(Here I am back with a new chapter. Hope you're ready to watch Naruto learn some more bending and history on Korra.)
Naruto was once again training with Mako in learning Firebending, but this time was practicing to use lightning. So far he wasn't managing so well, which was starting to irritate him.
"Man, why can't I do it?" Naruto grumbled.
Mako chuckled, "Easy, Naruto. Not every trick can come to a bender just yet, especially one of your age. Even if you are the Avatar."
"That's for sure," came a voice. The two looked and saw Meelo approaching, "How has Naruto's Firebending training been going, Mako?"
"Very well, Meelo. Although his ability to channel lightning is coming along slow." the older man answered.
"Well, perhaps he needs some time off from learning Firebending?" Meelo suggested, "Naruto, it's time me and my siblings taught you some Airbending."
Naruto gasped, "All right!"
"Follow me, please." Meelo ordered, and Naruto did before looking back.
"Thanks, Mako-sensei. I'll see you later."
"Good luck, Naruto." Mako replied, as he watched the two leave.
Later on Meelo and Naruto stood before some rotating gates. The old man explained, "This will be your first exercise in learning how to Airbend."
"What do I got to do?" Naruto asked.
"Airbending is all about spiral movements. When you meet resistance, you must be able to switch direction at a moment's notice," Meelo began, "You are to maneuver through the gates without touching them. But the catch is you must do it while they spin."
"How can I do that?" Naruto asked seeing it looked impossible.
Meelo smirked, as he held a single leaf in his hand. He used his Airbending to start the gates spinning, "You must be the leaf, Naruto. Flow with the air." he released the leaf, as it was drawn into the spinning gates and moved through them without touching before reaching the end.
"Be the leaf," Naruto repeated, "Ok."
Meelo used another gust of wind to restart the gates, "Begin!"
Naruto ran for the gates and started maneuvering through them, or rather was dodging for his life. He ended up smacking into one gate followed by more until he fell out through the other end groaning.
"Ouch." he groaned.
Meelo stood above him, "Do not be discouraged. Korra wasn't able to master this exercise right away herself. You just have to be patient, as said multiple times by my father."
"All right. Let's try again." Naruto said, as he took a position back by the starting point.
Meelo watched as Naruto went through the exercise again, managing to avoid conflict from the gates, but eventually got nailed and stumbled out of the gates. But that wasn't stopping Naruto, as he continued multiple times. The more times he tried the less times he was getting hit. After his fifteenth try. Naruto panted, as Meelo spoke, "What say we take a break?"
"Yeah. I could use one of those." Naruto panted in exhaustion.
So the two were relaxing, as Naruto waited to be back at full strength so he could go for another go at the exercise. Meelo spoke, "While you've yet to complete the first exercise with ease, you're still progressing well. Especially since you're so determined."
"I'm not going to stop until I get that exercise down." Naruto assured the old man.
Meelo smiled, "You know Korra herself was also struggling how to use Airbending when she first came to Republic City. But she was determined to master it, especially when dealing with Amon."
"Who's Amon?" Naruto asked curiously.
"The very first enemy Korra had encountered when her days as the Avatar started." Meelo explained.
"Could you tell me the story?" Naruto pleaded.
Meelo smiled, "Well, why not?" Naruto got comfy, as Meelo began, "Well, to understand Amon I need to tell you how it started long before my time. It was during the adult years of my Grandfather Aang. Him and Chief Beifong had apprehended a crime boss known as Yakone. He was a danger to Republic city because of his unique ability to Bloodbend at will."
"Bloodbend, what's that?" Naruto asked.
"A form of Waterbending. Bloodbending allows the user to manipulate the fluids inside of a person's body and control them like a puppet master."
"That doesn't sound pleasant. But why did you say 'at will'?"
