Sorry it took awhile to update but I gave my excuses last chapter. My writer's block isn't as bad as before but i'm still having to force myself to write so the next chapter may also take awhile. Exams are over but now the terror of the results is hanging over my head. Sigh. At least it's only about four weeks until summer vacation. Hopefully then I'll be able to get more of this done quicker.

Warning: slight Yami bashing again. It's Truth or Dare with Bakura, Malik, Marik and Seto playing, what do you expect?


Chapter 6

Harry, Hermione and Ron had just settled at the Gryffindor table for lunch when a grinning Malik and Marik entered, followed by a pleased Yami and Yugi and a defeated Jou. They were all followed (at a distance) by a still irritated Seto.

"Were your first lessons any good this morning?" Yugi asked the trio when he was seated.

"We had to get pus out of plants in Herbology and then we were attacked by Blast-Ended Skrewts in Care of Magical Creatures!" Ron exclaimed.

"What's a Skrewt?" Jou asked.

"You don't want to know," Harry told them, shaking his head.

"So how was your morning?" asked Hermione.

Yami glared across the table at Malik and Marik who were grinning like idiots. "We met Peeves," Malik told them.

"Did he do something to you?" Harry asked, looking concerned.

"He told us the perfect place to put the bucket so that the water would land on Yami's head," Marik said. He then cackled and the students sitting nearest the psycho blond wisely edged away slowly.

"Oh," was Harry's intelligent answer.

"Hey," Ron said after looking around. "Where are the white haired twins?"

"You mean Ryou and Bakura?" Malik said. "I haven't seen them since the bucket incident."

Right on cue Bakura and Ryou walked into the Great Hall and sat down, looking slightly dishevelled. "We got lost in the dungeons," Ryou told them, smiling.

"What were you doing in the dungeons?" asked Harry.

"Exploring," Bakura replied.

"Why are you're clothes all messy and creased?" Hermione asked.

Bakura and Ryou exchanged glances before both saying, "No reason."

Lunch continued and nothing of any importance was said. Afterwards the golden trio headed off to their next lesson and the others were left to think of something else to do. They all decided to have a walk in the grounds. They even managed to convince Seto to come as well so that he didn't commit suicide when he couldn't get his computer to work.

It was a pleasant walk with minimum fighting taking place. But after ten minutes of walking Marik got bored and decided it would be much more fun to run than to walk. This led to a game of tag starting. It started out as a bit of fun but soon turned into all out war. It would've also become a Shadow Game if Bakura and Yami hadn't feared the scolding they'd get from their lights.

When everyone got bored of running around like a maniac they fell back onto the still slightly wet grass and stared out at the lake. It was quite peaceful with no-one else there to disturb them.

"How long is it till dinner?" Jou asked.

"At least another two hours," Ryou replied.

"What are we going to do until then?" Jou asked.

"We could always play a non-violent game with no high stakes and no life or death situations," Yugi suggested.

"But where's the fun in that?" asked Marik.

"It depends what game you're playing," Bakura said, a smirk evident on his face.

"What do you mean?" asked Malik.

"I mean we could always play a game where no strategy is involved, making it less easy for the pharaoh to win every time," Bakura answered.

"What did you have in mind?" asked Seto.

"Truth or Dare," Bakura said evilly.

"Are you sure that's a game?" asked Yami. "How do you decide who wins?"

Bakura rolled his eyes and sighed exasperatedly. "It's not about winning Pharaoh. It's about watching your closest friends or greatest enemies make absolute fools of themselves."

"In that case I'm game," Marik said.

Everyone else nodded in agreement except Yami and Seto. "You two don't want to play?" Yugi said sounding slightly disappointed.

"This 'game' is too juvenile for my expect skills," Seto said arrogantly.

"I agree with Seto. What's the point in playing if there's no way of winning?" said Yami.

Ryou sighed and leaned over to whisper in Yami's ear. "Please play Yami. Can't you see that Yugi's upset because you don't want to join in. I'm sure it would make him happy if you decided to play with us."

Yami looked over at Yugi and saw that he did look slightly down. He didn't want to risk his pride but he also didn't want to see Yugi sad because of him. What was more important – his pride or Yugi?

Yami sighed. "Fine, I'll play," he said grudgingly.

Yugi smiled at him and Yami saw that he had made the right choice. At least he'd also be able to get his revenge on Marik for dropping slime on his head.

That left only Seto not playing. "Seto," Bakura started, "isn't there anything deadly secret that you want to know about Yami? Or is there a particularly nasty dare you'd like to give him?"

"I'm sure you could come up with something much more creative than I could," Seto said dismissively.

"If you don't want to play you can't watch Yami be humiliated," Malik added in.

"Suddenly I feel that agreeing to this was a bad idea," Yami said, catching onto all the hints of humiliation and torture he was about to be put through.

"Fine," Seto said curtly, though inside he was sort of excited at the prospect of seeing what horror the blonde psychos and Bakura were going to put Yami through.

/Bakura, is this part of your plan to get the others together/ Ryou asked mentally.

/…Yes/ was the slow answer.

/If that wasn't the reason you started this then what was/

/To see the pharaoh cry of course/

Ryou just rolled his eyes and shook his head. "So who's going to begin?" he asked.

"I am!" shouted everyone except Yugi, Seto and Ryou.

"Let's do Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who goes first," Ryou said.

They all gathered in a circle and on the count of three they all showed their hand. Jou, Malik and Marik had chosen rock. Seto and Yami had chosen scissors. Ryou and Yugi had chosen paper. Bakura had chosen dynamite.

