"Sorry for the wait, did y'all miss me?" Swaggy teased as she skipped into the studio.
It got rather loud because at that moment, a teal haired teen leapt up and began dancing around with joy and hollering at the top of his lungs. "YESSSSS! No. More. NICENESS! I can be myself, I'm free…" And with that, Kariya promptly burst into tears, dropping to his knees. Maple lifted a hand lazily, patted his head, and then went back to texting.
Aoife stomped up to her sister with a deadpan expression, pressing a set of keys into her palm. "Never leave me in charge for that long again. EVER."
"Uh, okaaay?" The auburn haired girl shrugged at her sister's obvious anger and gestured to the door.
In the doorway stood a girl, with a long white braid, and red eyes that would've put cayenne pepper to shame.
Swaggy giggled and squeezed the girl, who just smiled and embraced her back. "This is one of my absolute best friends, most know her as Unknown 000 Andromeda, but her friends know her as Jade-chan! I call her my little starburst, though." The girl grinned at Jade.
Jade smiled happily, "Yup! So, it's great to meet you all, mina! I know it'll be fun to torment you, mwahahaha…" She chuckled in a low tone and rubbed her hands together maliciously.
"Uh…" Several of the people in the studio backed cautiously away from the girl, who was emanating a rather dark aura.
"Ahaha, you're so funny Jade-chan! Anyhoo, let's get on with the show!" The main host, Swaggy, seemed completely unfazed by her guest star's behavior. "First up, we have some more dares from Spring-chan, aka SapphireSpade! Here we go, I'll read them:
I dare any team to play musical chairs!
I dare Hakuryuu to do a Chinese Dragon Dance like what what people did in China!
I dare the Inazuma Eleven GO minus Chrono Stone and Galaxy to speak in their Dubbed voices from Inazuma Eleven GO Light and Shadow (The English Version of Shine and Dark) until the chapter ends!
And there you have it, a good warmup!" Tucking the paper into her pocket, Swaggy gestured to the characters. "So, you know, somebody play."
"You really think someone's gonna just volunteer to play musical chairs?" Matatagi snorted and rolled his eyes, "Baka. Nobody wants to do that."
Clicking her tongue, Swaggy wagged a finger at the boy. "Now now Matatagi-kun, you just offered your team."
"W-What?!" Matatagi took a step back, surprised.
"Earth Eleven! Go play musical chairs!" Swaggy commanded.
Every one else set up chairs and left the middle of the room as fast as they could. Earth Eleven members slowly filtered to the center of the space, glancing around nervously.
"Ugh, slowpokes. C'mon, you heard the lady, go!" Jade demanded, putting her hands on her hips and glaring.
The players gulped and nodded, rushing to the ring of chairs.
"I CALL DJ!" Tenma screamed and skipped happily over to the CD player.
"I think he had too much fun playing soccer the other day…" Tsurugi grumbled.
"And… go!" Tenma hit the play button, and the game began.
"It's the final round, and the last players standing are Zanakurou and Tsurugi. I wonder who'll take the gold?!" Swaggy spoke dramatically, leaning forward with Jade right beside her.
"It's musical chairs…" Hayami muttered, completely unimpressed.
"I really thought Ibuki would get farther in," Jade commented, blowing sliver bangs from her face.
"Shut up, don't rub it in…" The white haired goalkeeper muttered.
The girl spoke softly into her hand, "I thought you'd do better, baka," and proceeded to rub her hand vigorously on Ibuki's shoulder.
"Wait, huh?!"
"I'm rubbing it in, dummy." Jade explained.
Ibuki just sighed, his forehead connecting with his palm.
"And the winner is… Tsurugi!" The sudden scream of Swaggy made everyone jump slightly, and Tsurugi just crossed his arms smugly.
"Haha."
Kariya snorted, "Being so proud of winning a child's game… silly." The tealet's laughter slowly faded as a yellow glare fixed him, anger pouring forth off of it's owner.
"Now now, Tsuwugi-kun, don't be mad. You get to watch Hakuwyuu suffer." Jade smiled, and the navy haired youth looked over at her.
