DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...
(A/N): Yay more Poker Time!
Ok I'm kidding. There won't be that much poker...*sad face*
TO THE STORY!
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Chapter 66: Extreme Gamble
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"So, you ready for the next hand?"
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Tsunade was fuming. She and that damn blonde brat have been playing for three hours now and somehow the brat was able to knock eight of the other players out of the game. It was down to her, the brat, and some poor sap who had only a couple hundred Ryo left to his name. Tsunade herself wasn't looking too good in the money department either. She still had more than the one other guy had left but it looked like pocket change to the amount of money the blonde brat had managed to squeeze out of all the other players.
The dealer dealt their next hand and Tsunade hid a smirk behind her poker face. She had a pair of kings. King of diamonds and the King of Spades. The blonde brat checked and she went along with it for the first round. When the dealer revealed the first three cards Tsunade couldn't believe her luck. "Five of diamonds, Five of Spades, and King of Hearts." the dealer said as he showed the cards. The one remaining player other than her and the brat was forced to go all in. Tsunade matched the pot and the brat moved the required amount of money into the pot. The dealer nodded knowing no more bets were to be made. He then revealed the last two cards. "Five of hearts, and three of clubs." When the three showed their hands the one guy had a pair of Aces in his hand and had a Full House with a high card Ace. Tsunade went pale when she saw that the guy had a better hand than she did. She reluctantly showed her hand and the two looked to the blonde brat. Tsunade sneered at him. "So, brat. What do you have?" she snapped at him.
The blonde just smirked and showed his hand. "Two of clubs and Five of Clubs." he said calmly. The last guy out of the peanut gallery face planted on the table sobbing about demon children taking his money. Tsunade just stared at the hand he had. It was two simple cards, not even that good of a hand. But he managed to beat both of their hands with it. The kid had a Four of a Kind. Five of Hearts, Five of Diamonds, Five of Clubs, and Five of Spades. Tsunade gritted her teeth and reluctantly let the brat take his winnings.
It was now down to just the two of them. Tsunade barely had enough money to make the Antie and was dealt her hand. She looked at it and felt a little hope rise up. She had another pair of Aces, but from what she had seen from the kid she had no idea if this hand would be able to trump the brats luck. Right from the get go she went all in. She didn't have enough money to match any of his bets anyway so this hand was going to make or break the game. "So Oba-chan, ready to call this game?" her fellow blonde said cockily. She gritted her teeth and growled lightl at him.
"Watch it brat," she growled. "I don't wanna have to explain to Sensei why one of his Chunin turned into a stain on a wall." the Slug Sannin said as she clenched her hands into fists. The blonde scowled at her, but his cocky smirk never left his face. "Watch it Oba-chan, I'm no Chunin. I'm a Jonin, and a damn good one. Remember that." he said coolly as the dealer started to show the cards on the table. "Ace of Spades, Two of Clubs, Three of Diamonds, Four of Hearts, and Jack of Clubs." he said as he showed the cards. Tsunade held her breath. She showed her hand and had a Three of a Kind. It was a damn good hand, but with the cards on the table, the brat could easily take her down with a single card.
The brat sighed and showed his first card. Two of Spades. Tsunade became hopeful, but that all disappeared when she saw the smirk return to the brats face. "Straight." he said as he showed a Five of Hearts to finally finish Tsunade off.
The Slug Sannin let out a frustrated sigh and watch as the blonde brat snickered at her while he took the last of her money. "Well, Oba-chan, looks like I won our little bet. It's time to return to Konoha." he said as he collected his winnings and stood up. Tsunade gritted her teeth and growled. She slammed her hand on the table, cracking it. "Hold it brat! Double or nothing!" she growled. The blonde turned and raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? What have you got left to bet Oba-chan?" he said in a curious tone.
