Trust Issues

It was the next day, when Mei and Mizuki walked out of the hideout, having spoken all night long.

Mei had a tired but happy expression on her face, Mizuki was full of energy and had a satisfied look to him.

Definitely, both had their fill of each other, it was time to move out and do other tasks.

" Yawwn, I'll let Ao brief you on the details of our plan. "

Mizuki nodded to the stretching and yawning Mei as they both walked, side by side towards another building a little distance away from the current hideout.

Ao was currently watching this scene using his byakugan and was sweating bullets.

' Did they move that fast?? It's been what a day meeting each other and they have tired themselves out like that?? Mei sama is truly scary. '

Looking a Ao sweating bullets like that, the others assumed something was up.

So when they saw the exhausted but happy Mei and relaxed Mizuki coming in side by side, they put two and two together very quickly.

Chojuro's eyes twitched.

' They first kiss for five minutes straight, then vanish for the whole night and come back together looking like this! Is Mei sama even taking this coup seriously anymore?! '

Many others had the same thought in their mind but didn't voice it out, this was the Mist village, your life depended on keeping your mouth shut and eyes open.

Even in this hellish place, Mei was the future Mizukage by coup, she was sacrily ruthless and brilliant, she didn't even leave this chance to show off her bond with Mizuki making sure to walk slightly different than normal, just to make sure the misunderstanding appears bigger.

Mizuki of course saw this but didn't comment, Mei was fun to be around, and this was harmless, anyway everyone had built up a misunderstanding due to their...first meeting.

Trying to remove the embarrassment form the room, the most serious one, Ao coughed.

" Ahem, Mei sama, should we proceed according to plan? Today is a crucial day of preparation. But you appear to have.. tired.. yourself out. "

Mei yawned as she grabbed onto Mizuki's arm, she spoke as she leaned onto him, as if too tired to walk.

" Anata will take care of my role in the plan! There is no need to be suspicious of him, he is my darling! "

Mizuki looked towards Ao and smiled.

' Sending me with Ao is for him to keep an eye on me through his byakugan, telling him I am trustworthy means don't be antagonist towards me. Heh typical Mist Shinobi. '

Mizuki was impressed how Mei managed to use her too tired excuse to her advantage like that, rebels will get a gauge on my powers and trust in my side, and this will give me enough good will towards them as well, as they decided to trust me enough with this operation.

* Knock *

Mizuki knocked Mei's head a little as she smiled looking towards him.

They didn't need words, this told Mei that Mizuki understood her intentions and was alright with it, and her smile told him that she trusts him on this.

' Mei has a laser focus on getting what she wants, being born in Mist she rose up from blood, yet she still maintains her original mind to make Mist rise. '

Mizuki lightly ran his hands through Mei's silky hair as Ao and her talked, much to the frustration of Ao and happiness of Mei.

Looking at Mei hugging him tighter he understood her intentions once again.

' She's telling me after this coup, once Mist is safe again, she will leave everything and come for me.. hah, she did something like this in the original too. '

Mizuki remembered Mei in the original timeline, after achieving her goal of saving Mist, she was fully focused on her other goal, marriage.

While caressing her hair with care, Mizuki broke her nature apart.

' She has no greed for Mizukage position, she wanted to leave it all to chojuro in the original, she only wanted to make Mist safe and herself happy. '

Now that Mei had found both the answers in Mizuki, her happiness and a huge leap in the success of coup because of his abilities, she decided to put her faith in him.

Mei had finished explaining to Ao as she decided to leave, giving Mizuki one last look. One containing a mixture of emotions.

Which Mizuki understood the meaning of as usual.

' She is simply doing the necessary checks to make sure I am not a threat, she feels sorry but finds it a required step. '

Mizuki smiled back at her, a pure smile.

Which Mei too got the meaning of.

' He knows I want to trust him, but cannot take a risk in this critical moment, yet he agrees with my request, even if it is a selfish one, especially after telling him I want him as my husband.. He's a great man. '

Truthfully, if Mei had to go by personal feelings alone, she would have already decided to trust him, her senses are very accurate, that's how she survived in Mist all this while.

Giving Mizuki one last look Mei made her way out

' I can sense in you only desire to help and a sense of peace, I have never felt it so deeply before.. is everyone outside Mist so pure? Or is it only you, Anata.. '

Mei's mind has now truly changed her focus to Mizuki, her husband fascination was done, now her goal has been shifted towards him.

And as nature would have it, her mind works in only one way, with laser focus. Mei wasn't about to leave Mizuki any longer, didn't matter where he came from, she will use her Mizukage authority if required, she will make him her Anata!

Meanwhile at the hideout.

" So.. how do we call you, our people have been calling you the new guy for a while now, but I don't think that's appropriate any longer. "

Giving Ao a brilliant smile, Mizuki decided to humour him

" Just call me spectre. "

Ao nodded, Spectre, truly a fitting name for one who can't be touched.