A/N: I apologize for the foul langauge

Chapter 2

The car sped as fast as it could to the finish line, only one more lap to go around the block and she was ahead of everyone else. Her focus was intense; she didn't weaver not even a second and gave it her all in the race to win. One thing did happen however, there was a bump in the road that she wasn't even aware off and when she turned, her front wheel hit it and caused her car to spin.

She tried her best to bring her car to a stop and get back on track but her car ended up facing the wrong way as two cars sped past her, she furrowed her brow in anger and kept driving… in reverse. The time she would spend turning the car around would be too much and decided to keep going like this, she could see the other cars ahead of her and wondered if she would be able to get past them.

She was reaching one of the cars and slowly leaving the other driver behind but of course he wouldn't have it as he tried to ram his car against hers, luckily all it did was nudge her enough to be able to use that momentum to correct herself then quickly shift the car to drive and kept pushing her car to the limit. The other car was only one car distance away and the finish line was already in view, she began to push the pedal harder to drive faster.

Shortly, she found herself next to the other driver and with one final push her car had crossed the finish line. She sighed as a smile formed on her face and was slowly relaxing. She pulled her car up to the spot her old friend was holding for her and parked it in front of him and stepped out of the car.

"Dat was one hell of a race kid!" he hugged her, "You did amazin!" she nodded happily, though the other people were not so happy to have lost their bets, some had even hired experienced drivers to win. Her friend James or Jim as she called him walked up to the losers and retrieved their money, which was quite the large amount.

She leaned against the hood of her car as slowly began to take off her leather driving gloves when three other men walked up to her, something she noticed quickly.

"You got some fucking nerve you know that!" he pushed her then the other grabbed her by her jacket and pulled her to him, "You owe us some fucking money!"

"I'm not about to lose everything I made you bitch!" the third one yelled.

He let her go, "Now give us da money, now you bitch!"

She looked at the three of them, then slowly slipped on her gloves once more.

In one swift motion, she kicked one of them in his groin and quickly took him out, the other swung which connected to her face then followed it up by punching her in the stomach two times. When his fist came in for a third time, she grabbed it, slipped under his arm and punched him in the back of the head then kicked him away while the third man snuck up behind her, and grabbed her in a choke hold.

The man that was on the ground saw this and stood up quickly then began to deliver a series of body blows against her as she was restrained. She then grabbed the forearm of the man holding her then jumped up and kicked the other man in his face, dropping him. As she was coming back down, she then used all her momentum to throw the other man off her back as she firmly gripped his wrist and forearm. She then pinned his arms with her knee as she got on top of him then began to beat down on his face with her fists.

The third man however recovered quickly and grabbed her, pulling her off him but before the fight could keep dragging on, a loud gunshot rang through the air getting the attention of all four of them.

"What the fuck is going on here!?" a man in a red suit walked towards them, "This is a race track, not a god damned arena!" he said.

"I'm sorry Mr. Madsen, it wont happen again." The first man said and ran away.

"And what about you hm!? You like causing trouble!?" he looked at the blonde haired girl, "I should have you removed from this place and you'll never race again!" she only gave a glare of anger towards him.

"Yeah she fucking started it!" the second man said.

"Oh dat's bullshit!" they all turned to look at five fellow drivers walking behind him, "We all saw it, this three lil'bitches came to her askin for da money they lost and threatened her, so she just responded." He explained.

"Oh, what are you her friend?" Madsen asked.

"Hell no, we all hate this little girl," He looked at her then back to him, "But that doesn't mean we don't respect the hell out of her drivin skills."

"Well then," He looked at the other two men on the floor, "You two embarrass me, you two lose and come whining like little girls! You lost, get over it and pay up, there will always be more races you shits!" The two men got up, looked at the blonde haired girl and then walked away.

"Is everything okay?" Jim walked to them, not knowing that his friend was just in a fight.

"Everything is okay Jimbo, just a little trouble, nothing to worry about." He then gave some of the money he lost to him and walked away.

She looked at the men that stood up for her, "Thanks." She said.

"Hey no problem sista." They fist bumped as he walked away with the other drivers.

"You okay kid?" He looked her over, seeing a bruise on her face.

"Yeah." She replied.

"Come on, lets get out of here." The two got in her car and drove off.

They drove in silence, at least for a while till Jim started talking about the football game and amongst other things and even though those particular topics didn't really interest her, she still humored it and listened to it, commenting on little things every chance she could.

