>>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< Hi, My name is Kintaro Oe. I'm twenty-five years old and I'm a freelancer. Or "temp" if you prefer. I usually travel from one place to another while doing occasional jobs. Right now, believe it or not, I work as a referee at UBT, which stands for Ultimate Basketball Tournament. It's kinda odd though, this is the first time a job comes looking for me instead of the other way around, but still it's something really cool. There's always something to do. I mean... with more than fifty guest here, there's always something which needs to be taken care of. Oh, sorry. I guess you don't know that, but all of these people are gathered here so they can get a shot at the first prize which is, get a load of this, a wish. That's right, a wish. Sounds kinda strange if you ask me. But that aside, working in UBT had proven to be a very educational experience. Today's the first match I'll be participating in. It'll be a fight between Team Sailor Senshi and Team Nerv. I haven't seen the players of those teams yet due to UBT's policy of not interacting with the guests, but I heard that some of them are real babes. God, I hope so. >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< A multi-crossover fanfic. "Anime Jam". By Julian Soullard (e-mail jnsoullard@hotmail.com). All of these series have there own respective author and company. I'm not saying that I created or own such series. I don't even want to think what would happen to me if I took credit for creating them. Anyway, there are so many companies and authors that I won't even bother in telling you which one is which. The only thing that needs to be perfectly and absolutely clear is that they're not mine and I'm not making ANY financial profit out of this and don't plan to make any in the future, so please don't sue me. CHAPTER WARNING!! Okay, as you might have noticed already, certain parts of this chapter will be seen through the eyes of Kintaro Oe. So each time you see the >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< you know what to expect. The warning however, isn't limited to that. In case you're not aware of it, Kintaro is a pervert. Wait... let me rephrase that: Kintaro is one HECK of a pervert and most of his comments might offend some of you (female) readers. So, unless you're open minded and keep in mind that this is a fanfic, I would recommend to all of you uptight readers to skip the >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< parts, although you'll probably miss part of the fun of this chapter as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AND NOW, ON WITH... Chapter 5: Kid's stuff. At around eight in the morning, inside the dinning room: "Nabiki! You've been here all night?!?" Her little sister asked in shock. Nabiki Tendou, famous teenage con-artist, just took her eyes away from her cards to look at her sister. She nodded and then focused her attention back to the game. Akane could see by the bags under her sister's eyes that she had gone through more than one refill of coffee. Not to mention that the number of cigarette ends on the nearby ashtray made quite a statement as well. The guy Nabiki was playing with, who seemed to have been pulled out of a D&D campaign, didn't look too hot either. Either it was an incredible amount of willpower or just plain stubbornness which kept these two still conscious. That is... if 'conscious' was the right term to describe their state. "And since when did you started smoking??" Nabiki took her zombie eyes towards her wristwatch. "Twenty-three hours ago... with... er... twenty minutes and fourteen seconds... fifteen seconds... sixteen seconds... seventeen seconds... eighteen seconds..." "Haven't you slept??" she asked again. "Don't try to use logic with them." Nanami told her. "I tried to kick them out last night when the dinning room was about to close and it only got me a threat and a blackmail." "Woodchuck!" said another approaching voice. "We've been looking all over for you!" Akane saw a young man with short brown hair, slightly older than her and wearing a medieval garment, heading where she was. The other D&D looking character just turned towards the newcomer. "Hey, Parn," he manage to speak with a dead tone, "What's up?" "I'll tell you what's up," he said somewhat upset, "You were supposed to... What in the name of Lodoss happened to you? You looked as if you've been in the dungeons of Marmo." "Been busy." "Is this your friend?" Akane interrupted. "Yes, he is." Parn