reviews. They feed my soul. To answer one of your questions, I will be doing AU drabbles, as demonstrated by this chapter.
Demon
Asami was on the upper end of the demon scale. She didn't have raw physical power like many demons did, but her father had influence and a lot of pride. And pride was like money in the demon world-its base and its downfall.
So she lived in one of the less disgusting dwellings of the Urbem. At least, hers had actual walls.
The realm of the demons was split up into five regions: Aether, Lume, Terra, Auga, and Urbem.
Aether was a windy, mountainous region. The demons that lived there had nearly translucent skin. They were very mischievous and liked to sneak up on people and use their wind powers to blow them over.
Lume was a volcanic region. Very hot, very fiery. The demons that lived there had red and golden skin, had very serious attitudes and even more serious tempers, with the power to manipulate fire. They often considered themselves to be better than the other demons.
Terra was a rocky canyon in which all the earth demons dwelled. Their skin was green, and they lived in the caves on the sides of the canyon. They were very social and steady.
Auga was a cold, watery region where the demons with blue skin who could control water lived. They kept to themselves, were known to be compassionate (though they were still demons), and were rumored to have healing abilities. Not that they ever used them on anyone but themselves.
And Urbem was the city in which any demon could live, no matter what region they could come from. At least, that was the idea.
It was more dangerous to live in than Lume. Murder and war between gangs run by members of the different regions was a constant. They only left you alone if you were like Asami.
Asami was a Moot. She had no special elemental abilities. Everything she could do was mental. She could bend the wills of people by reaching into their minds and altering their perception. She got this ability from her father. That was why he was so influential. And that's why no one from the regions had anything on her. And her father had taught her the secrets of combat just in case anyway.
Her lavender skin and green eyes, trademark of the Moot, kept her out of trouble.
And so, to Asami, the world of the demons, with its cavelike, starless sky and divided world was bleak despite its intrigue to the outsider. At least until a human appeared.
She heard the screams from a mile away and knew it was a human.
Only the leaders of each region and the ruler of the Urbem were allowed to go to the human world to terrorize the weak beings that dwelled there. Devouring souls was less of a necessity and more of a recreational activity. Asami could survive without sustenance. But when they came back they brought with them countless tales. Like how even though humans spoke thousands of different tongues, somehow the demons could always understand them, and vice versa. And how the humans were strangely colored and wore different clothes unlike the demons, who wore nothing at all. (Why bother? Demons were unaffected by temperature). And one more interesting thing:
Humans screamed.
They didn't whoosh like the Aether.
They didn't roar like the Lume.
They didn't growl like the Terra.
They didn't swish like the Auga.
And they didn't stay silent like the Moot did when they were upset or in peril.
Asami rushed to see what the commotion was all about, and saw the strangest looking girl coming toward her. She wore a blue puffy thing that covered her upper half and dark blue scratchy looking things that covered her lower half and some kind of foot covering. Her skin was a light brown, like on the sides of the Terra canyon, her hair a darker brown. Her eyes were blue like the skin of the Auga. She was shorter and curvier than Asami. But Asami was one of the smallest adult demons around. Most of the other demons towered over her while she stood in their menacing shadows.
The girl saw Asami and turned pale. She said, "You have to help me! I don't know where I am! Is this some kind of Hollywood set or something?! I thought I was dreaming but..." The girl trailed off. Asami was flabbergasted about the fact that she could understand her even though the girl was clearly speaking another language.
Asami took hold of the girl's shoulders. "You're in Urbem, in the demon realm. I'm not sure how you're here. What is Hollywood?" Asami said calmly.
"D-d-demon realm?! Are you crazy?!" The girl yelled.
"I'm quite sane, you're just lost." Asami said a bit more excitedly. "You're human, right?"
"Of course I'm human! What are you?"
"A demon. A Moot, to be exact."
"And what does that mean?"
"That means-" Asami heard voices around the corner. They were probably chasing after the girl. "That doesn't matter," she said. "We need to get you inside."
Asami ushered the girl into her home and locked the door. She brought her into her chamber and attempted to calm the girl down. Once the girl was breathing normally, Asami bombarded her with questions.
"What are you called?"
"Korra," the girl answered.
"Where in the human world are you from?"
"Uh, New York."
