the thief and the airbender
all life is sacred
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[au of the finale]
"Jinora - Jinora no, please no!"
Kai rushed over to her side, scooping her up in his arms, not caring that he was kneeling in a pool of blood - her blood.
His eyes filled with tears. "Jinora, wake up Jinora!" She had taken the blow for him, she had jumped in front of the mechatank for him. "Jinora! Stay with me don't leave me… STAY WITH ME!"
She didn't move. She didn't stir. Her beautiful brown eyes remained glassy, staring without seeing. Her chest didn't rise and fall with breaths perfectly mirrored to his own.
"JINORA!" He curled around her body, clutching her tighter, trembling, sobbing.
It wasn't supposed to be like this. She was supposed to live. They were supposed to have long happy lives together. Not for her to get struck down in her prime, at 14 years old. She wasn't supposed to leave. She was supposed to be the one person who stayed. She was supposed to stay.
She was supposed to stay with him.
A shaking hand was placed on his shoulder. "Kai," Tenzin said softly, his voice breaking. "There's nothing you can do for her. Let go Kai."
Kai only held her tighter, howling.
"Kai, Kai please, Kuvira's still a threat, we have to -"
An intense rage spread through him like fire coursing through his veins, his grief evaporating into anger. Kuvira. She was why Jinora died. She would pay.
Still trembling, Kai stood up, a murderous look on his face, and seeing the lost, broken expression on Tenzin's, he hoped the Master would forgive him for breaking the rule that all life was sacred.
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