9 A Surprise

Koda was currently in the middle of rounding up some criminals with his mother.

The two tended to go on patrol with each other once a week as a sort of mother and son bonding type of thing since both of them never seem to manage to get free time together, usually only one of them would get time off while the other still had to work for the day.

Lin sent a cable at one of the Red Monsoon water benders they were engaging and sent him into the wall, "So, how was your date with that girl?" His mother asked in a somewhat curious yet not so thrilled tone.

Koda face palmed at his mother's timing of the question and sent a quick earth line at a criminal, forcing his legs to separate. The girly scream from the man was music to his ears and he banged his foot to the ground, raising an earth column to his no-no area, making the man pass out...was that foam coming from his mouth?

"It was actually great and I enjoyed it." He responded and flipped out of the way of a water whip.

Lin sighed, "So who asked who?" she asked as she lifted her fist up and punched a criminal in the face that was coming from behind her which sent him rolling backwards and into a crate as he lost consciousness.

"Actually Korra asked me." Koda replied with a smile as he remembered how their date went and how it ended. He then ran up to a bender and flipped him to the ground and punched him out.

"Wonderful, but I said to keep it professional." She said as she sent another cable at a water bender and slammed him into another water bender.

Koda blinked at her as he kick another guy in the chin, "You mean you weren't kidding around about that?" he asked

"Since when have you known me to kid around?" Lin said with annoyance as she put her hands on her hips and stomped her foot and an earth column sent another guy flying into a wall.

"Come on mom, I'm nineteen, I can date who I want." Koda argued as he caught a punch to his head and twisted the arm around and put the victim in a headlock, "Aren't I right Chu?" Koda asked the criminal.

The criminal now known as Chu groaned from the pain, "He does have a point Chief; I mean nineteen is a good age to start dating." Chu strained slightly.

Chu had pale skin, short brown hair and blue eyes. He also had a runners built.

He was a freelance Water bender that often worked for the triads, but in only minor offensives. He also had the worse luck too, as he always got out after a few days and somehow, always got caught by Lin and Koda during their bonding patrol. So he had become something of a councilor of sort for the two during his capture despite him having no idea how it happened or why they even kept asking him to point out who was right and wrong.

"Still, a mother has the right to choose who her son should date. And why did you pick a hot headed girl who's just as reckless." Lin replied as tied up the downed criminals.

Koda turned to her while still gripping Chu, "Aw come on mom she's not so bad, I know she can be reckless, headstrong, impatient and a bit destructive on some occasions, but she's also fun, nice, friendly, caring, brave, strong, and beautiful. It's not like she's got a criminal record or anything." He said in a joking manner.

'Unless Tenzin's hidden something from me about that.' Lin thought to herself.

"Hmm, I think I see it now." Chu said while still being restrained in the headlock.

"What?" both Koda and Lin asked.

"Well the Chief and former Chief Toph were like the young Avatar once, so maybe the lieutenant here is looking for a girl like that." Chu said out of though which he quickly regretted.

"Are you saying I have a mother complex or something?" Koda questioned as he tightened his grip.

Chu realizing what he said shook his head with what little movement he had, "No no no, I'm just saying that you seem to like a strong girl with a fierce personality which coincidentally was how Chief Lin and Chief Toph were like. Although I gotta admit your grandma definitely had a better personality than Chief Lin." He said and Koda loosened his grip a bit.

"Good." Koda said nodding

Lin however took offense, "And just what is that supposed to mean Chu?" She said with annoyance.

Chu now looked scared, "Umm...well...I'm just saying she was more easy going and relaxed that's all." he said.

"I kind of have to agree with Chu on that, grandma Toph was certainly more fun and energetic despite her growing age. It's just one of the things I love about Korra; she has a fighting spirit and an unbendable will like Grandma Toph did." Koda said with a bit of pride in that acknowledgement.

Lin looked partially surprised to hear Koda compliment Korra in comparison with her mother since she knew how much Koda looked up to her, even after she had left to look for enlightenment.

She shook her thoughts as she groaned, "Why couldn't you like a nice quite girl or something."

Koda shrugged, "I don't know. I just find her really attractive plus she rocks that ponytail like there's no tomorrow."

At hearing his reason Lin face palmed, "Of course. I forgot he likes girls with those."

Chu let out a groan, "Okay seriously man what is up with you and liking girls with ponytails?"

Koda's face took on a menacing form as he re-tightened his grip even harder than before, "I don't know man, but it's my business on who I can like!" he said darkly.

Chu was now in pain, "Ow ow ow ow ow okay I'm sorry!"