"Hmm, true. This'll be good." And he looked over at Hakuryuu expectantly.
"UGH, whatever." Hakuryuu left the room with Aoife, and about ten minutes later, he was dressed up in a Chinese dragon costume, and did the traditional dance. Well, it was supposed to be. It ended up more like the white ponytailed boy stumbled around in his heavy costume, and everyone else just laughed at him.
"I hate you all…" He exited in a huff after his 'performance', and Swaggy waved a hand, "Next!"
"Uh, that's hard…" Tenma complained.
"Bwahahaha, you sound funny!" Kariya cackled until he heard himself, then covered his mouth in horror.
"Hehehehe, this'll be fun…" Ibuki cracked his knuckles, and Shindou shook his head.
"Just don't, Ibu-" He couldn't finish, and just slithered lower in his chair from shame.
"HAHAHAH! You guys sound so stupid!" Jade clutched her stomach from her laughter, and Swaggy joined her.
"Yeah, seriously!"
"Hey, don't be mean." Kirino's face paled, and he just bit his lip and turned away.
"I wanna hear Tsurugi, hahahaha!" Ibuki cackled madly as he pointed, and the navy haired striker merely shook his head violently.
"Well mina-san, it's time for Jade-chan's truths and dares! Would you like to do the honor?" Maple asked Jade as she handed the girl a sheet of paper.
"Of course, thanks Maple-chan!" Jade thanked her hostess and unfolded the paper, clearing her throat, "Ahem. Let's see…
Dare
-I dare Tsurugi to do a tumbling without using his hands
-I dare Tenma to say "I hate soccer more than Aoi"... Hehehe...
-I dare Shinsuke to say that Aki is fat. (^3^)
-I dare Einamu to sing (I WUV YOU!)
-I dare Midori to hang out with me for the next 3 weeks! (You rock Midori-chan!)
-I dare Swaggy-chan to kiss Midorikawa on the cheeks! (No one can say no because Midorikawa is in go!)
-I dare Taiyou to buy Hakuryuu-kun a lot of cookies!
Truth
-Hmm, Tsurugi-kun? If the whole world had only 2 people, including you, who would the other be? NEVAH SAY IT'S TENMA AND KINAKO! (Well, I like Kinako but, ehhh)
-Alpha, why do you look weird?
-Beta-chan? Are you a play-girl? Or something like that?
-ANYONE OF YOU WHO PLAYS DRAGON NEST HERE?! Whoever does gets to have a free ticket for the newest and most popular movie today! TELL THE TRUTH!
That's it~!" She folded the paper again, and Swaggy clapped.
"All right, Tsurugi-kun~!"
"I think you just enjoy it when I get dares…" The younger Tsurugi brother grumbled.
"Mebbe I do. Anyhoo, have fun!" Swaggy sat between Jade and Maple, giving both high fives before turning to Tsurugi.
Rolling his eyes, the boy did some flips and such, but eventually slipped and reached out to stop himself from hitting the ground too hard, and Maple shouted, "Fail! Next!"
Tsurugi just grumbled as he went to sit on the sofa, rubbing his shoulder.
"Ne, Tenma-kun? You have the next dare," Akane pointed out.
"Eh?" The brunet twisted his head to look at the scoreboard. "EH?!"
"Well Tenma, go right ahead…" Jade smirked evilly, rubbing her hands together.
Tenma gulped, "Um, I-I hate s-soccer more than Aoi… aaahhh!" He buried his head in his hands, and Aoi patted his back.
"It's okay, Tenma, I know it was just a dare…" She cringed at the sound of her own voice, but ignored it.
"Ah, he'll be fine," Jade waved her hand casually, "Next!"
"What?!" Shinsuke squeaked, then covered his mouth, face turning red.
"Do it!" Jade knelt before the short boy, expectant pleasure burning in her gaze.
"Uh… A-Aki-san is fat!" Shinsuke screamed at the top of his lungs in his embarrassment.
