There was a loud howling filling the dome. It was Naga, and the closed space was getting her anxious. Naga was trampling about the room, trying to find an opening. Finally she headed towards her groggy owner who had a crazy bed head (short hair does that to you).

"Naga! Relax, we'll leave right now." Korra said as she got up from the covers and put some clean clothes on.

Asami woke up also, mostly because of Naga's howling. She headed over to one of the bags that they had their clothes in and began to take out all the layers she would need to stay warm. As she got up she began to replay the events of yesterday in her head. The both of them could still feel each other's touch on their skin.

"So… yesterday was a really good day", Korra said with a bashful smile on her face.

"You did great", Asami said with almost the same smile.

"Um, so something has been on my mind…" Korra slipped on her signature blue shirt. "What does this mean for us?"

"Honestly, I think… Well I… I want to ask."

"Yea?"

They faced each other and held each other's hands. Both girls were looking down in embarrassment and said "Will you be my girlfriend!"

There was a pause; the both of them were dumbfounded. Although both girls had dated someone before, neither of them had hardly any experience and especially not with another girl. Korra was the first to break the silence; she had a wonderfully bright grin. "You make me so happy Asami."

"You make me happy too Korra."

They gave one another a soft kiss. The both of them were on the makeshift bed and dizzily were looking into each other's eyes. Out of the two of them Korra happened to be more bashful when it came to talking about sex. Asami was in fact very eager to reminisce in the events of yesterday. Asami was twirling her hair with her fingers; Korra kept looking away and then dreamily looking back at her lover, and new girlfriend.

"Korra you know, you really handled yourself well last night", Asami's voice almost made Korra melt.

"Y-you really think so? I just, felt like that was what I should do… and you really seemed to like it", she found it so hard to look her in the eye. Korra you can't keep acting like a kid! She chastised herself.

"Of course I think so…" she said as she scooted closer to her girlfriend.

"Asami…" She began to lose herself and leaned in for a more sentimental kiss. There was a slight nibble at Asami's bottom lip, which let out a small moan from her.

Both of them really wanted more and just their eyes expressed it, almost perfectly. Korra moved her hand on top of Asami's and gripped it.

"I need you to know that while I was gone those two years, you were always on my mind, and I never knew why, until now." This made Asami smile like she never had before; a small tear fell down from her cheek.

"Korra, you don't know how much that means to me. I couldn't even walk around Republic City without thinking of our adventures and especially the memories we made."

"I promise that we'll make this last." Korra moved in for a kiss on Asami's forehead.

"Let's get going okay, Naga is getting restless." Asami said with a smile.

They packed up the camp supplies and all of the dishes they used last night. Although Asami was the one to remind them that they needed to head off to the South Pole, she really did not want to pack on layers of clothes.

"Um, Korra…" Asami said as they left the dome.

"Yea?"

"Can I ride in the front?"

"Why?"

"Well because that way you can wrap your arms around me and I'll be warmer."

"That's actually a great idea, alright; let's just load up the last of these supplies."

They strapped bags onto Naga and eventually they were ready to leave. The weather wasn't as bad as the day before, yet it still wasn't suitable for Asami. There was a light snow falling from the grey skies above. The wind was very light and made the snowflakes dribble down. You could hear the crunch of the snow beneath Naga's feet, which was very unusual since the wind had been so rough the past few days.

After a few more miles they could finally see a faint glow in the distance, it was the light from the spirit portal. It would still take quite a long time before they actually reached it; by the time that they were making, it wouldn't be until nightfall that they actually reached it. It would just be better to reach the South Pole and make camp when they reached it.

Then almost out of nowhere the wind began to pick up and blow the snow briskly. It started to pound on top of Naga who began to wail. Then, from on top of a snowy mountain to the left of them, a spirit was glowing. By its dark color palette it seemed to be a dark spirit. Almost instantaneously it reached them and Korra had to react fast.

