17 Harmonic Convergence

Kota's eyes open wide, looking up to a yellow sky over a strange looking forest. He walked through the forest, it was only then that he noticed that spirits were watching him. These weren't like the once that attacked him on the South Pole, these were peaceful spirits, when they weren't infected by anger or hate.

Kota came to a stop, when he heard the sound of footsteps, his masked face slowly being illuminated by an approaching light. He is approached by a person, clad in Earth Kingdom attire and carries a lantern, though his face is still shaded.

"You look lost. Maybe I can help you." the man said.

Kota's eyes widened in recognition at the approaching man, "I know you." he growled.

"I was good friends with your Grandfather, Avatar Aang." the man said, revealing himself to be the original Iroh, "Hello there Kota."

"How long have you lived here?" Kota asked.

"Oh, I've been here for many years. I had always enjoyed the company of the spirits. So when my work was done in the material world, I chose to leave my body behind and come to the Spirit World!" Iroh explained, "It can be a wonderful place, and I've made so many friends."

"...That sounds wonderful, but I don't think it's my time yet." Kota said, looking around, "Do you know how I can get out of here?"

"I think you might have been pulled into the Spirit World because of your connection to the Avatar. You are the Guardian Spirit of Earth. If you are pulled here against your own will then-"

"Korra's in danger!" Koda said, "I have to find her! Make sure she is safe!"

"In the Spirit World, your emotions become your reality, especially for the Avatar... Or someone who has a similar spirit energy like the Avatar." Iroh explained, "Listen to your heart, and you will find her."

Kota closed his eyes, seeing only darkness until he felt a faint, but familiar feeling far in the distance.

"Found her." he said, opening his eyes, "Thank you, Iroh." he turned to walk away.

Before Kota could walk away Iroh said one more thing, "Your grandfather would be very proud of you. Don't think otherwise."

Kota nodded and walked off.

…

After traveling quite a distance, what felt like hours he arrived at an area called the Spirit World Intersection. One landmark that stood out to Kota was a massive tree, with a barrier at its roots.

His eyes narrowed, when suddenly a massive eye looked back at him through the barrier.

"I thought I sensed Raava, but instead I see you." the massive spirits spoke, "I sense a massive amount of power, a great deal of potential, of course… you are the Guardian Spirit of Earth."

But before he could say anything, he heard a surprised and shocked, "Kota!"

"Korra." he said, seeing she looked relieved upon seeing him as she landed.

"So you've returned, Raava." the massive spirit spoke, turning his eye towards Korra, "The Harmonic Convergence is coming soon, and this time, I'm going to wipe you out for good."

"I think you've said that before, Vaatu." Korra said, staring the eye down, "But I'm here to close the portal. You're not getting out."

"You might want to reconsider..." Vaatu chuckled darkly, "That is if you want to save your friend."

Up on one of the roots, stood Unalaq, levitating Jinora in front of him, and encircling her with purple water. Jinora's body slowly changes its color to purple.

"Jinora!" Korra and Kota shouted at the same time.

"Let go of my sister!" Kota said, clenching his fist.

"Oh, how very scary." Unalaq said dryly, looking down at the two.

"I can't believe I trusted you!" Korra shouted angrily, "You made me think you wanted to restore balance with spirits, but this... this isn't balance, it's madness! Now let her go!"

"If you want your friend to make it out of the Spirit World, you'll open the other portal now." Unalaq shouted, "What will it be? Open the portal- or lose your friend's soul forever?"

Korra looked between Unalaq and Jinora before relenting, opening the other Spirit Portal, creating a similar light show on the South Pole a week ago.

"Now let Jinora go!" Kota said before being thrown back when Unalaq waterbends at him, before doing the same to Korra.

"You should've come through the portal." Unalaq said, waterbending again, "Then you could do this!" Jinora is carried away by a dark spirit. Unalaq uses his technique on Kota and Korra.

When the two are almost covered with the purple light, the dragon bird spirit attacks Unalaq and carries Korra and Kota away, with their bodies changing color to normal again.

"I'll see you soon, Raava." Vaatu said, "Once the Harmonic Convergence comes, I'll be free from this prison, and then I will have my perfect revenge!"

…

Kota had woken up back in his body, and he was now laying in his bedroom, Asami was by his side and had a relieved expression on her face.

"Koko!" Asami hugged him.

"Thank the spirits you're alright. I found you in the Bison caves 12 hours ago, you didn't respond to anything..."

"I was in the Spirit World…" Kota said, "I saw Korra and Jinora. Unalaq is going to create a Harmonic Convergence in a few days."

Kota was about to get up, but Asami straddled on his hips and pushed him on the bed.

"No mister," Asami said, "You don't get away that easily."

Kota gulped after imagining what she was insinuating.

…

Mako is sitting inside his apartment, looking through some files, not noticing the shadow being cast over him. "Mako."

The young firebender looked startled up, seeing Kota perched on his window ledge.