answered. "For how long has he been here?" "Twenty-three hours," Nabiki told him, "with twenty-one minutes and thirty seconds... thirty-one seconds... thirty-two seconds... thirty-three seconds..." "Nabiki, stop doing that. You're freaking me out." the girl declared. "Come on, Woodchuck," Parn said as he forced the thief to get up, "You're going to get some rest." "You too, Nabiki." Akane added as she did with her sister the same thing Parn did with Woodchuck. "You need some sleep." "No... must... keep on... going..." the young extortionist replied. "Honor... at stake... must win..." Woodchuck continued. Fortunately, both individuals were just too weak to offer any sort of resistance, which made things easier for Akane and Parn. "This isn't over yet!" Woodchuck managed to shout at his opponents while he was being dragged away. "Not by a long shot!" Nabiki responded. It would appear that the two gamblers' energy was cut off as soon as they were pulled out of the dinning room. In a matter of seconds, Nabiki and Woudchuck fell unconscious and began making several "ZZZZZ" sounds. Parn just tossed the thief over his shoulder and made his way to the room. Akane was having a little more trouble, since she didn't feel right in carrying her sister like bag of potatoes. Unfortunately, Nabiki wasn't showing any signs of cooperation in making the journey back to the room any faster or less difficult for her younger sister. "Hey, Akane," said Ranma, who bumped into her on his way to the dinning room. "Have you seen Ryouga?" "Ryouga? No. Why do you ask?" "Well, I think he's lost again." "So what else is new?" "Not that I miss him, but we have a game tomorrow and without him we're one player short." Ranma explained. "I guess you're right." Akane stated, "I'll help you find Ryouga, but first lend me a hand with Nabiki." "What on Earth happened to her??" he asked, as he just realized in which state Nabiki was. "I think she has a gambling problem." ********** "Shinobu, what are all these people doing here?" Narsus asked. "All of these ladies and gentlemen are part of Nerv?" he responded. "All of them??" the genius strategist asked again. "Surely you're not referring to our Team Nerv. As far as I know, there's only six of them." "No, these folks came from Nerv HQ." he explained, "What they're doing here, is what I try to find out as well." "Excuse me!" Narsus said out loud, "Who is in charge of this group?" "That would be me." said a voice who approached the duo from behind. A man around forty to fifty years old was the owner of such voice. He had short brown hair and a pair of glasses placed on top of the bridge of his nose. His clothes consisted of black trousers a red shirt and black jacket. "And who might you be?" "I'm commander Gendou Ikari." the man answered. "Oh, yes." Shinobu realized. "You're Team Nerv's sponsor. We weren't told you arrived. But still, could you please tell us what are all these persons doing in our basketball field." "We're just brining the necessary equipment for today's match." he explained. "You'll have to excuse the temporary inconvenience, but my staff won't take too long." "Equipment?" Narsus inquired. "We weren't informed about anything concerning an equipment for this match." "I'm sure that if you go to your desks, you'll find all the necessary papers regarding this little adjustment." the commander told them. Shinobu could've sworn that he saw the man smirk after saying those words. ********** >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< Finally, I'll shall put my referee skills to the test! I have been waiting anxiously to prove myself in the field of basketball ever since I was granted the honor of being part of this institution, and today I shall give the best basketball match ever!! Oh, wait... I think the boss was talking to me and I didn't listen. "Er... excuse me, sir?" I say. "I *said*:" Lord Jade repeats, he seems to be a little upset for not paying attention, "That I'm expecting your best effort for today's match." "Yes, sir!!!" I acknowledge with high enthusiasm. "I'll be the best referee you've ever seen, sir!!!" "Good. Have you studied the rule-book?" he asked again. "No, sir! I did no such thing, sir!!" I answer... Oh, wait, maybe I shouldn't have said that so enthusiastically. "WHAT???" he shouts at me. Oh shit... Why do I get the feeling that I just fucked up. "Then how can you... ARGH! Never mind, just try to do what Pai and Miyuki did last time." Oh by the way, the gang next to me are the other referees UBT hired for