Dangerous 2: Change

Chapter 6

I can anticipate this being a very long story, longer than the first, since there's just so much going on. As I plan ahead, I can already picture this hitting probably 20 or more chapters, but it's not absolute. It all depends on how well I divide what goes on.

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~Asami~

The five of us headed to the festival together, the lights brightening in the distance the closer we got. Tonraq and Korra's uncle Unalaq accompanied us not too long before we got there. I could sense Korra's uneasiness about it, but she said nothing. She just took my hand and held it somewhat tightly. We split from them the minute we reached the festival entrance, much to her relief.

Once inside, we gazed at all the stands and rides that were set up, Korra stopping momentarily to buy us some cotton candy to share. I tore off a piece and fed it to her. She hummed happily and grinned before doing the same to me. Our moment was interrupted by Kuvira clearing her throat loudly and looking ahead, a small smirk on her face. A fair distance away from us was Desna and Eska.

"Hey, Mako." Kuvira said in a singsong tone. He looked at her, eyebrow raised.

"What?" he said.

Kuvira grinned wickedly before shoving him forward. "Think fast!"

Mako stumbled back, trying to catch his footing, only to end up falling in the snow in front of Eska. He looked up at her, paling, before scrambling to his feet and scratching his head nervously.

"Er, uh, sorry... My friend, um..." He paused and took a deep breath. "You're Eska, right? I'm Mako. I'm, uh, a friend of Korra's." When she didn't say anything, he kept going. "Man, I am really digging those robes. You're from the North, right? Gotta love the North!"

The rest of us laughed and he glared at us before turning back to the twins.

"Was he like this when you guys were dating?" Korra whispered to me.

I shook my head. "He's been out of the game too long."

"I think," Desna finally spoke first. "he is trying to establish some kind of bond with you based on your geographical point of origin."

"Perhaps." Eska said, her tone just as deadpanned as her brother's. "it would be interesting to spend time with a person whose ways are so rough and uncultured." She looked a Mako, a strange grin on her face. "You amuse me. I will make you mine."

"You-you mean like a boyfriend, or a slave...?" Mako asked, confused.

"Yes." Eska said, then suddenly grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "Win me prizes." she said and started to drag him away.

"Those two have always creeped me out." Korra shuddered. "They smell like a grandmother's attic."

I laughed at looked at Kuvira. "Look what you got him into." I said.

She waved her hand dismissively. "He's a firebender, he can take care of himself." She looked off in the distance and back at us. "I'm gonna go see what else they got here, catch up with you guys later."

"Alright." I said.

When Kuvira walked away, Korra looked at me. "I saw this really cool both with water guns. You shoot the water into chibi versions of Aang."