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Naruto kicked himself for having forgotten to ask about Korra's decision in regards to his invitation. At least he was on his way back to the island to spend some time with Ikki and his other siblings. Hopefully he would remember it while he was there.
A different sense of distaste entered his mind when he thought of the Avatar. It hadn't taken long for Naruto to realize that she was a curious and rather blunt person. That normally would have endeared her to him.
At the moment it just made him dread the inevitable conversation and series of questions he knew she was itching to hit him with. Ever since he had overheard Jinora telling Korra about what had happened with the masked men he had known it was coming eventually.
It bothered him. Normally something like that would have him going out of his way to avoid whoever it was. Maybe it was because she was the Avatar but Naruto found himself inexorably pulled toward Korra. He hoped it was something to do with her being the Avatar.
Despite being a young man he liked to think he had a great deal of self control and the idea that perhaps it had more to do with the fact she was exactly what he found most attractive in a woman had him a bit on edge.
Like Lin did, Korra had an extremely athletic and physically powerful body. The curves she sported only helped the muscular physique she boasted. Add onto that her aggressive brash nature and if he wasn't already deep into his relationship with Lin he would no doubt be smitten by her.
The air bender shook his head free of those thoughts as he circled the island once and swept down into the courtyard in front of a cheering Ikki and Meelo. He barely had time to fold away his glider before the ever energetic little ones barreled into him with the force of a saber-toothed moose lion.
They clambered over him like a living jungle gym and any brooding or dreary nature Naruto once held faded away immediately. As his mother, Jinora, and Korra came out of the house all three smiled at the sight of Naruto holding Meelo out as he hung from his arm and Ikki swung from his shoulders with a broad grin.
"I think you misplaced these monkeys mom." Naruto joked, getting a soft chuckle from the woman.
"Oh yes they are just so hard to manage. Thankfully you're here to entertain them." She said as she closed the distance and wrapped her beloved son with a gentle hug.
She felt a pang of guilt, unknowingly one shared with her son. Whereas Naruto always felt sad whenever he realized how much his mother missed him, Pema blamed herself for not preventing the situation between her husband and son spiralling into what it had.
She always felt like she should have done more. There were so many times when Naruto was growing up that she wished she had intervened. She never had though. Not till it was too late. At least he didn't seem to hold it against her. The fear of that worried her terribly too.
"So how is everyone doing?" Naruto asked.
"We're doing well. Your father is busy today so it's just us at the house. Korra, I heard, is meant to be meditating but Jinora convinced me that she can better meditate with the two of us in the garden." Pema said with a sly smile.
Naruto laughed and nodded his head. "Well then I will be kidnapping these two for a couple hours then."
Naruto tossed Meelo up into the air and caught him again after snatching Ikki into his arms. He tucked both squealing and laughing children under his arms and began exaggeratedly swaying as he walked off with his two new prisoners. The mother and older girls smiled fondly as they went.
Pema led the two to the gardens and, being as she was pretty much ready to pop, let the two of them do all of the actual work while she directed them into what to do.
The girls chatted as they enjoyed the fair weather and tedious tasks of weeding and maintaining the garden. Slowly though Pema began to turn the conversation toward something she felt would entertain her a bit more. That of course being the chance to rile up the girls while teasing them
So the subject she chose was easy to decide on. Boys. Sadly she found herself pretty disappointed.
"So, not even one boy, or girl I don't judge, down back at the South Pole?" Pema asked.
"Well, I never really got the opportunity to leave the White Lotus compound since I was little. Sometimes it kinda felt like prison." Korra explained.
"That's honestly sad. What about you Jinora? Don't be embarrassed to tell your mother these things." Pema said.
"Well I'm not really allowed out in the city alone…" Jinora said.
"Right, but what about all the galas and meetings we go to. Surely someone has caught your eye there before, right?" Pema asked. She was starting to feel a little bad. Both girls were teenagers but were living like cloistered nuns.
"I think the only boys we know are Naruto and Meelo. And well Meelo is a little boy and Tenzin has been pretty clear he doesn't want either of us even interacting with Naruto." Korra said as she pulled some weeds.
"I need to have another talk with him then." Pema said darkly.
"I still don't really see what Tenzin thinks is so bad. So what if he doesn't do things the way Tenzin does, that doesn't mean he should be treated so badly by his dad." Korra grumbled.
