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Giving it a Chance
Chapter 5: The Dare
It was a cool Sunday starry night. The tamers got off of school yesterday, and for their first full day of summer they went camping. They were camping in the same place where Henry and Takato fought Sinduramon, the bird deva, about four years ago. The tamers, except for Ai and Mako who couldn't go because their parents wouldn't let them, were sitting in a circle around the campfire roasting some marshmallows. Takato sat to the right of Jeri, who was sitting next to Rika, who sat next to Henry with Suzie sleeping against his left shoulder, who was next to Ryo, who was next to Kazu, who was right next to Kenta, who was sitting to the left of Takato. The digimon, except Renamon, were tired from hiking all day and were already sleeping in the tents. Renamon was in the woods meditating.
"This is the best camping trip I've ever been on, especially since everything is free," said Kazu, before stuffing his mouth with a roasted marshmallow.
"I know what you mean. I thought that Suzie only won a free camping lot in the woods, but I didn't know it included the tents, sleeping bags, lanterns, and everything else," Henry added.
"Too bad it's only for one night," said Takato.
Silence feel upon the group as they watched the fire.
"Let's play truth or dare," said Kazu, breaking the silence.
"I don't want to play that stupid kid's game," retorted Rika.
"Why Rika? Are you afraid that you'll have to confess your love for me?" teased Ryo, "I know your inner child wants to come out and play."
"My inner child wants to come out and kick some sense into you that I don't like you in that way!" Rika answered back.
"Come on Rika, it'll be fun," said Jeri, trying to convince Rika to play.
"You just want to play so you can have an excuse to kiss Takato in front of us," replied Rika.
"You said it yourself Rika. It's just a kid's game, so why not play?" said Ryo.
"Cause the same stuff happens every time people play this stupid game. Someone ends up kissing someone else, someone ends up stripping, or someone ends up confessing his or her love for someone. It's the same thing every time. This game is just a waste of time," stated Rika.
"But it's fun," Kenta said shyly.
"The camping trip can't be complete without playing truth or dare. We'll just play one round," said Takato.
"We have nothing better to do," Henry added.
"Fine, I'll play!" exclaimed Rika, who was tired of her hearing her friends trying to convince her to play.
"Let me put Suzie in the tent before we start," said Henry.
Henry picked up Suzie and carried her into his tent. After he set Suzie into her sleeping bag next to where Terriermon and Lopmon were sleeping, he got out of the tent and rejoined the group at the campfire.
"I'll start first," said Ryo, who looked immediately at Rika.
"Rika, truth or dare."
"Truth," Rika immediately said without giving choosing dare a thought.
Ryo got a big smile on his face when he figured out what to ask her, "Name three things you like about me."
Kazu and Kenta started to laugh.
"This is going to be interesting," said Kazu.
It took a while for Rika to answer.
"You're a good card player," Rika finally forced herself to say.
"That's one. Two more," said Ryo, who was still smiling.
"You're a good tamer," Rika unwillingly added.
"One more," said Ryo who was enjoying this.
"You're determine," said Rika.
"See, it wasn't that bad was it?" Ryo said to Rika.
"It was as bad as getting a tooth pulled out," contradicted Rika.
Rika looked around the circle to choose her victim, "Jeri, truth or dare."
"I pick truth," said Jeri, afraid of the dares Rika would think of.
Rika had a mischievous smile on her face, "Have you had sex with Takato yet, and if not, have you two come close?"
Jeri just sat there blushing, and Takato started to fidget where he sat.
"No, we haven't slept with each," stated Jeri.
"Have you two come close?" Rika said slowly.
"Isn't it only one question per truth?" asked Jeri.
"I asked two question in one," said Rika.
"Yeswecamecloseonce," Jeri whispered out fast and in a very low tone.
No one was able to hear her.
"What did you say?" asked Rika.
"Yes, we came close once," repeated Jeri in a low, manageable to hear tone this time.
Takato blushed.
"What!" said Rika, surprised.
"Wow, my man almost became a man," said Kazu.
