Southern Drifters Trail
Ok last time Kenneth's Dad Tillmon, and his cousin Josh came to visit. Salina had to go back to the heavens driving Kenneth into the pain and hatred. To blow off stem Kenneth and his family went to mount Akina. Where they simply blow by the Takahashi brothers and Kenneth was engulfed in a light after passing Ryosuke at a terrifying speed.
Disclaimers: Shigeno and toykopop, Then car companies: Porsche, Mitsubishi, Saab, Volvo, Triumph, Mazda, Honda, and Ford. Kenneth, Salina, Sara, Tillmon, Josh, and any other characters not from the show are mine.
Chapter.6: Remembering how it began.
The Evo 5 suddenly was engulfed in light and disappeared. The Evo was suddenly on a back road somewhere. Kenneth slows to a stop and looks around, "Where am I? Wait that's but it can't be!" Down the street was a Black Gunmetal metallic 1970 Porsche 914 sitting next to a Dark Green 1986 Saab 900 turbo, a white 1990 Honda CRX SI-R II, a black 1995 Mazda MX-6, a Red Gold Porsche 944TT, red 1997 Pontiac Grand Am, and a 1970 Triumph TR-7.
As Kenneth stood in disbelief the past was relived it was his family and him from the past! They stood around congratulating the TR-7 driver as Kenneth lisined in he heard what they said, young Kenneth said "nice one Daylan u took that corner at the same speed as the rest of us." Then His sister Lana said, "Really that was a nice run."
"Shall we go again?" said Tillmon. Daylan nodded and hastily got into his TR-7 cranking the aluminum Pontiac V8 followed by the others. The first to pull out was the 900 turbo followed by the 944TT and then the others. Kenneth decided to follow so he hopped into the Evo 5 and followed at a distance. Then he realized they were on a mountain pass in the Appalachians.
The pass was empty except Kenneth, his past self, and his family. The six cars took the corners with ease running the downhill. Kenneth suddenly began to speed up without noticing it and was soon closing in on the group with amazing speed. The Evo 5 started to pass the TR-7 when he floored it passing the TR-7, MX-6, and the Grand Am GT with ease.
But as he went to pass the 914 it swung into the Evo 5's line blocking it. As they went through the turn the 914 lost control and began to overstreer. The Evo 5 took the advantage and powered by on the outside. The 914 quickly regained control and took chase. The Evo 5 rounded the next corner and the outside edge of the turn lit up and then dimmed back to normal. The Porsche 914 rounded the turn and the Evo was gone.
At the base the 7 cars were lined up on the side of the road they asked the others if they had seen the Evo but they said they didn't and Kenneth went up to his father and said, "Dad I want to learn to drive faster and take my racing to the next level." His father nodded "first u need to master the level your at. Then we will see if you're ready for the next level."
Back on Mount Akina Takumi was making his morning tofu run when a sudden bright light appears behind him and the Evo 5 manifest from the light as Takumi sees this he pulls over to the side of the road. The Evo pulled up behind him. Takumi got out of the 86 and went to touch the evo to see if I was real or if years of sleep deprivation were catching up with him. Kenneth exited the Evo and said, "yo takumi what happened while I was gone?"
Takumi could tell a change in Kenneth's personality like a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders. Takumi said, "Everyone was looking for you what happened!" Kenneth looked back at the Evo 5 and said, "We'll talk about that when everyone else is around."
Takumi nodded and got back into the 86 and finished his runs. Kenneth took off for home. When he arrived he noticed that the 280Z was outside with the Saab 900 turbo, the CRX SI-R II, a red gold Porsche 944TT, a black MX-6, and a white TR-7.
When Kenneth pulled up the lights of the fire station began to cut on as the station came alive with movement. Kenneth exited the Evo to see Salina standing at the doorway. She Ran into Kenneth's arms tears of happiness streaming down her face. Kenneth held her lovingly and said, "Salina I thought you were going to the heavens? But im glad your back." Salina looked up at him and said, "I was but I came back as soon as I heard that you had disappeared."
Soon the others including Kenneth's Dad Tillmon, his sister Lana, his brother Daylan, his Cousin Josh, and his uncle Carl. Kenneth looked at his father and said, "I no longer need search for it." Everyone but Salina knew what Kenneth was talking about. Salina looked at Kenneth confused, "what were you searching for?"
Kenneth then told her, "Before we meant when I was still just running the passes with my family for fun. I encountered an Amazing white Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V on the slops of the Appalachians one night it had appeared out of nowhere behind my brother, sister, Josh (my sisters Boyfriend), and I. It past by Lana, Daylan and Josh with ease but I swung into his line and blocked him."
"But when we rounded a turn I Overstreered in the 914 and he powered by me on the outside. I regained control and tried to chase him but he was gone. At that moment I decided to take my racing to the next level so I could beat the Evo. I was told that I would have to master the level of driving I was at before I went to the next level. That's when I spun out, blew the motor, and destroyed the transmission. After that I went into a rut and meant you because of it."
Salina seemed to understand a little better and then she said, "So you were looking for that Evo but why don't you need to search anymore?" Kenneth Smiled but then his father interrupted and said, "Because he figured out that the Evo 5 that passed him that day his that Evo 5 right there." Tillmon pointed at the Evo 5 Kenneth was driving.
The others nodded but Salina looked confused again. "But how could it have been your Evo 5? Kenneth smiled, "because the driver of that Evo was me." Salina stepped back felling really dumb right now, "So you when back in time when you disappeared on the mountain?" Kenneth nodded, "I went back in time because I drove into a time warp after you said you had to leave. And because I went back in Time I passed myself as a beginner and instilled the want to win and be faster than the Evo 5 and because of my want to win I spun out and tore up the 914 drivetrain, Because of that I went into a rut and meant you. It's a trinity of time. I was destined to do this and to fall in love with you.
