Burning Bright - A Legend of Korra Fic

Chapter 3 - The South Pole

Tenzin had been a bit more stressed than normal, between his duties to the council and training Korra now he had to add his brother into the mix.

"Is it too late for you to unretire from the United Forces?" He asked his brother.

"The paperwork's gone through, little brother. From now on, it's 24/7 Bumi time!"

Bumi smirks pinching his brother's cheek. Tenzin shook off Bumi walking over to Korra.

"You've mastered Korra style airbending, now you need to master real airbending. Hopefully, our visit to all the air temples will give you the inspiration you need to look more deeply into your studies."

"Can we see where Grandpa Aang was born?" Ikki excitedly asked

"How many lemurs can I have?" Meelo asked

"I wanna get tattoos! But instead of arrows, I want lightning bolts!" Ikki said

"You can't get lightning bolts. That doesn't make any sense," Jinora said

"You don't make any sense!" Ikki shouted

"Fight, fight, fight!" Meelo started to chant

The two sisters glared at each other, foreheads pressed against one another.

Tenzin stepped in separating his daughters. "No one's fighting! We're going to have a wonderful time!"

The exhausted man let out a sigh calming down.

"Now that the president is in office and I'm not needed on the council, I can finally relax with my family and give Korra the attention she needs."

"Great, more attention," Korra said, shoulders sagging.

"Hah! Relax. I'd pay money to see that. Maybe I'll tag along just to see Vacation Tenzin," Bumi said

"You're not invited," Tenzin said

Korra faced the children getting at their level.

"Before we go on your dad's study trip, we're gonna have some real fun in my hometown at the Glacier Spirits Festival. They've got rides, games, and all kinds of fried food on sticks."

"Yay!"

As the kids cheer making circles around their father the man bore a defeated look. He closed his eyes with a frown forming on his lips before his brother wrapped an arm around his shoulder.

"Yep. There's Vacation Tenzin. And you can't stop me from going to the festival, Mom already invited me."

"I'm going too!"

Nearly everyone jumped and looked to see Chai. The Princess standing right next to Tenzin and Bumi, having magically appeared from what seemed like thin air.

"When did you get here?" Korra asked

"Oh I've been standing over there for a while," Chai spoke pointing just a few feet away.

"Daughter!" Bumi cheered

"Father!" Chai cheered

They ran to one another and Bumi picked up his daughter, the young lady laughing as she wrapped her legs around him, the two were full of laughter as they spun around. Bumi lost his footing and fell back landing on the grass. The two paused a bit jolted from the fall before they started laughing again.

"What's this about you coming?" Tenzin questioned

Chai stood up along with her father, dusting off her clothes.

"Gram-Gram Katara asked me to come. Plus I shall be the representative of the royal family of the fire nation," Chai said

"Aw, look at my little important figurehead," Bumi cooed while pinching Chai's cheek.