Trump Cards and Broken Dice

Chapter 2: Underage Drinking and Untold Secrets

A/N: I AM A BAD JASHINIST! Okay, so I'm just going to update when the urge to update comes, so each story will be sporadically updated. However, I will update more often, I'm starting to write on my phone. This is my favorite chapter, it's fun. I'll be totally honest and say I enjoy this commission a lot more than I thought I would.

Almost sixteen hours of nonstop running was exhausting Sakura, she actually felt a little jealous of the amount of stamina the other two could keep up at the same speed. They finally ended up stopping when she tripped over a tree branch in a half-conscious haze and Deidara had to swivel around at top speed to catch her. After a short argument the three shinobi finally agreed that 1: it would be stupid to walk around in the same clothes, and 2: that it would be even stupider to camp in the forest for the night with no food and no camping supplies. They were lucky enough that Sakura had a decent amount of money on her.

"We won't be staying anywhere nice but the place'll have hot water," Deidara had reasoned minutes before they arrived in a town. After finding a medium rated inn to stay at the trio argued yet again over various things until they finally settled everything on a game of roshambo (Sasuke's idea, surprisingly enough) but ended up only settling who would use the shower first (Deidara won and nobody really wanted to fight the blonde over that subject). The three ended up leaving after this entire ordeal to get clothes and supplies for the long road ahead together sometime around 8:00 that night.

"Are you ready yet pinky?" Deidara called from outside the store, reminding Sakura that her two companions were already done buying what they needed and she was still in the middle of paying for medical supplies. A few minutes later, a black katana, a chain, two utility belts, and several paper bills were placed beside Sakura on the counter. Sakura looked up to see Sasuke and Deidara beside her. She raised her eyebrow as the pair quickly paid for the items and left as quickly as they'd come.

"Boys shop quickly," the cashier said, his violet eyes sparkling in amusement.

"Hidan?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Hey Pinky," the cashier smirked, "how has the babysitter been?"

"Better than Sasuke," Sakura replied, "what are you doing here?"

"I was told to watch you guys and jump in if you three begin fighting," Hidan smiled.

"Well they've been getting along to the best of their ability and are you absolutely sure this was a good idea?" Sakura got a sharp feeling of dread from the devious Jashinist's face.

"Hey," Hidan smiled, "don't sweat the small stuff, they'll need you soon, trust me. Now go and make sure they don't do anything stupid."

Hidan's warning came too late, when Sakura got out the pair had already taken a bottle of sake from a passed out drunk, cleaned off the rim and begun taking turns drinking from it. To Sakura's great dismay both liked it and had disappeared moments before she'd left the store to buy three more bottles. Sakura had never tasted it and figured the two were nuts when they reappeared with the bag of sake.

"You two are underage," Sakura insisted to the pair, "aren't you?"

"19 and 16," Deidara smirked, "not too young, try it!" At this time the blonde held out the quarter full bottle of sake. Sakura took it gingerly from the blonde and took a swig of the fermented rice wine. The rush of alcohol shook Sakura's brain and the next thing she knew the rest of the bottle was gone and the shinobi in front of her were starting to blur.

"Can't keep your liquor Pinky?" Deidara chuckled, supporting the kunoichi as she toppled.

"She's stick thin I'm not surprised," Sasuke commented. The three made their way back to the inn and soon broke out the three bottles they'd bought. Three hours and two sake bottles later the trio was midway through the final bottle and Sakura got to see the smile on Sasuke that she desperately missed.

"This is so fucking our livers up," Deidara said from where he lay shirtless on the center bed while Sasuke and Sakura were on the floor.

"Who the hell cares?" Sasuke asked, taking a swig of the sake and passing it to Deidara, "So what now?"

"How about a game of truth or dare?" Deidara suggested taking a swig and passing it to Sakura.

"Sounds good," Sakura agreed, taking the second to last swig in the sake bottle, "the one who finishes this goes first!" She cackled and handed it to Sasuke, who finished the bottle.

"Okay Sasuke-kun," Deidara smirked, "Truth or Dare?"

"Truth," Sasuke slurred.

"Ever had a girlfriend?" Sakura blurted out.

"Nope," Sasuke smirked, "never, wish I had though."

"Heh," Deidara sighed, "girlfriends can be hell-spawn."

"You next Dei-chan!" Sasuke bellowed.

