Amnesia • {Mako x OC} • [TLOK] - DISCONTINUED

Chapter 12

A/N: Woah!!! Different POV????

MAKO POV
As I opened the door, I see Korra, Bolin and Asami lining up outside from the bathroom with a suspicious look on their faces.

"Hiiiiiii....Mako," Korra greeted me. "What's wrong with all of you guys," I asked them. There was something strange going on with them. Like they were discussing something. Then, it hit me! "Were you guys spying on us," I called them out. "What- No," Asami defended the rest, "Why would we ever need to? It's not like you guys went into the bathroom together." Ryujin interjected saying, "No, it was nothing like that. All we did was wash up. Well I have to get ready." She shrugged it off so easy like there was nothing to be suspicious of. She truly has an innocent mind.

We all watch as Ryujin walk away and into her room. When she entered, I was suddenly bombarded with multiple questions.

"What did you do to her?"
"Did you guys...y'know?"
"Are you guys dating?"
"What's going on between you two?"
"Mako, do you like her?"

"What," I exclaimed, "Calm down. I'll answer them once you guys do." The three looked at each other and relaxed for a bit. "Are you guys at least a little settled down," I asked them all. "Yea, but hurry up and answer," Bolin plead. I rolled my eyes and began to give half-ass answers. "Nothing happened, Korra. No, we did not, Asami. No, we aren't dating Bolin. There's nothing between us and my feelings towards Ryujin is none of your business," I defended at the end. Bolin gave a smug smirk and whispered, "Oh, so you still do." The whole group was laughing except me. Why would they find this hilarious? There's nothing funny about it. "There's nothing funny about it guys," I rebutted, "It's just something that I-," then I got interrupted by Korra. "Something you what? Want to kiss? Smooch? Hold? She's not another girl who's heart you have to break!" Bolin eyes went wide and said, "Heartbroken? No no no. Mako got his heart broken." The whole group gasped at this fact. "What? For reals," Asami said with shock, "It's hard to think that the playboy would get his heart broken." I rolled my eyes at their outrageous claims. "No, it wasn't like that. I just couldn't really tell her how I felt and whenever I tried hinting it, she would never get it," I explained to them, "Ryujin is just really dens-," then their faces went completely stunned. "Hey what's wro-," "I'm what, Mako," the voice behind me said. I turned around to see the small figure, which belong to Ryujin, right in front of me. "You're a really Uh- dependable...detective." At first her reaction didn't seem to excited but a few seconds later she smiled. I felt so relieved and off the hook. I mentally sighed with relief as I saw her ease up. "Oh, okay well I think Suyin is waiting for us."

We all walked over to the dining hall. I walked next to Ryujin while the other three were behind us. I could hear the snickering and whispering behind me so I shot them a look of intimidation, hoping they would stop. Ryujin opened the door and independently walked to her seat. She always liked to do things by herself. I've always wonder why though. As I was about to pull the seat right next to her, Korra budges in and sits right next to Ryujin. I glared at her but she sticks out a tongue in response. This is war now.

"So Ryujin," Korra called out to her, "Have you ever been interested in Mako?" From the corner of my eye, I could see Korra's face, thinking she has won. She had this face of confidence and cockiness that I've seen plenty of times. "I don't really think I have to be honest," Ryujin answered. Well there goes my chances. "But, if I happened to be, you'll be the first one to know Avatar Korra." Korra nodded and turned towards me. "Hey you," she whispered, "I'll keep you updated," she teased me. I couldn't help but rolled my eyes and groan.

After breakfast had passed, we all went our separate ways. I went to go check on Chief Beifong to check her status. But when I went to go over, her door was locked. "Chief," I knocked and yelled through the door, "How are you in there?" No response. "Hey Chief," I knocked again. Still no answer. I was about to knock until I saw Aiwei coming from the back. "For now, I suggest we let her rest," he said to me, "She took a big toll yesterday." "Right...," I hesitantly agreed, "I'll just get going." "And tell the next person who comes that Lin Beifong is still resting." That guy really had a suspicious aura to him. Why would he come from the back of the building? There's nothing really there for him.

As I walked away, I see Ryujin from the distance, waving at me. "Hey Mako," she yelled across. She started running towards me. It reminded me of the times when we were just teenagers. "Are you going to see Chief too," she asked me. I shook my head and said, "She's still resting so we should probably let her rest still." "Well, Korra is training out there? Do you wanna come join us?" There was nothing to lose so I did.

When we reached the training grounds, we all watched Korra and Suyin pass the meteorite around. "Wow Korra," Suyin complimented, "You're very good at this." "Thank you Su but you're a good teacher," she complimented right back.

I couldn't stop thinking about Ryujin and Korra's conversation from this morning. What was that even about? It continues to irk me up to this moment. It shouldn't really bother me. I'm not that type of person. "Hey Ryujin," Korra called out, "Up for a sparring match?" "Wouldn't we cause a mess," she asked openly. But Su seemed to be fine with it. "I'm sort of getting rusty with my fire bending and you seem to be a better fire bender than Mako," Korra insulted. "I'm right here," I yelled, hoping she would stop. "I'm just kidding but I heard that you're really good Ryujin," Korra added. Ryujin shrugged and got up. "Okay, well I haven't been in a real duel like this before but I can try," she said so unsurely. I could see Korra already destroying her. This will not end pretty. I want to barge in but Korra would probably beat my ass if I do.

"Uh, do I get into a fighting stance," Ryujin asked. Did she really not know how to fight? Or is she putting up a front? Just by examining her tone of voice, it sounded like she was kidding. Korra nodded and began to get into her fighting stance. Ryujin did the same.

Ryujin's eyes looked clueless before the match started. But once the bell rung, her eyes became vicious.

Korra went in easy and threw in a fiery punch that traveled towards Ryujin. She bobbed her head down and opposite to the fire ball. Ryujin quickly rushed in closer to Korra, shortening the distance between her. From there, Ryujin quickly deliver the final blow to her stomach. She didn't even bother to use bending at all. How was she so quick? Did I miss something one day in our past? As Korra flew back, she dug her heels into the ground, creating more stability for her. She came back rushing in as Ryujin stood still. Ryujin wanted this to happen. When Korra came closer, Ryujin created a circle of fire around herself and from that circle, began to shoot little bullets of fire towards Korra. Little burns were showing up on Korra's arms as Ryujin kept attacking. I felt like Ryujin was holding back but at the same time she wasn't here to play. Korra wiped out the fire with an air swipe, leaving Ryujin defenseless. Korra then created a tornado like whirl which carried Ryujin up in the air. "Korra I think that's-," but it didn't stop there. Ryujin lit the air around her on fire—as air contributes to fire. But the fire around her was blue. Ryujin fell but as she did, she sucked in the fire all around her and blew it out into the air. "Sorry," she apologized, "Why are you all standing there like that?" The crowd was unresponsive. They couldn't believe their eyes. "Uh, Korra," she called out to the Avatar, "Why did you want to fight me anyways?" "Well, I heard that you were a princess of some sort. I kind of forgot but like Da Wei said that you were," Korra responded. Princess? Even Ryujin didn't know that. Her face was puzzled by that response. "I'm not a princess," she explained to her, "He must be getting his facts mixed up." They both share a laugh but I couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Who is Ryujin? And what does Da Wei know about her?

A/N: How did you feel about Mako's Pov?