"Kota!" he exclaimed in fright at his sudden appearance, but to his credit he composed himself quickly, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm on my way to the big finale for 'Nuktuk: Hero of the South'." Kota said, stepping into the office, "I know that you know that Varrick is behind the bombing and the attempted theft of Future Industries. He's going to use this night as an opportunity to kidnap the president. Forcing the United Republic into the war in the south."

"So Varrick was hiring gangsters to pose as Northern soldiers to get Republic City to join the war!" Mako exclaimed.

"That's why he wanted to have you arrested. If I hadn't stepped in and taken the bag with money and explosives, you would be in jail right now." Kota said.

Mako looked surprised, "That's why Lu was suddenly so eager to get out of the apartment after looking into the bathroom... But why would you help me?"

"Oh call it, helping a friend in need," Kota said with a smirk, "We can bring him to justice tonight, but I am going to need help."

"Why?" he asked.

"I didn't have enough time to prepare, I was busy with another investigation." he explained, "Korra isn't here, Bolin is too close to Varrick, Asami isn't an option. So it just leaves my only option, you."

Kota later looked to Mako, "So, you in?"

…

That evening at the Pro-bending Arena, which was decorated with a large poster of Ginger and Nuktuk hanging above the main entrance. A crowd had gathered as a Satomobile limousine arrived.

Bolin and Ginger step out of the limo, arm-in-arm as the two walk into the arena.

"There they are folks." Shiro Shinobi reported, "The sweethearts of the big screen, and Republic City's most famous couple, Bolin and Ginger."

"Did you hear what Shiro said?" Bolin said as they stepped inside, "We're Republic City's most famous couple."

"Bolin, you're a doll, but you're as dumb as the rocks you bend. We are not a couple." Ginger said, spotting Kota getting off his Satomobile with Asami who had her arm wrapped around his arm. Ginger angrily walks away.

"We are a couple!" Bolin shouts after Ginger, "That's what Shiro said!"

"Let it go Bolin." Kota said as he walked up to him, placing a hand on her shoulder, "You can do better."

"I know…" Bolin said to his earthbending mentor.

Kota later looked to Asami and kissed her on the lips, "Can you watch Bolin for me? I have to go to the restroom."

Asami nodded and walked with Bolin.

…

In the arena, where the playing area has been fitted with speakers and a giant screen. In one of the VIP booths where President Raiko and his wife were seated. In the second Vip Booth was Bolin with Ginger sitting next to him and Asami on the left.

In the playing area where Varrick is standing in the darkened arena, before a spotlight shines on him.

"Thank you all for coming for the finale of 'Nuktuk: Hero of the South'!" Varrick announced to the full arena, "You know, when I first started this project there were a lot of naysayers out there. 'You can't make pictures move' they said. 'You can't take some knucklehead earthbender and make him a star' they said."

He stared at the VIP booth, specifically at Raiko, "My hope, is that their words, and this epic mover, will inspire another real life hero to rise up, and help." Varrick said, "Thank you again, enjoy the show!"

…

During the show, Bolin sadly exits the booth to the balcony of the arena, where Asami approaches Bolin.

"Are you okay?" she asked, "It seems like this mover is really getting to you. You do know Juji's not really dead?"

"Of course I know. Juji's fine." Bolin said, "He comes back to life in the end when the doomsday device shifts the polarity of the Earth. Oops. Spoiler. Sorry."

"Then what's wrong?" she asked.

"I guess I just miss my friends. Everything is going so well for me, but it feels empty without everyone around." Bolin said, "Korra's gone, Mako and I aren't talking... you're doing business-lady stuff with Kota… well he hasn't been able to teach me any new techniques… Team Avatar's fallen apart."

"I know, things have changed to much since we first met." Asami said, looking out over the open ocean, with Air Temple Island in the distance, "Why don't you come back in and finish watching the mover with me?"

"You go ahead. I need another minute." Bolin said, as Asami left.

…

Mako enters a hallway where he nearly slips on something on the floor. Though he manages to maintain his balance by stopping into a split. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it was a cake. He hears banging on a nearby locker and opens it.

He sees Lu and Gang gagged and bound inside. Mako removes Gang's ropes over his mouth to enable him to speak.

"They're after the president!" Gang said.

"Then we don't have much time." Mako said, standing up and rushing up the stairs.

…

Mako burst into the VIP booth where a group dressed in Northern water tribe gear, are busy tying up the already gagged Raiko and his wife Buttercup. The president's guards are slumped unconscious against the wall next to the door.

"I don't think so." Mako send, using a quick blast of fire to send one of the soldiers back.

Giving Buttercup the chance to wriggle out of her gag and screams. One of the soldiers sends a water blast in Mako's direction, who acrobatically flips out of the way.

As he lands, he uses his momentum to send a blast of fire to hurl his attacker from the booth and into the pool down below.

The audience gasp and turn toward the direction of the noise.

Mako evaded another strike when suddenly the ground crackls with an earth wave which throws the three remaining waterbenders against the ceiling. Mako looked back to see his brother.

When they land on the floor, Bolin throws another punch straight forward sending the three soldiers out of the booth and they land with heavy thuds on the metal bridge which allows access to the playing field from the players' locker.

Mako unties the president and his wife; Buttercup hugs her husband.

