ULTIMATE! CROSSOVER DEAD HEAT BATTLES
Reason:
Before I went to describe the story, I wanted to tell you that this crossover fic is mainly focused on the arcade racing game called Dead Heat (Maximum Heat in Japanese) by Namco Bandai. Just to remember because this is a fic, so the cars used probably won't found be on real arcade game (yet, some can be found on Japanese, some on US version, but all be found in real life) and it means also some advancement (which also won't be found in Dead Heat, but possibly may be found on another racing arcade game).
Note:
Driver name – Car – Transmission (AT for automatic and MT for manual. If not playing, it'd be called as AI)
Disclaimer:
All characters appearing in this work are ficitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Any characters from animes, movies or games not owned by me are owned by their respective owners. All rights reserved.
Warning:
OC, OC centered (in some chapters), some typos (honestly, I'm Indonesian), and some unknown native language.
Chapter 0: Proloque, the Blue Devil is retiring? – 2 years ago
In one of Depok's famous mall, there is an arcade game composed of four combined cabinets. This game became one of most popular game due to its intense competition. This arcade gains attraction from kids under 3 to suprisingly, elders. Using their favorite cars, they race each other, either person or AI ghost from real people who use it before, to victory. Well, some use only one car, some use all. This game is known as Dead Heat.
A Balinese wears glasses (though he is also described as Japanese due to his fair to white skin) entered the Dead Heat arcade machine which was filled already by three people. He sat on the third cabinet (from the left) and began unpack his bag beside the brake pedal. After scan his card (which used as coins), he quickly insert his pin which resembles his birthday.
Then, he began to steer his car choice to far left which highlighted a Chevrolet Corvette Supercharged ZR1, he then hit the gas pedal and hit the gas pedal again as he used the blue as his colour (he also push the view button to switch his transmission to manual) . He then switched his track choice which is London. He began to hit the view button again to take his photo in which he was smiled. Later, he saw two people in his left, a black, short haired woman with her son, possibly was 3-5 years old in far left and another black yet long curly haired woman beside him. He then switched to see his right to see a kid in his tenth (in his prediction) who closed the camera in cabinet with his fingers.
Soon, the race is about to began with eight drivers (four playing the cabinet, four real AI)
1. Black haired man with glasses – Yellow Skyline GT-R R34 V-Spec – AI
2. Short curly blonde haired woman – Pink RX-7 – AI
3. (Possibly) 10 year old girl – Green Evolution X "Ninja" – AI
4. Blacked screen – Blue "WRE Comp #3" Ford GT – AI
5. Blacked screen – White "WRE Comp #2" Skyline GT-R R34 V-Spec - AT
6. The Balinese – Blue Chevrolet Corvette Suprecharged ZR1 – MT
7. Long curly black haired woman – Red with white stripes Dodge Viper SRT-10 – AT
8. Short black haired woman with his son – Blue Mustang GT – AT
When this is shown, surprisingly almost all of people gathered near the Balinese. Black haired Japanese even came to him.
"Whoa, looks like you'd love that car?" asked the Japanese.
"Yup. This will be my last show though," was all the Balinese's reply.
"Hey, do you know that he is the one who always does top three finished whether playing or as an AI?" a man whispered to his friend.
"Yeah, it's hard to admit. But he's gotta some shot on his nerves," was his friend's answer.
"Well, shame that it'll be his last show," was the man's comment to the answer.
[BGM: Namco Bandai – London (Dead Heat Version (Techno-Rock); in author's POV)]
The race itself was already begun, with the Balinese's ZR1 and the Ford GT being in front. The Balinese took the first corner as he shifted his gear to third. Suddenly, Ninja Evo X and pink RX-7 blasted forward to overtook both the Balinese and the Ford GT. But as the second corner came, ZR1 drifted wonderfully as the Balinese slightly hit the brake and hit the gas to get the lead.
"That's why he's always gain the lead in corners," thought the Japanese as he saw the ZR1 drifted. However, to his shock the Balinese did the same drift in the third corner and gained lead by getting hit by the Ninja Evo X, pink RX-7 and the Ford GT.