She jumped off of Naga and began to hold fire in her hands. Naga was scared by the sudden development and knocked off Asami into the snow. Korra didn't see this; she was focused on trying to calm the dark spirit in front of her. The spirit that confronted her looked like a giant beast with sharp talons and stood on what seemed like hind legs.

She began to make swirls of fire around the spirit and try to keep it from moving away from her. But it persisted and proceeded to swing its tail and knock Korra on the ground. It then made way towards Asami. Naga tried to ward it off but even she was powerless.

Korra saw this and shouted for Asami to get up, but there was no movement. The spirit grabbed her and had her in the air. This fired Korra up as she sprinted towards the spirit and flung ice spikes at it. Then it screeched at Korra, causing her to stop sprinting and cover her ears that were in pain. When Korra looked at her hands, blood was on them, it was from her ears that began to bleed.

That's when Naga ran towards the spirit and tried jumping on it. She howled and growled but the spirit didn't stop. It then tossed Naga over into the snow and Naga began to whimper in pain.

Korra had no choice but to try a technique she hadn't used since her conflict with Zaheer. She centered herself and began to Waterbend. The water surrounded the spirit and it began to sway side to side. Then the water began to glow a golden color and the spirit practically disappeared. Korra hoped that it didn't get caught in the in between.

Asami was huffing and puffing, her breath was getting weaker. Naga had gotten her out of the snow that she was tossed into and began to lick her face, making sure that she was warm. Korra turned in horror and saw how hurt she looked. The weather was too much for her and she was losing heat fast.

"Naga we have to move fast, we can't stop here the weather was too harsh. Let's hurry up to the portal!" Korra was so worried; Asami had already begun to look so weak. It seemed like the spirit had also sucked some of her life force.

Naga was running as fast as she could and Korra was holding onto Asami's body. With every gallop Korra's heart beat faster, she was filled with anxiety and worry of what might happen. She had already tried giving her as much heat as she could. She even tried bending fire above her, but it wasn't enough. There was special spirit water at the site of the portal, and Korra knew that this would be the only way that Asami could be healed. But time kept dragging on.

It seemed like they weren't moving fast enough, it was the snowy ground that was slowing them down. That's when Korra came up with the idea. She scooted herself up on the seat and began to Waterbend the snow away to where Naga could run on the ground much faster.

"Hurry up girl! We need to get to the South Pole!" Korra tried to motivate Naga and move their pace faster, but it seemed like it wouldn't be enough.

Naga howled in reply and they were picking up speed. Almost an hour had passed and they were halfway there, but Naga couldn't keep up this speed, she had to rest. Korra knew this and decided to make a shelter for them in the mean-time.

Naga took a nap but Korra couldn't shut her eyes. Her hand was on Asami's face while she prayed all she could to make sure that Asami would be okay. Korra had fire all around them with some charcoal that they were to use for cooking. The fire was the only way she could ensure that heat would stay with them.

After a half an hour break they had to keep moving. Korra gave Naga some food to eat and they ran off once more.

While Naga was running, Asami made a small noise from her lips that lost color.

"Korra…"

Korra looked at her in fright, she was losing energy fast and there was literally nothing she could do except wait and help Naga run faster. While she was Waterbending the snow away tears began to fall from her eyes. I can't lose her when I just got her. I can't be without her. With that strong will they began to approach the South Pole's ancient forest.

"Naga just a little bit more!" We're almost there Asami! Just hold on a bit longer!

When she looked at Asami she saw that her hair began to freeze with the icy winds. The color in her skin was gone, and her breathing was beginning to get very light. Korra gripped her hand and vowed to not let them go until she was better. She then turned Asami's face towards her to almost coddle her and give her warmth.

The forest was a few more yards away but Korra didn't have the patience. She used Airbending to push her off Naga. While she was in midair she felt a pain shoot through her head, with an image of her falling off the same rocky cliff that she fell off of during the fight with Zaheer. Korra gasped and began to have a short episode.