"Mister President, get back, I'm here to help." Mako said.

"You're not going alone." Bolin said and without hesitation, the two brothers ran to the edge of the booth and jumped down. As Bolin lands in a crouch, ripping the sleeves of his suit as he lands.

He stands up and tears his sleeves off completely, a determined look adorning his face.

"I missed this." Bolin admits to his brother, evading a water bullet, which was bent in the mid-air and hit the attack, making him slide back.

From the ceiling, Kota had landed between the two brother's. "Is it in place?" Mako asked.

"Of course." Kota said, cracking his knuckles, "Now, let's rumble!"

"Yes! My Mentor and Mako are working together?" Bolin said surprised, cracks his neck and walks forward, "This can't get any cooler!"

A waterbender attacks Bolin with water from the playing area, but he manages to dodge the attack. He bends out three earth discs and each disc at a waterbender.

Kota runs to the speaker on the right, before changing course to avoid an attack. When attacked on the other side, he stops at the center and bends a platinum shield. The waterbenders threw hoses at Kota and he luckily turned around to block the water jet.

Mako bends a blast of fire and knocks out one of the soldiers. The other soldier waterbends and prepares to attack Bolin, but Kota attacks and bends the platinum into an extra fist, using it to punch the waterbender into a nearby speaker.

Kota held up a device, pressing a button when a different audio recording began to play.

"I don't care how much it cost!" the voice of Varrick echoed through the arena, "Tonight I want president Raiko kidnapped at the showing of the Nuktuk final!"

Bolin instantly becomes shocked, looking up to Varrick, who is now worried.

"I think this is our cue to exit." Varrick said, he turned around only to find his exit blocked by Beifong, four officers standing behind her.

"Where do you think you're going?" Beifong demanded to know. Varrick eyes the surroundings uneasily.

A soldier attempts to attack Kota, but he retaliates in time by throwing him into the pool.

"That was awesome! Hug me brother!" Bolin said, putting his arms around his brother before turning to Kota, "You too..." but he had already disappeared.

"This is the first time I've seen him do this," Mako said in amazement.

…

Later that night, outside the arena where Varrick and Zhu Li were led into a police truck as a reporter took a picture.

"Varrick's plan was to kidnap you and blame it on the North." Beifong said, "Then Republic City would have no choice, but to join the war on the side of the South."

"I can't believe Varrick would do something like this, and no one saw it coming." Raiko said.

"Actually someone did." Beifong pointed out, noticing the irritated groan on the president's face with a satisfied smirk.

"You got a great officer on your hands." Raiko complimented, looking at the officer who was getting his picture taken with his brother.

Ginger runs up to the beaming Bolin and kisses him, taking him aback. When the kissing stops, Bolin looks on dreamily.

"I can't believe my boyfriend is a real life hero!" she said.

"Boyfriend? Wait, stop. I thought you said we weren't a couple." Bolin said, confused.

"You really are as dumb as those rocks." Ginger said, "Of course we're a couple." as she kisses him again.

"Nice job, Mako." Beifong said, Gang and Lu were with her, "You're going to make a great detective."

"But chief, there aren't any detective openings right now." Gang pointed out.

"Actually we have two openings." Beifong said, making the two detectives stare at each other in shock.

"Thank you chief!" Mako said happily.

Kota looks on with Asami around his arms.

"Was this your doing?" Asami asked.

He smirked at Asami and nodded. He turns up to see Oogi descending to the Arena. Kota watches Korra jump off the bison and approaches the president.

Kota quickly walked up to his friend and the president, Asami close behind him.

"...Avatar Korra? What's wrong?" the president said.

"Sir, I know I've asked for your help before, but things have changed." Korra explained while Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi walk up, "Unalaq doesn't just wanna take over the South anymore. He wants to destroy the whole world."

Raiko looks on in fear.

"Unalaq is going to destroy the world?" Bolin said, surprised, "He really does have a doomsday device?"

"He's trying to release a powerful dark spirit during Harmonic Convergence, which is only a few days away." Korra said, "If he succeeds, the world as we know it, is over. Sir, we desperately need your help."

"I'm sorry, Korra, but my answer is still no." Raiko said, Korra and Aang's children widened their eyes in shock.

"President, you have to reconsider." Tenzin said, "There are lives on the line."

"I'm aware that lives are on the line, and that's precisely why my troops are staying here." the president said, "If the world is going to be thrown into chaos as you claim, I need to protect my citizens. I'm sorry. My decision is final." as he began to walk off.

"I'm starting to regret saving him," Kota said, "I know who you aren't going to vote for in the next election." he added, earning himself an angry glare from his father, "Sorry, Dad. That was a bad joke. I'll do anything to help, I promise."

"No... No... It was a good joke." Tenzin apologised, "And thank you."

"I am here to help too." Asami said, walking over.

"Count Nuktuk in as well!" Bolin said.

"Me too." Mako said.

"Thank you. It's so good to see you guys again." Korra said, to her friends. Suddenly running forward and hugging Mako, who was taken aback by the sudden gesture of affection.

"Sorry about everything," Korra said, "I don't know how I can express things without angering you."

