Hi everyone! Here is a new chapter of Truth and Dare, a sort of Christmas gift for everyone, but I may update before Christmas so if I do, then you have two gifts! This chapter is rather short, as it is just setting up for the next one. In here there are one or two dares and then a few truths. Next chapter is all Taiora. So I hope you guys like this new chapter and if I don't update before Christmas, Merry Christmas! (That's right I said Merry Christmas, sorry haha, people are against other people saying this a lot where I live.)

Chapter 5: Thanks a Lot

"Haha yes, this is so funny, yea ok keep laughing. Yeah, would everyone SHUT UP!" Davis yelled.

Everyone stared at him, then burst out laughing again.

Davis had just retold what happened on his "dare" and they hadn't stopped laughing since he told it, which was about 10 minutes ago.

"O-Ok. Davis is right. That's enough for now. We have to keep going." Kari said, struggling to keep her composure.

"Y-yeah. She's right. Phew, ok that was really good." Ken said, now sitting up from rolling on the floor with laughter with the other digidestineds.

"Ok Davis it's your turn. Who do you want to pick?" Izzy told him. Davis mused for a moment and looked around the room till his eyes rested on the person he wanted.

"Cody."

"Yes?" Cody answered. He didn't look scared at all, in fact, he looked rather calm. But then again, there wasn't really a good reason to be scared if you being dared or asked from Davis (A/N: I really don't mean to Davis bash. I actually like Davis, he's a good character. He's just really easy to pick on and when you write, you can't really help too yea know?)

Davis gave a sort of evil grin. "Truth or Dare?" Without hesitation Cody answered, "Truth."

He heard Davis groan, obviously he really wanted him to do a dare, to keep the attention off of him for awhile.

"Fine uhh........ shoot. I don't know what to do...." Davis began to ponder what to ask Cody.

"Uh oh, Davis is thinking, the fire alarm is gonna go off any minute." Yolei joked. Davis glared at her. "Hey! I resent that! I think all the time!!"

"Really? Then it doesn't show." She snapped back.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

The two hot heads began to butt heads again, yelling at each other at the top of their lungs.

"Hey guys! Be quiet! You'll wake up the entire building and then they'll complain then Kari and I will get into a lot of trouble. Keep it down!" Tai tried to warn them, but his warning obviously bounced right off of them as they continued to yell at each other.

"That's it, break it up you too! Ken, Tk?" Kari asked for their help as she tried to keep the two apart. Tk and Matt (who decided to help) managed to get Davis away and dragged him into Tai's room. They then closed the door and locked it. "There. That should shut him up." Matt said. Unfortunately, he was wrong. Davis began to bang on the door and yell, "Let me out!!! Please!!! I promise I'll be good!!!"

"If you don't shut up then I'll call Ayumi and ask her what you to were doing!" Matt yelled back. Davis was the suddenly quiet.

Tk chuckled. "I wonder what those two did that's making him so scared to tell us."

Matt chuckled also. "No idea, but one way or another I know Tai's gonna find out." The brothers laughed and rejoined the others.

Kari and Ken managed to calm down Yolei, who then said her head hurt from all the yelling so she walked to Kari's room and decided to lay down on her bed. Tai had told her to lay on the couch, but for a strange reason she kept rejecting his offer and insisted she'd go to Kari's room. Mimi then left and decided to join her and keep her company. With Yolei gone, Ken decided to go and keep Davis company and quiet and left and went into Tai's room. Cody and Joe decided to go as well. Now all that was left was Izzy, Tai, Matt, Sora, Tk and Kari.

"Wow, wonder why everyone decided to leave? Oh well, the six of us can continue right?" Tai asked. They all nodded.

"Cool, well since the last person was Cody and he's left, I'll just go. Umm, ah ha! Izzy, truth or dare?" Tai turned to his red-headed computer obsessed friend, who shockingly, was on the computer. (A/N: that was sarcasm if you couldn't tell)

"Huh? Oh Uh dare." Izzy answered absent mindlessly, obviously not realizing the mistake he had just made.

"Ok then. I dare you to do another dare and also a truth."

"Uh yeah okay whatever." Izzy answered again, not paying attention at all at the grief he was going to cause himself to go through.

