Chapter 2 is fixed!
The next morning, I quickly got ready for my air bending training with Tenzin.
"Are you feeling better, Korra?" He asked worriedly as I approached him. I nodded my head tiredly. It took me a while to sleep last night. "Hm…" Started Tenzin as he rubbed his chin. "Because of your… daily cycle… Why don't we postpone training? Because honestly… You look like a mess."
"Gee, thanks."
"Do you need anything? Ice cream, maybe?"
I sighed in irritation, I just wanted to go back to bed, but then I remembered that there was a Pro Bending match tonight. I didn't want to see Mako any time soon, but if I don't go, he'll freaking kill me. "I guess I'm going to go rest for a few hours," I told Tenzin as I turned around. Behind me stood Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo.
"Hey guys," I said with a tired smile. Ikki took in a deep breath before she said, "Korra, where did you go last night? I saw you sneaking out of Air Temple Island. Where you going to see your boyfriend? Mako? He's cute, you should bring him over some time. Why do you look like a mess? I heard you kicking the wall last night. Dad told me you were on that time of the month. What does that time of the month mean?"
She stopped, then she took in another deep breath. Before she could go on another rant, I quickly covered her mouth and said menacingly, "Ikki!" she gulped.
I turned around to look at Tenzin whose face was completely red.
"What?! You snuck out last night?!" He cried.
Pema noticed her husband screaming at me so she came over. "Tenzin? What's wrong? What happened this time?" She asked as she put a hand on his arm. He calmed down a bit, but not that much.
Tenzin yelled while pointing a finger at me, "This one here snuck out last night!"
Pema looked at me and smiled, "Is that so?"
Her husband looked at her, bewildered, "What? Why are you smiling?"
"Dear, she's a teenager. What do you expect?"
Tenzin looked at me, more annoyed than angry, "Are you even on that time of the month?!" I looked away, whistling. "I'm going to go drink some tea," said the air bender as he turned around and left. Meelo jumped on his back.
The two daughters stood next to their mom and looked at me. "Korra, what's wrong?" Asked Pema as she put a hand on my shoulder.
"It's Mako," I started, "I kissed him last night and…"
"And?" Said Pema, urging me to go on. I sighed and said, "I told him I couldn't help it, then he said I should try, and then he left."
The pregnant woman just pouted then said, "Well, that's not nice. But, maybe he was too shy? Maybe he didn't know any other way to express himself?"
I shook my head, "I think he's just completely head over heels for Asami."
Pema and I just stared at each other, then her daughters hugged me. "I think Korra needs to rest," Said Jinora.
Pema nodded. "I think you're right."
I went back to my room and fell asleep.
I woke up a couple hours later to Naga licking my face. "What is it girl?" I asked half asleep, Naga whimpered. "Fine, fine," I said as I got up, "I'll take you on a walk." I changed into my usual blue attire and went outside with Naga. I rode on her back and brought us to the park.
We sat down on the grass and stretched my legs. "Ugh, what am I going to do?!" I cried as I laid down. "Does there really have to be a match tonight?!" Naga rested her head on my legs. We lay there like that for some time until my stomach started growling. "Damn," I mumbled as Naga lifted her head so I could get up.
"Let's go back, Naga, I'm starving." The polar bear dog got up and wagged her tail, I jumped on her back and we headed off.
When I returned to Air Temple Island, Jinori ran up to me. I hopped off Naga and walked towards the girl. "Mako stopped by!" She said, making my eyebrow rise,
"Really? What did that son of a- what did that jerk want?" I asked.
Jinori said, "He wanted to know if you were here and I told him you went to take Naga out on a walk. Then he told me to remind you of the Pro Bending match tonight!"
I sighed and said, "I know, I know. Thanks Jinora. I'm going to go get something to eat."
I went into the kitchen and made myself a sandwich; I leaned against the countertop as I greedily ate my food. When I finished, I went back outside and decided to do some training to get my mind off of things.
About a couples hours into training, a certain person walked up to me.
"Hey Korra," said Asami.
I stopped my bending and turned to face her. "What?" I asked coldly. The woman cleared her throat and said, "I just wanted to see if you were alright… You took off last night without warning, so…" She looked at the ground.
"I'm fine," I assured her, "Now if you don't mind?"
Asami nodded her head and said, "I'm sorry for interrupting your training, I'll see you tonight then?" I didn't reply to her so she turned around and left.
It was now a couple hours before the tournament, so I decided it would be best if I headed over there at that moment. Tenzin, his wife, and kids decided to go with me. "Do your best, Korra," said Pema before I separated from them to go meet up with my team.
I entered the room to find it empty; I sighed in relief and put on my reddish Pro Bending uniform. I sat on the bench and waited for the Fire Ferret's turn to come. Voices were heard in the distance. My team and Asami came through the door. I didn't turn to look at them. The moment they saw me, they stopped talking.