"Tenzin has convinced himself it's just because Naruto has supposedly perverted Air Bending. Really though, it's a lot of different reasons. I'd say most of which my husband can't even admit to himself let alone out loud." Pema sighed out.
Korra stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Pema. Before being her blunt self. "So it's really not about the kidnappers Naruto had to kill?"
Pema and Jinora gawked at Korra's question. Jinora quickly lost her surprise as her face turned sour at the fact that Korra so easily and freely spoke about something she had told her secretly. On the other hand, Pema simply froze for a moment before slowly regaining her composure.
"No, it's actually not. Tenzin handled that situation poorly but he doesn't blame Naruto for protecting his siblings. It really didn't help things though." Pema sounded a bit tired.
Korra, realizing her mouth had ruined the atmosphere of the garden decided to drop the topic and conversation all together and went back to working on the garden. Unfortunately for her, Pema wasn't going to let it end like that. She decided to turn the conversation back onto the young avatar.
"Korra, what are your thoughts on Naruto?" Not what Tenzin or anyone else has said, just your thoughts?" Pemas asked.
She paused her work and scrunched up her nose trying to think on her answer. She leaned back on her heels and hummed in thought before frowning as she realized her answer was kind of disappointing.
"Well he is nice and friendly. He seems like a good person, but honestly I don't know. I haven't interacted with him much and he kind of hard to read." Korra replied honestly.
Pema chuckled bitterly at that. "If you manage to figure my son out, make sure to clue me and the rest of us in."
The group returned to the garden work once more. Pulling weeds was almost done but they still had to fertilize and water everything as well.
"It's a bit of a let down that you and Naruto don't get a chance to spend more time together. I really think the two of you would get along easily." Pema lamented.
"Well, Naruto actually did invite me out for a tour of Republic City and a Pro-bending match." Korra remarked.
The other two stopped what they were doing and shared a glance before staring at Korra.
"What?" She asked after noticing.
"My son asked you out on a date?" Pema asked in a mix of surprise and joy.
"Huh? No he didn't." Korra insisted.
Despite being internally happy that Korra perhaps didn't see Naruto in a romantic light, Jinora couldn't help the blank stare she sent the older girl's way. Similarly Pema shot the water tribe girl an amused grin while cocking her eyebrow up as if to ask 'are you sure about that?'
"Oh spirits! He asked me on a date!" Korra yelped as the pieces clicked into her head.
"That's okay, take it easy. I'm sure the two of you will have a great time." Pema chirped happily while trying to relax the blushing girl.
Korra groaned and slapped her hands over her face. She realized she must have been torturing him by forgetting to give an answer. She just hadn't thought it was more than a friendly gesture in the first place.
"Ugh, I didn't even say yes though. He must have been waiting for me to give an answer and I forgot all about it cause I didn't know he was…y'know." Korra whined.
Pema and Jinora stared at Korra in surprise before simultaneously sighing and turning to face one another. Suddenly Korra felt like she was just an observer in the garden and the two had cut her completely out of the conversation.
"We can't be too hard on her. She was pretty much raised in a polar prison." Jinora said.
"It's still ridiculous. This sort of thing is more like instinct than anything else." Pema disagreed.
"Gah, stop talking like I'm not here. Can we just talk about something else please?" Korra whimpered.
The other two slowly agreed and for a while the trio continued to work, though they struggled to come up with a topic to discuss. Just as Pema started to navigate the conversation back to the situation between Naruto and Korra, Jinora managed to distract her by asking about stories from when Pema and Tenzin first met and started dating.
"Oh, you really want to hear about that sort of thing?" She asked.
"Of course we do." Korra said, happy to focus on someone else's relationships.
"Hmm, well let's see. I was just a starry eyed recruit to the acolytes at the time. Tenzin was a freshly made Bending Master. He looked for any opportunity to take off his shirt and show off those tattoos…" Pema began.
Korra and Jinora happily listened as they finished up the garden work.
A few hours later and the family plus Korra were once again gathered around the dinner table. Tenzin remained reserved, if still a bit on edge, with his eldest son present again. Thankfully Pema kept true to her silent vow to support her son more and rein in Tenzin's more blunt and arguably aggressive personality.
The kids excitedly chattered as was normal. It had a new level tonight though as they had gotten to spend the day with their big brother which was a rare occurrence. Without meaning to Korra being around had led to Naruto interacting more with his family.
"Psst, Korra." Pema whispered from her place beside the girl. Naruto was luckily trapped in a story told by Meelo and Ikki making it impossible for him to hear much of anything else.
