Creation began on 03-09-13

Creation ended on 06-04-13

The Legend of Korra

You remind me of him

A/N: I'm giving this new story a shot with everything that has happened in the previous story. To avoid mistaken identity situations, Avatar Korra, when using just her given name, will be written with (the girl) after her name to show her speaking. Let's get it on!

"I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!" Yue, now thirteen years older than she was after hearing that her great-granddaughter, Korra, was discovered to be the new Avatar after Aang's passing, recalled the girl's declaration of being the new Avatar.

She's progressed tremendously over the years, she thought to herself, seeing her teenage great-granddaughter Firebend against her instructors to display her apparent mastery of the third elemental art, and winced at Korra knocking them down. Ooh! Okay, that's something that runs in the family.

"Brings back memories, doesn't it?" She heard an older Katara ask her, who looked much older than she did, the spitting image of her grandmother.

"Yes," she answered her, and then it was determined that Korra had learned enough of the Firebending disciplines to be considered a master of the art, leaving Airbending the last one she needed to learn before being a fully-realized Avatar. "It certainly brings back memories."

-x-

Yue could've volunteered to teach Korra Airbending, having been instructed by Aang himself in her years of youth (and was still fit to travel around), but she and Katara had decided that it would be best if Korra learned the art from another Airbender that could also teach her the spiritual side of being the Avatar, something she had neglected over the years, and there was no one more equipped than Rohan, Aang and Katara's fourth grandchild, as their only Airbending son, Tenzin, wasn't as quick as he used to be now that he was past his prime. Though Yue was sure to teach Korra some of what she knew once the young girl had managed to perform some measure of Airbending sufficient enough to perform higher feats…and, if possible, bestow upon the new Avatar a gift she was certain would help her in the future after her spiritual training had taken root in her conscious.

"Grr!" Yue and her great-granddaughter, whom were now feeding the Polar Bear Dog known as Naga, turned to face the giant Flying Bison that moved at a similar speed as her owner did, but was equally fit enough to travel. "Grr!"

"Eh-ha-ha! Okay, Korra," went Korra (the girl) to the bison, and picked up a large stack of hay.

"She hates feeling left out," Yue expressed, stroking her bison on the left side of her head.

"Say, Yue," Korra (the girl) expressed, "how long do you think it'll be before Rohan arrives?"

"It's anyone's guess, but he should be here in about three days. Air Temple Island is about a three-day journey between the South Pole and Republic City."

"What's Republic City like, Yue?"

"It's a large smelting pot of culture from the Four Nations. Work and effort are what separate the wealthy from the ones that live in poverty and must put more effort in their chosen professions. Lately, after Aang's passing, the city isn't all that it used to be: Civil unrest is at an insufferable high and the council has its workload increased tenfold. The one thing I can't stand about it are the triads that muscle in on people and demand payment. Among the more pleasant things about the city, Pro-Bending tournaments are about the most popular events that take place. Heh…I remember how Tenzin behaved toward the game when he saw how much the art of bending had changed in the decades with the founding of the United Republic of Nations. He viewed it as a perversion of ancient arts, to a degree that Aang had asked me to take him to a few of the tournament rounds that were going on in a year, even to explain why Airbending hasn't been introduced to Pro-Bending, as it's barely restricted as the other bending arts are."

"I once heard a rumor that Tenzin didn't take kindly toward you," Korra (the girl) expressed, hearing one time that the youngest son of Avatar Aang distrusted a member of the Water Tribes that could Airbend. "Is that true?"

