It was a particularly quiet day in the tranquil village of Konohagakure, and Lee was eating at Ramen Ichiraku like he sometimes would after training. Everything was going quite well that day, he even got to talk to Sakura for a little while before he decided to stop by Ramen Ichiraku and get a bite to eat. He wasn't really thinking about anything specifically, just going through the motions until he was abruptly greeted by his youthful sensei.
"Lee, we are needed in the hokage conference room. We have a mission!" Guy yelled with all the enthusiasm he could muster up. "Really?!" Lee replied with equally as much enthusiasm.
"If we get there quick, we might be able to beat Neji and Tenten there!"
"Yes!" Lee agreed as he swiftly leaped from his seat and ran out of the shop to quickly catch up to his beloved teacher who had already started towards the conference room with unimaginable speed.
Once they arrived outside the conference room and opened up the doors, they were greeted by both Tenten and Neji who seemed like they had been there for a while. They both were subjected to slight disappointment but quickly recovered thanks to their excitement towards the mission that would soon be given to them.
Neji turned to look at both of them with a bit of a concerned look seeing as they both were desperately trying to recover their lost breath. "You two seem excited," Tenten said with a smile. Lee hastily verified that statement with a quick thumbs up before walking up towards where everyone was standing along with his teacher.
"Obviously you are here because I have a task for you to take care of," Tsunade-sama stated before she continued to give her lecture. "Actually, it isn't really anything of too much importance. We have reason to believe that foreign shinobi are heading our way to collect intelligence on where we stand as a village. All we need you to do is help strengthen security around the outer perimeter of the village."
"Lee and Guy's hearts simultaneously sank a little when they heard they were just on a simple patrol mission. But they were still ready to give it their all even if it wasn't a big mission like they were hoping.
"I'm assuming we're going to be split up for this mission," speculated Neji.
"Thats right, and i'll get to that in a minute, but for now you'll need to know more of the details of this mission. The shinobi that were suspected to be carrying out this espionage were also noted to be highly dangerous. However, we are not exactly sure when they will be making a move so we may have to have you three posted outside the village for a few days."
"Us three? Don't you mean us four Hokage-sama?" inquired Lee. "Actually no Lee, Guy won't be accompanying you on this mission. I decided to have Guy on the inside of the village just in case the foreign shinobi got past you and our other defenses." Lee's heart sank even deeper as this mission got worse and worse by the second. Not only was it not a big mission like he had hoped, but now he can't even do this with the aid of his beloved teacher, Guy sensei. Lee tried to compose himself so he didn't look completely distraught in front of everyone in the room. Tsunade continued to explain her plan without noticing one bit of Lee's disappointment.
"As Neji already stated, you three will be split up equally outside the village," She described as she pulled out a map of the village from one of the numerous drawers in her desk. "Neji, you will be posted here on the east side of the village while Lee and Tenten will occupy the North and west sides of the village respectively." Once she was done explaining to them their mission, she placed the map back neatly into the drawer she had taken it from earlier. "Are we clear with what we are doing?" Tsunade questioned.
"Yes, Hokage-sama," They all replied in unison.
