"No offence here Roja, but why are we here?" he asked looking bored
"Oh come on, what dude doesn't want to see hot chicks half naked" Roja said
"No what I mean is why are here instead of at Work?" Kimura asked
"And what miss on a beautiful day like today?" she asked stretching "Plus I know you want to see me in a bikini"
"Okay, that's it, bored now!" Kimujra said
"Just wait until we get there" Roja said as she lowered her sunglasses "All the beefcake I could ever want woof
"Really not going" Kimura said
"There's a bit of cheesecake for you there, and I don't mean the kind you eat" Roja winked
"Huh?" Kimura asked confused
"The women's circuit of pro surfers are going to be there as well" Roja said
"Okay, okay I'll see" Kimura said
"Thanks" Roja said
"But not long" Kimura said as he took off. Roja smiled as she sat back and enjoyed the ride.
Upon reaching the beach Roja grabbed her beach bag and took off, to the area where hundreds if not thousands of squealing girls were. Kimura just removed his jacket and leant against the car before pulling on his sunnies. Looking down the beach he noticed something. A photo crew with several of the female surfers. Pushing off of his car and started walk over to them. There were several gorgeous models wearing swimsuits, mostly bikinis in gradients, or floral patterns, the odd tankini or one piece. But the next model made him speechless: he silvery brown hair done in a wavy fashion, the sun kissed her skin slight as she wore a white swimsuit, the top covered from her neck down to the top of her waist and had a crisscross section near the bust . Kimura could never remember in all of the time they were classmates if she was that beautiful, Next she tried on a blue two piece swimsuit with a tie-dye pattern that resembled waves. Kimura snapped out of it and walked over as he saw Kataoka finished her set. Smiling he coughed
"Excuse me miss, I think I got lost" he smirked
"Then get a map" Kataoka said pulling on an over shirt and a sarong
"I'm looking for Kunugigaoka" Kimura said making Kataoka looked over her shoulder
"Masayoshi?" Kataoka asked shocked
"Yeah, it's me" Kimura said "So how are you?" he asked
"I'm good, what about yourself?" she asked
"So let me get this straight you went from a Cop in Japan to a globetrotter to a Comic Book Shop owning delivery guy?" Kataoka asked
"Yeah I am, and what about you miss surfing modelling actress?" Kimura asked
"Shut it. Besides it's just a job" Kataoka said
"Yeah a glamorous one. I bet a ton of girls would want to be in your position" Kimura said
"What about you?" Kataoka asked
"What do you mean?" Kimura asked confused
"Why here, why Miami. I mean you had a choice of everywhere and you chose Miami" Kataoka said
"I like it here, sure it noisy, loud and hot. But in a way its peaceful" Kimura said "I enjoy it" he shrugged
"I see, so have you heard the recent news?" Kataoka asked
"No, what is it?" Kimura asked
"Hara woke up and they found Natsuki" Kataoka said
"Natsuki?" Kimura asked
"Nakamura's daughter. She was roughed up but she's fine now. Isogai and Kurahashi are looking after her" Kataoak said
"Good" Kimura said
"Don't you hate it?" Kataoka asked
"What?" Kimura questioned
"Not being over there to help. Its driving me crazy, even if I'm not powered" Kataoka sighed
"Trust me, having powers is not what you think it is" Kimura said sadly
"What do you mean?" Kataoka asked
"Some call them gifts, while others call them curses. But it up to the person as too what they are, a gift or a curse" Kimura explained
"Oh I see" Kataoka said "Well I better be getting back, I've still got some surfing stuff I've got to work on" Kataoka said
"Okay, see you latter Meg" Kimura said
"Okay, I'll try and get to that comic book store of yours" she said walking off.
"Sounds like a plan" he smiled.
"Wait, you mean you met up with that swimmer chick you was a student with and you didn't ask her number" Roja said dumbfound
"I'm not looking for a partner yet" Kimura said
"And why not?" Roja asked
"I've got other things to keep me occupied" Kimura said
"Right, you just don't want surfer girl to know about bonehead yet" Roja said
"You're right, I don't want her to know about the Bonehead yet
"And why not, heck you haven't even explained what or who Bonehead even is, I know he's not Noble Kale or Zarathos. So who or what is he?"
"Do you really want to know?" Kimura said
"YES!" Roja asked
"Okay I'll tell you" Kimura said
That night Kataoak was sitting on the bus she and the rest of the group used to move around just reading as several of the other models were on board
"You okay Kat, we didn't see you after the shoot" another model said
"I bumped into an old friend of mine from our school days" Kataoak said
"Wow, really?" the other model asked
"Yeah, he's doing pretty well for himself. I'm happy he's doing okay." Kataoka smiled
"What do you mean?" the model asked
"Basically we were attacked at the end of our third year and basically things were bad" Kataoka said
"How bad?" the model asked
"The Class-E Crisis" Kataoka said
"Shit, you two were a part of that?" the model said as the rest of the group gave Kataoka their attention.
"Yes, yes I was" Kataoka said.
Sneaking around the area was a certain hellion. Hellfire had seen a couple of the models and smirked thinking he could ransom them off. And now he could take them all on a little bus ride. And right on cue the bus driver appeared. Sneaking up behind him Hellfire knocked out the bus driver and threw him into a bathroom and stole his keys. Sneaking aboard he smirked as he locked the door separating the models from the driver and locked the door before starting the bus and driving. The surfers started to murmured and was worried
"HEY WHAT'S GOING ON?" Kataoka asked
"Simple really, I'm in need of cash and you're the cash cows I need" Hellfire said
"Shit, its him!" a model said
"Who?" Kataoka asked
"Hellfire!" the model said
"That pyromaniac criminal?" Kataok aasked
"Yeah" she whimpered.
