Having just watched most of Battle Athletes Victory, this little fic popped into my head. Battle Athletes is the property of Taro Maki and TV Tokyo. Vincent Seifert has kindly created a webpage to host most of my fics. An Awakening of Demons, Nabiki's War and all of my spamfics/shortfics can be found at: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/seifertv/kagami/ Yoshiro_san has kindly created a webpage to host my Ranma/Slayers spamfic series, Mother. You can find this series at: http://members.xoom.com/Yoshiro_san/mother/ --- The Great Competition A Ranma/Battle Athletes Fusion By Kagami --- Akane, are you going to give up your dream? No... no, Ucchan. I will make it to the University Satellite. Definitely. But... Baka, a little thing like this isn't going get me down. I'll see you there next year, Akane. Promise? I promise, Ucchan. Ucchan, thank you. Without you, I don't know what I would have... Tendo Akane smiled as she waved to the cheering crowds. Stepping out at the head of the juniors was a huge thrill. Behind them was the entire senior group, veterans of past Great Competitions. The stadium was packed to full capacity to welcome the competitors, new and old, to another year of challenges. I'll win the title this year, Ucchan. I'll be waiting for you. Over the roars of the crowd, she could hear the stadium announcer introduce the appearing competitors in his own irrepressible manner. "There she is, Japan's very own battle goddess, Tendo Akane! The daughter of three times Cosmo Beauty, Mido Tomoe!" Mother. I made it. I actually made it here! "As our viewers from Osaka will remember, Tendo Akane managed a stunning and surprising victory in the Antarctica Training School Championships, carrying the flag for Japan after Kansai's great hope, Kounji Ukyo, was forced to retire from the field. Behind Akane-chan, is the second place-holder of those Championships, Shampoo!" "Akane, now we on University Satellite, Shampoo no go easy on you." The purple-haired Amazon champion grinned slightly, promising that she would be true to her word. "You lucky in last round of competition. Shampoo win for sure this time." Akane grinned back, eager for the challenge. "I won't lose, Shampoo." She came to a halt at the edge of the stadium field. The others filed into ranks behind and to the side of her, but Akane's attention was fully focused on the entering seniors. Most of them had been at the University Satellite for at least a year. What were their skills like? How much of a difference was there? Her attention was drawn to the leader of the group. The gazes of everyone else were also drawn to the calmly walking figure in the front rank. Brown- haired and with a gentle smile, she seemed to radiate confidence. "And in the front of the University Satellite seniors - the greatest champion since the era of Mido Tomoe and twice Cosmo Cooking Beauty: Kasumi!" ---