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That's the web. I made it few moments ago, and still doing some adjustments on it

If anybody has time, please read my story, and give me your opinion.

I'm Indonesian, so if there are some grammar mistakes, please bear with it
And if anybody has the made a story, and you want your character to appear in my story as a cameo, please tell me, and give the description of their characters

Here is the prologue, RPM 1, and RPM 2

Prologue

Is there anyone among you guys who doesn’t like things called cars?

Do you know there is a saying- 'A man's first love is Wheels, not Heels?'

If you like cars as much as I do, maybe you'll love to work at a garage. There, you'll find many people who of course, love cars.

Working at a garage, you have to be an expert almost about everything related to cars. From the most basic stuff- like a body wash, to the trickiest bits, like flashing the ECU or something even nastier- handling the wiring loom and the associated electronics in your car (which is a pain in the ass, to say the least)

Here's a little story I made about high school kid at Tokyo, Japan

Our main character is Ichijou Hikaru or Hikaru. He’s has a kind of pretty boy look, with his hair styled to the left, smart and diligent... Just a perfect guy every girl wants as a boyfriend.

He is a transferred student to Tokyo National High School, because his sister’s office shifted their branch to Tokyo. It has just been a couple of months, since he has been here. Many high schools student (whether in anime, movies, or real life) like to work part time even though some elite school forbids that (just like Hikaru’s school). In this case, Hikaru works at a grocery store near the train station.

On his way to the store, Hikaru walks with briskly, because he's late for work. He is a bright student, so every time a junior student or his classmates got 'nasty' grade, Hikaru was called out to 'handle' the situation.
"You're late. But I guess the manager understands, though. It's not like you want to skip work time" a high school student who is of same age as Hikaru, tells him.

Matsuyama Gonsuke is a high school student with humble looks, and wavy hair, dyed green (his favorite color). He is one of Hikaru's classmates with average grades, but also likes to spend time with cars.
"Sorry, Gon... I got caught up by the 'nasty' situation at class", Hikaru replied as he takes off his school uniform and get changed to his work uniform

"Nah, its okay… we have no time to chit-chat! We’ve got to move the vegetables and meat from the loading truck" Gonsuke urges Hikaru to hurry

Hikaru finished changing clothes, and follows Gonsuke to the loading bay. A lot of hard work is done by high school students to help improve economic conditions of their families. Unlike them though, Hikaru and his friends, work for something else- to save up money for- cars.

After finishing the unloading of supplies, Hikaru and Gonsuke goes off to workers’ lounge to take a break.
"Hey, look at this. It is the JDM Option magazine that I bought earlier. Want to read it?" Gonsuke asks Hikaru with an enthusiastic tone, "I already read it", he added

"Oh wow, thanks..." Hikaru takes the magazine

"Read it for a while. I'm going to help at the cashier’s counter"

JDM Option magazine, as you guys already know- covers many modified cars, from performance, interior or exterior looks, from normal looking ones to unearthly ones.

Even Hikaru gets absorbed when he is reading something interesting. Then, a middle aged man comes and sits beside him and asks what he is reading.
"Ah, JDM Option magazine" the man said with a smile

The man startled him. He's the store manager! How bad can this be?

"Ah, so-sorry sir" Hikaru dropped the magazine from his trembling hands

"Nah, it's alright. It's a good thing that you kids like these kind of things" the manager stands, picks up the magazine and gives it to Hikaru, "Besides you don't have anything to do now, don't you? Just relax a bit, until the next supply car arrives"

The manager of this place is strangely kind. His age is close to 50 years or even more, but who knows. It's not like Hikaru's business to know those kinds of thing.
"Yes sir" Hikaru takes the magazine

"When it is here, please tell me. I need to pay for the supplies for the first load too" the manager leaves Hikaru alone at the lounge

It gets even better. Sometimes, near the middle to the end of month, or around festival times, the manager likes to buy meal set for the workers. He knows that there is no time to rest because they are busy, so he likes to buy a meal set for them.

They finish part time at 6.30 in the evening. As the name implies, part time working is not too long.
"Hey, tonight there'll be a race between the drifting 180SX with the yellow Chaser" Gonsuke looks at his small note book, "Are you going to see it?"

"Sure, see you tonight then" Hikaru answered

You guys already know what they're talking about. Well of course, yellow Toyota Chaser, Nissan 180SX and drifting terms… One of the most mesmerizing but illegal cultures in Japan- street racing.

Street racing was firstly known in United States. There, many people drove fast enough on the roads to get attention of the cops. Not only that, many performance parts manufacturer make a great selection of parts, letting the racers customize their car to make it look better and go faster. Because of this, many parts around the world are influenced by the something that goes as 'street racing'.

Around 8 or 9 in the night is the time people from all walks of life- from students to old man or women gather to show off the aesthetics or performance of their cars.

Of course all of them have one thing in common- they have got enough money to spend on their cars trying to be the quickest and the fastest of all. From old cars to new ones, Japanese tuners to Europeans exotics, anything that has four wheels and drives fast or just looks great...

And if you think they are just full of showoffs, you're wrong. Some of them do know how to handle their machines, and some of them... yeah, well maybe just for the show.

That's all I can say now in the beginning.

Hikaru came home at 6.40 PM. When he steps inside, his sister is already home from her office.

His sister is has short brown hair, tied by a hair band and wears eye glasses. A simple skirt accompanied with white shirt, doesn’t attempt to disguise her maturity and working professional looks at all.

Ichijou Seno is his sister's name. Their ages are kind of distanced, as Hikaru is just 18 years old, while Seno is 27.
"What are you up to this time? Working part time will only get you in trouble... Was the pocket money I gave you not enough?" Seno takes off her eye glasses, and stared Hikaru right in the eyes

"Of course it is" Hikaru answered

"What's it for then?" Seno asks again

Hikaru doesn't give any answers. This makes Seno more curious, even though she can read her kid brother like an open book.
"Okay, let me answer it for you then. Want to buy your own car, huh? That Skyline GT-R you saw on my laptop?" Seno smiled

"How do you know about it?" Hikaru looks surprised.

"I can read you like an open book. Skyline's not cheap you know" Seno smiled again. "What do you need a car for anyway? Street racing?"

"Right on the mark"

"I can help you if you want a car. But not GTR, okay? It's too expensive" Seno goes to her room. "Go eat your dinner, take a bath, and study"

"After taking a bath, I want to go out again. I promised Gonsuke and others" Hikaru sighed. "Tonight there'll be a race between the drifting 180SX with the yellow Chaser"

Well, that's how Hikaru was...


RPM 1: Meet the Street Racer Students

Hikaru arrives home at one in the night after he and Gonsuke witnessed the whole street racing meet. "Sis must be asleep by now." he thought

Seno never thinks about getting married, even though she was mature enough to get a good husband. Maybe that was devotion towards Hikaru until he grew up.

After seeing his sister already asleep, Hikaru goes off to his bed to get some sleep.

KRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

A noisy clock alarm wakes Hikaru up, and it shows six thirty.
"Huwaaaaaah... Nyem... Still sleepy" Hikaru yawns

"Hikaru, wake up! I made breakfast for you" Seno yells from downstairs

Hikaru goes down to kitchen. Seno has prepared a breakfast for him - a bowl of fried rice, with sausage and cheese. She already wore her work uniform- a shirt teamed with a denim skirt and high heels.
"I going to the office" she said

"At this time? Something's wrong?" Hikaru asked.

"You read my mind. I was watching TV last night, and found out that some of our employees are making a huge fuss about a new office policy that we made" Seno explained. "Looks like there are going to be major trouble for us"

"Are you sure its going to be okay?"

"Worry not. I'm used to it" She answered. "I'm going!"

Seno works as a Senior Marketing Director. She is the one who designs several product commercials that people saw on TV screens.
Not long after she left, Hikaru goes off to school. He and his friends had to turn in an assignment in the morning.

Morning air is fresh and always comes in with new day. Cold mist still marks that the morning has just arrived. There aren’t many people on the street at these times. Hikaru smiled, as he sees warm rays from the sun hitting his face. He puts on his earphones to listen to his iPod.

Hikaru trudges on happily and slowly, still enjoying the morning air and the cold mist around him. While he hums while listening to the music; he catches a glimpse of one of his neighbors. She was an old lady, splashing water in front of her house, to keep off the dust from entering.
“Good morning, Hikaru-kun” said the old lady

“Ah, good morning, granny” Hikaru replied with smile

He continues to walk down the street, increasing his pace to reach his school sooner. His school is just a few blocks away from his house.

Tokyo National High School was where he studied. The front gate stood strong with heavy looking bar acting as the fence is already opened. The security is still cleaning the office, while the gardener is sweeping the front yard. The main building is separated with the auditorium on the left. Many students tend to use it for indoor basket ball court, morning assembly, or even cheerleading club practice area. Adjoining the auditorium, there is a super large baseball yard, soccer field, and running track. Meanwhile on the right side of the main building were an indoor swimming pool and a volleyball field.

Hikaru’s class is at 4th floor. He has to do some ‘warm up exercise’ every morning to get to his class. When he gets to his class, his friends had already started cleaning up.
"Good morning. Late because of yesterday night Street Race meet, huh?" ask a student, who's cleaning the window

He has spiky orange carrot hair. Of course they were dyed. His face looks kind, but childish in many ways.
Hourai Souya was his name. And he's one of Hikaru's car lover gang. If Hikaru loves Nissan, he is a Mazda lover.
"Ah, still sleepy? Wash your face at the sink, let us handle this" another friend of Hikaru talks to him, while erasing the board at the front

He is Steve Blackburn. A half Spanish-American with light blond spiky short hair, medium muscular built and a handsome face. He's one of Hikaru's car lover gang too. Instead of having a liking to their proud 'Muscle Cars' with big-block V8s, he prefers Tuners more. Don't know why, but he said that 'Muscle Cars' can be annoying at certain times, not to mention their handling. He likes Toyota Supra, one of so called Japanese exotic beside the NSX and the GT-R Hikaru loved.

Hikaru only smiled at them, to show he's not sleepy anymore.
"Okay, then. Can you get some of the board marker at the teacher's office?" Gonsuke said

"Careful though. There is a nasty guardian dog there" another friend of Hikaru tells him

And he is Yuichi Tarou. He has medium length blond hair (obviously dyed) and skinny body, with a kind of face that makes girls will say 'cute'
Besides the cute face, he’s one of Toyota lovers besides Steve. He likes the Toyota Soarer, which has shown its prowess in drifting formula.

Hikaru froze for a second, and remember some nasty and stingy teacher on this school.
"Oh man, not Takemoto-sensei" he said while scratching his head

"Good luck, brother! We're praying for your success" Souya joked to lighten Hikaru up

Hikaru goes off to teacher's office to get it.

At the office, a man sitting on the couch while reading newspaper saw him enter the office. It's Takemoto. Don’t know why, but the aura around him is dark and gloomy. This is why many students (except the language club members) are saying he’s a killer teacher (not a real killer, but more as a menacing and feared teacher)
"Excuse me, sensei. I'm going in to get some white board marker" Hikaru said

"It's over there" said Takemoto with flat tone

Hikaru wastes no time and directly gets the marker and leaves. But when Hikaru touches the door handle, the man puts down his newspaper and calls Hikaru.
"Ah, Ichijou-kun. I recently saw you at the grocery near the station these couple of days. Do you work part time there?" asked Takemoto

As I said earlier, Takemoto was one of the feared teachers in the entire school. To let him know that you're working part time is like signing your own resignation letter.
"Yes, sir. Is there something wrong?" Hikaru asked. "Why the students here aren’t allowed to work part time anyway?"

"Nah, there's nothing wrong with that. I used to work part time too in my days of high school, you know?" Takemoto smirked.

It's the first time Hikaru ever saw him look like that. No one in this school ever saw Takemoto facial expression, beside the seriousness in his face.
"So is it okay for me to keep working part time?" Hikaru ask again

"It's okay, as long as nobody else find out" Takemoto answered. "The manager of the grocery store you worked at is my friend, in fact"

"What? But the manager never told us anything about it"

"Ah, it's only a small but embarrassing history we had. Don’t worry about it" he adds

"Well, I better get back to class. See you later, sensei" Hikaru walks off from the office

"See you later"

Hikaru confusedly goes back to his class. Something is not right with Takemoto-sensei today. His friend at the class is waiting patiently for his return.
"And?" Tarou strikes a question when he sees Hikaru’s face

"He doesn't pop! I wonder if there's something's wrong with him today"

"There definitely is something wrong with him. But good for you" Steve said

"Nah, don't worry about him. Let's just finish our morning assignment, and then go get a bite to eat" said Souya

After the assignment is done, the clock on the wall shows 8.00 AM. They still had about half an hour, until the class begins. Steve and Souya go to cafeteria to get a bite while Hikaru, Gonsuke, and Tarou take a walk. They talk about Tarou's new car.
"Hey, I heard that you bought a used Soarer. Is that true?" Gonsuke asked

"Yes. I finally found it on the internet. So I directly called the owner, and paid for it, along with the insurance" Tarou answered, "It's still in excellent condition"

"The Soarer? Well, that's good to hear"

"What about you, Hikaru? Get a hint for another car yet? Or did you still prefer a GT-R?"

Another friend of Hikaru stood up behind them. He has dark black hair, styled to the back, with few of it dropped to the front of his face.

He is Clark Landers. Another member of Hikaru's car loving gang. He's an English gentleman who likes his own country’s creation- Lotus Elise.

"Ah it's just you, Clark" Gonsuke said

"Of course I still prefer GT-R. It's the Sky's Line alright..."

"Sky's the limit, huh? No way, man" Tarou replied. "There's no way, a Skyline can beat my Soarer fully tuned"

"Yeah? We'll just have to see, then" Hikaru argued

"Here we go again! There's no end for these things" Clark leaved them both, along with Gonsuke.

At 8.30 AM, the class started. But there's some sad news for them. And that has something to do with Takemoto's behavior earlier on.

Looks like he'll be retiring, due to his old age. So, he and his family will move away to Yamaguchi at the south. The class teacher, Hideo-sensei, has an idea to hold a farewell party tomorrow.

So before they leave, each student must give retribution to help the funding. After giving the retribution, they can go home, except the members of the student council. They have to decorate the auditorium, where's the party will be held.
"Man, if I knew we had to give retribution today, and no class would be held, I’d better stayed home and washed my car" Tarou bawled. It seems he doesn't really care about what happened to Takemoto-sensei.

"You looked so glum. What's wrong, Hikaru?" Gonsuke asked Hikaru, when he saw Hikaru looked so down

"Nah, maybe that's the reason he didn't snap to me earlier. Poor guy"

"Let's leave it to that. Who can stop the flow of time and age?" Steve thought, “Neither we, nor he can"

"Nah, he's right. But hey, tonight there will be another race" said Clark, who's trying to liven up the gloomy situation

"We'll go later. We have to help out at the grocery first. So, see you later" Gonsuke and Hikaru go off to the grocery.

After they all split, Hikaru and Gonsuke head back to their own houses to change.
"I'll pick you up later. Just change." Gonsuke said, running to the alley

Inside the house, Seno already home from work. She's typing something on her laptop.
"Looks like some teacher found out that you work part time, and then you got expelled. Is that correct?" Seno asks while typing

"Nah, just an old teacher who's going to retire" Hikaru replied. "When did you get home?"

"About an hour ago. What's wrong? Surprised?" Seno ask back

"How did it go?"

"Smoothly. They just misunderstood, that's all" Seno answered.

"I hope you can come tomorrow, some formal stuff".

"I will" Seno replied

On the table of Hikaru's room, there are few pieces of paper that show many used cars in perfect condition. Hikaru immediately looks for a GT-R. It's too expensive!

"How about that? I'll buy you that if you want".

"Huh? Are you sure?" Hikaru asked with disbelief.

"What about right now?"

"Nah, I have to jet. Got work to do, you know" Hikaru answered.

After changing his clothes, Hikaru goes off to work. He took the paper with used cars’ details along.

At the grocery store, the manager isn't looking so well. The reason could have been Takemoto’s departure next day.
"Manager, you looked kind of disappointed. Is it because of Takemoto?" Hikaru asked

"You got it right. I wonder if he's going to be alright at his new place" the manager looked very sad

"Nah, don't be sad. Why don't you go to tomorrow's farewell party?" Gonsuke smiled

"Great idea! I'll go there with you guys", the manager suddenly cheered up

"Uh, it's a bad idea. If other teachers know that we're doing part time work, they going to expel us" Gonsuke answers

After finishing work in the evening, Hikaru pass by Steve's house. He's washing his Toyota Supra. And the same goes for Clark, and Souya.
"Whew, looks like it's just me who hasn’t got a car yet" Hikaru wonders


RPM 2: 2002 R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nur

At the school, they are having a farewell party for their English teacher, Takemoto. As you know, he’ll is retiring due to his old age.

Farewell, our good teacher. That was written on the big banner they put at the middle of the auditorium. Colorful papers filled every corner of the auditorium to lighten up the mood. Even though the place was colorful, the students had the same feeling of sadness.

Clark is getting a soft drink from the drink table. He looks around, only to see people with sad faces.
“Cih, why did they have to be so gloomy?” Clark asks. He sounds irritated

Many students were talking with Takemoto with gloomy faces or teary eyes. They are members of language club, one of the so called boring club by Hikaru and his friends. That applies as well for the members, they only talk in foreign languages to please Takemoto or just trying to show off their vocational skills.
“Yes. Why did they have to make it a big deal like this?” Steve follows

“I have breaking news…” said Tarou as he take a drink, “Looks like the teacher that is replacing Takemoto-sensei is far more strict than he is” said Tarou as he took a drink

Everyone seems surprised. Takemoto is strict enough, what will happen if someone far stricter replaces him? Hikaru and the others are starting to fear the worse.
“Man, I hope I can get away with good grade” Gonsuke replied

“Gon! How’re you doing?” a boy called Gonsuke from behind him

“Oh hey, Yamada… just hanging around, you know” Gonsuke answers

“Who is he, Gon?” ask Hikaru

“Ah, he’s a childhood friend of mine. He drives Toyota MR2” Gonsuke answered, “These are my friends- Hikaru, Steve, Tarou, and Clark”

He’s Gonsuke’s friend. He’s not from the same class as Hikaru and others were.
His name is Tsubasa Yamada and he is Gonsuke’s childhood friend. He also loves Toyota like Tarou and Steve.
“Nice to meet you” Yamada said as he shakes everybody’s hand, “By the way, you’re Hikaru, right? The GT-R maniac?”

Hikaru smirked. Looks like the fact that he’s a GT-R maniac isn’t a secret anymore.
“Yes. Looks like Gonsuke likes to pass such info to other people” Hikaru smirked

“How’s your car?” Gonsuke asked, “I hear that something bad has happened to your car right?”

“Some baseball punks broke my windshield” Yamada answers, “After I get some money from their parents, I’m going to change it to Plexiglas”

“Oh, you mean that light material, used to replace the glass right?” Steve replied, “A lot of modification garages use that material to lighten cars up”

“Bingo!” Yamada replied suddenly

At the end of the party, Takemoto-sensei gives his last speech. He said that students should consider learning English seriously, because it’s one of the international languages which connect many nations. He also said that if he offended any students in the past, he wanted to be forgiven… and he burst into tears while saying that.

After giving his speech, grocery manager drives Takemoto-sensei off to the airport. They have a lot of stories to reminisce together.
“Well, that’s the end of the road for him” Hikaru wonders, “Too bad actually… he isn’t such a bad teacher after all”

“Hikaru, help us cleans up this place” Steve called

After party, there’s always an aftermath- cleaning everything they throw away during the party. Tissue paper, plastic spoons and forks, broken plates, bones and even the water spilled because of the melting ice.

After they finished their ‘dirty work’ they went back home right away. Hikaru’s sister was already waiting at the front gate. They have something else to do.
“Ready? Let’s go” Seno said

“Okay. See you guys around” Hikaru waves to all his friends

“See you tomorrow” Steve said

Hikaru and Seno went off to the used car dealership. A lot of used cars were lined up, one after the other.
“Whew, so many cars here” Hikaru said excitedly, “But no GT-R”

“Be patient” Seno smiled

“But there are no GT-Rs here” Hikaru answered

“You DO love GT-Rs” Seno said cheerfully, “Calm down, my friend has one in stock for you”

“I always loved GT-Rs… I’m going to return your money, when I have it” Hikaru replied

“Money isn’t the issue here” Seno sighed

“Welcome. Can I help you?” a dealership guy approaches them both

“Ah, I’m looking for a R34. Do you have one?” Seno asked, “I’ve already called the owner, and heard that she has one”

“Oh, you must be the person manager expected. Please go upstairs” said the salesman

Both of them go to the office upstairs. There are a lot of piled papers, posters, and all of them are connected to cars. From JGTC to F1, from Steve McQueen to Michael Schumacher adorned the walls.
“I’ve been expecting you. Welcome, honey” a woman, about the same age as Seno greets them, “Is that your boyfriend? He looks younger than you do”

“You silly, this is my little brother. Hikaru, this is my friend, Haruka Itsumi” said Seno

“How do you do? Well, I suppose that you two have other business to attend to, so let’s look at the car, shall we?” Itsumi shows them the way

“After you” Seno replied

Itsumi leads them to another large garage. Here they see a lot more cars lined up tidily. Looks like this garage contains the best cars the owner got as per order.

Hikaru could see the well-covered cars lined up. Not only that, the room was made specifically to get good air circulation, so the cars will never have dust-stains on them.
“Well, there she is…” Itsumi points at a silver GT-R

A silver GT-R sits on a silver platform. The platform is made with stainless steel, and because it’s so glossy like a mirror, Hikaru can see how the underbody of the car looked.

Hikaru immediately runs close the car. He caresses it softly, while going around it.
“Whew, your brother sure knows how to treat a car” Itsumi smiled

“Yes, he does” Seno answered

“Itsumi-san, can you please pop the hood? I want to see what the engine looks like” said Hikaru with a serious look

“Oh, yes. Of course” Itsumi immediately opens the door, and pops the hood

As Hikaru lifts up the hood, his eyes widen. He’s paying close attention to the engine.
“Brown top reinforced N1 cylinder long block, N1 pistons, N1 piston rings, N1 con-rods, N1 oil pump, N1 water pump, twin turbo with iron ball bearings, Getrag 6 speed manual, super HICAS, ATTESA E-TS PRO…” Hikaru rambles

“Your brother amazes me, Seno. He has done his homework” Itsumi scratches her head with confusion

“He got a GT-R Maniac predicate…” Seno blink left her eye to Itsumi, “What can I say? He really, really loves it”

“The paint is still smooth. Is this factory paint? The sparkling silver metallic?” ask Hikaru

“Yes. The car’s owner sold it to me only a few days ago. He never drove the car much, because he was too busy” said Itsumi

“How’s the engine though? How much miles does the car have on the clock?” Seno asked

“It is still in perfect condition. It has 31,000 kilometers and has a comprehensive service history” Itsumi said, “Here, let me start the engine”

When Itsumi cranked the engine, Hikaru feels something strange, flowing on his head…
“Oh, how do you do?” Hikaru said

“What are you babbling about? Let’s bring it home… I already transferred the money to you yesterday. Have you checked your account yet?” Seno looked at Itsumi

“Yes of course. You always like that, impatient in everything” Itsumi answered

“And have you taken care of the paperwork?” Seno asks again

“Yes! Don’t worry!” Itsumi now sounds annoyed

“Okay, give my brother the papers and all of the keys” Seno said, as she walks towards the car

“Here you go. Oh, if you have any problems, you can go to Ayumi’s place to check its condition, okay?” Itsumi hands over all of the keys to the GT-R

“Is she still in car business? I guess I’ll pay her a visit now” Seno replied

“Take care of it, okay Hikaru?” Itsumi said while looking at Hikaru’s face seriously

“I will! Don’t worry Itsumi-san” Hikaru answered

“I’ll drive” Seno hops into the driver seat

Seno drives off her brother’s ‘new’ used GT-R and to some other place.
“Where are you going?” Hikaru asked

“You will have to check its condition first! Let’s stop by my friend’s garage, and check this car” Seno replied

Seno drives well. For a girl, driving a heavy GT-R, she has got some skills. She shifts gears smoothly, and knows when to brake appropriately.
“You have to get the feel of driving a car like this” Seno was talking, “You know what I mean, right?”

“What do you mean?” Hikaru sounds puzzled

“Well, for starters… You want a fast car like this. And second, you cannot drive well yet, can you?” Seno asked

“… I guess I still need a lot to learn” Hikaru said

“Just don’t scratch this car, okay? I’m not going to take it into paint shop if you do. This car is so expensive” Seno replied

They stopped at the local garage. Don’t know why, but here almost all of the employees are women, some are cute, and some are muscular like men. Most customers here are men. They seemed to like watching girls work on their cars- not only men but women as well. They must be feeling safe because girls are working on their car.
“Okay, wait here. When I call you, get this car inside”. Seno gets off the car, and goes inside the garage

Hikaru waited almost fifteen minutes and inside his car. All he does is just grin from ear to ear, patting the dashboard occasionally. He pushes the button on the LCD display, and switches between modes. And when he has gone through all the info display modes, Seno shows up and tells Hikaru to get his car inside the garage.
“Okay, here it is. The 2002 R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nur” Seno said

“You give this brandishing fast car to your brother who has just learnt driving? You must be insane!” said a girl who has a same age as Seno

“What can I say? This car has chosen my brother to be its owner” Seno replied

“What’s wrong if I own this?” Hikaru asked

“Ah, you have to know that this car is not what it seems, kiddo. This car is a beast! You have to handle it well, or it might cost you your life” said the girl again

“Don’t mind her. We know each other for long, and she’s always like that… Hikaru, this is Sumire Ayumi” Seno said

“How do you do?” asked Hikaru, nodding his head

Ayumi looked at Hikaru from the top to bottom. She smiles after observing Hikaru closely.
“You’re cute. You are much cuter than your sister” Ayumi said. Looks like she’s hitting on Hikaru

“What?” Hikaru seems embarrassed

“Hey, this is not the right time to flirt with my brother. Can you check the car please?” Seno asked

“Your sister is always impatient… but of course. Girls, get this car on the hydraulic lift, and perform a full check” Ayumi orders her employee

“Okay, that’s it. Let’s leave the work to the mechanic, shall we?” Seno smiled at Hikaru

“While we wait, let’s go to my office and have a little chat and a cup of coffee” Ayumi points to her office

“After you” Seno replied

Hikaru thinks it’s bad to listen when two females talk. So he wisely decides to take a walk around this big garage. Who knows, maybe a cute and sexy mechanic will make a hit on him.
“Ah, can I take a look around the garage?” Hikaru asked, excitement brimming from his face

“Sure thing. Be my guest” Ayumi answers

Inside the garage, Hikaru saw many cars that are undergoing inspection. From Aston Martin DB9 to a Suzuki Cappuccino, all of them are being inspected by girl mechanics.
Hikaru saw a Supra and Soarer too, just like the one Steve and Tarou has. Another thing caught Hikaru’s attention; a couple was in a huge fight when the man was caught out flirting with one of the hottest mechanics in the garage.
“Uh, sir… the inspection of your GT-R has done” a girl mechanic calls Hikaru, when he’s admiring the picture of a Z-Tune

“Ah, yes. And what parts do I have to replace?” Hikaru ask back

“Here are the lists of the parts that needs replacing” the girl hand over a piece of paper, which lists all the malfunctioning parts

Air filter, spark plugs, fan belt, and bushing were on the list.
“Wow… for a good looking car like this, I have to change a lot of parts? Okay, I’m going to pay the repairs on my own. Just replace it all… and while you’re at it, can you reset the odometer too?” Hikaru enquired

“Yes sir!” said the mechanic, as she started working

After an hour of chatting with Ayumi, Seno recalls the purpose of her visit- the inspection.
“Ah, how’s the car I wonder?” Seno asked

“I’m going to ask my mechanic below” Ayumi picks up the phone on her desk. “Emiri, how’s the inspection going?”

“The inspection has done an hour ago. We are currently replacing the bushings on the car, and then we are going to replace the air filter” said the mechanic girl

“What are you saying? Who made that decision?” Ayumi asked furiously

“Aaaah! Please don’t be angry… The boy who owns the GT-R said we can replace all the worn-out parts” Emiri said with trembling voice.

“What happened?” Seno seemed worried hearing Ayumi yell

“Your brother told them to change the broken parts, and he said he’s the one who will pay for it!” said Ayumi angrily

“Uh, why are you mad then? Its no wonder if he’s the one to pay, right.” Seno seems puzzled

“Your brother is a cute kid. I will not allow him to pay for the repairs. I’m going to make this one free” Ayumi said

“You will?! You’re crazy!” Seno squealed angrily

“Now why are you mad? You should be grateful that I let this one free” Ayumi replied

“You still have that Shota disease! My brother is in danger! I cannot allow you to get close to him!” Seno yells to Ayumi

“Don’t call it a disease! It’s a bad habit of mine, what can I say?!” Ayumi yells back

They argued inside the office. They argued so loud, that even the mechanics downstairs can hear them screaming and yelling at each other.
“It’s so loud up there. I wonder what’s going on.” Hikaru thought

After another hour, all parts on Hikaru’s GT-R have been replaced. It’s time to go back.
“Okay, thank you for all your hard work” said Seno

“I’ll return the money, because this one is on the house” Ayumi smiled and returned Hikaru’s money, “Next time, please tell your friends to stop by and have a check on their car, okay?”

“Yes, but I guess I’ll be the one who’s going to come over. I’m the only one who drives a Nissan in my car loving group” Hikaru smiled back

“Next time, I’ll be around too. I need to keep an eye for a certain beast” said Seno

“How rude. But thank you again, Seno. It’s been a while since we argued like that” Ayumi spoke with a joyous tone in her voice

“Let’s talk about it some other time, okay? It’s an embarrassing story to be heard” Seno remarked

“Thank you again, and please do come again when the car are has done 20,000 kilometers” said Ayumi

Hikaru is the one who drives on the way back home. He repeatedly presses the mode button until he sees the Turbo and oil pressure meter.
“Auntie and Uncle will be mad if they knew I bought you a used GT-R” Seno said

“Let’s hide this someplace else” suggested Hikaru

“Before we go back, let’s go to Ace Hardware first. I want you to buy little something for her” Seno looks at her purse

“Okay. Let’s go, then” Hikaru replies

Hikaru and Seno arrive at Ace Hardware. Ace Hardware is one of the biggest tool retailers in the world. From kitchenware, to farming equipment they have it all. So does automotive equipment, accessories, air fresheners, engine oils, paint, engine treatment products and cleaning products.
“Okay… I need you to get a NOS fuel system cleaner, three bottles of battery water, new engine oil… What do you want to use?” Seno asked

“Uh, Helix Ultra is fine with me” Hikaru answers

“Okay, three big cans of Shell Helix Ultra, one Meguiars detailing brush, water magnet cloth, wax and car shampoo, two bottles of WD40, a bottle of Engine Restorer, a bottle of NOS radiator coolant additive, Prestone radiator water coolant and a small air compressor” Seno said

“All of those?” Hikaru asked

“Yes, I’m going to look for a Snap-on complete tool car set” Seno said

“Uh, sis, I feel bad for getting all this for nothing.” Hikaru replies

“What are you talking about? Don’t worry about it; you can pay me back when you have the money” Seno answers. “Well, what are you waiting for, go!”

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 3 2009, 05:12 PM

I read it and I'm into the story so far!

Whew, thank God there's somebody like my story...

Thank you so much for spare a little time for reading my story.
here is RPM 3, and RPM 4

RPM 3: The Sky Captain

Shop till you drop. I guess that happens when you have a kind and a high ranking manager as your sister. Hikaru has a big shopping basket on his left hand, and a mini compressor in his right.
“Is it heavy?” Seno ask, “I also buy a mini vacuum cleaner. See, it is shaped like a dolphin… it’s really cute!”

“Uh, yeah… it’s cute. Wait a minute, are you going to let me use it for my car?” Hikaru asks.

“Yes, and you must use it. Don’t worry; it wouldn’t drain the battery too much” Seno answers.

They finished shopping, and they to bill all the stuff they bought.
“Okay, that’s all. And for the Snap-On tools, can you deliver it to my address here?” Seno asked the cashier

“Yes, maam. We will send them right away” said the cashier

“Okay, now that our business here is done, let’s get back home” Seno said

Hikaru nods. He and his sister go right away to their house. It’s been a long and tiring day for them. Seno goes right away to her room to get some sleep.
“Okay, let the engine cool off for a while and around 8, lets pop the hood and use all the stuff we just bought” Seno said, “And yeah, when the Snap-On tool-set is delivered, give the delivery-boy some ‘appreciation’ money, okay?”

“Yes, I’m going to clean the car with these products” Hikaru said as he gathers all the stuff in excitement.

