Only you- Rangi & Kyoshi

Chapter 66

Song: Dimensions- Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett

"How will we explain this to Koko?" she whispered. "That the world hates the love her parents give her."

Those words Rangi had whispered that night to Kyoshi, always remained with her. Vowing that she would make sure her daughter saw the kinder face of life than she did. Regardless if the world accepted their love or not.

Life had gone after Rangi's retirement from the fire nation army. Kyoshi and her continued to bring Koko around the nations with them as Kyoshi tried to find a diplomatic balance. Kyoshi still dreaded the meetings, claiming them to be a waste of time. Even though Rangi liked to tease after they attended swarms of them, she did assure Kyoshi that her diplomatic tactics were improving.

"Slowly but surely" were her exact words.

Even though as a child Koko wanted nothing more than to travel the world with her mothers when a day came that Nora invited Koko to train with the Yokoya warriors. She wasn't a part of the group officially, she was too young by their leader's standard. But was now allowed to do drills and such after years of begging the woman. So she'd started staying on the island more often. But still spent some time out with her parents. She was always asking Rangi to spar.

"Why do you always ask her and not me to spar?" Kyoshi pouted one evening as she was once again a third wheel to the sparring match.

"I never know when you're choosing to go easy on me," Koko replied, whipping sweat from her forehead as she glanced across the yard to Rangi who had a smug smile directed at Kyoshi.

"I gave you a free round once, once Koko! And you've never let me forget that." Kyoshi rebutted.

"You care about my feelings and I love that, I really do," Koko started looking back at her. "But I know Mami will give me a fair match every time."

"And one day I'll win" Koko finished, stating back down Rangi.

"Today is not that love"  Rangi claimed as she took a couple steps forward initiating the start of another round of hand to hand. Kyoshi sat back watching the two of them.

People that they were close to often compared Koko's demeter to Kyoshi's, but she knew that Koko's spirit was definitely an embodiment of mami's.

Kyoshi continued to watch as her daughter tried her best, she really did. But spirits, was Rangi a talented fighter.

One the third time Rangi had pinned her, Koko rolled over in the dirt once she was released looking back to Kyoshi.

"Can you help me with my fan techniques now?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Oh you want my help now?"

Koko nodded eagerly as she sat up. "Please, I'm trying to convince Nora to try them at practice. But I want a couple more tricks to sell it"

"So this has nothing to do with you being 0-5?"

"Nope!" She cheered, starting up and rushing over to Kyoshi who with a smile took out her own fans.

But then one night years later when they were all 3 of them were all back on the island, Nora had asked Koko if she wanted to join the group officially. It was all Koko had been hoping for, but still she hesitated.

"If I join them properly I won't be able to leave as frequently as before." Koko said as she stood in the door frame of her parent's room.

"You are free to do as you like Koko, we trust you'll make whatever decision is best" Kyoshi offered as she busied herself rerolling a set of scrolls she was studying.