Finally wrote the next chapter. Sorry, lost track of the story.
Modern Game?
Kagome, while watching Shippo being carried away by the larger demon, debated the good thing of having Shippo around against the bad. So far she came up with eating extra food, hiding in places while in danger, being possessed by larger demons and need to be rescued, being chased by larger demons and need to be rescued, and causing extra rackets with Inuyasha for the bad points, and being cute and sometimes handy for the good points. All in all, Shippo really doesn't do much except for entertainment purposes.
Kagome decided that it was best to rescue Shippo.
The other world girl rushed to Roujimiru's side, tugging his neon green sleeves with one hand. "Ano, Roujimiru-san." She called with a smile, "are you free?"
The youkai turned around with a surprised look. "You're talking to me?" His facial expression changed to that of arrogance. "A lowly human talking to a great youkai? Do you know your place here you dim-wit?"
With his free hand, the youkai grabbed Kagome's face and tilted it up to face him. "Do you want to be eaten too?" He questioned, then paused before continuing. "You're… kinda of… pretty I guess. Maybe I won't eat you… I can think of better ways to u…" He was abruptly cut off with punch to the face.
Inuyasha stood over the fallen youkai with a popped vein, cracking his fingers. "What the hell do you think you're doing Rouji?" Inuyasha's actions drew Miroku and Sango close. Well, more like it drew Saya close, then closely followed by Miroku and a raging Sango.
"About to eat a human girl." Roujimiru answered matter-of-factly, rubbing his hit face. "Now, what the hell do you think you're doing, punching your cousin… er… twice removed."
"No no, Rou-chan, you can't touch Kagome" Ri's face was always welcoming, though it showed the recent achievements of Sesshoumaru, as in the multiple bumps on his head and his scratched up face. "She's Inu-chan's sweetie"
"S..s..sweetie?" Inuyasha choked, then turned his half flushing face away. "Who would want such an annoying girl like her with no female attributes what-so-ever?" An eerie chill made the hair on the back of his neck to stand up. Inuyasha turned around slowly.
Kagome twitched. "Who's got no female attributes what-so-ever?" She questioned in a dangerous voice, wearing her oh-so-cheerful smile. Inuyasha jumped back two steps.
"Kagome, when did you get here?" He spattered out, coughing.
"Before you punched your cousin, twice removed."
"You have? I didn't see you there…"
"I see..."
"Er…you hungry?"
"Sit." Kagome took a deep breath. "SitsitsitsitsitsitsitSIT!"
Inuyasha's face made a permanent imprint on the grass field.
"Ouch," Ri winced. "That's gotta hurt…" He was followed by the agreeing nods from the rest of the crowd as Roujimiru stood up slowly.
Dusting off her hands, Kagome turned her attention back to Roujimiru. With a smile, she questioned again. "Roujimiru-san, are you free?"
Roujimiru growled, Ri coughed and shut his cousin up.
"Am I free?" The older youkai looked at the slumped Shippo over his shoulder then shrugged, speaking through his teeth. "Well, I'm not exactly free, but I guess I'm not busy."
"Great!" Kagome clapped her hands together and smiled. "You want to play a game with us?" She turned to Sango and Miroku, eyeing for them to follow.
Miroku shuddered from her stare and concurred. "Yes, please play a game with us if you have free time."
"No." Roujimiru answered and was rewarded with a bump on his head by the force of Ri. "Fine. What's the game?
"Er…" Kagome blanked. She never really thought that far yet. Forcing a smile on her face, she struggled to come up with a name fast, and all she could come up with was… "Truth or Dare!"
"Huh?" The response was almost in unison.
Inuyasha cocked his head to one side, crossing his arms beneath his chest with an arched eyebrow. "The hell?"
"Um," Kagome started. "It's a game where a group of people gathered and ask people to do things or answer questions. One person starts the game and is the leader. He or she gets to choose another person and ask the question 'truth or dare'. The person picked must choose one of the two choices. If he or she chooses 'truth', then he or she must answer the next question the leader asks truthfully. If he or she chooses 'dare', then he or she must do the action that the leader ask him or her to do without fail. There are usually penalties for not answering the question, or not doing the action, but we can decide on that later. Some times there are also rules setting up how many times a person can choose truth before he or she is forced to choose dare. After the person finishes the question or the action, then that person becomes the leader and can pick his or her victim."
Everyone stared at Kagome blankly.
Ri was the first to speak. He clicked his tongue and blinked, then smiled widely. "So, Kagome-chan, if I am the leader, I can make Inu-chan dance like a chicken if he chooses dare?"
"What? Who's gonna dance like a chicken?" Inuyasha screamed as Kagome nodded.
"And I can make him answer how many times he had dirty thoughts about a certain person if he chooses truth?" His grin got wider.
"What you do mean dirty thoughts you… er… sissy?" The fang boy jumped up and down, point at his older brother, venting his anger. Ri beamed as he skipped over and stretched out his younger brother's cheeks.
Kagome wondered if she really should have picked Truth or Dare, maybe a friendly game of checkers would have been better… maybe…
"Sounds stupid." Roujimiru stated bluntly, adjusting his weight from one foot to the other. "Who would want to actually follow orders?"
Saya smiled. "Actually, it sounds pretty interesting." She eyed Roujimiru with a sharp glance as she cracks her knuckles without care. "You're playing, right?"
Roujimiru gulped and nodded, diverting his glance to study the whiteness of the table cloth. Apparently Saya had a lot of power over the younger pups.
"Sesshoumaru." Saya raised her voice to call out to the other twin, who preoccupied himself with the difficult task of studying his own nails. "You're playing too."
"I refuse." Sesshoumaru answered flatly without taking his gaze off of his hand.
Saya chuckled. "But don't you want to make Ri do something stupid?"
That seemed like the triggering words. Sesshoumaru stood up a little faster than what people would expect, tilting his head to one side. "In that case, it is much of an incentive."
"Kagome, please lead the way." Saya smiled warmly as her eyes twinkled. It seemed that she finds her brothers/cousins/relatives suffering extremely pleasing. Scary female youkai indeed…
Kagome reminded herself that it was all for Shippo's life that she is in a situation like this. Taking a deep breath, she paced steadily towards the opened area of the grass field, closed followed by the crowd. She seated herself down, dusting off some imaginary dust out of nervous habit as the rest of the group sat down one by one.
To Kagome's left sat a sulking Inuyasha, who had his left arm attached to Ri's claws as the older twin beamed. The twin of the great demon's left hand was attached to Sesshoumaru's tail, who tried his hardest to pretend that the man beside him didn't exist. Roujimiru sat beside Sesshoumaru, scratching his face with his right hand while holding onto Shippo's tail tightly with his left. Beside him was the graceful form of Saya, who seemed like the person who was going to enjoy the game the most. Miroku was inches away from the female demon, his eyes dazed as his mouth hung half-opened. He clearly had something else on his mind. Finishing the circle and sitting to Kagome's right was Sango, looking as if she was going to leap out of her seat and give Miroku a beating he would still feel three weeks later.
"So," Saya's voice was gentle, though it left no room for questions. "Since I'm the oldest one in the circle, I guess I will be the leader." She grinned warmly and studied the circle before her. "Truth or Dare?"
Kagome decided that checkers was definitely the better idea.