[center][b][u]GIGA COLLAB EPISODE VI:[/u][/b] [i]Return of the Melons[/i]

[b]Summary:[/b] Crossdressing.[/center]

Mercy was so busy cooing over the kitten she actually jumped as Darwin reached a pitch she had not deemed possible. "Whoa! Impressive set of pipes you've got there" She grinned up at Darwin looking back over at Garden she tilted her head to the side still scratching the little thing behind its ears. "Does...it have a name?" Mercy asked. "So far its going to be multi-colored courtesy of Darwin over here, and we're definitely making it big enough for us to fit in" Mercy chuckled at the idea she had by now successfully filled a bucket with sand which was constructive! She got to her feet brushing herself down. "We are going to need a bigger bucket..." She sighed looking up to see where Koop was, she waved at him giggling as the little moogle dive bombed into her arms fluttering his wings behind him happily. "Music is necessary, get some of these lazy buggers up...ice on Crash should definitely happen, also need more space" She instructed the small creature who purred happily before pinging back into the air and zipping away.

Crash by now was dozing, no longer paying attention to his surroundings he didn't really feel the need to. He had practically dried off already by now well minus his swimming trunks they were still damp, and his hair perhaps...not that this really mattered. For unbeknownst to Crash and unfortunately Kathy who was laying beside him, Koop was hovering just above them rummaging through his messenger bag, well they couldn't have people missing out right? Mercy had told him to douse Crash in ice, if he was careful enough he'd miss Kathy. The little moogle fished around his bag before pulling out a stupidly large bag of ice...it was the same size as him! His wings were having to flap twice as fast as they usually did to keep him elevated, with a rather devious little smirk, the cream bundle of mischief grabbed the bottom of the bag and upturned it, sending a wall of ice cubes cascading down straight onto Crash's torso, a few of them probably bounced off of him and straight onto Kathy's back. "Ffffizzwads and Crambletoads!" Crash yelped the shapeshifter's reaction was immediate, as soon as the first few ice cubes touched him he had jolted upright, pulling his arms across his chest as more of the cursed cold things fell on him, he flailed for a moment trying to get his feet as they ran off of his shoulders, down his back he nosedived over Kathy hitting the sand the other side of her, rolling around the sand like a beached whale for a moment. "What the-Who the-grr!" He brushed his hands over his burning chest, completely oblivious to the fact he had probably dropped all of the ice that had previously landed in his lap...on Kathy as he passed her. Koop by now had pegged it, his legs were even moving as he flew away from the pair arms waving wildly either side of him, sweat droplets flying from his head as he moved. 

Garden looked back at the two and smiled. "No.. but I would like to call him or her...sunflower! I had a friend named sunflower and he/she has the same flowers so it seems perfect for her or him" Being tired to wonder if it was a girl or a boy she picked up the kitten and looked underneath it. "Oh its a boy! How oddly lucky!" She giggled as she petted sunflower lightly and cuddle with the cute little bundle of fluff. "Something colorful and big enough to fit us in?! Wow! That sounds really cool!" She smiled brightly and she watched as Lady Mercy asked the cute little poof thing of fluff with wings for a bigger bucket, ice and music. Garden put sunflower on the sand and pet his ears. "Okay, stay there for a moment and I promise I give lots of love and food later." She stood up and help with making the amazing sculpting they were going to make.

"?!" Feeling something cold briefly bounce to her side, Kathy's eyes opened wide with surprise as she reflexively yelped out and swatted away whatever had just landed on her. Before she had real time to ponder what had just happened though, a much bigger yelp beside her distracted her. "What's wro-" Mid-sentence, Crash suddenly flew over her to the other side and dived into the sand. At the same time he had just dumped a wad of ice onto her bare back, making her instantly bolt up in surprise. "Cold cold cold..!" Getting goosebumps from the sudden chill, the ice slid off her back with the help of gravity as she sat up with a look of confusion and surprise.

Now unfortunately for Crash, Kathy had been on her front with her back exposed to the sun the whole time and didn't see the real culprit behind the whole thing. Puffing out one of her cheeks, she took a handful of the melting ice that had fallen behind her and dropped it back on top of Crash. "Geeze, where did you suddenly get this from anyway?" She asked.

