The Shinobi of Republic City

"Hello" - (Normal Talking)

"How does he do that?" - (Thinking)

"What's this kid gonna do now?" - (Flashback)

["What's the plan?"] - (Spirit's Talking)

["This guys a moron"] - (Spirit's Thinking)

{"Sir, can you hear me?"} - (Communication)

"^It's a knockout!^" - (Radio and speakers)

"\Hope that I see you soon\" - (Reading)

Chapter 12

(With Will)

With Will, she was hanging out with Kurama at a food stand, seeing as she wanted to let Korra have some time with Naruto. Plus, she didn't want to end up having Korra have to answer any questions about her relationship with both her and Naruto, that her parents may ask if she was busted being, well…..herself around them.

As she took a few kabobs from a vendor and handed one to Kurama, she spotted Korra walking alone down the street, with an annoyed look on her face.

"Hey Korra. Uh, what's up with you? And where's Naruto?" Will asked with a raised eyebrow, as she saw the angry look on Korra's face, as she stomped over to them.

"My cousin dragged him off after saying, point blank, she wanted him" Korra growled out, slightly breathing flames through her mouth.

Will blinked at this, while Kurama snorted at this.

"Zip it, furball" Korra growled, as she knew Kurama was most likely enjoying this, even if he couldn't talk.

"Do you want me to help you bury the body? I bet there are a lot of good places to do that here in the South Pole" Will said, as she looked at Korra.

"…you serious?" Korra asked after a few moments of silence.

Kurama made a slicing motion with his tail across his neck, before falling over and playing dead.

"Well said, Kurama. Now, where's our man's new stalker?" Will asked, as she looked around with a frown.

Before Korra could respond to this, a roar was heard, before it was followed by people shouting and running past them.

"What's going on?" Korra asked someone as they ran past her.

"A spirit is attacking!" a man yelled, as he ran past them.

"And knowing Naruto, he could be fighting it" Will said, as she took off running in the opposite direction from where everyone was running.

"Hey, wait for us!" Korra yelled, as she and Kurama ran after her.

Soon they all found a dark coloured spirit that had long arms and legs and a tentacle like tail with glowing yellow eyes, that towered over some destroyed stands, as it was being attacked by not only Naruto with his Airbending, but Eska with her Waterbending. But they weren't having much effect on it, as it was very fast, so fast in fact, that it grabbed Naruto with its tentacle-like tail.

"Hey, back off!" Will yelled, as she made some motion with her hands, before she pointed with her pointer fingers and fired a massive amount of lightning at the spirit, nailing it in the chest and making it roar, as it dropped Naruto into the snow.

"Are you ok, my Naruto?" Eska asked curiously, as she ran over to Naruto.

"Wait….your Naruto?! You just met him!" Korra yelled, as she ran over and fired some flames at the spirit, just as Mako and Bolin ran over to help, seeing what had been happening.

"You wish to challenge me for him, cousin?" Eska asked with a firm look on her face.

"Ladies! We have a spirit attack to deal with!" Naruto yelled, as he stood up and jumped at the spirit and sent a blast of air at it, hitting it in its wound that Will had left from her lightning, with Mako shooting a blast of fire at it while Bolin bent some earth spikes.

Kurama barked at this, as he ran past Korra and Eska, before he grew to the size of a polar bear dog and jumped at the spirit, as he landed on its back and started to claw at it and bite at it with his fangs along with clawing at it.

"….so that's your spirit pet" Eska stated, as she watched this.

Kurama growled and barked loudly at this, but this caused him to be grabbed by the spirit and to be thrown away and landing in a stand nearby, destroying it and barely missing a woman in a secretary suit and a man in an expensive outfit, who were with Asami.

"Asami? What are you doing here?" Will asked, as she ran over to check on Kurama.

"Business meeting. And it's not going so well, thanks to that thing" Asami said, as she gestured at the dark spirit that Naruto and the two girls were fighting.

"Nonsense, my dear. If anything, this killed the boredom. The name is Varrick and this is my assistant, Zhu Li" the man said with a smile.

