Land of Water
Nadeshiko Village

"Sakura, wake up." Sasuke took a deep breath, he shook Sakura's shoulder for the nth time. He was getting a hard time to wake her up lately.

They camp out near the borders of Land of Water last night. Sasuke took the first watch and then Sakura. They intended to leave at dawn, the sun is now up.

Sasuke fixed their stuffs and packed their bags. He leaned back on the tree behind him and placed his hand on the pinkette's soft hair. She curled up and unconsciously moved close to embrace him tight. He slightly smiled when he heard her mumbled things.

It was already three months since he came back to Konoha to take her. He was quite surprised from the changes in the village after the war. Everyone is settling down, when he came back to the gates back then, he saw Shikamaru and the Kazekage's sister -Temari, on a date. Well, they were holding hands and so close to each other. They didn't even notice him passed in front of them.

One night in Konoha, he was about to train near the lake, he was taken aback when he caught Sai and Ino cuddling and kissing near the lake. He frowned.

When he was on his way to the Land of Lightning, he also had an encounter with Chouji and Karui – the woman from Kumogakure, he didn't know that they were already married also.

And another one, he met Kiba and Akamaru with a girl named Tamaki, Kiba even introduced the girl to him. Tamaki was one of his fan girl when he was a child. He just nodded uninterestedly.

The dobe married to Hinata, the Hyuga from their class. He always knew that Naruto had a thing for Sakura, he's so dense for not noticing Hinata's feelings for him. He grimaced internally, 'Like I'm the one to talk' He watched Sakura sleeping peacefully, knees curled-up with her arms wrapped around him.

He activated his sharingan when he felt chakra heading in their direction, they were about a kilometer from them,

"Three…kunoichi." He spat in dismay.

"Sakura," He shook her shoulders. He sighed when she slowly opened her eyes and stifled a yawn.

"Oh..Sasuke-kun!" She immediately rose to her feet. The sun is up, she slammed her palm on her wide forehead. She sensed the chakra approaching them, she picked up her bag and noticed that the stuffs were already fixed.

"They're close." Sasuke remarked. She nodded in response. She examined the area, she realized that she's been here before, she didn't noticed last night, it was dark!

This was Nadeshiko Village! She gasped and widened her eyes. She noticed that Sasuke was watching her.

"What?" he asked monotonously.

"Women from this village must find strong men to defeat them, resulting in them being taken to the village to marry the kunoichi they defeated…unless they're already married" She mumbles to herself, Sasuke turned his face to her with a curious look,

"Hn."

"We're near the vicinity of Nadeshiko Village, I was here with Tsunade-shishou and Shizune-san.." She mumbled. She suddenly remembered her experiences, this was where she learned casino and got so drunk for the first time! She suddenly reminded of the red-light district, her face reddened.

He watched her with curiosity.

"Save that for later," Sakura nodded slowly and tightened her grip on her bag.

They masked their chakra and leapt out from the woods. They are avoiding other's company, as much as possible they want to travel in peace. Now they're heading to Nadeshiko Village,

The Nadeshiko Village is more modernized than Konoha, lots of stores, pubs, restaurant and bars along the way. The village was crowded, it seems like they're preparing for festivities.

"There are casinos and gaming clubs, and a newly built Red-light district" He uttered, it's more like a statement than a question. Sakura was quiet and he noticed.

The other restaurants are full and crowded, they had no choice but to eat on a pub for a while. They ate silently but Sakura can't help being annoyed at bottles clanking, loud music, men's cheering, and the women squealing. She overheard from the other table that someone wants to fight Sasuke to be her husband, she scoffed.

He noticed her aggravated face. "Now, tell me" Sasuke demanded, she looked back at Sasuke,

"W-What?," She gulped.

Sasuke's eyes squinted, "Your experience here,"

"Well, last year, Tsunade-shishou and Shizune took a break from the hospital and they insisted me to come on a trip with them,"

She hesitated but she ended up telling him anyway.

