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yeah ... I liked HSSR because it was different... it made perfect sense as to why the characters could have those expensive cars... and the love story was awesome... making it different..

The cars and the racing remind me of the initial d books

I see... Of course it will have some Initial D, Wangan Midnight, and Over Rev... it even has Full Spec and Factory Z on it.

Those are the manga that inspire me to write. So it'll be weird if those writings of mine didn't remind you of Initial D and Wangan Midnight... I'm just a fish which is following the stream down to the sea. The upriver is the one that shapes what will the fish do on the river

RPM 8: Between Two Different Schools and an Old Friend

Sora is late. He is at Horikiri junction, resting his tired left foot from all that clutch stomping. It’s already one A.M in the morning and he is sitting at his car, massaging his leg and drinking his lime squash in the can.
“Huff… damn traffic” Sora bawls, “I HATE traffic jams!”

He finishes his lime squash and threw the empty can to the recycle bin. He is mad and he is frustrated. He never was seen so like this. Guess he really hates traffic jams. Looks like some stupid guy caused an accident and stuck most of the other traffic with him.
“I hate curious people; they always wanted to know what happened here or what happened there” Sora mutters

Sora gets into his car furiously. He then switched the radio on to hear the local traffic report news.
“This is the traffic news midnight, and we just received report that the traffic flow from Horikiri to Edobashi route. After the wreckage of the accidents has been cleared, the flow is back to normal and there will be no further disturbance on the flow”

“About time” Sora shouts

He ignites the car and drives out of the junction hurriedly. He shifts up to second gear and overtakes the minibus that’s in his way. Instead of going to C1 via Hakozaki, he continued to cruise towards Tatsumi junction.
“Let us see what kind of people lingers at Wangan this time of night” Sora exhaled lightly, “Maybe I can get some relief by smoking out some of the street racers”

After his last battle with Kojiro that involves a lot of people in Shibaura parking area and a lot of street racers around Tokyo, Shutokou is infested with highway police officers. That’s why no battle between teams held at Shutokou for awhile, so he is driving relaxed. Hopefully there is a battle between street racers here; otherwise it’s a waste coming here.
“Man… hopefully there is some stupid guy that will actually race right now” Sora thought

Luck decided to side with him when he reaches Ariake junction. There is a silver 350Z with Nismo body kit running behind him. Looks like it’s racing with silver Evolution VIII MR at its left side.
“Huh… I did get a stress relief” Sora said, “A battle between a Z and an 8”

The two battled each other fiercely. Sora gulps hard and stays in his line as he pays attention to the two cars racing in front of him. The silver 8 has great acceleration, but the silver Z has better way of handling. The silver Z always manages to stay in front of it.
“The battle will finish at Daikoku-Futo… whoever reaches it first, it’s a great battle” Sora thought

On the silver Evo, a man is grinning widely as he saw a blue GT-R at his rearview mirror.
“Looks like that GT-R demands a piece of action also” he said as he stares at his rearview mirror, “I’ll defeat both of you in one go”

The driver of the silver Z only stares his rearview mirror for awhile and continued to concentrate on the road ahead of him.
“That blue GT-R… does it want to join the battle also?” he shifts up

Sora drives leisurely. He keeps his right hand at the right side of the steering wheel, while his left hand on the shift knob. He does this all the time when he’s driving alone to relax. Near the exit to Haneda airport, the traffic suddenly became more and more crowded by other street racers. Looks like most of the other street racers still use Haneda to gather around for a race meeting.
“Huh… there are a lot of street racers here on this time of night” Sora thought, “This could spell trouble for the two battling cars”

In front of them there are a lot of people, battling also. Sora intended to avoid getting mixed in a fight, and he intends to keep an eye out for the battle between the Z and the Evo. Sora shuts both of his window and shifts down to third gear, putting both of his hand to the steering wheel.
“Got to keep an eye to the Z and Evo” Sora nods, “I want to see who the winner is”

By the way Sora accelerate, the silver Evo thought that he’s going to make an attack to both of the silver cars. The driver increases his pace, causing the silver Z to accelerates also.
“Alright, that’s more like it” the Evo driver said, “Come on!”

Sora, and the two silver cars slipstreaming through the other street racers. Four wheel steering at his GT-R keeps him tight behind the silver Evo, while the silver Z starts to gain more and more distance between the two of them.
“Oh, I need to maintain my distance” Sora realized he push his car too much, “Sorry, sorry”

He slows down and maintains distance from the Evo.
“Huh? He doesn’t have any intention to join? Did he follow us, only want to watch the battle?” the Evo driver said, “Complete waste of my time!”