"Very," Yue expressed with a chuckle, remembering the months where Tenzin thought she was odd in how she was able to bend two of the four elements, a feat that, to this very day, no other bender beneath the Avatar could perform. "He once said I disgrace and pervert a sacred art outside my heritage. For a while, I ignored his would-be disgust and resentment…but one day… Heh… He went too far. Sokka and Aang almost got into a conflict because of it, but I had to draw the line and faced Tenzin on why he really didn't like me at the time. We were both, more of less, people of the same mixed heritage; he had a mother from the Water Tribes and a father from the Air Nomads, I had ancestors that were of Air Nomad ancestry within the Water Tribes. He knew of his heritage before he could even bend, before he was even old enough to understand it completely, whereas, I found out about my mixed heritage during the end of the One-Hundred Year War, and went through a short course of learning Waterbending and Airbending to aid in ending the war. 'Is it really the fact that I can Airbend that makes you dislike me…or is it the fact that, despite being of Air Nomad descent, I didn't follow the traditions of the Air Nomads?' I had asked him, and he didn't know how to answer that question. I didn't blame him for not being able to answer. He took many things serious, so he never knew how to develop a sense of humor, something the Air Nomads are well known for. Though, I suppose he gets his seriousness more from from Katara than from Aang. I forgave his
behavior toward me and he learned to accept me as I am. It's funny now, but I recall those times as though they were only yesterday."

"Grr," the elder's bison growled, also recalling those times.

"Sounds like the family has gone through bad weather on more than one occasion after the restoration of the Four Nations and the creation of the United Republic of Nations," the young Avatar stated. "I can't wait to meet my distant relatives."

"You're sure to like Rohan, Meelo, Ikki and Jinora. I thought I was going to die of a heart attack when I met them each year. Jinora's actually the maturest one of them because she's always quiet, though Rohan is just as quiet, but always has something to say. If I had to say this about Aang's grandchildren, I'd believe they each represented a different side of him when he was younger: Jinora being knowledgeable on history and culture, Ikki being goofy and talkative, Meelo being carefree and humorous, and Rohan being…almost like his grandfather when he needed to be serious, just like his father. Heh-heh… Those were good times."

Once they were finished feeding the Polar Bear Dog and Flying Bison, the younger and elder woman took them out for a race across the snowy wasteland.

"The last one to the Southern Water Tribe City buys lunch!" Korra (the girl) told her great-grandmother as she rode away on Naga.

"You're on!" Yue responded, and patted her bison on her head. "Yip-yip!"

"Grr!" Korra growled, and sped up a little.

The Polar Bear Dog couldn't hope to beat the larger Flying Bison, who could move in the air faster than it did on the ground. As the large, snowy beauty that was the central city of the South Pole was becoming clearer to the benders and their animal familiars, the bison suddenly flew slower and lowered closer to the ground, whilst the Polar Bear Dog wasn't deterred.

"Korra?" Yue asked her bison, worried. "Korra?!"

Naga and her owner had reached the front gate of the city, but the Water Tribe Avatar had no time to cheer or boast her victory over her great-grandmother, as she felt a sudden vibration in the snow. She turned around and saw the bison that bore the same name as she had crashed into the ground.

"Oh!" She gasped, and rode Naga to the crash site. "Yue! Korra!"

Yue, having held onto the saddle, was still atop her bison, who was panting from either overexertion…or her advanced age.

"Ooh… Korra?" She called out to her bison, climbing off her saddle and toward her head. "Korra?"

"Grr…" The bison responded.

"Grandmother!" The Avatar called as she and Naga arrived and were immediately followed by several people that saw the incident.

Korra then started to get up, slowly at first, but was able to stand up on her six legs; regardless of whether it was overexertion or her advanced age, the bison seemed to despise showing weakness in front of Yue.

-x-

"…So, it was just that she wasn't being fed enough," Yue told her great-grandchild, eating seaweed noodles. "It had nothing to do with her age or anything."

"I still thought I had fed her enough when I gave her that pile of hay," Korra (the girl) told her grandmother. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay. You didn't know. I'm the only woman in the Water Tribes that has a Flying Bison, so not many would understand anything about their eating habits or diet. My first daughter, Sora, spent much of her time learning among the Air Nomads and Air Acolytes when she was twelve years old, so she wasn't around much, except on birthdays, holidays…and…Sokka's passing and memorial service."

Korra noticed a hint of sadness in her voice when she spoke of her great-grandfather, whom she had never met. Sometimes, she wondered how much his passing had affected Yue on the emotional level.

"Tell me," she spoke up, "what was Sokka like?"

"Oh, uh… He was funny," Yue stated, "and goofy…and smart, sarcastic, serious when he needed to be…and he went out of his way to protect others however he could. He was also a skilled warrior whose greatest advantages were his creativity…and to never give up quickly."