Salina blushed brightly hearing the last part. The others went back inside leaving Kenneth and Salina alone in darkness. Kenneth looked at Salina with hope in his eyes and asked, 'Will you be staying here?" Salina looked up at him her smile answering his question without any doubts. The two lovers stood in the warmth of each other for about 5 minutes. Then they headed inside everyone else had gone to bed leaving Kenneth and Salina to be with one another. That night they fell asleep in each others arms never releasing each other until the morning came.
They awoke to the sound of everyone else downstairs talking around a southern style breakfast. Kenneth and Salina joined them after a filling breakfast they decided that they should go to the different passes in gunma. After all that Tillmon was supposed to race Bunta that night.
When it came time for the race bunta was sitting in his Impreza waiting when the Saab 900 turbo rounded the bend followed by the Porsche 914, the 280Z, the 944TT, the CRX, the MX-6, and finally the TR-7. As they pulled up everyone was very interested in the strange bunch of cars. The Saab 900 turbo pulled up next to Bunta's impreza and tillmon exited the car from the American drivers position.(all of the cars that I mention that my characters drive have the left hand drivers position.)
The Takahashi brothers stood on the other side of the road. When the drivers exited their cars Ryosuke was shocked to see Kenneth getting out of the 914. Bunta and Tillmon knew that this was a race from the old days and they needed to step up their game.
Bunta and tilllmon entered their cars and started the engines as Lana stepped to the straters potison and radioed the check points for the go ahead. When every one of the checkpoints had given the all clear. "Drivers ready!" Bunta and Tillmon answered with the rev of their engines. "Ok I'll start the countdown." "10….9….8….7….6….5….4….3….2….1…. GO!"
The two cars tore off the line inside the 900turbo Tillmon was experiencing the force of the start and watching for the Impreza behind him. When Bunta appeared behind the 900 tillmon smiled, "here we go" as he floored the accelerator and use all the 350hp in the turbo inline 4 in the large hatchback to pull away.
Inside the Impreza Bunta had already started to shadow the 900 turbo. As they entered the first turn their suicidal speeds shocked the croud. As the 900 turbo cleared the turn with no room for error followed closely by the Impreza as they exited the turn the Impreza used its 4wd to tail the 900 down the strait. At the second corner the Impreza was forced to slow when the 900 turbo used a free clutch drift eventually causing the engine to completely disengaged and grip the front turns without a pushing force during the drift. As the exited the corner Tillmon reengaged the clutch and pulled away at an impressive speed of 186MPH having taken every turn upwards of 85MHP and the last one at 107MHP.
As they entered the first hairpin of the course the 900 took the outside line and exited on the inside of the impreza down the strait Bunta realized that this would be more like before than he thought. Bunta started to fell the strain of the race, "last time we tied this time I'll win." As the rounded the next turn the 900 used a line cross and blocking drift. And used the power of the Saab 900 Turbo to pull ahead just slightly but was again tailed by the Impreza down the strait at and insane 215mhp.
When they passed one of the check points Kenneth and the others including the takahashi brothers found out that at their current pace they would shatter the course recorded by over a minute. Ryosuke and Keisuke looked wide eyed and said, "What!" Kenneth grinned, "And this is only the beginning." Now entering the S turns impreza took a counter attack maneuver right from Tillmon's book of tricks. Drifting to the outside and then use and inertia drift into the next turn on the inside. As they exited onto the strait the cars were side be side until the 900 let off and pulled behind the Impreza. Bunta shocked at this almost screamed, "What's he doing!"
As the entered the turn at the end of the strait the 900 drifted through and then used a flip drift on the next to corners switching the direction of the drift with upwards of 4G's putting him to the side in the bucket seat. Upon this the Impreza lost ground fast but held the lead. Until the 5 point hairpins Where the grove driving and grove driving 2would have given Bunta the advantage except Tillmon had hidden the grove driving 3 from Bunta as a last ditch effort to win. The 900 and impreza were side by side their side mirrors touched during the drifts through the hair pins.
Down at the final effort turn as Tillmon called it the two racers appeared and became slightly airborne over the dip. As they entered the turn bunta went wide to use grove driving 2 but tillmon went to the inside and revealed a 4th grove driving that he learned causing the 900 to grip the inside using 3 and then to flip to the rear was in and the front was facing an grip exiting potsion.
As he did this Bunta slowed thinking an accident was unavoidable as they lines would cross as the same time they would hears where the Saabs excitant safety ratting comes in handy common since says that he'll be safe but the 900 turbo a large car and a large car has an advantage in an accident. The 900 turbo speed forward took the lead and the victory.
As the Saab 900 turbo pulled over to the side of the road followed by the Impreza Bunta and tillmon exited the cars and congratulated each other. "Well I guess that a winner is now decided." Bunta nodded, "Yes you won but what was that final move you pulled?" Tillmon looked back at the 900 turbo, "that was the final grove driving technique #4 it's meant to force your opponent to slow and letting you take the lead by using your opponents fear against them.
Ok there is chapter 6 I know this whole trinity of time thing if confusing but there is more to come people the Saab 900 turbo is in my eyes a great car. The 914 is a one of a kind machine that Kenneth drives most of the story from now on.
Please R&R this story and i'm not going to simply abandon it but I always am up for criticism but not someone who only likes to bash other people's stories to try to get them to stop writing.