Tenten found herself out and about in the village once more. She allowed herself a few brief moments to take in the smells and sounds of her home. Despite the fact that she wasn't even supposed to be here everything just seemed like it was a sort of homecoming for her. Everyone seemed so happy, so jovial. As if there was no war, as if there wasn't any death. The thought entered her mind, and was quickly followed up by a pain in her heart. The faces of friends and comrades she'd lost on the field flooded in. Primary among them was Neji. Just the thought of him brought a squeezing pain to her chest.

She pushed the unpleasant images away and set her mind on her current mission. Better to face what's in front of you than deal with what's behind you.

Which was easier said than done. For some reason coming across any shinobi within the village was proving to be difficult. She knew that things were tight with the war, but this wasn't right. Though it might just have been her own mistake rather than any comment on the lax security around the village. Every turn around every corner there was some pleasant distraction that drew her attention from her current mission. A pleasant smell would cause her head to turn towards a bakery, or a group of children run in front of her, and keep her tied up for a few seconds. After each encounter Tenten found she'd have to shake herself out of some sort of daze that would fall over her. It must have been a side effect of the Teleportation jutsu that was used on her.

"Tenten there you are!" A chill ran up Tenten's spine, and she spun around. Surprised that someone had managed to find her before she found them. Her surprise only doubled when she realized it was Lee's voice who'd called out to her. Her surprised levels finally hit their ceiling when she was actually able to take in the spectacle that was Lee and Guy Sensai.

On their best of days the two of them were... eye-catching to say the least. Everything about the two of them was absurd. Their haircuts, their eyebrows, the hideous green jumpsuits that the two of them wore. She loved the two of them with all of her heart, but going out in public with them was more often than not a mortifying experience. That wasn't even taking into account the way they acted.

Today however the two of them seemed, perfectly presentable. Board shorts, button up shirts, they even had their normally ridiculous bowl cuts styled into something half way decent. It was a surprising change of pace that she was in no way ready for. "L-Lee." Her words came stumbling out of her mouth, not at all hiding the surprise she felt at their appearance. "Guy sensei, you two were teleported here too?" She felt like it was polite not to mention their appearance. She'd find a way to casually slide it in during conversation. Wouldn't want to be rude...

Focus Tenten!

She mentally slapped herself, redoubling her focus on the matter of hand. She had weapons from a god capable of instantly sealing any enemy away within them forever. There was a battle raging in a far off land, and she needed to get there. That was the goal. She opened her mouth to present these facts to team, though she knew it would be pointless. Knowing the two of them they were more than twice as anxious to get back into the thick of things. "Listen I..."

Of course the minute she opened her mouth Lee opened his. "Like a newly appeared comet, I am Rock Lee the fashion trendsetter of The Hidden Leaf Village!" He held his open hand to his heart and slid in real close to her, sharing a familiar space that the two of them were comfortable with.

Tenten caved for a brief moment and allowed herself a small smile. It was more of Lee's usual antics, but it was good to see him being his normal goofy self.

The brief moment of warm familiarity was immediately broken by Guy Sensei. "Nothing!" He shouted in the same voice he usually used to chastise lee. For a brief and glorious second Tenten actually believed that he was trying to get them to focus on the issue on hand.

"What was wrong with it?" Lee demanded, obviously proud of his introduction.

With a grand gesture Guy repeat the same move that Lee had just performed. It was grander, and more elaborate, but Tenten was considerably less comfortable with his proximity. "A true trendsetter elicits those reactions from others, not himself. Grownup act in a cooler manner Lee."

As always Lee took this critique in stride, closing his hands into fists. "You're Right! I'll be more careful for now on!"

Then in unision the two of them struck a stylish pose. "More stylish!" The both shouted in unision, winking at Tenten and giving her a thumbs up.

Well that was the straw that broke the Tenten's back. "Alright hold it you two." Someone had to be the grown up in this group, and it certainly wasn't going to be Guy Sensai. "What are you two up to at a time like this?"

Lee gave her a befuddled look. "Like this?"

Dense.

"We're in the middle of a war!" She shouted at the top of her lungs. Great they had her acting like sakura now. She always hated it when the pink hair girl lost her cool on her teammates. Mostly because it reminded Tenten so much of herself. She crossed her arms and took in a breath of air, calming herself. "This is no time to be goofing around." This time the words came out calm, sturdy, and stern. Better.

"What are you talking about?"

Guy rubbed the back of his head, and gave Tenten a funny look. "If you're talking about The Third Great Ninja War, that's been over for quite a while."

Great now she was the one acting like a fool here. "This is serious business you two, you need to snap out of it. This is no time to be playing the fool."

Lee's look went from befuddled to confused, to full on concern. "From where we're standing you're the one who needs to snap out of it." His words were tinted with caution, apparently just as confused by Tenten as she was with him.

This more than anything else gave Tenten a moment of pause. Before this moment she was chalking everything up to the two of them acting weird. Now though... With the teleportation, and her room. There was something wrong going on here. Her brow furrowed, pieces were starting to be put together.

Until her train of thought was suddenly broken. An occurrence which was starting to begin with annoying frequency. A voice rang up from a nearby rooftop. "He's right Tenten you need to open your eyes." Tenten's ears perked up involuntarily, that voice was familiar. Wonderfully, impossibly familiar.

Tenten gasped and spun around to face the source of the voice. If it was anything less than what she was expecting she would of have been crushed. It if was what she was expecting, well that might have been worse. Nevertheless it was what she was expecting, or rather who.

Neji was perched on a nearby rooftop staring down upon his team with those pale eyes. Though he was a small distance away Tenten could tell that he was exactly as she remembered him. Every line, every edge. She couldn't believe her eyes, her ears. Anything. Her guts had that familiar feeling, as if someone were squeezing them in their hands. His face, his eyes he didn't have any signs of the Resurrected that they'd been fighting. He was well and truly alive. She tried to open her mouth and sputter out some coherent response, but nothing came. At best she was able to open up her mouth, and stare agape. How does one react when their best friend has come back to them. Tenten certainly didn't know the answer that. She knew she felt lighting up her spine. There was fire in her lungs. A cold icy feeling circulating somewhere around her stomach. She knew and felt all of these things with such certainty that this couldn't possibly be an illusion.

"You always wear such boring Sports bras! You need to wear some sexier underwear!"

Hello red flag, my name is Tenten.

"Huh, Sports Bra?" Tenten didn't have the slightest idea what he was talking abou... She suddenly noticed the bundle of veins popping out from Neji's temples. Which usually pointed to... Oh. My. God. Tenten let out a girlish squeal covered herself with her arms, and crouched into a ball. "What's going on?" She demanded indignantly.

Even with all the madness that was going on it seemed that there was still a little decency in this world. Lee came to her defense. "That was totally uncool Neji!" He shouted putting himself between The Kunochi and the Huuyga. "You have no sense of style."

Neji crossed his own arms suddenly the indignant one. "You're the one who's so concerned with fashion Lee. It should be your concern much more than my own!"

The two of them devolved into general yelling, the type boys do when they're trying to get an edge over each other. None of this was right. Nothing had been right since she woke up. Maybe even before that. She didn't remember going to sleep. Was this all a...

"What's going on here?" Came a girl's voice. Tenten scrunched her brow and rose to her feet. The elusive strands of thought slipping through her fingers with yet another appearance. The newest characters to walk in on this Fever dream of a day were Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke.

Sasuke.

Tenten's hands grabbed a hold of great clumps of her brown hair and held them tight. Saskue? "What's going on?" She moaned miserably.