Authors Note: All the speed in this chapter is about racing speed and not in real life.
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Sorry for taking so long into getting this out. I was having block writers. I will try to get the others out faster.

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Chapter 3: Couples and Mountain Racing

At the mansion

The household left the houseguests to talk in the living room while they go wash dishes.

"Don't daydream too much or you'll break every dishes, guys." She chuckled a bit. Turning back to the guys, she asked. "You still have the laptop right?"

He nodded and produced it from his bag. "You wan to continue our conversation before we were interrupted?"

She nodded and continued their conversation from where they had left it.

When they finished doing a BIG washing, Usagi sitting between Ryosuke's legs and the group was huddled together was the sight that greeted them. They knew she saw them when she waved her hand, but she was soon engrossed in what they were talking about.

AFter 30 minutes, Ryosuke said. "We'll continue another time."

"But..." Protested Usagi.

"We don't want you to have an overload of information and you are tired..." He stopped when he saw Usagi lying on the good shoulder of his brother. She's really tired from everything that happened today. They all were. She had fallen asleep.

Takumi took Usagi and the guys followed Nathan, Micheal, Jed, and Zachary to where they would stay for the night.

"Thanks." Said Takumi and the rest. They had put Usagi where she would sleep for the night then went to their respective rooms that were adjacent to each other.

The owners went to pack their things then went to sleep.

Next morning

Everyone, no matter where they lived, woke up at 6. They did it so they could make sure they have everything needed and have time to eat breakfast since they all know it's a 2 hours ride on normal speed. That is except Mamoru who is a lazy man.

While everyone took their time to get ready, Mamoru was rushing since it's a 15 minutes ride to the mansion. This left him only 45 minutes to get ready and to do the rest.

Soon it was 8. Everyone was relaxed and talked to someone while waiting for Mamoru. He was late for... 30 minutes.(A.N. Shakes head.)

"Ok, I'll give you some information before we go on the roadtrip." Said Ryosuke. "We, Racers, will be a group while the rest, another one. The reason I'm doing this-"

Mamoru cut him off. "Because we can't keep up with you?"

"Yes and no. Since we drive much faster-" Continued an angry Ryosuke.

"To have less humiliation for us?" Cut again Mamoru. (A.N. Sheesh... Doesn't he have any manners?) He smirked when he saw that he put doubts in the others' heart.

"Will ya just shut up!" Yelled Ryosuke. He was really pissed off. "Not to humiliate you, but for you not to be lost. Take it like this: if we drive too fast and you are not able to keep up then there is a great risk of loosing you while in direction to our destination. Usagi cares a lot for you guys and I don't think she would appreciate this happening. She would kill us."

Understanding dawned on the angry people. He separated them for precaution.

"But who in our group know how to get there?" Asked Makoto.

"Jed Jadeite does since I know for sure that he should know the way. Since his driving speed is like the rest of the group, I am sure that you will all be arriving there. Haruka and Michiru know the way too." He took a breath then continued. "We have some stuff that has to be taken care of. That should not bother our plan to meet at the hotel at 11:00, is that ok? If there is something that comes up and that you or us couldn't meet at the time, we'll just call each other."

Everyone nodded even Mamoru who had his mouth taped and he was wrapped in cords so that he won't bother Ryosuke. She had done it so fast that it was almost at the end hat he realized that he was trapped. After Ryosuke was done explaining the details, she freed him then went to Nathan who gave her a lunch box of sort. Nathan then went to his car.

Mamoru protested loudly. "Hey! What about me? Everyone had been given a box and not me!"

"That's because you were late and we thought you weren't going to come. Now go to your car or we'll really leave without you like we first intended." Said Nathan whose head had stick out from the window. He turned on the ignition and told the others that he was ready to go.

Mamoru had no choice but to hurry to his car, buckle his seatbelt, and turn on the ignition.

The trip was going as planned; the Racers were way further than them, but no anger toward that because of the explication. Mamoru was extremely angry; he was the last of the group and he still held grudges toward everyone who angered, embarrassed, or teased him.

2 hours and 30 minutes later, they finally arrived at the hotel and it was already 11. So Setsuna called Usagi to tell them that they just arrived and that they will meet at 12.

The Racers 2 hours 30 minutes before

"Guys, we have to speed up faster than planned if we want to go to the meeting. As you all know, it was because of someone's lateness." Said an anxious Keisuke.

"Ok, we'll do that. Let's go!" Exclaimed Kyouichi. The others cheered and sped off with the others following.

They soon can not see the other group's cars since they were driving at 160 mph.

