SPOILER ALERT! If you have not watched up to episode 134 of Naruto Shippuuden, do not read this story. Click 'back' now to avoid ruining part of the show's plotline. If you're okay with ruining part of the show's plotline, then continue on but do not say you weren't warned.
AN: I JUST finished the episode when Jiraiya dies because of Pain and Tsunade saw that frog ouside her window. This idea came rushing at me so I typed it up pretty quickly. It was written around 3am so forgive me for any grammar and spelling mistakes, or if it just plain sucks.
If it does bite, please don't hold back. Tell me plainly and strictly what I could've done to make this piece better.
This story could be seen as a JiraiyaxTsunade romance fic or simply a frienship fic. Since I couldn't choose which way I wanted this to go, I put this fic under neither Romance or Friendship. That decision is now up to the reader.
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Naruto,' nor any of it's characters.
If Tsunade was known for one thing, it wasn't for possessing the old Hokage's priceless necklace. It wasn't for being one of the legendary Sannin. It wasn't for being the Hokage of the Leaf Village, or being the first female Hokage either.
It was for her losing streak. Because, good gracious, no one can lose like Tsunade.
In fact, Tsunade's lost just about every bet she's ever took part in. She had a gambling problem for sure and bet just way too much, but with how many time's she's bet on something, you'd think she'd have to win sometime.
She was the Hokage and, unfortunately, that put the Leaf Village in a bit of financial stress. Old debts came rushing in and she could no longer hide. People came left and right to collect. She was trapped.
Before her Hokage days, she'd spend her life betting away. Races, card games, sport turn-outs, she bet on everything. And she lost on everything.
She even lost her most prized possession, the Hokage's necklace, due to a bet- with a kid. A stupid genin who somehow managed to pull a rasegan after three days of practice. Three days. No way in Hell was that even near possible. Yet that kid, that stupid blond genin, pulled it off after only three days.
That bet was so sure, it couldn't even be considered a gamble. No way could she lose. It was like betting against Tonton's ability to fly. Absolutely, one-hundred percent impossible. Tonton couldn't fly, and an immature genin who was bottom of his class couldn't do a rasegan in three days.
Maybe it was just Tsunade's luck, because, true to her reputation, she lost again.
(She can never again punch the life out of him for staring obviously at her breasts.)
All those years, her losing streak was consistent. Everyone knew just how simple it was to beat Tsunade. She just couldn't win.
(She'll never get to see his stupid, white, hedgehoglike mane again.)
Tsunade never bets anymore. Not because she knows she can't win.
(She can never again drink sake with him when the pressure of being Hokage got a bit too much.)
Because the one time she did win-
(She can never make things right.)
-she lost everything.