Korra could almost imagine a day when the afternoon sun was shining brightly upon tall structures and many people, but the problem with her imagination was that she saw a man doing something that looked like it was Bloodbending, an illegal skill that carried a heavy price, more on the user than the people it was used on, and there was one man that paid the ultimate price when he stood up to him. She couldn't make out much of the other man's details, but saw him wielding a large, black sword with the word 'gentleman' engraved upon the blade and a boomerang.

"Great-Grandfather," she uttered, only hearing bits about him during her early childhood, but never a lot to make sense of him, "he…he had a black sword and a boomerang, did he not?"

But…she hasn't even seen a picture of him, Yue mentally gasped, but then she suspected that it was a trait Korra possessed as the Avatar, subtle recollection of Avatars past, so she could recall the memories of Aang, who was present the day Sokka died facing Yakone, to a small degree. "Yes. He did have a sword with a black blade and a boomerang. But…how did you know that?"

"I just…knew it somehow," she confessed. "I…saw him facing a guy in a place with tall structures, and there were dozens of people screaming. It was as if I were actually there, that what was going on had actually taken place."

"Tall structures… Republic City. With the combined advances of Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom architecture, the United Republic could build taller buildings that surpassed the walls of Ba Sing Se. They called them skyscrapers."

Once they were finished eating, Yue, as she and her bison lost the race, paid for the meal and stepped out of the restaurant with Korra; even though her great-granddaughter was the Avatar, and therefore was stated to not need any degree of worldly possessions, Yue didn't think having some pocket change was a violation of such ancient beliefs. They went to the animal farm where the aged bison was resting after eating a larger amount of hay and seaweed, replenishing her strength.

"How's my giant Korra doing?" Yue asked her bison in a babyish tone.

"Grr," the bison greeted them, getting back on her legs and kneeling for the aged woman to climb atop her into the saddle.

"Looks like she's feeling better," Korra (the girl) expressed, glad that her great-grandmother's Sky Bison was in good health.

-x-

"Grr!" Yue heard Korra growl, as the next day was the day was the day they saw another Flying Bison in Water Tribe territory, with at least five people riding in the saddle while a sixth person was riding atop the bison's head. "Grr!"

"Grrrr!" The other bison growled in the distance.

"They're here," Korra (the girl) expressed, having almost lost her patience with waiting.

"We're really going to have to work on your patience," Yue told her, just as Katara had shown up to greet the extended family.

As the new bison landed on the snow outside the compound where Korra (the girl) spent her days mastering the elements, the elder women took notice of the young man that directed the bison as he got off. They were surprised by his appearance; he looked like Aang did in his early-twenties!

"No," Katara was awed. "Rohan?"

"Hello, Grandmother, Aunt Yue," he greeted, bowing his head, just as an elderly man and woman were being aided off the bison's back by another young man and a young lady, both of whom had the markings of Airbending Masters on their hands and heads.

"Tenzin? Pema?" Yue greeted the elders that were younger than Katara and she; Tenzin, who was in his late-seventies by now, had a beard that was turning gray and now needed a cane to support himself while Pema, not as old as her husband or in-laws were, was a little on the fragile side. "How have you two been since we last met?"

"Well," Pema answered her. "Is that who I think it is?"

"Hmm?" Katara and Yue turned to face Korra (the girl), who was quiet at the sight of the relatives.

"This is Korra," Katara introduced the family member and newest Avatar.

"Tenzin, Pema, Rohan, Ikki and Meelo," Korra (the girl) identified each member of the family, having learned that Meelo was wider than other Airbenders while Ikki was still the size of a girl in her teens below five feet. "But…where's Jinora?"

"Up here," everyone looked up at the visiting bison's saddle and saw a young woman still in it.

Jinora, looking like she was being careful, slowly climbed off the bison and slid down its tail. As she stood up and walked toward the family, both Yue and Katara were surprised by her reason for being so careful. She was pregnant, and not just mildly so, either, but quite large, like she could pop at any time.

"Oh!" Katara oohed. "When did this happen, Jinora?"

