Ch11: Water in your ears always comes out whenever it's inconvenient to make a face that says it feels good!
"Yosh, Shinpachi-kun! I, Katsura-no, right now CAPTAIN PEPE humbly accepts your challenge as a man and will fight with everything he has!" Katsuro stood up on his bicycle.
Ah! Dancing already?! No way, we're still at least 4 kilometers from the checkpoint! Why would he dance now all of sudden? This isn't good, Katsura-sans stamina may be his advantage, if he gets a good distance from me now I'm not even sure I can catch up… In a panic, Shinpachi also stands up.
I won't let you make distance between the two of us! I'll stick to you like glue if I mus-ah… Shinpachi looked over to where Katsura was, his bike… had rockets attached to them that were triggered to come out when he stood up.
Shinpachi remembers what Katsura told just now… meaning… fighting with all his might meant this.
"That's completely CHEATING!" Shinpachi screamed but was too late. "Ahahahahahaha! Farewell~ Shinpachi-kun!" Katsura laughed as the rockets started to push Katsura and his road racer away from the poor teen.
"Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! You can't do that! Isn't anyone watching this?! Where the heck is the referee or something! Ah!" Shinpachi spotted the helicopter above him that was filming the entire scene. "Oiiii! DO something about this! He's disqualified right eh-GAH!" Shinpachi quickly avoided the stuff on the road left by the Rocket and Katsura.
It was, once again, glitters and paint saying all kinds of graceful greetings to the Shogun. Little Shige Shige blushed again. Katsura had left a trail of rainbow like praises directed to the Shogun. The helicopter crew also admired the work and forgot how the work was even displayed there.
"Oiiiiiiiii! Do something! You can't just let this slide like that! And one of the writings there is saying 'Die, Shogun!' can't you read! That's obviously his hand writing! Oi! Learn to listen, Damn it!" Shinpachi's cry was ignored, the helicopter crew couldn't even hear him and sang praises of the colourful road and how fast Captain Pepe was.
Damn it… can't do anything about it… damn it…. What should I do… What should I do… ah- Shinpachi notices something attached to the handle bar.
-flash back to where the race was just about to start-
"Shinpachi-kun, here you can borrow one of the road racers!" Yamazaki pulled the bike built for speed toward Shinpachi.
"Ah, thank you very much, Yamazaki-san… woah, it's completely black… and so light! I've never rode a road racer before in my life. I wonder if I'll be alright…" Shinpachi worried himself, embarrassed.
"its fine, this is my first time too!" Yamazaki said.
"Is this team going to be alright…? It's already completely written in stone that we're going to lose isn't it?" Shinpachi pointed out without a second thought.
"Don't worry about it! I know you have it in you! You're slender and long limbs, those glasses that nerdy hairstyle and the fact that you're an otaku! You're perfect for it! You… are definitely a CLIMBER!" Yamazaki cheered him on, comparing him to Ono** of Yowa***** Pe***.
"What are you talking about? Do you even know what a climber is? What does being an otaku have anything to do with being a good climber?"
"Oh, another thing-" Yamazaki ignored the bespectacled teen. "-this, if you're ever in a pinch… just remember to enjoy yourself, it's all about rhythm!" he continued to encourage as he attached something to the poor teens handle bar.
-end of flash back-
This is… a music player… but why? Shinpachi looked at the music player as he pedalled. Well.. no point in wondering about it now, I don't have a choice but to trust Yamazaki-san… I… I have to catch up to Katsura-san no matter what!
Shinpachi placed the headphones in his ears without losing balance and looked at the songs in the player. This-This are~!
"Hahaha…" Katsura laughed to himself. There's no way Shinpachi –kun can catch up to me now, it's impossible… but… thanks to his determination I've revealed my only secret plan for a sure win… well… it was worth it… I'm sure he must be happy right now that I, Katsura Kotaro showed all of his strength against a youth such as him ahahaha! Katsura felt so proud of himself as the he started pedalling again and the rocket one out of juice.
