Chapter Two: Truth or Dare
They sit in a circle: Nissi, Hiei, Olivia, Kurama, Meagan, Yusuke, Vanessa, Botan, and the newly awoken Kuwabara. Hiei sends numerous death looks to Nissi and Olivia, and Kuwabara purposely sat very far away from the two abusers who are Vanessa and Meagan.
"Who starts? I'm getting tired of having to stare at Kuwabara's face," Hiei snarls, furious that he was dragged into such a stupid game.
"…Kuwabara, truth or dare?" Olivia starts.
"Dare. I can handle anything!"
Olivia grins wickedly, "I dare you to kiss Vanessa!"
"ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY I AM NOT KISSING HIM!"
"Of course not," Olivia soothes. Vanessa relaxes. "He's kissing you."
The kiss was swift, quick, and silent. Kuwabara swooped in, kissed Vanessa, and swooped out. He was lucky, because Vanessa was aiming to hit him. Her face is red and if looks could kill, Olivia would be dead.
"Okay," Kuwabara smiles happily, "Kurama, truth or dare?"
Kurama closes his eyes slowly, twirling a strand of red hair as if it would help him think better, "Truth."
"Aw you're no fun, Kurama," Yusuke pouts.
"Yeah fox, are you afraid?" Hiei smirks.
"Truth," Kurama repeats slowly.
"Okay-what is your deepest, darkest fear?"
Kurama's eyes opened, surprised at the question, "That is a good one, Kuwabara…let me see. I suppose my deepest, darkest fear would have to be…losing my mother."
"Come on! We knew that!" Yusuke leans over Meagan and prods him.
"Too bad. I answered. Botan, truth or dare?"
"Truth. I'm not dumb-you're capable of more than you let on."
"Very well then. How do you feel about these four barging suddenly in the mansion?"
Botan claps her hands, "I am very happy that they have stumbled across us. It's hard to be alone with what, four guys, all the time. Even I need a break from time to time. I've made four new friends all in one night! Meagan, truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
Vanessa whispers into Botan's ear, "I dare you to run around the mansion twice screaming 'I'm a chicken! I'm a chicken! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!"
Meagan's eye twitches, "You…what?"
"You heard me-get going."
So off went Meagan, running around the mansion screaming at the top of her lungs, "I'm a chicken! I'm a chicken! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!" In the main room, Vanessa, Nissi, and Olivia sit laughing their heads off, to the point where tears are streaming from their eyes and Kurama, Yusuke, and even Hiei have to sit behind them whacking their backs so they don't choke to death.
"I wish I had a camera," Nissi wipes tears from her eyes.
Meagan sits back down in the circle, her face red, "Truth or dare, Yusuke?"
"…Dare."
Meagan smiles, "You shouldn't have picked that! I DARE YOU TO WEAR A BRA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT!"
The others all sweat drop. Olivia whispers, "That is cruel, Meagan."
"I know."
"You can borrow one of my pairs, Yusuke," Botan laughs, pointing up to her room. Her tone suddenly becomes serious. "But if I found out you did anything else, you WILL die."
A series of short, quick breaths come from the corner of the room. The friends turn around to see Yusuke sitting in the corner, crying. "I don't want to!"
"Hn. Scared, detective?" Hiei smirks.
Yusuke sits up, "NO! JUST GIVE ME THE FRIGGIN' UNDERWEAR!"
He stomps up the stairs to Botan's room. Vanessa can hardly contain her laughter and she hasn't even seen anything. Yusuke trudges down the stairs again, sitting back in the circle.
"How do you stand such uncomfortable wear?" He shifts, pulling at his shirt.
"How do we know you're even wearing it, Yusuke?" Kurama smiles.
Meagan gets up from her spot and pulls up Yusuke's shirt, "Yep, he's wearing it."
Everyone stares.
"Truth or dare…Nissi."
"Truth...wait, dare."
In Yusuke's head Hiei hears the words, "I must get back at Meagan, I must get back at Meagan, I must get back at Meagan."
"Alright then…I want you to…"
He whispers the last part in her ear and slips her something. Nissi looks at him, terrified, but then gets up and walks over to Hiei who gives her the take- one more-step-onna-and-I-will-rip-you-into-pieces-and-feed-you-to-the-hae-fish look. Taking a deep breath, Nissi pulls out…a melted chocolate bar. With one swift motion she leans forward and smashes the candy bar into Hiei's face.
"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING DO YOU HEAR ME? IT WAS YUSUKE, ALL YUSUKE, DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU CAN'T PIN ANYTHING ON ME!"
She runs screaming behind Vanessa, who covers her. Hiei forces himself to calm down, and ever-so-slowly he runs his fingers along his face, wiping up chocolate, and licking it. When his face was entirely clean, without a spot of chocolate, he made his move.
"Vanessa, truth or dare?"
"Dare! I am the dare champion!"
Hiei grins, a devilish grin that suits him well, "I liked the expression on your face when Kuwabara kissed you. Now kiss him back."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"Do it!"
So Vanessa gets up, her feet trudging across the carpet, and walks over to Kuwabara who looks like Christmas came eight months early. She leaned in close and…
(Sorry to all those who wanted to see this part, but for the sake of my dear friend Vanessa, I will have to cut the kiss out. If you want to read the part with the kiss, just e-mail me and I'll send it to you.)
"OLIVIA! TRUTH OR DARE?" Vanessa shouts, steam coming out from her ears.
"…Dare."
"I dare you to stick flaming chopsticks up your nose and go "Arf, arf, arf! I'm a walrus!"
And that is what Olivia does. Botan produces two flaming chopsticks from the kitchen and Olivia sticks them up her nose as far as they can go, saying "Arf, arf, arf! I'm a walrus!" When the fire reaches up to her nose, she blows it out and removes the chopsticks, grimacing.
"That took a heavy chunk out of my dignity but I can't say I didn't see it coming, after what I did."
"And now it's my turn!" Nissi grins. "And Hiei is up. Truth or dare?"
"Hn. Dare."
"I dare you," begins Nissi, "to be our servant; and by "our" I mean Olivia, Vanessa, Meagan, and myself; for the rest of the night!"
Hiei stares at Olivia, Vanessa, Meagan, and Nissi with a look of pure contempt, but then sighs in unwanted defeat, "Fine."
Botan and Yusuke try to hold their laughter in, but fail miserably. They burst out laughing, clutching each other for support. Very soon Kurama and Kuwabara join in, though not as loud. Olivia flashes a grin at Hiei that is clearly read as Oh boy I can't wait to start this dare.
Soon, Botan gets her laughter under control, "Well, let's wait a bit before you begin Hiei's torture, shall we? I would love to talk to you about your dares."
The four friends leap up from the ground and walk out behind Botan, each giving Hiei a small pat on the head as the go by him. With each pat, he frowns deeper and deeper, until Kurama states that he has broken a new world record for being angry. Upstairs, the girls plan Hiei's torture.