[Phase One]; The Epidemic
{6 Years Before}
[Nono Age; 7]

"I'm afraid that your daughter won't be able to become a ninja in her lifetime. A plague has in her chakra tubes you see, eating her away."

"Yes, yes I see"

"This is a rare sickness I'm positive that there is no cure, I can only imagine how you must feel about your daughter's incapability."

Little Nono overhears her father and the medical nin walking in his room without thinking of the consequences. Her expression filled with devastation as she crouched down in front of the door hugging my legs.

"Thank you very much"
"Remember, she requires extensive amounts of affection and care, she is very fragile."

"Yes, yes of course" her father rushes the medical nin out of his room causing Nono to stumble backwards in surprise.

She stared up at the two men with big mauve eyes. Nono's father looked down on her with emotionless eyes, the medical ninja smiled sympathetically down to her.

Nono struggled to keep eye contact with her father so she looked down shamefully hands hidden behind her back.

"Hello Nono-chan." The medical nin said reaching downward to pat her head, but she flinched back causing her father to glare and the male nin to stare in confusion.

"I think it's about time for you to leave Satoshima-san." Nono's father said sternly not taking his eyes off Nono. "Oh, right see you soon Nono-chan and get better for me." He says sweetly, patting her head.

Nono smiles faintly, but it quickly fades into a frightened expression as she glanced up at her father. He leads Satoshima to the front door and closes it once the medical nin stepped out.

"Nono come here this instant!" He booms in rage. Nono shuts her eyes taking in a shaky breath running to the living quarters. "You ungrateful little brat, overhearing on my conversations, you know the consequences of such ill actions don't you?" He asked enraged.

Nono nodded timorously.

"I can't hear you!" He barked in her scared little face. "Yes I do!" She yelled in the direction of the floor, to scared to look in the eyes of her demonic father.

He glared darkly. "Well, you heard him you're useless, what could you possibly accomplish in your state worthless cretin." He growls darkly.

Nono flinches as she relies meekly, "I'm sorry for being so useless faith--" "Shut up!" Nono's father finally snaps slapping her harshly.

"You're not my daughter; you're nothing to me or to anyone!" He snarled. She held her stinging cheek glaring at the ground, burning with frustration and depression.

"Get out of my face." He spewed in distaste, glaring down harshly at her; she scurried off out of the house out of the compound and into the small forest area near the compound.

Nono walked through the tree and shrubs trying to calm her anger towards her father. Faintly she heard a voice counting near a clearing oddly enough.
Nono's P.O.V.
"196, 197, 198, 199, 200!" The voice exclaimed even louder as I grew closer. I hide behind a tree peeking curiously. The figure starts to kick a tall stump counting all over again.

"If I cannot do 200 punches, then I will do 300 kicks!" The boy yelled out determination spilling from every word. He kicked and kicked the stump harder and harder every time.

I hurdled from behind the tree sitting on top of the stump glancing down at the boy. "Hey, little boy what are you doing?" I declared interrogating him.

He stopped his training glancing up in my direction surprised. My eyes furrow in wonder at his peculiar face. "Who are you?" He asks in a wailing voice.

I stayed put answering back. "Nono and you?" I asked slightly emotionless. "I am Rock Lee, the best taijutsu master!" He exclaimed.

I furrowed my brows at the word taijutsu, "What is taijutsu?" I asked befuddled. Lee stopped sparkling for a minute and gave me a weird look.

"How can you not know what taijutsu is?" He exclaimed again, I glared at him coldly; he cleared his throat to explain, "Well, taijutsu is hand to hand combat." He said glancing up at me.

"Why are you practicing that silly taijutsu stuff, instead of ninjutsu or something more effective?" I asked leaning forward a bit. His once bright face dimmed with sadness.

"I'm not able to use any jutsu's or special techniques, the more I try I just can't, my body is just not capable."

"Then you're an idiot!" I said glaring at the boy.

He looked up at me confused. "You'll never be able to become a ninja without being capable of using special techniques!" I yelled angrily, mostly to myself rather than Lee.

"And why not?" He shouted back growing irritated.

"Because Lee, it doesn't work that way, if I can't become one then why should you get the chance to it's not fair." I bawl shakily, standing up on top of the stump.

Hopping off, slumping down I crouch to the ground holding my head feeling hot tears begin to build up. Lee grew shocked and ran to my side placing a hand to my shoulder in unwanted comfort kneeling down in front of me with a worried guise.

"Nono-chan, hey do not think that way, if you try your hardest and put a lot of effort into it you can accomplish anything, you can become a ninja too!"

"No, I don't think so, my father just won't approve." I said quietly mostly to myself.

"I'm sure he'll understand your dread--"

"No he won't, he has no heart he won't understand." I yelled pushing Lee away. "Well, he doesn't have to know." Lee said standing, I glanced up his way eyebrows furrowed, and he smiled lending me a hand.

I took it staring at him impassively.

"I still think you're an idiot, trying to become solely by taijutsu, your dead meat." I said shamelessly, walking off, Lee's happy expression turned to into determined look.

"I'll show you Nono, when we meet again I'll be a number one taijutsu user ninja and you won't!" He yelled towards me.

"Yeah, well I hope we never meet again!" I yell back furiously. He stared at my retreating figure with a sad appearance.