"So, you all were invited to the dinner separately. Interesting." Shikamaru states. "Were you in contact with each other?"
Naruto responds, "No. We hadn't seen each other since we parted prior to entering the village."
Kakashi inquires, "How did you both guarantee invites."
"Well, it wasn't a guarantee and we were unaware that there was something to be invited to." Ino adds. "Before we parted for the village we discussed our thoughts regarding the victims. Many couples must have passed through this village but why were those victims chosen? We decided we needed to stand out among the options and that would be by public displays of affection."
Hinata concludes, "We knew our assumptions were correct once Naruto-kun and I entered the carriage and saw that Ino and Sai were present. They obviously targeted couples that were less inhibited in public and in Sai's case they were able to use the excuse of hiring him to garner their presence."
"And what excuse did he use to acquire you and Naruto's presence?" Kakashi asks.
"We had mentioned that we were looking for a place to settle down and Juni actually admitted to inviting us to woo us to choose Hono as our home," Hinata responds.
Kakashi is looking at the mission report, "Tell me more about the ritual."
Ino takes the lead, "Niko refused to speak and Juni was taken to the hospital to have his injuries tended to. Once they were taken away Kei, Emi and Akira were finally willing to give us their perspective. They told us about a very old, little known legend about a couple murdered while in the midst of making love.
Hundreds of years ago, the couple's relationship was not accepted by the people of Hono for an unknown reason. Supposedly, their spirits never moved on and they terrorized the perpertrators, enacting revenge on all involved with their murder until only one was left. Pleading for his life, he asked what he could do to save himself. The couple said that if he were to find another couple that were destined to be together and kill them with the same weapon during their coupling, the original victims could inhabit their bodies and live on forever and as a reward, the person to bring them back would also be granted eternal life. Here's the thing, after taking them into custody we inquired with villagers whose families were originally from Hono and no one knew anything about the tale.
The three had admitted that Niko was the one to push the myth but never was the one to take any lives. It was always one of the others in the group. We also inspected the sword and it is definitely not an antique. Our conclusion is that Niko is a sexual sociopath. He gets off on the power of manipulating people into having sex in front of him and also gets off on manipulating people into committing murder. When we departed, the Alliance was waiting to speak with Juni about our assumptions."
"Your deduction is quite impressive and makes a lot of sense. So...the report seems to go from the group joining you all in living room to the moment you took them down." Kakashi looks up to Naruto who doesn't respond to the statement.
Hinata clarifies, "It was a genjutsu."
Shikamaru looks at Ino who's keeping her eyes on the Hokage. He smirks knowing she's avoiding his knowing glare.
"A genjutsu..." Kakashi repeats her statement.
"Yes, including Ino and Sai."
Shikamaru looks to Hinata, "What would be the reason for that?"
"The group was able to see his sketches as the night went on. We needed Sai to see what they were seeing so that the artwork matched."
Kakashi knows that it's possible but due to the way the four are behaving is inclined to believe that they are not telling the truth. He wants to see how far they're willing to take the lie.
He looks to Sai and with a serious expression asks, "Where are the sketches?"
Before Sai can respond, Naruto blurts out, "What does that matter? They're not real."
"Understood, but knowing Sai's talent and penchant for realism it'll give me some insight on Hinata's genjutsu progression."
"If you want to see my progression, I can show you."
Ino's eyes go wide as all heads snap towards the diminutive kunoichi. If the comment would have come from anyone else it would've sounded like a threat towards the Hokage.
"Hinata!" Naruto's voice hasn't risen but it has a shocked and reprimanding tone.
She looks up to him and responds, "What!? I'm not talking about an Itachi-like genjutsu!"
Kakashi had frozen for a second then chuckles. He's not sure if Hinata's demeanor has been changed by taking on seduction missions or from her relationship with Naruto. He answers Hinata, "I know what you meant but for the most part, the Hokage is chained to a desk, so when there's an opportunity to get an inside view of a mission, it's hard to not take a look."
"Sensei..."
"Lord Sixth, Naruto." Shikamaru corrects as he walks over to Sai and puts his hand out.
Sai opens his case, pulls out the sketchbook and hands it to the aide who brings it over to Kakashi and then steps away. The Hokage opens the large pad and looks over the artwork one by one.The first handful are drawings from around a room that looks to be a library with the many books in the background. Beautiful detail in what looks at first glance to be simple sketches.
He then comes to a sketch of the back of a very curvaceous woman standing in front of a much taller man. Her hair is up in a bun. Her back covered with straps crossing back and forth and ending very low on her where one of the man's hands rest and the dress' fabric continues on. His other hand seems to rest across her jawline with his fingers reaching back to her hair and nape of her neck. Her head is tilted up as if looking in the face of the man. The height difference makes it possible to see the upper half of his face looking down to her. All in all, a very sensual picture.
He flips the page over and what seems to be the two from the previous picture are on a chaise lounge. The man leaning back, across the length of the seat, one foot planted on the floor and the woman kneeling between his legs. Her hands are over his shoulders resting on the armrest behind him. Their chests are touching and their parted lips are a breath apart. Kakashi moves on to the next picture.
