"Who's going first?" Akihiko asked, his voice slurring more and more.
"I think I see a crown right there, on top of Kurow's head," Junpei said, squinting at empty space, but seeing everything that he could there at once.
"Whooa dude, I think sho too," Yukari agreed with Junpei. Somehow.
"Kurow's totally da king!" Hibiki exclaimed, passing around the numbered sticks absent-mindedly. Literally.
"Fuck yea my peons!" Kurow grinned. "Alrighty!"
"Why am I getting a stick?" Nyx asked, indicating to Fuuka who seemed to be going along with it as well. Nyx was beginning to wonder whether she was having a headache and was actually high like the rest of the people. Especially if she was seeing Fuuka join in as well.
"I have not an idea," Aigis admitted. "I have one as well. "
"I just hope nothing too drastic happens," Nyx mumbled, rubbing her forehead.
"Okay!" Kurow yelled. "Three and five, kiss!"
Yashiro and Kanashi looked at each other in disdain, begrudging and twisted smiles appearing on their faces. Even when they were high they knew that they didn't want to do what Kurow was suggesting. Or commanding. He was the king after all.
This was obviously a bad idea.
Kanashi sucked in a huge breath and declared, "I ain't doing this shit!"
"Iiii'm not either," Yashiro coughed.
"Jus' kiss already goddammit!" Akihiko stood up and pushed the two guys' heads together, sending them crashing together before any one of them could say 'hell no!'
"Hah!" Kurow laughed his ass off, watching Yashiro and Kanashi spit and splutter as if they swallowed something that tasted awful and dry.
"Shit! I got fucking rabies!" Kanashi retched.
"Rabies? I got fucking STDs from that!" Yashiro growled.
Nyx sweatdropped at the sight. After a while, they passed the sticks around once more and this time…
"Awright!" Junpei stood up triumphantly.
A collective groan of disappointment and dread filled the room however Junpei didn't pay it any mind. "Eight, do you want a significant other!?" he yelled.
"Yyyeah, sure would be niiiice," Yashiro drawled before grabbing a can of Red Bull and downing a good amount of it.
… "I KNEW IT!" Hibiki exclaimed.
"Hahahaha, Yashiro! Forever fucking alone!" Kanashi laughed, slapping the boxer on the back hard.
"Shyutteh up Kanashi," Yashiro rolled his eyes. "At least I don't have to deal with a gal that's tsundere and yandere shometimes!" he retorted.
Kanashi's eyes widened. He had never told Yashiro much about his girlfriend. "Yeah, but at least I have one! And pfft dude, I'd hook you up but a violence loving brat plus psychotic boxer boy is like 2012 all over again!"
"It's only 2010," Mitsuru noted.
"Are you from the fuuuture?" Junpei asked hopefully.
"I'd say something else but that would count as a spoiler," he said.
"Push the sticks around," Mitsuru commanded. That certainly surprised Nyx and Aigis.
"Yeah yeah toots," Kanashi muttered, as they redistributed the sticks.
"I'm the king whoo!" Yashiro cheered and stood up. "And as ya'll's rightful ruler. I command four to kiss seven's ass!" With that, he dropped back down onto the couch.
"What!?" Hibiki and Kurow shouted at the same time.
"Wait, who's doing what?" Nyx asked.
Aigis glanced to Hibiki's stick. "Kurow is seven and Hibiki is four."
"Holy fucking EXO, why!?" Hibiki continued freaking out as Kurow chased after him.
"These are NOT the shorts I wanna be eating either!" Kurow grumbled.
"Yashiro can be cruel," Aigis nodded.
"I'm wondering something, where is Ken?" Nyx asked.
"He is currently in his room," Aigis said. "He is watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. That is probably why he cannot hear us or hasn't bothered to come down to see what was actually happening."
"I should watch that anime sometime," Nyx mumbled.
"Pwah, I'm never doing that again," Kurow declared as Hibiki dusted himself off with a disappointed expression.