the tournament. First there's Kamui. He doesn't smile much. Next to him is Miyuki, and what a babe she is!! Oh, wait! I think she has her highlights on!! Oh yeah, baby!! Whoops, there's Kamui giving me that angry look again. Well, anyway, then there's Pai. Cute girl really. Our purpose as UBT referees is to make all basketball games as entertaining as possible. Therefore, we have been given the authorization to bend the rules if necessary. Strange? Yes. But what the boss wants, the boss gets, I guess. "Hey, Kintaro." Pai began. "Yeah?" "Good luck on your first match." she encouraged. Pai is so good to me ^_^. "Thank you! I'll do my best! You'll see!" Well, time for me to go and get my referee suit. In a matter of minutes the match will start, so I better get ready. >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< "Do you think he'll do okay?" Miyuki asked her two other coworkers, once Kintaro left. "*If* he can keep his eyes focused on the game and not the players." Kamui responded, not really caring if the pervert did well or not. "What do you mean, Kamui-kun?" the not-so-fortunate-dimension- traveler inquired. "Well..." Pai explained, "Most of today's players are girls. And... well... as you might know, Kintaro does get distracted easily when there's a girl around." "He does?" Miyuki's lack of perception caused the appearance of a couple of sweatdrops on her coworkers' heads. Strangely though, her being so clueless and innocent was what captivated Kamui even more, since it was another trait this girl had in common with Kotori. ********** "Good morning, everyone. And welcome to today's basketball match." Honey spoke through her microphone. "I'm Cutie Honey and for this event, please welcome my co-host, miss Belldandy!" "Hello." said Belldandy sweetly. "I'm Belldandy and I hope all of you will enjoy today's match between Team Sailor Senshi and Team Nerv." "And what interesting teams both of them are." Honey added, "All of today's competitors are no older than fifteen years old. But still, our two previous games proved that age has nothing to do with how good you are. We've seen some amazing basketball techniques since the beginning of this tournament, let's hope that today will be no different." Belldandy just pulled a smile. Although she looked very happy on the outside, she felt rather frustrated in the inside. This was the second time her attempts in finding the control room had been foiled. Yesterday, when she was still putting the last details on her plan, she received an unexpected visit: Kasumi Tendou. The young girl came with a message from Lord Jade, asking her to grant them the honor in co-hosting the next match. Belldandy didn't like to disappoint people, specially nice people like Kasumi. Therefore she accepted. It was obvious that UBT was aware of her intentions and was using the older of the three Tendou sisters to keep her away from the control room, and had been successful so far. It was going to be a shame, but Belldandy made her mind in avoiding contact with Kasumi from now on. As long as UBT kept using her to distract her from her true purpose, Belldandy would never reach the truth of it all. It was quite a shame really. Kasumi was one of the most polite and sweet girls the goddess had met, and under other circumstances, she would be more than glad to spend more time with her. But first came her obligations as a goddess. Maybe when all of this was over she'd invite her for some tea and conversation, but for now, she had to keep her distance. "We also seem to have a new addition for today's event." Honey continued. "I still don't know what all those people from Nerv are doing with all those computers. An explication for that hasn't been given yet." True. Right outside the basketball field, several computers, diagrams and control screens had been placed, forming what seemed like a little control room. Attending the equipment were several members of Nerv, Misato Katsuragi being one of them. Gendou Ikari, commander and brain behind the plan, sat on a chair which was above the rest of the personnel while he enjoyed some popcorn and a Coke (TM). "I don't know what it is," Belldandy stated, "But it sure looks like nothing we've seen in previous games." "Well, I guess we'll find about that later on." Honey remarked, "Right now, here are both teams entering the court. Team Sailor Senshi, composed with Sailor Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus. While on the other side, Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley, Rei