A/N: Hope you all are enjoying this semi-AU! I'll eventually be working in more characters. ^_^ Read, enjoy and Review!

Chapter 4: Korrasami

Korra was whistling to herself as she put on her gear for the game. Asami would be here tonight and that fueled Korra's drive to do her best. The pro-bender grinned as she thought about the reward for winning; the Wolf Bats didn't stand a chance. Mako watched as Korra happily went about the locker room, and couldn't help but think they were feeling the same thing.

"Hey Korra, could I talk with you after the game?" Mako asked and Bolin quickly turned to look at his brother.

Bolin eyed his brother warily and looked for the signs he knew all too well. Mako was smiling, approaching Korra with a gentle air and his tone was lighter than usual. The earth bender sighed, Mako was definitely trying to get back with Korra.

"Sure!" Korra happily replied not realizing how her tone was affecting her teammate.

"Umm Korra maybe you should tell Mako… you know." Bolin said and caused Mako to furrow his brows.

"Tell me what?"

Korra's eyes lit up as she thought of the news she'd be able to share with everyone once they won the game.

Korra laughed and dissipated the tension that was beginning to rise, "I have something to tell you after the game too, but first we gotta win!"

Mako grinned and felt his heart beat harder; Korra wanted to talk to him too. Bolin sighed, but it was better that Mako find out later than right before their big game. He loved his brother to pieces, but even he knew that he wasn't right for Korra or vice versa. Still he wasn't sure how Mako would take the news, but he hoped it wouldn't hurt him too much.

The game commenced and the crowd went wild upon the teams taking their positions. Volleys whirled all around her, but they had no chance of hitting her. She was light on her feet and full of energy. Even with Korra at her prime, the match had been somewhat difficult. Once they figured out that Korra wouldn't be an easy target, they began to focus their attacks on Mako who seemed distracted.

The match dwindled down to a tie breaker round, and Korra was beginning to feel the wear and tear of the last round. After a small misstep, Mako was knocked out of the arena and into the water. Korra bit her lip as she realized they might actually lose, but she kept her guard up. With the help of Bolin she was able to even the odds and knock one of the Wolf Bats out. She had told Bolin what Asami had promised her, and the earthbender was just as invested in helping Korra's wishes come true. The waterbender felt the full heat of the opposing team and her eyes widened as a earth disc came flying straight at her. She didn't have time to block it, and it could potentially knock her out.

"Korra!" Bolin shouted and pushed the girl to the side.

Korra watched as Bolin took the blow and flew back towards zone 3. This was her chance. Now that the other team was shocked by Bolin's save, and completely out of juice, Korra barraged them with everything she had. One jab and then another, the crowd roared as the Wolf Bats were beaten back. Korra smirked and with one final kick sent them flying into the water.

"Yes!" Korra jumped up and then ran towards Bolin who was on the floor clutching his stomach but still smiling. "We did it!"

Mako came from the platform and rejoined his teammates. While he was watching the match, he had been thinking about Korra and how hard she was trying to make up for his lack of focus. She had given her all, and he truly admired that. He went up to her as she waved to the crowd. Without any warning, the firebender grabbed Korra and kissed her on the lips. Bolin's heart nearly stopped as he turned to look at what the crowd had gasped at.

Korra pushed Mako away gently and looked into his eyes for an answer to his actions. He looked happy if but mildly confused; isn't this what Korra wanted too?

"Ma, Kor, ra" The crowd started chanting and Korra's heart fell.

"No!" Korra looked to where Asami should have been sitting, but the stadium lights were too bright to see anything. "What's your problem?" She turned to Mako and pushed him out of her way as he tried to stop her from leaving.

"Hey, wait, I thought... " Mako hadn't expected her anger to flare.

"Bro… what were you thinking?" Bolin gave his brother a stern face.

"I thought we were feeling the same thing." Mako defended himself. "Come on, you saw how she was acting in the locker room."

"Yeah, maybe you guys were feeling the same thing, but for different people." Bolin gave his brother a hard look and then sighed as he made his way back to the locker room.

'We only broke up about a month ago… there's no way she's found somebody else, right?' the firebender thought and then decided to follow after his waterbending teammate.

The waterbender rushed to Asami's box; hopefully she would be willing to hear Korra out. Korra thought back to the kiss with Mako and shuddered; she couldn't explain something she didn't understand, but she'd at least be able to tell Asami that it was unwanted. On her way out, she passed Amon who was wore a mischievous grin.

"I couldn't have done it better myself; the fans are going wild over your and Mako's PDA." Amon put a fist out for Korra to bump it, but she swatted it away instead and growled as she ignored his raised brow.

She didn't have time to explain to Amon that it wasn't anything they had planned, or how much it wasn't too her preference. She continued down the hall until she made it to the Future Industries private box, and entered without knocking.

"Asami!" She called out to the young woman who was laughing with a group of people who were on their way out. The CEO turned her way and was surprised to see the probender still in her uniform.

