Chapter III:
Akina
. Akina's Mountain pass
Day Three, 4:00 am
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Yurei Hayasa was terrified. It had been years since he had made his delivery run but he was still reluctant to do it.
His reason: his leg couldn't stop hurting. But he knew he was making such a stupid excuse.
It was a long time since he had driven and it was time to relearn everything.
Yesterday he had spilled the entire contents of the paper cup while he drove. He wasn't even speeding it up. Today, he made it while dripping a few.
Balance was the key, and he was trying to get his back.
Shifting his car into gear, he set to achieve that he had lost.
.
Bokuto Station Garage
10:00 am
.
Miyuki sighed as she sat on one of the stools as she admired her work. At last they were finished. It had been a painstaking task but they had somehow gotten through it.
For posterity's sake, Miyuki covered the shop sign on the Trueno's door. Since they were going to it's home, they needed to be careful for someone might recognize the car. And now, all she has to do is test it.
"It's beautiful," Kaoruko said as she entered the garage. She traced her finger on the cool metal and smiled like a girl opening a gift at Christmas.
"I haven't tested it yet," Miyuki sighed. She didn't know how it would handle or how it would react to a driver's skill. "Inspector, can you drive this?"
"I can but I can't bring out its full potential," Inspector Kinoshita sighed when she opened the passenger side door. Sitting on the car seat, she gazed blankly through the windshield as if she remembered her time inside the car.
"Can you keep a secret, Officer Kobayakawa?" her voice was almost pensive and far different from what she was used to.
"Of course," Miyuki's voice was just as soft as she entered the driver's side of the car. She knew that the Assistant Inspector didn't rarely shows this side of her personality. She never shows any kind of emotion that resembles passion. But beneath the cool exterior lies a passionate woman.
"I fell for him, you know," Kaoruko sighed as she closed her eyes. "At the first time I saw him in his tofu shop I was immediately entranced. I don't know what witchcraft he used but I felt something in him I never felt from another. It took me only one day to realize that I like him.
"A week to realize that I can't live without him."
"It must have been painful to lose him," Miyuki said cautiously as she looked at the Assistant Inspector.
"My pain goes deeper than that, Officer Kobayakawa," Kaoruko sighed and opened her eyes. Her hand toyed a chain around her neck and her eyes grew more pensive. Miyuki waited for her to continue. She couldn't push her forward otherwise she might fall in her own despair. These things take time and unlike Yoriko, Miyuki will take this subtly.
"He asked me to marry him," Miyuki suddenly turned her head to face her, her own featured betrayed shock. Damn subtly, she needs info NOW! Immediately Miyuki's eyes went to her hand but it was bare. But when her eyes reached Kinoshita's neck, she saw her playing with a silver chain with... an engagement ring?
"Did you answer him?' Miyuki asked softly.
"Didn't have the time, but by then it was too late."
"Why?" Miyuki could see the hurt and the pain in her eyes. It was hard for her to talk about this. But Kaoruko knew what she needed to talk about it before she faltered during the mission.
"He asked me... one minute before the mission," and then, Kinoshita fell apart. All Miyuki could do was to comfort her.
***
Akina's Mountain Pass 10:00 pm
"It's too peaceful," one racer said as he parked his car at the peak. "It was said that the Phantom rides on a peaceful night like this."
"Do you believe in such myth?" another asked.
"Myth or not, he's the best there is," the first one said as he looked at the road leading to the lake.
"I'll believe it when I see it," the other said but the first had a look of shock that the other noticed.
"You may have the chance," he said as a loud squealing of tires echoed through the night.
Charging from the top of the mountain pass at top speed was a midnight black AE 86 Trueno.
"The Phantom has returned," the driver said in awe as the car passed them.
"Thing will get interesting," another driver said as he entered his Skyline GT-R R32. "The Ghost has become a Phantom."
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A/n: Mission start next. And you'll know why he was called the Phantom.
