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The Drunken Dare; Part 1

Kakashi, famed Copy-nin of Konoha, sat at a table surrounded by several of the people he deemed friends; Genma- the local lady's man-, Anko -the loudest female Jounin in the village-, Gai -the self proclaimed Beautiful Green Beast-, Asuma -the chain smoker-, and Kurenai -the beautiful Illusionist- all enjoying each others company, as well as the several bottles of warm sake. Everyone was at varying stages of drunkenness, the Copy-nin, being the worst off of the group, having sampled more alcohol than his companions.

Kakashi's state was soon noticed by Gai, whom was only slightly less drunk, "So my eternal rival," the green clad Jounin spoke, "I have a dare for you, if you choose to accept it." Kakashi, being not in his right mind, accepted the dare before gaining knowledge of what it was he would be expected to do. At Kakashi's nod, Gai continued, "Alright, my good friend, I dare you to kiss the next woman that walks by… Maskless." The last condition caught the attention- however fuzzy it was- of the rest of the table.

"Oh look, here comes one now," Genma smirked.

Without a second thought, Kakashi got up out of his chair, pulled down his mask, so that it pooled around his neck, and grabbed the girl Genma had pointed out (she was after all the first to walk by), and kissed her with all the drunken passion he could muster. Almost as fast as his lips touched hers they were gone again, and he sat down without ever once really looking at the woman he had kissed. He did, however, look around the table only to find companions staring at him slack-jawed.

It was Anko who spoke up first, "Did you even look at the person you just kissed? Do you even know who it was?" she asked amusement evident in her voice.

"Why?" he replied.

"Well what did you notice?" asked a stunned Kurenai.

Kakashi thought a moment before answering, "I remember she tasted of wild cherries, and smelt of spring rain."

It was at that point Genma burst out laughing, joyful tears in his eyes, "You know how long I've wanted to do that? Man, she sure has grown up from that little girl that used to follow that..." He never got to finish his sentence as Asuma covered his mouth with a tar-stained hand.

Everyone at the table looked at Kakashi, only to find him wide-eyed and sobered up to some degree, at Genma's words.

"Grown up? Little girl?" he questioned. "Who did I just kiss?" His uncovered eye darted around the bar, in an attempt to come up with an answer. What he saw didn't help his frazzled state of mind any. Sitting at a table to the left of him were Hinata and Tenten, then only slightly further away at the bar sat Ino and Sakura. Turning back to the table he found everyone smiling knowingly. Not coming up with an answer, or at least not one he wanted, the Copy-nin turned to Gai and ground out between clenched teeth, "Who did I just kiss?"

To say that Sakura was a little surprised and caught off guard by her ex-sensei's lips on hers was the understatement of the year.

Ino stared at Sakura with a smirk on her face. Her pink haired friend was as red as a tomato. "So Forehead-Girl, how was it?" At Sakura's confused expression Ino pressed on, "I know he kissed you, I saw him. What does he look like under that mask- is he disfigured, does he have rotten teeth? Fish lips? What?"

Sakura glared at the blonde. "I didn't see much, but from what I saw, he isn't disfigured, his teeth are healthy, and he has the softest lips," she answered a twinkle in her green eyes, and slight blush on her cheeks.

"So, how was the kiss?" Ino asked again. Sakura's blush darkened. "It was that good, huh?." Ino's smirk deepened.

"It was a quick kiss... but it was… nice, I guess," she replied shyly. "Why do you think he kissed me?"

"I dunno, he looks pretty wasted to me," answered Ino.

"What's that supposed to mean- that a man has to be drunk to kiss me?" Sakura hissed.

"You said it, not me", Ino's smirk grew larger in to something resembling a wicked grin.

"SHUT UP INO-PIG!"