A/N: My first story… This exciting… Lets just hope this story up to your tastes! XD And just for the sake of my best friend Andy's birthday (even though he might not ever see this story), I'll dedicate my first FanFiction story to him. Hope you guys like it! RATED T for Teens -8989™
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, ridiculously expensive road beasts or anything else used in this story. But I do secretly wish I own those sports cars…
-The Race-
"Now please turn your textbook to page 15…"
Ugh…The little voice in Sora's head rang, telling him that if he were exposed to this level of boredom for another minute, his head would practically explode.
Here he was stuck in Destiny High listening to one of many mindless classes that he has to bare with… Conveniently, he sat in a seat besides the windows that rose from the floor to the ceiling.
Cerulean skies stretched across the skies and as far as his eyes could see, there was not a cloud in sight. Just like a scene ripped off from the pages of a 5 year old storybook.
And today's weather was so nice too…
He did what any other 12th grade teenager would do. He casually leaned to one side so he could feel the sun shining warmth on his face. The brunette slowly opened his ocean blue eyes and gazed at the beauty that lay before him.
No matter how many times he stared mouth gaping at the campus, he'd still never quite got over the shock of how amazing it looked.
The campus of Destiny High was indescribably amazing. Not to mention large. Sora still remembered when he got lost trying to find the bathroom a week ago when he just transferred in.
"-Sora?" His head snapped up and found a very angry Miss Tifa beside his desk staring daggers into him. Oh shit.
"Didn't you hear my question?" The lady with jet black hair sounded frustrated that she'd always have to repeat the question many times like a broken record to the boy under her shadow.
Needless to say that Sora was on the English teacher's naughty list. And it was only 1 week into the school year.
Sora glanced up innocently. "Umm… Y-yeah, about that… Could you repeat the question again?"
The teacher just shook her head slowly and walked away. Great. That would be another note that I would have to get my parents to sign.
He wanted to go back to doing whatever he was doing before but just couldn't find the heart to.
If anything, his parents certainly gave him a handful.
Even back from kindergarten, they were not all that happy with his behavior. Sora was usually the type that was hyper about everything except when it comes to academics. He just couldn't absorb words out of textbooks. The stuff teachers tried to teach him went in his left ear and out his right. They often found him zoning off into space, which didn't result in friendly parent/teacher meetings.
As limp as he was in class, Sora had a completely different personality. Right after the bell signaling the end of the last period, he sprang up from his seat and stuffed whatever he used in class back where they belong. He slung his oblivion backpack over his shoulder and met Roxas and Riku at the main gate.
"Well somebody's fast today." Roxas greeted casually. "I only had to wait a few hours this time." Despite the blonde's accent dripping with sarcasm, Sora waved him off.
The latter silver haired boy merely nodded at Sora's presence and started walking toward their ride.
A sleek black Mercedes SLK 320was parked in front of them. Sora knew that his friends were loaded, just not that loaded. He'd known them since grade 7, but their family wealth still managed to surprise him once in a while. Roxas's family is famous for their musical talents. Almost everybody in his family except his 3 year old little brother can sing and play various instruments flawlessly, but if little Vaan could sing, nobody would be surprised either.
"Whoa! I'm guessing that this babe just came out of the auto mall?"
"Yup. Shipped 2 days ago from Germany." Roxas grinned at his beauty. Riku just got in the driver's seat. "Isn't this supposed to be my car Riku?"
The silver haired emo just stared at him as if he had grown three heads. "If you weren't underage, I wouldn't even have to drive you guys around in this piece of trash."
Which reminded Sora that Riku's family was at least as wealthy, if not more, as Roxas' family. He came from a family of famous movie stars, making him just as popular in school. Go figure.
"Are you saying that my new SLK 320 isn't kickass?" Roxas who wouldn't take any insults to his new car got in shotgun and slammed the door shut with a little too much force.
The impact shook the whole car. Bro, this is your own car that your smashing around.
Riku's face remained expressionless as he explained that his Bugatti Veyron 16.4 was better as if it was a fact. "This bucket of bolts is a good 100mph slower than my car."
"Yeah, that's with my Mercedes' handbrake pulled up."
Sora groaned inwardly. Why did they always have to get into the who's-car-is-faster argument? His thoughts were disrupted when Riku floored the pedal, which sent him back into his leather seat.
"Look, this thing can't go any faster than this." The silver haired driver took a hand off the wheel and pointed at the incredibly large number displayed on the speed meter.