Though most cars gained ground on the Balinese and tried to overtake him (due to he is still driving on third gear), the Balinese was only overtaken by Ninja Evo X. As the racers entered the short bridge, the Balinese then upshifted to fourth gear.
Suddenly, a flame erupted out from Mustang GT, overtook the lead from the Ninja Evo X and Balinese's ZR1 using nitro.
"Why they're always tempted to use it here?" thought the Balinese as a response to the Mustang GT AI. He then overtook the Ninja Evo X to get second.
As the racers approches the wide corner before the start/finish line, the Balinese downshifted again to third gear to regain the lead. However, the lead was short lived as the Mustang GT, Ford GT, and Ninja Evo X gained some ground on him, making it dead heat before crossing the line for the final lap.
In the first corner, the Balinese gained lead as he drifted near the closest apex with Ninja Evo X, Mustang GT, and Ford GT followed him behind. In a sudden, black haired woman in second cabinet hit the nitrous button as the racer entered the second turn, made her Dodge Viper SRT-10 blasted past the entire four cars in front of her, gaining lead.
Despite this, the Balinese just smiled and saying,"What a beautiful song." He quickly regained lead on the next turn by drifting near the apex and getting himself being hit by Ford GT again. However this is also short time lead, as the Viper SRT-10 overtook the Balinese's ZR1.
"In the lead," said the long curly black haired woman with smile, seeing the Balinese's ZR1 was behind her before entering the next corner.
"Oh no, you don't," was Balinese's low voice word as he quckly overtook the Viper SRT-10 due to the SRT-10's outside line.
"He just used the third gear to overtake me?!" the woman in second cabinet gasped in shock, seeing the Balinese's skill.
In a sudden, the kid who use the white WRE R34 hit the nitrous and almost evertook everyone, only to be blocked by Balinese's ZR1 to gain some speed.
"Thanks for lift up," the Balinese thought as he upshifted to fourth gear.
"Cheap trick," was the woman in second cabinet's word after seeing the Balinese's trick to keep the lead.
As they jumped, the white WRE R34 managed to get the lead. But at the same time, the blue ZR1 overtook it by hitting it during the second to last corner.
As the red SRT-10, blue ZR1, white WRE R34, and Ninja Evo X entered the final corner. Suddenly, a flame erupted from all cars. However, the only cars did broke away from the group is blue ZR1 and white WRE R34.
"Nani?!" the Japanese exclaimed in shock, seeing how the Balinese managed to getting away from the rival as well as the white WRE R34. He knows that R34 had superior acceleration, but the ZR1? For him, it doesn't make any sense since he's know that American cars only won on straight, both in game and real. But this Balinese show him how well are American cars are capable to do such a manouver.
The Balinese then quickly upshifted to fourth and hit another nitrous. The same thing (in this case, hitting nitrous) did to the white WRE R34. However, the R34 was slightly losing ground due to the impressive straight line block by ZR1 and of course, the ZR1's V8 powered engine. The ZR1 finished first with white WRE R34 in second. The red Dodge Viper finished third after won a side by side against the Ninja Evo X.
"That's exhausting one," was the Balinese's word as he sighed and drank his mineral water.
"Hmmm, that was impressive. For you about handling the American cars," said the Japanese with smile.
"Ah, don't praise me that much. By any ways, I need to get home. Or else, my parents shoot me with laser on my back," was the Balinese's response. The Japanese was well confused with the Balinese's words. "Thanks for the comment though," the Balinese added.
"Ah, I see. So you're leaving the game forever?" the Japanese asked.
"Ah, no. Just for a while. Oh, I forgot what your name is," the Balinese asked with some hidden sadness his eyes.
"Takeshi Nakazato," the Japanese answered.
"I see Takeshi, mine's Weda Krishna," was the Balinese's word. With that, Weda leave the cabinet and the crowd to his home.
"Laser? Is he…Ah whatever," was Takeshi's thought before he went to nearest foor court.
That's all my first chapter of this fanfic. Just to notice that Takeshi Nakazato is Initial D character (if you don't know about him. If you know, that's fine).
Anime shown in this chapter: Initial D
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