Hearing the apology Koda loosened the grip again.

"But seriously we should talk about this ponytail fetish of yours next time LT." Chu said as he saw a Metal bender airship coming to their location.

Koda groaned at that, "Fine, thanks as always Chu." He said as he punched Chu in the stomach, knocking him out.

"Arg...No problem." Chu groaned as he blacked out.

'At the Station'

Lin and Koda walked back in to the station and headed to Lin's office.

Koda cranked up the radio to the music hour.

Koda sat in the chair in front of Lin's desk and laid back enjoying the music.

"I think that was a good patrol." He commented as he relaxed to the music.

Lin sat down as well and looked at the new stack of papers on her desk while wishing she was a fire bender.

She looked up to her son and allowed a small smile to grace her lips, "Yes it was." She said as she sat the papers down and folded her hands, "I was planning on getting some free time at a later date so we could eventually take a nice vacation."

Koda blinked at her, "Really, where?" he said with a bit of excitement since it had been a long time since they went on a vacation.

Their last one was in Ember Island where it had greatly changed since Grandpa Aang's time and it was before his parents separated.

The beach was filled with new motels and restaurants where he greatly enjoyed himself there. Although he did have a problem when he went to surf on the beach and dozens off girls were instantly swarming around him wanting to introduce themselves, get to know him and some even asked if he could help pour sun block on their backs, now that one combined with the clear view of all those girls in swimsuits was pretty tempting for him but he resisted and managed to escape peacefully.

Plus it certainly helped his mom scared them away with one mean glare.

"I'll leave that for you to figure out; meanwhile we could also visit his grave when we get the chance." Lin said as a small frown appeared on her face.

Koda frowned as well, "I'm sure he would like that. I could even get those flowers he liked." He said with a hollowed smile that hid his sadness.

Lin nodded to this, "An excellent idea. So when should we-" she started, but was cut off from a voice on the radio.

"Good morning citizens of Republic City. This is Amon. I hoped you all enjoyed last night's Pro-Bending match, as it will be the last. It's time for this city to stop worshipping bending athletes as if they were heroes. I am calling on the council to shut down the bending arena and cancel the finals or else there will be severe consequences." The radio said as static followed after the masked man's announcement.

"That man annoys me to no end." Koda growled angrily as he turned off the radio since that creep Amon disrupted his relaxing music.

He turned to his mother, "So shall we crash in on the council." he stated with a grin.

Lin grinned in return, "You know me so well." She said as she stood up and opened her door, "I want a car ready for me five minutes ago!" she shouted and then turned to Koda, "You coming?"

Koda shook his head, "I got my own wheels." He said with a grin as he walked past her, "Bet I'll make it there before you." He says walking away while waving from behind.

Koda then entered the garage and looked at his motorbike that he got as a present from Asami as he put on a pair of green tinted goggles and waved his hand from the side of his head and a metal shell covered his head and a small mouth cover popped up from the chest plate of his uniform.

He hopped on the bike and revved it up as he heard the engine roar to life, "Sometimes I love my job so much." Koda said with a grin as he accelerated out of the garage and headed to City Hall with his mother right behind him.

'City Hall'

Koda stood patiently next to the door of City Hall and finally saw his mother arrived.

He grinned at her, "Told you." He teased as he opened the door for her.

She nodded, "I might have to ask Hiroshi for one of those." She commented as she could certainly see herself using one of those bikes since it provided more maneuverability and speed in bypassing smaller spaces.

"I'll put in a word for you next time I see Asami." Koda said as they walked to the council room.

As they were about to open the door, they both heard Korra's protest about canceling the finals and letting Amon earn a victory over them.

Koda smiled at his mother, "Told you she's got spirit."

Lin said nothing as she opened the door to the council room, and they saw Tarrlok about to bang his gavel to adjourn the meeting.

However before he could slam the gavel Lin whipped her hand out and a metal cable was sent flying which destroyed the gavel in mid swing.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with the Avatar." She said as she walked in.

"Yeah same here. This would just be another victory under Amon's belt and it would show that he has control over the council." Koda added as he followed Lin.

"Koda." Korra said in shock and happiness.

She wanted to run up and kiss him...but they were in public, his scary mother was there not to mention Tenzin was there too, and it would be a bit inappropriate so she withheld herself...for now.

"You do?" Tarrlok questioned Lin's agreement with the avatar.

Korra blinked and registered that Lin had indeed agreed with her.

"Yeah, you do?" Korra asked in confusion.