As he said this, the spirit grabbed what looked like some debris from some destroyed stands and threw them at Naruto and Korra, who quickly avoided them, but they were now heading towards Varrick.

"Watch out!" Mako yelled, as he avoided the spirit trying to grab him, while Bolin sent a few boulders at it, which it easily dodged.

Kurama then shot out of the destroyed stand he was in, before grabbing the debris with his tails and spun around, before he threw it back at the spirit, nailing it in the head.

"Nice one Kurama!" Will yelled, as she used fire to fly at the spirit and then send a blast of white fire at the spirit.

"Sir, I think we should retreat for now," Zhu Li said.

"Sound idea. Make a note that we owe the fox and his friends a favor" Varrick said, as he nodded and ran with his assistant.

"Of course, sir" Zhu Li said with a nod, as she led the way, while Asami followed them.

As this was happening, the spirit roared at the benders that had surrounded it, before it slammed itself into the ground and started to dig into the snow, making its escape.

"Hey! Get back here, you coward!" Will yelled into the hole left behind by the spirit.

"I think we won that one" Korra said with a grin, at the fact that the spirit had fled.

"It didn't feel like one," Naruto said with a sigh, before he saw what looked like a group of water tribe soldiers approaching, along with Tenzin, Tonraq and Unalaq.

"What happened here?" Tenzin asked, as he looked around at all the damage left behind by the battle.

"A spirit showed up and attacked," Naruto said as he approached.

"Yea, but we were able to make it leave" Will said with a scowl.

"Not before it caused a lot of damage, sadly" Mako said, as he looked around with a frown.

"What would cause a spirit to do all this?" Tenzin asked curiously.

"Obviously, the spirit is upset with the South for some reason" Unalaq said, as he looked around at the damage.

"The South didn't do anything" Tonraq said, as he narrowed his eyes at this.

"Obviously it is. How much more proof do you need? Do people need to be hurt like last time, brother?" Unalaq asked with a firm tone, while Tonraq stepped forward with narrowed eyes, but was stopped by Tenzin.

"Enough! Both of you!" Naruto yelled, getting their attention.

"Yea, this isn't gonna help, so knock it off!" Korra said, as she looked at her family.

"Maybe someone pissed it off, and was hiding here?" Bolin asked with a cocked eyebrow.

"Of course. Korra, I'll let you investigate with your friends and if you wish for my guidance, please don't hesitate to ask" Unalaq said, as he bowed his head at Korra, before he left.

Eska looked at Naruto for a few moments, before she left to follow her father.

"Yea, that's right, keep walking" Will whispered with her eyes narrowed, as she watched Eska leave.

"Will," Naruto said, as he shook his head at this.

"What? I draw the line at crazy chick's mister, and she definitely screams crazy" Will said as she glared.

"Korra, what do you think?" Naruto asked her.

"I think that we can feed the body to some dolphin piranha to cover up our tracks," Korra said firmly.

Naruto blinked in surprise at this, while Kurama snickered at this.

(Later)

Later, everyone went back to Korra's house.

"OK, what is going on between you and uncle?" Korra asked her father with a firm tone.

"Korra, it's a long story and -" Senna was saying, before she was cut off.

"I don't care! I need to know what's going on, seeing as I need real information about spirits and dad keeps pushing the only one with knowledge away" Korra said, as she gave her dad a firm look while crossing her arms.

"Korra, calm down. I'm sure that your dad has an explanation" Naruto said, as he placed his hand on her shoulder to both calm her and comfort her.

Tonraq sighed at this, before he nodded and started to tell them what had happened years ago back at the North Pole.

"So you screwed things up years ago with the spirits and got banished?" Will asked, raising an eyebrow at this.

"Oof, talk about family drama" Bolin said with a wince at this.

"Not the time, bro" Mako said with a scowl, as he dope slapped Bolin.

"I can't believe this! You kept me from being the Avatar, along with the White Lotus. And now, you're stopping me from trying to learn what I need to learn again!" Korra yelled, as she glared at her father.

