13 - Chief and head of guards

First of all his siblings loved him a lot.

Secondly, for now observation can't show the full states.

Third, he could tell who had the potential for bending just by using observation and looking at their chi even if they hadn't awakened their bending yet, and this might come in handy in the future.

And speaking of which, 'My sister is a damn monster.'

'Even at her age I only had just a little more Chi than her and that's saying something considering that I was an adult in my previous coupled with a system, no wonder she became so powerful in the show.'

'Either way it doesn't matter, She will never be able to catch up to me that's for sure.'

Deciding to test one more thing before calling it a day (even though he had just woken up) he again made use of his sneaking skills and excited his house.

Only going a little distance away, but still somewhere that was close to the ocean water. He still didn't dare to venture too far, the memory of his fight with the polar bear was still fresh in his mind and even though he may defeat it easily now he didn't want to relive it just yet.

Looking down on the ocean water he waited for some fishes to pass by, fortunately the sky was clear of any clouds and the stars and full moon light illuminated the ground.

He didn't have to wait for long before a fish slowly swam in front of him, and that was his chance. Slowly feeling for the blood inside of it he could feel….nothing!

Frowning he concentrated more on it but he still couldn't feel anything.

'What is happening? It's clearly a full moon today so what's wrong.' he thought as he lifted his head and looked at the sky

'System, why can't I do blood bending even though it is a full moon.'

[Correction, the user is wrong it is not a full moon today it's actually a false full moon and is still a little bit away from being a full one]

[Duration until the next full moon : 20 hours 6 minutes and 9 seconds]

'Sigh that's good I got a little scared there for a second.'

Deciding to try it again when the moon is full he turned around and headed back home.

***

Far away from Levi in a hidden corner of the southern water tribe, Levi's father, Hakoda, looked at his son from afar as he sneaked out and was following him.

"What is this kid doing?" Said hakoda frowning, obviously dissatisfied with his son's behavior. He was severely injured and should be resting right now.

"I don't know kid, I was making my way around the tribe when I caught sight of him and called you immediately. You should be grateful. It's not my job to deal with stuff like these ." A tired voice replied from beside him, anyone from the tribe would immediately recognise the owner of said voice. It was the head of the guard's Kato.

If anyone not from the older generation was around they would be surprised by how casual kato talked with hakoda and how he addressed him with his name instead of calling him chief. Thankfully though it was only the two of them.

"Sigh, I told you to call me chief or at least by my name, I am in my mid thirties and the tribe's chief for crying out loud." Said Hakoda in a dejected voice as he kept following Levi with Kato by his side.

"Humph as if, I used to protect you from the other kids when we were young and I even so you in diapers some fancy title won't change my view of you, KID." said Kato, emphasizing his last word.

Hakoda, feeling as if a nail had pierced his heart, decided to ignore kato's existence and focused on his son who had stopped in front of the ocean instead.

Looking ahead he could see that Levi had stopped beside the ocean not too far away from the tribe but far enough that he wouldn't be noticed, of course all of that depended on nobody noticing him before he got there, sadly for hom it didn't go as he expected.

"Fancy technique your son got there." Said Kato from the side without removing his eyes from Levi, his gaze serious attracting Hakoda attention, "If I didn't know any better I'd say he had received professional training."

"I am afraid that If i didn't see him with my own eyes before it would have been impossible for us to notice him sneaking around." continued Kato, his expression unreadable.

"Yeah I noticed it too, I don't know where this kid learned this but I don't plan to ask him, he clearly doesn't want to be seen and I don't want to interfere with that, he's not doing anything dangerous anyhow, Can I count on you to keep this between us!? ." Asked Hakoda looking at Kato.

"Oho, is this an order from the tribe chief?." said Kato with a teasing smile on his face.

"Sigh no, just a request from a friend." Replied Hakoda, sighing helplessly.

"Hehe, Trust me when I say this kid, I don't care enough to remember this kind of useless stuff or even consider sharing it around, so yeah your little secret is safe with me." said Kato making Hakoda relieved.

"What is he doing here in the middle of the night anyhow? Is he going to try his water bending?." Asked kato.

Being the head of the guards and his good friend and brother, hakoda would obviously not hide Levi's bending from him, plus it was not some secret information as it would get out sooner or later, and on top of that he needed him to find a good bending master for his son.

"Sigh, I guess so, even though I told him to rest until I find a suitable water bending mentor for him but I guess it's too tempting to resist ." said hakoda.

"Hahaha don't blame the kid, when I just awakened my water bending as a kid I was also like him, my parents had to constantly keep an eye on me to make sure I didn't do something stupid." Said Kato

"Sigh, I guess you're right." replied hakoda.

But, after observing for a bit more nothing happened, Levi just stood there facing the ocean and not even moving.

Both Hakoda and Kato were frowning at this point trying to understand what was going on when Levi lifted his head up and looked at the sky.

He stayed like that for a while before turning around and returning to the tribe.

Hakoda frowned as he did not know what to make out of it but Kato just sighed behind him.

"He must be thinking about the recent accident he had with the bear." said kato, hearing him hakoda also seemed to come to a realization.

"He might seem fine on the outside but god only knows what he's going through, experiences like these can change anybody forever, let alone a 5 year old kid." said kato with a sympathetic tone in his voice.

"Sigh, let's go back." said Hakoda, sighing and feeling defeated. He didn't know what he could do to help his kid, for now he can only do his best to find him a good water bending master as a teacher.

Kato didn't make any objections as he also turned around and followed after hakoda.

***

AN: His stealth is still ain't that high level yet, he can only nullify his footsteps sound and reduce his presence so it doesn't turn him invisible or anything, it isn't strange for him to be noticed.