"I expected this kind of cut and run response from Tenzin, but the rest of you?" she questioned, "Come on, show a little more back bone! It's time for the benders of this city displayed some strength and unity against these Equalists." She stated

"We must prevent the conflict between benders and non-benders from escalating from all-out war! The council is not changing its position." Tenzin argued.

"But if we submit to Amon's demands then he might acquire more political power which could help him gather more recruits to his ever growing army!" Koda argued back.

"So are you saying that we should purposely endanger innocent civilians just so we can win one fight against Amon!" Tenzin shouted as he was against the idea of facing Amon when he clearly threatened the people.

"Now wait just a moment Tenzin." Tarrlok said as he raised his hand to interrupt the argument and gather their attention, "Let us hear what our esteem Chief of Police and her son have in mind." He said as he gave the floor to Lin.

"He's my son too, in case you have forgotten Tarrlok."

Tenzin crossed his arms and faced Lin.

"If you keep the arena open, my metal benders and I will provide extra security during the championship match. There is no better force to deal with the chi blockers; our armor is impervious to their attacks." Lin said.

"Are you saying that you will personally take responsibility for the safety of the spectators and the arena?" Tarrlok questioned.

"I guarantee it." Lin said with little doubt while Koda nodded.

"It is hard to argue with Chief Beifong's track record as well as Koda's. If she is confident that her elite officers can protect the arena, then she has my support. I am changing my vote, who else is with me?" Tarrlok asked as he raised his hand.

The rest of the council besides Tenzin raised their hands.

"The arena stays open." Tarrlok said, "Good luck in the finals." He said as he spoke to the Fire Ferrets.

The rookie team started to cheer loudly and Korra turned and gave Koda a big hug out of happiness which he was more than happy to return as he spun her around while she lifted her feet off the ground.

"And good luck to you, Chief Beifong." Tarrlok said as he glanced at Lin before he began walking out of the room.

"A word please, Lin." Tenzin said as he stepped next to her and they walked out into the hallway.

Korra finally let Koda go and smiled at him.

"Thanks for coming." She whispered.

"Of course." He whispered back.

Tarrlok walked pasted them and raised an eyebrow at their closeness and continued walking.

Bolin cheered as he wrapped an arm around Koda's shoulder, "And Koda saves the day again!" he said with a goofy smile.

"Actually, I think his mother did." Mako commented with a smile.

"Who cares? The finals are on and Tahno is going to get his butt handed to him!" Korra said while pumping her fists.

"Well we're heading back to rest. See you at the arena Korra." Mako said as he started walking away and Bolin followed while waving goodbye.

"We should start heading back to the Island water princess? Maybe a little sparing to get the blood flowing for the match?" he asked.

Korra nodded, she enjoyed their little spars, just him and her...she wouldn't have it any other way.

The two started walking down the hall and saw Lin and Tenzin talking.

Korra walked up to Lin, "Excuse me Chief Beifong, I just wanted to thank you for your help...It...really...means...a lot." she trailed off as Lin walked right past her without saying a word.

Korra stared at Lin's retreating form and glared. She looked to Koda and he had a straining smile on his face, "What's her deal? Even when she's on my side, she's against me" she exclaimed as Koda kept looking at her, "And it probably doesn't help that I'm dating her son does it?" She finished

Koda shook his head as he sighed, "Unfortunately it doesn't, but look on the bright side she didn't tell me to break up with you when she found out we're dating so she probably doesn't completely dislike you. I know handling her at times is tough, but she really is a good person deep down." he said as he saw his mother exit the building.

Korra just continued to look at him blankly.

Koda raised his hands in a surrendering gesture, "Ok, really deep down it has to do with the fact that my father met Pema and fell for her when I was seven."

Korra's eyes were wide, "What, what happened?"

"Mother has tried to arrest Pema out of anger," Koda said, "Despite all that, they still tried their best with the co-parenting. Now come on, we gotta get a workout in."

'Air Temple Island'

Korra was flipping around and shooting water whips at the oncoming rocks aimed at her.

She hit them all and landed gracefully as she was breathing lightly and getting her blood flowing.

She turned to her partner as he threw her a towel, which she caught, "Thanks." She said as she dried her face from the sweat she built up.

"No prob." Said Koda as he sat down and Korra sat next to him.

"We are going to win." Korra said as she laid her head on Koda's shoulder.

Koda smiled at her, "Heh, I know you will." He said as he laid his head on hers.

Korra blushed and fidgeted with the towel in her hands, "Um...Koda, I was wondering if you could, um, give me a good luck k-" she was cut off by Koda kissing her fully on the lips.

