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SUMMARY: Tsunade, Genma, Kotetsu, Anko, Kurenai and Kakashi make a bet on who can get the person they like first. They have a week to get their partners - who will win? Short chapters but will be updated quickly.

WARNINGS: JirTsu, GenRai, KotIzu, IbiAnko, AsuKur, KakaIru, SasuNaru, suggested KibaHina and LeeTen; explicit only for KakaIru and GenRai.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, it is the property of Masashi Kishimoto.

It was Sunday night, and several shinobi were drinking together in a bar. Kakashi, Kotetsu, Genma, Anko and Kurenai were all sat together, half drunk despite the still early hour.

"So, what's the matter with you two then?" Genma asked, looking at Kakashi and Kotetsu. "Still can't convince them to go out with you?"

"Who?" Kakashi asked dumbly.

"Iruka and Izumo", Genma replied.

"It's not like you've got Raido yet either", Anko pointed out. Kurenai nodded her agreement.

"Yeah, and you two don't have Ibiki and Asuma either!" Genma half-shouted.

"Perhaps we should make a bet", Kurenai suggested deviously.

"A bet? Can I join in?" Tsunade asked, coming up to their table and sitting down as they scooched over to make room for her.

"It's to do with not being able to get the people we like to go out with us", Anko said.

"That's fine, I've been working on Jiraiya for a while now...I don't think he's really all that perverted, he hasn't agreed yet, although he's been wanting me since we were kids."

"Maybe he doesn't want to be taken off the market?" Kakashi suggested.

"Isn't that your prob'em with Iruka, the fac' that everyone knows you're kinda a whore?" Kotetsu asked, half slurring his words due to the alcohol.

"Shut up", Kakashi groaned, downing some more sake.

"Okay, how about we have a week?" Kurenai suggested. "Next Sunday night we meet here with the people we like and if any of us are still single then they buy drinks for the others. If we've all got them then it will be whoever got their person last."

"What do we have to get?" Tsunade asked. "I mean – hic – how do we decide what counts as together?"

"You have to have had at least one date and have plans for a second", Kurenai said. "Just sex doesn't count", she added, looking at Kakashi.

Everyone agreed and shook hands with each other, which took a while as there were six of them and they were all at least slightly drunk.

"Well, this might be the first bet I ever win, Jiraiya can't be that hard after all", Tsunade mused.

"I think I'll be fine too", Kurenai said. "Asuma has been buying me flowers for a few weeks now, all I have to do is ask him out."

"Well, Raido and I are always on duty together – does it count if we have sex then go out?" Raido asked, looking at Kurenai.

"You have to have one date and plans for a second, like I said a second ago, sex is irrelevant – but just having sex doesn't count as one of the dates."

"Izu 'n' I are always togevver, we're almos' going out already – we jus' need to say vat it's a date when we do fings togevver – plus we're always on duty togevver and we live togevver", Kotetsu said, still slurring his words.

"Ibiki shouldn't be too hard either...what about Iruka, Kakashi? You've been flirting with him for years, right?"

"He'll say 'yes'."

"Wha's any difrent 'bout now?" Kotetsu asked.

"He'll say 'yes'", Kakashi repeated. The other five looked at him.

"Guess you can count on someone who wears a mask all day to be secretive – hic!" Kurenai joked, the alcohol starting to hit her. "Well, I guess I should get going – d'you want a hand to walk home Kotetsu?"

"Er – yeah, fanks, just make sure Izu doesn' see you or 'e might fink somefing and vat will damage my chances", Kotetsu agreed, walking shakily out of the bar with Kurenai, both of them leaving some money on the table. The others all followed suit, leaving money on the table and returning to their homes, planning to get started as soon as possible.

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