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Ch5; Truth or DareWhen the movie was over, everyone was walking out of the theater and chattering about the movie. Inuyasha and co. were a little freaked out about the Queen. They had believed that she was some sort of terrible demon, and now they were all laughing.
"That was awesome!" Sango said, throwing out here popcorn bag in the trashcan. "I loved the part with the beavers."
"Me too! Though i've never seen one before." Shippo said happily.
"The end was a little wacked though." Miroku said. "It just sort of…stopped. Could there be a second part to it?"
"DUH!" Yuka said. "You mean you never even read the books?" Miroku shook his head. "Wow, that's hard to believe!"
"So, what do we do now?" Eri asked them.
Ayumi brightened up. "I know it's a little late, but the offer to come to my house is still open. We could have a sleepover!" she said happily.
"I don't see why not." Kagome said. "Would you guys mind?" she asked them.
"Of course we'll come!" Sango said automatically. She had really started to like Kagome's friends.
"I'm defiantly in!" Hojo said, making everyone turn towards him. They had all forgotten that he was there.
"Uh…ok. That's cool." Ayumi said. GRRR! I forgot about him! It was supposed be just us! Oh well. "Make sure you bring your bathing suits for the hot tub!"
"What's a hot tube?" Inuyasha whispered to Kagome, with the rest of the Inu-gang listening closely.
"Hot tub,It's like a hot spring." Kagome whispered back.
"That sounds like fun!" Shippo said happily.
Sango blushed and ran over to Kagome. "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean…with just your friends would be ok, but the guys, too? That can't be good!" She glanced over at Miroku, who was smiling to himself in a lecherous way, looking (and I mean looking) at Sango. "Don't even think about it, pervert!" she said dangerously.
Inuyasha blushed and turned away from them. Him in a hot springs with Kagome and everyone else, too? No Way! But she acted like it was normal! In the feudal era, he would get hit with rocks for going anywhere near the springs when they were in there, and here they were just going to go in? What was with that?
Kagome looked at them for a minute, and the also blushed, smacking herself in the head. "No, no! Not like that! We are wearing clothes! We wear swimsuits! I bought you all some!" she said, making Sango and Inuyasha sigh in relief, and Miroku sigh in defeat. But Shippo was confused.
"Why would we wear clothes?" he asked her innocently, and totally oblivious. Inuyasha hit him over the head.
"Inuyasha! SIT!" Kagome said loudly, as Inuyasha plummeted to the floor. Everyone was looking at them now. "Don't worry, he just 'tripped' " she said innocently.
"A'll git yoo fr his, agoma!" Inuyasha mumbled from the floor. What he really said was: I'll get you for this, Kagome. But, of course, no one could hear him.
"So, go home and get your stuff, and head strait over to my house, ok?" Ayumi said. They all nodded and went off they're separate ways.
Later at Ayumi's house
"Hey, guys!" Eri said, opening the door for them. Kagome only live a few houses down, so they just walked there. "Ayumi is just turning on the hot tube."
"Cool!" Shippo said as they walked into the house.
"Yuka and Hojo are already here." Eri said to them. "Do any of you need to change?" she asked.
"No, we already have them on underneath. We just need a place to ditch our clothes." Kagome said.
Ayumi walked in the room. "You guys can put them in the guest room." She said, pointing to a door.
"Thanks Ayumi! Come on, guys." Kagome said to them. And they all walked in and closed the door.
As they we undressing, Sango asked Kagome what truth or dare is. "It's a game. We go one at a time, asking 'truth or dare?' to each other. If you pick truth, you have to answer a personal question. If you pick dare, you have to do whatever the other person tells you. And you have to do it, or you are kicked out of the game."
"Oh…" They all said, a little confused.
"Um…Kagome. Are you sure that this is all we're wearing?" Miroku asked skeptically, looking down at his swim trunks.
"Of course! You'll see, that's what Hojo wears, too."
