"Yumi! See you again!"

"Haik!"

Two schoolgirls greeted each other before they depart to their classes, looking from afar the corridor of classes, an old man in plaid coat and beige silk pants were having that expression of remorse, "Minami..." He mentioned.

Minami, or Sonozaki Minami, is that one runaway student that has what made the current school he's teaching at made famous about. Among the students of this school, he himself is what all about this reason for her to runaway from Mito, to his and other teacher's dismay, Minami are now part of an underground street racing, some said it to be more notorious group than the common Bosozoku's, could it be a Yakuza funded criminal racing crew? He can only hope it's not, he can't have a girl in her eighteen joins an underground street racing just because of a group homework she can't presentate to her class, not if the outcome is her became a criminal thug, he sighed, "I am fool!", he just look down, contemplating things he had done to her.

Something that he nothing had done at all, has a profound impact to this school.

"Let's go!"

The locker were shut closed, two students wore their black class dress over their white shirt and went out the locker room, and all the way out of the school.

Mito High School
15.10

"Hell, now that we know Minami Is an avid car girl, i think i must admit that i'd regret not ever try my chance to get close with her!", said a bald boy, "Hmm...yeah, Tada. I bet she's with us now going not to home if she's not run from here! This is gonna be cool!"

Soon, they're at the Mito Railway Station, lucky that in no time, the train had arrived, rather earlier.

"Are Daikoku car meet already around now?" asked Tada, "Hmm...yeah, although not that many, but later by later it's get packed, you know!", Tada can only shook his head thinking of what he would see once he get there, "I can't wait to see them myself, Taka!", "Yeah, but we better find some snacks and drinks first once we arrived at Tokyo!", "You're right!"

Eventually, later that night, "Here we are, Takuya!"


Three cars were stopping by the side of the road, amidst the woods in the night. "Hmm...you're right, Sakai-san! There's the path there, it's a very good spot!" One of the trio pointed to the forest as they exited their Spoon Sports Honda's, two Integra Type R DC2's, one being green with the liveries and the other simply plain Championship White with Carbon Fiber hood, then a yellow Civic EK9 Type R. "Oh, Daiki! This road would suits you!" the taller Sakai-san person said as he lead two younger men whose around 23rd, "Hmm...are we there yet? I have to see it before anything!", "Well, Daiki...". They sees the battle as they get to the said spot before, the vast gravelly clearing overlooking the three way intersection as well as the road north to it.

"Ah! Takuya! Are you raced with this girl from Mito? I heard she's a hell of a driver up to here!" Sakai asked, "You mean...Minami? Oh! I do met her, not in person though! She's there when we meet at the Pachinko, did not get a chance to talk with her!" Takuya replied, he's wearing white collar yellow T-shirt with Spoon Sports emblem on the edge of each sleeves, and grey jeans with pair of green Converses. Sakai-san were more intrigued by this, he's now looked intently to the north road, "She will be there, Sakai-san!", "She will, Takuya! Let's just watch and learn!"

The three can ear engine growls from the north road, "There they are! Oh, i forgot, Takuya! This Minami girl, what car did she drive?" Sakai asked again, "She drives Sil80, it's an S15 facelift!" Takuya replied, leaving the little older man in thought, wondering how it would look.

Which it were answered right away, as a red Chaser, which they know well, drift out the blind corner in such speed it nudge the guardrail, following behind are what proves Takuya to the senior fellow, and it's rather, "Beautiful!" As Sakai complemented the car's aesthetic that it too drifts out the corner, rather stable than Izanami's Chaser.

Coming in fast, she Let off the throttle letting her sedan car run by the gravity, 100 yards closer to where they have to turn right, she steer back to the turn until she feels the weight shifted from the back end of her car steadily to the direction she's onto. Pulling the handbrake, for the first time, which locking up the rear wheels momentarily, her drift angle were more tightened, she counteract the steering leftside, and enter the westward road sideways. It's a U-turn from where she enters, and shortly after one, another just before them, going leftside, Sonozaki were going sideways after Izanami's sedan, a bright light shone on the passenger door, which to her dismay, it's another car coming from the south road, a silver Toyota Celsior bound to intervene her.

"KYAA!" Scream were heard from her, the crash then follows, the Celsior were turn hard right avoiding the incoming drift car passes like a missile, the silver Toyota were straight crashed to the guardrail, not that powerful to have it ended up on the ravine, but powerful enough that the hood were bent badly, the front bumper crushed by the guardrail, the hinges were damaged and no sooner it snap and flung the bumper to the ravine.

