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Indie Avatar Korra. Canon Divergent. Selective, Non-Exclusive. Crossover-friendly. Please read Rules.

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Temptations of Metal

Description: Taking place after the Red Lotus trying to kidnap Korra in Zaofu, she’s overly anxious and feeling rather down and she is comforted by a pretty guard captain she’d met just days earlier. Ships: Korvira... hints of Korrasami A/N: this is based off my headcanon that Korra and Kuvira had some kind of interaction during her time in Zaofu and became friends. Enjoy. ---- Her time here in Zaofu had been anything but a vacation, what with the Beifong drama alone, not to mention the Red Lotus’ timely arrival, Korra didn’t have much time for rest. She inhaled slowly, her chest expanding as she took in as much air as possible before slowly releasing it, hoping to calm the pounding in her chest. More than anything, she wished she was back home in the Southern Tribe, and she wished she could see the stars in the sky beyond the metallic dome that was meant to provide safety. 

All they provided her right now was a bigger cage with fancier toys, she had always been trapped, in the southern compound, on air temple island, in Republic City, the spirit world, and now here in Zaofu. 

“I guess I have a thing for falling right into traps..” She whispered softly to herself, pulling her legs up to hug them against her chest. She stayed that way for a moment before a hand fell to idly run her fingers through the thick green grass she was sitting in.  The week hadn’t been all bad. She had some good food, learned a little more about metalbending and all the cool stuff that a person could do with it, and she’d made a few new friends, one of them happened to be Zaofu’s seemingly overly serious (and not to mention extremely attractive) guard captain.  Everyone had urged her to go to sleep, to get some rest, but after hours of tossing and turning she decided to sneak out and get some fresh air. There was no way she’d be able to fall asleep after what happened, her heart hadn’t stopped racing and she just kept thinking to herself what would have happened if her friends hadn’t realized she was gone, if no one realized she’d been taken. What would they have done to her? Killed her? Tortured her? To what ends- “Who’s out there?”  The voice snaps her out of her panicked thoughts, but she doesn’t move from her spot, she simple raises her head before she answers with the smallest, most dejected voice. “It’s just me. It’s Korra..” She still doesn’t move, but her eyes do widen a little as the figure makes her way around the corner and over to the patch of greenery where the waterbender was hiding, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t sleep and I just wanted to get out of my room and get some air, I didn’t mean to-”

Her sentence is interrupted by the sound of metal clanging as it hit the floor, a helmet it looked like, and a pair of strong arms wrapped around her shoulders pulling her in for a tight, almost protective hug. It takes Korra’s breath away and for a split second she’s frozen, a mixture of fear, surprise and confusion.  “I thought they were going to take you, I thought we were going to lose you, I vowed to keep you safe and for a moment I thought I had failed. I had failed the Avatar, of all people..” The guard captain’s voice cracks on the last word and she squeezes the Avatar just a little tighter.  “Kuvira..” Korra managed to mutter the woman’s name, one she’d learned just days ago, as her arms came up to wrap around her middle, her body trembling as her face drops into the crook of the metalbender’s neck, the tears she’d been holding in began to spill effortlessly. The sobs from the Avatar, someone she’d looked to as a hero, cause her to freeze up, but only for a moment before she pulls away just enough to look at Korra’s face, her hands holding Korra by her arms gently, but firm enough to support her and keep her upright.  “They wouldn’t have gotten far, I would have chased them all the way across the world if I had to.” There’s a hurried mixture of arrogance and reassurance in her voice and it makes Korra chuckle softly as she reaches up to wipe the tears from her face with the back of her hand.  “I should have been ready, I should have known. I’m the Avatar, I should have been able to fight back, I shouldn’t be this weak.” The disdain and frustration in her voice is clear, and her hands ball into fists at her side, “I feel like the failure, and like such a waste. You shouldn’t have to save me, no one should have to-” She’s cut off again when Kuvira laughs and brings her face just a little closer to her own, she’s thrown off by the scent of metal mixed with a hint of jasmine and honey. As she inches closer she speaks, “It’s funny, but it’s also kind of sad. You don’t even realize just how important you are to people. And not just as the Avatar.. you are important as Korra too.”  And then suddenly their lips are touching and the Avatar’s mind is reeling. It’s only for a quick second, but that second seemed to last forever in her mind. “I am happy you’re safe.. Korra.”  She hardly has enough breath to reply, but the only thing she’s thinking at this moment in time is just how nicely the other’s lips curl around her name. Finally she opens her mouth to speak, but once again she is interrupted.  “Lin, Asami! I found her! She’s over here!” There’s a panicked scurrying as both Kuvira and the Avatar simultaneously jump to their feet and move just a foot or two apart from one another. The guard captain has already slipped her helmet back on by the time the group rounds the corner to see them. She smiles a little as Suyin comes into view first, followed by both Lin and Asami, all with relieved looks on their faces.  “Oh good, Kuvira, you found her.” The matriarch puts a hand on her waist as she reaches out to put the other on Korra’s back. “We were all so worried we couldn’t sleep, then we went to find you and you were gone..” “We didn’t know what to think! We almost sent out an entire search party.” The police chief adds, her voice harsh but there’s an obvious hint of worry there.  “Sorry, I didn’t mean to worry you guys. I was just getting some air when Kuvira decided to keep me company.” The waterbender offers each of them an apologetic smile, giving Asami a little hug when the engineer approaches and stands at her side.  “Well at least we know you were safe with Kuvira here.” The nonbender says with a sigh of relief, looping arms with the Avatar almost immediately, “You should come back to my room. Mako and Bolin are there too, they couldn’t sleep either.. I think we would all rest easier if we were all together.”  “We’ve all had a long night, some rest would do wonders.” Suyin smiled as she gave the Avatar a little nudge before putting a hand on Kuvira’s shoulder as well, “For all of us. We should all try and sleep at least a little, we can talk plans in the morning.”  The guard captain nods quickly, a hand coming up to rub the back of her neck a bit sheepishly. “Understood.” She replied before her gaze moves to meet the Avatar’s once more, “Please do get some rest, Avatar..”  Their eyes linger for only a second before Suyin begins to usher the younger metalbender off, while Lin gives Korra and Asami a stern look before following after her sister.  “Come on, Asami, I’m sure the boys are worried..” Korra says with a soft chuckle as they begin heading back to the rooms. But not before the Avatar takes a quick glance back to watch Kuvira disappear around the corner. 

