My Duty [korrasami]

Chapter XXXIX

Zaheer opened the door to his office and stepped in, he didn't bother to hold it open for the woman behind; which resulted for the door to swing back into Kuvira, making her stumble slightly. She regained her composure and wandered in, taking a seat at Zaheer's desk. Doing so, she let her green eyes roam around the room. They were alone and she didn't see any guards outside either.

The older man sat opposite her, taking his quill from out of a pot of ink so he could scribble over pages.
"Eska and Densa have been having some trouble trying to complete their contracts. Asami Sato has been ridiculously hard to reach."

Kuvira stiffened a little. She remembered what Opal said to her at the market that day. About how Yasuko was still alive and well. Did Zaheer know that?
"How do I tie into this?"

"You've recovered quite well."
Zaheer said, dipping his pen back into the pot of ink that was placed in the center of the desk.
"And since you're a wanted woman, we could use that to our advantage."

Kuvira rose a brow. This was something Korra would've been up to doing. Something so stupid and childish it was almost funny. So risky. This man really was crazy.
"You want to use me as bait?"

"Precisely." He answered.
"You can lure a good amount of guards away from the Manor. That will create an opening for Eska and Desna."

Go to Hell.
"My apologies sir but I don't think I've recovered to my full strength. It's only been a few days."

Zaheer slowly turned his gaze up from his papers to meet the woman's eyes.
"Can you run?"

"Well.. ye-"

"Can you jump?" He asked, leaning over his desk.
"Can you climb?"

Kuvira sighed and slumped back into her chair. She was completely fine, great in fact. But, she couldn't lie and escape out of this one. She wasn't a liar like the man in front of her was.
"Just keep your distance from them." Zaheer added.
"You'll be fine."

His words begun to infuriate the woman. He could say all of these things but, she had never even seen this man go upstairs before. He always stayed either in his office or his quarters. He had never had to complete a contract from what Kuvira knows. This man hadn't done anything. He always had people to do it for him. And he had the nerve to say that she would be fine? She would be fine whilst she was risking her life to complete another one of his contracts? The woman bit onto her tongue in an attempt to suppress her boiling fury to explode out into words. She clenched her hands onto the ends of her coat and inhaled a deep calm breath. It worked but, if the man in front of her begun to speak once more she might lose it.

Kuvira watched as he dipped his quill into the ink once again, so slowly, almost like he was somewhat annoying her to an extent. She bit onto her tongue again, cringing at the scrape of the pen onto the paper. She knew he wasn't doing it on purpose but everything this man did made her angry. Really angry.

"I'll consider this job done then." Zaheer announced.
"You should talk to Eska and Desna, they'll give you the deta-"
The man's speech halted as black ink splashed against his face. Kuvira stood with the now empty ink jar clutched in her hand. Zaheer choked as the dark ink dripped onto his tongue and trickled down his throat. He frantically rubbed his eyes, trying to wipe the darkness away from his vision. He couldn't see a thing. The ink had completely blinded him.

Kuvira dropped the ink pot onto the desk, it surprisingly didn't smash into a million pieces but that was the least of her worries right now. She turned around and bashed out of the office, the sound of Zaheer's unpleasant gagging begun to get quieter as she ran away through the halls. She had just done that. She had just attacked the leader of an assassin's Guild. She had just done that. Why would she do that? He deserved it, he deserved much worse actually. They had to leave this place now before Zaheer could catch them. If she was caught, there was a high chance that she would be dead. Very high chance. Kuvira shook her head, shaking her thoughts away as she quickly opened the door to the blacksmith workshop. This door had been through a lot that was for sure.
She slammed the door shut, making the poor blacksmith jump again.
"Kai! Get your stuff together! Now!"

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Asami wakes up feeling overheated. Her chest felt tight and it made breathing a bit of a struggle. Once her green eyes opened and tuned in with her surroundings, she sees the cause of her struggles. Korra had managed to shuffle herself even closer to the Sato in her sleep. Her muscular arm was draped over the woman's stomach as her head lay onto her chest. Asami's cheeks darkened into a red colour, her heart pounds at this. Seeing Korra so close, so relaxed; hair all over the place. But the fact that Asami had woken up next to her assassin made her flustered even more. Korra had actually stayed with her, instead of leaving her in the morning to wake up alone like before. The Sato softly brushed her hand through her assassin's hair, moving the strands out of the way so she could see Korra's sleeping face. She slept with her lips slightly parted, the rings under her eyes weren't as bad as before. Her legs were tangled together with Asami's like a knot.

Asami smiled as she pressed her lips against Korra's forehead. Korra had managed to get some sleep at least and Asami hoped that she helped a little.

Asami decided she'll leave Korra to sleep a little more, she did need it after all. The Sato gently removed the arm that was wrapped around her stomach. Moving as little as possible, she slipped herself out of bed before covering Korra up with the quilt. She took one last look at her sleeping assassin before closing the door to the bedroom.

Jinora was awake. That wasn't unusual since it was morning, the woman was always up at early hours of the morning.
"I see that Korra has made herself at home in your room." She said as Asami sauntered into the living room. Jinora hides her smirk by placing the book she was reading higher over her face.

Asami took a seat near Jinora after pouring herself a glass of water.
"Korra had a nightmare of some sort." She explained, taking a sip.

Jinora sighed at this information, placing her book down onto the table. So that was the problem as to why the assassin wasn't sleeping at all.
"I'm glad she's finally sleeping."

"Me too." Asami hummed. She was thrilled actually.

"Korra has never slept in this long before." Jinora said, earning a chuckle from the tall woman.

"Where's Katara?" Asami asked, looking around the room to search for the old woman.

Jinora shurgged. Her grandmother was quick to leave this morning after frantically looking around in each drawer for some sort of ingredient. Probably something for Korra.
"She said she was going to get some tea leaves. Something to help with sleeping I think, I can't remember."

Asami chuckled as she brought the cup of water to her lips once more.
"I see."

Jinora smiled, letting her eyes wander around the room. They soon landed on a door. Not just any door. The door to the room that held Korra. The asleep Korra.
"It's strange to think that I was scared of Korra when we first met at the lake." Jinora said with a sigh.
"Now, I trust her with my life."

"She's not like the others in the Red Lotus." Asami said, putting her empty cup down onto the table.
"Kuvira is a Red Lotus assassin, not Korra."

"What do you think about Kai?" Jinora questioned, not quite sure where her own feelings lay with this one. After what happened last time he was here, she was confused. Kai said some horrible things but, Korra had also pulled out a blade.

Asami sighed, she had the same thoughts as Jinora. Kai had clearly infuriated the woman but, there was obviously a reason behind it that the two girls didn't understand yet.
"I'm not sure, he doesn't seem like an assassin. He wasn't carrying a dagger."

Jinora nodded in agreement.
"I noticed that too. Kai mentioned that he's known Korra since they were little, perhaps there's a reasoning behind what happened."

"I agree." Asami said.
"I just want poeple to see that Korra is on our side."

"We can't go bellowing out around town about her though, it's too risky." Jinora stated.
"Not everyone will believe us. Take your superiors as an example, they didn't believe that Korra saved your father."

Asami rolled her eyes in frustration. She didn't understand why the Sato superiors didn't believe the Hiroshi Sato's words. She leant forward onto the table, clasping her head into her hands.
"I know you're right Jinora, it's just frustrating knowing that everyone has her pinned wrong."

"I feel your frustration too Asami. But for now, we have to be patient." Jinora said, placing a reassuring hand onto the taller womans shoulder.
"Things will soon balance out."