Haruka raised an eyebrow.

"You want me to go on a date with you?" she said skeptically. "You do realize that I'm a lesbian?"

Kintaro nodded. "I'm not asking you out in hopes of seducing you for a night of passion. Let's just go and have fun."

"And Michiru's okay with this?"

Michiru nodded. "He promised to take me out and seduce me for a night passion, so I figured I should at least let you get to know the guy in my life."

Haruka sighed. Michiru was still mad about the theme park incident. "Okay, fine. What should I wear?"

"Rough durable clothing that you can get dirty and don't mind if it gets torn."

Haruka chuckled. "Jeans and a tee shirt?"

Kintaro nodded.

Haruka mock glared at Michiru. "Don't try to take advantage of my date while I'm changing." Michiru smiled, all wide eyes and innocence.

"So where are we going?" Haruka was curious. Kintaro was wearing jeans and a heavy leather jacket.

"Hill climbing," he said with a grin.

"Hill climbing?"

"I have some friends at Nekomi Tech. They are sponsoring this year's 'Hill Climb' and made it a mixed doubles event. They needed more teams to participate, and I immediately thought of you."

Haruka was slightly confused until they rounded a bend and she heard the roar of motorcycle engines. The steep incline at one end of the open field was torn by tracks. Even as they arrived, a rider made a run at the hill, getting halfway up before loosing momentum and tipping over. Haruka's eyes lit up with anticipation.

"I hope you're good," Kintaro said.

Michiru grimaced as Haruka banged in the front door. She was singing at the top of her lungs. Michiru sighed. Haruka never sang unless she was drunk. Fortunately it wasn't late and Hotaru was watching TV. Michiru made it to the kitchen door before she was accosted by her room mate.

Haruka was filthy. Her tee shirt was torn along one side and she had a shallow scrape that was just scabbing over. She was dirty and sweaty. The seam of one leg of her jeans had split from her knee to her hip and only a belt made of some sort of wiring was preserving her modesty.

On the other hand, she was grinning like a maniac and clutching a trophy. Whatever had happened had been fun, at least to Haruka's warped sense of enjoyment. She grabbed Michiru and kissed her with the same sort of passion they had when they first met. Michiru had time to call out to Hotaru that dinner would be late, before Haruka carried her into their room and closed the door.

"So what brought this on?" Michiru whispered some time later, after a shared bath and other things.

"Onii-chan took me hill climbing."

Michiru blinked.

Haruka grinned again. "We won first place. But it seems Onii-chan has a few things he's not perfect at. Driving motorcycles is one of them."

Michiru nodded as she realized what Haruka was talking about. She waited. Whatever it was would spill eventually. Haruka was horrible at holding stories back. Michiru didn't wait long.

"And then, after the races, this hot, platinum haired chick makes some comment about me and Kin-chan being lovers." Haruka was giggling with suppressed mirth. "And Onii-chan comes back with a snappy comment about collecting lesbians. But this chick, Urd, doesn't believe him. So I jump in and offer to prove it. Onii-chan suggests Urd's sister, this little mousy girl called Belldandy. At least she appears mousy at first, but there's something about her. It's like she's a goddess or something. But anyway, she agrees and I kiss her. And it was like the first time I kissed you, only without all the fireworks. But she melts into my arms and her boyfriend gets all jealous. So I turn her loose and tell him not to worry 'cause I don't steal, and I have a girlfriend already. Then this girl pleasantly thanks me for kissing her and turns and lays one on her boyfriend. The poor boy is so shocked. But I won the bet with Urd and we won the trophy." Haruka pointed at the trophy on the headboard. "The team one is at Nekomi Tech, but it has my name and Kin-chan's on it too."

"How exactly did you kiss her?" Michiru asked archly.

Haruka's grin turned a bit wicked. "Kind of like this." And she leaned over and demonstrated. Michiru melted into her arms.

In another part of Tokyo, two sisters were also discussing the day's events.

"I can't believe you actually let her kiss you like that," Urd said.

Belldandy grinned. "Making people happy is part of our job, onee-san. It made her happy."

"So you could tell from kissing her that she was a lesbian?"

"Of course. Women just don't kiss like men do. But I think she does have some feelings of longing for Kintaro-kun." She turned back to her preparations for the evening meal.

"Bell-chan," Urd said softly. "We all have feelings of longing for Kintaro-kun. Or at least the ideal he represents."

AN: Yet another crossover reference. I don't really consider this a crossover though since this will be the only scene in which the Goddesses appear. I may throw in the You're Under Arrest crowd in a later chapter. Just for fun and mayhem.

Mordae