They arrived about an hour later and they decided that Usagi should live with Takumi for now; later, they would discuss the matter again. They dropped her stuff in one of the spare room and went in a hurry to a race. They arrived there just as it was going to start. The people at the bottom were shocked and happy to see them so they radioed to the rest that the group was there and to wait for them to go to top before starting the race. It was Ikenati Kyouichirou against Kenta Nakamura.

"I wonder who is going to win." Usagi mused loud enough for the others to hear.

They should have realized that they were already there, there were a lot of people cheering about their arrival that they didn't pay attention.

Everyone turned to the gang who just came. They gave the signal for the race to begin. There were hugs and kisses for everyone, but especially Usagi while Ryosuke was jealous.

"Now, why are they racing?" Asked a curious Usagi.

"Well..." Said an embarrassed Kenji. "Since there were no race for a little while and they wanted to race each other, so we let them. Are you going to race too, Usagi?" He said with hope. He really wanted to have a chance to flirt with her. The others who were there (minus Racers) agreed wholeheartedly.

Ryosuke growled in annoyance.

"What's wrong, brother?" Keisuke had a knowing smile. He wondered when Ryosuke would...

"Back off!!" Growled Ryosuke. "Usagi is my girlfriend."

"Since when?" She was angered then blushed scarlet at his statement. "I don't remember agreeing to that or that you asked me!"

"I know, Usako." He said softly while taking her in his arm and kissed her deeply on the mouth. "Would you give me the honour to become my girlfriend?"

"Hai!" She cried out happily.

Everyone, excluding Racers, was stunned that the untouchable Ryosuke had chosen a girlfriend and declared it so boldly in front of everyone. Even though the Racers knew that they had feelings for each other, but still couldn't believe that he did it in front of so many people.

"Well, I guess we have new lovebirds." Said Kyouichi making them embarrassed.

"But there is a problem." Said Takumi. He hated to pour cold water on them, but better warn them before anything happened. "Mamoru."

They sobered immediately. "Well I guess we forgot about him in our excitement."

"Is his last name Chiba?" Asked Shingo Shoji.

"Um... yes?" Said an unsure Keisuke.

"You know him?" Asked an incredulous Iketani.

"What are you guys doing here? Don't you have a race?" Asked Seiji Iwaki. "Who lost?"

"No one, we had a draw." Said Kenta Nakamura.

"Let's go back to the subject." Said Usagi anxiously.

"Of course, I do. He's my cousin! I wish that I am not related to him!" Said Shingo while shivering a little from a bad memory.

"Why? I know he is arrogant, conceited, selfish, but there must be something else to piss you so much." Analyzed Kai.

"He tried to bed my girlfriend!" He was outraged. He had the right. "Not only that, but he tried to steal my car and nearly crashed since he couldn't control it." He continued to rant on.

"Ryosuke gave a relieved sigh. "Boy, am I glad that I didn't let him drive my car." The others agreed with him. His car was a priceless one like theirs. They went through a lot to get the car at the state it is, they don't want to do it again because of some idiots who can not drive properly.

"Do you want to come with us to meet some of my friends from Juuban?" Said an excited Usagi. She sobered quickly when she remembered someone. "There is a bad side... Mamoru came with us."

Seiji groaned. "He would challenge you guys to a race."

"He already did." Declared Kai.

"Tell me he lost badly." Pleaded Shingo.

The Racers and Usagi laughed very hard.

"Did he? He lost way more than badly. He's the last one when we raced. We were 11. He came in like 8 minutes after us and 4 minutes after our last friend. We were all looking at him and couldn't believe how long it took him to finish the course. The fact that he managed to not run of time was a miracle. I still don't know how he managed it." She giggled at the memory.

"You should have seen him drive." Laughed Keisuke. This only made them laugh even harder.

"Why?" Asked the curious group.

"He was driving around 150 mph and at each turn he would accelerate." Started Kai.

"So?" Asked the impatient Kenji. To them driving at 150 mph at a racing game was normal.

"He crashed at each turn." Ryosuke finished for his friend and he laughed until SHE gave him a warning look. "Fine, Usako. I know about my injury, but you have to let me laugh since it was so comical." Ryosuke said soothingly.

That word stopped the howling of laughter of everyone. Injury.

"Who hurt you?" Asked Seiji voicing the worry of the rest.

"Who else than Mamoru Chiba. I will be off this cast in less then a week so no need to worry. You also can not harm him physically. This would bring us to his very low level of humanity." Warned Ryosuke.

Before they could protest, Usagi's phone rang. It was already 11.

