Chapter 5
Truth or Dare?
That night, when the group was all there, Nodoka moved the furniture out of the way and set up sleeping bags. Seto sat on the floor near the left side of the television. Nodoka, Mokuba sitting between her legs shuffling a deck of cards, sat across from the elder Kaiba. Joey and his soon to be wife, sat at Nodoka's right. Tristan and Serenity sat next to Joey, and Yugi, Téa, and Bakura sat at her left.
"Who's up for a game?" Mokuba asked, shifting the cards and doing a few quick tricks.
"What's the game?" his older brother asked.
Looking to the people around him, Mokuba smirked and said, "Strip poker?"
Grabbing her pillow, Nodoka brought it up and whacked the young Kaiba on the head. "Mokuba! You know I suck at poker, you little monkey!" she laughed.
Téa then said, "What about um..." she thought for a second and said, "let's not play a game with cards."
"How about truth or dare?" mentioned Serenity, "Nothing really bad happens from that."
Everyone agreed and then said that Joey should start. Joey looked at them like they were all deeply disturbed and then thought for a second. "Okay," he said. "Téa truth or dare?"
The girl responded, "Truth."
The blonde haired boy thought for a moment and then said, "Téa, do you like Yugi?"
Téa twitched for a slight second, blushed and then said, "Yes."
Looking to Téa, Yugi smiled, and she smiled back. Téa then looked to the young Kaiba in Nodoka's arms. "Mokuba, truth or dare?"
"Dare," Mokuba said in less than a split second.
"I dare you to act like a monkey for the next two minutes," said Téa.
"Damn," growled Nodoka as Mokuba got up and started jumping around.
During the time allotted, the young Kaiba bounced over to Joey and started making noises and acting like he was picking bugs from the duelist's hair. He then bounded over to his brother and tackled him to the gray carpet. The whole time, Nodoka laughed, as did everyone else, including Seto.
When it was Mokuba's turn, he sat back in his place and looked up at Nodoka. "Yo, truth or dare?" he said to her.
"Um... Truth," she said smiling.
"Are you in love?"
Nodoka blinked for a second and then said, "Yes."
Crawling forward a bit, Mira said, "Really? With who?"
Retaliating calmly, Nodoka said, "It's not your turn Mira." Smiling, she looked to Tristan. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," he said.
"Tristan, I dare you to do your best impression of Seto," said Nodoka.
"Oh shit," growled Tristan. He stood up and walked off into the bathroom. When he came back, he had a few towels tied together and safety-pinned to the bottom of his jacket. Then he walked out with Nodoka's portable fan and set it on the ground. He turned it on and stood in front of it. The air kicked up the towels, making them billow. He then crossed his arms and stood proudly. "Yugi," Tristan said in a deep slightly raspy voice. "I challenge you to a duel!" He then turned around. "Mokuba, come on! We're leaving, before the stupidity of these people rub off on us and we begin to act asinine." He then took long strides as he walked over to the front door and opened it.
"I want my towels back!" Nodoka shouted to him.
Laughing, Tristan turned back around, closed the door and walked back to the group. "Yeah, sure, like I'm gonna wear towels outside," he laughed and walked back into the restroom. When he came out, he sat back down and then looked to Seto. "Hey, Kaiba, truth or dare?"
"Dare," responded Seto.
"I dare you to go to the kitchen and put a tray of ice down your pants," Tristan said with a smug grin on his face.
Grumbling something incoherently, Seto stood and walked into the kitchen. "This sucks," he said.
"Memo to self, buy new ice trays," said Nodoka aloud.
He opened the freezer and took out a blue tray. He twisted the tray and then pulled the waist of his pants out and poured the frozen water down his trousers. The tray dropped to the floor and the CEO slammed the freezer door. He then jumped up and down. "My god! It's so cold!" he shouted.
Trying as hard as ever, Nodoka was trying not to laugh, but it was almost impossible, the same with everyone else. After the good long laugh, it was Seto's turn. He looked directly to Nodoka and said, "Truth or Dare."
Simply, Nodoka replied, "Dare."
Seto smirked mischievously and said, "I dare you to kiss me."
Nodoka looked quizzically to everyone who seemed to snicker or smirk in an odd way. She sighed and said, "I knew I should've said truth." Mokuba moved from her lap and she stood up. Nodoka walked over to the blue-eyed Kaiba and knelt at his side. Placing her right hand on his cheek, she leaned forward and kissed him. Afterward, she went back to her place and the teenage Mokuba sat in her lap again.
The group looked to Nodoka and then to Seto, who was blushing. Nodoka put her head on Mokuba's head and closed her eyes, she didn't blush or show any sign of enjoying it, but on the inside, she was smiling.
Without opening her eyes, Nodoka asked, "Bakura, truth or dare?"
Bakura jumped a bit and then looked to the reporter. "Um..." he paused for a second. "Dare."
"Take your sleeping bag and ride it down the stairs," she said.
"Oh fun!" laughed Bakura. He pulled his sleeping bag from under himself and toppled backward. Running up the stairs, he stopped at the top and set down the bag. Be sat at the back and pulled up the front end. Then, scooting forward, he flew down the stairs on the slick sleeping bag and then toppled on the floor. He laughed and then looked at everyone with a slightly surprised look on his face.
At that, everyone busted out laughing. The rest of the night, the rest of them were riding sleeping bags down the stairs. One person, two, even three people at a time, and it all sparked from a small game of truth or dare. And even though Yugi, Mira, and Serenity didn't get to go, they were on the flip side, extremely happy that they didn't have to go.
