Naruto Primer: Tenten

The Turkey

Tenten is on vacation.

After many, many weeks of vigorous training, Tenten finally got her first vacation.  There was only one thing that she wanted to do; go to the beach!  While being a ninja was good fun, she rarely got to do things that a normal girl her age would do.

So now was her chance to do something fun.  She was going to invite Rock Lee and Neji, but both insisted on training through their vacations.  Tenten didn't really care because she knew that she was only the 'girl' of the group so she'd never really get any better than them anyway.

When she got home, she pulled out her long forgotten beach bag.  She had to search through all her drawers to find her bathing suit and, hoping that it still fit her, she folded it nicely and placed it in the bag.  She planned on going swimming so it would be silly if she didn't pack her bathing suit.  After all, she needs a bathing suit to go swimming.

Next she packed her towel.  After she went swimming, she would definitely need something to dry off with.  And what better thing to dry off with than a towel?  She made sure to find a towel that didn't clash with her bathing suit just in case she wanted to wear it around her waist while she searched for shells.

Sunscreen was next on the list.  Considering she didn't go to the beach very much, Tenten wasn't particularly tanned so she would need sunscreen to keep herself from burning.  Of course, it was waterproof sunscreen since she planned on going swimming, after all.

She needed her sunglasses that went hand in hand with her best selling novel.  Either after or before swimming, she would want to read.  How could she read without a book?  And the sun would most likely be bright so she would need something to shade her eyes so they wouldn't hurt while she read the book.

Another thing she simply had to have was a beach chair along with an umbrella.  While reading her book with her sunglasses on, she would prefer it if there was something to lean on so she wouldn't hurt her back.  The umbrella would shield her from the sun because it could certainly get hot out there on the beach.

When her bag was all packed, she started to make her way to the beach where she would spend her vacation.  Whether or not she would spend her entire vacation there was still up to her, but she certainly knew that a large chunk would be spent down there.

She reached the beach and went to the lady's room to put on her bathing suit.  Thankfully, it still fit her.  Then she found a perfect spot on the beach and set up her beach chair and umbrella.  Unfortunately, as the sun moved across the sky, the umbrella would have to be readjusted but it's better than having no umbrella at all.

Next it was time to put on her sunscreen.  Even though she was being blocked from the sun by the umbrella as of now, she didn't want to have to put it on later when she was relaxed.  It was better to get everything out of the way while she was still setting herself up.

She put on her sunglasses and placed her novel down on the beach chair.  Then she pulled out the towel and folded it nicely besides the chair, but out in the sun so that it would be nice and warm for when she wrapped herself in it after coming out of the water.  But, oddly enough, just when she was about to stretch and start reading, she noticed there was still something at the bottom of her beach bag.

Whatever could it be?

She reached down and pulled out a large brown mass of something.

"A turkey?" she wondered, holding it up.  "That can't be.  Turkeys don't belong at beaches and they most certainly don't belong in my beach bag!"

Little did Tenten know, Rock Lee and Neji were back at the training area laughing their heads off.  Actually, Lee was laughing his head off and Neji was only looking at him with a confused expression.

"She's probably pulling the turkey out of her bag right now!" laughed Lee.

"I don't get it." said Neji.  "What's the pun?  What's so funny about a turkey?"

"It's a turkey!" Lee said.  "At a beach!  Turkeys don't belong at beaches!  And she has one!  At a beach!  And it doesn't belong there!"

"Um…" said Neji.  "That's…not really funny."