Hello everyone and a late happy new year to you all
The holidays kept me rather busy but other than my usual thanks to Killroy122496 for his help on this story I have nothing more to say enjoy the chapter
Some Rules exist to be broken
Chapter 26: Burning Smoke
Akeno had returned to the mansion right away except before she went to sleep she gave Miss Shizu the task of finding a company to repair the gate of the racetrack but now alone in her grandfathers study Akeno was looking at an old box that stood with several others in a storage room.
There wasn't anything special about how the box looked but it was the only one that had been sealed with a wax seal "I know that you would have never agreed with this so I cut that part of my life off but you are no longer here Tou-san" Akeno whispered as she cut off the seal on the box.
Inside the box Akeno found several plastic bags but only a few of them interested her mainly the one that held a neon green flip phone and another one that held a set of keys "It has been a while since I wore this" Akeno mumbled as she laid out the plastic bags with clothes in them in a pattern.
The clothes were way too small for her now but she was pretty sure she could replicate this outfit with what she had and if not she could always buy some of them in the next few days and with that thought she drifted off to sleep.
The next day Akeno drove into the city to go shopping but for this she put on a bit of a disguise as she decided to dye her hair a simple black with several of her red strands staying their natural color.
With the clothes she wanted bought Akeno drove to the shipyard to check on how long it would take for everything to be ready only for her to learn that it would take at least a week before the ship could set sail due to some complications and on her way back Akeno checked on the gate of the racetrack only to find it completely repaired.
Her next stop was a bit further away until about an hour later she arrived at a scrap yard but instead of driving in she parked her car near several other cars before knocking on the door of the office container.
Only for the door to fly opened and a pretty fat man in a dirty blue overall to stick his head out "Who is making such a" but the question died in his throat when he saw Akeno leaning against the wall "Hey there Skip been a while I just came by to pick something up I left here" Akeno simply said and the guy disappeared without another word before he returned with a jacket over his shoulders.
With the man Akeno drove down an old asphalt road until they arrived at an old rusted garage with old tires lying all over the yard in front of it "Which one you taking Kim?" the guy asked as he unlocked the shutter before turning on an engine that rolled it up all the way.
Instead of answering Akeno walked into the garage as an old generator sputtered to life allowing the ceiling lights to illuminate a modern car shop with several cars covered by simple white cloths but everything was full of dust which wasn't that much of a problem as Akeno approached another door.
An old rusty chain kept it shut with two padlocks but as Akeno removed the first one the guy placed a hand on her shoulder "Kim you sure about taking one of these someone might still be looking for them" his voice sounded worried but Akeno simply nodded to him so he left with a sigh as she unlocked the second padlock and threw the chain to the side.
The room was pitch black but a moment later Akeno turned on the light revealing seven Luxus cars with three standing in two pairs of three on either side of the room "Even though I'm here still feels wrong without you guys" Akeno mumbled as she looked at the first three cars the first one being a metallic orange Dodge Viper, right next to it stood a dark red Dodge Charger hellcat and next to that stood a Yellow Chevrolet Camaro.
On the other side stood the other three cars the first one being a Silver Nissan Skyline, right next to it stood a metallic blue Lamborghini Aventador and right next to that stood a neon green Ford GT but the only car that was covered by a simple white cloth was the car that stood on its own at the end of the room.
Akeno took a deep breath as she approached the covered car even though she had last seen it over nine years ago but with one movement she pulled down the white cloth revealing a Red Metallic Königsegg Agera RS with a black panther on its side "It has been so long" Akeno whispered as she slowly ran her fingers over the car until she reached the driver door.
After a moment of hesitation Akeno pulled her key from her pocket to unlock the car and without hesitation she got into the driver seat as memories of her younger years came back to her she and seven others getting into illegally organized street races all over the country but then tragedy had struck the crew as one of them fucked up and died in a crash during a race he should have never taken part in.
After that the crew slowly crumbled until they all left to live a normal life but even so Akeno had made sure they got a good start as she pulled a few strings to have the police records of her friends deleted and after some number crunching with a few higher ups in the company she bought their race cars under a false name of course paying a lot more than the cars were actually worth.
But before Akeno went down memory lane any further she pulled the old flip phone from her pocket and called someone to set up an appointment to check the car over after all almost ten years of standing still could do some nasty stuff to a car even if it had been kept in a vacuum sealed room.
About an hour later Akeno guided a group of mechanics to her work shop where they got to work on the car while Akeno headed back to the city for a few days but in those days time seemed to crawl by so Akeno contacted Shirayuri, Mitsuko and Kishiko to see how they were doing.
Shirayuri was still heading back towards home while Mitsuko and Kishiko were busy with escorting supply ships to the island as the small village had grown into a small city so they had to build more homes as well as several other things and for that they needed more materials.
Akeno spent another two days at the mansion and to pass the time she made sure to train a bit more but on the third day she got a call from the mechanic team she hired to check over her car so after Akeno made sure they got paid for their excellent work she got changed into her old outfit.