"Just seven months ago," she explained; she'd been married to an Air Acolyte for at least three years now, and he was tasked with representing the Air Nomads in the council, as Tenzin was now unable to continue due to his advanced age.

"Congratulations," Yue and Korra (the girl) told her.

-x-

Yue couldn't believe her ears when she discovered that there was greater unrest in Republic City, and that Rohan would be unable to teach Korra Airbending because he needed to assist in handling the unrest between the benders and non-benders. She had once heard a rumor about there being unrest within the city that could've escalated into another war, but didn't really believe it to be true, as the last time there was unrest was during the time of Yakone, and he had been defeated. How could there be greater unrest again in the city?

"But what's causing the trouble there this time?" She asked.

"A group of people calling themselves the Equalists," Jinora explained.

"Equalists? I thought they were just a charity faction," said Katara, having heard of that group name once or twice before.

"That's what we believed, too," went Meelo, placing his cup of tea down on the table. "I was walking through the city one day two months ago, and I saw a man protesting to the people about the so-called awfulness of the benders living in it. He was trying to inspire the non-bending people listening to him to join this man called Amon and tear down the bending establishment."

"Tear down the bending establishment? But that's insane." Korra (the girl) expressed her opinion on the current situation at the fifth nation. "Bending is the coolest thing in history. How could there be people that have a problem with benders?"

"It all started a few years after Grandpa Aang's passing," explained Ikki, "with some of the bending triads trying to pick up territories and enforcing their would-be superiority on the non-benders. It's mostly just three bending triads: The Triple Threat, Agni Kai and Red Monsoon triads. Each of them trying to claim the most territory in the United Republic."

"How's Toph's family dealing with the unrest?" Katara asked.

"One day at a time," Pema stated. "Lin had to step down because she wasn't as quick as she used to be, leaving her kids, Po Kong and Dai Gui to lead the Metalbending Police Force. So far, they've found nothing new on the whereabouts of the Equalists. The only people not being suspected of any crimes or foul play are the Air Nomads and Air Acolytes."

"I wouldn't be surprised," Yue told her. "They're not the type to want unrest, great wealth, mayhem or anything that would go against their peaceful ways. They wouldn't fight unless they absolutely had to, and only to defend themselves and others that don't want to get involved."

"That's right," Rohan agreed.

-x-

The next day, Tenzin and his family left back to Air Temple Island; as much as Rohan wanted to stay and train the new Avatar, he couldn't allow the unrest in Republic City to tear the place down.

"It feels so unfair," Yue heard her great-grandchild express her displeasure in being unable to learn Airbending because of the city Aang, Zuko and her great-grandparents had built in the beginning.

"It'll be okay, Korra," she told her, as they looked out at the calm waters below the cliff they were atop. "We're not limited to just our family members versed in the art of Airbending. There are masters at the other Air Temples around the world. We'll try the Southern Air Temple…"

"It's not just the delay in my Airbending teaching, it's the unrest in Republic City," she explained. "I'm supposed to be the Avatar, charged with restoring balance to the world, and I've yet to do so."

"It's not your fault, Korra. Nobody's perfect. Nobody can foretell every outcome that has transpired over the years and generations, not even the Avatar, the spirit of the very planet itself. Everything and everyone is flawed, imperfect, and for many different reasons. If we were all perfect beings, it would be a dull existence we'd be living."

"Still," Korra responded, "I should be doing something other than training to be the Avatar the people need. Even without Airbending, I should still be capable of handling whatever comes my way. I'm going to Republic City, Yue."

Somehow, I knew she was going to say that, Yue thought; it was almost impossible for her great-granddaughter to surprise her with whatever choice she makes. "Now, wait a moment, Korra. Let's think about this a little longer. We only have bits of information on what's happening there, there's anti-bending unrest, three bending triads, a group of people calling themselves the Equalists, led by a guy named Amon, the council and police force are plagued with odds stacked against them, you've yet to demonstrate Airbending, even when you were little, and you haven't learned to enter and control the Avatar State that comes after mastering the elements…and you wanna go to the United Republic of Nations and face enemies you might not be able to deal with fully?"

"Yes, Yue," she answered her, and then walked away back to the compound to pack her things there; she wasn't going to let those of greater age or status change her mind about her self-made decision.

