How does it feel

How does it feel 85

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Trucks and cars speed past the Avatar as she stands on the sidewalk in front of Asami's building. Her head starts to throb signaling the very beginning of a headache. The bustling noise of the city was overwhelming. Toph had warned her but she didn't realize it would be so intense. On top of that Asami's words vibrated through her mind. "Why would you do that? Why would you think that was okay?" Asami had said.

Korra closes her eyes and holds her breath using the skills Toph drilled into her. The noise around her shuts off like a switch had been flipped. Silence and darkness fill her mind giving her a few moments of peace and quiet.

She needed time to think. Asami was definitely angry with her, but it wasn't for the reason she was expecting. The heiress was worried about Wy. She hadn't expected that.

Suddenly the sound of a small ever-quickening heartbeat pierces the void of Korra's mind. She exhales slowly then stomps her foot hard against the ground. She shakes her head and smiles while making her way toward the source of the sound. "Seriously? Again?"

Korra hides behind a large box behind Narook's Noodles, in Little Water Tribe and watches her and Asami's adopted daughter preparing to rob the fruit stand again. "Rangi, you cabbage head. Can't you see he's learned your tricks already?"

A strong authoritative yet strangely eager voice rises in Korra's mind. "Where is she? Where is Rangi?"

The Avatar furrows her brow, cocks her head, and squints her eyes. She recognized that voice. "Uhh, Ava...tar...Kyoshi?"

"Yes! Now, where is she? Where is Rangi?" The Earthbending Avatar almost yells.

Korra scratches her head then sits down against the wall. "How are you talking to me right now? I'm not in the Avatar State."

Kyoshi is silent for a moment. "Look just tell me where Rangi is."

Korra inhales softly then peeks out from behind the boxes. "She's across the street."

"I don't see her." Kyoshi says.

"The kid with the black hair that's about to get caught stealing." Korra says. She hears a soft relieved sigh within her mind followed by sniffles. "Kyoshi? Are you...are you crying? What's going on?"

The Earthbending Avatar takes in a heavy breath. "Is she a firebender?"

Korra's brow creases again. "Yeah. How did you know that?" Just then she hears the vender yelling and redirects her attention back to her daughter. Korra rolls her eyes and runs across the street.

The man tightens his grip on Rangi's arm as the little one tries to pull away from him. She bites his hand and is rewarded with a smack to the back of the head. "You little urchin. Keep that up and I'll..."

"Hey, that's enough!" Korra says grabbing his wrist as he prepares to hit Rangi again. "I'll take care of her."

"Like you did last time?" The man shoves the little girl into the Avatar. "If I see that kid near my stand again I'm taking her to the cops. You hear me?"

"Yeah." Korra says looking down at her. "Let's go Rangi. I need to talk to you about somethings."

The amber eyed little girl looks up at her. "How do you know my name?" She asks.

Korra thinks for a moment then holds out her hand. If this Rangi was like the others she couldn't reveal herself to her right away. "That's what I want to talk to you about. You hungry?"

Rangi hesitates initially. "Yeah." They walk hand in hand down the street. Rangi keeps her eyes lowered. "Where's the lady with the hair?" She asks remembering Asami.