Rating: PG-13 for KaixRei yaoi (and possibly Kai's tongue)
Notes: I've been waiting ALL WEEK to type this chapter ;.; I think I nearly went insane. Oh well. Shrugs I'm going to give you this chapter now. Humm... This is the Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. :)
Devlinn Reiko- XD This chapter will probably have even more interaction. But it wont be as happy Smirks It's not like I can have them get first and second for every race. . Thanks for reviewing! 33
Bluumberry- . I had to make him accept Rei fast. My weakness is making Kai hate Rei. I can't do it XD Thanks for reviewing! 33
-Shaka Dragomir Nocturnus didn't review ;.;-
StarryNightObsession- . Hardee. I like vanilla way more than I like coke. Coke is so...less vanilla-ish. XD Duh. Ponders chocolate coke O.o That would be kind cool. XD I'm not sure I'd want to take Kai's too school. It's be getting a lot of annoying questions about why I'm driving a Beyblade car to school. Rei's would be fun though. 3Wolves3 Oh. I guess I kind of phrased that funny. Technically, they didn't LOSE anyone. Not lose as in they died. Meant it as they couldn't come back in to the race after the crash I hope no one read that wrong ;.; . Kai's always there to protect Rei, isn't he? 33 . Thanks for reviewing! 33
The Tigris- . I'm glad you like it. It's kind of funny. I didn't think I'd get any positive reviews on this fic. O.o Is getting WAY more reviews on this than on Blood Reaper Hehe Grins Only one person likes Blood Reaper Finds that amusing I might have to discontinue it like I did Return 2 o.o Only one review. Grins Oh, well. Shuts up Thanks for reviewing!
Dark Shadow Tiger- . Kai's nice in all of my fics. Grins Must be a habit of mine. Thanks for reviewing!
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Neko Oni- XD I never liked racing until my step-dad came along. Now I'm in love with it. I've been to a monster truck thing ;.; But that was back when we still had the Kingdome. It was pretty good :) It was noisy but it was MUCH, MUCH quieter than drag races. Gods, drag races are loud. ;.; We can hear them from my house and there's not a drag racing track in like...an hour's drive from my house. Hums to self Hey! Of course there's KaixRei stuff in here! I don't right Beyblade fics without it! . XD That's amusing, Neko. My mom has a shirt that says 'This is your mind-then there's a ford sign- This is your mind on drugs- Chevy sign' . She got it from my dad, too. He's a Chevy lover. My mom used to only like Dale Jarret. Now it's DJ and Kevin. :) I never liked Pontiacs. I'm really picky about the shape of cars, especially the rear ends. O.o For the longest time I hated the 2005 Mustang because it's rear end was different. I don't mind it now. The thing about Pontiacs and Dodges in racing is that you don't seem to see them up front as much a the Monte Carlo and the Taurus. I really like my Mom's Taurus. Her and my step-dad don't seem to notice it but I think the Taurus drives either a lot smoother or a lot quieter than my step-dad's Monte Carlo. O.o Thanks for reviewing! Loves long reviews
Chapter 5
-We're not going to do very well today, Kai.- Dranzer told her driver as they started the first of 393 laps. -We've never done well here and we didn't start very well-
"I know. I think this is our worst start here, too." Kai responded.
-Last year it was 27th.- Dranzer informed him. They were starting 35th this year at Rockingham.
"Yeah." Kai said.
"Don't worry about it too much, Kai. You won the Daytona 500 and that's a good start. There's no other tracks that you're this bad at." Kenny reassured.
"That's not true. I'm terrible at Bristol." Kai objected.
"You're pessimistic today, aren't you"
Kai didn't answer.
-Cheer up. At least Rei's got a good position-
"Damn rookie has third." Kai muttered.
-I know you're not complaining-
"Yeah, yeah. Just hush and concentrate on the track."
Rei had a bad feeling about this race. He wasn't worried about his own racing but he kept getting the feeling that the cars nearer to the back were going to cause a caution.
-And Kai's back there.- Rei reminded himself. Drigger obviously caught that.
-Don't worry about him too much. I think he's pretty good at taking car of himself.- Drigger said.