"Truth!" Deidara screamed back.

"What's the stupidest thing you've done?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh shit you think I know that?" Deidara laughed loudly, "I've done so many stupid things I lost count of the stupidest! I think the stupidest would be picking a fight with your brother, hm."

"You have no shame when you're drunk," Sasuke commented. Deidara burst into a fit of joyful laughter.

"Why do you think I picked the fucking fight?" he asked through his gasps for breath, "I was a fucking stupid as shit eleven year old! I had no shame!"

"You're still stupid," Sasuke smirked.

"Fuck you," Deidara spat, with a joyful smile plastered across his face, "your turn pinky, truth or dare?" Sakura pursed her lips, thinking.

"Dare," she finally said. Deidara's eyebrows rose and his mouth curved into a crooked ear-to-ear smile.

"Oh really?" he chuckled, "Then I propose Sasuke chooses the dare."

"No," Sasuke growled, "you'll hate me both."

"Choose or I'm making you kiss the pinkhead," Deidara chuckled.

"That was my dare to her," Sasuke replied, "kiss the blonde pinky."

"I have a name!" Sakura yelled.

"Just do it," Sasuke scoffed. Deidara glanced between them and finally knocked their heads together. They locked their lips for a split second before Sasuke pushed Sakura flat on her face. A loud swack followed by a thud sounded and Deidara's soft laugh hit Sakura's ears. She sat up and turned around to see Sasuke's fist recoiling and Deidara in a hysterical fit on the floor with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"You have the best face on right now," Deidara gasped.

"Try that again and see how long you live," Sasuke growled. Deidara's smile fled.

"Like I have anything to lose," he spat. They glared at each other and then made there way to opposite beds. Sakura lay down in the center bed and waited till she was certain the two shinobi on either side of her couldn't hear her before cussing at herself for not saying anything. Eventually she drifted off to sleep.

The next morning Sakura woke up to the sound of water running and sat up, she looked at the two beds on either side of her and saw both were empty, and that the window of the hotel room was wide open. Sakura stood to close it and almost got a foot in the face as Deidara climbed in.

"There's a door!" Sakura yelled.

"Oh hush," Deidara commented, "get in the shower once Sasuke's out, hm."

"Bossy," Sakura teased.

"Just do it," Deidara grunted, stretching and shutting the window with his foot.

"Sorry if I used up the hot water," Sasuke called as he exited the bathroom fully dressed.

"Yo," Deidara nodded to the Uchiha.

"I see you both like the color black," Sakura commented before walking into the bathroom and shutting the door. She sighed and looked at the door time. "Did I never pay attention during earlier missions or are my team members unnaturally mature this time?" she muttered. When she saw what Sasuke was wearing, she almost slammed her head into a wall, not that Deidara was much better, but both had kept it extraordinarily simple for something they were going to be fighting in. After all, she didn't have a clue what was going through either's head at the point where she'd made her comment, but it was probably something along the lines of 'I like this shirt.' Deidara was actually wearing something that wouldn't snag anywhere, a black halter that was very close to being skintight and was probably bought a size too big to make sure it wasn't, a pair of dark brown pants, relatively simple, and standard black ANBU sandals, most of it was rather simple save for the gloves he wore, they were black and hooked around his middle finger then ran all the way to the middle of his upper arm, where it was held there by a dark brown belt of some sort.

Sasuke on the other hand, would've been fine with the dark blue tank top, black pants and ANBU sandals if he had taken out the greenish-black, short sleeved, high collared jacket he wore open over this ensemble. Sakura was starting to wonder if it was a thing for Uchihas to wear high collars or if Sasuke just particularly liked it. Besides that, they'd somehow made use of what they'd bought while she was buying medical supplies. The katana was naturally given to Sasuke, but the chain had an odd place as a sort of quick open for the pouch at Deidara's side. She didn't want to know where he got the arrows or the quiver that was strapped to the utility belt strung around his hips, or what he would do with them. Either way it didn't matter to Sakura, she merely stripped and got in the now freezing shower (bastards used up all the hot water).

I love designing outfits for canon characters. And no, I will not take off that jacket I put on Sasuke, it's cool and he looks good with a high collar. Besides, dark green looks good on pale people, I'm not apologizing for a personal preference.

See you next chapter of whatever I update next.

Forever earnest and forever morbid,

The Jashinist