“Tenten, Ino!" Temari cried. "Go around the perimeter and destroy the pillars. Hinata, Sakura, and I will go after Marunomi. Once you two are done with the pillars, come back and meet up with us. Understood?”

“Yes!” Tenten and Ino replied and nodded in unison.

With that, Temari, Hinata, and Sakura were off.

Tenten turned and immediately headed toward the nearby pillar. She summoned a large club from one of her scrolls and swung it fiercely. The impact instantly obliterated the pillar. Tenten and Ino looked up at the dome and, true to Marunomi’s word, it still remained. It seemed they really would have to destroy all the pillars.

“Alright, Ino…” Tenten said. “…There are still six more pillars. You take three on the east side and I’ll take three on the west side. After that, we’ll meet up.”

“Right,” Ino replied.

With that, the two were off. As Tenten commenced her journey to the next pillar, she still felt that lingering sense of inadequacy, not helped by the fact that Temari had not selected her for the more dangerous task of going after Marunomi. But again she tried to block such thoughts from her mind as she knew they were childish and unhelpful. She had been given the very important task of saving everyone in the village and she was going to see it through. She pushed forward trying to believe that that was all she needed to be content.