Chapter 14
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Sorry for the lateness of this chapter. Got a bad case of writer's block.
Artemis stretched her muscles as she prepared to move through Katana drills. She summoned her sword to her and looked it over. It was still the same sword she had when she first became War but seemed to adapt to her over the years. She slowly began to move through drills as the sun began to set. As she moved through the drills she sensed a presence was there. She knew whose chakra signature as soon as he entered the area. She let him watch her move through the drills with skill of one who has done this every day. "Are you going to watch or do you want to spar with me." She heard the sing of a sword being drawn. She felt her being attack from behind so she spun around and sword met sword with a clash.
"Just like old times." Artemis replied as she pivoted and kicked her leg at her attacker's knees. She came face to face with Kakashi. They circled each other, daring the other to make the first attack. War grinned and Artemis let the power roll over her. Her chakra flared as she sliced at the right side. Kakashi dodge her attack and sliced at her left side. Artemis blocked the attack and began to take the offensive. She raged blow after blow and Kakashi blocked each one with skill. There was switch and Kakashi started the offensive. Artemis easily blocked the blows but he backed her into a tree. Artemis put her sword up to block the face slash. Both were breathing heavily but not from the fight. Artemis slid her leg to wrap around his. "Do you remember the last time we were in this position?" Artemis smirked with a tilt of her head. Kakashi blushed, cheeks turning red. Artemis gave a laugh and kissed his cheek. "Sensi!"Naruto's voice echoed across the grass. Naruto glared at Kakashi. "You not misleading Artemis-sensi the way your books do, are you?" Artemis laughed, "You still read those books." Kakashi got a glare. "Tsunade needs to see you both."
Artemis and Kakashi walked in silence to her office. Artemis thoughts were on what would be their mission. Artemis preferred solely and she knew Kakashi did also when he was not with his team. As they entered her office, the both bowed. Tsunade look at them over her steeped hands. "I have a mission that requires two people, one male and one female. They are to act as if they are together in order to get close to a warlord. Can you two handle it?" She asked them. "Hai." The two of them replied. She handed each a scroll with the mission details. Artemis unfolded it and looked it over. A warlord was making it his job to seduce women who were married and then had their husbands killed. The warlord would take the land the husband had and give it to those who served them. The woman was left grieving the death of her husband and the guilt of sleeping with another men. It looked like the women didn't have a choice as the warlord threatened the safety of the children of the family. Artemis would be posing as the wife of Kakashi who would be in town for trading. Her job was to catch the attention of the warlord. She would allow him to seduce her, while Kakashi gathered the information on the warlord. Artemis was not planning on letting the seduction go far. She would give the warlord a quick death though he deserved a longer, tortious death. War would prefer the later, but she was not going to allow herself to succumb to the temptation that came with killing. She would have to make a sacrifice to the death god in order to keep her sanity and not give in to the blood lust.
Artemis looked up, "It will be done." Kakashi nodded also. Tsunade dismissed them. Artemis and Kakashi walked side by side in silence until they reached outside. The sun was high in the sky and was shining down brightly on them, warming their skin. "Leave at day break? It would give us time to prepare for the missions." Kakashi asked. Artemis nodded, "We will meet at the gate?" Kakashi nodded and they parted ways. Artemis was hoping they could spend the night together but knew they would be spending time as wife/husband on the mission. Maybe they could talk about the tension that was tight between them. She missed him and her heart ached to be with him.