As Tenten arrived at her post on the east side of the village of Konohagakure, she prepared herself for what was ahead of her. Not that this mission was particularly a hard one, but that it would require sitting in one position for a really long time, whilst also watching the forest for any movement. She never really liked missions like this, she felt that these missions took too much time away from her possible training time. She would much rather be training than sitting around looking out into the forest for something that might not even be arriving at the village. Alas, she still proceeded to go through with it because orders were orders, and she didn't like thinking about the possibility of the village being harmed.
Tenten sat her stuff down by a tree and made sure that if anything dangerous did happen that she would be able to quickly grab anything she needed to retaliate. A cold melancholy breeze shot past Tenten that immediately reminded her that it was actually getting pretty late. It also reminded her of how unpleasant these missions were without the company of Neji or Lee, it kind of left an uncomplete feeling to them. This was partially due to the fact that they went on missions together as a team nearly all the time, and going alone like this gave Tenten too much time to think by herself. Tenten gave out a small sigh as she peered off into the vast, never-ending forest that lay in front of her. After a few minutes she finally let herself retreat back into her thoughts for a little bit. She began to wonder what Neji and Lee were thinking about, seeing as they were probably just as bored as she was. She then imagined that Neji was probably just sitting by a tree without trying to distract himself, and Lee was probably doing some set of push-ups like he always does when he doesn't know what to do.
Thinking about Lee doing push-ups made Tenten giggle a little because she often thought Lee looked funny when he did them. And then she thought to herself about how Lee often looked funny when he did any of his usual exercises, and how he would be so determined when doing them. Her mind drifted off into another memory of the time she walked by the training grounds after finishing up there, and seeing Lee laying on his back doing crunches. How his abs would flex under that skin-tight jumpsuit he would wear nearly all the time. Tenten couldn't help but smile a little bit as her cheeks lit up with a rosy shade of pink.
She quickly realized what she was dwelling on in her head and tried to stop thinking about it. After all she was on a mission, and she had to keep herself focused on looking out for anything suspicious. But even though she knew this mission was important, she kept finding herself slowly returning to those thoughts about Lee. Tenten knit her eyebrows in frustration realizing she couldn't focus on watching the forest at all. However, after a while she was finally able to drown out her previous thoughts, replacing them with details about the mission.
Once again, looking out into the impossibly vast forest in front of her, Tenten found herself excruciatingly bored. She laid her head back on the tree and looked up at the sky. Much to her surprise, it was actually quite dark, the sky was lit up by the luminescent moon, and there were small flashing stars that resided among the deep ocean of the sky. She let out a small yawn and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand and slowly dozed off. Tenten was nearly half awake for a few minutes before finally succumbing to the warm embrace of sleep.
When she opened her eyes, Tenten found herself in a vast open valley that seemed to have no end. There were only a few trees scattered around the horizon but none of them were close to her. She couldn't make out any precise details about her whereabouts and everything seemed really vague and fuzzy to her. The sun was beaming down on her with comfortably warm rays of sunshine that splashed off of her face and scattered into all different directions. It was almost as if she was floating, never touching the ground, but somehow at the same time she seemed to be stationary on the strangely warm grass. Everything was so peaceful Tenten thought, it was so relaxing for her. She slowly started to lay down on the ground where she was surrounded by soft blades of grass that tickled her skin elegantly. It seemed as if she layed there for hours until she could hear a slight crackling noise from beneath her. The noise became louder until she could feel the earth beneath her beginning to split. Panic and fear coursed through her body as she slipped into the newly formed cavern. "Help!", Tenten managed to scream before plummeting into the darkness.
Suddenly everything stopped and time stood still. She could feel someone warm grabbing her hand gently and pulling her out from what seemed to be her demise. She slowly opened her eyes to see something that surprised her greatly and caused her to blush slightly among realization of who saved her. He, as he usually would, gave Tenten a friendly smile before gently brushing off the dirt that resided on Tenten's shoulders from the fall. When his bandaged hand came in contact lightly with Tenten's shoulders, she could feel its amiable nature as it caressed her skin, slowly brushing away any residue from her shoulder. She couldn't help staring at him all the while he was doing this for her. It was as if she was trapped in his gaze for some reason, not being able to look away even if she wanted to, and that wasn't the case. Tenten managed to get out an unsteady, "thanks" but there was no reply. He just kept on smiling as the sun was shining down on the valley.