"Yeah?" The Avatar whispered back.
"Dinner is your chance. Tell him you want to take his invitation." Pema said.
"What? Tenzin will be so mad." Korra argued.
"You let me handle him. Just tell Naruto you want to go with him." The mother urged.
"I…I can't!" Korra choked.
Pema rolled her eyes but left the girl alone after that. Something that caused Korra a mix of relief and disappointment. Pema wasn't done yet though. With a light clearing of her throat she drew attention to herself, causing Korra's eyes to widen.
"Naruto, Korra and I were talking earlier today and she mentioned she had something to ask you." Pema said easily.
The blond blinked before turning his blue eyes to look at Korra, causing the poor girl to begin blushing before she managed to control it.
"What did you want to ask?" He asked her.
"Err.. I wanted to ask-" Korra began before choking on the question and acting a coward much to Pema's annoyance and Jinorah's relief.
"I just wanted to ask, uhm about…That is to say I wanted to ask, err oh yeah about if you struggled with meditation at all, maybe you had some tips I could use?" She mentally groaned at her cowardice, but suddenly realizing she had a crush and essentially having to ask him out because she messed up him asking her was playing hell with her mind.
Pema groaned faintly as she pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance. Was she like this as a teenager? Jinora decided it was best to drink from her glass of water at that moment. Just to make sure no one saw her slight smirk and began asking her what was so funny.
Naruto though leaned back from where he was sitting and crossed his arms in such a way that his left hand could scratch at his cheek and chin while his right hand held his elbow. It was one of the few quirks that Korra had gotten down. He was thinking, obviously.
He gave her what pointers he could. Mostly telling her not to force it and that not all meditation was sitting perfectly still and trying to find peace. Sometimes it was losing oneself in a task, or performing a repetitive physical workout of some kind. It was actually decent advice but Korra wasn't retaining it all that well.
Throughout the rest of the meal she mentally berated herself for being a wimp and tried to psych herself back up again. Sadly before she knew it the meal was over and Naruto was gliding away into the evening twilight sky.
"Korra, what happened?" Pema asked, pulling the water tribe girl aside.
"I dunno. I guess it was too sudden." The girl replied.
"You're usually so much more confident." Pema said with a knowing smile, causing Korra to blush lightly and roll her eyes. She barely knew Naruto, it really had to be because it was so sudden.
"I know what he invited you out to Korra. You don't need to go sightseeing and you especially don't need to be attending any pro-bending nonsense. It would interfere with your training too much." Tenzin said stepping out of the darkness of a nearby hallway.
Korra huffed at his words before storming off to her room while Tenzin flinched under Pema's piercing glare. It seemed he miscalculated.
"Really? Eavesdropping?" Pema asked with a click of her teeth.
Tenzin made to respond but a hand up in his face caused him to frown and remain silent.
"I better not see you for the rest of the night." She snapped before turning and waddling off to her bed. The air bender sighed as he made his way to one of the spare rooms…again.
In the city, on the Beifong Manor rooftop Naruto landed and nearly facepalmed as he realized he had gotten so caught up with spending time with Ikki and Meelo he had forgotten all about asking Korra to hang out together again.
It was extra annoying because it was Wednesday before the match he planned to take her to. He probably wouldn't even have a chance to see her again before the match.
A day, a full day had passed since she last had a chance to meet Naruto. He evidently hadn't even been able to stop by the island during the day because his schedule with training and his work was too full. She didn't even know what his work was. She imagined maybe he helped the police. It was probably useful to have an Airbender supporting the force.
Didn't change the fact that her deadline for responding to his question was tomorrow. The whole thing had her more stressed out than she wanted to be. It didn't help that her training was still not showing much in the way of results whether it was meditation or air bending.
Having decided she needed something to relax, she slipped out of her room and settled in to enjoy the radio broadcast playing from the radio that the white lotus guards were using in their guardhouse.
It was exciting just to hear it. It wasn't all that hard to imagine it, the bright flashy arena was just across the bay and she could make out the massive spotlights and just barely hear the roaring crowd.
Just as the match neared it's climax though with the Fire Ferrets turning the tables of their opponents the radio suddenly clicked off and the last voice she wanted to hear at the moment called for her to come down.
Slowly she slipped down off of the rooftop surprising the guard who hadn't known she was there while Tenzin himself merely crossed his arms.