"Yeah, but he also said that this is one of his bad tracks"
-True.- Drigger admitted, sounding worried as well. He seemed to have taken a liking to Dranzer and was clearly worried about her as well as her driver.
"You've got Jimmie Johnson coming up on your right, Rei. Pay attention!" Kyra said.
"Sorry, Kyra." He said as he did his best to keep third. In the end, he let it go and took fourth while Tony Stewart held fifth.
Kai wasn't doing too bad. He had managed to move up to 28th and was fighting Matt Kenseth for 27th.
"Watch out. You've got Robby Gordon on your tail." Kenny warned. Kai growled. This wasn't good.
-I thin we're loose, Kai.- Dranzer said.
"Yeah. Go figure. Do your best"
"Three wide, Kai. Don't let them both get ahead of you. One's fine but you'll be in 29th if you let them both go"
"I know"
-Ooooh yeah. We're really loose-
"Damnit"
"We're in luck, Kai! Caution for debris." Kenny announced.
"Good"
"Come on in. Pits are open"
-We got really lucky, Kai-
"No shit"
(A/N: ;.; Random note. I just hit my elbow on my chair. Runs off to make tea while she's taking a break Eep Comes back after finding out that DJ's engine blew ;.;)
Kai pulled into his pit and Kenny(AN: I called him Chief o.o) hurried to the car to talk to him. "Hey, Kai. Look. I talked to the officials and they gave us permission to do this. Here. Put this in your helmet." He instructed. Kai took the little mic and watched Kenny retreat. -Okay then...- Kai put it in, wondering what the hell Kenny was up to.
-At the same moment in Rei's pit-
Kyra leapt the wall and rushed to Rei's window. "Take this. Stick it in your helmet. Try and concentrate though. Don't get sidetracked with it"
Rei wondered what she meant by that as she left and his pit crew finished. Raising an eyebrow, Rei left the pits and came out in 7th. Kai came out not too far behind in 13th.
-Think we can hold this position- Dranzer asked Kai.
"No." He answered simply. After that, he found out what Kenny had given him the mic for.
"I can't believe those two." Rei commented.
It was a mic that allowed Rei and Kai to speak to each other. (A/N: XD That's probably not allowed in real life. But I couldn't resist)
"Me neither." Kai responded.
"Hey, Kai. You've got Jeff Gordon behind you. Can you hold him off"
"I don't think so, Chief. Not with this car. And not on this track. I'm going to have to let him by"
"Okay"
"This track isn't all that bad." Rei said.
"In your opinion." Kai muttered.
-There's no way we're getting past him.- Drigger said. He was right. Ryan Newman's car was probably one of the strongest on the track and he wasn't going easy. He was all over Kurt Busch who was in 5th.
"No kidding. He's moving up pretty fast"
"Watch out for Matt Kenseth. He's a demon." Kai said, evidently annoyed.
"Thanks"
"There's no way in hell I'm staying up here." Kai added. He'd fallen back to 24th. "Get ready for a caution. We've got one coming"
"Why do you say that?" Rei wanted to know. He had the same feeling.
"Well, they keep going three wide behind me and I'm falling back"
"What does you falling back have to do with anything?" Rei said.
"Considering I've been in every major accident here each time I've raced this track"
"Ah"
-We're past Busch! Let him and Jr. Fight for 7th. We've got 6th to worry about. Look at Ryan go. He's in second-
"Damn." Rei said.
-We're doomed.- Dranzer stated.
"That's putting it lightly." Kai answered, scowling. They'd fallen back again and were in 30th. Ahead of them there were two rows of cars racing three wide. "Oh, this is not good"
"What's up?" Rei asked.
"Nothing"
"Liar"
"Don't worry about it. Concentrate on the track." Kai ordered.
"Hmph"
-Uh-oh...No...Don't do that! Don't do that- Kai could feel Dranzer flinch when the first row of three wide cars started rubbing each other.