Both their bodies tumbled into the forest. Asami's fell into a puddle of spirit water. Korra got up and ran towards her without a second thought. That's when she started to Waterbend the spirit water all around her, but there wasn't enough. She looked impatiently around her to find another body of water. Sure enough there was one, she brought that water to Asami's body. The water was a bright white and not the normal blue that is used when healing. It was almost just like the one from the North Pole.

Out came a moan from Asami's body. Her eyelids moved, but barely.

"C'mon Asami, I'm doing everything I can!" Korra said as her voice began to choke up.

From behind her there was a small spirit, it looked like the one from earlier. It crept behind the ancient trees and looked at them with sadness. It's body was furry in nature and it's fur was yellow and blue.

I can't approach the Avatar after I did that… but… her friend needs help… I have to go help her!

The small wolf-like spirit approached her and stepped on a twig.

Korra flinched and turned around with all her fury.

"WHO'S THERE?"

Then from behind a tree the small wolf spirit moved towards her, "I'm here to help", it said in a meek voice.

"Wait! You aren't the one who caused this, are you?"

"Yes bu—"

"No! Get out of here! You'll only do more harm!"

"Avatar! Only the spirit that caused her pain can fix it…" its voice softened, "Please… Let me fix my mistake…"

Korra turned to look at Asami's fading face, she had no more options, and she had to rely on the spirit.

"Fine… but, please, hurry, I don't know how much time she has left."

The wolf spirit approached Asami's body that was lying in the spirit water. Then it began to grow larger in size and held her in it's arms, as it began to stand on it's hind legs. It was so large that it could hold Asami's body easily with one arm. It used it's free arm to heal her. One of it's glowing talons touched the center of her forehead and it used the other to touch her chest.

Then the spirit stooped down to place her in the water once more, it shrank in size again.

"She should be fine… just please keep her in the heat. I'm so sorry for what happened. I was so upset because I just escaped the void I was trapped in."

"Wait, you were in there?" Korra said as she brought Asami's body in her arms.

"Yes, I was leaving the physical world and heading back home, but then I found myself lost in a sea of white. I found a few other spirits that I knew, and none of us knew how we got here, it was terrifying."

"But how did you get out?"

"Honestly, I don't know how. But when I got out I didn't feel like myself and I was so angry… Angry because I knew some of my friends were still trapped there. Then I ran into you humans…" The wolf spirit turned into a pup when it felt its shame inside; it buried it's face into it's small paws.

"I forgive you… I don't know what I would do if I lost her…" she was stroking Asami's face and a tear fell from her sad eyes.

Naga finally caught up with them and whimpered when it saw that Asami was still in pain. The look on Asami's face showed that she was clearly feeling pain and that she wasn't knocked out into a coma.

"I know girl, but she'll get better soon, I can feel the life getting back to her."

"Your spirit powers are getting better Avatar."

"What are you talking about?"

"Well you have been gone for two years, and it's the first time that I've actually felt your presence since then."

The spirit didn't realize this, but it's words meant the world to Korra and it really did boost her confidence. After a bit more thanking the spirit made it's way to the portal once more and returned to it's home

Now all Korra had to do was to wait, she didn't want to attempt to fix the 'hole' in the spirit portal without Asami being awake. She decided to make camp. Korra began to Earthbend away from the forest and proceeded to make a similar dome from before. When it was finished Naga walked groggily and plopped on the ground, she was exhausted from running so much. Korra gave her a good rub on the belly and tossed her some snacks.

Korra laid Asami's body on her sleeping bag. When she put her down she noticed that some color was returning to her pale cheeks. Korra then placed a kiss on her forehead and she had hope that Asami would get better. After this she headed towards their food reserves. She brought out a big bag of dog food for Naga who ate it like she hadn't eaten for weeks. Korra gave her a good scratch behind the ears, she really did deserve it.

Korra was making stew for the both of them when Asami began to softly speak again.

"Korra…"

Korra stopped her stirring and ran over to Asami. Immediately she began to coo her.

"It's okay, I'm here, I've been watching over you" she began to stroke her cheeks with her thumb while holding her face.