"The catch to this dangerous form of bending is that it can only be used on a full moon. At least that's how it normally was. Grandma Katara after being tricked into learning Waterbending from a former of the Southern Water tribe, used Bloodbending and was scarred from it. After the hundred year war, Gran-Gran outlawed that form of bending."
"Whoa." Naruto gasped, "Now back to Yakone, he could do it at will?"
"That's right. After Yakone was convicted, he used his Bloodbending to try and escape, but my Grandfather removed his ability to bend, and Yakone was put behind bars. That was supposed to be the end of him, but Korra found some hidden secrets about Yakone she got from a reliable source."
"What?"
"Yakone had managed to escape from prison and fled Republic City. He altered his face and took on a new identity. He moved to the Northern Water Tribe and fell in love with a woman who would eventually become his wife. Together they had two children, the oldest Noatak and the youngest Tarrlok. They lived a happy life together, until Yakone discovered both his sons were born with Waterbending. At that point, he taught them to master their bending abilities while being fueled for his hatred of the Avatar and his bending stripping power. Then one night he took them on what was supposed to be a hunting trip, but he instead told his sons the truth about himself, and that they also have the ability to Bloodbend. He started taking them on hunting trips on Full Moons to train them in the art of Bloodbending. Tarrlok was a slow learner and lacked the motivation. Noatak on the other hand had mastered it when he was fourteen. Then to further push them past their limits, Yakone ordered his boys to Bloodbend each other. Tarrlok refused to do it, and Yakone was furious at his youngest sons weakness. Before he could harm his boy, Noatak bloodbended him to protect his brother. Notak decided to run away and start a new and offered the same chance to his younger brother. But Tarrlok refused, and Noatak left on his own. Eventually Yakone passed away as did his wife."
"Whoa. So does this Noatak have connections to Amon?" Naruto asked.
Meelo answered, "Noatak was Amon."
"What?" Naruto gasped.
"That's right. Over time, Noatak discovered he could use his unlimited Bloodbending ability to strip a bender of their ability to bend permanently. He eventually adopted the alias of Amon and formed together a cult known as the Equalists."
"I've heard about that from Jinora. What're the Equalists?"
"Amon's followers. Non-benders who were led to believe all benders oppress those who cannot. Amon using a false story about how his family were farmer folk and were killed by a Firebender and that his ability to take away bending was a gift bestowed upon him, was able to persuade non-benders to follow his lead."
"Yikes." Naruto gasped.
"During Korra's arrival at Republic City, Amon was doing all he can to stir up the conflict between the Benders and the non-benders. And all those who tried to fight him ended up getting captured and stripped of their bending. Every chance he struck he was always a step ahead of everyone. He even made Korra shake in fear."
"What a jerk." Naruto frowned.
"Well, Amon wasn't the only one stirring up trouble in the city."
"Who else was there?"
"Tarrlok."
"Wait, Noatak's brother?"
Meelo nodded, "Him and his father believed Noatak had died out there when he left them. Tarrlok went on to become part of the Republic City council, using various shady and risky methods to obtain his position and for power. The actions he sought to enact and the criticism he had put on Korra was only making things worse in the city from both sides. When he started arresting civilians who weren't Equalists, Korra tried to stop him, but Tarrlok revealed his Bloodbending ability and captured Korra to keep her out of his way. Eventually Amon discovered this and removed Tarrlok's bending and taken him hostage. Korra found her way back to us, and after discovering Tarrlok told her the truth about his past and Noatak's."
"Wow."
"When Korra and the rest of her friends wenton to fight Amon and the Equalists, Korra exposed Amon for the fraud he really was turning his followers against him. Noatak fled the city and reunited with Tarrlok. We had thought they had gotten away, but sometime afterward a destroyed boat and two bodies were found, both being Tarrlok's and Noatak's."
"What happened?"
"We assumed that Tarrlok had taken both his and his brother's lives for the sake of all." Meelo answered.
"Whoa." Naruto gasped in shock.
