Chapter Seven- Painful Truths

Everyone looked over towards the steps to see who had come down and complained to them. Standing in the doorway that lead to the stairs was a girl that looked to be a year younger then Kurama. She had dark green eyes and dark brown hair that curled slightly at the end.

Kurama sighed mentally, "Maki…?"

Maki looked at Kurama, "What? You guys were making so much noise down here and then there was the one running around on the roof, how is anyone supposed to sleep?"

"Maki…"

Maki then looked at the group and began to talk again before Kurama could say anything more then her name, "Well since I am down here, what are guys playing anyway?"

"Truth or Dare."

"Oh really? May I join in?"

"Sure."

Maki came over and sat down between Botan and Yukina. Kurama sighed mentally again for he didn't really want his sister to be playing; she honestly found enjoyment in torturing him. He knew she would probably use the situation to her advantage.

"Well let's continue the game. Botan it was your turn to ask someone."

Botan looked at the group and then looked over at Maki, "Maki, truth or dare?"

Maki thought for a second and then said, "Truth."

"Did you know about Kurama's attempt to use the Forlorn Hope?"

Maki snickered very slightly, "Yes, of course I knew about it."

Sola looked over at Kurama with a bit of shock on her face, "The Forlorn Hope!?"

Kurama looked at Sola with a slight look of humiliation upon his face, "Yeah…"

Everyone went silent when they heard someone else walk down the steps.

"Is every thing all right down here?"

Kurama looked over at his mother, the one who had come down stairs, "Yes, mother, everything is all right, no need to worry. We will try and be more quiet, just go back to bed."

His mother nodded and went back upstairs. After she was gone Maki looked over at Sola, "Sola, truth or dare?"

Sola thought for a second and then said, "Truth."

"If you were stuck on a deserted island with someone in this room, who would it be and why?"

Sola thought for a bit about her answer and then said, "Well, it would have to be Kurama, because he's the smartest and most tolerable one here."

Maki snickered slightly in her head, "I see…"

Sola then looked over at Kurama, "Kurama, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Are you a mamma's boy?"

Kurama blinked a few times for he wasn't expecting that question. He then decided on an answer, "No, I just see no reason to be disrespectful to the women who has only shown love and kindness to me my whole life."

Sola nodded slightly, "I see. I agree with you about that one."

Kurama smiled slightly, mentally, and then looked at the group to figure out whom to ask. He looked over at Hiei, "Hiei, Truth or dare?"

Hiei smirked slightly, "Dare." There was no surprise there; Hiei was going to say dare no matter what happened.

"Ok, Hiei, I dare you to eat a whole bowl of ice cream without showing any signs of brain freeze." Hiei gave Kurama an a quick glace of confusion as Kurama continued, "You can come in the kitchen to choose which flavor you want." Kurama then got up and walked into the kitchen. Hiei got up and followed Kurama.

When Hiei got into the kitchen he looked at Kurama, "Brain freeze? What do you mean by that?"

Kurama looked at Hiei as he opened the freezer and pulled out a container of chocolate ice cream, "What I actually meant is that I want you to eat a bowl of ice cream in front of the group without them giving you a strange look."

As Kurama started to spoon some ice cream into a bowl, that he taken out as he was talking, Hiei looked at the ice cream and then at Kurama, "You mean you want me to eat this slowly?"

Kurama put the spoon he was using to put the ice cream into bowl, in the bowl and handed the bowl to Hiei, "Exactly what I mean Hiei."

Hiei stared at the bowl of ice cream and then headed back into the room with Kurama following behind him. Kurama sat back down with the group as Hiei ate the ice cream very slowly, but not too slowly so that it didn't take him too long to eat it. When he finished the ice cream he disappeared for about two seconds to put the bowl back into the kitchen and then he returned to sit back down with the group.

Hiei sighed mentally and then looked at the group. He then looked over at Yukina, "Yukina, truth or dare?"

Yukina thought for a second and said, "Truth."

Hiei was glad that she had said truth; he had been hoping she would. He knew exactly what to ask her, "Yukina, why do you continue to search for your brother?"

Everyone was a bit shocked that Hiei had asked that question of all things. Yukina looked at Hiei and put a slight smile on her face, but it wasn't a smile of complete happiness as it usually was, it showed some sadness, "I continue to search for my brother because even though I have not found him yet I still have hope that he is alive somewhere and maybe even looking for me. I would just like to meet him once. I don't care what the elders of the village say about him, I want to meet him and make my own opinion of him, and even if they are right about him, I would still at least accept him for who he is."

Hiei nodded and said nothing in return. He wasn't expecting an answer such as that, though a part of him was actually hoping for an answer like that. Everyone stayed silent waiting for someone to speak, but no one did. Yukina looked around and realized her answer was the source of the silence. She smiled her joyful smile and looked at everyone in hopes to show there was no need for the silence. Everyone noticed the smile and felt a bit more comfortable.

Yukina then looked over the group and stopped at Botan, "Botan, Truth or dare?"

Botan looked at Yukina and smiled slightly, knowing Yukina didn't feel out of place, even after that answer, "Truth."

Well, yeah that chapter wasn't very long. I was planning on making it longer but that seemed like a good place to end it. Now everyone is going to ask where I came up with Yukina's answer and why I had Hiei ask that. Well, I have always figured Hiei never told Yukina because he was afraid of her not excepting him for who he has become. So I had Hiei ask her why she continued to look for her brother as an indirect way of him asking, "Would she except me?" Her answer was based off the fact that I believe Yukina to be too innocent to not accept Hiei. So yeah that's the story behind that little part.

Anyway, please leave reviews. I want to know what people think of this; also reviews can help me improve. I do go in and edit things when needed and reviews sometimes help me with my edits. I hope to get another update in soon… well hopefully a lot sooner then next summer…