A/N: Well I finally decided to write this story. This is just a prologue of things to come. I'm really really excited to write this story and I hope you guys are happy to read it. Just FYI; this story is going to contain heavy car slang and wording; such as engine names, turbo names, etc. I am going to be as accurate as I can in explaining things regarding cars and mods, but not so much so that it's gonna be stifling lol. If you have any questions regarding those topics or anything in the story feel free to PM me! I'm way more than happy to talk cars with people. RWBY too! lol. Anyway I hope you enjoy this story where I mix two of my favorite hobbies together! Cars + RWBY. Enjoy!
"I'm telling you Ruby, you got this!" Yang spoke out enthusiastically.
She was behind the wheel of her prized possession; an '02 Nissan Skyline GTR painted a bright yellow which matched her long golden hair which was flowing wildly with the windows down right now.
In her passenger seat sat her younger sister by two years; Ruby.
Bringing the car to a stop at a red light, Yang glanced over towards her little sister who sat quietly in the passenger seat and grinned.
"Come on, you got one more day to tune it to your liking. That new turbo set-up you got from Junior's shop is gonna be insane! That little 1.3 liter motor is gonna be screaming with all that boost you'll be pushing!"
Ruby herself though, wasn't so sure about that. She loved her little red RX-7 and enjoyed tinkering with it when she could. The main reason why she was so upset though wasn't because she was unsure of her car's new power but because it was a shop that was installing the upgrades.
Ruby always worked on 'Crescent Rose' her nickname for her car, and quite frankly she was afraid that Junior's shop would screw something up on her car. Although Junior's shop; Junior Motorsports or JMS for short was one of the most reputable performance shops this side of Vale, Ruby would much rather work on her own projects. The only reason why she didn't is because she didn't have a car lift, or the time to get the car ready before her big race coming up in two days.
With the light about to turn red at the other side of the intersection; Ruby noticed her sister Yang grin and drop the clutch into neutral and rev up her car. Feeling the engine itself come alive as she fed it more gas, the heavily modified RB26DET sounded magnificent. The inline six motor sounded savage and ready to go. Ruby felt her heartbeat quicken with every second that passed and watched the road ahead.
Yang shook with excitement waiting for the light to turn green and launch the car forward, dead set on making as much noise as she could on the empty intersection. Now of course being reckless on the road wasn't legal and was frowned upon by other ordinary drivers, but at 11 pm at night on a Thursday, the roads were empty and therefore Yang couldn't care less. They were in the business district of Vale anyway.
Precisely the exact same millisecond the light turned green, Yang Dropped the clutch into first gear and ripped the all-wheel drive car forward. The sheer amount of power and torque forced both girls into their seats with such force that Yang felt her breath hitch in her throat. The inline six motor screamed and echoed off all the buildings as Yang relentlessly slammed down on the gas pedal gaining more speed and momentum.
The girls didn't speak while Yang launched her GTR forward. There was no music, conversation, or thoughts. The only sound that filled the cabin was the sounds of a beastly engine cranking away, the rising suction sound of the giant GT37r spooling up, and the screeching sound of all four tires breaking away.
The girl's expression remained the same. Elated and thrilled, as they continued shooting forward. Their smiles only grew wider while they traveled to 40, 50, 60, 100, 120 miles per hour on the public road until Yang let off. She slammed through the gears paying no heed to the violent shifts she put the gearbox through; it would hold up.
Putting the car in neutral as they coasted down the road, Yang's wide toothy grin remained as she looked towards her sister again.
"I see that cheered you up a bit." Yang chided softly.
Ruby couldn't lie; the feeling of an all-wheel drive launch, especially in her sister's GTR was spectacular. There was no other feeling of ripping loose all four tires with such power and precision. No matter how many times she'd feel it, Ruby would always want more. But unlike her sister; Ruby had self-control when it came to driving.
