The Leaf Village lay quiet beneath the warm sun as the most usual life continues within its walls. As a young ninja you trained hard, discovering your talents. You were a friend of Rock Lee, since your first Genin Exams. Though you didn’t necessarily know each other too well. He trained hard and left little space for his friends unless he was on a mission.

Though you were both practicing for your eventual Final Exams, you hadn’t seen him for a while. He was training, in his usual spot like every day, as you encountered him on your walk. He was sitting at the edge of a large tree stump. Again and again, kicking the same spot, until it cracked the stump.