Crash looked up as Kathy exclaimed he watched the ice slide from her back his face portraying a sudden flush of guilt. Had he done that? He shivered involuntarily, Goosebumps apparent on his upper torso around the nice red marks that now littered his torso, his eyes instantly flicked up looking for the culprit, he had his knuckles pressed against his pectoral muscles looking a bit like a cave man as he cast his gaze around them frowning, he didn’t notice Kathy grab some of the melting ice and bring it towards him. Of course his reaction when she dropped it on his head was rather amusing. “Nngargh!” He exclaimed as the cold water trailed off his head followed by chunks of ice, he clenched his fists waving his arms from the elbow down only as his shoulders curled in tightly he glared up at her only succeeding in looking rather childish. “Wh-what was that for?!” He squeaked yes squeaked...this was not a proud moment for him, he hadn’t even been aware he could reach that octave. He hopped to his feet reaching up and furiously batting at his head, flicking her with the cold water that had accumulated on his fingertips once he was done before clearing his throat. “Me? I didn’t get it from anywhere! It was tipped on me!” Crash answered her his voice returning to normal, brushed the sand off of his chest. “Why would I tip ice over myself...on purpose?” He added the last part, knowing full well he had in fact spilt ice down himself before by accident. “I’m not a magician I can’t make things appear out of thin air.........” Crash stated, watching her carefully in case she felt the need to bombard him with more ice, a thoughtful expression crossed his mind for a moment. He felt his shoulders slump as the gears clicked into place. “Women...” He muttered as if cursing them in general although he unintentionally left himself open for a punch for that one. “Unless Ara can move like a ninja whilst carrying a bag of noisy ice, there is only one culprit!” Crash announced, lifting his index finger pointing towards the sky before aiming it at Mercy who was assisting Garden and Darwin with a sandcastle. 

Crash without really thinking ducked down beside Kathy, scooping up a handful of the ice that had fallen onto her towel just behind her, as he stood back up he deliberately allowed some to escape his hands so it landed on her before he danced out of her reach knowing he was so going to pay for that at any moment, he hot footed it across the sand making a bee-line for Mercy who was oblivious to him. “MJ!” He called to her when she was close enough, it worked wonders as she turned around Crash threw the melting ice pieces at her as she turned most of which doused her torso, causing her to shriek quite inhumanely and dance around like a ninny as she tried to wipe the ice from her torso. “You little sod! You’ll pay for that!” She growled after Crash as he sprinted away again, heading back towards Kathy out of habit as he retreated from Mercy’s wrath.

“Alright you lot, announcement number 2!” Mercy called to everyone. “I will shortly be revealing the next event! So don’t disappear...trust me you do NOT want to miss this one” Mercy had a very devious smile plastered on her face, her eyes drifted to rest on Koop who was almost finished setting up an assault course on the far side of the beach.

Watching Crash's unexpectedly exaggerated reaction to the ice, Kathy couldn't help but let out a laugh. Especially when his voice actually ended up even higher than her own. She closed her eyes momentarily as a small spray of water was returned to her, but the amused smile on her face did not disappear.

In Kathy's complete defence, she hadn't seen Crash get dumped with the ice before he ended up leaving quite a bit of it on her back. However, listening to his questions and hurried comments, she was beginning to get an idea of what had really transpired. At his little mutter of 'women', however, she puffed out her cheek again and tossed another bit of ice in Crash's direction.

"Ara..? Who's-" Not having been introduced directly, she had forgotten his name for a moment but then remembered that it had been the brown-haired boy from back at the bar. "Right." Letting out a sigh, she had been distracted by the memory and hadn't noticed Crash's movements until he was... Right beside her really. Still sitting up on the towel, Kathy felt her face turn red as the shapeshifter nonchalantly picked up the ice behind her before dropping some of it on her head and running off. At the moment, she was almost glad for the ice on her head really. Hopefully it would help her calm down again. By the time he returned, the blush had mostly faded away again as she looked at him and joked, "You seem really bent on making a lot of enemies today Crash."

Darwin grinned at Garden and Mercy before rollijumping up and down in excitement. "WASN'T THAT KITTEN SO GOD DAMN CUTE!"

Vanessa took off her shades and looked coldly at the boy before her, "Oh look, a very squirmy boy. What do you want?" She scowled at him while putting on a mischievous grin. She loved teasing and watching boys try to impress her, it was a good sport. "Wait....how can you float."