Sora exhaled lightly. He almost forgot that he’s only want to watch how the battle goes, not to meddle in them. His adrenaline easily get worked up when he’s driving around fast cars.
“Hahaha” he laughs

But there is an annoying car coming from behind him, cutting his lane and preventing his progress. The car moved to the front of his GT-R without any turn signal.
Sora bites his lip. He horns the car to tell it to move aside, but the driver keeps on driving in front of him slowly. The car in front of him is a black Toyota Supra. On the rear bumper, there is a cheesy picture of yellow thunder. They must be the members of The Thunder around here. They are known as cheesy team that prefers the looks and the audio of their cars, instead of their performance.
“Hm… The Thunders” Sora thought, “This is my first time seeing them in action”

“Hahahaha! Let’s see how do you match up with this black Supra” said one of the street racer punks on it

“Hm, that car is just another Z-tune replica” the other punk said

His eyes start to glimmer gold yellow and he is pissed. Not only the driver is irresponsible, the two silver cars ahead of him start to disappear from his sights.

He shifts up to fifth gear and puts more throttle into it. He sways hard to the right side and overtakes the damn car easily. He lines it up even, hold out his clutch, and revs his car.
The roar of his RB engine completely intimidated the two people inside it.
“Hih… amateurs”

When he’s about to leave them to dust, another car meddles in his way. This time, it’s a black FD. The body kit looks bizarre and Sora had no idea who made it. Souya drives an FD also, but he always go with subtle look of Mazda Speed body kit and wings.
“One thing leads to another… I will catch up to them in no time, if it’s like this” Sora said as he shifts up

The battle is inevitable. The black FD follows him closely in his tail, but Sora is yet to use his full power of the Z-tune. He shifts before the needle hits 9,000 RPM.
“I thought that you’ll give me more of a fight than your bizarre looks!” Sora yelled, “Bye!”

He shifts down to fourth gear and leave the silver FD eating his dust. He needs to follow the two silver cars to see how the battle ends up.
“Huh? The Z still in the front?!” Sora spins his head, “What the hell is wrong with that Evo?!”

Sora passed the silver Evo, and chase the silver Z.
“What the?! What acceleration!” said the driver of silver Evo

“Hm? He manages to overtakes Seiji” said the Z driver, “But no matter, I will end this boring battle now”

Sora moves his car to its side and having a dogfight with the Z. Sora shifts up the gear to sixth and so does the silver Z. Both of them click 330 KM/H when they reached Wangan stretch.
“That GT-R… it has an unknown aura around it” the man said inside his Z, “I want to meet the guy who drives it”

“Heeh… this car completely change my views on Z” Sora thought, “The driver must be a great tuner, to be able to make it run like that”

The blue GT-R and the silver Z exited at Daikoku-Futo, while the silver Evo continued towards Honmoku. Sora finds an empty space to park his car, and the silver Z parks beside him. When he got out, the driver of the Z also got out from the car.

The moment Sora saw the driver of the Z, he is surprised. He never thought the driver would be older than him. He looks as if he’s in his twenties, but nevertheless he’s great driver. Dark pecan colored hair combed to the side, serious eyes, 6'1 height, with formal attire… he’s a businessman? Well if he is, it’s common view to see various people around Wangan.
“You’re great” he said

“Ah? Oh, not at all” Sora replied, “Sorry if I meddle in your battle with the Evo”

“Not at all… are you a street racer by any chance?” he asked

“Yes I am…”

“What’s your name?”

“It’s Sora… Ninomiya Sora”

“Mine is Akiyama Daiki, and I come from Akiyama racing school” he reach out his hand, “Nice to meet you”

“Yes, it’s also nice to meet you” Sora shook his hand

“Do you ever have an intention to hit the tracks, Sora? Here’s my name card, call me if you interested” said Daiki, “It’s a waste of such talent of yours, if you only plays on the street”

“Thank you… I might just do that” Sora nods, “See you later”

The man get back to his car and drives off.

Sora just stared off the name card. Looks like what Daiki said disturbs him very much, and for once, Sora thought about his future. Is this what Sakura said being on the look out for life’s purpose?
Sora exhaled heavily and went to get something to drink. It’s almost four in the morning and he won’t attend school today. He grabs a can of Red Bull and gets back inside his car.

When he sips his drink, his mobile phone suddenly rang… it’s Bernard.
“Sora, it’s me…” he said, “I just want to tell you about the race next week. We’ll be using another R34, since the chassis on the previous one isn’t rigid enough to handle high speed cornering. I’m afraid that you’ll have to find the settings again”

“No problem… when?”