"YESSS! I knew it! I'm so glad you agree, heehee~!" Jade leapt up and grabbed the vertically challenged goalkeeper's hands, dragging him around in a dance of victory.
"Uh…" Shinsuke stumbled and tried not to fall as he cried out desperately, "N-Next!"
Einamu blinked up at the board, "Hmm?"
"EEEEEK!" Jade promptly dropped Shinsuke's hands and ran over to sit beside the light brown haired boy.
"Well… alright then. What do I sing?" He asked softly.
Jade giggled, mumbling about his voice, before responding, "Oh, whatever you'd like…"
Einamu shrugged, "Okay." Then he sang 'Count on Me', while Jade sat and swooned beside him.
"EEEEEK, thank you!" The girl promptly glomped him the second he was done singing, causing the poor boy to blush.
"Next dare, before Einamu-kun's face melts off~!" Swaggy chirped.
Midori pumped a fist in the air, "Yeah, nice! This'll be fun!"
Jade ran over to the orange haired manager, and the two began chattering excitedly about all the things they were going to do.
"Oooh and beat Nishiki-kun up!" Midori announced triumphantly.
"Sure, if you wanna!" Jade agreed.
"Eh?! No, Midori-chan, BAD idea!" The dark ponytailed boy chastised his friend, who just laughed evilly.
"Next dare!" Jade giggled, sending a look to Swaggy.
Swaggy read the dare, her face turning a bright scarlet. "J-Jade-chan!" She wailed.
Jade pulled Midori in front of her, hiding behind the delinquent manager.
Sighing in exasperation, Swaggy looked around the room until she found the adult Midorikawa Ryuuji. Tentatively walking over to him, she frowned. "Why did you have to grow up?!" She demanded.
"Um… I don't know?" The green haired man looked very confused.
"Oh, whatever…" And, standing on tiptoe, Swaggy kissed him on the cheek.
"KAWAII!" Jade danced around giddily as her shrill screaming startled everyone in the studio, "Heehee, I made you kiss Ryuuji-kun~! Akane-chan, did you get my picture?"
"Hai." The chestnut haired manager waved her camera in the air, and Swaggy glared at the pair.
"Um… NEXT DARE!" Jade yelled, trying to diffuse Swaggy's anger.
"Yippee~!" Swaggy danced off to find Taiyou as Jade sighed in relief.
Dragging the bright orange haired youth to the center of the studio, Swaggy explained his dare.
"That's stupid! Why would I do that? EVERYONE knows that when Hakuryuu eats cookies, he gets REALLY hyper!" Taiyou complained.
"Yay for hyperness! AOIFE!" Swaggy called, and her older sister trotted over.
"Yeah?"
"Take Taiyou-kun to the store to get cookies. Oh wait… here." Swaggy motioned Maple over and mumbled something in her ear. The twins nodded at each other then scattered, scrambling around to get stuff. After about a minute, they ran at Taiyou, and soon a cloud of dust surrounded the trio, blocking them from view.
Once the dust settled, the three were revealed, and everyone in the studio burst into laughter. Taiyou had been disguised. His skin was powdered, darkened dramatically, and sunglasses hid his blue eyes. A trenchcoat adorned his body, and a Sherlock-style hat was perched atop his wild orange hair.
"You look so FUNNY!" Kariya was rolling on the floor with laughter, everyone else not in a much better state.
"Humph, whatever. Come on, Aoife-chan!" And with that, Taiyou grabbed Aoife's hand and dragged her out of the studio.
"Let's hope it works and the fangirls don't recognize him," Swaggy said.
Maple shrugged, "Yeah, those girls are WEIRD."
Hakuryuu began sobbing, and Kinako patted his back.
Maple quirked an eyebrow at her twin sister, "Oh great, you've scarred an anime character for life." After hearing the words that came from her mouth, Maple paled. "And I never thought I'd say those words…" She muttered.
"Well, while we're waiting for them to come back, why don't we start the truths?" Jade suggested.
"Good idea!" Swaggy complimented, and sat in an armchair. "Well, Tsurugi-kun?"
