Chapter 11, Part 1: Integra

-BGM: Vicky Vale – Dancing-

The dashboard meter of the Perdana shows the tachometer goes up to 7000rpm as the whine of the 4G63T Evo III's is heard in the cabin, in which Choo Tin up shifts and a 'psssh' from the Blitz blow-off-valve is heard inside, as the tachometer needle goes down a few thousand revs and the boost meter does the same, before both goes up again. He looks to see the Integra in front was right in front of him, as they approaches a hairpin. He lets go the gas pedal, and bursts of fire could be seen from the exhaust of the Perdana, as he brakes the car to slow it down and goes a gear down. He turns the car hard, which over steered a little, causing power slide, as it goes close to the apex, before he counters it and brings the car back in control.

The Integra charges off the hairpin and reaches a right turn, which he slowed down, before creating a hail of tyre smoke from the rear tyres as he turns into the hairpin. "Hmmm, he seems to like executing handbrake drifts at the hairpins, and uses a combinations of out-in-out and drifting," Choo Tin remarked in his Perdana behind. "That will kill the rear tyres." "And I goes off turns faster!" as the exhaust of Perdana shoots out flames again as it accelerates again aggressively after clearing the turn. "Thank God for the Tein HAs…they are worth the investment."

"Hey wimp boy, there is no way you would catch my DC5," the short guy remarked in his Integra after that. "My car has everything from Mugen, inside out, and this: a K20A Type R and a K24A i-VTEC hybrid in the engine bay. It now goes about 285ps like nothing happened." "You are losing, wimp," he continued as he goes to block the more powerful Perdana, with the all-motor sound, like those of a touring car, from the hybrid engine filling the noisy cabin.

"He was being overconfident, it seems. He will never figure out that it's the soul of the WRC-winning CE9A Evo III inside!" Choo Tin says as he closes in real close to the Integra in front.

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It was a dark inside the workshop, with some lights open. There are 2 people there, with a black sedan with a stripped front end and half-cuts of a car sitting next to it.

"You're going to put a 4G63 inside the Perdana?" a man exclaims as he and Choo Tin were looking at an emptied engine bay of a black Perdana V6, whose front end are left with nothing except the chassis and the frames. "I thought the 6A12 Twin Turbo is enough for you?"

"Obviously, but the 4G63 will be a better choice," Choo Tin says as he looks at a front half-cut of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III GSR (CE9A). "The 6A12 is good, but it will not be able to meet the demands in the Japanese tuning environment, since not many people do 6A12TTs in Japan."

"You got an Evo III's half-cut just for this? And the rear cut too?" the man exclaimed, pointing at the half-cuts. "I thought one from an Evo I or II will do for you?"

"Yes. Not only that, I will graft the Evo III's 4WD system into the Perdana too. It will function better than the Visage's 4WD system I have now." "I'm talking about having at least 270ps, compared to the 6A12TT's 240ps. Yes, it's only 30ps, but it's a big difference."

"You are completely nuts." "If I were you, I would have sold off that car, and get a real Lancer Evo in Japan."

"Maybe, but you're not me. I like this car very much, and nothing will change my mind, unless something big happens." "This will eat some rakishly modified cars in time to come after it's done. They will never know what comes up to them." "Plus I would have modified an ER34 sedan if not for them being expensive here."

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As the flashback goes away, Choo Tin thought of something. "Hmmm, maybe pressuring the ITR will help me, since he likes hand braking so much."

The sound of the modified 4G63T Evo III is slightly louder than the Integra's hybrid engine, but this is all due to the HKS exhaust. The driver of the Integra was busy looking at the rear-view mirror to see that the Perdana has not disappeared yet, as they both comes to a hairpin. The 2 cars braked hard, and the engine sounds of the cars quiets down a little, with the Perdana letting out the 'psssh' again, and the HKS exhaust spits fire again. The Integra uses the handbrake drift again, while Choo Tin uses what he has done from racing Saniro to take the hairpin. To be able to cut the Integra, he knew he need to be taking the inner lines at the turn, as he has observed that the Integra has been taking the outer line all the time. He knew what to do to the Integra, and it involves some risk.

As the next hairpin comes, Choo Tin goes into it faster than before. The Integra slightly sways as it goes into the hairpin. The bigger Perdana is now inches behind the Integra, and then suddenly swayed to the inner lane as the Integra begins to sway to the outer lane. The 2 cars hit the brakes together, with the Integra the first. Little did he realize, that the Perdana was a little ahead of the Integra. Choo Tin knows it is the time now. He begins to swing the large Perdana to the side by turning the steering real quick, causing the Integra to hit the brakes to slow it even more. The Perdana goes into the hairpin, almost hitting the guardrails of the apex. As the Perdana clears the hairpin, it was brought to control before it's tail hits the guardrails. It was easier to control thanks to the 4WD traction from the LSD-equipped gearbox of the same Evo III, which he has sourced the engine from.

