After I had recovered as much as possible from the shock I had received, I ventured out of the room. I had been here after Lee battled Gaara in the Chunin exam a year before. I was even able to spot the room Lee had been in. A quick glance into the room showed me that it was currently unoccupied.
I walked down the hall, almost aimlessly, listening to little parts of conversations that were drifting into the hallway. Most of the other patients were awake and had visitors and were talking cheerfully. 'I hope I'll be able to do that again,' I thought, then hurried down the hallway.
I managed to find the staircase easily, and nearly flew down it. Even with the turns of the staircase I didn't worry about running into anyone. As I did fly down the staircase I counted the floors I passed.
'Third floor,' I thought. I needed to remember where I was so that I could see my visitors. Even though they couldn't see me doesn't mean I couldn't see them.
"How's Tenten?" I heard a familiar voice ask. I turned to find the source and found them to be about 5 feet away.
"Not well, Shizune," Tsunade replied. "She is unable to breath on her own and is almost unresponsive. Whatever poison hit her we need to find out." I saw Shizune nod urgently.
"Who was there when she was hit with the poison? Neji and Lee?" Tsunade nodded.
"Poison?" I whispered. "When was I hit by poison?" Suddenly the memories of the mission came back to me. "That mist….was it actually poison?" I remembered Neji's urgent voice, telling me to get out of the seemingly normal mist and nodded to myself.
"Tsunade, perhaps we should find out what Neji knows of this poison," Shizune suggested.
Tsunade shook her head. "No. Not while he is training. Wait until this evening." Shizune nodded and walked away from Tsunade.
Seeing that their discussion was over, I walked, once again aimlessly, out of the hospital. The village appeared to be the same as it always is, which was a comfort, thinking about the state I was in.
Letting my feet take over, I strolled about Konoha, until I found myself at the training grounds where Neji, Lee, and Gai were. Neji and Lee were sparring, but neither but much heart into it. Not only that, I noticed that Neji had a distant look in his eyes, even more than usual.
I walked up next to Gai, who wasn't being as loud as usual, although somehow I didn't think that Neji minded. I knew I didn't, but it still hurt to see someone affected so much by my condition. Worse than seeing their pain one at a time was seeing it altogether.
"Okay, stop for now. I don't think we'll be doing much more today, as training without Tenten just isn't right." Lee looked up at Gai, amazed he would cancel training. Neji merely nodded.
I turned and ran in the opposite direction, once again frightened by my teammate's actions. Once again I allowed my mind to wander and my feet carried me to my house. I had always gone straight home from the training grounds, even if it was just to put some of my numerous weapons away.
I started heading towards the door and reached for the knob. My hand went through it and I had to fight back tears.
To try and comfort myself, I said softly with a shaky voice, "My parents are dead, and soon I might join them." A grim smile reached my lips and a tear rolled down my cheek.
I walked through the door, literally, and looked around. Everything was the same and it was obvious that nothing was here for me at the moment. Walking back outside, this time through the wall as an experiment, I wondered where my feet would take me this time.