"Once Amon was defeated, the Equalists were disbanded, but still there would always be someone who felt as if benders would oppress non-benders. Just not on the same level of dangerous as Amon was."
"I can't believe that Noatak felt that benders were evil."
"Well, in a sense he was right. There are benders out there who use their ability to hurt innocent people. Fire Lord Ozai was the same. Amon may have wanted equality for all, but his ideals blinded him too much he chose a path that led him down into darkness." Naruto looked moved by Meelo's story, before standing up.
"Let's continue."
"Hm?" Meelo wondered.
"If people like that existed out in Republic City, then I can assume there are people like Amon who exist in the Ninja lands as well. If I want to be the Avatar I need to know all four elements so that if someone like him comes along I can be there to stop them. So let's get back to Airbending.
Meelo smiled, seeing Naruto's confidence and determination has jumped back up. So he brought Naruto back to the gates and started the exercise again. After trying it twice with only crashing fewer times, Naruto stood ready to give it one final try.
'Be the leaf.' Naruto thought to himself, as he envisioned himself as a leaf, and ran into the gates. Meelo watched as Naruto moved through the gates perfectly without touching them. He smiled seeing the lesson was finally sinking in.
When Naruto came out from the other side, Meelo approached, "Well, done, Naruto."
"I did it. I actually did it!" Naruto cheered, as he jumped around in excitement.
Meelo laughed, "I remember how spirited I was when I was about your age."
"Let's go for another few rounds." Naruto pleaded, as he continued to go through the course more times to make sure his first success at it wasn't a fluke.
That night as Naruto slept in his quarters, he could hear a female voice echo in his thoughts, "Naruto... Naruto..." Naruto started looking stressed as the voice continued to call out to him. He eventually woke up gasping. He looked around his room seeing nothing out of the ordinary, "What was that? I must be working too hard I'm starting to hear things." he fell back asleep.
The next day he was practicing producing puffs of air from Ikki. When Ikki saw Naruto was slowly getting the hang of it, she started teaching him more Airbending techniques such as air funnels, air blasts, and air punches/kicks. The old woman watched as Naruto was using those techniques on dummy's and targets.
When Naruto finished the last dummy set up, Ikki clapped, "Very impressive, Naruto. I see Meelo wasn't joking when he told me of your progress."
"Thank you, Master Ikki." Naruto bowed his head in respect.
"Why don't you take a break. I'll tell you a story about how Korra first truly changed the world." she offered.
"Ok." Naruto said, as he took a position by his second Airbending instructor.
"Before I do. Jinora did tell you about the story of Avatar Wan and Raava, correct?"
"She did."
"Good. Then I won't have to go over those details."
"What's this story going to be about?"
"How Korra was able to reunite the spirit and the humans," Ikki began, "After the events of the Equalists, Korra and her friends attended a Southern Water Tribe Spirit Festival which was originally meant to honor the spirits."
"Ok." Naruto listened closely.
"Among the guests was Chief Unalaq of the Northern Water tribe, and Korra's uncle."
"Korra's uncle?" Naruto asked, as Ikki nodded.
"Unalaq and Korra's father Tonraq both lived up in the North, until Unalaq got Tonraq banished."
"Banished? How and why?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Unalaq had always been interested in spirits. He learned about the legend of Wan and Raava and their battle against Vaatu. He was believed it was a mistake for Wan to close the portal to the spirit world and leave the spirits there creating imbalance. So he devised a plan to reopen the portals in the North and South Poles where he would release Vaatu from his imprisonment."
"Whoa." Naruto gasped.
"Before that he needed power and authority," Ikki began, "With him being youngest it was his brother who would be next in line for position as chief. So he devised a plan to hire Barbarians to attack the North. They fled into a forest sacred to spirits. When Tonraq brought his meant to attack the Barbarians on sacred grounds it stirred up the spirits dwelling them turning them into dark spirits."
"Dark spirits?"
