I do not own any anime or any video games….
Mt. Konoha, 10:13 pm.
With Hinata…..
*SCREEEEEEEECH*
*VROOOOOOM*
"Just like Kurenai-Sensei said," I muttered putting the S14 in fifth gear, "He's using the vehicle like a barricade, I can't overtake him on the inside or the outside."
A shocked group of people (standing behind the guardrails) looked on as Nagato and I went drifting around the eleventh turn, I was keeping a good distance behind the Aristo and waiting for my time to actually make a move.
Nagato and I went speeding down the straightaway going almost 125 MPH, the Toyota Aristo was hugging the inside lane and it wasn't gonna budge at all, for a luxury sedan that's a RWD it sure has the personality of an AWD vehicle (like a Nissan Skyline GT-R).
When the vehicle drifts its back end would block a portion of the outside (that's how narrow the roads are), on the straights the Aristo is very quick, so quick that it's abnormal.
On the turns the Aristo is quite sluggish, especially when Nagato starts drifting, it seems like he ends up losing his speed.
Meanwhile back at the peak of Mt. konoha….
With Naruto…..
Using a pair of binoculars I managed to get a good glimpse of Hinata and Nagato, "Man they're speeding like it's just another regular night, the roadways are wet and slippery, but yet they're still racing at breakneck speeds." I thought.
I couldn't do something like this, not in a million years, but people like Ping-San, my father, and even Hinata can race in bad weather. They speed and race down the wet and dangerous roads with extreme confidence, with absolute calm, showing no type of emotion, no type of fear.
I won't lie….at times I feel…..kinda jealous, thank goodness I'm not the only one who feels this way, Deangelo is pretty much in the same boat as I am.
I turn my attention to Shino who was sitting inside of his 370Z trying to talk to some of the onlookers through the walkie-talkie, "Yo Shino," I said getting his attention, as I approached him, "About earlier when you were talking about the spoiler on the back of Hinata's S14, what did you mean about the spoiler not fulfilling its normal purpose?"
Shino placed the walkie-talkie on the dashboard and adjust his glasses, "It's like I said earlier, the spoiler won't add a lot of extra stability while cornering at high speeds," he replied, "I custom made that spoiler myself (Shino works at Top Secret Performance), it's got seven adjustable stanchions allowing up to 1,000 pounds of downforce at 150 MPH, also we managed to install a carbon fiber splitter in the front to make the S14 aerodynamic."
"1,000 pounds of downforce?" I replied, "So basically that spoiler is made to keep the rear tires on the ground?"
"Precisely, earlier there was snow on the roadway that melted into a puddle of water, with the spoiler installed it'll keep the tires pushed down preventing Hinata from hydroplaning and spinning out."
"Unfortunately on the turns the spoiler won't fulfill its purpose," Kiba said walking up to me and Shino, "But on the straights the spoiler does a real good job, Mt. Konoha is a pretty steep mountain."
With Nagato….
"Hmm, Hinata hasn't attacked at all," I muttered, looking in the rearview mirror, "She's mostly been keeping a close distance behind me, what is she planning I wonder?"
I'm extremely surprised that Hinata hasn't tried to overtake me, she usually passes her opponents before they arrive at the halfway point, but once we passed the halfway point she was still doing the same thing what she's doing now.
I wasn't gonna stop drifting however, if I stopped she'll probably try to attack from the outside, I can't let that happen.
With the roads being wet and slick I won't have to worry about my tires wearing out, under normal circumstances if we were racing on dry pavement I'd probably be having tire problems already.
The snow continued to fall from the sky as Hinata and I sped around the 25th corner, with my left hand I quickly reached over and turned the windshield wipers on, deep down inside I was trying to wipe away the fear that I had.
Racing in weather like this is extremely frightening (even for someone like me), I wanted to take my foot off the accelerator badly, but at the same time I couldn't it felt like something was keeping my foot bound to the pedal.