Back in the main seat Hellfire was on the phone with the the manager
"What do you want?"
"I've got your girls and they have a pretty packet which they get a month, now I have your girls which means"
"What?" the manager asked
"Should quite the simple equation, I have all the girls and I want what they are paid a month. Oh and that's not just a single payment
"What do you mean?" the manager asked worried
"Simple, a model's monthly salary for the model back, that's 22 models and they get what 150K a month? So that mean a cool 3.3 mill for them and I want that in cash" Hellfire
"An why would I do that?" the manager asked
"I don't get the cash, you don't get the girls" Hellfire said "So bring the cash to the hot dog opposite the dock at lunch time and I'll give them back to you. Got it?" Hellfire asked hanging up and kicking back as he drove down the highway
"Kimura!" Roja said
"What is it?" Kimura asked over his phone, he was taking a walk.
"Hellfire's back and he kidnapped the surfer models
'Kataoka' Kimura thought "Where is the blazing scuzz ball?" he asked
"A warehouse, down by the wharf. Pier 36" Roja said
"Thanks" Kimura said before whistling. He didn't have to wait long until the familiar rumble of his Charger's engine roaring down the road. Standing in front of it as it came to a stop Kimura quickly got in and took off. He knew what he had to do; he looked around and spotted the bus "Got you!" he said as he skidded into a slipstream with bus. The windows were covered up so it became difficult for him to see inside it so he pulled up next to and saw Hellfire at the wheel. Smirking he gave a rev on his engine making Hellfire looking out the window. Kimura smirked even more when he basically saw Hellfire shout the word 'shit!' and start to take off. Kimura slowed down and tailed him.
"Great the fucking bonehead's after me" Hellfire said as he grabbed a chain and locked the warehouse up. "But who cares, I have all those cuties in that bus. I wonder which ones are going to be first he said before bumping into something, Looking up he saw Ghost Rider before him "Shit" he muttered before flinging out his chain, which Ghost Rider grabbed and pulled it out of his hand and just growled at the other fire user. Ghost Rider just walked past and grabbed a pair of knives and held them out. Hellfire smirked at the small blade, what came next wiped the smile off of his face as two chains attached themselves to the knives enabling him to swing the knives around
"Come on chicken" Ghost Rider shouted as Hellfire found a bunch of rebars. Igniting his hand he grabbed one of the rebars and used his power as a coating for it. He then started swinging it like a bat to force Ghost Rider back. Once he was away from ghost Rider enough he started to hurl the metal bars after infusing them with his fire powers. The bar tore through Ghost Rider like a knight through hot butter making the rider roar out in pain. Once he got his footing back Ghost Rider shot out his chain knives at Hellfire who was forced to dodge while throwing more o f the rebar, which were deflected by Ghost Rider spun his chain to use it as a shield. Hellfire ducked and roll before smirking
"What are you going to do now, huh. Because look" Hellfire said as he indicated the burning bus engine. "Ta-Ta" he said leaving.
Looking at the engine Ghost Rider inhaled drawing in the smoke and flames from the engine extinguishing it. Looking around to find where Hellfire went, walking out of the warehouse, he saw that hellfire was gone. Roaring he changed back into Kimura and removed his old leather jacket which was now full of more holes than a block of Swiss Cheese
"Roja?" Kimura said answering his phone
"Cops are on their way" she said
"And the girls?"
"They're okay. Just a little shaken up" Roja said
"Okay, dare I asked where the flaming bag of shit get to?" Kimura asked
"I'm not sure sorry" Roja said
"No, it's okay we'll get him another day" Kimura said as he drove off. Ten minutes later Kataoka walked over to teh discarded jacket and looked at the horizon then back to the jacket
"Kimura?" she asked "But what was he doing here?" she asked
The next day Kimura was moping about
"We'll get you a new jacket" Roja said
"An...old friend gave it to me" Kimura said
"You're old teacher?" Roja asked as she
"Sort of, an old crush" Kimura said. Roja sighed and went back to the counter as a young woman with silvery brown hair and green eyes walked in. Roja knew this was Kimura's old friend Kataoka
"Welcome to Rush Comics, tell us if you need anything" she said
"I was wondering if you have the title Mermaid Tear. I read the first volume online" Katoka said
"That's a Yuri fantasy manga, so I'll have to get it from the restricted room" Roja stated
"Restricted room?" Kataoka asked shocked
'"Its where we get our more risqué stuff. We don't want anyone under the proper age to get their hands on it. so we keep it locked up in a special room" Roja said as she walked over "How many do you want?" she asked
"How many you got?" Kataoka asked
"The first three" Roja said sticking her head out
"Then all three please" Kataoka said as Roja went into the room
"I didn't know you were into that kind of thing" Kimura said
"Blame Irina and Yada" Kataoka said smiling before remembering something "Oh here, I got you this" she said handing him a box. Setting it on the counter, Looking confused Kimura opened it up and it was a brand new leather jacket. Smiling he slipped it on and zipped it up. It was like his old one, only it had white striped that formed a three sided rectangle, it also had shoulder guards outlined in white
"Thanks Meg" Kimura said
"Anytime. But you'll have to tell me how your old one got to the site where we were kidnapped to" Kataoka said
"One day" Kimura said as Roja came out with Kataoka order. 'One day, my curse will be revealed' he thought.
G'day guys Grizz here and oh boy things are getting more interesting, and no I'm nbot going to reveal the secret origins of Ghost Rider just yet, that's coming in a future chapter and he'll tell it to Kataoka. So when she learns about Kimura and the Ghost Rider so will you guys know the true origins. Also yes Kataoka is the love interest, but there won't be any of those scenes like in the other ACDH stories and you will know later.
So until next time I'll catch you on the flipside