“Aah… That.” Ara shrugged. “Crash, that’s the guy from the bar by the way, threw a water balloon at me, I threw one back, someone else joined in for some reason and… It all just snowballed from there really.” His own temper probably had a lot to do with it, but he wasn’t going to admit to a fault that easily. Besides, no harm was really done and Carmen seemed to have enjoyed herself at any rate.

Carmen looked over at Ara. "Ahhh...I...think I get it? Well, the game was fun anyway, except when I got knocked over. I think I won my duel though!" she said, grinning with pride. "With that guy from the bar, actually...Crash, you said his name was?"

Seven looked down at the girl, so much black.... He gave his signature smile and waved at her even though he was still floating above her. " Well being a bakeneko is sure have its perks!" He smiled as he bath in the sun light while licking his hand. "What about you, this is good sun! Why are you just hiding underneath that parasol?"

Ara nodded in confirmation. "Yup. Probably a nickname, unless he had some pretty wild parents." He wiggled around in his seat a bit. It had been a while but he had hardly dried out at all. He was in swimming trunks so that was fine, but his shirt was getting uncomfortable. He probably should've thought of that and taken it off before the water ballooning had began.

Save looked at Cyber as her whole body started to tickle "umm.. What are you doing" Cyber suddenly kicked a guy in the face as she could see multiple colors appear in front of her vision. She could hear the wind and the people around her as she floated in mid air above Cyber. She gave a dumbfounded look at Cyber and Dendus as she could feel the air on her face "What... happened?"

Cyber was most definitely getting annoyed with these guys yet he can't do much trouble... but as he was about to use Cyber click he remembered that this area was a bit to small and there was still random civilians waling about. So he grabbed the shirt of the guy and pulled his face close to his. "Okay...I am not interested..." he stopped grabbing the guys shirt and walked to Save at his 3ds. 

Save tried to float away but she got sent back into the 3ds as soon as she tried to float away "This is freaking me really out" After a moment of weird movements in the 3ds she saw the same thing she just saw a moment ago as she was being sent back to the real world again "Cyber look I'm real" as she wanted to fly away again but it still didn't work as she entered the 3ds again "I can come to the real world but I can't move an inch" She said as she looked at Cyber through the camera. 

Mercy grinned at Darwin as he rolled(?)Jumped about still obviously excited by the kitten, she dusted her hands off. Having readjusted after Crash’s icy assault, she glanced at Garden and Darwin. “Excuse me for a moment” She smiled at the pair, before walking back over to her chair, climbing back up the ladder she stood up on the chair. “Alright everyone listen up, the next event is all set up!” Mercy announced motioning at the rather interesting assault course that had been set up where the waterballoon dodgeball had taken place earlier, in front of them were 6 closed [url=http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh205/Papercraftbucket/Own%20Crafts/chests.jpg] chests[/url] 2 of each kind. “Sorry gentleman you lost the last event so you've been nominated for the next one. Unfortunately because of treacherous rule breaking and friendly fire you are doing the next challenge in fancy dress...or more to the point woman's clothing” Mercy continued grinning deviously. “Ladies for winning the last event, how would you like to pick one of the guys and make them look pretty?”She asked, looking rather smug with herself as she looked at the 5 guys stood within close quarters. Darwin, Ryuu, Ara, Seven and Crash were still stood close by. “Once all the guys are dressed up its a free-for-all through the assault course to our left” Mercy continued explaining. “This course must be completed in the outfit you will dressed in, no ifs or buts that is a rule! The course pretty much speaks for itself under the netting over the rickety ladder bridge and to the table at the end. On that table you will find 6 pieces of paper on it, pick [b]One[/b]. You must grab whatever is written on that piece of paper and take it with you over the finish line if you fail to grab your item you’ll lose the race and be in for a nasty forfeit” She explained hoping she hadn’t left anything out. “Alright, so who’s dressing up who? We’ve got Ara, Ryuu, Darwin, Seven and Crash up for grabs. Once you’ve got one take them over to one of the six chests and get started” She grinned deviously. 

