What happens when the GX gang take part in a game of Truth or Dare? Find out…
I won't describe all of the truths and dares, mainly because I'm lazy, and the fic would be way too long.
Usual legal stuff: I don't own Yugioh GX or Winnie the Pooh
Warning: One [1] swear word, and I'll try and keep the dares G-rated. Also, some mild Mary Sue bashing.
Here is my edited version of the first chapter. Thanks to syrusfanatic12 for her awesome review (as usual) and ChazzyLuverGurl for her constructive criticism.
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It was a typical rainy afternoon at Duel Academy. The students were all bored, and a few in particular were extremely bored…
These particular seven were sitting in a Ra Yellow dorm room, laying on various pieces of furniture. Syrus had invited them over to his dorm room in an attempt to alleviate the boredom. Needless to say, it wasn't working.
"This rain is driving me crazy!!" declared Chazz. "If I hear one more raindrop, I'm going to hurt someone!" To make a point, he picked up a pillow and tossed it at Bastion, who ducked just in time.
"Come on boss, it's not that bad." Ojama Yellow floated above Chazz's head, trying to get him to calm down.
"Buzz off!" Chazz waved a hand at the Ojama. "Go bother someone else for a while." The Ojama disappeared, deciding it was better not to annoy Chazz when he was in such a mood.
"You gotta chill, Chazzy. Alexis likes guys who can keep their cool." The Master of Love, aka Atticus Rhodes, counselled wisely. Which would explain why she likes Zane… he thought. Atticus was laying on Syrus's bed, his head hanging upside down over the edge. He demonstrated by taking a few deep breaths. "Aaahhh!" THUMP! He had slid onto the floor, headfirst.
"Atticus, stop trying to set me up. I don't need a boyfriend to be happy!" Alexis scowled at her brother from where she sat at the computer. "Why can't you accept that?" Atticus smiled mischievously.
"You're right, Alexis." Alexis raised an eyebrow. "How about a girlfriend, then?"
SMACK!!!!!
Atticus fell back onto the floor, a red handprint on his face. "You had that coming, mate." Bastion intoned.
"Come on guys. Please stop fighting, or I'll get in trouble." Syrus pleaded with his friends. "I know we're getting cabin fever. Why don't we play a game?" Syrus was on the floor, laying next to Jaden, who was shuffling through his cards.
"Like what? Go Fish?" Chazz snorted. Syrus deflated a little. Jaden, who had for once been quiet, sat up with a wide grin on his face. He spread his arms wide.
"I have an idea!"
"Call the presses." Bastion said dryly.
"Let's play Truth or Dare!" Chazz rolled his eyes. "What?!" Jaden said defensively.
"It's just so original." Chazz laid back on the couch, prepared to ignore anymore of Jaden's ideas. "The Chazz does not play Truth of Dare."
"I think it's a good idea." Syrus stuck up for Jaden. "We have nothing else to do."
"The Private's right." Hassleberry chipped in, not to be outdone in supporting Jaden. "Stop being such a stick in the mud and join in."
"I'm going to regret this, but fine." Chazz got up, and shoved the couch back to make more room in the middle of the floor.
"Excellent!" Atticus shouted enthusiastically, leaping up from the floor. "Luckily, I happen to have my video camera with me." He held said object up.
"Oh brother." Muttered Alexis and Bastion together. Alexis grabbed it, and stuffed it under the bed. "There is no way I'm letting you take any videos, pictures, or re-creations of us playing Truth or Dare." Atticus put on his best pout face.
"You're no fun, Lexi." Little does she know, I have my digital camera in my pocket…heh heh heh.
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The seven sat in a circle on the floor. Most of the furniture had been pushed back to make room for the game.
"Who's going to go first?" Jaden asked. He was seated between Syrus and Hassleberry. Chazz and Atticus were sitting on opposite sides of Alexis.
Atticus cleared his throat. "Since I'm the oldest and the cutest," The others stared at him incredulously, but he brushed off the stares. "I will." He turned to Jaden, who got an uncharacteristic look of nervousness on his face. But this was understandable, because Atticus was known to be unpredictable.
"Jaden, truth or dare?"
"Hmmm…dare." The second he picked it, he knew he should have gone the other route. Who knows what he's going to make me do?