"Why would I want to wear something that moron wears?" Inuyasha asked her stubbornly.
"Don't make me say 'it'!" Kagome said threateningly, and Inuyasha stopped talking instantly. They put their clothes in a corner, and walked to the back door with their towels over their shoulders.
When they got there, Eri, Yuka, Ayumi, and Hojo were standing there waiting for them. Hojo perked up when he saw Kagome, especially because of what she was wearing. "Kagome…" he said in awe "You look great!" he said, smiling at her.
Inuyasha growled, but Kagome put a hand on his shoulder to make him stop. "Come on, lets go out." she said to him, trying not to look too hard at his bare chest, though she was losing the battle. It was so well-toned and...STOP Kagome! She told herself, but still looked at him through the corner of her eye with a slight smile on her face. Hojo noticed and pouted silently. They opened the door and raced to the hot tub, getting in as fast as they could.
"Inuyasha, why are you wearing a hat in the hot tub?" Yuka asked.
"He never really goes anywhere without his hat!" Kagome said, smileing.
They all got in the hot tub, sighing at the warmth. It wasn't too warm running in the snow! They sat there for a few minutes, talking about the movie. And then…slap echoed from the tub. Miroku now had four handprints on his face, and yet he was smiling gleefully. As a compromise, Hojo and Inuyasha sat on opposite sides of Miroku, to block him from the girls.
"Come on! Lets play truth or dare!" Eri said happily. "Miroku, truth or dare?"
"Dare!" Miroku said bravely, if slightly confused.
Eri thought for a minute. "I dare you…to grope Hojo!"
Hojo and Miroku moved away from each other in disgust. "No way!" Miroku cried in protest.
"Hey, you picked dare! You have to!" Kagome said slyly. This was gonna be a fun night.
Miroku groaned. He was defiantly picking truth next! "Sorry, buddy. Nothing personal." He wimpered. He quickly rubbed Hojo's ass and then hastily retracted his hand, staring at it in horror for betraying him. That would teach him!
"My turn!" Miroku said. "Sango, truth or dare?"
Sango glared at him. She defiantly didn't want to have to do a perverted dare! "Truth!"
Miroku grinned. He knew she would. "Sango, do you have a crush on me?"
Sango blushed like a tomato, and everyone watched her keenly. Slowly, not looking at anyone, she nodded. Miroku cried out in triumph, while everyone else was staring at her in disbelief. Well… Kagome was staring at her smugly.
"Yuka, Truth or Dare." Sango said quickly.
Yuka thought for a minute. "Dare!"
There was a pause when Sango thought of a dare. "Um…go into the snow and roll in it for twenty seconds!" she said.
Yuka grimaced and got out of the warm water, stepping into the freezing snow, which was nearly up to her knees. She got on the ground and started rolling, while everyone else was laughing and counting to 20. As soon as it was done she leaped up and raced to the pool, muttering "c-cold!"
After a minute of thawing, Yuka selected her victim. "Shippo, truth or Dare?"
Shippo looked up from playing with the water. "Truth!" he said innocently.
"Um…do you have a crush on anyone?" Yuka asked him, not wanting to do anything to bad for someone as young as Shippo.
Shippo nodded. "This girl, from where I live."
"What's her name?"
"Soten." He said shamelessly.
Yuka laughed. "Good for you, Shippo! Now, pick someone!"
"Inuyasha, truth or dare?" Shippo asked.
"Dare!" Inuyasha said boldly.
Shippo grinned evilly, in a way that made Inuyasha wish he hadn't picked that. "Inuyasha…I dare you…to kiss Miroku!"
Inuyasha was stunned. Miroku was muttering something like "Why me? Why?"
Inuyasha reluctantly leaned over…and kissed Miroku! It was short, but long enough for Kagome to snap a picture! When Inuyasha saw the flash, he turned immediately in her direction. "What was that, wench?" he said suspiciously.
"Nothing, Inuyasha." Kagome said, putting the camera next to her towels. Everyone who knew what just happened laughed.