“What about Friday? Come to Sendai once again?” he asked

“Okay… hey, is it necessary to own a racing license?” Sora asked back

“Of course, but you didn’t need it for the present” Bernard answered, “It’s junior league after all”

“Will it be better if I took a racing course? I mean, it can help me delve deeper to the racing world, right?”

“It’s up to you… if you can do it without disturbing your school study and the racing event next week, then it’s okay” Bernard nods, “See you on Friday, then”

“Yes, see you around” Sora nods

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It’s nine o’clock in the morning and the class is already crowded with students. When Yue-sensei steps into the class, all of them stand up to give her a greeting in the morning.
“Stand up!” Rika said, “Greetings!”

“Good morning, ma’am” said all of the students

“Good morning everybody” she nodded, “As for now, I’m going to review the quiz last week”

When she took out the papers from her big folder, the name on top of the papers is Sora. He got the highest score on the quiz. Of course, Yue-sensei always gives a present to the student with the best grade in her every quiz.
“Alright, looks like we got another challenger on the rank quest” Yue-sensei said, “Ninomiya, you’ve done a great job here”

“What? He got the highest score on the quiz? Must’ve been luck” Hikaru nods

“Damn! I thought that I got the highest” Steve slaps his own forehead, “Must’ve something wrong in them”

“That could be true, but this time it’s his turn to get the present” Yue-sensei replied, “Alright, here is your present, Sora; a Shell gas station voucher for you”

“Um, sensei… Sora didn’t attend the class” Souya raised his hand, “Looks like he overslept or something”

“Yesterday he said that he’s at Sendai city, taking pictures of his GT-R with the nicest scenery there” Yuki said

“Did Sakura told you that?” Hikaru asked

“Yep, she can't stop yapping when she talks about him” Yuki shrugs

“Sendai? I guess that he’s going there for more than just taking pictures” said a student at another corner of the class

“He’s a genuine Nissan fan, and he must’ve gone to see the free for all junior league at Sendai circuit yesterday” said his friend, “They are holding a test drive for set their cars up”

“Eh? There is an open class junior for free for all? I didn’t know that” Gonsuke said

“Is that true, Takeru, Harada?” Yue-sensei asked

“Yes, sensei… Moriyama also attend to be the driver of Mitsubishi Motors Team” Harada nods

“We made a video recording about the test drive… let’s play it right now” Takeru nods, “Can we, sensei?”

“Well, sure… why not?” she shrugs

The video was plugged to the pc and the pc is plugged to the projector.
“Alright, here we go” Takeru said

The video shows the Sendai empty track. The footage then show people starts to appear one by one, and most of them are reporters from car magazine, and car enthusiast. The spectator’s area is filled with cameras, taking pictures at the pit area.
“Alright, welcome to another episode of car scoop! This time we are going to see the test drive, held by junior teams on free for all classes” said Takeru on the video

“This episode of car scoop is brought to you by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. Thanks to them, we can get our hands with free VIP passes, which allows us to visit every pit area of other teams as well” Harada added, “We got the passes, thanks to Moriyama, who’s driving for the team”

“Let’s begin the tour” Takeru starts to walk towards the pit area

The camera caught a glimpse of blue Z-tune, parked at one of the pit area. Hikaru and the others immediately certain that he’s also there.
“Yup… that GT-R is there” Hikaru nodded, “He’s there alright”

“Was he attending as a guest on Nismo pit area?” Clark asked

“Do you have a video recording at Nismo pit garage?” Souya asked

“Yes, coming up shortly”

After a fast forwarding they arrived to Nismo team pit garage. There is an exhausted boy, drinking a bottle of Red Bull while sitting near the red, black, and silver colored GT-R. Even though he looks exhausted, he is happy and satisfied with something.
“Excuse us… what lap time do you guys record at the circuit just now?” Harada asked one of the mechanics

“2 minutes” he said, “We can shave more time, according to him. Now he asked us to set the LSD to be more responsive”

After the mechanics are done, the boy walk towards the car. After he puts on the helmet and get on the car, off he goes to go around, testing the new settings.
“That is… rewind a bit” Iwami said

“There… pause” Yamada added, “That is Sora… he’s the new driver of Nismo?!”

Everyone is very surprised, and Yue-sensei is not an exception. A kid like him becomes a driver for Nismo team? What has the world become to?
“What the hell?!” Moriyama yelled, “He’s the driver for Nismo team? And on the top of that he holds the fastest lap time at Sendai?! This is insane!”

