It was a clear Friday night. All of the local teams got together at Mt. Akina to watch Project D's two aces do some timed laps. Everyone was excited to see if Takumi could beat his own course record which was set when he raced Ryosuke last summer.

"Ryosuke! We can start anytime," Kenji said. The mechanics had just finished preparing Takumi's 86 and he was pulling it up to the line. Ryosuke walked up next to Takumi's window to give him some final words.

"Remember what I want you to practice. Sometimes the ideal line may not be available and you need to find the next best line," he explained. Takumi looked over and nodded.

Keisuke couldn't help but be jealous. He hated that his brother paid so much attention to Takumi. I'll prove that I'm better than him. My technique will surpass his. He headed over to his car to warm it up. I'll wait 'till he takes off and then catch him. That'll show everyone.

At the base of the mountain, Tei was watching for oncoming cars. Suddenly, he heard a grumble rapidly approaching. A car rolled by, all black. He couldn't tell what it was, but he sensed that it was quick. It's wastegate poured open as it passed and started to go up the mountain. He called into his radio to alert Ryosuke.

Ryosuke's radio crackled, "Ryosuke, a car just passed the base of the mountain and is heading up."

"Okay, I'll hold them off," he replied. He held up his hand to stop the countdown. "There's a car coming up."

The galleries heard the car approaching. It had a deep growl and its wastegate bled off the excess boost with a loud shriek.

"Oooh! What kind of car is that!? I've never seen one of those before," was the general comment. As the car past, the license plates told it all. "It has foreign plates! It's not from this country!"

"We seem to be garnering a lot of attention Kaiyin," the passenger said with a smile.

"You should have brought the Sol, Shun," Kaiyin replied.

"We're just here to make our entrance, so it wasn't needed," Shun said.

"Keh. Just means more fun for me," Kaiyin replied with a laugh. He continued up the hill at a normal pace so not to give away any hints about what he or the car is capable of doing. He and his team came for one reason, and one reason only; to defeat Project D.

Ryosuke, Takumi, Keisuke, and everyone waited in anticipation to see what kind of car was coming up. They were receiving radio transmissions every few minutes about it. Soon, they saw headlights and the end of the straight as Kaiyin's car finally reached the summit of Akina.

The car's low exhaust note could be easily heard as well as the turbo spooling as the car accelerated. They all focused their eyes on it, but no one knew what kind of car it was except for Ryosuke.

The car pulled up and parked, the motor still idling from the turbo timer. Judging by the idle and exhaust note, this thing is pushing out 450hp. Ryosuke watched as the driver and passenger got out.

The driver got out. He was tall, with long dark hair. He wore a t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, typical for a teenage drift kid. Ryosuke was shocked to see that the two weren't that old, 19 at most.

The passenger wasn't quite as tall and had bushy, orange hair. Kaiyin surveyed the crowd, eyes resting on the group in front of him.

"You must be the legendary Takahashi Ryosuke. The pleasure is mine," he said with a bow of his head. Ryosuke didn't know if this was a joke or if this person was so humble to make such a gesture.

Ryosuke approached and shook hands with the boy. "Volkswagen R32 huh? I've yet to see one of these in action. From the sound, yours produces around 450hp," he said as he looked the car over. "And I see that you are not from around here." He pointed to the plates which stated that the car was from Minnesota.

Kaiyin smiled. "Your reputation precedes you, Ryosuke-san. Yeah, it's turbo-charged. If you want to see it in action, you can. You see, I came from America to beat you."

Everyone's eyes focused on Kaiyin as he said this. A rye smile appeared on Ryosuke's face. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't street race anymore. Plus, I only race the best road racers."

Nakazato and Shingo from the Night Kids pushed their way to the front of the crowd to see what was going on. "Stupid kid, opening up his mouth like that to Ryosuke. I don't think he knows who he's dealing with," Shingo said with a sneer.

Kaiyin smiled. "But, I think that you'll find me to be quite a handful. But if you don't want to race, that's fine. I guess I'll just have to beat the rest of your team," he replied.

Nakazato stepped in to say his piece. He had heard enough gloating by this new guy who wasn't even from the country. "Hey, kid, do you know who you're even running your mouth to? I bet you can't keep up with me," he scoffed.

Kaiyin turned to face this new person. "Really? How about we find out then. Get your car, and we'll run a downhill match and I'll lose you before the 5 hairpins."

Nakazato's pride was hit with this comment. "You'll regret this. I'll show you what a 'real' R32 can do."

Soon, the 86 was cleared and Nakazato's black R32 was lined up next to Kaiyin's black R32. Kaiyin readied himself, a smile coming to his face. Time to show everyone how fast you are.

The starter raised his hands and both cars rocketed off the line when they dropped.