Truth or Dare?
That night, when the group was all there, Nodoka moved the furniture out of the way and set up sleeping bags. Seto sat on the floor near the left side of the television. Nodoka, Mokuba sitting between her legs shuffling a deck of cards, sat across from the elder Kaiba. Joey and his soon to be wife, sat at Nodoka's right. Tristan and Serenity sat next to Joey, and Yugi, Téa, and Bakura sat at her left.
"Who's up for a game?" Mokuba asked, shifting the cards and doing a few quick tricks.
"What's the game?" his older brother asked.
Looking to the people around him, Mokuba smirked and said, "Strip poker?"
Grabbing her pillow, Nodoka brought it up and whacked the young Kaiba on the head. "Mokuba! You know I suck at poker, you little monkey!" she laughed.
Téa then said, "What about um..." she thought for a second and said, "let's not play a game with cards."
"How about truth or dare?" mentioned Serenity, "Nothing really bad happens from that."
Everyone agreed and then said that Joey should start. Joey looked at them like they were all deeply disturbed and then thought for a second. "Okay," he said. "Téa truth or dare?"
The girl responded, "Truth."
The blonde haired boy thought for a moment and then said, "Téa, do you like Yugi?"
Téa twitched for a slight second, blushed and then said, "Yes."
Looking to Téa, Yugi smiled, and she smiled back. Téa then looked to the young Kaiba in Nodoka's arms. "Mokuba, truth or dare?"
"Dare," Mokuba said in less than a split second.
"I dare you to act like a monkey for the next two minutes," said Téa.
"Damn," growled Nodoka as Mokuba got up and started jumping around.
During the time allotted, the young Kaiba bounced over to Joey and started making noises and acting like he was picking bugs from the duelist's hair. He then bounded over to his brother and tackled him to the gray carpet. The whole time, Nodoka laughed, as did everyone else, including Seto.
When it was Mokuba's turn, he sat back in his place and looked up at Nodoka. "Yo, truth or dare?" he said to her.
"Um... Truth," she said smiling.
"Are you in love?"
Nodoka blinked for a second and then said, "Yes."
Crawling forward a bit, Mira said, "Really? With who?"
Retaliating calmly, Nodoka said, "It's not your turn Mira." Smiling, she looked to Tristan. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare," he said.
"Tristan, I dare you to do your best impression of Seto," said Nodoka.
"Oh shit," growled Tristan. He stood up and walked off into the bathroom. When he came back, he had a few towels tied together and safety-pinned to the bottom of his jacket. Then he walked out with Nodoka's portable fan and set it on the ground. He turned it on and stood in front of it. The air kicked up the towels, making them billow. He then crossed his arms and stood proudly. "Yugi," Tristan said in a deep slightly raspy voice. "I challenge you to a duel!" He then turned around. "Mokuba, come on! We're leaving, before the stupidity of these people rub off on us and we begin to act asinine." He then took long strides as he walked over to the front door and opened it.
"I want my towels back!" Nodoka shouted to him.
Laughing, Tristan turned back around, closed the door and walked back to the group. "Yeah, sure, like I'm gonna wear towels outside," he laughed and walked back into the restroom. When he came out, he sat back down and then looked to Seto. "Hey, Kaiba, truth or dare?"
"Dare," responded Seto.
"I dare you to go to the kitchen and put a tray of ice down your pants," Tristan said with a smug grin on his face.
Grumbling something incoherently, Seto stood and walked into the kitchen. "This sucks," he said.
"Memo to self, buy new ice trays," said Nodoka aloud.
He opened the freezer and took out a blue tray. He twisted the tray and then pulled the waist of his pants out and poured the frozen water down his trousers. The tray dropped to the floor and the CEO slammed the freezer door. He then jumped up and down. "My god! It's so cold!" he shouted.
Trying as hard as ever, Nodoka was trying not to laugh, but it was almost impossible, the same with everyone else. After the good long laugh, it was Seto's turn. He looked directly to Nodoka and said, "Truth or Dare."
Simply, Nodoka replied, "Dare."
Seto smirked mischievously and said, "I dare you to kiss me."
Nodoka looked quizzically to everyone who seemed to snicker or smirk in an odd way. She sighed and said, "I knew I should've said truth." Mokuba moved from her lap and she stood up. Nodoka walked over to the blue-eyed Kaiba and knelt at his side. Placing her right hand on his cheek, she leaned forward and kissed him. Afterward, she went back to her place and the teenage Mokuba sat in her lap again.
The group looked to Nodoka and then to Seto, who was blushing. Nodoka put her head on Mokuba's head and closed her eyes, she didn't blush or show any sign of enjoying it, but on the inside, she was smiling.
Without opening her eyes, Nodoka asked, "Bakura, truth or dare?"
Bakura jumped a bit and then looked to the reporter. "Um..." he paused for a second. "Dare."
"Take your sleeping bag and ride it down the stairs," she said.
"Oh fun!" laughed Bakura. He pulled his sleeping bag from under himself and toppled backward. Running up the stairs, he stopped at the top and set down the bag. Be sat at the back and pulled up the front end. Then, scooting forward, he flew down the stairs on the slick sleeping bag and then toppled on the floor. He laughed and then looked at everyone with a slightly surprised look on his face.
At that, everyone busted out laughing. The rest of the night, the rest of them were riding sleeping bags down the stairs. One person, two, even three people at a time, and it all sparked from a small game of truth or dare. And even though Yugi, Mira, and Serenity didn't get to go, they were on the flip side, extremely happy that they didn't have to go.