Story: Ataru's Kingdom

At the hotspring outside Ataru's house, Benten wasn't really sure what to do next. Her head felt groggy still from all that steam, so she did the only thing that she could do under the circumstances. Take stock of her situation and try to work out the next step. Obviously, she had to continue her investigation, and these girls were gonna help her get undercover. So she could figure out the best way to approach Ataru without getting hit by... whatever the hell had broken reality around Tomobiki.

As for the three girls, their names were Kasai, Shisakawa and Aoi. Each of them had different coloured hair, and matching cheerleader uniforms - Kasai was red, Shisakawa yellow, Aoi was blue. Same kinda design as the one benten was wearing now. Way too girly for her tastes if she was being honest. Urgh, she couldn't wait to change back into her regular metal bikini, way more her speed!

Suddenly, a little fairy arrived. It landed on Kasai's head and had a letter for her. She grabbed it, unfolded it, and the other two crowded around to take a look. "We've been invited to, like, cheer for the harem exam!" Kasai read, sounding genuinely excited about it. "Yay! I can't wait!"

"That Lum girl you like is going to be there~" Aoi said, aimed squarely at Shisakawa. "You're obsessed with aliens, and that's the perfect chance to meet one."

"Yeah, so what?" Shisakawa harrumphed. "Kyoko's away, so we're down a girl... Unless...?"

Their attention turned to Benten, who was staring at them blankly. After a moment she pointed to herself in disbelief. "What me?" she asked. "No way! I know I said I'd go undercover, but cheering at a harem exam? That's a bit too much for me!"

"I suppose she's right," Aoi shrugged. "It's obvious if you look at the way she walks."

"Way too butch, way too rough, Bentend doesn't have the stuff!" Kasai cheered away.

"I bet Lum would've done it, for sure..." Shisakawa sighed.

And so, the three of them had jumped on Benten's main lever - her competitive nature. It would be a good chance to investigate. Not to mention she'd get to shove their faces in it! How hard can this cheerleading thing be, anyway? Alright, fine! "I'll show you!" Benten snapped back. "Yeah, you ain't gonna see a girlier chick than me, when I set my mind to it! You got it!"

"Then you have to start by sorting out that walk," Shisakawa said, gesturing in the general area of Benten's hips. "Way too butch, if you ask me."

The three of them seemed to be in agreement with that, and turned around taking delicate steps while rolling their hips. It was almost like they were saying, simultaneously, both meanings of "walk this way". That is to say, "follow me" and "walk like this". Sure, okay. As if Benten would have any problem with something like that! All she had to do was put one foot in front of the other and then -

The pleated skirt she was wearing sort of swished around her hips, and the bottom of it brushed gently against the underside of her butt. Simultaneously, the grass that the skirt was made from released its unusual pollen, lightly dusting Benten's thighs and making her feel very, very good. She took another step. The process repeated. Then another, and another, and - Each time she did, that same wonderful feeling coursed through Benten's body. Swish, swish, swish. It was as though she was being rewarded for walking in a sexy way. Sway and swish and work those hips. It encouraged a girly gait. Praised her for adopting this form of strut. It, combined wit hthe milkd and the steam, were making Benten's head really, really cloudy.

"Ta-da! Here's where we practice!" Aoi said. It wasn't anything special, so far as Benten could see. It was a regular old hall with wooden floors, and a statue of Ataru at the back flexing muscles while chicks hung off him in horny worship. Whatever, no big deal.

"Yay! Practice! Y-A-Y!" Kasai said, doing a series of alternating high kicks from the excitement. This led to the other two nudging her with their elbows to get her to calm down. As if anything could when she was about to cheer her heart out!

"So, it looks like you've totally got that walk down now, but that's the easy part," Shisakawa said. "I mean, I'd much rather have Lum walk like that, or some other super cute alien -"

"You do realise I'm an alien, don't - " Benten began but didn't get to finish her sentence before Shisakawa was upon her with stars in her eyes. "Erm... Never mind! Can we focus on, like, helping me get under C-O-V-E-R?"