Tai frowned. Izzy wasn't paying attention at all. For once he wanted his friend to put down his computer and just have fun. That computer was the sole purpose of Izzy's absence of some great memories and Tai had enough. Izzy may have missed some stuff in the past but he wasn't going to miss them now if he had something to do with it.

"Fine then, here's the truth. Izzy, do you like Seiko?"

Tai watched Izzy freeze. His fingers, finally, stopped flying over the keys and they just hung over the keys, frozen. Tai smirked in his achievement.

"Why would you say that?" Izzy asked quietly.

"Ah ah. In a truth, you are to answer, not ask another question." Tai said, not realizing he was pushing Izzy.

If all digidestineds knew something, they knew that Izzy Izumi was an extremely private person. He never shared much of his life, such as who he liked or his fears and such, seeing how he was on the computer most of the time, and if you asked him something about his personal life, he would either become quiet and say he was busy and leave or just ignore you.

But if they all knew something else, it was that Tai was probably the most courageous person in all of Japan who cared deeply for his friends. He wasn't afraid to ask questions that he knew could make or break his friendship with someone, this question or "truth" being one of those. But Tai asked anyway, knowing with the digidestineds, they're friendship would never completely break. They may get mad, but never to a point where they just ostracized each other from their lives completely. That's why he asked.

Kari, Tk, Matt and Sora watched in fear and anticipation. It would be a historic moment if Izzy answered and for once, opened up to not only Tai, but all of them.

Izzy, who looked up at his laptop to glower at Tai, continued to stare at him, Tai doing the same. It went on till finally, Izzy sighed.

"Fine then....... yes I do." He answered quietly. Kari, Tk, Matt and Sora's mouths hung open while Tai smiled at his friend, not in achievement, but encouragement.

"Really? Well, why didn't you tell us?" Tai asked.

"Well, because if I told you guys I was afraid you would try to play match maker. I see Mimi do it all the time. I wanted things to take it's natural course with me and Seiko."

Tai nodded. "That's understandable. But you know, Izzy, sometimes you have to be pushed to get what you want. To get the courage to do something. I mean, if Matt and I, and Mimi, Sora and Yolei hadn't pushed Kari and Tk, do you think they would be together right now?"

Izzy shook his head and gave a small laugh. "No I suppose not."

"Tai's right Izzy. Tk and I are so thankful to them. I know that I would never have had the courage to tell Tk, as much as I wanted to, I couldn't. If they hadn't pushed me I don't think I would be even close to as happy as I am right now." Kari told him.

Tk nodded in agreement. "She's right. I really know I wouldn't have. I was too scared it would change our friendship too much, but because Tai and Matt kept pushing and may I add, bothering the heck out of me to do it, I never would have."

"It's what friends are for Izzy. To be there for each other and push each other when needed." Matt added.

"He's right Izzy. We all love you and just want what's best for you. And it's saddens us when we something really good for you yet you don't go for it or get it. That's why we push each you." Sora said softly.

"Really?" Izzy whispered. Tai nodded. "Yea. And that is precisely why you need to go and ask Seiko out!" Tai got up and dragged Izzy to the door.

"W-what? B-but I still have to do my dare!" Izzy tried to save himself, but it didn't work. "Then that's your dare Izzy, go ask out Seiko!" Kari replied cheerfully.

"Good idea. Izzy Izumi, I dare you to go ask out the girl of your dreams!" Tai said as he pushed him out the door.

"But she's probably not even awake!" Izzy rebutted. "Oh it's ok. We'll make sure she's awake and waiting for you by the time you get there! Kari, Mimi and I've got resources you know. Now go get her!" Sora encouraged. The last thing they saw was Izzy give them a helpless look before Tai closed the door and sat back down.

"So how are you gonna get her to be awake by the time Izzy gets there?" Tai asked.

"I'll go and tell Mimi. We'll work on this." Sora began to get up till Kari, Tk and Matt got up and tried to get her to sit back down.

"Uh no, it's ok!" Kari told her.

"Uh yeah, umm, Mimi and I will work on it!" Matt tried to save hurriedly. (A/N: I probably should've mentioned this, but Tk and Kari texted everyone their plan before they got there so that' why everyone is leaving. Sorry, forgot to put that in.)