They stopped in front of Jim's home, "Hey thanks for the lift kid." He shook her hand, "Want to come in for a drink?"

"No thank you." She replied in that ever soft tone.

Jim nodded, "Well here you go," He handed her half of the winnings, "Your share."

"Thank you."

With that, he exited the car and walked to his home as she then took off to her own home.

She made it to her home, closed the door behind her, took a shower and changed in to her sleeping clothes. She looked herself in the mirror, the bruise was very noticeable and she even had bruises on her abdomen.

She grabbed her money and opened up a secret panel in the wall she had made herself and placed it in there, as she looked at it she realized she had too much money to count, she just never knew what to spend it on. She was a woman with simple tastes, all she would ever spend money on is her home, food, her car and clothes every so often and even then, she had too much money then she knew what to do with. Now she wasn't exactly millionaire rich, but she had a good three hundred and fifty thousand dollars in there, all neatly tied and bundled, enough to live nicely from every race she won.

She sat on her couch and luckily she had left her pillow and blanket on them, she sat in silence for a moment till she heard something vibrating. She looked around and spotted it coming from her jacket and walked up to retrieve her phone.

She looked at it, seeing a message from Chikaru.

"Do you want to hang out today? I get out of school early, like around two and I don't have any school duties, I want to spend time with you again, it was really fun last time."

She smiled as she looked at her text message, she typed back saying she would love too and since the sun would be rising in an hour she had enough time to sleep and be ready to spend time with her. she rested her head on the pillow to get her much needed rest for later.

Chikaru finished organizing her school work in her room and looked at the clock, it was almost three and she was already ready to go out with her new friend. She had dressed herself in a black dress and tied her red ribbons on her hair and with not much else to do she left her room to begin heading down and hoped she was already there waiting for her.

She walked down the path, greeting the girls from Lulim as they walked by her that was until…

-"Chikaru-oneesama!"- she turned around seeing her cute girls running towards her whom she caught in an embrace.

-"Oh my, haven't seen you girls at all today."- Chikaru smiled at them.

-"Neither have we Chikaru-oneesama!"- Remon hugged her, -"Eeeh? Where are you going Chikaru-oneesama?"- Kizune asked, noticing she was dressed really nicely.

-"I'm going to meet a friend and we're going to spend some time together."- she said to which she immediately realized how it sounded like and was about to correct herself but the three girls all gasped.

-"KAAWAAIII! YOU'RE GOING ON A DATE!"- Kizune immediately shouted and Chikaru hushed her as her face went red.

-"No no, that's not it!"- Chikaru was really wanting to explain to them it was not what it seemed like… or was it?

-"Of course it is, that's so adorable Chikaru-oneesama! We'll walk with you, we want to see him!"-

Chikaru was being led by her girls, -"Her."- she corrected causing them to shriek regardless, as they were all excited.

They all walked down the stairs that led to the school, and after a bit more walking… she was coming into view.

Soon enough, the blonde haired girl made eye contact with Chikaru and she was stunned, something her girls took notice immediately.

Kizune looked at her and she was very beautiful and too cool looking, very short platinum blonde hair, a white leather jacket with a black shirt under it and dark blue jeans with boots. The four of them approached her.

-"So you're Chikaru's date! That's so cool!"- Kizune shouted.

"Date?"- she looked at her confused, then to Chikaru who gave her a look that said 'just go with it', she nodded, "Yeah, a date." She said with that ever soft gentle voice.

Kagome gently pushed Chikaru to the other girl who was waiting for her, making Chikaru blush once more.

-"What's your name anyway?"- Remon asked the girl and she opened her mouth to speak—

-"WHOOOOA!"- Their attention was all drawn to Kizune who was ogling the car that the blonde girl was leaning against, -"This car is soooo cool! It looks like the car from that movie Chikaru-oneesama showed us! Remember! About the guy that steals fifty cars! The last car he steals!"-

Remon walked next to her, -"You're right, it really does look like it! that's so awesome!"-

-"Is this really the same car?"- Kizune asked with a glow in her eyes.

She nodded with a smile which only excited the young girls even further, they touched the car for a bit as they were in love with it ever since seeing it in the movie.

Remon cleared her throat then grabbed Kizune by her ear, -"Well we'll be going now, don't want to keep you two love birds."- she giggled as she dragged Kizune back to the dorms as Kagome followed behind them.