"Oops, I guess we forgot about them." Said an embarrassed Usagi when she saw the calling display. "Yes... Setsuna... You just arrived... huh-huh... ok... at 12? Cool. Bye!"

"Does that mean they just arrived?" Asked Takeshi.

"Yes, we'll meet them at 12 at the Star Hotel." Replied Usagi.

"Can we come?" Asked the rest of the group.

"If you want to come... At their eager nod, she smiled. Hey! Why don't you call your girlfriend too so they can meet the others now so there would be no problems or misunderstandings in the future." Suggested an excited Usagi.

"Sure!" Answered those who were on the phone.

Soon it was time to go. They arrived to a restaurant nearby and parked their car there. The Racers and Usagi went to get the others, while the others took a table and waited for them. It wasn't very far, just two blocks away. When they arrived, the others were just coming down the stairs.

"Hey guys! Ready to go eat?" Said Kyouichi.

"Did we tell them how many were they?" Asked a scared Usagi. They all sweat dropped. They had forgotten as well.

"I'll call Kenji." Offered Kai. "Hey Kenji!... Yeah, we're coming... Oh... and we are 31 including you guys and the girls. Is that okay?... Ok, see you later." He closed his phone. "Ok, let's go eat! I'm hungry."

Racers and Usagi agreed with him.

"Um... where are your cars... Euh?" Asked an embarrassed Ami when they came out of the hotel.

"Call us by our name will be easier." Keisuke said with a wide smile.

"Euh... sure, Keisuke." Said Ami. She relaxed when she realized they do not want the suffix after that. They were friendly to them.

"Oh... And we hate formalities except when needed." Added Kyouichi. "Oh, we parked our car next to the restaurant. We can walk there."

After walking for 10 minutes, they arrived to a badly hacked wooden door.

"You sure it's here?" Asked a frightened Hotaru.

"Yeah, follow me if you don't want to get lost." Said Kyouichi.

They finally arrived to a prison like door. He knocked it twice and it was swung open by an old man. He nodded to thank him. He was a regular customer. There was an unwritten rule: whoever sat in the seat across the door would have to open it and screen-check them. After coming there for a while, you know who come in and who can't. Usually they didn't have new customers, but if there were, they were invited by the owners who had a dinner with them beforehand. They did not want people that they don't know to come to their restaurant. No one knew of its existence because the owners asked that they kept quiet about it. They don't want trouble in their restaurant.

The old man who opened the door was seated in the reserved table. He and a few others can seat there. Since they don't have anything to do, they ere asked to do this favour for them. They had cried of tears of joy. Their children had left them alone and no one in these days would ask people like them to do something like that for them. As for salary, they can eat all they want. They are of warm heart and they are also very nice people. They only let the new comers in if they know the names of two owners and answer two questions about them. They changed the questions about each owner very often. The people allowed in would have to decode the message sent to their mailbox to know the questions and answers. The security guards were very creative in coding the messages that the owners were shocked. They didn't hire them for that ability. At first, they didn't even know that they used to be secret agents so they have a lot of experience about coding messages. When the owners learned about it, they not only didn't push them away like they were afraid they would, they asked a lot of question about their job, how they dealt with it, and how they balanced everything. If they managed to accomplish both, they were admitted. The decoding was not easy to do, but if you asked the security, they would gladly give you tips about how to do it.

"Kyouichi, we could have used the back door to get in! Oops, this is the backdoor." Usagi said with a sweat drop.

"We are. But the principal door is too dangerous anyway." Replied Kyouichi. this information was for those who came to this restaurant for the first time.

"Fine. Let's go find them." Michiru said.

They walked through a hall to arrive to a very comfy and homey restaurant. The food served there smelled great. Who would have thought that there was such a place underneath the creepy outside. Only those who knew the place knew it. The place was packed as per usual.

"Hey, Usagi! Over here!" Yelled Itsuki.

"Coming!" Usagi yelled back. She led them to a room where the voice came from. It was nicely concealed. It was THEIR room. It was only used by one of them since they all own a part of the restaurant. No one knew it was there unless you were one of them. To get in, you have to do a voice check and a code check. The latter is changed every day.

The seating was like this: Ami, Zachary, Minako, Micheal, Makoto, Nathan, Rei, Jed, Mamoru, Motoki, Hotaru, Michiru, Haruka, Setsuna, Seiji, Takumi, Natsuki, Usagi, Ryosuke, Keisuke, Ran, Kai, Myako, Iketani, Mako, Shingo, Sayuki, Kyouichi, Itsuki, Kenji, and Kenta.

"Let's order. Nothing too fancy through since it's our boss who pays." Said Iketani.