"That's cheating!" Yami shouted. "That's not something you can choose."

"It is where I come from," Ryou said, annoyed.

"Then what does it do?" asked Yami.

"Dynamite blows up rock, burns the paper but the fuse is cut by scissors."

"So who wins?" asked Malik.

Silence followed his question. "Since the game usually starts off tame why don't we let Yugi go first," Jou suggested.

Everyone shrugged in silent agreement. Yugi first started by picking his target. "Ryou, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Have you ever slept with a stuffed toy?"

Ryou fidgeted slightly. "Yes," he replied.

"What was it and what was it called?" asked Malik.

"It was a teddy bear called Cream," Ryou answered, his cheeks tinged pink.

"Why Cream?" asked Jou, confused.

"Because even back then I used to love Cream puffs."

Most people chuckled in a friendly way. Now it was Ryou's turn. "Malik, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Malik replied.

"Who here do you think is best boyfriend material?"

Malik frowned slightly and looked around the group. Straight away he could eliminate Yami, Yugi and Jou. They were friends and would never be anything else. Seto was too cold and uptight for his liking. Ryou was cool but he hung around with Bakura so much that they'd hardly ever see each other if they started dating. Malik had had a crush on Bakura at one point but that was over with now. That only left Marik which wasn't so bad really. Marik was brave, adventurous and fun loving even if he was a little dim. He was also kinda hot.

"Marik," Malik answered.

After the initial shock Marik smirked. He felt honoured that he'd been chosen above all the others. He also thought that Malik was good boyfriend material. Feisty and cunning – he could be a real hell raiser if he wanted to. But he was also a good friend and he always stood by Marik and trusted him.

Marik wondered (if they were in a relationship) if Malik would submit to him. Marik shook his head to make himself concentrate on the game and not on any of the strange sex fantasies that were starting to appear in his head.

"Seto, truth or dare?" Malik asked.

"Truth," Seto answered casually.

"What was your first kiss like?"

"I don't know. I've never kissed anyone before," Seto said emotionlessly.

There was an awkward silence. Seto looked over at Jou and asked, "Truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"What's your most embarrassing moment?"

Jou blushed. "When I fell asleep in sex education and the teacher came over. Yugi prodded me awake and I shouted 'shut your face I'm not a wax virgin'."

Everyone started laughed at that except for Seto (who was trying to keep a straight face) Ryou and Yugi (who were polite enough to try and stifle their giggles).

Jou frowned and turned to Marik. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Jou thought about this. "I dare you to…kiss Yami."

Before anyone could react Marik moved forward and pulled Yami into a kiss. As quickly as it started it ended and Marik sat back down, his face twisted in disgust. Yami was spitting on the ground and furiously wiping his lips.

Marik then turned to Bakura. "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to kiss Jou – with tongue."

Bakura scoffed and pulled Jou towards him, his tongue entering easily past the boy's lips. Within a few seconds Bakura was done and he sat back down, making a mental note to use mouthwash tonight. Jou looked appalled and was glaring at Marik who smiled innocently.

Bakura smirked as he turned towards Yami. "Truth or dare Pharaoh."

Yami really didn't like the tone that the tomb robber was using. His first instinct was to go truth to avoid whatever Bakura had in store for him. But that could be a trap – maybe Bakura wanted him to choose truth.

"Quite stalling Pharaoh," Malik said impatiently. "Don't tell me you're too chicken to take up Bakura's dare."

Yami grit his teeth. "Dare," he ground out.

A very wide grin spread across Bakura's face. "Pharaoh," he said slowly and wickedly, "I dare you to jump into the lake naked."

Yami paled instantly while Malik and Marik rolled around laughing.

/Bakura don't you think this is going a little too far/

/Nonsense Ryou, it's just a bit of fun/

/I think you should change your dare/

/And why's that little Ryou/

/Because if you don't you'll have nightmares about a naked Yami for months/

/Hmm, good point/ To Yami he said, "On second thoughts, jump into the lake with your clothes on."

Yami was glad that Bakura had changed his mind but he was still a bit disconcerted about jumping into the lake. Who knew what creatures lived in there? But Yami acted like the brave Pharaoh he was and took a running jump into the lake.

When the snickers had died down Yami came back and sat down. He was soaked to the skin and the water had been icy cold. He shivered slightly as he vowed revenge and turned to the last person who had not been dared.

"Yugi, truth or dare?"

Yugi was unsure of which to choose. He knew Yami wouldn't do anything horrible to him if he chose dare and he probably wouldn't ask anything embarrassing if he chose truth. But which one should he choose?

"Dare."

"I dare you to kiss Ryou."

Both hikaris blushed as Yugi gave Ryou a small peck on the cheek. There was a chorus of 'Aww' at the sweetness of it. For those two no-one was going to complain about the lack of tongue action since they both looked adorable – like on those cards you get of a little five year old girl pecking the little boy's cheek.

Even Bakura wasn't too miffed by the fact that someone other than him had kissed his hikari, and Yami was obviously fine because he was the one who had given Yugi the dare in the first place.

Yugi coughed slightly. "Maybe we should head back inside. Yami really should change out of those wet clothes or he'll catch a cold."

Yami smiled at Yugi's obvious care and worry for him.

Everyone else agreed since everyone had been truth or dared and no-one had been spared. It wouldn't be too long until dinner anyway. Time really does fly when you're having fun or humiliating your friends.


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