"YOU CRAZY IDIOT! ARE YOU GOING TO GET US KILLED!" the short guy screams in his Integra, as he has not realized that he has lost. Not satisfied with the result of the race, he proceeds to slam the accelerator of the car to challenge the Perdana again, causing the engine to rev faster.

"Hey, that's not fair," Choo Tin says as the Perdana spits some fire from the exhaust before taking the left turn ahead with almost no trouble, with the Integra trying to close in. But as the Integra steers in, it suffered severe under steer and hits the barrier, causing the Mugen front bumper to break off. The short man tries to chase the Perdana again, but it has already disappeared by then.

-BGM fades-

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"Choo Tin-san has won the race. His Perdana turned up at the finish line far earlier than the ITR," the voice is heard as saying on Shun's hand phone. "The ITR returned with a damaged bumper, but it took longer than expected."

"All right. Thanks, Kyo," Shun tells back in a cold tone, and closes the phone.

"Saniro, you're next. If you win, we're done," Shun says to Saniro who is already inside the RX7 revving.

"Trust me, I'll whip that S2k in no time," Saniro replies as he closes the window of the coupe.

The RX7 is lined up side by side with the S2000 for the normal race format, but Saniro has a strange feeling about all this. Somehow he can feel that is not going to be as easy as before. He knew something is very wrong, and it is not only about the S2000, which lets out an aura of fear. It was something more than that.

Chapter 11, Part 2: S2000

As the signal is given, the 2 cars launched almost in unison, with the RX7 goes ahead of the silver S2000, due to the fact that it has 360ps under the hood. The S2000 was not about to lose easily though.

-BGM: Dave Rodgers – Beat Of The Rising Sun-

"Let me show you what a 300ps S2000 can do,' the punk says as he takes a turn with ease, with Saniro slightly under steering.

"CRAP! Forgot to set the suspension!" Saniro becomes a bit freaked out, as the RX7 jumped a little as it clears the turn ahead. He does not care much, since he pretty much left the setting of the car to default. "Who cares anyway? Anyway, I must get this done with!"

It has been debated on numerous channels which of these 2 cars handle better, and this race is no different. The S2000 seem to handle better than the RX7 right now, as it was more stable than the RX7 when it exits the corners. The RX7 shoots out flames from the exhaust like the Perdana did just now, only more aggressively. The car jumped a little as it clears the next turn, and Saniro has it back in control before more danger comes up. He begins to be very worried now, knowing that the S2000 behind is faster than him. He can only pray hard that this does not go on forever. The 2 cars power slides through the next 2 turns at high speed, and they are close to each other, as if they are almost equal in skill.

As the 4-throttled F20C of the S2000 with a carbon hood continues to sing the VTEC tune, the punk remarked "Hmmm, not bad, you strange RX7 fella. Looks like I've met my match after all these while." "Thought my S2k is faster at the turns, and it runs a lot faster with help from stuff from Amuse." "But there is no way you will go on beyond the last turn!"

The 2 cars approaches a hairpin, and the RX7 drifts into it first, followed by the S2000. The drifts was taken professionally, that it looked the work of some people who has drifted for years, not months, in Saniro's case. The noses of the cars almost touch the guardrail, with the wheels of the 2 cars in the opposite direction of the hairpin. As the cars clear the hairpin, the RX7's exhaust shoots out large fireballs from unburned fuel. The S2000 sticks close to the RX7 in front.

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"Shun, the ITR guy keep telling us that Saniro will not win, especially if he's still in front at the turn after the last hairpin," Kyo tell Shun through the phone. "Got to find a way to call Saniro."

"I see. I'll find a way soon," Shun replied. "Try to make him close his mouth."

"And yes, be careful, Choo Tin-sama told me he can foresee that the NSX is not an easy prey."

"All right. Got that," Shun says as he closes the phone, and looks on at the red NSX parked a distance away from his Chaser. It gives out a strong aura, although Shun knows that having fear is not the best choice at this time.

He takes up the phone and tries to call Saniro, but there was no dial tone. Shun tries again, to no avail.

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"TO HELL WITH THAT RX7! AND THAT CAR!" the short driver rants outside his damaged Integra, pointing to Choo Tin's Perdana. "One of you guys will pay for what you all did!"

"Hey, hey, calm down a little, dude," the mild mannered Choo Tin says as a big sweat drop is rolling down his head.

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The RX7 was still in front as it clears the sequence of 2 hairpins with a turn in between. Only 2 corners left, Saniro says to himself. The S2000 behind was still close to him, but the RX7 is able to block it all the way, despite the Honda convertible having more cornering speed.

