In spite of a rocky start, it was turning out to be a great day. The woods were alive with birds; the trail was clear and the sun shown in the sky like a golden coin.
Jujou hiked on and the braid that hung over her shoulder caught the sun's rays and brought them to shimmering life. Life was good and she was a bit ahead of schedule to make her first camp. Thank GOD the assholes she's run into in town were heading OUT.
"The nerve of those guys," she thought. "Wolf whistling and making obscene gestures in the General store like I was a piece of meat."
Deep in her mind though, she knew that wasn't really what had made her uneasy. No, not at all. The thing that scared her the most was their friend, the one who said nothing but glared at her like she'd just run over his puppy. THAT guy scared her more than she wanted to admit.
But, that was hours ago. They were long gone and she was hiking down the trail on a beautiful, hot summer's day.
Sweat trickled between her pert breasts as she tilted her head back and took a pull from her canteen. Capping it, she looked warily around. The breeze had died and she could hear the buzzing of the insects in the trees. No one around for miles...
"What the hell" she said as she un-shouldered her pack. She stretched languidly, reached down and in one swift motion pulled her shirt off. her bra quickly followed. She tied the arms of her shirt around her waist and spread sunscreen across her breasts (Don't need a sunburn there!) and thought that the day could not possibly get any better.
Jujou re-shouldered her pack and as she headed down the track, there was a quick glint of reflection to her right. She turned, curious to know what it was she'd seen.
Standing still as can be, she scanned the tree line. Nothing moved. Not even a leaf.
"Hmmm" she said in a low voice, "must be seeing things."
Whistling a happy tune she headed off down the trail, her bare breasts bouncing as she went. Yup, it was a glorious day.
In the tree line, three figures stirred and then rose as the topless redhead disappeared over a small rise. Silently, they moved as one parallel to the trail.
The hunt had begun.
Jujou took a bearing from her compass. According to her map, the lake should be just around the next bend. Five minutes later a gorgeous little glade with a small lake came into view. It was everything she hopped it would be and more. Lolling willow trees nodded lazily over the water, there was a shingle of white river sand and a few cattails grew among the small boulders that were scattered along the beach.
In no time at all she'd put up her tent and started a small fire, Putting on a pot of water she looked out upon the vista before her with longing. It was still very hot and she had a couple of hours before night fall.
Smiling, she unbuckled her belt, unbuttoned her shorts and let them fall. She'd worn a bathing suit bottom so she could take a swim should the chance arrive but, she had the camp all to herself and it quickly joined her shorts on the sand.
Her red bush caught the rays of the afternoon sun and almost glowed as she entered the lake. The water was cold and bracing as she scrubbed the sweat and trail grime from her lithe body. She swam in small circles as the sun began to approach the horizon then got out and lay naked on the grass to let its warmth dry her freshly scrubbed skin.
She finally arose when her hunger became noticeable. As she reached for her pack she hesitated. The night was going to be very warm and she was utterly alone. Why bother with getting dressed at all? In fact, she thought, "maybe I'll just hike the entire trail naked as a jaybird!" The thought of the sun caressing her naked body for a few days turned her on immensely and while her dinner cooked on the campfire she paused for a little bit if self loving refreshment.
After dinner, she dutifully washed her dishes and packed them away so she could be on her way early. Eschewing the tent, she instead chose to sleep beneath the stars atop her bed roll and as the full moon rose above the tree top her fingers once again traveled through her red curls and parted her neither lips and the night was silent save for the moans of the lovely little redhead.
The moon had set and Jujou's fire burned down. A lone figure stood over her naked form. He began to reach for her but hesitated. Thinking for a moment he left her side and strode to her tent. Quietly, he took her freshly washed bra and bottoms from where the hung in a small line. Nodding to himself, the stranger silently melted into the darkness.
Day 2
Jujou shouldered her load and set off in the direction of her next camp. She was ever so slightly nervous. Some animal it seemed had come into her camp in the night and taken her bra and bathing suit bottoms. In her mind she imagined some small rodent scurrying off into the night, her bottoms trailing behind as it ran down its burrow with its warm prize. "Oh well", she thought. "Probably need it more than I did."
Like yesterday, the sun was warm but today, she was hiking in all her naked glory. As she hit the trail she mused about how sexy she was going to look with an all over tan and her beautiful red hair. The guys (and more than a few gals!) back home were going to find the combination irresistible.
The hike was long and the trail complicated. Without her map and trusty compass she would have been lost a hundred times but, at long last, she came to her next camping spot. This lake was a bit smaller but, what it lacked in size, it more than made up for in beauty.
As before, she set up camp (though this time she didn't bother with the tent) and then went for a swim. Dinner followed and more self love followed that. This time however, she did not hold back. Her moans traveled across the small lake and deep in the woods, faces smiled.
Day 3
The morning was bright, Jujou awoke and stretched. The embers of last night's fire were still going and it only took a few minutes to get a fire going. She put a pot of coffee on to boil and began to pack. She rolled up her sleeping bad and grabbed for her pack...
Something was wrong; the pack was too light, way too light. Her tent was gone!
"What the HELL!" she said as she looked around for it. It was nowhere to be seen. Someone had taken it! What else was missing? She up ended her bag, spilling its contents on the ground
"Oh no!" she said "No, no, no, no!"
Her map and compass were nowhere found. She had no way to find her way back to town...
Jujou went into complete panic mode. On her knees, she bent over and scrabbled through the contents of her pack as they lay scattered upon the ground. Her compass and map were nowhere to be found. Elbows on the ground, she put her head in her hands and said to herself "Think damn it...think!"
There was no other answer. SOMEONE had taken her things.
"God damn it, they must have been watching me the entire time..."
"Oh SHIT!" she exclaimed as she suddenly realized she was still buck naked with her ass in the air!
Quickly as she could, the pretty redhead threw on her shirt and shorts. She grabbed her boots only to find the socks were missing abut shoved her tender and shapely feet into them anyway. Not bothering to lace them up, she scraped up all of her things and flung them into her back and quickly got up to leave. Yesterday's paradise had suddenly become her own personal hell.
Stuffing her bedroll roughly into the pack she got up and headed back the way she thought she had come.
Plunging into the woods, it didn't take her long to get...lost.
Somehow, she had lost the trail if it had ever really been such. Every time she saw a familiar landmark or tree, she found herself even more lost than before and on top of that, the leather of her boots was beginning to chafe her soft feet.
By mid day the poor girl was spent both physically and emotionally. Worse than that, in her panic to get back to town she had completely forgotten to fill her canteen! She had enough to last her the day (maybe) and no more. If she didn't make her way back to the lake she was going to be in real trouble...fast.
And so, Jujou tried to retrace her steps. Eventually, she made it back to her old camp and kindled a fire. Filling her canteen, she vowed to set out by dawn the next day.
But how, how was she going to prevent any more of her things from going missing in the night?
