Second chapter's up! I said I'd update quickly, and here it is.

Chapter two: Ready or Not

"Ayaka!"

They all said in unison as Ayaka crawled back in fear. The blonde was actually somewhat relieved to find out that her name was not in the hands of the evil artist. She knew that Haruna would make her surfer; of course Kazumi was not that far behind the manga-ka when it came to crazy ideas. In the midst of Ayaka weighing out the good and the bad for the reporter, Kazumi decided it was about time to dish out what she needed to.

"Ayaka, I dare you—"

"What we don't get to choose between a truth or a dare?"

The class president interrupted, horrified of what Kazumi may have been thinking. The circle of girls all turned towards the creator of this particular game who sat in silence for a moment as she thought.

"Yeah, the person asking should be able to choose. Why? Because it's more fun that way."

Haruna figured that it would be more entertaining for the game to play out this way. Also, she didn't want a certain person whose name was on her paper to run away from her already well thought out dare. Upon hearing this, Ayaka began to panic as Kazumi smirked and continued with her sentence.

"Ayaka, I dare you to…"

The reporter let the last word roll on her tongue just to watch her friend's stress levels rise. Finally she continued, but not before shooting a quick glance towards Asuna.

"Kiss Asuna-san."

The room went quiet for a moment as the rest of the party decided to let Ayaka register what the dare was.

"Well, that doesn't seem too bad I mean—KAZUMI-SAN! What the hell do you want me to do?!"

Akaka's panicking sentence soon turned into gibberish as she tried to lunge at the reporter who couldn't keep herself from grinning at the reaction. Konoka and Mana, who were on either side of the blonde held her in a sitting position to make sure that their class president didn't snap on the spot. After a few moment of struggling Kazumi finally leaned forward slightly.

"Trust me, if you don't do this, I'll make sure the penalty is much worse."

She whispered just loud enough so that only a few people could hear the words that slipped out of her mouth. Most of the girl's gazes soon fell on Asuna who had been sitting quietly in her seat, waiting for the blonde to accept, or reject the dare. The orange-haired girl was rather intrigued by the dare, but no unnecessary emotions plagued her face. She didn't want to give Kazumi any extra pleasure in the dare. Upon noticing this, the reporter decided that maybe she would be able to get an even better picture with the penalty.

"Well let's see, maybe for the penalty I'll make you strip Asun—"

Asuna had to step in, she was not going to sit there and let Ayaka strip her of her clothes in front of so many people and have Kazumi take pictures at the same time. She leaned in quickly towards the blonde and only stopped when she claimed her lips in an innocent kiss. It would have been more passionate but unfortunately Ayaka was too dumbfounded to react in time. Asuna pulled back slightly to break the kiss, to Ayaka's disappointment, but leaned in a bit closer until her lips were only inches away from the blonde's ear.

"Maybe we should continue the penalty dare later tonight?"

She questioned in a seductive whisper as she pulled back until she was able to sit back down in her original seat. A sly smirk had crept across her face when she turned to Kazumi who had missed the picture since Asuna had reacted so fast. Ayaka, who was at the moment speechless from Asuna's actions, sat quietly in her place with a light blush on her pale cheeks.

"Hey, no whispering you two!"

The reporter stated with a playful grin as she prayed that Ayaka didn't have her name in her hands. Of course, the blonde was never very good at coming up with dares on the spot but Kazumi knew that her vengeful attitude could probably help her at that moment. Luckily for the red head, she wasn't the next person to go. Chizuru, who had enjoyed the game so far, had already revealed the name that she possessed.

"My turn!"

Chizuru innocently said as she started to pass the paper to the person whose name it belonged to. It went around the circle until it slowly stopped in front of Natsumi, who stared down at the piece with despair. The rest of the group, relieved that it was not their turn yet, waited patiently to hear what the next question would be. Kazumi was already prepared with her camera in hand, she had missed the first kiss due to Ayaka's outburst, but this time she was ready. After a few moments of silence, Chizuru decided to continue.

"I guess I'll let you choose between a truth or a dare, since you're my roommate and all."

She stated kindly as Haruna mumbled something about being too nice. Natsumi, who was incredibly delighted by this, looked back to Ayaka. She knew very well that she didn't really want a dare considering that the dares would probably embarrass her too much so she decided on a truth.

"Truth please…"

She responded in a forced whisper, if it was really her choice, she would have sprinted out of the room, but Chizuru seemed to know Natsumi's personality very well. The taller girl had positioned herself near the door so that no one would try and escape.

After a few seconds of Natsumi fidgeting, Chizuru started.