“Totally” Rena added

KRRRRR! KRRRR!

Yue’s mobile phone vibrates. When she picks it up, it’s her cousin who’s calling. Looks like it was something important and urgent.
“Yuki… I saw Sora at Sendai circuit yesterday from Car Scoop on Youtube” she said, “He drives for Nismo junior team”

“I know… I’m watching it live right now” Yuki replied

“Well, how cool is he? This is just great” she added

Meanwhile, Sora is getting ready to go someplace. He is heating the engine of his Z-tune as he checks up the tire pressure, and oil level.
“Alright, all set and ready to go” Sora nods, “Let’s go to Akiyama Racing School”

Akiyama Racing School is located between Tokyo prefecture and Kanagawa prefecture, around 4 kilometers away from the Daikoku Futo Wangan exit. It was previously a convenience store at 2002. The land was bought and rebuilt it as a racing school with 2 training courses located at the back with a huge garage with various training cars in the middle of both tracks (beginner's course - garage - intermediate: motorland speedway)

Anyways, Sora has arrived there and he didn’t know what to do. But first thing first, he has to apply for the course. He goes inside the office and went to the counter to get more info on the racing course.
“Yes, can I help you?” one of the attendants asked him

“Excuse me, I’m here to apply for the racing school program” Sora said

“Please fill this form right here, and choose the program you wish” the attendant said

“Okay, thank you” Sora nods

Sora sits at the chair while he fills out the form. C Class basics, B Class Semi Racing class regional level, A Class Sports regional Level, R Class WRC regional level, S Class international level… which one does he need to choose?
“Alright, let’s choose S class international” Sora nods

He went back to the counter and gave the form he just filled.
“So you are Ninomiya Sora, and you take the S class program” said the attendant, “Please go to the principal’s office. He’s waiting for the S class students. Follow me”

Sora followed her to principal’s office and surprisingly, there are a lot of students who takes S class program. There are 9 other students and 3 of them are women.
“You’re here also” Daiki said when he saw Sora

“What you said last night bugs me very much” Sora shrugs, “So I came here to do what I got to do”

“Alright, since all of you are already gathered here, I will give this to all of you, in hope to explain what kind of racing lesson for the next eight months” Daiki explained as he hands over few folders to everyone in the room, “The folder contains everything you need to know about this course. Let me tell you in advance; if you want to back off, do it now”

“And why is that, sir?” one of the students ask him

“What you will face in the next eight months will be hard. If you are not ready for it, then walk away- I can understand that” Daiki nods, “And if there is someone that thinks he had enough in the halfway, just walk away. I don’t want one person jeopardizes the whole class… if you understand, all of you are dismissed”

Sora will spend his next eight months doing both normal school and racing school. Let’s just hope he knows what he’s doing and he can manage to concentrate on both of them.

Back to the school, everyone is having lunch break. Hikaru and the others still couldn’t believe what they just saw in the latest car scoop.
“Well… he certainly is good” Steve said, “I will have to get new car to stand a chance against him now. But I still didn’t know what to get”

“Get something more powerful than your E46, Steve” Keith smirked

“Look who’s talking big. Ah, you’re the one with blown head gasket against the blue GT-R” Steve smirked back

“This is not the time to mock about each others car” Tarou wheezed, “Where is Sora anyways? Got any clue, Sou?”

“Nah… he turns it off” Souya puts back his mobile phone, “Looks like he went to someplace”

“Hikaru… do we had a quiz on our upcoming calendar for the next few weeks?” Steve asked

“No, after the quiz days last week, we didn’t have anything for the next few weeks. Why do you ask?” Hikaru asked back

“Alright… I’ll head back to NYC now and get a new car. See you guys in next few weeks” Steve grabs his bag and leaves the class

“Well there he goes… looks like we had to hold things up without him for awhile” Yamada frowns

“We got Sora, so I guess it’s alright” Gonsuke added

“Yeah, but the more hand we had, the better” Iwami scratch his head, “He’s becoming more and more of trouble magnet”

“Yup, just like the ones before him… Hikaru and Rei” Keith smirked

“Ah, you are the funny guy for today, huh?” Hikaru grins

On Tokyo University Hospital, a female doctor is seen on her room, typing about some delicate medical terms. It’s Sakura and she looks very scary when she puts her glasses on. After she finished her last closing sentence, she saved the documents and exhaled lightly. She stretches her stiff body and looks at the ticking clock at the wall. It’s one P.M. already.
“Wow… I didn’t realize I’ve spent three hours tying this paper” Sakura exhaled, “Time to get something to eat at the cafeteria”