She chuckled softly seeing how innocent and adorable they were, Chikaru then looked at her quickly noticing a bruise on her jaw, -"Oh my, your face!? What happened."- she gently grabbed her face too look at it.

"It's nothing, don't worry." She said.

-"Did you get in a fight again?"- she asked.

"Something like that." she said, "I'll tell you later." She said as she opened the door to her car and Chikaru got in then she got in to drive.

-"So what happened?"-

"Argument… about a race." She said, "Nothing to worry about."

-"Oh… I see, surely it wasn't something to be mad about right?"

Oh yes, there was a lot to be furious about the races she was in especially if you lose, "No, but he was a sore loser." She felt awful for lying but she didn't want Chikaru to worry.

She turned on her car and they drove, as they talked while they went to a place that she wanted to take Chikaru to.

Chikaru looked at her, she had only known her for a week as they talked to each other through texts or phone calls and while she didn't talk much, there was so much more to her and Chikaru wanted to know more.

They drove for a few minutes till she finally drove down a ramp which lead to a drainage pipe that was large and expansive.

She came to a stop as there was miles upon miles of pavement, with nothing to get in her way just the small bit of water that was collected.

Chikaru was confused for a moment, -"What are we doing here?"- she asked.

"Do you want to see how its like?" she asked, "Racing?"

-"Of course! I see it on TV all the time but I've never been in fast car before."-

She nodded with a smile, then took off.

Her car was slowly picking up speed so Chikaru could get used to it little by little and she wasn't even going all that fast but Chikaru was already gripping her seat.

The car went faster and faster, Chikaru couldn't even believe how fast they were going, it was like they were going slow but her mind was playing tricks on her because she could feel how fast they were going, she looked out the window and it looked slow but when she looked out the front windshield they were moving faster then she could even believe it.

Chikaru then looked at her, she looked so calm, so focused and so… beautiful, she could see how much she loved doing this and could begin to understand why she was a driver.

She then shifted gears and went faster than ever before, causing Chikaru to shriek but turned into laughter as she was having fun inside the car. They still had a long way to go as she drove as fast as her car could go, she could hear how much fun Chikaru was having and was glad she was enjoying herself.

She began to bring the car to a slow halt as they were already reaching the end, which was surprising to Chikaru. She brought the car to a stop slowly, as she looked at Chikaru who was catching her breath she only smiled at her.

-"That was so awesome!"- she shouted in pure excitement, seeing her face smile, -"And you do this all the time! it's crazy but awesome!"-

"It is," she said and looked straight ahead, Chikaru then followed her gaze, she was looking out ahead seeing where the drainage half pipe ended and straight ahead was a beautiful view, grassy plains and trees in the distance.

The two stepped out of the car and walked a bit, well at least Chikaru who was still loaded on adrenaline from the drive to the spot. Chikaru practically jumped in place and ran to the edge to get a better view.

She watched Chikaru act all excited with a smile on her face and hopped on the hood to sit down and leaned against the windshield.

-"That was incredible!"- Chikaru ran back to her, -"Oh! I forgot!"- she got back inside the car and grabbed her bag, retrieving a bracelet she had made for her, but just as she was about to close the door she saw something on the floor. With curiosity getting the better of her she picked it up, it was a picture that was folded in half and one side it had a girl she'd never seen before, red hair, hazel eyes and freckles on her face and she was really cute. Chikaru unfolded the picture and she saw that it was her, her blonde hair was longer in this picture.

-"They look so happy."- she saw the two but she began to wonder, where was she? Did the two break up… no they couldn't, a girl like her would surely have someone she loves and Chikaru didn't know why but it was hurting her heart.

She closed the car door and sat on the hood next to her, -"Hey."- she turned to her, -"Who is she?"- she asked gently, getting the blonde girl's attention.

She saw the picture and Chikaru immediately noticed sorrow overwhelm her eyes, she gently took the photo from Chikaru's hands, "Don't worry about it."

Chikaru sat closer to her, -"She was your girlfriend, am I right?"- she nodded slowly, -"What happened?"-

"She's gone."

Chikaru felt terrible, they did break up and she was probably still hurting from it, -"I'm so sorry, how long has it been?"-

"Two years."

-"That's terrible."- Chikaru placed her hand on her's, something that surprised her but didn't reject it either, -"What happened?"- she asked.