"Oh my god! Hashtag 'That Guardrail Life'! It's like my fifth crash driving the mountain road!" The male driver around 34 said, he's not alone, she sighed "Well...at least it wasn't your Lan Evo, dom!" said a blonde teenager to the near balding black man, weirdly, both were fortunately safe from the crash, "I know, Kelly! Damn! Next time i'm on a spring trip at Iroha slope i should get an F-150 or Tacoma instead, eh?".

Miki at first flinched when she heard like a car crash behind her, then she were surprised to still see the Sil80 close behind her. Going back to the race, she do the Power Over by going full throttle at once, the torque induced is large that it push the rear part of her Chaser to the front, causing oversteer, drift technique that is very basic. Sonozaki, behind her, were running straight instead, almost catching up to the person whose known Kenzo well, as she's about two meters or so closer, Miki always drift away through the corner, it's already hard to maintain the face to tail visual gap with the Toyota sedan, it's also already hard enough to maintain a consistent pace on this downhill road that slightly narrow than Ashinoko Skyline. Minami tries several drifting techniques she knows that helps her maintain her speed when taking corners, which hopefully get her to catch up with Miki, Minami get to the right wall nearing the lefthand corner ahead, as she were close to the later, she threw the steering wheels to where Miki gone letting her 180SX slingshot it's rear weight forward inducing oversteer, which she counteract it, a risky at this such tight width road Scandinavian Flicks, or Feint Drift. There's another turn to the left which again make a 'Phi' letter on her SatNav phone app, coming through the second 'Phi', she get Miki back on her sight as the TRD Chaser were clutch kicking through the right turn not far ahead, a U-Turn.

Through the treelines between the two roads before the U, Izanami could see the glows from the Sileighty's headlights from the other side as she continues to slide around, "She's really fast!" She noticed. Getting to the double bends before her, Miki shifted her eyes to the rear view mirror, in time to see the Midnight Purple Pearl Nissan already speed up behind her, "Wha...!?" Miki gasped, as with the Nissan speed up behind her, Minami is right behind her, and she just blast through the empty right lane, catching Izanami off her guard, onward to the soft right chicane, rather fast.

Minami Sonozaki - Nissan 180SX (S13) Type S
Izanami - Toyota Chaser (X100) Tourer V

In fact a bit too fast. "Why she isn't slows down there? It s...Huh?!" Miki's word were cut as she see's the S13 align to the middle of the road, then in a sudden, it steer hard to the rightside, a Feint drift setup, like before, that makes Minami sliding into the entry of the sector, the engine were dwindling for a second before it roars again in medium high rev sound, the 180SX were snapped leftside finishing the sector already, "Gah!?" Miki gasped seeing the maneuver, "She did Feint on this narrow road? As if it's Hakone Turnpike!" Miki thought herself there.

Miki too did the Feint drift technique that keeps her going sideways going into the righthander to the lefthander, this time without a scratch even a little, she initiated it with just a simple release of the throttle as she holds on the outside of the corner, simply too she just easily steer right and return to play the gas and countersteer it again when she felt her JZX100 went sideways, coming to the lefthander, she release the throttle so her car would regain some traction, meaning it would switch direction, as so, the gas pedal is pressed again, she exit the sector sideways. And that's when she see's Sonozaki again. She's really fast, "Weird! The sound of the engine is that of an SR, but...it's acceleration is so quick and really fast speed, as if it's an RB or a larger capacity engine!" Miki couldn't help but wonder, what's baffled her even more is seeing Sonozaki still accelerate ahead to the U-turn that was right in her face, rather clearly, "Mi-Chan, what are you doing!? You're going to a tight hairpin there, she's running in too fast there!", Miki almost yelled seeing Sonozaki were going non-stop. The purple 180SX roars it's SR20DET like wolves howling at night, it too lit up it's rear lights in red, at the same time it snap hard to the hairpin to the left, rather in an impossibly high speed, yet also smooth, "Smooth as baby's butt!" Miki remarked as she witnessed her overtaker just disappeared in the almost blink of an eye. Not letting up, she tries to give a chase, Miki went full throttle to five meters before the hairpin Minami just disappeared, where then she let off the gas, to which the weight on the back of her sedan steadily pushed forward a second later to then she slowly apply on throttle again and countersteer her car, an Accel-off drift technique used as she turn in there, brakes were pushed gently for a moment to steadily slow down her car, it enters the hairpin sideways, going into the road on the other side of the trees dividing the one she exit the soft right bends, much to her surprise, "Wah! She's really fast! Where's she?! She's like vanished!" her eyes were opened as if the eyeballs were to pop out of it's place, trying to deny the very reality that Minami was nowhere before her, like if she's swollen whole by time, "No! I can't! I can't give it up already! Looks like I have to minimize my driftings, I should just do the old Slow-in Fast-out, that means i have to apply the throttle smoothly to reduce wheelspin, and then I would slowly catch up to her!".

