CHAP 4 : CANDIES VS EMPEROR
CHAP 4 RATING : PG-13
Shinji volunteered the countdown. There was so much anticipation in the air that the five seconds seemed like hours. The enchanting signal was heard as Shinji threw his arm down. He had to close his eyes to prevent damage as both cars flashed by him. He was looked almost stunned as he turned around to witness a glimpse of tail-lights disappearing swiftly with the wind. A young man came and gave him a radio transmitter. He thanked him and went back to his area and took out a fresh water bottle.
"Mitsuko?", he waved another bottle in offer. Mitsuko shook her head and continued to glare at the pavement. "Now now, brighten up. What's the matter?" He cocked his head to one side to study her face.
"Hell, what do you think? Kakumi didn't have to race that cocky bitch, even Rei could have finished him off." Mitsuko grumbled as she scanned the teams.
"Well, as you can see, Rei and the others seem to be entangled on the freeway, still. If we had waited any longer, it will bring disgrace to our name." Shinji tried to provoke an affectionate smile on his face to comfort her.
"Shinji, Kakumi is our leader, don't you think showing off our best driver a little too soon will bring us more disgrace?"
"Still, Mitsuko...this is our first time racing here, we don't want any doubts rising about winning or not. We want to win for sure to set a bench record to stabilize our name on, do you feel me?" Shinji playfully winked at his teammate, who in return, gave out a small chuckle. "There we go!" Shinji exclaimed, as he succeeded in his small mission. Before neither could say anything else, his transmitter radio beeped.
"This is checkpoint number three reporting! The Jetta is still trailing closely behind the LanEvo, the closeness between the two cars are remarkable. No one has ever twin drifted with the LanEvo so graceful. Over."
"Heh heh. Duh." Mitsuko had returned to her sarcastic self. Shinji smiled and placed his walkie talkie on the hood of his car. Both of them ignored the other foreign stares as they continued to joke around. It stopped only when there was a set of rumbled engines pulling into the lanes. "Ha ha ha! Our family is finally here! You frigging punks, what took you guys so long?" Mitsuko yelled as she strode over to Rei's Galant and pounded on his car window. Random guys from the crowds made whistling sounds at her, which she managed to ignore. Shinji ran to Yuu and Masao, and punching his friends playfully on the arms.
"Man, aren't you guys here a little early? Wait till next year!!" Shinji snickered as he dodged incoming fists aimed at him. "Hey, what do you guys have in those bags?" Shinji asked with curiosity as he pointed at the brown bags.
"Hah, we figured that if we were already late, why not buy some grub to munch on! Yes, I know I'm a genius." Yuu laughed as he ran his fingers through his brown hair.
"Dude, but it was my idea to buy the sushi--" Masao started, but was interrupted by the radio transmitter.
"This is checkpoint number 6 reporting, the Jetta is now in the lead after accelerating through the hairpins. The Jetta had managed to move in place with the wind tonight. The drifting has now decreased upon both cars as this has changed into sliding rival. Over."
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Kenta was also holding a transmitting device as he received the information. Keisuke and Takumi leaned on the FD's hood as Hirofumi came over to huddle with the trio for the last broadcasting at the last checkpoint.
"Keisuke, what do you think of this new team?" questioned Kenta as he put the electronic device down.
"Didn't you hear the last report? The drivers are too close to compare." Keisuke felt his adrenaline rising and lit another cigarette. "Not bad, from the looks of it, they seem pretty carefree about the dude they sent out against the Emperor."
"So...the Cans seem like---" Takumi started as he looked over the Speedstars who were coming towards them.
"The Candies," corrected Kenta, "Why do you keep on calling them the Cans?"
"Whoops." Takumi scratched the back of his neck just as Itsuki jumped over to him.
"Takumi! What took you so long to get here?!" cried Itsuki, slapping Takumi hard on the back. As Takumi groaned in pain, a loud curse was heard from the Candies.
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"Oh fuck!" shrieked Mitsuko, jumping off the hood of her car, "Kakumi forgot to take the medications on the kitchen table!!" Yuu and Masao widened their eyes, as they dropped the food bags on the hood of one their cars. Shinji looked like he was analyzing the grass he was stepping on and Rei looked at Mitsuko like she just announced a deadly bomb was triggered somewhere near. They all knew what was going to happen to their friend in the Jetta. The radio transmitter beeped again and Shinji quicken his steps to the hood of his car to retrieve the messages.
"Both cars should be near the finish line. Over"
Indeed, a pair of gleaming headlights were seen followed by another fainter pair of lights. "Isn't that Kakumi's Jetta?" Rei ran his hands into his blonde hair and held it there as he continued scanning.
"Holy hot damn shit, it is." Mitsuko said in a flat tone. A loud screeching of corrupted tires were heard, as a Jetta pulled up across the finish line, almost skidding to a harsh stop. "Fuck, fuck..." Mitsuko ran over to the driver side and yanked open the driver's door. The crowd went in roars of whispers as a girl fell into Mitsuko's arms, her jeans from the knee down were glints of blood. Mitsuko undid her seat belt as the others from the team rushed over. Kyouichi stepped out of his car from the sidelines to meet his opponent who had beaten him, but found a knocked-out girl instead being carried away as another girl tried to wipe the blood stains from inside the Jetta.
"What the fuck happened?" demanded Kyouichi, as he neared Shinji cleaning up Kakumi's wound on a blanket near the guardrail.
"I'm not too sure..." Shinji trailed off as he turned around to see Mitsuko and the others trying to hold back the crowd who was advancing towards them in great curiosity. "Oh damn, not this too..."