They entered the Nadeshiko Village in disguise, Shizune suggested, in case if they got into trouble. Tsunade disguised as a red-head woman, Sakura was a long haired brunette and Shizune was a short-haired blonde.

Shizune and Sakura entered on a casino, they saw Tsunade looking awful. She lost for the 8th time!

"Sakura!" Tsunade lend her a small purse, Sakura looked surprised,

"W-What is this shishou?" Sakura questioned.

"I'm lending you this! Come on enjoy yourself! Lemme teach you," Tsunade exclaimed, Sakura was bored to death so she just followed her master. She doesn't know how to play these machines but the instructions are pretty basic. Tsunade left her to buy boozes.

After 5 hours, "Shannaro!" Sakura grinned, she was on a winning streak and she never left the gaming machine, she now has a sack of coins she got from the machine, she never knew that this was so entertaining as hell!

"Sakura! When did you learn gambling?!" Shizune was surprised when she found Sakura in front of a gaming machine, she was out to handle Tsunade's mess to the other game club,

"Tsunade-shishou taught me the basics!" Sakura beamed and Shizune sighed exasperatedly, Tsunade came back looking terrible,

"Damn, I lost it all." She scowled. She saw Sakura beside a sack of coins, her expression changed suddenly. You can literally see a money sign shining in her eyes.

"Good Job Sakura! As expected of my disciple!" Tsunade pats Sakura, she smiled awkwardly in response.

The village was having a festival, the people are more carefree than usual. There are lot of booths and women are dresses in kimono, there are nin competitions, theater, and even parade. They arrived into a bar and bought bottles of boozes.

"Sakura! Come on drink!" Tsunade was tipsy when she gave Sakura the 10 bottles of boozes. Shizune was nowhere to find, everyone was having fun and she can't just refuse. It was her first time doing such things, she enjoyed this trip. She should've asked the other girls as well, but she suddenly remembered that they are so busy on their lives now but maybe some other time.

"O-Okay shishou!" Sakura gulped it down until she finished them all, one down. Now she was alone, she can't find Tsunade and Shizune inside the bar.

"O-Oh well! Let's have fun y'all!" She stepped in the crowded dance floor and looked like a dancing idiot.

2/10

"Hey pinky, wanna go with me?" The red-head approached her and moved close next to her.

"Wanna go where, pervert?!" She slapped him hard when he was about to touch her ass.

She went out the dance floor and slumped back to her seat.

3/10

"TURN OFF THE MUSIC YOU ASSHOLES!" No one listened to her, no one heard her either. She's already drunk.

4/10

She brought the remaining six bottles with her and went outside, she was tipsy.

"SASUKE-KUN?!" She shouted.

5/10

She reached the way to the Red-light district, she saw Shizune restraining Tsunade from punching those fags. Her head was aching, her surroundings was spinning inside her head.

"Kai! Release!" She thought she was on a genjustu. She saw people walking over her and doesn't seem to care. She reached the bottle and chugged it down.

6/10

"Sakura!" Shizune saw Sakura slumped down near the entrance of the red-light district, "Oh, what am I gonna do with you both." Shizune looked back on Tsunade who was wreaking havoc again, she was so drunk as hell. Poor Shizune.

"S-Shizune-san?" Sakura gaped, her head was still spinning, but she reached the last 3 bottles on her side, she drank it all.

10/10

"SASUKE-KUN?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE, SASUKE-KUN?!" She gathered chakra in her right hand, and slammed it on the ground, she and Tsunade ended up breaking buildings, a lot. And the rest is history.

She bit her lip and examined Sasuke's face, he made no response. She never talked about this dreadful event to anyone. Shizune was tight lipped and Tsunade was being Tsunade. They escaped without difficulty, thanks to Shizune, the life saver. No one knew that the Godaime Hokage and her disciple messed up their pleasant celebration.

"That was awful." Sasuke reclined.

"Y-yeah."

Sasuke faked a cough. "I think we should go now."

"You think so?" She chuckled.