Tsunade scowled at the boy and pulled out an expensive looking necklace. "This. I'll give you this if you win. And if I win you leave me alone. Deal?" she said as she glared at him. The bonde looked at the necklace for a long moment. He got a far away look in his eyes for a second. After it went away he nodded. "Alright, but, whats the catch?" he said with suspicion.
Tsunade grinned at the kid. What a fool he was. "Well, since you think you're some big shot Jonin. Why don't we have a little spar. If you manage to beat me in it I will give you my necklace, and come back with you and your team. But if I win, you give up n trying to take me back, AND I get your winnings from tonight. Deal?" she said with a sly grin and held out her had for him to shake.
The blonde looked at her for a moment, analyzing his chances. After a brief second he smirked. "Alright, Oba-can, you got yourself a deal." he said with a cocky grin and shook her hand.
The two walked out of the building and prepared for a throw down.
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Jiraiya decided it was time to call it quits when he saw Tsunade leave through the door of the building. He took the remainder of his money and followed after her, but stopped in his tracks when he saw his Godson walking with her and felt the killing intent flowing between the two. "Oh no. What kind of mistake did you make brat..." he mumbled to himself as he followed them outside.
The two blondes walked into the middle of the empty street out side and stood ten meters apart from each other. Tsunade was scowling up a storm as Naruto was casually stretching. Jiraiya caught up with them and decided to make his presence known.
"So, what did the brat do to make you mad Hime?" he called to his old teammate in a jovial tone. She scowled even more at him and huffed. "Should of known you were with him. The kid beat me at Poker so we are having a double or nothing fight." she growled as she looked back at the little blonde brat that conned her out of her money. Jiraiya gulped and felt a cold sweat coming on. He looked at Naruto with eyes that said do NOT fight her. The blonde Jinchuriki looked back at Jiraiya and simply waved him off in a 'I've got this' kind of manner.
The old Toad Sage sighed as he shook his head. He looked back to Tsunade with a slight pout. "Just don't beat the kid up too badly Hime." he sighed. Tsunade grinned and cracked her knuckles. "No promisses." she told her old teammate before glaring back at the blonde brat.
"Ok brat. No blades and keep the Ninjutsu low powered. Don't want to blow up the town. You ready brat?" she asked the little brat. Naruto smirked at her and nodded. He'd only need one jutsu anyway. "Then here I come!" she yelled as she dashed towards Naruto with intense speed.
Naruto instantly threw a Hiraishin Kunai at her, but it went wide and missed her completely. Like he wanted. Tsunade saw the kid throw something but miss horribly. She first thought what in the hell was Sarutobi thinking making this kid a Jonin. But then it hit her. Literally.
Naruto flashed over to the kunai and delivered a heavy kick to the back of her head. He didn't stop there. As Tsunade flew though the air he flashed back to his starting point and kicked her high into the air. As Tsunade flew up he threw the kunai into the air faster than she was raising. Once she reached the apex of her flight he flashed up to the kunai and delivered a final kick to her stomach sending her crashing back into the street below.
She landed with enough force to crack the ground and if it wasn't for her inhuman endurance, she would have broken her back. She was surprised that the kid could hit that hard, but not as surprised by how he hit her. She was laying there in shock as she relived several spars with a different blonde hair blue eyed man. "N-N-N-Naurto?" she said as she slowly stood up. Her voice trembling as tears suddenly came to her eyes.
Naruto stood there looking at her in confusion until the woman dashed at him faster then he could react and snatched him in a bone crushing huge as she wept his name. "I-I-I thought you were dead!? Sensei said you didn't survive! Oh Kami! You're so old now! I can take care of you like I wanted to!" she cried. Naruto was stunned by what his fellow blonde was babbling. He looked over to Jiraiya who mouthed out a single word. 'Godmother'.
Realization struck the teen as he hugged the older blonde back. "It's ok Oba-chan. It's ok." he said softly to her as he rubbed her back trying to calm her down.
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(A/N): To be continued...
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