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Everyone is obsessing over the romance part in Legend of Korra and I’m just here, wondering if my bby Kuvira is okay and what happened to Baatar Jr and the Beifongs. I really hope they won’t let their stories unfinished because there is a lot of stuff that does not add up and needs further explaining. 

No matter what everyone says i really think Kuvira had good intentions and was a good person before she got obsessed with uniting the kingdom by all means necessary. I would love to see more of her background story, what happened to her and all of that stuff but i get the feeling i’ll either have to wait a long while or probably will never see it..

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new blog, catch me over there. I have a Legend of Korra verse for ppl who’d like to interact with me still :D

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Ready for the con!!!

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hyugainterior replied to your post: I’m on and doing replies! yeee i hope everyone is...

(But make another too!)

like i want to but I also know i’m terrible at keeping track of stuff and i don’t have lots of time. but i want to lmao

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“It matters that you will become attached to the person. If you attach yourself to people you become vulnerable to attack and to lose those people. The best choice is to not allow yourself such contact” Satuski nearly snarled at her student. Considering she was one of the only members of the so called Elemental Club, Satsuki didn’t want to lose another two star student because they became soft.

“You’re right, Satsuki-sama. I never would have thought of it that way.” Korra replied quickly, keeping her posture as stiff and straight as possible. There was no room for weakness when it came to the President and if there was anything a person could do to quickly lose favor with her, it would be to show any kinf od weakness. “I apologize for my mistake, I’ll be better at monitoring my actions.”  

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“I’ve been there and back again a few times.” Rinkah said as she chewed some of the meat on the skewer.”With the war over, I spend most of my time training in the smithy or battling Faceless that still roam the lands. Creatures born of black magic.”

“Though one battle is finished, a warrior should always be prepared for the next fight.”

“What of you Korra? Have you been back to your tribe? I wouldn’t mind seeing your village one day, a town made of ice?”

“That’s good. I’m glad you’ve found a way to be able to visit your home now that peace has more or less returned to it.” She said with a smile, remembering all the times she’d wished she had some type of magical portal to return home and see her family. Now that Republic City was returning back to normal along with the addition of the newest spirit portal in the middle of town, she finally had a way to do just that. 

“I haven’t been to visit my parents lately, but I’ve been meaning to. It’s actually a pretty simply journey now with the new spirit portal. Home is just a hop, skip, and a jump away now!” She chuckled, “I’d be glad to take you sometime, though I’m not sure if you’d enjoy the weather.” 

