Recovery Mission

Kushina Uzumaki glided silently in a small boat, masked in fog to any onlookers. She wore a thick cloak, light grey in colour to blend into the mist. She was hooded, covering her majestic crimson hair and identity to any unlikely onlookers. The Uzumaki's mission upon arrival to shore was to recover a meteorite, which had fallen from the heavens onto one of the islands of Kirigakure no Sato; The Hidden Mist Village. This meteorite is believed to have a unique property where as to drain a person's chakra who might get too close. As such, Konoha had elected to send a shinobi who had remarkable chakra stores. This mission was not without danger, however; The Hidden Mist had been dubbed 'The Blood Mist village' for some time now, leaving a bloody reputation that would deter even great shinobi. Kushina was no rookie, however, and had the confidence of herself, and the brass of the village that she might retrieve the space rock without incident and detection. It was mostly thanks to her husband being the Hokage that allowed her to go on this mission. Though they respected her, the village officials understandably had reservations about sending the Nine-tails Jinchuriki into such a dangerous village, but Minato had convinced them, notably by pointing out she was marked by his flying thunder god technique, so he could appear to her aid at any time. She beached her dingy and cast a temporary illusion over it to mask it's presence.

The cloaked redhead stealthily trespassed into the forest. Once she was sure no one was watching, Kushina began to sprint down the overgrown forest path, taking care not to avoid the vines and sticks hidden in the mist, destined to trip a wary traveler, but not Kushina. Using her standard sensory abilities to try to search and track any enemy presences, Kushina found nothing, though did not let her drop her guard. She made her way through the forest, taking the long, but far more hidden pass, noting the rising ambient temperature as she crept closer into the land of waves. Before long, Kushina risked bringing her hood down, exposing her bright red hair. She pocketed her forehead protector and wiped the sweat from her brow. Cursing the heat, Kushina put the hood back on and kept going. She came to the end of the trees shortly and stopped at the rocky clearing.

"This will be more difficult than I thought" Kushina murmured, half making herself jump because hers was the first voice she had heard in days. She ogled the minefield of geysers exploding out of the ground. A few hundred yards ahead she could see high wooden fences in the middle of the field, undoubtedly one of the many onsens that the Hidden Mist was famous for. Kushina looked around, unable to see any other structure or sign of life nearby.

"Well... I guess that'll be a good place to get information..." Kushina reasoned, as she made her way across the field, dodging the random spurts of boiling water being shot into the air. In truth, Kushina wanted to shed some layers, if only to catch a break from the intense humidity in the air.

Kushina was naked. Red-faced, she was sat down in the onsen, discussing fun news and cooking tricks with the other women in the baths. The kunoichi of Konoha were always taught to blend in to the population of other villages in order to gather intel. It didn't take long for Kushina to talk to a woman who knew that something had fallen from the sky, and after a little subtle prying, was able to convince her to say where it was. But it would be far too suspicious if she just showed up, asked about a rock, and left right away, so Kushina stayed for a few hours longer than she needed to.

Using the bathroom as an excuse, Kushina dismissed herself, thanked the woman for her company, and left for the locker room. She quickly dressed, not wanting to stay naked than was absolutely necessary, and departed to the place the meteorite was.

Kushina arrived at the scene of a small crater, hiding in the foliage, spying three men wielding swords standing far from a small dark purple stone. It was almost perfectly round, about the size of a large orange, and even from here Kushina could feel heat emanating from it. Around the meteorite, there were several shriveled corpses of Mist Ninja that lay abandoned on the ground. Their faces depicted agony, frozen in time as left had left them. Kushina guessed that these ninja had gotten too close to the meteorite and gotten al their chakra sucked out at once. A painful way to die. Stealthily, Kushina took out the three men, knocking them out and binding them a safe distance away from the stone before they could call out to the others. Then she got to work on the meteorite. She pulled out a sealing scroll and rushed to the space rock. Immediately she felt her strength waning as she got closer, but she knew that if she were anyone else, she'd be dead already. She threw the scroll over the meteorite and heard the sounds of it being sealed. Immediately there was a noticeable drop in temperature.

Kushina pocketed the scroll and started making her way back. She had to walk slowly, still weak from the experience.

Hours later, on the brink of exhaustion, Kushina spotted the same bath house from before. She stumbled over to it again, but this time out of need for rest. Kushina walked in the locker room, removing her clothes as she walked, only bothering to lock her grey cloak and the scroll in a locker before she wandered into the bathing area, leaving the rest of her clothes strewn all over the place. Kushina didn't see the same woman from before, nor any other familiar face. Everyone there was new, but it didn't matter to her. She sunk into the water down to her neck, hiding her nude body from the air.