"You shut it off at the best part!" Korra complained.
"I thought I made myself clear. I don't want you listening to this distracting nonsense." Tenzin said.
"But it's their radio, and technically, you said I couldn't watch a match this morning, nothing about listening to one." She said.
"Yo-You know what I meant!" Tenzin growled back. "Anyway shouldn't you be in bed by now?"
Tenzin left in a flurry and slowly Korra walked back up toward her room before stooping to look across the bay at the brightly lit arena.
'I just wish I hadn't chickened out at dinner yesterday. If I had told Naruto I wanted to go I wouldn't even be worried about it." Korra bemoaned before she blinked as she realized her own train of thought.
She could feel she wanted to spend time with him. The trouble she was feeling wasn't just a desire to have independence and experience pro-bending. She felt drawn toward him perhaps. It was odd, nothing like an overwhelming feeling just a faint tug, or impulse. Like when they were around one another she couldn't help but be aware of him a little bit more than others.
She could only imagine it was because he was interesting to her, and she still didn't really know all that much about him, beyond what his family had told her at least. It did make her wonder why it was she had chickened out. Normally she was brash and reckless to the point that even she could recognize that particular personality trait in herself.
'I should really just do it the Korra way all the time. Tenzin's lessons have been getting in my head in the wrong way.' Korra thought to herself as she stared out over the city.
Similarly to Korra, Naruto's day hadn't been the best. To start with, he had been collared by Lin because her subordinates were upset about the ruined training equipment that he had tried to hide. He really disliked when she was genuinely upset about him. He loved pissing her off and riling her up for certain carnal pastimes, but actual true blue angry. Not the best.
To make matters worse he got to enjoy a visit from Councilman Tarrlok who was less than subtle about attempting to push Naruto into supporting his traditionalist group both publicly and financially. The man was terrible at taking no for an answer and made it clear he was bigotted toward non-benders. He wouldn't be caught dead saying something like that clearly or in a way that could be easily spun against him, but he made his point clear to Naruto that he disapproved of the number of non-benders he had working and that he had gone out of his way to get equipment that didn't need bending to produce his company's product.
What should have been a two hour discussion at best turned into nearly five and a half hours of negotiations that nearly had Naruto ready to blast the man out of his third story window. He refrained though…all that glass would be a pain in the ass to sweep up after all.
To cap off the day, on his way home one of his old friends, one he hadn't seen in several weeks, managed to bump into him. Literally, they were surprising solid. They didn't look like they would be but he had to guess they kept up with their workout considering everything. Displeased was the best word to describe their mood at Naruto more or less avoiding them. Unintentionally as it was, it didn't really make up for it. So Naruto had to promise, without checking his schedules which bothered him, to spend time together.
When he finally reached home he expected Lin to still be in a bad mood and wanting to continue where they had left off earlier in the day. Instead, she had pleasantly surprised him. An apology for being so harsh about the equipment, even though he helped fund the purchases the police needed for supplies, and a very well made dinner. Lin shocked him with it and the evening was spent happily mocking Tarrlok while eating a delicious meal and drinking a very expensive tasting wine.
For dessert, Lin had made one of his favorites but they never quite made it to even tasting the dish. Instead they wound up kissing heatedly on the couch as they held one another and let the stresses of the day and life in general melt away.
Gradually as he kissed her, Naruto began unfastening the belt to Lin's pants before tearing them off of her and pushing her up into her seat on the couch and dropping into a crouch so that he was level with his target. With practiced ease he hooked his fingers around the narrow laces of her underwear, a sexy brand she bought only for him to see, and slid them free of her enticingly smooth legs.
Clean shaven with a small sexy tuft of pubic hair, Lin's pussy was already glistening as she felt the heat of her young lover's breath roll across her flesh. He dove right in causing a gasp to slip from her lips as his lips and tongue, even his teeth began to play with the most sensitive parts of her body.
His tongue ran along the lips of her pussy and toyed with her nub sending tremors through her form as it happened. Soon she was soaked, and Naruto greedily lapped up her sweet scented juices as he began pressing into her opening with his tongue. Lin gasped again as she felt the invasion of her body by the squirming organ and she knotted her hands in his golden mess of hair as she clung to him tightly.
Naruto smirked, though he never stopped his ministrations, as he felt her thighs tighten around his head as his lover's mind left and instinct motions took control. With precise motions, Lin was sent over the edge screaming in unintelligible sounds as she came against Naruto's mouth.
