Sorry for the delay! I was busy with school stuff, and then I got writer's block for half a day, and then when I overcame it, my family went to the Biltmore Estate for a day. Either way, here's the chapter!

Chapter 5

"…That seems to be all of them for this chapter," I mumble to myself. Looking at the cards, I smile. I know what one is going first. I hand it to Luna, the person who is supposed to send it. "Okay, are you guys ready for the next round?"

"Yes!" Meri and Lucy chime simultaneously. Everyone else grumbles a little or says nothing.

"Great enthusiasm Meri and Lucy, because the first dare involves the both of you," I say.

"Finally!" Lucy exclaims. "I thought I'd never get something."

Luna peers at the card, "It also involves… the rest of the muses, Crow, Jack, and Primo." She looks at me. "Are you sure this is a good idea? Someone is going to get hurt."

"It'll be fine, read it off," I reply, waving a hand like I'm dismissing the danger.

"Okay," the green-haired girl says, her tone of voice like she's not completely sure.

Request by: Ulrich362

Receivers: All muses, Primo, Crow, and Jack

Dare: Watch Nyan Cat for three hours straight.

"Three hours?!" Jack protests. "No way am I listening to it for that long!"

Meri kicks him, because I have yet to revoke the earlier dare.

I smile, "You aren't listening to it, you're watching it. As in, you'll hear the repetitive music while watching me try to play the game." I don't feel like listening to them protest it any more, and so I snap my fingers. The recipients of the dare vanish. As I turn the TV back on, we can see them in a room void of everything except light and white walls.

Now I pull up the Nyan Cat game on my laptop, and start playing it. As I do this, the walls in the other room start showing larger versions of what is on my laptop.

"ARF! ARF!" Rudolph launches his tiny body at one of the portrayals of the Pop-Tart cat, barking incessantly. He hits the wall and hangs there for a moment before slowly sliding down it, almost comically. Thankfully, he doesn't try attacking Nyan Cat again. He still, however, barks at the thing.

Shade sighs and presses a hand to his forehead. He mutters something I can't hear. Knowing him, it was probably some sort of horrid death threat. Last time someone annoyed him, he drafted a list of twenty-seven different ways to kill them, with help from Meri and Lucy. Honestly, I question my sanity and theirs sometimes.

Joseph grins, his smile reaching from ear to ear. "I love this song!" he announces, and starts attempting to sing along to it. Of course, since it's in Japanese and freakishly fast, he's really just saying random syllables that sometimes line up with the actual song.

"Hah, this is nothing!" Lucy says. "I played this game for four hours straight a few months ago!" She then proceeds to yell orders at what I'm supposed to do. Thank goodness I'm a good multitasker; otherwise I would have lost several times by now.

"I agree," Meri says. She joins in with Lucy, shouting commands at me. Except her commands are the wrong ones.

I don't react fast enough, and the Pop-Tart cat hits a vegetable, restarting the game. I scowl and continue to play. At least the song just keeps playing.

"Kill me now," Jack says.

Crow says nothing, but starts banging his head against a wall.

Primo also says nothing, sits on the floor, closes his eyes, and covers his ears. Then he starts spewing profanity.

Geez, all because of a stupid game?

XXX

About two hours, several failed escape attempts by the older guys, and Crow getting his nose broken, Meri suddenly exclaims, "Oh! Shimmering-Sky forgot to take Giratina from me!"

Oops.

My muse pulls out the Pokéball, and suddenly the six-legged, winged creature fills up half of the room. "To the Distortion World!" she chimes, and both her and Giratina vanish into a portal. Every once in a while, miniature portals would appear, and a boulder or an uprooted tree would fly out of it and hit somebody. Then it escalated to demonic fire coming through the portals.

"Sky, go find Meri and make her stop that," I say.

XXX

By the time the dare is over, Primo has been set on fire (twice), Jack about a dozen times, and the others just pelted by the other objects. Other than that, a lot less chaos happened than I expected to. Seriously, I was expecting someone in there to be used as a battering ram…

"That was the worst three hours of my life," Primo says, plopping down on a lone bean-bag that had been tossed against the wall.

"Really? What about when your girlfriend died?" Lester asks, laughing a little.

"…Second worst."

"Okay…" I look back at my cards.

"Hey, what in the world is the penguin doing here?" Meri asks, pointing at a penguin who is waddling around near Yusei.

"Hmm? Oh, that's Mumble. Remember, from mcdinh's story? She's letting me borrow him for the chapter," I reply. "Also, she said that if anyone, namely Primo and Lester, hurts, kills, or eats him… uh, 'I will either let a) let Shimmering-Sky throw you into the Closet of Doom b) let my Rayquaza chase you, or c) slice both of you with a sword' as she put it."

"Why was that directed towards me?" Lester asks.

"Who the heck would eat a penguin?" Crow adds.

"Eskimos?" Leo offers.

"Wrong hemisphere," I say, facepalming. "I have no idea why it was directed towards the two of you, and I also don't know who would eat a penguin." I look back at my cards and smile. "Here, this one doesn't specify a sender, but I'm sure someone wants a little revenge on Luna?"

Primo snatches the card from my hand.

Request by: mcdinh

Receiver: Luna

Truth: What would you do if you found Leo, Yusei, Jack, or Crow reading your diary?