"Ahhhhh..." She sighed loudly, emitting a giggle from a nearby young girl.

"Without a doubt, this is a good place to relax, yes?" Asked a female voice, taking the redhead by surprise. Kushina opened her eyes to see a very beautiful woman with a slim figure who has reddish-brown hair that look to reach all the way down to her ankles. Her bright green eyes were staring expectantly at Kushina's.

"Oh hello. Kushina said brightly, secretly wanting the woman to leave her be so she could rest, but maintaining a happy energy. "Who are you?"

"My name is Mei. I haven't seen you around before, are you a tourist?"

Kushina nodded. "I am Araki Makoto. I always wanted to go to one of the Mist's Hotsprings."

Kushina came up with a false name, ironically choosing Araki Makoto.

Mei nodded to show she understood, but there was something unnerving about her green gaze. Kushina had never been shy when it came to meeting people. She remembered her first day at the academy, where she had loudly proclaimed to the whole class her intention of becoming the Hokage, and the subsequent beatings she dished out to the boys who made fun of her hair. Though she had been nothing but friendly so far, Kushina didn't much like Mei. The fact that their first meeting took place while both women were completely naked made it all the more awkward. Despite herself, Kushina felt her face flush pink.

Mei noticed Kushina's silence and subtle change in confident demeanor and realized she had been making heavy eye contact with this stranger. She nonchalantly leaned back against the wall and spread her arms out, stretching, and also baring her breasts to the air. Unable to stop herself, Kushina's eyes danced down to the other woman's chest, before darting up in horror to see that Mei had seen her peek.

It didn't take long for both women, wanting to break the silence of the uncomfortable environment, to have a chat and conversation between them, while after a few minutes Kushina couldn't help but yawn to which she apologized to Mei who only shook her head dismissively and cracked a smile, urging the redhead to take a nap. Kushina thought about how nice a nap sounded, and reasoned that she was in a safe spot. Before she could say anything more, Mei got up and started to leave the pool. Kushina watched as she hoisted herself over the pool's edge, thrusting her naked ass frighteningly close to Kushina's face. Kushina went crimson as she got an unintentionally front row seat to Mei's asshole and unkempt vagina from behind. Mei stood up and looked back at Kushina, with a hand confidently placed at her hip and her entire nude body bare to the world.

"I have to go. Some of my friends are waiting for me." She commented, receiving a tired nod from Kushina. "I mean it, take a nap. Sleeping here does wonders for your skin, just make sure you get out of the deep water first."

Kushina took a look at Mei. True to her word, Mei's skin was seemingly flawless. Aside from the forest of pubic hair covering her pussy, Mei's skin had a sheen to it. "I think I will. It was lovely to meet you, Mei."

Kushina pushed herself out of the pool, the hot air welcoming her, and she stumbled over to a padded bench nearby, not bothering putting a towel on. Her head collapsed on the pillow

"It was nice to chat, Araki." Mei said, but Kushina's vision was already fading as Mei walked away. Mei looked back at the nude woman dozing off, grinning at a job well done.

Mei Terumi floated soundlessly across the boiling sea. She was fully dressed again and sat daintily as the ferryman took her further from Kushina. It had been her mission to retrieve the meteorite. Mei arrived in the crater just in time to see a woman with brilliant red hair overcome the three guards that were protecting it until she arrived. Mei didn't have a monstrous amount of chakra like Kushina did, but her boil release would have given her a weak shield against the meteorite's heat. She pocketed the sealing scroll that Kushina had locked away, knowing what it contained.

"It was nice to meet you, Red Hot-Blooded Habanero."

She also looked down to see all of Kushina's clothing she precariously left on the locker room floor where anyone could have taken it. In a moment of malice at the infiltrating kunoichi, Mei chucked the clothing overboard, watching it sink into the deadly water. Mei didn't see any kind of backpack when she rummaged through Kushina's things in the locker room, so she knew these were likely the only clothing she had. The only semblance of extra clothes she had found was an extra pair of panties in one of Kushina's ninja pouches, but those too were sinking down, never to be seen again. Mei didn't feel too bad about stranding the enemy ninja naked deep in another village; after all she had left her that unflattering grey cloak and her shoes.

Original chapter by GroxxarDarkDragon