"I was hoping you'd pick that. I dare you to dip your underwear in the toilet and wear it for the rest of the night." Jaden's jaw dropped. Alexis was overcome with a fit of giggles as the other guys looked pained on Jaden's behalf. Atticus, of course, looked very self-satisfied with being a sadistic loony.
"You're joking." Jaden proposed weakly. He really didn't feel like sitting in wet boxers for the whole night.
"Nope." The Slifer got to his feet slowly, and walked towards the bathroom as if he was going to an execution. The others burst out laughing the minute Jaden shut the door. "At least the water's clean!" Yelled Atticus cheerfully.
"&*#!" Jaden yelped. "That's cold water!" This caused even more laughter. He came back into Syrus's room walking slightly bowlegged, the seat of his pants wet. Alexis went into the bathroom and brought out a towel for Jaden to sit on. Hassleberry and Syrus saluted him as he sat down, while Chazz and Atticus shared a high five.
Jaden wriggled a bit, trying to find the most comfortable position to be in. "My turn. Truth or dare, Syrus?" Syrus began to feel hot under the collar.
"Truth." I'm such a coward, but I don't want to be on the receiving end of a dare from someone who is sitting in toilet water!
"Okay…what is the most embarrassing thing you have ever done at a party?" Syrus flushed red as the others leaned in, listening intently.
"Well, there was this one time when I was 13. Some of my friends from grade school and I were having a sleepover, and I was dared to eat a piece of fruit off of the tip of a girl's tongue."
"Are you kidding with us, Private Truesdale?" Hassleberry asked. "You were 13?"
"Yeah. We went online and found a whole bunch of really weird dares, and someone picked that one for me." Syrus looked down. "The game got a little out of hand, to tell the truth… but anyway, I got really close so I could grab it with my teeth, and then…Zane came in." Syrus buried his face in his hands, unable to go on.
At this, Atticus howled with laughter; Chazz was turning pink from laughing; Hassleberry and Jaden were rolling on the floor. Bastion was having a hard time controlling his chuckles, and Alexis looked horrified. "Oh my god, Syrus. What happened next?" Somehow, the group managed to get their laughter under control so that Syrus could finish his story.
"So, he was standing there, and here I was practically French-kissing this girl."
"What did he do?!" Everyone practically yelled at him. Syrus rubbed the back of his neck.
"That's the weird part. Absolutely nothing. He turned around and left; we thought he was going to tell Mom, but he never said a word." They were all quiet; contemplating this strange turn of events.
"Wow. I thought I knew Zane." Atticus said, shrugging. "Guess not."
Jaden grinned. "He must be cooler than we thought."
"Can we get off the subject?" Syrus said a little loudly, clearly rattled by remembering such a traumatic party. "Hassleberry, truth or dare?"
"Dare. A good soldier ain't afraid of nothing."
Syrus looked thoughtful for a minute. "Okay. I have an idea for a good dare, but Atticus, I need you to do something for me." Atticus snapped to attention.
"What is it, Little Blue?"
"Go to the Ra kitchen and get the first type of food you see." Atticus ran off, leaving the others to wonder what he would grab. Knowing Atticus, it would be something really gross or weird. Hassleberry didn't look thrilled at this turn of events.
Syrus continued his explanation. "Here's the dare. Whatever Atticus brings back, you have to eat a piece or drink a glass, depending on if it's food or not. Then you can't drink any water for three minutes." Chazz and Jaden simultaneously made disgusting faces and noises.
"I didn't know you could be so devious, Syrus." Bastion said. The British boy seemed aghast at the thought.
Hassleberry waited for Atticus's return with no great enthusiasm. I can't believe I got roped into this. What if he brings back curry, or garlic, or…?
Atticus returned with a small jug of…vinegar.
"EWWWWWW!!!!" Everyone made a face. Hassleberry's face went from tan to cream-coloured. Oh no…
"Should I have grabbed the lemon juice?" Asked Atticus. Alexis grabbed the glass from Syrus's night table and poured the vinegar into it.
