Southern Drifters Trail
This is the story of the rise of a new drive in gunma. The truth of the past and of his ability in racing his cars.
Disclaimers: Shigeno and tokyopop, and the car manufacturers: Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru, Toyota, Honda, Acura. Kenneth, Salina, Sara, and any other characters not from the show are mine.
Ok last time Kenneth won the race against the leader of the Street Demons on the slopes
Of mount Akina in his Protomotors Spirra 4.6 V8. Takumi barrowed Kenneth's Subaru impreza WRX STI version 22B premium sport coupe. Kenneth asked Bunta to come to E3 tuning to help him rebuild the 86's motor.
Chap.5 A racing legacy. The past surfaces.
The next morning the amber glow of the sky lit the ground as Bunta and Kenneth worked on the 86 behind the E3 tuning shop. Black gunmetal metallic 1970 Porsche 914-4 with silver 60's style racing wheels (AKA the 86 wheels deep set and silver) sat next to the 86. Bunta looks at the 914 and says, "that's a strange Porsche u have there doesn't look like most Porsches."
Kenneth looked at the Porsche and smiled. "Yea it was my first car." Bunta looks back at the 86 and says, "You sure do take care of your cars and the cars you work on." Kenneth looks at the two cars and says, "I believe that the cars have a soul and I treat them as I would a fellow human. I keep them alive (AKA running) and they keep me alive during a race."
Bunta simply nodded and said, "I heard you pulled some impressive stuff during the race last night." Kenneth shook his head "all I did was use the skills I I've learned and pushed the limits of my car to get greater speed." Bunta looked at him and sighed as his gaze returned to the engine of the 86 all the connections labeled and disconnected. "Shall we yank the engine now?" Kenneth nodded as he opened the lift bay door and helped push the 86 into place.
Once inside Kenneth setup the lift as Bunta scanned the shop. His gaze lands upon the red 280Z of Salina. "Hum a 280 fairlady Z." Then he hears Kenneth say, "Ok it's ready." In 20 minutes the engine was on an engine stand as the two men carefully disassemble the motor placing the parts neatly on a near by table. As the work Kenneth asks, "Hey Bunta do you ever remember racing a dark green 1986 Saab 900 turbo with South Carolina tags."
Bunta looked up from the engine. "Yea. What about it?" Kenneth looked at a picture on the wall. In the picture was Kenneth and his father behind Kenneth was the 914 and behind his father sat a dark green 1986 Saab 900 turbo. Bunta looks at the picture and says, "Ah I guess your tilly's son." Kenneth nodded, "yep that's my old man the ever memorable tilly." Then bunta looks at the Porsche 914-4. "So did he help you build that?" Kenneth smiled as he answered, "Yea he did." Bunta got back to work on the engine and said, "So I guess you learned to drive from your dad." Kenneth nodded "the basics and then I taught myself the rest."
In 31/2 hours later the engine was reassembled with new parts and Kenneth and Bunta began to install the engine. 1 hour later the 86 was off the lift and running. As Bunta got into the 86 Kenneth got into the 914 and cranked the N/A tuned boxer 4 cylinder engine.
They decided that Bunta would test the rebuilt motor and Kenneth would follow to look for possible problems.
When they got to the pass it was empty so Bunta took off and the 914 tailed him. When he looked in the rearview mirror he saw Kenneth was still on his tail after the first turn. "I would expect nothing less of Tillmons son." Bunta looks at the up coming corner and decided to get serious. He leaves the 914 and Kenneth behind. "But you still need to improve to reach your old mans level."
Once the 914 was out of sight Bunta pulled over to the side of the road and waited. Kenneth soon arrived and pulled up behind the 86. As he stepped out of the 914 Kenneth asked, "Bunta I'm wondering how good of a racer was my father when you raced him?" Bunta looked out at the pass and said, "He was one of the best drivers back then. He made me rethink my judgments of him and his car. I doubt he lost to anyone but me."
Kenneth smiled "well let's head back." They got back into their cars and headed back to the shop. When they arrived Salina was outside washing her red Fairlady 280Z. When she sees the 86 and the 914 pull up she shut off the water and greets them. Kenneth chuckles as he wipes some suds from Salina's cheek.
"I see you got the 280 out." Salina smiled and said, "Yea Sara, Mako, Sayuki, and I are going to practice running Mount Akina tonight!" Kenneth looked at her a bit surprised. "Well I'm coming to see you take your first run at the pass." Salina smiled "I hoped you would say that." She then hurried back to the red 280Z and continued washing it.
Kenneth looked back at Bunta and said, "Hey Bunta Could you give me a ride to get the 22B?" Bunta shook his head "how about you take me and then I drive the 22b back and take the 86 because I have something I need to do." Kenneth shrugged "ok but we'll take the NSX type GT-R." Bunta looked at Kenneth like he was missing all the screws in the upper levels.
