Korra
"I never been to a mover before" Mako buys our tickets.
"Kyoshi, I swear you surprise me everyday"
"You have no clue" he holds the door open for me and we walk in and there is this amazing smell.
"That's the smell of popcorn, my friend" I follow Mako and he takes out his wallet.
"One large popcorn 2 pretzels and 2 drinks please and…." He looks at me
"Do you want anything?" we both laugh
"No, I think what you got, should be enough" he hands the cashier the money
"You sure, because a couple of days ago, you were eating like it was going out of style" he then frowns
"I didn't mean that in a bad way, I like a girl with a big appetite"
"Is that why, you like Asami?" I tease
"Actually Asami, doesn't really like junk food, but she likes caffeine, which I think is worse"
I nod
"Can I ask you something Kyoshi?"
"Sure"
"You don't think your cousin really like me, do you?" not even this pretzel in my mouth can prevent me from answering his question.
Mako and I had been hanging out for the past three days without Asami knowing. She hardly ever leaves her room or even visits me.
I remember how upset Asami was, when she told me I ruined her life for the second time. When she had to kiss Mako, which she says was my fault. Which I don't understand why, because I didn't force her to do it.
"Trustfully.."
He cuts me off
"I know she doesn't really like me, I keep telling myself she does and that kiss…I thought it meant something but, when you kiss someone, you just know if they feel the same way"
I really feel bad for Mako, I can see he really cares about Asami. I don't know why, because she's the most stubborn person I ever met but he really does like her.
I put my hand on his shoulder "It's okay Mako, there is someone out there dying to be with you" he smiles
"Hopefully, did you know, I actually took the job as an Equalist to try and impress her?" he laughs
"You can't make someone love you back Mako"
I really don't know much about the topic of love and relationships, but I know what my past lives went through, in order to protect the ones they love and that's enough for me to give some advice.
He nods while we take our seats "I think, I finally reached that conclusion"
"Good, now let's forget about all this love stuff, eat junk and watch this movie!"
"Haha actually this movie is about love"
Asami
I pace the floor of my bedroom. No I'm not going to allow Su to blackmail me. I'm Asami Sato, how dare she try and ruin my name!
Do you think I care if she show my Father that video. I did nothing wrong, I was just telling someone I didn't want a relationship with them….after admitting that I basically had a crush on that person after engaging in a quite heated make-out session.
Who cares, none of this will matter. My Father will be proud of me for turning in a traitor…..then again he's harboring the Avatar.
Spirits why does this all have to be so complicated. I shouldn't have to be worried about politics and all of this. I'm still in high school yet, I'm in the middle of a war. A war which I support, but have no interest in taking part in.
I look out my window and my Father isn't home. He had a big meeting he had to go to, he wanted to stay because he thinks I'm sick which I am, but in my own way. I hate feeling defeated and the victim. My whole life I been the victim. Now it's not just from benders, but a non-bender it's like I can't trust anyone.
I need to find a way to get back on top. It's like an equation, you don't get the right answer the first time so you keep working on it until you get it right. I think that's why I like engineering so much, I enjoy making mistakes just so I can solve it and study more about it…
That's it, I need to study so I can solve this problem but before I can study I need to do research. I head out my room and into the hall.
I have a lot of problems but there are two that are my priority right now.
First Problem: why is my Father hiding the Avatar?
Second Problem: who was Su talking to over the phone?
Since my Father refuses to tell me why he's helping the Avatar.I have no choice but to look into my most recent one which is who was Su talking to? But that one question is a sub-question, I need to know the basis, the start of it all which leads me to the question.
Who is Suyin Beifong?
I get inside my Father's room and grab the photo album from under his bed. He keeps two, one is for personal pictures, such as my baby pictures and my parents' wedding. The other is with his colleagues and award pictures. He keeps that one under his bed, which I don't know why.
I open it up and the first picture I see is Amon giving my Father the key of Republic City.
I scan through the pages looking for any with Su in it and there are tons. Mostly at bill signings, nothing that screams traitor. I'm flipping through the Page when I see one that catches my eye.
I stare at the picture Su isn't in this one. Its a picture of Amon signing a bill, with my Father and Baatar present. She's always seen with her husband especially at signings like this. This has to be the only signing of a bill where she's not present. I look through the the final pages and it was in fact the only one Su wasn't present in.
What bill was Amon signing into office? I need to know, because I have a strong feeling. No, I believe she's against Amon and what ever bill that's in this picture, might help me figure out why.
I close the book but slide the picture into my pocket and shut the door behind me. I look at the time and it's 11am. I can't ask my Father because he would want to know why I was snooping. I can't ask Opal because she wouldn't know and would probably ask her parents and that's a dangerous line to cross. Not counting the fact Opal and I were two young to even remember such an event. The only person who would be old enough that I have contact with to remember would be Huan.
That's exactly who I need to talk to, he wouldn't even asks his parents. He's very observant he's an artist a weird one but an artist
Hopefully Ginger can give me his number.
