Hey guys! This didn't quite fit in with the mood of the other oneshots, so I decided to make it separate. it takes place near the middle of Season 2. Warning, there's boyxboy (but you already knew that), so enjoy this OppositeShipping fic I came up with out of the blue (don't judge me ;)).
The five male ninja sat in a circle, the dimmed lights only letting them make out each other's faint features. It was a lot more exciting this way, or so Jay claimed as he pitched the idea for a rather dangerous game of Truth or Dare. With Sensei and Nya out of the house, things could get a bit heated if the partygoers allowed.
"Alright. Lloyd, you're up," Jay grinned. "Truth, or dare?"
"I'm going to have to pick truth," Lloyd grumbled.
"Lame," Kai booed, to which Lloyd retaliated with an unamused expression.
"Hmm... I'll start you off easy. Have you had your first kiss yet, and with whom was it?" Jay smirked at the teen, who became very flustered.
"This is an easy question? Uh, yes, actually, and it was with a girl back at Darkley's. It was really bad," Lloyd blushed, and a few of the others chuckled.
"Now you ask someone," Jay explained, gesturing to the small circle.
"Cole. Truth or Dare?" Lloyd turned to the Earth Ninja, who pondered for a moment.
"Dare," Cole smiled.
"Fine. Trade clothes with Zane."
"Are you kidding me?" Cole moaned, and Zane shook his head.
"Why was I brought into this?" The Ice Ninja grumbled as he and Cole stepped outside.
A few minutes later, the door creaked open. Cole walked back into the room, blushing the slightest at the way the cloth clung to him, a few sizes too small.
"Wow, I didn't think you'd actually fit," Jay chuckled. "And Zane gets a turn at being the emo one once he comes back in."
"I'm not emo," Cole defended, tugging at the snug collar of the White Ninja's garment. "And I choose Kai. Truth, or dare?"
"Dare. Give me a hard one," Kai looked Cole straight in the eyes, a challenging look creeping onto his face.
"Alright. You want a difficult dare? I dare you to make out with Zane when he comes back in. Surprise him. For at least thirty seconds," Cole smirked, and watched the color drain from Kai's face. Perfect.
"Poor Zane. Make sure its age appropriate for the youngest one here," Jay snickered, his eyes darting over to Lloyd. Kai blushed, feeling a rush of heat at the thought of kissing the Ice Ninja.
Lloyd looked at Kai with a touch of sympathy, but nodded his agreement.
A painful thirty seconds passed as the team waited in silence for Zane's arrival.
When the door finally opened, Zane made his way to his spot, which happened to be next to Kai. Jay could barely contain the laughter as the Ice Ninja sat, unaware of Kai's face reddening beside him.
"Jay, are you alright? You seem-" Zane was cut off as Kai grabbed the back of his head and jolted him around to face the Fire Ninja.
He barely had time to question the action before Kai full on smooched him. The force caught him by surprise, and Kai sent him toppling to the floor. Even Jay was surprised by the force of the action.
Cole, however, was enjoying every minute of Kai being so flustered, even at Zane's expense. After the thirty seconds was up, he clapped his hands.
Kai shot up, and immediately shrunk back into his spot, his face redder than a tomato. The room held their breath as Zane sat up, a hand over his mouth. He slowly looked at Cole, piecing together information. Lloyd guessed the ninja was most definitely a bit distressed by the way he regarded Cole. No one else seemed to notice, however.
No one spoke, all eyes on the calculating Ice Ninja. Until, eventually, a voice rang out.
"Kai? I do believe it is your turn to dare someone," Zane cast a glance at the embarrassed Fire Ninja who nodded in response.
"Jay? Truth or Dare?"
"Truth," Jay mumbled, slightly scared of what the Fire Ninja could conjure up.
"If you had to kiss anyone in the room, who would it be?" Kai narrowed his eyes at the Lightning Ninja, who nervously chuckled.