"Korra, I'm just trying to protect -" Tonraq was saying, before being cut off.

"I don't need you to protect me! I need you to accept that I'm the Avatar and to back off!" Korra yelled, before she turned around and stormed out of the hut, slamming the door shut behind her.

Tonraq looked down at the ground, while Senna grasped his hand.

"I'll talk to her," Naruto said, as he went to follow her.

He walked out of the hut and after a few moments, he spotted Korra sitting on a cliff edge with Naga, looking out at sea.

"If you're gonna tell me to forgive my dad, you can forget it," Korra said, as Naruto approached her.

"Korra, come on. You know your dad doesn't want to hurt you, he's just human like all of us are. You know how it's hard for you, because you're the Avatar?" Naruto asked, as he sat next to Korra.

"Yea?" Korra asked, as she kept looking out at sea, while patting Naga's head.

"Well, it's probably not easy for your parents either. I mean, suddenly finding out that your child is destined to be the Avatar, who they know will be forced to deal with the worst the world has to offer? Any good parent would want to protect their children from that" Naruto said.

"Yea, well, I'm not 4 anymore. They need to accept that I'm gonna be dealing with this stuff and stop getting in my way" Korra said.

"I'm sure that they will. But you should at least try to be more understanding. I mean, parents are human, ya know. You think when you have kids, you will be perfect?" Naruto asked curiously.

"...since when did you get so wise?" Korra asked, as she looked at Naruto with a small grin.

"Well, I am always thinking about stuff while meditating and cooking at the restaurant," Naruto said with a smile.

"Hmmm. So…you think about having kids?" Korra asked with a teasing smirk.

Naruto froze at this, before he fell over, causing Korra to laugh at this while Naga barked happily.

(A few days later)

It had been a few days since the attack on the South Pole and Korra had decided to start training with her uncle, which had started to make things tense with Tenzin and her father. But she was trying to at least be neutral to them, seeing as she still hadn't forgiven her father, while Tenzin had rejected her decision and told her she was free to come back to him anytime, before he left with his family, to go to the Southern Air Temple.

Currently it was night time and Korra was getting ready for a trip she was going on with her uncle, along with Naruto and Will, seeing as he said he didn't mind them coming if she trusted them.

"OK, I'm all set!" Korra yelled, as she ran out of her hut and approached the others, who were waiting with some snowmobiles.

"Glad Asami hooked us up," Will said with a grin, as she looked at her snowmobile.

"Remember to stay near us, in case there is an attack," Naruto said, as he started up his own snowmobile, while Kurama hid in his parka for warmth.

"It's a long journey, so I hope that you're all prepared," Unalaq said, as he sat on his snowmobile.

Korra nodded at this, before she spotted her mother and father approaching them.

She then looked at Naruto, who gave her a small frown.

Korra sighed at this, before she approached her parents and hugged her mother, before she looked at her father. "I'll be fine dad, so don't worry" she said firmly.

"I'm sure you will be. You're the Avatar, right?" Tonraq said, as he lightly smiled, trying to put his daughter at ease.

"Yeah, right. Ok, let's move out" Korra said, as she hopped onto Naga.

Naruto smiled a little at this, along with Will, as they both started their snowmobiles and followed after Unalaq, Eska and Desna, who were on their own snowmobile.

After traveling for many miles, they soon spotted what looked like dead trees that looked to be half frozen, along with a large chunk of ice.

"Is this the place?" Naruto asked, as he looked at Unalaq, while Kurama poked his head out of his parka and started to sniff the air, as he felt something here.

"Yes, it is. We must go inside and open the way to the Spirit World, if we're gonna have a chance to try and appease the spirits" Unalaq said, as he continued to move forward, with Eska and Desna close behind him.

"Okay, and where is the portal?" Mako asked curiously.

"It's in the heart of the forest, where the dormant spirit portal lies," Unalaq said.

"Uh, why do I get the feeling that the closer we get, the more likely -" Bolin was saying, before he was cut off, as a bunch of Spirits burst out of the snow and roared at them.