"Ok, my turn. Ayumi, truth or dare?"
"Dare!" she said, smiling. She could take anything he shot at her!
"How about…no, that's stupid! I know! I dare you" he smiled. "I dare you to climb on the roof and do the chicken dance!" Kagome looked over at him. How on earth does he know what the chicken dance is? Oh, well.
Ayumi groaned, looking at the outside wall. "How do you expect me to do that?" she asked him. He merely shrugged.
"How should I know? Use your imagination!" he told her.
"ARRHH!" she complained, and got out of the steaming water and walked over to the side of the house. With one last glare at Inuyasha, she began to look for a way up. She settled for climbing up on the bricks, since there were some that could be used as footholds, although the snow and ice made it really difficult. And so she picked a spot near the pipe, where she could grab on to. It took her a few minutes to get to the top. When she got there, everyone was singing the chicken song. Ayumi groaned and sang along, dancing at the same time. "Nana nana nana Na! Nana nana nana Na! Nana nana nana Na! Na! Na! Na! Na!" she chanted, while everyone was laughing at her.
When she was done, she was so cold that her lips were a little blue. Ayumi looked around her, and saw a window a few feet from her! She was so stupid! She quickly hoped through the window, and rushed down stairs. She reappeared seconds latter, and got in the hot tub as fast as she could. She sighed in relief as warmth washed over her, though she was still shivering uncontrolably. Everyone was laughing.
Once again, they waited until she was thawed enough to continue. When she was, she turned to Hojo. "Truth or dare?"
He thought for a minute. He defiantly didn't want one of those dares where he'd get frostbite! Maybe later. "Truth."
"How many times have you asked Kagome out?" she asked him curiously.
Hojo smiled. "27 times!" he said shamelessly, and beamed at Kagome. Inuyasha growled at him, but he took no notice. He turned to Kagome, still smiling. "Truth or dare?"
Oh, no! Kagome thought, If I pick dare, he's gonna ask me to kiss him or something! I can't pick dare! Not for him! "Um…truth." She said, dreading what he was going to ask her.
"If you could…would you kiss me?" he asked her, still smiling.
Inuyasha was furious! You could feel the tension, but Hojo didn't pay any notice. He had eyes only for Kagome. As a result, Inuyasha hit Hojo over the head. Hard. "Hey, what did you do that for?" Hojo said angrily, rubbing the lump on his head. Inuyasha glared at him so hard that Hojo avoided eye contact.
"Well, Kagome? What's your answer?" Hojo said keenly, and everyone leaned in.
"No." Kagome said quietly. "I'm sorry, but no."
Hojo felt like she had just cracked a whip on him. He looked down at the water. "Why not?"
"Hey! That's two questions!" Inuyasha said sharply. "It's Kagome's turn now!"
Kagome looked at him gratefully. "Eri, truth or dare?"
"Truth." She said, trying to ignore Hojo.
"How far have you ever gone with a guy?" she asked Eri.
Eri blushed. "Well…I guess it would be that time a few years ago, you know, when I had braces… Well, I made out with Sinjo."
"But he had braces too."Ayumi said. "Wouldn't that…"
"Don't remind me!" Eri said, blushing some more. Locking braces with a guy and having to go to the hospital to unhook them was not a great fist kiss! "Sango, truth or dare?"
"Dare." She said bravely. I can take it!
"I dare you…to not do anything while Miroku gropes you!" she said, smiling evilly.
"NO WAY!" she said, glaring at a beaming Miroku.
"You have to, my dear Sango," he said gleefully, making everyone else turn away in disgust.
"Sorry, Sango. You really have to! I climbed on the roof in the snow!" Ayumi said sternly.
Sango sighed in defeat, standing up. "Make this quick, pervert!" she said. He smiled like Inuyasha had at the ice cream store.
"Ok, Ok, that's enough!" Sango yelled at him, sitting down. "Miroku, truth or dare?"