Yang's driving record was abysmal compared to her younger sister's. In fact if Yang got one more speeding or reckless driving ticket she was losing her license for a while. This in turn caused Yang's high school sweet heart; Weiss Schnee to drive her wild blonde haired girlfriend around most of the time. Yang loved driving, but didn't complain about the chauffer service by her girlfriend. Weiss' parents were, for lack of a better word; Rich. Her father was an established GT race team owner and only drove the best cars. He of course got his family into his passion of cars and made sure they drove the best as well.
Weiss' car was a 2013 Austin Martin Vanquish in pearl white. The car was beautiful, although Ruby has never ridden in it. It was a completely different class of car compared to her RX-7 and Yang's Skyline but they both loved all kinds of cars or anything with motors and four wheels.
"You know if you get one more ticket, mom's gonna kill you!" Ruby laughed out.
Yang engaged the clutch into fifth gear and drove normally through the light traffic of the residential area of Vale. Being a school night; the roads were pretty bare down this way as well, but the girl's knew that the Vale police department or VPD were itching to meet their quotas and pull over any young punk who didn't know the meaning of following the law. So Yang begrudgingly opted to drive normal.
Deciding to bring the topic up again, Yang spoke up and asked;
"So what time did Junior say to swing by and pick up the car tomorrow?"
Ruby sighed and continued to peer into the windows of the cars that drove by on the other side of the street before replying;
"He said tomorrow any time after five. He's going to tune it on e85 and see how much boost he can get out of it without risking blowing the motor up. He said he's hoping for around 650 to the wheels."
Yang whistled impressed.
"Damn little sis, that tiny little car is gonna move! Especially since you gutted the interior too. Crescent Rose is gonna kick butt Saturday night. Cardin's little s2000 doesn't have a chance." Yang said.
Ruby couldn't help but smile. Cardin Winchester was the very definition of a jerk. He always made fun of Ruby's RX-7's small 13B rotary engine, disregarding the fact that that motor had immense potential. He was a Honda fan boy and even though his s2000 was impressive; running an all motor set up and putting out close to 550 ponies, he just talked so much trash that people usually avoided him other than his little club.
It was on Monday that Cardin heard that Ruby was upgrading her car, he berated her in front of various people at school; calling her car a piece of trash and that she should just swap an LSx motor in it if she had any pride in her car. Ruby in a fit of nervous rage at the time said that she could beat Cardin anytime and anywhere he wanted once her car was ready.
Cardin was more than happy to jump at the challenge.
And the set day was this Saturday. Less than two days away. Fortunately for Ruby her car would be ready to be picked up after school tomorrow, she and Yang would be able to fine tune the suspension and various other settings for a full day until they had to head to the street races near Emerald Forest just outside of downtown Vale.
Turning her Skyline around on the block where the two girls lived, Yang drove down the block as quietly as possible. Well as quiet as a fully modified street car could. With every let off, the Skyline backfired loudly, which in turn caused Yang to hold the gas down as she drove which was just a tad bit quieter than backfiring. They had snuck out for a nice little drive so their mother; Summer Rose wasn't aware that the girls were in fact not home.
Yang being 18 and a senior in high school and Ruby being the younger sister at 16 and a junior, the girls still lived with their mother. They lived in an upper middle class two-story home in the suburban area of Vale and about five minutes from school. Quite a few other of their friends lived in the neighborhood and most of their friends also were into cars as much as they were, so the hobby was well shared.
Yang cut the motor off and let the car coast into their driveway, right next to their mother's 2014 black Mercedes-Benz C300. Engaging the e-brake, Yang hopped out of the car, closing her door silently. Ruby followed suit. They both unlocked the front door and retreated up the stairs into Yang's room. Closing her bedroom door, Yang threw her shirt off and tossed it towards the increasing pile of clothes near her closet, while at the same time kicking off her boots.
Yang's room was painted a mix of Bright gold and dark yellow mix match. She had various posters of race team drivers that were signed and a bunch of stickers from performance products and shops. Her room was quite messy with some car parts from her Skyline lying around on the floor mixed in with articles of clothing and books. Despite her room always being dirty, Yang kept her car in pristine condition. Always keeping up with its maintenance and washing the car every other day. It looked immaculate for being over a decade old car.
