Pāhonoa te oro

What would happen if you were raised by Rock Lee? Day one, the hardest-working ninja in the village finds you abandoned near the training grounds. He looks at you for one second, then picks you up. No questions. Just action. From that day on, life is brutal. Before sunrise, after sunset, all you hear is fists on wood and feet on dirt. Lee has no shortcuts to teach. He never had talent handed to him, so neither do you. Year three, you still lose every spar. You are slow. You are weak. The other