Epilogue:

style='mso-tab-count:1'> After a good breakfast and
a warm goodbye, Tsunade sauntered out of class=SpellE>Gai’s house, thoroughly fulfilled.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The sun was beginning to rise.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Outside, in the street, the three class=SpellE>Jounins appeared next to her.

class=GramE>“Oh, hello you three.”
She smiled smugly. “How are you
this fine day?”

class=SpellE>Kakashi looked down dryly.
“I can think of days I would call finer.
I’ll never get the sound of you and Gai out of
my head…”

“Oh, so
then you heard something? class=SpellE>Hehehe, how nice!
That proves it… it proves that we had sex and proves that class=SpellE>Gai isn’t gay, doesn’t it?
He’s only mostly gay, as it turns out.”

“Maybe,”
muttered Kurenai.
“I don’t know how you did it, but you did.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Fair is fair… here’s your money.”style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Both she and Kakashi
gave her pouches of coins. “But you’ve
got to tell us how you did that. If you
used Shintenshin no jutsu
or disguised as a man, it doesn’t count.”

“No!style='mso-spacerun:yes'> I just seduced him.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> There was a spark of heterosexuality hiding
somewhere in there after all. I’ve
learned, through years of wandering, the art of seduction… not too much pressure,
not too little, keep in control. Being a
medic, a master of the body, helps too. Besides,
even a gambler as legendarily bad as me has to win a bet once in a while,
right?”

“So it
would seem,” drawled Kakashi.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> “I wonder what we’ll call you for a nickname
now, since you seem to have lost your title.”

“You’ll
have to figure that out. I have… class=GramE>sigh, work to do. I
am still Hokage.
I’ll probably see you all next time at the bar, though.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Hmm, what about class=SpellE>Asuma’s share?”

class=GramE>“Got it. Nice job, class=SpellE>Hokage-sama.” class=SpellE>Asuma smiled.

“Thanks.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Oh, and Kakashi… class=SpellE>Gai’s special someone?
I don’t think it’s you.”

“I don’t
want to know how you know that, but good.”

“Call it a
woman’s intuition.”

Behind
them, down the street, a tired but satisfied Gai
listened acutely from his front porch.

“So… it was
a bet, then? Tsunade-sama,
it makes sense. You were acting unusual,
and you are an infamous gambler. But, I
know that wasn’t all there was to it.
You showed me… beautiful things.
I think I showed you some too.
And even if you did win this bet… to me, after tonight, you will always
retain your title.”

He looked
to the sky, eyes watering. “…the legendary
sucker!”

Fin

That’s it! I hope
you enjoyed.