As her muscles finally relaxed and she shook slightly from the strong orgasm that had just rushed across her body, Naruto began kissing back up her body, sliding her shirt off and freeing her tits from her bra as he went. He took his time. Both he and Lin enjoyed kissing and licking across one another's bodies when they made love. They knew the tantalizing feeling it gave the other and enjoyed seeing the ecstasy on their face as they worshiped every inch of each other.
"Maybe I'm a narcissist but I can't help but love the taste of my cum on your lips, Naruto." Lin moaned as she ran her tongue across his lower lip, lapping up the remainder of her juices off of his face.
"Is that right?" He asked with a chuckle.
Licking the final dampness off of his face she simply hummed out a yes before her eyes locked with his.
"There are a couple of other flavors I like even better though." She said before slipping off the couch and onto her knees as he stood over her.
Just as experienced as he was, perhaps more so, she easily undid his pants and pulled his cock free letting it fall across her face and rest on the right side of her nose. He covered half of her face from chin to hairline while the one, unblocked, green eye stared up into blue with nothing but love and lust burning within.
Slowly, sensually she began kissing and licking up and down his shaft. That is until she began to gradually make her way to his balls. Focusing on them with her lips and tongue she continued to play with his cock with her hands while she worked her mouth. She licked and kissed, practically washing all of his sack with her spit before sucking one of his nuts into her mouth.
Naruto grunted as she did so, a bit surprised by the sudden change in feeling. Lin continued to suckle, savoring the flavor and texture as her tongue ran across the skin. She moaned like a whore, growing even more wet as the sensation of his ball in her mouth and the euphoric look on his face burned themselves into her mind.
Slowly she shifted to the other testicle. Moaning and gasping all the while, driving Naruto wild as she debased herself for him. Only him. Once more they locked eyes, the image of her half-lidded eyes as she swished his balls around in her mouth and begged for more, driving him to the brink, before he forced himself under control.
"Fuck Lin, that's good." He grunted out causing his lover to giggle seductively and and gradually begin moving her attention back to his cock itself.
Slowly she licked up the length of his cock, from the base all the way to the glans. Once at the end, she leaned forward and placed a small butterfly kiss to the tip with a giggle.
"Stop teasing and suck me off already." Naruto growled as his cock nearly bulged to a painful degree from the attention his lover had given it.
"I want a taste of my favorite flavor anyway." Lin joked saucily before wrapping her soft lips around the head of his dick.
Only just the head though. Immediately she formed a seal around the head with her lips and began a suckign asn swishing motion with her spit. As that new sensation rolled over him, suddenly he felt her tongue go to work rolling gently, playfully even, across the tender surface of his cock-head.
Unable to say anything, Naruto grunted causing Lin to chuckle without releasing the head of his penis. The vibrations traveling through her lips and into the glans of his prick felt like electricity running through his spine briefly forcing his entire body to lock up. It felt like a full minute, but the sensation only lasted a brief moment before Lin proved to be far from done as she began sliding further down his cock.
She continued to suck and lick as she took more and more of him into her mouth and then throat until she reached the base. He nose brushed against his pubic hair and mouth gaped to encompass all she could of his dick in her mouth. It was barely enough as her mouth was stretched to fully open to fit the entirety inside.
Lin could feel the head of his cock bulging in her throat, creating a swell part of the way down her neck. Looking down, Naruto felt an incomparable feeling to any other in the world. Her eyes were nearly rolled back into her head and he could see the full length of his cock disappearing into her mouth and bulging throat.
Just before he began to rock his hips back and slide part way out of her mouth, he felt Lin try to swallow and the feeling briefly made his legs go numb as her throat muscles constricted and unintentionally massaged his cock. He let out a soft groan at the soft, wet, and warm compression around his dick before she finally began to slowly back off of his member.
She only got halfway back before she began sliding it in once again, this time a little faster. Similarly her tongue began to work faster and more aggressively than before. Again and again she slid back to his base with a quiet gag and gurgling sound followed by sudden pressure in the form of her practically trying to swallow down his entire length, before she began to back off of it and repeat the process yet again.
Once she began to pick up speed her hands came up and she began to massage his balls sending yet another pleasurable feeling coursing through his body and up to his brain. He began to pant and soon she felt his cock begin to twitch in the tell tale sign that he was about to cum. She tightened her hold and took him as deeply as she could before swallowing once again and purposefully humming to send vibrations into his dick. Her attempt at overstimulation worked and with his mind fogged with pure animalistic drive to cum he clamped his hands down onto her head and bucked his hips to bury his dick even deeper in her throat as he dumped his load all but directly into her stomach.