Crash hadn’t realised how flustered he had made Kathy as he’d scooped up the ice though he offered her a cheeky grin at what she said. “As long as you’re on my side I’m good” He returned her jest, winking slyly at her. His ears perked up as he heard Mercy announce the next speech, he stood beside Kathy folding his arms as he listened, though at some point he finally cottoned on to what she was implying. [i]What? Hell no![/i] He grimaced before attempting to slink away from the large group.

Cyber looked at Save who was trying to get out of his 3ds...he was confused and sort of freak out why she was doing that...'Maybe she is a really human?' He thought but he shook his head and tried to to freak out. "Look lets talk about this...or you being stuck in my 3ds... later but for now... what is happening outside?" He heard some noises outside form the shop, picking up the 3ds with Save in it he turned back to the guy he was trying to seduce with. "Onii-chan! I will be right back! please wait for me." He giggled in a happy [s] fake [/s] tone and left the store skipping. As he was already at the beach he could some sort of...beach olympics? or games...what ever! He wonder what was happening and why are there chest on the beach. 'What the hell?" he questioned what was happening, he turned the 3ds around so Save could see the beach. "Here, it a nice view but not my type...I seen better in video games..." He smirked as he watched the waves crash down on the shore.

Realizing Crash was trying to slip away from them, she quickly grabbed onto his wrist to stop him. "I guess I've chosen the one to dress up then." Kathy smiled, enjoying the situation quite a bit. [i]'Crash in a dress...'[/i] She almost felt bad at finding the image incredibly hilarious. Almost. Not quite enough to let go and allow him to escape.

Pulling him towards a chest that was blue and yellow in colour, Kathy reassured him, "Come on. It'll be fun. And women's clothing isn't all that uncomfortable, I promise." Rummaging through the chest, she found that there was quite an assortment inside. From costumes like dancer outfits or wedding dresses, to more normal and casual clothes like mini-skirts or summer dresses. Laughing, she beckoned Crash over and asked, "Okay... I'll be nice and let you choose what sort of outfit you want. Easy to move in and revealing? Or well-covered and not quite good for the beach?"

Maria grinned at Mercy's words, her eyes darting over to Ryuu. She walked over to him with a wide grin on her face. 

[b]"Well, look what we have here? You need some clothes don't you?"[/b] She spoke slowly, giving the boy a smirk. She turned to Mercy and motioned that she was taking Ryuu. She then motioned for the boy to follow her. She took a look in one of the chests and looked through it a bit. Nothing was really sparking her interest. Everything was too... plain. She threw dresses behind her back left and right before stopping. Her eyes went wide as she looked at it. She glanced over at Ryuu with a look that said, 'Should I? Should I really?' Her lips curled upwards and she smiled. She held up a piece of cloth. Two pieces in fact. She held a red, white, and blue bikini in her hands. The top had red, white, and blue tassels hanging from the breasts. She glanced over at Ryuu, trying to contain her laughter, already imagining the poor boy in it.

Carmen was intrigued when she heard the next event was going to be a crossdressing obstacle course. She had no idea how that would go down but as the lady went through the details she grew an amused grin. Turning to Ara with a bright smile, she said, "So! Are you game? I CHOOSE YOU!" [s]Ara is now a Pokemon[/s]

Grinning widely, Ara jumped out from his seat and looked back at Carmen. "Hah, great. Just when I wanted some dry clothes to change into." Unlike the other guys, he wasn't fazed at all at the fact that he'd have to dress in women's clothing. After all, he had memories of [i]being[/i] a woman. The horrors and embarrassment of those could not possibly be compared to mere cross-dressing. Rubbings his hands together, he waited for Carmen to start leading him over to one of the chests. "Do I get to wear your awesome hat? Though I hope you'll dress me in something I can still win the race in."

Carmen raised one eyebrow when Ara seemed almost eager to change into women's clothing. It certainly wasn't the reaction she was expecting, but then again his doppelganger was a girl. But still...that can't make crossdressing something that requires no hesitation or impulse negative reactions. Oh well...it just made it easier for her. "Sorry, this hat is off limits," she said in response to his question. "Ok...let's do this then!" She pulled him over to one of the chests and opened it up. "And no promises on the race winning thing...this has to be as entertaining as possible, obviously." She rummaged through the chest, finding all kinds of wonderful things to put on Ara. She momentarily stopped, thinking. "Yeah, it's gotta be this one," she said, pulling out a gigantic wedding dress...veil, train and everything. "Still excited?" she asked with a smirk. "Well, go on, put it on!" she said, holding the dress out for Ara to grab. "It's easy!", she finished with a laugh.