“Not now. Just wipe the dust off with the soft cleaning cloth, wetted with water” Seno said

“I got it” Hikaru replied

After Seno goes to sleep, Hikaru places the cleaning products in his room, and he goes back out right away with a water-filled bucket.
He hums happily like a kid, who just got a new toy from his parents. He started to like GT-R when he first saw it in Shuto Kousoku and Best Motoring series. At that time, Nissan only had the V-spec 2 model. When Nissan introduced the ‘Nur’ range in 2002, he became more obsessed with GT-R and starts to save money.
“Wow, it sparkles like a gem. He’s so cool” Hikaru thought

“Excuse me, I’m here to deliver the Snap-On tool box” said a voice. It was the delivery boy standing with a big red colored metal crate

“Yes, please come right in” Hikaru said, opening the door

The delivery-boy calls his accomplice and they start to move the heavy looking tool box into the garage.
“Yes, just put it right there…” Hikaru said, “And here’s a little money for you”

“Thank you, sir. Well, please sign here” he says, showing the acceptance document of delivery

“Okay… there” Hikaru signs the paper

“Have a good day, sir” said the courier as he walks away from Hikaru’s house

The box came with a nice smell of new metal alloys. Hikaru opens up the box, and sees a lot of tools, lined up neatly. From torque wrench, to carjack, the box has it all.
“No wonder these things cost much money. It’s brand new, and it’s complete!” Hikaru thinks

Hikaru pops the hood, and starts to inspect the engine. He starts off with disassembling the air filter box, and the spark plug cover.
“Wow… Ayumi-san’s garage really put up the new filter element and new spark plugs” Hikaru wondered

Hikaru realizes that the gas tank almost empty. So he goes to the storeroom, get a large metal jerry can and rushes to the nearest Shell station. Many cars fill gas here, and also hang around for a chat with their friends, or just shopping at the store.

At the gas station, Hikaru sees a familiar car which was park at the worker’s parking area; Toyota MR2.
“Ah, the MR2. It must be the one Yamada had” remembers Hikaru

“Oh, Hikaru! Come here, man” Yamada said, “Can I help you?”

“Yes, I need you to fill this can with Shell V-Power” Hikaru answers

“Okay, coming right up!” Yamada said

“Yamada, who’s this guy? A friend of yours?” ask a boy who has the same age as Hikaru and Yamada

“This is my friend Yamato Iwami, and he drives a Hyundai Tiburon” Yamada said to introduced his friend

Yamato Iwami. He’s one of Gonsuke’s friend and a lover of Hyundai, the so called Korean imports.
“So you’re the one that’s been called the GT-R maniac. How do you do, I’m Iwami” he said

“Hi. Do you guys work here? Working here, looks fun” Hikaru smiled

“We can get to see many cool cars, filling their tanks with gasoline here” Yamada said

“Here it is, Hikaru” Iwami hands over the jerry-can

“Thank you very much” Hikaru hands over the money

“Why do you need gas anyway? You have your own car now?” Yamada asked

“Yes, my sister just bought me one” said Hikaru as he runs off

When Hikaru gets back, he stores the gas at his storeroom, and gets some rest.

Later that night, Hikaru wakes up and starts using his stock of products they bought earlier- Shell Helix Ultra, Engine Restorer, NOS radiator coolant additive, Prestone radiator water coolant.
“What are you doing? Why do you go ahead and started first?” Seno asked

“You bought all of these things for me, and the least I can do, is to do all of this small maintenance by myself” Hikaru answered

“Okay… so all that’s left is to change the engine oil. Have you filled the air pressure of the compressor?” Seno asked again

“I already did. I also have already started to flush the oil” Hikaru answered, “I’m going to blow the remains of engine oil now…”

Hikaru shoots the compressor at the oil tank. The remains of the oil come down, sprayed by air- pressure.
“Okay, after that, seal the flusher nut, and fill the new oil” Hikaru said

“Don’t forget the Engine restorer” Seno pours the Engine Restorer to the oil filler.

After all that, Hikaru releases the car jack, and it’s done.
“Now on to tanking up the fuel” Hikaru said

“Shell V-Power… Why am I not surprised?” Seno grinned

“This is the top line of fuel Shell produces. Besides, I spoke to my friend who’s working there” Hikaru said, “The fuel system cleaner… goes in and it’s done!”

Hikaru hops in to the car, and puts the key. The monitor display showing the GT with red R letter, and Nismo with red O letter.
“This car is soooooooooooo damn cooooooooooooool!” Hikaru pats the steering wheel.

“Hm... Itsumi upgrades the software for MFD with Nismo version” Seno grins, “How thoughtful”

Next morning at school, Hikaru smiled around looking like an idiot who is grinning to himself without reason. He’s still feeling happy about his car.
“Look who it is! The new kid with the Skyline!” Tarou said

“You knew?” Hikaru asked, looking surprised

“Let’s just say, I know more than most people when it comes to cars coming and going from the secondhand dealerships” Tarou answers

“So Hikaru, at last you got your own car. Wanna take it for a spin tonight? There’ll be a race tonight” Gonsuke said

“I’m right with you guys” Hikaru replies

“Okay, Hikaru. After school is over, let’s get you a fake plate number, so the cops won’t be able to track you” Steve said

“You guys use a fake plate number?” Hikaru whispered

“Yes we are. Why do you think all of those racers can get away from cops with no problem?” Clark asked, “We have to use them too, so we can’t get ticket in front of our house”

“I get it. Okay, I’ll hang out with you guys after we done” Hikaru said

After the school is over, Hikaru, Steve, Clark, and Souya goes to a fake plate number-plate maker.
“When you roll on the central district, make sure you put the fake numbers on, okay?” Steve said

“I understand” Hikaru replies

“Excuse me; my friend would like to make a number for his car” Clark talks to the plate maker

“Yes of course. What kind of plate you looking for?” the man asked

“I’m looking for the best one. What is the best kind of plate you have?” Hikaru asks

“Stainless steel. Do you want me to make one for you?” the man again confirmed

“Yes. The numbers are…” Hikaru said

They finished about two hours later.
“Okay, looks like I’m ready to hit the streets” Hikaru smiled

“Not just yet. We have to understand the basics first” Souya cuts Hikaru’s words

“Basics? Who’s going to teach us about driving skills?” Hikaru asked, “Any idea, Einstein?”

“Hikaru’s right. We can deal with driving skills later” Steve said

“Okay, but I won’t participate in the race just yet… don’t say I didn’t warn you guys” Souya squealed

Later that night…
“Sis, I’m going to watch the scene” Hikaru said

“Sure… But don’t, and I mean it – don’t participate just yet on the race” Seno stares into Hikaru’s eyes

“Yes. I won’t race just yet” Hikaru replies, “Well, I’m off!”

Hikaru meets up with his friend at the racing meets. Many people lined up their car at the parking area made Hikaru notice right away; this is the place for a racing meet. Seven stock cars lined up and make them stands out in the crowd; those were his friends’ cars.
“Hikaru! Over here” Souya calls him from afar

Hikaru turns off the engine and locks the car.
“Okay, Sou. Who’s racing now?” Hikaru asked as he approaches Souya

“The Kings are here, Hikaru!” said Tarou excitedly, “They will come today, to see the progress of the newbie street racer”

“Tarou?” a man call to Tarou

“Oh, it’s Satoshi and Kenjou!” Tarou said when he looked back at them.

“Been a while. How do you do?” another man asked him

“Guys, they are my friends, Matsuda Satoshi and Takeshi Kenjou. I met them in the first racing meets I saw” Tarou said, “These guys are my classmates; Hikaru, Souya, Steve, Gonsuke, Yamada, Iwami, and Clark”

“How do you do?” Kenjou nods to the group

Matsuda Satoshi drives DC5 Honda Integra type-R. He’s a man with white hair color. The even weirder Takahashi Kenjou drives AP2 S2000, and he has spiky purple hair.
“Both of them work at Real Estate Company” Tarou adds

“Don’t sweat it. We are only middle ranked managers” Satoshi replied

Their age seems to be between 27 to 29 years old. How much time do they spend as street racers?
“Oh, there they are!” Kenjou points to three cars, cruising while people cheering for them

3 familiar cars are cruising on low constant speed. People are cheering at them, as if an American Idol is coming. The cars itself are showing they’re serious. The cars are Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec N1, Subaru Impreza, and the Honda NSX.
“You got to be kidding me” Steve said, “They cheered them up, as if they are bunch of clowns, marching to the circus”

“They are called the Sky King, the Grip King, and lastly the Drift King” Satoshi said

“Sky King? Wow, that’s really, really cool” Hikaru replied

Steve directly knows what Hikaru thinks about the Sky King… or so he thought.
“You want to take him down, right?” Steve asked, “Me too. I want to take away that Grip King title”

“Oh, that’s not what I meant. He must be good, that’s why he has that title” Hikaru replied

“I thought you wanted to take away the Sky King title” Steve sounded disappointed

“Maybe one day, I can be better than him” Hikaru said

“Better be. They are good, even though they are foreign men. It takes a lot of effort to stand a chance against them” Satoshi said

“What? They aren’t Japanese?” Clark asks Kenjou

“No they’re not. But don’t worry though, with a lot of training, you can be better than them” Kenjou answered

The air of the night is very cool. Lights from office buildings and road cars light up the street and the skies. This is the night life on Japan – a life that Hikaru and his friends yearned for so long.

Hikaru and his friends lean themselves on their cars, while looking up to see the sea of stars.
“This is what I’ve been dreaming of” Hikaru said, “On the streets, looking at the races, with your own car”

All his friends have a smile on their faces. They all agree to Hikaru’s words. Street racing was the kind of life they’ve been dreaming of, for them who loves their cars as much as taking care of them.

Close to midnight, everybody was bored by the flow of races. They wanted to see something new and more interesting.
“Okay, looks like people here need to see some action, so I’ll give it to them” the Sky King said

The Sky King looks at the silver GT-R sitting below the street light. It’s smooth, and sparkles beautifully under the lights.
“Ah, whose car is that?” he said

“Um, it’s mine” Hikaru said

“A brat is driving a GT-R?! What will happen to the world, if they knew this?” the Sky King ask disappointedly

Hikaru seems to be annoyed. He doesn’t like it when someone treats him like a kid.
“Did you just call me a brat?” Hikaru asked

“Yes. Okay, kiddo, what’s your name? My name is Bernard Lester” said the man

“Ichijou Hikaru” Hikaru spoke angrily, “Look here, mister. I don’t care what people call you, if you mess with me, I mess you up, real bad!”

“Let’s just let our cars do the talking, okay?” Bernard asked

“Fine! Let’s do it!” Hikaru said

“No, Hikaru! Don’t let this guy get our cool off; that’s what he wants!” Steve tries to calm Hikaru down

“Nobody disrespects me. Me or my car” said Hikaru as he gets into his car

“That a boy! Let’s do it for… what do you say about $2000?” Bernard asked

“Fine by me!” Hikaru tosses some money

“Now he has done it” said Clark and Yamada, as they slap their own forehead

“Okay, Hikaru chill” Gonsuke said, “What’s the route going to be?”

“Hey, old man! Where do we race?” Hikaru asked

“Let me give you the route. Turn on your GPS” Bernard said

Hikaru presses a button on his cell phone-a Nokia N93i. As he gets the route, he smiled for some reason.
“Okay, let’s do it!” Hikaru said as he puts his cell phone at the A pillar of his car

“Good luck, Hikaru” Gonsuke replied

“You seem confident. That’s good” Bernard smiled, “This should be fun”

“Ready, on your mark…3…2…1!” the linesman counts down, “Go!”

The moment the linesman drops his hands, Hikaru releases the clutch pedal quickly, and floors the throttle.
“Haha, this kid actually thinks he can beat me!” Bernard grinned happily, “See you later, kid”

Bernard easily drives off, and shakes Hikaru from his tail. That is to be expected, though. The racing purpose N1 with a lot of modification, against stock V-spec II Nur for road use… It’s just too much.
“Okay, it’s over here!” Hikaru turns away from the main road

Meanwhile…
“I’ll bet you 1000%, he can’t do the double-clutching” Steve said

“Yes he couldn’t! His sister just bought that car yesterday” Souya replied

“What’ll you do, Tarou? Your friend will definitely lose” Kenjou ask

“I know, but what can I say? He never was short tempered like that” Tarou said confusedly

“Nah, I wouldn’t worry about him” Gonsuke remarked calmly

“And why is that?” one of Bernard’s friend asks him

“Who’re you guys?” Steve asks

“I’m Jonathan Burton, and he’s Eliah Jones” said the man

“Okay, your friend maybe a pro street racer, and my friend is just a schmuck. But your friend thinks he can actually take down my friend? You got to be kidding me” Gonsuke said

“How’s that possible? The Sky King’s car is a heavily modified V-spec N1, while your friend’s car is just a normal V-spec II Nur” Eliah replied

“Maybe your friend can do his fancy double-clutching, and goes fast with his car, but you and your friend just arrived in Japan right? Well because of that, my friend has the ultimate trump card; the traffic conditions” Gonsuke enlightens them

“Oh! I see, now! You and Hikaru works part time near the train station are, right? From here to there, is the route you two use to take a train, right? I get it” Iwami said

“That can’t be” John seemed worried

Yes, as you know, Shibuya area is bustling with traffic. That’s why, if you are some kind of tourist with taxi in Japan, you’ll get stuck at heavy traffic. Just like Bernard.
“Shit! Why these things always happened to me?” Bernard asked, getting frustrated

Bernard uses the main road, where it comes down to traffic control. The flow of cars maybe lighter, but they still have to obey the traffic lights. And on top of that, there are some cops patrols around.

And since Bernard was just arrived in Japan, if he passes the traffic light and draws the attention from cops, it would be a bad idea. Especially when he has no idea about the streets in Japan.

If you know the area well, like Hikaru did, you’ll use the road side street, passing local houses and schools. Maybe it takes more time, because he has to turn around by a bit, but it’s effective to avoid traffic.
“Yes, there’s no car ahead! I can get to the target area in no time!” Hikaru said

The finish line is near the industrial area. Hikaru still nowhere in sight of the linesman or the people watching the race. Bernard arrives first. He’s a hardened street racer alright... he pushes his car to its limits.
“I can win this, baby!” Bernard thought to himself, “I’m the Sky King”

Near the last corner, a silver figure emerges. It’s Hikaru’s Nur
Hikaru quickly passes Bernard, because he’s on lower gear.
“Damn! How did you get here this fast?!” Bernard asks with disbelief in his voice

“Sorry, but I’ll have to take your money” Hikaru said as he shift up, and mashes the throttle

The moment Hikaru passes the finish line, he emerge victorious. He really outruns the Sky King… with luck on his side.

Hikaru gets off from his car and the linesman approaches him to hand over the winning money.
“Here is your money” the linesman hands over the money

“Thank you” Hikaru said as he takes the money

Hikaru sees Bernard approaching him hastily. He quickly puts the money on his pocket and be ready for anything.
“How did you do that?” Bernard seemed unsatisfied

“I work part time around the route you chose. That’s why I know how the traffic condition is” Hikaru spoke calmly

“It’s too bad we just arrived here. You did well, kid. Even though that is pure luck I choose the route you’re familiar with” Bernard said, “Luck is the most important part for street racers. Maybe lady luck is your girlfriend?”

“Maybe…” Hikaru grinned

“Okay, Sky Captain. You’ve won for now” Bernard smiled, “For now, that is”

“Sky Captain?” Hikaru seemed confused

“You are the Sky Captain. The newbie, who’s able to control the Skyline” Bernard said, “Hear my advice kid, many people will challenge you from now on. It’s up to you to get better, or just fool around like that. And if you still fool around like that, there will be no next time for you”

Bernard’s words hit Hikaru deeply.

He’s just a newbie, and knows nothing about street racing. He realizes that this is not a place for an enthusiast like him to be around.
“Old man!” Hikaru calls Bernard

“Yes?” Bernard looked back to him

“Next time… next time, I will take away the Sky King title from you” says Hikaru while pointing at Bernard’s face

“It is too early for you to say that. Not even in a thousand years, can you beat me fairly” Bernard said as he gets in his car

When Bernard drives off, Steve and the others arrive at the finish line. Smiles are drawn in their faces. Hikaru smiled, but he feels empty inside. He didn’t feel he won the race…

At Hikaru’s house, Seno is waiting furiously.
“My friend who comes to see the street races, is saying that a new kid with Nur beat the Sky King” Seno said

“You heard about it already? News travel fast” Hikaru scratches his head

“You don’t get it do you?! Next time, somebody will do more than just racing with you. The Sky King has called you the Sky Captain, a rank that’s lower than him by one level. Many people will look for your Nur and try to challenge you! And next time you won, you build up reputation among racers and heat level from cops. Other racers are going to crush you and your car, or the cops are trying to arrest you. Now that’s the news that I didn’t want to hear” Seno says angrily

“I just won today, and why are you so upset?” Hikaru seems puzzled

“From now on, you’re not going anywhere when you are still green! Give me the key!” Seno takes away Skyline’s key from Hikaru’s hands

Hikaru frowns. He understands his sister’s intents completely.
“Take a rest. And try to think about what the Sky King and I just said. I’m sure the Sky King said something to you earlier” Seno said

Hikaru goes off to his room. After he took off his jacket and hangs it up, he throws himself to the bed.
“And if you still fool around like that, there will be no next time for you”


RPM 4: Before Practice Begins

Birds are chirping from the tree branch outside of Hikaru’s room. A new day has arrived with a smile from the sun. Suddenly, a loud noise come from Hikaru’s room; quickly scatter the birds flying away.
“Argh?! Nine o’clock already?! I’m so damn late” Hikaru shouts as he gets changed and rushes out from his room

“There he goes…” Seno smiled, “Get your breakfast first”

“No time for that! See you later!” Hikaru said in a hurry

He rushes off to school, without even taking a bath or having a breakfast.
At these times near the school compound, there’s always a big mean looking dog that’s always patrols around the school. When Hikaru approach the gate, it saws him and barks at him instantly.
“Shit! Not now, you idiot!” Hikaru said angrily

But the dog doesn’t agree with him. It begins to chase Hikaru around with its huge teeth and slimy mouth.
“Damn it! Why now off all the times? Don’t you have anything else better to do huh?!” Hikaru said as he runs away from it

Hikaru goes around the school compound to avoid it. The dog is a bulldog breed (you saw it as Spike, at Tom and Jerry Cartoon Network channel) and very smart… not to mention very agile, considering it has a big bulky body.
“Now you’ve done it! I am not going to run anymore. Come here you, I’ll beat you to a pulp!”

Hikaru grabs a trash can lid and a wooden stick from nearby garbage dump. He began to swing it around, to drive it away.
“I don’t want to do this, but you gave me no choice. Shooo! Shooo! Go away, damn it! I don’t have a time for you now!” Hikaru said angrily

When the dog takes a leap at him, Hikaru quickly moves aside, and hits it directly on the head. Luckily, the dog is frightened and ran away from him. Now Hikaru is later than before thanks to it.

At school, many students are puzzled by Hikaru’s behavior. They never thought they would see a good student like Hikaru would come late to school.
“Oh, Hikaru. It’s nice to see you wake up late too sometimes.” Hideo-sensei smiled to Hikaru

“Sorry, sensei. I overslept…” Hikaru bows, “And to add it up, the damn dog chase me around the school”

“Oh, you mean that bulldog one? It’s still around the school?” said Hideo-sensei, “Well, no matter, you’re still late… go stand at the hallway. Maybe it can keep you awake for another few more hours”

Someone whispers from the back of the class. It was Steve.
“Whew, it looks like he got chewed by his sister last night, isn’t he?” Steve whispered

“Of course he is. It’s a new car, and he can’t drive that well to race it” Clark whispers back

“You two, in the back! Would you like spend some time too with Hikaru at the hallway?” Hideo-sensei asks both of them

“Hell no, sir!” Steve answers while shaking his head

Hikaru spent one hour, standing on the empty hallway. Sometimes Hikaru yawns due to boredom, and sometimes the girls from other class giggles around, makes him feels embarrassed because he’s late.

In the second-class session, Hikaru are allowed to join in the class.
“Next time, if you can’t wake up early, don’t sleep late, okay?” Hideo-sensei warned Hikaru

“Yes, sir!” Hikaru replied

When he sat down on his chair, Gonsuke smiled. They already knew what happened to him.
“Your sister is mad at you for last night race isn’t she?” Gonsuke ask him

“Drop it, I don’t want to talk about it” Hikaru frowned

“Drop it, hell. I want to hear about this, homie!” Steve adds

“I said forget about it, cuz…” Hikaru replied

“Maybe Souya was right, you know. Maybe we shouldn’t have just jump off going to the streets like that” Clark replied

“See?! What did I told you guys!” Souya said

“Who’s going to teach us things like that huh?” Tarou asked, “Oh, unless…maybe Satoshi knows someone who can teach us a thing or two. I’ll phone him later after school…”

During lunch break, Hikaru’s stomach is acting weird. Looks like his stomachache problem begins to arise. Come to think of it, he skipped breakfast this morning didn’t he?
“Damn! My stomach is acting weird…” Hikaru said

“You got stomach problem? Why don’t you go to the nurse office and ask for some medicine?” Tarou said, “After that, we can go grab a bite to eat”

Hikaru walks very gently to keep his stomach moving around much. The more it moves, the more pain he feels. The nurse office is at the lowest floor. Descending the stairs slowly is the one thing Hikaru has in mind to avoid the pain he have.

At the office, he sits at the chair and waits for the nurse/teacher. Looks like the nurse/teacher is here also give counselling for student. After the student turn was done, it Hikaru’s turn next.
“Yes, can I help you with something?” the teacher asked

The teacher is a woman. She wears a lab coat, black shirt and long skirt, with high heels. So beautiful, with tied long brown hair, styled to the right.
“Are you the new teacher here?” Hikaru asked back

“Yes. How do you know? What do you come here for; counseling or medicine?” the teacher smiles

“I came here to get a medicine for my stomach” Hikaru answers

“Hmm, you skip breakfast this morning, right? You must be so late, that you decided to skip the breakfast and rush toward the school…” the teacher said as she gives Hikaru a medicine

“Ouch, right on the mark sensei. I overslept…” Hikaru frowns

“Here it is. I only have the strawberry flavor. Do you like strawberries?” the teacher asked, “By the way, what’s your name?”

“It’s Hikaru. Ichijou Hikaru… don’t worry, all I want is a medicine for my stomachache. It doesn’t matter what flavor it is as long as it work.” Hikaru replied

“Okay, Hikaru. Here you are… I’m Murayama Yue. I’ll be teaching four subjects here; chemistry, English, math, and physics.” the teacher said

“Well, nice to meet you, Murayama-sensei” Hikaru nods

“No, no. Just call me Yue-sensei,” she said, “It feels weird if the students call me by my surname”

“Okay. Thank you for the medicine, sensei” Hikaru said, “See you later…”

Hikaru took the medicine, and goes back to cafeteria to grab a bite.
“How do you feel?” Tarou asked, “Still feels any pain?”

“I feel better after I drank the medicine. It’s the new formula, taste like a candy, and works faster than average stomachache medicine” Hikaru answered

“Really? That’s good to hear then…” Steve said

“Okay, back to main business we discuss this morning. What about the basics driving skill that we need to learn for our race?” Yamada asked

“For starters, we need to learn how to handle our cars… and second we need to learn about those fast shifting technique” Gonsuke replied

“Hmm, that’s a good plan. At least we have something to look forward to improve our skill” Clark agreed

KRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

“Argh, class time already! We’re yapping too much, and forget to get something to eat!” Tarou looks annoyed

“I guess you’re right. Let’s go back anyway!” Steve replied

Hikaru and the other are going to have chemistry class. They assemble at the lab, located at the end of the hallway. They waited for about 15 minutes, but the teacher still doesn’t show up.
“Man, the teacher is sure late” Gonsuke said, “Where’s Hideo-sensei anyway?”

“She teaches chemistry… Maybe she will come here?” Hikaru grumbles

“What’s that, Hikaru?” Clark asked

“Nothing…nothing at all” Hikaru answered back

When the new teacher steps in, everyone in the class was amazed by how beautiful she is. The class was silent temporarily until she starts conversation.
“Ah, it’s you” Yue-sensei said, “Your class is here?”

“Yes, we’re at 2-A.” Hikaru answered

“Who is she, Hikaru?” Steve asked

“The name’s Murayama Yue and I am your new homeroom teacher. Hideo-sensei will be transferred to another class, so I’ll act up as your new homeroom teacher” Yue-sensei answered, “No time to waste, let’s continue where Hideo-sensei left off, okay?”

The male students are very energetic. This is going to be one fun semester for them. The teacher is indeed beautiful, slender, and sexy. Why Hikaru can say that? Well, the teacher wore the lab coat, but it looked very soft. Even though the coat is buttoned down, the shape of her bosoms can be seen. Not only that, her butt is also perfectly rounded as well.

After the class is over, Hikaru and the others are going to work.
“Yo, Steve. You work as pizza delivery boy, right? Do you think it is fun?” Yamada asked

“Of course it is. I can get to know the neighbourhood around here.” Steve replied

“I guess that’s one of the advantages too, huh?” Tarou smiled

“Okay, I see you all tomorrow, guys…” Hikaru said

“Tarou, keep us posted on the matter, yeah?” Gonsuke adds

“Okay. Later, I’m going to forward the message I receive from Satoshi” Tarou nods

At Hikaru and Gonsuke workplace…
“Hikaru, Gonsuke, come to my office later, okay?” the manager called them before they start working

“Yes, sir!” Gonsuke replied

“What’s wrong? Did we make any mistake or something?” Hikaru seemed surprised

“Maybe he wants to talk about Takemoto again?” Gonsuke said, “Who knows?”

“You’re right. Let’s start working… this time, I’ll handle the cashier” Hikaru grins

“Yup, this time I’ll handle the stock inspection” Gonsuke nods

They tend to shift places and section. If on Monday Hikaru works as cashier, then Gonsuke works as cashier on Wednesday. It all depends on the shift placement. After they finished working, they go straight towards the manager’s office to see why they were called earlier

“Excuse me, sir” Hikaru knocks the door

“Yes, come in” the manager said, “I’ve been expecting both of you”

“Is there something we can help you with?” Hikaru ask

“Oh, I’m just going to give you guys your bonus and increase of wage” the manager hands each of them the envelope he prepared earlier

“Wow! A bonus and increase of wage?” Gonsuke takes the envelope

“Thank you, manager. We will work harder” Hikaru bows

“It’s late, so go home and study, okay? Don’t spend all of that money on cars too much” the manager smiled

“Yes!” both Hikaru and Gonsuke agreed

After Gonsuke got out, the manager calls on Hikaru before he gets out from the office.
“Hikaru, how’s your GT-R doing?” the manager asked, “Your sister bought you a GT-R right?”

“Yes, she did. It’s fast, but heavy. And in the same time, the turbo tends to lag on certain RPM, so it’s kind of a hassle too if you’re in need for acceleration” Hikaru explained

“Bigger turbo causes lag often. You should learn when you need to shift up, or shift down correctly according to your car’s behavior” the manager replied, “Try to increase the boost afterward”

“Yes, sir. I’ll try my best” Hikaru answered

Hikaru steps out from the room and Gonsuke are still waiting outside.
“I never thought we’ll be getting any salary increase” Gonsuke excited

“Yes. I totally agreed with you… I wonder what happened to the manager today” Hikaru wondered

Piiiiiiip! Piiiiip! Piiiiip!

“Ah, it’s from Tarou” Hikaru gets his cell phone and read the message

“Let’s meet up later at the parking lot in the base of Haruna Mountain”

Tarou wants to meet at the parking lot of Haruna Mountain. Haruna is located in Gunma to the northwest and the neighboring prefecture of Tokyo, after Saitama.
But why practices at mountain pass? What was Tarou thinking?
“Haruna… It’s in Gunma, right?” Gonsuke ask, “I wonder if we are going to stay overnight at someplace over there”

“Tarou’s family has branches of inns. Maybe he’ll let us stay there? Who knows?” Hikaru lift his shoulders

“Alright, then. Let’s call him” Gonsuke grabs his phone and dials up Tarou’s number

…

…

…

“Hello?”

“Tarou? It’s Gon” Gonsuke said

“Yes, Gon. What’s up?” Tarou asked

“I was wondering if we are going to Haruna, are we going to stay overnight?” Gonsuke ask back

“Yes, you are right. My brother has asked me to look at the branch at Gunma. Maybe we can use this opportunity to train, as well keep an eye out of the inn’s employee” Tarou answered

“Okay, then. Hikaru and I will shoot over to your house later. Then we can go to Haruna together” Gonsuke said, “What about the others? Did you inform them as well”?

“I already told them to rendezvous at my house. See you later then” Tarou hangs up the phone

“It’s settled. We are going to stay at Tarou’s inn tonight” Gonsuke said excitedly

“Yeah? I guess we better go back home to pack up now,” Hikaru said

Hikaru and Gonsuke rushes back to their houses to pack their clothes.

At Hikaru’s house, Seno is puzzled by Hikaru’s behavior. Packing up clothes, as if he’s going for a picnic. Does he have a study tour going on?
“Going somewhere?” Seno ask

“Me and the others are going to train at Haruna” Hikaru answered, “Can I take the GT-R?”

“Training, huh? It’s a good thing to do. Just take it, it’s your car after all” Seno replied

“Cool! But sis, can I be a skillful driver? I mean, can I be the best Skyline driver ever?” Hikaru seemed to doubt himself

“That’s one thing you should find out for yourself. Skill isn’t something you can get from others; that’s something you have to learn on your own… Even though it won’t hurt to train with others” Seno grinned

“Well then, I’m off” Hikaru hops on to his car

When Hikaru insert his key, and turn the electricity intact, the display shows the GT with red R letter, and below it shows Nismo, with red O letter
“This is so cool! Whenever I see it, it excites me” said Hikaru happily

“Stop it! If you say it one more time, I’m going to cut off that display” Seno said

They rendezvous at Tarou’s house as planned. Steve with his Supra, Tarou with his Soarer, Yamada with his MR2, Iwami with his Tiburon, and Clark with his Elise, also Gonsuke with his Prelude. Looks like Hikaru always come up later than everybody else.
“Are you guys ready to do this? It’ll be fun” Tarou smiled

“What about the teachers? Did Satoshi and Kenjou know someone who can teach us?” Hikaru asked

“Yes, they are the ones that will train us” Tarou answered

“Are you serious? I mean that… they don’t look so dependable you know…” Steve said

“Yeah well, we have to see it for ourselves… won’t we?” Iwami cuts in to avoid any misunderstanding

“Hey, let’s just go to Haruna alright? We’re so late!” Yamada hops in to his car and start his engine

“Yes, we will talk about it on the way there. Let’s go” Gonsuke added

They get back to their car, and turns on the live radio system. All they have to do is just make the cell phones acts up like walkie-talkie, connected with their GSM network
“Are you sure Satoshi and Kenjou can teach us?” Steve asked

“Don’t worry, Steve. All we need to know is the basics! It’s all up to us, on what happen later with the basic driving skill we learn” Souya replied

“But I won’t just quit after I know the basics” Hikaru said suddenly

“What do you mean, Hikaru?” Steve asks again

“There’s no way I can beat the Sky King if I still fools around as of now. I need to hone my skills and be the best driver with Skyline” Hikaru answered, “Didn’t you say that you want to beat the Grip King too Steve?”

“Yeah, I want to. I just wondering what we will do after we know the basics” Steve wonders

“Now is now, so don’t worry about what going to happen later. You worry about it too much, Steve” Tarou said, “You will find the answers soon enough”

They arrived at Haruna a bit later than they had planned. This is all because they stuck at the traffic jams at the highway, plus they got lost on their way there. Luckily, Satoshi and Kenjou were also late because of the traffic jam earlier, so they meet up on the way.
“Sorry that we’re late…” Kenjou said, “It’s so embarrassing, we’re from around here, you know”

“It’s okay. We got lost too on the way here” Tarou replied

“Alright, it seems everyone is here so, good evening everyone. I guess you all already know me and Kenjou, so that’ll shorten the introduction” Satoshi said, “You all came here to learn some of our skill that we want to pass on to you”

“To cut this short, we will train you on how to control your car so it won’t harm the pedestrians or other road users, and also how to be good driver who know how to drive your car efficiently” Kenjou adds

“One question. Why did you decided to train us? What can you train us with?” Steve lifts his hand to ask

“Good question. We’re both of the last members of Mid Night Club” Satoshi said

“Mid… Mid… Mid Night Club?!” Hikaru suddenly ask with trembling voice, which also made everyone scared, considering Hikaru knows more about the streets fables than they do

“What was that about, Hikaru?” Gonsuke ask

“Mid Night Club was one of the legendary street racer gangs that was feared and respected. They notoriety features them at 200 automotive magazine. Their rules as members are strict. Cars must have at least 400 to 600 BHP, trained one year by the senior member, and highly skilled to avoid chase from the cops” Hikaru explained, “But because one of their member got into an accident with the biker gangs back in 1999, they disbanded according to club policy, and was never seen or heard again”

Maybe Kenjou and Satoshi are one of the last members they trained.
“Mid Night Club?! I haven’t heard that name for a long time already” Steve thoughts, “So these guys are the last members of the car club”

“Did you know about this too, Tarou?” Clark asked

Tarou only shows his puzzled look. He doesn’t know anything about these two guys. He meets them at the first racing meet he saw and became friends with them; because they’re always give Tarou any advice he needs as a rookie street racer.
“I didn’t know anything about this” Tarou answered

“Okay, guys stop freaking out. It’s late already, why don’t we get some sleep so tomorrow night, we can train as much as we want, okay?” Kenjou said

“Okay!” Hikaru are the one who answers firmly

He’s determined to let himself be trained by these two guys. Steve, Souya, Clark, Tarou, Yamada, Gonsuke and Iwami are shocked by Hikaru’s reaction.
“Please train us well” Steve, Souya, Clark, Tarou, Yamada, Gonsuke and Iwami said as they bow to them

Starting from that night, the boys are determined to be the best of the best. To achieve it, they had to do numerous training Satoshi and Kenjou had on their schedule times. The training will be intense and torturing for their precious car… or so they thought.
“Tomorrow will be your starting point. We’ll begin by learning how fast your reaction on these mountain roads” Satoshi explained, “Be careful, one mistake will dent your car, or even worse; fall off to the bottom of the mountain”

They gulped hard. Especially when Hikaru, Steve, and Tarou’s car characteristic are heavier than everyone else’s
“Don’t be nervous; that’s the key to this training. You got to have the feeling with your car when you drove in the mountain road” Kenjou adds

“It’s almost dawn. Let’s get back to the inn, and get some rest ok guys” Satoshi said, “Tonight, we’ll begin the training”

Every Saturday, Hikaru’s school is free. They only study from Monday to Friday.