With that determination, she slowly ease up the throttle to get on the right torque to regain the grip on the rear wheels without reducing the hard gained speed, once she felt the rear tyres has glued back to the tarmac, she slowly but surely depress back the gas pedal. Even an average 55 MpH is still worth to fight with in this dark narrow road, the added traction would further leverage her gap closer with Minami, even though it's unlikely to come close enough in time to win the race, after all, she has no time to retake her position anyway when the last time she sees Minami before she vanished on the corner before. The Chaser gone along the left side of the road as it come close to the right hand ninety degrees turn, close about three meters later, she rotate the Momo steering wheel ninety degrees same to where the turn heeds, again the throttle were let loose slowly while so, entering the turn, she could feel the rear tyres were loose on traction again, fact is she's basically did an Accel-Off again, more often used than ever. Getting out of the corner, she going back full throttle steadily and let her sedan shred it's rear wheels a little, she did finally, sees the taillights of the S13 180SX, just for some split second before it again vanishes even faster than blink of an eye, "Hah! Her pace is scaring the crap out of me! How did she even go that fast there?" Miki perplexed, the way Sonozaki turned, which she did not even witnessed, is just unreal "The car is tuned to the extent it can do a pretty good highway runs and beat some competition on mountain passes i believe, but...the way she goes there, that is just way too fast! No way there's a tuner in this world can built even a full spec racing car with that cornering speed! It's unreal!"

"Is that even a car that i just see?!". Miki checked the SatNav on her phone, to which it's also surprises her "What the...?!"

After the left turn Minami gone too, as the GPS app of her phone, there were a right hand medium speed bend in the midst of the fifteen meters course before the right hand hairpin ahead, she were startled to see that the single red arrow, indicating Minami's Sileighty, about to pass the bend ahead.

She's already far away, impossible for Miki to catch up again, she see now Sonozaki were already about to setting up for the hairpin. Miki sighed "Well, what can I do if it's the case?" she know that as of now, it was a defeat for her, hands down, even though it's not over yet. "Shed it! I can just refine my driving while i get to the mountain base!" Miki may relent, but her focus on her driving pace is still in effect. Her eyes squinted as to notice something, "Ah! Almost forgot!" She exclaimed, Miki set her dashboard bracketed phone play a music to make her up while she get down the hill. (Leslie Parrish - Save Me)

Minami were sliding through the right hander U-Turn, out of it she keeps drifting it to about four meters before the 110 degrees left corner, this is where she took off the accelerator completely and let her car change heading to left before she back on the throttle and counter steer into the corner in 44 MpH on the clock. The same but softer and to the right turns follows up, which she again Manji drift it, increasing the speed to above 50, all the way to again the same one left hander, the last two turns shown on the SatNav app. But she felt something weird on her car's behavior, it felt little bit movements with the slightest touch of the steering wheel.

"The tyres!" Minami exclaimed.

She had no idea whether it's a rubbers that makes the four tyres hold last for only two nights, which comes from either it's the wrong kind of slicks or the quality that just worst, which seems doubtful, or it's just herself pushing it to the limit in just not the right way, shredding almost most of the rubbers that even though it gives her a good sideway kicks, she remembers from the brochure back at Shizuoka that it's for grip runs, not for drifting. Realizing it now, she slightly reduced her pace, Minami did not went full throttle anymore, it's a halfway down she held the pedal with her right foot, speed were deduced by little, "The last corner is up ahead, the tyres won't last long if i get faster, i have to relaxed a bit from here on!" Minami remembered.

Group of cars were waiting on the Pub that's just recently operational, it's open, more than that, many buyers are there like on the daylight shift. "Hey...i hear an engine sound!" one of the bystanders on the side of the road said, "Yeah, it's them!", "Were Izanami spread the gap or what?". One person get inside the road and looked to the uphill road, "Uhh? Hiroya?" someone called him, his eyes squinted with the closer engine growl, "Hang on...that doesn't sound anything like 1JZ engine!"

He did right, "Hah!?" people were surprised to see a flares lite up half the height of the surrounding pine trees when a car passed the flare cones on each side, "An S15!?" Some spectators said in unison, Hiroya, the guy in the road did not reacted from his face, "I knew it! So...it's an SR20, exactly what i drive!"

