Title: VF - Initial D style II - China Arc - Ch1
Author: Nbsiren
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Asami x Takaba / Kirishima x Kou
Spoilers: none
Warnings: Language
Summary: Totally AU. Takaba, Kou, Takato, Yoshida are all part of a group of street racers.
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Yamane Ayano. Other characters are mine.
Waking up it takes Akihito a moment to remember he's now in China.
Moving to sit up, he's stopped when an arm pulls him close. Angling his head to look up at Asami, he sighs at the gleam in his eyes.
"Let me guess, we're going to be in bed for awhile."
Smirking he pulls Akihito up and kisses him.
Letting the hot water work at relaxing his muscles, Akihito sighs as the soreness in his body lessens.
Going over to the sink he looks in the mirror and touches the new collar around his neck.
Emeralds and peridots lined the top and bottom edges. Seeing an engraving he leans in to try to read it when he hears Asami, "Akihito we're going to be talking about the first group when everyone gathers at the table to eat."
Coming out of the bathroom he asks, "This isn't a hotel or an inn, so where are we?"
"A house I own in one of my territories."
Going down to the kitchen they join Suoh and Hibari at the table.
Picking up his plate, Akihito piles food onto it from the platters in the center of the table.
Sitting down he looks at Asami's amused gaze, "What?"
When he doesn't answer he shrugs and begins to eat.
Picking up a file Asami skims through it.
"The first group is Team Zhu Rong. Hibari you'll be up against Ts'ai, he specializes in downhill."
He hands Hibari a file containing more info on Ts'ai.
"Suoh you'll be up against P'an, he specializes in uphill." He hands Suoh P'an's file.
"Akihito you'll be up against Han, he specializes in downhill." He slides the file over to Akihito.
"Their ace is Liang, he specializes in mixed courses. Before we are able to challenge them we have the preliminaries to go through. After the sign up deadline passes we will get the papers listing the groups participating. Reps from each team will go and draw for their spot on the ladder board."
Taking a sip of tea he continues, "Suoh and Hibari, the usual preparations as well."
"Yes, Asami-sama."
"Asami."
Looking at Akihito, Asami motions for him to continue.
"I want to help too. If there's something I can do to help prepare for the meets let me do it."
Sitting at his desk going through his paperwork, he looks up at a knock on his door. "Enter."
He watches as Yoh comes over and hands him a file.
"Continue with the surveillance. Did he bring his toy with him?"
"Unknown. They disembarked in a private hanger where they already had a car waiting for them."
{There are things more valuable than profits.}
How can a toy be more valuable than profits?
Hitting the stop button on the video camera, Akihito opens the side compartment and switches out the memory cards.
Driving back to the start of the courses, Suoh and Akihito meet up with Hibari.
Parking the car they unload scooters from the back of the truck Hibari had brought along.
Akihito takes more up close video of the courses, noting road conditions, gutter problems, plant overgrowth, anything that one wouldn't usually notice just driving by.
Akihito points to a couple animal burrows under some heavy overgrowth near one of the corners.
"Those look freshly made. If some of the wildlife are this used to cars to make their dens this close to a road, there might be more along the courses that we don't know about."
"Yes, but it's good to know about it. Having an animal rush across the road in front of cars racing can be a distraction that leads to an accident. We don't know how the other drivers will react should it happen, but we know about the possibilities of animals and can keep alert for them. Should one pop up we can watch for our opponents reaction. We can be alert not to be caught up in an accident and can use that moment to our advantage."
Sitting in his office he uses at a home for his time in China, Mikhail goes through the hospital report on Yuri again.
Multiple lacerations, bruises, cuts, burns, gunshot to the leg, multiple broken bones. He couldn't bring himself to read further where the report covered more injuries to more private areas. Reading it once had been enough.
What the HELL did you do to piss off Asami to such a degree? The Association says no action will be taken against Asami since he was within his rights to exact retribution for Yuri's actions.
Getting up he goes to the box brought to him when he had ordered a search of Yuri's things when he brought Yuri to China for medical care.
I've never heard of anyone or anything able to piss off Asami like that. What did you do Yuri?
Opening the box he finds files, reports, notes, and pictures. Going through the pictures, Mikhail notices one common subject in them.
A boy? Why was he following this boy?
Lifting a file, he begins to read.
Sitting in his office, Asami goes through the papers Kirishima had faxed that needed his signature. Looking up at a knock he says, "Enter."
Akihito comes in holding up a couple discs.
"I have your copies of the videos of the courses and the videos of the close up conditions."
"Hey!" Akihito says when Asami pulls him onto his lap when he gets close enough.
"My little wild kitten, Suoh told me about you noticing the animal burrows."
"It was just some research I did back in Japan. I looked up news articles and local people's blogs for anything I could find on the areas we'll be racing in."
Leaning his head on Asami's shoulder he misses the pleased look that lights up his eyes.
Closing the last file, Mikhail drops it into the box with the others he had finished reading.
The boy has something to do with Asami and his group. Yuri wasn't able to find out very much about the boy. The boy has to be the key to finding out what happened to Yuri.
He goes over to his phone to call the one person he knows that keeps tabs on anything to do with Asami.
"Feilong, no I would like to discuss that deal with you, but I have other matters to talk about today."
Staring out his window, Mikhail frowns at what Feilong told him.
A toy? I've never heard of Asami doing anything like that for any of the eye candies he's had.
Now having a name to go with a picture, he sends one of his men to find out what he can about Takaba Akihito.