Hikaru, Steve, Tarou, and Clark are staying at the same room. Same thing goes for Souya, Gonsuke, Yamada, and Iwami. Satoshi and Kenjou rent another room for themselves.
“It’s so cold here! I barely can sleep” Hikaru said as he wakes up

“This room is free for my guest… we need to maintain image for good business. That’s why, we provide only the best” Tarou said, “Just lower the room temperature a bit, and everything should be just fine Hikaru”

“What about Kenjou and Satoshi? Do they pay the inn by themselves?” Steve asked

“Even though I already said they have free room that I provided, but they insist on paying the room fee” Tarou answers, “I feel bad about it since I asked them to train us here, but they pay the room with their money”

“It’s their decision. Maybe they don’t want to burden you with all the troubles” Clark replied

“Clark’s right. Just get some sleep, my left foot are really tired after holding down the clutch so long at the traffic” Steve said

“Sorry bout the commotion guys” Hikaru replied

Hikaru can’t sleep. Maybe because he’s excited, or he’s feels the room was too cold.
“Steve, you sleep yet?” Hikaru ask

“Not yet. I can’t sleep just yet” Steve said

“What do you think about both them? They didn’t looked very skilled” Hikaru said, “But when I heard that they are the ex-member of Mid Night Club, I was very shocked”

“Just like everybody says; don’t judge its Book by its cover. I guess that phrase is right” Steve replied, “My brother was a street racer also, and he traveled to Japan once. He was beaten easily by the members of Mid Night Club… he told me that story”

“What kind of car did your brother has?” Hikaru asked

“He drives a Ferrari F40. But nowadays, he drives a F430” Steve answers, “Looks like they did have their own BHP standards”

“I read about them once. I was a member of a wmexpressway forum… and in one of the post, I read about a team of street racer that usually runs on Wangan” Hikaru said, “They provided a link that connects to Wikipedia… I thought that was just a rumor, but when I read about it, and search it in a used book store; I really found them, featured in one of the magazine”

“That’s why you’re so surprised, huh? I don’t blame you. Ex-members of legendary and notorious club showed up in front of you” Steve replied, “Well; at least they really want to teach something, it’s good enough though”

“Yeah well… Good night, Steve” Hikaru said as he pulls his blanket

“See you tomorrow” Steve replied

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 3 2009, 05:17 PM

yep read them already..really good

edit:

you need to adjust your tenses from past present and future...for example:
present-I see you;I'm saying something.
past-I saw you;I said something.
future-I will see you:I'm going to say something.

also you need to know the difference between of and off for example:

I turned the light off.
or
Show me what you're made of!
or
it could have been a typo.

I hope this helped


This post has been edited by truballer1724 on Jun 6 2008, 08:44 PM

Thanks truballer1724 for reading my story.

And yes, I really need to consider this tenses. I'll look up at it, and When I have my spare time, I will correct tenses mistakes on previous RPMs

here is RPM 5, RPM 6

RPM 5: Handling Part 1 and Fast-Shifting

It’s already morning, but Hikaru and the others are still sleeping. Today is Saturday, so it’s free day for all of them… They got something that they need to do, though; learning how to control their car on the mountain road today.

KRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!

That alarm clock with lousy ring tone is actually Hikaru’s cell phone. He recorded the ring tone from his old alarm clock that has broken down long time already and because of the loud noise, everyone in the room is awake
“What the hell with that alarm ring tone?” Steve said with early morning shock

"Huwaaaaaah... Nyem... Still sleepy" Hikaru yawns

“You damn idiot! Why do you need to use that ring tone for alarm, anyway? It’s embarrassing for a fellow N93i user” Steve asked, “Turn it off, it’s annoying!”

Steve’s cell phone is using N93i also. He uses it to blend with high school student in Japan, who uses clamp shell designed hand phone.
“I will! Don’t worry…” Hikaru turns off the alarm ring

“What time is it?” Clark asked, “Is it morning already?”

“It’s nine o’clock already… and it’s raining cat and dogs outside” Hikaru answers, “What’re we going to do? How’re we going to train like this?”

“Actually, this is Satoshi and Kenjou’s idea to train here” Tarou yawned, “They knew it’s going to rain here”

“Are you saying that we will train here, on this wet condition?” Steve asked

“Yep, that’s why they already warned us about going to crash, or even jump off to the bottom of the mountain” Tarou replied, “The key is don’t be nervous like they said”

“Not only that, get a feel for the car” Hikaru adds, “That’s also what my sister always said to me”

“Get up already, you lazy bones! Let’s take a look at the road condition” Clark jumps off from his bed

They tidied up the bed, and grab an umbrella each to see what’s going on with the road condition. At the outside, rain pours very heavy. The oils on asphalts begins to resurface because it has lighter mass than water. The gutter on the side of the road is making a nice sound of flowing water like in a river. Not to mention fresh air and the smell of rain pouring down…
“What are you guys doing?” Souya said as he approaches them, “Wow, the road is very slippery”

“Not only that, the oil is beginning to re-surface” Tarou adds

“I know about it, Satoshi and Kenjou explained to me earlier. Come on, we need to get breakfast before we start training” Souya replied, “After that, Satoshi and Kenjou will take us to the top of the mountain, to start the basic training”

They go back inside to get something to eat. Hikaru eat rice porridge with vegetables and egg, while the others decide to eat bread with fruit jam.
“They serve delicious food here, Tarou. It’s very good” Steve said as he munches his bread

Tarou’s inn does serve good food here but that doesn’t mean Steve can talk while he’s eating. When he talks, crump of the bread comes out from his mouth. The crump flies to everyone who sits together with him.
“Yikes! Steve, don’t talk while you eat” Clark said while covering his face with plastic plate

“Sorry” Steve said as he continues eating and stops talking

“I know the food is good already. Just eat your food” Tarou replied

“After we eat breakfast, we are going take a drive uphill. From here to there, get a feel of the course first before we fully started” Satoshi wipes his mouth, and reaching his apple juice

“Just cruise around with constant speed, and remember the course” Kenjou drinks his coffee, “Don’t worry if you haven’t memorize the course yet. It’s all about handling your car in this wet condition. That the first challenge”

“I’m done! Thanks for the food!” Hikaru said as he runs to take a bath

“Hey, wait up!” Clark said, while running to catch up on Hikaru

After they finished eating, they take a bath and get changed. The bathroom is located at the back compound of the inn. The bathroom can hold up to six persons, so they have to take turns with other people. There’s locker to store up your clothes also.

Hikaru was the first to finish bathing. After he got changed he went downstairs to wait for the others to finish. Gonsuke is also done bathing. He’s waiting, while looking around the inn’s compound.

Tarou’s inn is big enough to accommodate about fifty guests. This inn is also popular for old people who come for hot springs. Inside the inn, there is a beautiful garden with fish pond, and mini waterfall. Beside it, there is a big maple tree with many reddish leaves.
“Hikaru, you’re wearing a Nismo tee?” Gonsuke asked, “What’s with the zipper on the legs?”

“Yep, these Nismo tee that I bought is very comfy… as for the jeans, I’m just make a modification on it myself” Hikaru replied

Nismo black tee with long sleeve, paired with black washed jeans with zipper at the front of the legs, and Nike Air Force Double-Double basketball shoe. The get-up makes Hikaru looked very sporty.
“Okay, Nismo boy. Are you ready to practice?” Steve said suddenly as he walks downstairs

“Let’s do it. First things up; handling the car” Hikaru replied

“That’s the spirit Hikaru” Satoshi said, “You guys need to be high spirited like him, so no matter how hard the training goes, you can always holds on to it”

“Are you guys ready? If you are, we’ll meet up at the parking lot at the top of the mountain” Kenjou said as he drives off, “We’ll go ahead first”

“Turn on the live radio system, so we can always keep in touch” Satoshi adds

Everyone gets into their car, and starts the engine. Idling sound of the engine can be heard faintly, as the rain pours harder. After about ten minutes, Satoshi gives the instruction to begin the practice.
“We already arrived up here” Satoshi said, “Okay, live radio system are on. Start to move towards uphill slowly”

They begin to move slowly in order to memorize the course uphill. Many people that sees them, thinks they are car enthusiast group.
“Okay, increase the pace. See if you can speed up without slipping the car or crash into side barriers” Satoshi said

“Go faster everyone” Kenjou adds

All of them start to speeds up. When the road is slippery, there are three factors that decide how fast you can go on the street.

First is weather. It really is the most important factor that decides your action.
Second factor is the road. This factor is important, because it makes you hesitate to speed up.
And the last factor is your car. This factor concerns your way with in handling them. If you drive harshly and not careful, it will cost your live. Or you drive slowly because you afraid to dent your car, you lose in the race.
“It’s hard, dammit! The car tends to slide sideways badly!” Steve said as he struggles to keep the car straight

Steve's supra wiggling its rear part. Cars with too much torque on rear tires like Supra can be dangerous when you have no grip at all.
“Come on, Seven! I’m counting on you!” Souya said, “I hope you won’t stall on this kind of traffic”

It seems Souya has no problem controlling his car, because he can control his pace on this kind of traffic. But not for the traffic part, though… he’s afraid to stall the engine of the car when it starts to move again after a full stop.
“Is there any other road users up there? Will I crash into them?” Tarou asked worriedly

Tarou is more concerned with other road user’s safety which is good in another sense of way. He’s afraid to pass the slow traffic in front of him, because of the incoming traffic from the opposite lane.
“The visibility is very poor! Even if I use the fastest pace for the wiper blade, I still can’t see clearly” Clark bawled

Clark already turns on the fastest pace for the wiper blade. The rain pours really hard, so it’s now wonder the wiper won’t be able to wipe all of the water all at once.
“Did my ATESSA system dead or something?! The tires are slipping like crazy!” Hikaru yelled

Same thing goes for Hikaru. His ATESSA did work, but if he can’t stabilize his car when ATESSA is activating itself, then it won’t help him.
“The traction for FF is very bad in this kind of weather! I can’t speed up at all!” Gonsuke said frustrated

“Yeah, me too, Gon! I can’t speed up like this!” Iwami adds

Traction of FF is not too bad on rain. Everything depends on how the drivers move their car when it’s running on slippery road. They have to time their throttle, hand brake, and clutch timing.
“Wooow! Woow! My rear ends want to move to the front!” Yamada tries to balance his rear end

“Keep the balance, Yamada. It’s hard because we have MR cars here!” Clark said in panic, “Hey, watch your front! Your front, Yamada!”

Now this is the real problem like Steve had earlier. When you put your engine on the rear, add it enough torque, plus no grip on slippery roads equals to this problem.
“Watch it!” Hikaru yelled to one of the road users

“Why is he driving so slowly?! Damn traffic!” Steve bawled

“Ah, this is just great! My car just stalled!” Souya said angrily

Satoshi and Kenjou are waiting for Hikaru and his friend to arrive at the top. The rains pour harder at the top of the mountain. Water can be seen flowing down from the surface of the road, to the gutters at the side.
“As we expected from the beginning, these kids know nothing about street racing” Kenjou sighed

“Those kids must be experiencing the bad things or should I say bad timing. These times, many people come to take a vacation or just taking a hike for picnic here” Satoshi said

“Yes. That’s why we choose it here, yes? They need to know what kinds of strains that keep them from going faster” Kenjou nods

They reached the top after numerous frustrations. They seem to be annoyed, and it can be seen in their faces, especially Tarou looks like he can blow up anytime.
“Damn it!” Tarou said as he slaps his door

“So how is it?” Kenjou asked

“It’s very hard! How can you guys go faster than us in this kind of weather and traffic?” Tarou asks

“That is what you’re going to learn for yourself. In this kind of weather, what did you guys think about? Stalls engine? Stuck at the traffic? Poor level of visibility? Fancy traction system? Drive train malfunction? Engine positioning?” Satoshi ask so many question they complained about

“All of them!” Hikaru answers

“That, my friends, is stupid” Satoshi replied, “What you are thinking is just a waste of time. On the streets, you don’t need to think about it all. Just you, your car, and the road ahead of you. Nothing more, nothing less”

“Did you guys memorize the course already? Or is it a hard thing to do?” Kenjou smiled

Nobody gives a reply. They are too busy handling their car, or keep the car away from the side barriers and knocking other road users.
“Okay, I take that as a no for the answer” Kenjou scratches his head

“Let’s take a break at that coffee shop over there. Get a drink or two so we can start again” Satoshi points at a coffee shop

They sit down at the shop, and ordered coffee to drink. The shop was not bustling with customers. Maybe they’re too lazy to go out from the inn, taking pictures, or sightseeing outside. At any rate, this is the kind of place Hikaru and his friends need to relax.
“This training feels so hard already. I can barely do any good” Clark frustrated, “What should we do? We won’t be able to improve this way!”

“Yeah, I feel you man” Steve replied, “Is this the kind of training they had before?”

“I guess so…” Tarou answered

“Let’s do that again. This time we should manage just fine” Hikaru said optimistically

“Are you serious? We barely do any good earlier, what makes you think we can be better this time?” Yamada asked with doubt

“We won’t know unless we try with our best” Hikaru answers

“Hikaru’s right. We must do something, or this trip will go bye-bye in vain” Gonsuke adds

“First we need to calm ourselves down with a cup of coffee, and then once we calm, we can attack the roads again” Tarou said

“That sounded good. I’m totally agree with you” Steve said as he orders a cup of coffee

Meanwhile, Satoshi and Kenjou are having their own conversation about Hikaru and the others
“Do you think all of them can do something good from all of this?” Kenjou asked

“I guess they can. It’s up to them, really. All we can do is just helps them out and guide them. The rest is on their hand on how to applied it in their driving skill” Satoshi answers

After they drink the coffee, they are ready to continue the training. Hikaru hops on to his car, while the others hop into theirs.
“Okay Sky, this time we have to do it good” Hikaru talks to his car

The flow of traffic changed already. There is no more people going downhill or uphill because they rather spend their time waiting for the rain to stop. This is a good opportunity for them to continue the training.

“This is a good chance. We can do the training freely, when nobody else is around” Tarou said

“Okay, lets begin the training now. Let’s meet up back at the inn ok” Satoshi said as he drove off

“Satoshi will go on first, and wait at the bottom. I will stick around at the back, to make sure nothing goes wrong” Kenjou adds

As usual, they have to wait for Satoshi to reach the bottom first. Everybody keeps their car’s engine running, so they can start anytime
“Are you sure we can co this Hikaru?” Gonsuke asked, “I don’t feel too confident”

“Relax, we can and we have to do this. Or all of this goes in vain, like you said earlier” Hikaru psyches Gonsuke up

“Yes, Hikaru is right. So this time Hikaru, you go first” Tarou adds

“Why is it must be me? Why don’t you go first?” Hikaru ask back

“We can feel your confidence level is high. You want to be the best, aren’t you?” Steve said

“I want to, but this has nothing to do with me, going first” Hikaru answered

“Just do it, Hikaru. We will follow you from behind” Clark adds

“C’mon, Hikaru. You can do it!” Iwami and Yamada follows

“Yes, go for it Hikaru. I will follow you shortly afterwards” Souya said

“Alright. Alright! I’ll go first… you guys can catch up later” Hikaru sighed

“Whoever goes first, it makes no difference” Satoshi said, “I’m already at the bottom. Start the training, Kenjou”

“Okay, guys… Commence training part 2! Go!” Kenjou said as he points the road

Hikaru goes first, followed by Souya, Steve, Clark, Tarou, Gonsuke, Yamada, Iwami and Kenjou. Kenjou drive slowly, to see how their car will react to their way of driving

To assist braking, Hikaru used engine brake. GT-R has heavy front, thus making Hikaru’s training much harder. He slows too much when he’s making a turn on corners
“Ugh, this is so hard! The tires are slipping, and the front is very heavy!” Hikaru bawled, “I have to slow down”

“Concentrate, Hikaru! Rely on the engine brakes to slow down and lift you foot from throttle if you go too fast” Kenjou said

“I got it” Hikaru replied, “Here goes!”

Hikaru pushes his car carefully. While practicing the lines for corner entry, he tries with his best to keep his car away from side barriers.

“Remember this; slow entry, fast exit” Satoshi said, “Unless you drift, that is the best way to overcome the corners”

“Yes!” said Hikaru and his friends

Kenjou sees how Hikaru does the run. He’s running very smooth, despite the slow cornering, heavy front, and slippery road.
“He’s good. I guess he will be the best with more training” Kenjou thoughts to himself, “Guys, increase your pace. Don’t forget to lift your feet from throttle if you go too fast”

“I can’t let Hikaru have all the fun part! I’m going!” Souya increase his pace

“Hey, wait up!” Steve also increasing his pace

“Don’t go too fast, guys!” Clark adds

“Feels like we’re riding a jet coaster here!” Tarou said, “It’s really fun!”

“Watch where you going!” Yamada replied

“The rain is already stop, but the road is still slippery” Gonsuke said

“Haaaaa, hooooo, hooooo, hoooi!!!” Iwami yelled

Everybody had a very good time. Not only they know how to control their car more than before, but they also learn so many things that keep them away from speeding.

Satoshi waits for them at the bottom, while holding a stopwatch to monitor their driving behaviour. With this kind of condition on the road, he and Kenjou needs to watch them carefully.

One after the other passes him, while he’s taking track of their time. Thank God nobody crash or kisses the side barriers.
“Okay, after that we meet up at the lounge to give you more information on how well you drive” Satoshi said

They go back to the lounge, while waiting for Satoshi and Kenjou to tell them about their progress.
“So how is it?” Tarou strikes the question

“Not bad I think. Actually, you guys did well for the first time in mountain road” Kenjou said

“Yes, we have to do this routine for few weeks, so you guys can do better on the roads” Satoshi adds

“Is this it?” Hikaru asks, “Is this the only training we can get?”

“No. We haven’t started yet” Kenjou answers, “Next up, is your shifting gear method”

“Shifting gear method” Souya looks puzzled, “You mean how we shift gears? Double clutching?”

“Now, now… don’t go confused just yet. We will teach you how to do double clutching. This is very effective to get over power loss when shifting” Satoshi replied

“So when are we going to learn about it?” Gonsuke seems impatient

“Let’s go out and drive to the heart of this prefecture” Satoshi stand up, “To the airport we go!”

They get back to their car and go to airport, located in the centre of Gunma. As you know, airport have long runway, used by airplanes for landing and taking off. Satoshi and Kenjou seem to have many connections. They have entry access to train on the runway freely.
“Too many airplanes stationed. We will train one the biggest hangar they have to store the airbus” Satoshi points at the huge hangar

“In there? Are you sure about this?” Tarou asked

“Yes, don’t worry. The owner of the hangar is actually a friend of mine” Kenjou replied, “Let’s go inside. The hangar is unlocked, so we can just go in or out as we please”

The hangar was big. Maybe it’s bigger than the school’s auditorium. The walls and the floor were made from thick concrete. Stains of black rubber were seen on the floor which came from hot tires of the plane. Inside the hangar, there are a lot of barrels lined up against the wall and looks like it was used to be container for airplane fuels.
“Those barrels look usable” Kenjou said, “We will use them for the training purpose”

“We’ll going to make 3 straight lines using these barrels. Give it enough width for a car and for the course is done” Satoshi starts to move the barrels, “C’mon, let’s start to work, so we can finish this and start with the training”

They move the barrels to make straight lines. Those 3 straight lines will become the side for 2 courses. Steve’s Supra will act as a measurement for the width of the cars.
“Why does it have to be my car?” Steve asked, “Why don’t we use Hikaru’s GT-R?”

“Nah, it’s just the same. Your car and mine, is wider than anyone else” Hikaru replied

“Well, because you car is wide, man. I mean wide!” Tarou answers, “Okay, it’s finished. We can start the training anytime…”

“Not quite, my friend. We will show you how it’s done first” Satoshi cuts Tarou’s words, “It’s not easy as you saw it on The Fast and The Furious series”

“Basically, our cars consist of three types of gear. The first one is the current gear. It’s the position of our gear right now” Kenjou explains

“The second one is the most important one we need to skip; the neutral. Why I call it neutral? For cars with conventional gearbox system like ours, to shift gears, we need to pass neutral” Satoshi continues

“The neutral gear you mean, when we shift gear, we always pass it to neutral first?” Hikaru asked

“Exactly, Hikaru… and when you fast-shift, not only had it saved time, but also prolong the life of the clutch because it avoids double friction…” Kenjou answered

“Oh, wow! Killing two birds with one stone, huh?” Gonsuke seems excited

“This just getting more interesting” Yamada follows

“There’s also the bad side too. If you missed it bad, the clutch could worn out faster or the clutch will slip” Satoshi said

Everyone turns silent and gulped hard. They know what kind of effect you get when you screw up the timing of the clutch.
“Then what should we do. How can we know when the timing is right, or when the timing is wrong?” Tarou raised his shoulders

“Well, that’s one thing you have to learn for yourself. Timing is not only about the engine RPM, but the timing of your left foot on the clutch pedal, your left hand in the shifter, and your right foot at the accelerator” Kenjou answers, “If you want to learn when to lift your foot from the clutch, you need to learn something else; heel and toe, which is not we’re going to learn for now”

“Everybody get in your car now, but don’t ignites the engine just yet” Satoshi said

Everyone hops into their car. They sit tight, waiting for the next instruction.
“Press your clutch with your left foot” Kenjou said, “Get to the 1st gear”

Everybody does what Kenjou said. Step on the clutch, and go to the first gear. It’s the basics. Then came down the hard part; the fast shifting.
“Now throw your gear to the second, in one smooth move!” Satoshi continues

Everyone seems confused. They don’t know what they should do. Instead, they did what they usually do; slow shifting, with two consecutive clutch moves
“What? Why don’t you do as we told you? Don’t you guys get it?” Kenjou asked

“Okay, looks like we move too fast. Guys, come here for a second” Satoshi said, “I’ll show you what I mean”

Everyone gets off from their car, and follows Satoshi to see how he does the fast-shift.

“Okay, here we are. Make sure you can see my left foot clearly” Satoshi puts his left foot on clutch pedal, “I’m going to shift it into 1st, and then… go!”

Satoshi directly shift to 2nd. Hikaru and the others cannot believe what they saw; one smooth shift.
“Okay, I get it! I’m going to try it!” Hikaru hops into his car and turn his engine on

“What? Are you going to try it right now, Hikaru?” Kenjou asked, “Do you know how you should do it?”

“Yes. I’m going to try it now” Hikaru answers

Hikaru shifts into first gear, and puts the throttle on. When he reaches the 4000 RPM, he does the fast-shifting smoothly… or so he thought, with a loud creaking noise from the gearbox

GREEEEAAAAAK!

“Ouch! What did I just do?” Hikaru gets off from his car

“That’s what we call a miss shift. You move the lever too early, when you haven’t fully engaged the clutch pedal” Satoshi sighed, “Next time, try to listen what other people what to say, before you act, okay? I hope that shifting doesn’t damage your gearbox”
“Okay everybody, hops into your cars” Kenjou said, “Turn the engine on”

Everybody ignites their engine, and awaits the next instruction, so did Hikaru. He’s closing his eyes, and trying to synchronize his left hand and left foot
“Shift to your first gear and throttle on” Satoshi said

All of their cars started to move forward with slow speeds. When they reach the ¼ of the hangar, Kenjou gives the next instruction
“Now! Move the lever to 2nd gear!” Kenjou adds

Everybody does what they’re told. And no creaking sounds are heard. That means, they succeeded doing fast-shift smoothly.
“Next, try to shift into third” Satoshi continues the practice

They managed to do it perfectly and it looks like they fully understand the training program.
“They did it” Kenjou smiled to Satoshi

“Yes, they did” Satoshi said, “Continue to the next gear!”

After a while, Kenjou decided it’s enough. So he calls everyone to gather around
“Okay stop, get back here” Kenjou said

They turn off the engine, and gathers around Kenjou and Satoshi. Looks like it’s the end for this week
“Okay, you guys already understand what we’re teaching this week. We have nothing more we can teach for now. Next Friday, I’m going to held the practice at Saitama, the neighbouring prefecture of this Gunma, because I’m going to visit my girlfriend’s parents” Satoshi said

“Ouch, are we really able to practice? When you visit your girlfriend’s parents?” Tarou smirked

“Ehem, I guess that has nothing to do with our training program… don’t worry, we definitely practice the next step of racing skill” Kenjou adds, “Let’s go back to the inn first… or you guys rather spend you time around here, to buy some stuffs for your girlfriend, perhaps?”

“I think we’ll be hanging around town for a while. I’m going to look for some TRD stuffs” Steve said

“Yeah, I guess we’re going to shop for a while. What do you think, Hikaru?” Souya asked

“Yes. I think it’ll be fun to hang around for a while” Hikaru answers

“Okay… I guess we’ll go back to inn to check out, and go to the construction site” Kenjou said

“What with the rush and where you guys going to?” Tarou asked

“We came to Gunma, because we need to inspect the remodelling of the office building we designed. See you guys around” Satoshi said

“See you next Friday” Kenjou adds

“Thank you very much!” said everybody while they bows

Satoshi and Kenjou gets to their car, and drive off to the sunset. They are busy person alright….
“Well, let’s go to the shopping district of Gunma!” Tarou said

They go to the shopping district, located near the airport itself. Steve, Tarou, and Yamada are buying some TRD goods, while the others are hunting for cool clothes at factory outlet.

While shopping around, one thing caught Hikaru’s eyes; a motorcycle goggle. It’s made by leather and has a plastic glass for the lens.
“How much is that goggle sells for? I’m going to buy it” said Hikaru to the shop keeper

After buying the goggle, Hikaru continues to wear it as if that goggles is his necklace.
“Now what with that goggle? You’re wearing that goggle as a necklace?” Steve asked

“I was called the Sky Captain, and I’m going to hold that title proudly” Hikaru smirked, “What about you guys? What kind of title do you have?”

“None… for now, that is” Souya answered

“Let’s go back to the inn and get some rest. It’s going to be a long trip tomorrow” Gonsuke said, “Tomorrow is Sunday”

“Yikes! I need to take a look at the inn’s book keeping!” Tarou said in panic, “See you guys later”

Tarou hops to his car and speeds back to the inn. He forgot what he needs to do here.
“Okay, let’s go back to the inn” Iwami grinned

“Yes, it’s getting late already” Yamada adds, “Let’s go”

“What do you say if we go back tonight? You know, since we’re going to be stuck at traffic tomorrow, why don’t we go now?” Steve asks

“It’s not very polite if we leave Tarou when he already prepared a free room for us, you know” Hikaru answers

“Hikaru’s right. If we want to leave, best we leave at dawn tomorrow” Clark said

“I’m going to fill GT-R’s tank. See you later” Hikaru hops to his car and droves off

“Ah, wait up, Hikaru! I’m going to fill my tanks also” Clark follows

“Me too and wait up, damn it!” Steve drives faster

While Hikaru, Steve, and Clark fill their car, the others are going back to the inn

After they finished, they went back to the inn. After Hikaru got off from his car, he stares into it.
“What’s up?” Steve asks Hikaru, seeing his weird behaviour

“The tires are losing grip. I guess I’m a lousy driver after all” Hikaru said

“No, that’s not the case. You car is heavy, that’s why the tires are losing grip” Clark said

“Take a bath, and let’s get something to eat” Steve said

“Okay…” Hikaru replied

After they take a bath, they eat and go to sleep. They been inside their cars for almost 8 hours, no wonder they asleep as soon their head touches the pillows.

However at 4 A.M. somebody has already awake and decided to take a hike. Somebody who wears Nismo jacket, with blue jeans, and white Nismo shirt; it’s Hikaru. He packs up his clothes and heats up his GT-R. After sending a text message to Tarou, saying thank you, he droves off to the top of the mountain.
“What? Who’s sending a message at this hour?” Tarou looks his cell phones, “Its Hikaru!”

“Say again!” Steve wakes up and takes a look at the parking lot, only to find Hikaru’s GT-R is gone

“He’s always like that leaving people alone while he’s reaping all the good reward!” Clark seems annoyed.

After Hikaru drive uphill, he takes a break for a while, and then began to drive downhill.
Hikaru drives hard, knowing there will be no traffic at these times. He’s looking at his display which shows 0.8 G in the crossbar to the front left. Downhill is far harder than uphill because you have to control your pace when going into corners.

Satisfied with how he handles his car, he exits the mountain roads with a smile, and goes back to Tokyo via highway.


RPM 6: The GT-R Specialist

Hikaru arrives back home at 8 A.M. in the morning. When he got back, Hikaru saws his sister hasn’t woke up yet. He parks his car at the front of his house, and turn off the engine to get some sleep.
“What are you doing? Get it inside, and get some sleep” Seno said suddenly

“Sis?!” Hikaru seems surprised, “I thought you hasn’t awake yet”

“I’m just going to shop some greens for soup and my salad at the market. Hold up, I’ll open up the door” Seno opens up the garage door

Hikaru parks his GT-R inside the garage, and goes back to his room to get some sleep.

At 11 A.M. Hikaru wakes up, and makes toast bread with strawberry jam. Seno enters the kitchen after seeing the GT-R was dirty at the garage.
“Your GT-R is very dirty” Seno said, “There’s a lot of dirt on the underbody”

“Yes… I’m going to wash it later” Hikaru replies

“Oh, I found something good at some automotive shop, near the market earlier. Check this out” Seno hands over a box to Hikaru

It was Mr. Clean Auto Dry Carwash product. Basically it’s a shower head, to be used together with water hose. This shower head with special filter inside it, will removes any impurities on the water, so it won’t leave spot marks on the car.
“Wow, sis! You sure know a good stuff” Hikaru smirked

“I know that already” Seno replies, “So what did you learn there?”

“I already learnt how to handle the car, and fast-shifting. But that’s only the beginning… we still have many things to learn” Hikaru answered with high spirits

“That’s a good answer! You have to learn so many things if you want to be the best” Seno smiled

Hikaru finishes eating and change his clothes. He has to work part time, because he has a shift today.
“Where are you going? Aren’t you going to wash the GT-R?” Seno asks

“I’m going to do it later, because I have a part time shift now. I’m going!” Hikaru replies

At the grocery store, everybody seems busy. The cashier is overrun by people waiting in line, many visitor needs helping hand on getting the items they wanted. Seeing this, Hikaru changes his clothes immediately and went to help as fast as he can.

Gonsuke didn’t show up and it looks like he’s still tired from all that car training… or he gets stuck at traffic. At any rate, the grocery store is busier than ever.

Hikaru finishes later than he expected. He finishes at 6 P.M. with extra payment and a lunch box he just ate. It’s late, so he goes back home because he still needs to wash his car.
“I’m home” Hikaru said

“Took you long enough” Seno asked, “What happened?”

“Well, it’s busy at the store, so I kind of hang up longer to help” Hikaru answers, “But it’s paying off! I’m getting extra money!”

Hikaru gets back to his room, and get changed. After that, he started to wash his car with the car shampoo. When he sprays his car, a lot of dirt came off and it looks like it was Haruna’s dirt that sticks to Hikaru’s car.
“You’re going to catch on cold if you wash it now” Seno scratches her head

“Not if I finished it fast. After showering it with water, I’m going to use the car shampoo on it, and spray it off again with water” Hikaru said, “I’m going to spray the underbody first”

Hikaru finishes at 7 P.M. It takes quite a lot of time, getting all of the dirt from his underbody. Good thing he immediately wash it off, otherwise it’ll harden and becomes difficult to wash.
“Okay… the box says that I don’t need to wipe it clean. It’ll get dry by itself” Hikaru thought

Hikaru left the car alone and take a bath. Days of hard work and a lot of activities is what he always do. Dust mixed with combined with Haruna’s dirt from his car, stickled in his skin making him looked like a dirty brat. Nice cold water, with cool body wash is what he needs to clean his body. Fresh and clean feelings after bath energize him.

Before dinner, he checks the car again, and there it is; dried like it’s wiped clean.
“Wow… it’s cool! I have to recommend this stuff to my friends” Hikaru said surprised when he sees the car has dried, “It is dried!”

The GT-R is very clean like it’s new. The silver colour sparkles like a gem below the moonlit night.
“Hikaru, dinner’s ready” Seno said from the kitchen, “Get it while it’s warm”

“Coming!” he said from the garage

Tomorrow morning at the school, many students makes fuzz about some new school policy. They are free to do any part time work, and will not get any penalties when found out working part time.
“Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about, baby!” Steve said from behind

“That’s cool! We won’t have to worry about busted when doing part time work now” Souya replies

“Yes, what could be better than this, huh?” Clark smiled

“Where’s Hikaru? I thought he’s already here” Gonsuke asked, “Don’t tell me he’s late again”

“We’ll just have to see, though” Tarou said

“Not today, man… not today” Hikaru answered

They turn around, and they see Hikaru also staring at the announcement board

“How’s the dirt on your cars?” Hikaru asked

“It’s hard to clean! Do you already clean it?” Souya asked, “How did you do it?”