"Korra, wait!" Yue stopped her from taking another with a soft breeze and wall of snow. "You can't go to Republic City."

The young girl was about to yell at her great-grandmother until said elder raised her right hand to continue her reason for saying she couldn't go to the fifth nation.

"Not by yourself," she continued the reason. "I'll go with you. I got a lot of free time away from the Northern Water Tribe, so I'm not needed there for now."

"But you're… What happens if you get hurt there?"

"Whatever will happen will happen. Plus, I'm not overly concerned with getting harmed while there; I had received a visit from a spirit, years ago, and was informed of a detail that I live with a strong belief in, that I'll live a long life before moving on. So…are we gonna pack up or are we gonna argue?"

Korra saw no way out of this and gave in.

-x-

"You two be careful in that city," Senna told Korra and Yue as she hugged her daughter for the last time she would be seeing her until she came back from Republic City.

"We'll be alright," Yue told her, and was immediately hugged by Tonraq, respecting his elders.

The two then ran over to their bison and dog familiars and boarded them, taking one last glance at the Avatar's parents before taking off to the United Republic of Nations. The journey on a Flying Bison would take at least three days while a Polar Bear Dog could only travel so far, unable traverse large bodies of water like the ocean, so Naga would have to be transported on a ship to make the crossing between the South Pole and the United Republic of Nations, something the Avatar was adamant on because she refused to leave Naga behind. Luckily, during the restoration of the Southern Water Tribe, a docking station had been built in order to transport various resources to Republic City in order to provide authentic foods and materials from the Water Tribe, so the relocating was handled peacefully.

"Grr!" Yue had awoke to the growling of her bison as the sun shone on her.

"Hmm…what?" She groaned and yawned as she wiped the mucus from her eyes, seeing the gorgeous sight below them. "Ah!"

The United Republic of Nations, just as she'd seen it many years before her great-granddaughter was born, built on Earth Kingdom land that made the outline of a crescent bay for the water, with buildings so high that they rivaled the mountains in their beauty, streets like those of the Fire Nation towns and villages of said archipelago, and overshadowing the beautiful pair of islands that were over a mile from the city's shore. Anybody that never saw Air Temple Island or Aang Memorial Island were unlucky to know how the former island was a sanctuary while the latter was a source of history to the Avatars of the past (or, as Yue accepted, the Avatars that Aang had been able to leave historical information about).

Sokka, she thought, as the memory that had left her a little devastated for years came back to her present state of mind. I can't forget that awful day. I've returned to the very place I would see you for the last time.

Korra landed on the grounds by docking bays for ships, just as a large ship docked, and a Polar Bear Dog ran out onto the street with her rider.

"Oh, wow… Ah…ha," Korra (the girl) expressed, looking at the tall buildings and people.

"You certainly give out a great aura of impression when visiting a new place, Korra," Yue told her.

"I do? Really?"

"Yes. Well, we should head over to Tenzin's at the Air Temple…as soon as we get something to eat and after you've seen much of the city."

-x-

Republic City Park was still as beautiful as the last time Yue was there. The children running around, playing around bushes and trees, couples enjoying a hug or a kiss, and the birds and flowers adding a serene calmness. She barely saw it as a means to escape the fast-paced hours of the city.

"…Aaaahh!" She heard her granddaughter gasp, breaking her from her calm state of mind, and she saw Korra backing away on the bench from a man that looked like he'd been in the garbage for a long time.

"Oh, I'm sorry," the man apologized to them, popping up out of a bush and startling Korra.

"It's okay, sir," Yue accepted his sincere apology, but then looked harder at him and thought he was familiar. "What? Are you Gommu?"

The man looked at her and responded, in an equally shocked tone, "Lady Yue?"

The young Avatar was confused now. Did her great-grandmother know this strange man.

"It is you, Gommu," Yue cheered. "I almost didn't recognize you because of the beard. What are you doing out here?"

"I live out here," the man, Gommu, explained.

"You live out here in a bush?" Korra (the girl) questioned, confused. "Are there a lot of people in this city that…live like you do?"

"That's right."