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    “𝓢maller villages… larger villages. Cities… Any settlement that is in my way.” A smug grin appeared on the Hun’s features as he corrected the Avatar. The Earth Kingdom would once again become under control of someone other than the  King or Queen, whomever was on the throne. The Southern part of the kingdom had already seen vicious attacks by the Hun’s army. Villages lay in chard ruins, men women, children, even pets were killed off. It was surprising that the Avatar had not heard of his horrendous crimes. Even so, the Hun’s kept close eye on the areas that were already taken care of. Keeping the land for themselves.  “If you have not clued in already,.. I will make it clear for you. My name is Shan Yu. I have been the one crossing the Earth Kingdom for many years now. The person you are searching for is none other than myself.”

“Shan Yu.” The Avatar repeated, committing the name to memory as she carefully glanced around, examining her surroundings now. He appeared to be alone, but if his followers were anything like he was, they could be hiding amongst the trees for all she knew. She wasn’t proud to admit that there were things about the Earth Kingdom she didn’t know about, it was a huge place after all, but she was upset that this sort of thing was kept from her up until now. There were just as many people dead as had been displaced, why would they wait until now to spring the news upon her? 

“Well I hope you’ve enjoyed your freedom so far- because I’m ending your path of destruction right here, right now.” 

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I’m on and doing replies! yeee i hope everyone is doing well i feel pretty good today for the most part haha. i kinda wanna make another blog but i’m already terrible at keeping up with this one so no.

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Send anons as my muse's mother

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reverse jealous / possessive meme

“he / she wasn’t flirting with me, calm down.”

“they’re just a friend, i swear.”

“you’re being really irrational about all this.”

“you can’t tell me what to do.”

“you can’t tell me who i can and can’t hang out with.”

“there’s no reason for you to be jealous.”

“who cares if they were flirting with me? it doesn’t mean anything.”

“stop treating me like a piece of property.”

“i wasn’t flirting, i was being friendly.”

“i don’t belong to you.”

“calm down. i’m yours, nothing’s gonna change that.”

“are you seriously jealous right now?”

“why does it matter who i was with?”

“i only have eyes for you, you know that.”

“you have nothing to worry about.”

“you need to stop being so controlling.”

“you have no reason to be jealous!”

“why are you acting like this?”

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How did we get here?

Azure eyes quickly scanned over the letter in her hands, brows furrowing as the Avatar read further and further into it’s contents. Finally, as she reached the end of the letter, her eyes narrowed and she crumpled the paper in her hands before allowing it to burst into flames, quickly becoming ash in the wind. Turning on her heel she burst out of her room and down the hall, grabbing an air glider on her way out. 

“Raiko thinks he can tell me what I can and can’t do? Well I’d like to see him try and stop me.” She muttered under her breath, opening the wings of the glider with a loud click before taking off in the direction of the nearby mountains. 

It had been almost a month since the battle with Kuvira and her giant robot of destruction happened. Needless to say, trying to get the city back to anything close normal was going to be a difficult task. Luckily they’d been able to evacuate the majority of the city before the army had arrived so there weren’t any major casualties to deal with, but with the displacement and destruction of half the city there would be a lot of rebuilding and relocating to do. As she flew over the city, she was happy to see that their efforts in cleaning were already taking effect, the major roads had been unblocked and most of the rubble had already been moved. Things were slowly but surely going to get better. 

She’d had trouble, but during the last month Korra had done her best to stay updated on Kuvira’s trial. But often it seemed like people tried their hardest to keep her out of the loop, eventually she found out that Kuvira’s sentence had not been reduced but she was being given the chance of early release with good behavior since she had pleaded guilty and released a formal apology to both the people of Republic City and the Earth Kingdom. It would be a tough road from here, but she would be able to eventually fully atone for her mistakes. 

It was by some stroke of luck that Korra had found out where Kuvira was being held. Even though Kuvira had plead guilty and she wasn’t at risk for violence or trying to escape, they’d built a new holding cell for her all alone up in the mountains, made specifically to keep the metal bender from being tempted to use her bending in anyway. The Avatar had attempted to visit the cell a couple times- the first time she was turned away because of construction, the second time she was turned away because she was told she needed permission to visit. This time, she was determined not to get turned away. 

She had to see her. Korra had to see with her own two eyes that Kuvira was okay. Well, as okay as a person can be, alone and locked up behind bars. 

The guilt still continued to eat away at her, it was sometimes worst at night when she was alone with her thoughts. What if she had done more to change Kuvira’s mind? What if she’d said something when she’d noticed the first flag all those years ago? Did she even notice what was happening? Would anything have changed, or was this a fate they couldn’t escape? 

Could she have saved her..? 

Korra felt her grip on the glider tighten at the thought. There was no use now wondering what if, but everything still felt so wrong. It was just another thing to add to her long list of things the Avatar had failed. 

