Avatar: The New Era [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 2: Home

        Asami sat up in awe at the young earth bender's skills. She felt Korra's presence all over the place and was sure that Kurana is the Avatar. "How old are you Kurana?" Asami asked with disbelief in her eyes. "I'm 5 years old!" Kurana screamed while floating a small piece of rock that was formed into the number 5 on her hands. "Wow! That's amazing for a 5 year old!" Asami happily gave the young girl a quick smile. Kurana looked at Asami and noticed that the person in front of her was more beautiful than she ever thought. Asami had silver streaks of hair and small wrinkles on the side of her eyes. She seemed like she was in her 50s. Kurana realized that she knew the person in front of her. She looked like the CEO of Future Industries that Kurana saw on the newspaper her mom was reading 5 days ago. "Wait, are you Ms. Asami Sato?!" Kurana asked. "Well Kurana, I certainly am" Asami replied with a soft smirk. Kurana hugged her and suddenly held her hand to pull her somewhere. Asami almost stumbled as Kurana was leading her through the thick crowd that gathered in the center of the market.

        They finally stopped in the back ends of New Bang Sing Se. This new city didn't have walls like the old kingdom that stood there before. It's walls were turned into apartments and industrial buildings. New Ba Sing Se was a free city now. Asami leaned and placed her hands on her knees in exhaustion. "Where--are--we?" Asami paused in between each word she said. "We're here at my house, silly!" Kurana giggled and stood in front of a small house. The house seemed like it was made of chunks of rock from the old walls of Ba Sing Se. It was only a few feet higher than Asami. The rocks were formed into a shape of a simple house with no door since Kurana and her father we're earth benders. Asami looked up in front of her and was completely shocked at what she saw. She didn't believe a young girl like Kurana lived in a house as small as this was. "Y-you live here?" Asami asked while ignoring Kurana's last reply. "Yeah, it's kinda small, I know..but at least I get to sleep in a bed, unlike other people around here." Kurana replied while playing with the dirt around her feet. Kurana snapped out of the misery and cried "Come on in Ms. Sato!" She gave a forced smile while tugging Asami's cloak. "Asami would be better, you know." Asami chuckled. "Okay Asaaaaaaaami, come in! I can't wait to let my mom meet you!" She joyfully jumped and afterwards, held her palms out and buried a part of the wall to the ground to make hole into the house.

        "Mom! I'm home! You won't believe who's here!" Kurana yelled out to her mother. Asami ducked her head to keep from bumping the top of the ceiling. She noticed how messy everything was inside the house. The couch had several clothes laid on top of it and the dishes in the kitchen looked like it wasn't washed for 2 days. Asami looked at the little girl running towards a room at the end of a small hallway. Kurana went in and Asami heared murmurring and- "What?! Ms. Sato?!" Asami heard her name and took 3 steps forward in curiosity. Kurana quickly peeked at the room's entrance and signaled Asami to get in. Asami walked towards the door and couldn't believe her eyes at what she saw. The room was clean but amidst the cleanliness was a bed lifted by a huge slab of rock. On the bed was a sick, skinny woman, maybe around her 30s, laying underneath the sheets of cloth. She was wearing a big black hood on her head that only showed her nose and mouth. She wore a plain white shirt that had a few tears and stitches on it. Her arms almost showed her bones. Asami's eyes we're building up tears from the painful environment she was in. The woman took off her hood to look at Asami and gave her a warm contented smile.

        "I'm so sorry for the mess around the house Ms. Sato, but this little kid right here" the woman rubbed Kurana's hair "didn't clean this morning!" She laughed while still trying to rub Kurana's hair. Asami couldn't hold her tears for so long, it fell down on both her cheeks as she looked at the bald woman laying on the bed. "M-Ms. Sato? I'm s-sorry, did I say something? I didn-" Asami interrupted "No, it's okay. I just remebered something.." She spoke those words while remembering Korra in the same state as the woman in front of her. Asami sat down on the small chair at her side for her to rest. She wiped her tears away and said "Are you Kurana's mother?" the woman looked at Asami, who was still trying to wipe her tears away and said "Y-yes, my name's Rani, did she get in trouble this time?" Kurana pouted and crossed her arms " I didn't! But, Ms. Sato..err..Asami! Saved me from the Boulder Trio!" Rani was shocked and held her daughter's hand to slap it but before she could, Asami stood and stopped her "No wait! It wasn't her fault. The trio was trying to steal her money and we happen to be around the place." Rani grabbed her daughter and hugged her tight "I thought you we're in trouble again little missy. I'm sorry." Rani combed Kurana's hair while hugging her. "Thank you Ms. Sato" she said while letting go of her daughter "but what did you mean by 'we'?" Rani asked. "Well, after The White Lotus and I stopped those thugs, your daughter showed amazing skills of earth bending." Asami replied while walking towards the bed to sit down. She realized that Rani had the same ocean blue eyes that Kurana had. "Wait, what do you mean 'The White Lotus'?" Rani asked again, confused "10 years have passed since the last Avatar died and I think i just found her next life." Asami smiled while looking at Kurana. Rani was in disbelief. How could her daughter be the next Avatar? Didn't the Avatar Cycle end? "How is this possible? Didn't the Avatar Cycle end with Avatar Korra?" Rani held her hands on Asami's shoulder "It's in her eyes Rani. She's the Avatar."

A/N: Hey guys, I noticed that there are READERS! WOW! This is truly an amazing experience for me and I would love you guys to help me improve anything on this story :D anyways, keep reading!

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