Southern Drifters Trail

Disclaimers: Shigeno and Tokyopop, The car companies are next: Porsche, Honda, Triumph, Saab, Mazda, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, MG, Volvo. Kenneth, Salina, and any other characters not from the Show or manga are mine.

Ok last time Kenneth remembered the reason he began taking racing seriously and why the Evo 5 he searched for was found to be Kenneth himself. Salina returned when she heard Kenneth disappeared then Kenneth returned. Bunta and Tillmon finished an age-old score after they tied the last time they raced. Tillmon used a 4th grove driving technique to win. By using the Fear of his opponents and the size of the 900 turbo.

Chap. 7: challenging the Newcomers.(beware this is a mutli race chapter)

After the victory of Tillmon over Bunta the other racers in gunma began to plan challenges against the Newcomers from America. See the TR-7 with Daylan driving Itsuki Figured that he could beat the 35-year-old car driven by such a young driver. Sara began to plan a race against the MX-6 and Lana. Shugo seeing Josh's CRX SIR-II saw a rival to his EG-6 Civic SI-R II a rival that must be defeated. Zack having been so confident of his Skyline GT-R R32 V-spec II was planning a challenge with the twin turbo 944 Porsche driven by Carl.

Sara walked up to the MX-6 of Lana and began a simple conversation about her car. Lana was already aware that Sara wanted a race and said, "well how about we race hear next Saturday hear on Akina then we can see each others cars in action." Sara was relived she didn't have to challenge Lana. Lana challenged her.

When Itsuki came up to Daylan to challenge him he didn't play around. "Hi im Itsuki of the speed stars and you are?" Daylan turned and said, "Im Daylan I take it you want to race me." Itsuki nodded, "yea a TR-7 against a AE85 it should be good. So how about it?" Daylan looked back at his car like asking its permission and then turned back to itsuki and ageared to the race. "So is it good for you if we race next Saturday after my sister and Sara do?" Itsuki nodded and smiled.

Josh and Carl were headed down the mountain when they saw the Civic of Shugo and the GT-R of Zack. They pulled over to the side to get a closer look at the cars and were approached by Shugo and Zack of the NightKids.

"I'm Shugo of the NightKids," said Shugo as he approached Josh. He looked Josh in the eyes and said, "And I want to race you in my EG-6 Civic SIR-II" as he pointed back to the red civic behind him next to the black GT-R. . Josh nodded and said, "Well shall we race 2 Saturdays from now on your home course." Shugo ageared and went back to his civic.

Zack meanwhile was challenging Carl. I'm Zack Nakazato Leader of the NightKids and im challenging you to a race 2 Saturdays from now at Mount Myogi." Carl nodded "I accept your challenge.

Carl and Josh pulled away and left for the base after Lana, Daylan, and Kenneth passed them. As they headed to the base Kenneth noticed Ryosuke Takahashi watching him with his brother Keisuke standing next to him. Kenneth smirked, "well I guess we'll race sooner or later Ryosuke Takahashi."

The convoy continued on to the base where Tillmon and Bunta waited. As they pulled up the crowds were leaving. Kenneth and the others pulled off the road to were Tillmon and Bunta were and exited their cars and congratulated Tillmon on the win. Soon they left for home. But Kenneth and Salina stayed behind.

Kenneth informed Salina that he would be late getting back and just to go ahead home. Salina protested at first but then agreed and went home. After she left Kenneth got into the 914 and opened a small compartment. Inside the compartment was a small black velvet box. As Kenneth opened the box a Diamond ring sat inside. Kenneth sat gathering his nerves to finally ask Salina to marry him.

As soon as he had gathered his nerves he took off after Salina and caught up to her before they were off the pass. As he flashed his emergency lights they both pulled to the side of the road. Kenneth and Salina exited their cars and walked to each other. Kenneth said, "Salina I don't think I could go on without you." Salina was looking at the ground and said, "I know I fell the same way."

Kenneth pulled the small velvet box out of his pocket and said, "You know we could…" Salina's eyes lit up as Kenneth opened the box to reveal the Diamond ring inside. She looked at Kenneth knowing what he would ask her and he did "Salina will you marry me?" Salina clung to Kenneth repeating, "you know I will." She released Kenneth and he slipped the ring onto her finger. And they gave each other a deep passionate kiss and then headed home.

When they arrived everyone else was talking about the soon to come races. When Kenneth and Salina entered it took no time at all for them to notice the relived look on Kenneth and Salina's faces and the ring on Salina's finger. They knew what had happened and left the couple alone that night and stayed at a local inn to let the lovers be alone.

The next morning Kenneth was awoken by the sounds of Salina taking a shower. He went downstairs and looked at the 1970 Porsche 914 felling its want to race. "Soon it will be a race between the FC of Ryosuke Takahashi and the 914 of Kenneth Ethridge. What an epic race it will be." He heard the shower cut off so he headed upstairs and took a shower. After that Kenneth and Salina went to E3 tuning

When they arrived they saw the white TR-7 and the black MX-6 in the shop being tuned to their maximum potential. The 944TT, the 900 turbo, and the white CRX SIR-II sitting outside as Josh, Tillmon, Carl, Lana, and Daylan worked on the two cars in the shop preparing for the race soon to come. That night a race was scheduled between Ryosuke Takahashi in his white FC RX-7 and Takumi Fugiwari in his 86 panda Trueno. And Kenneth and the others planned to watch.

That night at Akina the FC and 86 were ready to race as the 914 and the others went to look out positions. The CRX of Josh pulled up next to the blue Sil-Eighty of Mako and Sayuki. As Josh exited the CRX Sayuki nearly fainted and turned to Mako to ask if he was real. Mako said, "Of Course he is real." While she shook her head softly.