She stands up and pocketed both of her hands at the lab coat. When she walked towards the door, Hibana popped out from behind the door.
“You’re done? Great timing, let’s go grab something to eat” Hibana said

“Alright, let’s go” Sakura nodded softly

There aren’t many people around at the cafeteria. Sakura and Hibana prefers like this, because the more people stay healthy, the less work for them.
“There aren’t many people around… maybe we can go home early now?” Hibana eats her blueberry muffin

“Not just yet, I have a surgery appointment at one thirty o’clock” Sakura sips her hot brown coffee

“I see… I’d better help you out, so we can go to a hair salon soon… I want to get a haircut. What do you say?” Hibana asked

“It’ll be a great help if you do” Sakura giggled

“Uh-huh… so… is there any progress with Sky?” Hibana smiled

“Hem? Ah, not really… looks like he’s a very busy guy” Sakura frowns, “I just watched the latest episode of Car Scoop on Youtube, and it turns out that he drives for Nismo junior team”

“Wow, I'm impressed” Hibana sighed, “And?”

“The last time I saw him is when we go to the beach at Chiba on Saturday… I haven’t seen him today” Sakura eats her salad

“That’s why! You need to get a new look, so he won't be able to ignore you any longer… what do you say?” Hibana said with enthusiasm, “Come on”

“Alright, after we done the operation, let’s go to the salon you mentioned” Sakura nodded

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Sora is driving around Wangan area after he’s done with the racing school. He looks around the place, only to find no street racers in sight. Looks like most of the street racers are either working or attending school. Nevertheless, he’s out here sightseeing Shutokou.
“Hm?” Sora thought as he saw his rearview mirror, “A Z06?”

There is a jet black colored Chevrolet Corvette Z06 trailing him. It doesn’t have any fancy vinyl, only the aggressive looking body kit and wing.
“He must be the blue Z-tune around here” said the Z06 driver, “Let’s see what that car really made of”

The black Z06 flashes its headlight, asking for a battle. Sora shrugs and pays careful attention to the car on his back.
“The driver looks very skilled… maybe he’s better than I am” Sora grins, “Maybe I should just give it a go”

Sora nods and shift to third gear. He steps more on the throttle, causing the exhaust to bang loudly. The driver of the Z06 takes this as a yes and he closely follows.
The traffic on the broad daylight is not as busy, compared it around six P.M. on noon, this is better… It’s still two P.M. alright.
“Let’s go!” the Z06 driver yelled as he shifts up, trailing Sora closely

Fierce battle is unavoidable, and Sora is right; the driver of black jet Z06 is way better than he is. If it wasn’t for his Z-tune, maybe he’s left far away behind the Z06. Every time Sora overtakes him, the Z06 re-takes the lead from him.
“Shit!” Sora brakes hard to avoid a collision into the traffic car

“Hm… this guy still needs a lot to learn about his car” the Z06 driver smirked, “But he’s on the right track, I guess”

“Damn… is this my limit?!” Sora looks frustrated

The Z06 exited to Daikoku-Futo and Sora followed. He’s curious to find out who is driving the Z06.
“You’re pretty good” Sora gets off from his car

“Sora? You’re driving this blue GT-R?” said the Z06 driver

“Cross?! What are you doing here?” Sora asked back

James Cross is his name. His age is 25 years old, and he was a talented Interpol Police officer. Sora knew him when he’s still learning to be a good police officer, back at Aomori.
“How long has it been? Four years?” Cross asked

“Yes it is… you still busy catching bad guys?”

“I’m a sergeant now” he nods, “I’m here to disband the entire street racing teams from the street and that including you and your team”

“Is that so? You’re not serious are you?” Sora smiled

“Not really, that was a side mission given by the Japanese Metro Police Department. I'm here for a reason, and maybe you could help me with it” he said again, “Recognize this guy right here? He’s Musashi Yuuya”

“He’s the leader of Real Japan Seven here… why are you interested in him?”

“He’s a notorious bad guy, not only in Japan but United States as well. He also cooperates with one of well known Yakuza family, here in Japan” Cross explained, “He was charged with two years prison, back on 2004 for murder and extortion. He also a well known drug dealer in Los Angeles… maybe his whole team is just a cover-up for his misdeeds”

“Well what do you know” Sora frowns, “Not a friendly guy to dealt with”

“Very dangerous! Stay away from him at all cost” Cross warned him, “And as a favor, just try to stay away from him… even if you have to deal with him, just deal with him on the streets, got it?”