The blue RX7 brakes and the drilled discs of the front brakes turn red. The car slowed down, and it was swing hard into the hairpin, before it clears it. The S2000 does the same, as the cars skilfully take the hairpin. Flames shoot out from the RX7's exhaust, as the soundtrack of the 2-rotor engine drowns the high-pitched 4-throttled F20C VTEC of the S2000. The cars approach a big turn, which the last major one. Saniro let's to the accelerator pedal of the car, and turns the steering of the RX7. As the RX7 enters the turn using the inner line…

The car runs over an oil patch, and it begins to fishtail.

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PLANG!

The sound of a broken glass that Ako have been holding just now is heard throughout the room. Ako's fingers slipped while she's holding the glass the moment before, causing it to fall. She wonders what could have happened, and goes to pick up the pieces.

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The car continues to fishtail as the S2000 narrowly overtakes the RX7 centimetres before it hit the RX7. The driver of the S2000 smiled to himself as he sees the RX7 becomes helpless.

-BGM fades-

Saniro becomes very afraid, as the RX7 continues fishtailing as he struggles to get the car back in control. He closes his eyes, and prays hard that nothing bad will happen to him. The RX7 spins a few moments before it comes to a stop. Thankfully it did not hit anything. Saniro becomes very frustrated, and hits the steering of the RX7. He went out of the car to look what happened, and discovered there was patch of oil on the inner lane of the turn just now. Without a single word, he goes back inside the RX7, and drives off.

"Shun-sama, this is not good. Saniro-san spun out at the last turn, and according to him, those Honda drivers apparently set up an oil patch near the last turn," Choo Tin tells to Shun through his phone. "Be careful there then. As I has asked Kyochirou-san to tell you, the NSX is not easy to mess with, since it's the 50 race Type S variant."

"All right then," Shun says.

Shun closes the phone, not wanting to say more, although the 2nd race was considered unfair, but knew they has to submit to the 'host'. The only thing he can do now is to win the last race.

"They cheat, we will cheat."

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"Calm down, Saniro-san," Choo Tin says as he holds an angry Saniro tight. "Fighting will not bring us anything. Has faith in Shun. I know he'll win that NSX, although it won't be easy."

"YOU! Especially the one with the S2000! Watch out!" Saniro, who is being held by Kyo and Choo Tin, screams at the laughing punk and the short guy. "And you shortie, you'll get it one day!"

"Told you go back home and cry to Daddy and Mommy, you wimps," the short driver remarked.

"Well, who got himself into an accident just now?" Choo Tin strikes up the question and smiled sarcastically with his typical mild mannerism.

"You…you…" the short driver remained speechless, as he looks on to his damaged Integra.

Chapter 11, Part 3: NSX

The Chaser moves to behind the NSX, as Shun waits for the NSX to go first. He knew it would be suicide to let the NSX go first, but he has no choice but to submit to the 'host'.

There was nothing except silence, and the rumble of the cars engine sounds. The whole place looks as if time has stopped.

The NSX decides to move off, to the extent of creating clouds of tyre smoke as it moves off from standstill. Shun does the same with the Chaser, which violently moves off in an aggressive manner with tyre smoke from the rear wheels.

-BGM: Mega NRG Man – Get Me Power-

As the NSX moves in the straight, its C32B VTEC wails very loudly, to the extent that it partly drown the sound of Shun's Chaser. As Shun up shifts at every 7000rpm, the HKS SSQV whistles and lets out excess gasses that may remain in the intercooler plumbing. The car's handling has been greatly enhanced, with the wobbling eliminated. As the cars approaches a low-angled left turn, the Chaser lets out a stream of fire from it's newly installed HKS Hi-Power exhaust in place of the previous HKS Super Drager when Shun lets go the accelerator and steps on it again as he clears the turn. The NSX in front was still going strong, as it begins to create a distance of about 2 cars in front of Shun's Chaser.

"Let you know what I has inside this thing, beep," the longhaired and bandana-wearing NSX driver said in his car's cabin. "The C32B V6 has been upped to about 400ps, and that's 400ps mind you." "I has spent tens of millions of yen on this thing, and so far almost no one has been able to keep up with me, let alone defeat me, until now, you beep," the driver rants on. "You should be messing with K-cars, you kid."