“I use Mr. Clean Auto Dry Carwash. It’s easy, and really convenient. My sister bought it yesterday for me, at the store near the market” Hikaru answers

“The store near market? I never heard any of it” Yamada said

“Let’s check it out later” Iwami replied

“Yes, yes. Now that we don’t have to worry about getting caught…” Tarou said

“Ehem” said a woman from behind them

When they turn around, they see Yue-sensei standing behind them. She stares at them with her cold look and it looks like she isn’t the type of teacher that will give some slack to late students.
“How long are you guys planning to just stand there?” she asked, “Its class time already”

“Sorry, sensei! We got caught up by this message” Hikaru answers

“Get going to the class now… or else!” she said again

“Yikes!” they said as they walk off

Hikaru and the others walk as fast as they can to the class. No running is allowed in the class hallway. So if you run in the hallway, the teacher has a right to punish you
“Well guys, see you later” Yamada and Iwami gets in to their class

Hikaru’s class is further away from the announcement board, unlike Yamada and Iwami’s class.
“Shit! Yue-sensei is catching up!” Hikaru said, when he looked back

Yue-sensei also walks fast to the class, and easily catches up with them. It’s not easy to walk fast with high heels she wears.
“Let’s make a bet. If you guys can reach the class before I do, I’ll give you mark plus on my subjects” she said

“It’s a deal! But what if we don’t?” Hikaru asks

“Well, you guys have to run at least 10 times around the gym” she said again

“Okay, see you later!” Hikaru walks faster

But it’s bad deal. Hikaru and the other lose… or so he thought
“Okay, Hikaru. You have to run at least 10 times around the gym. Let’s go!” Yue-sensei said, “This is easy, I can do this all day long”

“How… how did in the hell’s name you walks so fast?” Hikaru surprised

“My skirt is equipped with zipper on the side. Just in case I stuck in trouble, I’ll just pull it up, so I can step farther, see?” Yue-sensei smiled, “Guys, do this 11-7 to 11-9 exercise. I need to keep my eyes on this kid”

“This is bad, guys. We lost” Hikaru said to the other

“What do you mean us? You took the deal yourself” Steve said

“We don’t have anything to do with it” Souya replies

“What?!” Hikaru more surprised than ever

Looks like the deal was made without the other’s input. This spells trouble for Hikaru
“But I thought… ah, this is great!” Hikaru seems annoyed

“Sorry, man. You made the deal, so you have to take the consequences” Gonsuke smirked

“My deepest condolences, friend” Tarou smiled

“Good luck, Hikaru” Clark adds

“But that doesn’t mean you guys are free, though. Don’t forget you guys are still late” Yue-sensei smiled, “Stand in the hallway, guys”

“Whoops…” Tarou pouted

Everyone in the class is laughing. These kids are indeed hilarious, with their troublesome attitude. So while the student doing the English exercise, Steve, Gonsuke, Clark, Tarou, and Souya stand in the hallway, and Hikaru doing extra exercise on the gym

At the gym, Hikaru runs lightly. He doesn’t want to make his clothes wet because of sweat. He takes off his shirt, while wearing his Nismo flame t-shirt
“Ah, you’re a Nismo fan, I see” Yue-sensei said

“Yes…” Hikaru said in the middle of his breath, “What’s wrong, sensei?”

“Nothing… I just have a certain liking to a Nissan car” she answered, “What kind of car do you own?”

“A 2002 R34 Nissan Skyline V-spec II Nur…” Hikaru said

“A kid like you driving a GT-R and what has this world become to?” she laughs

“Yes, I get that a lot. It makes a sense, though” Hikaru answers, “No wonder everyone surprised, I just don’t fit to run with GT-R”

“No, no, that’s not the point. Who do you want to be? The Black Phantom?” Yue-sensei asks

Hikaru seems puzzled. Who is this Black Phantom? He never heard a street racer known by that nickname.
“Who is that? I never heard of it” Hikaru said

“You don’t know who Black Phantom is? Wow, you’re so rookie… every GT-R owner knows this black R32 N1. Even the Sky King knows her” she said

“What? The driver is a woman?” Hikaru asks, “You’re not going to say, it’s me don’t you?”

“I wish. I always idolize her… that R32 is very popular because of her” Yue-sensei smiled, “I can still remember her last run before she disappears like a night… it was 2 years ago”

“I see…” Hikaru stopped running

“Who told you to stop? You still have 5 more runs to go” Yue-sensei said, “What colour do you have?”

“Silver” Hikaru starts running again, “I always like GT-R since they drive it at Shuto Kousoku and Best Motoring”

“Oh yeah… I hear that a lot too” she answered

“Yes…” Hikaru said, “But that’s not what the real GT-R is all about”

“Oh, so do you know what the real GT-R is?” Yue-sensei seems interested, “Let’s hear it”

“Well, from what I know is the GT-R always equipped with 4WD” Hikaru said

“Okay, that’s it! Get back to the class” Yue-sensei said

When Hikaru picks up his shirt, Yue-sensei starts to talk again
“You have to see how this woman runs her GT-R, then maybe you’ll learn something” she said as she walks off

That word is what Hikaru need to think what kind of monster GT-R this Black Phantom has.
He’s new to the street racing world, so he never heard anything of it.

A lot of things just rush to Hikaru’s mind. He gets back to his class walking like a zombie, with his mind off somewhere else
“Wake up princess, its high noon already” said Yue-sensei

Hikaru gives no answer. He’s keeping that glum look on his face.
“Don’t give too much thought on what I just said to you” she said again, “Get back to your seat, and open page 334”

Steve and the others see what happened to Hikaru. They begin to question themselves, about whether he’s mad or not about the marking deal earlier.
“Hikaru, are you still mad about the deal?” Steve strikes a question

“Umm… no, I’m just thinking about something else” Hikaru answered lightly

KRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

It’s time for lunch break. After saying thank you to the teacher, everyone rushes out from the class to cafeteria to get something to eat as fast as they can.
Hikaru’s acting weird because earlier conversation. He’s curious about this R32 GT-R
“Let’s leave him alone for now” Tarou said

“Yes, yes. I don’t want to be around him when he snaps” Clark adds

“Are you sure he’s not mad about the bet?” Gonsuke asks

“Don’t worry. If he’s mad, then he’s not Hikaru” Souya pushes Gonsuke from the class

After all of the students are away, Yue-sensei begins to talk again
“You know what; I think you need to have a match with Black Phantom. You have to see for yourself the true potential GT-R has” Yue-sensei said

“Yes, when I meet her, I’ll take her down with my GT-R” Hikaru answers

“See you later. I’m looking forward of the news on the Black Phantom’s defeat” she said as she walks out from the class

Back from the school, Hikaru looks around for the info on Black Phantom. After spending about half an hour looking and surfing the web, he found nothing… well at least he’s happy because he downloads the Asterisk by Orange Range of Bleach anime OST.
“Hikaru, where you’ve been too man?” Souya asked, “We was looking all over the place for you”

“I’m downloading Asterisk at the library…” Hikaru answers

“Okay, I have urgent news! Looks like there was garage sale on muffler parts” Tarou said

“Where? Where?” Hikaru ask suddenly

“Do you bring enough money? It’s at the shop near market your sister talks about” Clark adds

“Okay, let’s go!” Hikaru marches forward

When they reach the market, many people were seen coming in and going out from the store. Looks like this is the store Seno mentioned yesterday.
“In we go!” Steve enters first

They spend their time choosing which muffler is look good and fit to their car. Not for Hikaru, though. He knows exactly what muffler he’ll buy. He’s trying to find HKS Titanium Exhaust, but he couldn’t find any
“Excuse me, where can I get HKS Titanium Exhaust muffler?” Hikaru asks the shop keeper

“We don’t have any of those on the stock. The other guy, which just left bought the last remaining muffler” said the shop keeper

“I see… that’s too bad” Hikaru replied

“Hikaru are you done with shopping already?” Yamada asked

“I’m trying to find a HKS Titanium Exhaust. That will fit and looks good on my GT-R, but they don’t have it on the stock” Hikaru said

When Hikaru said my GT-R, many people saw him and whisper to each other.
“That’s the kid that defeated Bernard by luck” a man whispers to his friend

“You idiot a win is win, whether you won by luck or not” his friend whisper back

“That kid is the next candidate for Sky King? So cute!” a girl whispers to her friend in the back

“Yes, that kid is indeed cute and attractive” her friend whisper back

Hikaru feels bad about hearing all this nonsense. He immediately goes out from the store. When he’s waiting for his friend, he takes a look at the books store across the street.
“What? Where’s Hikaru?” Iwami asked

“Over here!” Hikaru said

Hikaru goes out from the book store with Initial D volume 37, Wangan Midnight volume 38, Death Note volume 12, Factory Z volume 4, and Evangelion volume 10.
“Why do you buy those books? You can download them on the net” Clark said

“Nah, it’ll be too much of a hassle if I want to read them when I don’t have my PC” Hikaru answered

“Well, now that we got the muffler, we can put it up ourselves, right?” Souya asked

“They include the installation manual, right? With the guide on the manual, even monkey can understand the explanation… so yeah, I guess even you monkeys can install them with no problem” Hikaru smirked

“What?! Hey, who’s the monkey?” Steve shouts

“The monkeys are… you guys. See you later, I’m going to get back home and goes to grocery store to work” Hikaru said as he run away

“Ah, Hikaru! Wait!” Gonsuke follows

Hikaru goes back home and change his clothes. His sister is not around, so she must be at her office. Hikaru stops for a while when he sees his GT-R parked in the garage. He’s still bothered by what Yue-sensei just told him; the true potential of GT-R.
“…” Hikaru stares at his GT-R

Hikaru stares his GT-R for about 5 minutes before he realizes that he needs to go work part time.
“Whoops. See you later” Hikaru pats the bonnets of his GT-R

At the grocery store, Hikaru and Gonsuke saws one cool looking Honda NSX. It was black in color… they take a closer look, only to find this NSX has many amazing things on it.
“Hey, Gon! This NSX is made from carbon fiber!” Hikaru said, “How cool is that?”

“Yes, yes. Not only that, it has Mugen bucket seats, Takata 4 point harnesses, Mugen steering wheel, Mugen shift knob” Gonsuke adds

On top of that, the NSX is equipped with intercooler, so that means it’s equipped with turbo or supercharger.
“Whew… it’s either turbo or supercharger” Gonsuke said

“Check the footwork! It has Bilstein dampers and springs, and also Brembo 6 pistons and 4 pistons brakes!” Hikaru continues

“Come on, we’re late already. Let’s move it!” Gonsuke pulls Hikaru’s jacket sleeve

They go inside, only to find the store is doing some major work and repair.

“What? How could this happen?” Gonsuke ask

“Looks like this repair will last about… 3 days” Hikaru reads the announcement

“This is good. We don’t have to worry about getting late for work… at least for these 3 days” Gonsuke said

“No use hanging out here. Let’s go back” Hikaru said

“Uh, why don’t you go ahead? I ah… need to go somewhere else” Gonsuke whispers

“Okay… see you tomorrow at school” Hikaru scratches his head

Got nothing to do, Hikaru goes back to his house. Seno is home already. Looks like she’s exhausted
“I’m home” Hikaru said

“What’s wrong? Did the store closed do some repair?” Seno asked

“Yes… that’s why I got nothing to do. Maybe I’ll just clean GT-R’s interior” Hikaru said as he takes some plastic brush and detailing brush

“I’m going to get some sleep” Seno said, “If anybody calls me, except Rena, tell them I’m not home yet”

“Who’s Rena?” Hikaru asks again

“She’s my assistant” Seno answers, “See you later”

Hikaru begins with putting off the floor mat inside. After he puts it off, he brushes the floor, and cleaning the interior panels with detailing brush. 15 minutes later, Hikaru was done cleaning the interior.
“Okay… it’s clean!” Hikaru said, “I’m tired, maybe I should get some sleep too”

No part time work. What Hikaru’s doing only play Devil May Cry 4, Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, or GTA 4 on his XBOX360.
He’s bored by all of these daily activities when he’s not working part time…

Hikaru even thinks about going to a race meet. But Satoshi and Kenjou warned him about the Sky Captain title, and he needs to finish his training first, and he shouldn’t go. Seno even go as far as confiscating his GT-R key, if he still insist on going to race meet.
Just sit still, watching GT-R everyday, or do his chores and homework… Hikaru goes back to his boring life before he meets his friends

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Tomorrow morning at school, Tarou is already sitting on his chair. Just sitting and sighing while looking at the windows
“Hey, Tarou I don’t know you can get up so early” Souya said

“Nah, Souya. Do you have a girl that you like? What do you feel when you think about her?” Tarou ask

“Like an engine revving fast. Why? Do you have a girl that you’re interested with?” Souya asks back

“You guessed it! I like this girl; she’s our class rep…” Tarou said

“Ayamu Rika? Do you like her?” Souya ask

“Yes, but I don’t know whether she has a boyfriend or not” Tarou replied

“Congrats, man! She doesn’t have one… yet” Souya smiled

“Wow! Really?! What about you?” Tarou ask again

“Well, it’s hard to say I have a girlfriend, because we only just begun messaging each other” Souya answers, “She’s the neighbouring class leader; Shimada Yuuri”

“What and wow could you not tell us about such thing?!” Tarou sounds surprised

“Hey! I don’t want to make her scared, so I’m keeping it a secret, until I become his boyfriend” Souya whispers

“So, how long did you know Shimada?” Gonsuke ask suddenly

“From last semester” Souya answered

“That’s a long time too” Yamada adds, “Why don’t you make a first move?”

“What are you guys talks about?” Steve asked when he see them gathers around like that

“Girls we like” Tarou answers, “Gonsuke, Iwami, Yamada, do you guys have a girl that you like?”

“Wow! You guys are starting to talk about it already?” Clark asked

“Yes! We must!” Souya nods, “So how about it, guys?”

“I do. She is Tomoka Marie” Gonsuke smirked

“So do I, she’s Narita Ayase” Iwami said, “What about you, Yamada?”

“Me too and She’s Niiyama Sako” Yamada said, “Both of the girls we like, is in the same class as Shimada”

“What about you Steve?” Gonsuke asked

“No, I don’t like Japanese girls” Steve answers, “How about you, Clark?”

“Me neither… but if it’s Hikaru, maybe he has one too in this class” Clark said

“Don’t even think about it” Hikaru answers suddenly

They are surprised when seeing Hikaru already sits in his chair. He sits down while tidied up his desk with text books.
“I don’t think this is the appropriate time to think about anything else, but driving techniques” Hikaru remarked

Everybody seems down when Hikaru said that. Hikaru didn’t mean to discourage these guys, but it’s more like what Hikaru thinks right now… or should I say, what’s on his mind right now.
“But if you guys are able to do it, why not?” Hikaru asked

“Okay, based on Hikaru’s input, I’d say we need to make the first move!” Tarou said as he raised his hands

“So, anybody in this class you like?” Souya asked, “Or do you prefer neighbouring class like me, or do you still prefer older woman?”

“I still prefer older women… I need someone who’s mature enough for me” Hikaru answered

“Someone like whom, huh like that sexy sensei of yours?” Steve asked

“No… mind your own business” Hikaru answered

So it happens. They are going to ‘chase’ the girls they like…

It’s been 2 days, since the grocery store is repaired. Hikaru and Gonsuke didn’t have anything to do… maybe I should say that Hikaru is the one who has nothing to do.
Hikaru walks around the block near the grocery store only to kill his time. And before he realizes it, he got lost. What could be worse than that?
“Oh, shit! Looks like I got lost!” Hikaru thought, “This is bad”

Hikaru carefully traced back his steps at the road, hoping he’ll find the way out. After looking here and there, he found a big yard on a garage or some sort. A mechanic who’s doing a tune ups on one big engine, can be seen outside of the garage while his employees are working on other customer’s cars. Hikaru hopes the mechanic can provide him with direction.
“Excuse me… looks like I got lost” Hikaru said to the mechanic

“Aha, you got lost? Take this alleyway, and just go straight ahead. You’ll arrive at the main road” said the mechanic

“Okay, thank you” Hikaru replied

Hikaru look closely on the big engine the mechanic tuned… it’s an RB block. Looks like the mechanic is tuning a RB26DETT
“Um… is this GT-R’s engine block?” Hikaru asked

“Yes it is… how could you tell?” he ask back

“Well, I own a R34 Nur, so I know this is RB block” Hikaru answers

“Yes, that is the normal RB block. Iron cast block, made by Nissan for A racing group… but this thing needs many maintenance so they built another engine with better cooling…” he continues

“The N1 block, right? I know all about it” Hikaru grinned

“Bingo… You seem to be a nice guy. What’s you name, R34 Nur owner?” he asked, “I’m Kojiro… Yuuta Kojiro”

“Ichijou Hikaru” Hikaru shakes his hand

“Pleasure to meet you, Sky Captain” Kojiro said

Hikaru seems surprised when he knew about Sky Captain. He stares at Kojiro with suspicious look
“How do you know that I’m the Sky Captain?” Hikaru asked

“Don’t be so surprised, that you’re popular. Everybody knows about the famous Sky Captain… even though you haven’t made your debut yet” Kojiro smiled

“I don’t know I’m popular around here. It was pure luck I defeated the Sky King” Hikaru replied

“Luck is also play important role in street racing” Kojiro remarked

“Is it?” Hikaru asked, “Nah, Kojiro-san. Do you have HKS Titanium Exhaust? I’m trying to find one at the store near the market, but no luck”

“Yes, I have that in stock. Do you bring your car here?” Kojiro asked, “If you do, I’m going to install it on my own”

“You will? If you will, I’m going to bring it here right away” Hikaru said

“Yes, yes. That would be nice. I’m going to make your GT-R has better outflow performance” Kojiro replied

“Okay, wait here. I’m going to get it right now” Hikaru said as he walks away from the garage

30 minutes later…
“Here it is, Kojiro-san” Hikaru said, “This is my GT-R”

“Wow… it really is the Nur. Okay, just sit on tight; I’ll be finish with your car in no time” Kojiro said

“Oh, yes. Kojiro-san, do you have any HKS Turbo timer? I want to install it also, to prevent my turbo from breaking down” Hikaru said

“Okay, no problem!” Kojiro said

Kojiro seemed to be a skilful mechanic. He can handle Hikaru’s GT-R in no time. He knows what to do with the bolts, the cords, and where to place the parts. And all of it was done, without reading the installation manual
“How long did it take you to tune R34?” Hikaru asked

“Well, I have a teacher who teaches me how to handle R34” Kojiro said, “I’m learning from him about 4 years of study”

One hour passes by and Kojiro steps out from Hikaru’s GT-R, wiping his hands with wet cloth
“Okay, it’s done” Kojiro said, “The turbo timer is already installed, and I put it inside the box below your head unit. I have made some modification on the muffler, so it should feel great”

“Whew, thank you very much, Kojiro-san” Hikaru nods, “So how much did it cost?”

“The turbo timer plus harnesses costs 11,324 yen” Kojiro said, “For the muffler, its 40,560 yen, so the total is 51, 884 yen”

“Oh, wow… okay, here it is” Hikaru hands over some money

“I already wrapped your factory muffler with newspaper, and put it inside the car” Kojiro said

“Okay, thank you for all of your hard works” Hikaru smiled

“No problem” Kojiro said, “Please stops by again next time”

“So, did you already set the turbo timer?” Hikaru asked

“Yes. I already set enough time for the turbo to cool down, before it shuts down” Kojiro lights his cigarettes, “When I call you, be sure to drop by. Because at that time, I’ll have free parts for your GT-R”

“Thank you, Kojiro-san” Hikaru replied

When Hikaru ignites his engine, he’s so surprised to hear that the engine is making a strange howl, echoing through the entire neighbourhood.
“How... how did it sound like this?” Hikaru seems puzzled

“I told you, I made a few modification on the muffler, before I fit it to your GT-R” Kojiro said, “Not only it has improved exhaust outflow, it also increases power but still maintaining fuel economy and good emission”

“Well, I’m off!” Hikaru sway his hand to Kojiro

While driving, Hikaru feel so excited to hear the new sound of his GT-R
“This is so cool! I never thought I will hear my GT-R sounded this way” Hikaru drives happily, “I better test it out at someplace”

Hikaru decided to test his new muffler. He takes it to Shutoku Kasai junction. From there, he took a spin to Tatsumi and exits at Hakozaki.

Normally GT-R has a big turbo lag on mid RPM. That problem however, is nothing but a past issue. What Kojiro did to the muffler was unknown, but Hikaru like the kick on mid RPM, making him easier to get acceleration on mid RPM.
“How could it be? The engine passes the mid RPM so easy, and I have great acceleration on it” Hikaru thought

Hikaru took a few spins until the sun comes down. He really is happy with the performance of his new muffler.
“Next time, I’m going to ask him to tune my GT-R” Hikaru said, “He really knows how to tune the GT-R”

At a dark garage someplace in Japan, a girl stares at her black R32. The body kit looks normal, but can’t say the same about the engine sound it makes.
“Looks like he starts to get better and better” a girl was smiling, “I’m going to challenge him when he becomes the best”


This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 3 2009, 05:19 PM

where RPM 5??pretty interesting...

had read all series
quite interesting..

kept it up...your're doing well in the plot as well in character build-up, as previously mention by truballer1724, there is a need to do correction on the grammar. Other than that, your story if by any chance you get a mangaka to draw for you, i'll inform you as the story is interesting for me. dont worry all credit goes to you. I was pondering on it since i got frens whose maniacally love to draw manga.

Whew, I'm really honored if somebody would like to draw the manga version. But as you know, I'm kind of confused here...

I'm beginning to think maybe I should correct the cars of the students... especially the main character... an 18 year old, rides a GT-R? It's kinda out of place and makes no sense

What do you guys think?

BTW, the RPM 5 should be ready by tomorrow... It's 50% completed

here is RPM 7, RPM 8

RPM 7: Handling Part 2 - Full Synchronize

Three days has passed since the grocery store was repaired. So today, Hikaru and Gonsuke goes back to do part time work. But something has happened to the store.
“What is this? What’s going on, manager?” Gonsuke ask the manager, seeing the freezer and the store display was moved to a big truck

“We’re closing, Gon” said the manager with a heavy tone, “Today, this building will be used as auditing office”

“So, do we move to somewhere?” Hikaru seems worried

“Of course we move. Starting from now, we’ll operate near the shopping district” the manager smiled, “Don’t worry, guys. We’re far from closing the store”

Gonsuke and Hikaru feel at ease. They already think that they will have no part time work, if the store was closed.
“Don’t just stand there kids, help me out with the moving” said the manager to them

They move the stuffs to the truck and help with setting up at the new place. The new place is a lot bigger than before and it looks like the owner intends to expand the business by moving to a bigger place, and this probably going to work just great.

Not just Hikaru and Gonsuke, but all of the part time employee and full time employee are helping with the moving. They have one same smile of happiness in their face. Not only they have avoided unemployment, but the place is closer to their houses.

They placed all of the inventories to the assigned place. Meats, vegetables, fruits, kitchenware, medicines, dairy products; all of them are in place. Hikaru and the others feel very tired but relieved in the same time.
“Wow… it really is tiring” Hikaru wipes his face, “The place is way bigger than the last one”

“Yes, the owner decided to move the store to a more strategic place” the manager lights his cigarettes, “We’re going to be busier than ever”

“So that’s why you gave us a bonus and increase of wages?” Gonsuke asks

“Yes, that’s the reason I did just that” the manager blows the smoke, “Work harder, kids”

“We will!” said Hikaru and Gonsuke

Today, they just do all of the moving. Tomorrow will be the grand opening in the new place; so it’ll be bustling with customers, new and old.
“Whew, I’m glad it’s just been Thursday” Gonsuke said, “It’ll be bad if the training was held at Saturday, when the shops are bustling with customers”

“Yep, we get the news at Friday, right?” Hikaru asked, “I can’t wait to get started again”

“You’re so simple minded! What will you do about the ‘no girlfriend’ part?” Gonsuke pushes Hikaru’s shoulder, “You will be left alone with Steve and Clark, when we hang out with our girlfriends”

“No way… I’m sure I’ll find someone in no time at all” Hikaru said

“What makes you have that kind of confidence, huh? You’re so simple minded” Gonsuke repeated himself

“Yeah, yeah. We’ll just have to see… tomorrow, I’ll be hanging around in the upperclassman’s room” Hikaru sighed, “Maybe there’s a hot senior, who’s going to be charmed by me”

Hikaru smirked when he said that. All he wants to do is just to tease Gonsuke out, so he feels bad about having a ‘girl target’, when his friend is goofing off with cute, beautiful, and sexy seniors.
“Ahhhh! Now you making me feel bad about having a target!” Gonsuke scratches his head frustrated

“Don’t be frustrated… you don’t have much of a charm anyway” Hikaru smirked to worsen the situation

“Gah! That’s it! Few days ago, you called us ‘monkey’, and now you’re saying that I don’t have any charms at all?!” Gonsuke is mad, “Come here, I’m going to kill you!”

Gonsuke chases Hikaru around, like a stupid idiot. Hikaru runs off while laughing and try to make Gonsuke angrier.
“Hahaha, you’ll never catch me!” Hikaru said while running and laughing

Tomorrow at school, Hikaru and the others are going to the class as usual.
“Now is the Yue-sensei subject!” Hikaru said, “I hate her subject”

“Why don’t you just take it easy? You’re acting as if she’s your girlfriend or something” Steve puts his hand on his forehead

“You’re acting weird for these past few days. What happened to you?” Clark asks

“I’m just bored! I don’t have anything good to do” Hikaru answered, “I going to find some trouble”

“And what will that be?” Yue-sensei asks

“Yikes!” Hikaru said

When he turns around, it was Yue-sensei who’s standing near his desk
“Oh, it’s Yue-sensei” Hikaru said, “Good day”

“Good day to you. I have some news for you guys” Yue-sensei sits in her chair, “I’m going to married at the end of the month”

Everybody turns silent. They don’t know what to say to the teacher, especially Hikaru.
“What! Is that for real sensei?” Hikaru seems surprised

“Yes, you heard me Hikaru. I’m going to be someone’s wife at the end of the month” Yue-sensei said again

“Who’s the lucky bastard?” Hikaru asked impolitely

“Uh… if you want to put him that way, then that’s okay” Yue-sensei smiled, “He’s a childhood friend of mine. I’m his lover when we in high school, and then we got separated because of his work… last week, we met each other again, and we decided to pick up where we left over and continue it”

The students are smiling, and Hikaru are no exception
“That’s great news” Hikaru said, “Congratulations”

“Okay, that’s good news I got” Yue-sensei said, “Let’s move on to the next chapter, okay?”

After the school is over, Hikaru and the others are still talking about Yue-sensei’s marriage.
“I wonder what kind of guy he is. Is he a good guy, or the other way around?” Tarou seemed curious

“It’s just a marriage, its normal” Yamada said

“Yeah, it’s the kind of thing you’d see everyday” Iwami replied

“Okay, so it’s just like last week, Tarou” Steve said, “Forward us the message you got from Kenjou or Satoshi”

“I will. See you later” Tarou sway his hand

“Okay Hikaru, let’s go to work” Gonsuke said, “After this, then off we go to Saitama”

“Yes, yes. I can’t wait for the training to begin again” Hikaru answers, “I need to get away from this boredom”

At the grocery store, once again they see the carbon NSX sits in the parking lot… with its owner
“Excuse me, is this NSX yours?” Hikaru asked

The owner is a man. He has handsome look, with long black hair styled centre. He’s drinking a can of soda… Coca Cola to be exact, while leaning his back to the door of his car.
“Yes it is… what’s the matter? You like it?” the man replied

“We did. How much money do you spend on making this NSX to turn into a carbon monster?” Gonsuke asks, “Is it expensive?”

“Yes it does. I burned half of wages on the bodywork alone” he answers, “It costs about…2,000,000 yen”

“2,000,000 yen are you serious?” Hikaru extremely surprised, “You can get a used car with it!”

“Carbon is not cheap, you know” the man sighed, “It’s one of the technologies to make F1 racing exists”

“Yes, I know. Forgive this friend of mine… he’s always exaggerating” Gonsuke bows

“I’m not exaggerating! I’m just surprised, that’s all” Hikaru replied

“Okay, okay… calm down” the man said, “By the way; did you guys just come home from school? Why don’t you guys go back home first, and get a change of clothes. Then, you can go work part time here”

“Nah, we can get back to our houses later” Hikaru answered, “It takes too much time to go back home and come back again”

“Wait a minute… that uniform. Are you from Tokyo National High School?” the man asked, “You guys came home already?”

“Yes. It’s about half hour ago” Gonsuke answered, “What’s the matter?”

“I have to pick up my fiancée. She’s working as the teacher there” the man rushed into the car

“Okay, sure. Thank you for the time” Hikaru said

“By the way, kid… what’s your name?” the man asked

“It’s Hikaru… Ichijou Hikaru” Hikaru said, “And this is Matsuyama Gonsuke”

“Pleased to meet you” Gonsuke nods

“Same here Gon. I’m Nagisa… Nagisa Kaoru” he said, “Do you happen to know my fiancée? She’s Murayama Yue”

“Yes, she’s our homeroom teacher” Gonsuke said

“So you’re the lucky bastard who’s going to marry her” Hikaru said

“Hikaru!” Gonsuke immediately shuts Hikaru’s mouth, “Please forgive him to be impolite”

“Ahaha, don’t worry… I get that a lot” Kaoru said, “She’s pretty and sexy, huh?”

“Yes she is… you’re such a lucky guy” Hikaru smiled, “You’ll be happy”

“Thank you, kid… you’re alright” Kaoru smiled back, “Well, off I go”

Kaoru drives off his NSX to the school. He is a nice guy after all…
“So? Let’s go to work!” Gonsuke said, “You know what? He’s a rich ass too… half of his wages is two million yen… that’s something”

“I’m sure Yue-sensei will be happy” Hikaru thought, “Be happy… sensei”

The work was tiring. Customers come and go to the store. The day of opening always been busy, just like the last time… not only opening, when there is monthly sale, the store was bustling as well.
“Phew! It’s so damn tiring!” Hikaru yells on the employee’s lounge, “All of the customers come and go, many people waiting on the line, the parking lot was full, traffic jams”

“Beat it, man! Stop complaining” Gonsuke said, “Let’s go… we’re off to the training camp. Tarou just forwarded the message to me”

“Finally I can get some action again with the Skyline” Hikaru jumps off from the couch, “Let’s go!”

“You’re really fired up when it’s training time” Gonsuke shakes his head

As usual, they rendezvous at Tarou’s house before they move on to the camp. Everyone is already waiting there.
“Is everyone ready? This time we travel shorter than the last time” Tarou said

“Next training is at Saitama right?” Hikaru asks, “I’m ready”

Hikaru is really serious about cars and stuff that has connection with cars.
“You’re dead serious, man” Yamada said, “What’s gotten into you?”

“You change already… if it’s about a car, you’re suddenly changed” Steve said

“I need the speed! I have to feed my addiction to it” Hikaru said excitedly, “You’ll never understands if I tell you anyway”

“Alright, Hikaru… chill” Souya said, “Well, everyone is here, let’s move out”

“I’m ready to begin” Yamada said, “What about you guys? Gonsuke, Iwami?”

“Don’t ask me, you already know the answer anyway” Iwami said

“Same here” Gonsuke replied, “Don’t worry”

“Okay, then… we’re moving out” Clark said

They travel to Saitama this time, it’s not as far as Gunma, but nevertheless, it’s outside Tokyo. As usual they open the communication line with their cell phones to act up as walkie-talkie.
“What do you think Satoshi and Kenjou will teach us this time? Do you have any ideas about it Hikaru?” Steve asked

“We never know until we meet them, huh? I’m going to speed ahead at the highway” Hikaru said

“What are you crazy?” Souya asks again

“I meet a mechanic about two days ago. He’s the one who’s installing this HKS Titanium exhaust… you won’t believe what he did to the exhaust system” Hikaru replied, “Just watch the way my car behaves at the highway”

When entering the highway, Hikaru fully floors his GT-R. Everyone tries their best to keep up with him. Seeing Hikaru’s GT-R accelerating at the mid section RPM after shifting, they know what kind of monster GT-R will become at the hands of that mechanic.
“Hikaru, are you sure that’s HKS Titanium exhaust? That’s a universal muffler, right?” Steve asked

“He said that he did something on the muffler, so yeah; its HKS Titanium exhaust” Hikaru answered, “See the mid RPM acceleration, Steve? He really is a great mechanic for my GT-R”

“Take me to this mechanic when we get back to Tokyo, man. I want to meet him” Steve said

“Remind me to take you guys to meet him” Hikaru said, “Follow the leader, monkey men!”

“Shit! You just called us monkey again! I’m going to get you!” Tarou follows

“My Supra won’t lose to a GT-R! Let’s go!” Steve said

“Hikaru is really something. He can get to meet amazing people” Souya said

“I’m sure our cars can be as fast as his. Let’s meet the mechanic when we get back” Clark replies

“It feels great! This car is one of the strongest machines Nissan ever created… its still the strongest on track and the road… The red R on the car signifies an invincible legend!” Hikaru said, “Can you guys keep up with my R?”