Flopping down on her bed in nothing by a pair of yellow basketball shorts and a black sports bra, she rolled around the bed and groaned.
"I forgot to do my math homework, Ruby. Help meeee~" she whined loudly.
Ruby sat down on Yang's computer table and opened up the internet and proceeded to look up car videos online.
"Nope! Do it right now then. The school year just stared Yang, how are you behind on homework already?" Ruby asked mildly curious.
Yang just continued to roll around on her bed, groaning before jumping up and walking towards where her sister sat and watched the videos with her.
After about fifteen minutes of watching various kinds of cars race around in the streets it was close to 12:30am in the morning. Ruby got up and said her good night to her sister. Walking towards her own room a few feet down, Ruby opened the door and was greeted by a clean and well organized scarlet painted room. Ruby kept her room as clean as her car. Unlike her sister Yang; Ruby cleaned out her room almost every day. Any parts she didn't use for her car she kept in the garage in boxes instead of bringing up to her room. The only car related things she kept in her room was the posters of various cars on her walls, and a bunch of different manuals she kept stacked neatly on her bookcase.
Feeling exhausted by how late it was, Ruby kicked off her sneakers and undressed herself. Jumping on her bed in her underwear she huddled under the covers and texted one of her friends; Blake to see if she was awake.
Blake was a friend of Yang and Ruby's. She lived in the same neighborhood as the sisters and had the same passion in cars as them as well. She drove a '99 black Toyota Supra. The car was heavily modified as well with its beautiful sounding 2JZ motor. Although the car had heavy engine mods done to it, she kept the exterior modest. The car looked almost stock like, minus some little cosmetic upgrades and the wheel size. She upped the size of her rear tires to some beefy 285 ones. The car matched her personality and looks pretty closely. She was very conservative in the way she dressed but once you got to know her or got her angry, she could be just as crazy as Yang, though it was quite rare. She was most of the time quiet and reserved.
Waiting for Blake to text back, Ruby started wondering what would happen tomorrow. Being Friday school was going to be a breeze. Classes were of no problem to the red loving girl. Plus she only had easy ones tomorrow. She'd ride to school with Yang in the morning and try to avoid Cardin as much as possible. This whole week he's been taunting and teasing Ruby so much that Yang already got into a little scuffle with the boy. Luckily it being so close to the beginning of the school year, the principal looked the other way and only gave the two one day of detention.
Cardin's been talking to everyone and spreading the news at how he was going to beat the little red RX-7 this weekend, even going so far as to taking bets on the race. Last Ruby has heard, he was placing up to 500 dollar bets on himself against other students who were going to show up, which in turn caused the younger girl even more stress as students started demanding that Ruby won.
She didn't like the pressure. She was into cars for fun. Ever since Yang got her license and drove her old beat up Ford Focus like a madwoman out of hell, Ruby enjoyed the adrenaline and feeling of speeding and zooming in and out of traffic. She vowed that one day she'd get her own car and make it fast. Faster than her sisters and become a better driver then anyone out on the road.
But she did it for fun. Not for fame or monetary value. This in turn made the girl nervous to the pit of her stomach. But like Yang always told her, everything works out in the end. Once Ruby found the little red RX-7 at a junkyard, she scraped up as much money as she could and bought the rusted up little car. Her mother was furious at the news of Ruby buying that, and yelled at Yang thinking she had a say in it; but Ruby persuaded her mother that she'd fix up the car herself and get it running again.
And fix it up she had. Ruby restored the piece of scrap, rebuilding the motor and body herself; she always did have a knack for working on cars, growing up with Yang as an elder sister would do that to you. The sisters worked on their cars together, and although their mother; Summer didn't agree with the hobby she couldn't be happier at seeing her two daughters spending time with each other and not getting themselves into drugs and alcohol. Although the speeding tickets still ticked her off some.
Ruby couldn't fight against the feeling of sleep making its way into her mind. Her eyes fluttered shut as she thought of her sweet Crescent Rose that she'd get to see again tomorrow after school and mess with its insides yet again. One final smile crossed her lips and one final word made its way out of her mouth before she fell into a blissful sleep.
"Turbo."