Truth or Dare

The three boys moved into a room and spread out their mats on the ground. Rai's was in the middle, while the other two boys places their mats on either side running perpendicular to their leaders. Omi bounced up and down on his knees in excitement, glad to have his first sleep over occurring, despite the fact he knew nothing about them... at least not when it came to the male variety.

The guy party started with the boys pulling out video games and clicking away the games. Omi however eventually frowned at this. "How is this a guy party, when we are just doing what we usually do on our free time, except we're together in one room dressed for bed and planning on bedding down."

"We're not bedding down." Rai sighed, setting the game down, frustration written all over his face. "I didn't exactly want to do this. I haven't had a sleep over since I was really little."

"Aye never really that many. It was just not something we did, considering we lived away from people." Clay muttered, pulling down his hat over his eyes. "It mostly happened when we visited relatives or they visited us. Except, things got very wild."

"Is there something wrong with having a guy party?" Omi stated. "Raimundo makes it seem like its something not cool."

"More of something you grow out of." The Spanish boy leaned on his hand.

"Then why are we having one if it is childish?" came the next question, which caused Rai's eye to twitch.

"That would be because ya never had one. It's something that needs to be experienced. Plus pardner..." Clay smirked at Omi. "Ya are younger then us. Ya are at the age you should still experience things kiddos are allowed to do"

"Then Rai and Clay are acting immaturely?" The round face twisted up in a smirk, only to have a fist slammed into his head. Tears suddenly welled in his eyes. "What was that for?"

"We're reminiscing on our childhood so that you can experience childhood." Rai muttered, irritation written in his voice.

Omi's voice twisted up again. "So then, what about Kimiko and Catnappe? They aren't doing it because they are looking back on their childhood? Are they being immature about this?"

At that, the two older boys suddenly burst out laughing. Clay shook his head. "Girls... the age they stop is much higher."

"Then females mature less fast then us males." A huge smile spread on the child's face.

"No..." Rai stated. "When they get older, they change things to doing stuff like painting nails."

"Why?"

"Ya seen Kimiko and her constant change of style." Clay let out a sigh.

"What else do they do?" Omi frowned.

"There is that game, truth and dare." Raimundo grumbled.

"And that is..."

At that, the Brazilian boy slapped a hand to his head. "You ask a person truth or dare. If they say truth, they have to answer the question. If they say dare, you dare them to do something. If they then don't do those things, they have to do some sort of punishment."

"Oh..." Two eyes blinked, and then a huge smile showed up. "I dare you to go jump off the roof!"

At that, Clay tipped his hat down. "Omi. You're supposed to ask which they want, then they answer. You're also not supposed to ask stuff that goes against moral codes or would get someone hurt."

"Oh... yeah, Kimiko said something about rules. It's kind of like a code of honor?" Omi stated, a smile on his face. "I want to go first!"

"Fine. Truth or dare." Rai asked, a rather bemused look on his face.

"Dare! I want a dare!" Omi smirked.

"I dare you to stand on your head until you take a dare again." The dragon of the wing laughed.

However, the small boy suddenly pouted. "But... I want to have. Can't you dare me to jump off the roof, or even better, fetch a certain object from the center of the earth?" However, a look from the other boys caused him to suddenly flip over onto his head, a pout on his face. "This is boring."

"All righty. Truth or dare Rai." Clay spoke up.

"Truth," came the response.

"Do you like Kimiko?"

At that, there was a pause. "You know, Omi is right. At this point, this is so far boring. I'll freely admit that I have a crush on her. Everyone knows that I do, right?"

At that, Omi frowned. "Clay, it's my turn to ask you, right?"

"Yes..."

"Truth or dare?"

"Dare," Clay stated firmly.

"I dare you to ask me what the answer to the question I was asking earlier was." The small boy had a rather thick smile on his face.

"Wait... wait." Rai shook his head suddenly. "How did you find out the answer to your question Omi? No one in the temple would have given you the answer."

"That's why I went to the Heylin side." The small boy stated, still balancing on his head, a rather large smile on his face.

"You turned on us Omi?" Clay stated, a smirk growing on his face while Raimundo frowned at the two.

"Nope! I simply went over to their side and visited Chase at his place. He didn't answer me, but Jack did!" The child continued to smile.

At that, the two older males glanced at each other, rather shell shocked at the whole revelation. Rai let out a deep cough. "You had better ask. Jack may have just contorted Omi's innocent mind. They guy is a pervert."

"All right omi, do ya want truth or dare." Clay shook his head.

"Truth! I get to stay on my head longer!" The small boy stated, a smile written on his face.

"Well, someone is enjoying this." Raimundo frowned, boredom spreading across his face.

"What did Jack tell you?" Clay sighed.

"He told me that Chase Young made Kimiko dress in a bunny suit!" Omi smiled. However, a frown soon appeared. "How was that a bad thing?"