"I'm sorry too," Mako said, "I should've taken your side on this. Maybe when this is all over, can we start over?"

Korra smiled and nodded, "Sure."

"Korra, we don't have much time." Tenzin said, getting their attention, "We need to figure out how to deal with Unalaq."

…

A massive black warship was crushing through the waters towards the South Pole. Korra is standing on the deck together with Mako, Bolin, Asami.

"It might not be the fleet you were looking for, but it's the next best thing," Kota said, walking up to them.

"It's fine, thanks Kota," Korra said.

"All right! Team Avatar is back in business." Bolin said, ecstatically grabs Korra and Kota by the shoulder and pulls them toward Mako and Asami, where the five share a group hug.

The other four walked away, leaving Kota and Korra alone.

"It's alright. We are going to stop Unalaq, and get Jinora back." Kota said, leaning on the railing.

"I know. We have you on our side." she said, leaning next to him, "I hope my dad's alright."

"I'm sure he's fine." he said reassuringly.

…

On the deck of the warship, Bumi is playing a flute next to Oogi while Korra is practicing her bending, with Kota, Tenzin and Mako watching.

"Unalaq will be waiting for you." Tenzin said, "You'll need all of your Avatar power to stop him."

"I'm going to close the spirit portals, lock Vaatu in for another ten thousand years, and make Unalaq wish he'd never been born!" Korra said, using her firebending to blast the head off the practice target.

"As soon as we reach the Southern Water Tribe." Tenzin said, "Then we can rendezvous with Tonraq and his troops, crash through the defenses around the portal, and enter the Spirit World."

"Woah!" Kya said as she walked over to them, "Since when does my little brother want to crash or blast through anything?"

"I'll do whatever it takes to save my daughter." the airbending master said.

"We all want to save Jinora." Bumi said, walking over, "But I think your plan might be a tad over-aggressive, seeing as there are only seven of us and one ship. An attack like this calls for strategy. I remember when I was surrounded by pirates at the Hurricane Straits. We managed to capture them all, with just a feather, two eggs and a barrel of molasses."

"I don't want to hear any of your crazy stories now!" Tenzin said, "This is serious!"

Bumi looks upset, as Asami comes running up, "I just picked up a distress signal from the southern troops. There's a problem." she said.

…

Using Oogi to fly over the White Lotus compound in the south pole. Inside the compound, as they stepped off the flying Bison, Korra's mother approached.

"Mom!" she said, hugging her mother, "Where's dad?"

"Unalaq wiped out the entire southern resistance, and captured your father." Senna said.

"We'll get him back." Kota said as he approached, "Don't worry."

"If it comes from you, I know we can't fail." she said as they began to walk to the healing hut.

Inside of the healing hut were many injured men, and female healers treating them.

"What happened?" Katara said, approaching them. Tenzin explained what happened in the Spirit World, "Oh my goodness! How long has she been away?"

"Almost a week. I've tried to keep her energy flowing, but I can feel her slipping away." Kya explained, "You're the only one who can help her now mom."

A worried looking Katara watches as her eldest granddaughter is placed in a healing tub by Tenzin. Katara begins attempting to heal Jinora.

"How much longer can she survive like this?" Tenzin asked.

"I don't know, but she is very strong to have lasted this long." Katara said as she continued to work on Jinora.

"I talked to the rebels." Korra said, walking up to them, "They said Unalaq got the southern portal surrounded. Harmonic Convergence is only a few hours away."

"Then we have to break through the enemy lines ourselves and get to the portal now." Tenzin said.

"I have the perfect way to do that." Kota said, "There's no use in talking anymore. We know what our mission is."

"A suicide mission..." Bolin mumbled, everyone pauses briefly and stares at Bolin.

…

A big fighter plane was flying towards the Spirit Portal, Kota was standing next to his former Platoon leader Uncle Bumi, who was piloting the plane.

"This is some bleeding edge stuff you got, Kota." Bumi said, impressed, holding on to the flying stick, "Nothing in the United Forces compares to this. There's a lot of engine power in this thing... how did you get it?"

"I was a field tester for some of Future Industries when I left," Kota said, "When we get there, get us as close to the ground for the drop off without being shot down, and provide us cover from the air along with Aunt Kya."

Through the window, they got a wide-view of Unalaq's compound. Spirits encircle the portal to the Spirit World from above. While on the ground, Northern Water Tribe soldiers were ready to fight.

"I think they are expecting us." Bumi said.

"Good." Kota said, "Keep her steady, Uncle Bumi."

"You can count on me!" Bumi said, saluting the earthbender as he walked to the cargo area. Korra, Mako, Bolin, Asami and Tenzin were already strapped in their chairs. He stepped in as well, behind the steering wheel. Putting on his own seat belt as Bumi's voice came up over the intercom, "Reaching the dropzone in twenty seconds. Are you ready?"

"We are." Korra said.

…

Inside one of the bunkers where the Northern Water Tribe soldiers begin their attack, shooting icicles out toward the plane, who managed to dodge the incoming projectiles.