"Yes. Spirits feed off the energy of those around them, negativity and hatred corrupt them and they turn into Dark spirits. Beause of this the spirits attacked, and Unalaq using a form of spirit bending known to Waterbenders guided them back to the forest. Because of Korra's father reckless choice and for endangering their city was banished from the North. With him gone Unalaq was given the title of chief."
"Creep." Naruto grumbled.
"Since then he waited patiently, until the new Avatar would arise. To his surprise it was Korra the daughter of his own brother. He offer to train Korra in the spiritual sense rather than my father, but he and Tonraq implored Korra to not follow him. But Unalaq played Korra by revealing that the reason why Korra was sheltered and kept hidden away in the South wasn't the word of Avatar Aang, but their choice."
"Why would they lie to her?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"You'll find out down the road," Ikki continued, "With Korra furious about all the lies told to her by her father and Tenzin she went with Unalaq who told her to begin she would need to open the first portal located in the South. She was successful, but afterward things only got harder."
"How?"
"When Northerners came to the South, they started setting up blockades for the Southerners who started protesting on Unalaq's idea of opening the portals. Tensions started rising among both sides, and Korra was powerless to do anything about it. But Unalaq told her she needed to focus more on opening the portal in the North. However various Southerners started leading secret revolts to take down Unalaq and were all captured, even Korra's parents for being under suspicion."
"So then what happened?"
"After Korra discovered what happened between Unalaq and her dad years ago, she and her friends broke her father and the other Southerners out of jail and took them someplace safe. But the Civil War between the sides was still going on. Korra tried various times to get people to help her, but none of them came to her aid."
"Now I see what Mako-sensei meant why he and Korra broke up." Naruto realized.
Ikki nodded, "Korra tried to enlist the help of the fire Nation but was attacked by a dark spirit and gained amnesia. After looking deep inside herself and discovered the truth about Avatar Wan and Raava, she caught onto Unalaq's true motivation."
"What was that?"
"Unalaq didn't just want the spirits to return. He wanted to set Vaatu free so they could fuse together and become the Dark Avatar."
"Dark Avatar?" Naruto gasped, not liking the sound of that.
"Yes. With Vaatu's power, Unalaq would bring about a new age for the humans and spirits. He managed to succeed and threatened Republic City, he even dealt a lot of damage to Korra by not only severing her link to all her past lives including Wan and my Grandpa, but ripped Raava out of her and destroyed her."
"But how did Korra become the Avatar again if Raava was gone?" Naruto questioned.
Ikki explained, "Raava and Vaatu represented Light and Darkness. One cannot exist without the other, and even if one were destroyed they would return again differently."
"How's that?"
"Well, if Raava were to actually destroy Vaatu, the little bit of darkness that exists in Raava would grow until Vaatu was reborn again starting the battle once again."
"Darkness in light?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. In every light there is always a shadow of darkness, but in the deepest darkness there is always a ray of light," Ikki explained. Naruto listened to this started putting two and two together, "Korra looked deep into Vaatu and pulled out what little light he had in him to bring Raava back. After refusing, Korra was able to use her spirit bending on UnaVatuu, vanquishing them both."
"Awesome." Naruto smiled.
Ikki nodded, "Though the events of Harmonic Convergence when both portals were opened stayed opened by Korra's decision. She agreed that it was time the spirits did return and that a new age where both spirits and humans lived together."
"So spirits do live among us?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. All over the land spirits had begun living among the humans."
"So how come I've never seen spirits in the ninja land, or anyone ever reporting them?"
Ikki answered, "Because your ninja lands are a breeding ground of hatred. And the spirits don't like feeding off hatred. You understand?"
"Yeah. I do," Naruto admitted, recalling all the times he talked with Hiruzen about constant conflict between each of the nations be it for power and authority, "So the spirits and the humans conversed easily afterward?"