"Korra… I missed you…"

"You were only out for a few hours silly" she said with tears choking her up

That's when she brought Asami close to her, enough to hear her heartbeat through several layers of jackets. "I don't know what I would've done if I lost you…" Her voice was comforting to Asami. She was on the brink and it was Korra who would be the first one she'd see.

It wouldn't be until a few more hours that Asami would wake up. But Korra waited eagerly by her side. She even neglected her stew until she had to Firebend to warm it up. It was beginning to get late and Korra knew that they would be delayed in their journey, so they would have to ration their food better. Initially they were given enough to last almost a week, they didn't think that they would need that much. However, after the events of today they knew that the extra food would be the thing to save them.

Asami's eyes began to flutter; she started to move around in her sleeping bag. She let out small moans and grunts; it was as if she was fighting to wake up. Finally she softly opened her eyes; the first thing she saw was Korra with tears in her eyes, holding her close.

"Korra, are you okay?" She said in a unsteady voice.

"I should be the one asking you that Asami."

"I had the worst dream… I was so alone."

"Shhh, let's get you up out of there first and get you some food."

Asami didn't argue, for once it was her stomach that was growling ravenously and not Korra's, which happened to make Korra giggle happily. When Korra heated up a bowl of stew for Asami she began to practically gulp at the food. She even asked for seconds, then thirds.

"Gosh Asami, I've never seen you eat like this."

"I just have this feeling like I haven't eaten in a month."

"It's kinda funny… now that I think about it, I'll have seconds too" She said with a smile.

Both of them ate the stew happily and it wasn't until Asami finished her fourth bowl that she realized something.

"You… made this right?"

"Well yea, unless Naga is some kind of undercover chef."

"It's really good."

"So, are you saying that you didn't think I could cook?"

"Well… yea… I mean Senna told me about this one time where yo—"

"That was years ago!" Korra said bashfully.

"Well, your mom convinced me real good."

"Well now you know better", Korra said, almost insulted, "I'm a lot better than you think."

"I love it." Asami scooted towards Korra and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Asami… do you want to talk about your nightmare?"

"Yea…" She placed her bowl on the ground and sat with her legs crossed (which were very unusual because she usually sat like she had a skirt on).

Asami took a breath and began to speak. "When I thrown off Naga, everything went black. But then I felt this weird sensation go throughout my body. I felt light pass through my body and then a shock. When I 'opened my eyes' I was surrounded by this void of white, and I think I saw other spirits aimlessly walking around."

Korra whispered to herself, "She was trapped in the 'hole'".

"Then I tried walking around, but I couldn't. It was terrifying, I felt chained down, or paralyzed. But then I saw something strange. The scenery changed, I was in a grove. The world felt different, but it didn't last long. Everything grew dark quickly and I felt suffocated. Once again I was pulled into that void. But this time I could hear you calling out to me. I tried walking towards your voice… And I guess it worked, because then I saw you looking at me."

"Asami, I think you were trapped in that 'hole' that I've been trying to fix. I think you were also in the spirit world temporarily. But you gave me an idea of how I'm going to fix this problem."

"What, how?"

"Well you said that you were in a grove, I know it's a long shot, but I think I'll go there and find the hole. I know it's bad but… I want you to stay in the physical world. I don't know if you'll have another episode."

"I understand… I'll keep watch over Naga."

"But I'll go tomorrow, we're all tired after what happened today. Plus, it's starting to get dark out again."

With that they began to prepare for bed. Asami and Korra laid on a makeshift bed that was padded with straw. This time Korra wanted to be the big spoon and surround Asami with her warmth. Of course, Asami didn't mind at all.

It was very late and Korra had a hard time going to sleep. She was filled with nervousness and anxiety. Even while she was trying to save Asami's life, images of her fight with Zaheer filled her tormented mind. Korra eventually got out of bed and went outside. Asami woke up and saw this but decided that it would be best for Korra to get her emotions out first.

