So I didn't really plan to put out another story but this just seemed too good to pass up. After watching some of the Legend of Korra final season I had fully formed this idea I'd been playing with for a while. We'll see how things go and yes, I did throw this together in under three hours.

Key:

"Naruto"-speaking of humans and demons in human form

'Naruto'-thoughts of humans and demons in human form

"Naruto"-demon/sentient talking in demon form

'Naruto'-demon/sentient thinking in demon form

"Naruto"-anyone speaking through mental link

'Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads' –Erica Jong

Chapter 1

Kuvira kept silent as herself, her fiancé Baatar Jr. and ten of her finest guards accompanied her to a small village just outside of the border of the state Yi. She had somewhat easily convinced the head of state to bend to her will and only after had he told her of the town just outside his state. In all technicality, it was 'inside' of the state but refused to be considered as such. They never had once listened to the state nor have they ever considered themselves part of the state since the village appeared some decades ago. Rumor has it the village was built on the grounds of an ancient civilization, even older than the first avatar. The elder was known for his defiance, wisdom and leadership capabilities.

Now, if Kuvira was honest, she wished whoever led this village saw her vision as she did and joined willingly. Hell, she'd even go as far to never allow a single member of her army to bother them if the leader agreed to help her. They had stood against the earth kingdom several times and supposedly disposed of every single envoy and attack sent their way even before the village had appeared. If she was correct another rumor floated around Yi that the being called 'The Guardian' protected the ruins had taken up reign as the village protector. If such a man existed and took up hold there she would gladly give them plenty of men and weapons to defend themselves just to borrow said person to end any resistance she encountered on the last leg of her journey. However, if these were simply just rumors or a pull of the truth she would force the village to surrender and be on her way.

"Ma'am, we have arrived" said one of her guards, noticing she had become lost in thought. The Great Uniter said nothing as she was forced back into reality and saw what looked like the village, or more of a small cluster of houses just passed the large valley they walked in. At the end of the valley were two massive pieces of timber that stood easily thirty feet high with a banner going across that read 'Konoha.'

"What an odd name" said Baatar next to her.

"It is, but names matter little in this situation. Focus on the task at hand dear" said Kuvira and her fiancé nodded his head. As they neared the towering pillars of wood they could see two gate guards, both wearing what looked to be….full suit, minus the helmet, of red corundum armor. Wonderful, that was unbendable and second to only diamonds in strength. Maybe they'd have diamond swords too, just to show off how much ore they had somehow come across.

"Who goes there?" asked one guard as they neared a good twenty feet from the gate. Now everyone could tell their were twins, their short cut brown hair, piercing dark brown eyes and body stature showed just as such.

"We are here to speak to the leader of this village, Kuvira has a proposition for him" said Baatar, assuming his diplomatic personality as he and Kuvira stepped in front of their men.

"He did not tell of your visit, nor did you ask for an audience so we must decline" said the other brother.

"I understand our sudden arrival-"

"We will ask you to turn around please, we don't wish to cause a commotion" said the one on the left. It seemed they switched places in speaking, as expected of twins.

"I only need a few minutes of his time. Can one of you ask if he is free?" asked Kuvira, finally speaking.

"No, we are gate guards, not messengers. This is your final warning, turn back now" said the twin on the right, both simultaneously putting their hands on the hilt of their swords strapped to their left hip.

"Boys, no need to be so hostile" said a woman, walking up from behind them to stand between the two. Kuvira instantly noticed her, she walked and spoke relaxed but her entire being just radiated that of a master bender. If she was honest, she had never seen the likes of someone with such aura besides that bastard man Zaheer.

"Ma'am, they wish to speak to the elder but they have not given any prior notice nor have they even asked before hand to meet with him" the left twin spoke.

"I'll take the two up front and let them speak with him for a few minutes. No harm in letting two in, the rest will have to stay here while they speak though. Is that fair?" the woman asked Kuvira directly.

"Fair enough, I understand bringing my group inside unannounced would be rude of me after given an audience in such short notice" said Kuvira.

This time Baatar spoke "But Kuvira, the men are your protection. They cannot stand outside this village if they are to protect you." Quicker than both Kuvira and Baatar had realized two blades, diamond blades, rested just inches from Baatar's neck.

