Chapter 2: The Reunion
"Oh crap I forgot I don't speak this language, but I'm sure someone around here speaks French or German," Ulrich said to himself. He walked into a ice cream shop and asked the ice cream man for directions and a miracle happened, he spoke English.
"Hello young man, how can I help you today?" The man asked nicely.
"Hello, wait you speak English?" Ulrich asked curiously.
"I have been all over the world, and I have learned many languages. Now how can I help you?" He asked again polietly.
"I'm looking for the Kaze Garage, do you know where it is located?" Ulrich asked. The man thought or a minute and grabbed a map out from underneath the counter, he handed it to Ulrich and showed him where the garage was located. Ulrich took the map and thanked the man and followed it till he got to the Kaze Garage, he walked in to see someone with a blond spikey hair do and a purple spot in the middle working on something.
"Hold on I'll be with you in a minute," Odd yelled from behind the counter.
"Hey Odd, when did you get intrested in cars huh? You didn't do good in school but you know how to fix them like it's nothing," Ulrich said looking at some NOS tanks.
"That voice, Ulrich is that you?" Odd asked literally jumping over the counter and high-fiving his best friend.
"Yeah the one and only, so how have you been?" Ulrich asked calmly sticking his hands in his pocket.
"Same old same old, why are you here?" Odd asked wiping his hands on a towel that was covered in grease.
"Yumi brought me, Jeremie, and Aelita for some ceremony," Ulrich answered simply.
"Oh you too huh? Yeah Ami has to go as well, she calls it a coming of age ceremony where young girls become young women but it is confusing to me," Odd said hopping in a car and starting it up, Ulrich looked under the hood to see all the little pieces of the engine move together.
"Hey Odd? Isn't this stuff illegal here?" Ulrich asked curiously.
"Not in Tokyo, all people really do in this place is drag race unless they have a job," Odd said getting out the car and grabbing his phone, he dialed a number and Ami answered the phone. After he hung up he grabbed a couple of bags and loaded them into the his car, his car wasn't meant for drag racing but it was meant to run errands. Odd gave Ulrich a ride back and parked the car, then when they walked in the house Odd got clocked with the wooden spoon.
"Sorry Odd, can you do me a favor and go get Jason out the garage? He's been in there all day and I don't think the fumes are good for him," Sakura said grabbing her spoon and putting it back in the kitchen then she turned off the light.
"Sure goodnight Sakura," Odd said happily.
"Goodnight Odd," Sakura said walking up the stairs, Odd and Ulrich walked into the garage to see Ami tinkering with something under a tarp and Jason was still fixing the car from underneath. Ulrich looked to the back to see Yumi repainting a black car, he walked back there and wrapped his hands around her waist.
"What you doing, sweet thing?" Ulrich said kissing Yumi's neck, she had let her hair grow long so he had to move most of it that wasn't in a ponytail.
"Fixing Hellraiser, why?" She asked with a little moan as Ulrich nibbed at her neck.
"Who the hell is Hellraiser?" ULrich asked suddenly.
"My car that's who, and if you don't mind I would like to finish her for tomorrow," Yumi said breaking out his grip and re-painting the car again, Ulrich picked her up and sat her on the hood of the car and kissed her lips.
"Hey Ulrich stop kissing my cousin and help her get done with the car so we can go get this money," Jason ordered.
"Yeah yeah, jerk," Ulrich said under his breath, Yumi just laughed and gave Ulrich some polish spray.
"You heard Jason, start polishing," Yumi said painting the car again, after everyone was done they were about to lock the garage and go in the house until a group of people pulled up.
"Hey Kaze?! I want a word with you," Yelled the leader.
"Well I don't want to talk with you so get off my property before I blow a few holes in your cars," Ami said grabbing a shotgun from off the wall in the garage.
"Who you trying to show out for, your cousin or your boyfriend?" The leader asked laughing.
"Neither you're a jerk and I don't like jerks," Ami said cocking the gun.
"Okay we're leaving just don't forget our deal Kaze, by the way Yumi when you want to hang out with a real man look me up," the leader said winking before hopping in the car before he left he yelled something out the window in Japanese and sped off.
"Kami! I hate him so much!" Ami said putting the shotgun back in the garage and closing it before locking it, she walked in the house and sat on the couch.
"Who were those guys anyway?" Ulrich asked sitting next to Yumi and putting a arm around her shoulder.
"That my dear friend was Tokeshi Hashu, or Dirty Dragon," Ami said lazily.
"Yeah and he is the undefeated champion in all of drag racing history after our dad at least," Jason added in.
"What happened to your father? If you don't mind me asking," Aelita asked.
"No we don't mind, but I think Ami should tell it this time," Jason said giving Ami the floor.
"Well years ago Tokeshi's father was a just learning how to drag race as a unexperienced ametear, but my dad knew he had true potential so he trained him. Then one day his father challeged my father to a drag race but my dad swerved off the road because Mr. Hashu hit his bumper and made him flip over. We went to the hospital that very night but it was too late he was dead when we got there, from that day on I visit my father's grave and make a promise to get Mr. Hashu back for what he did but he got killed due to money problems. Now I'm going to take my revenge and anger out on Tokeshi and show him once and for all who is the best," Ami explained taking a deep breath.
"That's what she thinks, but Tokeshi and his gang have at least 100 grand of equipment under theeir hoods. If you ask me I think we should give up on them point blank," Jason chimed in tiredly.
"Are you crazy?! Do you not respect father enough to pay him back for his untimely death?" Ami asked angrily. All of a sudden Amaya runs downstairs and jumps in Ami's lap and starts to cry.
"What's wrong Amaya?" Yumi asked.
"I don't like when you guys fight, it's not right," the little girl said crying.
"Okay okay, we won't argue again my sweet 'ameko' so go on back to bed," Ami said putting her daughter down. The little girl ran over to Odd and hugged him, Odd knew what the little girl wanted so he picked her up and took her upstairs to bed.
"She's not your real daughter is she?" Jeremie asked talking for the first time.
"No we found her on our doorstep, Jason wanted to take her to an orpanage but I refused to give her up so I raised her as my own," Ami said letting a tear fall.
"Why are you crying? You're an excellent mother despite the fact that she isn't your real daughter, but she has the heart of a champion period," Ulrich replied.
"We should get to bed I got a few more things to do to Possessed before the race," Ami said getting up and stretching, she walked upstairs and closed the door behind her.
"Where you going to sleep Ulrich?" Jeremie asked going upstairs.
"I might sleep down here, you guys can have the room," Ulrich answered.
"Alright night," Jeremie said going upstairs with Aelita following.
"Hey Ulrich you alright?" Yumi asked sitting down next to him.
"Yeah it's just I didn't like the way that guy was talking to you, has he always been like that?" Ulrich asked curiously.
"Yep, ever since we were little he would always try to get me to go out with him. Then one day I turned him down and now every girl he gets he just fucks and forgets," Yumi said bored.
"I don't care, he won't come anywhere near you I promise you that," Ulrich said taking off his shirt.
"Well I guess I'll see you in the morning right?" Yumi asked getting up.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked curiously.
"Nothing goodnight," Yumi said running upstairs. A couple of hours later Jason, Ulrich, and Odd were all downstairs dressed in black getting ready to do a very risky thing. Jeremie wanted to stay in bed and out of trouble so Jason told him to stay with the girls.