Initial D- Let me protect you
Chapter08–practice equals potential
"Ryousuke, who are you picking?" Wataru said as the last car of the opposing team was out of sight.
"okay. I'm going to make this clear. I picked the people out of the team because I have confidence and trust in them. They have the most developed skills among us. So anyway. The first one will be........." he said, looking around the team ".........Keisuke-san" he continued, looking at his younger brother. Keisuke, in return, nearly fainted. He staggered a little and before he could say anything in protest, his brother held out a hand to silence him "I'll let you complain later." He said, looking at him. He then continued "Next, for Akina will be Takumi and for Akagi will be me" The people who weren't called gave out a sigh of relief.
A moment of silence passed before "okay Keisuke, you can complain now"
"ANIKI! Why the heck did you pick me???" Keisuke exclaimed
"as I said, Keisuke-san, I have confidence and trust in you. And I've been observing you when we were practicing in Myogi. You can already keep up with Takumi, which means you have improved. You can now control your FD, almost the same as I do with my FC. You see, Keisuke, you are already giving off an aura."
"really, Ryousuke?" Nakazato said in disbelief
"oh yes. That is why I picked Keisuke. And your aura gets stronger as we change courses" he told his younger brother. Keisuke just blinked at him.
"and I picked Takumi of course, because you are the downhill specialist at Akina. Not one car ever won over you here, not even me and I don't think those show offs will ever do" he told Takumi, who nodded back.
"so there. that's why. Oh, and I picked myself for I also want to take part in this little heat......I have also loathed Minoko before so now, it's payback time"
"sounds reasonable" Kenta said
"better you guys than us" Nakazato said. The team nodded their heads in approval.
"why? You don't believe in yourselves? We all have the potential to beat them, it's just the matter of who has the bigger potential"
"alright" Kenta said
"now that's done, shall we be getting home? It's getting pretty late anyways. Practices will still be held on Usui but on Thursday and Friday, we will go back to Myogi. Keisuke need a little bit more of preparation." So the team all headed for their respective cars and drove home.
4 days later
It was already Thursday and as Ryousuke said, practices were held in Myogi. A new type of play was put into action: Keisuke would be at the back, followed by his brother, of course. Ahead of him was the whole team. All he had to do was to get pass all of them before they hit the bottom. Little by little, he progressed in overtaking all of them. He even passed Takumi, who was positioned at the very front. They only retired when Keisuke got passed them 3 straight times.
When they were done for the day, most of them didn't want to get out of their cars, for they were super exhausted. Ryousuke saw this so he announced
"that was a pretty good run so as a treat, though Keisuke will be exempted" he said, looking at his brother "I won't require all of you to turn up tomorrow. It's your choice if you want to go here and watch Keisuke and I training here" The whole team was too tired to react at all.
"anyway, that's done. You can all go home now" he said, heading downhill.
"that was a bit harsh" Nakazato commented
"yeah. But I'm happy about today. I finally got passed Fujiwara!" Keisuke said triumphantly
"I congratulate you, Keisuke" Takumi replied
"yeah. Good for you, Keisuke. Surely you won't lose to those suckers" Yuki added
"well, I sure hope so, Yuki. We don't want to lose you in the team" Keisuke said
"enough of this. I want to know who are coming tomorrow. I'm definitely going" Kenta butted in
"me" Nakazato said
"and me" Wataru answered
"also me" Shingo said
"I might be able to drop by" Takumi replied
"how about you four girls?" Kenta asked
"of course we'll go, right?" Mako said the remaining girls nodded
"so we'll all see each other tomorrow again?"
"looks like it" Shingo said
"oh well. Makes no difference anyways" Keisuke concluded. "anyways, shall we go home now?" The team nodded at him and they all started going down. The whole mountain of Myogi was once again filled with engines sounds that echoed all night.
Chapter08–practice equals potential
"Ryousuke, who are you picking?" Wataru said as the last car of the opposing team was out of sight.
"okay. I'm going to make this clear. I picked the people out of the team because I have confidence and trust in them. They have the most developed skills among us. So anyway. The first one will be........." he said, looking around the team ".........Keisuke-san" he continued, looking at his younger brother. Keisuke, in return, nearly fainted. He staggered a little and before he could say anything in protest, his brother held out a hand to silence him "I'll let you complain later." He said, looking at him. He then continued "Next, for Akina will be Takumi and for Akagi will be me" The people who weren't called gave out a sigh of relief.
A moment of silence passed before "okay Keisuke, you can complain now"
"ANIKI! Why the heck did you pick me???" Keisuke exclaimed
"as I said, Keisuke-san, I have confidence and trust in you. And I've been observing you when we were practicing in Myogi. You can already keep up with Takumi, which means you have improved. You can now control your FD, almost the same as I do with my FC. You see, Keisuke, you are already giving off an aura."
"really, Ryousuke?" Nakazato said in disbelief
"oh yes. That is why I picked Keisuke. And your aura gets stronger as we change courses" he told his younger brother. Keisuke just blinked at him.
"and I picked Takumi of course, because you are the downhill specialist at Akina. Not one car ever won over you here, not even me and I don't think those show offs will ever do" he told Takumi, who nodded back.
"so there. that's why. Oh, and I picked myself for I also want to take part in this little heat......I have also loathed Minoko before so now, it's payback time"
"sounds reasonable" Kenta said
"better you guys than us" Nakazato said. The team nodded their heads in approval.
"why? You don't believe in yourselves? We all have the potential to beat them, it's just the matter of who has the bigger potential"
"alright" Kenta said
"now that's done, shall we be getting home? It's getting pretty late anyways. Practices will still be held on Usui but on Thursday and Friday, we will go back to Myogi. Keisuke need a little bit more of preparation." So the team all headed for their respective cars and drove home.
4 days later
It was already Thursday and as Ryousuke said, practices were held in Myogi. A new type of play was put into action: Keisuke would be at the back, followed by his brother, of course. Ahead of him was the whole team. All he had to do was to get pass all of them before they hit the bottom. Little by little, he progressed in overtaking all of them. He even passed Takumi, who was positioned at the very front. They only retired when Keisuke got passed them 3 straight times.
When they were done for the day, most of them didn't want to get out of their cars, for they were super exhausted. Ryousuke saw this so he announced
"that was a pretty good run so as a treat, though Keisuke will be exempted" he said, looking at his brother "I won't require all of you to turn up tomorrow. It's your choice if you want to go here and watch Keisuke and I training here" The whole team was too tired to react at all.
"anyway, that's done. You can all go home now" he said, heading downhill.
"that was a bit harsh" Nakazato commented
"yeah. But I'm happy about today. I finally got passed Fujiwara!" Keisuke said triumphantly
"I congratulate you, Keisuke" Takumi replied
"yeah. Good for you, Keisuke. Surely you won't lose to those suckers" Yuki added
"well, I sure hope so, Yuki. We don't want to lose you in the team" Keisuke said
"enough of this. I want to know who are coming tomorrow. I'm definitely going" Kenta butted in
"me" Nakazato said
"and me" Wataru answered
"also me" Shingo said
"I might be able to drop by" Takumi replied
"how about you four girls?" Kenta asked
"of course we'll go, right?" Mako said the remaining girls nodded
"so we'll all see each other tomorrow again?"
"looks like it" Shingo said
"oh well. Makes no difference anyways" Keisuke concluded. "anyways, shall we go home now?" The team nodded at him and they all started going down. The whole mountain of Myogi was once again filled with engines sounds that echoed all night.