Pairing: GenSaku

Prompt: Time Travel AU

Rating: PG-13

Kushina calls her "little sister."

Mina - No, the Yodaime - calls her a "close friend."

Genma calls her "crazy."

"Frankly, you're very slow." He grits his teeth at her comment. "They told me you were fast, but this is a little sad. Genma-san, are you taking this spar seriously?" He knows she's just trying to rile him up so he'll slip up and she'll be given the opportunity to strike him down.

He mentally winces. There are stakes. Of course, there are. If he loses, seeing as that's where this is heading, he'll have to take her to a bar and let her drink as much as she wants and then take her, presumably, drunk ass home and make sure she doesn't die of alcohol poisoning or something.

Are certified medics even allowed to get drunk? His wallet already hurts. If he won, he'd drop by to do his laundry every weekend for two months (assuming, of course, she isn't sent on a mission).

The ground ripples as if it were water before large cracks appear and then it completely shatters. Giant pieces of large fly in every direction. Genma, in a last-ditch effort to escape with his life (He's allowed to be dramatic thank-you-very-much!), replaces himself with a log and hides in a tree off to the far right.

Just as he breathes out a sigh of relief, he freezes. The cool metal pressed against his neck along with a puff of hot air against his ear causes his heart to stutter. She presses against his back fully, chuckling softly when he curses under his breath for being so careless.

"I win~"

"Fine. Whatever. You win." He absolutely does not shudder her breath ruffles the hair rest at the nape of his neck. "Could you remove your blade now?" When she does, Genma slowly turns around. "You're crazy." It's not the first time he's called her that and it probably won't be the last time. "I can't even recognize the training ground, Sakura!"

A sheepish look appears on Sakura's face. "Mina-chan won't be happy about that." Then she shrugs. "Oh well. Nee-sama can deal with it. She'll probably laugh, high-five me, and then treat me to ramen or something while Mina-chan dispairs over the women in his life~"

That actually causes Genma to chuckle. He watches, then, as Sakura settles next to him on the branch. "Maybe I did overdo it a little..."

Genma snorts. "I can't even see the creak anymore."

"Whatever." Sakura throws herself from the branch then. She lands gracefully on a large chunk of land underneath the tree. "You owe me a drink!" She calls up loudly. "Pick me up at 8!"

"You're making this sound like a date!" He yells down at her.

Sakura grins, arms crossing over her chest. "Isn't it?" But she doesn't wait for him to respond - he doesn't have a response to that - and Body Flicker's out of there. He sits there staring at the spot she was in for several minutes. Even going as far as to ignore the figure that appears next to him until a light hand settles on his shoulder.

"I thought Sakura was joking about this."

He laughs. "Let me guess...she stopped by briefly to tell and then ran to Kushina?"

Minato sighs in defeat. "You bet she did."

"Well, let's hope this can be fixed soon." Genma leaps down from the tree branch. "If you'll excuse me, sir, I have to go get ready for a date."

"Ah, you finally asked Sakura out?"

Genma grins, perfect white teeth showing. "On the contrary, sir, she asked me."

The Yodaime's shoulders sag in defeat. "Really?"

"Aren't you supposed to be happy for me?" And then, quickly, "sir."

"Oh, I am! I really am! It's about time you and Sakura stop beating around the bush. It was driving the gossip clerks up the walls, but, it's just...I now owe Kushina for losing our bet."

"I...don't know how I feel about that, sir."

Minato just waves him off. "Don't worry about! Go enjoy yourselves. Oh, and Genma?" He stops turning away to turn back to look at his Hokage. "While I value Sakura as a close friend, she is Kushina's little sister and you haven't experienced true fear until you've faced Kushina's wrath." Genma has seen Kushina kill enemies with a toothpick and without blinking too.

Message heard loud and clear, he offers a salute. "Understood, sir."

"Good." Minato smiles brightly. "Have fun!"

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~i-just-really-love-sakura