Asami had to wait about an hour until Korra finally came back inside. But when she came back, Asami saw that her eyes were puffy and she looked exhausted. Something inside her had to of been weighing on her mind. Korra made her way to the bed but this time she faced her back towards Asami. Asami couldn't handle this and decided to turn over and comfort her.

"I didn't know you were awake", Korra said in a monotone voice.

"I woke up when you left", she looked away for a moment, "I'm here if you need to talk…"

"I don't know."

"But you do", Asami persisted; she couldn't let Korra be disarrayed.

"I'm just hurting so much Asami…"

"I know… I see it in your eyes and I can hear it in your voice", she put her hands on Korra and attempted to turn her over to face her. But as soon as she did she really saw the pain on Korra's face.

"I didn't want you to see me like this."

"You can't hide things like this from me…", her voice was soft and sweet, "I'm here to help you in every way I can."

"I know you are… But I can't bring myself to show this side to you."

That's when Asami gripped her hand and pulled her up to where she sat on the ground with her. "Korra, I need you to trust me. The same way I trusted you."

Korra looked away; although she was happy to have the person she cared about the most reassure her, she was still very unsure about completely trusting anyone.

"I'm so broken… I don't know how you could want me."

Asami saw how disheartened she was and put her hand to Korra's face. "Korra, if you truly believe that you're broken, I promise I'll be there to pick up the pieces. If you think you're weird, I'll be weird with you. If you think that you aren't deserving of kindness, I'll be there to prove you wrong. I may not have the power to move earth, fire, water, or air, but I promise that I'll be able to move you. When you're at your low I will be there to bring you back up. That, I will always promise you."

Then she moved Korra's hair out of her forehead and kissed it. When she looked into Korra's eyes, there were tears streaming down. Korra felt so warm and loved, and she didn't know what to do with it all. So she wrapped her arms around Asami like she was never going to let go. Asami began to tear up herself out of happiness.

"Thank you so so so much Asami", her voice cracked, "I'm so tired of crying today" she said with a smile as she wiped a tear away.

Asami pulled Korra away for a moment, just to look in her blue eyes. Then she began to kiss her tears away and she took off her ponytails. There was a silence but it wasn't empty. Both of them felt love and they both never wanted to let go of that moment. Soon their minds were remembering what happened the night before and like young people in love, they wanted it to happen all over again.

But then Asami decided that it would be better if they stopped for the night. Korra would have a challenging day ahead of her and she knew that she needed her rest. While they were laying down they faced each other. Their fingers and legs were intertwined and their breathing was in sync.

"Asami…" a small voice called out in the night.

"Yea?", an unsure return.

"When this is all over, I'm not going to Republic City… I need more time to heal… I hope you understand."

"I do…" Asami's voice had a melancholy tone.

"I know I'm disappointing you, but I need you to trust that I'll get better in time."

"I do trust you… Whatever you decide, I'll support you."

"Thank you so much. When I come back, we'll come to Republic City as an open couple too… I know how you are, and I know you wouldn't want to hide it."

"I was actually worried about that… I hope everyone is happy about it."

"Well why wouldn't they be?"

"I don't know."

"Come here…" Korra scooted close and softly kissed Asami's tender lips. Asami closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment. Korra began to stroke her hair and began to fall asleep herself.

All the worries of tomorrow would be paused. As they were falling asleep they were remember their time together, memories of driving around Republic City and eating out together. Even before they were together they were still always together. Through their sleepy heads they envisioned a future together, living with each other and waking up to be by one another's side. And though the weather was deathly cold outside, they were warm together.

Apologies for the delay in updates. I really burnt myself out trying to produce chapter after chapter and I needed a couple days to have a break. Hopefully I'll have another two or three chapters before January 5th (when school starts again). As we pull into the final leg of our story understand that it is meant to fall back into the canon timeline that the show has. Of course there will be a few differences, but that's what I intended. As of right now I'm working on ideas for a 'sequel' which would be Korra and Asami's adventures in the spirit world.

Thank you all for the support!