Everyone gave Kazu a weird look for making that weird remark.
"What? It's true," said Kazu.
"Ok, lets go on with the game," said Henry.
Jeri looked around the circle and her eyes stopped at Henry, "Henry, truth or dare?"
Henry thought about his choices, "Since no one has picked dare yet, I pick dare."
Jeri pondered about what she would dare Henry to do, "I dare you to go skinny-dipping in the creek."
"Ok, let me get a towel first," said Henry.
When the Henry got his towel from his tent, the tamers left their camp site and headed over to the nearby creek to watch Henry to his dare.
"How long do I have to stay in the water?" asked Henry as they reached the bank of the creek.
"A minute," said Jeri.
Henry walked up to the water and started to strip. He took off his black t-shirt first. Rika unconsciously checked out Henry's body. Her eyes scanned Henry's upper body and she admired Henry's well-defined six-pack.
'He's skinny but he has a nice body,' Rika thought to herself with a smile.
Before Henry started to unzip his dark brown cargo shorts, he looked over at Rika and Jeri who were standing right next to each other.
"Can you two please?" said Henry as he waved his index finger in a circular motion in the air.
Rika and Jeri turned around.
"Rika, don't get mad at me," Jeri said quietly, so only Rika can hear her.
"Why would I get mad at you?" Rika asked Jeri.
"For the question I'm going to ask you," said Jeri timidly.
"I won't get mad at you for asking me a question," said Rika.
"Did I just see you checked out Henry's body and smiled?" Jeri prepared herself to get yelled at, but instead heard nothing from Rika. Jeri looked over at Rika and saw her blushing.
Seeing Rika's reaction made Jeri giggle, "Cute!"
When Rika and Jeri heard a splash, indicating that Henry was in the creek, they turn around again.
"So how is it Henry?" asked Ryo.
"Besides the water being icy cold, and the fish nibbling on my butt, it's ok," said Henry with water up to his chin.
"Hey Rika, maybe you and I can go skinny-dipping tomorrow mourning," said Ryo.
Rika walked over to Ryo who was standing a few feet in front of her. Rika gentle put her hands on Ryo's back, then pushed him hard into the creek. Rika then walked back next to Jeri.
Like Henry, Ryo was now in the creek with water up to his chin, "I'll take that as a no." Ryo looked over at Henry, "It's not that cold."
"That's because you have clothes on," replied Henry, "Jeri, can I come out now?"
Jeri looked at the time on her d-ark, "Yes you can."
Jeri and Rika turned around again to let Henry get out of the creek and put on his clothes. The tamers then walked back to their campsite. Once they got there, Ryo went into his tent to change out of his wet clothes, and then quickly rejoined the group at the campfire.
Henry watched Ryo sit down, "Ryo, truth or dare."
"Dare," answered Ryo.
"Suzie accidentally brought one of my older sister's outfits with her. I dare you to wear it for the rest of the game."
"What's the outfit?" asked Jeri.
"A baby blue t-shirt with a navy blue skirt," replied Henry as he got up from his sitting position.
Henry walked over to his tent to get the clothes. Once he got the clothes, he walked over to Ryo and handed him the clothes. Ryo then walked over to his own tent to change. Everyone stared at Ryo's tent waiting for him to step out. Once Ryo stepped out of his tent, Kenta took a picture of Ryo with his digital camera. Everyone started to laugh at Ryo, seeing him in Henry's older sister's outfit. The t-shirt was small and tight on him. The bottom of the t-shirt ended right above his belly bottom. The skirt was also tight and short on him that it kept on riding up every time Ryo made a step making Ryo having to pull it down every time he took a step.
Ryo sat back down in the circle and looked over at Takato, "Takato, truth or dare."
"Truth," responded Takato.
Ryo stood back up, "Does this skirt make me look fat?"
Everyone laughed at Ryo's corny joke.
"It makes you look more crazy than fat," said Takato as he laughed.
Ryo sat back down. Takato looked at Kenta and Kazu and thought about whom to pick.
