A Night To Remember

Three days was a long time to be bathing in the sun in an area with a thin an ozone layer as thin as the pan of hard rock baked underneath of it, dressed with grains of soft, dry sand. Sometimes, Chieko missed that wet, moist, soil of Konoha. The constantly moist grass, the worms that came with that fertile soil, perfect for agriculture. Out here, nothing but sand and more sand, maybe a cactus or two occasionally. Other than that, nothing but the sand and the sun. What a depressing land.

With her flat, open toe sandals, the sand crept between her toes with every step she took. The sand was warm. Okay, the sand was really hot. Chieko couldn't stand it. It was like trying to walk through a pathway of hot coal, like the ones used for massages. She couldn't stand it, which is why she wished she'd already reach this stupid village.

Dressed in brown sandals, a cream colored dress that reached down to the middle of her thighs, a brown hat that covered the top of her head and black sunglasses that protected her eyes, [] Chieko was prepared for this climate, but preparations didn't make it any less annoying. Of course, the dress revealed a bit of her cleavage, perhaps more skin than required and the earrings and brown waistband were just accessories as well. From the looks of it, she didn't even look like a kunoichi, but that exactly was the plan. Hopefully, she'd draw out some bandits with this civilian look. It had worked to a degree, but those were only small bandit groups just looking to have some....fun with Chieko. They weren't big groups looking for hostages to use against the villages. None like that one group from a few weeks ago, that was only defeated because of Chieko and her Two partners.

Suddenly, Sunagakure appeared in the distance, first appearing as a silhouette, but as she grew closer and closer to the village, details could be made out. Seemingly, well randomly, was a figure standing at the entrance as if they were waiting for Chieko. Probably her escort. Since the Fourth War, Sunagakure had kicked up it's defensive strategies and security quite a bit, ensuring that no one just simply walked in and out of the village. It was required but sometimes a bit annoying, because if you didn't have an escort waiting then you had to wait out in the sun for one to arrive and that could take hours.

Inevitably reaching the entrance, Chieko stood before a tall man with bright red hair, a white T-shirt completed with a white jacket. The man had an odd appearance, which was interesting in some way. The man stood their silently,