"Uh... so we're playing it this way, huh?" He brought a hand to his face, and felt his cheeks growing red. He looked down at the ground, avoiding eye contact with everyone. "Cole."
"What?" The Earth Ninja raised an eyebrow. Lloyd felt like grabbing popcorn. This was getting good.
"I said you, ok?" Jay blushed, and buried his face in his hands.
"Ok then... Zane's the last one left," Cole rubbed his forehead.
"Truth, or dare, Frosty?" Jay sighed, expecting the quiet Ice Ninja to pick truth.
"Dare," Zane said, surprising pretty much everyone. Jay suddenly perked up, a glint of mischief in his eyes.
"Alright... You and Kai. Closet. Seven Minutes in Heaven," Jay pointed outside of the room.
Kai sat, stunned, while Zane looked confused.
"If may ask, what is Seven Minutes in Heaven?" Zane inquired, and Kai moaned.
"Listen, Jay, you can't be serious-" Kai protested.
"If you don't, I'll make Zane do something much worse than kiss for a few minutes in a closet," Jay grinned. "If you know what I mean."
The Fire Ninja tried to stop the flash of inappropriate scenes in his head, but to no prevail. He sighed, defeated by Jay's twisted game of match maker.
"Alright, I'll explain once we're in there. Come on, Zane," The Fire Ninja grabbed Zane's sleeve and led him out of the room.
The two others sat, extremely surprised.
"Jay... that's horrible. I'm fairly sure Zane doesn't even know the term for making out," Lloyd stared in disbelief at Jay.
"Relax, Kai's had a crush on Zane for weeks. I'm doing him a favor. I don't know about Frosty, though," Jay shrugged.
"Wait, what?" Both ninja gawked.
Meanwhile, Kai was getting a bit nervous.
It was pitch black, and Zane's new clothes weren't making it any easier to see him.
"Basically, we're in here for seven minutes, and we have to make out with each other," Kai blushed, and set his hand ablaze a bit to see Zane's reaction.
Zane looked even paler than normal, if that was even possible.
"You mean to say that we have to act as a couple for the next several minutes," Zane said slowly.
Kai nodded.
"I assume we had better get started then." Zane grimly nodded, but didn't move. "You first, please. I have no experience in this sort of game," Zane met Kai's gaze.
"Alright," Kai shut his hand and the flame disappeared. "Sorry we dragged you into this."
Zane didn't answer, but looked expectantly at the Fire Ninja. Kai took a deep breath, and grabbed the front of Zane's shirt. The Ice Ninja tensed, but let Kai pull him into a kiss.
Although Kai would never admit it, he secretly thanked Jay for giving him the opportunity. He more was flustered for the Ice Ninja's sake than anything. But he had to admit, for never having kissed before, Zane picked it up fast.
The boys fell into a corner, Zane being sunk down to the floor. This was better than Zane first thought it would be. He was just so warm and soft. He didn't mind that Kai was dominating him completely, his weight keeping Zane completely under the Fire Ninja's will. Kai, after about five minutes of heated smooching, began to get a bit too rough for the Ice Ninja's liking, forcing him against the ground with a lot of pressure, feeling his body, and pulling his hair. He tolerated it for a bit, distracted by the sensation of Kai's lips being pressed against his own. But after a short while, Kai subconsciously reached a hand down and wrapped it around Zane's butt. The Ice Ninja broke away from Kai's lip lock, but Kai touched him for longer than he should have.
Kai suddenly snapped out of whatever trance he was in, and noticed Zane's distressed state, the Ice Ninja looking... scared.
"Oh jeez, did I do anything?" Kai desperately asked the Ice Ninja. Nothing but silence answered. "Zane, please. You know I would never hurt you, right?" Kai reached a hand our, but Zane shook his head. Heartbroken, Kai sat back. Zane slid out of the room, quietly shutting the door. Kai scrambled to the door, opened it, but found no one there.