Korra melted in the feeling of the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck, while Koda was holding her waist as he brought their bodies closer. Korra pushed Koda a bit till they fell to the ground and went into a full blown make-out session on the snow with Korra on top.

For about ten minutes they continued passionately making out and pouring out their feelings when they final stopped and separated for air.

As they grasped for air, Korra had a blush and goofy smile on her face and spoke, "That was awesome, when we win I expect a lot more of those." She stated/demanded as she loved their make-out plus how it felt and she definitely wanted to experience more of it in the future.

"I would give them whenever you want, water princess." Koda replied with a giant smile as he really enjoyed the make-out session they had. He loved kissing Korra's soft lips.

Korra was very eager to see him do that, but she had a match to get ready for, "I'll keep you to that." She said as she kissed him on the cheek and walked to her room.

Koda gently rubbed his cheek and smiled, "Yep, she is definitely different." He muttered as he walked to his room.

'Pro-Bending Finals'

"Ladies and Gentleman welcome to the final match of the pro bending tournament!" The announcer shouted in the mike as the crowed was roaring with excitement at seeing the final match.

"Give a hand for the team who's managed to make it into the finals, the Future Industries, Fire Ferrets!" the crowed gave a loud cheer with as the Korra, Mako and Bolin where brought to the ring by the extending bridge as they waved to the crowed.

Mako saw Asami and she blew him a kiss and wink wishing him luck which he happily returned while Korra saw Koda and as he gave her a big thumb up and a wink which she returned with just as much affection.

"We're so going to win this thing, right guys?" Korra asked her teammates as she felt pumped and ready to win.

"Oh yeah cause the Fire Ferrets are going to burn the wolf bats and shoot them right out of the sky as we watch them plummet to the ground." Bolin said with overgrown excitement.

"We'll show those guys who the new champs are going to be." Mako said with a smile but with a focused face as he was ready for action.

Their attention was brought back to the ref as he continued his announcement.

"And featuring the Fire Ferrets opponents; give it up for the three time pro-bending champions the wolf bats!"

As soon as he said their name the crowed gave a louder cheer for the champions as they made their appearance in their wolf bat costumes as they gave off howls and raised their arms to the air to show their bat wings as fire burst behind and on the walls of the arena as fireworks went off like a party celebration.

Korra rolled her eyes, "Man they think they're all that but we'll show them right guys?"

Mako punched his hand, "Yeah."

Bolin let Pabu down as he went to the ref stand to watch, "No way are we losing to those flashy...cool...show off...um... guys." He said as he failed to think of a proper insulting name.

Korra and Mako turned to him with sweat drops, "Okay let me do the trash talking while you knock them left and right." Korra replied as Bolin nodded.

The wolf bats took off their costumes as Tahno sleazily looked at Korra with a taunting grin which annoyed her.

Korra brought her fists together in agitation as she had a twitching eye brow, "I'm so going to enjoy knocking Tahno's stupid hair off his stupid head while give him a first class trip to the back concrete wall and then we'll see if he's still got that dumb smug look on his face." she said she was rubbing her fist with anxiousness at the prospect of doing what she just said.

Both teams walked to their spots on the arena as they prepared to start the match.

The next instant the bell sounded and the match quickly began.

The Wolf Bats wasted no time as they charged forward and launched the first assault as Tahno and Shaozu launched a water and fire attacked that knocked Korra back a distance she barely stopped herself from entering zone 2 while Mako took a twin disk shot from Ming where the first one knocked him off balance while the second one nailed him on the chest and sent him back to zone two.

Bolin was launching a counter assault to Shaozu who was easily flipping over and evading his attacks as he launched a fire which Bolin blocked by using two earth plates in front of the other as a shield which succeeded in saving him.

However Korra and Mako were in trouble as they were busy trying to hold their ground as Tahno and Ming were launching attacks while preventing them from moving forward to get away from the edge off zone 2.

Tahno bended two large amounts of water as he fired them at Korra and Mako who tried blocking by crossing their arms but Tahno kept the water pouring out and assaulting them until they were both knocked back to zone 2.

As soon as they both got up Mako was in protest as he turned to the ref, "Hey what's the big idea ref, that was a housing foul!" he shouted as the ref gave the signal for continuing the match as he didn't answer Mako's protest to his and Korra's anger.

The match continued as Ming sent two disks at Mako where before he knew it the first plate turned to desk on his head blinding his vision as the second plate knocked him back to zone two with the others. Once again the ref made no call to the illegal move as Korra and Bolin were launching blow after blow trying to get an edge over their opponents while Mako was now playing dodge ball with Shaozu's fireballs.