"Korra?" Said Bolin as he sat down next to me, "You okay?" I nodded my head.
I heard Asami say to Mako, "Good luck." Then there was a kissing noise.
When Asami left, Bolin asked, "What the hell happened last night?!" I looked at the ground.
"Bolin," growled Mako, "Get changed before we go up!" Bolin looked at me for a little while longer before he stood up and went to go put on his Pro Bending attire. I stood and walked over to the railing; I leaned against it and watched the current teams fight.
It was the Killer Pandas versus the Storm Jaguars. The Jaguars were winning, one more win and we would have to face them.
I watched as the fire bender from the winning team dodged the opposing team's earth attack. The fire bender released a massive amount of fire onto the opposing team's remaining earth and water bender; they were thrown back into the water below them.
DING DING DING! "Storm Jaguars win the match!"
I stepped onto the platform, followed by the two brothers. "Now," started the announcer, "The Storm Jaguars versus the Fire Ferrets!" The crowd roared as the platform moved us to our designated spot. We hopped off then got into our positions, I eyed the other team, they eyed back. It seemed like all the other noise drowned out, except the noise of my beating heart. I looked over at Mako who stood next to me; his face was full of concentration.
Then all of a sudden, he jumped away. I had no idea what was going on anymore. When the noise started coming back, Bolin yelled, "Korra! Why are you just standing there?! The bell rang!"
I looked at him confused. "Huh?"
All of a sudden, I was hit by water that sent me back to the last space. "Shit!" I yelled as I got back on my feet. I looked at the water bender who was smirking at me. I lamely shot water at him and missed.
In the crowd I heard Tenzin yell, "Korra! What are you doing?! Concentrate! Concentrate!"
The water bender blasted water in my direction, and because of my lack of concentration, I got hit and fell off.
I landed into the water below, extremely angry. I hopped on the elevator and watched as Bolin and Mako got knocked off as well.
"What were you thinking?!" Cried Mako when we were back on the stage.
"I… I don't know, okay!" I responded. Mako grunted and rubbed his temples. "And what are you thinking?!" I asked. "Are you thinking I'm some kind of nuisance now?! Huh?!"
Mako looked at me, irritated. "If you don't focus anytime soon, then yes."
I was about to punch him when Bolin stopped me. "Now's not the time, Korra," he said.
"What do we have here?" Asked the announcer, "It seems there's some conflict going on between the Fire Ferret members! I hope this won't affect their game!"
We got back into positions; I narrowed my eyes at the still smirking water bender. When the bell rung, we threw water at each other. I side stepped, but accidentally hit Mako. "Watch it!" He yelled as he pushed my into the path of fire, I managed to dodge it.
"What was that for?!" I yelled, throwing some water at him. He fell down, and the opposing earth bender saw his window of opportunity. Mako was sent flying back.
"Mako!" Cried Bolin as he was trying to get rid of the opposing fire bender. The water and earth bender ganged up on me. Bolin was sent back, followed by me.
"Great!" Said Mako when we were back on top. "One more win for them and that's it! This is your fault, Korra!"
"Mine? Pfft, if it's anyone's freaking fault, it's yours Mr. go-ahead-and-push-me-in-front-of-fire!"
"Hey, that was an accident!"
Bolin had to break us up once more. We got into our positions. I looked over at the opposing earth bender who was staring holes into me. When the bell rung, I dodged the water bender's attack and then I threw a long stream of water back. Without noticing the earth bender's attack, I got thrown over to the first space. Again.
"Are you kidding me?!" I cried, punching the ground. Bolin got sent back once because of the fire bender.
The moment I looked up, I saw a rock saucer coming straight towards me. I don't know why I didn't move, I wanted to, I could have, but my knees were glued to the floor. It was so close to me face now…
-Mako's POV-
I thought the rock was coming towards me, but it didn't. It was going straight towards Korra. I mentally sighed, thinking that she was just going to get knocked off again. But something wasn't right. I turned around just in time to see the rock, that was thrown with such force, made contact with her head. I gasped, as did everyone in the large room.
Korra's eyes rolled back, just before she started falling into the water. Why didn't she dodge it?! The referee blew his whistle. "She's not coming out of the water…" Said the announcer. I took action immediately and jumped over the edge.
In the water, I took hold of Korra and swam up and then I set her on the cold metal surface. "Korra!" I cried as I took her helmet off. There was a deep cut on her forehead and blood poured out like an endless stream. I checked her pulse. She was still alive.
I gently tilted her head back, making sure her mouth opened. Then I did CPR. "Come on, Korra!" I yelled as I tried to revive her.
Tenzin rushed over to my side and said, "Oh goodness…"
People in white came over and took Korra away. "No!" I cried and was about to run back to Korra when Bolin stopped me.