"Did you coax him to it?" Warned Usagi.

"No, we didn't. We just told him why we want to go off early and he suggested it." Explained Itsuki while drooling on the girls.

"No touch on my friends. Itsuki, Kenta, Kenji, and Kyouichi, they are all taken or too old for you guys... but not for you Seiji." Usagi said. She winked at Seiji who blushed because he understood along with Setsuna who reacted the same way when he looked at her. Usagi knew that Seiji and Setsuna were attracted to each other.

"Aw man! Here I thought that I'll find one." Itsuki said sulking. Mamoru looked as if happy that someone else was going to bring trouble. "Oh... anyway, I'll find her later. No bad feelings!" Said a happy Itsuki. The singles agreed with him. Now it was Mamoru's turn to sulk.

"Let's do the introduction yourself, ok?" Suggested Kai. He had a smile that told everyone that something fun was coming. "Don't forget to say your beloved name if you have one!"

This made Usagi choke on the water. Ryosuke rushed to help her. They glared at Kai, but he only shrugged it off with a wide grin.

" Ami Mizuno, he's my boyfriend, Zachary Zoicite." (A.N. Name of girl or boy, name of beloved ok? I am lazy. I do not want to type so much. --)

"Minako Aino, Micheal Kunzite."

"Makoto Kino, Nathan Nephrite."

"Rei Hino, Jed Jadeite."

"Mamoru Chiba, Usagi Tsuki."

"When did I say I was your girlfriend anymore? We broke up remember?" Usagi said angrily. "Let's continue."

Mamoru was extremely angry to be brushed aside like this. He was going to give a comeback, but Jed's elbow struck him on his ribs shutting him effectively.

"Motoki Hide, Hotaru Tomoe."

Haruka was ready to protest, but Michiru pinched her and warned her in low voice to do nothing or feel her wrath.

"Michiru Kaioh, Haruka Tenoh."

"Setsuna Meioh."

"And Seiji Iwaki."

Setsuna blushed, but nodded her head consenting to his claim.

They had met in one of Haruka's trip to race them. They had talked to each other and found that they had a lot in common.

"Way to go, Set-chan!" Cheered the people from Juuban and Usagi.

"Way to go, Seiji!" Cheered Usagi and the rest of Racers.

"Takumi Fujiwara, Natsuki Mogi."

"Usagi Tsuki, Ryosuke Takahashi."

The ones who didn't know about the new relationship had their jaw dropped.

"Hey, stop staring at them and continue." Suggested Keisuke. "Keisuke Takahashi, Ran Luna."

"Kai Kogashiwa, Myako Machi."

"Iketani Kouichirou, Mako Sato."

"Shingo Shoji, Sayuki Sato."

"Kyouichi Sudo."

"Itsuki ."

"Kenji."

Kenta Nakamura."

When the names finally sunk in to the gang from Juuban, they had the same expression as the news of Usagi and Ryosuke as an item.

"I told you that they were going to react like this." She laughed a bit.

"We are glad that we didn't put money on that." Kyouichi grinned.

She only pouted cutely as response.

Soon the food they ordered cam and they ate while laughing and joking around.

"Hey, there's going to be a race tomorrow at the racing tracks, are you guys coming?" Asked Kenji.

"Sure!" Everyone cheered especially those who like to race and like cars a lot.

"It's at 1 pm at the Akina Forum (A.N. I don't know if it exists. --')" Itsuki said.

"Now, what are we going to do?" Keisuke pondered. They had paid the bill and were walking to the cars.

"We have to go see Bunta. We missed him earlier." Takumi said with a little evil grin.

Usagi groaned. "It's going to be a looonnnggg day."

"You want to come or go somewhere else?" Ryosuke asked the rest of the group.

"Let's go with Usagi." Minako said. Everyone agreed with the idea.

"We have to drive normal speed so we don't get tickets." Ryosuke warned seriously.

"Fine." Said grudgingly the ones with powerful and modified cars.

"Let's go then."

They waited until everyone was in their cars then drove to their destination.

Minutes later, they arrived to 'Fujiwara Tofu Shop'.

"Usagi, where do you think he is?"

"Living room, brooding about when I'm going to show up." Usagi said with assurance.

"How can you be so sure?" Sneered Mamoru.

"I know Bunta too well, of course." Usagi said. Seeing him ready to injure her uncle's name, she added. "No, I didn't have sex with him. He's my uncle."

He was about to say something, but the group was bussing with anger. He decided to shut up for safety. (A.N. I never thought that his pea size brain could be so useful.) They went to the living room with the scene Usagi had previously predicted.