"Kenta, truth or dare."
"I pick dare. No, I pick truth!"
Takato noticed Kenta wasn't sure about his choice, "Truth, are you sure?"
Kenta thought about his options for a while, "Yes, I want truth."
"If you were a girl, would you date Kazu?" asked Takato.
"I wouldn't. No offense Kazu," said Kenta.
"None taken, because I wouldn't date you if you were a girl," replied Kazu.
"Truth or dare," Kenta asked Kazu.
"Since you give easy dares, I'll pick dare."
Kenta was offended by Kazu's remark, "My dares are good!"
"Prove it!"
"I dare you to kiss Ryo!" said Kenta.
Kazu and Ryo looked at each other with a disgusted look and a nervous smile on their faces.
"Dude, I don't think I can do it," said Kazu.
"Just imagine that you're kissing a girl. It should be easier for you Kazu since Ryo is already dressed up in girl clothing," said Henry.
Ryo and Kazu looked at each other and started to lean in closer to each other to get the kiss over with. Rika was enjoying the discomfort and torture Ryo and Kazu were going through with doing the dare. Ryo and Kazu leaned in closer to each other very hesitantly and reluctantly. Their faces got closer inch by inch, to centimeter by centimeter, until their lips were a millimeter apart. It stayed like that for a while because neither of them wanted to make the next move.
"You know, the sooner you two do this, the sooner it'll be over," said Rika, who was impatient to see the two kiss.
Then Kazu moved in, gave Ryo a quick peck on the lips, then quickly leaned back, got up, and ran to the cooler to get some water to wash out his mouth. Ryo just wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Rika was laughing, Takato and Henry both looked away when Kazu and Ryo kissed, and Jeri had her hand over her mouth coving up the big surprised smile she had on her face.
Kazu rejoined the group and looked at Ryo with a grossed out expression on his face, and Ryo looked back at him.
"No offense Kazu, but that is the worse kiss I think I'll ever have," said Ryo.
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It was 1:30 a.m. and Rika was sitting up on one of the branches of the tallest tree in the woods near the campsite. The rest of the tamers went to sleep over an hour ago right after they played truth or dare. Rika however, couldn't sleep because something was bugging her. Rika pulled out her hair band off of her silky auburn hair to let it down, so that the cool breeze can play with it. She liked the feeling of the wind blowing through her hair it helped her relax. Renamon suddenly appeared next to Rika.
"Are you ok Rika?" asked Renamon, who could feel that Rika was perplexed about something.
"I'm ok," replied Rika.
"What's troubling you?"
"We played truth or dare earlier," Rika started.
"And?"
Rika stayed quiet for a while, "I can't get over the feeling I get from him," she whispered out.
"You've been trying to fight your feelings for him for a long time. You accepted the love you get from your family, your friends, and me four years ago, so you can accept these feelings as well," said Renamon.
"This is a different kind of feeling," Rika added.
"It's your human nature to feel that way for someone," said Renamon.
"It's just an infatuation that will go away. I already accepted my feelings for him and that's one step closer to getting over the feelings," rationalized Rika.
"It's more than an infatuation. You haven't accepted your feelings for him yet; you've only acknowledged it. If you did, we would be referring to him by his first name," replied Renamon.
Rika thought about what Renamon said.
"I hate it when you're right," muttered out Rika as she rested her face in the palm of her hands in frustration.
"I always had a feeling that something might happen between you two," said Renamon.
"Since when?" asked Rika as she looked up at Renamon.
"Since you two first met. You don't tease him as much as the others, and you listen to his advice. You respect him the most out of all your human friends," explained Renamon.
Rika and Renamon heard some rustling of in the distance and looked in the direction where the sound was coming from and saw the person they were talking about walking tediously through the forest.
"Rika," said Renamon.
"Yea."
"I dare you to stop fighting your feelings for him."
Rika looked up at Renamon, but when she did, the fox like digimon already disappeared. Rika then looked over at the blue-haired boy walking through the woods.
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