She only glanced down, then straight ahead, "I don't want to talk about it… not right now."

Chikaru nodded, -"I understand, but if you need to talk I'll always be here for you 'kay?"- she smiled warmly at her.

"Thank you." She placed her hands behind her head as she leaned against the windshield and the two stared at the serene view in front of them.

Chikaru glanced back to her, she couldn't deny what she was feeling for her… she was in love despite only knowing her for a week now and as much as she didn't want to believe it, she was… but it felt wrong because her heart belonged to another even if they did break up.

They must have stayed together for a good hour, enjoying one another's company and Chikaru loved every moment of it but she had to wonder how she was doing, was she also enjoying her time with her? Before Chikaru could even ask, she felt a drop of water hit her nose and when she looked up she could the clouds forming up above.

"Looks like it's going to rain." The blonde haired girl replied, the two didn't hesitate to get in the car as it began to drizzle before turning into hard rain.

-"Doesn't seem like I'll be able to go back to the dorms with this rain."- Chikaru looked out the window, hearing the rain hit the roof of the car.

"You can stay at my place if you want." She said softly.

Chikaru looked at her, -"I wouldn't want to intrude."-

"It's okay." She turned on the car then began to drive back home, well to her home at least seeing as the rain wasn't going to let up anytime soon.

They parked the car and ran inside, laughing as they did so and rode the elevator up to the second floor and into her apartment.

When she turned on the light, Chikaru was stunned… it was a sad, not because of her home but because there was no energy in her home. She could already see that she was really hurting, no posters on the wall, no decorations, two tables which she assumed was to put food on and the other where she worked on things since her toolbox was on it, and a sofa with a single TV set in front and the refrigerator in the back next to the microwave and oven.

Chikaru kept looking around, there was a lot more to this girl then she thought.

"You okay?"

-"Yeah I am, This is just the first time I've been here."- she smiled, -"I'm glad you had me over."-

She nodded as she took off her jacket, hung it and sat on the sofa. Chikaru then took a seat next to her, she had only known this girl for a week now but her feelings were just dying to come out.

She looked at her, "I'm going to grab a drink, do you want anything?"

-"Water please."-

She stood up and walked over to her fridge, pulled a can of beer for herself and a bottled water but as she turned around Chikaru was in front of her, "Chikaru?"

-"Can I ask you something?"-

She was taken aback, "Sure?"

-"... I cant deny what I feel for you… and I know I'm dumb for doing so because you already have someone but I need to tell you because I'll go crazy if I don't. I really like you… no, I've fallen in love with you and I know its so quick and stupid but… I don't know what to do."

She was stunned, she surely didn't expect her to say this to her, "You're not stupid…" was all she could say as she parted Chikaru's hair over her ear.

Chikaru looked at her, maybe she did have a chance with her as awful as she felt and she slowly was leaning in for a kiss, raising herself on her toes to reach her.

The blonde haired girl too was leaning in to kiss her…

"Hey guess what, I love you!" A gentle voice rang in her head making her stop, and she moved her head and backed away.

-"What's wrong?"- Chikaru asked, but she quickly saw the pain in her lavender colored eyes… it was almost as if she wanted to cry, -"Gomenasai, I didn't mean too… I didn't want to hurt you!"- she held her hands expecting her to push her hands away but what she did surprised her, she held them firmly almost as if she wanted to be held.

Chikaru then pulled her too her and hugged her, one that was returned warmly.

"I'm sorry..." she said softly, her voice breaking, "I cant… I just cant." Chikaru could assume she couldn't be with her, and she didn't exactly know why but it must have had something to do with the other girl she saw in the picture but she wasn't entirely sure till she heard it from her.

-"Hey hey its okay,"- she held her as she ran her hand down her back to soothe her, -"I didn't mean to upset you."-

"You didn't…" she replied.

-"It's just, I love you and… and…"- Chikaru decided to just leave it there, not wanting to hurt her further, but she didn't say anything, she then began to cry.

Chikaru could hear her trying to stiffen her cries but failed and she was crying and Chikaru could do nothing more but hold her lovingly but she had to wonder what happened to her and the girl she loved, if they were as close as she thought they were then why did she leave her?

If she was going to find out, she would have to hear from her and then hopefully be able to make her feel better and she would never leave her side… ever.

End Chapter 2