The 900 turbo pulled up near Uichi and parked on the side of the road. Carl exited the Porsche and joined Uichi at the corner. "Your Uichi right?" said Carl as he approached uichi. "Yea". The MX-6 and the TR-7 went all the way to the summit to join the Speed Stars. As the two pulled up there was no tension between any of the drivers that would be racing come soon?

Kenneth and his father pull up next to Zack and Shingo and joined them at the turn. "Well I believe this will be a good race," said Kenneth as Salina joined them. Salina nodded and said, "It should be a battle to remember.

The race commences and goes as everyone thought until the last ditch corner when Takumi used grove-driving 2 to pass Ryosuke on the exit. Kenneth, Salina, and Tillmon watched with peaked interest as this happened.

After the race the Speed Stars rejoiced and soon were focusing on the nights next two challenges. As the MX-6 pulled to the line the crowd from the first race stood waiting as suddenly Sara's Sil-Eighty pulled into view and to the line. The countdown began and soon it was time to show the skill of these two incredibly female drivers.

"3…2…1…GO!" The MX-6 was evenly matched by the Sil-Eighty in the initial strait.

As they entered the first turn Sara drifted around the corner at 75 MHP followed by the MX-6 at 78 MHP as the exited the corner the two were side by side going down the short strait. As the next turn quickly approached the MX-6 took the outside at 95 MHP compared to the 90 MPH the Sil-Eighty on the inside. At the next turn the MX-6 swung inside behind the Sil-Eighty and shadowed it. Lana then swung in to the inside before the Sil-Eighty could and squeezed through to gain first.

The Sil-Eighty shadowed the MX-6 until the 5-point hairpins were the traded positions constantly. They were then no the final ditch strait away as the two cars headed into the turn even the MX-6 used a strange move and swung around the Sil-eighty then blocked it but as the turn ended the MX-6 slipped up and the Sil-Eighty evened out on the strait as the crossed the finish line it turned out to be a tie.

When news of the tie reached the top no one knew what to say so the AE85 of Itsuki pulled up to the line and the TR-7 of Daylan pulled up next to the 85 and revved the Pontiac aluminum V8. The two drivers waited for the all clear and then the countdown was started.

"10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…GO!" the TR-7 left the 85 in the dust at the line and first strait but made a critical error in the first turn and was forced to use the brakes hard. The 85 took advantage of this and closed the gap. Itsuki then used his knowledge of the course to pass the TR-7 who soon shadowed him and used an outside approach to drifting. By using a drift only for the pass for wuch he was taught on UNTIL NOW. He drifted dangerously into the corner passing the 85 using the power of the Pontiac V8 to power away on the straits.

On the corners the TR-7 lost ground due to the lack of knowledge about the course. But by the time the 5-point hairpins were coming up Daylan had figured out the rhythm of the course and pulled away. By the time the race was over Itsuki was 15 seconds behind the TR-7. The Fact that Daylan had been driving longer than Itsuki helped him win. When Itsuki pulled up behind the TR-7 Daylan thanked him for the great race and for helping him understand the mountain on wuch they raced.

That week was filled with all kinds of events including. Salina being called to the heavens along with Kenneth. Before they left Kenneth had his Special Tai Chi sword/mod kit for his USP, and his USP 40 cal. Tactical pistol with all the accessories.

When they arrived everyone except the few who were informed about Kenneth coming with Salina were shocked. They were directed to where Salina's father was as they greeted him he raised his hand and began to try to slap Salina when Kenneth grabbed his arm stopping it abruptly. "Don't you ever try to hit her again or it'll be the last thing you ever do!" snarrelled Kenneth as his hand grasped the handle of the Tai Chi sword on his back. Salina told Kenneth to stop so he did but he had gotten the point across.

Salina's Father sat down followed by Salina then Kenneth and was filled in on everything that had happened. The news of Kenneth and Salina's plan to get married shocked him but he learned he no longer controlled her.

Upon their return the Family was readying the CRX and the 944TT for the race that was soon to come. The CRX sat with the hood open and the 405 HP super high rev V-tec inline 4 on a engine stand as Josh, Carl, and Tillmon working on increasing the performance through the tuning skills that made E3 tuning a world leader into super performance cars and parts.

The 944TT sat the engine having already been removed tuned and returned to its resting place was now resting at idle to make sure it was ready. Kenneth joined the others working on the engine and suspension of the CRX.

In about 45 minutes the engine was back in the bay and resting on the retuned suspension. Josh cranked the CRX and pulled out of the bay and into a near by bay in the building and rested the CRX on a chassis Dino and cut the power to the V-tec inline 4. He strapped the CRX down and began his dino run. When he was finished it was putting out an extra 50 hp now topping out the hp at 455 hp and 576 foot pounds of torque.

Josh cleared the slate and exited the dino so the 944TT could enter when the 944TT made its run it had 678 hp and an amazing 873 foot-pounds of torque. Then the 944TT was backed off the dino and pulled around to the rest of the cars and came to a stop next to the CRX. Kenneth had known what was going down that Saturday at mount myogi.

It was soon time for the first race at myogi the corners were filled with spectators including Ryosuke and Keisuke Takahashi. At the summit the red civic EG-6 of Shingo sat next to the white CRX of Josh. As the countdown started the scream of the V-tec motors could wake the dead. "3…2…1…GO!" yelled the starter as the two Hondas tore off the line and onto the strait.

Ok there is chapter 7 next time the emporers are coming but Kenneth isn't there. The second stage of initial D is going on after kenneth's family returns to South Carolina low country. And so will Kenneth and salina so the story will takew place in the SC while the emporers are attempting to sweep the gunma prefecture.

Please Read and Review it means a lot to me and im over the whole thing about defending the El Camino and all but next time you will see a whole new side to racing. and any links to a map of the myogi downhill would be appreshiated.