Act 28

By Wednesday night, rumors of an ultimate race had spred throughout the Gunman region. Die-hard racing fans had begun to arrive at the mountain hours before the race was to begin. Itsuki had come and camped out early in one of the favored spots. This was looking to be one of the best races anyone has ever seen. By 9:30 there was barely any room left in the galleries. Fans were anxiously waiting for the teams to show up. The Redsuns were waiting at the peak when a hushed anticipation made its way up the mountain. The Dark Horizons had arrived. As Aki's team passed the fans, low whispering could be heard.

"I heard that the whole team has imports, except for the leader."

"Man that's a Lamborghini!"

"I've haven't seen them race yet, I heard they were good."

At the top, the Redsuns watched as the Dark Horizons pulled up behind the black FC. Getting out of their cars they strolled over to Aki, who by this time was leaning calmly against the hood of her car.

"OK guys, this little match is strictly for fun. Feel free to play the crowds and mess with their head," Aki said indicating the Redsuns.

"What if people start asking questions about the cars?" asked Vicky.

"Same as always. Any questions about the engines can only be answered by me, anything else you use your own discretion."

The twins smiled. They were going to have some fun. Aki looked at them out of the corner of her eye. //Those two are so predictable,// she thought before opening her laptop. Taking this as a dismissal, the Dark Horizons returned to their cars and waited for the Redsuns to approach.

Ryosuke didn't waste too much time. As soon as he realized Aki's little pep talk was over, he made his way over to her car. Keisuke followed close behind before breaking off to go talk to Alex. With the two brothers occupied, the rest of the Redsuns took the opportunity to check out the other teams cars. Kenta, who had followed Keisuke, was drooling over Alex's Viper. Alex chuckled as Kenta went out to touch one of her headlights.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked.

"Looking for the rocket launchers," replied Kenta.

"He's seen one to many James Bond films," Keisuke tried to explain.

Alex laughed. "You want rocket launchers, go check out Aki's car. She has so many add ons that I don't even know what they all do."

Kenta was about to head over to Aki's car when his eyes caught the side profile of Vicky's Lamborghini. As with Alex's car, Kenta began poking and prodding at various parts of the car. However unlike Alex's car, Vicky's Murcielago had a few differences that Kenta was unaware of. Kenta was fingering one of the side view mirrors when it suddenly folded inwards. Kenta panicked.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CAR!?" Vicky shrieked.

"I d-d-d-didn't mean t-t-t-to," Kenta stammered.

"Do you realize how much this car costs!?" Vicky yelled at him.

"I'll help repair it, I promise."

"Help repair it? This car is worth over 500,000 dollars and I'm talking American not yen," she continued. Kenta blanched.

Suddenly Vic laughed. "Oh sis I think you gave him a heart attack. Don't worry kid, I'll help ya fix it." Vic walked over to the mirror and placed his hands around it. "You see to fix it you have to hold it like this and snap it back into place."

Off to the side, Ryosuke smirked. "You don't need to worry Kenta. The car is designed like that. After a certain speed is reached the mirrors fold in to decrease wind resistance."

"And where did you pick that tidbit up? You don't seem like the one who follows the supercar scene," Aki asked him.

"I don't. But you did have the file of the car displayed on your laptop a little while ago," Ryosuke replied.

Aki quickly shut the screen on her laptop and turned to him. "You know who you remind me of? You remind me of Kenta. You just have to stick your nose into places it doesn't belong."

"I what? Kenta? I'm nothing like him," Ryosuke said stunned.

"Yeah right. You're just like him in a bigger body. You're nosey, think you know everything and when you do fins something you don't know about you need to study it to death."

"I do not."

"Really why don't you ask the question that's been bugging you since you got over here?"

"I don't have anything to ask you," Ryosuke denied. Aki just raised an eyebrow and stared back at him. After a few minutes, Ryosuke finally gave in. "Fine what are all the buttons on your dashboard supposed to do?"

Aki was saved from answering by the sudden roaring of two engines. "It's about time. I thought those two would never stop stalling," Aki commented noticing Keisuke and Alex moving their cars up to the starting line.

To be continued….

A/N In case you haven't figured it out yet, Aki and Ryosuke will not be racing in this RedSuns Dark Horizons get together…..however someone (Alex) does manage to convince them to try out each other cars so Ryosuke will have his question answered. However this does not happen until after the Keisuke and Alex race so stay tuned for the next chapter. :)