Under My Skin

Chapter 18

Ame

The three of them had been running at an even pace for the past three hours before Kakashi spoke up.

"It should take a day to get to the convoy. We'll stop in the town before that and rest for the night before taking the convoy to Sunagakure," his voice was laced with something that made Aki's gut warm. She shook her head trying to stay in mission mode. Maybe this is why couples aren't supposed to mission together. She repressed a snort at the idea of them being a couple. How times had changed. She looked ahead at her taichou and couldn't help but admire his strong form leaping through the trees in the tighter anbu gear.

"Should we change into civilian attire before the town? Or after?" Tenzo spoke up interrupting Ame's lust session.

"Best change before. Don't want to risk being seen as Shinobi. We're only staying in the town to support the claim we of Lord and Lady. We need people to see us travelling." He carried authority even in his casual tone.

"Did the Hokage mention in the paper brief why we had to leave earlier?" Her thoughts took her to the moment Kakashi and her had before they were called away. She gulped at the nerves that suddenly ravaged her body. Kakashi's words played in her head as if she were hearing it for the first time again.

"The convoy changed the route they would take. Bandits have been attacking convoys heading for Suna on the main road so they're taking a safer route."

"If we get ambushed it will expose us." She affirmed her suspicions and Kakashi nodded tilting his head over his shoulder a little.

"We will stop for a break at lunch and then we should get to the town by nightfall."

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Ame was tired. She had been recovering from the last few missions injuries and had definitely lost some stamina even with her recent training.

She was glad as they arrived at the town and even more so when they sat down for dinner. They sat in the very restaurant that she and Kakashi ate at during the festival a few months back. They were nowhere near the window they sat at previously but the place brought back treasured memories.

She didn't realise she was staring at Kakashi as the thoughts washed past her. He glanced up to her and gave her a small knowing smile. Her heart flipped and she found her own lips tilting up back at him.

Tenzo cleared his throat unknowingly cutting across the moment which they both blushed and looked at the menu in their hands.

Kakashi had henged into a man with the same physique and hair only it was a dark green with eyes to match. His fair skin henged to a warmer darker tone like that of nin from the Land of Lightning. He removed his mole and scar, even his Sharingan glistened an emerald green. Ame had the same skin tone that Kakashi used, only she sported very light grey hair, almost white, and obsidian eyes. Kakashi had laughed and shook his head as she henged into his colouring for some of the features.

They had planned to be a lowly Lord and Lady from Land of Lightning with their personal guard. They were going to be brash social climbers only standing out a little. They needed to bring enough attention that they could gather intel from the eventgoers without being too obvious. Ame for some reason couldn't wait to see Kakashi act as a brash and overly arrogant Lord.

"It's too bad you two have to fake lord and lady together," Tenzo offered as he delicately spooned miso soup into his mouth. He cut through Ame's daydreams once again and she wondered if she often daydreams or is it a new thing.