"You will do well to listen to her" the twins said together before retracting their blades.

'Of course, they just had to have diamond blades too' thought Kuvira.

Baatar coughed a bit and straightened his suit "Very well, if that is what Kuvira agrees to."

The woman smiled "Wonderful, now follow me. It's a short walk to our town hall where the elder stays at for work and such." As soon as she finished speaking she turned on her heels and began to walk, Kuvira taking point behind her and Baatar rushing to stand by her side as they walked. While they walked further in the village they noticed the poor shape it was in, the houses were falling apart, dust and sand coated everything while the few villagers outside seemed just as raggedy as the houses, if not worse. Baatar looked ready to point it out but Kuvira shot him a look that shut him up, she wanted to mention this to the leader, not the woman. Not even a minute into the walk did they arrive at a somewhat large building, easily a two story but nonetheless, it looked no better than the rest.

"Here we are, just walk in and he should know who you are" said the woman, holding the door open.

As Kuvira walked in she nodded her head "Thank you for your assistance."

The woman smiled slyly "My pleasure, good luck little bender." Kuvira had no time to respond for as soon as Baatar had stepped inside the door shut and she turned to face an elderly man. He was standing in the middle of the room, reading over papers some female assistant had handed him. He was quite short, standing at 4'11" with a full white beard and a nearly bald head while a walking stick rested in his right hand. He also looked no way out of place with his dusty red shirt, dirty caked brown pants and worn black shoes.

"Go look again, I know it's there Kaia" said the man, handing her the folder and watching her walk outisde before turning his attention to Kuvira.

"Ah, what do you want child?"

Kuvira suppressed the urge to twitch "I am here to offer a proposition, one that will benefit your town and my movement greatly."

The man laughed "Movement!? Hahahah you really know how to sweet talk what you're doing. I know all about your war path, taking over villages out of 'kindness' then running their inhabitants into the ground with slave labor or reeducation. I won't have any of that, no surrey!"

"I have no intention of doing that to this place, I have heard the rumors of how wise you are. I wish only for you assistance until I have finished connecting the earth empire. Once I am done I will return you to your town and you have my word my men will never step foot on your town for fear of death."

The elder man looked at her strangely before looking at Baatar "He has no place in our debate, send him outside."

"I am her fiancé and her advisor, I have every right to be in this conversation" retorted Baatar.

The man waved him off "I don't care who the hell you are or your title. You do not make the decisions, leave or I will make you leave."

"I will restate my position as her advisor-"

"Naruto!" shouted the man and a door to the left of him opened. Kuvira's breath hitched the instant it did, her instincts screamed at her to run, to flee, to turn tail and never ever look back. Something deep inside her feared whoever was inside the room for whatever reason, she had to hold her hands behind her back so no one would notice the subtle shaking. Slowly, a foot appeared from the darkness, then a leg, followed by a torso, arms and a head. Now, this man certainly did not look like he belonged here. He wore a white cloak with red flames, an odd worn black headband with a metal plate and an insignia faded on the front, an orange long sleeved jacket with black strips on the end of the sleeves and the bottom, black pants that were tucked into black open toed combat boots.

"Yes, Travis?" asked the man known as Naruto. He looked to be around her age but she instantly noticed the limp sleeve on his right hand down to the elbow and her fear of him faded with that. His aura may be that of a combat veteran, which she did respect, but she didn't fear a cripple veteran.

"This man refuses to leave this nice lady so we may discuss business" said Travis, looking back at him.

Naruto looked to Baatar "Could you please leave? I don't want to force you or anything, you are a guest and that'd be pretty rude of us."

"No, I will go where Kuvira goes no matter what this old man says."

Naruto's look darkened slightly a bit "I'll ignore that old man remark and give you till the count of five before you get kicked out. 5." Baatar stood firm and Naruto took a step forward.

"4" he took another few steps, his voice carrying the authority any veteran of war would hold.

"3" as Naruto drew near Kuvira was tempted to let him go through with his count just to see what happened, however…..

"Enough Baatar, leave us for now. It will be short" said Kuvira. Her fiancé wanted to speak out but with the look she gave him he hesitated and with the short haired blond nearing him he chose to walk outside.

"Finally, children these days have no respect for elders" said Travis, exasperated as he turned back to Kuvira.