The old combat boots were left open but they only looked like that as the shoe was still properly tied to her foot the black red skirt was short just barely able to cover her shorts and the red top left her belly completely exposed and the last part of her outfit was a simple worn black leather jacket with a red Wolf howling towards the silver moon.
With her civilian car safely parked in the workshop Akeno unlocked the Agera and got in closing the door behind her as she adjusted the seat a bit doing the same with the mirrors before she turned on the engine that roared to life and settle into a deep humming sound "Let's go my friends" Akeno whispered as she put on some pilot sun glasses and drove out of the scrap yard.
Tyrone Carsson had not a good week as he had been constantly thinking about who that girl back from the racetrack had been and from where she knew him but for now he looked at the first unfolding race of the evening thankfully the guy he bet on was in the lead as they made several more turns but then it happened.
Tyrone watched as the group of five cars drifted around the corner but suddenly there was a sixth car behind them and as they headed down the straight this car overtook all of the others but instead of stopping at the finish line the driver threw the car into a drift sliding right by Tyrone and his crew before gunning down the street.
But Tyrone no longer cared about the race he organized as he jumped into his own car and took off after the red sports car he just had to confirm it with his own eyes but just as he stopped at a red light he thought he had lost the trail only for the red sports car to pull up right beside him.
Now that he got a clear look at the car he saw the dark red metallic paint job and the iconic black panther that stretched down the side of the entire car but the windows were to dark to look inside but Tyrone knew what this guy wanted as his engine roared.
They both waited and just as the light turned green they both took off with Tyrone's crew trying to catch up with them as Tyrone chased the Red Panther down the roads of Tokyo of course the police noticed but they knew they couldn't do anything as their cars were to slow to catch up.
Tyrone had been keeping up with this guy as best as he could but for some reason the roads they raced down felt familiar to him as they drifted down another road with smoking screaming tires and then it hit him as he overtook the red Panther and he remembered where this race was supposed to end.
Akeno smiled as Tyrone took the lead and she allowed him sure she could outdistance him easily but he now knew the way so she just kept up with him until they entered an industrial area where she overtook him again until they both arrived at an old warehouse but instead of slowing down they both performed a drift causing their cars to face each other as they both came to a stop.
Tyrone was out of breath as he realized what he had just done but before that he had to see who the driver was of the red Panther so he swung his door open to get out but it seemed as if the driver of the other car had the same idea as the driver door was already open and a young girl with raven black hair with red strands got out.
Tyrone couldn't say a word as he looked at someone from his past but before the girl could say anything either Tyrone's crew caught up with them and surrounded the girl and her car cutting off all routes of escape for her "Boss the hell was that?" one of his guys asked completely lost about why his boss just chased down this girl like the devil possessed him.
But before Tyrone could answer that the girl by the sports car became pale "Fuck Ty we got bogies sealing off the industrial" she suddenly yelled but it took Tyrone a moment longer to understand while the girl was already back in her car "Fuck cops are trying to box us in scatter" Tyrone yelled as he got into his car so everyone else did the same.
Tyrone followed his old friend Kim so the rest did the same but just as they reached an open road the first red flashing lights approached them from behind "Fuck" Tyrone cursed as they ducked down into another warehouse just as his phone rang so he picked up "Ty you and your crew need to get out I will find you later" he heard over the phone as he watched Kim's car perform a one eighty turn heading right for the red flashing lights.
Tyrone had no idea how Kim did it but he and his crew just managed to get out of the Industrial zone before the police got their blockade up but when he and his crew arrived at his workshop he turned on the TV to get his head clear only for the news to come on with breaking news as the police tried in vain to stop an out of control super sports car in the Industrial zone.
Tyrone had to smile as he watched from a bird's eye view how Kim's car outplayed the cop cars before vanishing into the night with no one knowing where she went but he also knew what he had to do right now as he picked up his phone "Hey Thach can you do me a solid I need you to get me a case of German beer price no issue just get it to me alright thanks" Tyrone hung up before slumping down on the couch..
Thach arrived with the rest of the crew about ten minutes later with a case of German beer as well so Tyrone thanked him and paid him the money he owed before everyone started to party for about an hour but the moment that engine sound came towards them Tyrone knew she was coming so he got up and took two of the German beers from the freezer before walking outside with a smirk on his face.
There she stood leaning against her car the red metallic Agera she had won so many years ago during a race but instead of saying anything he stood next to her offering her a beer which she took without a second of hesitation "Thanks Ty" she simply said before she simply grabbed the top of the bottle and twisted the cap off even though that was not the way you were supposed to open this kind of beer but Tyrone didn't complain as he simply drank a beer with his old friend.
Over the next few hours Tyrone got several shocking revelations mainly how his old friend has always been one of the most powerful and richest persons on the planet and how she had lied about who she really was when the crew had been together "Kim I only want to know two things from you first how is everyone else doing after they quit I mean" Tyrone asked as they both sat on the roof terrace of his shop.
