DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift
Ghost5: To everyone please forgive my very long absence from this fic, getting over the writer's block wasn't easy but now I am ready to finish so please enjoy and let me know what you think.
SOLO
CHAPTER 3
Solo drove all the way back to the tea house rather than stay in the city and sleep in the apartment above her garage, she instantly noticed the three black limousines that were parked outside, limousines were not a good sign in Solo's eyes this kind of car often spelt trouble and this trouble was often in the form of Yakuza. She parked the Mustang and cautiously made her way inside the house, everything was dark until a lamp was turned on and revealed a pack of suited muscular body guards standing around a seated figure that she knew all too well.
"Welcome home Mina san," Kamata said warmly after puffing out a thick cloud of cigar smoke
"Get out!" Solo said in a steely voice
Kamata smiled gently.
"I understand, but first I have a proposition for you as I hear that your engineering services go to the highest bidder,"
"That was while I was in China, things have changed now" Solo replied curiously
Kamata burst into laughter and almost chocked on his cigar.
"How so?" he asked "I see nothing has changed save for the fact that you are a free woman,"
"I'm retired," Solo answered before sitting down on the opposite side of the booth.
"I don't believe you," the old man said cheerfully
"I no longer race Kamata," she said "You should know that, my skills go to the highest bidder on the Chinese circuit however when I am home I have free reign of choosing if I work for someone or if I choose to work alone and in this case I have decided to run a more legitimate business and use my love for fast machines as nothing more than a hobby,"
Kamata nodded in agreement.
"Wise choice," he said staring at the smouldering end of his cigar thoughtfully "Pity that Han doesn't think so,"
"Your business with Han is none of my business," Solo said swiftly "Now, get out,"
Kamata stubbed out his cigar and gestured to his men that he was going to leave.
"Yakuza keeps it promises Mina san, we will leave you and your businesses alone as you have won your freedom," he said " But that doesn't excuse Han or any of his boys that you hold so dear, sooner or later you will be working for us,"
Solo knew a veiled threat when she heard it and knew just how to stung old Kamata back.
"It's sad to think that it was I who passed my title over to that nephew of yours in the first place," she commented "To think that he isn't originally the Drift King must be quite a disappointment,"
"Perhaps you should race him and see if he is worthy of being crowned Drift King after all," Kamata suggested
"Like I said I'm retired,"
After those parting words Solo simply waited for the door of her tea house to close.
"I'm not the girl you remember old man," she said to the darkness
After a couple of quiet moments Solo took out her phone and dialled a number.
"Yes?" came an annoyed American voice
"It's me," she replied
"Solo!" the voice exclaimed "Welcome back girl,"
"I need some equipment Uncle Ken," she explained
"Whatever it is you need old Ken here will hook you up," the man said excitedly
"Dude did you have any idea of who you were talking to," Twinkie said excitedly
"No," Sean said bemused
"Solo man that was the Drift Queen, the ultimate drifter," he said adoringly
Sean caught the look on Han's face and said a quick goodbye to his friend before walking over to his mentor and getting in the driver's seat. Sean drove down through the car park quickly and out onto the main road before he asked his burning questions.
"That was her wasn't it?" he asked "The girl that you want to win,"
"You should be happy," Han replied
"Why," Sean asked curiously
"She seems to like you," he answered
"And that's a good thing?" Sean replied
"You were looking at the original drifter, she earned her title," Han explained
"And Takashi didn't?" Sean exclaimed
"No he didn't," Han agreed "Before Solo left she gave Takashi the title of Drift King as she wasn't going to need the title while she was in China, now that she's back Takashi is worried that she might just take the title from him which she has every right to do,"
Sean smiled to himself.
"Well isn't that funny, he can go round treating other people like shit and yet he treats her like royalty,"
"You drove Mona Lisa, so you should know why everyone looks up to her," Han mumbled
"A car that I wrote off Han, you took care of that car for what four years and I totalled it in under four minutes," Sean said worriedly
"You didn't see her look angry, you never know she just might teach you something," Han said cheerfully