A/N: This is the rough sketch of what I would have written. I would have written it better, and drawn it out longer obviously, but I'm not going to. So if you want to know how I would have finished the story, here you go.
Open with Artemis and Butler walking to their final match. They are early and Artemis sits down in a chair. Butler asks if Artemis is still upset about what happened the other day. Artemis replies he is not; he was just shocked at seeing himself somehow dressed in full drag with heavy makeup. Enter Shikamaru and the gang. Upon seeing the 'gorilla-man' again (Butler), Temari and Ino whisper and giggle, pointing occasionally at Artemis. Bulter becomes a little ticked off but doesn't do anything.
Match begins. Artemis and Shikamaru shake hands and exchange a few words or challenge. They begin to play. They play for a little while, neither getting any progress done. Shikamaru does his little thing and begins to gain the upper hand. Artemis does his little thing and evens it out. It's down to the climax and it's anyone's game. The next move is going to determine the win, when for no apparent reason, the lights begin to flicker and turn off, leaving the hall in darkness. Thuds, smashes and a few loud sounds can be heard among the din of people panicking. Someone manages to turn the lights back on and it is revealed that not only has the entire chess set and its table disappeared, the hall is wreaked and there are several gaping holes in the floor. The tournament is cancelled and will not be re-done due to the extensive damage in the hall.
Artemis and Shikamaru shake hands commenting on the good game and how they hope to play each other again. Each leaves, wondering and trying to figure out the strange events.
Open last scene in which the hokage Tsunade is sitting at her desk, grumbling and doing paperwork. Shizune comes in and asks what was her reason for spending a good amount of the treasury hiring a person named "Mulch" for some sort of mission. Tsunade replies that she had, in fact, saved a good amount of money in the treasury by hiring him. She explains that, in a drunken state, she had placed ridiculous sums of money betting on the outcome of the final chess match; however, being piss-ass drunk, she had placed bets on both Artemis and Shikamaru. To escape paying, she had hired Mulch to somehow stop the match and the tournament. She had sent a few ninja along with him to cause the damage necessary. She says that as he had special skills that were needed (as in, digging holes through floors with his mouth). Such skills would not be considered exceptionally unusual among ninja, so there really wasn't any fear on Mulch's part that Tsunade would think he wasn't human, which is why he accepted the job; that, and the amount he got paid.
End story with some sort of humorous remark.