"You jinxed us!" Will yelled, as she hit the gas on the snowmobile, causing the vehicle to shoot forward, avoiding a strike from a spirit.

Everyone else did the same, following after Unalaq, as they tried to make their way to the heart of the forest.

Soon, a spirit slammed its leg in front of Naruto's snowmobile, causing it to crash. But he jumped off it and used his Airbending to fly into the air a bit and to continue towards the core of the forest.

"I got you!" Korra yelled, as she grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled him onto Naga's back, as the polar bear dog continued to run from the Dark Spirits.

"You guys go on ahead!" Will yelled, as she fired some lightning at one of the spirits blocking Naga's way, hitting it in the head, causing it to move out of the way for Naga to run through.

"Yea, we've got this!" Mako yelled, as he shot some flames at a few Dark Spirits, while Bolin threw some boulders at them.

"Thanks guys, and be careful!" Naruto yelled at them, as he and Korra headed towards the heart of the forest.

(Inside the core)

Naga walked into what looked like a clearing, where what looked like a giant glowing ball was standing.

"Is that what we are looking for?" Naruto asked curiously, as Naga walked closer.

"Yea. Uncle said that I need to touch it and open up the portal to the Spirit World" Korra said, as she looked at the ball with a determined look.

Kurama poked his head out of Naruto's parka and took a look, before he looked up and barked in warning.

Naruto and Korra looked up and saw what looked like several spirits hanging on the ceiling, before they dropped down on them.

"Move!" Naruto yelled, as he jumped back off Naga and sent a blast of air at a spirit, but the spirit just roared and flew at Naruto.

Kurama jumped out of Naruto's parka. But before he could grow bigger, he was smacked by the spirit and sent flying towards the glowing ball nearby.

As he slammed against it, Kurama lit up with orange energy that began surging through him.

Naga stopped running at the crystal, as a giant shadowy figure started to tower over not just her and Korra, but everyone around them.

"K-kurama?" Korra asked, her eyes widening at what she was seeing.

"Oh jeez" Naruto said, as he pinched his nose

["Gahahaahahahahahaa!"] a deep voice called out, before a massive amount of fire blasted the spirits attacking them, making them flee.

As the fire cleared, what looked like a nine tailed fox the same size as Naga was seen standing.

["That's right, I'm back bitches!"] Kurama said with a savage grin, as he laughed in victory.

"This place is definitely Spirit World connected, if it gave him a boost in power," Naruto said with a sigh, as he approached.

"Are you ok, Kurama?" Korra asked, as she looked at his new form.

["I feel great! I feel like I could take you on in the Avatar state!"] Kurama said with a smile, as Naga sniffed at him curiously.

"Yea, not happening, you maniac" Naruto said with a roll of his eyes.

["What, you think your girl is so weak that she can't step up to the nine tailed fox?"] Kurama asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh please, I would make you say uncle" Korra said with a scoff, as she rolled her eyes at this.

["You think you can take me on, sweet cheeks?!"] Kurama asked, as he glared at Korra.

"Kurama, enough. Why don't you go help the others outside? Go scare the spirits off and show them you're the new apex predator or something" Naruto said, as he pointed back the way they came.

Kurama paused at this, before he smiled madly. ["Oh hell yes! I'm gonna enjoy this! Gahahahahaha!"] Kurama cackled, before he ran out of the area.

"That mouth of his is gonna take getting used to" Korra said with a scowl, as Kurama was already getting on her nerves.

"Give it time and you will become numb. Now, let's get this open" Naruto said, as he nodded at Korra.

"Right," Korra said with a nod, as she approached the dome.

(Outside)

Meanwhile with everyone outside, they were fighting the corrupted spirits as they just kept coming at them.

"This is getting overwhelming, bro!" Bolin yelled, as he sent some boulders at the spirits.

"I know, but we need to stop them from going after the others," Mako said, as he sent a blast of lightning at some spirits.

