A/N: Ah…high school. Welcome to my new multi chapter fan fiction! Will You Still Love Me is longer in the picture for me and I have part 2′s to finish up, plus makorra week and makorra summer project! But I thought this good old fashioned AU would help keep me busy and my brain refreshed, and be a fun awesome thing for you guys to read. I hope you enjoy! - Hayley.
"Bo! Hey Bo!", Mako shouted from the locker room.
"Yeah?", said the green eyed younger man.
"Has Hasook showed up yet?", he asked.
"Hasook always ditches and comes in smelling like pot Mako. Do you think he'll show up?", Bolin asked in an annoyed tone.
Mako shook his head as he strapped on his gloves.
"If we win this one we'll be in the tournament. I'm not losing that scholarship because he decided to go smoke. Call him.", he commanded.
"I doubt Hasook cares about our scholarship Mako.", his brother commented.
"I doubt he cares about anything at all, but if he doesn't show up report it. I'd rather have him arrested so we can finally have a team member that isn't stoned all the time."
"Sorry I'm late! I was just-"
"Save it Hasook. Go clean up, you smell like shit.", Mako muttered.
"Geez, hope you can sweeten up for when my friend shows up.", Bolin said as he tied his shoe laces.
"Uh oh. Not another one.", Mako said as he rolled his eyes.
"Come on Mako! Can you please be nice for her? She's-"
"Yeah she's awesome, funny, etc. just like the other ones Bo."
"There's something about her! I just know it!"
"Whatever you say."
"Just…be polite ok?"
Mako went back to putting on his gear while Bolin went to answer the knocking on the door.
"Wow…this is one hell of a view!", a female voice reigned.
"Yeah, heh, you should see the crowd when you're out there bending. It's incredible!", Bolin said to the girl. "Oh, Korra, this is my older brother Mako."
Mako paid no attention to what was behind him.
"Mako…this is Korra. She just transferred here."
Mako finally stood up and turned around to see nothing of what he expected.
This tall, curvy, glowing mocha skinned friend of his brother, had him mesmerized. Her chocolate brown hair was in wolf tails, and her eyes were as blue as-
"Mako say hi!", Bolin hissed.
"Uh…Bolin we have to go play the match.", Mako said, quickly changing the subject.
"Um, I could met him later I guess?", she asked.
"I'm sorry, you know he's just getting into game mode, you know?"
The match was hard. Mako and Bolin had to recover after Hasook easily fell off in both rounds of the arena. The school's colors light up in the stands from the students and the lights as they cheered from their victory. Mako unsnapped the clasp under his helmet and shook his raven hair back into it's spike. As he looked up into where he and Bolin emerged from, he could see his friend gleaming. He studied her for a bit. Her denim jeans seemed like a typical thing he saw on girls his age these days. Her sky blue tank top did not hide that she was indeed curvy.
Don't look at her chest! Don't look at her chest! Don't look-
"And the Republic City High Fire Ferrets are just one victory away from the Championship Tournament!", the announcer rang.
His brother had gone running back to the girl. The very pretty girl, who he was sure had no interest in him, and that she would be gone in a day at the rate his brother went at. As he walked up to the platform, he paid little attention to her.
"Hey you were great out there! Especially you, Mr. Hat Trick!", the girl complimented.
"Oh you're still here?", he asked in a low voice.
"Oh you're still an asshole?"
Mako tried to conceal the grin on his lips as Bolin laughed and went ohhhhh burn behind him.
"That match was sick! You think you could teach me a few of those moves?", Korra asked.
Mako knew the exact words Bolin would say as he unbuckled his gloves.
"Yeah sure!"
Bingo.
"Just…I'm not sure how my earth bending will work with your water bending. But we'll figure something out."
"Oh no problem. I'm actually an earth bender."
Silence filled the room.
"Oh no I didn't mean-It's just…I figured you…I'm not racist I swear!"
"Mother of god…", Mako sighed.
"No, I'm a waterbender. And a firebender. And an airbender too."
Colin's face went blank while Mako started to mentally facepalm himself.
'You're the avatar…and I'm an idiot.", Mako sighed.
"Both are true.", she giggled.
"No. Way.", Bolin gasped.
"Bo, we have homework and-", Mako reminded him.
"Oh come on Mako! Just two moves! It'll be fun!", he encouraged.
Mako glanced over at Korra who had a small pout forming on her mouth. If he weren't so tired he might say the gesture was adorable on her.
"Fine."
"You see, it's all in the technique.", Bolin said as he bent some earth disks at the net. "Just stay on your toes."
"Ok, let me try it again."
Korra bent the disks as if she had been practicing as long as they have.
"WOW!", Bolin cheered. "You're a natural!"
"Not bad.", Mako scoffed as he erased a math problem on his scratch paper.