Ayanami, Touji Suzuhara and Kensuke Aida from Team Nerv." The crowd began to give the contestants their respective round of applause and cheers. Once everyone was out on the field, the viewers noticed that both teams looked somewhat different from the ones before them. For the Senshi team, all of them were using their Sailor uniform. The only thing which was new, was their footwear which now consisted of tennis shoes instead of their default boots and high heels. Unlike their opponents, Team Nerv didn't dress oddly. All of them wore basic basketball gear in gray color. However, all of them had earphones on their heads with a little microphone coming out of one side, resembling very much to what idol singers wore when doing a concert. //Okay, guys,// Misato's voice rang through out Team Nerv's ears, //The communicators are activated, now let's test them. Shinji?// "Roger." said the third child. //Asuka?// "I feel stupid wearing this!" the girl spat. //It's just a little sacrifice in order to win. Rei?// "Yes." //Kensuke?// "Roger, righty'o and ready to rock!" //Riiiiiight... Touji?// "I'm here." //Okay, let's get this show on the road.// Misato began, //Remember to follow every indication we give you.// "And now," Honey went on, "for today's event, referee Kintaro Oe will be presiding." The Golden Boy made his way into the court while moving his head a bit everywhere around the sport center. A mixture of nervousness and excitement going through all of his body. When he finally saw the contestants, his eyes bugged out. "Uh oh..." Pai mumbled as she saw his coworker's reaction. >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< OH MY GOD!!!! These are the competitors?!? I can't believe this!!! What bodies!!! And short skirts!! And tight outfits!!! YEEEESSS!!! YEEEES!!! Thank you God!!! Thank you for allowing me to see this!!! A... And the other team!! Two beautiful girls!! Oh my god, I bet that one is a "C" cup!! And the other one!! Check out that butt!!! I can't believe this!! This is a dream come true!! Seven beautiful girls!! Is this what Heaven looks like?!? Oh, I love this job already!!! Okay, Kintaro, breathe!! Calm yourself... breathe... that's better... breathe... much better... Good air in, bad air out. Wait a minute, one of those girl's earphone-gizmos fell to the ground. She's picking it up. No, wait! Don't do that! Bend your knees! Bend your knees!! OOOOOOHHHHH!!! OOOOHHHHH!!! Cleavage alert!! Cleavage alert!! YYYYEEEEEESSSSS!! YEEEESSS!!! A "C" cup, no doubt about it!!! Oh my God!! It's hurts the eyes so much when you look straight at the sun!! >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< ********** "*These* are the papers Commander Ikari told us about?" Narsus asked completely stunned, as his eyes traveled through the entire room. "I can't even see my desk anymore." Shinobu added. "Where do we even start?" Shinobu just took the first sheet of paper he found in the new paper-furnished room. His eyes, not loosing his cool expression, traveled from one line to the other. In the meantime, Narsus tried in vain to find his desk while using several piled up blocks of documents as a crude substitute for a tower. From his new viewing spot, the Palsian strategist saw in horror how Ikari's papers covered the entire room. Even worst, an imposing part of them were pilled up in front of the bathroom door, a place Narsus was eager to visit since he began to feel the natural side effects of excessive coffee consumption. "Well... lucky us." Shinobu began with a sarcastic tone, "This *is* the first page. How considerate of Commander Ikari to put it near the door." "I'll be back in a minute." Narsus stated, as he walked out of the room. "Where are you going?" "First, a bathroom." he explained. "Then I'll go see the janitor. Maybe he can entrust us a couple of shovels." ********** >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< Okay... play ball! Or... whatever it's called. I have to do this right or the boss will get mad at me. Okay, here we go... Oh gosh... two... beautiful... girls standing next to me... Mustn't... look down... Don't look at their breast, Kintaro! Whatever you do, don't look down!! Just throw the ball upwards so the game can begin. Don't look down, don't look down! Don't. Look. Down. "Hey," the Nerv girl says, "are you going to throw the ball or not? We don't have all day, you know!" "I'm coming, I'm coming." I tell her. If I keep looking at her loose shirt, I *will* be coming... Okay, there goes the ball. And there they go! Oh my God!! Look at'em jump!! I don't think I'll be able to bare this much longer... >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< //Shinji, move to A-4!