May 1st.
Hakone, 8.00am.
The familiar dark blue Toyota Chaser Tourer V races through the straight, and brakes hard, as a whistle-like sound is heard before that. A burst of fire is spit out from the HKS Hi-Power exhaust underneath the rear bumper. The discs of the brake turn red, as the car turns aggressively into the hairpin, nearly latching itself onto the guardrail. The tail nearly touches the guardrail outside the hairpin as the Chaser was counter-steered as it makes it way through the hairpin.
Few minutes later, a blue Mazda RX7 RZ goes into the same hairpin even more quickly, and braked earlier, with a 'tsssh' heard, and fireballs coming out of the exhaust. The car was thrown in a wild fashion into the hairpin, but it cleared the hairpin very quickly.
Later, a stock-looking black Proton Perdana V6 comes into the same hairpin. It slowed down, with fire bursting in random from the exhaust, and the driver executes a handbrake drift, seen through the tyre smoke that comes from the rear wheels. The car drifts through the hairpin with lesser angle than the previous 2 cars, but it was back in control earlier.
A grey Nissan Skyline 25GT-Turbo tries to do the same like the previous 3 cars, but to no avail. The driver could only take the hairpin in a grip fashion.
After a while, the 4 cars gathered at a nearby car park, parking them side-by-side. The Skyline and Perdana remained the same, but the RX7 has been added with a pair of small canards from FEED and a pair of side steps from Mazdaspeed, which is the A-spec model, according to Saniro. The Chaser undergone the most changes, having a set of gold-coloured 18-inch Yokohama AVS-7 wheels shod with Yokohama rubber filling underneath the wheel arches. It has become lower, thanks to a set of HKS Hipermax coil-over suspension, according to Shun, in addition to more handling goodies in form of TRD sway bars and a TOM'S member brace. The rear spoiler of the Chaser has been removed, and a Hippo Sleek Type II front spoiler is added to the bumper, which has been modified to let more air flow into the Blitz LM intercooler. Shun has quoted the Chaser at 350ps on the crank using the standard turbo, with air supplied from a HKS Super Power Flow unit. The drivers steeped out, with Kyo stretching his arms and Shun looking at the bright blue sky. Choo Tin takes out a laptop and switches it on, while sitting on the bonnet of his Perdana and Saniro taking off his shades.
"Wow…thankfully we have a holiday today…otherwise we won't be able to meet up here in Hakone," Choo Tin remarked, as he types some things on the laptop. "Shun, your Chaser has really changed a lot since you posted the pics a while back."
"Saniro will get owned," Shun replied.
"What did you say, Shun?" Saniro, hearing that, asks. "But then mine is still the most powerful car among us…hahaha."
"Looks like I'm the most hopeless here…" Kyo says while sighing.
"Hey, look at the bright side. Yours is still an automatic, mind you," Saniro says to Kyo, as he pats him. "Who knows what will happen if a manual tranny goes in? Or maybe you can become Nomuken."
"Hey, dude with the Proton, if not for those badges, people thought you are running around in a Mitsubishi Eterna, meant for wimps," Saniro says to Choo Tin about his Mitsubishi Eterna look-alike.
"Hahaha, who cares, since everything inside is literally from Mitsubishi…hehehe," Choo Tin replied with a smile. "And I'll show them who is the wimp with the 4G63T Evo III and 4WD in the engine bay." "And yeah, I love eating all those Lancer Evolution-wannabes back then."
"Hey" "What is the exact chassis code of the V6?" Shun interrupts, wanting to know more about the foreign 'Japanese' car.
"Hmmm, that I'm not sure. Since it's based on an Eterna, I has checked through everything I has…it comes with the N/A 6A12 when I first had it. The closest thing to the Perdana V6 is the E54A Eterna." "Maybe I take the E54A as the code then."
"That also you're not sure?" Shun says as a big sweat drops on his head with the other 2 guys.
"Yup, since we don't call the Proton cars by code. We usually call then by name."
"I see…" Shun says in his by now trademark cold tone.
Kyo, seeing Saniro was in a sombre mood, asks, "Hey Saniro, still couldn't get over that football girl?"
"Me? No way that will happen. All of you already know I change girlfriends faster than anyone else…" he replied in his usual casual tone, as he was sitting by his RX7.
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"So, having a competition soon, Senpai?" a girl with light-blue short hair asks
"Yeah. Hoping we can get better results than the last time around." "How are the kids?" Saniro asks her.