Korra
"I can't believe the actress fell in love with the security guard" I call out after walking out of the movie. A couple of people give us dirty looks.
"Why are they looking at me like that?" I ask
"Maybe, because you just spoiled the movie for them" my bad
"Did you like the movie though?" he asks
"Yes, it was sweet you know, the whole sometimes you fall in love with the person you least expect thing. I mean here you have a beautiful actress who had everything, but someone who saw and loved her for who she was minus the glam. Ironic because she had a bodyguard, yet she kept protecting herself from getting hurt and falling in love, but the bodyguard showed her, it's okay to take chances and get hurt, even though his job was to prevent it. Ugh I'm probably not making sense to you"
I'm walking and I don't even notice that Mako not beside me anymore. I turn around
"What? Am I going the wrong way?" I ask looking around he shakes his head with a big grin on his face.
"No, I just..thought the same thing you were thinking, about the movie"
"Well great minds think I like" he jogs back beside me
"You're quite spiritual Kyoshi"
"Really, it's not like I can enter the spirit world" I tease
"What?"
"I'm kidding" he laughs and I do too. Spirits when it comes to making bender jokes he really takes it to heart
As we're walking we hear a booming voice
"We don't serve benders here" a man wearing an apron says
There is a fire bender family a woman holding a baby, a little girl, a boy who looks about Mako's age and an older man whom the man is talking to.
"But sir, Amon's law doesn't permit segregation" the man with his family says
"Oh you piece of trash, think I don't know the law" Mako and I continue to walk
"Not at all sir, I just want to take my family to dinner, I have money" the man look at the people
"We don't have anymore seats"
"But Papa, there are tons of seats" the little girl says
"Quiet honey I have it under control, sir I will ask you again to let my family and I eat here, we have rights"
Another man in an Equalist uniform is across the street and that gets the man preventing the family from entering his restaurant attention.
"Help, this man just threaten my life" the family looks in shock
"I did not sir, I just want to eat here" the Equalist comes over and grabs the Father as the family tries to explain.
The Equalist puts handcuffs on the man. The woman starts crying along with her baby.
"It's alright Honey" The Father says
"Keep walking" Mako says turning us around and I get angry
"He didn't threaten him" I say he shakes his head
"I know, it's none of our business though"
I don't understand Mako has the authority to step in, I bet he even knows the Equalist, why isnt he helping? It is our business, bender or not, that family is a member of Republic City, they have rights and they should be protected.
There is a loud shout, and I turn around and the older boy fire-bends the owner and he lays on the ground clenching his arm.
The Equalist walking the Father off turns around
"Son NO!" the Equalist takes out his glove and as the son is running off . The Equalist charges his glove up and aims it at the boy.
"STOP" Mako calls out but it's too late the boy is struck by the electricity and the Equalist runs up to the boy's shaken body.
"He's fine, he should be, he only got struck once" Mako says watching the scene unfold. Mako turns back around and tries to get me to move but the Equalist is still hovering over the boy's body.
"Korra we have to go" he says but I'm not leaving until the boy gets up.
The Equalists looks around then raises his glove again.
"NO" I yell out but it's too late he electrify the boy again and he no longer moves.
I can't run after to help the boy because Mako has his arms wrapped around me tightly.
Tears start to fall from my cheek because the boy is no longer moving. The mother runs over to her son and a loud scream follows as she holds her son.
"Mako let me go, he killed him!" my body is lifted over his shoulder and he carries me away
"Mako, arrest him!" I say between sobs
"Arrest that man!" I call out the Equalist turns around and I make eye contact with the monster Mako starts moving faster.
The boy didn't deserve to die, why wouldn't the owner just let them in his restaurant? Why didn't Mako do anything?
Why didn't I do anything?
Asami
I walk into Iroh's Tea shop and I see Huan sitting at the table to the far right near the restrooms. He's starring at his laptop.
"Hello Sato"
"Hello Huan, Thanks for agreeing to meet with me"
He shuts his laptop
"Did you want to meet, so you can tell me Ginger kissed you, because I have no feelings what so ever about the situation, she was a tad bit upset, that you declined her courtship"
"Wait what, and I have my reasons and please don't speak so loud" I say looking around
"Why not, love is an amazing and powerful thing, you must scream your love to the world" he yells out while people in the coffee shop looks at us in frustration.
"I'm sorry, I hurt your girlfriend's feelings but I thought we left off on good terms"
"Oh you did, I couldn't get her to stop talking about how great of a kisser she said you were"
I start to feel my face heating up so I look away.
"She also said, that she was seconds away from fucking you right on my Father's office desk, which I reassured her wasn't a great idea taking in fact. My Father takes pride in having a tidy work area"
Spirits they really do tell each other everything. After recovering from what Huan justsaid I begin to speak
"Huan I didn't call you about that" he looks puzzled
"Then tell me why you wanted to talk?" I take out the photo from my purse and slide it to him.
"Ah I remember this day, I was thirteen at the time"
"I know I did the math, do you remember what bill was being signed?"