// Misato ordered, //Kensuke, stay in C-1!// //Touji, go with Asuka and cover her!// Ritsuko added. //Rei, keep your eyes on Venus!// Asuka dashed towards the Sailor's basket, ball in hand. Jupiter stood in her way, but she managed to pass the ball to Touji before the tall Senshi in green got a chance to take it away from her. Touji was definitively not one of Asuka's favorite persons in the world, but she had to acknowledge that the idiot was probably the only member of her team she'd be able to rely on. Nerdy Kensuke, Pathetic Shinji and Weirdo Rei were just no good. God only knows why Misato even considered the thought of making those losers play in the team. Touji dodged Mercury and scored the first two points of the game. He then immediately ran back to the position Misato instructed him. Mars caught the pass from Moon and began to move towards her opponents. Venus joined her for support. Team Nerv's defense didn't take long in forming up. //Rei, I want you to cover Venus. Make sure she doesn't get the ball.// Misato told her. //According to our contacts, she's one of the most dangerous players.// "If she's so dangerous, why are you sending Wonder Girl to block her?" Asuka demanded. //Asuka, you concentrate on Jupiter.// the purple haired woman said, completely ignoring the second child's whining. //It appears she's not to be underestimated either.// "I'll be like her shadow then." Sailor Mars didn't want to judge a book by it's cover, but Kensuke seemed like the less dangerous opponent from Team Nerv. Therefore she took her chances and tried to reach the basket through him instead of any of the other Nerv players. Her assumptions were accurate as she easily made it pass the four eyes and almost scored a basket. Almost. Asuka surprised the Fire Senshi and stole the ball away from her. Mars was so stunned by the whole thing that she barely caught a sight of the second child making a long pass towards Touji, who scored a second time. In the meantime, at Team Nerv's mini-control room: "Okay, Shinji," Misato spoke through the microphone, "Keep Mercury covered. When Rei gets the ball, I want you to head towards the basket." Gendou watched the game with satisfaction. It had been just a couple of minutes since it all started and Team Sailor Senshi was already proving to be outclassed when it came to strategy. If things went on this smooth, Team Nerv would win with no great effort. The commander gave himself a mental pat on the back for coming up with such a brilliant plan. Just like when they fought Angles, Misato made a wonderful job in coordinating all of the children. ********** "I wonder how the girls are doing..." Mamoru began, as the two cats and him walked inside UBT's corridors. "I'm sure they're doing fine, Mamoru-san." Artemis told him, "Right now, what's more important is finding out who is behind all this and how he found out about the girls secret identity." "I know." the college student replied, "Fortunately, everyone is busy watching the game to pay any attention to us." "Right." Luna added, "Yesterday, I managed to follow one of Lord Jade's underlings. If my memory is right, The control room shouldn't be too far. We need to check what kind of security system it has." The trio moved cautiously. Luna had already spotted the surveillance cameras yesterday and knew exactly what route the three should take in order to make their presence unnoticed. As they made a quick turn to the left, the two cats and the tux dressing hero bumped into an unexpected figure, causing her to fall. "Oh, I'm sorry." Mamoru quickly apologized, "I wasn't watching where I was going." "It's all right." the brown haired girl responded. "I was a little distracted as well." Mamoru quickly helped the young girl to her feet, earning him a warm smile from the unfortunate victim of his carelessness. "I hope you weren't hurt in any way." he added. "That's very thoughtful of you to ask, I hope you weren't hurt either." ********** Eight points for Team Nerv and none for Team Sailor Senshi. It was getting quite frustrating for the short skirted girls to see all of their efforts being foiled half way towards the opponent's basket. "So what do we do now, girls?" Mars asked to her team members. "Everything we've done so far hasn't worked." "I think Team Nerv's strength relies on their communication system." Mercury