“What are you saying?” Gonsuke sighed, “This isn’t Initial D, man”

“By the way, Tarou… where’s the meeting place?” Hikaru asked

“It’s at the small house near the river” Tarou said, “We need to go to the Ogano town in Chichibu first to meet up with them”

“Okay… to the town it is” Hikaru replied

They arrive at the small house near the river in about two hours of traveling. Saitama is nice too… maybe it isn’t as busy as Tokyo, but it was what Hikaru and the others are looking for. City life can be boring when you live them for a long time.
“Whew… as always, we arrive almost midnight” Yamada said

“Oh, it’s Satoshi and Kenjou…” Gonsuke said, “They’re here”

Satoshi and Kenjou arrive in Satoshi’s Integra type-R. Looks like Kenjou left his car somewhere else.
“Glad you can make it here, guys. Okay, tomorrow we will start the last part of the training. After that, it’s up to you what will you do with those skills you learnt” Satoshi said

“But remember this; you have to keep pushing up your limits, and keep on training. When there’s new techniques you understand about the car, try it right away before it passes your head” Kenjou adds, “Remember what we always tell you tonight, okay”

“Yes!” everyone bows, “Please train us”

“That’s a good answer. I hope you guys can be the best among other street racers” Satoshi nods

“Okay, that house is the one we rent for you guys. Try not to do any littering in there” Kenjou said, “There’s a refrigerator too, with food inside it. You can cook it yourself however you like”

“Thank you very much” they said again

“See you tomorrow, guys. It’s late, so get some rest” Satoshi smiled, “At 7 A.M. we move out to the training place”

They went to get some sleep at the vacant house Satoshi and Kenjou rented for them.
The house looks small from the outside, but the inside is another story. It has two big rooms, two bathrooms, one kitchen, and one living room. It’s a house for living alright.
“As usual, room assignment just like at my family’s inn” Tarou said

“Okay, see you tomorrow, Tarou” Gonsuke sway his hand and enters the room, “Holy crap! They have a nice wind breeze in here!”

The window is also covered by steel nets, and bars at the inside to keep the room cool at night and away from bugs.
“Gonsuke’s right! This place is good!” Yamada enters the room

“Well, see you later, guys” Souya said with sleepy tone

“I better get some sleep too” Hikaru enters the room, “I want the bed near the window!”

“Ah! Hikaru that’s where I want to sleep! Clark said, “Move away, man!”

“Last one is rotten egg!” Hikaru replied, “Good night, everyone!”

When Hikaru’s head touches the pillow he immediately falls asleep and it looks like he really tired from today’s part time working. The customers are restless alright… and so did the employees like Hikaru.
“Damn, man!” Clark said, “He’s asleep already!”

“Let’s get some sleep too” Tarou said

At 06.30 A.M. Hikaru already wakes up and takes a bath. The cold water of Saitama in the morning is enough to wakes him up in the morning.

After taking a bath, he cooks some meat stew and eats it with wheat bread. He also makes it for all of his friends.
“Good morning. It smells nice, Hikaru” Gonsuke said, “What’s cooking?”

“I made a meat stew with carrots and tomatoes” Hikaru answers, “Eat up and take a bath”

“I will. Thank you, man” Gonsuke takes the stew

“Wow, Hikaru is awake already? The alarm didn’t go off this time” Steve said, “Did you already take a bath?”

“Yes… and I made some stew. Eat up” Hikaru answers

“Okay… not sure how this tastes, but here goes” Tarou said

“Just taste it first, and tell me about it later” Hikaru said, “There’s plenty more of it”

“Wow, you’re a good cook, Hikaru! This stew taste good” Yamada munches his bread

“How’s his cooking can be any good? This tastes great” Tarou mumbles, “Better off than my brother’s cooking”

“This is really good” Clark said, “Maybe you’ve should open your own restaurant”

“This is as good as my mother’s meat stew” Iwami adds, “How do you make it, man?”

“I just do what Italians usually do… garlic, tomato sauce, rice wine, sliced meat, sugar, and salt” Hikaru said, “This house has many food ingredients on the freezer”

“You’re wearing Nismo getups again?” Souya asked

Today Hikaru wears Nismo urban jacket, Nismo Racing t-shirt, blue jeans, and with the same shoe; Nike Air Force Double. Not to mention his distinctive goggles.
“Get used to it” Hikaru smiled to Souya, “It’s normal for me to be wearing Nismo clothes”

TING!

A sound of ring is heard from the kitchen and it looks like Hikaru baked something in the oven.
“Oh, it’s done!” Hikaru said as he looks to the kitchen, “Wait here”

Hikaru goes back to the table and brings a pan of baked bread… cheese garlic bread
“This is the cheese garlic bread… Eat up!” Hikaru said as he takes some of the bread, “I’m going out to heat up my engine”

Hikaru steps outside to heats his GT-R’s engine, while his friends are still eating.
“No wonder every girl wants to be his girlfriend!” Yamada said, “He’s really talented”

“You remember when he’s making that mashed potatoes for the students when the cafeteria lady is sick? Everyone wants more of it” Iwami adds, “Then the cafeteria lady makes it to be one of the menus”

“Yep… I remember that one clearly. Why did he have to add that creamy mayonnaise?” Clark said while holding he head, “I hate mayonnaise!”

Everyone stares at Clark when he said he hates mayonnaise.
“What? Did I hit a nerve or something?” Clark asks

“Well, you did eat it and you still want more of it. Did you hate the mayonnaise on it?” Steve asked, “Hikaru is not your mother, man! So stop nagging”

“Why do you have to say you hate mayonnaise stuffs? Geez, man” Souya puts his hand on his forehead

“Enough talking, you guys! There are only two bathrooms here, and its 06.45 already… get going” Hikaru said

When Hikaru said that, everyone just stand still and then runs to the bathrooms. That’s to be expected, though… all they do was yapping and yapping while eating. You can’t eat while you talk and you can’t talk while you eat.
“Damn it, guys! You all just messed up the table. Clean it up later after you guys take a bath! I want to take a look throughout the village” Hikaru said

Hikaru gets into his GT-R and changes his display to nine engine status monitor. After that he moves his car slowly to cruise around.
The village always offers a nice air in every morning. Hikaru opens his windows to enjoy it.
“Morning air is good for your intercooler and radiator” Hikaru talks to his car, “Not to mention its good for me also”

The river water is still pure and you can even see the fishes swimming happily because there is no trash is seen on the water. The riverside is filled with green grass with morning dews on it. Paperboy delivering newspaper to houses, granny splashing water at the road, gramps watering his plants, and many thing else he gets to see. Hikaru take out his Olympus SW digital camera and gets pictures of this scenery.

He’s take photos too on the previous trip. But when his friend is around, he has to take the pictures secretly. As he said to his friend when he’s busted with camera; Monkeys always like to pose in the front of camera. He already has the rainy road Gunma training and Gunma airport training. He also likes to take pictures of his GT-R, especially when he’s out at Wangan like few days ago, trying his new exhaust out.

KRRRRIIIIIIING! KRRRRIIIIIIING! KRRRRIIIIIIING! KRRRRIIIIIIING!

Steve’s calling. Looks like it’s time for the meeting to begin.
“Hikaru, where are you?” Steve asked, “Satoshi and Kenjou are already here. Don’t make them wait”

“Be there right away” Hikaru answered, “Just wait a bit”

Hikaru gets back to the vacant house in hurry. Every neighborhood can hear his loud exhaust sound. Even Steve and the others know Hikaru is approaching when the sound is getting louder and louder.
“The sound of his GT-R is very familiar… I can’t remember whose GT-R sounded like that” Satoshi said

“Yes… Now that you mention it…” Kenjou continues, “But whatever, let’s get ready”

“The sound is very nice if you heard it directly… that mechanic is really something” Steve said

“The mechanic… oh yes! It must be Kojiro!” Satoshi said

“You mean the V-spec II? Is he still around?” Kenjou asks, “I thought because if the… oh, well. Hikaru did meet a special person”

“You guys knew the GT-R mechanic? Is he a friend of yours?” Clark ask

“Yes, he was a street racer too in our time. A member of Mid Night Club like us… he rides V-spec II and was the last remaining apprentice like us at that time… he got into an accidents and we never heard from him since then” Satoshi explained

“When we found out few months later, we saw him opening his own speed shop” Kenjou adds, “He got into accidents, caused by a driver who rides a NSX”

“Hikaru is really great. He has an unknown charm, which’s able to attract so many unique people” Souya said

“And now he meets the GT-R specialist… fate is strange indeed” Satoshi said, “You guys interested with that mechanic? If so, forget it… he only willing to tune GT-Rs to be the best”

“And he’s very stubborn no matter how many times you ask” Kenjou said, “Well, off we go to the training camp”

“Man, I wish I was the one who rides a GT-R” Yamada said

“Hikaru, follow us to the training camp” Satoshi said to Hikaru

“Okay, lead the way” Hikaru replied

They go to a large racetrack located at the countryside. The track was big enough, with many corners; from high speed to low speed ones. The track looks glossy… looks like the track was left on wet condition for some reason.
“Okay guys, here we are…” Kenjou said, “All of you must be able to finish your training here and now”

“Today, we’re going to know whether you have the skills you need for street racing or not” Satoshi adds, “If you don’t it’s over for you if you don’t have any desire to learn. As you can see, the course was left in wet condition. This condition fits for your training”

“We are going to set up some cones for you. That’s right, kids… we’re going to do some slalom training here!” Kenjou said excitedly

“Bring it on, man!” Hikaru follows

Everyone is very surprised to hear what Hikaru said, especially Kenjou and Satoshi.
“You seemed confident. This track will not go easy on you. One mistake, you and your car will hit the barriers” Satoshi said, “Don’t get too cocky, just because you have great car”

“Don’t judge a book by its cover… that applies to me also” Hikaru replied, “Just because GT-R is heavy, you think I don’t stand a chance on gymkhana?”

“As expected from the Sky Captain and you do want to live by your reputation” Kenjou said, “We’ll see what you can do”

They help setting up the cones on the track, just like what Satoshi instructed.
“Okay, that should do” Satoshi said, “If you can handle this, you can overcome everything even when it turns sour”

“Follow us to travel in the first course” Kenjou said

Everyone follows Kenjou and Satoshi to travel the course. This was done to let the kids on the correct route for this training.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16

Start/ finish point.

The first course was to through 13 to 5, and turns right. Follow to 8, and make two spins on it and proceed to 4. From 4, follow to 1 and take another spin so you end up between 5 and 6. Follow it to 10, and end the training by passing 13 to finish point.
“Get in your car!” Kenjou continues

Everyone gets into their car and get ready to do the training. Hikaru change his display to G-force meter.
“Hikaru… what if we do something interesting?” Kenjou asked, “Beat our time in this slalom training”

“How about it, kid because you car has bigger weight, we even give you some handicap” Satoshi adds, “Our time plus 3 seconds”

“Make it 2. Don’t give me too much handicap, or you’ll regret it” Hikaru replied

“2 seconds it is” Satoshi said, “You know, this will make things easier”

“You underestimated us too much, Hikaru” Kenjou thought, “Now show us your true potential as the next Sky King”

Steve and the others are going first. Many of them tend to slide too much, causing them to end the training longer. For front wheel drive cars, the training can be done easily if you utilizing the hand brake to maximum. For Gonsuke and Iwami, they rather do it badly than doing some crazy stunts with you precious car.

It then comes to Satoshi, Kenjou, and Hikaru. They are getting ready to begin.
“Hikaru, let us show you, what we can do as the last remaining members of Mid Night Club” Satoshi said

Satoshi begins to take on the course. He was doing very well with the FF… or should I say, with Hand Braking turn. While Satoshi doing the run, Hikaru observe him drive carefully. Every detail and move Satoshi makes; wheel spins, and wheel locks, and what he did when those things happened, is memorized.
Satoshi is able to complete the course in 1 minute and 55 seconds.
“Satoshi is done, now I will show you what can I do” Kenjou said

Then it’s Kenjou’s turn. He does it even better than Satoshi. When taking the spin, he uses the long turn distance of the steering wheel, while keeps on mashing the throttle. Hikaru also observe his run. When the timing of the throttle is floored, when the throttle was lifted, everything - is memorized.
Kenjou completes it with 1 minute and 52 seconds… thin margin from Satoshi

Now its time for Hikaru’s turn to run at the course. Everyone is waiting with their hearts beating fast, and Hikaru is no exception.
“Let see what he can do with his heavy, 4WD GT-R” Satoshi grinned

“Even if he has the exhaust system from Kojiro, I don’t think he can do the run faster than our time” Kenjou adds

Hikaru feels as he’s about to pass out. He slaps his face few times, spins his heads, and grips the steering wheel hard is what he do to keep his concentration.
“Looks like he’s nervous” Steve smiled, “I can feel that”

“Hikaru, if you want to quit, then go on ahead!” Souya said

“Forgive him if he’s too cocky, Satoshi, Kenjou…” Tarou bows

When Tarou bows, Hikaru revs hard, causing his GT-R roared through the track.

“Don’t f**k with me!” Hikaru raised his hand, with his middle finger pointed at his friends, “Nobody looks down on me!”

“Do it, then!” Steve shouts

“Show us that you’re not just all talk!” Clark adds

When Hikaru grips his steering wheel hard, because he’s mad everyone is looking down on him, a voice came out from nowhere, to keep him sharp.
“Let’s go…” Sky said, “Let us show these moronic people what you’re made of. Rev hard once again, and you’ll be ready”

Hikaru once again revs his engine hard to show everyone that he’s ready. His GT-R howling loudly and causes every bird in the tree at the hills on the side of the track flies away with fear.
“The birds… are flying with fear?” Tarou trembles

“He’s ready!” Satoshi points Hikaru’s GT-R

Hikaru shifts to 1st gear and mash the throttle hard. He starts to take on the course.
“13 to 5, and turns right!” Hikaru shouts, “Then Follow to 8, and make two spins on it and proceed to 4”

Hikaru is doing what exactly Satoshi and Kenjou did, the hand brake, and mashing the throttle.

“His engine will stall in 3…2…1…” Souya said

Everyone is waiting for Hikaru’s engine to bog down losing power, and eventually stalls. After awhile, nothing is happened to his car.
“What the hell!” Souya asked, “Why won’t his engine stalls?”

When Satoshi and Kenjou observe Hikaru’s run, they immediately knew one thing; Hikaru is modifying the techniques they used earlier.
“It’s called hand brake drifting, Souya” Kenjou smiled, “His engine doesn’t stall because he isn’t fully pulls the hand brake”

That’s right. Hikaru doesn’t pull his hand brake to the max and let them stay there. He pushes the button to make it free so he can put it and pull it whenever he likes.
“And how did he makes a spin with that GT-R?! He has 4WD!” Yamada seems confused

“He lift his right foot at the right timing, so the ATESSA is fooled, thinking the car will stop, when he actually longer the spin” Satoshi adds

Hikaru doesn’t fully floor his throttle. He knew ATESSA will take over, and end the spin if he fully floors it.
“From 4, follow to 1 and take another spin so you end up between 5 and 6” Hikaru shout again

“Amazing and simply superb, isn’t it Kenjou? If the leader still here, what will he think when he see this kid?!” Satoshi smiled happily

“Well, he will think what’s on our head now; this kid is a genius” Kenjou said, “He’s a natural born driver!”

Steve and the others are feeling a bit down, when they hear what Satoshi and Kenjou think about Hikaru and by the looks of it he’s just getting further and further, doesn’t allow them to run beside him.
“Follow it to 10, and end the training by passing 13 to finish point” Hikaru said, “Home stretch, baby!”

Hikaru finishes the course, and spins his car around making doughnut moves three times in a row but what about his time?
“So what time did I get?” Hikaru shouts

“It’s every common event here…” Kenjou sighed, “The teacher gets passed by his student”

Everybody sees the time clicked on the stopwatch; 1 minute and 50 seconds. Even without the handicap, Hikaru was able to surpass them.
“His exhaust system helped him on the mid RPM…” Satoshi smiled, “Well, he’s already passed”

“Don’t be disappointed… you have more goals now, right? You guy have to surpass him. Isn’t that a new objective you have to achieve?” Kenjou smiled

Everybody is cheered up again. They have a new spirits to catch on Hikaru and his GT-R.

After the run, Hikaru turns off his engine and gets off from his car. He immediately checks his tires and brakes. The tires is almost slick, and the brakes are still red fiery hot.
“How do you feel, Hikaru? Satisfied?” Satoshi asked

“No, I still need more practice. This is a track, and not the streets… the condition here is simulative, not the real ones” he answered, “Let’s proceed with the second course”

Hikaru stand up and ready to take on the next training course.
“Let’s proceeds, Satoshi, Kenjou” Hikaru said, “There is still too many things I need to learn”

“Humbleness is good. It will win the attention from the spectators” Satoshi replies, “Okay; let’s move on to the next course”

Meanwhile at Hikaru’s house, his sister is having discussion with her assistant over the phone …
“So how is it, Rena? The prospect looks good if we advertise on this channel?” Seno ask

“Yes it is ma’am. After I look through the record of this TV Station all night long, I guess we need to advise our client to advertise on this channel” said a girl named Rena, “They are the official broadcaster of Euro Championship as for now. The rating will be a sky rocket”

“I see. Tomorrow at the meeting, let’s advise them to do so” Seno replies, “By the way, you said that you want to move to another high school, right? Do you found a nice school yet?”

“Yes I have… I was hoping that I can get the form to transfer there” Rena said, “Can you help me in sorting that matter out, ma’am?”

“I’ll ask my little brother to get it for you” Seno replied, “See you tomorrow, Rena”

“Good morning, ma’am” Rena hangs up


RPM 8: The Reason

The training camp was already over. The four days of training in two weeks has been fun and experiencing for them. Now they are gathering at the vacant house Kenjou and Satoshi rented for them, while searching for something interesting to look at Saitama.
“Alright, this is our last training together” Kenjou said, “It’s been fun, guys”

“Thank you very much for everything you guys have taught us” Tarou said

“No worries. We will see you around, yeah?” Satoshi continued, “If you have something to ask, don’t be shy; ask us anytime… except midnight that is”

“We will call you sometimes and let’s hold a meeting together again” Kenjou said, “And things will be lot tougher for all of you especially you, Hikaru. Many people will try and challenge you from now on”

“Accumulate more money and makes some modification for your car” Satoshi adds, “That way, you will stand a chance against the big boys later”

“Thank you for the advice” Hikaru nods

“Well, I’m off to see parents of my girlfriend at the village” Satoshi sways his hand, “See you at the racing meets, kiddos!”

“Be good, okay? Drive safely” Kenjou adds

“Thank you very much!” they bows

After Kenjou and Satoshi left, Hikaru and the others still got so much time for looking around at Saitama.
“So, what do we do now? Do you have any bright ideas, Hikaru?” Steve asked

“No… I never been to Saitama before” Hikaru replies, “I don’t know if there’s something good to see here either”

“Who’s from around Saitama?” Tarou asked

Nobody is from Saitama, because all of them are mainly from north and South Japan.
“Shoot… what should we do now?” Souya looks confused

“Let’s get something to eat, man!” Clark said, “I’m hungry”

“You are always hungry!” Gonsuke replied, “When does exactly you don’t feel hungry?”

“I’m not sure” Clark answered, “Let’s just get a ramen, or beef bowl, or sushi, or whatever it is”

“Okay, okay!” Iwami said, “Let’s get a nice bowl of food, before he freaks out”

“Good idea. Anyone knows what Saitama specialty is?” Yamada asks, “Don’t tell me that no one knows”

Nobody gives a reaction, and that’s Yamada’s answers.
“Oh, man…” Hikaru said, “Might as well we all just go home”

“No! Don’t go just yet. We have to spend our time now while we’re here” Tarou said, “Come on, Hikaru, don’t be a boring person”

“I know, but if we stay here for long, I’m afraid we are the one who should pay for the rent” Hikaru answers, “Don’t you know that this house was rented for daily basis?”

“I guess you’re right. Let’s pack up, and wait near the river while we’re deciding what to do here” Steve said, “Come on!”

Everybody packs up, and fired up their car to wait at the river near the bridge. Everybody looks confused, don’t know what to do. Satoshi and Kenjou are already left, and it would be inappropriate to ask them, what kind of food is good at Saitama… it sounds pointless and doesn’t important.
“So?” Souya strikes a question, “You guys decided yet what to do?”

“No… I’m going to take a nap while you guys deciding on what to do” Hikaru yawns, “Wake me up when you guys are ready to go”

“Okay… not! Wake up, idiot! You tell us what to do here!” Tarou said

“I told you already, let’s just go home and get some rest” Hikaru replied, “My body is all sore, because sitting in a car all day yesterday”

Suddenly, Hikaru’s cell phone is ringing… Looks like his sister called. He immediately picks it up, to know why she called him up.
“So? What do you suggest we do?” Iwami asked, “Any idea, guys?”

“Maybe we should just go back to Tokyo… we don’t know what kind of delicacies here anyway” Gonsuke scratches his head, “Why don’t we go and grab a ramen around here, and go back?”

“Good idea” Steve said, “Let’s find a ramen restaurant around here and eat” Steve said, “After that, we can all go home”

“So? Your friend wants to transfer her daughter to our school? Okay, after I get back, I’ll immediately picks the form” Hikaru said, “Okay, see you later, sis”

“Hikaru, what do you say if we eat ramen?” Clark asked, “Or do you have better idea?”

“Ramen is good. Let’s eat… Let’s go find the restaurant” Hikaru starts his engine, “After that, I will immediately go back to Tokyo. My sister just gives me an errand to do”

They drive to the nearest ramen shop they see, and eat there. The restaurant is quite big. It consist two houses to serve as restaurant. They even have a parking lot, at the side of the river.
“So your sis asks you to run some errand to run on day like these?” Steve asked, “What kind of errand?”

“Well, looks like a friend of my sister wants to transfer her daughter to our school” Hikaru answers, “Why do you ask?”

“It’s just not ethical, you know? Asking to do an errand on holiday like this” Steve replied

“Hey, she’s my sister; the person who bought me my GT-R” Hikaru said, “All she need to do is ask me, and I’ll do it… as long the errand is normal, though”

“The ramen is here. Let’s eat!” Gonsuke said

They eat the ramen they ordered. The ramen looks nice and delicious with thick stock and steaming hot. Hikaru ordered was a spicy beef mushroom ramen, one of the so called restaurant’s best.
Hikaru loves spicy and hot food. Eat it with cold soft drink, and what he feels is what he calls as a good life.
“You sure do love spicy food…” Yamada gulped hard when he saw Hikaru’s ramen has a lot of red powder

“It’s what I called as a good life” Hikaru slurped his ramen stock, “Woooo! It’s hot and spicy!”

“Yes, the ramen is spicy and has a very good taste!” Steve adds

Steve also likes spicy food. But unlike Hikaru, he adds a lot of chili onto his favorite foods.
“You guys are a chili maniac… don’t you guys get stomachache?” Tarou asked, “It looks horrific!”

“Here, Tarou! Let me add a lot of chili to your ramen! It’s good!” Hikaru pours a lot of chili powder to Tarou’s ramen, “So good that you’ll want to cry!”

“Yeah, so spicy that it hurts my stomach and I’ll definitely cry!” Tarou smiled bitterly

“Come on, try it once in awhile” Hikaru smirked, “That is what me and Steve calls as a good life”

“Yup, Hikaru is right! Eat it, Tarou… and tell us what you think about it” Steve continues

They keep on talking as they eat the ramen. It was fun hanging out with your friend, and it was fun that you have somebody else with the same hobby as yours.
After they eat the ramen, they decided to go back to Tokyo. Hikaru has promised to the others that he will take them to meet Kojiro.
“Hikaru do you remember that you promised to us, that you will take us to meet this Kojiro guy?” Souya asked, “Come on, man. Take us to him”

“Okay, I’ll take you guys to meet him” Hikaru replied, “let’s go!”

Hikaru takes them to meet Kojiro at Tokyo. At the garage, they saw Kojiro still works on the RB block Hikaru saw few days ago. Don’t know what he’s doing with the engine, though…
“The place is near the old grocery store!” Gonsuke said, “How can I never know about this?”

“The place is big and completely hidden...” Iwami adds, “No wonder that only curious and lost people, that is able to found this place”

“Kojiro-san, I’m back” Hikaru said to Kojiro, “Still works on the engine, I see”

“Yes, the RB is like we know about; strong and reliable” Kojiro replied as he wipes his hands, “Who are these guys you take with you?”

“They are my friends at school” Hikaru answered, “They ask me about the good mechanic that customizing my exhaust system”

Kojiro take a look at their cars. There’s no GT-R in sight, except Hikaru’s. Kojiro grinned, and shakes his head slow.
“You guys… I guess you guys heard about me already from Satoshi and Kenjou” Kojiro said, “And I guess that you guys already know that I only tune GT-R”

“So there’s no way you’re going to tune our cars?” Clark looks disappointed

“No, no… my men will take care of your cars. Even though they are not as skilled as me, they do fine for other cars” Kojiro replied

“That’s good! I thought that no one will take a look at our cars” Steve smiled gladly

“Okay, you guys are already meeting him, so I’ll be off now” Hikaru said as he gets into his car

Steve and the others are walking to the garage, to see what kind of parts they can use. Hikaru on the other hand, is hopping to his car and ignite his engine. He still needs to do the errand; to give his sister a transfer form.
“Where are you going, Hikaru?” Kojiro asked, “I thought that you will leave your car here… I got some nice parts for you”

“Uh, I’ll take it next time… I have an errand from my sister” Hikaru answers, “Maybe after I finish my errand, I’ll go back here”

“That’s good to hear… I have engine upgrades for your RB26” Kojiro smiled, “I will put them on myself to your car”

“I can’t wait” Hikaru replied, “See you later”

Hikaru feels impatient to know what kind of parts Kojiro have for him. He immediately drives to the school to get the transfer form. The heavy looking school gate is unopened at Sundays. Even though it’s unopened, the school administration office is operating, even on holidays. Hikaru parks his car outside the gate, and talk to the security before he’s allowed to enter. After allowed to entry, Hikaru walks slowly towards the school office, while looking around.
“Excuse me, teacher” Hikaru said, “I’m here to get some of the transfer form”

“It’s right over the counter” the teacher said, “What’s wrong, Hikaru? You’re transferring somewhere?”

“No, a friend of my sister wants to move her daughter to this school” Hikaru answered, “Thanks”

Hikaru gets back to his house and give the form to his sister. He saw his sister sits on the couch, while typing with her laptop.
“Here you go, sis” Hikaru said, “This is the transfer form at my school”

“Just put it there, thank you” Seno replied, “Going somewhere again?”

“Yes. A friend of mine has a part for my RB26” Hikaru said, “I’m going over to his place and get it installed”

“See you later then” Seno replied

Hikaru back to Kojiro’s garage to get the parts installed. His friends are already gone… looks like they already get what they’re need.
“Kojiro-san, where’s all my friends?” Hikaru asked

“They already went back for about 15 minutes ago” Kojiro answered, “Okay, let’s work your engine right away”

“Do I need to help?” Hikaru asked while holding a tool in his hand

“No need. Just leave your car to me” Kojiro replied as he takes the tool from Hikaru’s hand

Kojiro lift the GT-R with hydraulic lift, and starts to disassemble the engine. While Kojiro is busy taking off the engine, Hikaru takes a look inside the garage. Many cardboard boxes are lined up with one same graphic and writings on them; it’s Tomei.
“So its Tomei engine upgrade parts… Forged piston kits, Forged h-beam con-rod, Forged full-counter crankshaft, Poncam camshaft type R, Adjustable pulley in/ex, Valve spring type C with valve sheet, Valve Lifter, Valve guide, Bery ring, Strengthened timing belt, Reinforced washers, Head studs, Crank bearing cam studs, Cam bearing cap studs, Reinforced con-rod bolt, Metal head gasket… so many of them” Hikaru looks at all of the parts, “Why are you giving me all of these? There must be a reason… isn’t it right, Kojiro-san?”

Kojiro stops working for a minute, and starts working again.
“You really want to know the reason Hikaru?” Kojiro asked, “You see this broken left leg of mine? I can’t ride my beloved GT-R anymore”

“…” Hikaru looks at a White V-spec II sitting at the back of the garage, “So what do you want me to do? Revenge on the person who did that to you?”

“No… I want you to show him, that I; Yuuta Kojiro, still the best mechanic for GT-R” Kojiro seems frustrated

“So… who’s the guy?” Hikaru asked, “Is it the Sky King?”

“No” Kojiro answers, “The carbon NSX; Nagisa Kaoru”

By the time Kojiro said the carbon NSX, he looks very surprised. He knew the NSX and the person who drives it… the person who’s going to marry his beloved sensei.
“What did he do to you? Makes you crash to the wall or something?” Hikaru asked

“His NSX was defeated by my GT-R on Wangan highway” Kojiro answered, “He was not satisfied with it, so we both come down to Ichikawa parking area to talk about it… when I get off from my car, he ran me over with his car, making my left leg broken like this”

Hikaru gives no reaction at all since Kaoru with the nice attitude will be able to do something like that. He begins to wonder, how his sensei can meet this kind of guy.
“He’s an NSX tuner… one of the best” Kojiro said, “But I cannot forgive for what he has done to my leg… because of him, I can’t optimize my car’s full potential right now. It was very rude for me to ask you to do this for my personal reason. I mean that I just know you for a few days… but can you do it for me Hikaru?”

“I guess we really can’t judge a book by its cover” Hikaru smirked, “Okay, Kojiro-san, finish the upgrade as soon as possible. I’ll take him down”

“You will?!” Kojiro asked happily

“This will be the first debut for the Sky Captain” Hikaru smiled, “I want you to be there too, as the witness for your revenge”

“Thank you so much, Hikaru! It really means a lot for me” Kojiro bows

“No, no… You do something for me, and in return I’ll do something for you” Hikaru nods

So it’s settled. Hikaru will begin his racing debut with a quest of vengeance… a vengeance for others who helped him to be the best.

“So, Kojiro-san… what kind of parts my friend just bought?” Hikaru asked

“Well for starters, your friend with Supra just installed a new turbo and exhaust. He even left his car there” Kojiro said, “The same thing goes for your other friend”

Hikaru take a look to the other garage. He sees all of his friend’s cars are there, and being tuned by Kojiro’s mechanic.
“You know what, I’m going to buy C-West N1 type 2 body kit, with its universal GT-Wing type 1” Hikaru said

“Are you sure? I can always add it up for free” Kojiro replied

“No! It would be inappropriate for me… too much expense for your garage” Hikaru remarked, “The Tomei parts are not cheap, I believe”

“And what else did you need, Hikaru?” Kojiro takes notes

“I’m going to install the Nismo 4 point harness, Nismo black carbon shift knob, intercooler piping, and a custom 8 roll cage bar” Hikaru said

“I will ask my men to provide those parts right away” Kojiro said excitedly, “I will fabricate the roll cage myself”

“That would be great” Hikaru replied, “Don’t forget your garage sticker… and product decals on the GT-R”

“I will put them on myself” Kojiro smiled happily

“I’ll help” Hikaru adds, “Mechanic can’t do all of the works by himself. The driver needs to help too”

“I told you; I will handle the car by myself” Kojiro repeated himself, “The driver’s job is to drive the car and give an input to the mechanic on how the car behaves”

“Okay, whatever you say” Hikaru replied, “So I’ll just left the car here, right”

“Only for 3 days… while your car is left here, you can drive my V-spec II” Kojiro said, “The keys is in the ignition”

Hikaru stands near the menacing white GT-R. The Nismo body kit and large intercooler already shows this GT-R’s power. Bronze Nismo LM4 GT with big AP Racing caliper and rotors, makes Hikaru wonder how fast this thing can stop.
“How fast is this car?” Hikaru asked

“Almost every part of the car is made from HKS parts. The exterior is Nismo things” Kojiro said, “Now let’s get this thing off and… voila! The engine is off. If you want to drive it, just promise me that you’ll never dent it”

“No thanks… I’m afraid she’ll get angry with me, if I tried to flirt with another GT-R” Hikaru smirked

“Suit yourself, man” Kojiro said, “See you around”

“Oh yeah… seeing the brakes makes my mouth watered. I want to install the 6 piston Brembo brakes for the front. And as for the back, let’s use the ones from the front” Hikaru adds

“I’ll get a pair for you” Kojiro said

Hikaru gets back to his house by walking. His sister is filling the transfer form Hikaru bought earlier
“I thought that your friend is going to transfer her daughter… why do you fill the form sis?” Hikaru seems puzzled

“Well, I am the one who’s going to transfer my daughter there” Seno smiled

Hikaru shows a surprised look on his face. He doesn’t understand what Seno said.
“Don’t give me that look” Seno sighed, “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”

“No… if my memory is right, you said that you want to transfer your daughter to my school” looking confused, Hikaru scratches his head

“Yes… She is my apprentice. My assistant on my office work” Seno replied

“You mean that Rena?” Hikaru asked

“Yes, and right now, I’m going to give her a hand, because she’s moving near this house” Seno replied as she gets her coat, “See you later”

“Hey, what do you cook for today? I’m starving!” Hikaru said

“Just heat the soup. It’s at the stove… eat it with the dry bread I bought” Seno replies

Hikaru locks the door to get some sleep. He’s tired from all of the training and traveling… He immediately falls asleep the moment his head touches the pillow.

Hikaru wakes up at 05.00 P.M. and after washing his face and eat his dinner with soup and dry bread, he goes off to work at the grocery store.

At the grocery store, the manager wasn’t in sight and it looks like he can’t come for some reason. He saw Gonsuke already starts working at the freezer. Hikaru helps him with the freezer, putting all of the meat and vegetables.

