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Rating: Same old.

Notes: O.o This is the most chapters I've written without posting. Three un-posted chapters of HoW. Eep. Gotta type the race but, all of a sudden, my inspiration went POOF. O.o I'll do my best to type without it but I can't guarantee that it'll be all that good of a chapter.

Chapter 11

"I'm guessing Jr. wont be spinning out on purpose this time." Kai commented as he watched Dale Earnhardt Jr. get into the Bud car.
Kenny laughed. "I don't think he's stupid. He learned his lesson. Though I'm not all that sure he didn't -want- to get in trouble. I think he's sick of all the attention he's getting, being Nascar's golden boy and all. Don't get me wrong. I don't feel sorry for him at all"
"Good. Me neither." Kai replied, waiting impatiently for the signal to start the car's engine. "Come on..." Kai murmured.
"You really want to race, don't you?" Rei asked.
"I'm over my cold and I have too much energy." Kai said. "Heh. And people think racing isn't a sport. I'd like to see -them- get in one of these and race 'em." "Hell yeah." Rei agreed, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. "My god, just start the damn thing"
"You're as impatient as I am." Kai accused.
"Yes, well, my excuse is better." Rei replied.
"Oh"
"Yeah"
"What's -your- excuse?" Kai demanded.
"I'm so in to racing and the joys of it that I wish the races lasted longer and started sooner." Rei answered.
"Yeah, right." Kai sighed. "Finally"
"Gentlemen. Start you engines"
"Oh, come on! You can do better than that! You sound like someone dragged you out of bed and forced you into speaking!" Rei said as he started his engine.
Kai did the same along with the rest of the field. "I hate it when they do that. Why bother showing up if you're not going to put some enthusiasm into it? My grandmother could've done it better"
"Your grandmother is dead, Kai." Kenny reminded him.
"My point exactly." Kai muttered as the pace car led them around the track.
-Hey! This up-grade makes me feel light-headed. Is that bad-
"You tell me. How would you define light-headed?" Kai asked Dranzer.
-Light headed as in...How to describe it...Okay. I feel like all thoughts but thoughts of the race are gone. It's a bit unnerving but I kind of like it-
"I think that was the idea." Kai said.
-This will be fun! Let's race-
"What else would we be doing here?" Kai asked her, smiling.
-Crashing-
"I suppose that works, too"
"Green flag is out. Finally. Good luck you two and stay out of trouble." Kyra said.
"You're kidding, right?" Rei responded. "Look who I qualified with"
"Damnit. I hadn't thought about this. You're with Robby Gordon and Busch, aren't you? Be careful." Kai said. He stopped talking for a while after that as he fought Kasey Kahne for third.
"Wow. I'd have never thought racing could be so violent. Kurt looks like he's going to kill me." -He probably wants to-
"Probably."

Kai didn't realize he'd taken first until Kenny cheered. "Great job, Kai!" Kenny said.
"What"
"You've got first"
"I did? Oh. Yeah. I think I spaced out. Sorry, Chief"
"You did that when you were spaced out?" Kenny asked.
"I guess so"
"Space out again, will you"
"Well, now that I noticed, I wont be able to again. Who's behind me"
"Jeff Gordon." Kyra said.
"I think I heard him say something about you on the radio"
"Radio'
"I have Dizzi on and I'm following Jeff." Kenny explained.
"Ah. What'd he say"
"Right now he's saying something about wanna-bes." Kenny said.
"Shut-up and kiss me, ass hole." Kai muttered.
"I could tell him that, if you really want me to." Kenny offered.
"No way. If anyone touches my paint I'll kill him"
"Look what I created. He's threatening to kill. What have I done?" Rei said as he worked his way around Robby Gordon to get behind Jeff.
"What have you done? You just screwed yourself over. Your in between the two Gordons, Rei. Not a good place to be." Kai said.
"Maybe not, but Jeff's too busy trying to pass you to bother me any." Rei reminded him.
"Yeah. Good luck getting past Kai, Jeff." Kyra commented, eyes wide. "Kai, if you don't slow down a bit, you'll lap the whole field. There are only 24 cars on the lead lap as it is. You're lapping them like crazy." Kyra said.
"Why are you tell me this?" Kai asked.
"Just thought I'd let you know that there isn't going to be anything left of this track when you're done with it." (A/N: OMG. Live version of The Thunder Rolls 3333)
"That's too bad." Kai replied, coming up on the 24th car and passing them. "Oh, look. I just lapped Newman. Let's hope he wont be -too- upset." Kai said.
"Kai, are you okay?" Kenny asked, sounding worried.
"Yes, sorry. Tyson forced me to drink the whole 2 liters of VC. Too much caffeine for me." Kai said.
"Oh, so this is -Tyson's- fault?" Kyra asked.
"What? No. I was the one who agreed to drink it." Kai said.
"Kai, I think you're addicted to VC." Rei said.
"I think so, too. I get a headache if I go more than three days without it." Kai said. "Did I just lap Stewart?" Kai asked.
"Yeah. Only 18 cars on the lead lap now. Rei's gaining on you, Kai." Kenny warned.
"You're not supposed to tell him that!" Rei said.
"Hey. I'm his spotter. It's my job." Kenny said. "Hey, Kai. I'm going to hand this over to Max. Mr. Dickenson wanted to talk to me"
"Okay"
There was a pause before Max's voice came on. "Hey, there Kai"
"Hey, Max." Kai greeted.
"You know, I refuse to listen to the radio when you race so I never did know what you two talk about when racing." Max said.
"We talk about too many things." Rei answered. "Hey, Kai"
"Yeah"
"There's a very inviting Monte Carlo rear end in front of me and I have the sudden urge to steal it's paint." Rei said.
"Don't you dare, Rei"
"It's so hard to resist. I mean, red's a wonderful color and the Coca Cola has a lot of red. I kind of feel like a bull or something of the sort"
"You touch my paint and I'll hang you from the stands by your hair." Kai threatened as they came around turn four and headed for the start/finish line. "30 laps to go." Max said. "You know I wont purposely rub paint with you Kai. I'd destroy both of our paint schemes if I did and I'd be black flagged for aggressive driving." Rei said.
"That's a fact." Kai said. "Damnit. Not another caution. I bet you they drag it out as a ten-lap caution"
"I bet it's a five. What are we betting?" Rei asked.
"I don't know yet. We'll decide after the race. Hey, Max"
"Yup"
"Please tell me I don't have to come in to pit." Kai said.
"You don't. Kenny says you're good to go." Max said.
"Now -that- is what I like to hear"
"We're not so lucky, Rei. You need fresh tires." Kyra said.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm coming"
"Hurry back Rei." Kai said.
"Oh, shut up"
"Ow"
"Did I miss something? I've never heard you talk to much, Kai"
"He only ever talks to Rei this much." Kyra told Max.
"Funny. I remember Kai's first reaction to Rei"
"Don't remind me." Kai muttered.
"Oh, hey. Did you guys ever talk about the thing that went on after Rei won last weekend?" Max asked.
"Yes"
"And"
"And it's not important right now. What -IS- important is who's behind me." Kai retorted.
"Oh. Elliot Sadler. He's running well today. Kasey Kahne's behind him. Rei came out of the pits first so he'll be restarting in fifth." Max told Kai. "Will you tell Tyson and I later"
"No." "You're no fun. I'm sure -Rei- will tell us." Max said.
"I will not!" Rei answered.
"Aw, why not"
"You'll figure it out sooner or later anyway so what's the point?" Kai said. "Ten laps of caution, Rei. I win"
"I know, I know."