"Zane, I'm sorry," He whispered to empty air.
Previously, outside the steamy closet, Cole was seeing Jay begin to notice the wrong in his actions.
"You don't think Zane's too uncomfortable, do you?" He asked the Earth Ninja, who shrugged.
"It finally occurs to you that Zane has no idea what's going on. He comes in from one dare and gets shoved to the ground with a surprise smooch for another. I admit, maybe that was a bit much and we should have kept it clean. But then you send him and Kai for Seven Minutes of Heaven!" Cole rested his forehead on his hand.
"Should we stop them?" Lloyd asked.
"No, because that would require seeing them making out. And I don't need that image plastered into my head," Jay grumbled.
"So, we wait it out," Cole nodded. "And after words, nobody touches Zane for a while until we find out whether he's ok or not. Understood?"
"Understood," Both ninja confirmed in unison. A door being slammed open startled them. It had only been five minutes.
"Oh no," Jay's stomach dropped as he realized the possibilities.
A few moments later, Kai threw open the door, shaken.
"Kai, what-" Cole began.
"I think I hurt him, or something. He seems really scared. He just ran off to I don't where. He didn't even tell me why," Kai felt tears pricking the edges of his eyes.
"Oh no. Um, who's gonna go talk to him?" Lloyd asked, unsure of what to do.
"Me. I'm the one who did this, I can fix it," Kai took a deep breath, calming himself a bit.
"But you're not even sure what you did," Lloyd said, putting a hand on Kai's shoulder.
"I'm gonna find out. If I'm not back in five minutes, then you can come," The Fire Ninja shut the door behind him, and checked the library. Nothing. Next was the game room. Still nothing. Finally, he checked the Ice Ninja's bedroom.
He quietly opened the door, and found him laying on his bed, facing away from him. His knees were tucked into his body, and his arms wrapped around his legs, creating a tight ball.
"Zane?" Kai sat facing the nindroid's back. No response. "Zane, I don't even know what I did to you. I know it was a pretty dirty dare, but you all of a sudden just jerked away. You seemed scared. I want to help you, but first, you need to tell me why."
"You really don't know?"
Kai couldn't tell if it was anger or if it was a genuine question.
"No, I don't."
"You touched me in quite inappropriate places, Kai," The Ice Ninja responded, still facing away from the shocked Fire Ninja.
"Oh."
It was all that Kai could manage. He could understand being a bit too rough if he got carried away, but he never thought he would've made Zane uncomfortable to the point of fear.
"I... I'm so sorry. I promise you I didn't know what I was doing. I must've gone way too far in the heat of things," Kai put a hand on Zane's shoulder.
"I am sorry I worried you so much," Zane mumbled.
"Really? I practically molest you and you say you're sorry for making me worry a bit?" Kai flipped Zane over so he was towering over him, his hands on the Ice Ninja's shoulders.
"I-" Zane began, startled.
"No. I hurt you, and I'm sorry beyond what words can express. Right now, you need to understand that that went way too far, and that physical contact like that is not meant to be uncomfortable, got it?" Kai looked the Ice Ninja straight in the eyes.
"I think I understand," Zane nodded slowly, and saw the Fire Ninja's composure completely snap.
He crumbled into Zane's arms, hugging the nindroid tightly.
"I love you," Kai confessed, tears leaking from his eyes and wetting his borrowed clothes.
"I believe I love you too, Kai." Zane felt Kai grow hotter as he realized what had just happened. But he relaxed as Zane put a hand on his back, his breathing beginning to match the nindroid's.
The others found them a few minutes later, asleep, just like that. Kai layered on top of Zane, who was resting a hand on Kai's back.
"So... did it work?" Jay looked back at Cole.
"I think it did. But I guess we'll find out in the morning," Lloyd shrugged.
"Well, goodnight. That's enough excitement to last me a while," Cole chuckled.
Farewells echoed from the other two, and the Bounty was at peace once again.