“I know, I know” Sora shrugs, “By the way, what happened to your M-spec GT-R?”

“I change car after I got run out from chasing one of his goons” Cross sighed, “This car is way better and lighter than GT-R… you have to admit it. With Vortech J-trim, I can easily grab 600 on the wheels. How much is yours, Sora?”

“The previous owner said that it has 820 on the wheel…”

“You still got a lot to learn about this car… on United States you don’t need great horsepower figures… all you need is enough horsepower to over run the police cars and get away from police choppers” Cross nodded, “Well, that’s it Sora… be careful on the street cause there will be more police officers, chasing all of you from now on”

“And will you chase us also?”

“If things start to get out of hand, I have to” Cross nodded, “You don’t want that, Sora… believe me, I can be a worst nightmare for you and your blue GT-R. I will inform you if the police department about to make a move, so you and your team can anticipate it… yeah, I know… I'm too nice to you”

“Gee, thanks…” Sora smiled bitterly, “See you around, Cross”

“Yeah, see you around” Cross replied, “But, oh… don’t tell any of your friends about me. You don’t want to lose your friends’ trust, because you know me as a police officer”

“Okay”

Cross and his jet black Z06 drives away, leaving Sora alone at Daikoku-Futo.
Sora feels lucky to befriend a good police officer like him. It maybe a naïve thing to trust a police officer when you are a street racer, but Cross isn’t like that. He always meant what he said, and always keep his promise.



RPM 9: Back in Business

After the operation is done, Sakura and Hibana are changing their clothes at the locker. Thank God the operation went well as planned. Sakura opens her locker happily as she puts her stethoscope. Inside her locker are just normal belongings of girls her age. Light colored lipsticks, compact powder, hand and body lotion, piano black colored Sony PSP, and of course I-pod for her entertainment. Beside all of it, there is a small mirror hanging on the door of the locker. Sticking on the mirror is a photo, her smiling with Yuki, Hibana, Jessie, Rika, Yuuri, Marie, Sako, and Yue-sensei … looks like the photo is taken after the presentation few weeks ago.
“Well, that’s one large tumor” Hibana sighed, “Glad that you cut it at its base”

“It’s a good thing that she went to the hospital and get it operated as soon as possible” Sakura replied, “If it gets larger than that, well even I can't help her”

“Now that’s one more live we saved” Hibana shrugs

“Yeah, yeah” Sakura smiled as she puts away her lab coat, “Oh…”

Sakura blushed when she saw her big bosom on the mirror. Even though she’s only nineteen, her breast measurement reached 90 cm.
“How big are those?” Hibana asked

“Last time I measure it… Breast 89, waist 58, hips 85” Sakura answered, “Maybe now its 90 now… it got bigger than last time”

“Seeing them makes me drool” Hibana smirked, “Man, I envy Sora… he can play with those when the two of you got married”

“Wh, what are you talking about?! That’s not how you supposed to talk about my boobs!” Sakura panicked

“Relax, missy… I was just teasing you. You should see your face when I saw it…” Hibana laughs

“Aw, you! I will always remember this!” Sakura hissed as she zips her black shirt

“Now, now… don’t get too worked up” Hibana mumbled

Back to the guy those two talked about, he’s now back at his house. After he parks the blue car inside the garage, he closes its door. When he’s about to step into his house, a black Mitsubishi 3000GT parks in front of the house… It was Moriyama. Hm, smells like trouble.
“Huh?” Sora thought, “What’s up?”

“You and me, nine P.M. tonight at Daikoku-Futo… let’s play at Yokohane Line. What do you say?” he ask

“Have you talked to Tarou?” Sora asked back, “If this is going to be a battle, let’s make it legit between two teams. If it’s not, you’re just wasting my time”

“They said okay, and let’s battle tonight… they will be around also” Moriyama nodded

“Okay… I’ll give them a call later, if they are giving me a go, then I’ll play with you” Sora replied, “If you excuse me, I’m going to get some sleep for later… see you around”

Not long after he enters his house, he immediately calls Tarou to ask the details.
“Sora, I knew you would call sooner or later” Tarou smirks

“You told yes to him?”

“Yeah, after he saw you driving for Nismo junior team, and took the fastest lap time in Sendai, he immediately asks us to let him battle you” Tarou explained, “It’s okay, right?”

