Konoha's Drift King
Chapter 1: Enter Uzumaki Naruto
7:30 pm,
The roar of engines was the only sound heard as two cars swerved down the treacherous curves of the mountain. The two cars in question,a Mazda RX-7 with a pink paint job and a row of sakura petals lining the side skirt of the car was currently leading a purple Nissan 350Z with the letterings "Bad Ass" decaled on the sides. The two cars drifted gracefully around the unforgiving bends with the gracefulness of a ballet dancer. This downhill battle continued for a good 20 minutes until they reached the bottom of the mountain.
The RX-7 screeched to a halt, immediately surrounded by a mob of people swarming to get a look at the best female drifter in the fire country. The driver of the 350-Z did a strong power slide stopping right behind the RX-7.
The door opened to reveal a stunning beauty around 17 years get out of the car. She was wearing a red tank top with a light blue jeans finished with a Nike high top sneakers. The true shocker was her bubblegum pink hair that matched the paint job of her car, while her eyes were beautiful Shade of Emerald green. This girl was the infamous drift queen of , Sakura Haruno.
Meanwhile, the driver of the 350-Z got out from the car only to reveal a blonde bombshell. Her waist length platinum blonde hair tied into a high ponytail while a bang covered her right eye. She wore a tight purple shirt that hugged her body showing off her curves and a purple mini-Skirt showing off her long legs. This was the Gossip queen of Konoha, Ino yamanaka. She was the second best female driver in the country only second to the "Cherry Blossom" Sakura Haruno. Ino turned to her competition and spoke
"hey forehead! It was a nice race". Sakura turned to her childhood friend and replied with a smile
" No problem piggy. You are starting to get better."
The two girls smiled at each other before embracing. Suddenly a cold and cocky voice broke the moment
"Sakura Haruno, How are you doing today?"
The two girls turned around to see a young man about their age with raven hair shaped like a duck's ass. The voice belonged to none other than Sasuke Uchiha.
Sasuke was the son of Fugaku Uchiha, the head of the Konoha police force. The police force was responsible for maintaining the law and order in the city. They were ruthless in dealing with felons, hence everyone stayed clear of them.
Sasuke thought he was better than everybody was just because he was an Uchiha. This made him into a cocky and arrogant brat. Sakura did not wish to deal with the bastard right now. Sasuke was popular due to his status as the Uchiha heir and due to the mysterious and dark personality, he flaunted.
He had a huge following of fan girls trying their best to get the attention of the Uchiha heir but Sasuke always tried to get sakura to go on a date with him, No matter how many times Sakura told him that she was not interested in him.
"Get lost Sasuke, I am not in the mood to deal with you right now" said Sakura.
She was getting annoyed. However, Sasuke would have none of it. He walked forward and pulled Sakura's forearm causing her to yelp in pain
"Ah! What is wrong with you Sasuke? I told you i am not interested in you."
Sasuke was furious. He was an Uchiha, an elite yet this common girl was resisting his attempts. It was starting to piss him off. He was about to shout at her when a voice interrupted him
"You probably should release the girl. It is not nice to treat a Beautiful Blossom so roughly". The voice was soft, warm and caring.
Sakura was shocked and turned around to see the person to whom the voice belonged only to meet two beautiful Shining sapphire orbs. Sakura then took in the features of her would be savior.
The boy was around the same age as her, He stood at about 6'3 with a nice build. He was not too bulky but had a decent amount of muscle. He had sun-kissed blonde hair, which was probably untamable as it was sticking up in all directions. He had beautiful blue eyes expressed the warmth he held within. The most peculiar thing about him was the six whiskers like scars on both his cheeks. He was very handsome to say the least.
The mystery boy walked up to them and forced Sasuke to release his hold on her and questioned her if she was alright.
This broke Sakura out of her reverie as she blushed a little at the proximity.
The boy gave her a warm smile and asked
"Hey are you alright? What's your name?".
Sakura quickly composed herself and Replied
"I.. uh… I am fine. My name is Sakura Haruno. It hurts just a little. Sorry but who are you? I have never seen you here before and why did you help me?"
The boy gave her a grin, which she could only call fox-like, further accentuated by the whisker like scars as he spoke
"Well… My name is Naruto. I am Uzumaki Naruto. I just moved into town yesterday, I heard that there were races happening on the mountain, so I came to check it out. As for why I helped you, I don't like watching people getting hurt." He offered a warm smile
"The duck-ass over there doesn't seem to get the hint that you're not interested."
Hearing Naruto call Sasuke duck ass had many people snickering. Ino took the moment to make her presence known.