When they finished moving the meat and vegetables, he saws Kaoru and Yue-sensei is walking around the store and by the looks like Kaoru is the owner of this grocery store, by looking at the other employees behavior.
“You know what Hikaru that Kaoru is the owner of this store?” Gonsuke inform Hikaru

“Now that you tell me, I’m sure” Hikaru answers, “Gon; I’m going to look for another job”

“Are you sure? What’s wrong?” Gonsuke asks again, “You got any reason?”

“My reason is this…” Hikaru said as he walks toward Kaoru and Yue-sensei

Kaoru who saw him immediately smiled, followed by Yue-sensei.
“Good afternoon Kaoru-san, Yue-sensei” Hikaru said

“Ah, Hikaru-kun… Good afternoon” Yue replied

“What’s the matter, Hikaru? Finished with work already?” Kaoru asked

“Not yet” Hikaru replied, “Just came by to say hello, and I want to ask you something”

“Yes, what is it?” Kaoru asked

“Do you know where the manager went?” Hikaru asked

“Ah, that. I fired him this morning… he can’t handle the job well. From now on, you’re the manager” Kaoru replied

“I see... By the way Kaoru-san, do you know Yuuta Kojiro?” Hikaru asked, “I heard that he’s a friend of yours”

Kaoru looks surprised when Hikaru say that name. Hikaru smiled when he saw Kaoru’s reaction, and that is his cue to act.
“Kaoru-san… do you know what it feels if your left leg is broken? No fancy fast-shifting, double-clutch, and heel-and-toe action anymore” Hikaru smiled, “And you know what, I’m going to beat you and your fancy carbon NSX”

“Oh, is that so. How are going to do that?” Kaoru grinned

“Let’s just say… Yuuta Kojiro is back, and he said hello” Hikaru replied, “The manager makes this grocery store standing on its feet, and gain many profitability when you’re still a brat, sucking your thumbs. You just can just fire him like that!”

“I can… I’m the owner of this store” Kaoru adds, “And you’re fired”

“Cause you’re afraid of me and Yuuta Kojiro? I was planning to get out of here from the start anyway” Hikaru smiled happily, “The debut of the Sky Captain is going to be the quest of vengeance; your defeat!”

When Hikaru says about the Sky Captain, Kaoru seems more surprised than ever, so did many people who are watching them argue. They begins to whisper to one another

Hikaru takes off his working uniform, and toss it to Kaoru’s face.
“See you 3 days later… Carbon NSX” Hikaru said, “I’ll contact you when the time is come… can’t wait to see the look on your face when I beat your NSX”

Hikaru left the store with a smile… a big smile to be exact and he looks like he’s happy and glad that he quit from there. Not sure why, maybe it’s because of the manager being fired, or the fact his beloved sensei will marry the owner of the place he worked, or even both of them.
“Hikaru, wait!” Gonsuke follows

“Gonsuke, you’re fired too” Kaoru said angrily

“Whatever you say, b*tch” Gonsuke seems don’t care about his work

Before Gonsuke left, he said something to Yue-sensei; an insurance so the teacher will not meddle on the affairs between these two street racers.
“Sensei, please don’t interfere. Hikaru don’t wants me to tell you this, but he really, really likes you” Gonsuke said, “If you do something this b*tch fiancé of yours ask you to do; like manipulating our grades, I’m going to tell the principal about your bad deeds… this is merely a warning”

Gonsuke takes off his work uniform, and toss it to Kaoru’s face once again.

At the worker’s lounge, Hikaru puts all of his stuffs on the locker to his bag. Gonsuke do the same as well. Many fellow workers see them and look confused, don’t know what to say to them.
“Hikaru… you sure about this?” one of them ask Hikaru

“Yes. Good luck fellas, and do stay away from the owner” Hikaru replied, “See you around”

“If you want to apologize, we can help you guys” another one asks them

“No way” Hikaru replied, “Why should I? He’s the one who fires the manager”

“We’re going to look for the manager” Gonsuke said

“He now lives with his nephew at the garage, just near the old shop” one of them adds

“Kojiro’s garage… perfect” Hikaru replied

“See you around” Gonsuke adds, “Take care, okay”

Hikaru wears his distinctive goggle around his neck and steps outside. He saws Kaoru and Yue-sensei, standing near the entrance.
“Yes?” Hikaru asked, “Anything else?”

“This is both of your wages for this month” Kaoru hands over two envelope filled with money to Gonsuke and Hikaru

“Good luck on your marriage” Gonsuke said irritated

“See you on Thursday, Kaoru” Hikaru said

“Let’s meet at Harajuku Station… we’ll start from Harajuku Station to the end of the road, and then go back to starting point, $3,500” Kaoru adds, “Don’t be late; 1 A.M.”

“I won’t… see you around, Kaoru” Hikaru replies as he smiled



This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 3 2009, 05:22 PM

i think your story is great. and if your looking for vechiles maybe somthin in there price range
like a corrola, celica, miata, an old gtr or gts ? i dont really know how price and pay is down there.
maybe try to steel parts from somewhere

This post has been edited by DEX on Jun 11 2008, 02:04 PM

Hm... I don't think that's the problem.

What do you think about, when hearing a kid who's just get his license a few days ago, driving a GT-R?

BTW, RPM 6 is ready, but I haven't upload it... I have some problem during the writings (electronical issue of the car), and I'm already asking about it on automotive section

To those of you who knows about what I ask, can you help me?

here is RPM 9 and RPM 10

RPM 9: A Chick with Bike

Everybody has heard the big news. The hype is high, so does the tension… the battle between the famous Carbon NSX with the lucky Sky Captain. Even some students in school are excited to see what kind of racing Hikaru and Kaoru will show to them on Thursday.

Souya, Gonsuke, Yamada, Iwami, Steve, Clark is very nervous about Hikaru’s big debut race. Kenjou and Satoshi, who’s already heard the news the day after the challenge was given, was shocked as hell.
“What are you thinking, Hikaru?! He’s one of the apprentices of Mid Night Club like we do!” Kenjou asks, “Do you really think that you can beat him that easily?”

“Yes, don’t worry” Hikaru answers, “I already went to the location of the race beforehand, and I already memorized it like the back of my hand”

“Why do you pick an arrogant kid like this for your purpose, Kojiro?” Satoshi seems puzzled, “He barely knows anything about the Carbon NSX, and you ask him to avenge for you?”

“I already upgrade his GT-R… this car will make him get an easy win” Kojiro smiled while patting GT-R’s hood, “Hikaru, check this out!”

Hikaru’s GT-R is barely looked stock. Silver sparkling V-spec II Nur with C-West N1 type 2 body kit, complete with its universal GT-Wing type 1. Product decals like Nismo, Brembo, HKS, and moreover Tomei stick to the hood and the side of GT-R.
“Wow” Hikaru thought

“This is crazy… he even made a custom engraving to the rear side of the body kit!” Steve said

That’s right; no C-West rear bumper has Skyline writings. Kojiro specifically engrave one for Hikaru, complete with V-spec II Nur badge.
“You’re right!” Clark adds, “This is very cool!”

“I already installed the Kojiro Speed custom 8 point roll cage bar, 6 piston Brembo brakes for the front and 4 piston for the rear complete with rotor and brake pads replacement, Nismo 4 point harnesses, Nismo black carbon shift knob…” Kojiro said

“What about the internals? All of it was Tomei parts?” Yamada ask

“Yes… bigger power needs bigger ignition and fuel map, so I replace the stock E.C.U with HKS F-Con V Pro, adding HKS EVC Boost Controller, and it’s done!” Kojiro adds

“I can control the boost now? That’s way cool!” Hikaru laugh

“Yes, even though the next step was to upgrade the turbo” Kojiro said, “Along with better oil circulation, and exhaust flow”

“Can I take it for a test ride?” Hikaru smiled

“Yes, that’s why I call all of you here” Kojiro gets his Toshiba tablet PC, and hops into passenger side, “I need to give better settings for your driving behavior”

Hikaru gets into his GT-R and ignite the engine. Roaring sound of the GT-R is loud and very intimidating to anyone who hears it.
“This is not the full capabilities of the GT-R” Kojiro said, “We can squeeze more power from it”

“How much BHP does it have for now Kojiro?” Hikaru asked, “Around 450?”

“I haven’t taken it for dyno yet, but I’ll bet it’s around that number” Kojiro answered, “Let’s move out! Everybody follow us… if you can that is”

Hikaru took the test at Wangan highway. He starts to cruise from Kasai junction, and follow it all the way to Honmoku junction.
“Okay, Hikaru, floor it up!” Kojiro shouts

Hikaru fully floors the car. Kojiro is watching the EVC closely and monitoring how the E.C.U will receive the setting given
“How is it?” Kojiro asks, “Is it good?”

“It has too much power. On straights like this, it helps much… but I don’t know about the winding road at the streets” Hikaru replied, “Can you lower the boost? I think one bar is enough”

“You’re the driver… let me tell you how to set the boost. Press here, and set it to 1.5 bar… voila!” Kojiro said

“I get it. I will change it when I need it” Hikaru replied

Everyone is having a hard time following Hikaru’s GT-R, except Souya, Tarou, Steve, and Clark.
“This is why I hate highways!” Yamada frustrated

“Yes, we are street racers, not ‘highway’ street racers” Gonsuke adds, “What matters here is power and more power”

“You’re right” Kenjou said, “Hikaru maybe in the front here, but what about at winding streets?”

“I think he knows what to do” Satoshi continues, “He’s a natural street racer, so I think we don’t have to worry anything”

After satisfied with the settings, they take a short rest at small café, near the highway exit.
“So you say that you don’t need brute strength… is that right?” Souya asked

“Yes. I already set it for normal boost only” Hikaru replied, “Streets are different from highway”

“That’s right… if you think brute strength is the key to defeating NSX, you’re wrong” Satoshi said

“He knows it. He’s not racing around here…” Kojiro lights his cigar, “What do you think of my tuning?”

“It’s the best” Hikaru replied, “I don’t think any other tuners can do such a thing”

“So you’ve decided, right? Defeating the Carbon NSX?” Tarou asks, “Can you do it?”

“He can… and he will” Kojiro blows the smoke

“It’s tonight… and I’m ready” Hikaru said to himself

“Are you nervous?” Clark asks

“No… why should I?” Hikaru asked back

“Why do I feel nervous? It’s not me who’s racing” Clark said

“Chill out” Hikaru said, “I’m going back to take a little nap. Let’s go, Kojiro-san”

“Well, see you guys tonight” Kojiro sway his hand

Kojiro and Hikaru get back ahead. Looks like Hikaru needs some time to relax and to prepare.
“No doubt the Sky King will come and watch the race tonight” Iwami said while sipping his ice coffee

“Yes… That is what I have expected” Satoshi replied, “I’m sure Hikaru has something up in his sleeves”

“And what would that be?” Steve asked, “Honestly, I’m worried that he’ll get carried away by his feelings”

“What does that mean?” Tarou narrowed his eyes, “You don’t mean… that, did you?”

“Yes, that” Steve replied, “His feelings towards his beloved sensei; Kaoru’s fiancé”

“Are you telling me that Hikaru likes Carbon NSX’s fiancé?” Kenjou seems surprised

“That is an X factor if I must say” Souya scratches his head, “So? What should we do? Should we perk him up?”

“No. let’s just leave him be” Satoshi replied, “Only in his dreams can he defeat the Carbon NSX”

“I’m not sure about that” Gonsuke said while smiling,” Let’s us see what happens tonight”

And midnight comes whether you ask for it or not. Hikaru is heating up his engine, while gripping his steering wheel hard. As usual, Hikaru wears Nismo getup. This time he’s wearing a typical red shirt, Nismo black racing tee, combined with maroon colored jeans, and black hiking shoes. Not to mention his distinctive goggle he wore around his neck.
“Are you scared?” Sky asked, “Why are you hesitating Hikaru?”

“I’m not hesitating. I just need to build up my concentration” Hikaru replied, “Any advice Sky?”

“This is not the Knight Rider movie… you’re not Michael Knight, and I’m not KITT” Sky replied, “I’m just an embodiment of your imagination; cars don’t talk on their own you know”

“So I think I just need to do, what I usually do, huh?” Hikaru asked, “Is that it Sky?”

“Throw away your feeling for others” Sky said, “You know what I’m talking about, right?”

“Yes, that hot teacher of mine” Hikaru replied, “I will, don’t worry. There’s no way I’ll lose on my debut as Sky Captain”

Hikaru drives off to Kojiro’s garage first to pick him up. Kojiro is already waiting with all of Hikaru’s friends at the garage. Looks like all of them knew that something will happen tonight, whether it’s the debut of Sky Captain, or the victorious Carbon NSX… no one knows.

Hikaru and the others are cruising to the meeting place, while keeping their communication system on.
“So are you nervous?” Satoshi asked

“Not this time… if it is, I feel very excited” Hikaru smiled, “I feel like my whole body is trembling with adrenaline rush”

“Are you sure that you’ll win?” Tarou asked, “He’s just like Satoshi and Kenjou; an apprentice of Mid Night Club”

“No matter what; I won’t back down” Hikaru cuts Tarou’s words, “I’m sure you all think of the same thing; I’ll lose, right?”

Nobody gives an answer, or reply… looks like Hikaru is right.

“I see. I guess that can’t be helped” Hikaru adds, “I mean, I’m just a high school student, who’s just started as a street racer few weeks ago. No wonder all of you think like that”

“We never look down on you, but you have to realize, that he’s a good driver” Kenjou said, “There’s no way you can stand a chance against him”

“I do stand a chance against you” Hikaru replied, “Why won’t I have a chance against him now?”

Hikaru speeds up and it looks like he’s getting impatient to get to the racing meet. Just around the corner of the street is the Harajuku Station, where they supposed to meet.
Hikaru saws Bernard under the tree, leaning his back at his N1. He lifts his hand while holding his thumbs up. Everyone does the same, they cheered for Hikaru, when he slowly cruise to the starting grid.

Hikaru nods to Bernard, and approach Kaoru and his sensei.
“Why do you wear everything red?” Yue asked

“Red is the color of hero” Hikaru smiled, “That’s why I wear them”

“Kid, I must admit this; you got balls to take me on” Kaoru smiled, “I won’t hold back against you”

“Neither am I” Hikaru replied, “Let’s start this”

Bernard is smiling followed by his two friends; Eliah and John. It’s just like Hikaru to immediately go to the point, without wasting any time for talking and chit-chat
“That kids do have the balls to challenge Kaoru” John adds

“What’s it going to be, Ben?” Eliah asked, “Will he surpass you?”

“No he won’t” Bernard answered, “He’s still too young”

Kaoru gets into his car, followed by Hikaru
“Yue, come with me” Kaoru said, “Let’s make this kid taste what defeat is like”

“Come on, Kojiro-san” Hikaru said, “Let’s bang this show. Steve, would you please?”

Steve stands between GT-R and NSX to act as the linesman. He raises his hands, and starts the countdown.
“Ready! 3…2…1…” Steve counts down, “GO!!!”

When Steve’s waves his hands down simultaneously, Kaoru fully accelerates forward followed by Hikaru. Mid-ship cars have better launch.
“NSX does have better launch” Hikaru said, “Time to raise the boost up”

Hikaru sets the boost to 1.5 bars, followed by a shift up. Kojiro doesn’t understand what is Hikaru is doing.
“What are you doing?” Kojiro asked, “Why increase the boost suddenly?”

“The course is a long stretch” Hikaru said, “Don’t worry about it, I’ve been here before”

You can see the course at the course album, and check the Harajuku Station – Meiji Shrine. Hikaru and Kaoru start the race from the Station, to the finish line at Sector 1. The street isn’t too crowded with other road users, so there should be enough room for the two of them.
“That NSX has better acceleration and handling than before” Kojiro said, “Looks like he changes the suspension”

“Yes, it has Bilstein dampers and springs” Hikaru said, “I guess it has either turbocharger or supercharger”

“That’s why it has better acceleration” Kojiro replied, “If you can get close to him, you have a chance to do slipstream”

“I’ll floor it up!” Hikaru shifts up

Kaoru’s NSX is getting farther and farther, this makes Steve, Tarou, Gonsuke, Yamada, Iwami are starting to get worried. Unlike Clark, Souya, Satoshi, and Kenjou who’s confident on Hikaru’s race
“See that acceleration?!” Yamada surprised, “That’s the power of MR”

“That’s what happens to your car if it has rear mounted engine” Satoshi said

“So will he win?” Steve asked

“He will” Souya said, “There’s no problem with his car’s behavior”

“Easy for you to say” Gonsuke replied, “The body of his car is made up from Carbon”

“No worries, Hikaru scout this place already” Clark said, “Stop worrying it”

“Hikaru will win this race for sure” Satoshi adds, “Let’s just wait for the good news, huh?”

Back to the race, Kaoru and Hikaru had a hard time on running smoothly. There are other road users, and the road is kinds of narrow.
“Argh! There are too many road users” Kaoru said

Kaoru’s NSX is an MR, which has heavier rear part unlike Hikaru’s GT-R. Braking and evading other road users, makes the car tends to slide forward. This gives Kaoru a hard time to balance between increasing the pace, and evading other road users.
“Heh, the disadvantage of MR car” Hikaru smiled, “Let’s see if you can runs smoothly”

Hikaru can easily outmaneuver other road users. The ATESSA-ETS is showing its superiorities compared to RWD at these kind of situation.
“You’re quite skilled” Kojiro said, “Where did you learn how to drive like that?”

“You mean where I learn how to drive like this?” Hikaru asked back

“That’s what I’m talking about. No normal high school student can handle a heavy GT-R like you do” Kojiro answered, “Tell me where you learned how to drive it”

“Oh… at High School Street Racer” Hikaru smirked

“You got to be kidding me” Kojiro replied as he shakes his head

The distance between Hikaru and Kaoru is by a small margin every second because of Kaoru’s heavy rear.
“He can outmaneuver those cars easily?” Yue said with disbelief, “Under this kind of narrow road?”

“He is really something” Kaoru replied, “Other racers don’t call him the Sky Captain for nothing”

Hikaru keeps on getting nearer, and nearer to Kaoru’s NSX. He tailgates it to get less wind resistance.
“He’s tailgating you!” Yue said

“I know” Kaoru replied, “I already lose this race, even before it began. Kojiro is still the best mechanic for GT-R”

Hikaru passes Kaoru easily, like his NSX was a minivan full with family member. Kojiro lowers his window, waves his hand to Kaoru and smiled. He already satisfied with Hikaru’s help.
“Well, let’s get back home and take the money” Kojiro said, “Thanks for your help”

“It’s just around the corner” Hikaru replied, “No rush is needed, the winner is already decided”

Hikaru cross the finish line in no time. Carbon NSX is defeated by the Sky Captain in his debut. Everybody is satisfied with the result of the race, especially Hikaru’s friends
“Congrats, Hikaru” Steve said, “Oh, the Sky King has something to say to you”

“The Sky King? I wonder what he wants to say” Hikaru thought

“Hey kid, it’s me” Bernard said, “I just want to say congratulations on your first victory, and I must admit you have potential to replace me as the Sky King… even though it won’t be easy”

“Thank you” Hikaru replied

“Now don’t get it to your head just yet!” Bernard said, “You won’t take my title easily”

“We’ll see about that, won’t we?” Hikaru continues

Hikaru takes the winning money from Kaoru, who’s already lost the race.
“Hikaru, you are really good” Kaoru said, “Where did you learn that kind of technique? It’s not easy to handle GT-R you know”

“Eh… Kojiro ask me the same thing” Hikaru scratches his head, “Why don’t you ask him?”

Kojiro looks at Kaoru’s, and so did Kaoru. Kojiro is still angry about his broken left leg. There’s no way Kaoru can ask him anything.
“Kojiro…” Kaoru nods, “How’re your legs?”

“Like hell you asked!” Kojiro shouts, “You’re the one who caused it, why do you ask again?”

Kaoru didn’t give any replies, looks like it’s useless to ask him.

“I’m sorry. I know that you’ll never forgive me for what I did to you” Kaoru nods, “I’m really, really sorry”

“I forgive you” Kojiro said

That word shock Hikaru, Kaoru, and Yue. What is happening with Kojiro?
“Now that you know, even with broken leg like this, I’m still the best… I forgive you for what you’ve done” Kojiro said again, “It’s on the past, so let’s just forget it ok?”

Kaoru nods again and smiled. He really thanked Hikaru for this rare opportunity to speak and finally reconcile with Kojiro.
“One thing’s bothering me… where do you learn to drive?” Kaoru asks

“It’s High School Street Racer” Kojiro smiled, “Don’t know what he means, though”

“High School Street Racer” Kaoru looked surprised, “What kind of school is that?”

“Is there any school which trains students as a street racer?” Yue asked

“No. I just made it up” Hikaru smirked, “Satoshi and Kenjou are the ones who trains us”

“So it’s no surprise, then” Kojiro said

“I should’ve known that Satoshi and Kenjou are the ones who trains them” Kaoru smiled

“Hikaru!” said Souya from afar

They came to the finish line to congrats Hikaru. Hikaru can’t stop smiling, after the fact that people doubt him.
“Who’s winning, huh?” Yamada asked

“Me!” Hikaru smiled, “What did I tell you guys?”

“That’s a good run, Hikaru” Kaoru smiled, “This time they surely attracted to you”

“Who is? The girls” Hikaru asked

“No… the street racing team known as Street Devils” Kaoru said, “They are members from Mid Night Club who’s formed their own team, after we disbanded”

“I see…” Hikaru replied, “We’ll just have to see about that”

“I’m sure the Sky King knows about them too” Kenjou said, “Even though they are a shadow team, and few people knows about them, they are highly skilled people”

“I got it” Hikaru nods

“Hey, let’s get back immediately. We have quiz this morning” Steve said

“Okay, I’ll drop Kojiro back to the garage first” Hikaru said as he gets into his car

“Ah, don’t worry about Kojiro” Kenjou said, “I’ll drop him off to his place”

“Now that you mention it, why do you change your car, Kenjou?” Tarou asked, “Where is your S2000?”

Kenjou rides Honda Accord Euro. Looks like something happened to his S2000.
“I’m getting married next month, Tarou” Kenjou smiled, “I need to change my car to this family sedan, so not only I can accommodate my family I can still keep on racing”

“So that’s what happened to your S2000” Gonsuke said, “Too bad, though; it’s a good car”

“Well said…” Iwami adds, “Let’s go back”

“See you around, Kaoru” Hikaru smiled, “There’s always be next time to defeat you again, and again”

“Keep on dreaming, kiddo” Kaoru replies, “I’m not going to let somebody defeat me twice”

Hikaru and the others are going back to get some rest. They have quiz this morning at the school.
“Well, this is my neighborhood… see you later, guys” Hikaru make a turn

“See you later” Clark said, “Study hard, okay?”

Before Hikaru goes back, he gets a can of cold coffee from vending machine at the park, which is just three blocks from his house.
“Huff” Hikaru sighed, “It’s very wonderful, huh?”

“Yes… it’s very exciting if you humans say it” Sky replied

“I still can feel adrenaline rushing in my blood veins” Hikaru said, “My heart is beating fast”

“Okay, that’s enough talk about the race” Sky adds, “You have a quiz this morning, right?

“Yes, that’s right” Hikaru answered

Hikaru throws off the can to the trash bin, and get into his car. When he’s about to start the engine, a loud growl of big engine is heard from somewhere and it’s coming closer.
“What is that growling sound?” Hikaru gets off from the car, and looks around the park

A man riding a CBR 1000 RR Fireblade suddenly pass Hikaru and makes him startled to death because he almost get run over when stepping to the side road.
“Damn it! Watch where you going with that shit!” Hikaru yelled

The man stopped and stares at Hikaru. Looks like he’s one of biker gang members, and he’s angry because Hikaru yells at him.

The biker revs hard his bike to challenge Hikaru… maybe for a race, maybe for a brawl, or maybe for something else.
“What the hell is wrong with you?! You’re the one who’s almost runs me over!” Hikaru shouts angrily

The biker makes a doughnut turn, and revs hard again. Looks like he wanted Hikaru to follow him.
“Stupid biker punk” Hikaru throws a pebble to his helmet

The pebble hit the guy’s helmet. Because of that, the biker left Hikaru alone. Maybe the biker realize it was his fault

“I hate 2 wheels! Especially if some punks are the ones who rides them” Hikaru bawled

At the school, they have to do the quiz earlier, because the teacher is sick and needs to go to hospital. Hikaru isn’t sleeping well, because he’s studying for the quiz all night.
After the quiz is done, they are given five minutes break, to relieve the stress
“Can you answer all of them?” Steve asked, “It’s hard even for me”

“Not really… the questions that got out, was the questions I studied this morning” Hikaru answers, “What about you guys? Can you answer them all?”

“Not really, but I did fairly good” Tarou smiled, “So did Clark, Gonsuke, and Souya”

“Your eyes have back patches under it” said Gonsuke, “You’re not sleeping well, aren’t you?”

“Yes… I studied hard until 5 A.M. and couldn’t get to sleep at all” Hikaru yawns, “I’m going to sleep for awhile”

Hikaru fold his hands, and put his head on top of them. Looks like he really is sleepy…
“Aw, man… not again” Clark said, “Looks like he really tired”

“Beats me… I don’t really care about the quiz, so I get enough sleep” Souya adds

“Looks like the subject after this is empty… Hikaru is lucky that he’s able to sleep” Steve smirked

Suddenly, Yue-sensei gets into the class… Steve seems confused, and puzzled. This hour was not her subject.
“Blackburn, I know what you’re thinking” Yue-sensei smiled, “I just came here to introduce a new friend… come on in”

A bombshell girl wearing Honda Repsol jacket enters the class, with clumsy look on her face. She has sexy body, big boobs, great butt, and sensual long black hair. If boys take a good look at her and don’t fall for her, is either an idiot or gay. She looks older than Hikaru and the others did…
“Her name is Hasegawa Rena. She’ll be joining this class for the next 3 semester… be good with her, guys” Yue-sensei said, “And for the boys, don’t stare at her too much or your asses will get kicked”

“I’m Hasegawa Rena… nice to meet you” the girl bows

Steve and the others are starting to whisper to one another. Looks like even Hikaru’s friends are attracted to this new girl.

“To the guys at the back, don’t gossip too much” Yue-sensei said, “She’s new here, so please don’t act like a country boys who never seen a girls before”

Yue-sensei is searching for an empty place for her to sit. There is one spot which is still empty.

“Okay, Rena” Yue-sensei points an empty chair, “Sit beside that sleeping beauty over there”

“Oh, you mean beside the sleeping girl?” Rena asked, “Okay…”

Rena sits beside Hikaru who’s sleeping right now… and Hikaru knows nothing about the new student.

“Is this a girl?” Rena asked to Steve, “What is her name?”

“It’s Hikaru” Steve answered, “I don’t know if he’s a girl, but you can see for yourself later” Steve laugh

“Hey, Steve… he’s going to kill you if he hears it you know” Gonsuke smirked

“The hell with him, he doesn’t hear it” Steve said, “So don’t worry about it”

Hikaru is sound asleep, so he doesn’t hear anything. Instead, he moaned and groaned about racing parts for his GT-R.

“Why are you still giving me these kinds of things, Kojiro?” Hikaru asked, “I already beat him, and you still giving me free parts? You’re sick, man”

Everybody is laughing their asses off when they hear what Hikaru just said, especially Steve and the others

“He’s cute” Rena said, “Talking in his sleep… I wonder what kind of person he is”

“Okay, guys… stop laughing, it’s rude. Even though that’s rather… Ehem, funny” Yue-sensei said, “I’ll leave you guys here, so don’t make any trouble, okay? And don’t be too noisy, or you’ll get yourself in trouble”

Yue-sensei walks out from the class, while the students are trying to approaches Rena.
“Hi, Rena” said one of the students, “Are you free tonight?”

“No, I have to tune up my bike” Rena answers, “Anyways; I’m busy all of the time because I’m helping my boss doing the office works”

“Oh, what kind of works, Rena?” the other student asked, “Accounting and management?”

“No, I work at advertising company… you know the marketing section on one company? I worked there” Rena said again

Hikaru hears too many noises, so he wakes up and take a look to the source of the noise; it’s just beside him.
“… You’re noisy” Hikaru said to the boys near Rena

“What do you want Hikaru?” one of the boys ask him, “Any problem?”

“You guys are boys, right?” Hikaru asked, “Why do you guys’ talks too much? You guys are not girls, right? So acts like one; you have plenty of time to do the greetings with this chick later on”

Hikaru gets up from his chair, and goes out from the class
“Hikaru, where are you going?” Tarou asks, “We’re not allowed to get out from the class”

“I’m going out to wash my face” Hikaru said, “I can’t sleep with these many sissies like them beside me”

“What did you call us, Hikaru?” one of them stands up, and stares at Hikaru angrily

“I have nothing else to say to you” Hikaru stares back at him

Hikaru’s eyes shows hostility on it. He’s angry because he’s disturbed when he was sleeping.

Nobody ever saws Hikaru acting like that… come to think of it; nobody ever messes with Hikaru when he’s sleepy. He’s very furious when his sleep is disturbed
“So? You get my point?” Hikaru ask again

“Okay, okay, you won! We won’t cause anymore noise” he said

“Good… huaaaah” Hikaru yawns and goes out from the class

Everyone is still shocked when they see Hikaru’s eyes.

“I never saw him upset like that” Gonsuke scratches his head, “Maybe because he’s sleepy?”

“Yes he is…” Rena answered, “A lot of people I know acts like that, when their sleep is disturbed”

“So, do you really own a bike?” Steve asked, “What kind of bike is it?”

“I wear Repsol Honda jacket, so that’s my bike” Rena answered, “Its 2007 CBR 1000RR Fireblade”

“Wow! That’s one hell of a bike” Souya said

“By the way, did Hikaru-kun always act impulsively like that?” Rena asked

“Not always… we never knew he has that kind of reaction when somebody else disturbs his sleep” Tarou replies, “You’ll see what I mean later”

Hikaru gets back with wet face. Looks like the toilet paper is out.
“What happened to your face? There’s no toilet paper?” Clark asked

“Yes… any of you have tissue paper?” Hikaru asked

“I do… hold up one minute” Rena takes a look at her bag, “Oh, here it is”

“You are very helpful… what was your name again?” Hikaru said to Rena

“It’s Rena… Hasegawa Rena” Rena answers, “What’s your name?”

“Ichijou… Ichijou Hikaru” Hikaru smiled as he wipes his face, “Pleased to meet you”

“Same here, Hikaru” Rena replied as she shakes Hikaru’s hand, “Same here…”

Hikaru feels there is an intimidating aura from her, so he immediately takes his hand off.
“What’s wrong?” Rena asked, “I’m not going to bite”

“Sorry… bad habit of mine” Hikaru shook her hand again

“No worries… its okay” Rena replied

“So… I heard that you ride a bike” Hikaru said, “Is that true? What kind of bike do you ride?”

“Actually you already knew about it” Rena whispers, “I’m the one from this morning”

Hikaru remembers the biker punks from this morning; it was her. How bad is that?
“Oh ok… I’m sorry about this morning” Hikaru bows to her few times

“What happened this morning?” Souya asked

“Uh, nothing important” Hikaru answered

“It’s okay; I was the one to blame” Rena replies, “I’m the one who almost ran you over”

“Well, then I guess we should call it even, then” Hikaru smiled, “What do you say?”

“Couldn’t agree more” Rena smiled back

“You guys are a match” Steve smirks, “Why don’t you guys be a happy couple?”

“No!” Hikaru said loudly, “No freaking way!”

“Hey, ease up a bit!” Rena replies, “There’s no way I’m going to take a liking to this lady”

“What did you just call me?” Hikaru seems more upset than before, “I’m a boy, okay?”

“Wow you are so pretty!” Rena continues, “You’re not a boy, you’re a girl!”

Both of them look away immediately after that fight. Why did they act like little kids?
“I guess that’s my answer” Steve scratches his head, “Sorry about what I said, guys… Please forget about it”


RPM 10: The Wild Beast Team

After the class is over, Hikaru and the others are talking while they walk to the main gate.
Tarou, Gonsuke, Yamada, Iwami, and Souya are walking with their girlfriend, while laughing and giggling at each other. You already know they already has girlfriend, right?

Let’s starts off with Tarou. His girlfriend’s name is Ayamu Rika. She’s the class representative of Hikaru and the others. Souya’s girlfriend is a class representative as well, but at the neighboring class (Yamada and Iwami’s class). Her name is Shimada Yuuri.

Gonsuke, Yamada, and Iwami have a girlfriend too at their class. For Gonsuke, her name is Tomoka Marie. Name for Iwami’s girlfriend is Narita Ayase, and lastly for Yamada’s girlfriend, her name is Niiyama Sako.

So what about Satoshi and Kenjou? For Satoshi, he’s already has a wife. Her name is Nakamura Yayoi. Same thing goes for Kenjou, except he’s soon being married. Her name was Kirita Natsume

That leaves Steve, Clark and Hikaru… right now; having a girlfriend was the last thing on their mind.
“Ah, wait up guys!” Rena said

It was Rena; she cruises her bike slowly to catch up with the others
“Oh wow!” Hikaru said as he sees Rena’s bike, “This is awesome!”

2007 Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade Repsol Honda team replica… it looks cool and fast. It attracts more attention with a bombshell girl like Rena riding it
“I never seen one this up close” Iwami adds, “Is this fast?”

“It is” Rena replies, “Interested in bikes?”

“I had a bike once” Steve said, “But my damn brother sell it, because my habits of speeding up with bikes”

“Ouch… that was bad” Rena replies, “Want to walk home together?”

