[closed to Obito; backdated to March 11th]

[ghostpepper]

[She had been back in Uzushio for barely two days when it hit her that she had left one very important piece of business left unfinished back in Konoha. She quickly digs into her desk drawer and pulls out a scroll and starts scrawling out the seal characters first, then a message. A few lines get blotted out heavily since this is supposed to be more of a semi-formal leader-to-leader correspondence than a casual message. And the opening greeting should be a quick flag that she tried to at least make it presentable.]

To the Hokage, Uchiha Obito,

I know I just saw you a few days ago, but I forgot to submit a mission before I left Konoha. I'm officially requesting a B-Rank mission for your team in advance. Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Hinata, and you. The purpose will be for the Hokage and his Chuunin team to come see the development of Uzushiogakure's rebuilding project as Uzushiogakure and Konohagakure were-- and still are-- allies.

Minato will come along too on temporary leave because you're not giving him any missions at the start of next month. Please don't assign Namikaze Minato any missions that will coincide with the start of next month as I have an excellent reason to believe he would like to come along too. As a sign of good faith and to act as your guide, I will be arriving on April 3rd to escort you and your team between the villages. Please reply as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Uzumaki Kushina

[After a few read-throughs, she's satisfied and seals the message to Obito. The ink swirls together under her hand as she dumps chakra into it, forming the ever-familiar Uzumaki spiral. The symbol for 'fire' appears in equal size right next to it. On unsealing, it'll go back into place to reveal her message.]

Comments

[ghostpepper]

[She read over his note a few times before setting up her own personal seal. Formality done with for now, but still similarly secured.]

Obito,

I can't help it, I had to check. And I totally understand, if any of your team wants to leave early with you too, it's fine. But let them know they're welcome to stay for a week, okay? Take care of yourself and I'll see you in a few weeks.

Kushina