They zipped down a 2-laned road not even bothering to stop at red lights. "It's because you don't know how to dri-" A surprisingly girly scream came from Roxas when they almost crashed into an incoming truck.
Riku suddenly slammed the breaks and pulled the car aside.
The blonde looked as if he had just experienced a heart attack. After he took a few more gasps of air he managed to curse under his breath.
Sora couldn't take it anymore. "What the fuck Riku! Are you trying to get us all killed?" He into the driver's seat finding Riku had a grin plastered on his face.
"No Sora, I just wanted to put this car's limits to the test. And to show a certain someone that I can drive perfectly."
"Dude! You almost killed my babe!" Just like Roxas to put his new car ahead of his life.
The drive continued silently for the rest of the ride sulking. Roxas was still trembling a little from the incident and Sora's shoulder still hurt from where the seatbelt pulled him back.
Good thing I actually fastened the seatbelt this time. Taking safety precautious always pays off when you're with those two.
Roxas somehow finally convinced Riku to stop at red lights to prevent any more accidents from happening.
When the black Mercedes 320 pulled to a stop at 8th street, they found themselves side by side with red Ferrari 458 Italia. The engine of the Italia hummed to the beats of the music blasting through windows.
Riku glanced at the car that was parked beside theirs, did a double take and stared straight into the other driver's eyes for a moment, and nodded as if they agreed silently on something. He mouthed the word bridge towards the direction of the red sports car.
Oh. Shit. Sora knew that something bad was coming.
Just as he predicted, both engines of the cars revved. Riku's eyes were filled with excitement as he gripped the wheel tightly. As soon as the light flashed green, Riku's jaw tightened and floored the pedal accelerating the car at an incredulous speed.
40mph…80mph…120mph…160mph…
When Roxas turned around to see how much distance Riku put between the two cars, silently hoping that his new car would lag the other behind. Much to his disappointment, he didn't find the red Ferrari far behind. The word "behind" won't even do justice to their current positions.
The 458 Italia was like a blazing ball of fire. Sunlight shone on the blinding outer shell of the car. What's more interesting is that the ball of fire was in front.
Riku sneered and pulled the black car to the left lane hoping for a chance to pass them. No luck. As if rehearsed, the red car slid to the left side to block out the space. The driver in the Mercedes adjusted the car to the right only to find an Italia in the way.
The adrenalin was incredible. Sora could feel wind brushing against his gravity defying hair, the wind howling beside his ears. And the windows were tightly shut.
As the road began to grow wider and curve, the silver haired, age legal, driver slid past on the outer lane.
Sora took a quick glance out the window to find the fireball not more than a meter behind their hind wheels.
"Yeah! Go Riku!" The blonde punched the air to emphasize his excitement. Riku had the ghost of a smile playing on the edges of his lips.
The speed meter read 256 mph.
For once, the chances of winning were high.
As soon as the curve straightened out, the trees on the either sides of the road disappeared, revealing miles and miles of white sandy beaches under the setting sun.
Destiny High was built on a tropical island not too far away from the mainland. The only way cars could get on it was to cross the Ultima Gate Bridge. And that's exactly where Sora's gang was heading.
The SLK 320 slid beside another speeding car, hopefully cutting off any hope of the red car passing. Roxas laughed at the red car's attempt to find an opening but there were none.
They ran onto the bridge without further commotion.
Riku loosened his grip on the wheel and began to relax into his hardened emo state again.
Roxas gazed at the beautiful sunset casting shadows of the bridge over the sea 50 meters below them and sighed contently thinking that his car had just won the race.
As for Sora… Sora just stared with his mouth draped open. He never expected for the Ferrari to drive on two wheels. And not the normal wheelie kind of two wheels, but the kind that the car literally lifts up two wheels from the same side.
Without warning, it slid past them on the left. And landed, as in landed the wheels down, right in front of Roxas' new car. And in perfect timing too. Just as it fell down to the floor, both cars sped off the bridge passing their imaginary finish line.
Now it was Riku's turn to stare at the red sports car pulling in front of them mouth agape. He had just lost in less than 3 minutes.
A/N: There you have it! The first chapter of my first story. Oh and a big thanks to Jared Someone, , Jomatto, Redeeming Endeavor, Darth Kingdom, Shire Folk and others who inspired me for writing this! XD
Note: This took me nearly 6 hours to write… Wow, I had to rake my 14-year-old mind to come up something like this. Considering the brain cells I have left, I think I can only give 1 or 2 updates a month. And please review or correct my grammar mistakes! Appreciated! :P -8989™