CHAP 3 : CANDIES
CHAP 3 RATING : PG
"Bro, you heard about that one team, Candies, coming to Akina right?" Keisuke took a large savor out of his lasagna. "By the way, this Italian takeout is great, where did you get it?" Keisuke's mouth was now full to the extent where Ryousuke wondered if it was going to explode. The sides of his mouth were smudged thoroughly with the creamy sauce. Ryousuke cringed at the sight of his baby brother as he took his fork to cut a decent piece of the pasta before delivering it to his mouth, just as Keisuke crammed another garlic breadstick into his own mouth.
"Keisuke, control yourself…you're making a mess on the table, this is not an eating race," Ryousuke tried to continue their dinner conversation, while resisting the tendency to reach over and confiscate Keisuke's food until he was ready to eat like a gentleman again. "Indeed, I have heard about the Candies, but I won't be going tomorrow night, you and the others may go. Fujiwara also said he was going." Ryousuke cut away another piece as Keisuke finished his second bottle of coke.
"Mmph, if you're not going, I won't bother either," Keisuke flashed a goofy grin at Ryousuke as he reached for another bottle of soda, but was stopped by Ryousuke's firm grip on his wrist.
"As I said before, you have to show up at every challenge around this area to represent for Project D. Remember, Takumi still needs his basic knowledge and such." Ryousuke emerged from his chair with the tangerine soda bottle in one hand and into the kitchen.
He came back seconds later with two tall glasses of milk. He handed one to Keisuke and sat back down to proceed onto his dinner, which Keisuke had finished in five minutes.
"All right then, bro." Keisuke stated as he dunked an Italian sponge cookie into his milk. Ryousuke pretended not to notice.
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"Keisuke! Where the hell were you?" Kenta ran over to his idol as Keisuke opened his car door and stepped out. His fans screamed the fancy greetings like normal. Sure, he admitted that some of the girls are cute, but how was he supposed to talk to all of them with his celebrity popularity?
"I overslept, sorry," Keisuke ran his fingers through his messy spikes. "Where is Fujiwara?"
"Oh. Takumi isn't here yet, but the Akina Speedstars have arrived along with everybody else." Kenta shifted nervously under Keisuke's gaze at him.
"Oh?" Keisuke took a minute to observe the crowd around him, everyone was certainly here, the Myougi Night Kids, Impact Blue, and the Emperor. Just then, Fujiwara's famous AE86 Trueno flew into the scene. The Speedstars went over and greeted him. After all the warm welcoming, Takumi walked over to Keisuke and Kenta.
"So, uh, who's taking the challenge from the Cans?" Takumi asked, while scratching his left cheek and body leaned against Keisuke's FD. Keisuke noticed this, wrinkled his nose a bit and decided to shrug it off since Takumi was practically becoming a close companion of his ever since he was part of Project D. Given any other person, he would have exaggerated this into a heated argument for his beloved car. He slightly chuckled at the thought of beating up Takumi. While, Takumi looked on at Keisuke with great confusion upon his fact.
"Kyouichi Sudou eagerly took the challenge. People say he had felt depressioningly defeated ever since Ryousuke won their last battle. He has been taking all different kinds of challenges from various teams. His opponents have proclaimed his skills have become sharper." Kenta spoke with ease in his voice.
"That bastard." Keisuke muttered as he took out his pack of cigarettes and made silent offers at Takumi and Kenta. Takumi passed while Kenta almost happily took one. "I hope whoever's his challenger wins, I hate that cocky, stuck up son of a bitch. He didn't deserve to race my brother in the first place." Keisuke took a long drag out of his cigarette and stared into the teams that were present...the Night Kids to be exact. Takeshi always seemed to have a mysterious stare in his eyes aimed at him. Keisuke shuddered just thinking about him. As socializing continued among the crowds, it was getting late. Keisuke peered at his watch: 10:27. He looked over at the Emperor area, everyone hinted impatience and irritation. No wonder, this so-called new team was already almost half an hour late. He snickered at the look on Kyouichi's face. When Kenta looked towards the Emperor team and he joined in the snickering.
Cheering and exclamations were heard suddenly as a rumble of screeching tires came to a halt. Keisuke made a simple guess that they were the Candies. Gay name for a bunch of gay guys. A pine-green Jetta came into view, followed by a silver Lotus Elan and a dark blue Eclipse the two cars' acceleration are nearly identical. The Jetta made a casual swerve to parallel itself with Kyouichi's Lancer, while the Lotus and Eclipse made a U-turn to park in the nearest available space. As a young man with a golden-brown ponytail stepped out of his Eclipse, encouraging euro trance music was heard. The girls behind the guardrails squealed at his decent, attractive good looks. Keisuke rolled his eyes and threw his cigarette away.
"Hello everyone, my name is Shinji and we are the Candies. Sorry for the delay, there was a serious accident on the highway, so the traffic turned chaotic. There are still some members of Candies who are unfortunately still in the hectic traffic. We made it here as fast as possible. Thank you for your patience.My friend in the Jetta is ready for the challenge." Shinji made a warm smile to deepen his apology. It seemed to work since the annoyed looks from some teams softened a bit. When he was done, a young girl stepped out from her Lotus. Her irritated look on her face made her look less beautiful than she truly is. She mumbled something in Shinji's ear and then came back to sit on her car hood, arms across her chest. Shinji looked at Seiji, "You must be the Emperor team, Kyouichi is representing, am I correct?" Seiji gave a reluctant nod. "Let the race begin, then."