"Here you go. Drink up." She was grinning wickedly. Hassleberry took the glass and looked into it, gulping. They all held their breath while Hassleberry downed the vinegar in two swigs, except Atticus, who had whipped out his digital camera and was taking pictures like there was no tomorrow. Hassleberry then promptly dropped the glass and ran to the bathroom, nearly knocking over Chazz. The dino duelist fell in front of the toilet and gasped for air, trying to relieve his taste buds of the awful taste. Luckily, he didn't throw up. The six poked their heads into the bathroom, watching with a little concern.
"Perhaps we should get the nurse." Suggested Bastion. "I don't think you're supposed to drink that much vinegar in one go."
"He'll be okay." Jaden told him. "Hassleberry's tough." The soldier in question stood up shakily, and spat into the sink, trying to get rid of the taste.
"Sam Hill! That's nasty!" Everyone waited for three minutes, and then Hassleberry drank almost a litre of water. Syrus patted him on the back when they all sat down in the circle.
"Sorry about that. If I had known Atticus was going to bring back vinegar…"
"It's okay, Private, I lived…barely. Now it's my turn for a little fun. I'm going to do a group Truth!" A bunch of blank faces stared at him. "Oh, come on, don't tell me you've never heard of a group Truth!"
"If we knew what it was, we wouldn't be so confused." Chazz pointed out. "Just tell us what it means."
"It means I'm going to ask a question, and you all have to answer. That, or you can drink some vinegar…"
This was met with a babble of protest. After seeing him drink the vinegar, nobody wanted to try it. "I didn't think so. What was your favourite stuffed animal when you were little?"
Jaden grinned. "I had a Winged Kuriboh." Big surprise there, everyone thought.
"I had a ballerina teddy bear." Alexis didn't look embarrassed in the least. At least it wasn't anything embarrassing, like Atticus's favourite.
"I had a Winnie the Pooh bear!" Atticus, for once, looked discomfited. Syrus turned a pinkish colour. "Come on Syrus, it's not that bad. Alexis and I already know what your favourite was."
"I didn't have a favourite stuffed animal when I was little, but I had a blanky. It was light blue with green silk edging." Chazz snickered behind his hands. "You think that's funny? What about you?"
Chazz crossed his arms and went quiet. "An elephant…" It was Syrus and Jaden's turn to snicker. "What?! I thought elephants were cool."
"I am slightly embarrassed to say that I had a stuffed porcupine." Bastion spoke up bravely. "With a coiffure(1) like Albert Einstein's." They all stared at Bastion, trying to imagine him sleeping with a stuffed porcupine.
"Bastion wins the prize for cutest stuffed animal." Declared Alexis. "That's just adorable." The guys looked appropriately grossed out.
"Ugh…"
--Several rounds later--
Many hilarious truths and dares had ensued, including:
Syrus and Jaden doing a dual impression of Bonaparte and Crowler. Alexis had given Atticus back his video camera so he could record them. They planned to post them on the school website, with their faces and bodies blurred, just to see the look on the administrators' faces.
Atticus singing I'm a Little Teapot, with actions. He had lost his balance and fallen onto Syrus, squishing his hair. Alexis caught a picture of both events.
Alexis confessing that she had a small crush on Zane (Atticus had whipped out a tape recorder), but only when they were little, or so she claimed.
Chazz doing the splits. Atticus had gotten about a dozen pictures and a video recording of this, which was incredible, seeing as he was using a digital camera, a tape recorder, and a cell phone camera all at once. (how many hands does he have?)
Hassleberry admitting that he had walked into the wrong showers at the beach. The girls in the shower had buried him in the sand, with only his head showing.
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Chazz had dared Alexis to imitate Jaden, which she had done to such perfection that Atticus claimed if Jaden ever needed a body double, his sister could stand in. She had even done his voice correctly.
Bastion had done a rendition of the chicken dance, with a robot-like quality. Jaden jumped up and did it with him, so that he wouldn't be so embarrassed. Chazz took more pictures than Atticus, while Alexis, Syrus, and Hassleberry stood in the background shaking their heads at their friends' antics.
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After catching his breath, Bastion looked at Atticus. "Truth or Dare?" Atticus yawned slightly, covering his mouth with a hand.
"Truth. I think we all need a break from dares." Bastion put a finger to his chin, thinking hard. He smirked. "Tell us about the first girl who ever rejected you." Alexis grinned so widely that her face nearly cracked in half, while Jaden and Syrus whooped. Chazz looked appalled that such a thing could ever happen to his mentor in the art of love.
