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Chapter 15: Evolution?

[New Quest: Help Katara with Waterbending]

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□Help Katara with Waterbending

Due to Aang saying something hurtful to her, Katara has become angry and wants to release some steam.

Rewards: Improved Relationship with Katara, 7000 Exp, Waterbending Scroll.

Failure: Decreased Relationship with Katara
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Oh wow, okay… now this changes things. Suki can wait. Girlfriends last only for a time, but power lasts forever.

Hmm… it sounds like a good saying in my head. But I feel like if I said it out loud, it would make me sound like some kind of villain.

I smiled at my sister with a bright smile, got closer and hugged her. "Katara, have I ever told you how much you mean to me?"

"Huh?" She was confused by my sudden change in behavior. "What's gotten into you all of a sudden."

"Oh, you know, I just thought. Hey, why wouldn't I help my cute and pretty sister with Waterbending." My smile made Katara even more suspicious, but she didn't know about my Gamer Interface. 

"If you don't let go of this uncomfortable hug right now I will elbow you," that was her threat. But I didn't take it seriously and hugged her tighter. 

"C'mon now, as you older brother-"

Pow!

Suddenly a strong elbow landed in my stomach, making me back off. Even though the Gamer Body skill made the pain go away almost instantly, the emotional hurt that showed on my face was there to make Katara feel bad as I backed off.

It worked like a charm, she looked at me and was about to apologize when I got a new notification.

[Due to emotionally manipulating someone, you have gained New Skill: Pitiful Acting]

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<Pitiful Acting> (Active) Lvl 1
+30% chance of making people feel pity towards you.
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"…" 

Okay, that made me feel kinda bad. I grabbed Katara by her shoulders and stared into her eyes. "Sister, I am sorry, that was a joke."

*sigh* "Why are you so weird?" She swiped my hands away and we went to the pond to learn Waterbending.

Maybe I shouldn't mess around with her so much?... Nah, it's too fun.

"Anyway, what do you usually do with Waterbending training?" She had no master to teach her, so Katara doesn't have any new moves or any road that she could follow. So she had to make her own way to bend.

"I train…" she said smugly. But then moving her hand delicately, the water rose and formed into a small ball. "Though when I saw Aang waterbending when he was captured. My skills increased tremendously seeing a real Waterbender… well, bend water."

Right, she was talking about the time Aang was captured by Zuko and entered Avatar State. Katara's talent in bending was truly extraordinary, she could bend so well by just seeing someone else do it once.

Though just as I complimented her on my mind, Katara seemed to get irritated and the water flopped down uselessly. She tried to get it to rise again, but her emotional state didn't let her do it correctly as her movements became more forceful. 

"So… it seems like your waterbending has regressed and become even worse." I wasn't soft on my words and told it how I saw it. 

That seemed to anger her even more, but at least she forgot whatever she was mad about initially. Which had probably something to do with Aang, because as soon as she mentioned his name, her irritation started appearing.

"Well, you need to be calm first and move your wrists more loosely. Don't force water to move, let it move through you."

Now I wasn't a Waterbending Master. But I knew a couple of words from the show, which I had seen a couple of times. I based those words loosely on something Pakku probably said and what Iroh mentioned about his lightning reflection. He had used a waterbending mindset, so that was probably useful for waterbenders too.

At first, Katara didn't seem to grasp what I said and continued her useless efforts. Being able to raise water until a certain level before it plopped back down.

"Calm down," I advised her coldly. My voice seemed to trigger something in her head as she stopped Waterbending and took a deep breath.

Slowly, her arms moved hypnotically, soft but agile. Water slowly rose and circled around her, she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate.

[Quest Completed]

[You have gained 7000 Exp]

[A Waterbending Scroll has been deposited in your inventory]

[You have leveled up to 10!]

[A Major Breakthrough Happens!]

[You have gained access to the Map.]

Wait, what? You can gain access to new functions after Leveling Up?!

"Sorry about being so annoying sometimes," Katara apologized, bringing me out of my thoughts. She had put the water down and realized that she might have bothered me.

I smiled at her and patted her head. "Don't worry, no matter how annoying you become, I will love you, because you are family."

Then I walked off and went toward the shores of the island. It seems like I needed to level up. Thinking of Map, a 2D map appeared in front of my eyes, and four green dots were shown and so the terrain changed. On the sea, there was a giant red dot and thinking on it showed the name 'Unagi'.

All predators want to win. That's why they choose prey they can kill easily.

Taking out the Waterbending Scroll, I opened it and saw that it was written in some strange language that I didn't understand.

[Do you want to learn: Waterbending Skill?]

[Y/N]

I clicked yes immediately.

[All qualifications of having a relative Waterbender are completed.]

[You have learned Waterbending.]

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A/N: I know some people might not like it how Sokka got bending. But I can't weaken the Gamer Interface, or make Sokka dumber just for plot convenience. Because in my opinion that could ruin the story.