"Now that you look closely, Sasuke's hair does look like a duck's ass."
She walked up to Naruto and introduced herself "Hey there Naruto, My name is Ino Yamanaka. But you can call me Ino." She held out her hand. Naruto was more than happy to make another friend, shook her hand with vigor.
"Nice to meet you too Ino" was his reply.
He then turned to face Sasuke and shot him a glare "What the hell is your problem? Why don't you leave her alone?"
Sasuke was pissed, He was an Uchiha and this no name punk was talking as if he were his equal. Sasuke gave him a cocky smirk and told him "I am Sasuke Uchiha, the heir of the Uchiha clan and Konoha's drift king. I will do whatever I want. So why don't you just fuck off".
Now this got Naruto interested. 'So this teme is the drift king eh? It is not going to be boring here as I thought'. Naruto gave a mischievous grin "Then why don't we race?"
There was a collective gasp from the crowd. Sakura was shocked. Even she could not beat Sasuke but a new, no name guy had just challenged Sasuke on his home turf.
'He must be crazy' thought Sakura.
Naruto then continued, "If I win you leave Sakura alone."
Sasuke was looking at Naruto like he had grown a second head. "Are you stupid or something? You do know that I am the drift king right?" asked Sasuke. "Then you shouldn't have any problem beating me right? So how about it then, do we have a deal? " replied Naruto keeping his calm.
Sasuke smirked "All right dobe. We have a deal. But what if I win?"
Naruto kept up his smile and told," You can have my car."
Sakura was beyond shocked, here was a guy betting his car on a race with impossible odds just to make Sasuke leave her alone. She was very happy that someone would worry about her but at the same time angry that he thought she could not handle herself.
She then interjected
"Naruto, what are you doing? You cannot go around making bets like that. I don't even know you."
Naruto just gave her a mega watt smile. He came close and whispered in her ear "Relax Sakura, I got this."
With that, he turned around to face Sasuke and await his answer. Sasuke thought about it for a moment before plastering his smug smirk and agreed.
Everybody was waiting at the top of the mountain for the beginning of the downhill battle. Sasuke arrived at the starting line in a Black BMW M3 E36 with the white and red fan emblem of the Uchiha clan on the top of the car. The powerful engine of the imported beast was roaring, begging to be unleashed downhill.
Sakura was standing by her car, The RX7 with a worried look etched on her face. She was thinking about Naruto and his bet.
Suddenly Ino popped out from nowhere and stood next to the worried Cherry blossom. She was just as shocked when Naruto issued the challenge to Sasuke.
Not even the local racers could beat the guy, How in seven hells did this new guy think he could beat Sasuke she didn't know.
She turned to Sakura and noticed the worried expression on her best friend's face decided to tease her a little bit.
"Forehead? Worried about your Prince Charming, are we? "
Sakura blushed furiously and flipped her off. "Shut it piggy, I am just worried about the race." Ino just smirked knowing what she was thinking.
'Be careful Naruto.'
The arrival of a new car brought everyone's attention back to the starting line. The car was '97 Nissan Skyline GT-R, covered in a Chromatic orange with the symbol of Konoha on one side, while the other side had a Whirlpool Emblem. The entire car looked awesome and in top condition. It would not be surprising if the car was tuned to perfection as well.
Sakura and Ino were gaping at the car, admiring the paintjob and the bodywork. Naruto stepped out of the car and walked up to Sasuke's car.
He bent down and spoke "Remember the deal Uchiha, I win you leave Sakura alone, got it?"
His tone was not the playful tone he used before. His voice was cold as ice sending chills down Sasuke's spine. Now Sasuke was not so sure about the race. Naruto then turned to sakura with a goofy grin and gave her a wave. She did not know why but she was sure that Naruto would be all right.
Naruto got back into his car and started his Engine. Suddenly Naruto popped his head out the window and shouted "Sakura, would mind starting the race for us?"
Sakura looked confused but nodded. He smiled at her and got back in.
Ino nudged her shoulders and gave her a playful wink and said," Why don't you give him a good luck kiss?"
Sakura blushed furiously trying to ignore the comment, walked up to the two cars, and held up her hand.
"Ready?"
Both the boys revved their engines to the max signaling her. Sakura waited for a moment, Sasuke shifted to the first gear and started a burnout. Naruto just smirked and waited in first gear. Sakura saw that both the racers were ready. She looked at Naruto one final time, Sapphire met Emerald and a warm feeling coursed both people. Sakura then dropped her hand fast "GO!"
Sasuke shot out of the starting line followed closely by Naruto.