"Yashiro-sensei can be mean…" Hibiki mumbled.
A few moments later the sticks were passed around. "Looks like I'm king," Minato said as he leaned back on the couch. Everyone turned to Minato expectantly, wondering what he was going to make people do. "Eleven, why would you be glaring at Nyx and me?" he asked with a calm expression.
Hibiki's eyes widened and he looked at Minato incredulously. "Uhhhh well, Nyx is way pretty and nice and… I wish dat… I could be closer to her…" he said slowly.
"What?" Nyx muttered. "Hibiki likes me?" She looked at the brunet with a curious expression before nodding to herself. Well. She did not know that.
Minato gave a raised eyebrow look to Hibiki who recoiled under his gaze before walking over to him and patting him on the shoulder. That just about surprised everyone, especially Nyx and Aigis. Was he still high or was he just really forgiving? "I think imma talk to ya later when I'm not seeing hallucinations and shit," Minato sighed, rubbing his temples. "Anyways, let's keep going. I didn't expect to get the person that I wanted then."
"Uh okay," Hibiki nodded, leaning back on the couch heavily. He wasn't quite sure whether a weight had been lifted from his chest in that regard, but somehow he felt a little better about it.
The sticks went around once more. "I'm queen!" Yukari exclaimed. "Okay uhhh… one to seven, walk in high heels!"
"Can she even do that?" Nyx asked.
"Screw the rules if the king can't!" Fuuka declared.
"I-I think… the king can," Mitsuru chimed.
"Best. Rules. Ever," Fuuka fistpumped.
"This is seriously making no sense anymore," Nyx said, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"It did?" Aigis asked, earning herself a small laugh from Nyx.
"You're right, it didn't before," she agreed.
"Get the high heels!" Yukari commanded, and a few minutes later all the males were stumbling about in them. Goddamn their balance.
"Hah! Imagine a badass like me kicking ass with these state of the art babies!" Kanashi grinned.
"Badass? Pfft, I beg to differ!" Kurow rolled his eyes.
"I am never doing this again," Yashiro sighed.
"Whooooa!" Junpei fell over, faceplanting firmly in the ground.
"Yeah, I didn't think he'd last either," Akihiko shook his head.
"What about you Minato?" Hibiki groaned, looking over at Minato who was standing perfectly still with his eyes closed.
The guys raised eyebrows and Kanashi poked Minato on the forehead. "Did he seriously fall asleep?" he mumbled.
"Uh, let's just go and reshuffle the sticks and…" Yukari said before handing them out again.
"I'm queen," Fuuka said.
"Ooh, what now?" Junpei asked.
"Nine sings the raunchiest song that they know!" she said.
"What is it with me and getting picked?" Yashiro mumbled.
"You're an unlucky sap, that's why!" Kanashi said, slapping him on the back.
"Ugh, fine," he said before standing up and clearing his throat. "Let it be known that I'm not doing this because I want to and that I was being forced by Kanashi who had a gun to my temple. I'm not particularly in the mood to die."
"Good boy," Kanashi smirked.
"Haha. Well now we call this the act of mating, but there are several differences between human beings and animals that you should know about," Yashiro began.
"I can already see where this is going," Aigis said dismally.
"You still want me to go on?" he asked, pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Ain't no going back man," Akihiko drawled.
"Well fuck," Yashiro coughed as he went on, rapping unenthusiastically, "Sweat baby, sweat baby sex is a Texas drought. Me and you do the kinda stuff that only Prince could sing about. So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts, yes I'm Siskel, yes I'm Ebert and you're getting two thumbs up."
"Have I heard this song before?" Nyx mumbled. "I hope I haven't…"
Aigis cringed as she listened to Yashiro. "I think the scariest part about this is that Yashiro-kun is deadpanning the whole time that he's singing…"
"Yeah, I think you're right," Nyx agreed.
"You an' me baby we ain't nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel," Yashiro sang the tune of the chorus, but only barely.
