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Ryuzaki glanced around the circle, his eyes passing over Matsuda, Misa, Light, Mogi, Mr. Yagami, and Aizawa. L would use this game, this distraction, to his advantage. Surely this would provide some sort of evidence that Light Yagami was, in fact, Kira; he did after all have to tell the truth. "I go first, okay?" Ryuzaki clarified for the group, without any debate over the matter.

"Light-kun, truth or dare?" he asked, leaning forward on his feet, anticipating Light's choice.

Light rolled his eyes, of course Ryuzaki would choose him. There was only one reason that L had allowed this game to take place, it is somehow linked in his mind to the investigation. Most likely, L was going to try to get evidence that Light was Kira, via truths; but if he said that he wasn't Kira, wouldn't Ryuzaki just accuse him of lying? Also, by choosing dare, would that put him at risk of more suspicion? After all, we already know that Kira hates to lose, so by choosing dare would that give L the impression that he wanted to be the best and take on any challenge, thus leading to the conclusion that he was Kira. Or, by choosing truth, would L conclude that Light was trying to prove his innocence by not choosing to rise up to the challenge of a dare, in which would also push the mysterious detective to the conclusion that he was Kira.

This entire thing was so stressful. Light was tired of Ryuzaki suspecting him of being Kira, he wasn't Kira, or at least, he had no memory of being Kira; the possibility that he had unconsciously killed all of those people still resurfaced in his brain every once and awhile. However, after spending all that time in confinement, and being under constant surveillance by L, via the handcuffs, Light was nearly positive that he wasn't Kira. If only Ryuzaki would get that through his thick skull.

"Light?" Ryuzaki prompted, "your choice please."

"Oh, right," he mumbled, embarrassed at his loss of attention. "Umm… truth, I guess," he shrugged.

L felt proud of himself, this was going to work. There was a good chance that Light had already figured out what he was trying to do, in fact, L would say a good eighty-nine percent chance of it; however, L was positive that he would outsmart the other in this round. "Light, are you Kira?" he asked. "Remember, you have to tell the truth, otherwise your cheating, and you know what they say, cheaters never win…" Ryuzaki perched forward, awaiting his answer.

The Yagami boy rolled his eyes. He had been correct, Ryuzaki was so predictable. Here goes nothing, he thought. Light took a deep breath, "No, Ryuzaki. I'm not Kira, as I've told you countless times."

Mr. Yagami tried to hide his smile, he knew that Light wasn't Kira, it was completely impossible! Ryuzaki however had a less satisfied expression plastered on his face. "Very well then, Light it's your turn," he mumbled, a frown forming across his lips.

"Okay, umm, Aizawa, truth or dare?" he continued on with the game. Light glanced to his side, to see Misa looking as if she'd just suffered a blow to the heart from not being picked. Her eyes shone with hurt and betrayal, and heated waves of anger radiated off of her. Looking back at the ground, Light smiled, Misa could be rather amusing sometimes.

"I think I'll pick…" Aizawa began.

"Aizawa, would you mind if we go back to Light for a moment?" L inquired, having no intention of actually giving him the choice, but figured it would be rude not to ask.

Aizawa shrugged, "Yeah, sure, I don't mind."

"Okay, thanks! Light, truth or dare?" Ryuzaki questioned.

"Ryuzaki! What the hell?! You can't do this, it's cheating, I have to be called on before it's my turn again," Light reasoned.

L frowned, "Light, you were called on, I called on you, now choose truth or dare!"

The younger boy was growing impatient. Fine, whatever. If Ryuzaki wanted to act like this, that's his problem. With a heavy sigh, Light decided, "Fine, I'll take a dare."

"Nope. You choose truth. Were you lying about not being Kira?"

"Ugh! First of all, you can't decide whether I choose for truth or dare, and second, no, I wasn't lying, that time, or the past thousand times I've told you!" Light cried, irritated with the man sitting across from him.

"Hmm…" Ryuzaki began. "Okay, my turn again! Light! Truth or dare?" Everyone else in the circle mentally rolled their eyes, for fear of being seen by Ryuzaki if they did it physically. He was being very childish with this game, and that was probably the reason that the investigation team never played games, because it would lead to a predicament like this one. However, since the group was already involved with this game, they figured they might as well go on with it.

A vein in Light's head was starting to pulse; this game was quickly becoming more trouble than it was worth. When Light didn't respond to L's question, a different voice did. "RYUZAKI!" a shrill voice whined. "Stop hogging Light for yourself, Misa wants to play this game too!" she screamed, and after looking around at the rest of the group, added, "and the others do too!"

L was taken back by the sudden shouting in the close proximity. Fine… if it would get Misa to shut up, he could wait to continue on with Light… he could be patient… or rather, try. "Fine, Misa, why don't you go ahead and ask someone," he mumbled nearly incoherently.

"YAY! It's Misa's turn!" she squealed, hugging Light's arm. "Light! Truth or dare?"