Kota jumped out of the plane and landed by the compound, he began to avoid the projectiles and used his platinum gauntlets as a shield to hit any projectiles that he couldn't.

"Kota never ceases to amaze me," Tenzin said, proud of his son.

Tenzin and the others jumped out of the place and landed safely on the ground due to Tenzin's and Korra's airbending.

"There are spirits everywhere." Korra said, looking around the compound, "I don't see an opening."

"Then I will make one!" Kota screamed, as the spirits began their attack as he dodged the first attack.

"This. Is. Awesome!" Bolin shouted as if he was on a theme park ride.

"Brace yourselves!" Kota called out as the spirit portal came into view, "Hitting the portal in, three, two, one..."

…

Inside the Spirit World where Spirits encircle the Tree of Time as Unalaq waits. A massive roar, turned his attention to the portal as seconds later, Kota came flying in. Korra, Mako, Asami, and Tenzin were behind them.

Kota stared up to where Unalaq was standing, where behind was the prison of Vaatu.

"Congratulations, everyone." Unalaq spoke, "You've all got front row seats for the beginning of a new world order."

"You don't know what you're doing Unalaq." Korra tried to argue with her uncle, "Freeing Vaatu won't make you powerful, it will only make you a traitor to everything good that's happened over the last ten thousand years."

"You think what Avatar Wan did was good?" Unalaq spoke, looking down from his elevated position, "Driving almost all the spirits from this world? The Avatar hasn't brought balance, only chaos. You call yourself the bridge between the two worlds, but there shouldn't be a bridge: we should live together as one."

"Even if Vaatu escapes, Korra will put him right back in his prison, just like Wan did." Kota said, "You can count on it."

"It's true that when Wan fused with Raava he tipped the scales in her favor, but this time I'll be here to level the playing field." Unalaq began to explain his plan, "When Harmonic Convergence comes, I will fuse with Vaatu, and together we will become the new Avatar: a Dark Avatar. Your era is over."

"You're insane!" Kota screamed, "Are you willing to throw your humanity away to become a monster?"

"Insane? I know it can be done." Unalaq said, "I'll be no more of a monster than Korra or yourself, Kota. The only difference is that while you both can barely recognize your own spiritual power, I will be in complete alignment with mine. Vaatu and I will be one. No one will be able to stand against us."

On his command, the spirits began to charge towards them. In response, team Avatar began to do so as well.

"They are not stopping." Bolin noted, preparing to earthbend.

"Neither are we!" Korra shouted, entering the Avatar State and dashes forward preparing to airbend.

She unleashes a wave of air, the spirits as they are rebuffed by the airbending. Unalaq leaps off the shadow he was on and begins to waterbend, using water from a nearby pond to slow his descent by turning it into ice to slide down.

As he lands he begins to waterbend again, but finds himself blocked by a platinum shield from Kota.

Mako, Bolin and Asami run forward and begin bending their respective elements and using her electrive glove to stop the spirits while Kota begins a vicious one-on-one duel with Unalaq. Korra rushes off toward the Southern Portal.

Kota dodges Unalaq's attack, using a water tendril to launch himself upwards, repelling Unalaq's attack, Kota send him flying backward with a metallic punch to the chin.

"You're running out of time, Raava." Vaatu's voice echoed through the battlefield, "I know you feel it coming."

Korra as she is knocked backward by a pulse of energy as the two portals energy begins to collide. The two portals begin to create lightning that hits the Tree of Time.

The lightning stops and it goes dark briefly before energy explodes from the tree, the energy expands and dissipates and then, from the large hole in it, the massive dark spirit that is Vaatu emerges.

"After ten thousand years, I am free! It's time to conquer earth!" Vaatu laughed hovering above the Tree of Time looking down at Korra, Kota, Mako, Bolin and Asami, "Raava, nothing could stop this moment. Harmonic Convergence is upon us again."

"I'm not going to let you fuse with Unalaq." Korra told him, "You're going right back in that prison."

But this only made Vaatu chuckle, "Foolish Raava. For the last two days, I have my eye set on a new body."

"What!?" Unalaq shouted angrily, sitting up.

Vaatu charged forward with a burst of speed, catching them off-guard, he flew into Tenzin, who let out a pained shout as his eyes lit up with orange light.

He dropped to his knees as Vaatu reemerged from him, "Air." Vaatu commented, charging forward again.

Vaatu tries to fuse with Bolin this time as Korra enters the Avatar State and stops him with a large blast of fire, but he returns a massive beam of purple energy, knocking her into the ground.

Kota turns into his Guardian Mode and throws some boulders at Vaatu, only to have Vaatu dodge them. Using one of his tendrils to ensnare Bolin's leg, throwing him up the air.

Entering Bolin's body, who screamed in pain, eyes glowing orange as he fell towards the ground.

Just as he was about to hit the ground, Vaatu left his body where Vigilante used water from the pond to create a slide, slowing his descent.

"Earth." Vaatu commented, "And now... two elements left before I become complete."

"No, you don't!" Korra shouted, entering the Avatar State and charges at Vaatu, and using airbending and firebending, destroying parts of his essence in the process.