“For now… but next time, please consult me first” Sora sighed, “It’ll be bad for the team if I had other business to attend to”

“And that other business would be?” Tarou asked curiously

“Nothing important, really… well then, see you tonight” Sora hangs up the phone

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At some gorgeous looking and expensive salon, Hibana and Sakura are spending their time to get prettier… no, let’s correct it; it’s Hibana who is having her hair attended by the hair stylist.
“How do I look?” Hibana asked

“Your gorgeousness level just went up by a hundred points” Sakura answered

“Look who’s talking… you didn’t do anything to your hair, even after coming here all the way” she pouted

“Hm? I'm sure Sora like me the way I am” Sakura shrugs, “I am pretty and sexy”

Sakura waves her hair and smiled to her friend, teasing her out.
“There you go again… so narcissistic of you” Hibana frowned, “I hope he’ll be happy”

“He? Who’s he?”

“Kamui Homura” Hibana answered, “He’s my boyfriend and he’s the newly appointed leader of Japanese Exotics”

“I never knew you had a boyfriend” Sakura looks puzzled

“Hehehe… I’m a great person when it comes to keeping a secret” Hibana smirk

“Smug that smirk off your face” Sakura shrugs, “I trust you with my secrets, but you wouldn’t tell me yours… what kind of friend are you anyways?”

“Sorry, sorry…” Hibana bites her lips as she apologizes to her, “You’re not mad are you?”

“Nah, I'm just kidding” Sakura smiled, “I'm happy for you… but in return, you’ll take me to the scene tonight, right?”

“Yes of course… it’s me who came up with the blue car hitchhiking plan” Hibana smiled, “I'm sure it’ll be a huge success”

“I'm sure it will” Sakura nods

What is this blue car hitchhiking plan anyways? Ah, girls will always be girls; full of secrets.
Back to Sora, he’s sound asleep after driving around from here to there. Now he’s having a dream that will change his life forever.

Sora saw himself, sitting on the blue Z-tune at a dockyard. He then sits on the car’s bonnet as he stares at the Rainbow Bridge when the sun begins to rise on the horizons. There is a girl beside him, but that girl isn’t Sakura. She smiled softly to him as she blocks the sunlight from hitting her eyes with her hand. They talk about something, but it’s too far to be heard.

The girl has light blond hair, long to the shoulder. She then walks away and leave him be, while Sora keeps on staring the Rainbow Bridge. Strangely, Aoi showed up and bows to Sora. Sora nodded and the blue angel kisses his cheek and walks away also, following her and leaves him alone.
“Huh?” Sora wakes up by the sound of rain outside the house

When he stares at the window, the sky already grew dark and rain pours hard.
“Hmm… what a weird dream” Sora thought

People sometimes forget what they just dreamed about when they woke up. But what if people said also true that some of the dreams will acts as predictions of the future, what does that mean? Time will the only thing that will tell it.

Sora stands up after he stretches his body. He opens the fridge to look for something to be eaten.
“Hm… let’s eat this instant curry right here” Sora said

His mind wondered off somewhere as he heats the curry on the microwave. Three minutes later, the microwave dings the chime and the food is ready. Sora takes a cooking glove and takes out the curry. When the curry is still burning hot, Sora puts five spoons of instant Quaker Oats Meal… Will it taste good?
“Looks good, smells good, and taste good” Sora nods, “Hey, Oats is one of the great foods for your brain!”

Is that so? Well, aside from it he seems t enjoy it very much…
“No, the reason is Sakura-sensei once wrote an article about health, regarding this issue” Sora munches his meal, “She said that oat meals are good for brain and full of essential vitamins. Besides, if you cook it right, it taste damn good”

Erh… Seeing his house empty like this is a contrast of what we used to see in Rei’s house. He had a wife to cook for him and takes care of him.
“Man… sometimes I envy a family man” Sora said, “I need to do something about my courage, or I will end up single forever”

You do that, man… well let’s leave him for now.

Rain is still pouring hard outside. Hikaru is cleaning his white S2000’s engine and he is really upset that it’s raining. The Vortech Supercharger is so sparkling clean, reflecting his face on the chrome finish.
“What the hell… I hate it when it’s raining” he said

After he close the carbon hood, he stares at the dark sky outside his house.
“It’s almost winter… a lot has happened for these past few months. I can't believe how fast time goes” he thought, “Now we had new member of HSSR, and I hope that he’ll prove more than just another trouble magnet for us”

“Hikaru” Yuki said to him, “What are you doing there?”

“Ah… just wondering around” Hikaru replied

“Let’s get ready for tonight’s battle” she said again, “This is the team’s first battle against other team after awhile, right? You sure Sora can handle it?”