pointed out. "All those people outside the field are the ones giving the players instructions." "Is that legal?" Moon asked. "Does that matter?" Mars responded, "You saw yesterday's match. I think the word 'legal' has a very flexible interpretation in this place." "So what do we do?" the leader asked again. [You're suppose to be our leader, you know?] Jupiter added mentally. "Well, if there's no real rules in this game... we could..." "Get a little tougher." Mars finished. "I don't have a problem with that." Venus added. "But we can't do that." Moon stated. "Why not?" "We're suppose to fight for Love and Justice, remember?" she explained, "What kind of image would we be giving if we used our powers unjustly to win this match." "Aww, com'on, Usagi! This is basketball!" Venus told her. "Yeah, besides, I don't think anyone would mind." Jupiter went on. "Besides, you don't have to see it as cheating." Mars concluded, "Think of it as if we were getting a little edge on our opponents." "It's still the same." Moon replied stubbornly. [Why did she had to have a sense of righteousness right about now?] Mars cursed. "Well..." Mercury cut in, "It would be preferable if we saved our special skills for later, in case we really need them. The surprise factor would help a lot in not letting future opponents know of our strength." "Yeah, that too." Moon acknowledged. Everyone but Sailor Moon sweatdropped. It was quite obvious that the Senshi leader wasn't aware that she just contradicted herself with that last remark. "So what is your plan, Usagi?" Jupiter asked. "Plan? Er... well we... we could umm..." "While we're still young, if you don't mind." Mars cut in. "Hold your horses! We could... er... we could try harder." Everyone developed even bigger sweatdrops now. The rest of the Senshi began to agree that Usagi's tactics definitively needed more polishing. "Excuse me, girls," Kintaro cut in, "but time-out is over." "Okay, we're ready." the leader told him. "I don't like that guy." Mars said, once Kintaro took off. "You don't like half the people in this planet." Moon told her. "That's not true!" she spat back. "I just don't like the way he looks at us." "Aren't you being a little paranoid, Rei?" Mercury stated. "Well, you tell me. Is that a gun in his pocket, or is he just happy to see us?" "Oh... my..." Mercury stated once she realized what her friend meant. "Okay, the Senshi have the ball again." Honey commented through her microphone. "Let's see if this time they can score some points. Team Nerv turned out to be an unexpected revelation, right, Belldandy?" "I agree." the goddess confirmed. "Who would've thought that such young children would be able to do so well in basketball." "Even if their opponents are about the same age, the difference in the scoring board easily tells us who's running the show." Honey added. "But we can't get too confident so soon. The game has just started and a lot can still happen." "I'm sure that the Sailor Senshi will be able to change the scoreboard if they apply themselves a little harder." Belldandy remarked. "It would be a pity if they lost. But then again, it would also be a pity if Team Nerv lost as well. It's so sad that someone has to lose anyway." "Riiiiight... whatever..." ********** Imagine that... Ryouga Hibiki... lost... again... "DAMN IT!!!!" he shouted, "Where on Earth am I now????" He knew that screaming it out wouldn't help much. Even Ryouga had enough brains to figure that out, especially when getting lost was a routine for him. But since there was nothing to crush in order to vent out his anger, screaming became his best second option. The bandanna boy eventually calmed down. If he wanted to make it back to UBT in time for his basketball game, he realized that getting some information from the locals on *where* he was now would do him a lot more good than screaming senselessly. His surrounding consisted of coconut trees, white sand and an endless ocean. Well... at least if he was in a beach, he couldn't get farther away from UBT. Ryouga doubted very much that he had crossed an entire ocean without realizing it or triggering his Jusenkyou curse. Which meant, by geographical logic, that UBT would be at least 1000 miles away. At least living in a small country like Japan had it's advantages: everything was relatively close. The lost one began to look for the nearest sign of civilization. After a couple of minutes he found a fisherman by his boat who was unloading his day's catch. Ryouga found it somewhat odd that the man had dark