Korra propels herself over the ground with firebending, while Vaatu attacks her with his tendrils. She breaks his hold on her and charges at him with firebending, obliterating a large portion of him.

Vaatu turns back to Korra and knocks her off before slamming her against a rock with his energy beam.

"Korra!" Kota shouted, fighting his way through the dark spirits towards her before a vine ensnares him.

Vaatu drops Kota and enters his body, who stumbles to the ground, screaming in pain.

…

Feeling distorted from the impact, Korra tried to regain her composure when she sat back up in the snow on the South Pole. Around her, she could see that Mako, Bolin, Asami, Tenzin and Unalaq were laying in the snow as well, each of them recovering from the explosion.

"W-What happened?" Asami said, the first to recover. She walked over to the downed Avatar and helped her back up to her feet.

"Something very bad." Korra said, holding her side as someone exited the portal.

The hunched over form of Kota who walked forward, his eyes towards the ground. The way he walked looked unnatural.

Asami was about to walk forward, but Korra had a hand in front of her.

"Kota?" Korra asked tentatively, her friends standing ready for combat as her masked friend stood erect again.

The imprint of Vaatu on his chest, and the aura around him wasn't the silver-white, it was glowing orange-red.

"No!" Korra shouted in horror as they looked on.

"The Guardian Spirit of Earth and Vaatu are now one." Kota said, his voice has gained a reverberating echo, becoming jarringly creepy, "Now a new era for spirits and humans will begin! And I will lead them all as the new Avatar!"

"Well I'm the old Avatar, and my era's not over yet!" Korra shouted, walking forward, "I know your in there, Kota. I will get you out of there!"

"We will get him out." Mako said, standing next to his friend, raising his fists.

"Indeed." Asami said, raising her gloved hand.

"We are not about to let my Earthbending Teacher be consumed by evil incarnate!" Bolin added, taking his stance to earthbend.

A spout of air emerges behind the light Avatar while the Dark Avatar launches himself with an earth pillar.

…

Kota shot up from his bed with a yell, he looked confused around when he found himself in his room at the Air Temple Island. Sunlight was shining through the window with the open curtain.

'What was I…' he began to think, hearing a chiming sound in the distance, 'What was that?'

But he was distracted when he heard a groan and felt the blanket move next to him.

Two arms wrapped around his middle, "Good morning." a sleepy Asami said, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Asami? W-what are you doing in my bed?" he asked, feeling her breasts press against his back.

"Well we are engaged, where else am I supposed to sleep?" Asami said with a laugh, pressing a kiss on his cheek, "Are you feeling well? You look a bit confused."

"I-I am fine... Just a bad dream." Kota said, rubbing his face, trying to remember it but it was like trying to hold water with his bare hands, slipping through it.

A knock was heard on the door before it opened, revealing Lin, "Finally, you two are awake."

"M-Mom?!" Kota shouted in embarrassment! "What are you doing here?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Lin said, "I said I would come over."

"Oh, right," Kota said.

Lin sighed and started to walk away, "Oh, just a word of advice, while I would enjoy having a grandchild to spoil, your father would want you two to wait."

"Mom!" Kota and Asami both exclaimed in embarrassment as their faithful butler chuckled as he left.

After a quick freshening up and getting dressed, the two love birds exited the bedroom and headed towards the living room.

Once they entered, Kota and Asami sat down in the sitting area with his father, step-mother, mother, and younger siblings.

"Morning everyone," Asami said.

"Koko!" Ikki, Jinora, and Meelo ran to their brother and the four children of Tenzin hugged.

"So, do you have any plans today," Tenzin asked.

"Oh, we are going to have brunch with Mako, Bolin, and Korra," Asami said, turning to her fiance, "Unless you have something else planned."

"No I don't," Kota said, smiling.

Lin looked at her son and his girlfriend, "Well have a fun time you two."

"But not too fun!" Tenzin said.

Walking towards the hall, Kota groaned in pain as he gripped his upper arm, Asami looked worried at him, but he simply smiled and they continued to walk.

…

At the South Pole, where the two Avatars clash, with Mako, Bolin and Asami assisting Korra. Mako attacks with firebending, which Kota neutralizes with a large wall of earth.

Korra attacks Kota with airbending, but misses. Kota attacks Korra with a rapid earth shards, which Korra blocks before gaining altitude and assaulting Kota with large rocks.

Kota breaks one of the rocks by punching it and redirects the other large rock at Korra at twice the strength and speed. Korra stops the blasts with a large ice disc, but Kota throws her off toward the ground. He bends the earth to trap Korra in an earth prison.

"Give in Raava! Your time is over!" Kota said.

Korra attempts to struggle free, but she soon weakens and faints.

Mako attacks the Kota with a fire blast, who dodges it by moving out of their way, Bolin follows it up by bending a rock towards Kota, but misses and is hit by a direct strike from Kota's blitz punch, knocking him out in the snow.

"Bolin!" Asami said, before she was locked in combat with Kota.

Asami attacked with two punches to the chest, but Kota countered her attacks before delivering a kick to Asami's upper body, she raised her arms in protection, but she was still sent flying and crashed to the ground.

