Chapter 19 –Interlude
Keisuke awoke the next morning with the sun shining on his face. He remembered yesterday's events so he stood up and approached his brother's room. He opened the door and peeked inside. There he saw his brother sleeping peacefully with a smile upon his face, for Yuki was beside him, also sleeping with a sweet smile. His hand lay abandoned on her hair. 'He must've caressed her hair until he fell asleep.' He thought as he gently closed the door and quietly went back to his room for his usual morning shower.
Practices that day went on as usual. During Ryousuke's usual lecture, Takumi motioned towards Keisuke and said
"so, what happened?"
"well…this morning, I peeked into his room and saw his 'strength', as you said yesterday, sleeping beside him. They both had a smile on their face"
"mission accomplished, then?"
"yes" Keisuke nodded
"where is she?" Takumi asked
"oh…she'll be here, maybe later"
"alright then" Takumi concluded
At the end, Ryousuke noted that Takumi, Mako, Sayuki, Wataru and Kazumi finally got their team stickers. Takumi was now officially part of the 'Akina speed stars' and Mako and Sayuki had 'Impact blue' for their team sticker while Wataru and Kazumi had 'snow blur'. Most of the team looked at them oddly when they caught sight of their sticker.
"um…I couldn't think of anything else!" Wataru said
"right…" the whole team said.
"alright. Anyway, I already have here the new team stickers." Ryousuke said, waving a bunch of stickers in front of the team. "you're to stick them here" he said, pointing to his own sticker, which was stuck in the middle of the glass located at his back of his car, a few inches above the bottom. "so………here" he concluded, passing out the stickers. Takumi read out what the sticker said
The Kengai
Racing team
"uh…why do I have two?" Shingo asked
"that…it's because we have one more additional member, though I haven't recruited her…yet" he said, taking the sticker out of Shingo's hand
The team looked at him puzzled
"Keisuke…" Takumi started
"shut up, Fujiwara. You'll see." Keisuke said
Ryousuke smiled and got the walkie-talkie that was hanging on his belt. Most of the team looked horrified, they didn't notice Ryousuke owning one. Wataru approached Keisuke, saying "your brother has a walkie-talkie?"
"don't worry, he just got that today"
The team sighed in relief.
Ryousuke called to his walkie-talkie "alright, you can come up now"
Almost at once, the sound of tires screeching and an unfamiliar engine started climbing up the mountain.
'Yuki-chan's car is a civic SIR…we call it EK here in Japan' then he smiled inwardly 'another civic…Shingo might get interested'
He smiled broadly when he saw the reaction of his team members upon seeing the ice blue SIR. The driver braked in front of the whole team and remained inside. Ryousuke went to the driver's side and the driver rolled down her window.
"it's okay, come out now" Ryousuke said
"okay"
He stepped back to give way for her to open her door and step out. When she got out, she closed her door and went to stand by Ryousuke. She smiled sweetly at the team.
"May I introduce our newest member…" and he smiled at Yuki, whose face lit up. "…Kazama Yuki A.K.A blue ice of Tokyo"
'My hunch was correct' Nakazato thought cheerfully
"Yuki-chan, meet the team. You already know Keisuke and Takumi…"who nodded at her. "but you don't know the rest…that's Kenta, Shingo, Wataru and Nakazato" he pointed at each, who all bowed before her in admiration and respect. They all knew her reputation as a street racer.
"and these are the girls: Mako, Sayuki and Kazumi" he continued on, still pointing at each. They beamed at her. She smiled back.
"Yuki here will be officially on the team as of now" Ryousuke said, as he handed to Yuki the sticker.
"uh…"
"that's your team sticker"
"a sticker already?" Yuki said in disbelief
"yeah"
"so, where do I stick this?" Yuki asked
"at the back. Come" Ryousuke said as he got her hand and pulled her to the back of her car. The team motioned forward; they also wanted to see the car in close-up.