"But…I thought nearly everyone in Republic City was…'living it up'."

"Or at least joining the Air Acolytes," Yue expressed; the last time she ever saw Gommu, he was a telegraph officer for the United Forces. "What happened to change that?"

"The invention of the radio," Gommu answered her. "When that came out, a lot of telegraphers were out of a job. I got unsatisfied with being grounded in one part of the world, so I took to being a nomad a little and wander around the city, looking for work and helping the people."

"That's almost sad, but you seem to have found an inner peace to deal with it," Yue expressed. "We better get going now, but we'll see you around."

"You take care."

-x-

"…It looks so quiet from up here," the young Avatar told her grandmother, as they were gazing out at the city from atop the Harmony Tower, just as the sky was turning a dark hue of colors to symbolize the evening that was approaching every minute as the sun went down.

"It is quiet from way up here, Korra," Yue told her, and slowly turned her head to the right of the tower, seeing a couple making out a little bit. Young love.

"I can't believe we've seen so much of the city today," Korra sighed, feeling more like a tourist than the person meant to ensure balance and harmony in the world.

They've been to the Dragon Flats borough, City Hall, been on a train and trolly, even to the Pro-Bending Arena to show Korra how the matches were performed. Now, with night approaching quickly, they needed to crash someplace, something Yue had totally forgotten on. As it was getting late, she didn't want to impose on Tenzin on Air Temple Island at night, so an inn was the logical choice for the day until dawn.

"Come on, Korra, we gotta get up early tomorrow," she told her great-granddaughter, and they left to find an inn.

-x-

"…I'm glad they made an exception for Korra and Naga," said Korra (the girl), as she and Yue managed to find an inn that would take in animals with travelers.

Yue fell to the bed in front of her and responded, "Yeah. Goodnight, Korra."

"Goodnight."

And as they slept in the room, above the small building, the aged Flying Bison grumbled as she fell to sleep alongside the Polar Bear Dog.

-x-

"…Are you sure she can carry Naga on her back?" Korra (the girl) asked Yue, as the Flying Bison swam across the ocean from Republic City to Air Temple Island with her owner, the Water Tribe Avatar and the Polar Bear Dog. "Naga and I can get off while you two fly over there."

"No, it's alright, really," Yue assured her. "It's not much on Korra if she's swimming from place to place with people on her back. And Naga only weighs about what a bison calf would weigh, so it's not a hindrance right now. Water reduces some measure of weight for a bison, you know."

The young Avatar gave up and sat against the edge of the saddle and gazed out at the large statue of her previous incarnation on the neighboring island.

"Grr!" Korra growled as they got closer to Air Temple Island.

Yue looked toward a docking pier and saw a pair of men boarding a large ship, suspecting them of being part of the Air Acolyte group for the island. She waved at them, and they waved back once her bison was close enough.

"Welcome!" The Air Acolyte that was taller than his companion greeted them.

"Hello, Air Acolytes!" Yue greeted back, as her bison crawled out of the water and Naga and Korra (the girl) got off the saddle. "We're here to see Tenzin. Is he home?"

The Air Acolyte men led the Water Tribe women up the path toward the temple and they saw a remarkable sight to behold: Airbenders. Many of them, practicing their element, meditating, farming or playing Pai Sho with the participating Air Acolytes. It was impressive to Korra, who had never seen other people of the Air Nation aside from her relatives. And for Yue, it was great to see that such a small nation of people that almost went extinct over a century ago come back from such a devastation and reclaim their place in the world.

"Yue?" They turned toward a small building and saw Tenzin approaching them, surprised to see them. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, after you left, Korra here didn't feel like staying home when we were informed of the unrest the United Republic of Nations was going through," she explained, keeping it simple. "She wanted to come help in ending it…and I decided to come with her, as I had some free time away from the North Pole. Try a year's worth of free time."

"But…Korra has yet to learn Airbending," Tenzin responded to this revelation.

"If Airbending training couldn't come to her, she would come to Airbending training. And she's been around Republic City yesterday, taking in the sights, learning what's what and where's where. So once she's learned Airbending from Rohan…or anyone else here, for that matter, she can do what she can to help the city."