"When will you tell me that you want to kiss me, Natsumi-chan?"

Chizuru questioned with an innocent smile plastered across her face. Even if she looked like an angel, everyone knew that it was somewhat like a disguise. Natsumi was stunned by the question; she didn't know how to answer at all.

This isn't a yes or no question? What ever I answer in the end means that I want to kiss her! What the hell am I supposed to say? It's not like I don't want to… NO! I can't possibly confess to her in front of everyone! Chizuru-nee-san… You're like a devil!

Natsumi thought as her mind worked quickly to try and answer in a kind of cunning way. She wanted to jump out the window but she figured that Kaede would probably get a hold of her before she could escape. What made it worse was that she wondered what kind of penalty she would get if she didn't answer. The short girl was pretty sure that Chizuru would not ask her to strip like Kazumi did, but then again…

While Natsumi's head felt like it was going to explode, she did not hear the next words that came out of Chizuru's mouth. Most of the girl's in the room were quite positive that Natsumi didn't listen to her, especially because what she said would have made anyone else hurry up with their answer.

"Time's up!"

Haruna said, bringing the flustered girl back from her thoughts. Natsumi, who seemed to have slightly shut down after hearing the manga-ka's words, turned to Chizuru with an oblivious expression plastered across her face.

"What?"

Natsumi replied, slightly confused as she spoke. Chizuru, who knew how easy it was to fluster her roommate, stood up and motioned the other girl to follow her.

"After I asked you for the truth, I said you have a minute to answer or else you get the penalty. And just so you know, a minute passed by about thirty seconds ago."

Chizuru murmured, letting the last word roll on the tip of her tongue to emphasize her point. Her plan had worked perfectly and knowing Natsumi, she would not argue. Chizuru grabbed her small purse as the two girls walked into the other room, which in this case was the bathroom, where they began to talk. Even if Haruna had said that whispering was not allowed, she permitted the devious brunette to get what she wanted. The other girls listened intently but could not hear what they were discussing no matter how hard they tried but they were soon rewarded for their efforts when they heard the doorknob twisting. Chizuru exited the washroom, returning to the main room with an extra bit of clothing dangling from her hands. A sly smile crept across her lips as she tossed whatever it was in her hands onto the top bunk, where it stayed hidden from sight.

"Chizuru-nee-san!"

Natsumi pleaded as her head poked out of the bathroom. Her face was blushing immensely as she stared at her roommate with puppy dog eyes. She had greatly underestimated how far her brunette was willing to go to get what she wanted, and on how devious she really was.

"Give me my shirt back!"

She exclaimed as Chizuru showed her triumph in the penalty game. Kazumi immediately shot up into a standing position and ran towards the bathroom with her camera in hand. She then grabbed Natsumi's unsuspecting wrist and pulled the blushing girl out of her hiding place and quickly took a picture of her before Natsumi could cover herself. With only a bra on her torso, Natsumi felt like falling to the floor and dying. Jumping out the window seemed like a great idea now.

"You have to do it Natsumi-chan, that's the game! Now come back here and sit down so we can start again."

Chizuru said with laughter in her voice as she patted the ground beside her while sitting down. Natsumi obeyed her as she slowly made her way to her new seat. She sat down with a pout on her face, still slightly embarrassed.

"It's very cold in here now…and can I…"

Natsumi started but found it hard to speak. The words were caught in her throat and she could feel the blush on her face grow darker.

"Can I at least have my underwear back…?"

The flustered girl whispered. If anyone found out that Natsumi was missing an extra garment that they didn't already know about, the short girl was going to make sure that they never found out how Chizuru had managed to get it. She knew all to well that the undergarment had been placed in Chizuru's purse, but she wasn't going to attempt to get it back by force. She was scared that the brunette might decide to show the other girl what else she had received during the penalty.

"No whispering Natsumi-chan!"

Chizuru's coy smile frustrated the shorter girl but she knew that she wasn't going to repeat what she had just said, so the game continued on. The expression that Natsumi was now wearing edged Chizuru on, just a little bit. While everyone's attention was on who would be the next one to go, Chizuru leaned over slightly towards Natsumi.

"What? Are you disappointed that you didn't get the same dare as Ayaka-san?"

Natsumi, even if she ignored it to the best of her capabilities, almost fainted from embarrassment. Chizuru would probably be saying things like that the entire night, and Natsumi, even if she sort of liked to hear it, decided to concentrate more on the game.

"Asuna-dono, why don't you go next, de gozaru?"

