Disclaimer: For the last time, I do not own Bleach.

A/N: I forgot to change the status of the story to (Complete), so i guess there was some confusion. Sorry about that!! Its chnged now! I'll post one more chapter if i find the time! Be patient!

I Dare You to!

Ichigo, Rukia and Yoruichi dashed through the garden, in the direction the sound had come from. They hurried along the corridor they had seen Renji and Shunsui disappear into, before being confronted with the same maze of rooms and corridors the other two had found. Luckily, Rukia proved a great help in guiding them along.

"Well, they most probably went to Nii-sama's study, so we'll go there first." She told them, sprinting off.

Within a few minutes, they arrived at Byakuya's study, where they found a red-faced Shunsui and Renji supporting Byakuya, who was clutching his head. In addition, the shape of the hole in the rice-paper behind them told the trio all they had to know. Rukia and Yoruichi covered their mouths and giggled discreetly, not daring to let Byakuya see them. However, Ichigo's cheeks promptly inflated so rapidly he couldn't cover his mouth in time to stop the air escaping, thus resulting in a very rude noise which caused everyone to turn and stare at him.

Including Byakuya.

Seeing his two adversaries in his house, and thinking back to the nonsense Shunsui and Renji had been blabbering not too long ago, as well as their insistence that he drink the sake, Byakuya, who was still fairly brighter than Ichigo and Renji put together in his drunken state, realized that he had been set-up.

"You…" He slowly got up. It was true, he did not know what exactly it was that he had been set-up for, but he was disgusted at appearing so undignified.

'Uh-oh.' Ichigo gulped, aware that his four companions were sending him death-glares. He shrugged, mouthing 'I couldn't help it!'

"Get out…of my house." Byakuya's hand went to Senbonzakura's hilt.

"Hey," Ichigo tried to salvage the situation. "You don't look too well, you know. You should take a break."

At being told he didn't 'look too well', Byakuya lunged at Ichigo, drawing Senbonzakura in the process and swiftly slashing at him.

Renji and Shunsui, not expecting him to attack so suddenly, did not manage to restrain him, while Ichigo was too stunned to move. The next thing everyone knew, Byakuya had missed his target of Ichigo's neck by about thirty centimeters, staggered past him, tripped over his own sandals and, unable to stop, splashed straight into his fish-pond, knocking himself out in the process.

There was silence for a few moments before everyone had to stuff their fists into their mouths to stop themselves from laughing too loudly. Then, Rukia and Yoruichi hastily pulled the sodden Sixth Division Captain out of the pond before he drowned himself.

"I'll get… him…to his room," Rukia told them breathlessly, before being consumed by another fit of laughter.

"You said the Kenseikan are in his room, right?" Renji asked her.

"Yes." She replied, distracted by the fact that she had no idea how to get her unconscious brother there. She wasn't strong enough to carry him and dragging him was out of the question, obviously.

Ichigo, catching on to her problem, immediately offered Renji's and his help in getting him there, so as to leave Rukia with no choice but to lead them straight to the Kenseikan. Supporting the still-dripping Byakuya between them, the group trooped off after Rukia.

Along the way, Yoruichi turned to Ichigo and asked "Why can't you just take the Kenseikan in his hair now?"

Ichigo and Renji both stopped and stared at each other. "Of course! We didn't even think of-"

"NO!" Rukia had whirled around and was staring at them in horror. "You can't take those! They're Nii-sama's favourite! He almost never takes them off. I have no idea how to put them back if you take them off."

"There's a difference to those things?" Ichigo quirked an eyebrow at her.

"But-" Renji protested, and was cut off.

"No." Rukia stressed again. "Please. You have no idea how mad he'd be. Just get the Kenseikan from his room, show me you have them, and then quickly put them back. I'll tell Inoue I saw you complete the dare." She turned puppy-dog eyes on them. "Plleeeeaaasseee!"

"Fine, fine." Ichigo gave in while Renji mimicked throwing up behind Shunsui.

A short while later, they were standing outside Byakuya's room. Ichigo went up to slide the door open but was instantly repelled by a strong kidou barrier.

"What?!" Ichigo turned and looked at Rukia. "You didn't tell us there was a barrier."

Rukia was scratching her head sheepishly. "I didn't know either."

"WHAT?!" Ichigo practically throttled her. "You've lived here for how long and you didn't know this?"

"Let me try." Yoruichi went up to the barrier but could not get past it either.

"Well, this calls for desperate measures." Ichigo took out Zangetsu. "Getsuga-"

"STOP!! STOP YOU BLOODY IDIOT!!" Rukia screamed before he could complete his attack. "You are going to demolish my home!"

"Sorry." Ichigo put his sword away. "Now what?"

Just then, Byakuya, who was still being supported by Renji, groaned slightly, having been awoken by Rukia's screams. Renji started looking like trembling jelly and debated on whether to drop his captain and run for his life.

"Shit." Ichigo cursed, glancing at Renji and Rukia before coming to a decision. "Renji! Take his hairclips!"

"WHAT?!" Renji stared at him incredulously. "No!"

"Do it!" He glared at the red-haired shinigami.

"But Rukia said…" Renji turned to Rukia, who appeared to be thinking hard.

"Forget it. Just take the Kenseikan and get out of here before he wakes up!" She gestured to Renji quickly.

Renji, looking traumatized and horrified, started trying to gently get the Kenseikan out of Byakuya's hair.

"You're too slow!" Ichigo hurried him. Then, unable to stand it any longer and seeing Byakuya starting to open his eyes painfully, he rushed forward and yanked the Kenseikan out himself, quite a few strands of Byakuya's hair coming out with them. Grabbing Renji, he pushed him towards Yoruichi and Shunsui, who shunpo-ed out in a mad rush, everyone falling over each other.

"Wait! Ichigo!" Rukia was tending to Byakuya now. "What am I going to tell him?"

"Anything! Just make it up!" He turned to go.

"I can't!" Rukia was petrified.

Looking over his shoulder, a grin spreading across his face, Ichigo said, "I dare you to."

A/N: I hope you enjoyed my story and my thanks to all who reviewed and favoured it!