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Genma looked over to see what Kakashi saw, and couldn't help but to smirk, 'He thinks it was Ino... This is good.' Leaning into Anko, he whispered the new developments and told her to pass it on to the others, almost as if they were playing telephone, until they were all filled in.
While Gai snickered behind his hands, Kakashi was panicking inside his head. 'Of all the women in the world, why did I have to kiss her?' It wasn't that he had
anything against Ino, it was just that he found her to be vain and full of herself; like she was above everyone else. Kakashi hoped against hope that
she didn't think that their shared kiss meant anything.
"I think we could use this situation to our advantage," Kurenai whispered to the small group huddled together at their shared table, "if we could get Sakura and Ino in on this little joke." The others nodded and Genma volenterred to be the messenger.
While Kakashi's back was turned Genma did a few quick hand seals, creating a shadow clone to take his place at the table while he transformed into Naruto in order to deliver his message.
Genma, posing as Naruto, pulled a chair up to the girls table and leaned close to Ino's ear to whisper the news. "Listen Ino, It's me Genma."
Ino pulled back a few centimeters, a 'yeah right, like I believe you' look written all over her face.
Genma grinned in response, "Oh you don't believe me?" A wicked grin flitted over his features, "Ok, remember the time when I snuck you into the bar a few years ago and you paid me back by..." he never got the chance to finnish that sentence.
"Ok! Alright! I believe you! You can stop now." Ino interrupted, a blush staining her cheeks causing Genma to laugh "Why the hell did you transform into Naruto?" she wondered out loud.
Ignoring the question for the moment, he stared explaining why he had come over to her table in the first place. "We saw what happened with Sakura, that lazy ass," he gestured at Kakashi, "and that kiss. He, however, wasn't paying any attention and he kinda thinks it was you- mostly because you winked at him." the senbon sucker paused a moment, getting himself back on track to relay the original message. "Anyway, we wanna mess with him, and we were kinda hoping that... you and Sakura would play along?"
Genma pulled away from the blond girl's ear to look at her face, expecting to see a grin that matched his own. That however was not what happened. On the Yamanaka girl's face he was surprised to see a bit of rage.
"Hold on!" Ino whispered through clenched teeth. "Is that why he look's like he's going to throw up? Because he thinks he kissed me?"
Nervously scratching the back of his head, Genma scrambled to come up with a quick cover. "No, no, not at all. I think he just had too much to drink," he said through nervous laughter.
"Sure." Ino deadpanned.
"Does that mean you'll help?" the Jounin asked hopefully.
With a grin Ino responded, "Sure; what's the plan?"
Quickly, Genma whispered in her ear what he and the others had discussed, and telling her to fill Sakura in once he had left. Winking at the girls Genma dropped his henge, and quickly replaced his clone back at his original table.
Leaning into the small group he whispered, "Mission accomplished."
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