"Dude, where'd you hear this song?" Kurow laughed.
"…someone showed it to me," Yashiro rolled his eyes.
"What kind of friends do you have?" Kurow pressed, earning himself a deadpan from Yashiro.
"Like you, asshole," Yashiro growled.
"Wait, you guys're friends!?" Kanashi exclaimed, looking between Yashiro and Kurow.
"Shut up Kanashi," Yashiro shook his head. "Love, the kind you clean up with a mop and bucket…"
"Awwwh, and on goes the sad little virgin," Kanashi sang along to the beat of Yashiro's song.
Yashiro stopped and turned to Kanashi slowly. And punched him in the face. "Shyut up."
"Make me!" Kanashi yelled as he stood up, and proceeded to tackle Yashiro onto the ground.
"Might I add that you guys look like you're straddling each other as you roll around on the floor?" Kurow smirked, and suddenly the brawling duo stopped. Kanashi and Yashiro stood up, shooting deadly glares at Kurow, who merely widened his smirk. "Ka. Na. Shi. Ro," the crow sang.
"This punk is going down," Kanashi and Yashiro said in unison before they tackled Kurow and began to try and beat the shit out of him.
"…is Kurow into yaoi?" Junpei asked.
"WHAT!?" Everyone that wasn't fighting shouted, looking at the capped teen incredulously.
"Anyways…" Aigis began as Kanashi and Yashiro stopped and left Kurow alone. He was considerably bruised by the two ganging up, and had quite a few lacerations from sharp punches.
"Okay then, would the ruler stand?" Mitsuru asked.
"Alrighty then," Akihiko stood. "I command ten to do a one-wheel on a bike!"
"Do we even have a bike to-" Aigis began, but Kanashi went running out the door. "Oh right…" she nodded slowly.
"Kanashi's sure getting picked a lot too," Yashiro mumbled.
"I'm the only one that can do this though!" he yelled back. Everyone stood up and took their places at the dorm to see if Kanashi could do it.
"Heh," Kanashi put on his helmet and got his Hayabusa started, and before long he was off.
"Can he actually do this?" Mitsuru muttered as Kanashi sped up.
"Fuck yea!" he cried. True to his word, he was soon doing a wheelie and there was no sign of him showing hesitation.
"Looks like that one's that," Yukari said.
"Yup," Kanashi said as he pulled over. "That was pretty easy," he said before pushing everyone back inside.
"Pass the sticks 'round again," Minato mumbled. A few seconds after, the queen stood up.
"I'm queen," Nyx said.
"Hah, fits you Nyx," Minato laughed.
"Yes, yes. Anyways. I command two to stand and let eight shoot an apple off your head," Nyx said.
"Ooh, I get to use my gun!" Kanashi said excitedly as he grabbed his bag and pulled out his trusty pistol.
"Why do you have a gun?" Mitsuru asked.
"Because, why not?" Kanashi said defiantly, not bothering to explain why he kept it. "Who's eight!?"
"That'd be this sorry bitch," Yashiro said, pointing to Kurow.
"Man, now is not the day to be hit with dodgy aim," Kurow groaned as he stood up.
"Apple?" Aigis asked.
"Right here," Fuuka said, placing a green apple on Kurow's head.
"I swear if I get shot and I survive I'm going to try and kill you," Kurow muttered to Nyx.
"I'd like to see you try," she laughed.
Kanashi yawned. "I might be high, but still!"
Kanashi and Kurow stood a distance apart from each other, and the former pointed his gun near Kurow's head. Kurow looked at Kanashi with a deadly glare, and Kanashi just smirked back. Tension filled the air as Kanashi found his mark and began to pull the trigger.
BANG!
Kanashi turned around to see a bunch of goons behind him standing at the door. "Oh not again!" he groaned, pointing his gun towards the hooded Shadows.
"Wuh, Shadows?" Junpei tilted his head.