"I am so glad you chose me as your first choice! Dare!" he said, still smileing.
"I dare you not to grope me for the rest of the sleepover!" she said triumphantly.
"WHAT! You can't do that! It's a long-term dare!" he said in defense. This couldn't be happening to him!
"You have no choice!" she said happily. "Your turn."
Miroku sighed. How was he going to get through the night? "Kagome, truth or dare?"
"Truth." She said. Like Sango earlier, she didn't want to have to do a perverted dare.
"Doesn't anyone else want to do one of my dares?" he sighed. "Kagome, do you love Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha and Kagome blushed deeply, while Hojo was watching her with pleading eyes. Don't say yes, don't say yes! He was praying with all his heart that she wouldn't say yes!
Kagome did like Sango did. She lowered her head, not looking anywhere near Inuyasha. "Ya…"
Inuyasha froze, stareing at her in shock. "wha...what?" Inuyasha asked, and Kagome's blushing face turned away from him: this was not the way she had wanted to tell him. But Inuyasha's shock slowly turned into a small smile, and, feeling brave, he moved closer to her and wrapped his arm around her gently. She turned even more red but didn't move away, making him smile a little more.
"I KNEW IT!" every one of the girls cried out gleefully. Miroku merely patted Inuyasha on the back, saying congratulations. Hojo was on the verge of breaking down, and merely settled by dunking his head under the water for a bit.
"So…it's my turn again?" Kagome said, still not looking at anyone. "Um…Shippo. Truth or dare?"
"Dare. I did truth last time, remember?"
Kagome remembered that. "Oh…right…" What was she to do? She had to come up with a not-so-bad dare for Shippo. Then she had a great idea. "Shippo, I dare you to show them that trick you do with your spinning top!"
The Inu-gang was staring at her in disbelief. "You sure you want to show them that, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked her skeptically.
"Of course! It's just a harmless magic trick!" she said. "Shippo, why don't you go get it. You brought it with you, right?" he nodded and disappeared.
"You want him to show us a magic trick?" Eri asked her confused.
"Ya! You'll see. He learned all kinds of cool stuff from his family. It's really cool, trust me."
Shippo came out of the house with a tiny red spinning-top. Everyone was smiling at him (you know, one of those smiles that seems like they like it, but they really could care less). "Show them, Shippo!" Sango said encouragingly.
"HA!" Shippo said, as he spun the top. Everyone's eyes got huge as it began to grow, and it got bigger then the hot tub! Shippo kept it like that for a minute, then brought it back to normal size. He put it on his towel and hopped back in the tub.
"That was amazing, Shippo!" Ayumi exclaimed. "How did you do that?"
Shippo smiled at her adorably. "Its just something my dad taught me." He told her. "Truth or Dare?"
"I'll do… I think I'll do truth" she said. She didn't want a dare like what Shippo made Inuyasha do. He was so adorable...but clearly dangerous, and she did NOT want to mess with him.
"Ok…um…" Shippo thought for a minute. All the truth questions that had been asked seemed to be about love. EW! "Ok…Who do you have a crush on, or who was your last one?"
"Um…Kinusho from Science class." Ayumi told everyone.
"He sits next to you, doesn't he?" Kagome asked her, smiling at her knowingly.
"Yeah." She said. Now it was her turn to blush. It seemed to be happening a lot just now. "Who hasn't gone in a while? Um…Hojo, Truth or Dare."
Everyone looked at Hojo. Once again, they had forgotten that he was here. "Actually, Ayumi, I think I should get going. I'm kinda tired. I don't think i'm up for a sleepover."
"Oh," Ayumi said, trying to sound disappointed though it didn't come out too convincing. "Ok, well…bye Hojo."
"Bye!" everyone called, except Kagome, who was overwhelmed with guilt. She knew the real reason Hojo had left. And she felt bad about it. Hojo waved to them all, cast Kagome one last look, and disappeared into the house.