"Are you sure about this?" He tried to implore his aunt that having the Avatar here with only three of the necessary elements at her disposal might not be such a good idea, even if she's been to Republic City and knowing bits of the new environment.

"Lady Yue? Korra?" The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Rohan, who had been helping around in the garden and carrying a basket of vegetables. "This is quite a surprise. What brings you all the way here from the South Pole?"

Relaying the same information to the young Airbending Master that his father had received, Rohan, unlike Tenzin, was only worried that Korra might find difficulty in learning Airbending; for a short while, he'd been learning that this new Avatar was very different from the previous one in that she hadn't been able to perform any Airbending, unlike the other three, which had been demonstrated right from the start. But Korra (the girl) had assured him that she wouldn't give up trying to learn an element she hadn't demonstrated before until she succeeded in achieving the art.

-x-

"…It's nice to have you and Korra staying with us, Yue," went Pema, showing aunt-in-law to her room.

"Thank you," she responded in turn, setting her bag down on the bed that was part of the only furniture in every room in the temple: Bed, dresser, rug and window. "Is it alright if I ask a personal question?"

"Sure."

"Do you think that…the unrest that the city is experiencing…might have anything to do with what happened years ago beforehand?"

"You mean…before Aang's passing? When…Sokka was taken?"

"Yes."

Pema thought about it for a while, having never met the man she learned this former Tribal Princess had, somehow, bestowed the power of Waterbending onto, and couldn't be sure if his death had any impact on the city's future. She knew that Yakone was responsible for Sokka's death was defeated by Aang and was sentenced to life behind bars, so he couldn't have had anything to do with the current unrest. He'd have to be over twenty years older, and not many people in the world were capable of living up to one-hundred or more, with the major exception of the Avatar and other powerful benders and enlightened men and women. So the unrest had to be the result of something else, like the passing of the previous Avatar and the lack of balance in the world.

"No, Yue," she answered her. "It couldn't possibly be because of what happened that long ago."

"I just…needed another's opinion, that's all," Yue responded, feeling a little at ease.

Pema then left her alone after that, and Yue pondered the cause of the city's unrest…and what it would take for Korra (the girl) to end it.

-x-

"…Yue had pointed out that Airbending is the element of freedom," said Korra (the girl) to Rohan the next day, as they approached the Airbending gates that they would be using, "and how it's normal for an Avatar to have difficulty with learning a bending art that is most opposite of their personality or starting element."

"And she's right," Rohan agreed with her. "I was informed of your bending training three years ago, so I know which elements you use more than others. You're…quite the hothead, as Katara once told me."

Korra somehow knew that when he said 'hothead', he meant 'Firebender', as it was her commonly used element, both in her early childhood and when she trained to master the art, almost becoming proficient in some of the rarest forms of Firebending ever.

"I'm as opposite an Airbender than I'll ever admit," she confessed to him.

"Patience, Korra," he assured her. "Surely, by the time this is all over, you'll be able to perform feats of Airbending that will allow you more adaptability when you deal with whoever or whatever comes in the future. Are you ready to begin?"

Of course, being dressed in Air Nomad clothing, Korra nodded that she was ready to begin her training.

"We'll start with a visual demonstration of how an Airbender moves without actually bending," Rohan announced, and used his bending to make the gates spin before holding out a leaf and letting it go. "The key to Airbending is to be like the leaf, going wherever there is least resistance. See how the leaf moves through the gates? There is no force, no struggle, just going where there is least resistance."

Korra saw the leaf make its way through the gates and out onto the other side, unchanged from its journey through the Airbending tool.

"And now, I'll show you how an Airbender does it," he told her, and was assisted by three child Airbenders, all girls about the age of eight, whom used their developing bending to spin the gates once more, and then Rohan went through them.

The Avatar watched as her teacher moved and swung by the gates, as though he were dancing, each gate missing him with grace. He was soon followed by the three Airbending children, each one moving just as gracefully as he did.

"Incredible," she expressed.

"To understand Airbending, one must be like a leaf in the wind," Rohan instructed her. "Are you ready to give it a try?"

"Definitely," the Avatar responded, and her teacher bended the gates to spin again.