Akeno had to sigh at that as she took another swig of her beer "The ones still in Japan are doing well but I completely lost sight of two of them after they left the country" she answered looking at the starlit sky "Good to know and about the other thing I know you don't like to talk about this but that guy Terence what happened to him?" Tyrone asked but Akeno barely heard him as she was slowly falling into a memory.
But before Akeno lost herself in that memory she drank the rest of her beer to distract herself "He is no longer a problem that is all I will tell you Ty" Akeno answered as she slumped back in her chair and Tyrone accepted that as an answer as he knew he wouldn't get anything else out of her.
Naval base Pearl Harbor:
Aito Nagisa Misaki had been busy during the time his fleet assembled in Pearl sure by now his fleet was finally complete but it would seem as if the Rising sun fleet still found a way to make his day miserable despite the sunny day as several ships had to be repaired.
From the reports he had gotten the rising sun fleet had attacked the ships with overwhelming numbers including several aircraft carriers and submarines "Admiral we have a radio message for you its urgent" came the voice of his deputy captain over the intercom so Aito stood up before heading to the radio room.
As soon as he walked into the radio room Aito knew something happened as his younger brother as well as the two deputies were staring down on a piece of paper "What's going on?" Aito asked causing his younger brother and the two deputies to snap a quick salute in his direction.
Kaito Akemi Misaki had a frown on his face as he was clearly not happy "Well Admiral it would seem our prey is still out there hunting" Kaito explained how several Blue Mermaid patrols had been attacked and that there were still several student vessels that had gone missing over two weeks ago.
Aito read the report about the attack once more before walking over to a massive map table "They attacked here but from the reports another attack happened around this area and now they are heading" Aito mumbled as he marked several more spots on the map where attacks of the rising sun fleet had taken place over the last few months.
There was no way a single fleet could have attacked all of these patrol fleets and sure enough Aito spotted something in the reports before he drew several lines on the map "Well what do we have here it would seem we are dealing with at least two if not three fleets of the enemy" Aito sighed as he ran his hand through his hair.
True enough the reports of the attacks indicated exactly that as they happened to fast after another for one single fleet to be responsible "So did high command send any other info our way" Aito asked as he looked towards his brother who was rapidly tipping something on his tablet.
Kaito looked towards his brother a moment later as he pulled up several pictures on a screen "We have a very recent report of an attack however the report stated that the patrol group was attacked by something that couldn't have been of human origin" Kaito explained but before Aito could ask what he meant Kaito enlarged a picture of a badly damaged Arleigh burke class frigate.
Kaito showed three other pictures of the same class of ship but they all were badly damaged "Uhm captain not to be rude but this kind of damage even to this extent how is it possible to carry a weapon like that onboard a ship" Kuroshio asked but a moment later Kaito pulled another set of images onto the screen.
The first was another Arleigh burke class frigate but it seemed rather undamaged compared to the other four from before "What truly frightens me is this" Kaito spoke as a video file was opened on screen.
The video quality was rather poor to say the least but you could easily make out two ships sailing in a light storm that is until one of them was hit by what looked like an orange light beam.
It was only there for a moment but the ship that was hit had part of its bridge missing along with one of the two Gatling turrets and a moment later the second ship was hit by the same orange beam that cut right through the rear of the ship most likely hitting the engine as the frigate slowed down rapidly.
A few minutes nothing seemed to happen until a blue beam of light headed straight for the camera and as soon as it hit the ship the screen went black "What you just saw was a recording one of the crewmen of the last ship took with his phone" Kaito explained.
Aito knew there was something else as he saw the way Kaito was gripping his tablet a bit harder than he had to "But what happened to the ship he was on was it badly damaged like the others" Levinia asked but Kaito pulled up the image of the undamaged frigate from before "Even though this ship has no visible external damage there is something you should see" Kaito explained before tipping away at an insane speed.
A few moments later a simple drawing of a burke class frigate appeared on the screen along with a number "In total a single frigate needs about sixteen to twenty Kilometers of cables to use all of its modern equipment" Aito explained as he showed them a picture of an unfinished Burke class frigate.
Kaito took a deep breath before he continued with his explanation "However the unknown weapon our enemy used caused those cables military grade haardware to overload completely rendering the entire ship utterly useless" Kaito explained further as he showed the interior of the frigate with partly molten wires sticking out from almost everywhere.
Kaito didn't have to say anything to get the message across "Not only can our enemy cut our ships apart like cheap toys but they also have some sort of EMP weapon" Aito sighed as he looked at the young woman who stood by his side "Sorry to interrupt Admiral this just came in" the girl said as she handed him yet another report.
But as Aito was reading his frown turned into a smile "Well seems our prey made the mistake of sticking to close to Japan and now we have a confirmed heading of one of their fleets" Aito grinned as he took a simple red pin and stabbed it into the map.
Aito stood up from his chair right after "Have every combat capable ship prepared to set sail immediately" Aito simply ordered before leaving the room and about two hours later the task force fleet set sail from Pearl Harbor towards Japan even though Japan was not their final destination.