CHAP 4 : CANDIES VS EMPEROR
CHAP 3 RATING : PG
"Bro, you heard about that one team, Candies, coming to Akina right?" Keisuke took a large savor out of his lasagna. "By the way, this Italian takeout is great, where did you get it?" Keisuke's mouth was now full to the extent where Ryousuke wondered if it was going to explode. The sides of his mouth were smudged thoroughly with the creamy sauce. Ryousuke cringed at the sight of his baby brother as he took his fork to cut a decent piece of the pasta before delivering it to his mouth, just as Keisuke crammed another garlic breadstick into his own mouth.
"Keisuke, control yourself…you're making a mess on the table, this is not an eating race," Ryousuke tried to continue their dinner conversation, while resisting the tendency to reach over and confiscate Keisuke's food until he was ready to eat like a gentleman again. "Indeed, I have heard about the Candies, but I won't be going tomorrow night, you and the others may go. Fujiwara also said he was going." Ryousuke cut away another piece as Keisuke finished his second bottle of coke.
"Mmph, if you're not going, I won't bother either," Keisuke flashed a goofy grin at Ryousuke as he reached for another bottle of soda, but was stopped by Ryousuke's firm grip on his wrist.
"As I said before, you have to show up at every challenge around this area to represent for Project D. Remember, Takumi still needs his basic knowledge and such." Ryousuke emerged from his chair with the tangerine soda bottle in one hand and into the kitchen.
He came back seconds later with two tall glasses of milk. He handed one to Keisuke and sat back down to proceed onto his dinner, which Keisuke had finished in five minutes.
"All right then, bro." Keisuke stated as he dunked an Italian sponge cookie into his milk. Ryousuke pretended not to notice.
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"Keisuke! Where the hell were you?" Kenta ran over to his idol as Keisuke opened his car door and stepped out. His fans screamed the fancy greetings like normal. Sure, he admitted that some of the girls are cute, but how was he supposed to talk to all of them with his celebrity popularity?
"I overslept, sorry," Keisuke ran his fingers through his messy spikes. "Where is Fujiwara?"
"Oh. Takumi isn't here yet, but the Akina Speedstars have arrived along with everybody else." Kenta shifted nervously under Keisuke's gaze at him.
"Oh?" Keisuke took a minute to observe the crowd around him, everyone was certainly here, the Myougi Night Kids, Impact Blue, and the Emperor. Just then, Fujiwara's famous AE86 Trueno flew into the scene. The Speedstars went over and greeted him. After all the warm welcoming, Takumi walked over to Keisuke and Kenta.
"So, uh, who's taking the challenge from the Cans?" Takumi asked, while scratching his left cheek and body leaned against Keisuke's FD. Keisuke noticed this, wrinkled his nose a bit and decided to shrug it off since Takumi was practically becoming a close companion of his ever since he was part of Project D. Given any other person, he would have exaggerated this into a heated argument for his beloved car. He slightly chuckled at the thought of beating up Takumi. While, Takumi looked on at Keisuke with great confusion upon his fact.
"Kyouichi Sudou eagerly took the challenge. People say he had felt depressioningly defeated ever since Ryousuke won their last battle. He has been taking all different kinds of challenges from various teams. His opponents have proclaimed his skills have become sharper." Kenta spoke with ease in his voice.
"That bastard." Keisuke muttered as he took out his pack of cigarettes and made silent offers at Takumi and Kenta. Takumi passed while Kenta almost happily took one. "I hope whoever's his challenger wins, I hate that cocky, stuck up son of a bitch. He didn't deserve to race my brother in the first place." Keisuke took a long drag out of his cigarette and stared into the teams that were present...the Night Kids to be exact. Takeshi always seemed to have a mysterious stare in his eyes aimed at him. Keisuke shuddered just thinking about him. As socializing continued among the crowds, it was getting late. Keisuke peered at his watch: 10:27. He looked over at the Emperor area, everyone hinted impatience and irritation. No wonder, this so-called new team was already almost half an hour late. He snickered at the look on Kyouichi's face. When Kenta looked towards the Emperor team and he joined in the snickering.
Cheering and exclamations were heard suddenly as a rumble of screeching tires came to a halt. Keisuke made a simple guess that they were the Candies. Gay name for a bunch of gay guys. A pine-green Jetta came into view, followed by a silver Lotus Elan and a dark blue Eclipse the two cars' acceleration are nearly identical. The Jetta made a casual swerve to parallel itself with Kyouichi's Lancer, while the Lotus and Eclipse made a U-turn to park in the nearest available space. As a young man with a golden-brown ponytail stepped out of his Eclipse, encouraging euro trance music was heard. The girls behind the guardrails squealed at his decent, attractive good looks. Keisuke rolled his eyes and threw his cigarette away.
"Hello everyone, my name is Shinji and we are the Candies. Sorry for the delay, there was a serious accident on the highway, so the traffic turned chaotic. There are still some members of Candies who are unfortunately still in the hectic traffic. We made it here as fast as possible. Thank you for your patience.My friend in the Jetta is ready for the challenge." Shinji made a warm smile to deepen his apology. It seemed to work since the annoyed looks from some teams softened a bit. When he was done, a young girl stepped out from her Lotus. Her irritated look on her face made her look less beautiful than she truly is. She mumbled something in Shinji's ear and then came back to sit on her car hood, arms across her chest. Shinji looked at Seiji, "You must be the Emperor team, Kyouichi is representing, am I correct?" Seiji gave a reluctant nod. "Let the race begin, then."
CHAP 4 : CANDIES VS EMPEROR