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CHAP 5 : KAKUMI
CHAP 4 RATING : PG-13
Shinji volunteered the countdown. There was so much anticipation in the air that the five seconds seemed like hours. The enchanting signal was heard as Shinji threw his arm down. He had to close his eyes to prevent damage as both cars flashed by him. He was looked almost stunned as he turned around to witness a glimpse of tail-lights disappearing swiftly with the wind. A young man came and gave him a radio transmitter. He thanked him and went back to his area and took out a fresh water bottle.
"Mitsuko?", he waved another bottle in offer. Mitsuko shook her head and continued to glare at the pavement. "Now now, brighten up. What's the matter?" He cocked his head to one side to study her face.
"Hell, what do you think? Kakumi didn't have to race that cocky bitch, even Rei could have finished him off." Mitsuko grumbled as she scanned the teams.
"Well, as you can see, Rei and the others seem to be entangled on the freeway, still. If we had waited any longer, it will bring disgrace to our name." Shinji tried to provoke an affectionate smile on his face to comfort her.
"Shinji, Kakumi is our leader, don't you think showing off our best driver a little too soon will bring us more disgrace?"
"Still, Mitsuko...this is our first time racing here, we don't want any doubts rising about winning or not. We want to win for sure to set a bench record to stabilize our name on, do you feel me?" Shinji playfully winked at his teammate, who in return, gave out a small chuckle. "There we go!" Shinji exclaimed, as he succeeded in his small mission. Before neither could say anything else, his transmitter radio beeped.
"This is checkpoint number three reporting! The Jetta is still trailing closely behind the LanEvo, the closeness between the two cars are remarkable. No one has ever twin drifted with the LanEvo so graceful. Over."
"Heh heh. Duh." Mitsuko had returned to her sarcastic self. Shinji smiled and placed his walkie talkie on the hood of his car. Both of them ignored the other foreign stares as they continued to joke around. It stopped only when there was a set of rumbled engines pulling into the lanes. "Ha ha ha! Our family is finally here! You frigging punks, what took you guys so long?" Mitsuko yelled as she strode over to Rei's Galant and pounded on his car window. Random guys from the crowds made whistling sounds at her, which she managed to ignore. Shinji ran to Yuu and Masao, and punching his friends playfully on the arms.
"Man, aren't you guys here a little early? Wait till next year!!" Shinji snickered as he dodged incoming fists aimed at him. "Hey, what do you guys have in those bags?" Shinji asked with curiosity as he pointed at the brown bags.
"Hah, we figured that if we were already late, why not buy some grub to munch on! Yes, I know I'm a genius." Yuu laughed as he ran his fingers through his brown hair.
"Dude, but it was my idea to buy the sushi--" Masao started, but was interrupted by the radio transmitter.
"This is checkpoint number 6 reporting, the Jetta is now in the lead after accelerating through the hairpins. The Jetta had managed to move in place with the wind tonight. The drifting has now decreased upon both cars as this has changed into sliding rival. Over."
---
Kenta was also holding a transmitting device as he received the information. Keisuke and Takumi leaned on the FD's hood as Hirofumi came over to huddle with the trio for the last broadcasting at the last checkpoint.
"Keisuke, what do you think of this new team?" questioned Kenta as he put the electronic device down.
"Didn't you hear the last report? The drivers are too close to compare." Keisuke felt his adrenaline rising and lit another cigarette. "Not bad, from the looks of it, they seem pretty carefree about the dude they sent out against the Emperor."
"So...the Cans seem like---" Takumi started as he looked over the Speedstars who were coming towards them.
"The Candies," corrected Kenta, "Why do you keep on calling them the Cans?"
"Whoops." Takumi scratched the back of his neck just as Itsuki jumped over to him.
"Takumi! What took you so long to get here?!" cried Itsuki, slapping Takumi hard on the back. As Takumi groaned in pain, a loud curse was heard from the Candies.
---
"Oh fuck!" shrieked Mitsuko, jumping off the hood of her car, "Kakumi forgot to take the medications on the kitchen table!!" Yuu and Masao widened their eyes, as they dropped the food bags on the hood of one their cars. Shinji looked like he was analyzing the grass he was stepping on and Rei looked at Mitsuko like she just announced a deadly bomb was triggered somewhere near. They all knew what was going to happen to their friend in the Jetta. The radio transmitter beeped again and Shinji quicken his steps to the hood of his car to retrieve the messages.
"Both cars should be near the finish line. Over"
Indeed, a pair of gleaming headlights were seen followed by another fainter pair of lights. "Isn't that Kakumi's Jetta?" Rei ran his hands into his blonde hair and held it there as he continued scanning.
"Holy hot damn shit, it is." Mitsuko said in a flat tone. A loud screeching of corrupted tires were heard, as a Jetta pulled up across the finish line, almost skidding to a harsh stop. "Fuck, fuck..." Mitsuko ran over to the driver side and yanked open the driver's door. The crowd went in roars of whispers as a girl fell into Mitsuko's arms, her jeans from the knee down were glints of blood. Mitsuko undid her seat belt as the others from the team rushed over. Kyouichi stepped out of his car from the sidelines to meet his opponent who had beaten him, but found a knocked-out girl instead being carried away as another girl tried to wipe the blood stains from inside the Jetta.
"What the fuck happened?" demanded Kyouichi, as he neared Shinji cleaning up Kakumi's wound on a blanket near the guardrail.
"I'm not too sure..." Shinji trailed off as he turned around to see Mitsuko and the others trying to hold back the crowd who was advancing towards them in great curiosity. "Oh damn, not this too..."
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CHAP 5 : KAKUMI