The next morning, the gang met up at Chiyo's house. It was towards the end of spring, and the weather was starting to get warm. The sun was shining brightly, and few clouds were in the sky. Chiyo was bringing the drinks. She had a red cooler with Neco Coneco on it. Miss Sakaki blushed as she saw it.

"Chiyo, do you mind if I carry the drinks?" Sakaki asked.

"Not at all Miss Sakaki!" Chiyo cheerfully said as she handed her the cooler.

Sakaki wrapped the strap around her arm and blushed as she petted the front of the cooler.

"Alright!" Tomo exclaimed. "Let's get going! Do you think we should walk there? Yomi could use it!"

A quick chop to the head by Yomi followed.

"Ow," Tomo said as she rubbed her head. "Why did you do that for?"

"Because you deserved it!" Yomi said.

As they made their way towards the train station, Osaka kept the conversation lively.

"Did you know there are more chickens in the world than people? I wonder if somebody is called a chicken if that counts towards the chickens..."

"That's a good point, Osaka." Kagura added.

Osaka continued. "I guess if there were more people in the world than chickens, it would be alright for chickens to eat people..."

Chiyo turned pale white and Sakaki's jaw dropped.

"All the chickens in the world couldn't eat Yomi!" Tomo added.

Another chop followed.

They arrived at the train station, and boarded the next one to the track. Little did they know they were being followed by a girl who was waiting all morning at the station.

The gang took seats by the windows, and Chiyo pulled out a pamphlet she downloaded off the web.

"It says here the track is a one mile oval, with 20 degrees of banking in the turns, and 3 degrees of banking in the straights."

Osaka interrupted. "So does that mean we have to wait for people cashing their paychecks to get a seat or something?"

Yomi chuckled. "No, Osaka. Banking is where the turn is higher on one side than the other. It would help the cars stay on the track."

"Oh." Osaka said, not really getting it, but not wanting to look stupid.

Chiyo continued. "It also features a 14 turn road course on the inside of the track. Primarily used for drifting..." Chiyo paused. "I didn't get a chance to look that up. Do any of you know what drifting is?"

Tomo stood up on the seat, fist in the air. "Oh yeah! I catch it on TV from time to time. Drifting is the ultimate motor sport of control and precision!"

Yomi shot a glance at Tomo. "How interesting how somebody who doesn't have any control or precision knows so much about it!"

Tomo smiled and put her hands on her hips. "On the contrary, Yomi. I have the most control of anybody here. I just choose when to use it."

Osaka put her index finger on her lip. "Then why don't ya do it more often?"

Tomo jumped down off of the seat and put her arms around Osaka and Kagura's neck.

"Cause we knuckleheads have to stick together, and it's boring to be in control all of the time!"

Kagura looked up out of the window as the train was slowing. "There it is!" she said.

The track's grand stand rose from the horizon, and they could see the flood of people entering.

Chiyo was standing on the seat peeking out of the window. "It's a lot bigger than I imagined!"

The group was getting excited. All except Sakaki, who was smiling at the cooler, oblivious to the outside world. Also oblivious to the girl looking at her in the same manner...