Sora looked at him. "No really, it's ok I'll-"

"NO! SIT DOWN!" Matt yelled. Sora looked shocked and did as she was told. "I told, Mimi and I've got this, now keep playing!" Sora continued to look at him shocked, Tai as well. Matt nodded, then said, "Good." Then left to Kari's room.

Tai and Sora continued to stare wide-eyed until Tai broke the silence. "O-k then. Uh, well then uh, should we keep playing? There's only four people left."

"Actually three. I'm really interested on how Mimi and Matt are gonna get Seiko awake. Sorry guys." Tk bade goodbye and left for Kari's room as well.

"Well then I guess it's just the three of us. You know, there's no point in continuing..."

"Oh yes there is! Sit down!" Kari yelled. Tai stared at his sister wide-eyed and sat down. 'Is everyone going mental or what?' He thought.

Kari sighed."Ok then. Well, since Izzy's gone I'll go. Tai, truth or dare?" Tai answered with a smug look on his face. "Dare."

Kari smiled. "Hmm, I dare you to let me go twice!" Tai did a double take. "Hey, you can't do that. Rules are one time truth or dare per turn."

"Yeah but we threw out the rules remember? All or nothing, no rules?" She reminded him. "Fine." Tai grumbled. Kari smiled. "Ok, first dare. I dare you and Sora to never leave this living room until you complete the second dare."

"Hey! Don't drag me into this!" Sora yelled to her.

"No rules remember?" Kari taunted her. Sora grumbler to herself as well. "Ok then, second dare, I dare you too to really truly, no lying because I and everyone else knows, tell each other how you really feel about each other." Kari finished. Both Tai and Sora looked at with pure horror on their faces. "What did you say?" Tai repeated slowly.

"Tell each other how you feel. In face, I'll even leave as to make it more private. So it'll be only you two. But remember, just because I leave, doesn't mean I won't know whats going on. Wall have ears you know." She winked at them and left to her room.

Both Tai and Sora just sat there, their mouth open, eyes wide with horror and both cursing Kari and their friends in their mind for leaving them alone. They had set them up.

Wow, this chapter was real fun to write. Sorry for the sentimental part with Izzy, I actually hadn't planned that and wrote it last minute. If the characters were a bit OC with that part or if it wasn't necessarily true, sorry. I tried my best. So I leave you all with a cliff hanger, I know, I'm sorry! But you'll love the next chapter. My goal is to finish this before the New Year, which is a somewhat of a high goal but with the right motivation and push I should be able to. Next part is all Taiora. Exciting right? I hope it is. Once again, I would like to thank a few people:

TaKa033: I could not stop laughing writing that part.

Hikari-and-Akari: Yes, he's not the brightest one is he? Haha.

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Lunar Alias: Thanks! Glad I kept him in character. He is a one time thing, but if it's ok, I would like to feature him in some of my other fics. Let me know if that's ok.

M M Forever: I agree. But it's hard because I'm such a terrible procrastinator but I'll try!

Twilight in Rain: Glad it made you laugh so much!

AaleXxXandrA: It would be! Haha, thanks again for everything, you are amazing! Don't be mad, but I think I'm going to finish this story before I continue with 02, but I will update that story no worries!

AngelsHeart0908: Haseo is awesome.

SaturnMillennium: If you would like you can still PM you dares and I'll just throw in a bonus chapter or something to include them for you if you would like.

Lunar Latias: Believe, I wish I had a pic too!

QueenGatomon: Thanks again for the great conversations and the starting of our rp! Hoe you update soon as well.

PrincessJaded: I thought is was funny. Sorry! I love Tai's hair though, best part of the series haha.

Thanks for all your awesome reviews that always make me feel happy and encourage me to be a better write. You guys are awesome then words can account for!

I'll try to update soon, I wanna reach my goal and finish this!!!! Hope you guys liked this chapter. Don't forget to review!!! Reviews really motivate me and the more motivated I feel, the sooner I update.. sometimes. But you never know if it'll work so review! And you should review anyway cuz that's what nice people do, are you a nice person? Haha kidding, kind of. Anyway thanks again for reading!!

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