Upon Korra's entrance, everyone in the box emphatically cheered and she smiled at the congratulatory welcome from her fans, but her confidence was quickly replaced by worry when she locked onto Asami's eyes. Just as she was about to approach the green-eyed beauty, she heard another rise from the fans, and then the Makorra chant. She turned to look behind her and found Mako breathing hard as he entered the box. Her stomach turned as the chant continued and her blood boiled as she felt things spiraling out of control. When she looked again at Asami she thought she saw a hint of hurt in the usually cheerful features of Asami's face, and decided enough was enough.

"THERE IS NO MAKORRA!" Korra shouted as she finally lost her cool and glared at the boy who had run after her. The box went silent as Korra prepared to say something else.. "If anything it's now… Asam...no wait that doesn't work, maybe, Korra….korrasami… yeah that's it! KORRASAMI!" Korra grinned emphatically and went down a few steps to get nearer to the business woman she had just combined her name with.

"Korra…" Asami was still baffled by everything that was happening. She had seen the kiss, and didn't know what to make of it, but she had planned on talking to Korra about it later tonight. What she hadn't planned on was making a loud and clear statement that she was going on dates with a famous probender.

"Sami… korrasami, is that too bold?" Korra asked with a sheepish smile. "Want to get out of here?" She offered her hand to Asami.

Asami smiled, "sure, let's go." She took Korra's hand and was led quickly out of the box and past a very confused and bewildered Mako.

"Oh no…" Korra gulped as she stood face to face with a sea of women who were all screaming at the top of their lungs. "We gotta run!" She picked up Asami and jetted off down the hallway.

Asami yelped at the sudden displacement, "what are you doing?"

"I'm escaping the wild horde of women that would rip me apart and wear the pieces as jewelery!" Korra exclaimed as she rounded the corner.

"No, I mean, why are you carrying me?" Asami spoke unevenly as she bounced in Korra's arms.

"I just figured it would be faster." Korra explained.

"I can handle myself, put me down."

Korra did as she was instructed and kept her furious pace; she didn't think Asami would be able to keep up, but she wasn't going to carry someone who didn't want to be carried. She looked to her side and saw that Asami was keeping up without even breaking a sweat.

"Are you going slower on purpose?" Asami asked as the legion of girls seemed to draw nearer; if there was one thing she couldn't stand, it was being underestimated. "We should pick up the pace." Asami extended her stride and Korra was the one tailing her.

Truthfully, Korra was going as fast as her worn legs would take her, but she couldn't give up now. She was amazed by Asami's long stride and further amazed that her hair didn't seem to bother her. The few times she tried doing anything rigorous with her hair down, she swore to the spirits that she would chop it off for being such a nuisance.

"Where to?" Asami said as she approached a fork in the hall.

"Left! My bike is parked there and we can make a getaway on that."

The duo made their way to the parking lot and hopped on the bike. The fangirls drew closer, and as Korra revved her engine, she was almost yanked off. If it hadn't been for Asami's quick reflexes and sudden slap of the approaching hand, Korra might have been a goner. Korra darted with her bike out of the garage and onto the street, and away from the raving fangirls. Asami sighed and held on to Korra's torso; she had no idea fans were that crazy.

They drove around downtown and approached a condo that Asami was familiar with. This complex had contracted Future Industries to provide top notch tech security and clearance measures. She had thought it strange that a condo complex had gone with such high tech gear, but now she kind of understood why. Asami raised her brow as she noted the security features of Korra's condo; it was even more elaborate than hers. Apparently they had gone with more than just Future Tech Industries tech.

Korra's heart pounded as she felt Asami's arms wrapped around her torso and wished the ride home was a bit longer, if only to have the feeling of Asami's body pushed up against hers. She parked and turned her engine off.

"Here's home," Korra hadn't planned on having Asami over, but the circumstances hadn't given her much choice. There was no way she could go out with her probending uniform and not be noticed. "We'll be able to talk here without any interruptions, and I get to change out of this stinky uniform."

"I didn't think it smelled that bad." Asami commented with a slight blush; she had actually been enjoying the pine scent that seemed to emanate from the tan girl.

O,oh really?" Korra found herself stuttering as she led Asami to her floor and chucked nervously afterwards, "well either way, I had planned on dressing up for our first date…. well second technically." She fumbled with her card key and tried to get her nerves to settle down. Asami hadn't even really complimented her, but she still managed to make Korra feel somewhat pleasantly flustered.

Korra opened her door and a curious wet nose went straight for Asami's shoes.

"Naga!" Korra warned the dog not to get too excited. "This is Asami and I like her, a lot, so be nice to her."

Naga gave Korra a short bark in agreement and wagged her tail as Asami petted her.

"Would you like something to drink, water, wine, cider?" Korra offered as Asami took a seat on her couch.

"Wine would be great."

Korra returned with two glasses and set them on the coffee table, and then looked down at what she was wearing.

"Would you mind waiting a bit? I'd like to go change."

"I'll just be sipping on this wine until you get back." Asami raised her glass and Korra smiled and took off for her room.