“Sure” Hikaru said, “Walk on”

They all walks together while continue talking. It was very common for these students to talk about something like that.
“I heard that you’re called by the name of Sky Captain” Rena said, “Is it true?”

“Yes, it is…” Hikaru answered, “Is there something wrong?”

“I like street racer like all of you” Rena smiled, “They’re cool and respected by people”

“Well, it is hard to earn yourself some respect… even from your own friend” Hikaru stares at all of his friends

“Ehem… now that you already prove yourself, we respect you as a street racer too” Tarou said

“Yeah, but I never heard that you all do any race at all” Hikaru smirked, “Unlike me, who’s becoming the centre of attention”

“Don’t worry, I’m sure that we can get some action soon enough” Souya replied, “The Street Devils are looking for you, and you are with us”

“Do you guys talk about the Street Devils Team?” Rena asked

Everyone is surprised when they hear Rena ask about it. Looks like she knew a thing or two about this shadow team in all over Japan… who is she anyways?
“How do you know about it?” Hikaru asked, “Don’t tell me that you are one of them”

“Not a chance” Rena lifts her shoulders, “My senior used to runs with a team called Mid Night Club. After they dissolve, some members won’t quit racing and they formed a new shadow team. The team is called the Street Devils”

“I see… that’s one hell of history” Tarou nods

“And to make sure that all of you don’t get it wrong, they are not a single team” Rena continues, “The team itself is consisted with seven large teams. You have to beat the other six, to finally challenge the main team; the Real Japan 7”

Everyone gulped hard. It sounded very difficult, but achievable. Rena smiled when seeing their reaction.
“No wonder you all reacted like that” Rena said, “On Japan itself, they are very known to all but hard to be contacted”

“Seven team? That’s too damn many!” Clark looks frightened

“Yes… you see, the Real Japan 7 is consisted with the members of team leader” Rena explains, “More like… Akagi Red Suns members in Project D team”

“Teams within a team” Souya thought, “This is going to be hard”

“So what should we do, Hikaru?” Gonsuke asked, “Can we beat all of them and be the best?”

“Or do we just gave up, and be a normal racer?” Iwami adds

“You know that this is going to be one hell of a party, right?” Yamada continues

“Yes, that’s one hell of a party!” Hikaru said with excitement, “I can’t wait to meet all of them!”

“And in the top of it, you must form a team to compete with them” Rena continues, “If all of you like to play it solo, you guys are not even considered by them at all”

“So all we need is to do is form a team, right?” Tarou asked, “Let’s discuss it tomorrow”

“And before you forget, the Carbon NSX; which is from the first team called the Japanese Exotics, is already beaten by Hikaru here” Rena said, “That leaves six teams to go”

“Kaoru is… from a team too?” Hikaru looked surprised

“So that’s why he said that Street Devils will be interested” Clark said, “You already beat the first team! Way to go Hikaru”

“Well, here’s my exit” Hikaru said as he turns away, “See you guys tomorrow”

“Um, Hikaru… do you get any part time job yet?” Gonsuke asks, “Kaoru-san will employ us again if you’re interested”

“No… it’s too much of a hassle after that event” Hikaru answers, “If he’s employing us again, you should go back… I will look for another job”

“I see…” Gonsuke replies, “But know this Hikaru, he’s not angry about that event”

“No… It’s something else” Hikaru said again

“You mean Yue-sensei?” Iwami smiled, “You are easy to predict”

“I already get over it… it’s in the past” Hikaru smiled back, “See you around”

“Well if you don’t want to come back, so do I… I will work along with Yamada and Iwami at the gas station, then” Gonsuke said

“Okay, guys… I will accompany Hikaru-kun to his house” Rena said, “I need to talk about a little something-something with his sister”

“You knew my sister… Oh yeah; you’re her assistant” Hikaru scratches his head

“See you guys tomorrow” all of the girls sway their hand to Hikaru and Rena

That leaves Hikaru and Rena walks together alone. Rena starts off with striking a big question she heard earlier.
“Do you really like Yue-sensei?” Rena asked, “So you prefer older women, huh?”

“Is there something wrong with it?” Hikaru sounds puzzled, “Why do most of women prefer older men?”

“Can’t say… never had an older boyfriend before” Rena raises her shoulders, “So what about you?”

“Nope never been in any relationships before” Hikaru smirked, “All I think about is cars, cars, and cars”

“Just as Iwami said, you are easy to predict” Rena smiled

“This is my house” Hikaru opens the fence, “Park it inside”

Rena parks her bike near the entrance, and locks it.

“Sis, Are you at home?” Hikaru said

“Yes, I’m in my room; wait for awhile I’m coming down” Seno replied, “What’s wrong?”

“Rena is here” Hikaru said again, “She came to talk about little something-something with you”

“Oh, so it’s Rena” Seno grabs Rena’s hand, “Come on in. Oh, Hikaru… go and get the stew heated, looks like Rena will be joining us for dinner”

“Right away” Hikaru goes to his room to change his clothes

PIIIIIIP! PIIIIIP! PIIIIIIP! PIIIIIP!

Looks like it’s a text message from Hikaru’s cell phone… it’s from Gonsuke.

Hikaru, there’s a side job vacancy at that newly opened Japanese restaurant. If you’re interested, let’s check it out tonight. Meet me at Kojiro’s place and we’re going right away. After that, let’s check the races being held at Minato harbor…
“Okay, it’s on!” Hikaru replies the text message, “I’m going to heat Sky’s engine”

Hikaru heat up his car’s engine and get back right away to the kitchen. He heats the stew at the stove, and grabs his towel to take a bath. After he’s done, he turns off his car’s engine and the stove as well.
“Sis, The meal is ready” Hikaru calls his sister, “I’m going to eat up ahead”

“Where are you going?” Seno peeks from her room, “Is there any racing tonight?”

“Yes, this time it’s on Minato’s harbor” Hikaru replies as he takes a bowl of rice, “I’m going to race there”

“I see… be careful then” Seno said again, “I heard from Rena that the Street Devils Team is interested in you”

“So you heard” Hikaru smiled, “Let’s eat!”

Beef stew with potatoes and tomatoes; it was Hikaru’s favorite dish. He even added more rice on his bowl… talk about double portion
“Oh, beefs stew with potatoes and tomatoes” Rena said, “Your favorite, huh?”

“Yes!” Hikaru slurps his tomato sauce, “I like it a lot”

“Have you heard from your sister that I’m the one who cooks it?” Rena smiled, “It does taste good isn’t it?”

“…” Hikaru looks surprised, “You’re going to be a good wife someday”

“What?” Rena blushed, “It’s nothing”

“Why is your face getting all red? You’re blushing are you?” Hikaru pouted, “It’s not like I’m saying that you’re good looking”

Hikaru smirked, and that makes Rena feels upset and embarrassed
“Excuse me!” Rena sounds irritated, “Next time, I’m not going to cook anything for you again”

“Nobody ask you to cook for me!” Hikaru said again, “I can cook better than you”

Seno frowns. Hikaru has a competitive nature and won’t likely to admit someone better than him. She grabs a paper fan, and slaps it to Hikaru’s head

PLAK!

“Ouch!” Hikaru hold his head, “What did you do that for?”

“Apologize to her now!” Seno said angrily

“Not a chance!” Hikaru finishes his dinner, “I’m going out now!”

Hikaru grabs his jacket and car key, and then rushes to open the fence.
“Wait up, you brat!” Seno yelled

“It’s okay, ma’am… I get that a lot” Rena sighed, “It’s usual for boys to act like little kids”

“I’m so sorry” Seno bows to Rena, “He doesn’t mean it that way”

“I know, ma’am. It’s okay” Rena smiled, “Let’s eat, and then review the report”

Meanwhile, Hikaru and Gonsuke already gathered up at Kojiro’s place. They have to look at the newly opened restaurant first to get the vacant job.
“Excuse me, I heard that you need a part time worker here” Gonsuke said to the owner

“Yes we are… we need two people to do delivery and helping with the errands in here” the owner replied, “You can start working tomorrow… Hikaru, Gonsuke? How are you guys doing?”

Surprisingly, the owner is the manager from the store. So this is what he’s been doing.
“Manager, we haven’t seen you for a whole week!” Hikaru said, “So you decided to open up your own restaurant”

“Yes, my nephew Kojiro is giving me some money to open up my business” said the manager, “While people get their car modified, they can wait at my place and get something to eat”

“Good business tactic” Gonsuke smirked, “Glad we can work with you again, manager”

“No, let me thank you” the manager replied

“See you tomorrow, sir” Hikaru bows

“Ah, Hikaru!” the manager said again, “Before I forget, bring your car tomorrow to Kojiro’s garage. He got some new parts for your GT-R”

“I will” Hikaru nods, “Thank you for your attention”

After they got out from the restaurant, they head back to Kojiro’s place.
“So, we’re back to the business” Gonsuke said, “Let’s go to the racing meet”

“Hey, you guys going without us?” Clark said

“No, I already told you this morning” Gonsuke said, “Let’s go!”

“Satoshi and Kenjou will be there too” Steve said, “Looks like we will have the first meeting for our team”

“Do you have any names for our team?” Tarou asked

“I already have one” Hikaru answered, “What about High School Street Racer? It’s a good name in my opinion”

“Yeah, how’s that sound?” Iwami ask again

“We still in high school, and we did street racing” Yamada rub his chin, “Yeah, I think that’s a good name”

“So? Is it settled then?” Satoshi ask suddenly from behind

“I think that’s a good name” Kenjou adds, “So thoughtful of you to think that name Hikaru”

“Are you saying that you will join our team, Satoshi, Kenjou?” Souya ask, “That’s wonderful!”

“So it’s decided! From today onwards, we’ll be known as High School Street Racer!” Tarou said

“I never thought that name will be used” Hikaru scratches his head, “But whatever… let’s move out”

They all go to the racing meet, located in Minato-ku harbor. It’s supposedly a busy harbor location at the heart of Japan. But with no activities for awhile in there, it turns out to be a fun playground for street racers.
“Here it is” Satoshi said through the phone

Everybody stares at Hikaru’s GT-R. Silver GT-R with C-West N1 type-2 body kit, and universal GT-Wing type 1… That’s the GT-R which beats the leader of Japanese Exotics.
“Hey, that’s the Sky Captain” said a man standing near his 240SX

“I never thought that he’s that young” another man replies, “Looks like he’s just taking his license yesterday”

Hikaru feels uneasy looking at them, whispering to one another while staring at him… but it’s what they call popularity and respect here on the streets.
“Feels kind of annoying, right?” Kenjou asked, “Get used to it”

“Don’t worry, Hikaru” Iwami said, “We got your back”

“See that? You’re famous now” Tarou sighed, “I can’t get too far behind you”

“Yes, we will surpass your popularity with our driving skills” Souya adds

“Not to mention we’re one team” Yamada smiled

“Okay… let’s heat the place up!” Hikaru turns off his engine

When Hikaru and the others gets off, every street racer nears him are getting restless. They want to beat Hikaru!
“Hey, Sky Captain!” one of them said to Hikaru, “I’m calling you out for a race”

“Well, are you a part of any team?” Satoshi asks him, “If you’re not, then it’s a waste of time”

“We came here only to beat the best” Steve adds, “We’re looking for Street Devils members”

Everyone is surprised when they hear what Steve said. Calling out the Street Devils and challenging them is not something any people do these days
“You’re challenging the Street Devils?” he said again, “This is interesting”

“Knock it off, Takeba!” said another man from behind him, “You’re just a newbie like them, and that makes you in no position to talk!”

A bearded man with long hair, wearing Oakley sunglasses stands up and approaches Satoshi and Kenjou.
“So how are you two doing?!” he hugs Satoshi and Kenjou, “It’s been a long time!”

“Yes it is” Satoshi smiled, “How are you doing, Kamata-san?”

“It’s been very long!” Kamata replied, “You already have a wife, right? That’s a rude thing to do, surpassing your senior just like that”

“He doesn’t mean to but there’s something going on, so he needs to speed it up a bit” Kenjou added

“And what about yourself Kenjou, getting married next month I hear! Unbelievable!” Kamata said again, “Kids these days have raging hormones!”

“Is that your apprentice over there?” Satoshi asks

“Yes and what about that kid with the Supra is you’re apprentice?” Kamata ask back

“He is. And so are the other kids we bring with us today” Kenjou stands up while stretching his neck, “Gee, your hug is getting stronger, and stronger by the time!”

“I’m just doing what I usually do” Kamata laughs, “Why don’t we let these kids play for awhile?”

“Sound great” Satoshi replies, “Steve, beat him up!”

“I wouldn’t be too sure if I were you” Kamata smiled, “He’s one of my best students”

“Are you sure, Satoshi?” Steve asked, “I won’t drive against non-team member”

“He is a team member” Kenjou points the man, “He is our senior, his name is Kamata Touji; the leader of Wild Beast team”

“I see” Steve smiled, “With pleasure!”

Steve gets into his car, ignites his engine, and revs it hard as if he’s mocking that Takeba guy
“This is a piece of chocolate cake for you, right?” Clark asks, “I’m sure you can beat him up”

“No problem. It’s just a short sprint” Steve answered

“I’m almost forget to tell you the rules, we need three drivers for this race” Kamata said, “Every racer has to go around that barrel, before they switch to the next racer”

“Oh, we’re still using that tag team for this sprint?” Kenjou asked, “So it’s decided, then. We’ll go with Steve, Hikaru, and Souya”

“No… I won’t participate in this race” Hikaru shakes his head, “I’ll leave it to… Tarou”

“Thank you, Hikaru!” Tarou gets into his car and ignites his engine

“Me too and I won’t participate in this race, so I’ll leave it to you, Clark” Souya pats Clark’s shoulder

“You leave it to me, uh huh… What?!” Clark immediately gets into his car

“The bet is $4,000 for each racer” Kamata said, “Hand over your money right now for the race”

Steve, Clark, and Tarou hands over their money to Kenjou, and they are ready to go.
“Okay, I’m ready” Tarou slaps his face, “I’m going first, right?”

“Yes, don’t worry. You’ll win easily” Satoshi smirked, “Go and get him!”

Kamata approaches his men to beefs them up.
“They are still green, so it’ll be easier than eating ramen without fish chips” Kamata smiled, “Takeba, Yoshida, and Tsuyoshi… spank their sorry asses back to their bed!”

“Sir!” they replied firmly

The race is about to start, Hikaru and the others are waiting patiently while predicting the outcome of the race
“So? Do you really trust your friend that much?” Kenjou asks, “Can’t you do this race by yourself?”

“I already promised them some spotlight” Hikaru nods, “It is not fair if they don’t get any part of the action”

“Besides, the writer needs to writes something about them too” Souya adds

“Exactly” Hikaru replied

The harbor lights are dim, but the road around it is lit by car lights. Steve, Clark, and Tarou are lined up at the side of the warehouse, like Kamata’s boys did. Tarou moves his car slowly to the starting grid, followed by Tsuyoshi who rides a Toyota Chaser.
“Chaser… battle between RWD Toyotas” Tarou grumbles, “This isn’t going to be easy, that car has better traction than I do”

“Soarer, you’re going down… down-town!” Tsuyoshi said

“Look at that arrogant fool” Tarou frowned, “I guess I have to teach you a lesson… a hard lesson”

Tarou shift to 1st gear and keep his left foot on the clutch pedal while continues to rev. Tsuyoshi on the other hand, is burning his rubber while holding his side-brake.
“Sky Captain, if you would” Kamata points the road

Hikaru steps forward to act as linesman. He holds his hands up, while starting to countdown
“Ready?” Hikaru looks at Tarou and Tsuyoshi, “Three… two… one… GO!”

When Hikaru drop his hands simultaneously, Tarou and Tsuyoshi launch forward in high speed. Tarou has better launch than Tsuyoshi did. From the looks of it, everyone knows that Tarou learns something at these past few days than just hanging out and goofing off with Rika.
“Where did he learn something like that?” Kenjou grins, “He’s doing good on the footwork”

“Timing your foot on releasing the clutch is not an easy thing to do” Satoshi adds, “He learns something on his own”

“I thought he’s just goofing off with his girlfriend” Steve scratches his head

“After him, it’s me” Clark gulped hard

“Don’t wet your pants” Souya teases him

“No freaking way” Clark replied, “I was born for this, man”

They are racing at the longest course on this place. Adrenaline is rushing hard when the sea is on your right side. Tarou certainly feels this because he’s the one who’s running at the seaside.
“So how are you feeling, kiddo?” Tsuyoshi asks, “The Sea is right beside you!”

Tarou is not talking, he’s too nervous to do so. Splitting his eyes for three views is not exactly pleasant experience for him. He has to divide his attentions to the sea, the road in front of him, and the opponents.

Wild Beast team sure is wild… and I mean it Wild. They are willing to do anything to get the first position, even it meant to dent your car.
“Here you go!” Tsuyoshi drives to the side of Tarou, “Go swim with the fishes”

Tarou slows his car down to avoid collision. He brakes hard to avoid Tsuyoshi’s car.
“Hahahaha” Tsuyoshi laughs, “It is easy!”

Tarou draw his breath calmly, he tries one more time to speed up. This time it’s the real deal.
“One more time” Tarou speeds his car evenly

Tsuyoshi tried to do the trick one more time. Tarou is already know what he needs to do these times so the moment before Tsuyoshi rams him, he shifts down so he gets a sudden acceleration to avoid Tsuyoshi’s car.
“Waaaah!” said Tsuyoshi in panic, “No way am I going to swim!”

Tsuyoshi brakes hard while keeping his car steady. Instead plunging into the sea, he plunge into someone else’s car, damaging his front end… and that someone else’s car.
“Woooohooo” Tarou yells happily

The moment he goes around the barrel, he already wins this race. Tsuyoshi can’t keep up, so the second part should start right away. This time, it was Clark’s turn to go.
“It’s an Elise!” said Yoshida, “Hey, hey… why don’t you change your car into Celica, huh?”

Clark stares at him and grins widely. He doesn’t have a time to deal with these kinds of fools
“Hikaru, start the race!” Clark shouts, “I can’t wait to shut this fool up”

“Ready? Three… two… one… GO!” Hikaru waves his hands

Clark certainly knows how to push his car to the limits. Because he has MR just like Yoshida’s car; MR2, he can match the paces easily.
“Let’s go!” Yoshida said

“…” Clark follows him from behind

Clark is a boy who has mischievous thinking. He tends to use his dim light to push his opponents to their fear.
“What is he doing?” Yoshida grins, “No way I’m going to let that cheap trick works on me!”

Yoshida pulls away, but Clark can easily catch up. This time, he tried to do something else.
“Oh, you didn’t fall for that one then I’m going to use this trick on you!” Clark shouts

Clark uses his high beam to blinds the driver in front of him… And it works. Yoshida has to slow his car down because his eyes to adjust the lights.
“Damn!” Yoshida bawled, “I’m looking directly at him from my rear view mirror… why was I so foolish?!”

Clark passes him, and makes his spin around the barrel. Yoshida also defeated because of his flaws.
“Okay! It’s my turn now!” Steve smiles, “I’m going to win this easily”

“Not when I’m around” Takeba drives his fast looking car to the starting grid – It’s an ice blue Lexus IS-F.

“IS-F” Steve thought, “Damn!”

“Hah, what do you think of my car?” Takeba asks, “This thing is equipped with small turbo”

Small turbo can only have 2 meanings; it was small and powerless, or it has big boost and no surge.
“Let me tell you something, kids” Kamata laughs, “There’s no way your small times apprentice can defeat the Ice!”

“So that’s the Ice” Satoshi thought, “His name is more menacing than he looks”

“That’s why your wife always told you not to look at the covers” Kenjou sighed, “That car is fast indeed”

Steve shifts into 1st gear and revs it constantly, so did Takeba. By the looks of it, they have the same level technique
“Ready? Three… two… one… GO!” Hikaru waves his hands

The two fully floors it up to measure each other’s power. Both of them had one thing in common; bad traction, even though Steve is at complete disadvantage.
“Steve only have two doors… his weight distribution is not as good as he does” Hikaru rubs his hands, “Damn, my hands feels like it will come off any minutes now”

Steve doesn’t have a hard time catching up, but he has trouble in passing Takeba. Takeba completely covers his front!
“Cih, he swaying here and there” Steve said, “I can’t pass him”

"Had trouble in passing me?” Takeba grins, “I told you; there no way you can win easily with me in front of you”

As of now both of them are almost reaching the barrel. Steve is at the left side, while Takeba is at the seaside. Just before they reached the barrel and makes a spin, Steve shifts down so he gets enough acceleration to reach the barrel first and makes his turn.

Steve pulls his side-brake, so did Takeba… except Steve pulls it first, so he gets inner side of the barrel. Takeba on the other hand, has to back off so he safely enters the outer side.
“Cih” Steve said frustrated, “The outer rear wheel is at the verge of harbor!”

Bad traction makes his rear left wheel spun outside, and almost makes him drown. Luckily he acts fast - Steve shifts down to get more acceleration. Takeba follows him from behind. Now they are at head to head battle.
“Who will win?” Gonsuke looks worried

“Steve is gradually falling behind!” Iwami shouts, “What will he do?!”

Steve is indeed falls behind. His twin turbo has lag as big as Hikaru’s GT-R. Seeing how his car behaves, he shift down from 5th gear to 4th and fully floors it. Steve gradually catching … now passing Takeba’s IS. His engine is screaming loudly, the revs are almost unbearable to hear.
“He passes the Ice!” Yamada shouts, “Steve wins!”

Everybody jumped with happy expression in their faces. The crowd cannot be more entertained with this kind of shows. They cheered up to liven up the team’s victory.
“High School Street Racer wins!” Tarou shouts, “YEAAAAH!”

The crowd which never heard of the team’s name yells what they just heard.
“High School Street Racer! High School Street Racer! High School Street Racer!” the crowd’s yelling fills the whole harbor

“I know it’s not a wrong choice to follow these kids around” Kenjou pats Satoshi’s shoulder, “It’s interesting to see where will they go”

“Yeah… You’re right” Satoshi replies, “They are interesting kids with talents alright”

“Here you go” Kamata hands over the money to Steve, Clark, and Tarou

After giving the money, Kamata approaches Satoshi and Kenjou to talk about something.
“You guys won” Kamata sighed, “But it’s not over yet, until you guys beat the leader; me”

“So, who will be the one to battle him?” Hikaru asked

“… I will” Satoshi said

“Let’s meet again in two days. This place will be the course” Kamata smiled, “I can’t believe I’m going to battle my own apprentice!”

“You’re his apprentice?!” Souya looked surprised

“Yes. Me and Kenjou are trained by him before we dissolve” Satoshi nods, “He’s a good teacher”

“Don’t say that!” Kamata cries, “You make me cry here! Waaaah!”

“Why are you crying?” Kenjou sounds irritated

“There’s a saying that someday the apprentice will surpass the teacher someday” Kamata sniffs his nose, “Let see if the saying is true”

Kamata and his boys are leaving Hikaru and the others.
“Hikaru this is your share!” Tarou shares some of the winning’s money

“Thank you” Hikaru said, “But why are you giving me this?”

“It’s your share because you let me take a part in this action” Tarou smirked

“Are you kidding? We are a team!” Hikaru pats Tarou’s head

“Ouch!” Tarou holds his head

“By the way, Satoshi, Kenjou… Is that Kamata guy always like that?” Clark asks, “He doesn’t seem very dangerous”

“Just wait two more days” Satoshi replies, “The team is called Wild Beast because of his nature; wild as an animal when he’s on the street”


This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 3 2009, 05:24 PM

yea...it feel quite weird for a 18 year old to have GT-R especially R34....maybe some older car...most anime which has 18 years old they will start with older car...like initial D which use a trueno from his dad...or wangan midnight....a dutson...(sry dunno wat car again...hehe) but still it great....maybe his sis is rich...hahaha

yeah when his sister bought him the r34 and knowing a nissan mechanic you thats when she plays an important role with her past

regarding the car issue, i dont think it would be a problem. sorry if this seem a bit sounds weird but im sure you were thinking that you intend telling the reader that his sis and her fren the gal tuner mechanic are from the midnight wangan group that was dispersed years back and her 2 ex gang member who is her fren was those 2 that teaching them how to drive their car.

dont worry much of what car their drive but think of how you want to go on with the plot. if you doubt youself on wht car they should have im worried that you might end up in conflict. this is purely my opinion and any decision is in your hand.

p/s what wrong having a R34 as a car when you first get driving license? i practically have to teach my fren how to drive those beast for weeks till he get used to it...before drive any turbo cars get a honda NA Manual /Turbo. Its the best practice car till you own a high level turbo car coz vtech NA Manual/Turbo rocks

...

is that what you asked in the other forum about?
for writing THIS?

I thought it was for a PROPER report...
-.-"

No, you got it all wrong... I'm trying to figure out how A/F controller, Stand Alone ECU, Turbo Timer and Boost Controller works...

It's a very complicated instrument, but plays important role for the story. And as for the writings, I'm trying to give you guys a detailed aspect of the car, to electronically as well.

Don't worry, I'm sure there is anybody who's fully understand the electronics and willing to explain to me... here is special RPM in collaboration with MasterGT-R34

Special RPM: Those Bestowed by the Red Emblem

As the manager told him yesterday, Hikaru gets his GT-R to Kojiro’s garage to get a new turbo and exhaust manifold fit.
“Tomei again?” Hikaru scratches his head, “I thought we will use HKS this time”

“It’s better off with one manufacturer parts on one car” Kojiro pouted, “It is free parts I gave to you”

Hikaru remembers the fact that almost modification parts on his car was given by Kojiro… with no charge at all.
“Gee, I didn’t mean to offend you but…” Hikaru said

“I am your mechanic after all” Kojiro cuts Hikaru’s word, “I know what’s best for your GT-R”

“Okay, mechanic… I trust you that you’ll fully tune my GT-R” Hikaru nods, “By the way, is the parts I ordered has arrived yet?”

“It is… The cosmetics right?” Kojiro ask again, “I already have everything you ask… From LM GT4, the lug nuts, carbon pillar garnish, intercooler, side indicators, caps, thermostat, engine mounts, stabilizer, linkage and bush parts…” Kojiro mentions all of the parts Hikaru ordered
“What about the GT-LSD, Twin-Coppermix, bracket, the clutch upgrades part…” Hikaru said, “Don’t tell me that you forgot”

“No. For clutch and LSD, I already equipped it in the car. Not to mention bigger clutch and major parts replacement for this kind of power” Kojiro replies, “This time I will add Tein N1 damper… Oil pan baffle plate, oversize oil pump, oil gallery orifice, Arms turbine kit, turbine outlet pipe, Expreme exhaust manifold, fuel pressure regulator type A, fuel delivery pipe Denso, fuel pump, injector coupler, fuel pump relay harness…”

“Didn’t you install fuel upgrade parts when you modify the engine?” Hikaru smirked, “If you don’t, it will catastrophic…”

“Oh yes! Now that you mention it… Fuel pressure regulator type a, fuel delivery pipe Denso, fuel pump, injector coupler, fuel pump relay harness is already installed!” Kojiro slap his forehead, “How can I forget such thing… ha-ha”

“This will finish tomorrow?” Hikaru pats GT-R’s bonnet, “I want to watch Satoshi’s race tomorrow”

“Is it tomorrow? I think that will be a week after he said it” Kojiro lifts Hikaru’s GT-R with hydraulic lift, “Everybody knows that if the Wild Beast team leader said come back in two days, then it will be a week after he said it… weird, huh?”

Hikaru frowns. The joke is so stupid, that no one laughs at the race yesterday.
“So relax a bit” Kojiro flush GT-R’s engine oil, “You still have much time. This car will be finished the day after tomorrow”

“Okay… I’m going to work at your uncle’s place” Hikaru pats Kojiro’s shoulder, “See you later, Kojiro”

“Oh, Hikaru!” Kojiro calls Hikaru, “Before I forget, let’s go to GT-R owners’ grand meeting. It’s being held at Suzuka, and I’m sure many cool people will attend the meeting. It kinds like… GT-R club meeting”

“Sounds fun” Hikaru replies, “I will go there. You are coming along, right?”

“Yes, of course” Kojiro nods

Hikaru left Kojiro to work alone on his GT-R. Hikaru needs to do his newly part time working at the restaurant.
“I have to meet him again there” Kojiro grins, “This time, we’ll see who the best in tuning GT-Rs”

The restaurant was bustling with visitors. Mainly, they are from people who modify their cars at Kojiro’s place. But aside from that, there are many people who just came around to hanging up with their friends.
“Hikaru, please take this to neighboring block” said the manager as he gives Hikaru some lunchbox and a billing sheet

“Yes, sir!” Hikaru runs off and get into an electric scooter bike

Hikaru wears his helmet and rides the scooter to deliver the lunchbox. When he takes a look at the address, he seems a bit confused
“Eh? The address is right here, but there is no house around here” Hikaru thought, “I will ask that patrol officer over there”

Hikaru approaches the patrol officer to ask where this address is
“Excuse me, officer… Do you know where this address is?” Hikaru shows the address number

“Oh this address is wrong. The address for this house was away five blocks from here. Just straight ahead, you’ll pass the river and go ask another patrol officer there” the officer points the road

“Just straight ahead until I pass the river… Got it” Hikaru nods, “Thank you, officer!”

Hikaru rides his bike very carefully while listening to his newly Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone W980i. Fed up with his old iPod cause now it’s changed to iTouch, plus Seno said that she’s going to use his cell phone; he chose to buy new cell phone.

Just before he’s going to buy another Nokia, he saw an article about this newly introduced W980i. Sleek design, beautiful black gloss, and lightweight… not to mention it has same camera like his old N93i and has better music capacity... 8GB! How can he resist?
After surfing here and there to look for information, he bought it right away at nearest Sony Ericsson phone shop.
“Wow, Oli was right! It has a crystal clear sound” Hikaru smirked while he looks on his phone

He passes the river, and then it’s nearby. Hikaru doesn’t need to ask the officer, because he can see the address of each house easily
“It’s right over here” Hikaru said

He knocks the fence and the owner of the house is someone he knew; it’s Kaoru. And to make it worse, there is Yue-sensei also.
“Oh, please come on in…” Kaoru said, “Hikaru? You’re working at that newly opened restaurant?”

“Yes, here is your order… So for the big size beef ramen, lettuce salad, chicken teriyaki, and salmon roe… it costs you 3,000 yen” Hikaru hands over the billing sheet

“Yuu, can you get me 3,000 yen? The food is here” Kaoru asks Yue to get the money

“Hold up a minute… here you go” Yue hand over the money to Kaoru, “Sky Captain is working at newly open restaurant, huh? How’s your work there? Good?”

“Yes… because it’s near Kojiro’s place” Hikaru nods, “Thank you for your order”

“Ah, Hikaru… here’s a tip for you” Kaoru hands over some money to him

“Thank you very much” Hikaru said, “Have a nice day!”

Hikaru gets back to the restaurant, only to get more delivery orders. Hard work is waiting for him, at every work he has to done.

Tomorrow morning at school, everyone is fussing about Casey Stoner’s comeback in MotoGP. Many people now foresaw that Stoner, will once again, be the champion of MotoGP world.
The race in Sachsenring circuit proves that power band issue on Ducati is over.

Hikaru, and Steve is very pleased with Stoner’s pole position. Now Stoner is one step behind Rossi to take the classman ranking. Unlike Hikaru and Steve who’s rooting for Stoner, Clark doesn’t agree. He still prefers The Doctor Valentino Rossi to be the champion.
“Hahaha! How about that?” Steve smirked, “Five pole position, and four podiums are taken! Ducati is back!”

“Stoner is back in the game, thanks to Sete Gibernau’s input” Hikaru nods, “Whew, looks like 2 wheeled Ferrari has done it again”

“Bah! The Doctor will get him next time!” Clark pouted

Tarou, Souya, and Gonsuke are rooting for Suzuki team. They get third position taken by Chris Vermeulen. They couldn’t feel happier…
Suddenly an aura of gloominess is coming from outside of the class; it was Rena. She enters the class with gloomy aura and cold stare in her eyes.
“So, who’s rooting for Casey Stoner here?” Rena pouted

Steve knows something wrong is happening to her so he didn’t raise his hand… unlike Hikaru, who’s proud to be Stoner’s fan.
“So, you’re rooting for that Kuri-Kuri boy, huh?” Rena asked, “How gay are you?”

“Ah, Miss Honda is disappointed with her favorite biker; Dani Pedrosa, who’s taking over the pole position at 5th lap” Hikaru replies, “But ended up falls down at the straights”

“What did you say?” Rena yelled, “Are you saying that he’s stupid or something?”

“Nobody said that, geez… Chill out” Hikaru sounds pissed, “It’s just a race; you don’t need to get worked up like that! Besides, so what if Stoner is winning? Do you want to punch his face?”

Rena doesn’t give any replies. She realizes that it’s inappropriate to argue about such thing.
“Say whatever you want” Hikaru sits in his chair furiously, “Geez, what’s up with her? Is it her menstrual period?”

Steve only shakes his head, while looking at Hikaru and Rena. Both of them acting like a little kid.
“Okay, guys… it’s already over” Souya tries to cool them down, “Besides, the championship is way far from over! Everyone still has their chances to grab the winning”

“Pedrosa is many times more handsome and cooler than you” Rena sticks her tongue to Hikaru

Hikaru gave no reply. He’s tired to argue for such petty things like this. Instead, he looked back at Rena with his cold stare. That makes Rena feels more uncomfortable than before she lashes at Hikaru.
“Why do you look at me like that?” Rena asks, “You still angry?”