"Hmph! This isn't revenge in the slightest," the red-eyed man mumbles.

"Well, too bad," I say. Then I turn to Luna. "So, what's your answer?"

The girl doesn't say anything for a moment. Then Luna sighs and replies, "I'd probably throw whatever I have on hand at them. And then some. If it was Jack or Crow, I'd probably throw more stuff at them."

"Oh come on!" Crow exclaims. "Why would you throw more stuff at me? It's not like I've tried to annoy you at all!"

"Well, Leo is my brother and already has read my diary for about five minutes before I caught him," she says, "and Yusei is like the older brother I never had."

"Uh, Luna, I'm the older one, so you do have an older brother…" Leo mumbles.

"…Not now, Leo," Luna says, glancing at her twin. She shrugs, turning back to Crow. "So, yeah. That's my reasoning."

I clap my hands together to keep a full-on argument from erupting (because one was definitely about to start). Everyone stares at me, and I grin. "Okay, so… I have a dare but I don't think it's appropriate for the younger people here to watch. Leo, Luna, Joseph, and Lester… you're going to have to go outside while I do it."

"Hey! Just because I look like I'm twelve doesn't mean I am!" Lester snarls. "I'm an android, remember? I'm technically older than you are!"

I roll my eyes, but he does have a point. "Alright, Lester can stay."

The twins and Joseph leave without trying to argue with me, but Leo does mutter something about this not being fair. Joseph closes the door behind him.

"What kind of a dare is it that you have to send them out for?" Yusei asks.

"One that you're going to thank me for doing IronChainDragon's truth last chapter," I say. "Because it's a FaithShipping dare. Also one that Akiza is supposed to hand out." I pass her the card, and she reluctantly takes it. Reluctantly because she seems a little nervous, not that she doesn't want to do whatever it says.

Request by: amk8930

Receiver: Yusei

Dare: In mcdinh's story, Akiza had to do five suggestive things to Yusei. Now, Yusei has to do some to Akiza.

The spiky-haired Duelist's face turns bright pink. He opens his mouth, but no words come out. Yusei closes his mouth, and then tries to speak again. Still nothing.

Akiza's face is a similar shade of pink, which is almost the same color as her hair.

"You still have that camera, right Lucy?" Crow asks.

The white-haired, red-eyed girl grins and waves it at him. "Dude, you didn't even need to ask."

"…So, uhm… what am I supposed to do, exactly?" Yusei asks, finally regaining his voice. "I don't, uh…"

"I don't either," I reply, "since I don't like watching or reading or talking about stuff like this. Anyone else have something?"

Oh, someone has something, alright. But it's someone I wasn't expecting to reply. Lester walks over to Yusei and whispers something in his ear. The latter's eyes widen and he instinctively smacks the boy. The sound of bone cracking on metal echoes, and Yusei cradles the hand he had whacked Lester with. The entire scene happens in a span of three seconds, leaving me utterly confused and amused at the same time.

Lester smirks and sits back down.

Yusei, still in pain, manages to say, "Where the heck did you learn that?"

"I read it in Primo's diary," the youngest Emperor of Yliaster replies, still smirking.

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Primo shouts, jumping up. His sword (well, half a sword, since it's still broken) materializes in his hand, and he pins Lester to the wall, pressing the sword to his throat.

"You heard me," Lester replies. Then he manages to kick Primo, knocking him away.

"That's the last fucking straw, Lester! I'm going to—"

I snap my fingers, and the two Emperors vanish. That was getting too out of hand for a room with this many people in it. They can duke it out in the Closet of Doom… or whatever happens to them in there.

"Aw, I wanted to hear what he was going to do to Lester," Lucy whines. "You're no fun."

"So then why did I let you start writing this?" I retort. "There are limits, Lucy. I'm sure if I let you hear Primo's threat, you'd turn it into an overly evil idea, collaborate with Meri on it, and then force me to add it to Blazing Shadows, Blue Sky, or Crimson Feathers. Most likely Crimson Feathers, considering what you want to happen in it and its sequel…"

My muse puffs out her cheeks, annoyed, and sits back down.

"Oh, Yusei? Don't think you're getting out of this," I say. "Does anyone know what he can do?"

"I might have something," Jack says.

XXX

So, once Yusei is given a half-decent plan that I don't care to listen to, he tries to do the suggestive poses and looks. I close my eyes and look down, facepalming because it's just too hard to look at.

Yusei must realize this, and pretty much stops trying.

Akiza then stands up and goes over to him. "Yusei. Just do one thing for me." Yusei looks a bit frightened. "Just smile for me."

Yusei does and Akiza leans in for a deep kiss. When she leans back, she says, "You don't need to do any teasing acts. You look beautiful just being you… and I love your smile."

I melt a little on the inside, just like I did when I saw the extensive library at the Biltmore Estate earlier today. This was actually how I pictured it going down, so… yeah, pretty happy now.

"Oh, you didn't bring any new people in this chapter," Kalin comments, interrupting the entire mood. "Why's that?"

"The only two dares I have are for characters I think should be brought in later," I say. "Also, the Nyan Cat thing kinda occupied all of my muses. So… no new character this chapter. Maybe if I get a new truth or dare…"

~To be continued~

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