(open) Not just flesh & bone.

[Rin Nakamura]

Rin tread carefully into the water, her aching muscles finally relaxing as the cool water lapped at her thin hips, then waist, and finally cloaking her breast in a crystal clean liquid. She'd scanned the radius of the area several a time to be sure no other had been stalking her, after all, she'd hate to encounter someone who didn't happen to take to her liking. She'd dispelled her clothing and hung them neatly on a tree branch, her nude being slipping quietly into the water.

Why exactly had Rin taken notion to slip into this part of the forest for a bath? Well, the Nakamura had just finished off an A-rank ANBU mission, and had been all too lazy to trudge all the way back into Jouheki Gai for a steam bath. So she'd located herself a pool of water in the depths of the forest instead. She didn't feel too threatened, seeing as she was confident in her skills. However being naked would be a bit of a down-slide. She'd deal. Rin was comfortable with her body.

The young lady pulled her hair up into two luminescent green pins, her brown eyes falling down to the water as she splashed a bit of the cool liquid onto her face, regenerating her pores. She'd felt so dirty after her scuffles, all sweat stuck and pasted with dirt. The feeling of the water against her skin was anything but stressful. She rubbed her shoulders softly, humming a light tune as she swiped the dirt off her skin with dainty clean hands. Feminine, but so powerful when used correctly. A small smile hovered over her features as she shut her eyes, sliding down to rest against the stony shore of the pool.

"I can afford some time before I go back..." Rin whispered to herself, smiling as she re-opened her eyes and tangled her wet hands into her hair, pulling the pins so that the locks fell in a golden waterfall down her shoulders. She stood up, making her way into the center of the pool, her creamy skin dappled with pearls of liquid as she lowered herself into the deeper side of the oasis.

Complete relaxation.

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[Hitoyama Makido]

Makido had been envolped in meditative prayer for the last hour and a half. It was a rituatal he had begun while he had been training under the studies of the Sandaime. The was a temple hidden in the vast unpopulated region of Tsuchi no Kuni and it was here, where the two would often come to escape the politics of the real world and meditate. Flaring his nostrels he took a large breath inward and slowly exhaled the air from his body.

Opening his eyes, Makido stood his body revitalized and his mind ready to return to the hustle and bustle of his kage position. He bent his chest and neck down bowing as he prepared to leave. Walking out of the temple, he walked forward whistling a jovial tune to himself. Travelling for around thirty minutes on a rocky path Makido saw a small pillar of steam rise into the air.

The Tsuchikage, knew that had been a hot spring in that area, infact it was one of few natural hot springs in the entire country, and the steam rising could only mean someone was in it. Making his way through the clearing he saw a woman whom he recognized. Clearing his throat to get her attention, Makido slipped into his serious "Kage" face. "Nakamura Rin, shouldn't you be relaying the results of your mission in Tsuchikagure no Sato?" Makido looked pushing his glasses up past the bridge of his nose.