Initial D: Final Stage TYPE-R
Chapter 1
It was raining, like it never did before, streets were soaked wet because of the heavy downpour, no one could be seen anywhere around, no one…except him.
A young man was walking out in this heavy rain at a time where everyone was in their homes sleeping peacefully. It was 4:15 A.M., the boy looked like a 17-year old teenager and was wearing a black pull-over jacket with a hoddie that was on his head, dark blue somehow ripped jeans because of overuse since a long time, a black heavy-duty CAT shoes with traces of silver on it and black Ray-Ban sport glasses.
He was soaked from head to toe with the cold rain drops as he set foot in the dark streets of Japan unaffected by the 'cold-to-bone' weather. No body that saw him if there was any people at that time could tell why this person is walking outside, soaked wet and not showing a single glimpse of abnormality, nobody knows what is on that boy's mind or could even think about, only if they saw his face they would think that he is the most unfortunate person in the world that has been hit with a tragic event that the normal human mind and emotions couldn't bear or handle, and even though, he still lived and kept on walking, remaining a mystery to those who saw him and leaving them clueless about him.
But only one person in the world knows exactly what happened to him, one person knows the tragedy that happened to the mysterious figure walking in the rainy night under the moonlight. That person is me, and is the same person walking in the rain under the moonlight
My name is Akito Tsuchida; I'm a 17-year old teenager with nothing but tragedies in his past. The world almost lost its meaning and I simply had no more reason to continue living in it, now that my best friend since childhood has left me and moved on to the other world, a world only the souls of the dead can go to a live there. You have guessed it right! She died, and that wasn't recently, it has always been like this since the last seven years, that dreadful accident that rendered her lifeless in only a couple of days due to a comma, unlike me who had a few deep cuts in his right leg.
I've tried countless times to forget what happened, but they say those who have the scars will always remember. Every time I feel those scars, my mind drifts away to the day of the accident and end up with a cold chilling feel that freezes my spine. Tears well up in my eyes whenever I think about her. I was there that night, right next to her, but I felt powerless and couldn't do anything to help.
My life was as black as the night's sky with the absence of the bright moon. Ever since that day I couldn't sleep properly so I usually end up taking walks around Youtsua city not caring about the weather and ending up at the summit of Youtsua Ridge. The ridge was a sight-seeing spot for tourists in the day, but turned into a racing night club for racing cars as they engaged in downhill battles along the ridge. I didn't have my license yet so I didn't have a car, although I really wish to get one soon but I don't have enough money for driving lessons, let alone a car. Strange words coming from a person who has lost his best friend in a car accident huh? Anyway, in order to get to the summit, I have to walk all way through, I didn't mind actually since I'm used to long walks no matter what the terrain or weather is.
I adjusted my backpack and the case that was carrying my guitar; it is a white Ibanez GIO series guitar that had two black angel wings drawn on it. I called it the "black-winged angel".
Many racers came to the ridge to race and feel the thrill of speed, then relax while listening to me play the guitar at the tallest tree at the summit of the ridge, tonight however was a very late night and the weather wasn't safe at all for racing so I didn't expect anyone to be there, but that was my best relaxing spot and nobody could stop me from reaching there.
As I reached the parking lot on the top of the ridge, I made my way to the path that lead to the summit but something was strange, something I didn't usually feel when I walked on the summit's pathway like every time I went there. It was as if there was another presence in the air, I didn't know what was going on but I knew one thing for sure, I'm not alone in here!