The cool striker frowned. "Um, I don't know who it would be. NOT Hakuryuu, that's for sure - we'd kill each other."
"Yeah, that's true!" Hakuryuu called from where he was recovering from his sob fest.
"Hm, is that good enough, Jade-chan?" Swaggy turned to her guest star.
"I suppose," She shrugged.
"Yosh! Next truth!" Swaggy announced.
Alpha quirked an eyebrow at Jade, and then shrugged.
"He doesn't think he looks weird," Gamma translated.
"Yes you do!" Jade argued.
Alpha just shrugged.
Jade deadpanned at him. "Wow, that was anticlimactic. Next truth!"
"Oi, we're back!" Aoife called into the studio, Taiyou following, and he began to remove his disguise as soon as he was safely in the studio.
"What took so long?" Maple complained.
Aoife chuckled sheepishly, "Well, we made a stop…"
"What stop?" Asked Jade, instantly curious.
"Well… the jewellry supply store had a sale, and I needed more paracord…" The brunette held up a plastic bag, and Swaggy rolled her eyes.
"Trust Aoife-chan to get stopped by paracord," She laughed. Motioning to Taiyou, she continued, "So go ahead, give the cookies to Hakuryuu."
Slowly and unwillingly, Taiyou walked over to Hakuryuu and dropped a box of cookies in his lap.
The boy's crimson eyes lit up, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Cookies!"
"Now he sounds like Kiko-chan…" Swaggy sweatdropped.
"Well, let's leave him to enjoy those as we move on," Jade suggested.
"Good idea starburst!" Swaggy complimented, and the girl grinned happily.
Beta put a finger on her cheek in thought. "I don't quite know what you mean… but I don't think I am. I'm an awesome girl! And a MUCH better soccer player than those bakas." She jerked a thumb toward Gamma and Alpha.
"Now hold it right there!" Gamma interjected, and before a spat could begin, Jade called, "Next truth!"
"Dragon Nest…?" Tenma scratched his head. "Never heard of it."
Jade collapsed onto the floor sadly, tracing circles on the carpet.
"Dragon Nest?! I love that game!" Hayami exclaimed, jumping up from where he'd been hiding behind a sofa.
"Really?!" Jade jumped up and ran over to him, and he nodded excitedly.
"Yeah!" Hayami responded and the two began chattering about the game.
Swaggy chuckled, "And we may be here for a long time…"
"That's okay!" A voice behind the girl startled her, and she jumped, whirling around, to be face to face with a grinning Hakuryuu.
"Hakuryuu-kun?" Swaggy tilted her head, confused by the odd look in his eyes and the tightness of his muscles.
"By the way, those cookies were yummy!" Hakuryuu said, and Swaggy sweatdropped. Oh, so THAT'S what happened…
After ten minutes of Hayami and Jade talking at the speed of light about Dragon Nest and Taiyou crying in a corner as Hakuryuu ran around, completely slap-happy, Swaggy announced that it was time for the episode to end.
Jade trotted over and hugged Swaggy tightly. "I'm so glad I got to come here! Thanks for having me Swaggy-chan!"
Swaggy squeezed her back, "Yeah, I'm glad you came! And you're very welcome!"
Stepping back, Jade grinned at Aoife and Maple. "It was nice to meet you two," She said kindly.
"Right back atcha!" Maple smiled, and Aoife nodded.
"Now Jade-chan, as a thanks for coming onto our show, you get a Raimon jr. high sweatshirt and this ten-pound bag of soccer ball shaped jellies!" Swaggy handed the sweatshirt and enormous bag of jellies to Jade.
The white haired girl's eyes sparkled as she groaned under the weight of her gift. "Wow, s-sugoi! Thanks Swaggy-chan!"
"You're welcome!" Swaggy grinned and called to the rest of the cast, "Oi mina, it's time to close the episode! Say goodbye to the viewers!"
Everyone turned to the camera, except Hakuryuu, who was too busy running in circles. "Bye!"