"Is he going to stay?" asked Kuvira, her hands once more at her sides.

"He is here to make sure you don't take advantage of a poor old man like myself so speak your mind."

"Very well, as I said I am here for your knowledge known across the state of Yi to help me continue my movement and to see if the rumor of this so called 'Guardian' exists. If so I would also like to include him in our move, his presence alone would allow for a nearly perfect sweep of the nation and shorten the length of it greatly."

"What if I decline? Will you send that small party of men here to make sure we don't cause you any problems?" asked the elder, surprising her. She wasn't sure how he knew of her men seeing as no one had run to inform him which led her to believe this guardian was no rumor.

"You are wise but this is a very small group of houses, therefore we would keep watch on your activities but I have promised myself to leave this town alone if only for the ruins that lie nearby. I have no intention of destroying or harming such ruins that date back before our records."

"I see, I see, an interesting but completely pathetic proposition! You leave me too much room to say no child, do you not know how to negotiate?!" shouted Travis, in an odd way of insult and teaching.

"Would you rather I level this town and imprison everyone in it?" asked Kuvira, glaring at the short man who spoke right after, unflinching.

"You may try but you will find the rumors of our town are no rumors. If you wish the wrath of a god then harm his land, try to bend that which has never broken" said Travis with a dead serious look. Kuvira was intent on scaring the old man something fierce by sending a metal plate soaring past his head but things most certainly didn't go as planned. The instant her arm had moved close to her body to conjure a piece of her metal armor she was propelled backwards fast enough to simply spin and slam onto her back. Now the woman was looking at the blond man who stood above her, a neutral expression on his face.

"Please refrain from threatening the elder with such tactics, which would never work" said Naruto, his uncaring cerulean blue eyes boring into her own green ones. His eyes gave him away instantly, behind that façade lay untouched power that she guessed could rival her own.

"So you're the guardian" said Kuvira, ignoring the hand he offered as she stood.

"I am and I will not join that foolish war path. I will tell you now, that plan will never work as resistance will always appear. Be it in the form of a child refusing to work or the planned sabotage of whatever your empire stands for, you will never unite the nation completely. Eventually a threat will arise that will topple you at your weakest, when you think you expect what is to come it will break your shield and pierce your heart. I have seen it more times than I'd like so I'll say again, cease your actions." Kuvira listened but refused to adhere, he was around her age in looks so he couldn't be telling the truth.

"Enough, it seems I need to step in and settle this before you decide to level my building. Go outback and duel, if Kuvira wins both Naruto and I will help, if a tie is to happen Naruto will accompany you but no more and if Naruto wins you will leave us with supplies and never return" said Travis.

Kuvira held back a smirk, she could win easily "Fine."

"Shake on it you two" said the elder. Both turned and faced one another before shaking hands, each held firm before letting go just as Travis walked between the two.

"Follow me and that child stays here, I don't want him stepping in if things get ugly." Travis opened the door and saw the woman from before standing next to Baatar Jr, watching him intently until Travis spoke.

"Keep him here, he isn't needed in this affair Melawin" said Travis and the woman nodded her head. Baatar wanted to follow but with the strange woman now in front of him and a glare from his fiancé he kept his place. The two duelist kept silent as Travis walked around the town hall and kept walking until they arrived at a strange grassy area, littered with fields for farming, a large oak tree and two peach trees.

"Use the empty field near the edge of the plain please. I'll keep watch from here" said the short man and Naruto nodded his head.

"Follow me" was all he said before leading her to the edge of the large plain where nothing but short grass and dirt lay.

"The only rule I have is no killing blows, purposely or not, if you kill you will automatically lose" said Naruto and Kuvira nodded her head in agreement.

"That is one rule I can agree on, not that you can kill me anyway" said Kuvira, letting her proud side show once more in battle. She had never been beaten in metal bending after refining her skills, even her earth bending was far above what many were capable of.

"Ready princess?" asked Naruto with a smirk. Kuvira growled and thrust her arm forward, sending a metal plate at him before following up with her left, keeping up a constant rhythm. The blond sighed as he easily side stepped each one, moving his head a bit, his leg or his torso while she kept up her onslaught.