“If you’re a boy like me, I wouldn’t hesitate to beat you up” Hikaru sighed, “Lucky that you’re a girl”

Those words make Rena angry. She doesn’t usually like this. She gets up from her chair, and sits at Hikaru’s lap.
“What are you doing?” Hikaru shout, “Get off me!”

“So what if I’m a girl?!” Rena asks, “So immature of you! I’m a girl for Christ sake!”

“Yeah, this is the way I am!” Hikaru replies, “Now get off, before I throw you away!”

PLAK!

She did it. She just slap Hikaru’s face in front of many people, including Yue-sensei, who’s just enters the class.
“Oh, my God! Hasegawa!” Yue-sensei looked mad, “What are you doing, sitting at Ichijou’s lap like that? Get off, right away!”

Rena’s face suddenly turned pale. She lashes her fury at Hikaru, who does nothing wrong at all.
“You… You slap me?” Hikaru stands from his chair, “My sister never… ever slaps my face”

“I… I’m so sorry” Rena bows to Hikaru, “Sorry that I yelled at you…”

“Don’t bother… ever… again; you get too close to me” Hikaru stares at her with angry look on his face

Steve and the others are silent. It doesn’t help at all if they tried to calm Hikaru down when he’s like that… all they can get, is either a punch on their faces, a kick in their asses, or a yells in their ears.
“Hasegawa, come with me to the principal’s office!” Yue-sensei said angrily, “Come, now!”

Rena is startled and began to shed some tears from her watery eyes. She doesn’t know that it would turn out to be like this. Hikaru who’s saw her crying, feels bad for her.
“All of you do the exercise at page 233” Yue-sensei adds, “After that, please give it to Rika”

Rena follows Yue-sensei to principal’s office. Of course she’s going to get some punishment. A female student, acts crazy like that? It will become the event of the year!

Hikaru does the exercise quickly so he can find out what happened to Rena.
“Rika-san… Here is my exercise” Hikaru nods, “If you’ll excuse me, I want to find out where Rena is going”

Rika nods back to him. He’s allowed to go to principal’s office.
Hikaru goes upstairs to get to principal’s office. When he approaches the office, Rena runs off to the rooftop. Hikaru is confused. Whether he should ask Yue-sensei what happened, or to chase Rena to the rooftop.
“Argh! What should I do?” Hikaru scratches his head, “Maybe I’ll just follow Rena to the roof”

Hikaru runs to the roof to see Rena. When he saw Rena is sitting at the corner while crying, he couldn’t bear to left her alone like that. He approaches her to give her a handkerchief.
“Here… sorry if I’m acting like a jerk” Hikaru said, “Here, wipes those tears from your face”

What Hikaru did was make Rena sadder. She cries louder than before.
“Would you stop crying for awhile?” Hikaru shouts, “Hear me out first! I’m not mad at you anymore”

“Why? Why are you so kind to me after all the things I did to you?” Rena asks with low voice

“I hate it when a girl cried in front of me” Hikaru answers, “It’s a jinx for me. Here, let me wipe that tears from your face”

Hikaru wipes the tears from Rena’s face and smiled
“There you go” Hikaru said, “All that crying makes your eyes looks larger”

“Thank you” Rena takes the handkerchief from Hikaru’s hand

“Well, I better get going now” Hikaru stands up, “See you later…”

Hikaru walks away from Rena to get back to the class
“Hikaru!” Rena calls him

“Yeah?” Hikaru replies, “Is there something else?”

“Thank you… and I’m sorry” Rena bows

“No problem” Hikaru nods, “What about the punishment?”

“I wasn’t allowed to go to school for a day” Rena said, “I get a free vacation”

Hikaru raises his shoulder and shakes his head, and go back to the class.
At the class, every male student except Tarou and the others are staring at Hikaru with cold look.
“Why did you treat her like that?” vice leader for Hikaru’s class asks him

His name is Moriyama Tatsu. He’s a real jerk in Hikaru’s opinion.
“She’s the one who lashes out to me first” Hikaru answers, “Besides, I already apologize to her”

“Do you think it was enough?” Moriyama steps to the front of Hikaru’s desk, “You made her bright and beautiful eyes watery!”

“Gees, everyone is in bad mood today” Hikaru shakes his head while smirking

BUAK!

Moriyama just hit Hikaru’s face. Hikaru who’s unaware of this, hits his own desk and falls down to the floor with bleeding mouth
“Jesus Christ! What now, Moriyama?!” Yue-sensei saw Moriyama hits Hikaru’s face, “First it was Hasegawa, and then you… Are you alright, Ichijou?”

“Of course… It’s not okay!” Hikaru wipes the blood that flows from his mouth, “What in the hell’s name are you doing?!”

“Moriyama, follow me to the principal’s office” Yue-sensei repeated herself, “Now!”

Moriyama smiled with satisfaction look on his face. He stood up for the girl he likes, and everyone is sympathized with what he does.
“Hikaru, use this to wipes you mouth” Souya gives Hikaru some tissue paper

“Thanks… It looks like I kind of biting my own tongue” Hikaru spits some blood, “This is bad”

“That Moriyama” Steve said, “What did he wants anyway?”

“He has feelings towards Rena, you freak!” one of Moriyama friend’s is speaking to Steve, “Unlike your feminine friend of yours there!”

Steve looks pissed when he heard his friend are called feminine. He immediately steps up, but was stopped by Hikaru.
“Stop it, Steve” Hikaru holds Steve, “I don’t mind. Just let it slide”

“Are you stupid or what? This b*tch is calling you a girl” Steve said angrily, “And you’re going to just let it slide?!”

“Its okay” Hikaru nods, “Let him talk whatever he wants. I won’t let my friends be provoked by my problems”

“Well, I’m not” Rika stood up, “I’m going to report this to Yue-sensei…”

“What prove do you have?” another friend of Moriyama ask her

“This” Rika shows her cell phone, “I feel sorry for Hikaru… It’s seems a bit unfair, isn’t it?”

“Please do” Tarou smiled, “I’m sure Yue-sensei will love to hear it”

Rika and Tarou go to principal’s office to speak about what Moriyama and his friends did to Hikaru. So the principal is forbid them to go to school for three days.

After the school was over, Hikaru walks very gently. He looks very pale because his tongue is still bleeding. If this keeps up, he’ll die from blood loss.
“It looks bad” Clark seems frightened, “Let’s go to the doctor, and get you some medicine”

Hikaru only nods to show that he’s agreed.
When they are about to leave the school gate, Rena calls them from distance.
“Guys!” Rena waves her hand, “Over here!”

Hikaru lifts his hand up to greet Rena back. As Rena approaches them, Hikaru falls down to his knees. Looks like it was his limits.
“Hikaru?! Hikaru?!” Gonsuke shouts, “Help! Somebody please help!”

“I’m going to call an ambulance!” Yamada pushes his cell phones to contact a hospital

30 minutes later, at the hospital…
Hikaru is diagnosed with anemia. He did lost many blood, because his tongue was bitten. So for now the doctor is giving him some anesthetic so his tongue unusable.
“Gees, all of it were started with stupid MotoGP accident” Iwami shakes his head

“I’m so sorry” Rena bows, “It’s my fault that Hikaru turned to be this way”

“No use being sorry now” Tarou sounds angry, “But I think Hikaru wouldn’t want me to be mad at you”

Hikaru comes to, and when he tries to talk, he couldn’t talk. How bad is that? He shakes his body to get the other’s attention
“Relax, Hikaru” Steve said, “What’s up? Feeling good already?”

Hikaru points his mouth repeatedly, to ask them what is happened to his mouth.
“Of course you can’t speak! It’ll worsen your tongue, so the doctor is giving your tongue an anesthetic for a while” Clark replies, “Don’t worry, when the effect wore off, you’ll be able to talk again”

Hikaru breaths gladly. It feels very weird and annoying at the same time.
“Hikaru, I’m sorry” Rena bows, “This happens because of me, right?”

Hikaru spins his head to show Rena is not to blame; it was because the way he acts.
“Okay, man” Souya pushes Hikaru’s body back to the bed, “Get some rest for awhile”

Hikaru close his eyes gently and try to get some rest.
Seno comes few minutes later. She seemed worried about her little brother condition
“How is he?” Seno asks Steve about Hikaru

“He’s just fine. The doctor just gave him an anesthetic” Steve answers

“How did it happen?” Seno asks again, “I’m sure you guys know something”

Everybody didn’t give any replies. They are afraid it will cause more trouble
“Uh, probably Hikaru will scold me if he knew that I tell you the story” Souya scratches his head, “It was like this…”

Souya tells the story from the beginning. It’s begins from misunderstanding, and ended up with his injury
“I see” Seno stares at Rena

Rena feels bad about what happened to Hikaru. And she also feels bad about the fact that she makes Hikaru’s sister worried.
“Oh, Rena… What should I do with you?” Seno sighed, “I never thought that only because MotoGP my brother is injured”

“I’m very sorry, ma’am” Rena bows, “I’m the one to blame”

“Well, it’ll certainly makes Hikaru learns his lesson” Seno smiled, “I think he’ll grow up more from this experience”

“What kind of sister are you?” Clark said, “Your brother is injured because this crazy chick, and because of some over protective jerk!”

“I know Hikaru’s nature” Seno replies, “He understands perfectly what will happen from his every action”

“Let it be, Clark…” Steve said, “It’s up to Seno-san on how she’s going to punish Rena… and the guys who did this to Hikaru”

“My, my… aren’t you guys loyal to my brother” Seno is surprised, “My naughty brother is precious to his friends”

“It’s not that! Please don’t misunderstand” Tarou replies, “We can’t let our friend being treated like that!”

“So what are you guys going to do?” Seno asks, “Are you going to beat up those guys that did this to Hikaru? Think carefully!”

Everyone is turning silent. They know that Seno is right
“What did Hikaru said to you? I won’t let my friends be provoked by them” Seno adds, “I know all of it, because I’ve been through this kind of problems before”

“We’re sorry” Steve nods, followed by Tarou, Souya, and Clark

“You guys must be tired, please leave the rest to me” Seno said, “I will take care of him for now. Go home, and get some rest… thanks for looking after my insensitive brother”

“What about me, ma’am?” Rena asked

“Stay here with me” Seno smiled, “I need to give you some pointers on how to behave”

“Yes ma’am” Rena nods

Everyone leaves Seno and Rena with confused look on their faces, and one thing in their minds; why isn’t she angry?
“Um, it may sound odd if I say this, but who’s the real sibling of Seno-san?” Souya strikes the question

“Of course it’s Hikaru, you silly” Yuuri replies, “Rena is assistant of Seno-san”

“Yes, Yuuri is right” Marie adds, “Rena-chan is learning on how to be a good woman like Seno-san did”

“Will he be alright?” Gonsuke asks again

“The doctor says that it’s alright, as long as he stay at the hospital” Ayase answers, “Just leave it to the doctors”

“Well, let’s get back, then” Iwami replies

All of them went home to get back to their daily activities. It’s enough time worrying about Hikaru.

Meanwhile, Hikaru can’t get back to sleep. He goes down from the bed to get something to read. One magazine catches his eyes… it has black colored GT-R on its cover
“…”

Hikaru takes the magazine and get back to bed to read it.
The GT-R belonged to some American guy named Adam Williams. Not only Bernard, it seems most of American car enthusiast likes GT-R
“…”

The GT-R has Tommy Kaira wing and big Ookami writings on its side… don’t know whether it’s painted, or just a decal. As far as Hikaru knew GT-R, he recognizes that GT-R just like Bernard’s; an N1
“…”

The magazine says that Adam just got the GT-R and already beat 2 members of team Omega Thirteen.
“Maybe I’ll meet him at the GT-R owners gathering” Hikaru smirked, “I can’t wait to meet this guy”

He’s already talking. Looks like his tongue was alright… And speaking of GT-R owners gathering, maybe Bernard will come as well.
At hospital’s cafeteria, Seno and Rena is having a serious conversation on how Rena behaves as a girl
“I see” Seno said, “I’m sure Hikaru understands”

“Yes, but I’m the one whose feeling awkward” Rena sighed, “I don’t know what to say to him anymore. He’s so kind and sweet… I don’t think I deserve to get any of his kindness”

“My, my… How observant are you” Seno smiled while sipping her tea, “Don’t tell me you like him or you have feelings for him”

“No… no… I don’t think that’s the case” Rena panics, “It seems that he’s more mature than you think he is”

“Is that so? Then why did he stare at you coldly like that? I think he’s just trying to compensate with his guilt, that he makes you cry.” Seno puts her tea cup on the table, “He hates it when he saw beautiful girl cries in front of him. Just like my male parent’s bloodline… they think when seeing girls cry in front of them, it’s a jinx. So he proves it right”

“So what should I do, ma’am?” Rena sighed again

“You do have feelings for him! I can tell” Seno smiled, “You act as if he’s already confessed to you… He doesn’t like it when a girl is chasing him. Just wait until he’s the one who’s falling for you”

“What are you guys doing here?” Hikaru asks

“And what are you doing walking around?” Rena asks, “You should take a rest”

“I’m going to get something to eat” Hikaru answers, “Satoshi said that the ramen they serve here taste good”

“Well, there goes your answer” Seno slaps her forehead, “He’s not mature enough”

Two days later, Hikaru’s GT-R tuning has finished. And it looks more menacing than Kojiro’s GT-R.
“Whew” Hikaru spins his head, “I knew it only has new exhaust manifold fit, but I don’t know why… it looks more menacing than ever”

“Yes, I can feel that too” Kojiro nods, “Looks like it is alive and telling everyone that it’s the fastest”

“Well, off we go to the gathering!” Hikaru sound excited, “I can’t wait to meet that Adam guy”

“You mean Adam Williams? Perfect!” Kojiro also sounds excited

“You know him?” Hikaru asks while he gets into his GT-R, “Who is he?”

“Well, for starters… he’s racing in different realm than you” Kojiro answers, “And second, he somehow got a legendary GT-R N1, tuned by my mentor”

“Your mentor?” Hikaru sounds more confused

“Well, we’ll see them when we get there” Kojiro straps the seatbelt, “Off to Suzuka!”

Just when they reached the highway, many GT-R owners are cruising with constants speed. It looks like they want to show everybody that GT-R is great. Some of them act politely and drive defensively, while the others are speeding their GT-R to show their performance
“Would you look at that” Kojiro laughs, “It’s your cue to speed up too”

“Nah, we came to meet and greet other GT-R owners. We don’t come here to look for races, aren’t we?” Hikaru sighed

“How mature of you” Kojiro smirked, “Well, let’s see if you still acts like that when you saw what’s behind you”

Hikaru takes a look at his rearview mirror. There are two GT-R which runs with amazing speed. An orange black colored R33, and a black R34… it has big Tommy Kaira wing.
“It’s him” Hikaru smiled, “You better buckle up!”

When the two GT-Rs pass him, he immediately follows. Hikaru shifts down, and fully floors his GT-R. His action immediately gets the two GT-R’s driver attentions.
“What’s wrong with that silver R34?” said a girl with orange and black hair, “So stupid of him, huh Adam?”

The guy who’s called Adam by the girl looks at his rearview mirror. The GT-R has C-West GT type 2 body kit with silver metallic body
“Looks like it’s the Sky Captain Danji was talking about” said the American, “Shania, let’s show him what Kyo’s tuning is all about!”

“What?! Are you kidding, Adam?” the girl said back, “My GT-R’s horsepower is lower than yours!”

“Don’t fall behind us then!” the American increases his pace

Hikaru drafted behind the orange-black GT-R to get less wind resistance. After he gets too close to the GT-R, he pulls aside, and chases the black GT-R
“Whew, that GT-R sure has big horsepower!” Shania said, “He passes my GT-R easily”

“How is that, Hikaru?” Kojiro asks, “The response is great, huh?”

“Better than I expected!” Hikaru answered, “Sky, let’s chase the Okami!”

“That’s the plan” Sky replies

“Who are you talking to?” Kojiro looks confused

Hikaru once again drafted Okami from the back. And when he’s closing on it, he pulls it to the side. They are having side by side battle
“That Sky Captain sure is somebody” Adam thought, “He’s not playing at all”

Everyone is turning their attention to both of them. Black N1 against silver Nur… battle of the best R34 generation. Some of them are taking pictures while driving their car, while the others are trying to follows.
“That Ookami sure is something” Hikaru thought, “That’s what Kojiro means by his mentor’s tuning… I don’t know who is better”

“There is someone else, who’s able to tune GT-R like that?” Adam thought, “Maybe the tuners has same skill level as Kyo did”

Hikaru gets off from the highway for awhile to get some gas. Looks like Okami has the same problem like him. Both cars pulled into a near by gas station, and some attendants came out to serve them.
“Oh, man…” Hikaru sighed, “I’m short on gas! High octane, full tank”

“So Adam, how’s Okami doing?” He said with a big grin on his face, “Where is Kyo?”

“He’s just fine… Excuse me do I know you?” Adam asked

“Oh, so rude of me haven’t introduced myself” Kojiro said, “My name is Yuuta Kojiro, and this is Ichijou Hikaru… you know him as the Sky Captain”

“How do you do?” Hikaru nods, “So you’re the famous Okami… The black GT-R”

“I never consider myself famous, maybe from the last owner the car,” Adam replied looking at his GT-R, “And, Kojiro-san… Are you a relative of Kyo’s?”

“Not really… For few years, I had train myself under his mechanical skill to be the best tuners for GT-R,” Kojiro said. “Back when this car had its original owner. It was great we worked at a garage together, but then that fire happened and we separated”

“I see… That’s why I couldn’t outrun your car,” Adam said nodding his head, “Kyo isn’t here with me. I think that he was going to meet us at the GT-R meet”

“I guess that’s okay” Kojiro said, “Well, I’ll meet him sooner or later”

“What made you think that Kyo was going be here?” Shania asked Kojiro

“And this is?” Kojiro asked as he stared at Shania.

“She is my friend Shania Langlois. Her GT-R is also being tuned by Kyo,” Adam said, “Shania, this is Ichijou Hikaru, and Yuuta Kojiro. Hikaru is a street racer like us, and he’s known as the Sky Captain. As for Kojiro, he’s Kyo’s apprentice.”

“I see” Shania said, “Hi, how do you do? I’m Shania… nice to meet you”

“Nice to meet you too” Hikaru replies, “Well, I better get this lady a gas, or she’ll get mad because she’s thirsty”

“See you later, then” Adam said as he and Shania got back into their GT-R’s and started to leave

“She’s beautiful, huh?” Kojiro asks, “She’s definitely my kind of type…”

“Looks like she’s with Adam already” Hikaru gives the can, “Here’s the money”

“Are you serious? How can you tell?” Kojiro looks surprised

“For starters, they act like they known each other for a long time… And second, she shows some interest to Adam” Hikaru answers

“I see… We’ll it’ll be bad for me if I get attracted to another girl” Kojiro said, “Do you have a girlfriend?”

“No… Why would I bother with a creature called girls?” Hikaru asks back, “They are noisy, and crybaby. Do you have one already?”

“See this ring right here?” Kojiro shows his right hand, “If I was found out saying that kinds of things, my missus will get mad at me”

“Serves you right” Hikaru smirked, “If you already has a wife, why you do still likes to flirt around?”

“It’s man’s nature to be loved by many girls” Kojiro answers

“And that Shania girl really has no interest at you… Let’s go, we’re late” Hikaru said as he gets into the car

After filling the gas, Hikaru and Kojiro speed up to get to Suzuka fast. Kojiro still talks about Shania on the way.
“How can you tell she’s not interested in me?” Kojiro asks again

“Let’s get off from that subject, okay? It’s boring” Hikaru answers, “Let’s just get ready for the event”

At the event, Hikaru and Kojiro get off to sign their names.
“Please sign here” said the booth attendant

“Okay” Hikaru nodded as he signs the paper

When Hikaru was busy, Kojiro left him to find someone he’s looking for in this event.
“What? Where is Kojiro?” Hikaru scratches his head

“Please go to paddock number one” said the booth attendant, “Your teammate is already waiting there”

Hikaru drives his car to the paddock, when he saw someone from there waves his hand. It was Adam. Kojiro was there too. He was talking to an old man at the paddock.
“Hey!” Adam yelled waving his hands, “Looks like where on the same team!”

Hikaru nodded his head as he pulled his GT-R into the Paddock next to Adam’s GT-R.
“What team?” Hikaru ask back, “What is the special event they talk about?”

“We’re one team for a sprint race!” Shania answered.

“In this sprint race, you three will do a tag team sprint from start line to start line again,” the old man added.

“I see. It’s like starter a, starter b, and so on, right?” Hikaru said, “Let’s bring it on!”

“But there are some rules that must be applied for us,” Shania said, “We have to give our opponents a five seconds margin head start”

“Because our GT-R’s are modified,” Adam said, “This sucks”

“What kind of rule is that?” Hikaru asked looking puzzled by the rule.

“That’s the rule I’ve come up with” said an old man who’s smoking a cigarettes

“What is your plan this time, Kyo?” Adam asked, “Don’t tell me this is one of your stupid games, because I will beat who ever you put up against me.”

“Who is he, Kojiro?” Hikaru asked

“He is my mentor, and he is the best mechanic for GT-R… I suppose” Kojiro said, “Meet Fushida Kyo, Hikaru”

“So he’s your mentor” Hikaru bows, “Nice to meet you’

The old man is looking at him seriously.
“Same here… So you’re the famous Sky Captain” Kyo blows the smoke from his cigar, “How old are you, kid?”

“It’s eighteen years old” Hikaru answers, “Why do you ask?”

“It’s a very unusual thing that Kojiro here decided to tune up your GT-R… with no fees at all” Kyo sighed, “You’re not helping him do something terrible don’t you?”

“Nah, just doing a race with his old pal” Hikaru answers, “It’s nothing to worry about”

“Did you hear that, Adam?” Shania whispers, “No fees”

“I wonder why?” Adam whispered back

“Good luck to all of you” Kyo said, “Adam, don’t lose this one”

“No way” Adam replies

“Well, you guys, for starters we’ll start with Shania, followed by Adam, and you are the last one, Hikaru. Put on these clothes on,” Kojiro said, “I’ll be watching you from the pits here, so do your best!”

They get changed to the racing suits. The suits had Nismo stitched to them. Shania walked over to her GT-R and opened the door.
“Well I guess I’m going first” She said with a smile.

She got into the GT-R and started the engine. She waved bye to Hikaru and Adam as she drove unto the racetrack. Her GT-R was waiting at the line and another one pulled up besides her. Adam and Hikaru couldn’t tell if it was from a tuner company or not, but it didn’t look that far from stock.
“Oh, they are using starting lights” Hikaru thought, “This will be interesting, huh Adam?”

Adam looked at her GT-R and realized that this is the first time she ever really raced it.
“Let’s just hope that she wins the first lap” Adam said still looking at the orange and black R33.

When the red lights turned to green, the race is started. The other Car didn’t waist any time to try to get away from the starting line, Shania on the other hand waited for the five seconds margin to be up before she can give chase. After the five seconds, she floors the throttle to catch up with the other GT-R.

“I have to remember what Kyo showed me last night. I can take this guy down no problem.” She said as she entered the first corner”

The spectators carefully watched as Shania’s GT-R attacked the first half of the Suzuka. She had hit every Apex perfectly and was close on the tail of the other car.
A few of the helicopters, and cameras that were set up to record the action had a hard time trying to keep Shania’s GT-R in the view.

Back at the Paddock Hikaru and Adam watched a T.V. Monitor that was showing the race at hand.
“There she is” Adam said as he takes a look at the monitor that showed an orange and Black GT-R coming out of a turn.

“She’s catching up with them!” Hikaru adds, “She’s a good driver”

Adam paid close action to her car.
“I don’t know about her GT-R though,” Adam said, “Her power isn’t as big as ours, she only has 400hp”

Hikaru looked closely at Shania’s R33 as it passed by another camera.
“I see,” Hikaru replied, “I hope she can perform well”

She was able to get into the heat of the battle and was able to really close the gap. At a couple of turns, the other racer thought that she was going to crash into the back of them.
Kyo was able to teach Shania something to make her R33 perform well and quick even though her GT-R’s power was near stock.

She could her turbines whine as she gave the car more gas out of another corner.
“This is unreal” Shania thought to herself, “At first this R felt heavier than my Suzuki, but not it feels like it has the same kind of acceleration, but something is different. Like I can still push the car”

As Shania Came to a straightaway she floored the gas. She felt the power of the R33 push her back into her seat, as the car rocketed forward.
“Let’s see what these guys can do,” Shania smiled, “They are just a bunch of normal people!”

No one was a match for Shania. She was able to run her GT-R at a very fast pace, while maintaining a fast racing line. Most of the other racers got out of her way as she passed them by.
Shania was nearing the chicane at the last part of the track
“I’m almost done!” Shania nods, “Just around the chicane…”

Back at the Paddock Adam was getting into his GT-R.
“Shania is almost done with her race,” Adam said, “I better get ready.”

“Good luck!” Hikaru said.

Adam hopped into his GT-R and wait at the starting grid. He watched the other cars line up next to him. As Adam looked around he started to feel uneasy.
“Something is not right” Adam thought, “How come there’s no other street racer’s here with GT-R’s?”

Kyo was watching the race from one of the box stands above the Paddock.
“This is when it will get harder,” Kyo said with a slight grin on his face, “Hopefully he’ll be able to figure out what’s holding him back”

Shania had passed the starting line, but Adam has to wait another five seconds, before he can start running. The other cars passed the line and their teammates took off leaving Adam behind.
As soon as the five seconds were up Adam floored the gas.
“Here it goes!” Adam said, “I’ll win this one in no time, Kyo”

Adam didn’t notice that another fast GT-R was behind him. It passed him up and got in front of him. It was the Mine’s R35 GT-R.

Back at the Paddock Hikaru and Shania watched the monitor and saw the white R35 pass Adam.
“What the hell?!” Hikaru said looking surprised, “They included factory tuned cars too?!”

Adam felt a wave of excitement kick in and he feels excited to actually be racing a highly tuned car.
“This is interesting!” Adam said as he watched the GT-R.

Adam and the Mine’s R35 were able to pass all the other racers on the track and they were so far ahead that Adam couldn’t see them in his rear view.
“I have to try to focus on the turns” Adam thought to himself, “I don’t want to repeat what happened in Hakone and spin out but I don’t want to be too slow either”

Adam tried to follow the same line as the R35, and break later than it does. His plan worked and in no time he was on the Tail of the Mine’s R35.
Adam couldn’t help but to be a little awe strict by the R35.
“As expected from Mine’s car,” Adam said, “They always have superior acceleration. This is going to be difficult!”

Half way through the race Adam notices that he couldn’t make any more progress passing the R35. Even though Adam was driving faster then he has before, the R35 was getting harder and harder to pass.
“What’s going on?” Adam thought to himself, “I was catching up but now I can’t pass them”

When Adam tried to accelerate pass the R35, it cut in front of him and blocked him off.
Then Adam noticed something about the R35 when he came to a turn.
“That’s it,” Adam thought to himself, “That’s the weakness; if I can ride the next turn out longer then I have them”

Adam watched the R35’s taillights and when they flashed red Adam got into the inner lane.
“This is my cue!” Adam said as he brakes hard

He shifted down to try to control his speed, and Adam felt the back end start to kick out so he countered steered try not to lose it. He finally passes the Mine’s R35.
Adam watched the car in his rear view mirror as it came out of the turn.
“Take that!” Adam shouts

Shania watched Adam’s GT-R clear the last big turn with the Mine’s R35 way behind.
“Wow,” She thought to herself, “He really knows how to handle that R34”

Hikaru was waiting by the starting grid in his GT-R. In his rear view he could see Adam’s GT-R coming from behind.
“This is heavy… why did I have to be the last driver?” Hikaru said still waiting for the Black GT-R to cross the line

When Adam finally crossed the line Hikaru felt the pressure of being the one who had to take the last battle. Hikaru waited for his five-second handicap and already the other cars started to line up and leave him behind.

When Hikaru’s time was up he started to give chase to the other drivers, but he was unaware of the car that was close behind him. Hikaru looked in his rear view and saw a R35 with a HKS window decal.
“Damn! My biggest nightmare; HKS R35!” Hikaru said as the R35 passed him by

Kojiro was standing next to one of the monitors with Adam and Shania watching the race.
“Alright, let’s see how you can beat this car, Hikaru.” Kojiro said with a smile

Adam watched the screen as Hikaru’s Silver R was hot on the tail of the R35.
“Come on,” Adam said to himself, “Try and find the R35’s weakness”

About half way through the battle Hikaru noticed that the R35 was starting to get hard to follow.
“Damn,” Hikaru said, “The acceleration on it is unreal; R35’s should be in a league all there own. I saw how Adam was having trouble with the Mine’s R35, but this one is a lot harder”

Adam watched as the lead between Hikaru and the R35 increase.
“This is bad,” Adam sighed, “That’s just as hard as Mine’s R35”

“Will he won, Adam?” Shania asked

“I can’t say for sure,” Adam said, “The R35 is a real street monster even stock, but it does have one weakness”

“What is that?” Shania asked

Hikaru drafted behind the R35, but he still couldn’t pass it. He was able to close the gap because the R35 driver over shot the last two turns. The crowds were cheering for Hikaru and the HKS R35, as they passed by one of the stands.

Hikaru was about to give up but then he noticed something.
“I got it!” Hikaru said, “I think I have a way to beat this R35”

Hikaru’s realized that R35 has one weakness; heavier front than R34 due to the bigger V6 engine. So Hikaru decided that his best chance of victory would be to try to pass the R35 on a turn.
“Let’s see how the R35 does on the low speed corner near the finish line!” Hikaru said closing the gap between him and the other GT-R

Adam watched as Hikaru started to quicken his pace.
“I think he’s got it” Adam said

“Really?” Shania said looking at the monitor, “I don’t see it”

“He’s going to pass the R35 on the low speed corner,” Adam said, “Watch…”

At the same low speed corner that Adam passed the HKS R35 near the finish line, the R35 started to brake earlier. Hikaru pulled to the outside and was able to pass the R35.
“The victory is mine!” Hikaru said as he watched the finish line come up, and pass him

Back at the Paddock Shania was excited that Hikaru was able to win the last battle.
“Wow” She said, “Did you see that? Hikaru pass that R35 at the last second”

“Yeah,” Adam said with a grin on his face, “I like the way he handled his GT-R.”

Kyo had joined Kojiro down in the pits, and both of them had a smirk on there face.
“You improved, Kojiro” Kyo said, “You’ve learned a lot and were able to make a very competitive GT-R”

“Thank you, sensei” Kojiro replied, “And I’m glad to see that you are tuning GT-R’s again, Especially the Okami GT-R”

At the end of the day Hikaru, Shania, and Adam received a trophy for winning the GT-R meet. And they also had their picture taken.
When the sun started to go down everyone started to say their goodbyes.
“Well, nice to known you, Adam” Hikaru said reaching out his hand for Adam to shake it

“Same here… same here,” Adam replied shaking Hikaru’s hand, “I just wish I could have run my GT-R at top speed”

“Well… see you around, sensei” Kojiro gets in to Hikaru’s GT-R

“Hikaru,” Adam said, “Next time we should race against each other on the Wangan!”

“Sure” Hikaru said, “Anytime you’re ready!”

Shania, Kyo, and Adam watched as Hikaru’s GT-R disappeared from sight.
“Well, we should start heading back too” Shania said

Shania got into her GT-R and Kyo and Adam got into Okami and headed for the exit towards the Highway.
“So… what do you think about R35’s?” Kyo asked, “Did you learn something?”

“Well… they’re damn fast! What are you thinking bringing factory tuned cars here?!” Adam said a little annoyed by him

“You barely got through this one,” Kyo said, “If you didn’t learn to understand your car today, I don’t think you stand a chance against Nonstop’s Lamborghini. That Hikaru kid though seemed like he understood his GT-R”

“I know, I know…” Adam said, “You don’t have to remind me that”


This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 4 2009, 06:10 PM

hmmm...getting curious about the driver of the black R32...maybe it the sensei??or his sis??u noe i think his sis a legendary driver...she seem cool with hikaru street racing....and noe alot....hehe...let leave it as it is...

Hehehe... Gues everyone here curious about the Black Phantom, yah?

Just wait till you guys see the RPM 7 I'm currently working at... it's 50% done

BTW, RPM 6 is uploaded, check it out, guys...


Oh! My 200th posts!

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Jun 16 2008, 07:37 PM

RPM 7 is up! Get it while it's hot...

Now I'm in deep trouble... Any of the readers are using Gogle Earth? I installed it just a few minutes ago, and I'm trying to find the road marker (names for the road we look at)

Anyone knows about it?

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Jun 19 2008, 01:04 AM

hmm...thx!!realli interesting..look like a new character was introduced...rena..

argh, you beat me to it hehe.. cool i can see the romance already

Uh, bad news guys...

Looks like I will hold up the writings for awhile... The cause is, just like I already stated above; Direction and Road names issue...

Hopefully somebody knows a way so I can pop out the names of the road on Google Earth... Anyone here uses Google Earth?

what do you neesd actually? just the road name or other thing ? i try ask my sis who live there to help if you need the road names

Wow, that would be very helpful. Do your sister have a big map with Tokyo road names on it?

I'm looking for one in Indonesia, but couldn't find it... I can't seems to use Google Earth to maximum

i'll ask her of it but no pomised since she back and forth from tokyo and kuala lumpur always...married to my brother...lucky guy