Thankfully none of these comments are heard by anyone, especially Saniro. Shun drives on the Chaser as the first hairpin can be seen. The NSX brakes earlier, leaving Shun to close the gap on the NSX, as the brake system from a JZA80 Supra, installed into the Chaser, did its job. The NSX in front goes to outside of the hairpin, and then violently steered into the hairpin by the longhaired man, as the NSX Type S have no power steering, before it's rear loses traction and drifts through the hairpin. Shun hits the foot brake of the Chaser a few times, and the Chaser begins to drift sideways to the hairpin as he turns the steering, and it clears the hairpin with ease. The exhaust of the Chaser shoots out flames again as it reaccelerates and quickly reaches a big right turn. The NSX steers itself into the turn, with it's tail wagging outside nearly touching the guardrails. The Chaser performs a power slide through the same turn, knowing fancy manoeuvres would cost him speed.

As the cars moved on to a straight, the NSX begins to speed off. Shun was running out of ideas on what to do, since the NSX was clearly more powerful than the Chaser by horsepower alone. But as he tries to find answers to the problem, he found out one thing, especially from the first hairpin.

The braking of the NSX was weak. It is evident from the beginning when he has to always brake earlier than one would normally do.

"Could be worn pads," Shun says to himself, as he was surprised he never realized that, since he was too worried about catching up with it very quickly. But then he also has other worries, especially that oil patch at the last turn. No wait, if I pressure the NSX like that and…Shun smiled at himself. "If they want to play dirty, we will too play dirty."

As the 2 hairpins comes up, the NSX did the usual early braking, with the Chaser taking the inner lane and suddenly swerving outside to perform something Shun loved the most: feint motion.

The Chaser swings from the inner lane to the outside lane, Shun slams the brakes and then the Chaser is steered quickly in a smooth fashion, unlike the NSX, which is more violently steered. The Chaser closes onto the quicker NSX side-by-side in the hairpin, nearly trading paint. The NSX goes off to the next hairpin as Shun uses the Chaser's weight distribution to quickly throw the weight of the car the other way, as the car swings the other way. The Chaser is already sideways metres before the turn, and the big Chaser naturally slides through the hairpin behind the NSX, with the front nose and the Hippo Sleek lip nearly scrape the guardrails.

The driver of the NSX begins to be worried seeing that, "How the heck he is able to pull that off…impossible, with the size of his car…"

Fear runs down on him, as the Chaser goes close to him again. The next left turn is taken more quickly, as the driver of the NSX goes partly berserk, knowing slowing down a little would bring him trouble. He hopes to lose Shun after the sequential turns, as he knows the oil patch was still there.

Or he was mistaken. Apparently the next sequence of turns after the left turn requires more handling than just raw power, and that is what exactly the Chaser has.

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"Hey you 2, how about we do a deal?" Saniro says.

"Deal, with you wimps?" the short guy speaks.

"Yes, a deal. If that friend of ours lose, we will go off this place and never step back here." "But if you guys lose, you must not disturb anyone that comes here, including us, OK?"

"Sounds great to us. Your friend will probably never make it through the turn too like you."

"Hmmmph, we'll wait and see then."

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"Sakurako, are you OK?" Madoka says seeing that her friend has been extremely quiet today.

"Huh? What happened?" she answers.

"You have been worried about something all this day?"

"Is it so?" "Nothing happened to me…" "It's only that I felt something, but I have no idea what is it…I'm OK."

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The hairpin is now in sight of the cars. "NSX, you're dead," Shun tells himself, as he brakes and goes a gear down.

The NSX in front attempts to take the turn, as Shun closes the Chaser onto the NSX again, threatening to trade paint, yet again. The driver of the NSX feels very pressured, not expecting the car to come that close. He steered the NSX off the Chaser a little, as the low and wide car reaches the big turn with the patch of oil. Shun comes very close to the rear of the NSX, as the long-haired man inside the NSX keep looking at the rear view mirror to see that the Chaser is real close to him. He becomes very afraid, and forgets that the oil patch is still there. He runs over it, and the NSX under steers all of sudden. He tried to steer the red NSX back in position, but it was useless. Shun know that this is make or break time, and avoids the oil patch, as the NSX slams itself onto the guardrails in front of him.

-BGM ends-

The Chaser stops after a few metres away from the spot, and Shun got out of the car. He sees that the NSX is in a condition that it will not be moving away soon, so he takes out his phone and calls the rest.

"Hey Saniro, inform those guys that their friend slammed onto the guardrail."

He closes the phone and says, "How idiotic. And a waste of time."

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The Hondas promised not to mess with anyone that went up to Hakone, and they quickly run off.

"So, Shun, we should we go?" Saniro asks, after the 3 cars disappear.

"Chao Bao Zi."

"Aren't you afraid that the Chinese girl is going to mess with you again?" Choo Tin says to Shun.

"She may do so, but she always gives me discounts, hahaha," Shun begins to laugh maniacally.

"That is so isn't you, Shun," Kyo remarks, as the others looked blankly at Shun with big sweat drops on their head.

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There you are, the races all combined into one long chapter. This will be the only race at the moment, and the next one will be in some long time...