Akina
. Akina's Mountain pass
Day Three, 4:00 am
.
Yurei Hayasa was terrified. It had been years since he had made his delivery run but he was still reluctant to do it.
His reason: his leg couldn't stop hurting. But he knew he was making such a stupid excuse.
It was a long time since he had driven and it was time to relearn everything.
Yesterday he had spilled the entire contents of the paper cup while he drove. He wasn't even speeding it up. Today, he made it while dripping a few.
Balance was the key, and he was trying to get his back.
Shifting his car into gear, he set to achieve that he had lost.
.
Bokuto Station Garage
10:00 am
.
Miyuki sighed as she sat on one of the stools as she admired her work. At last they were finished. It had been a painstaking task but they had somehow gotten through it.
For posterity's sake, Miyuki covered the shop sign on the Trueno's door. Since they were going to it's home, they needed to be careful for someone might recognize the car. And now, all she has to do is test it.
"It's beautiful," Kaoruko said as she entered the garage. She traced her finger on the cool metal and smiled like a girl opening a gift at Christmas.
"I haven't tested it yet," Miyuki sighed. She didn't know how it would handle or how it would react to a driver's skill. "Inspector, can you drive this?"
"I can but I can't bring out its full potential," Inspector Kinoshita sighed when she opened the passenger side door. Sitting on the car seat, she gazed blankly through the windshield as if she remembered her time inside the car.
"Can you keep a secret, Officer Kobayakawa?" her voice was almost pensive and far different from what she was used to.
"Of course," Miyuki's voice was just as soft as she entered the driver's side of the car. She knew that the Assistant Inspector didn't rarely shows this side of her personality. She never shows any kind of emotion that resembles passion. But beneath the cool exterior lies a passionate woman.
"I fell for him, you know," Kaoruko sighed as she closed her eyes. "At the first time I saw him in his tofu shop I was immediately entranced. I don't know what witchcraft he used but I felt something in him I never felt from another. It took me only one day to realize that I like him.
"A week to realize that I can't live without him."
"It must have been painful to lose him," Miyuki said cautiously as she looked at the Assistant Inspector.
"My pain goes deeper than that, Officer Kobayakawa," Kaoruko sighed and opened her eyes. Her hand toyed a chain around her neck and her eyes grew more pensive. Miyuki waited for her to continue. She couldn't push her forward otherwise she might fall in her own despair. These things take time and unlike Yoriko, Miyuki will take this subtly.
"He asked me to marry him," Miyuki suddenly turned her head to face her, her own featured betrayed shock. Damn subtly, she needs info NOW! Immediately Miyuki's eyes went to her hand but it was bare. But when her eyes reached Kinoshita's neck, she saw her playing with a silver chain with... an engagement ring?
"Did you answer him?' Miyuki asked softly.
"Didn't have the time, but by then it was too late."
"Why?" Miyuki could see the hurt and the pain in her eyes. It was hard for her to talk about this. But Kaoruko knew what she needed to talk about it before she faltered during the mission.
"He asked me... one minute before the mission," and then, Kinoshita fell apart. All Miyuki could do was to comfort her.
***
Akina's Mountain Pass 10:00 pm
"It's too peaceful," one racer said as he parked his car at the peak. "It was said that the Phantom rides on a peaceful night like this."
"Do you believe in such myth?" another asked.
"Myth or not, he's the best there is," the first one said as he looked at the road leading to the lake.
"I'll believe it when I see it," the other said but the first had a look of shock that the other noticed.
"You may have the chance," he said as a loud squealing of tires echoed through the night.
Charging from the top of the mountain pass at top speed was a midnight black AE 86 Trueno.
"The Phantom has returned," the driver said in awe as the car passed them.
"Thing will get interesting," another driver said as he entered his Skyline GT-R R32. "The Ghost has become a Phantom."
.
A/n: Mission start next. And you'll know why he was called the Phantom.