All she was hearing was her tires screeching against the pavement as she drifted through another corner. The wind wipping her hair into a disheveled appearance. She needed to finish this, to prove that she was a good mechanic and a good driver. Rounding another corner, she shifted gears. Slowly gaining more speed after each corner. She perfected her drift to make sure she came out of it without lowering her velocity.
The trees were passing by in a blur. She couldn't spare the ocean a glance without losing concentration. She needed to beat the clock. After drifting through yet another corner, she spotted the man holding the time watch, just a couple dozens yards away. 'Closer...closer...There!' She braked as hard as she was able to, making her blue MR-S spin out into a 180 degree turn. She shifted to park and undid her seatbelt to step out of the car. Still dealing with the aftereffects of the adrenaline pumping through her, she took in deep breaths and stepped closer to the man.
"So...how did it do?"she asked, hiding her hopeful gaze under a casual bored look.
"Pretty that you shaved about 3 seconds from last time." A pause. He couldn't help but crack a grin as he told the rest. "Who wouldv'e thought that the car needed a new tachometer!" He tried. He really did! But in the end it couldn't be helped. His shoulders shook first. Then it was the poorly suppressed snorts. After that, he just broke down into laughter. "It took us a day to try and figure it out! And you, it only took one test drive!" He managed to choke out the sentence between the chuckles as he finally managed to compose himself - somewhat...
'Oh god...what a nut...' She shook her head and sighed. 'To think this is my own brother.'
"Kouga, we don't have the time for your incessant barks." she said with a smirk. "I have to go to the new school tomorrow."
"Alright. Let me just do one more run and then we'll leave." He hopped into the car and sped off, leaving his sister to her thoughts.
She let out an inaudible sigh as she started calculating the expenses that will surely be needed. 'A grand total of two-thousand and eighty-six dollars.' Including the apartments rent and groceries.
Her feet shuffled against the cold pavement. She shivered as the cold wind breezed by her, leaving her a quivering mess. Her black snug tank top left her bare arms exposed and her red flanel lounge pants didn't help get her any warmer. Her fuzzy red clifford-the-big-red-dog slippers were hardly keeping her feet from feeling the coldness of the pavement. She really needed to remember to bring a sweater next time.
"New school..." she idly said. Since their mother left them a while back, everything was left a mess. She barely left them any money to support themselves. "At least she left us the company." She said ruefully. She scoffed, thinking about her mother. Her mother never told them about their father, just that he existed...somewhere.
The company called Elusive Import, was a company their father left to their mother. Of course, she didn't know anything about running a business or about cars, so naturally it was left to Kouga to handle the job. Kagome checked the cars out and made sure everything was in proper order and Kouga made sure to sell them. They usually got shipments of body parts (A/N: CARS! They're talking about cars!) to sell seperately. It was a good business, it supported them well. What with Kouga's college classes, food, rent, and other necessities, it worked out well.
Of course they didn't run it alone, they had help from the crew, which consisted of a mechanic, Hiten, and a janitor/accountant, Manten. Hiten was a 23 year old college graduate. He double-majored in philosophy and criminology. Hiten was a Genius, he graduated early from college and was usually the one to go to for advice. Hiten handled the cars and kept everything in order, being the oldest in the company and all. Manten is a 21 year old guy. He's currently in college, majoring in business and a minor in computer science. He handles the money, shipments, and the computer filing system. Manten is the younger brother of Hiten.
The youngest of them all was Shippo. He was a 7 year old boy that just wandered in one day and started to hang out with them. After that, it started from sleeping over to just plain living there. No one complained, everyone was quite fond of the little tyke. No one knew where Shippo came from except for Kagome. Of course he made her promise not to tell until he was good and ready.
Kagome sighed as she absentmindedly rubbed her arms to get more warmth. 'He's coming back,' she thought as she saw the familiar blue MR-S coming around the corner. He set the car beside her and stepped out and held out the keys for his little sister.
"Nice," he said.
She snatched the keys out of his hand and climbed in the car. Kouga saddled in the passenger seat and strapped in his seat belt.
IR
Damn it! We need fresh meat to train for the upcoming racing tournament!' He sighed as he slowly leaned away from the computer screen. He casually propped his legs onto the desk, crossing his jean-clad legs and rolled out his shoulders to ease some of tension from his aching back.
He felt weird all of a sudden. There was a vibrating sensation running through him. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, until it finally hit him. Quickly pulling out his sleek T-Mobile Side-kick cell phone and flipped it open to answer it. 'Hopefully he got some good news.'