skin and that his hair was braided. "Excuse me, sir," he began, "Do you know the way to Tokyo?" "Whatch' you talking about, kid?" said the man. Strange. Why would this man talk to him in English. Well, maybe he was a tourist. He surely didn't look Japanese in the least. Ryouga asked the same question again but in English. "Tokyo? Isn't dat in Japan?" he asked. "Well of course it is." Ryouga told him, "This is Japan... isn't it?" The man just waved his head in sign of 'no'. "Welcome to Jamaica, mon." Ryouga felt like screaming again. ********** "Rebound!" Misato shouted. "Get it, Touji!" Touji did his best effort in getting the ball. Unfortunately, Jupiter was much taller than him. The Thunder Senshi easily caught the ball and send it inside the hoop before her feet touched the ground, therefore settling the scoreboard 17 to 24. Things were getting better. The senshi were still a couple of points behind, but they were catching up. However, Venus and Jupiter were already overexerting themselves by coming up with new ways of winning points. Since the Nerv players proved to be experts in interception, that made the girls' job even harder. Mercury began to realize that, unless they found a way to counter Team Nerv's 'advanced military tactics', the two strong players of her team would eventually fall from exhaustion. Mercury couldn't waste more time thinking about that now. Team Nerv had the ball again and her help was needed in the field. The best she could do for now was keeping her opponents from scoring more points. At least that would take a burden off Makoto and Minako's shoulders. Shinji caught the pass from Rei and started to move along with Touji. Asuka was already ahead of him. After getting new instructions from Misato, the 'would be' forth child began to move away from the third in order to give him more space to act. Venus was starting to get dangerously close to the commander's son. "Say, Shinji," she said seductively while traveling her index finger around his chest, "how about when this is over, both of us go to my room and spend some quality time together?" Er... wait, no... not that kind of 'getting close'. Let me try to rephrase that. The self proclaimed Senshi of Love began to analyze her possibilities in order to steal the ball from her opponent (yeah, that sounds better). Shinji knew in advance that the girl was a lot more talented than him in this sport and therefore decided to pass the ball to someone else before it was too late. //Shinji,// Ritsuko told him, //Short pass, 45º to your left.// Shinji threw the ball which was received by Asuka. The redhead quickly ran pass Mercury. Only Sailor Moon stood in her way to score two more points. [Piece of cake.] the second child thought. The Senshi leader looked determined in stopping her adversary, but it only took a simple faint from Asuka to brush her off. Moon ended up heading to her left with the last impulse her feet provided while Asuka was moving by her right. [No! I have to stop her!] she thought. [Mako-chan and Minako-chan are giving their best to even the scoreboard. I can't let her score!] Using all that she had, Moon spun around and sent her hand towards the ball before it became out of reach. This stunt would cause her fall to the floor, but she had to try to stop the brunette. The gesture and effort were admirable. The result, however, didn't turned out like Moon planed it. Instead of grabbing the ball, Usagi accidentally caught the back of Asuka's shorts in her hand. When she fell, she also yanked the shorts down, below the girl's knees, making her trip and fall flat on her chest in the process. Once the second child fell, everyone noticed that Sailor Moon not only had pulled down her shorts, but her underwear as well. Most male viewers were rather pleased by the panorama. >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< OH YEEEEEEESSSS!!!! It's all there, Ladies and Gentlemen!! AAAAALLL THERE!! This is what dreams are made of!! I mean, will you just look at that form!?! So round and well shaped. Showing no signs of overweight in the least!! Where's my notebook?? Where is it?? I have to make a sketch of this gift given by the Gods. Who knows when I'll get another chance to see such a wonderful posterior. >>>Kintaro-O-vision<<< Asuka didn't recall getting up so fast in her life. With her cheeks flushed with embarrassment, she quickly grabbed her shorts and pulled them up, along with her underwear, covering the part of her body they were intended to cover. This was, however, too