Sometimes in Hello!Pro it didn't matter if you were the one actually involved in the activity or not. All the girls were competitve, and rules were broken, added, and modified to their liking. For instance, durring the cart race, the so called "spectators" decided to get in on the action themselves. Some swayed the race in favor of girls in their group, or ones they liked, others just did anything they felt like.
The girls got off to a good start. Everyone was looking strong. Well, as strong as they could look for being drunk. Mari was vigurously pointing in the direction of the lamp yelling "GO!GO!GO!". She even slapped the side of the cart, like a rider kicks his horse. Erika was runnig full speed. Mai was holding the side of the cart running with her. But things got bad real fast when Mai tried to get in the cart. She was having difficulty trying to get in on the run, and her long legs weren't helping her. Erika and Mai were still at a dead sprint with the cart, cursing as loud as they could.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Mai was trying desperately to get in.
Back in the crowd Aya was still having trouble going with the flow.
Yuuko looked over at her.
"Shoe"
"What?"
"Give me your shoe"
"Why"
"To make things a little more interesting."
Aya complied. Mostly from fear.
Yuuko. The wind up. The pitch.
"Ow! Mother Fu-" a car horn beeped in the distance. "-ng son of a bitch!"
Strike!
In Yossie's cart, Makoto was grabbing onto her head.
'You know' Miki thought to herself 'screw futsal and kickbase. With all the throwing going on around here we should totally play baseball.'
Looking back on the past 7 days. It was true. Things were being thrown constantly.
The racers kept going. It was only a few seconds into the race. Asami's team was quickly approaching one of those stips in the middle of parking lots. The ones that have the curbs, usually some grass or dirt inside them. But they weren't stopping. They kept going full speed ahead. Asami and Miuna were both thinking the same thing 'go for glory'. Both knew what would happen in the coming seconds. But there was no backing down. Asami crouched down on the back on the shopping cart, and Miuna gripped onto the sides tighter.
BAM.
The shopping cart made an odd sound as it hit the cement. The two front wheels hit causing the back end of the cart to come up in the air. Miuna, after being thrown from the cart, managed to tumble, while Asami was launched up and over it. She came to a rolling stop a few feet away from her. Legs sticking up in the air, hanging there for a few seconds, and then hitting the ground with a cloud of dust. The crowd responded imediately, some laughing and some yelling 'ooooucchhh'
Back in the race Mai was still trying to get inside the cart. Just then, Erika lost control and the cart swerved in front of Mai. Mai was still trying to get in the cart when she slamed into it. Erika fell to the ground, and Mai hitting the side of the cart caused it to turn over and Mai go up on top of it and then back onto the ground. The girls and the cart skidded to a halt.Part of her long legs still rested on the cart as she gripped her sides.
"bad idea bad idea"
Only Korenaga/Mari, Inaba/Yui, and Yossie/Makoto were left now. The teams were relatively close. First place would be decided on the turn around the street light. Korenaga, not familiar with the finer points of shopping cart racing, did not know how well a cart could turn. She came in close to the light, and slamed her weight down on her heels. If she were on a tiled or wood surface it probably would have worked much better. The pavement though, with her sudden shift caused the cart to spin more than she would have liked. She kept spining trying to regain control, while Makoto and Yossie tried to make the turn next. They managed to do it quite well. But Yossie couldn't straighten in out after that, and ran them right into a curb. The handle went right into Yossie's ribs as she slamed into it. By this time Asami/Miuna and Erika/Mai were on their way. Inaba and Yui managed to round the corner fantastically. It would have been smooth sailing into first place had they not hit Kore and Mari's cart on the side. Asami and Miuna tried rounding the turn with little speed. Soon Erika and Mai were there and the teams got stuck. Further up the road, Yossie had managed to get them back on the street and was hauling ass. Mari and Yui were fighting with each other from the carts, shoving both the carts and each other. Mari finaly managed to give Yui a good shove, that sent her into the opposite side of the cart, throwing off Inaba's balance.
"HA! HA!" Mari yelled triumphantly, and then turned her veiw back onto the road. Her expresion suddenly changed as she realized what was about to happen. Korenaga was so focused on keeping balance that she completely ingnored the pothole.
Bam.
Actually more of a crash with a thud and some yelling.
From the ground Mari looked up, stuck out one hand and yelled in over dramatice movie fashion 'NOOOO!!!" as Yossie and Makoto claimed first place.