1st Minami Sonozaki - Nissan 180SX (S13) Type S
2nd Izanami - Toyota Chaser (X100) Tourer V

The S15 Silvia, which the Hiroya person then realize as it slows down to enter the pub's parking lot is an S15 facelifted purple Sil80, is noticeable that it's four tyres were in condition so bad, even a slow cruise back home would not cut it from the inevitable road accident, it's so worst that when looking to the female driver, quite surprisingly young for him, were sweated and slightly weird steering motions on her hands, the ride must have already scared her, but it's still impressive that this young girl were made it here, if the race were longer to the base of the mountain, it seems that she would have lost midway.

The red TRD Chaser follows next, "I can't believe it!" a guy said walking to him, "Huh? Ikeda?" Hiroya looked to the guy taller than him a bit, "An average Touge driver would take at least a full month or two to familiarize with the new course, Ikoma is none the case here, three years after the earthquake that struck here, roads has almost completely changed, to also mastering this new road would take longer, even more than that!", Hiroya listens to Ikeda carefully, "Miki...not really know her in person, but the rumors is true, she has mastered this road quite well, hell, within a month in fact!", the JZX100 were parking next to the purple Sil80, "Since then, nobody has ever defeated her, none are even able to stay close with her!", "But...that Sileighty girl...", "I know, Hiroya! This Minami Sonozaki..I'm surprised to see her led that far from Miki, i bet this is her first time driving this road, yet she gone too far for Miki to catch up! Yet also i can see..it's more than just a luck!" The Ikeda person couldn't help but felt as he have seen things here before, "Could it be...?"

Minami gets out of her car, taking a look to the X100 Tourer V right beside her, she sees the Chaser's front passenger window were slid down, the so-called Izanami is really Miki herself. "Miki! Did not know it was you!" Sonozaki says, "Yeah...you're really on another level, Mi-Chan, i've driven this new road for quite a long time, you're the first people to beats me!", Minami can't say anything about that, "Your pace near the end is scaring me", "Yeah, well, rough driftings maybe!" Minami remembers something, she looked to her car tyres, surprised to see all of it were balding surface, even some rubber chunks were clearly still hung to the tyres, Miki noticed something on the S13.5 tyres as well, the side wall markings, "Isn't that...not some drift tyres?" Izanami asked, Minami in turns giggles in embarrassment, "Yess...I remember, it's not a drift tyres and thought it's a medium slick ones! Hahaha!" Minami laughed a bit, "I even drift it at the Tomei above 150!", Izanami too giggles in amazement, "No wonder!". Minami realize too that it's not safe anymore to ride with it, even for below 30, "Can I drive with you? Maybe I could learn a thing or two from you!", Miki were silent for a moment, looking back to her JZX Chaser for a second before she says something, "Well, I would, in fact, regarding the tyres of yours, i should! But..err...if it's about you want to learn one or two...I don't know! I learn mostly from Kenzo, but I also learn as lot as him from this woman, she's at Hiroshima! girl, what a driver she is!", "Who?", "Her name is Suzumi, or I called her just Mei! She's driving a silver MX-5, the third Generation one! Since you're made it to the race to Shimanami, you should see her, and say Hi to her for me!", only if i can survive Minami thought.

"Yo, check out the tyres of this purple Datsun!" One negro exclaimed as he take a look to Sonozaki's Datsun Tyres, a set of grip tyres that were almost completely balding, "Damned way to waste a good semi slick there!" Another black guy added. Indeed, now thanks to her aggressive driving, Sonozaki were left with no means of going to the Inn with her 180SX, at least until she can tow it, "Hey, kid! You gonna need a tow truck!" a guy, wearing grey sweater and black beanie hat, said to her, his right hand has a yellow small envelope, "Take it, it's yours!" he gave it to her, inside is a smooth textured papers which all were put together to make a fortune of a million Yen, "How much for that Tow truck?", The man just giggle, "We'll take good care of it!".

A white Flatbed truck, a Mitsubishi Fuso, were eventually leaving the in the middle of forest car meet, carrying the S13.5 on it's back, the Chaser were following after it.

"Hehehe...Make up your mind, Mi-Chan! You can't do drifting with grippy tyres anymore after this!"


Much appreciated to you stick around to this story, thank you!

Sorry for the flaws, trying to add up some little surprises here for once.

This will be the end of the first phase races, currently working on the next phase pre-races, random select races before the main ones, starting from Osaka, more drivers, means more cars!

I hope you like this readings, and again, thank you for reading this! :D

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