Chapter 31

It was night. The village leader had guided Haru to an available home. Not wanting to appear to be rude, Haru offered his metal boat for them as a gift, saying that they can use it one day if they wanted to sail. The old man accepted it, and he said.

"Please, when you go to their dojo, try not to be rude."

"Why?"

"I am their village leader, and I never trained with them, you know why?"

"Because stretching is painful." Haru winced when he had a flashback.

One day, Mike was walking on a wet floor. The next second, his front feet slide, and he got into a position that had him in the bed for a week.

Suddenly, his legs lost strength.

"You know it then." He said. "It's okay. You are an Earthbender. I'm pretty sure you can be a powerful one if you only focused on bending."

"So you really think that I can be a powerful bender."

Pretending to be a wise man with sharp eyes and high valuable wisdom, the village leader of the town rubbed his beard.

"I know so. You are young, and youth is the most valuable currency you have."

Haru was too tired to prove him wrong. He get a slight bow and he said. "Thank you, village leader, you have inspired me."

Having his ego boosted, the village leader couldn't be more satisfied with Haru.

"You know, you are really a good kid. If you need anything, please, be sure to come to my house." The village leader said. "For now, you can use this house. I'm pretty sure that you can use your bending to clean it. And if you don't mind, in the future, we may need your ability."

"Sure, I'll use my humble earthbending power if you ever needed me," Haru said, acting low-key.

"By the way, I am Oyaji. You can call me by my name." He said.

"Sure…" Haru said. Oyaji bid farewell and Haru entered the unused house. Using his power, he collected the dust from the ground and compressed it to create a small stone. He then opened his storage and got out some of his clothes.

Stretching his hand to the window, he summoned parts of the earth and created a stone table and a stone closet. He decompressed the stones and pinned them to the wall. After adding some texture, the house looked nice to live in.

The next day came.

Yu, a Kyoshi Warrior, walked by Haru's house in the morning. It was early, and she had guessed that the young handsome man was sleeping. Although he was good-looking, she, like everyone else, was excited to see him swallowing his words in the dojo.

'He is a man, he needs someone to wake him up. I bet he is hugging his pillow. It would be lovable to see that." Yu pushed her short brown hair behind her ear and sneaked to his house silently. Being part of Kyoshi Warriors, she specialised in sneaking and agile movements. Her feet not making a sound, she turned around the house and went to the window. Ready to violent his privacy, she sneaked a peek at the window.

Haru wasn't sleeping. Instead, he was lying on a stone platform.

He was topless now. His muscular chest, his board shoulders, and his delicate abs were visible to her.

Finding herself biting on her bottom lips, she decided to wait for some time before summoning him.

Next to him, there were two huge metal dumbbells. Each seemed to extend the hundred-kilogram mark.

Her teeth left her bottom lip when her jaw dropped.

Haru lifted them easily.

"One… two… three… twenty." He muttered before letting them drop. Yu could swear that the ground shook. After twenty seconds, Haru lifted them and started lifting them, repeating the movement more than twenty times. It continued for 4 more sets.

It seemed that he still have more energy

'So strong.' The lustful look she had given his muscles now turned into an admiring one. Surely, he may not be a martial artist, but he is damn strong. Yu had heard rumours about earthbenders being physically strong, but Haru's strength seemed to surpass the rumours about earthbenders.

"You can come in," Haru said, placing the dumbbells gently on the ground.

Yu narrowed her eyebrow. Who is he talking to?

Maybe Haru is a spy, and his partner will come in from the door at any moment.

Holding tight into the window, Yu decided to spy more and collect more information. 'This is bad, we may have got a spy into our lines… in that case

"Will you just stand by the window or come in."

Haru stood up in front of the window and extended his head. As he stared down, his eyes met Yu's green eyes.

"Hi." She smiled, a blush taking over her cheeks when she saw him looking at her with his eyebrows.

This is really embarrassing.

Now, what would he think of her now? Not only did she spy on him, but he also found out about her.

What will the other girls think when they know this.

"Please, can you…"

"Not tell anyone."

"Yes, that, and come to the dojo. I was sent to wake you up." Yu nodded while smiling wryly. "I saw you working out, and I didn't want to disturb you."

"You could knock from the door."

"I was checking if you were sleeping." She lied. All she had wanted was to check on him while he was sleeping.

"Thank you. You are really a considering girl." Haru seemed to buy it; He even thanked her. "It's cold outside. You can wait for me while I shower and change my clothes."

"Sure." She nodded. 'This is embarrassing. I will have to wait while thinking of him taking a bath.

-x-X-x-

Having changed his dress into green comfortable robs, Haru walked along with Yu to the dojo of Kyoshi's warriors. As it seems, every girl woke up early.

'Now, I should just get the skills,'

"So, you are ready for your first day." Yu broke the silence. "I have to warn you. The girls won't be gentle to you, not after you said that their art is for girls…"

Haru chuckled. "They said it's not for men. I repeated your words in another way. You all picked up the wrong idea."

"Oh, so that's what you meant." Yu smiled. "But they won't get easy on your manhood. They will try their best to break you."

"They can try." Haru laughed.

"Hey, just because you are physically strong, doesn't mean that you are capable of fighting." She said. "But you are really strong." Putting her hands on his biceps, she squeezed gently. Haru stared at her hand and didn't say anything. He enjoyed seeing how curious she was. When she lifted her head and saw his glance, she took her hands back and smiled.

"We arrived."

"Okay, let's get in."

Haru opened the door. The girls seemed to leave the centre free as they stood in the side. Yu left Haru and went to stand with them.

"Well, well, the man came here," Luki said. "You are ready to become a warrior."

"Yes." Haru replied. He felt a cold sensation running through his back as his sixth sense warned him.

"Suki…" Luki called.

Suki came with armour, a skirt, and a white and red powder.

"It's necessary before you train with us, you dress with us," Suki said as she handed him the clothes.

There was thunder, no one heard it except Haru.

Putting his hand on his heart, Haru felt that he was having a heart attack. When they stared at him, they all had smug faces. They seemed to expect this, and they were really excited.

"What? Don't know how to adjust the make-up, I can help you."

"No!" Haru said. 'Losing my ambition, losing my gaming power, losing my life, is way easier for me to accept than dressing as a girl.'

"What, you are too prideful to wear it. I thought you would man up."

"Hell No!" Haru said.

"Don't you want to learn? If you don't dress like us, we can't teach you." Luki had a wide smile. "Or are you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, I don't like dressing like that, that's all." He replied as he gained his calm demeanour back.

"But a man's worth is his word. Am I wrong in that?" Luki teased.

" I said I want to learn from you, not to dress like you." Haru seemed to regret his decision to come here.

"Well, how about this." Suki stepped. "If you win, we teach you without dressing up like us. If you lose against me, you will wear like us."

Seeing the fire in her eyes and how excited she look, Haru smiled.

"Alright."

"Ah. no bending." Suki said, "after all, this fight is physical."

Haru paused and realised he made a quick decision.

'I still have a chance to win… let's do it Baki's style.'

"Whatever." Haru knew that fighting a fast and trained opponent like her would be hard, given that he isn't a bender. But again, he has high agility. But untrained.

Haru found that he will fight with only 10 agility points since it wasn't proper to enter the dojo with shoes.

He sighed.

'I have to trick her. My physical power is the key to winning.'

Suki made a wide smile. Clapping her hands, she gave her back to Haru and made a distance from him. "I was waiting for you to say that. Show me how warrior you are." She said with a mocking tone.

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