She slipped out of her uniform and rummaged through her closet. A nice off-white button down shirt with her grey vest and a pair of her nicest pants would do the trick. She liked the look that Bolin had coined as "gentleman-esque." She quickly laced up her boots and went back out to talk with Asami. When Korra returned, Asami was attracted to the new look that Korra was sporting. So far she had only seen her in casual clothes and her uniform; it was something else altogether to see her dressed up.

"So…" Korra sighed and took a swig of her wine as she took a seat by Asami on the couch; she was never too good at the whole sipping thing. "First off, I don't know what Mako was thinking; his brain must have been rattled when he was knocked out, but to make things clear, I did not want to kiss him nor are we together."

Asami chuckled at Korra's serious presentation of her case and responded by saying, "I was slightly shocked, but more than anything, I was a little jealous."

"Jealous? Of Mako and I? But we're not even a thing, I mean we used to be, but that was over a month ago!" Korra rambled on. "Plus I've been talking to you, and you're really pretty, and I'm-" She stopped mid sentence when Asami put a hand on top of hers.

"I remember seeing that on one tabloid or another, but no I wasn't jealous of your relationship to him or lack thereof," Asami smirked as she inched closer to Korra. She took a sip of her wine and placed it down on the coffee table. "I made a promise to you if you won," Asami gently raised her hand to Korra's face and pulled her closer, "I was jealous that I wasn't the one to give you that victory kiss."

Asami's breath tickled Korra's lips and the probender found herself feeling much more lightheaded than she should have been with only one swig of wine. She felt paralyzed, yet excited by the almost contact, and wondered if she should close the gap, or if she should wait for Asami.

"If the offer still stands," Korra stopped speaking as she felt Asami lightly push her lips forward and onto hers.

The kiss started off gently and only turned passionate for a brief moment before Asami pulled away. Korra's eyes were still half-lidded and Asami found herself fighting the urge to go in for another kiss. It had taken all she had to restrain herself, but she didn't want to go flying off the rails just yet. Korra smiled and placed one more soft kiss on Asami's lips; it felt good to feel the light tingle that coursed through her when her lips met Asami's.

"That was…" Korra fumbled around for the right word but couldn't settle for just one, so she went with, "I never knew I'd like a kiss that much."

Asami's cheeks lightly blushed and her earlier confidence shrank in light of her partner's compliments. She had been bold in being the one to place the moves on Korra, but she had been slightly nervous all the while.

"Same here," Asami smiled and found herself pulled in by Korra's strong arms.

The waterbender held her securely and took in her jasmine scent. Finally life seemed like it was going somewhere, and although she wasn't ready to admit anything like that to Asami, she was still glad to have recognized the feeling.

"I can't wait to introduce you to the guys," Korra murmured as she sat back on her couch and took another swig of her wine.

"You mean Mako and Bolin?" Asami asked with a slight note of trepidation in her voice.

"Yeah, oh, you'll probably meet Bolin's girlfriend Opal and our manager, Amon."

Asami's tension settled as Korra named her friends, and hadn't mentioned the one name that Asami had feared she might say. That part of her life was over with and she didn't see any need to return to it; not if she could help it anyways. Korra watched the girl closely and noted the momentary look of uneasiness.

"Is everything alright?" Korra asked; maybe she felt weird about meeting Mako seeing as he was her recent ex, and he obviously still had feelings for her. "Don't worry about Mako, he can be dense sometimes, but he's a decent guy."

"I'm fine," Asami waved a hand in the air as if swatting away her worries, "it's just been awhile since I've dated."

Korra's heart fluttered as Asami confirmed that they were in fact dating. She couldn't say the same, since her thing with Mako still felt a little fresh, but being with Asami felt completely different. She wasn't afraid of messing things up, so much as she was excited about the opportunity to spend time with a girl that made her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

"Well date, since we were thrown off course by tonight's wild happenings, what do you say to joining me out on the veranda?" Korra picked up her glass of wine and barely noticed it was empty. "When did that happen?" She murmured as she looked through the glass.

Asami laughed before downing what remained in her glass. She pinched her nose as the wine ran through her throat. "There we're even now, but that was a bit more bitter than I expected."

Korra chuckled and offered Asami her arm. Once Asami latched on, Korra led them towards her bedroom and before Asami could get the wrong idea, she showed her to the veranda. Asami's mouth opened ever so slightly as she took in the most spectacular view of Republic City. Unlike her condo which was sky high, Korra's was the perfect height to capture the City's beauty.

"Wow Korra this is…"

"Beautiful," Korra said but wasn't looking out at the city.

Asami looked at the woman beside her and felt secure being held in her gaze. For so long she had wanted Korra to look at her, and now her wish was finally coming true. Back then she had been invisible to the girl that stood beside her. Even though they had shared every class together, Korra had never acknowledged her, and she had been too shy to do anything about it. However, another blue-eyed friend of Korra's had taken notice of her, and it was his gaze and his name that Asami still felt fear towards. She pushed back the thoughts again and focused on the lovely woman beside her-she wouldn't let him have this night.