Benten didn't notice she'd spelled that rather than saying it. She was a bit too focused on proving these girls wrong!

"So, we're gonna start you off with a simple cheer, see how you do!" Aoi said. "Ready girls?"

"I was born ready!" Kasai said, and honestly given the way she behaved it wouldn't be surprised if she was born with a pompom in each hand.

All three of them then put their hands straight up in the air while keeping their legs straight, letting out a cry of "H!" in unison. Hah! Easy! Benten copied them right away, this was gonna be super easy, she'd barely have to try any-

"Stop, stop!" Shisakawa said, breaking formation. "Urgh, that face... It's super cute, but you're ruining it."

"Huh? Ruining what?" Benten asked, unconsciously shifting her weight to keep the skirt swaying, because she was pretty thoroughly addicted to the pollen at this point and needed a hit.

"That scowl on your face, dummy!" Kasai said, flicking her on the forehead. "You show up so grim and determined like that, everyone's gonna see through your disguise right away!"

"And then Ataru will do something weird to you," Aoi said ominously. "Hrm... Oh, I know! Wear this, it'll keep anyone from seeing that scowl!"

Benten was handed something a bit weird. A green silk veil. Ah! Okay! If she wrapped this around her mouth like this, it would keep anyone from seeing her face! The perfect disguise. She took a deep breath from it, and wobbled a little. It wasn't made of skirt flipping grass, but whatever it was made of did make her feel kinda heady and... she giggled a little, in exactly the way that a tough chick like her didn't.

Seeming satisfied with this the trio resumed their positions and - "Gimme an H!" They adopted the same pose as before. "Gimme an A!" This time they jumped apart and arched their arms so their hands were touching far above their heads. And then -

"Hold it!" Shisakawa said. "Benten, that was a pretty heavy stomp when you jumped just now."

"Huh?" Benten grunted. "Whadaya mean, stomp?"

"Yeah, that's way too heavy, you need to be lighter, or your stomping is gonna make everyone turn to stare at you," Aoi said.

"I know, I have just the thing!" Kisai said, producing these long sorta see-through things, made of the same kinda material as the veil. "If we get these hanging from your skirt around your legs, it'll make your movements much more graceful."

"Some kinda anti-grav thing?" Benten asked. She'd never seen anything quite like this before. How did it work? Was this more of that 'magic' stuff that humans had? Whatever, Benten attached these things to the top of her skirt and let them hang down. Experimentally, she tried jumping in place and barely made a sound when she landed. Neat. It looked kinda pretty, too. Although,she was sure she'd seen this kinda thing on -

"Gimme an H! Gimme an A! Gimme an R!" The first two had the same poses as before, and Benten immediately copied them without hesitation. The last one was new, and required them to lean over with one arm stretched out over their head - and once again they stopped.

"Wait!" Aoi said. "Clearly, that uniform is totally getting in the way. Let me just make this little adjustment, and..."

That adjustment was tucking the uniform a bit so that it showed off her midriff. Yeah, whatever, this was no big deal. Benten wore more revealing stuff like this normally anyway!

"Gimme an H! Gimme an A! Gimme an R! Gimme an E - Oh, hold on Benten, one last adjustment?"

"Huh? Yeah?" What else might they want to change. Ah... Another adjustment to her top. This time unbuttoning all but a single button, to ensure maximum cleavage exposure. Which was absolutely important and vital to her blending in because -

...

Ah, Benten was sure there was a reason for it.

"H-A-R-E-M, what kind of girl is Benten?"

Her head was swirling. Without realising it, Benten had allowed this weird mixed up crazy changed reality get to her. Without being anywhere near Moroboshi, she'd let strange things happen. Put on strange clothes. Interacted with strange girls. Drunk lots of mind altering milk. Breathed in bizarre steam.

Was it any wonder then, that she tittered in a way she'd have found gross and weird not too long ago, and replied with "A cheerleader harem girl! Teehee!"