A/N: Once again, I'm back! First of all, I need obligated to thank LimeLavender and Zoken Hirogechi for reviewing, since I did not mention them in the previous chapter. Seriously, thank you, guys.

And I need to give another thanks to TrueNinja for pointing out some grammar mistakes in the last chapter, which are now fixed. Nice to know that someone has my back when it comes to that, in case if I miss it (which I'm surprised that I did, seeing as how normally I triple-check everything, but I guess nobody's perfect). So, thank you, man (and my sincere apologies if I just got your gender wrong, TrueNinja).

Anyway, here's chapter three. Continuing from where we left off, the game of spin the bottle is about to begin.

Disclaimer: Don't own Higurashi/When They Cry.

Chapter Three: Awkwardness, Meddling, and Attempted Kidnapping (Via Rena)

All eyes watched as the bottle spun around and around. Rika had drawn the short straw, so she had to go first. The bottle gradually slowed down, and pointed to…

Satoko groaned. Despite the fact that she was looking forward to Keiichi making a fool out of himself, she had hoped that the bottle wouldn't point to her. Keiichi laughed.

"Remember, Satoko, it's got to be on the lips, we all need to see it, and it needs to last for a few seconds."

Satoko growled, snapping her fingers to cause a pan to crash down on Keiichi's head. Turning to her best friend, she puckered up, and felt Rika's smooth lips come into contact with her own.

Rena couldn't take it anymore; she lunged at the two young girls, the gleam in her eyes clearly telling the world that these two would be in her home tonight.

Fortunately, Shion caught her in time. Nodding to Keiichi, they both quickly surrounded the cute-obsessed girl, and promptly tied her up. Rena struggled, but to no avail; Keiichi and Shion were quite good at tying knots, it seemed.

This was not lost on Mion, who promptly had VERY vivid images of her sister tying Satoshi up, and then even more vivid images of Keiichi tying her up…

Her brain just about overloaded. Thankfully, she somehow managed to control her blush, although she was thankful that she wore such a long skirt; otherwise, the wet spot that had magically appeared on her panties would've been exposed to the world.

She was brought back down to earth by Rika and Satoko separating, both blushing slightly. Satoko looked away in a huff.

"Alright, now it's my turn," Shion announced. She smirked at her sister. Mion gulped; this wasn't going to be good.

Shion spun the bottle. Despite the fact that she was dating Satoshi, if that bottle pointed at Keiichi, she was going to give him the kiss of his life, if, nothing else, just to annoy her dear twin.

She frowned inwardly as the bottle missed Keiichi and pointed to Rena instead. She sighed, and, after double-checking the ropes that bound her, she kissed Rena.

Keiichi looked away pointedly; a kiss between Satoko and Rika, he could handle. After all, they were both kids, despite everything they've gone through. Shion and Rena on the other hand…well, a few impure thoughts entered his mind. Quickly bashing himself in the head repeatedly mentally, he managed to shrug off those thoughts.

Seconds later, Shion pulled away from a cooing Rena, and nodded to her twin.

"Alright sis, you're up."

Mion gulped. She spun the bottle, glancing over at Keiichi repeatedly the whole time, not sure if she wanted it to point to him or not.

Shion coughed. "Ok, sis, come here."

Mion glanced at the bottle. It was indeed pointing to her twin. Glancing over at Keiichi, who once again had looked away pointedly, she made her way to her sister.

Of all people to lose her first kiss to…

Shion's soft lips captured her own. Mion's eyes bulged. Her sister had just SLIPPED HER TONGUE INTO HER MOUTH! Eyes wide open, she noticed that Shion was looking at Keiichi, obviously trying to gauge his reaction. He was still looking away. As Mion finally pulled away, Shion whispered, "If he was looking, we would've given him quite a show, eh sis?"

Mion once again felt the urge to deck her sister. Refraining from doing so, she instead sat back down, relieved that she was in the clear.

She then realized whose turn was next. Maybe she wasn't in the clear JUST yet…

Keiichi spun the bottle. He nervously looked at all of the girls. Sure, in his hormonal phase, he had indeed fantasized about the three elder girls, but kissing them in real life? He was glad that the bottle had missed him in the turns so far, but there was no way he was going to get out of this one. He hoped it didn't point to Shion or Satoko; he didn't want Satoshi kicking his ass later.

To his great surprise, the bottle pointed to himself. Shion frowned.

"According to the rules, if the bottle points to yourself, you get to pass."

Sighing in relief, although it was with a tinge of disappointment, he watched as Rena, with difficulty, spun the bottle. It pointed to Rika, who eyed the ropes binding Rena warily, obviously concerned about where exactly she would be taken if Rena broke free.

Keiichi watched amused as Rika kissed Rena, which caused Rena to struggle against her bindings. Fortunately for all of them, the bindings held, and Rena was still held back from taking everybody home.

It was now Satoko's turn. She spun the bottle lightly. Unfortunately, it pointed straight at Keiichi. He gulped noticeably. Satoko grimaced.

"Well, for the first MALE to kiss me," she said, "I SUPPOSE it could be worse…"

She got up, and walked over to the young man. She sighed, he gave her an apologetic look, and their lips met.

