Disclaimer: Alright, last one of these I'm doing for this story. I don't own Azumanga Daioh.
A few opening words: Sorry for taking so long for this, I was busy writing the first chapter for my other one. I decided to keep my third story in reserve and write it when I'm bored. It'll get put up when there's a fair ammount of chapters already. Anyway, enjoy...
Sakaki stuck close behind Reiko as she entered the first turn. She saw her swerve to the left to transfer wieght, and slide from there into the right handed turn. She seemed to also gun the engine as well, because a lot of smoke came from the rear wheels, and her car's rear end slid almost entirely around. Sakaki followed suit, and copied her movements perfectly, eliciting a cry of excitement from the crowd, who were suprised at the sudden tandem drift that had occurred. A short straight followed, then a left hairpin. Just as she was about to enter the turn however, she noticed the people in the bleachers suddenly get into a frenzy, and begin to run towards any exit. Reiko slammed on the brakes in front of Sakaki and spun the car around. Sakaki stopped as well, so that their driver's side windows were facing each other. She rolled her window down as Reiko did hers.
"What's wrong?" she queried.
"Someone tipped off the cops! We gotta get outta here! Follow me."
Before Sakaki had a chance to say anything, Reiko revved her engine, and spun around Sakaki's car, heading for the ramp. Sakaki followed closely. They drifted down the spiral ramp, front and rear of the car mere inches from either wall. They continued this non-stop down all four levels. They exited on the bottom floor, and made it out the exit in the middle of a crowd of other cars, intent on escaping too. They headed out onto the street, and found the way to the left was already blocked by police. Sakaki followed Reiko to the right, and saw that police were setting up a roadblock there too. Reiko saw this too, and swerved into an alley, Sakaki hot on her tail. They had to slalom between the dunpsters that littered the alleyway. A few racers had followed them in, but the one right behind Sakaki was unlucky enough to not see a dumpster and drove into it head on, effectively blocking the way.
Up ahead, the alley exited onto a street, and continued on the other side. Reiko's face appeared in Sakaki's LCD screen.
"We're gonna go straight through, okay? As fast as you can, and just pray we don't hit anything. This neighborhood is quite busy this time of night."
Sakaki nodded, and sped up as Reiko did. As they neared the exit, Sakaki saw a big white 18-wheeler pull out infront of the exit. They were approaching fast, and Sakaki prayed that it would pass by when they got there. The cab made it by, and now the only thing in their way was the trailer. It was too late. They rocketted out of the alley, and under the trailer. Unfortunately for Sakaki, the wing Ezaki had installed was to tall to fit under, and was knocked clean off. They sped across the street and into the next alley, to the sound of horns blaring from the cars they had cut off. Then Sakaki noticed the distinctive flashing lights in her rear-view mirror. A cop had been on the street they crossed, and followed them in the alley. She hit the on button on the LCD screen.
"Reiko! Police, behind us!"
"Shit, really? Well, keep close. I know where we can lose them, if not on the way."
The two street racers sped through the alley, the police cruiser not far behind. Soon enough, they were out of the alley, and onto a four lane road, which happened to be quite busy. Sakaki followed Reiko down the road, but chose her own path through the traffic. She weaved in and out of the cars, crossing over into the oncoming lane ever now and then. There were too many close calls to count. Somewhere along the way, more police had joined in the chase, and there were now at least a dozen following them. Up ahead, Sakaki saw Reiko take a right turn, into three lane one way road. Sakaki waited a moment before tunring around a medium sized delivery truck. She glanced in her mirror and saw one of the police cars slam into it. She looked back ahead, and saw Reiko weaving through the oncoming traffic at a frantic pace. With not traffic travelling the same way, she had to choose her path carefully. Surprisingly, the police had followed them down the one way road. Several of them hit oncoming cars, bringing their numbers down to eight.
Up ahead, Reiko turned into a construction site. Sakaki followed closely, and noticed a large stack of pipes on the left. She let her car drift wide, and clipped the stack with her rear bumper, causeing the pipes to come tumbling down in front of the cops. Two were put out of commision, pipes lodged in the undercarriage. At least no one was hurt, she thought. Sakaki sped up to catch up to Reiko. They weaved in between construction equipment, piles of building materials, and steel girders sticking out of the ground. Dirt was sprayed everywhere by their rear wheels, which had trouble gripping the dirt. Up ahead Sakaki saw a spilt in the path, and Reiko appeared onscreen.
"Sakaki, go left, and I'll go right. Keep moving as fast as you can. If we time it right, we may be able to get rid of some of those cops."
She saw Reiko swerve right, and Sakaki took the left route. A pair of cars followed Reiko, whereas the other four followed Sakaki. With the police close behind, she roared through the construction site, glad that her path was straight. She checked her mirror again to make sure the cops were still there, and didn't look back in time to see the small mound of dirt. Her car was propelled into the air, landing on the far side of a pit dug for the installation of underground pipes. Sheken, but not unnerved, she kept driving. In her mirror, the first two cruisers made it over the gap, but the third came up short. The front end of the vehicle hit the side of the pit, causing the rear to fly up, leaving the car in a vertical position. The fourth was unable to stop, and flew off the mound and into the thrid car, ending up totaled on top of the now inverted, adn partially crushed, police car. Before she had time to celebrate, Sakaki noticed a right turn in her path. She could see through the support beams that Reiko's path rejoined hers there, and that they were nearly parallel with each other.
Sakaki sped into the right turn, and into the opening, where she met up with Reiko. Their timing was perfect. hey crossed each others paths, and ended up side by side on the oppostie sides they started. The cops behind them, not knowing of the intersection, came out at full speed, directly into one another. One loud crash later, and the girls were home free. Or so they thought. They exited the construction site into the harbor. Behind them, more police cruisers flooded out of a different path. Reiko, with Sakaki close behind, veered into a maze of cargo containers. Swerving in and out of the maze, the two ended up faced with a dead end. There was a small water channel used to ferry smaller ships to the correct docks straight ahead, and a warehouse to either side. Reiko seemed stumped, and her car slowed. Thinking quickly, she took the lead, shouting at the screen as she did.
"Reiko, follow me!
Sakaki depressed the gas as much as possible, and headed to the warehouse on the left. Up ahead, beside the warehouse, there was a concrete ramp leading up to the edge of the channel, used for loading purposes. As they neared the ramp, she hit the Nitrous, trying to coax as much speed as possible from the small car. The spedometer climbed slowly, reaching 300km/h. Reiko was right behind her. She drifted off to the left a bit, giving them some room. Time slowed as the two cars hit the ramp and flew out over the channel. Sakaki's heart stopped, and she prayed that they would make it. The front of the car dipped down and she saw the other edge of the channel fly by underneath. She braced herself. Both cars landed in a shower of sparks, and hit the brakes. Sliding to a stop, the girls looked at each other. Both had an expression usually described as having seen a ghost. Reiko laughed between breaths. Once certain that no police cars had followed them over the gap, they drove off, heading into downtown Tokyo.
"Wow, Sakaki. You really are crazy. I wish I had a camera..."
"Where are we going now?"
"A friend of mine has a garage in the area, we'll go there until the heat dies down in our own neighborhood. We head back there now, and we'd be caught for sure. Keep up, it's not far."
Author's notes: Sorry this one took so long to write. Since I'm leaving in a few days, I'll be writing as much as possible, so stay tuned and I may be able to put out another chapter before I go.
Also, I should be getting Word soon, so this'll probably be the last chapter with errors. Read and review (and spell check), and I'll see ya next time!
