I have a question: what is this XD, or whatever it was, that you always see? I've been trying to guess what it is but I still have no idea…So, if someone could tell me what this XD thing is, I'd like to thank them. So, please, if anyone knows, just tell me. Then, finally, the mystery can die…and stop bothering me.

Chapter 5: Buttons and Painkillers

Yoh looked at the bottle and seized the moment to spin it. At the same moment, just before Yoh got the chance to hold the bottle, Hao was conscious again and walked into the circle. "Hey, I'm awake. What'd I mi—" A crunching sound was heard. Hao looked down. "Oops…"

"Great," Lyserg sighed. "He steps on a bottle, breaks it and doesn't even notice until he looks down to check. How did he miss it? How did he manage not to slip on it?"

"Damn. It took me forever for to find a classic glass bottle. Now I have to find another one," Horohoro whined. "I have no idea why I was put in charge of the bottle, anyway. Oh well, I have to fine a classic coke bottle, right?" Everyone nodded. "Tradition, right?" Everyone nodded again. "And we can't use a plastic bottle or anything?" They shook their heads. "Fine. I'll look for another bottle, but it might take me as long as half an hour, that's how long it took to find the bottle that Hao broke in seconds. You all stay back and enjoy; I'll go out and look for one." Horohoro got up and opened the door. "Oh, yeah. You all could go out together somewhere, like in a park or something. I'll come back later."

"Why don't you take Ren with you? You are the only one alone."

"Sister! I don't want to go with him!"

"Oh, I just thought you two were close friends or something."

"Well, if he doesn't want to come with me, it's okay. Let's not force him. Alright, see you guys later." Horohoro left.

There was a long silence. "Okay, What do we do now?" Hao asked.

"We should be playing our game. But someone here stepped on the bottle," Lyserg replied. "Well, the X-laws and I are going out to for a walk. Marco, Jeanne-sama, are you either staying here or going out?"

"We're going," they replied.

"Yeah, Anna and I are going to go out to the park for a walk. See ya later." Yoh waved goodbye as he was leaving.

There went Hao's chance. He saw Tamao just waking up. He grabbed her by the arm. "Come on. You're going with me to check on those two."

"Wha—are you sure that's a good idea, Hao-sama?"

"Yes." He dragged her outside with him.

Chocolove approached Jun and Pirika. "Would you lovely ladies like to go outside with me and Ryu?"

"Why not?"

So they also left. The house was practically empty. Ren sighed. I'm the only one left in this house. Everyone else left.

7 minutes from his original departure and he already slammed open the door.

"Guess what! I found a bottle! Now you all don't have to wait for half an hour!" Horohoro looked around. "Where the heck is everyone go? I only left for 5 minutes."

"Excuse me. I'm still here."

"Ren? What are you still doing here? Why didn't you go with outside with someone?"

"Everyone got paired up and left. I was the only one left," Ren replied, bored.

"Too bad. Well, you should have come with me earlier when you had the chance. But seeing as I only took 5 mi—"

"7 minutes." Ren corrected him.

"So, what do you want to do for the next 20 minutes or so?"

"These 20 minutes are going to drag on with you here…"

20 minutes later…

"Hey, everyone's back, Ren!" Horohoro shouted. "Finally!"

Everyone was coming back at around the same time. Yoh and Anna came back from the park first. Chocolove, Ryu, Jun and Pirika came back, laughing. Hao and Tamao came back a bit after Yoh and Anna arrived. The X-laws came back last. Lyserg came back with a pained expression on his face and his hand on his head. Everyone stared at Lyserg.

"What's wrong with Lyserg?" Yoh asked.

"We X-laws were walking down a trail. The trail was on a high hill." Marco replied. "We were all walking, then, the trail started to crumble. We all fell down the hill. We tried to protect the Iron Maiden. The course was really rough; our clothes ripped, we got scratched. And Lyserg here protected the Iron Maiden from a fatal injury, but in turn, he got a head injury."

"Uh…okay."

"Long story, short: I bumped my head on a huge rock while protecting her and I now have a headache," Lyserg explained. "And a really bad one too. My head feels like it's splitting."

"Hey, did you guys know that I came back after 7 minutes when I left? You all didn't have to go out," Horohoro said.

"Yeah, but we had a good time at the park," Yoh answered back. "What about you guys?" Chocolove gave him a thumbs up. "I'll take that as a 'We had a great time.' So, were you alone when you came back, Horohoro?"

"No," Horohoro responded. "Ren was here alone before I came back. The two of us were stuck here alone." He took out the new bottle. "So…should we start the games again?"

"Alright."

Everyone got into position again. Everything was the same except some people changed their seating for the heck of it and others so they could sit closer to the person they liked. There was also Lyserg with the ice pack on his head.

"I'm sorry that you had to go through that," Jeanne apologized. "How is your headache?"

"Oh, there's no need to apologize; I'm fine. I took a painkiller and feel a bit better already," Lyserg said with a smile. "Besides, it was an honor protecting you and I didn't mind one bit if I got killed doing." Lyserg turned away and sigh. "By the boulder or Marco, they're both dangerous," he mumbled silently to himself.

"But…"

"The painkiller really did help. No need to worry."

"Okay, thanks for making me feel better but…Where did you get the painkiller anyway? We were all on the trail the whole time and we haven't stopped by a pharmacy for months now."

"I always carry one tablet in my pocket, just in case something like this happens. I only need one."

"That's a great idea—Oh, Lyserg, a button from your uniform is missing!"

"Yeah. It came off while we were all falling down that hill. I put it somewhere on me so I wouldn't lose it. Now where did I put it…? Here? No, not there. I can't find it…"

"You can't remember where you put it?"

"Darn."

"Did you find it, Lyserg?"

"Well, no, but I found my tablet of painkiller."

A/N: I want to thank everyone with their honest reviews before I start talking about whatever, so, uh, thank you all. But like I said, if you didn't like it, go ahead and flame, I don't mind. Actually, I was sure that I would get some by now.