"Five laps to go, Kai!" Max said, biting his lip. Rei had dropped to seventh and Kai was trying to keep ahead of Elliot Sadler and Kasey Kahne. When the white flag indicating the final lap came out, Elliot and Kasey were racing side-by-side and gaining on Kai. "Shit. There's no way I want to finish this three wide." Kai said as he tore down the straight-away coming off of turn four. Elliot and Kasey pulled up on either side of him and the three of them shot towards the finish line. "Come on, Dranzer!" Kai encouraged.
-Let's get away from them- Dranzer called before Kai sped up a best he could without spinning out. Elliot Sadler beside Kai with only a half a car length separating their car noses. Kasey managed to finished a half a car length from Elliot's nose. -We won- Dranzer was shocked.
"Hold on. I'm a tad dazed..." Kai murmured.
-H-hai...Me too.- Dranzer said.
"Great job, Kai! That finish was fantastic!" Max cheered.
"I don't think I can settle with a victory lap. What do you say, Dranzer? Burnout?" Kai asked, still a wide-eyed and a bit dazed.
-Yeah...I think so...Sure.- Dranzer answered.
"Okay..." Kai waited for the last car to leave the track before putting the Beyblade/Coca Cola car into a complete burnout that caused both of his back tires to blow. "Hey. If I destroy my own paint do I have to kill myself?" Kai asked Dranzer.
-No. I don't think the threat applies to you or Rei.- Dranzer said.
"Good." Kai managed to get the car to the Winner's Circle despite the blown tires. "I think this calls for an awful lot of VC"
-Too bad I can't have any-
"Yeah." Kai said, pulling off his helmet and setting it on the roof of the car as he climbed out. "Are you as tire as I am, Dranzer"
-More so.- "Whatever you say." Kai responded before turning around. Rei leapt at him and hugged him around the neck.
"I thought for -sure- that the three of you were going to blow it." Rei murmured.
"Me too. I'm surprised that we didn't, too. Where'd you finish?" Kai asked, wrapping his arms around Rei's waist.
"I don't remember." Rei admitted, grinning. "I really wasn't paying attention to my position"
"What -were- you paying attention to?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You, Elliot, and Kasey. I guess I finished pretty well if I was able to watch you three finish." Rei said, looking thoughtful.
"Hey, Kai!" Kenny, Max, Tyson, and Kyra came up to the two of them, smiling.
"That was great, Kai! I was worried that we'd have another finish that you could hardly tell the winner of. I hate those." Kenny said.
"I'm guessing you two -did- talk about it then?" Tyson asked.
"What?" Kai, Rei, and Kenny said together.
"Nevermind." Max said, grinning.
Kai and Rei shrugged and Kenny turned his attention to the interviewer that had approached him. "So, Kenny. How do you feel about your driver's win?" The man asked.
"It's hard to put in to words but it can't be anywhere near as good as Kai's feeling about it." Kenny replied.
"What about the new paint scheme? It came without warning." The interviewer asked, indicating the car.
"Rei designed the scheme as a birthday gift to Kai." Kenny explained.
"I think it's much better than the original and it seems that the fans think the same. Congratulations on your team's win and good luck with your next race"
"Thank you. And I wouldn't bother Kai. He's still dazed." Kenny said, grinning.
"I can see that." The interviewer said, smiling before going to talk to Elliot Sadler.
"Well, let's get out of here." Kenny said to Kai and Rei who were arguing with Tyson about who was the better spotter, Max or Kenny. Tyson insisted that Max was but both Kai and Rei said Kenny was(with no offense to Max). Max just stood off to the side, blushing slightly at Tyson's defensiveness. "Yeah. Let's go. I'm starved." Tyson said in the middle of his sentence.
"You're so easily distracted, Tyson." Kyra said, shaking her head.
"What"
"Nevermind." His friends said in unison.

O.o Uhm...I don't know what to say. Yeah. Thanks for reading and please review! Later! Shakes head and walks away