"Hey ref what's wrong with you? Their using illegal moves!" Tenzin shouted in protest with his hands in fists.

Lin looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "I never figured you knew the rules of pro bending?" she said with some amusement from seeing Tenzin's agitated state.

Tenzin looked to Lin before he coughed and regained his composure, "Umm...I've been brushing up on them and those wolf bats are clearly violating the rules by using illegal bending moves." he said with now contained anger.

Koda on the other side of the arena was growling, "It figures, they don't want to risk losing the championship so they bribe the judges so they can win it illegally." he said with his fists shaking as he saw Korra and the others getting pushed back as they were starting to lose the match.

"Come on you guys don't let them push you around like this, show them your teamwork and skills and how you won't go down this easily!" Koda shouted as he was now gripping the rails with agitation and hoping they could somehow find a way to turn the match around.

Bolin took a page from their opponents page and fire two disks at Shaozu who jumped over them with no problem but didn't notice Bolin's grin as they disks he fired hit the fence ropes and were repelled back to Shaozu were both struck him in the upper and lower back as he stumbled forward uncontrollably and Bolin seized the opportunity by launching two more disks which hit his chest at the same time and knocked him all the way back to zone 3.

"Way to go Bolin!" Korra cheered as she kept blocking.

"Nice shot bro!" Mako complimented as Tahno got an annoyed look on his face as he charged towards Mako. As Mako was about to charge forward to meet Tahno head on he found his left foot stuck as he looked down and saw some ice that was keeping his leg in place.

Before he knew it Tahno was on him as he was blasted by a punch covered with water that sent him back to zone 3 and he kept rolling back and eventually fell from the arena and into the cushion pool.

With Mako out Korra and Bolin were now having their full as they were getting assaulted left and right while being forced on the defensive.

Tahno launched an attack towards Bolin's legs clearly looking to get him off balance.

Bolin managed to jump over it but when he landed he found himself slipping as the water froze making the floor cover in ice as he was hit by a disk from Ming and sent back to zone 3 were Korra was quickly to as well when Tahno launched another illegal housing move that sent her back with Bolin.

Korra and Bolin quickly got up just in time to see all three Wolf bats launching their attacked at the same time.

Bolin tried using the two disks together as shields like before but this time they were unable to stand up to the assault as they shattered and Korra and Bolin fell off the arena floor.

The bell rang signaling the end of the match as the wolf bats turned and waved to the crowed with their new victory. "It's a knock out, the wolf bats have once again managed to claim the championship as they...Hold on a second folks... scratch that the Fire Ferrets are still in this match!" Shiro shouted as he and the crowed looked to see Bolin barely hanging on to the edge off zone 3 with Korra hanging on to by his right knee.

"Arg...Korra...I can't...hold us up...much longer." Bolin groaned out as he was struggling to keep his grip.

Korra was thinking of what to do so they can get back in the game, she only thought of one, "Just hang on a little longer Bolin." she said as she grabbed his pants by the knees and lifted herself up, then she gripped his back until she used it as leverage to jump back into the ring and launch a surprise attack at Tahno's back while Bolin fell to the pool from the force off Korra's jump from his back.

Tahno was sent spiraling to zone 1 on his turf before he got up and looked at Korra in anger where she blew him a raspberry while taunting him to come get her.

The first round was giving to the wolf bats making it 1 to 0 as he short time break was giving to allow them to discuss new strategies. The fire ferrets were having a discussion about something else.

"What is wrong with these dumb refs?" Korra asked wondering why they didn't call any of the illegal moves the Wolf bats used.

"They must've been paid off; it's the only other explanation for them to ignore the rules. Someone wants to see us lose and they'll clearly do anything to make it happen". Mako said as he was thinking on what they should do now.

"Well if they're going to cheat then I don't see why we shouldn't as well." Korra said with a raised fist.

"Yeah I say we give them a taste of their own medicine and show them why no one messes with the Fire Ferrets!" Bolin said with new found energy.

"No we can't, the refs are against us while their clearly siding with the Wolf Bats, if we play dirty they'll disqualify us and they'll win. The only way we can win this is if we play fair and square." Mako said with certainty.

"Aw man that's no fun." Korra said with disappointment as she sometimes hated having to stick fighting fair and square while their enemies can do what they please.

It literally wasn't fair as she would fight dirty to those who do the same.