Recovering quickly, Asami jumps back to her feet, dishing out a flurry of electrified punches.

Surprisingly, Kota resisted the electric strikes that landed. She mixed it up by trying to kick him from the side, but he intercepted the kick, and turning around on his heel, he fling her through the air.

He gave a spinning kick, sending Asami into the ground, putting her out of commission. Mako was busy trying to free Korra from her earth prison, when he saw Kota approaching him.

Without warning a water arc was thrown at Kota, who like a leaf in the wind, evaded the surprise attack.

Kota turned around to see Unalaq, his face showed a look of anger, "You traitor! I dedicated my life to you!" he shouted, using a waterspout to rush forward to attack the host of Vaatu.

Kota unleashes a wave of earth, Unalaq is rebuffed by the airbending. As he lands he begins to waterbend again, attempting to break through Kota's defense. He dodges Unalaq's attack before using a waterspout to launch himself into the air, but his attacks are repelled and he is sent flying backward by Kota's boulder, sending him to the ground, his clothes torn apart.

Kota walking over to Unalaq, had shards of earth rotating him as he stood up.

Unalaq attempts to blindsided him by a sudden blast of water, but Kota aims a high metallic kick at Unalaq's head, sending him to the ground. But before he could, Kota gripped the sides of his head, kneeing him in the face. Blood flooded from Unalaq's nose as he fell to the ground.

"You have served me well, Unalaq." Kota growled, gripping the front of Unalaq's shirt, before punching him against the head. He repeated this movement, even when his metallic gloves were painted with red.

By the time he did finally stopped, when the white snow was covered in deep crimson red, the Water Tribe Chief had stopped moving a long time ago.

He turns around to see Korra having broken out of her ice prison, her eyes lighting up as she rides an air spout towards him, "You cannot win." she told him, "Now release my friend, Vaatu! Or pay the price!"

Kota began to ride a boulder of his own as the two Avatars began to clash again.

He shields himself from Unalaq's water attacks with platinumbending before exiting his boulder. On the ground, he directs three rocks, knocking Korra off her air spout. Korra manages to remain in the air spout and directs two water streams at Kota, which he manages to nimbly dodge.

Korra propels herself with earthbending and throws three fire blasts at Kota who blocks it with earthbending.

Mako watches on as the Light Avatar and the Dark Avatar clash, throwing everything at each other, not sure what he should do to help as Bolin and Asami recover.

As Korra pant from the effort, she was trapped when vines erupted from the ground, tightly binding around her.

Vaatu emerges from Kota, startling Mako, Bolin and Asami. Korra attempts to attack Vaatu with a fire breath, but Vaatu enters her mouth and pulls out Raava.

Korra weakens and collapses onto the ground as the vines release her, where she weakly saw Vaatu quickly re-enter Kota, who grins viciously as he traps Raava in a water bubble.

"He's got the Light Spirit!" Asami said, as she and the two brothers prepared to attack, but Kota easily neutralized their attacks and sent out a large earth spike, knocking the three unconscious.

Korra weakly attempts to reach Raava, but Vigilante picks up the spirit with purple streams of water and slams her against a rock. He directs a strong blast of fire at Raava as the young woman groans in pain, but every strike against Raava was like a strike against Korra herself, as the spirit of light was dying, it felt like Korra herself was dying.

Korra weakly tries to get up, but another strike on Raava causes her to shrink in pain as her vision of the previous Avatars disappear. The next strike led to multiple rows of Avatars being destroyed. Kota later bends a massive boulder that was encased in energy, preparing one final attack to finish Raava.

But he later stopped, as if he was trying to fight something.

…

Kota was standing near the window, where he could see the lit skyline of Republic City. He didn't look up when he heard the bathroom door open, as Asami came out in her sleeping wear, drying her hair with a towel.

"Today was a good day." she said, before getting into the bed, "Wouldn't you agree?"

"Yeah, today was lovely." he said, turning to look at her with a concerned face.

"What's wrong?" Asami asked, worried.

"This life... this world... It's too perfect." Kota said, looking at his hands, "Sorry I have to go."

Kota later ran out of the room.

When he ran out of the room, everything around him was white. He looked around and then felt something behind him, he later narrowed his eyes and snarled.

"Vaatu," Kota snarled.

Kota turned around and saw the dark spirit who gave a deep chuckle, "So... You have figured it out, didn't you?" Vaatu said, "But you have seen it, haven't you? This is how the world should have been, how your life should have been."

Vaatu stepped closer as he continued to speak, "You are the Guardian Spirit of Earth, but with me, we can be more."

He changed into a humanoid form and held out his hand, "Join with me, Kota Beifong. Together nobody can stop us, we will be the Avatar this world deserves, the Avatar it needs, the one that your Grandfather couldn't be."

Kota looked at his hand, before looking into the glowing eye holes of humanoid. He began to reach out, dark energy began to swirl around him and Vaatu, he could already feel his fingertips brush over the metallic gloves.

"Kota," a voice said.

Kota looked back and his eyes widened at who was standing by him, the man had air acolyte clothes like his father, his eyes were gray, and his beard was short.