"Them? Doing quite good. If not for senpai, it would be quite hard to train them,"
"Well, what am I here for if not to help? Hahaha…" Saniro laughs at Ako, who has just complimented him.
"And another thing…good luck in the competition," she says.
"Thanks!" "If my team do well I'll treat you to a meal!"
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"Maybe that was a mistake after all," he ponders back. "Hey, what the?"
"See? There your mind goes wandering off again," Kyo calls Saniro, who just fall asleep on his RX7's carbon bonnet, not realizing it was still hot.
"Errm…what?" Saniro jumps up surprised. "What the heck you're talking about?" he goes to grab Kyo and locked him in the neck.
As they laughed at what happened, suddenly a group of 3 cars, consisting of Hondas, appear and stops at the car park near them. All of the cars seem to have a sticker bearing 'N/A POWER'.
-BGM: Mitsumune Nobuyoshi - Mystery Tension-
"Hey, look what we has here. Some beeps with sedans and a funny-looking RX7," a man with punk hair and large shades steps out from a silver Honda S2000 (AP1).
"Seems that these people are wannabes or something," another guy with long hair and a black cloth wrapped on his head said, alighting from a red Honda NSX (NA1).
"Seems that all these people are on turbos. We should show them some N/A power!" a shorter guy standing next to a black Honda Integra Type R (DC5) says.
"Turbos are useless, what more if they're heavy. Nothing beats lightweight and response," the punk said. "Hey those faggots over there! You all should step off, especially that RX7. This is our territory?"
"What did you just said?" Saniro exclaims, fuming at the comment. "You idio…"
"Hold it, Saniro. It's no use arguing with those people. Maybe we should step off," Choo Tin blocking Saniro's path. "Plus, these people seem to be interested in finding trouble with us."
"But this is a public place," Saniro says. "If we let them off, others will be disturbed next time."
"Hmmm, for the first time you are being sensible to others, Saniro," Kyo remarked, smiling, with Shun remain quiet.
"Hey, who is the one driving the black sedan? Seriously, it looks STUPID, and whoever drives that could be a wimp," the short guy remarked at seeing the black Proton Perdana V6.
"What!" Choo Tin fumed at the comment. "Saniro's right. These people ARE LOOKING for TROUBLE from us," he continued, as he is always has been proud of his Perdana. "I don't tolerate these kind of people. Someone needs to teach them a lesson."
"They're nothing but a bunch of useless people." "Well, I've been aching for a real race these days," Shun says. "Hey, you 3. It seems that you want a race right?"
"Hmmph, we will beat you people anyways," the NSX driver says. "We accept your challenge."
"It's been decided. A 3 versus 3," Shun says. "OK, let us get this over with."
-BGM fades-
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At the starting grid, a black E54A Perdana, and a black DC5 Integra Type R is lined up, with the Perdana behind.
It has been decided that it will be a chase format race, where the car behind will win if he overtakes the car in front, and the person in front will win if the car behind fails to do so throughout the length of the race. Since the E54A Perdana has more horsepower, it will be the chaser.
"Hey Choo Tin, you better beat the crap out of that DC5," Shun says to Choo Tin, who is already inside his car.
"No sweat, I consider this my 2nd race in Japan, no thanks to Saniro."
"Hey, forget about that," Saniro jumps in. "Integras has an edge over your car, so be careful."
"I know that. But he never knew what was inside this car though," Choo Tin says, as he closes his laptop which has been connected to the ECU of the car, and puts it under the passenger seat. "I has set this thing up for slightly more power now, thanks to the e-Manage in my car. Goes up to about 375ps."
"You use the e-Manage? Same as mine!" Saniro was surprised at that. "Can you help me to set the FD up too?"
"Well, it should be OK for now, since your FD is lighter than my Perdana. But I'll do it after this race."
"Alright! I knew you would help!" Saniro exclaims in excitement at that someone will help him to tune his car's ECU. "You must win!"
"I will. Well, time to go off," Choo Tin says, as the power window of the car goes up.
The NSX driver goes in front, and begins the count from 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. He swings his hand to mark the start of the race.
The Integra launches off quickly in front of the Perdana, which goes off even more quickly, as the 2 cars disappeared from sight, to the wail of blow-off-valve sounds and the loud VTEC note.
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So, we will see a full-fledged happening soon! If you're a fan of any of these Hondas, don't be mad at me. I just need a group of rude people to come into the story. The race will be a 3 parter, the Proton vs. the Integra being the first.