As the prison came into view, Korra quickly descended, retracting the wings of her glider before landing in the thick green grass with a soft thud. She balanced her staff against the wall before pushing the front door of the prison open, allowing it to hit the wall with a harsh thud, causing a few of the guards to flinch. As the Avatar took a quick look around the room she noticed that there were a few more guards there than usual and then as her eyes reached the other side of the room she realized why. 

“Raiko? What are you doing here?” She asked loudly, arching a brow as she put a hand on her hip. 

“I take it you received my letter.” The President said in a low, nonchalant tone, putting his cup down before slowly standing up from his seat. “Avatar Korra, I had a feeling you would come here against orders and try to muscle your way into the cell, so I’m here to reiterate myself- For the good of Republic City and for the sake of your, already sketchy, reputation; you are not allowed to see Kuvira.”

Korra’s eyes simply narrowed, both her hands at her sides now. When she balled her hands into tight fists, every guard turned and stood at attention, a couple of them took fight stances. She could feel her blood boiling, her teeth grinding painfully against one another as she felt herself drifting closer and closer to the Avatar state. But instead she just took a deep breath and closed her eyes, holding it in for a second before exhaling sharply and opening her hands to show everyone her palms. 

“Look, I got the letter. I read your ‘reasoning’ so I don’t need to hear it again. I’m just here to ask if you would reconsider.” She said quietly clearing her throat before continuing, “Please, she doesn’t have anyone else right now. If I could just be given fifteen minutes alone with her-”

“I’m afraid my mind has been made up, Korra.” Raiko interrupted with a firm shake of his head, “No one is going in that cell.” 

"Well I’d like to see anyone in the room try and stop me.” She exploded taking a single step forward and causing everyone in the room jumped at the ready. Her hands balled up at her sides and she was getting ready to charge forward when suddenly the President took a step forward himself. 

“Now, now that won’t be necessary. I was trying to be practical with you and save your reputation, but the honest truth is you won’t be going in that cell because Kuvira doesn’t want to see you.” The older man paused for effect before adding, “She actually put in this request to me herself. If the Avatar was to come she was to be immediately refused. Kuvira wants nothing to do with you, Korra. You’re wasting your time here.”

“That- That can’t be true. ” This statement caused her to freeze in place, her eyes widening just slightly. “I want to hear those words from her mouth.” She demanded, pushing past Raiko and walking towards the doors leading deeper into the prison. 

“You’re making a big mistake, Korra.” 

She doesn’t want to see you. She hates you. 

The thought alone made her body freeze again, her hand stuck as it had wrapped it’s way around the door handle. Her teeth had sunk down into her lower lip and she closed her eyes again, her body trembling before she slowly pried her hand free of the door. 

All she needed to do was go in and see Kuvira for herself, but if what Raiko said was true she’d be more upset than anything. Korra didn’t think she’d be able to handle hearing those words, even after everything she couldn’t stand the thought of Kuvira hating her. Ever since her betrayal and abandoning the Earth Empire Army, part of her regretted doing the one thing she’d always promised not to do. 

Refusing to look hurt, her eyes narrowed again and she shot the President a death glare before looking towards the guards around her. But she could quickly feel her tough facade fading, her eyes burning hot with an onslaught of tears. So she simply pushed past Raiko one last time before kicking the doors down, grabbing her staff and flying back toward Air Temple Island. 

After a moment of exhaling their held breaths, each guard returned to their positions while two began fixing the doors. 

“Are you sure that was a good idea, President Raiko? What if she finds out the truth? What if Kuvira hears about what you said?” 

“Kuvira isn’t going to hear about it, neither of them are going to hear about it, and thats an order.” Raiko commanded, taking a look around at each guard who quickly answered back before returning to their duties. 

“Now I just need a moment with the criminal and all of this nonsense will be over.” He said with a satisfied grunt, before he turned and opened the heavy doors leading into the cell. He walked quite a ways, descending further and further down before finally approaching a dark cell, a room made entirely of wood. As he entered there was a single cell suspended in the air, also made of wood, and within sat the Great Uniter. Her legs were pulled to her chest and she appeared to be sleeping. 

As Raiko entered the room, Kuvira looked up and focused on his face carefully, straining in the dark a moment before recognizing him. Once he had come to a stop in front of her cell, she shifted slightly, crossing her legs underneath her. 

“The Avatar, did you deliver my message to her?” She asked softly, her raspy voice echoing in the empty room. 

“I’m afraid I did, Kuvira.” The President answered her with a shake of his head, “I don’t bring good news I’m afraid.” 