"Oh... I miss you so much..." Bunta said with two streamers of tears.

"Bunta..." She said warningly. "Stop playing!"

"Fine." Bunta reverted to his normal self in seconds.

"Who doesn't know how to differentiate between real and fake will fall into his trap of guilt." Takumi explained. He and the rest who knew Bunta laughed at those who were shocked.

"Ready to take my classes?" He asked.

"Not really. I'm out of shape."

"You know what this means?" A smug Bunta asked.

"Yes, Waking up at 4 to deliver tofu." Usagi cringed.

"After?"

"5 to 6:30 help make tofu for the day and at 6:45 make breakfast. Later at night, I'll do supper."

"You forgot something... a lot of things, but that's for later."

"What?" Usagi said innocently.

"Cooking lessons."

"There is something else." Usagi was suspicious of what he had in mind. "Don't put too much things in my schedule or I won't be able to go out with Ryosuke."

"Finally, you decided to go out with each other! I'm happy. Let's go back to the subject. You are going to play shoji with me for 2 hours and for cooking too."

"How many hours of sleep will she get?" Setsuna was worried that Usagi will not get enough sleep.

"Around 6, maybe less, each night."

"Only 6 hours of sleep? How will she manage? She would crash for sure! Ha ha ha! Why don't you take ME as your pupil instead. I would be much more promising than HER?" Mamoru said with too much confidence.

Everyone who was at the arcade groaned at his super-sized ego. (A.N. I guess he forgot about his humiliation back there. wink)

"I'll think about it." If he is with them, he couldn't be...

"Yeah! I'm his pupil too." He gloated to everyone.

"I didn't say that either. You are not considerate my pupil until I start your training. Don't nag or bother me to train you or accept you as my student. I don't know when I'll give you my answer so leave me ALONE, ok?" Bunta was pissed off. He dislike people like him whom would tell everyone that he currently took pupils. He only nodded when Usagi's friends introduced themselves. When he heard the name Mamoru Chiba, he groaned and he regretted his word. How did I manage to get into such trouble? I ABSOLUTELY don't want him as my pupil! He would ruin my reputation of a racer. Well... those who know about my past. "How about you all stay here for dinner? We'll just order some plates and eat outside in the backyard. (A.N. Do the Fujiwaras have a backyard? If not then I just gave them one I guess.) What do you think? I'll even make dessert!" Bunta suggested.

"Yeah!" Everyone agreed except Mamoru. (A.N. He is such a party pooper.)

"Mamoru, you want to eat at a restaurant?"

"Yes." He said snobbishly.

"Well..." Bunta started to say.

"Don't even think about it, Bunta. Mamoru, if you wish to eat at a restaurant, no one is stopping from doing that, but don't ask us to do so too. We want to stay here and order food. Don't forget eating Bunta's dessert! Yum..." Usagi replied icily.

"Yeah!" Everyone supported her.

"Fine." He said grudgingly.

"Let's go to the Irohazawa(sp)'s mountain to drive a bit before dinner. How about it?"

"Excellent idea, Bunta. You have to warn them about the road. I don't want them to be hurt."

"What is wrong with the road?" "They are slave drivers! I told you so!" Usagi exclaimed in despair.

Mamoru opened his mouth to ask something, but Keisuke told him something he would sulk on for a long while. "You will not receive lessons from any of us." The others nodded in agreement. Having no choice, he turned to his cousin.

"None from me too." Shingo quipped happily. What is that guy made of? Have he forgotten what happened last time he came to visit. He tried to STEAL my car and my girlfriend. Now he has the balls to ask me for driving classes??? He still haven't apologize for that breach of trust.

"Enough talking, let's go. Usagi, you will drive the Trueno AE86. Ryosuke, if you don't mind, Takumi will drive yours." Bunta said.

Ryosuke nodded.

"Let's go! Time to rumble!" A very happy Usagi said. "Haruka, you know the way right? Haruka nodded in understanding. We will drive faster to enhance our skills."

"No need to protest. Let them." Bunta said to a group of angry people.

"But why?" A pissed Rei asked. She felt as if they were abandoning them for something else.

"What do you like to do?"

"To do fire readings." Rei was perplexed since she could not understand his intent behind his question.

"It's in your blood. It makes you excited when you do it. You want others who share your passion to do it together. Racing cars is almost their life just like mine. They dedicate their whole life to racing. They want to perfect their skills to the top." Explained Bunta.

Everyone had their own passion. They were not shunning them away, but the thrill of driving fast cars was just too great for them to resist. Especially when there were other people that is similar to them.