Hey! nothing new! Just dumped my bf, thas all! (SO needed to do that!)

Anyway, I'm in a good mood. DON'T RUIN IT BY POSTING FLAMES!

Love ya,

Momo

.:Chapter 5:.
Azumi

"OWIE!" Kairi yelped, burning her finger while making the fire.
"I told you to let me do it..." Sora said, slightly annoyed. Kairi started to pout, but Sora wasn't finished.

"That way, you wouldn't've gotten hurt..." he said more softly, taking Kairi's burned finger and kissing it. She smiled at him, but that was all Azumi saw before dragging her attention back to her present problem.

While Sora and Kairi were setting up the campfire and Wakka helped Selphie (who was still a little shook up), Azumi took Tidus aside to scold him.

Despite the fact that Azumi was a pirate and had always been tough and hateful, she felt really close to Tidus, like he was a little brother or something. So she couldn't bring herself to punish him...exactly, that is.

She told Tidus she would help him become a better fighter, which (in his opinion) was like heaven. But Azumi decided to make him work extra hard and make the training rigorous so it would at least look like she was punishing him.

About half an hour into their training, Azumi's attention was drawn to a loud clamoring down by the docks.

"What's going on?" she asked Tidus.

"Riku's back! Riku's back!" the little boy shouted, racing into the little wooden shack and down the spiraling staircase. Azumi could see him below her, running to greet his friend.

I wonder what it looks like...I guess I should probably go meet him...

But Kairi made up her mind for her, calling out her name and disrupting her thought.

"Azumi! Hey, Azumi! C'mere! I want you to meet Riku!" she hollered across the beach.

"Alright, alright! I'm coming, I'm coming..." Azumi shouted back, jumping off the tall sandy cliff and dashing towards the party.

The group ran to meet up with her, meeting up by the campfire in the middle of South Beach.

"Azumi, Riku. Riku, Azumi!" Kairi announced as the two parties met up.

Azumi and Riku both froze. They both just stood there, eyes locked, but looking distant, as if each was individually in an internal battle.

Why does he looks so....familiar? She thought, and then, Ok this silence is way too awkward...

So Azumi extended her hand and said, "Hi, nice to meet you, Riku."

Riku, who had obviously been having similar thoughts, was jolted to life and ineptly extended his hand to meet hers. As their hands touched, Azumi felt a deep, warm, sensation ripple through her body. But she ignored it, giving Riku her sweetest, cutest, most innocent smile.

He blushed and blustered, "Um, ah, n-nice to meet you too, Zuzi!"

Their hands froze in mid air and jerked away from each other. Azumi looked almost horrified and turned an angered red. Then, setting her face back to the happy-go-lucky expression she had on earlier, she smiled and said, "That's a creative nickname."

Kairi, feeling awkward in the situation said, "Well, let's all just start the game, shall we?"

Game? I don't remember signing up to play and game...

So they all sat down on the logs around the fire.
"Alright," Sora began, putting on a sly grin and acting like an announcer in some reality show, "The game's Truth Or Dare: Destiny style."

And then he added in a darker tone with a bigger grin, "Anything. Goes."

"Oh my God Sora, you're so lame! Cut the attitude already!" said Kairi, rolling her eyes.

Azumi gulped.

"Anything goes? You mean like anything anything???"

"He, he, yup, that's right! Since you're new, you can go first," Sora replied.

"You never told me this is what we were going to play, Kairi!" she whispered to Kairi.

Kairi just shrugged.

Ooooooookay. Let's see. I'll dare Sora, if he chooses dare...

"Alright then, Sora!" Azumi indicated with her finger. "Sora: truth or dare?"

Sora grinned back at her, not thinking she could possible come up with anything embarrassing enough, and chose dare.

"Alright then, dare it is!" she shouted back with a smug grin.

Everyone leaned in closer to Azumi, all except Riku; waiting for her to announce her dare.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention something Azumi! If the person won't do the dare, the whole group gets to think of something ten times worse together!" Kairi said sending a smile, or more of a smirk, at Sora.

Sora glared back, but bravely awaited Azumi's dare.

Let's see...what should I make him do? I know! I'll make him dye his "gorgeous" brown hair... Permanently of course...