The metal bender felt her heart drop in her chest as he spoke and she quickly reached out to grab hold of one of the bars, pulling forward on her knees as she did. “What do you mean? Has something happened to Korra?” She asked, fear gripping at her heart at the prospect.

“Nothing has happened to Korra, I’m afraid she received your letter and she’s informed me that she doesn’t want to see you.” Raiko began, glancing over to watch as the news slowly washed over the former dictator, “The Avatar has already sullied her reputation being associated with you. Did you really think she’d want to actually visit with you? Did you really think she’d want to talk to such a disgrace of a human being?” 

Nonchalantly, he dusted himself off before turning his back on the silent metal bender and began walking away to the exit. “You’ll do better just doing as the guards say and serving out your sentence. I do hope you won’t cause anymore trouble..” 

As the doors closed with a thud, Kuvira felt her body start to shake, a sob wracked her body before she covered her own mouth to avoid making any noise as tears streamed down her bruised cheeks. 

“I’m sorry, Korra..” She whispered softly, before sitting down again, this time with her back against the bars of her cage. Pulling her legs up to her chest again she did her best to muffle her crying. 

She was truly all alone now.

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Sometimes, the most pressing help someone needed wasn’t pacifying a dark spirit, or defeating criminals, or protection from a natural disaster. Unfortunately, sometimes people asked much more mundane things of their Avatar, because there was no one else to do it.

“Sorry to trouble you with somethin’ like watchin’ a kid,” the old fisherman mumbled, his weathered face lined with sunburn, concern, and age until you couldn’t tell which was the biggest factor. (Maybe he wasn’t that old, he was just very worried and sunburnt.) “Ever since her mother died, I’ve been taking care of her, but some days…some’re better than others,” he said wearily. “I’ll be back before sundown, just need to take my day’s catch to the market. …her name’s Rei,” he added, “and I’m Shan. Watch out. She’s a runner.” With that, he picked up the hand-cart and started wheeling his cargo over the hill, towards the only town on this remote Fire Nation island.

The tiny girl’s stare was intense, though she never looked at Korra’s face; her eyes scanned the Avatar’s shoes, then moved on to staring at Naga. She stepped forward to touch Naga’s fur, making only an instant of contact before she recoiled from the soft fuzz. “What’s dis?” she asked flatly, rubbing her palm on her clothes as if she could erase the sensation.

“This is Naga, she’s my best friend.” Korra answered with a wide grin, giving the polar bear dog a quick hug and a pat on the head before kneeling down to Rei’s height. As she did that, Naga immediately sat, her tail wagging happily as she watched the two girls. As much as this seemed to be an odd request, the Avatar couldn’t help but feel relieved that it wasn’t a dangerous mission or something too stressful. She was actually pretty excited, she used to play with Jinora, Ikki, and Meelo when they were small and she really missed it now that they were older. 

“My name is Korra. It’s nice to meet you, Rei. I guess we’ll be hanging out for today!” 

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█ ▌ A▐ small jump from his heart caused him to let out a small yelp of surprise. His hands came up to push at her arms, as his tilted up to see who it was. “Korra!” Shu exclaimed surprisingly more happy then grumpy after the small fright she came him.

Korra chuckled softly, releasing her grip on the boy before setting him back down on the ground. Putting her hands on her hips she displayed a wide goofy grin, having not seen the boy for quite some time. “Long time no see, I think you’re getting taller!”

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Didn’t matter how much sleep Rinkah did or didn’t get, she was a grump a good chunk of the time anyway. Though she had never seen Korra in a bitter mood, frustrated yes, only angry once, when they had first met in that Earth Kingdom town, but never grumpy over a lack of sleep.

When handed the skewer, Rinkah looked at i curiously, like a predator examining a fresh kill. She gave it a curious sniff, detecting a hint of a few spices and seasonings. It was a snack, but then, that was the idea, after all, Korra had her duties and couldn’t be bogged down with a big lunch. The oni nodded, accepting the meal.”Many thanks.”

She took a bite of the skewer, tearing some of the meat off and getting a taste of the spices she managed to smell before. A few chews and a swallow later, Rinkah made a delighted sound to voice her approval of the Avatar’s choice.”I’m… not very good with this socializing thing, what do we talk about?”

“We can talk about anything really. The weather, events coming up, if you have any questions for me..” Korra replied, taking a bite out of one of the pieces of meat before slowly leading them towards a shady spot to sit beneath some nearby trees. Once she plopped down and made herself comfortable she waited for Rinkah to do the same. Once the warrior had joined her she took another bite of food, contemplating for a moment as she chewed before swallowing with a big grin. 

“Have you been back to your homeland lately? What is the latest news?” 

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Korvira- cause there’s no reason not to. 

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