Chapter 9: Handy Racing Skills
"We should go to the police and report to them what Kenshi did." Haruka spoke between two bites of Sushi. Michiru sighed and nodded. "I guess you are right…it seems like we won't find peace if we don't do that." Haruka agreed on that. "After all, he practically kidnapped you…" she pointed out. Michiru nodded again and closed her eyes for a second. "I just wish that he would leave me alone for once…" Haruka stood up, walked over to her and put one arm around her shoulders. "He will leave you alone, Michiru. As soon as he's in jail." Michiru gave her a weak smile and nodded. "I hope you're right, Haruka…I hope you're right." Haruka just held her close and stayed silent while Michiru leaned against her.
"Come on Michiru, hurry up." Haruka spoke while staring at a nifty looking Mercedes S 500 that parked a few meters away from her house, the cars driver putting various groceries on the passenger's seat. "I'll be right there!" Michiru called out, already out of the front door. Her eyes fell on a black Van that stood on the street, and sudden fear filled her. The license plate of the Van read "KNSHI 1".
"Haruka…Haruka, Kenshi…" Michiru whispered, scared. "What…?" Haruka replied, keeping her voice low out of pure instinct. "Back there…that's his car." Haruka looked at the Van out of the corner of her eye, then back at the Mercedes. Getting her own car would take to long… "Michiru, follow me. Fast!" Before Michiru had the chance to ask, Haruka already made her way over to the Mercedes, where the owner of the car still was busy at the passenger's seat. All of a sudden, Haruka pushed the poor woman into the car, shouting: "Michiru, get into the backseat!" She could hear how Kenshi started his own car, cursed and quickly jumped into the driver's seat of the Mercedes. "Hey!" the owner of the car now yelled. "What do you think you are…" Haruka started the engine. "HEY!" the blonde Mercedes owner shouted, louder this time. "Shut up, this is important!" Haruka barked. "Haruka…" Michiru threw in from behind, "we can't steal that car!" „She's right!" the woman cried out. "You can't steal my ca-aaaah!" Her last word was drawn out into a shocked scream when Haruka nearly jumped on the gas pedal and the Mercedes flew forward, Kenshi's car right behind them. "Drive!" Michiru shouted, all scruples gone. "Drive, before he gets us!" "No! No! Don't drive! Stop the car and let me out!" the Mercedes owner howled. "That's kidnapping!" Haruka soon reached the outskirts of Tokyo, then left the city, followed by Kenshi all the time. All of a sudden, the black Van bumped against the rear lights of the Mercedes. The owner spun around in her seat and stared out of the rear window. "Why that fucking son of a bitch!" she then cursed, causing Michiru to go wide-eyed. Kenshi bumped the car again, and the woman howled: "My car! I rip your balls off, piece of shit!" Michiru couldn't help herself, but had to stare at the cursing female. "What?" the woman asked, annoyed. Kenshi bumped the Mercedes again, and the blonde owner looked as if she was about to cry. "Noo." She wailed. "Calm down." Haruka spoke, in spite of the serious situation feeling kind of amused. That woman was really obsessed with her car. "I'll pay the repairs, so don't worry. Who are you, anyway?" "You steal my car without knowing who I am?" the woman huffed. "The name's Saeko, and I'm…WATCH OUT!" Haruka looked back at the road just in time to see the metal fence gate, and then the Mercedes crashed against it and drove through. "Gaaaah!" Saeko whimpered, hiding her face. "My poor baby…" Kenshi came closer again, bumping against the rear end once more. "Haruka, drive faster!" Michiru cried out, panicking. In front of her inner eye, the scenario of all three of them having an accident appeared, with Haruka penned in the car, helpless, and Kenshi walking towards them, grinning, a gun in his hands… "FASTER!" Michiru cried out, now totally in panic. Haruka stepped down on the gas pedal, and the engine roared. Saeko's eyes widened when she saw the sign "Road closed" appearing ahead. "Hey, hey, hey!" she cried out. "You can't drive here! The road is closed, see?!" Haruka suddenly grinned. "I have a great idea." With that, she ran over the sign, earning another howl from Saeko, and drove towards the low tunnel that was in repair at the moment. Three thick wooden planks were nailed across the tunnel to keep people from driving in, and when Saeko saw them, she became scared. "Hey, you're not going to do what I think you are going to do, right?" Instead of answering, Haruka drove through the three wooden planks, and Saeko screamed. "Are you NUTS?!" Haruka entered the tunnel, smirking. Kenshi tried to follow, but his Van appeared to be too high – with the end effect that he had his roof torn off and got stuck in the tunnel.