"Ok, now that Hojo's gone…Inuyasha, Truth or dare?"
"Dare!"
"But that's what you picked last time!" she said to him.
"So?" he replied, waiting for his dare.
Ayumi sighed. Ok…I need something good. Something to make up for that dance on the roof. Hmm… she suddenly had a great idea. "Inuyasha, are you a good swimmer?" she asked him evilly.
"He's a great swimmer!" Kagome said, and Inuyasha nodded to comfirm it, having no idea what she was talking about.
"Well, it was a little warm a few days ago, and the ice on the pool melted. There's probably some there now, but not a lot. I dare you to break the ice, and dive into the pool!"
Kagome gasped at her friend. Inuyasha would defiantly be able to handle it, but Ayumi didn't know that! If Inuyasha was normal, he would drown! "Ayumi!" she scolded her.
"Ok, ok, I know! I can think of something else!" she said, but Inuyasha was already out of the hot tub and heading towards the pool. "Inuyasha! I was joking! You don't have to do it!" she called to him, worried that he had taken her seriously.
He turned around, smirking at her worry. "Na…that was the first thing you said. I can do it! The water can't be that bad!" He walked to the edge of the ice that covered the pool. He raised his fist and brought it down on the ice, which instantly shattered.
"No, Inuyasha! Don't do it! I was Joking!" Ayumi called. She was very shocked at his strength, but really worried that he was actually going to do it! He could get badly hurt or get Pneumonia!
Inuyasha just ignored her, put his hands over his head and jumped up, diving into the pool. "Inuyasha!" Ayumi cried running over to the pool, but the clumps of ice along with the darkness made it impossible to see.
Inuyasha leapt out of the pool, jumping at least 20 ft high into the air before landing on the edge of the pool, next to Ayumi. He was smirking at her expression. "Inuyasha! Don't do that! You had me worried!"
"Calm down! I told you I could handle it, Ayumi!" he said, before bolting for the hot tub. "AHHHHHHHH! C-COLLDDDD!" he cried, jumping in and splashing everyone. There was a loud sizzleing noise as his cold body hit the hot water. "AAAAAHHHH! HOTTTT!" he now was yelling, jumping out of the water again.
Everyone was falling over with laughter. "Inu-y-yasha! You have to get in slowly! T-Try it again." Kagome said, between laughs. It looks like Mr. Tough Guy wasn't all that tough after all!
Ayumi hopped in the tube, also laughing. "Oh, ya! You handled it with grace!" she said, giggleing.
Once Inuyasha was warm enough, he selected his next victim. "Um…who hasn't gone twice yet? Eri! Truth or Dare?"
"Um…I'll do a…dare, I guess. But don't make it too bad, ok?"
"Fine. I dare you to do a face-plant into the snow!" he said.
Eri grimaced. "Well…it could be worse!" with that she walked over to the snow and fell forward, face-first. Then she got up and dunked her head in the steaming water.
"Do you guys want to go in or play this a little longer?" Yuka asked them all.
Just then Eri popped out from the water. "I want to do one more. Then we can go in." They nodded, and Eri turned to Kagome. "Kagome, truth or dare?"
"Dare." Kagome said, trying to figure out what she was going to do, but a little nervous at the same time.
"Ok, this is for Kagome's ears only." She said, and they both got out of the water, walking near the back door. Eri started whispering in Kagome's ear, and, try as they might, not even Inuyasha could make out what they were saying.
When they came back, Kagome was lit up like a Christmas ornament. She hastily grabbed her towel and started drying her hair, letting the towel go in front of her face. Everyone else got out and started to dry off, and then they heading into the house.
MUAHAHAHAHAHA! I think that it'stime for a littlecontest! I know, I haven't given out any clues about it, but I still want to see how many people can guess what Kagome's dare was. I'll post all of the winners'names on the next chapter, and I may even read your stories! Who knows what i'll do! So review your guesses! Or, just review!