["Never fear, help has arrived!"] Kurama yelled out, as he came out of the forest, before jumping at a group of Dark Spirits, tackling one and starting to claw at it and bite at it with its fangs.

"Ahhhhh! They have backup!" Bolin yelled in a panic.

"Relax, it's just Kurama" Will said with a sigh at this, as the spirits all looked at Kurama along with everyone else.

"Wait….that's Kurama?!" Bolin asked, as Kurama threw a spirit aside with his fangs, before he blasted a swarm of spirits with a torrent of fire.

["Burn you motherfuckers! Gahahahahahahaha!"] Kurama cackled, as he set the spirits on fire, causing them to fly or run off in a panic.

"This is the same spirit that was with Korra's boyfriend?" Unalaq asked, raising an eyebrow at this.

"He is more vulgar than expected, father," Eska stated.

"Indeed," Desna said with a nod.

Before Kurama could respond to this, a bright light suddenly shot up out from behind him from where Korra and Naruto were.

"Ah, it would seem that Korra has completed her task" Unalaq said with a smile, as he looked up at the sky, as the Southern Lights appeared around the portal.

"Great. So can we go home now? I can't feel my hair" Will asked with a scowl, as she felt really cold.

(Later)

After everyone had left the Spirit Portal, everyone was making their way back to the village. Naruto was on Kurama's back, seeing as his snowmobile had been destroyed during the battle, now that Kurama could stay in a bigger form if he wanted to.

"Are you getting a feel for your new body?" Bolin asked Kurama curiously.

["Yup. It feels great to feel powerful again!"] Kurama said with a grin as he ran.

"Hey, don't get a big head buddy" Naruto said, as he pet him on the head.

["Oh, relax. You know I still have your back"] Kurama said, as he continued to run.

Unalaq took note of this and his eyes slightly narrowed upon hearing this.

Soon they all arrived at a hilltop that overlooked the village, just as the sun started to rise. And they could also see a fleet of North Pole ships arriving.

"Wait, what the heck is this?" Will asked, as what looked like soldiers from the north started to walk into the village.

["Well, there goes the neighborhood"] Kurama said with a scoff at this, getting a groan from Will and Naruto.

"Uncle, what's going on?" Korra asked, as she looked at Unalaq.

"The South needs help with securing the portal, seeing as they don't have any real spiritual awareness" Unalaq said as he, Eska and Desna left them and approached the village.

"Oh, this will end well," Naruto said with a tone of sarcasm, as he narrowed his eyes at this.

P.O.M and Kfbanime87 were both relaxing in the office, when….

Hey, do either of you two know why the email alert is down for fanfiction? Deadpool asked, as he walked through the door

Because the site owners are lazy and should be dragged into the middle of the street and be shot -: Kfbanime87 was ranting, before.…..

SMASH

P.O.M hit him on the head with a mallet, silencing him

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Oi! They have had two weeks to fix this and haven't even updated people on progress! Now get me a fucking ice pack and a Tylenol! Kfbanime87 yelled, as he stood up

On it: P.O.M said, as he went to go get said items

.so, what's next? Deadpool asked

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Respect! Deadpool yelled, as he saluted Kfbanime87 at this

Later folks: P.O.M said, as he waved at the reader

Hope that you all enjoyed this fanfic and that you're looking forward to the next chapter. I also hope that you're doing what you can to avoid getting this COVID by following the rules, while any and all flames are no longer welcome. Also, for some reason, if I get a PM from anyone, it wouldn't show me the number(s) on fanfiction (so if you send me a PM, and I reply to it late, that's the reason why). Let's hope that now the vaccines are all done, we can rest a bit easier.

I would also like to point out that this is the last new fanfic that me and Kfbanime87 will be writing together until we finish one, as writing too many fanfics takes up too much time.

The harem is: Will, Korra, Asami, Opal and Ru. And don't worry, we have a plan for who to have Bolin pair with (which I'm sure will leave many of you shocked). Hope that you all enjoyed this fanfic, and once I've helped Kfbanime87, I'll be updating Jinchuriki Trainer next