I clenched my fists. The opposing team's earth bender was standing right next to me, so I punched him right in the face. When he was on the ground, I jumped on top of him and punched him continuously. I had to be pulled back by Tenzin and the other team's fire bender.
"You asshole!" I yelled, "You hurt Korra!"
"I-I'm sorry!" Said the earth bender as he wiped blood from his mouth, "I didn't know what I was thinking, man! I'm sorry!" I was about to jump on him again when Asami stood in front of me.
"This is not going to make Korra feel any better, Mako!" She cried. I grunted and left.
I couldn't sleep last night. They wouldn't tell me where the hell Korra was. How could they do this to me?!
"Mako," said my brother. "I'm worried about her too, but we're going to see her tomorrow, so please, get some rest." Pabu jumped on top of him.
"How can I rest, Bolin?! Korra's seriously hurt!"
"I know you care about her a lot, but she'll be fine. I'm sure she's being healed by a pro healer right now."
I covered my face as I fell to the ground. "This is all my fault…" I said those five words over and over again; Bolin got up and rubbed my back.
"It's not your fault, bro," he said.
"But it is!" I yelled as I took my hands away to look at him. "Last night, she kissed me again…Don't get me wrong, I loved it. It was just… It makes more sense for me to date Asami… So I was mean to Korra…."
We were both silent for a minute when Bolin said before he went back to bed, "I'm not sure who the older brother is anymore…"
I kept thinking about how stupid I was until sleep took me.
My first thought when I woke up in the morning was, Korra! I jumped up, changed, and then got Bolin out of bed. "Come on!" I yelled, "Let's go find Korra!" He got dressed, Pabu jumped on his shoulder just before we left for Air Temple Island.
I saw Ikki and Meelo run up to us when we arrived. "Mako!" Said Ikki, "Gran-gran is taking care of Korra!" I sighed in relief, since Katara is the best healer there is.
"See, I told you everything would be fine!" Said Bolin. The two kids led us to the room where Korra was at.
Outside of the room stood Tenzin, his wife, and Jinora. "Ah, good, you two are here!" Said Tenzin.
"How is she?" I asked quickly.
Tenzin shook his head and said, "I'm afraid my mother has told me nothing about Korra's health."
As if on cue, Katara came out while she wiped a tear away. My eyes widened.
"Mother?" Started Tenzin, "What… what happened to Korra? Is she alright?"
Katara sighed and said, "I healed her outer wounds…"
"Outer wounds?" I asked.
Katara looked down and said, "Why don't you see for yourself…"
I slowly walked towards the door. I slid it open and entered the sunny room. Korra sat on the bed, looking at me. She looked fine; I didn't see anything wrong with her. I walked to the foot of the bed and said, "Hey… I want to apologize for-"
"Who the hell are you?"
We just stared at each other in silence. Tenzin and Bolin came in.
"Who the hell are you people?!" She cried as she backed up towards the wall. We all just stopped and stared at her. "Answer me!" She cried.
"Oh no…" Whispered Tenzin.
"D-don't play around, Korra! It's me, Mako!"
"I don't know you! Get out! All of you!"
Katara poked her head in and said, "It would be best if you came out…" I backed out of the room while staring wide eyed at the confused girl on the bed. Outside, my breathing started to get heavy.
"Mako…" I heard Bolin say.
"How…" I started, "How could she just loose her memories like that… Why can't you bring them back, Katara?!"
"I'm afraid she has to do that on her own. Right now, the only thing she remembers is her name. She doesn't even remember being the Avatar. And we can't throw her memories on her all at once, or else she'll go crazy, and she'll never be the same again."
I didn't even realize I was crying until she finished talking.
"I said all those bad things to her…and I couldn't even apologize….How long will she be like this?!"
"I can't say exactly. Could be a couple weeks, years… or forever."
"Forever?!"
"But Korra is strong, so all we have to do now is be there for her."
We all nodded our heads.
We heard the window from inside the room open; I immediately went into the room and saw Korra jump out. "Korra!" I cried, she was already running. I jumped out the window after her. She seems slower at running that usual. It didn't take much time to catch up with her. I grabbed her and held her close.
"Let go of me!" She yelled as she tried getting out of my grasp.
"I'm not letting you go, Korra," I said in her hair.
"I don't know you! Let go of me!"
"Korra," said Katara from behind us, "If you leave, where would you go?"
Korra stopped squirming and said, "I…I don't know… Anywhere but here… I don't know you people!"
"Stay here Korra, here you'll have food and a place to stay," said Katara.
Korra looked over at the old woman. I let go of her. She took Katara's hand and said, "Okay." They walked back inside as Bolin came up to me.
"We better go…" he said. "I think it will be better if we visit tomorrow."
I wordlessly stared at Korra's back. How could I be so stupid?!
I then left with Bolin