Alistair was very interested to find out what a 'cross-dressing' competition was and as his followers could cleary see the way out of the forest he had his light fade out till they could no longer see him and transformed into a bunny. as said bunny he hopped out of the woods and onto the beach , slowly hopping across the sand until he was approaching the large group congregating there. he then stopped staring at the group, which contained a few very attractive girls, including one with a very odd hat and a girl who appeared to have snakes for hair, he was really enjoying this particular group of guests.

Ara rolled his eyes and let out a groan. "What part of that looks easy to race in?" The white dress was ridiculously poofy and probably extended past his ankles. "... Is this karma for the whole wedding heckling I was doing back at the bar?" He wondered aloud, and looked at Carmen with one brow raised in suspicion. Was he allowed to rip the thing to make it a bit easier to run in? Technically he would still be wearing the entire outfit. Wrinkling his nose, Ara took the dress from Carmen and shook it up and down a few times in distaste. "Seriously. If I'm going to compete, I want to try to win you know?"

Carmen laughed. "No it's not karma...that was hilarious! And this will be hilarious too," she finished, confident in her logic. "So win!" she said playfully. "You'll find a way. That dress is very expensive, you know. So don't compete [i]too[/i] fiercely. It's like racing while holding a priceless painting. You can do that, right?" She was very amused by this whole situation, and her face showed it. "Besides, I'd imagine you can use the fact that you're wearing an entire bridal outfit to distract your opponents," she opined. "Although I absolve myself from all responsibility if Crash teases you for it. Fair's fair."

Ara couldn't see a better time than the present to admit he probably wouldn't have cared squat about holding a priceless painting. "Aah, so you mean I can just let the thing snag and rip as I please? That's fine then." It wasn't his dress or money. Or Carmen's for that matter. Meaning, he felt very little guilt in potentially ruining the whole thing down to rags. He sighed and unzipped the back of the dress. Taking off his shirt, he stepped into the opening and pulled the dress up over his swimming trunks as he slipped it on. About halfway through pulling the zipper up, however, it got stuck and he couldn't finish putting it on. "Hey Carmen, help me out here."

Waiting for her to help, Ara looked at some of the other clothes poking out of the chest. At least his wasn't very revealing. Even he would've been quite apprehensive about showing too much skin in something clearly meant for the opposite gender. "And Crash can try all he wants. Oh, but if he asks then you're my groom alright?" Smiling cheekily, he winked at Carmen.

Carmen's eyes widened a little as he discussed being careless to the dress. "Hmm...I'm going to have to go with no on that one, boss," she said, somewhat half playfully. "I don't like seeing a good dress go to waste, you know." She walked around as he attempted to put it on, and soon enough asked for her help. "Aww, you can't do it yourself? ...well, at least I know you're not [i]experienced[/i] then," she chided playfully. She walked up behind him and unstuck the zipper, zipping it the rest of the way up. "Hmm, that was too easy," she remarked to herself. "They could've at least picked a harder dress to get into. Well, it's least it's big." Carmen reacted in dramatic shock when he mentioned the groom. "ME?! A [i]groom[/i]? Certainly not," she said indignantly. "I'm just a bridesmaid, dear," she retorted with an endearing smile. "Ready for your [i]big day[/i] yet?"

"Your fault for putting it on me. You've been warned." Ara shrugged back. Then hearing her comment about being 'experienced', he couldn't help but let out a small, defeated-sounding laugh. Oh if only she knew. Though technically he had never really cross-dressed himself before, so perhaps it didn't really count if all he had were disconnected 'memories'. Also, he had to admit he was surprised to find that the dress actually fit. Ara wasn't exactly bulky, but he was still bigger than the average female due to his gender. And unlike girls, his waist didn't slim down dramatically to create curves. Well... The chest area was awkwardly just hovering over his non-existant upper curves but that much was to be expected.