"What NSX?" Kenneth looked at Bunta surprised but then he remembered "oh yea you haven't seen it yet." they hopped into the 914 and went down the road to the firestation. As they pulled in a 99' NSX type S Zero with a black gunmetal metallic paint job on stock body panels and deep-set BBS 5 split wheels rapped in high performance BF Goodwrench tires and a lowered ride height that helped hide how nonstick it really was.
Kenneth and Bunta exited the 914 as the engine died. They headed over to NSX and Kenneth entered into the American driver's position. As soon as they got inside the touch screen monitor centered in the dash tilted toward the driver became a center of attention.
Kenneth cranked the 454hp N/A tuned V6 the screen lit up and 2 options came up on the screen. "MR or Aggess 4WD?" asked Bunta. Kenneth looked at the screen and said, "Yea I have and ultra light weight Aggess 4WD system in this NSX that's why I call it the NSX type GT-R."
Kenneth pushes the 4WD button and then pushes another button and the bay door opens. The NSX pulled out as the bay door closes behind them and the NSX heads off for the tofu shop. When they arrived Bunta got out of the NSX and got into the 98' Subaru Impreza WRX 22B STI version and follows Kenneth back to the fire station.
When they arrived Bunta parked the 22B and got back in the NSX. Then they headed up the street to E3 tuning and pulled around back. The red 280Z came into view followed by the hunter green Sil-Eighty of Sara and then the blue Sil-Eighty of Mako and Sayuki came into view. Kenneth backed the NSX type GT-R next to the red 1983 Fairlady 280Z and exited the NSX followed by Bunta who headed strait for the 86 after Kenneth had told him on the way to the tofu shop the parts were on the house.
Salina and the girls around a map of Akina pass talking about how to attack the mountain. "Hey" they all turned to face Kenneth. "Hey Kenny!" said Salina with a smile on her face. Kenneth looked at the map "discussing how to take the pass." Salina nodded "yea I can't wait to run it I think it'll be fun."
Kenneth looked at the others and asked, "Did you account for the differences between the 280Z and the Sil-Eightys you run?" They nodded "yea the 280 is going to be harder to run the downhill than our Sil-Eightys. But from what I hear she used to run the downhill on the Appalachian mountain passes."
Kenneth nodded "yea we used to run them together." "Cool!" said Sayuki and then asked, "So are you coming?" Kenneth nodded yea I'll becoming in my NSX type GT-R." Sayuki looked outside at the NSX and said, "sound like this will be fun" Kenneth joined them in planning how to run the pass.
10:00pm Mount Akina summit. After making several runs each Kenneth, Salina, Mako, and Sayuki ran a 4 way battle down and up the mountain. The winner was Salina followed by Kenneth, then Sara, Mako, and Sayuki. At the summit the group was congratulating Salina when a Super Black Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 Tommy Madden Edition pulled up.
A man exited the Evo obviously looking for a race. He looked at the 280Z and said, "I'm Eagle of team Evo Dynasty. I was looking for a good challenge and I saw the 280Z here and figured that it be a good race." Salina stepped forward "I'm the driver of the 280Z." Eagle laughed and said, "oh never mind no challenge in racing a girl."
The sexist comment struck Sara's nerves. She stepped forward and said, "Ok Asshole I'll show you what a female can do behind the wheel!" Eagle laughed and got into his Evo 6 and pulled up to the starting line. Mako, and Sayuki headed down the mountain to observers positions and the finish line. Sara got into her hunter green Sil-Eighty and lined up next to the Evo.
Kenneth stepped forward to the starter's position. When the Eagle yelled out Why an't the Fine ass 280Z driver startin it? It'll better than looking at the empty road from start to finish!" Kenneth walked up to the driver's side of the Evo and grabbed Eagle by the neck as he said, "watch your mouth or I'll break your neck bitch!"
Kenneth returned to the starter's position and waited for the signal from Mako and Sayuki that they were ready at the base. When he received the signal he turned to the racers. "Drivers ready." Eagle and Sara nodded and revved their engines. "Ok we will start in 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…GO!"
As expected the Evo got the hole shot even though it was only putting out 302hp compared to Sara's 474hp from the SR20DETT under the hood of the Sil-Eighty. Soon the hunter green Sil-eighty had closed the gap and was tailing the Evo never letting it gain any ground.
As they rounded the first turn Sara passed the Evo on the inside once in front she let loose and left the Evo far behind. When Sara reached the hairpins the gap widened immensely as she cleared each turn at 75+mph. When the Evo finally reached the base he was a full minute and a half behind Sara.
