STOP YOUR SELF CONTROL!
Word of such events spread quickly across the community of Tokyo-3, people had already started to gather on the mountain each taking a spot that they think that the race would be lost or won. As she drove up the mountain Anata was shocked to see all the people there waiting.
'Yep Kou was right, I think this will be a great race.' Anata thought to her self. 'And with us racing down the north end it should really be a hot race.'
looking up at her mirror, she watched as Kou made his way up she would watch as he would wave to people as they drove, Anata had guessed that it was friends of his, but they really where fan girls.
A little way's more down the mountain Misato and Rei made their way up in the Alpha. Both where shocked to see all the people waiting to see Shinji and Anata race.
"Wow Rei, look at this." Misato said. "Just think their all here to see Shinji and his friend race."
"The city is in need of a local hero, during the war that was Shinji Asuka and myself. Now it's just Shinji… " Rei stated.
"It sounds like you want to join in on all this Rei." Misato said. "Rei do you want a car?" Misato teased.
Rei quickly shook her head. "No, I enjoy my quite life."
At the base of the mountain Shinji and Asuka started their ways up the mountain.
'I don't think I'll ever get used to this. Seeing all the people lined up to watch me race… ' Shinji thought to him self then he patted his car on the dashboard. "I'm going to win. We're going to win."
Asuka fallowed behind in her BMW. "Look at them all, their all here for my Baka Shinji…"
At the top of the mountain, Anata and Kou had just pulled up and had gotten out of their cars when a friend of Kou's came up to him.
"Hay man, we just got word of Ikari and some BMW coming up the mountain."
Kou nodded. "Tell the look out guys that the race is going to be held on the north road and to move to the look out points."
The guy nodded and started to make a couple calls. Then several cars started to drive past and make their way through the north road.
Just then Misato's car came over the top of the mountain and searched for a parking spot there at the old NERV look out post. She and Rei then got out and made their way through all the people to get a good look of the starting line.
"Here we go Rei; here we can see the start of the race."
Rei just took a spot there on the guard rail and watched all the people. Then she could hear his car coming up over the top of the mountain. "Shinji is here…"
Just then the head lights shined over the cress of the mountain. and drove up to Anata's car, fallowed by Asuka's car. But she pulled in the NERV look out post where Misato was parked at.
"Misato?" Asuka said as she climbed out of her car. "You're here too?"
"I'm here to cheer for Shinji." Rei said then she climbed up over the guard rail and back over again so she could sit there on the barrier.
"Yeah Asuka you're not the only one that wants to cheer for Shinji." Misato said then she made a face at the red head.
In Shinji's car he sat there slightly confused on why Anata was parked the wrong direction. So he rolled down his window and waited for Anata to do the same.
"You ready Shinji?" Anata asked as soon as her window was down.
"Yeah I'm ready… but why are you pointing that way?" Shinji asked.
"Simple, I was thinking about it and I figured that it would be more of a fare race if we raced on the north road." Anata replied.
"But I am not that dangerous?" Shinji asked.
"Not any more then what we would be doing on the south road." Anata replied.
Walking up in between the two cars Kou checked on the two drivers. "So when you two are ready, I'll start the count down."
Anata and Shinji nodded, telling Kou that they where ready. Walking out in front of the two cars some fifteen feet, Kou brought his right hand high up in to the cool mountain air. "The race starts fifteen seconds!"
Revving his engine, Shinji focused on the road just ahead. He could tell that this race was going to be a rough one; the way how the trees sort of hung over the road making a tunnel look to it. Giving Shinji a cold shiver down his back.
10!
Anata revved the engine to the 86 and turned on her head lights, and then she made sure that her seat belt was on good and tight.
9!
Asuka, Rei and Misato started to cheer for Shinji from the guard rail when they heard the engines rev, the hiss of the blow off valve to the FC excited everyone that stood there watching. And they started to cheer for the two racers.
8!
7!
6!
5!
4!
3!
2!
1!
GO!
The two cars bolted from the starting point, leaving a cloud of smoke and the strong smell of burning rubber. Shinji's FC was able to quickly get the lead on the small 86. But Shinji knew that Anata was a far more skilled driver and wasn't letting his guard down.
Hitting the first turn Shinji noticed that the slight incline was effecting the cars acculturation. Seeing the sign for the first hard left turn Shinji down shifted and started to go in to a slide then that's when he noticed it. Anata was right on him and was gaining fast.
'What the hell?' He thought. 'How is she gaining on me already…. I've just got to stay ahead of her.'
Show me tonite that you're not a venture
That you can love me with another spirit
Give me the life as you were the nature
What is the reason why you keep me waitin'
Anata watched as the FC just ahead of her tried to keep its place, but she knew right then and there that the car wasn't able to keep its place. 'Not that easy… he can still come up with something.'
Watching the FC drift through the first of many sharp turns. Then Anata saw it happen, watching Shinji come through the turn his back right wheel hit the gutter causing the car to slow down and allowing her to pass him up early in the race.
Shinji watched as the red 86 passed by at great speeds. His jaw nearly dropped to the floor of his car. "Damn it!"
Back at the starting line Kou had joined Asuka, Misato and Rei at the guard rail where they all listened to the radio reports of the race.