He sat back into position and leisurely pedalled, it was only a few meters away from the peak of the hill.
Nothing but the sound of Katsura's pedalling and breath was heard in the hills. It's quiet… this is… the best… the peacefulness of being in the first place… aaaah… he gratefully accepted the soothing atmosphere and the soft kisses from the wind… and the sound of tires somewhere a few meters behind him.
Impossible! It can't be! He was at least 4 kilometers away! It just… it had to be someone else! Elizabeth? Is it her… but… Katsura panicked and started to pedal a bit more furiously. That is- The sound of the tires behind him gradually became louder and the man making the sounds finally goes inside his field of vision.
It was-
"…anata *pant* no *pant*" Shinpachi was nearly breathless as his lungs begged for air and his muscled cried for rest. He ignored the cries and continued to move them with everything he got. He was facing down from exhaustion as he pedalled and went on with a cadence of nearly 200 to catch up with the cheater.
Shinpachi-kun! It's impossible! In that sort of distance, just what is this boy?! But he looks completely drained… there's nothing to worry about… but… that cadence… at how many rpms did he go to reach me in such a short time?! Shinpachi-kun you certainly are one hell of a youngster… I should've never let my guard down… Katsura started respecting the young man.
The distance grew thinner as Shinpachi pedalled with constant speed and Katsura, having been resting with the rocket pushing him, was slow compared to the teen with his muscles a bit stiff and unready for a sudden burst of overwork.
Tch…. Katsura cursed his leg muscles and gave his thighs a hard punch. Keep it together! You can't let this kid get any more closer before you reach the peak!
"….sukoshi…shikiso…ga…." Shinpachi muttered.
What? What is he muttering about? It's like I don't even exist! Is he already unconscious and running of mere pride and spirit? Is he muttering in his dreams right now…? Katsura thought.
"…usui no ne…Anata no hokuro…. Yo-yoku miriyaakesho kegahaeteru…" he continued, a little louder this time still with his head faced down.
This kid…. He's… he's singing?! Katsura realized and finally noticed that Shinpachi had ear buds on and a music player attached to his handle bar.
"Shi-Shinpachi-" Katsura tried to call out but was interrupted when-
"OMAE SOREDEMO NIGNEN KA! OMAE NO KAACHAN XX HITA!" Shinpachi started singing with all his might as he started swaying around with his face filled with excitement and a huge smile, he was in complete party mode and was forgetting about the race or Katsura's presence. Katsura stared as the boy just continued pedalling without thinking.
He just stared at the poor boy as Shinpachi passed him.
To lose to a youngsters like this…. Katsura thought.
They were only a few meters away from the checkpoint. Shipachi pedalled continuously and at top speed with the rhythm, it was like the serene atmosphere Katsura was worshipping never existed.
"OMAE SOREDEMO NIGNEN KA! OMAE NO KAACHAN XX HITA!" he was completely in his own little otaku world.
To lose to a youngster like this…. Katsura's aura turned pitch black, forget about his muscles, forget about how unready he is to speed up. Katsura stood up and readied himself to start dancing. He had only one thing on his head right now, to not lose!
Shinpachi was too busy singing not even noticing how the checkpoint was right in front of him and a demon looking like Katsura was dancing like crazy behind him.
Mere feet away from the checkpoint, Katsura and Shinpachi were parallel to each other as they continued to pedal. "-XX shita!-" the song ends. "Ah-?" Shinpachi slacks off on his pedalling and goes back to the real world.
He sees the demon like Katsura next to him and completely pauses in freight. Katsura quickly passed the checkpoint and stretched his arms up in victory.
"….ah" Shinpachi nearly cried...
Katsura looked over his shoulder to where Shinpachi was as he rested a bit on the way down the hill and smirked.
"I'm sorry… Yamazaki-san…"
Author: parody of Yowamushi Pedal ahaha, it doesn't belong to me, nothing belongs to me! Thanks for reading, kinda boring chappy ahaha…. Sorry for mistakes! Jya~!