late, for all the males were already whistling and making hungry wolf sounds. "Hey! What do *I* have to do in all this??" Terry 'Hungry Wolf' Bogard complained. Er... never mind... The point is, Asuka's image was probably going to suffer a lot from now on. This... this humiliation she could *not* forgive. Someone was going to pay dearly for this and Asuka knew who that someone was. She turned, glaring daggers, towards the person who had done this to her. Shinji began to worry. If he knew Asuka as well as he thought he did, Sailor Moon was in for a lot of trouble. His fears were proven accurate when he saw how his Nerv coworker grabbed the Senshi leader by the collar of her shirt. "You... Stupid, incompetent, lousy DITZ!!!!" she began to yell. "I'LL KILL YOU!!!" "I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!!" Usagi told her. She seemed almost as embarrassed as her victim. Although sincere, such excuses didn't seem to change Asuka's mood though. Actually, the four remaining Senshi began to think that the girl might just give their leader one nasty beating. "Hey, easy!" Jupiter told her. "It was just an accident." "The only accident was to let this brainless klutz play!!" she responded hotly, her face still red by a mixture of embarrassment and anger. "Hey, she said she was sorry!" Venus added. "Let her go already!" "Shut up! I'll let this blond bimbo go when I feel like it!" That was more than Mars could take. Even if Usagi *was* the one responsible for this little incident. That girl was definitively out of the line by calling her friend names in such a way. The Fire Senshi did the most reasonable thing and separated Asuka from Sailor Moon. The Nerv player didn't seem to take this well... "Butt out, you idiot!!" she spat. "This is between me and your brainless leader!" "Don't tell me what to do, you little bitch!" Mars spat back, "And don't even dare to insult my friend again! You hear me??" "Listen, you red slut, I give myself quite the right to insult her after what she did!!" "Oh, as if there was something worth looking when she pulled your shorts down!!" All of the other players (as well as all the spectators) clearly saw that Mars' intervention had worsen things more instead of fixing them. Venus and Jupiter took a hold of their friend while Shinji and Touji tried to do the same thing with Asuka. Sailor Moon was still unsure of what to do, mostly due to the confusion of seeing Mars standing up for her in such a way. Rei Ayanami just stood there while making an excellent impersonation of a wall while Kensuke did several face expressions each time one of the two girls came out with a more offensive insult. Mercury began to wonder why the referee hadn't interfered in this mess yet. Right outside the field, Kintaro was putting the last details on his sketch, completely oblivious to the quarrel that was taking place in the court. "Kintaro!" Pai shouted from behind. "And then it goes round like this and... er... yeah? Pai, what's up?" "The game!! There's a fight going on!!" she yelled. The Golden Boy quickly put his notebook aside and ran into the field of combat while blowing his whistle around... not that it did much good now. "All right, brake it up! Brake it up!" he ordered. "About time you showed up..." Kensuke mumbled. "Hey, ref!!" Asuka yelled. "I demand that the odango bimbo is pulled out of the game!!" "Why not take you out instead!!" Mars countered. "The game would be more enjoyable without a stuck up bitch like you!!!" "If that's the case, you should be the first one to leave!!" "Okay, easy! Easy! Easy!" Kintaro cut in. "No one's going to be pulled out of the game, understood? Now I want both teams to go to their respective benches. We lost enough time with this little mess as it is. And I want both of you too cool off before the second half of the game starts." "What do you mean you're not taking her off the game?!?!?" Asuka declared even more enraged. "Are you blind?? Didn't you see what she did???" "Oh, how could I *not* see it!" Kintaro answered as he began to drool. Act 1: Asuka's face expression passed from enraged to shocked by such comment. Act 2: Asuka's face expression passed from shocked to even more enraged. Act 3: Kintaro was knocked unconscious by a very pissed Asuka. "YOU PERVERT!!!" the second child yelled. "Ouch, that's gotta hurt!" Honey stated. "Oh my... what a violent girl." Belldandy pointed out. "Kintaro had it coming though." her co-host added. "Let's hope he'll wake up when the second half begins." **********