"What's his chances?" Misato asked.
Kou shrugged shi shoulders. "About fifty, fifty."
"Ikari and Morisato just passed the first marker! My god Morisato has the record with Ikari only fraction of a second behind! If this keeps up one of those two will shatter the previous time!"
Kou looked back at Shinji's fans. "Like I said fifty, fifty."
I don't wanna be losing you
Don't you see that
I can't live another day without you
But you're teasing me
You just give an
"I've just got to stay on her till the tunnel!" Shinji said to him self, and then focused more closely on the fast changing road. But the much lighter 86 was easily able to make its way through the winding road and kept on leaving the FC more and more behind.
Anata looked back through the mirror to see Shinji's head lights shinning through the trees; he was still there and wasn't going to give up with out giving the girl a good race.
"This is what I wanted, a good race, a race between friends…"
Looking at the engine temp gauge, she noticed that her car was running slightly hotter then it would normally. "No, you've got to last just for his one race. That's all I ask."
Seeing that the road was starting to level out, Shinji readied him self for the run down the tunnel. Rounding a set of sharp S turns, the two cars passed the sign for the tunnel.
Then the cars rounded the last turn before the tunnel. "GO!"
Shifting in to the FC's last gear Slammed on the gas and quickly started to gain on the 86. But as Shinji did this the headers started to glow a bright red, and also started to put great strain on the aging engine. Slowly Shinji started to pull along side Anata's 86, looking over he saw that she was focused on the race and nothing else.
Express love
And I cry (die) for you tonite
And I'm dying (crying) but you, you give an
Express love
Stop for a while and think of me
To be part of my live so you can
Express love
The two cars screamed out of the tunnel, both side by side. Seeing the long sweeping left turn Shinji down shifted once and started a long drift, as he held the car in the slide, he looked over to see the 86 doing just the same.
'This is the best yet!' Shinji screamed in his head. Then he caught sight of an extremely sharp right turn just before it was hidden behind the trees. Slamming on the breaks Shinji turned.
The two cars drifted side by side through the hard right turn, and then they came out of it with Shinji's FC just ahead.
Why can't you see
That my heart is breaking
Tonite I gotta make you feel I love you
Want me to try dancing in the bedroom
But I don't wanna be the one night story
The last stretch of the mountain road was a rough one, high speed sharp turns combined with the road surface started to cause all sorts of problems. Leaves and twigs smacked the sides of Shinji's car, and then he felt the slight nudge. Looking in to the side mirror, Shinji saw how close Anata's car was to his.
"I can see it!" Anata said to her self, then she tried to push her car even harder but it already at it's max.
Fighting to keep their places, for the last bit of the race.
Back at the starting line Asuka, Misato Rei and Kou huddled around a radio listening to the look out report back the race.
"Come on Shinji!" Misato and Asuka cheered.
"The FC is just ahead but not by much! My God their even treading paint! Their on the last set of turns, damn it it's close!"
"GO ANATA!" Kou cheered. Kou then grabbed the radio. "What's happening!"
"One second!"
Everyone waited to here what was happening! Down at the finish line people watched as the two cars fast came to the finish line, Shinji crossed it first then Anata only a fraction of a second behind.
"Ikari won!" Someone yelled in to the radio. "It's Ikari!"
All three of the girls up at the starting line cheered, Even Kou joined in. After all Shinji was a friend of his.
Anata then skidded to a stop, her car pointed to the right side if the road, Shinji then did the same but his car pointed to the left side of the road. When the smoke cleared Shinji and Anata climbed out of their car's and walked up the other.
"See Shinji, friends can have a good race and not hate each other after words." Anata said as she whipped the sweat from her forehead. "It just tells me that I need to practice more."
Shinji stood there, his legs still twitching from the excitement. "It was a great race… wanna do it again some time later down the road?"
Anata smiled and shook her head. "Shinji Ikari any time you want to race me just give me a call."
Back at the starting line Asuka, Rei and Misato loaded in to Misato's car and maid their way to where Shinji was at the finish line, with Kou fallowing behind in his S2000, as they drove off none of them knew that they where being watched by three people. Two men and one woman.
"It seems that Ikari won, Brother." The woman said.
Nodding the oldest looked at his watch. "A fourth in our team will be prefect, and a driver with his skills and with a FC will make us unstoppable."
"Brother shall we approach Ikari?" the youngest asked.
"For now we wait until the spring, the mountain is becoming too icy. Elisa, Jean we're moving to Tokyo-3." The oldest said then he turned and started to walk to his car.
"Takeshi! We can take him now!" Jean snapped, making his oldest brother turn back around and face his two younger siblings.
"We wait, till the spring. But while we wait we watch him from affair, that way we can truly beat him and he'll join the team." Takashi stated. "But for now we lay low."
Listening to their big brother, Elisa and Jean fallowed their Takashi to their parked cars. Getting in their car's Elisa and Jean each got in to their own FD3S both black as the midnight sky, then Takashi climbed in to his SE3P each of the cars started up and pulled from the parking lot.
Waiting for car's to clear out of the way, Kou noticed the three car's and took note of them, something didn't set right with him about the cars, but what really mattered was getting to Anata.