Okay, lately, I haven't posted that much because…I'm enjoying myself! I'm usually out taking a swim. So refreshing…It's nice, all so nice. Summer must be my favorite season. Anyway, I know people don't even bother to read this section at all, so here's the next chapter.

Chapter 9: Puppy Eyes

Just as Lyserg was about to attack Hao with an axe, Ryu stood up and danced around the room.

"Yes!"

"Huh? What's up, Ryu?" Horohoro asked as he looked at a Ryu who was jumping with joy.

"The bottle points at Lyserg!" Ryu exclaimed.

"Uhh…sorry to burst your bubble," Horohoro said as he looked at the bottle, "but he's out of the game…"

"What!" Ryu yelled. "But his name is still in the circle! See!" Desperately, Ryu pointed to the area where Lyserg had been sitting and it did have a sign with his name on it. "This means that he can't be out of the game! According to Hao, those are the rules!"

"Well…I really don't know, Hao made all of these goofy rules, not me," Horohoro sighed. "You should ask Him; it's not like I can do anything about them."

Ryu turned to face him. Hao was surprised. "What is it now?" he groaned as he eyed Ryu suspiciously the whole time. He felt as if he was up to something.

"Can Lyserg still stay in the game?" Ryu asked as he tried to and pulled off both 'the lip thing' and 'the puppy eyes' with hope that Hao would say yes.

Hao stared at Ryu for a few seconds. There was an awkward long silence. Hao cupped his mouth with a hand. "I think I'm gonna be sick after seeing that ugly face." Even his torturously aching body was something small compared to the urgency to go throw up in the bathroom from seeing Ryu's face. He ran as fast as he could.

"Damn…" Ryu whimpered. "I thought that it worked on everybody. Why didn't it work when I did it?"

"There is a reason why," Anna said, "You ugly."

"So cruel!" Ryu cried.

Her face darkened. "I don't think I heard you correctly. What was that?"

Ryu paused. "…Nothing."

"Don't worry, Ryu," Lyserg said from the spot on the floor he was lying on, as he tried to comfort Ryu. "If you want me to play this game that badly, I'll play."

"Really!"

"Sure, I'm close enough to play without having to move. Just…if you have to dare me, make sure I don't have to move anywhere much, that's all."

Ryu was overjoyed. "Okay, I promise! So, Lyserg, it's one or he other, which one do you choose?"

Lyserg thought for a moment. "Hmm…dare."

"I dare you to…" Ryu blushed. "Kiss me," he finished.

"Oh is that all---What? NO WAY! ISN'T THERE SOME WAY THAT THEY CAN LET ME OFF EVEN AFTER THEY DARE ME?" Lyserg yelled desperately, looking at everyone with wide eyes.

Yoh opened Hao's Guide on Hao's Version of Truth or Dare and shook his head with pity. "I can't find anything like that in this book, Lyserg."

"I officially never want to be in his place no matter what," Horohoro confirmed.

"Tsk, I actually feel sorry for him," Ren sighed.

"Why aren't the rules more flexible?" Tamao asked.

"So there can be more embarrassing and weird moments like this?" Pirka replied.

"He could be cooking something instead of kissing him," Anna said.

"Hey, how long is Chocolove gonna be knocked out for?" Yoh laughed.

"Does this mean he has to kiss Ryu?" Jeanne questioned.

"Unfortunately, yes," Marco answered.

"Kissing Ryu sounds like something weird," Manta thought to himself.

Just then, Faust entered the room with a copy of Hao's book in one hand. "Hello, sorry I'm so late. I was just reading the book on Hao's version of Truth or Dare just so I could play prepared." He hung his coat on a rack, the whole time with Eliza hovering by him. "Eliza thought that it was best if someone aside from Hao knew all the rules." He seated himself on the floor with the rest. "So, what has happened while I was away?"

"Well, Lyserg is crying in the corner over there. He broke something somewhere on or in his body when he was kicked by Manta—don't ask—he was in too much pain to do much but he decided to play anyway since Ryu looked so desperate. But then Ryu dared Lyserg to kiss him and he can't do anything about it which is probably why he's crying in the corner over there to begin with," Horohoro finished.

"But he still has a chance to cancel if everyone agrees," Faust explained.

"Can you really?" Ren asked, not at all surprised. "How do we know if it's true? Where did you get this piece of information?"

"Don't bring any doubts, Ren!" Lyserg yelled. "I'll miss my chance!"

"It's all here, according to Hao's Guide on Hao's Version of Truth or Dare," Faust said as he brought the thick book next to his face. "See? It's right here in section X/1/0.5 sector 0.9463 of the book on page 973." He closed the book. "Does anyone want to agree on canceling out Lyserg's dare?" he said with a smile.

"Yeah, why not?"

"That's too harsh a punishment for even little annoying him."

"Whatever Lyserg-san and everyone else wishes is fine by me."

"I think I'll go with my brother, why not let him off?"

"I don't care."

"Okay, then what happens?"

"Does this mean Lyserg doesn't have to kiss Ryu?"

"Fortunately, for him, yes."

"Now he doesn't have to?"

"But I forgot to mention that he still does have to take a dare nonetheless, so you should try to dare him to do something else, Ryu." Faust read the book on for a bit longer. "So, dare him to do something, just…not the same one."

"Fine," Ryu whimpered. "How about if Lyserg kisses Jeanne…or play a 'little game' with Marco maybe? Any complaints to that?"

"Yes, I have complaints to that!" Lyserg screamed with a faint blush on his cheeks. "I'm the one who has to kiss them!" He turned to the rest. "You'll back me up, right guys?"

But most of them were cheering.

Horohoro let out a wolf whistle. "Go for it, Lyserg, go for it!" A few others backed him up. "Now, this is what I came here for!"

With shock, Lyserg turned to Yoh. "You too? I thought that I would expect better coming from you, Yoh!"

"Yeah, but everyone else was cheering," Yoh defended himself, a little embarrassed that Lyserg caught him. "Besides…I think you should buy those and play that."

Silence…

Lyserg paused. "You do know what Ryu dared me to do, don't you?"

"To buy something from the Kiss Jean brand clothing line and play Marco Polo, right?"

Lyserg sighed from exasperation and his face darkened. "Why? Why am I here with you people?"

A/N: Hello again, I don't have anything to say about this chapter. So I'll just say that I'm amazed at the reviews I have received. 100 is a huge amount, I never thought it even possible for me to get that much for anything I write, no matter how many times I post. Well, that's it.