"Of Revenge, Deceit… and Snowcones"

-Vx Tao Ren xV, Itako no Anna

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Disclaimer: Shaman King obviously does not belong to us; it belongs to Takei Hiroyuki-Sama in all of his majesty.. So please, don't sue us… it's not worth it..

Author's (Ren and Anna's) Notes: Here's Chapter 03… Yes, there is truth-or-dare in it… finally. And remember, a lot of Hao OOC-ness..

Oh yeah, Meene is dead, along with most of the X-LAWS, but I thought it'd be more appropriate for her to bring in the Iron Maiden instead of Marco or Lyserg, plus, I don't think Anna would want the Iron Maiden sitting in the middle of the tea room or the onsen.

-Ren

And no, Horohoro, you cannot be smart. You know why? BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOD DAMNED IDIOT! ::smacks Horohoro::

-Anna

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Chapter 03: "American Frontier Spirit"

The Asakura household… anything but a normal day at this point….

???: Yo~~~~h!!!!!

Sound familiar, well… it shouldn't. Hao has now resorted to chasing Yoh around the house screaming.

Hao: "YOH!!!!!! COME TO THE PARTY!! EVERYONE WILL BE THERE!!!!"

Manta: Teiuka…. Hao, didn't you die?

Hao stopped dead in his tracks to ponder this question.

Hao: Uhm… well… Heaven wouldn't take me, and hell was afraid I'd take over… So.. I was sent back here. ^_^

Everyone in the room sweat dropped while Hao stood in the middle of the room laughing.

Anna interrupted.

Anna: All right Hao, we'll go to your party..

Everyone looked at Anna in disbelief, while Hao jumped up and down while clapping for joy.

Anna continued.

Anna: …if…

Hao slowly stopped clapping while the others lot out a sigh of relief.

Anna: … you can defeat us at—

Horohoro: HIDE AND SEEK!!!!!! ^_^

Everyone then turned to stare at the stupidly-grinning Horohoro, then Ren punched him in the head.

Ren: You idiot! Of all the stupid ideas—

Pilica: TRUTH OR DARE!!!!!!

The randomness of that outburst caused a silence.. a pretty long silence. You could almost hear the crickets, even though it wasn't night time.

Anna: Okay, it's better than hide and seek.

Horohoro: Aww… I thought hide and seek was a good idea…

Ren then looked at Horohoro and punched him… again.

Hao: Uhmm….--

Anna: Too bad. That's what we're doing… Deal with it.

** Let the games begin…**

The group was sitting in a circle in the tea room after the table was moved. All who were present were participating, except Manta [Ren: Honestly, did you think Manta was going to play?].

Anna: These are the rules… You have a problem with 'em… Too bad…

1. If anyone, excluding Hao, wins, no one goes to the party.

2. If you refuse to tell the truth or do the dare assigned to you, you get a penalty, which is mandatory…

Horohoro then looked very confused.

Ren: Mandatory means you have to do it, stupid.

Anna: Anyway…

3. If a majority of the group doesn't believe your truth response, you also get a penalty.

Horohoro's hand then shot up to ask a question.

Anna: Yes, you have to do this one too.

Horohoro: What if—

Anna: IF IT'S A PENALTY, YOU HAVE TO DO IT! UNDERSTAND NOW?!?!?

Horohoro then shut up after being slapped.

Ren: Baka me…

Anna: As I was saying…

          4. Succession of truths and dares, combined with their "originality", will earn you points.

          5. The person with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Yoh: Na.. Anna.. Who's gonna give out the points?

In unison, as if planned out in advance..

Anna/Hao: Me.

After an exchange of glares between Anna and Hao, Anna looked around the room to notice Manta, who was watching on and froze when noticed Anna's eyes were on him.

Anna: Manta, since you refuse to play, you're keeping score.

Manta was petrified. He knew that he had to score fairly due to his equal fear of Anna and Hao.

Anna: Any volunteers to ask first?

Horohoro jumped up and screamed,

Horohoro: YOH! TRUTH OR DARE?!!

Yoh: Uhm… truth!

Everyone all looked at Horohoro wondering what stupid question was going to come out of his mouth.. but they weren't expecting..

Horohoro: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?!!

The sad thing was, Horohoro took much pride in his question..

Yoh: ::with a big, stupid smile on his face:: ORA—

A sound of a painful slap was then heard, and Horohoro is next seen flying across the room and straight into the wall.

Ren: Baka…

Anna: ::stands up:: All right! I'M deciding who asks first!

Anna looks around the room to see Ryu staring at a very uncomfortable-looking Lyserg, who was sitting across from him, chanting his usual, "Ly-se-ru-gu…"..

Anna: Okay… Ryu.. You ask the first question…

Ryu then sat up upright and put his hand up to his forehead as if in the military, but then again, when Anna's in charge, who isn't?

Ryu: Hai! Okami!

Before Ryu has a chance to finish saying Lyserg's name to ask, "Truth or dare?", a giant blue blur is seen crashing through the wall, releasing Horohoro.

The blur was then revealed to be a blue truck. A figure then stepped out of the driver's seat, which was on the left, unlike in Japan, and started walking towards Lyserg.

Everyone (except Anna, Hao, Jeanne, and Marco)'s eyes widen in disbelief to see none other than…

...................

BILLY ANDERSON! (Dun, dun, du~n!)

While walking towards Lyserg, Billy stopped and turned to Ryu..

Billy: Hey Boy.

Ryu: Hey Billy.

Billy then continued walking towards Lyserg… but this time, with a slightly deranged look on his face.

Billy: ::to Lyserg:: [Anna: He's ranting here… no one knows why…] HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO TAKE MY BOY!! MY!!! BOY~~!!!

Billy looked as if he were about to have a seizure if he yelled any more.

Lyserg just stared at Billy confused, and horrorstruck, as did pretty much everyone else in the room…

Ryu: ::watery-eyed:: Billy!.. I didn't know you cared so much..!!

Billy: ::walks toward Ryu:: C'mon Boy…

Ryu and Billy then drive out of the wall and into the sunset together… never to be seen again…

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Chapter 03 Owari ^_^

Ren: Let the games begin… finally.

Anna: Well.. they didn't exactly start yet…

Ren: Fine, NEXT chapter they start.. but still… at least we got up to them.. sort of..

Anna: Join us next chapter, when Billy and Ryu run off to start their new lives together!! Muahahaha!!!!

Ren: … and shamans are starting to lose their clothes…

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