She's not expecting it. Not expecting for an arm of fully bright red color to suddenly reach underneath the water and close around her waist. Not expecting it to start pulling her away, strongly enough that she loses control of her air bubble, which releases and rises only to break into a million smaller bubbles that froth underneath the ice. Korra does her best to try and swim away, but without enough air in her lungs and a mouthful of water later, she loses her momentum and ends up getting dragged to the surface.

Coughing as soon as her head's above water, Korra slumps over onto the ice, spitting up chlorinated water and trying to subdue the burning sensation in her nose, shoulders shaking for a few seconds. As soon as she's caught her breath, she turns her gaze onto Naruto, for the first time fearful. Of him.