Hmm…bad blood, bad blood, bad blood…too hard for me to say 3 times fast…

Chapter 4: Bad Blood, Bad Blood, Bad Blood

I don't know if this is a good idea…Lyserg thought. He sighed. "Okay, um…truth or dare?"

"Dare," The Iron Maiden replied confidently.

The Iron Maiden was surrounded by a large group of X-laws members. Jeanne was sitting in the circle along with Yoh and the rest of the group and right by her was Marco himself.

"Alright. I dare you to go outside and…" Marco raised an eyebrow. "On second thought," Lyserg said, thinking better of it, knowing and having personal experiences of the horrible and painful things that Marco could dish out sometimes when he got mad. "I dare you to say 'bad blood' three times fast…"

"Bad blood, bad blood, bad blood," Jeanne just barely managed to say. She looked up at Marco. "Do I spin the bottle now?"

"Yes," replied Marco.

Jeanne held on to the old coke bottle and spun it. The coke bottle did a weird circular motion which made everyone nearly burst out laughing, but they all thought better of it with Marco (and the remaining X-laws) standing right next to them all. Tamao gasped; it was pointing at her.

"Truth or dare?"

"Um tr--truth, if you don't mind."

"Fine. Do you or do you not love Yoh?" Jeanne asked with an evil looking grin.

"Jeanne-sama!" Tamao gasped. "You didn't seem like the type."

"I'm sorry," Jeanne apologized with a smile. "I guess I got too into the game." Tamao relaxed. Marco stood still, watching all that was happening. Lyserg just sighed. "But, since I asked, why not answer?"

"Please, Jeanne-sama!"

"Answer now. You have to."

Tamao looked at Yoh; he was talking to Ren, Horohoro, Ryu and Chocolove. "Um…Yoh-sama means a lot to me. I do lov—" This time, it was Anna who raised her eyebrow. What do I do? Tamao thought. Just then, Hao was running towards Tamao because Lyserg was threatening him with a La-La doll from Telletubies, chasing him. Hao slipped, literally bumped heads with Tamao, and they were both knocked out. But Tamao was conscious long enough to whisper, "Thank you, Hao-sama." Then she was out like a log.

"I wanted to hear her reply," Jeanne whined. "What do you think she was going to say, Lyserg? I could not make out what she was saying after she said 'Yoh-sama'."

"Hmm? Why are you asking me? I couldn't make out either, Jeanne-sama." Lyserg replied; why did she have to ask him? "I'm sitting right next to you, so I heard exactly what you heard. Anna looked like the only one who heard, but I don't suggest you ask her."

Yoh looked at the bottle and then asked, "So…who wants to spin the bottle in place of Tamao? Anyone?" Almost everyone shot their hands up. "Ah, okay…how about you, Anna?" he said as he pointed to his fiancée. Everyone tripped.

"She didn't even raise her hand! And you just pick her! That's no fair! I wanted to spin it!" Horohoro cried.

"Oh, just come off it! You're being annoying again," Ren snapped. "I should really think of moving from this spot; maybe your stupidity is contagious. Just sitting next to you might be dangerous."

"Do you always have to insult me, Ren? Fine, it's Anna's turn to spin," Horohoro sighed.

"Alright, Anna, here's the bottle. You have to spin it." Yoh passed the bottle to the other side of the circle where Anna was sitting. Anna just stared at it.

"And why should I spin?" Anna asked.

"Cuz you didn't get a chance," Yoh replied with a smile. Horohoro opened his mouth to complain, but Ren hit him at the back of his head. "Alright, here it is. You'd better spin it."

Anna sighed and reluctantly spun the bottle. "It's you, Yoh."

"Uh…alright."

"Talk about a way to ruin the moment," Horohoro whispered to Ren; he nodded his head in agreement.

"So, truth or dare, Yoh?"

Yoh knew better than to say dare thinking that she might dare him to do more training. "I think I'm going for truth," Yoh replied.

"Do you like Tamao?"

"Yeah I do like her. But not in that way."

"…"

"Is that it, Anna?" Yoh asked.

"Yes. It's your turn." Anna said as she passed the bottle back to him.

At the left side, Horohoro was confused. "Uh…I don't mean to sound like an idiot, but what the heck was that, Ren?"

"Reassurance," he replied.

"Wha--?"

"You idiot. If you liked someone, wouldn't you want reassurance? To know if the one you like doesn't like someone else. Be a bit overprotective?"

"I guess," Horohoro said as he scratched is head.

"Hey, Horohoro," Pirika began, "do you mind if I sit next to Re—?"

"Yes," Horohoro replied as he slowly shoved Pirika back to her spot. "I'm sorry, Sis, but you can't. So…uh…bye." Pirika left a bit confused.

Ren turned to Horohoro and asked, "What in the world was tha—"

"Do you like her?" Horohoro interrupted.

"Well, she's not exactly my type but she isn't that ba—why am I telling you this!"

"Oh, look, Yoh's gonna spin," Horohoro cheered excitedly. He turned to Ren. "wha—? Were you saying something, Ren?"

"Forget it," Ren sighed, resisting the temptation to bop Horohoro on the head.

A/N: I have a question: can anyone say "Bad blood" 3 times fast? I'm just curious since I mess up every time I try to say it. Sometimes I can say it but then I realize that I've been saying it way too slow. If anyone can say it 3 times really fast, I'll be amazed. Why don't you try it? The thing is that if you whisper it to yourself, it's a lot easier than if you shout it out loud.