Pretending to look hurt, Ara clutched at his chest and clicked his tongue. "Ouch. Rejected right before the big event. What a mean woman you are." Then letting out a laugh, he gestured towards all the wedding accessories still in her hand. "So are you gonna let me off the hook with this much, or are you going to put those on me too? I have no idea how all those things go, so you're going to have to put them on me yourself if you're going to dress me in them."

"It's not me, it's you," she responded playfully. "And of [i]course[/i] you have to wear these too. They're not that hard to figure out, but let me help you out. The necklace goes on the neck, the veil goes on the head, the bracelets go on the wrists, ...I think you get the idea. Have fun!" she finished as she handed the lot to him.

The next event draws near, and Anedine still hasn't found a partner. Like a watchful eagle on its routine hunt, the meek girl's eyes rolled over to the group. Ryuu was taken by the Principal disappointingly, after he had seemed to compliment Anedine for her "beautiful presence", of which she only responded with a simple smile. Then there was a purple-haired boy (Darwin), a boy with a presence comparable to Ryuu's, and possibly his friend too. After a short two-second debate in her head on whether she is sure about her decision, Anedine walked over to him, her had waving a warm greeting and an invitation.

"Poor me, i don't have anyone to partner with." Anedine asked in her usual timid, cutish tone. "Mind if you would be one?"

Dendus, while still heading to the souvenir shop, briefly screamed in surprise as Cyber suddenly disappeared off from his hand. Wait a second, it seemed he said something beforehand... Breach Oily Picks? Peach All Repicks?

...[s]Beach Olympics![/s]

He looked around, finally seeing the two heading to the direction of the sandy shores. He sighed frustratingly, wondering why does he even try to be with her... wait a second, two!? There goes it, the girl in the device is real. His body shook in surprise again, before calming himself down. He walked to their direction, to find there was only the girl again. Probably just imagining things? Ah, well. On another look around the vicinity, it seemed that the Beach Olympics has already begun, and with the first event already over. There was what seemed to be girls' clothes , and a line of men with a female partner nearby. 

Cyber made sure that Save could see the whole view of the ocean, well it was pretty but he hated the outdoors so he really didn't like it much. While looking around he notices the guy from earlier, he should really asked his name... he waved him over and walked to him well skipped to keep his girly innocent girl persona contact. "Oh Hi again Onii-chan! Sorry I had to leave earlier I needed to talk to someone but I am okay again! Oh I should really ask your name, my name is Cyber nice to meet you!" He gave a very sweet [s] totally fake but doesn't seem like one [/s] smile and batter his eyelashes. He was getting a bit annoyed, he just wanted some food and a drink for free! But as soon he though of food his stomach gave a loud growl. "Oh! wow I must be that hungry" He gave another giggle and looked at the guy waiting for the right response he was looking for. Meanwhile the 3ds he was holding was still pointed at the beach. He looked back at Save hoping she is enjoying the view. Cyber was getting a wee bit impatient and started to look around a bit more. "Hey lets look at event, it looks fun! I will go ahead okay?" He giggled again with a fake tone but you know doesn't seem like it and walked towards the beach. While walking he was so busy about thinking about food he accidentally bumped into someone (Ara) causing him to fall on the sand. "Ow!, hey be careful!" He shouted at the guy as he got up and rubbed of the sand of his shorts.

Garden listened carefully to what lady Mercy said...a cross dressing race competition for the guys!! Oh she never heard such on an event. Males in dresses or skirts at an obstacle course...what excitement! She looked around for a guy to dress up as but as she was about to ask Sir Darwin another girl asked him... 'Oh Lady Anedine!' She smiled as she saw her again, so since Sir Darwin was taken she looked around for another partner... to her surprise she forgot about sunflower! She picked up the little kitten and then again looked around for a partner... It looked like a lot of were taken... 

Seven was so confused...a cross dressing thing and he is included? But he didn't even join that idiotic fight thing earlier...

Darwin was upset thinking of kittens flying around his mind when suddenly.....a girl appeared out of nowhere. Why did girls just love to jump him whole he thought about kitten and or skittles. Now he tonight about it he was hungry for skittles. he chuckled as the girl approached and piped up, "Hey! Anedine...right? oh I'd love to, nobody has picked me yet and I'm getting pretty bored just standing here in the seller ing sun with all this sand everywhere! So yeah! So what you want!" As he said this he tried with all his might not to stare at what Ryuu called giant melons....