They examined her car in amazement for they have never seen a car like this. It currently held one sticker, which was stuck on the left side of the back window. It was placed exactly where the night kids' sticker was and each of them read what the sticker said, in a color similar to the car's:
Blue ice
"uh…I bought this car in America when I stayed there for a while and I just love the color" Yuki explained, seeing the look on her team member's faces. "I had it shipped here afterwards"
"when and where did you start racing then?" Keisuke asked
"hmmm…perhaps 4 years ago? That's about the time I also got this car…" Yuki answered "and I started racing in my home town in Tokyo, I raced on the street then recently, I tried to race on the mountain there"
"so you can also race on a mountain?" Wataru asked
"yes, a little…I quickly adapted the feel when your driving on a mountain pass"
"how do you find Myogi? This mountain pass" Nakazato supplied, seeing her puzzled look.
"oh…it was a little bit similar to the normal street, The slopes were gentle and the curves weren't that sharp…" she said smiling sweetly at them.
"would you care to show us your driving, Yuki-chan?" Ryousuke interrupted
Yuki looked at them shyly.
"guys, who wants to see THE blue ice tackle Myogi? Please raise your hands"
All of them raised their hands
"that's 10 to 1 Yuki. Majority wins…." Ryousuke said, smiling at Yuki
"ah…alright then. I'm a bit excited also to tackle this mountain anyway. Let's go then!"
"YES!" the team exclaimed
The team motioned towards their respective cars. Yuki however, approached Ryousuke
"Thank you, Ryousuke-kun"
"I should be the one to thank you, Yuki. You've completed my life once more and it will remain complete as long as you're by my side. I will not allow anything bad to happen to my Yuki-chan…because of you, I'm stronger and faster now"
He smiled at her.
She looked at him straight into the eyes.
Then, it was Yuki who reacted first.
She bent forward and kissed him lightly on the lips. He kissed her back, wrapping his arms around her lithe frame and tilted his head a bit to deepen the kiss.
Meanwhile, inside each of the member's cars, their walkie-talkie sounded. It was Kenta.
"team alert! Team alert! P.D.A, P.D.A at 12 o'clock!"
"P.D.A?" Takumi said, puzzled
"Public Display of Affection, Takumi!" Keisuke supplied
"twelve o'clock?" Shingo asked through his own walkie-talkie.
"look straight ahead!" Kenta said.
So they all did and all of them smiled.
"he really loves her, does he?" Wataru asked
"of course he does! Look at them!" Mako said
"don't they look cute?" Sayuki commented
"yes. Real cute" Kazumi said
"so we're the happy audience, are we?" Nakazato said dryly
Outside, Yuki took notice of the team
"uh…Ryousuke-kun, we have an audience, a pretty large one" so she pulled away gently and looked at the cars by their side. She blushed at the sight of them
"okay then" Ryousuke said, letting her go
"anyway, what do you say if I show them how fast I can be?"
"you lead, then"
"alright"
So Yuki went in her car and started the engine. Ryousuke went in front of the team. The team, in return, rolled down their windows.
"so, Yuki leads. Anyone can follow her. I'll stay at the back."
The team nodded at him.
"you enjoyed the little show?" Ryousuke said with a smirk
The team appeared stunned.
"we're sorry, Ryousuke" the team said apologetically
"it's alright. It happens" Ryousuke said with a grin.
The team grinned back
"hey" Yuki interrupted "are you guys done there? I wanna go now!"
"okay" Ryousuke answered as he rushed to his FC and started the engine. The others did the same and soon, they were drifting down Myogi, headed by their newest member, blue ice herself.
'I love you so, Yuki. I have made you my strength. Because of you, I'm stronger and faster now' Ryousuke thought as he zoomed after the team at his top speed ever.
-fin-
author's notes: yes!!!! Finally it's finished!!! but don't worry!! There's a continuation to this!!! I haven't finished it, though….thanks a lot for reading my story! Hope you enjoyed!!! Oh, and I'm sorry if my writing sucks…I'm an amateur in writing these kinds of fics…anyway, just wait till I finish the continuing story. Title is: 'Let me protect you' ciao!!!!! :)