please r&r even if it's two words. i tried pretty hard on this one but i'm still not sure if i like it. please tell me what you think. i hope you enjoy and until next time

Scratches of all kind

It has been four months since the fall of the red lotus and things were changing for the better. Tenzin has decided to train all airbenders at Air Temple Island, Korra is out of her wheel chair, and Suyin has been welcome back into Republic City to visit.

All was well during dinner, until Bumi produced a bottle of sake from behind his back.

"Bumi where did you get that?" asked Lin squinting at the label on the bottle "because it looks very similar to the one that is in my office."

"That's because it is. I figure we put your kids to sleep and us adults can all reminisce about our younger years"

"That sounds great, and I get a free drink out of it. I'll put the girls to bed and Bolin can put Meelo to bed." Said Korra a huge grin on her face.

She started to move towards Ikki and Jinora before Lin put out a hand up to stop her. "Don't worry I have the girls, Bolin do you mind taking Meelo? Bumi, when I get back I want the first drink" she picked both girls up in one foul swoop both protesting that they weren't tired "yeah right, and you just happen to be leaning on my shoulders with your eyes closed. Jinora, tomorrow tell me the definition of sleep."

Jinora let out a yawn against her mothers shoulder "fine but you have to tell me how you got these" running a finger against Lins scars.

This caused Lin to stiffen in her movements. She let out a sigh before moving to lay the two girls down in their beds. She placed a light hand to their cheeks before kissing them good night.

Fits of laughter could be heard from the living room, as Lin made her way to open the door. "Good to see you couldn't wait for me," she said taking up her own glass of sake "so which story did I miss?"

"Oh just the usual, Tenzin discovering he could run as fast as the wind during bath time, and dad being the only one to catch him, that is, not before he ran through puddles." Said Kya as if it were no big deal, a few giggles came from the teens after hearing the story again.

"Pffffffft, that is nothing. I bet you never heard the one where Tenzin was caught in Lin's bed" Laughed Su with a suggestive look on her face. Everyone turned their attention to Lin and Tenzin, who were both looking off into the distance blushing like crazy. "I'll take that as a no. Well they were both 17-

"Lin?… Lin?… Lin!" Tenzin said forcibly waking her.

"Huh/ wha- what is it Tenzin? Are you okay? What's wrong?" Lin pushed her naked form off of Tenzin looking around for any danger.

"Nothing is wrong. But it is morning and I have to go before your mum gets home"

"Just relax. She wont be getting home until noon. She's working on some big case at the station. I'm going to take a bath and when I get back we can go out for breakfast. Take your time getting up, there's no rush." She made her way to the bathroom door and noticed Su cooking. Shaking her head, she continued into the bathroom.

"Morning Su." Toph said opening the door to her house, stretching as she did so.

"Hey mum what are you doing home so early?"

"What no good morning? No hug? What kind of woman raised… never mind" Toph felt Su's movements, and noticed she was stirring. She let out a small shudder at the thought of what she was cooking "where is Lin? Still in bed?"

"You just answered your own question," giggling as Toph stuck her tongue out at her.

"Funny, I'm going to wake her up, try not to poison the food." She knocked harshly on Lin's door. Not hearing a response she swung the door wide open, "good morning earthbending student!… Lin? Humph. You have till the count of three to answer me one, two," and with that she jumped on to the bed, it only took her a split second to realise this was not her kid, it was sugar queens and boy was she going to be pissed.

"Tenzin you ready to go?" Asked Lin head bent over as she dried her hair with a towel.

"I don't think so badgermole, from what I can feel he has no shirt on, and I'm gonna go ahead and guess no pants."

Lin looked up to see her mother sitting on Tenzin's back "mother can you please get off of Tenzin. The airhead is getting crushed under the weight of your armour." She remained as composed as possible given the circumstances.

"Tenzin seeing as how you are already here why don't you join us for breakfast, then we can go see your parents later" quipped Toph, an amused grin on her face.

Tenzin put on his pants and his shirt whilst going out of Lin's bedroom. What he didn't expect was to have Lin's little sister standing behind him as she made her way back into the kitchen after getting dressed "morning Tenzin, why do you have scratches on your back?"

"Oh spirits! I can't believe you were such a rebel Lin," laughed Korra "so what did Toph do?"

"Nothing to my knowledge," she looked over to Tenzin "did she do anything to you?"

"You mean other than being forced to eat Su's food? Yeah she told my mother," everyone laughed at the thought of what Katara would have done to Tenzin.

The laughing soon died down, "so Lin you never told us, how did you get those scars" Korra said intrigue lacing the question.

The room went silent as Lin excused herself from the conversation. "I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?"

"No it's just a touchy subject to my knowledge only three people know the story," voiced Su a tad of guilt in her tone.

"Four actually" Tenzin stated looking at Su

She looked up in shock, as she realised that for the first time her family and friends were about to hear of her exile. "She only told me the story once and only key pieces. It was twenty-two years ago that she received a call over the radio, that there had been a robbery. She managed to stop the Satomobile and made the arrest of the two that had fallen out of the back of the car. The driver stepped out, and it was Su." Everyone looked at Su in shock.

She let out a sigh, continuing with the story " I was going to walk off as though nothing had happened, but Lin made the decision to stop me. I was angry and didn't know what I was doing, so I cut the cable that was taught on my wrist," Su looked down at the table "it snapped back and caught her face. After that, mother requested I leave the city. It's the main reason we haven't talked in so many years"

"Lin?"

"What do you want Su?"

Su closed the door behind her, joining Lin on the veranda. "I wanted to tell you something I should've said a long time ago, I really am sorry I didn't listen to you. If I had you never would have gotten these."

Lin closed her eyes as Su ran her hand across the two jaggered scars. She could feel each crevice, each strain of the taught skin, the pain the two scars must have caused her sister throughout the years. She let out a shaky breath, "I am so sorry. Nothing I can do will ever make up for the pain I have caused you. But I am curious, what was mums reaction when she felt them?"

Lin let out the breath she was keeping in, "she never said anything. But when we were alone she would feel them and I could see the moister in her eyes, I could tell she felt regret, in what transpired that day even though she couldn't have done anything."

Su moved in towards Lin wrapping her arms around Lins strong body. Lin was taken aback but returned the hug, a small smile gracing her features.

They released a few minutes later awkward silence filling the air between them "So… do you still leave scratches on his back?"

Lin let out a laugh "only a Bei Fong knows how to break the silence."