Naruto grunted and moaned as he continued to hold that position. He remained there with himself buried fully into her throat for so long she began to fear she might pass out. Just as her vision began to swim and pinpoints of light began to fade she felt him begin to slide back out of her mouth. She pulled off of him coughing and sputtering as a mix of cum and spit ran down her face and onto her chest.
The pair both gasped and panted for breath grunting as they did so. Lin moaned faintly as she was even hornier now than before. The feeling of his cock, taste of his cum, and that rough handling he had given her at the end already had her close to another small orgasm. She wasn't prepared when he chose to continue their session though.
Hoisting her up easily into his arms he was already prepared to keep going, even as she fought to bring herself back from unconsciousness. She had truly only fully regained awareness when she felt the head of his cock probing around her pussy, searching for its way in.
Lin released a moan as she felt his dick slide across her lower lips, causing her to reach down and guide him in. Already sopping wet once more she screamed in pleasure as he thrust up and forward, bottoming out inside her in a single move. Her eyes rolled back and she moaned out in ecstasy as her body tried to catch up with the sudden sensation of being so filled.
Naruto wasted no time. Sliding his arms forward and around, he looped them under the bends in Lin's knees before he tightly wrapped his arms behind her back. Like a standing breeding press. He had full control, pumping into her with rough deep thrusts, he also began to swing her back against his cock embedding himself into her even deeper and faster than he normally would be able to.
She was panting and moaning like a whore once again as Naruto grunted and growled like a beast. The pair suddenly became more like animals rutting as they were. He continued pounding up into her and before long she felt him drawing close for a second time.
"Stop! Stop." Lin demanded, shocking him a bit as he let her down. She slid down her knees getting a confused and slightly pissed off expression from the blond.
Lin simply smiled up at him before leaning forward and beginning to worship his balls with her mouth and tongue once again while her hand worked his cock's shaft vigrously. Swiftly she felt the tell tale twitch in her hands through the flesh of his cock.
Realizing what was coming she took his cock in both hands aiming it just right to paint her face in thick ropes of cum as she stuck out her tongue and stared up at the awed Naruto who gazed down as his lover covered herself in his semen. The sight alone caused a goofy smile to spread across his face.
That is until he felt the sensation of another person breathing within the house. Just at the door to the room. Lin felt the vibrations then too. They both had been too absorbed in one another to notice before but in this sudden break in their time together they realized someone had seen them.
Slowly the pair turned to look at who was there, wincing as they caught sight of a blushing and stammering Avatar standing in the doorway.
"T-the door was unlocked." She managed to mumble before fleeing from the room at breakneck speeds.
Naruto and Lin turned back to look at one another before sharing a single thought. "Shit."
Korra had avoided Naruto since then. A full week. Thankfully, after he cornered her at the temple he was able to get a promise not to tell anyone about what had happened. No one could know about him and Lin being together. It would cause too many problems.
She promised not to tell a soul, but still she avoided him because of how awkward she now felt around him. Her training was beginning to suffer slightly now as her mind often drifted back to the sight of a nude and sweaty Naruto grunting as an equally nude Lin covered herself in his cum. It wasn't exactly something she could just push out of her memory. It etched itself there, permanently. The sight of Lin with lust filled eyes as she stuck out her tongue and swallowed almost as much of the thick white fluid as she let splatter across herself.
As the next friday came, and the arena across the bay once more lit up with bright flashing lights and the distant roar of an audience the size of which she had never seen before took her attention, Korra decided perhaps it was time for a distraction.
She chose to sneak out once again, no matter how the last time had ended. She easily made her way to the Arena and slipped into the building with little problem. She found herself in the athlete's training gym and began to look over the equipment. It didn't take long after that for her to be spotted sadly.
"Hey, you. What are you doing in my Gym?" An old man demanded.
"Uh, I was just looking for a bathroom, and I got lost" She tried.
"Ah, the old 'I had to pee' excuse. You know I'm sick and tired of you kids sneaking in without paying." The crotchety old man grumbled.
Passing by, having just suited up for his match, Bolin noticed that someone, a very attractive and exotic looking water tribe someone, was being harassed by old man Toza. Weighing the options briefly Bolin decided to make his entrance walking casually toward the pair.