"This is so not going to be fun for any of us" Bolin said with a sigh as he wasn't looking forward to getting hit by illegal moves again.

The bell rang again "Round 2" The ref called as it instantly began.

This time the fire ferrets wasted no time going to the offensive as the wolf bats scattered around evading the assaults.

Korra shot water blasts trying to nail Tahno as he kept dodging and blocking.

She saw him moves his hand that in what she believed was for bending instead of blocking which was proven correct as she quickly noticed the ice he formed around her left foot and managed to bent backwards to avoid his housing shot and quickly bended the ice back into water and fired a double rapid shot at Tahno's stomach which sent him skidding all the way back to zone 1.

"Not this time pretty boy." She said tauntingly as she changed focus to Shaozu who was firing illegal head shots towards Mako who was doing his best to avoid getting his head set on fire.

Bolin and Korra evaded the attacks from Tahno and Ming as they came to his rescue where Korra knocked him off his feet with a wide water shot at his legs and as soon as he tried getting up Bolin had two high speed disks ricochet off the left and right ropes and into his sides individually which flipped him sideways and once again to the ground where Mako launched a fury of assaults that sent him all the way back to zone 1 and into the pool before he could even groan in pain.

The Fire Ferrets were now on a roll as Korra and Mako were going in close and launching a fury of attacks that had the remaining Wolf Bats on the run.

However all that changed when Ming illegally bended the disks behind Bolin and Mako which he launched to knock them off their feet while Tahno launched a twin hosing blast that sent them all them both to zone 2 but Korra unleashed a furious straight shot at Ming that sent him back to zone 2.

The match continued as with the loss off Shaozu the Wolf bats were at a disadvantage. However they were able to hold their ground as with the use of illegal moves they were still holding their ground and even starting to push the fire ferrets back.

However the match eventually reached an end as the bell rang and announced that the time limit has been reached. The fire ferrets won the round for having managed to knock one of their opponents out while still having all three in play.

The score was now tied at 1 to 1 with both teams showing no signs of wavering just yet.

"Hard to believe your sweet tempered father got reincarnated into that girl. She's tough as nails and knows how to nail her enemies as well." Lin commented to Tenzin after seeing the second round.

"Yes she is, in fact she reminds me of two people I knew at that age. You two could actually get along if you just gave her a chance and I'm sure Koda would greatly appreciate it as well from having your approval." Tenzin said as he was hoping Lin could put their past behind them.

Lin turned away as she had a look of uncertainty.

She didn't know if she could just trust her son to be with Korra. Her son was all she had left as family after her husband and mothers all this time she wasn't sure if she could just let him go to start a relationship that could grow into something much more.

"Round three!" the ref shouted out as the third round began.

The Wolf Bats and Fire ferrets wasted no time as they all launched an attack towards the opponent they were facing forward as the attacks collided at once and cause a small explosion pushing both teams a few steps back.

Both teams were now focusing on their respective bending rival with Korra fighting Tahno, Mako fighting Shaozu and Bolin fighting Ming with neither side backing down.

Bolin was firing disks left and right and even bouncing them off the ropes to try and catch his opponent off guard but it seems like Ming's learned from the last round about what to expect from him while Bolin was still cautious as he didn't know what illegal move Ming would use next to nail him.

Mako wasn't having a better time as he was now trying to avoid shots to his head while trying to launch a counter attack at Shaozu who was just grinning at him mockingly.

Korra on the other hand was fighting aggressively against Tahno who had his own angered expression clearly from her surprise attack in the last round where she shot him in the back much to her satisfaction.

Korra unleashed a twin shot at Tahno who seized the opportunity and used a twin housing move to overpower Korra's attack and strike her furiously as she was sent rolling to zone 2.

Mako saw Korra get sent back and threw a quick shot at Shaozu who got hit and forced back slight but not enough to get sent to zone 2 as he shook it off and bent a fire whip that stroke Mako in the chest and sent him to zone 2 with Korra where Bolin was sent to moments later when his opponent used an illegal scatter shot by breaking his disks into multiple rocks that bombarded him to zone 2.

The Wolf Bat's got the green light to move one zone ahead as they moved forward and launched their assaults again.

The Fire Ferret's switched plans as they were now fighting while occasionally trading opponents to try and catch them off guard with the continues switch.

It seemed to have them partially confused as their attention was now divided on all three since whichever Fire Ferret they fight against didn't keep fighting them for long as they keep switching and they had to instantly turn to their new opponent.