"Why don't you ask your Father, he was there"
"I was snooping in my Father's room, that's how I got the picture, that's why I can't ask him"
He holds it to his eyes
"I don't think I remember what it was Asami, I was a preteen, and at home, I remember because my Father and Brother had a big fight"
"About what?" he thinks about it and begins to explain
Nine Years Ago
I'm drawing this bird, but it's feather isn't right. So I decide to add a tad more shading to at least get a decent looking painting
"Can I play with you paint too?" Opal asks while coming into my room
"I'm not playing, I'm working on my craft Opal, go play with Wing and Wei"
"They're playing video games, and they won't even let me play"
Opal sits on my bed and I hand her a piece of paper and a pencil
"Fine, but you must make a rough sketch first"
"Why, I'm just going to draw a rainbow" she whines
"If you want to paint, you must do it my way"
"Fine"
As I'm working on my bird I hear bickering
"What's going on" Opal asks
"I don't know, I'm going to find out" I head out the room and head to the top of the stairs where I can see my parents but also Baatar Jr in the kitchen.
"I can't believe you're taking part in such activity Father, you're suppose to be a man of courage, what you're doing is an act of a coward" Jr says
My older brother and my Father been fighting these past few months. Which is strange because Jr and my Father always been close. I will admit I was a bit jealous, of their relationship, I mean Jr was just like my Father, not just appearance wise but in his ways too . They both want to help make a change and lead. My Father choose doing so, by designing buildings to help make others lives easier. Jr has other things in mind, things my Father doesn't agree with. Which I don't know why, Jr just wants to unity everyone. With Amon being in office they have disagreements in political views.
Of course my Mother is always the referee in these debates. I never know what side she's on because she's always neutral. When it comes to her son and husband disagreements.
"YOU WILL NOT RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME SON, I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A MAN NOW, YOU'RE STILL MY SON AND YOU WILL RESPECT ME!"
"I wont respect someone like you, you helped that bill be approved, you could had disagreed" jr says
"Why would I do that, what Amon is doing is great, without him we wouldn't be as successful as we're now"
"No Father, we were successful with the help of benders, and what you're doing is erasing their progress"
"Oh really, I hardly had work competing with them, I had visions and those benders just destroyed them, they don't care about the art and structure they just build whatever and whenever they want, our city relied on them, and when they don't like their pay they go on strike, and they were the only one building, so that means no homes being built and no repairs being done, their selflessness are putting others at risk"
"Then show them Father, the right way, you're a leader, do the right thing"
"I AM JR by being present at this bill signing, your girlfriend is brain washing you" my Father looks at my Mother who's just standing there with her arms cross not saying anything.
"Su, I agreed to allow your intern Kuvira to stay with us for years, little did I know that she would brain wash our child and ruin our family... she's not longer welcomed here"
"WHAT!" both my Mother and Jr say in unison
"Baatar, I have been staying out of this our son and yours debates, but you have gone too far, Kuvira is family" my Mother says hurt
even I'm hurt Kuvira is like another sister to me. She's the only bender I ever met that had a passion for what she does. She's brilliant, that's why my Mother hired her and taught her everything she knows. Without her in our family everything would be unbalanced.
"No she's your family" my Father stares at my Mother in a way I never seen before. If Baatar wasn't too busy processing everything maybe he would notice the way our parents are starring at each other.
My Mother turns to Jr "Sweetie, don't worry your Father is doing this, just to get back at me"
what is my Mother taking about?
"No, he's doing this to get back at me Mother, don't feel like it's your fault, My Father just wants you to take his side, that's why he's so stubborn, if you want my girlfriend out, fine I'm going with her, we will stop you and Amon."
"Good leave, go follow that girl, if anything she's a true leader, and not you, you're just a follower son"
"If Amon our leader, what does that make you FATHER" Baatar yells while storming out the kitchen and running up the stairs he sees me and just shakes his head.
"Always do the right thing, even... if it hurts others" he says while passing me.
My Mother looks at my Father in disgust
"You know you're wrong" she says between gritted teeth he then gets close to her ear
"Too bad I'm not a leader, I know how you adore them so much" she then grabs his suit case and I don't even notice that Opal is near me now.
"Father, where are you going?" he smiles looking up the stairs
"Off to a meeting sweetie, come give your Father a hug for good luck" she head downstairs and My Father gives her a kiss.
He sees me and waves "How's the bird?" he asks
"Not satisfied yet" I answer
he laughs
"Well you never will be, until you learn to be"
He walks out the door while Jr packs his bags and my Mother hiding her tears in the kitchen.
Ironically both Baatars left out that door that day, but there was a difference between them. only one of them came back.
I know you all hate cliff hangers, but I felt it was right to end it here. For my followers who follow my other stories I been working on new chapters on all of them even Chill out. I just been so busy with life, I'm graduating in a week so please bear with me.
I have a feeling Kuvira's influence on Baatar jr, wasn't the only reason why Baatar doesn't like her.
What other reason could his hatred be for her?
Let me know thoughts are appreciated always :)