Again, Light sighed. Why was he the one being picked on!? Shouldn't it be someone else's turn!? Deciding Misa would probably rip his arm off if he didn't respond soon, he shrugged, "I guess I'll take a dare this time." Misa squealed and smiled, happy to be giving her boyfriend a dare. L, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow, raising his percentage of being Kira one percent.

Misa smiled, "Light, I dare you to kiss me!" She giggled at her imagined intelligence. Oh! She thought, it had been forever since they had gotten to go out on a date, and the ones they did go out on, they had unwelcome company. She shot an evil glance toward L. Misa considered herself a genius for thinking up such a wonderful and romantic dare. She leaned over, waiting for her prince charming to grant her wish.

"Misa," Light whispered, "can't this wait until… later?" he asked. Light was embarrassed, and he thought it would be improper to do such things with the entire task force watching, including Ryuzaki and his father. However, when the very familiar pout appeared on the blonde's face, he sighed, why fight it, he thought. "Fine." Light leaned over and gave her a quick peck on the lips before returning to his original position in the circle. Misa's face glowed with a lively happiness, a soft pink blush poising itself across her cheeks.

A chuckle emerged from the circle, Matsuda was trying to retain it, however, he was not succeeding. Light new what he was giggling about, and it embarrassed him further. He knew who he was going to ask next. "Matsuda," Light began, "truth or dare?"

When Matsuda finally stopped his cackling, he declared with a surprisingly large amount of boldness, "Dare! Bring it on!"

"Hmmm…" Light thought. "Okay, Matsuda… I dare you to cosplay as Sailor Moon, and skip down the street singing "Barbie Girl." Light couldn't help but chuckle to himself, he was actually quite good at coming up with these dares…

Matsuda's face paled, as he attempted to stammer, "B…but… Light…. I d...don't…"

"Matsuda, don't lie. I saw the cosplay costume in your apartment the other day, so now you can't get out of it…" Light replied with a wicked grin.

"Why were you…?" Matsuda began, then gave up, there was no point in asking anyway. He sighed and meandered his way to his room, quickly changing into the costume. It wasn't fair, he had only worn this costume once, well… maybe twice. Matsuda blushed as he looked in the mirror to see the full effect of his cosplay. "Let's get this done and over with," he sighed.

He ran back to the investigation room, which earned him a great deal of laugher when he entered. After the snickering subsided, they all took the elevator down to the main floor and followed Matsuda outside. The did, after all, have to make sure Matsuda followed through with the dare.

Matsuda slinked onto the sidewalk, already regretting his suggestion of playing a game. However, surely it wouldn't be that bad, he didn't know these people, and he'd probably never see them again, so it would be okay. He took a deep breath, "I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world, life in plastic, it's fantastic. You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere…" he sang, his voice wickedly out of tune as he skipped down the crowed sidewalk. All of the people stopped and gawked at the man in the Sailor Moon cosplay; well… some people have different past times, they supposed. Matsuda continued on, trying to ignore all of the stares he was receiving. "…dress me up, make your time, I'm your dollie… kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky…"

When he had returned to the spot with the others, they were not in any condition to talk. Each and every one of the other task force members were cracking up, Light suffering the worst, had fallen on the ground and continued to lay there, gasping for air from the laugh attack. "Come on you guys, let's head back inside… I finished my dare," Matsuda tried to persuade them.

The laugher suddenly died down, everyone staring directly at Matsuda, which made him nervous. Out of no where, a haggard voice emerged from behind him, "Matsuda? Matsuda, is that you?" Matsuda whipped around, the long blonde pigtails of his wig spinning with him. He came face to face with an elderly woman, staring with frightened eyes and a gaping mouth. It was his grandmother. Before anyone could say another word, Matsuda rushed inside, back up to his room to change, before heading back to the investigation office. The others he had left on the street analyzed the situation before cracking up with a second laugh attack and heading back upstairs. They left the elderly woman standing on the street, her flushed face exposing her gaping mouth.

When everyone had reassembled in the room, Matsuda lowered his head in shame. "Okay, enough, stop laughing already! Ryuzaki, truth or dare?"

L cocked his head to the side, considering for a moment. With his nearly constant emotionless trade-mark tone, he answered, "Dare."

Author's Note : Okay everyone... so i told you things would get more interesting, right? i'm actually surprised i've gotten this ch. done so quick...i've had pretty bad writer's block the last couple days, which has lead to a proctastination on other stories... however! i hope you enjoyed chapter two... i'll get to work on chapter 3 soon. once again, please leave reviews!! they really do provide good insite as to how my writing is progressing, or, not progressing. so please, drop me a comment! and to reitterate, if you have a particular dare/truth you would like to see in here, lemme know. i'm not going to change the ideas i already have in mind, but i can see if i can work it in... i love working with requests, it's challenging, which makes it fun. so if you have a request, lemme know! =) for everyone who has left reviews, thank you!! some of you actually had similar ideas that i had, or sparked an idea for a whole new dare/truth. i guess that's it for now, byebyez! xo