"Grandpa?" Kota was stunned.

"Are you making the right choice here?" Aang asked.

Kota later looked to Vaatu and then back at Aang, "I have to do this. It's the only way…"

"You don't have to rely on more power to maintain my legacy," Aang said.

"What do you mean?" Kota asked.

Aang later motioned and Kota looked to where Aang's peripheral was, there stood Asami, Mako, Bolin, Korra, his parents, Kya, Bumi, Suyin and her family, Katara, and lastly Grandma Toph.

"Your support system," Aang said, "They will be there for you to give them strength, you don't have to gain power to get stronger. The bonds you have with the people you care and love will make you stronger."

Aang later put a hand on his grandson's shoulder, "I have to go, but I know you will make the right decision."

Kota later smiled and hugged his grandfather, "Thank you, Grandpa."

Aang smiled and then disappeared. When he left, Kota looked to Vaatu and transformed into his Guardian Mode.

"Get out of my body, Vaatu!" Kota said.

Within a blink of an eye, Kota gave Vaatu a massive punch, knocking it back. Vaatu rises up as Kota runs forward, but Vaatu shoots out tendrils toward him, which he catches and uses to immobilize and grab him before slamming him toward a nearby building. Kota leaps forward and holds Vaatu's head with his hands, slamming his face to his knee.

Vaatu slams his fist into Kota's stomach, making him stumble back from the attack, as Vaatu bends out purple streams of water around him, preparing to corrupt his spirit.

But with a loud roar, Kota released the light. Vaatu is shielding his eyes from the glare of the light, releasing Kota. His fist illuminating with the same bright light, he runs forward and punches Vaatu straight into his chest.

"No!" Vaatu screamed in terror as he began to transform into golden light, slowly being dissipated by Kota, "How! How can I lose to a mistake!?"

"I am not a mistake!" Kota screamed. "I am Kota Beifong, the Grandson of Avatar Aang and the Guardian Spirit of Earth!"

…

"What's going on?" Bolin said as the energy encased boulder had stopped inches of Raava, as if they were struggling.

"I don't know." Asami said, as she supported the weakend Korra.

Purple light swirled out of the Guardian of Earth, who grasped the side of his head, screaming in pain as he fell to his knees. For a few seconds, he continued to scream, until his eyes had stopped glowing orange.

Asami slowly approached Kota, "K-Kota?"

"Yeah, that's me." Kota said, his hand over his chest as Mako helped him back to his knees.

"What about Vaatu? Is he still..." Korra began but Kota cut him off.

"He's gone, but that's not important right now," Kota said, gesturing to Raava, "You need to refuse with her, before Harmonic Convergence ends."

Asami helps Korra over to the spirit, who flies toward her, allowing her to enter her body, who glows blue with a white imprint of Raava on her chest as Harmonic Convergence ends.

"The Avatar Spirit has returned." Korra said as her eyes glowed momentarily before fading, "It's over."

"I am sorry for attacking you and almost killing Raava." Kota said.

"Hey, it's okay. That wasn't you." Korra said, reassuring her friend, "Is Vaatu really gone?"

"He is," Kota said.

"Man," Bolin said, "I just wished Varrick was there to film it! It would be the greatest mover ever."

"I doubt they would be as good as the Nuktuk chronicles." Kota said, making Bolin's face light up when his hero complimented his movies.

Kota and Asami later got in for a hug and kissed, after the two separated he spotted Eska and Deska, "I'm sorry about your father... But I was unable..."

"It seems the colossal man is under the impression we're saddened by our father's demise." Eska said, with that same creepy monotone.

"But I will not miss him at all." Desna agreed, "In the end, he became a deplorable man."

"Agreed." Eska said as the twins began to walk away, "But how will we explain this to mother?"

…

When Kota and Korra had recovered enough so that they could stand on their own and the two walked over to the northern portal.

"Now that you're bonded with Raava once again, are you also reconnected with your past lives?" Kota asked.

"No. I think that link is gone, forever." Korra said sadly, "But don't blame yourself, it was Vaatu who did it. Let's just close the portals, and we'll go home."

Korra walks up to the portal and stretches out her hand. As she reaches for the portal, she relaxes her palm.

"Maybe you shouldn't." Kota said, "Maybe the Avatar shouldn't be a bridge between the two worlds?"

"You mean Avatar Wan made a mistake when he closed the portals?" Korra said, retreating her hand, "What if humans and spirits weren't meant to live apart? Well, what do you think I should do?"

"Trust your instincts," Kota said, "as a Guardian Spirit I am here to support your decision."

Korra smiles and looks at the portal.

…

Knocking softly on the door, he heard a voice telling him to come in. He found his sister Jinora, laying in a bed. She had awoken from her coma when Unalaq was killed.

"Hey kiddo, I brought you a rare book to make you feel better," Kota said, holding up the book, he bought along.

"Thanks Koko, I am happy you're alright." Jinora said, accepting the gift, laying it on her legs.

"Thanks," Kota said, "I'm glad that you're okay too."

Jinora smiled and hugged her older brother who hugged her back.