My thanks to everyone who has reviewd my fics. Arigato gozaimasu.

To apl85. It is suppose to be a prologue paragraph. But somehow the paragraph breaker that was supposed to be there didn't appear. (Mmmm... i wonder...) It is a flashback, but it didn't happened on the stage.

Now on with the next instalment.

Haruka picked up the handset. Glancing at the numbers, she punched in the number onto the phone. After a few dial tones, a voice answered.

"Moshi. Michiru here. Who is it?"

"Erm... Hey. This is Haruka. The racer you talk to last night."

Michiru's heart did a somersault. "Haruka! Didn't expect you to call."

"Well... I was wondering if you are free later in the afternoon. We could meet up for lunch." Why am I so nervous? I'm just asking her out for lunch.

"Great. I'm free in the afternoon."

"Where do you live? I'll pick you up."

Michiru gave her the address. Then they hanged up. Michiru changed to a sundress and put on shades. Looking at the watch she sees that it was time. She picked up her violin case and left her house. As she reached the bottom floor, a yellow Ferrari stopped in front of her. The window went down.

"Hello pretty lady. Do you need a lift somewhere?"

"Well I was waiting for friend, but I think he's late." She opened the door and sat next to the driver.

"Whom were you waiting for? Pretty lady?"

"The great Tenoh Haruka." She smiled.

Haruka laughed. "That's flattering."

Haruka pulled up at a restaurant. "This restaurant is good," said Haruka. She parked the car. She got out of the car and opened the door for Michiru. She extended out her hand and Michiru took it gracefully. She shut the door and locked her car.

"Good afternoon Tenoh-san. Table for how many?"

"For two please."

"This way then." The waiter guided the couple to an empty booth at the end of the restaurant. He handed them the menu. He left the couple to let them decide their order.

"What do you recommend?"

"Well, the set lunch is good."

"All right then, I'll take it."

"May I take your orders?" the waiter asked.

"We'll take two of the set lunch."

"Okay sir. Your lunch will be served soon."

As the waiter leave, the two continued their conversation from last night. They stopped once when their food were served. They continued again as they eat. They knew each other better after the meal.

Haruka was an orphan from young. She met Shinji when she was four. He had been her surrogate father since then. Shinji sensei brought her to the track when she was six. After watching a race, she fell in love with racing. Her sensei taught her how to go-kart. As soon as she reached the age of sixteen, he taught her how to drive a car. Once she reached the age of eighteen, she went to get her license. After that she's been in the racing stint then.

"You should have seen Shinji-sensei's face when I won the junior race as the youngest racer. He was the record holder. His jaws just dropped."

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Michiru, like Haruka was an orphan. She lost her parents at the age of twelve. Her mother taught her how to play the violin. A talent scout around the age of seven spotted her. She was lucky that her manager took her in when her parents died. She's had been studying and touring around the world since then.

As they finish the last morsel of their food, Michiru opened her handbag and passed Haruka something.

"Eh? 'Fantasy night'?" Haruka read the prints on the ticket.

"I'm having a concert tonight and I was wondering if you would be able to make it."

"Of course I can."

"Great. I have to go now. I need to prepare for the concert."

"I give you a lift."

"Arigato."