However the Wolf Bat's grew angry at the random game of catch the target as they began a new plan. Ming smirked as he took two disks and hid them behind his back as he crushed them both to rocks as Tahno took a portion and unleashed a quick twin shot at Korra and Mako while Shaozu cover the remaining rocks in flames that Ming launched at Bolin.

The illegal moves proved effective as Korra, Mako and Bolin were stroke and sent reeling back as they all went pass zone 3 and fall off the platform as splashes were heard.

The Wolf Bat's grinned as they turned to the crowed and waved at their victory but unknown to them at the edge of the arena platform, Korra was hanging on to the edge as she looked down to see Mako and Bolin surfacing from the water. She knew she was alone now and that it was all up to her to try and pull off a big comeback but she wasn't going to give up after making it this far.

She would keep on fighting no matter what and she would get payback on that no good cheating creep Tahno and his team if it was the last thing she did.

With new found determination she swung herself over and flipped herself into the air over the edge and launched a strong twin assault towards Tahno and Ming who were blown face first to the concrete then sent rolling back to zone 1 in their turf.

Shaozu turned around to fire but Korra was faster on the draw as she launched another large attack that sent him back to zone 1 with his teammates.

Korra landed on the ground and was giving the come on taunt with her left hand.

The wolf bat's got up as they glared at Korra, "Well little girl looks like it's just you and us now." Tahno said

"Not for long cause I plan on reducing your numbers by 3." Korra growled as she began launching attacks which the wolf bat's managed to dodge.

Korra was hard pressed now fighting all three opponents as they launched attacks from different sides which allowed some to hit her and push her back but she refused to back down.

Filled with focus Korra began to use her air bending steps to avoid their attacks including the illegal one's as with every spin she used to dodge an attack she also launched a quick counter attack that hit it's mark always catching a target when they were mid-way from launching another attack as Korra managed to push all three members back by one zone.

The wolf bats got angry as they switched tactics using full illegal moves against Korra as Tahno was now bending Korra's water at her, Shaozu was using twin fire whips and Ming was crushing the disks from both sides into rocks and hailing them at Korra.

Korra managed to dodge the water and rocks but was caught by one of the fire whips and thrown back to zone 3 where she was flinching slightly from the pain she felt on her leg when that fire whip grabbed her.

She saw all three coming at her, Tahno head on, Ming at the side and Shaozu in the air from jumping off the ropes. Korra stood up and launched on final twin large assault the nailed Shaozu sending him flying all the way back to zone 1 as he crashed on the ground and his body bounced off it and continued as he fell off the arena and into the pool.

Ming crashed right into the powerful assault that sent him spinning like a wheel all the way to zone 1 where he fell but managed to grab onto the edge before he could fall off.

Korra however was left wide open after her assault as Tahno launched a wall of water at her that pushed her off the arena and into the pool where she crashed.

"Knock out!" the ref declared.

"Oh come on, those were illegal bending moves, what are you blind or something!" Tenzin shouted as a gust of air was let out with his outburst.

"For the fourth year in a row, the Wolf Bats will be crowned tournament champions." Shiro said

"Anybody else, want to scrap with the champs!" Tahno boldly announced.

'With Koda'

Koda was growling at Tahno as he walked into the hallway when he suddenly felt someone approaching from behind. He turned to see a man with a face mask with some kind of glove on his hand that was charged with electricity. He avoided the attack at the last second and sent a metal cable at him and slammed him into the wall painfully as he accidentally shocked himself out cold.

"The crap is going on?" he muttered and turned to see his mother and Tenzin down and saw flutter of electricity happening to all the other officers.

He ran out the hallway and stood on the railing, "All officers, the stadium is under attack! Be on guard! All civilians, leave the arena, I repeat leave the arena. Officers guard the civilian!" he shouted and a few of the remaining officers did as instructed.

Koda rushed around the arena and knocked out a few of the electro-gloved Equalists and saw Amon enter the bending field and took down the Wolf Bats with ease...and took away their bending.

Amon began to speak as he held a mike in his hand, "I believe I have your attention, Benders of republic City. So once again, the Wolf Bats are your pro-bending champions. It seems fitting that you celebrate three bullies, who cheated their way to victory, because every day you threaten and abuse your fellow non-bending citizens, just like the Wolf Bats did to their opponents tonight. Those men were supposedly the best in the bending world and yet it only took a few moments for me to cleanse them of their impurity. Let this been a warning to all of you benders out there: If any of you stand in my way, you will meet the same fate." He declared as the last of the people finally escaped.

"Looks like your fellow Equalists didn't do you much good, Amon!" Koda declared as he looked directly at Amon who turned to see him on the spectator stand.