Korra then went into them…only to come out the way she came in, but with force.

"Ouch," she sighed, on the ground.

"Eh-heh-heh!" The children laughed at her, and Rohan helped her up.

"It's okay, Korra," he told her. "I wasn't expecting you to get it right the first time. That would've been remarkable if you did."

As they practiced for the next three hours with the gates, Tenzin, atop the tower of the temple, gazed out at the large statue of his father, a look of sadness on his face.

"You miss him a lot, don't you?" He heard Yue say behind him.

"I do," he answered her.

"You remember that year you completed your Airbending training and was about to receive your tattoos? You asked me to attend your graduation."

"I've not forgotten. You almost didn't show up because of a storm."

"But I didn't let a storm stop me from getting here. That day was one of your happiest ones ever."

They both leaned against the wooden windowsill and gazed out toward Aang's statue.

-x-

The next day, meditation was something new to Korra (the girl), as all she really did that came close to it were breathing exercises. She, Rohan and the three Airbending children from the previous day were in a pagoda as the sun shone over them, simply sitting around as the wind blew around them.

This is hard, she thought, having never been able to sit still for several hours before in her childhood. But…it's kinda nice, doing nothing for a while.

As they meditated, Yue was helping Jinora feed the Winged Lemurs and Ring-Tailed Winged Lemurs.

"Is Jin always in Republic City?" Yue asked her about her husband.

"Not always," she answered back. "Only eight hours in each day. When he learned of the history of the Council of Elders and how they operate at each of the original Air Temples, how they value equality above all else for their people, he volunteered to replace Father as the Air Nation representative, wanting equality for everyone in the United Republic, rich or poor, bender or non-bender."

Yue had also read up on the Council of Elders of each of the temples, how they stressed equality, which was why no Air Nomad (or Air Acolyte, for that matter) was considered superior or inferior to others. The Air Nomads had detached themselves from the worldly concerns of others and had achieved feats of enlightenment in the process, as well as demonstrating great humor. They were, out of all the Four Nations, the most simple of people, never wanting anything other than the basics of their lives and embracing their culture.

"Yue?" Jinora asked.

"Yes, Jinora?" She responded.

"What was it like when you had your first child?"

"When I had Sora? Well, I'll be honest when I say that the birthing wasn't like any other pain I had experienced before…but when I saw my baby for the first time, I knew she was worth the months I carried her within me."

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

Jinora then patted her large belly; she took Yue's opinion to heart that her child's existence, once on the outside, was worth the months she carried it within herself…and the pain she would go through.

"Have you decided on names yet?" Yue asked her.

"Yeah," she answered. "Iio for a girl and Sogen for a boy."

"Heh-heh! Iio, Sogen. Good names."

The Winged Lemurs and Ring-Tailed Winged Lemurs then fed off the fruits and berries the two filled their meal bowls with.

"Say, is Korra like Sokka a little bit? I mean, I heard stories of him from Father, but when I see Korra, she seems a bit like him, but she's also like Grandpa Aang."

"Oh, she's a bit like Sokka…when she shows it. Other times, she can be a little like Aang, except for the lack of spirituality."

"She reminds you of him a little, doesn't she?"

"Yeah…she's a constant reminder of a person that made a great impact on my life over a century ago. But…as much as she reminds me of him, and as much as she's Aang's reincarnation, she's also her own person, as each of the other Avatars of the past were their own person."

"Oopf!" They both heard Korra (the girl) gasp as she slammed right into the side of one of the gates. "Ouch! I'm okay."

"Eh-heh-heh!" Yue giggled; again, her great-grandchild took after Sokka in ways she demonstrated whenever doing something. If we're going to be here for at least a year, I hope Korra figures out a way to use her unpredictability against the unrest in the city.

A/N: I'll stop the first chapter of this new story here for now. I'll get the next chapter to involve Yue and her Korra's wandering around the city and the Pro-Bending matches. Don't worry about the majority of the new characters, though. While Tenzin, Pema, their kids and Lin Beifong are older and have changed from the original franchise, not everything has changed. You'll certainly meet some other friends that haven't changed much. Read and review, please! See ya!