Kaede asked since no one else was offering to go next, and since she was polite, the ninja offered it a chance to go to the person next to her. Asuna, who had been slightly spaced out for a moment, shrugged her shoulders and decided to go even if she wasn't quite prepared.

"Mana-san, I'm thinking I should dare you, just give me a second to think."

She stated while she tossed the scrap piece of paper to the middle of the circle with her left hand. The other one was lifted to the side of her face where she scratched lightly in an attempt to help her think. Mana, who was on the receiving side of the dare, stayed calm and held her original sly expression that she had been wearing since the beginning of the party. Her eyes slowly change their stare towards Kaede, the gunner wondered if the ninja had seen Asuna's paper before asking her if she wanted to go next. Mana soon brushed the idea off when Asuna came up with an idea.

"I got it! Mana-san, I dare you to sit in Kaede's lap for the rest of the game."

Asuna declared with a proud expression plastered across her face. She was confident that the dare would at least please Kazumi whose face lit up when she knew that she would get a great picture out of this.

Mana's left eye twitched, even if this particular dare wasn't all that embarrassing, she knew that Kaede would enjoy the idea of tormenting the gunner for so long. She was about to protest the dare but decided to go along with it, after all, the penalty wouldn't let her off so easily. She slowly forced herself to get up and walk across until she stood in front of Kaede who gracefully leaned back.

"Nin nin!"

She murmured with an indifferent smile on her sly face. Mana sighed once more before she turned around and sat down on Kaede's crossed legs. They both shifted for a few seconds to become comfortable as Kazumi steadied herself to take the perfect picture. She took her time considering Mana was going to be there the entire game; she wasn't going to miss anything.

Just as the reporter was about to take the picture, suddenly the lights flashed on and off. The girls all turned their heads towards the lights in the room, wondering why the short blackout occurred. Konoka stood up and walked towards the sole window in the room where she moved the curtains to the side and peered outside.

"It's raining a bit but I don't see any lightning…"

Konoka observed as she stared out into the darkness of the outside world. She turned back to her guest but before she could say another word, the lights shut off again, only this time, they didn't turn back on. Everyone in the room began to talk simultaneously as their wide imaginations thought of various reasons why the blackout had happened. Finally, one voice was heard over all the others,

"You better not get off of Kaede's lap, Mana-san!"

Kazumi ordered since she hadn't yet obtained the picture that she desired. Most of the girls in the room began to laugh as Mana tried to respond but a certain ninja beat her to it.

"Don't worry Kazumi-dono, I won't let her leave, de gozaru."

Kaede said making the laughter grow in the room. Mana was still the only one who had not laughed and Kaede's actions were not helping her get into a giddy mood. The ninja snaked her left hand around the gunner's waist as her slender fingers lifted the soft fabric of her shirt. Mana's calm exterior began to crumble, not that anyone could see her blushing in the darkness, as Kaede's soft touch began to tickle her bare skin. She began to protest as she lifted her own hands to her stomach to remove herself from Kaede's grasp but the ninja swiftly grabbed Mana's left wrist and then proceeded to block the gunner's free hand with the hand that she had captured.

"Didn't I tell you to watch yourself?"

Mana whispered outwardly since she couldn't really turn around and murmur it to the ninja's face. In response Kaede leaned the side of her face near the top of her friends shoulder. The sheepish smile on her face could not be seen, but Mana knew all too well how much Kaede enjoyed toying with her.

"I've never been one to take orders from classmates, but you never know, maybe I will if I like what I'm hearing."

Her sly remark brought a smirk to Mana's face as she felt Kaede's finger slide across her stomach. The ninja let go of the captured arm and then leaned back into the position she was in before the light went out. The two decided to shift a bit more before staying where they were and then, as if on a timer, the lights blinked back on.

"That was odd…"

Haruna muttered before her attention was brought back to the previous dare.

"Okay, hold still… Cheese!"

She exclaimed before taking the picture quickly. She noticed that both girls seemed to be quite calm but she assumed that the blackout gave them time to cool down, so she ignored it and took a second picture before she sat back down in her seat.

"Okay, I want to go next!"

Haruna perked up in an excited tone. She had been waiting to go since the starting of the game but she had a bit of a dilemma. She decided, even if the person couldn't fulfill the dare yet, she wanted to torment that person until she could. She flipped her piece of paper around and with a sly smirk on her face she said,

"Konoka, have I got a dare for you."

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So here you go, this chapter, in my opinion is a lot better than the first and it was more fun to write. The next one is going to be solely about Konoka and Setsuna, I'll try and finish it soon!

Reviewing gives me inspiration! :D