Initial D- Let me protect you
Chapter06–an unaccepted challenge
the next day
Itsuki was talking with Iketani at the gas station when suddenly, a dark blue evo 7 interrupted them.
"welcome!" Iketani said as the car stopped in front of them.
"high octane, fill it up" the driver said
"yes sir!" Iketani answered as he started filling up the car. Itsuki was eyeing the car with great admiration when he caught sight of a sticker. It read 'Fiery hell'. He stopped as his eyes widened 'Fiery hell?!?!?!?' he thought
"you guys must be locals around here because I want to ask something" the driver said
"yes sir, we are" Iketani said
"good. I wanted to ask what team is the fastest around here?"
"oh. actually sir, my team claims to be the fastest around here"
"really? Then may I propose a battle with your fastest driver?" Iketani thought first, then he remembered
"I'm sorry sir, but we were informed not to accept your challenge"
"why? Are you scared?" the driver loathed
"it's not that sir, for our fastest driver is also part of the fastest team in this prefecture. So we were informed not to accept your challenge for they will accept it"
"so I still have to propose the challenge to them?"
"yes sir" Iketani answered as he pulled the hose out
"okay. Where may I find this team then?" he said as he paid Iketani
"uh, maybe I'll just coordinate with them because they change home courses, for practice"
"alright then"
"how does the peak of Mount Akina sound? At around 10:00pm?"
"sounds good, anyway thanks. One more thing, what is the name of this team?"
"The Kengai Racing team" prompted Iketani
"okay. Thank you once again" he concluded as he zoomed off. Itsuki still remained stunned as the car drove off. Iketani waved his hand in front of his companion's face.
"Itsuki, ITSUKI!"
"eh?" then he snapped back to reality
"what's wrong again?" Iketani asked
"that team! Fiery hell! Just challenged..."
"they will challenge later, for the meantime, I have to see Takumi. You can handle here alone, right?"
"yeah"
"don't do anything stupid, alright? Think first!" he said, remembering Itsuki's accidental acceptation of a battle before. "I'll be back later, bye!" he said as he proceeded to his car and drove off towards the local moving company's place, where Takumi works.
Upon reaching the place, he found Takumi stepping out of the moving truck. He quickly approached him and said
"Takumi, I have to tell you something"
"Sempai, what're you doing here?"
"didn't you hear me? Anyway, do you have any means of contacting Ryousuke? The leader of Fiery hell, I think, he came to the station just a while ago and he wants to challenge you guys. I told him to meet the team at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. Will you be able to make it?"
"I guess so. Anyways, thank you so much sempai, but I really have to go now. See you later!" Takumi said as he walked inside the building. Iketani bid him also goodbye and he drove back to the gas station.
later
Takumi's shift had already ended so he quickly proceeded to his car and got the walkie-talkie in the glove compartment. 'I have to inform Ryousuke first' so he searched for Ryousuke's transmission and spoke, saying,
"Ryousuke, you there? it's me, Takumi"
"Fujiwara? Hello there"
"listen. This is a pretty long story. The group you've been talking about......"
"Fiery hell?" Ryousuke cut him off
"yes. They, actually, only one person, I guess their leader, went to the gas station some hours ago so Iketani talked to them. They wanted to challenge us, since you told me to tell them not to accept their challenge. Anyway, Iketani told me to tell you, actually the whole team, to meet at Akina's peak to meet them"
"okay, I see. What time would that be?"
"10:00pm"
"alright, I'll tell Keisuke and Yuki. Can you inform the others?"
"yeah, sure"
"okay, thank you. I'll see you later then"
"okay" Takumi said then he searched for all the transmissions of his other team members. When he got them already, he spoke
"um.........please listen up." Then he paused for a while "There will be an emergency meeting at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. I repeat, an emergency meeting at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. Actually, go there at 9:30 to be sure. Thank you, that will be all" he concluded, tossing the walkie-talkie at the passenger's seat beside him. "here I go, mount Akina" he said, starting the engine and zooming off to the ever famous Akina's peak.
