Title: Barbie Girl
Author: Potato Maiden
Pairing: Umi Ryuuzaki/Ascot
Fandom: Magic Knight Rayearth
Theme: #14 - radio-cassette player
Disclaimer: I do not own Magic Knight Rayearth, it, and all it's components belong to Clamp, who refuse to answer my phone calls...

Intrigued wasn't the right word. Neither was curious. Nor was fascinated. Wait, no, fascinated was the perfect word to describe Ascot on a bleary Cephiran morning. Ascot stared at the strange contraption that was sitting on the floor of the main ballroom. Ascot pushed a button - the one with an arrow pointing to the right. After pushing the button, a horrible noise came out. The noise sounded like a group of boys singing about hearts being torn. Ascot quickly pushed another button before pushing the first again. Again, another horrible noise reached the palu's ears. This time the boys were lonely and sung to a slower, mellower beat. Ascot pushed the button that changed songs and waited before pushing the noise button.

I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world...

Ascot pushed the button with a square on it quickly, terrified. What in the name of the Creator was Barbie and why were hearts being torn and then the boys were lonely? What kind of demon was this? One that would have to be destroyed. Before Ascot could do anything, the magic knights came into the room, loudly singing the song about this Barbie person. The three of them giggled as Fuu pulled Hikaru out of the room while Umi approached Ascot.

"Oh good! You found my cassette player!" she exclaimed, picking up Ascot's demon.

"What's that for?" he asked, eying it cautiously.

"It plays music." she pushed play and Barbie Girl started to play again. Ascot pushed the stop button and shook his head.

"What's a 'Barbie'?"

"It's a little plastic doll that little girls play with. Barbie has her boyfriend, or husband or some form of guy friend, Ken."

"Kind of like us?" Umi tilted her head to the side confused.

"What?"

"We're like Barbie and Ken, right?" Umi thought for a moment before nodding.

"Right Ascot." Ascot stood up to his full height and kissed Umi on the forehead. Umi smiled and left the room, carrying the demon cassette player away.