A beast rose up in Mion's chest. Damn that little brat, how DARE she take Keiichi's first kiss!

Satoko shivered. She could practically see the murderous aura in her peripheral vision, watching Mion tremble with rage. She quickly broke off the kiss, promptly dropped a basin on Keiichi's head again, and began walking back to her spot.

That was, until…

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't quite see that. You're going to have to do it again."

Satoko and Keiichi froze. Shion was smirking. Despite her promise to Satoshi to protect Satoko, she was doing this for her sister's happiness. Or, in this case, extreme rage. Shion didn't even flinch when Mion's murderous gaze turned on her.

"Go on, you two. I didn't see it." Shion said in a sing-song voice. Both of them glowered at her.

"Well, it's the penalty game for you two then…" Keiichi and Satoko practically flew towards each other.

Once again, their lips met, both of them struggling with the sudden urge to either die or kill Shion. After a few seconds, their lips parted, and Shion smiled as if to say "You're good." Keiichi whispered to Satoko, "This NEVER leaves this room, understand?" Satoko nodded fervently. They both sat back down.

A few rounds later, Shion was becoming frustrated. So far, everyone had kissed everybody else, with the exception of her, Mion, and Keiichi. Her twin and said twin's crush hadn't kissed yet, and she hadn't quite managed to get the bottle to point at him on her own turn.

'But that might change soon,' She thought wickedly. It was now Mion's turn, and the bottle was slowing down, looking as if it might point to…

Mion just about fainted. It had pointed to Keiichi. The young man was twiddling his fingers, not entirely sure if he was pleased with these events. But, he shifted over towards Mion, steeling himself for the kiss, or slap, that was sure to follow.

Mion gulped and shifted uncomfortably. She looked at everyone else; Rena was still cooing, Rika merely smiled, Shion was grinning evilly, and Satoko gave her a look that said "Get it done and over with already".

Gulping one last time, Mion shakily leaned towards her crush, lips parted slightly. A moment later, his rough lips captured her own.

A snap was heard. They both whipped around to see Shion with a camera. She grinned at them.

"That wasn't long enough, you two. Go on, have at each other."

Both giving her glares, Keiichi and Mion turned back to each other. Their lips met again.

Mion's brain was overloading. How she was still among the conscious, she would never know. She was on cloud nine, floating, and her thoughts were racing, most of which involved kidnapping Keiichi and taking him a secluded area.

Keiichi's mind was having an internal battle. His rational side versus his hormones. It would be so easy to slip his tongue into her mouth…but no, he couldn't do that, people were watching, and he and Mion were friends! Good friends! Yet his hormones pointed out the many fantasies that he had had that involved her, as well as the fact that she was quite the attractive young woman…

Unbeknownst to either of them, their 'few seconds' had long passed; Shion looked at the clock. 'Two minutes already? Wow, they must be really into it!'

Finally, the two broke apart when air became a necessity. Gasping and panting for air, they looked over at everyone else. Rika and Satoko's jaws were in the vicinity of their ankles, Rena's eyes were lit up and she was struggling harder than ever to free herself from her bindings, and Shion had a triumphant look about her.

Shion was the first to speak. "Wow, guys, I only said you needed to kiss for a few seconds, not two whole minutes."

Two brains digested this information. Two brains came to a startling conclusion. Two faces went bright red.

Shion was jumping for joy internally. Finally, those two were coming to their senses. Surely they would get together now.

As she expected, both stuttered something about something coming up, and departed at high speeds. She chuckled.

"Well, I guess I can ignore the penalty game…just this once." Shion said happily, before turning to the other three members of their group.

"C'mon you guys, let's go home." Grabbing Rena, she started to drag her to her house. She would let her loose once Satoko and Rika were a safe distance away.

Shion arrived home. She quickly made her way to her room, being as quiet as possible, and leaned up against the wall, her ears searching for any noise. To her surprise, none. No snoring (false or otherwise), no laughter from going insane with a plot to murder her, no squealing, no crying…nothing. Shion frowned. She got up and searched the rest of the house. No Mion. Shion's mind immediately went to the next alternative: Keiichi.

Shion rode as fast as she could towards the young man's house, slightly panicking. She hoped that her actions hadn't caused her twin and Keiichi to do something rash. She'd never hear the end of it if their grandmother found out…

Two sets of eyes watched as Shion rode off into the distance. Two sets of mouths laughed once Shion was out of earshot. Two bodies laid entwined with each other, hand in hand, head on chest.

They supposed that they shouldn't be too mad at Shion; after all, she had put all of this together, and it was because of this that they had opened their eyes.

Keiichi and Mion smiled; yes, perhaps they owed Shion.

A/N: Whew. I was stuck for the longest time trying to figure out a way to finish this chapter. This is already drawing to a close. It'll probably end at 5 or 6 chapters.

And yes, I could totally see Shion giving Mion a bit of tongue just to tease her and Keiichi. She's a manipulative bitch, remember?

Well, until next time. I'm working on a couple of new fics, as well as my other two works, so the next chapter may take some time.