Were you expecting a R-18 chapter?

----Well this isn't one....----

It was a tad boring when it was just Me, Aang, Sokka and Zuko. I waved Azula a goodbye yesterday where we basically just went on a pretty wholesome date. It was enjoyable, but Azula had said something that kinda struck a cord. So now for today I was deep within the underground of Ba Sing Se. The tunnels were not in use currently and with the water supply down here.

I began some self practice. My system said that I was still only an expert at fire bending. I knew tricks and all kinds of usage of fire bending. However I still lacked mastery and whether be now or whatever. I would certainly achieve that mastery. I had prepared the area I was within, around were candles, varying rocks and even cloths.

Ironically I knew what it took to be a master, it took control. So spreading a fire across the room I began with my basics. Forming fireballs, Flaming walls and burning the floors. I pushed out more and more fire. I felt sweat trickle onto my face, normally fire benders had resistance to the heat. I had one higher then most. So the sweat that was forming was not from the heat. I didn't break my concentration and I began controlling each fire I had created individually. Controlling it as one flame was easy.

However Thousands of fires at once? I grinned at the idea, every master had their tricks didn't they? I didn't know how other fire benders achieve so called mastery. For me though as I felt the strain on my body and the feeling of every muscle tense up. I breathed out and the room began to cool. The heat began dissipating and the flames around me distorted the air.

To my surprise my air bending began to rise in on my system as well. It nearly broke my focus, but I could laugh as I didn't. Though honestly I could laugh thanks to the strain I was feeling. Bending was like a muscle, you could train it. That was why I felt the strain and the pain that started in my legs.

My breath slowed more as flames closet to me distorted. They whitened and glowed with life, the pain I felt faded slightly and I let out a sigh of relief. The flames furthest from me started to change as well growing blue in color. Thinking about it I realized why my air bending was increasing. I was creating a flow of air within the room, specially now with my actions.

I began my next step I lit the candles and I blinked as my vision began a little blurry. I shook my head and felt the fire. One of the many secrets I had picked up thanks to a certain fire nation club. Sensing the world with fire itself, I could use it on the candles. Each one burning, however they didn't melt. The rocks around me however did, the ones behind me burned with brilliant light that would've blinded me otherwise while the ones in front of me became lava.

Each facet of fire bending that I had possible thought of learned and even just heard of was being utilized. It likely would've been beautiful if I could see it. However My legs went limp and everything died at once.

I sighed as I basically exhausted myself. Using a bit of water bending and a blessing I stood up again. I really was blessed in a way, Eternal life was truly powerful. Though it does lose effectiveness best not to extend it anymore. I stretched out and prepared myself once more.

First though, I checked my improvement.

<Fire bending (46% Expert)>

<Sozin's Royal Bending Style(11% Expert)>

<Iroh's Dragon Dancing Style(56% Advance)>

<Black Sun Bending Style(34%)>

The improvement was a tad surprising. My actual fire bending didn't increase much. However the styles I knew certainly did improve. My air bending also increased by 2 and my water bending by 1. It was interesting indeed, using multiple bending at once was basically out of the question unless I can bridge them like with magma bending. Except my magma bending didn't increase at all. I rubbed my chin before getting an interesting idea.

I sat down and crossed my legs, breathing in and I became manipulating my energy. Once I began energy bending I struggled to focus on anything else. However to my surprise I felt energy within me change as a ball of fire appeared in my hands. I stopped my fire bending and tried to earth bend and yet again my energy changed its flow to match the earth.

The biggest surprise was the increase in my bending. From just creating that fireball my fire bending increased by 6! This was so much easier and it gave me more energy bending experience which kinda required me to master...

I breathed out again and refocused. I started bending each element in a rotation. Though for water I had to get some from one of the drainage tunnels. I cleaned it and made a earth bowl to hold it. With hat I began my cycle of energy bending and then bending one of the elements. Energy bending it seemed a little more free flow since all the elements could be effected by energy bending. It didn't really make me have a problem with multiple bendings.

I could certainly bend more then one element at once if I tired, but that hurt. I wasn't crazy enough to try and train that metaphorical muscle either. This however was in a way relaxing, hard to focus on, but relaxing. I had to make sure not to get into to much of a rhythm or pattern though. That likely would run me dry on practice.

I would stop eventually to check the time and see if anyone was around. I didn't want to be interrupted after all...