"Not that easily," Ikki replied, "After the events there were still some issues to work with. Like after the spirits returned spirit vines started to grow throughout Republic City. And many of the citizens weren't so fond of them, especially the president. But change is never easy and over time the spirits and the humans continued to learn and adapt with change despite setbacks and struggles."
"I see." Naruto answered, and thought on about the concept of change.
Sometime later, Naruto was meditating with Jinora for awhile in the temple, until both let out a breath, "That was good meditation, Naruto."
"Thank you, Master Jinora," Naruto thanked her, before speaking, "Master?"
"Yes?"
"When I learned about Harmonic Convergence from your sister, it changed the world uniting the spirits and the humans. But there was more than that to come from it, wasn't there?"
Jinora seeing he was starting to figure things out, answered, "Yes. The affects of Harmonic Convergence not only brought back the spirits, but also awakened Airbending form many ordinary people, like Kai and my Uncle Bumi."
"So that's how the Airbenders were reborn?"
"It was a start to bring back balance among the nations," Jinora admitted, "Korra, myself, and our friends ventured throughout the Earth Kingdom in search of Airbenders. Kai being one of them. But we found out the Earth Queen at the time had been taking Airbenders prisoner to train them for an army she was building."
"Sounds like a greedy woman." Naruto scowled.
"You have no idea." Jinora replied.
"So did you rescue them?"
"Yes. My father, my siblings, and I taught the new recruits Airbending. Though it was difficult at first since they had no idea what being an Airbender was all about, and my father getting his hopes up too high. But eventually we pulled together and trained a new age of Airbenders. However, another person was granted the ability to Airbend, someone who like Unalaq almost destroyed Korra."
"Who was that?"
"Zaheer." Jinora answered.
"Zaheer?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. He was part of an organization known as the Red Lotus."
"Red Lotus?"
"That's right. When Korra was just a child, after she was discovered to be the Avatar, Zaheer and others including Unalaq were set to capture Korra. Only for Zaheer and his closest comrades to be betrayed by Unalaq. They were sentenced to special prisons to negate their certain bending abilities."
"Is this really why Korra was sheltered?"
"Yes. To protect her from any other member of the Red Lotus that might still be at large," Jinora confirmed, "Anyway thirteen years the Red Lotus were interrogated about their motives, but none of them cracked."
"So, this one guy Zaheer became an Airbender?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. During his lock up he began studying on Air Nomad culture, preferably the legend of Guru Laghima. After he used his new found bending to escape his prison he went to collect three of his closest allies. Ghazan a Lavabender, Ming-Hua a Waterbender who used water for arms being armless, and P'Li a Combustion bender."
"So I guess they sought Korra like they did before?"
"They did. They infiltrated Zaofu and tried to take her, but were unsuccessful. Still Korra was determined to find them. She ended up meditating into the spirit world and found Zaheer. Zaheer came clean and told Korra everything about the Red Lotus. Unalaq's plan to use Korra to free Vaatu and fuse with him was not part of their plan. Rather they themselves wanted to train Korra and make her see their ways."
"Their ways?"
"As I said before, Zaheer studied the Air Nomad teachings very hard, and developed a strong belief in Airbending's representation of freedom. He believed that the world should not have leaders, and that mankind should be in charge of themselves with no rules and laws. That is the ultimate freedom in his eyes."
"I don't know anything about laws and rules on a rulers level, but aren't they what keep things in order and not chaotic?" Naruto asked.
"That is true, but Zaheer believed chaos was the only true order. He wanted to usher in a new era and leave behind the old one. Starting with the genocide of every ruler in the nations."
"Whoa." Naruto started getting worried.
"He began by killing the Earth Queen, and all of the Ba Sing Se was thrown into chaos. He and his friends even took over the Northern Air Temple and captured the Airbenders, my mother, everyone. Zaheer forced Korra to give herself up for their safety. And she did. Zaheer then captured Korra after an enticing battle and wanted to end the Avatar Cycle by killing her while in the Avatar State. With the Avatar gone man would be allied only with himself and loved ones and in natural order without borders nor an Avatar. The poison he used seeped into Korra and drove her insane. She escaped, but through her blind rage for thinking Zaheer had murdered her father mercilessly attacked him."
