The heat of the sun and the way it made her eyelids glow like a summers evening were what roused the young female from her deep slumber. Her eyelids fluttered like butterflies as they opened up and adjusted to the soft morning light, her body slowly stretching out as thought she were a cat, reaching for something just out of her reach.
Her curved body ached from another night sleeping rough, but it was a dull and familiar pain. She hadn’t slept in a proper bed for longer than she would have like, but she found it comforting to lay beneath the stars and drift away.
Sitting up slowly, the blood rushed to her head. She paused and took a deep breath, rubbing her eyes and shooing away the fatigue of a bad night’s sleep. Rocking to her feet, she pulled out a map with various marks that pinpointed her journey thus far. Getting her bearings, the young lime-haired kunoichi tucked the map back into her pocket and packed herself up. With her things gathered, she began the last leg of her journey, weaving through the thick forestry towards the village of Konoha.