"I'm taking you to security!" Toza growled.
"No, wait." Korra began to beg only for Bolin to suddenly chime in.
"There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you. It's alright Toza, she's with me." Bolin said with a smirk.
"Yeah, I'm with him." Korra quickly added in.
"So, you see, we're together." Bolin said.
"Well, not together, together. More like friends." Korra said with a slight frown.
"Right, friends. No, no I didn't mean to imply-" Bolin began to backtrack.
Korra gave him a flat stare in return. "Oh, you implied it."
Toza glanced between the two before shaking his head. "I don't care, I got work to do."
The pair watched the old man stomp off before the boy in bright red sport padding waved out his arm like an old fashioned gentleman.
"Right this way miss." Bolin said.
"Thank you sir." She replied, before leaning in. "Seriously thanks."
Korra followed the boy as he led her down the corridors of the massive arena. Eventually they made it to what amounted to the player dugout. Bolin grinned cockily as he swung open the door and motioned for her to step in. From the dugout one could see the whole arena and most of the stands as well.
"What do you think? Best seats in the house am I right?" He said.
"Whoa, This place is even more amazing than I imagined." Korra said as her focus remained transfixed on the arena. Any thoughts of what she was trying to distract herself from were long gone now.
"Name's Bolin by the way." Bolin offered.
"Korra." She replied, still taking in the sight of the arena. Distracted by the arena she missed the entrance of Bolin's elder brother who called him over.
"Bolin, I told you you have to stop bringing your fangirls in here before the matches." He scolded. "Get her out of here."
"Aw, come on Mako. Look I kinda promised her she could stay. But hey man, I got a good feeling. There's something special about her. I know it." Bolin said. He then raced over grabbing Korra by the shoulders and hauling her over to introduce Mako.
"I want you to meet my brother, Mako." Bolin said with a smile.
Mako simply finished getting ready ignoring the both of them entirely. Despite Korra recognizing his name and attempting to strike up a conversation.
"I hear you play on the radio." She said, offering her hand out for a handshake. He ignored her, simply brushing past while telling Bolin to hurry up.
"Or I could meet him later…" Korra said looking at her empty hand awkwardly.
"Yeah, sorry about that. My brother just gets real focused before a match. Anyway, wish me luck!" Bolin said before leaning in slightly. "Not that I'll need it."
The match got underway and Korra was on the edge of her seat throughout the entire game. The Fire Ferrets, Mako and Bolin's team were rookies and still they fought hard and in the end pulled out a win against their opponents after Mako clutched the victory for them scoring a knockout on the other team's players.
Korra eyed the firebender after the match as the team came back to the dugout. She couldn't help but think how dashing he was after pulling out such a hard win. Her thoughts were interrupted as Bolin literally jumped into the room cheering and waving his arms around in joy.
"Woohoo! One more win and we're in the championship tournament!" He said before he began to remove his helmet.
"So, what'd you think Korra? Bolin's got some moves, huh?" Bolin asked with a winning smile, only to be shocked as she lifted him up slightly while grabbing the front of his uniform.
"What did I think? What did I think? That was amazing !" She cheered as she pushed him back making him stumble.
Mako, and the team's third member, Hasook, returned to the dugout more slowly as they argued. Hasook, annoyed with Mako's treatment of him stormed out of the room slamming his helmet on the floor as he went.
"Useless." Mako mumbled.
"You guys were incredible out there, especially you Mr. Hat Trick." Korra said as she tried to interact with Mako once again.
"Oh, You're still here?" He asked as he began changing.
"Oh, You're still a jerk?" Korra asked heatedly.
"Anyway," Korra said turning back to Bolin. "I've been immersed in bending my entire life but I never learned to move like that. It's like there's a whole new style here. Think you could show me a few tricks?"
"Absolutely." Bolin replied immediately and with enthusiasm.
"Right now? Come on Bolin." Mako said from across the room.
"Just ignore him. But yeah, I could show you the basics. I'm just not sure how my earthbending will translate to your waterbending, but we'll figure it out." Bolin said.
"Won't be a problem. I'm actually an earthbender." Korra said with a knowing smirk.
"I'm sorry, no, no I didn't mean to assume, it's just with all the water tribe get up that you are a water tribe, gal." Bolin recovered awkwardly.
"Nope, you're right. I'm a waterbender. And a Firebender." Korra said smugly.