"Oh, man." Naruto gasped.
"Thankfully they were able to stop Korra and apprehend Zaheer. Su bended the metallic poison out of Korra so she regained herself, but she was still messed up afterward physically and emotionally."
"This Zaheer sounded like an absolute psycho." Naruto said, after listening to the story.
"Yes. He also had certain good intentions, but he became too blinded by his beliefs he nearly threw the world out of balance. But he was a very special airbender."
"How so?"
"He unlocked the ability of flight."
"Flight? But can't you guys do that already?"
"Only with the use of gliders or wing suits," Jinora corrected him, "Zaheer was able to fly without using either."
"How's that possible?"
"Remember how I said he studied the teachings of Guru Laghima?" Naruto nodded, "That Guru was the first to discover the secret to weightlessness and unlocked the Airbending ability of flight. By relinquishing his earthly attachments, Laghima achieved flight and was able to live the last portion of his life un-tethered from the earth."
"Whoa. And Zaheer did the same?"
"He did. After watching the death of his loved one P'Li, he let go of his last earthly tether and unlocked the ability of flight."
"That would be so cool if it wasn't used by a mad man." Naruto said.
"I know. He was the second Airbender to have unlocked it," Jinora explained, "Even with Zaheer locked up once again, and the Airbenders freed, there was still the matter of the crisis in the Earth Kingdom. With Korra in rehab we all had to work together in restoring balance."
"Awesome."
Jinora smiled, and looked serious, "Remember, Naruto, while you are not born an Airbender like Korra, it is important you use the teachings of the Air Nomads wisely, unlike Zaheer who violated the Air Nomads laws of taking lives. While it's true the Avatar is meant to take action, you must always remember the possibilities of peaceful negotiating before violence."
"I'll remember." Naruto promised, as the two smiled and decided to get another hour of meditation in.
The very next day, Naruto was using what Airbending he learned to create an Air scooter to ride on top of the same way Aang, and the other Airbenders have used. Supervising him were Kai and Rohan.
Naruto laughed as he rode around on his ball of air, "This is so awesome!" he cheered, as he continued to ride around.
"Oh, to be that young and spirited." Rohan said.
"Yeah." Kai agreed.
Naruto pulled to a halt and jumped off his spherical ball of air that dispersed, "Oh, Master Rohan, your grandfather was a certified genius to make up something like this."
"I know." Rohan nodded.
"You're doing well for Airbending, but there's still more for you to learn if you aim to be a master." Kai explained.
"Yes, Master Kai," Naruto bowed his head, "So I was wondering, do you two know of the story that happened with Korra after the events of the Red Lotus?"
Kai spoke, "I know it the most."
"Could you tell me about it? I want to know more about Korra." the boy pleaded.
Kai and Rohan looked at each other, before smiling, and Kai answered, "Very well." the three sat down, as Kai told Naruto the story.
"Since you know of what happened after Zaheer was brought back to prison, I'll continue from there. Korra was brought back to the South for rehab with Master Katara. While me and the new Airbenders vowed to restore balance in the Earth Kingdom. However our attempts to restore balance to the Earth Kingdom was constantly conflicted by another who sought to restore the Earth Kingdom in her own way."
"Who was that?" Naruto asked.
"Kuvira." the two old men answered together.
"Who's Kuvira?"
Kai answered, "Kuvira was captain of Zaofu's guard who aided in our mission to rescue the Airbenders from the Red Lotus. After we brought them to justice we all sought to restore the Earth Kingdom, but Kuvira had other intentions. She grew up under Su Beifong's supervision after her parents abandoned her as a child. During that time she became heavily influenced by Su's progressive ideology of modernization and self-fulfillment. She was able to stabilize Ba Sing Se and was appointed as the nation's provisional leader. She set out to reunite the rest of the kingdom and earned the title of Great Uniter."