Both boys suddenly burst out laughing. Glancing at Clay, Rai quickly spoke up. "Because it is an insult to Kimiko's sense of style."

"So, Chase Young did it because women are supposed to be subserviant?" The next question caused the other boys to flinch.

"How many girls do ya know who are subservient Omi?" Clay sighed, shaking his head.

"Well, the only girls I know are Kimiko, your sister, Kattnape and Wuya." At that, Omi pondered. "Since Wuya is the only one whose ever acted subservient, is it a modern, young girl thing to rebel against social norms?"

At that, both boys bust out laughing. Rai shook his head at the small monk. "Omi. They reflect the social norm. Women aren't subservient anymore."

"Is that why you'll never end up with Kimiko then?" The question caused the other to to pause.

"Where did that one come from?" Rai's voice was dry, the humor completely gone.

"Truth of dare Rai." Omi blurted out instead.

"Dare." Rai stated, shaking his head.

"I dare you to jump off the roof." The small monk stated.

"Omi, we told ya not to give dangerous dares." Chase shook his head at the small monk.

"But it shouldn't be dangerous for us, right?" Omi smirked suddenly. "You two forgot about that."

At that, Rai let out a sigh. "Fine. I'll do it."

At that, the three stood up and began to sneak out to the main area. Two sets of footsteps creaked against the wooden floor, while Omi's fingers maneuvered him upside down to outside of the compound. Rai glanced around and then carefully climbed up to the roof of the building and glanced around.

The air blew past him and the stars shown down on him. He thought to himself about the fact he thought that Kimiko would like this view, but found himself stopping when he remembered Master Fung's words about letting his crush on Kimiko get in the way. Letting out a sigh, he closed his eyes, thinking about things for a few minutes.

They snapped open, when he heard the complaints from down below. Pausing, he found himself moving to the edge and glancing downwards. "I am trying to concentrate. This must be spectacular, must it not?"

At that, he closed his eyes again, and held his arms out like he was diving off a board into a pool of water. He then made the jump, heading to the ground head first. He opened his eyes to see Omi and Clay with their mouths wide open and he suddenly smirked and did a few tricks in the air, involving wind and slowed his landing down, managing to land softly on his feet. "You were right Omi, that wasn't dangerous."

As they were standing there, Master Fung suddenly came around the corner and walked past them, his eyes closed. However, he opened one eye. "While I am glad that the three of you are enjoying your slumber party, please keep all activities inside." And with that, he was gone. Letting out deep sighs, the three moved into the room, Omi on his hands the whole time.

At that, they moved on to the next one. Rai let out a deep sigh. "Truth of dare Clay?"

"Truth." Clay muttered haphazardly.

"What were you and Kimiko talking about earlier?" The Brazilian boy commented, a smirk on his face.

"I can't tell you. That was very private Raimundo." The boy narrowed his eyes in frustration.

"Then as punishment, you get to wear a pink tutu. Or something like that."

"Fine, I will." Clay stated, storming off to grab an item of Kimiko's. "I'd rather she be mad at me for stretching out her tutu, then this. He then turned to Omi. "Dare or dare."

"You're supposed to ask truth or dare." The small boy pouted. "Fine, dare."

"Stop standing on you head. We aren't playing the game anymore." The cowboy's mood was dark as he pulled the tutu on and flopped down.

"Oh." Omi flopped down, disappointment in his voice. "Now what?"

At that, Rai ran his finger in a circle on the wooden floor. "I've honestly been thinking about what to do with Chase Young."

"That is a problem." Clay stated firmly. "I will tell you though, if you decide to kill him, Kimiko will never forgive you for doing such a thing."

"I won't either." Omi stated firmly, folding his arms across his chest. "I want Chase to be family with us."

At that, Rai let out a deep sigh. "See, here is the thing. I have the option of giving Chase his freedom. That would show that we don't keep our enemies locked up and don't hold those who lose challenges with us as slaves like Chase Young does."

"So... you're going to just let him go? I wanted you to make him come back to our side." There was a pouting face on the small monk's face.

"Omi... if I let him go free, we'll have to deal with him still and he is by far the strongest, smartest opponent we have. I want to take a gamble. I can't go into the what the gamble is, but I am going to take it. We leave in the morning when Dojo and Kimiko get back." The young monk stated, folding the blanket over his head.

Author's note – I haven't updated this story in a years time. The reason isn't because I don't care about this story anymore, but as I pointed out in my author's note in my last chapter, my writing style has changed and matured since I started writing this series. That makes writing for this fanfic not an easy task, as I want the chapters to reflect that my writing has grown, but not feel jarring to the readers, as I've seen with other stories.

I actually had this one half written, but put it aside when I got stuck at a certain spot for the words I wanted to use. The story became buried among my others and I forgot to come back to this chapter. I was surprised to find the number of reviews I did. That said, if you are really concerned about me updating my older stories, PM me, don't simply leave reviews. Believe me, with as many stories as I have, that is the better option.