Chapter 6: The Suprise of Takumi Fujiwara.

Ura Rokko Touge, a week before the battle with Project.D. Time: 8:00 PM

"Dear, your lap times are incredible!" It's been a few days since Mikuru wound up in a leg cast, and my girlfriend is driving the SOS-Dan DC5. Haruhi seems to have a natural aptitude for driving, as her lap times have decreased with each pass.

"Of course. I'm the chief, after all. I have to set a good exampl----" I stopped her mid-sentence and kissed her. I find that when she's talking, she's the least guarded.

"What? Um...I don't know!" Haruhi hugged me again. "Stop doing that! I lose my train of thought when you kiss me." She then started blushing. She can be the cutest girl in the world, and at the next moment she invokes a heaven or hell.

Yuki put her book down. It seemed that she was reading the latest issue of Comptiq magazine. Can't tear a girl from her hobbies, right? She walked toward us and in typical Yuki fashion, she said.

"A group of people are approaching. Two RX-7's and one AE86. 4 1-box cargo vans."

Mikuru looked worried as she was going over her car after Haruhi's runs. Koizumi, our mechanic, had just finished installing a grounding kit when Yuki alerted us.

"It would seem that our opponents have arrived."

"...I-I wonder what they look like."

The group then stopped in front of us. On the cargo vans, the words "Project.D" were printed in big black letters. These must be our opponents.

"SOS-Dan, assemble!" Haruhi gathered us all together for the big meeting with Project.D. We all walked towards the group. The headlights were still shining. It felt like we were the poor deer, about to get run over by someone's Land Rover. Without incident, the whole team of Project.D assembled.

"What the? They're kids!"

"Keisuke-san, you'd do well to not underestimate them."

"I'll talk to them." The one in the purple shirt approached us. Late 20's. Nice pants. He must be their spokesman.

"Hello. My name is Fumihiro. I'm the second-in-command of Project.D. You must be the SOS-Dan. Thank you for accepting our challenge."

"I'm Haruhi Suzumiya, the leader of the SOS-Dan. The pleasure is all mine." Man, Haruhi is smoking hot with that racing suit on. I wonder what she's wearing underneath that?

"These are my crew members. My boyfriend, Kyon. Data Logger, Yuki. Mechanic, Koizumi. The one that owns the car is our moe-loli mascot Mikuru. She's in the wheelchair over there." Haruhi...can you think about what comes out of your mouth before you say anything?

"I...see."

It was then that the leader made his appearance.

"My name is Ryosuke Takahashi. I'm the leader of Project.D. These are my two drivers---" Haruhi then cut him off mid-sentence.

"Can I have your autograph?! I'm a really big fan!" Ryosuke then looked shocked.

"Sure. Should I make it out to the SOS-Dan?"

"Yes please."

"Okay...there you go. We'd like permission to use your mountain for practice, if you don't mind." This guy's got ice blood running through his veins. I've never seen anyone so cool and collected before.

"I don't mind one bit. Please, practice to your heart's content." Confident as always, Haruhi gave Project.D full use of the mountain. Funny, we don't actually own the mountain anyway...

"These are my two drivers. Keisuke, my brother, is driving the FD3S. The other driver is Fujiwara, the downh---" Haruhi then left and ran towards the one called Fujiwara. His car, can it still run? It's gotta be at least 20 years old.

"Takumi-niichan!" What?! Haruhi has a -niichan? This is strange. The whole SOS-dan gathered around this old car, and its mysterious driver.

"Huh? Haru-chan! It's been a long time!" Whoa, now this is really getting strange. Someone actually shortening her name and adding -chan to it. Haruhi then hugged this Fujiwara person, and she introduced us.

"Everyone, this is my cousin, Takumi Fujiwara. His mom is my dad's sister." Not one to beat around the bush, she went over her "roster" with her cousin.

"This is Kyon, my boyfriend. Mikuru, our moeloli mascot, is the owner of the DC5 over there. Koizumi is our mechanic. Yuki is our data-logger and umbrella girl."

"Wow...umbrella girl? Boyfriend? You haven't changed a bit, Haru-chan. By the way, who's driving the DC5?"

"I am. I guess that makes me your opponent, right?"

"Great. I haven't seen you in a while, this oughta be the best way to get reacquainted. I won't hold back, you know."

"Looking forward to it. Hey, after the race, let's get some fried tofu."

That night, project.D had the mountain. During the practice, Haruhi came up to me and said something very unusual. Or normal. But it's unusual for her to say something normal. Anyway...

"This time, I don't care who wins, Kyon. I just want to have a fun race where I give it my all."

I kissed her again. Looks like we don't have to worry about closed space anymore. Still though, I wouldn't like winning against this team. There's about a week left before the race. Plenty of time to practice, right?

To be continued...