“Quick question, have I done anything good lately?” the serious face of Sunset Shimmer made Sokka very, and I mean very, cautious about that, because if something was scary was a serious Sunset. So far they haven’t had much trouble, beyond the talk they had with the redhead and her history. As strange as it may sound to hear about someone coming from another dimension, it wasn’t the craziest one Sokka had heard and that was saying something.
After listening to her and the way in which she had suddenly found herself with the ability to throw sparks when she knew she wasn’t a bender. Apparently she was just more apt with fire magic back when she was a mythical creature. That was good considering they had no one that could teach Sunset fire and it would be easier if he began learning about the elements with Aang and Katara.
Now that he thought about it, Aang had become a little sullen, maybe from the whole ‘we died’ part which Sokka was glad he couldn’t remember. Just knowing that they had been taken down by that man was enough to make Sokka shiver, it was something out of a folk’s tale, but that was the Avatar too so who knows what else could be found out there. He was not a bender, he was just a warrior and not even that; sure, he grew the wolf tail of his people, but so what? He had been taken down so easily by the jerkbender, he had been killed by that long haired monster, he just didn’t want to imagine what will come after them next. But Aang was different, he had been the Avatar, or at least he had been, no one really knew how the whole Avatar thing worked and they couldn’t really find out about it, maybe later when they could find another Air Temple.
Going back to Aang, he was still an airbender and a master at that, but beyond that, well, he was still the strange, crazy kid they had found back inside the iceberg, but he seemed… happier? He wouldn’t know for certainty since he didn’t know Aang when he was still learning on the temple, although that would be impossible considering the age difference, but he looked as if he didn’t have a care in the world, or at least since he got to meet Sunset. Maybe he was still reeling from the attack and was trying to hide the horror, or maybe he was just happy now. He will have to talk with him, especially now that the group had changed, the situation had changed.
Looking at the young girl in front of him, Sokka arched an eyebrow, curious by the way in which not only the girl preferred red as her main clothing -they would have to get some clothes in different colors since Katara’s clothes didn’t fit her body type- but in which the girl behaved. She was not like his little sister, who basically became the mother of the tribe, all motherly and wife-like in what she did, but Sunset wasn’t like that. Sure, Katara also had a terrible temper when pushed, but she trusted too much in strangers. Sunset wasn’t like that, in fact, she seemed to be fighting him for the title of sarcasm guy, or girl in this case. She was abrasive, acid and knew how to push other people’s buttons like no one else.
Sokka really wanted to sic her on the jerkbender to see what kind of damage she will do to him. As amazing as it may be to imagine it, Sokka quickly understood that Sunset was as capable of destroying him morally as to join him into destroying the world.
“I don’t think you have ever done anything good since we met you.”
“I take charge of cooking sometimes, in fact, I remember being the one that did the rabbit stew last night,” damn, she got him there. Not only was Sunset more than a decent cook, but she didn’t bother with the whole carnivorous thing. Apparently cooking was something she had to learn to survive. That and hunting. If it wasn’t because he was completely terrified of her and was more than likely to get killed he would have a crush on her, but not in this lifetime.
“Yeah, sure, but no, you haven’t done anything good that I know of, what did you do?” Suddenly Sokka’s eyes were simple slits with the glare that he was directing at Sunset, not that it did much to her, she had been the target of worst looks.
“I don’t know, the only thing I know is that to supposedly teach me waterbending, your sister thought it was a good idea to get naked, well, more like in her underwear, but I don't think wet bandages count as underwear considering how little they cover. So I’m like, well, this is new, is she doing that to get me motivated or what?” Sunset had her arms perpendicular to the floor as if asking the world alongside Sokka. The water warrior meanwhile, looked as if he had been hit in the back of the head by boomerang, it was rather funny.
“Wait, what? Excuse me? I mean… you are both girls, what’s the whole deal?” If this had been Aang, well, yeah, he might have been a little alarmed. He may have been technically over a hundred years old, but he was just a young boy who was starting dangerous teenager years. As mortifying as it was to think about it, his sister was beautiful, if that’s the way she was teaching him, he must have a very serious talk with Katara.
“The whole deal? Wow, seriously? I guess things must be different in the water tribes.”
“Hold on a minute! What are you talking about?!”
“Nothing, anyways, Aang was saying something about wanting to visit the unagi, whatever the fuck that is, you talk with him about it since you are the elder here oh wise one,” her barbs truly were becoming sharper, it was nice to find someone else that knew the subtle art of sarcasm, but it will be fine if it wasn’t always being directed at him “meanwhile, is time for my waterbending lesson and I’m not going to miss that view. If that’s the way she is going to reward me for being a nice student, I have no problem focusing on her… exemplar form, see ya later,” the way in which Sunset said that was just… poking something right in his head, something was just so wrong and crazy that… wait… wait… oh that bitch!
“SUNSET! COME BACK HERE AND STOP THINKING ABOUT MY SISTER IN THAT WAY!”