Baby steps

"Sure thing Old man."I said with a smile and he smiled back.

'From today onwards, I am the Avatar.'

(1 Year Later)

It's been a year since I got my powers and I can say that I've become pretty good at bending. I'm not a master or anything of an element yet and it was tough incorporating the fighting styles for the elements along with Taijutsu I was already learning along with chi dampening but I've been able to blend it well so far. I can say I could take a Chunin to Genin level ninja but it would also depend on the circumstances. Right now it's early morning and it's been snowing for past few days and in front of me is Naruto lying straight out on the ground.

"*huff* how *huff* do you *huff* do it?"Naruto asked me. You see he challenged me to who can run around the village the fastest to 3 laps and I beat him since I normally do 5 laps. I'm just surprised I have more stamina than a Uzumaki as a Jinchuriki but he's also never done real training except light workouts with me and the village is big so you can only imagine running around it.

"Because I'm not lazy and actually work to my goal, unlike you mister "I want to be Hokage"."I said with air quotes and in a mocking voice which made him get a tick mark.

"Shut up! Just wait till I get up and get you! In a while since I'm still tired."He replied.

"You sure you want to fight me."I said and got a menacing look making my eyes shine blue a bit scaring him.

"No no! Come on I was joking! Hahaha!"He said and fake laughed and then ran away making me sigh.

"Whatever I should finish my run."I said to myself and started running for 2 more laps before going home and taking a shower.

"How are you on this youthful morning?"Guy asked me while cooking breakfast which is a part of my nutrition plan for working out.

"Good, I won against Naruto but he was cheeky as always. How are you?"I asked him.

"I'm feeling youthful on this morning!"He said which is his way of saying good.

I noticed it was still early but I can't sleep anymore and todays the first day of the academy so I just went early and can do a few workouts to keep me warm.

"Alright. I'm going to the academy early, ok?"I said to him.

"Sure!"He said with a thumbs up and flashing a bright smile making me squint my eyes since I've started to get used to it.

Arriving outside the academy I go in and see the infamous swing and notice a branch sticking out a bit so I climb the tree and after checking it was firm enough to hold me I sit there. I start to get cold so I start to do some upside down sit-ups on the branch. After a while I see a cute girl in winter clothing arrive with big white eyes which made her look more cute, but then I notice three kids come from behind her and get her attention.

"Hey you! The freak with the white eyes, why are you here? Monsters don't belong here!"The tall lanky one said.

"Yeah! They're so ugly! Go away so I don't have to see them!"A chubby one said and they continued insulting her making her crouch down and cry. I then notice this is where Naruto is supposed to save her.

'Damnit where is he? Did he not come early from being tired from the run? Aah fuck it! Sorry for stealing your spotlight Naruto.'I thought to myself. I then run up behind them and get their attention.

"Hey! Stop bullying her!"I said to them.

"What are you gonna do? Gon--"The lanky one was saying but got cut off by me punching him in the gut making him hunch over.

"First. You shouldn't be talking since you're weak! She's a hundred times stronger than you!"I said and turned to the chubby one. By now Hinata looked up and is seeing what is happening.

"Second. You shouldn't make fun of her since your fat! At least she's cute!"I said to him and kicked him making him tumble away. {I have nothing against fat people and sorry if I offended you.}Hinata hearing what I said got red from hearing me call her cute. I then look to the last one and see him on the floor and see his pants wet from peeing himself making me get a disgusted expression.

"Third. You're more of a pussy than her and that's sad!"I said to the last one and spit in his face.

"Now go run before I really beat you up!"I said and they did but not before saying things along the lines of "I'll remember this" or "I'll get you next time" reminding me of young masters. I then walk up to Hinata.

"Don't be sad, ok? You don't look cute while crying."I said to her with a smile while wiping away her tears making her red from how close I was and what I said making steam come out her head and faint. This made me smile wryly remembering how she would always do this with Naruto in cannon, guess I have to deal with it now.

I then make her sit against the tree since I know if I give her a lap pillow she'll probably faint again. After a few minutes she wakes up.

"Hi, how are you feeling?"I asked her and it seems what she remembers what happened making her blush and avoid eye contact.

"I-I'm o-o-okay."She said while stuttering but blushed harder from embarrassment making me smile wryly again.

"That's good, what's your name?"I asked her.

"M-my na-name is Hi-Hiinata Hyu-Hyuga."She replied, stuttering still.

"My name is Ryu! Do you wanna be my friend?"I asked her and she blushed till her whole face was read but got a little smile.

"Ye-yes."She said in a low and shy voice.

"Great! I have a question though, you're obviously stronger than those kids, so why didn't you fight back?"I asked her since I want her to be confident in herself.

"Be-because I didn't want hurt them."She replied stuttering less.

"Hinata, why are you at the academy?"I asked her.

"To be a ninja."She said without stuttering.

"Hinata, as ninja we will need to hurt people, sometimes kill them."I said the harsh truth straight out.

"I kn-know."She replied stuttering a bit.

"So what will you do to the people who you have to kill?"I asked her.

"I-I cou-could just kno-knock them out."She said stuttering like she was before.

"Ok, but what if they come back again but this time kill your friends and family? Wouldn't it be your fault for being weak? For being scared of hurting others?"I asked her.

"Bu-but th-that wou-wouldn't hap-happen."She said but it sounded like she was more trying to convince herself.

"But what if that did happen? All that death because you couldn't kill when needed to."I said and she stood silent.

"I'm not saying hurt everyone as badly as possible or kill when unnecessary but I'm saying you should get rid out your current mentality unless you really want to be a ninja."I said and walked off leaving her to her thoughts.

'Hinata, hopefully you can take my advice to heart and be strong, strong as you can be.'

After that the Hokage came and gave his speech which isn't full on brainwash but is supposed to put Konoha in a nice light. We then got divided into classes and I was in the class with the rest of my friends. When I came in I sat in the famous protagonist seat and some girls seeing me became fangirls since Jin-Woo was good looking after his transformation and I'm starting to show small signs of his S rank hunter version. I could tell that there are probably gonna be arguments between girls of who's better between me and Sasuke but what can I do?

"Quite down everybody!"Someone said from the doorway getting our attention and notice it's Iruka.

"Hello everybody my name Iruka Umino."He said and we all introduced ourselves one by one. It isn't a secret that I can bend elements but it's only people who are close like Kakashi or friends that know since I don't straight up tell people along with anyone who knows.

(Evening)

Right now I'm in the forest of death with a rabbit in front of me and let me explain. I want to try energy bending and see if it works on Chakra and see if I could disable the Chakra network and since all living beings have a chakra network I'm testing on this rabbit.

"Sorry little buddy, but at least you help me further my goals."I said to the rabbit. I then started to feel the Chakra and tried to cut it off from the network and it worked stopping the flow of Chakra in it. I then trie to destroy its Chakra pool and I do it but it dies.

'So I can easily use this to disable a persons ability to use Chakra or kill them to without them even noticing.'I thought to myself. I also noticed that my Chi and Chakra are separate, where my Chi is in the middle dantain the Chakra pool is in the lower dantain.

'I wonder if I could give someone bending ability's even though people don't have Chi here, food for thought later. I guess I could try blood bending now.'I thought and cut the rabbit open making blood come out. I then try to feel it like how I feel the water and after a while I do and start playing with it a little to increase my control but then as I try to add more I feel it cut off.

'Baby steps Ryu, baby steps.'