Minato looked at the group of Shadows that was standing in the doorway, and he instinctively tried to summon his Persona. "T-Tch, Thanatos!" he uttered.
The Death god materialised just in front of the Shadows, but it quickly disappeared as Minato couldn't concentrate to keep the Persona summoned for long. "Goddamned brownies…" he mumbled.
"Looks like the party's over," Nyx noted as she stood up, struggling to charge some SP for an attack due to her headache. "This is not going to end well."
Three hooded assassins then appeared.
"What the hell is happening!?" Hibiki yelled, trying to get into a fighting stance.
"Oh geez, doubly shit," Kanashi growled as Shadows began to file in.
"Erebus," Mitsuru mumbled.
AN: *shots fired everywhere* HAHA!
Plz box me yo thoughts and imma see ya guys later.
Yoshikunitsu: Well it's not all that unrelated. Kanashi had another reason for wanting Yashiro to play, but he ate the space cakes so plan ruined. XD
Nightcore? Imo, that stuff's electronic for sure if you want to put everything under one umbrella.
But least you liked it so… suries.
Raidou: Mwahaha. And it's usually Kanashi, Kurow or Junpei doing the comic relief.
Anakin: … *narrows eyes* I didn't even agree to this 'challenge' and I couldn't possibly end this now if I tried. If I did, this fic would end horribly. I won't play your game, and one does not simply call me a fish. Also, why do you keep calling me 'kun'?
DragOn Ryo: Glad you liked the chapter.
Nights: Glad you liked it man.
Eivexst: Well, it was funny, but know that I didn't just make them high on a whim.
Eh, it's pretty easy to figure out. Lil' Hibiki's jealous, so expect Minato and Hibiki bonding time later.
Haha, liked it too, and with the brownies going on I thought it would be a good opportunity for it.
Q/A SECTION
(Minato) Question 1: DragOn Ryo
Minato: I wouldn't choose any of them. Forever alone until I find someone that I like best.
(Minato) Question 2: DragOn Ryo
Minato: It depends. If it was an enemy, I know I'd definitely be relying on my friends to help me defeat him or her if I needed to. If it was simply someone from the outside well… best I can do is persuade them to join SEES or something like that.
(Erebus) Question 3: Yoshikunitsu
Erebus: Well… there isn't much to tell. Whatever anyone says I'm still manifest of humanity's darkest desires to die. I don't fully know the extent of how some human desire can fuel me and make me want to re-join Nyx, but I do want to be with her, no matter what is in the way, especially Minato.
However… Hm. Well, might I wager that being fuelled by human desires like death that is all I desire too. Although I can't deny that being fuelled by all this makes me very negative. It would be nice to be positive for a while. Whatever anyone says, even though Nyx has the powers of Death, even she still values it. After all, some heroes and mythical figures like us don't have the same powers of immortality and such.
(Minato) Conversation 4: Yoshikunitsu
Minato: What do you mean?
Hibiki: You mean Devil Survivor 2? I get the Yamato part, but…
Minato: Maybe it would make more sense if you wore a white bunny hood too.
Hibiki: Maybe I should do that… But I doubt I'm really anything related to that video game in the long run.
(All) Question 5: Yoshikunitsu
Minato: J-Pop, J-Rock, rock, metal, electronic, rap… *goes on forever* I try to stay away from most pop music nowadays, considering the quality of them. Not saying all of it is bad though. Also I'm iffy on classical.
Nyx: Hmm… I have preference to classical, although most modern music I know of is definitely not bad. I'd stay away from rap however, even if not all of it is bad.
Aigis: I like electronic and J-Pop most. Ironically, I don't like Metal very much.
Yukari: I don't listen to that much, but I usually just go along with pop that I like nowadays.
Fuuka: Um, I like electronic mostly.
Mitsuru: I prefer classical over most.
Akihiko: I like myself some rock with strong beats while I'm training.
Junpei: Rock and J-Rock!
Ken: Um… to be honest I really like a lot of indie bands…