Bolin hummed before admitting he was confused. Meanwhile nearby Mako sighed and turned to face the other two.
"You're the Avatar, and I'm an idiot." He said as he dropped his head slightly.
"Both are true." Korra said with her head cocked to the side, sarcastically.
"No way!" Bolin said excitedly.
A few minutes later and the three of them were back in the gym of the arena where Korra showed her form at earthbending. Bolin complimented her form and power but showed her how the traditional style left her like a sitting duck. He then showed her how he did it, waiting till the last minute to plant properly and launch the attack.
Korra followed suite getting the move basics down easily.
"Amazing! Great adjustment." Bolin cheered.
"Not bad." Mako half-assed complimented.
"What's it take to impress this guy?" Korra asked.
"What? I said, Not bad." Mako replied, genuinely confused. He then shook his head. "You know what, it's getting late, I'm going to head to bed. You guys have fun. Nice to meet you Avatar Korra."
"Yeah, been a real pleasure." Korra responded sarcastically.
"See you upstairs bro." Mako called out as he left.
"Upstairs? You guys actually live here?" Korra asked.
"Yep, in that attic. Nothing fancy, but it's a place to stay. Now let's try that combo one more time before we call it a night." Bolin said and Korra happily obliged.
Korra had a bit more spring in her step as she began making her way out of the arena. She had forgotten completely about what she was trying to forget, at least until she froze at the sight of Naruto walking out of the arena building ahead of her. Korra dove behind the edge of the wall to hide as she watched him, align with some girl she didn't know that was around their age.
Naruto seemed to be having a good time, but the girl with him was most definitely not Lin. While the situation had been insanely awkward, and she felt pretty confident in saying neither she or Lin were on the best of terms, seeing him possibly two timing the woman set off something in Korra and she decided to confront the pair. That plan immediately collapsed as Naruto smiled awkwardly, but warmly the moment his eyes landed on her and he led the girl with him over toward her. She had not been expecting that reaction to seeing her in the slightest.
"Korra, I'm surprised you're here. Still glad you managed to make a match…" Naruto said as she shifted a bit oddly.
"Oh, yeah, it was great. Really awesome…" Korra said as she refused to make eye contact with him.
"Uhm, oh Korra this is Asami Sato, Asami this is Avatar Korra. Asami is an old friend of mine and daughter of one of my business partners. Korra is being trained by my father right now." Naruto explained.
"Wait, Sato as in Hiroshi Sato…like the Satomobile?" Korra asked in shock.
"The one in the same." Asami smiled pleasantly. "It's a pleasure."
"Likewise." Korra said as she shook Asami's hand. "Uhm, Naruto I thought you were with Lin?'
Asami gave the two benders an odd look at that as Naruto's eyes widened at what Korra had just said. He quickly recovered though. "Oh, I was staying with Lin. But after last week it was decided mutually that I get my own place. I actually have quite a bit saved up, so I got a place kinda close to there. Just in case she needs me for anything."
The heiress seemed to buy that they were talking only about homes and simply nodded along. Korra on the other hand suddenly felt very guilty. Not for this conversation but perhaps causing a problem with Naruto and Lin.
"I see…so when did you two start dating then?" Korra asked mentally kicking herself for being so blunt. She didn't want to actually interrogate Naruto and this girl so randomly.
"Oh we aren't dating." Both Naruto and Asami said, simultaneously.
"Not that my father wouldn't love that. But Naruto and I are really only friends. We've only interacted a few times all together but have been around one another since we were kids." Asami said.
"Yeah, since a little after I moved in with Lin actually." Naruto replied.
"Oh, I see. I didn't mean to jump to conclusions." Korra said, trying to apologize to Naruto for thinking the worst.
"Ah, it's no big deal. We really should be going. I have some meetings in the morning and I wouldn't be surprised if your dad has something planned for you too." Naruto said, as he turned to face Asami.
"Probably. It was nice to meet you Korra." Asami said as Naruto led her away.
"Yeah, you too." Korra said, still feeling awkward and oddly a bit jealous. All she could do was huff though. She had been out later than planned and needed to sneak back onto the island so Tenzin didn't catch her.
She had enough things to stress over without him lecturing her…again.
And that is that. Lots of stuff happened here. From this point on, you should expect the pace to pick up pretty quickly. These last few chapters have set the stage but now we are going to be hurtling toward conflict so prepare yourselves for the inevitable.
Till Next Time