Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu literally means Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique. It's classified as a D-Rank genjutsu and I remember Kakashi using it on Sakura. Seeing that it's a D-Rank jutsu (and rather effective once you have an idea what horrifies your target) I would think that Kurenai would know it being a genjutsu specialist and all.
And for further clarification the jutsu Kurenai tried to use on Itachi was Magen: Jubaku Satsu (Demonic Illusion: Tree Bind Death); or at least I think that was the one. Hmm…must check…
Final authors note: There's a Weebl and Bob reference in here. See if you can find it.
The Shinobi's Guide to Camping
By Kaori
"All right kids, gather round it's story time!" Gai was entirely too cheerful and it was incredibly nauseating, or maybe that's just the undercooked boar meat… Whatever the cause, nobody but the jounins were looking forward to this particular camping tradition.
"This is so lame." Whined Ino.
"You're just angry because you don't know any good stories." Huffed Shikamaru.
"Says the boy who sleeps with a plushie."
"I thought we agreed never to bring that up again."
"Shikamaru's childish sleeping habits aside," Kakashi cut in before Ino could comment further. " it's customary to tell stories around the campfire and since you've had to suffer so much today Kiba, why don't you start?"
Kiba told the story of the time he visited Shino's house.
"I did not." interrupted Shino.
"You did! You totally did! Akamaru, tell them I'm not lying!" said Kiba. Akamaru yipped. "There, you see!"
"Kiba, you know you're the only one here that understands Akamaru." Naruto pointed out.
"Grr…"
"Just finish the story, Kiba. The sooner we get this over with the better." Sasuke said. "And if there are any more disturbing details like that please keep them to yourself."
"Seriously I could've lived my life perfectly well without knowing that when Shino laughs too hard bugs fly out of his nose." Muttered TenTen.
Next up was Lee who told the tale of how he met Gai which had them both in tears by the end of it. This led to Naruto telling everyone how he met Jiraiya and consequently Tsunade.
"Naruto you're either very brave or completely out of your mind." Neji said flatly when he got to the part about challenging Tsunade to a fight.
"I opt for the second one." Smirked Sasuke.
"Bastards, the both of you." Naruto shook his fist at them. Then it was Neji's turn.
Surprisingly, he didn't rant about his hatred for the main house. No, he chose to rant about his distaste for Gai and Lee's behavior.
"Neji how could you!" cried Gai.
"It's not like you make it very difficult." Seethed Neji.
"Er…Ino why don't you tell the next story?" TenTen piped up, trying to diffuse the situation before it escalated.
"No way, Ino-pig is a terrible story-teller!" yelled Sakura.
"What do you know about it, Monster Forehead?" Ino yelled back. The others ignored the two while they traded insults.
"I guess I'll go next." Shrugged Shikamaru and told a boring story about a dog and dense children that kept falling into wells and getting trapped in burning barns.
"Oi, Sasuke, wake up. It's your turn." Naruto poked the raven-haired boy who scowled at him. Ino and Sakura immediately stopped arguing to listen to their idol.
"Once upon a time there was a happy family; a mother, a father, and their two sons. Everything was fine until one day, the older brother decided to kill everybody and leave his little brother as an orphan. The younger brother decided to avenge his family and so spent many years making himself stronger until finally, he hunted down and killed his bastard brother, restarted his clan, and lived happily ever after. The End."
"Sasuke that was depressing." Kurenai said.
"Too bad. Chouji, your turn."
Instead of a story, Chouji gave an account of the best restaurants in Konoha. He and Naruto then got into an argument over which was better: Ichiraku Ramen or Pai Ming's Korean Barbecue.
Hinata was too embarrassed to tell a story and Shino outright refused so Kurenai told the story of her jounin exam. This led to Asuma asking when Shikamaru planned to take the exam.
"Aren't you getting ahead of yourself, Asuma? He just made chuunin." Kakashi said.
"Don't underestimate my student!"
"All right, enough about that." Kurenai said. "It's TenTen's turn."
TenTen's story was about a swordsman who is on a quest to become the greatest in the world. Along the way he meets a bunch of people who eventually become his friends and they travel the land together and help each other fulfil their dreams.
"That sounds a lot like us." Naruto said.
"If that's the case then Sasuke's just like the main character, Bantaro!" sighed Sakura.
"No way, Sasuke's nowhere near as friendly." TenTen pointed out. "He's more like Ranmaru the sorcerer."
"You think so, I think Neji's more of a Ranmaru."
"No, Neji's a Hotsuma."
"Well in that case, who's Bantaro?" Ino huffed.
"Naruto of course."
"No way!" chorused Sakura and Ino.
"Actually," Shino said, causing everyone to get really quiet. "the way Naruto's always going on and on about being Hokage is just like how Bantaro is always saying he's going to be the greatest swordsman in the world."
"Maybe, but Naruto's nowhere near as cool as Bantaro." Ino said, stubbornly.
"What do you mean I'm 'nowhere near as cool as Bantaro!'" yelled Naruto. "I'm ten times cooler than some made-up guy!"
"Sheesh, why are you all getting so worked up, it's just a story." Snorted Shikamaru.
"Heheh, Shikamaru sounds like Nagi…" snickered Kiba.
"Shut up."
"Anyway…" coughed Asuma. "whose turn is it?"
Five minutes later…
Kakashi was floored by a rock courtesy of Kurenai.
"Stop, stop, stop! That's too much information!" she yelled. The story had started out normal enough; boy is on a journey to make his fortune in the world, boy meets another boy who accompanies him, boys rescue girl, boys fight over girl, one boy loses out. Then Kakashi's story took a turn for the perverse and he had to be stopped before innocent minds (Lee and Hinata) were corrupted.
"Too much…" drawled the copy-nin. "or too sexy?"
"TOO MUCH!" yelled everyone except Asuma, Hinata, Lee, and Shino (Hinata and Lee had their ears covered by Kiba and Gai when Kakashi had started to get perverted and had no idea what the big deal was).
"Kakashi stop screwing around and tell a proper story." Grunted Asuma not the least bit put off by his fellow instructor's antics.
"But this is a proper story." Blinked Kakashi.
"An appropriate story then."
"Appropriate?"
"One that can't be mistaken for porn."
"If you're good, any story can be mistaken for porn." Leered Kakashi. No one had a response for that.
It's true though. A friend of mine has this way of reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears out loud that makes you all hot and bothered; and don't get me started on how he reads Little Red Riding Hood… (shudders) Ugh, I feel dirty just thinking about it. Also, that last conversation between Asuma and Kakashi is one I've had with the aforementioned friend.