17

Korra didn't feel right. Her body was heavy and hot, and she felt like there was an ache in her bones. She slowly opened her eyes and for half a second all she saw was white with red stain, but it cleared and she found herself staring at the face of a sleeping Mako. Last night hadn't been a dream, and the fact that it was disappointing that is wasn't made her realize she was using Mako.

She'd been trying to fill a hole, a hole she hadn't even realized she had; a hole that was meant to be filled by the human she was connected to. She did love Mako, and she always would, but it was more like he was her brother….the brother she'd made the mistake of sleeping with.

Korra rolled over and tried to look around and find her clothes, but they were no where to be seen. She'd left them on the floor right? No one would have come in and taken them. Another bolt of pain shot through her body and she took in a shallow breath, what was wrong with her. She needed to see Katara, she silently slipped from the bed and grabbed some clothes from her closet.

It was green shirt and tan pants. She wuickly walked out of the room, not even looking back at the sleepy form of her soon to be ex lover. She walked out of the little cabin and was about to go to the big house when a niggling in the back of her head made her freeze. She didn't know what it was but she turned and looked at the hill, something was pulling her to it.

Her feet crunched the new fallen snow as she walked the hill, as she got closer to the top she noticed that the snow was turning red. Her pace quickened and her heart began to race, something was wrong and she had this feeling like she was losing something. She reached the top of the hill and there were her clothes, with a body inside. Korra bent down and shakily lifted the hood of her jacket and gasped terrified as she looked at the face of Asami.

Asami's eyes flicked to hers but no words came out, and as soon as she made eye contect her eyes glazed over and closed. Korra quickly scooped Asami up, bring her as close as possible. She was freezing and her back was wet, when Korra pulled her hand away it was damp with Asami's blood. She raced down the hill and into the house. "KYA! KATARA!" Korra yelled setting Asami down on the table and grabbing a blanket.

She quickly pulled the cold jacket off as Kya and Katara appeared in the door way. "What in the world….Asami?!" Kya asked running forward and looking at the pale dark harided girl. Katara came over and for the next few minuets they began to pull off the damp bloody cloths so Katara could see the wound. Once the clothes were off and Asami was draped in the wamr blanket they shifted her over and Katara gasped.

"There is nothing we can do child, that is a Star Blade wound. The knife is made of Star dust, it's deadly to Stars though it has no real affect on humans other than to stab them. She's having an odd reaction though, she's not dead so she'd not a Star, but she's been poisoned by the blade. As I told her she is a Star that is not a Star. All we can do is keep the wound clean and pray that her body can fight this on its own." Katara said stroking Asami's hair back.

Korra's face went white. "No she has to be okay, I need her to be okay. Please Katara I can't lose her." Korra said in a panic, she didn't know where this was coming from. She didn't get this emotional, she didn't freak out or cry; but she wanted to do all those things. Her chest was constricting and her eyes were blurred by tears as she took Asami's hand and held it. "You can't leave me Asami, please." Korra said getting on her knees by Asami's side and placing their foreheads together. Kya came over and placed a hand on her shoulder. Korra looked up at her and couldn't help the tears that slipped down her cheek.

"Help me mover her and get her into some warm clothes. We'll have to watch over her till she recovers, and she will Korra. I just know she'll make a full recovery." Kya said softly and Korra nodded and stood. The two woman hugged and Korra cried into her shoulder, still unsure why she felt so horrible. She of course would have been upset if any of her friends had been like this, but the sight of Asami laying there was to much.

Kya pulled away and walked down the hall to the bedroom to get a bed ready for Asami. Korra carefully lifted her friends unconscious body up and pulled it close to her own body. Asami was lighter than Korra expected, she weighed practically nothing; and Korra could feel the bones in her body. Obviously Asami hadn't been eating right, her joints were all to sharp and prominent. Korra held her gently, she wanted Asami to feel secure.

As she walked down the hall Korra couldn't stop the fluttering in her chest. As she came into the room Kya had pulled out some warm cloths and she quickly changed Asami into them. Then they laid her in the bed and pulled the blankets up, Korra sat on one side of the bed and Kya the other; neither willing to move away from the poor dying girl.

Days passed and Asami got weaker. The stab wound didn't heal, and her eyes didn't reopen. The boys came around everyday, Mako seemed to be concerned for Korra's health. He took her leaving him very well, it was almost like he expected it. Korra didn't leave Asami's side, and if she did it was to bath and use the bathroom. It was during one of the these rare trips she over heard Katara and Kya talking.

"She won't be here much longer." Katara said in a husky soft voice. "She grows weaker everyday. It would take a miracle to save her at this point." She continued.

"Wjhat if her Star shared her blood?" Kya asked so softly Korra almost missed it. "If she shared blood would that help?" Kya asked a little louder.

"It might, since she's neither introducing something that can finish the fight her body started could heal her." Katara said thoughtfully. That was all Korra needed, if there was a chance to save her friend she would. She walked back into the room and grabbed her coat, then she walked to the bed and took Asami's hand.

"I swear I'll find your Star Asami, I'll save you like you've been saving me for so long." Korra said softly, letting her thumb caress the back of Asami's hand. What happened next was something Korra would never understand, it something she'd never done before; but it felt so right. She leaned down and lightly placed her lips to Asami's forehead.

It was as though her mind flashed white and the blank spots in her memory from when she was a child were filled. She didn't remember collapsing on the floor, all she knew was the pain that was flashing through her mind as memory after memory invaded her brain.