"Oh, shit"
-We're -SO- doomed-
"Hell yeah"
The inside car in the first row of three wide got loose and spun out, slamming the nose of his car into the car beside him. The center car was shoved up into the outside car and they both slammed into the wall. The three cars behind them had nowhere to go and collided with the cars before them. Kai did his best to move to the inside of the track and avoid the whole thing but he couldn't see where the other cars were through the smoke. He slammed into the car that had hit the loose car and was struck from behind by another car.
"Caution's out. Crash in turn four." Kyra announced. Rei heard the worry in her voice and he had heard Kai's conversation with Dranzer.
"Did Kai get through?" Rei demanded.
"No." Kyra answered simply.
"Damnit"
-We're tight. We need to pit-
"Damnit...damnit...damnit"
-I can't hear Dranzer- Drigger said suddenly. -She's not answering me-
"Calm down, Rei! Come into the pits when you come around"
Rei didn't respond. The lead cars had reached turn four and were going slow to avoid touching any of the damaged cars. Rei's eyes caught sight of Kai's car. It was jammed between two others but his driver's side was undamaged. -Hopefully nothing happened -inside- the car.- Rei thought anxiously.
Kai cursed and undid his Hanz device before ripping down his safety net and climbing out of the destroyed car. Kai stumbled a bit as he moved away from the car. Turning around, he found the car in flames. -Daaaamn. I'm going to strangle Jeff Green if I get close enough...How are you doing Dranzer-
There was no reply for a moment and the safety crew was trying to get Kai into an ambulance. He released his helmet when Dranzer didn't reply and moved towards the burning car. -Dranzer-
-Feh. I'm okay. Just fine. Get in the ambulance, Kai. I'll be fine. Let's just be glad I'm a phoenix-
-Alright. I'll see you soon.- Kai allowed the paramedics to take him to the ambulance. He felt fine but there was no point in arguing with them. Kenny would want him checked for injury anyway...
"Is Kai alright, Kyra?" Rei asked as the green flag came out. The track was finally cleared and they were ready to go again.
"Looked like it. He got out of the car on his own and he seemed to be walking fine. The car is a goner though. Whole thing went up in flames"
"Must have been a hard hit." Rei said.
"It was. I'm surprised the engine didn't come out the back of the car"
"Is Dranzer okay then"
"Yeah. She's good at handling fire"
"Alright. Wish me luck"
"You don't need it but good luck anyway"
The rest of the race went rather quick and there were no big accidents after the first. Rei finished in 7th while Ryan Newman took the win with Matt Kenseth right behind him. Kai was released and it was announced that he had been uninjured.
"Where'd I finish?" Kai wanted to know. They were sitting in the lobby of their latest hotel.
"Forty-first." Rei said. "They got Dranzer out of the car and she's fine. No one was hurt too badly"
Kai nodded. "That's good." He murmured.
"What's your worst finish at Rockingham?" Rei asked.
"Last." Kai, Kenny, Tyson, and Max chorused. Kai was grinning. He obviously found it amusing.
Rei tilted his head. "Please tell me today wasn't you best finish at this track"
"Today wasn't my best finish at this track." Kai said.
"Ha-ha." Rei rolled his eyes but he couldn't help feeling relieved that Kai treated him as a friend. "So, what was your best finish"
"Thirty-ninth." Was his response. He was still grinning.
"And you find it amusing that that is your best finish and you've been in every major crash when you race that track?" Rei wanted to know.
Kai laughed. "I can't help it. I -do- find it amusing because I swear that track has it's own mind. Before I first raced it I said that it looked easy. It's almost like it's trying to prove me wrong"
Rei grinned. "And you haven't learned your lesson"
"Oh, yes, I have. But it teaches me the same lesson every time"
"Relentless, isn't it"
"Yeah"
Kenny grinned at Tyson and Max. The grinned back. The two were getting along extremely well.
Beams I'm happy! That was a fun chapter to write. Hope no one minds that I burned the living hell out of Kai's car :) I'm okay with making him crash though. I have a grudge against the North Carolina Speedway. Dale Jarret (DJ) blew his engine and the track doesn't like Kevin Harvick. It's an evil track Beats it DIE! Hums Anyway! Thanks for reading and please review! Later! Continues to beat the NCS