{SPOILER WARNING. Hey! Here's my fic for you ... I was bored, then this came to mind. Please enjoy your (possibly) first crazy ride at the KissingDeath01's Carnival of [Her] Life! Warning: OOC. By the way, there's slight Vanaire in here ... you know, since Vanille sounds like 'Vanilla' and Claire in Japanese is Éclair ... Don't flame please...!}

Truth Or Dare, Oerban Style

"How do people make underwear and bras?" Vanille asked as she sat next to Fang on the ivy colored couch, which was really weird-feeling because of its leather.

"Why d'ya wanna know all of a sudden?" Fang replied with a curious and slightly mischievous tone.

"I'm not sure. Hope said that Lightning, Sazh, Snow, Serah and him are coming over soon," the strawberry-haired girl informed the brunette. "They want to know how we played 'Truth or Dare' back in Oerba."

Fang spit out the Dr. Pepper she was drinking with a rather loud 'Ha!' "Ya really wanna teach 'em how we played it?" she asked.

"Yeah...! Hopefully no one'll die this time." Vanille let out a soft set of giggles at her own statement.

"... Right. Hopefully."

Meanwhile, a few streets away ...

"So Hope, when are we leaving for Fang and Vanille's?" Lightning asked the silverette.

"Right now, if you and everyone else's ready," he replied. He looked questioningly at the others.

"I'm ready," said Snow and Sazh in unision. They looked at each other in a confused manner.

"Heh!" Serah squealed. "You two are so funny! I'm ready, too."

"You ready, Lightni —"

"You mean Claire!" Serah corrected. This made Snow and Hope laugh, and even Lightning chuckled a bit. "Or, as Vanille likes to call her, Éclair!"

"Wait ... Don't éclairs have frosting-like stuff in the middle that come in different flavors?" Lightning asked.

"Yeah ... Why?" Serah answered.

"Since I'm an éclair, I demand I be a vanilla éclair!"

"I see where this is going," Hope said.

"Oh! So you can have Vanille as your frosting!" Serah exclaimed, laughing.

Hope widened his eyes as a trickle of blood dripped from his nose. "W-wait ... d-does that mean...?!"

Lightning widened her pearlescent eyes as well. "I-I...?! In the name of Etro — Serah!"

"Eh?"

"Did you mean it in a weird way..?"

"N-no! Of course not!"

"O-okay ..." Lightning — or, as we call her now, Vanille Éclair — cleared her throat awkwardly. "I guess I'm ready ... Let's go."

"Mm-hmm," Hope agreed. "Let's go learn 'Truth or Dare, Oerban Style'!"

Back to our lovely sisters ... No, I don't mean Vanille Éclair and Dirty Serah.

"Are you suuure they're gonna be here soon?" Vanille asked impatiently.

"Vanille, calm ya-self down. They'll be here any minute now." Fang leaned against the door — which, obviously couldn't be a great idea.

"Fang, you're gonna fall."

"Oh yeah? Watch me. I won't fa —" And at that moment, Sazh opens the door and points his pistols at ... well, everything.

"What'd I tell you," Vanille mumbled. She brightened up after realizing that they had arrived. "Hey guys! Ready for some ..." She giggled a bit, knowing what trouble she'd be in after teaching and playing the Oerban version of 'Truth or Dare' to the others, "'Truth or Dare'?"

"We're definitely ready!" Lightning (Vanille Éclair) exclaimed. "Oh ... and sorry about your sister."

"It's okay! Heh, she falls all the time." She laughed slightly.

Fang got up and scowled at Lightning. "... Let's just start teachin' 'em, Vani."

Vanille had to hold in her laughter. "All right!" She lead the others to her room. Hope gasped at the sight, taking it in: a queen-size bed with satin sheets and a small pink stuffed panda sitting atop, a furry zebra-striped cotton blanket covering about 1 foot x 1 foot amount of the floor in use as a carpet, a magenta wallpaper with small flower petal décor, even a guest bed! But the one thing he really admired about her room, was the small picture in the hazel picture frame sitting on the desk across the room. The picture was breathtaking. She drew that, he thought. She drew it. The picture was indeed a drawing, but not just any. It was a drawing — an accurate drawing — of all of them together. The picture almost brought a tear to Hope's eye as he remembered all the memories they had shared together. Including defeating Bhunivelze.

Serah was also taken aback by this photo that she had discovered on Vanille's desk just a few seconds after Hope had. However, she didn't think about it as long as he did.

Vanille and Fang noticed everyone staring at the redhead's room. Vanille decided to get everyone's attention. "Okay, here's how it's played!"

Everyone turned toward her.

"There's 14 challenges. And they're random, you never know what challenge's next. Like, say, Challenge #1 might be the water challenge. I'll explain that when it's time. Ooh... A small warning before we start. There's just a tiiiny 7% chance you'll die or get knocked out. Only because as each round passes, the challenges get harder and more ... extreme." She paused for a moment to let everyone take in what she'd stated, then added, "Ready to play?"

Everyone nodded. Especially Snow and Sazh. They nodded eagerly.

"Let the Oerban Truth or Dare begin!"

{Yeah, this chapter is short. K. And yeah, I got that last line from the Hunger Games. Meh. Next chapter'll be up soon, so stay tuned! Peace. 3 ~Ari}