"Yes?" He reverted back to his usually stoic game face. He just had this feeling he was going to sorely need it.
"Hey Fluffy!" The person on the other line said.
"How many times have I said to stop using that childish nickname, Inuyasha?"
"You know I can't help it, bro."
"Indeed. Did you find anyone worth while?"
"Nah! This part of the neighborhood has no talent. It's purely based on muscle and no skill...well that and style. I'll head back in a while! Later Fluffy!!"
He hung up after he heard his brother's annoying chuckle. Rubbing his temples in a futile attempt to dispel the oncoming headache, he groaned and slowly crossed his arms on top of his desk to make a pilow for his head. The racing scene is becoming flat. You could hardly find a decent driver that doesn't rely on their car to get the victory. His legs now comfortably lying outstretched underneath his desk, he contemplated on the issue at hand. He needed one more driver to qualify for the tournament. 'A really good one.'
IR
Inuyasha leaned against his car trying to scope out someone at least half decent to meet up to his brother's standards. 'It sounds like I'm setting up my brother for a date!' Not that he was complaining. 'The girls really know how to show some skin.' He thought after he saw a nice hot blonde strutting by him. He noticed how her short denim skirt rode up each time she took a step and how the white, two-sizes-too-small, shirt snug her breasts. ' Wow...no bra...' He couldn't stop the lecherous grin from materializing as all types of dirty thoughts ran rampant in his mind. 'I could show her a definately goood time...'
He stopped as he turned around and looked up to the black car speeding up the mountain neighboring the hill he stood upon. 'Fuck! That guy is hell ass fast!' He continued watching the car until it disappeared from view behind the mountain. He quickly sprung into action and sped off towards the mountain, leaving a bunch of girls disappointed that the hunky silver haired man was not going to acompany them tonight. Many pouted at their misfortune, others quickly turned their attention to the racers who were still there.
Inuyasha shifted gears considering calling his brother over this new turn of events and after a couple of sceonds...'Hell no! I want to view this new driver before my brother...'
He drifted through the upcoming corner and downshifted gears again using the heel-toe technique. He headed up the mountain only to turn back again as the mysterious racer was now heading down, but what he saw took his breath away. 'A girl?! Holy Fuck! I'm definately calling Fluffy...' he took out his cell phone to do just that. After a couple of agonizing rings, his brother was questioning his right to call him.
" I have info on our new recruit, Sesshomaru..." He said in a distant tone as he saw the new recruit doing a fucking good job drifting through a corner. 'Holy shit... I'm offically in the twilight zone.'
"What is it? Is he good?" Inuyasha heard him, but at that point he was trying to keep up with her and her fancy moves.
"Inuyasha?"
"Hold on...I'll call you back in a while." He quickly shrugged off his silver samsung cell phone and carelessly threw it on the car floor. He quickly shifted gears and gently tapped the brakes to perfectly drift through the upcoming corner. He was slowly catching up to her. Inuyasha saw her drifting for the upcoming corner that was fastly approaching them. 'She's drifting on a staightaway already?! Fuck! She's practically shaving the guardrail!' He was officially impressed. A girl drifting like a pro. That was very uncommon around these parts. There were only a select few in this neighborhood that were girls and knew how to handle a stick. (A/N: Seriously...You peverted freaks! I know you were thinking about it. I have ESP)
He was catching up to her and he signaled her to go to the curb. He saw her slow down gradually and turn to the side of the road. He soon followed suit. He pulled the car to neutral and put the parking brakes on. He unbuckled the seat belt and stepped out of his car. He saw her follow suit as well.
Inuyasha only saw her back as she stepped out of the MR-S. 'This car was pulling out all those moves??'
He cleared his throat, "Hello, I'm Inuyasha and I-" His breath caught in his throat for what seemed like the tenth time in the span of two minutes. 'She's beauti-no gorgeous...wow...' Standing in front of him was a well-endowed girl with a killer hour glass figure. Even her her baggy red flanel pajama lounge pants couldn't hide her curvacious hips and the black tank top didn't help either...Her bouncy raven haired locks were framed around her wonderful features. Her blue eyes were currently looking like she was tremendously bored.
"Uh-h...as I w-was saying, I'm Inuyasha Takahashi and I was checking out your bod-moves. Your quite talented." He said. A light blush staining his cheeks.
"Thanks."