It felt as if something completely took over my body, even though I was calm, my heart was pounding wildly.
This mountain pass may be the second tallest (the most tallest one is Mt. Fujimi) but it's also the most dangerous, two people already lost their lives racing here and the guard rails around here are old and rusted, in some areas there aren't any guardrails at all.
Pressing my foot further down on the accelerator I continued on, with Hinata still close behind me.
Meanwhile near the bottom of Mt. Konoha….
With Sai Saici…
I could hear the sound of the engines slowly growing louder by the second, everyone knew that they were going to be heading down here real soon, "Naruto, they passed the halfway mark," I said through the walkie-talkie, "The other racers said that Hinata is still in second place."
"Thanks for the info." Naruto replied back.
"So this will be the finish line huh?" Choji asked as he appeared from the crowd.
"Yeah, we're standing at the last turn." I said.
Konoha's mountain roads at the start, there's a uphill section, after the uphill there's a flat area….before the finish line there is a downhill stretch that has one final turn.
With the final section being downhill the winner will probably be decided by skills and timing, a cool breeze blew through the area as people anxiously awaited for Hinata and her opponent to arrive, the winter snow was showing no absolute sign of letting up at all.
I looked up at the dark but cloudy skies as the wind continued to blow calmly, I had an uncomfortable feeling go through my body yet again.
"Something wrong Sai Saici?" Choji asked, as he noticed the look on my face.
"It's nothing," I answered back (lying), "It's nothing at all."
Back at the top of Mt. Konoha…
With Naruto….
I couldn't see Hinata or Nagato anymore through the binoculars I had, the trees were blocking the view and the snow was starting to fall at a heavier pace, making it almost impossible to see. Kiba and Shino sat inside of their cars while me and Kurenai-San were waiting for the outcome of this race, the wind started to pick up at little bit making the snow fall sideways, "Man I don't like this at all." I muttered.
"I know, I don't either," Kurenai said, "The only thing we can do is have faith in Hinata, her and Nagato are almost near the finish line."
"With all this heavy snow it's gonna be impossible for her to try to pull off what you instructed her to do."
"During that time I didn't think it was gonna snow this badly, with this weather I can't truly calculate how this battle will turn out."
I can tell by the look on Kurenai-San's face that this situation was starting to make her feel uneasy, "Hinata, please don't let anything happen to you," I thought, "Please try to make across the finish line the safest way possible."
"Naruto, Kurenai!" Sai Saici's voice boomed through the walkie-talkie, "Hinata and Nagato are coming around the last set of turns!"
With Sai Saici….
"Here they come!" Choji yelled, as him and the crowd of people saw the blue S14 and the dark red Aristo come around the last corner.
Nagato still had the lead but Hinata was right on his tail, the crowd started to cheer on as the two speed by going at extreme speeds, my heart was pounding hard as Nagao and Hinata went speeding through the steep downhill section.
"Come on Hinata, you can do it!" I said in my mind.
Suddenly out of nowhere Hinata swerved her car to the right, looks like she was about to make her move, Nagato held the inside line as him and his opponent entered the last turn.
As soon as the Toyota Aristo began to drift Hinata made her move, the cars disappeared as they went around the final turn, I could hear the sound of the engine revving and the tires screeching loudly as it echoed through the area.
Suddenly I heard something that made my heart stop dead in its track.
*CRASH*
"Huh?" a wide-eyed Choji exclaimed.
"Oh no." I muttered softly shaking my head; I quickly jumped over the guardrail along with Choji.
As Choji and I continued running down the road we could see onlookers jumping over the guardrails to see what was going on, as we went running around the final turn Choji and I could see a group of people gathered near the area of the crash, "Oh my god, no!" I said in utter disbelief.
Devastation came over my face as Choji and I looked and saw Hinata's S14 severely wrecked, there were people crowded around trying to get Hinata out of the vehicle, I quickly stumbled for the walkie-talkie and told Naruto about the situation.
Last flashback coming up.