"Is that a city or a region?"
"Bit of both."
"Why are you wearing those things that cover you up?"
"Because it's the middle of winter, and even if it wasn't, it's not like I can walk around naked. Speaking of, why are you walking around naked?"
"We have no need for covering," Asami answered.
"Why is your skin purple?" Korra asked.
"Because I'm a Moot. Why is yours brown?"
"I don't know. I guess because I'm a human... I... I saw some people with red skin who threatened to suck my soul and then one of them breathed fire! What was that all about?"
"They were Lume. Easily excited and easily ignited."
"Is it easy living here?" Korra asked.
"Define easy," Asami dead panned.
Korra laughed.
"What... What was that noise you just made?" Asami asked.
"What? You mean a laugh?"
"Why did you make that noise?"
"I dunno, I thought what you said was sort of funny."
"Funny? I'm not familiar with that word."
"Um... Amusing?"
"You... Laugh when you're amused?"
"Most people do."
"... You humans sure are strange."
"Says the purple demon girl..." Korra pouted. Asami found it oddly... Cute.
"So," Korra began, "what does it mean to be a Moot?"
"Well, it means I look like this, and can alter your perception."
"What do you mean alter my perception?"
"Like this."
Asami reached out with the invisible cable attached to her brain into Korra's. She tried to ignore the overwhelming strangeness of the human realm and focused on something that was prominent in Korra's mind, and showed it to her.
Korra gasped, and Asami knew it had been effective. Korra was now sitting in the middle of what she called a "skating rink."
Asami withdrew her cable, and brought Korra back to reality.
"H-how did you do that?" Korra spluttered. Asami smirked at her.
"All part of being a Moot."
Over the next few days, Asami hid Korra in her home, intrigued by the human. She snuck the girl sustenance, which was not has hard to find as she thought, and in return, Korra told her about the human world.
One topic in particular piqued Asami's interest.
"What is a lesbian?" Asami asked when Korra mentioned she was one.
"Well... Uh... It's a girl who is interested in girls the way she should be in boys."
"Like for reproducing and such? Female humans can reproduce together?"
"Well not exactly no. That's why in a lot of places its considered weird or wrong. But where I'm from it's more or less okay," Korra explained.
"But why mate with a girl when it won't produce offspring?" Asami asked, perplexed.
"I... Don't know. I'm wired that way I suppose. Of course, humans I guess are a bit more romantic about such things. We aren't quite as survival based as we should be. We're more focused with finding happiness."
"Well what's it like to be with another girl?" Asami asked.
"Different, but still the same."
That quieted Asami, and over time, the girls shared more about each other.
"I'm the shortest Moot."
"I suck at wind science."
"My father is very prominent, and that's why he's never here."
"I had to move out of Alaska because of the gay bashing."
"My mother was killed by a Lume."
"A Senator striving for 'equality' once assaulted me."
"I want to try being with a girl like you."
At the last one, Korra spluttered, "W-what did you say?"
"I want to try being with a girl," Asami repeated. "I've been with a male Lume before. But it didn't work. I didn't want to be with him. I want to try being with a girl."
"D-do you mean me?"
"Yes."
And with that, Asami leaned down quite a distance to reach Korra, and kissed her gently. Korra reached up and wrapped her arms around the demon, and Asami wrapped hers around the human's waist.
They eventually withdrew from each other, and Asami smiled and said, "I think I liked that."
The peace didn't last. Asami's father returned home unexpectedly, and caught the two together.
"You're harboring a human?!" He screeched. "Why haven't you devoured her soul?!"
"I don't want to father!" Asami growled like a Terra at him. "I like her! She's interesting!"
"The only good that girl is is as a meal!"
Asami kicked, screamed and begged, desperately trying to fight off her father. But to no avail. Hiroshi flung Asami into the wall and knocked her unconscious.
And Korra... Well she put up a fight... But she wasn't a demon.
Hiroshi ate well that night.
Asami, upon awakening and discovering what had occurred, set out to Lume territory. She found the tallest demon she could, and yelled every insult she knew. She didn't know why she was so upset or why she was acting so irrationally.
But as she bled and burned to death, the angered Lume will tell you, Asami made the oddest sound.
Only the humans could identify it as a laugh.