"Is this all were gonna do?" asked Naruto causing Kuvira to growl before shooting her last two pieces at one time. He avoided the first by shift slightly which played into her plan as the second went straight for his chest. Just as it neared his hand shot out and stopped the object dead in its tracks. Odd, most metal benders would deflect it, not stop it as he did.

"If you're done playing I'll move" said Naruto before her stomach started to hurt thanks to the open palm that impacted it, sending her skidding across the field. Using a bit of earth bending she halted her skid and saw him return to his neutral standing. As soon as she stopped she moved, sliding her foot forward and swinging her right fist, causing a mass of rock to expunge from the earth and shoot off after him.

Naruto sighed "Just like every other metal bender who ran out of metal, they shoot rock chunks at me." In a feat of pure strength he swung his left hand and literally obliterated the chunk of rock with such ease she had never seen. The woman grunted and slammed her fist together, causing the earth around Naruto to protrude upward and slam into his midsection, or it would have if he hadn't jumped up and landed on top of it.

"I'm getting pretty bored of this" said Naruto, resting a hand on his hip and leaning to one side a bit. Kuvira moved her hands back then clasps them together as two massive hands of rock erupted from the ground and slammed together. In a lazy feat Naruto simply stepped off the protrusion of earth he was on and landed safely in front of the hands.

"My turn yet?" asked Naruto with a bored look.

"You're dead!" shouted the woman before she felt a hand wrap around her neck and slam her into the ground.

"Crossed the line, princess" said Naruto, grabbing her left ankle and throwing her into the giant hands she had created. Kuvira recovered mid air and spun to land feet first on the rock but as soon as her feet touched an elbow hit her back, and once more sending her to the ground. Just as she hit the he once more grabbed her ankle, the right one this time, and threw her across the field. As soon as her feet touched the ground she slammed a hand down, forcing a pike of rock to protrude where she knew the blond was standing. She was once more wrong as a knee met her cheek, forcing her to roll back a few times before she sprung up with her hands and landed on her feet just ten feet from Naruto.

"Give up yet, princess?" asked Naruto.

"Not until I win!" shouted Kuvira before punching the ground as hard as she could, this time a massive spike of earth protruded nearly fifteen feet where the blond.

"You're tired so your performance is rather abysmal" said Naruto from behind her as he grabbed her shirt and threw her farther across the grassy plain. Kuvira planted her feet firmly on the ground and skidding only a few feet before stopping so she could glare at the now amused blond.

"I will not lose to some crippled commoner!" shouted Kuvira who now slightly wish she hadn't. In that instant those words left her mouth his look darkened, his eyes which held a spark of kindness were replaced with merciless ice blue while they narrowed. The wind seemed to shift slightly as his stance changed, he seemed…..more prepared now, ready for combat.

"You think just because I'm missing an arm I'm not fit for combat? You believe just because I reside here that I am some commoner!? Now you defiantly won't be walking away" said Naruto just before her world turned upside down, literally. He had once more moved faster than her eyes could follow, tossing her over his shoulder and sending her flying across the land. She stopped only when she hit his outstretched arm but he didn't stop there. Once her body was parallel with the ground he lifted his leg and slammed the bottom of his heel into her abdomen. Naruto's kick easily sent her to the ground and cracking the earth around her from the force of the impact. After she felt her body hit he grabbed her shirt, her armor long gone after breaking, and tossed her across the field.

Kuvira's body rolled around before coming to a stop, her body wanted to stay down, to rest, to heal but she refused to stand down, too quit. Slowly, she got to her knees, one hand balancing her while the other held her stomach. With her bones groaning in protest she stood, painfully slow, but she stood only to see his visage as some strange blue energy began to wrap around him. In her last moments she heard only two words from a man who would play a much larger role in her life than she expected.

"Lights out" said Naruto just before a fist impacted the side of her head and darkness encompassed her view.

So, as you can tell, I wrote this in about two hours because I was watching the Legend of Korra again and this hit me. Why not have Naruto meet her in an odd setting? See who changes who and how it affects the events that are soon to come, canon and noncanon. Just to let you know, Naruto will have his usual mannerisms but the way things started he didn't really have time to show it but fret not, it will be shown! Wish me luck, or us, cause your all getting dragged along with me. Take care everyone and let me know how it was.