Devils in the Background

Pulling at Threads

(Hopefully both.) Hizashi thought as he subtly eyed the blonde's body. "A tattoo and we'd like it to be the same thing reflected on both of us"

The tattoo artist nodded and had a couple clones rearrange a room so there were two tattoo chairs next to each other, "In that case it'd be best to do you both at the same time." He said as he took them to the room that was tweaked.

"I hope you can handle us both." said Hiashi as he sat down next to his brother.

The blonde smirked, he was really starting to like Konoha, "Trust me. You guys aren't the first pair I've taken on before." He said as he picked up his sketch pad. "Now what would you guys want on your bodies?"

Hiashi shivered, this suggestive talk was a turn on already, "We want a very colorful bird in mid flight on my right shoulder, but on Hizashi's left shoulder."

"That I can do." The blonde said as he started sketching in his pad ... or at least tried to. It was kind of hard to focus when the twins removed their shirts exposing such tempting skin for the blonde to view. Naruto only came to his senses when he felt his lizard waiting not far away. As he sketched he ordered his lizard to get a glimpse of his stalkers. In no time at all the lizard got what he needed and carefully scurried onto the sketch pad as the Hyugas set their shirts down on a table ...

The lizard flashed a quick picture of his pursuers and jumped on the blonde's hand. Naruto pretended to brush his hair out of his eyes so the lizard could disappear into his hair, "Ok, how's this?" He showed them the sketch pad.

"That's perfect." The twins said in perfect sync and the tattooing began. Naruto made a clone to work on Hizashi while he worked on Hiashi ...

"Do all anbu wear masks that resemble an animal?" asked the tattoo artist.

"Yes, why do you ask?" Hizashi asked.

A devilish smirk made its way to the blonde's lips, "Just wondering if they all do it like they do it on the discovery channel." said Naruto who liked the blush that appeared on the twins' cheeks, (Interesting ... my lizard showed me a pair of ninjas with blank masks ... if they aren't anbu then who is watching me?)

"Hey, Naruto, why did you choose to become a tattoo artist and not a ninja? You have amazing chakra control and a lot of it. You might have been a great ninja." Hiashi said pointedly.

"It never suited me ... it's not for everyone and my mother was very upfront about things her family went through even if she never told me the life scared her. I prefer this, turning an already beautiful canvas into something more." The blonde said casually, "Besides, there's something about the politics that ninjas abide that unnerves me. You know, when I was in the village of Colors there was a case and I can't help but think about it every time I hear about clans and councils."

"What is it?" asked Hiashi.

Naruto wiped away some blood and dipped the tattoo needle in a different color in time with his clone, "There was a leader of a clan of merchants caught in a snowstorm and disappeared for three years ... when he came back he found out that his clan declared him dead, which was understandable, but then he found out that the elders of his clan were teaching his son everything incorrectly. They would tell the young heir bits and pieces of the doctrine for the clan and warp the rest so they had more power."

Hiashi's eyes widened in curiosity, "And what happened?"

"I wasn't there personally, but each of the elders were executed ... it's apparently a really common thing. Either council members or elders will take advantage of younger heirs or successors and make them think they have more power than they really do. Sometimes they make a ridiculous claim like they can't touch the original doctrine because it's fragile or something ... there we go, all done. Just let me heal them." Naruto let the clone go help an other customers as he healed the tattoos ...