Back at the summit Salina and Kenneth were laughing at the Evo's loss. Kenneth and Salina looked out at the mountain when they heard Sara yell "WHY YOU…..THAT'S IT YOUR MINE ASSHOLE!" A scream of pain could be heard from Eagle as Kenneth looked up into the sky to see him falling from the sky Kenneth and Salina stepped to the side as Eagle hit the ground between them.
Kenneth looked at Eagle trying not to laugh and said, "Let me guess you made a short comment." Eagle nodded, "all I said was that I couldn't believe I lost to a girl and she's a midget to boot." Salina stepped in front of him. "You disserve what you get." She then kicked him to the bottom in one hit were he made a hasty escape.
As Kenneth and Salina laughed Kenneth's cell phone rang. "Hello…..Hey Dad what happening?………..really you and Josh are coming over here…..Cool it sounds like fun…Ok see you then." Kenneth hung up the cell and turned to Salina with a smile on his face. Salina asked, "What's going on Kenny?"
Kenneth gladly answered, "My dad and Josh are coming to visit and their bringing their cars." Soon they meant up with the others at the base. They talked for awhile and then headed home. Kenneth had told Salina to go all the way over to the fire station. When see pulled up she saw that Kenneth had cleared a place for her 280Z next to the 914
She backed in and cut the power then went upstairs and to bed followed by Kenneth.
One week later Kenneth's Dad Tillmon and his cousin Josh arrived. When they had caught up on what happened lately they went to Lake Akina for a day of R&R. When they had spent the whole day out at the lake they headed home for dinner. After dinner they had decided that they would go to Mount Akina and join in the RedSuns practice runs.
Kenneth and his family had gone into the garage and were getting ready to go. Suddenly the Phone rang and Salina picked it up. "Hello this is Salina speaking……What! But why!…….I understand But will I be able to return…..Yes father." Kenneth called up the stairs, "Salina come on lets go to the pass." Then he heard her start crying.
He rushed upstairs to find Salina on her knees crying uncontrollably. When he saw this he rushed over to comfort her. "What wrong?" he said in a gentle voice. Salina looked up at Kenneth tears streaming down her face and she told him, "I have to return to the heavens and i'm not sure if I'll be able to return."
Kenneth was shocked at this news Kenneth released her and stood. Salina stood and answered his question before he even asked it. "They are already waiting for me to return." Kenneth gave her one final kiss then stepped back as she was surrounded by light and disappeared.
When Kenneth returned to the garage his father was already in his dark green Saab 900 Turbo and josh was behind him in his white Honda CRX. They both heard what happened and knew that it was better if they didn't say anything. Kenneth got into his Evo 5 and took off for the pass followed by the 900turbo and the CRX.
When they arrived a RedSuns member said they couldn't run it but they paid him no attention and took off down the mountain as Ryosuke Takahashi and Keisuke Takahashi were starting their run. As Kenneth took off around the first corner the Saab 900 turbo and the CRX tailed him until they came up on the Takahashi brothers.
As Kenneth came up on the yellow FD he up shifted and passed him with ease and took the up next turn at a suicidal speed. The 900 and the CRX followed suit and soon the three cars were closing in on Ryosuke Takahashi. When the Evo 5 got up to the FC Kenneth was only in 5th gear and still had 6thgear waiting. Kenneth up shifted and used the Evo 5's 511hp to pass the FC with such acceleration that the FC shook. Suddenly the Evo was engulfed in a light and disappeared with the light forcing the racers to come to a grinding stop.
Ok people there's chapter 5 I know its strange but next time you will figure out what the light was if you remember the hoverboard then you will know what it was. Ok Salina has been phased out for now. Tillmon(AKA Tilly) with the dark green 1986 Saab 900 turbo has come and also Kenneth's Cousin Josh driving a 1991 Honda CRX SI-RII. There's more to come and i'm crossing this with many stories. For those who understood my earlier comment about the hoverboard he does find out how to return at first without his car then with.
OK people reviews would be nice it gets better as the story goes along I forgot to put in a place to explain kenji shifting into 4th gear in chapter one he has a supper close gear setup. if you haven't noticed the fact that his cars that he is driving have less horse power its because when he first starts running a new pass he likes to have lots of power so if he makes a major mistake he can make up for it with a power sprint. He is fastest in the 1970 Porsche 914-4 and its barely putting out 205hp for use though the 6 speed customizable transaxle.
GTSliverShadow: I know that you're proud of your achievements but don't just bash someone's story for fun it shows that you have no sense. I haven't read your story yet but when I do I wouldn't bash it I might give criticism but you just enjoy being an asshole
Or so it seems. Please R&R with common sense next time you do.