"What's it take to impress this guy?", she asked Bolin.
Mako glanced back up at her.
"What? I said not bad."
Korra's almost adorable pout came back out to play.
"You know what, it's getting late. I'm gonna hit the hay.", he said as he packed up his books. "Seeya upstairs bro."
"Upstairs?", Korra asked. "You guys live here?"
"Yeah, in the attic! It's awesome! We have a great view, there's lots of room, and we have the best wifi signal!"
"Yeah but…you live in the school?"
"Long story."
The week went on. Bolin invited Mako to eat Lunch with him and Korra every day, but Mako would always say maybe some other time, and he would head off to the gym and practice with the worn out old punching bags and dummies for a good hour. Then he had PE. He would practice more. Then after school was practice time again. He had a mental schedule to all of this. Bolin never understood it but Mako was always the worker so to speak. And when Mako was in the runnings for a scholarship, he practiced even more. But when Hasook didn't show up for the match that could be the ticket to the scholarship, Mako felt all his practicing went to waste.
"Why did I even let him be on our team?!", Mako yelled as he kicked his helmet.
"Bro, should we just forfeit?", Bolin asked as he slumped on the bench in the booth.
"I don't know", Mako sighed. "Just…try to-"
"Hey Bo! I got the…did you guys lose already?", Korra asked as she walked in the room with the bag of popcorn Bolin asked her to get for him.
"Might as well have.", Bolin muttered.
"Hasook's a no show.", Mako ranted.
"Well that sucks.", Korra said as she dropped the popcorn into Bolin's lap. Her face began to be dreary like the brothers, but soon her face lit up with joy.
"Oh oh! How about I fill his spot?!", she suggested.
"Huh? What?", Mako asked, his head picking up.
"That's a great idea!", Bolin gleamed.
"No way!", Mako interrupted. "She has never been out there! She's never practiced with us!"
"He's got a point.", Bolin remarked. "And it's cheating since you're the Avatar."
"It's not cheating if I only do water bending.", she said with a wink.
Mako groaned as he was sure he'd kiss his chances goodbye tonight either way.
"Just stay off to sides and try to stay out of the way or on the-you know what, just don't do anything!", Mako whispered to her quickly before the bell rang to start the first round.
"You got it, Team Captain.", Korra said as she adjusted her helmet.
The bell rang, and Mako was about to move forward and do an up cut on the center Earthbender. But they were thrown off the side of the arena with a current of water.
"Whooo! Man overboard!", Korra cheered.
He could hear Bolin muttering shit over and over again under his helmet.
"Foul!", the referee said. "Move back one zone!"
"What? Why?", Korra asked, coming back down from her victory dance.
"You have to knock players over only on the back! Not the sides!", Mako interjected.
"Oh.", Korra said. "Whoops."
Her almost adorable pout would not get her out of this one.
The bell rang again and the teams bent their way at each other. It was one offense after the other. Rock after rock, fire after fire, water after water. And eventually Korra couldn't take it anymore. Bolin shouted Hey once she took the earth disks and used them as a shield against the fire and more earth disks heading her way.
"Did…did that water bender just earth bend?!", the announcer exclaimed.
Mako face palmed himself as Bolin tried not to just jump into the water at the chance given. They were screwed. One more round and Mako could go sulk in the attic or punch his frustrations out on the bags in the gym.
"The Avatar may continue to bend, solely as she only bends water.", the referee told.
The crowd was divided on cheers and boos.
Korra let out a sigh and turned her head to the tall fire bender next to her. She gave him a crooked grin. Mako scowled and walked back to the center of the ring.
"Round 3!"
Korra was giving it all she could. But as each shot of fire and water and earth disk that came her way, she was pushed back. Mako glanced back for a moment to see hr tripping over her own toes. As the small thought of maybe he should cover her, an earth disk hit him in the stomach and he went flying into the pool. He climbed back over onto the platform below as he heard Bolin and Korra put all they had back into it. He cursed under his breath before he turned to see…they were winning?
Korra had come back with some new technique of her own to avoid the attacks coming for her. She and Bolin were pushing the team back and soon the match was theirs.
The school colors went flying throughout the stands. Korra and Bolin high-fived as Mako walked back over from the platform to see them smiling like idiots.
"Korra?", Mako asked.
She smiled up at him while Bolin went to the sides of the rings to interact with his praising fangirls.
"What can I say, you really can alive in that last round.", he complimented.
"Thanks.", he swore he couldn't tell if her cheeks were flushed from the match or what he just said. "I can't take all the credit though. Someone else taught me those moves."
"Well maybe you can teach me a few of them, and I teach you a few back. I owe you, big time.", he offered.
"Sounds like a plan!"
Maybe Bolin's friend wasn't so bad after all.