The man is lounging in the same position but his face angled more in the direction of Sai. His eyes directed towards the woman's torso, now standing and hair down from her bun, with her dress pushed down just under her hips. Her black lace panties visible as well as the desire on the man's face.
Sai, knowing what sketch is next keeps his eyes on Kakashi waiting for a reaction. He flips the page and the artist is impressed. His sensei's eyes widened for only the tiniest fraction of a second before he took back control. It happened so quickly no one else was able to catch it but the artist, who now looks down to the floor and smirks. The man's hands are resting behind his head and Kakashi thinks how that's very Naruto-esque. His eyes are below him watching the woman who is back on her knees but this time her face is low. The tip of her tongue just barely meeting the tip of his dick. Her eyes are watching the man watching her. Her back is arched and her panty clad ass is up high.
Kakashi gets ready to turn the page buts looks over the pad towards Sai who, for the first time, has the most natural looking smirk on his face. He's wary to turn the page but he does. He doesn't flip it over completely. He holds the previous page up and uses it to hide his expression until he is more presentable. Ino smirks being able to see the previous sketch and Sai's grin widens knowing the Hokage is probably trying to stave off a nosebleed.
The scene depicted has the man and woman trading places with one difference. The woman is not relaxing in the man's former position but lain over the armrest and her head is resting on the seat cushion. The man kneeling in her former position has his dick fully engulfed by her mouth as one hand is what seems to be on her clit and the other hand's fingers are in her. It's a picture that the Legendary Sannin would proudly have grace a page in one of his novels and it would fit perfectly.
Naruto and Hinata haven't looked in his direction since he opened the sketchbook. Her eyes being trained on the floor in front of her and his out the window. If they were looking, they would've been able to see, like Ino, an upside-down view of the last sketch. Kakashi finally flips the page he had used for cover and Ino grins at the pink gracing the spot just above his mask and under his eyes. He moves on to the next sketch using the previous as cover once again and Ino bites her tongue trying not to laugh out loud and bring attention to the erotic depiction, once again in full view but upside-down.
The new page shows the man is seated and his face is not in view. The woman is straddling his lap. His hands are gripping her and Sai does a wonderful job at showing how deeply his fingers are digging into her ass cheeks as he seems to be holding her up. From between them she is gripping the man's cock and looks to be lining him up with her pussy. For the first time, Kakashi thinks it may very well be a genjutsu because he doesn't believe the woman would be able to accomodate the man's size. That thought disappears when he notices the scar on the woman's back. A perfectly round imperfection to the left of center, less than an inch under where her heart and left lung would meet. He's got them.
Kakashi folds the page he was holding over and looks to Hinata who so naturally claimed the images were from a genjutsu. "Hinata..." her face rises from the floor and Naruto's stare is pulled from the window, "your genjutsu ability is masterful."
"Thank you, Lord Sixth."
"The detail is beyond anything I've ever seen. To think..." he turns the sketch towards the room, instantly causing Hinata and Naruto to turn red, "you even had the wherewithal to add the scar you received from Pain." Naruto inhales and holds his breath. He closes his eyes and thinks, 'Shit!'
"What do you think, Shikamaru?" His finger is pointing to the mark. The aide looks over to Naruto whose eyes are open and locked on him. Hinata bites her lip and Shikamaru, who has yet to look in the direction of the Hokage, says, "Lord Sixth, have I done something to offend you? Are you trying to have me replaced because I assure you, there are much easier ways to go about it?"
Ino snickers as Kakashi smiles under his mask, pulls the sketchbook back and turns the page, forgetting to use it for cover. He can't hide his wide eyes.
The sketch shows 'Naruto' standing in front of the sofa, 'Hinata's' ass and lower back is propped up against the front of the chaise, her shoulders and head on the floor. He's holding her legs open and his dick is in her to the hilt. Sai was even able to capture her fluids dripping down her body. He closes the book and looks up to the artist who has an enormous grin on his face. "Sai, you are even more talented than anyone has ever given you credit for. How anyone could keep their focus through that is beyond me."
He responds through his smile, "Well, it was a genjutsu, so..."
"Ahh, right...a genjutsu." Kakashi looks to Naruto whose blush has yet to recede.
The golden warrior barks, "Are we done here?!"
"Yes. Great job with the mission. You're all dismissed." He rises from his chair and holds the sketchpad out towards Naruto, "I believe these are yours." As the shinobi grasps the pad, Kakashi doesn't release it. He looks up to the Hokage who says, "Jiraiya would be extremely proud," and lets the pad go with a chuckle. He hears Naruto mumble in a very low voice, "You're such a dick," as he turns and leaves.
He laughs and looks towards Shikamaru who gives a slight chuckle then remembers and gets serious, "Seriously...were you trying to get me killed?!"
Kakashi laughs a little louder as he rounds his desk and puts a hand on the aide's shoulder. "I was just giving you an opportunity to take a look if you wanted one." Shikamaru smiles and shakes his head.
Kakashi shivers then continues, "I can't believe that the first time I truly miss my sharingan would be because of sketches that included that knucklehead!"