I do not own any anime or any video games….
Mt. Konoha; 9:30 pm.
With Naruto and Hinata…..
Silence….that's all I could hear was pure silence (well, and maybe the snow hitting the ground), the heavy snow has completely shutdown Konoha, it's like the world itself had came to an end.
Watching from the top of Mt. Konoha I could hardly see the skyscrapers that stood in the downtown district of Konoha, the freeways were pitch empty, just south of Konoha the airport terminal was shutdown and there wasn't a single plane moving on the runways.
While most of the residence in the city of Konoha stayed indoors and try to stay warm, up here a large gallery of people showed up to see the race (that was supposed to had started two hours ago), unfortunately everything had to put on hold because of the ice and snow on the road.
Luckily Choji managed to contact his father (his father owns a snowplowing company), and get some workers out here to plow the snow off the roadways, for safety precaution a few of the street racers managed to put salt on the roadways to melt some the lingering ice patches that were still on the roads.
I walked back over to Kiba and Shino while they were busy tending to the S14, "So how is everything?" I asked, "Is it good to go?"
"Oh yeah, this baby is ready." Kiba said, shutting the hood.
"Unfortunately the spoiler won't be much good for its normal purpose," Shino said, checking his laptop, "I was kinda hoping it add some extra stability while cornering at high speeds."
Hinata's opponent was a man who was in his early twenties, had fair skin with chin-length red hair that regularly hangs off his face blocking the view of his eyes, he was wearing a red TRD racecar jacket, red sweatpants, white New Balance sneakers and some red and white colored racing gloves.
The man that Hinata was facing off against was none other than Nagato, a highly skilled and notorious street racer (there are rumors speculating that Nagato is "Pain," leader of the Akatsuki), the car that he chose to race in was a Toyota Aristo (second generation Lexus GS 400 in the USA).
From the looks of it the Aristo has been turned from a regular civilian vehicle, to a fully fledged drifting machine that was ready to tame Mt. Konoha, the Aristo was colored black and red and had a full body kit from TRD, the headlights and taillights were stock, the car had 19-inch rims from Sparco, heavy duty brakes from Brembo, and red neon lights.
Inside of the car it looks like the back seats were completely taken out and replaced with a roll cage, there were two black colored racing seats from Bride and from the sound of the engine I could tell that it was a 2JZ-GTE engine that was a single turbo instead of a twin turbo.
The vehicle had sort of a VIP style to it, cars associated with VIP style usually have common characteristics, such as large diameter rims (usually broad faced designs) with low offsets that sit flush with the fender, exhausts that stick out past the rear bumper (although not so much emphasized these days), a full body kit or lip kit, glossy paint and a lowered ride height. It is not uncommon to see extremely negative camber on many VIP style cars. Traditional colors of VIP Style cars are usually black, white, grey and silver.
Trying to pass this type of vehicle is going to be extremely difficult, even though the Toyota Aristo now has the personality of a full-blooded tuner, it still has the body and size of a luxury sedan (not to mention the weight, even if it's been reduced).
When a luxury vehicle drifts it can block public narrow roads with its rear making it take up space and end up being a sufficient blocking, it becomes like a barricade spreading the entire width of the road, on Nagato's part this is a major plus and a huge minus for Hinata.
This type of blocking will be effective in containing Hinata's movements, for Hinata timing is going to be very critical, plus trying to find a good place to pass.
Across the street Hinata was taking advice from a woman who had long black hair, very unique eyes that are red in color with an additional ring in them, she was wearing a white and red colored hooded jacket that had a rose thorn pattern to it, white and red colored pants that had the same rose thorn pattern and white tennis shoes.
She was wearing makeup that consists of red lipstick and purple eye shadow; it was Kurenai Yūhi, the coach of Hinata, Kiba and Shino.
Kurenai was standing near her Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205), it was colored white and had the same rose thorn pattern (as it's vinyl) all over the car, the car also had a wide body kit from APR Performance, 18 inch rims from OZ, a carbon fiber hood from TRD, a custom made carbon fiber spoiler, a TRD roof scoop and two TRD bucket seats that were inside of the vehicle.
"You know what to do Hinata," Kurenai said, "At the last five corners, feint to the outside and bloody cross the lines by braking all out, keep close to him so you can pull off the technique. Once you enter the last five turns keep pretending that you're gonna overtake him from the outside, move in for the kill once you make it to the last two turns."
"Yes ma'am." Hinata nodded.
Meanwhile back home in America….
Birmingham, AL
Norwood, Deangelo's mother's house.
With Deangelo….
"Really? They haven't started yet?" I said talking to Sai Saici on the telephone, "I knew that it was gonna snow, but I didn't know it was gonna be that bad, why didn't the Midnight Club officials just postpone the race?"
"I don't know," Sai Saici replied, "The trucks are almost nearly done plowing the snow off the roads, everyone is growing impatient out here."
"I can only imagine," I replied chuckling, "Waiting out there in the freezing snow, I probably be the same way, it's been extremely cold down here in Birmingham we're suppose to have snow later on."
"Well enjoy the cold air, Naruto and I will be coming back home after this whole tournament is over with."
After that Sai Saici and I hung up the phone, I sat in the living room for a moment looking out the window and seeing the skyscrapers in the downtown area of Birmingham, "So Hinata's racing on Mt. Konoha in the snow?" I muttered to myself.
I've raced against Hinata in very dangerous weather before, it was back in 2006 in Konoha, we didn't race up in the mountains (I was too damn scared back then).
Instead we did a circuit race through the downtown area, long story short I lost the race, of course back during that time I was just starting the whole street racing scene and plus I was driving a muscle car.
FR (front engine, rear wheel drive) vehicles don't do real good in the snow, but there are some people (like Hinata, Keiichi Tsuchiya, my dad, Minato and me) that can drive and master FR vehicles on slick and wet roads, on other occasions I usually race in a vehicle that has AWD which are pretty much made for racing or driving in any type of disadvantageous conditions.
"Hmm, Hinata is gonna win the race hands down, I'm sure of it." I thought.
Suddenly my mother called from the kitchen asking for my assistance, getting up from the couch I took one last glance out the window, "Good luck Hinata, I'll be rooting for you and be careful."
Back in Konoha…
With Naruto….
*VROOOOM*
*VROOOM*
After waiting countless hours in the snow, the race was finally about to start, Nagato was the first person to start his car up.
Meanwhile Kiba and Shino managed to finish up on Hinata's S14, while Kurenai was giving Hinata some final pieces of advice.
"Yo how is everything down there?" I asked Sai Saici through the walkie-talkie.
"Everything is good to go, the trucks are off the roads and some of the ice is off the roads." He replied.
I gave a nod and walked over to Hinata who was getting into the S14, "Do your best Hinata." Kiba said.
"Good luck and be careful." Shino said also.
Hinata and I leaned in and gave each other a kiss, "Stay sharp Hinata-Chan, I'm rooting for you." I whispered.
"I will Naruto-Kun." Hinata replied as she shut the driver side door, both Hinata and Nagato headed to the starting line.
I really wish this was a sudden death match, unfortunately this is just a regular battle, god knows how long this race will go on.
One of the race officials came up to the front with two flags in his hands, the crowd looked on eagerly waiting for the race to officially start, "Okay I'm counting down!" the race official said.
Nagato's teammates and HInata's teammates were cheering on as the official counted down, "Five, four, three, two, one, GO!"
*SCREEEEEEEEEEECH*