Chapter06–an unaccepted challenge
the next day
Itsuki was talking with Iketani at the gas station when suddenly, a dark blue evo 7 interrupted them.
"welcome!" Iketani said as the car stopped in front of them.
"high octane, fill it up" the driver said
"yes sir!" Iketani answered as he started filling up the car. Itsuki was eyeing the car with great admiration when he caught sight of a sticker. It read 'Fiery hell'. He stopped as his eyes widened 'Fiery hell?!?!?!?' he thought
"you guys must be locals around here because I want to ask something" the driver said
"yes sir, we are" Iketani said
"good. I wanted to ask what team is the fastest around here?"
"oh. actually sir, my team claims to be the fastest around here"
"really? Then may I propose a battle with your fastest driver?" Iketani thought first, then he remembered
"I'm sorry sir, but we were informed not to accept your challenge"
"why? Are you scared?" the driver loathed
"it's not that sir, for our fastest driver is also part of the fastest team in this prefecture. So we were informed not to accept your challenge for they will accept it"
"so I still have to propose the challenge to them?"
"yes sir" Iketani answered as he pulled the hose out
"okay. Where may I find this team then?" he said as he paid Iketani
"uh, maybe I'll just coordinate with them because they change home courses, for practice"
"alright then"
"how does the peak of Mount Akina sound? At around 10:00pm?"
"sounds good, anyway thanks. One more thing, what is the name of this team?"
"The Kengai Racing team" prompted Iketani
"okay. Thank you once again" he concluded as he zoomed off. Itsuki still remained stunned as the car drove off. Iketani waved his hand in front of his companion's face.
"Itsuki, ITSUKI!"
"eh?" then he snapped back to reality
"what's wrong again?" Iketani asked
"that team! Fiery hell! Just challenged..."
"they will challenge later, for the meantime, I have to see Takumi. You can handle here alone, right?"
"yeah"
"don't do anything stupid, alright? Think first!" he said, remembering Itsuki's accidental acceptation of a battle before. "I'll be back later, bye!" he said as he proceeded to his car and drove off towards the local moving company's place, where Takumi works.
Upon reaching the place, he found Takumi stepping out of the moving truck. He quickly approached him and said
"Takumi, I have to tell you something"
"Sempai, what're you doing here?"
"didn't you hear me? Anyway, do you have any means of contacting Ryousuke? The leader of Fiery hell, I think, he came to the station just a while ago and he wants to challenge you guys. I told him to meet the team at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. Will you be able to make it?"
"I guess so. Anyways, thank you so much sempai, but I really have to go now. See you later!" Takumi said as he walked inside the building. Iketani bid him also goodbye and he drove back to the gas station.
later
Takumi's shift had already ended so he quickly proceeded to his car and got the walkie-talkie in the glove compartment. 'I have to inform Ryousuke first' so he searched for Ryousuke's transmission and spoke, saying,
"Ryousuke, you there? it's me, Takumi"
"Fujiwara? Hello there"
"listen. This is a pretty long story. The group you've been talking about......"
"Fiery hell?" Ryousuke cut him off
"yes. They, actually, only one person, I guess their leader, went to the gas station some hours ago so Iketani talked to them. They wanted to challenge us, since you told me to tell them not to accept their challenge. Anyway, Iketani told me to tell you, actually the whole team, to meet at Akina's peak to meet them"
"okay, I see. What time would that be?"
"10:00pm"
"alright, I'll tell Keisuke and Yuki. Can you inform the others?"
"yeah, sure"
"okay, thank you. I'll see you later then"
"okay" Takumi said then he searched for all the transmissions of his other team members. When he got them already, he spoke
"um.........please listen up." Then he paused for a while "There will be an emergency meeting at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. I repeat, an emergency meeting at Akina's peak at 10:00pm. Actually, go there at 9:30 to be sure. Thank you, that will be all" he concluded, tossing the walkie-talkie at the passenger's seat beside him. "here I go, mount Akina" he said, starting the engine and zooming off to the ever famous Akina's peak.