"But it didn't stop there," Rohan spoke up, "According to my siblings, Kuvira tried to convince President Raiko, Su, and Tenzin to help her reunite the Earth Kingdom. Su, however, felt Kuvira's actions would make them appear as conquerors and would bring about war. Kuvira unable to persuade her left Zaofu with Su's oldest son Baatar Junior."
Kai continued, "Kuvira since then, traveled to states overrun by bandits and bargained with their leaders, offering protection and supplies in return for their allegiance to her. However, once the towns were stabilized she forced the citizens into slave labor in order to serve her war effort and sent off those who would not cooperate to reeducation camps."
"This Kuvira is starting to sound like a dictator." Naruto started.
"Exactly." Rohan confirmed, as Naruto listened to Kai.
"Three years after the Red Lotus incident, Kuvira stepped up her mark by seizing control over the Earth Kingdom and turned it into an Earth Empire. She even threatened the other world leaders to not stand in her way or she would retaliate without mercy."
"This woman is starting to scare me." Naruto shivered.
The two nodded, "She continued from there taking back more cities belonging to the Earth Kingdom including Zaofu. When Su and her family tried to stop Kuvira herself she had them arrested and brought in. Korra after coming out of her funk tried to stop her, but couldn't bring herself to bring her down. Then Kuvira wanted to take Republic City by using a giant mecha suit powered by harvest spirit vines from Foggy Swamp. Opal, Bolin, Toph, and Lin managed to break Su and her family out and get them back to the city to warn us of the threat."
"When Kuvira arrived with her giant mecha suit and her army, they nearly tore apart the city with her spirit cannon," Kai continued, "Until Mako and Bolin got inside the suit to disable it from within. When the mecha suit shut down, Kuvira still tried to take Korra down with her spirit cannon. Korra managed to energybend the beam and as a result opened up a new portal into the Spirit World. Kuvira realizing she lost stood down, and the two returned to the human world where Kuvira was taken into custody."
"Did Kuvira ever manage to make peace with Su and the others?" Naruto asked.
"It took a few years, but Su and her family eventually forgave her. Especially Baatar Junior after she tried to sacrifice him just to get Republic City."
"Korra really did deal with a lot of crazies driven by powerful beliefs." Naruto realized.
Rohan nodded, "Yes. They each may have had good intentions. Amon wanting Equality for all, Unalaq bringing back the spirits, Zaheer believing in freedom, and Kuvira wanting to unite all. But they took their ideologies too far and were threatening to throw the world out of balance."
"If Korra was not there to stop them, there wouldn't be a world today." Kai finished.
"And will I be facing people like that down the road?" Naruto asked.
"We cannot be certain, but as long as war exists there will always be people like those guys," Kai answered, "But as long as the Avatar exists to help maintain balance in the world then there will always be hope for the people of nations and lands." Naruto nodded, as he continued to process everything.
That night in the temple of past Avatars, Naruto once again stood before Korra's statue looking up at it.
"Korra, I don't know if you can really hear me. But I want you to know I'm learning all I can about you. You were amazing with all you've done and accomplished. I hope one day I can be a great Avatar just like you. Mako, Bolin, Jinora, Ikki, Meelo, Rohan, and Kai will make sure of it. I don't know what lies ahead for me in the future. The obstacles I'll face, the people I'll meet, but I know no matter what I'll face them head on and won't run from them. So I hope you'll watch over me when I do." he bowed his head to the statue before leaving the room to head for bed, unaware of the eyes of Korra's statue glowing before fading.
(And there's the chapter. Naruto got to learn Airbending from Tenzin's kids and Kai, while also learning about the various nutjobs Korra had faced in her time. Don't miss next chapter where Asami takes Naruto to Republic City to meet his Waterbending master.)