Sora's smile immediately fell when he saw the sneer cross Azumi's face.

"Alright Sora, I dare you to...dye your hair!" she shouted.

Everyone "Ooh-ed" and "Aaah-ed" at Azumi's idea and Tidus giggled at the thought.

Sora's face paled and he tried to protest, "But, but, wah-?! Y-you can't d-do that!!"

"Oh yes I can," she smirked, crossing her arms, "because anythinggoes."

Sora was about to object when Kairi reminded, "Well Sora, face us or the wrath of Azumi!"

Sora, knowing that Kairi made up the most torturous dares, decided to go with Azumi's, "W-w-what color?" He asked, shaking with rage.

She replied simply with one word as she pulled out a bottle and dying kit, "Blonde."

Sora hid his face, half in shame, and half in despondency for his luscious chestnut hair.

Azumi pointed in front of her and taunted, "Right here, Blondie."


The soon-to-be-blonde slid over to Azumi, whishing all the while he had chosen Truth...

Two hours after the dying (and listening to the other's dares and truths), Sora raced up to Kairi's kitchen in the tree house. He then began, one by one, to unfold the foils from his hair.

As he piled them up, he remembered Azumi's words, when you first take off the foils, your hair will be darker than the final product, so don't panic.

He also remembered her promise that it wouldn't turn out horrible.

Azumi headed up to Kairi's house, but was suddenly stopped as Kairi whispered in her ear, "Remember our bet about Sora?" "Yup," said Azumi, "1,000,000 munny. I know"

As Sora continued to struggle with the tightly wrapped foils, he
failed to notice that Azumi was watching him from the doorway.

Now for Kairi's dare: seduce Sora. Oh God what did I get myself into?!?!

 As Sora struggled with another foil, she came up behind him and slipped her arms around his waist saying, "Need any help?"

"Um, yea, sure," said Sora blushing and failing to notice Kairi and the rest of the gang snickering in the cracked window.

As she felt Sora's body tense up from her sudden touch, Azumi shot them all a dirty look, shutting all of them up. Not wanting to be exposed, she helped Sora with the foil and then in washing his hair. After 10 minutes of towel drying, Sora's fluffy blond hair showed its true, err, colors. She glanced over and saw the group in the window, almost crying to keep in the laughter. Kairi motioned at Sora, cueing Azumi to get going with her dare.

Sighing, Azumi went over to Sora. He was finishing towel drying his hair as she stood in front of him, peeking under and looking into his eyes. Giving him her best puppy look, sliding her arms around his neck and straddling him on the bed, she leaned in close to his ear, and whispered, "Am I not good enough for you? Is that why you're dating Kairi and not me??" Azumi even managed to get her eyes to get all watery. Sora looked at her, blustering with surprise and turning bright red.

"I, uh, I, um, n-never really thought about it... but well..."

"But well what?" she said leaning back a look of sudden hurt gleaming in her eye.

"Well the thing is, I do really like you...it's just that I can't decide between you and Kairi. So I decided to hold back my feelings for you and stay with her. I thought it would make things easier but they only got worse and-" He was cut off as Azumi leaned in and gently kissed his lips. She slowly pulled away and felt Sora tip forward slightly, wanting the kiss to last. Then he drew in a sharp breath. She let one of her hands slide up from its original place, (hanging down his back) to his neck and then, lastly, to his cheek. He opened his crystal blue eyes and exhaled heavily, getting goose bumps from her touch.

"I mean, I just don't get it," Azumi said, getting up and walking over to the bed and sitting down.

Azumi heard someone at the window whisper, "Wow, she's a good actress..."

She stood in front of the window, pretending to look at the stars, glared at the group and flicked them off.

"What does she have that ...that I..." Azumi turned to Sora, who has sat down on the bed, his head hung, as if in deep thought. "...don't?" Azumi finished quietly.

Sora looked up and stared into Azumi's eyes truthfully and said, with a sigh, "Nothing."

Nothing. The simple word that made Kairi gasp and leave the scene. Neither Sora nor Azumi had heard her, so Azumi went on performing. Only, the dare wasn't so "pretend" anymore. Getting more and more real by the minute, all thoughts of acting had left Azumi's head. Now she was acting out of sheer will.

.:End Chapter 5:.