6mins ago

"Ah Lieutenant Beifong, it seems appropriate that you would be here as well. Still our battle will have to be postponed once again I'm afraid as it isn't time for us to clash just yet." Amon said as an airship floated over the stadium and launched a few platform cables down and Amon and a few other Equalists stepped on it and were lifted to the airship.

Koda narrowed his eyes, "Not happening." He muttered as he used a metal cable to attach itself to the ref's stand on the arena.

However before he could swing over the bending field exploded as his cable was blown back.

Koda growled again and sent another cable to a platform cable and launched himself towards it. He kicked off the Equalists on it and saw Korra come flying to one next to him and launched a few fire kicks at the Equalists and landed on it as well.

Korra looked up to see Amon and sent a fire ball at him, which he avoided by jumping into the airship's cargo bay.

He also saw his mother on the roof and she too used a cable to snag onto an Equalist on a platform cables and slammed him to the ground.

Koda launched up the cable and jumped into the cargo bay, just as two more Equalists jumped down on Korras platform cable and hit her off of it.

Koda became slightly concerned as he wanted to help, but he had the masked bastard right in front of him and this was a chance to finally capture and put an end to his revolution.

"Seems our fight is going to happen earlier then you expected Amon." Koda said as he rushed the man and turned his cables into wrist blades.

He went for an overhead strike, but Amon evaded to the left and went for a kick.

Koda blocked the kick and poised his blades to slash Amon's leg, but the masked man jumped out of the way.

Koda didn't give him a second to recover and slash upward with his left hand and followed up with a spin kick and slashed diagonally with his right hand.

Amon dodged the left slash and ducked under the kick and jumped back to avoid the right slash.

Amon went for a punch with his right hand and hit Koda in the shoulder, but Koda grabbed his hand and threw him.

Amon countered and held onto his arm and landed behind Koda as Amon and was about to put his thumb on Koda's forehead to takeaway his bending, but Koda slashed his left leg and Amon grunted in pain and jumped back before his right leg was cut.

The earthbender got some distance and then metalbent the cargo bay and tore the floor under Amon causing him to jump out of the way, leaving him right open.

Koda seized this opportunity and got right in his masked face and slashed his mask.

Amon quickly kicked Koda in the stomach and sent him flying to the other side of the cargo bay.

Koda flipped up and saw that he chipped the left eye of Amon's mask as he saw his eye glaring at him; it was a deep blue eye that reflected no emotions.

Koda heard Korra screaming and saw that she was falling from the glass breaking at her feet and turned to Amon just as he was about to jump out of the cargo bay, "We'll finish this another day Amon and when we do you'll meet your end behind bars." He said as he held the chipped mask piece and jumped off the air ship.

He flew past his mother, who was going up to the cargo bay too, and extended his cables to the hole in the roof and launched himself faster and caught Korra.

He was falling fast and extended a cable and snagged a railing and held Korra tight as they came to a rough landing and rolled across the floor.

Korra ended on top of Koda as they came to a stop and looked into each others eyes.

"Hey." He said in a cheerful tone, "I know you love me and everything, but you really didn't have to fall for me in a literal sense." He joked

Korra laughed a little and pecked him on the lips, "Thanks for the save, earth prince." She said.

A coughing sound brought their attention as they heard and turned to Koda's mother standing near them, tapping her foot with an annoyed look that clearly said, is this really the time.

"Mom/Chief Beifong." They said in unison.

"Are you two done or do you want me to leave so you can continue sucking each others faces?" she asked in a dry tone that carried the hidden demand of saying they'd better say the first choice.

They both blushed at that and Korra got off Koda as they stood up and looked around the arena.

"It looks like we lost this one." Lin commented as she looked up to see Amon's air ships leaving.

"This round maybe, but not the war." Koda said as he also saw the air ships leave.

Tenzin, Mako and Bolin joined them a few seconds later.

"I'm so glad you guys are alright." Mako said in relief as he slung his arms around their shoulders.

"Yeah me too" Bolin said as he pulled all three of them into a big hug.

"I can't believe Amon did this. I played right into his hand." Lin said and Tenzin placed a hand on her shoulder.

"He played us all. Republic City is at war." Tenzin said in seriousness.

"Well it doesn't matter." Koda said and they looked at him, "We will win this in the end. After all, no matter how many times Amon scores a victory over us it'll be the final conflict that will decide everything." He said as he took out the mask piece he had broken from Amon's mask to examine it.

Today was the signal of Amon declaring war on all benders in republic city and the war had only just begun.