"No such thing." Atticus claimed. "The Master of Love has never been rejected by any member of the fairer sex."
"Really?" Said Alexis. "Because I remember one girl in the sixth grade…" Atticus went a shade paler, and coughed. "Come on, Atty, you remember."
"If you lie, Atticus, you will have to go skinny-dipping in the ocean." Jaden told him.
"And we get to post pictures all over the academy website." Syrus chimed in. Atticus hung his head.
"Alright. Her name was Mary Sue Vanderhousen. I loved her perfect teeth, blonde hair, crystal blue eyes, and hourglass figure. She was top in every subject, even PE. But it was not meant to be." Atticus sighed dramatically. "She ended going out with the captain of the football team. She said that I was nice, but not her type." Chazz handed him a box of tissues (where did that come from?), and he took one, dabbing at his eyes.
Jaden's eyes were huge. "She sounds too good to be true. Could she duel?" That, in his opinion, would make this girl perfect.
"Yes. She beat me, all of my friends, and she lost to Zane by 50 life points. Her deck was full of Crystal Ice dragons. I wonder if she remembers me." Atticus looked wistfully into the distance. Hassleberry, however, wasn't buying it. This girl sounded too good to be true.
"Quit making up stories!" Yelled Hassleberry. "Such perfection could not exist!"
"But she was real!" Atticus protested. "I have pictures." All of the guys got into a heated argument. Alexis preferred to stay out of it, mainly because she found the topic irritating, and because she needed to take pictures for her scrapbook.
As they bickered over whether Mary Sue existed, the clock on Syrus's bedside clicked to 9:15PM. They looked at it, surprised at how much time had passed.
"Holy cow! We'd better get to bed." Jaden stood up and yawned. Everyone but Atticus followed his lead, standing up and stretching their stiff muscles.
"Wait." Atticus held up a hand. "I have one final, Ultimate Dare for Alexis and Syrus."
The two in question looked at each other. "What is it?" Alexis asked distrustfully.
"Sneak into Zane's room, and take one of his Cyber Dragons to prove that you did it." All activity in the room stopped abruptly. A dare of such enormity had never been proposed before.
"But that's stealing!" Syrus protested. "Zane'd kill me if he found out." Jaden nodded.
"He would, Atticus. I don't think it's a smart idea at all. It's classified as breaking and entering, not to mention theft." Bastion looked serious.
"He won't. I'll put the card back in his room before I go to bed. He'll never know." Alexis blew out her breath, and moved her jaw back and forth. The four guys who weren't a part of the dare (Chazz, Bastion, Jaden, and Hassleberry) watched with baited breath for the outcome.
"I don't know, Atty…" She hedged.
"If you don't take the dare, both of you have to do a makeup dare, which in tonight's case is…skinny-dipping!" He dodged the blows that Alexis and Syrus threw at him. "It's your choice."
"Fine, we'll go." Syrus looked at Alexis. "I really don't want to go swimming naked. We had better be careful, though. Hopefully Zane is out at the lighthouse tonight."
"Yeah. You guys stay here, and wait for us to come back." Alexis ran her hands through her hair. "If we get caught, we're dead."
"I'll say. Zane'll have you two court-martialled (2) if he catches your hides in his room." Hassleberry told them seriously. Chazz and Jaden stared at him perplexedly. "It means he'll turn them in to the authorities. Even if they're his brother and best friend's sister."
"Good luck guys." Jaden said solemnly. "We'll wait for news." He shook their hands, as if they were going on a long journey, and may never be coming back.
"If you don't come back, it's been an honour knowing you." Bastion said.
"Knock it off, you guys." Alexis told them. "This isn't a joke. We could get in a lot of trouble."
"If it's so dangerous, why are you doing it?" Atticus teased. Alexis threw him one of her angry looks and marched out the door, Syrus hot on her heels.
"Such brave souls." Chazz sniffed. He felt eyes upon him. "What?!" he yelled at the remaining people. Bastion raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing…"
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1. A coiffure is French for hairstyle
2. Basically, it's military for a trial to decide a punishment
Trust Atticus to come up with the best dare. Although the vinegar-drinking was pretty good. I've tried it, and it's not fun. R&R, but no flames! I'll get the next chapter written soon.