“I'm sure he can” Hikaru nods, “He’s a great driver after all”

“I wondered what Steve’s next car is” Yuki thought aloud

“Yeah, I'm wondering about that also” Hikaru nods, “I hope he finds something interesting for awhile”

Let’s leave them alone and back to the main character.
After finishing up his curry, Sora opens his garage once again and heats up the engine for tonight’s battle. He stares at the blue car and he remembers vaguely about his dream earlier.
“What are you doing? Who is the girl you followed?” he asked

The blue car of course, can't answer his question. After he checked everything, he cuts the engine and went back inside his house to take a bath. It’s eight o’clock and he needs to get ready for the battle on New Belt Line.

After taking a bath and dressed up, Sora is ready to go. He opens the fence and reared the car before he locks it back. Before he had a chance to leave the house, a girl knocks on the window softly, only to attract the attention of the driver. It’s Sakura… just the person Sora hoped to ride alongside him.
“Hi… can I hitchhike?” she asked

“Oh, sure… be my guest” Sora answered, “Get in”

Sakura sits beside him and close the door casually. She tidied her short skirts and straps herself in Nismo four-point harnesses.
“All set and ready to go” Sakura smiled

Sora looks at her and smiled as well. He shifted to 1st gear and moves his car slowly.
“Hm? What is this black folder you got?” she asked as she takes the folder

“Oh… that’s…”

Sakura opens it and there is the entire course program for his S class international at Akiyama Racing School. There are even the rules of the racing school and the welcoming writings from Akiyama Daiki, the school owner himself.
“Oh… Akiyama Racing School. I’ve heard about it before” she nodded, “You applying here? That’s good for you, now that you already know what you will do with your life”

“Thanks to you, sensei” Sora nodded back, “What you told me really hits me when I get to meet the owner himself”

“I see… glad my advice can help” she grins, “And? Did this S program is the highest?”

“Yes it is… before I decided to take the course, I thought it may be possible if I followed Bernard’s guidance, I might end up as real professional driver one day”

“That’s a great ambition you have… I like it when guys are thinking forward to their future” Sakura pats his hair

“Really? Hehehe” Sora laughs happily

Sora and Sakura went ahead to the nearest highway entrance and headed straight away to Daikoku-Futo.
“Sora, I never saw you drive seriously before, even when you run against Yuki’s black GT-R, and Mikami’s silver GT-R, you never show me what you’re really like when driving seriously” Sakura said

“Ha? I always drive casually like this, serious or not” Sora shrugs

“Is that so?” Sakura wondered

She remembers it clearly. Even though he is driving rather casually, his eyes are glimmering like citrine stone.
“I wonder what will Moriyama like when he’s driving” Sora said

“He’s driving for Mitsubishi Junior team, and you didn’t recognize him at Sendai? I guess the reason he challenged you in the first place is because you hold the fastest lap time on Sendai” Sakura replied, “You should mind more about your surroundings”

“Okay… it’s another advice from the doctor, I will keep that in mind” Sora nodded

“Here we are” Sakura said, “There are your friends… Where is that M3 GTR?”

“Huh… I didn’t saw any of them this morning, so I wouldn’t know” Sora shrugs, “I wonder where that guy is”

“He said that he’s going to change his car to defeat you, Sora” Souya said from behind him, “Are you ready for tonight’s event? Moriyama is already waiting for you”

“Did he? Well, I’d better not make him wait more” Sora nodded

Cars are lined neatly beside one another. Some of them equipped their cars with fancy bright neon, or amazingly loud audio. The crowds are lively tonight… surely we hoped that cops aren’t going to spoil it, just like Cross mentioned. Well if there will be a major chase, Cross will surely tell him, right?

Moriyama saw Sora as he talking with Souya and went over to them. Looks like he wants to start the battle so badly and too add it up, he looks very impatient.
“Sora, let’s start the battle immediately” Moriyama said, “I can't wait to beat you and your GT-R”

“Like I’m going to let you” Sora smirked, “Let’s go”

“I personally asked the team’s mechanics to tune up my car specially to defeat you tonight” Moriyama said

“I see… well if that’s what you say, I guess that’s fine” Sora shrugs, “I don’t care whether you replaced the spark plugs yourself, I’m not going to let my fellow teammates disappointed. I'm here to win the battle… don’t hurt yourself in the process, we got another test drive Friday, right?”

“Oh yeah, one more thing… I want Rena to ride beside me, will that be a problem?” he asked

“Not at all… I’ve got a passenger here myself. So it would be fair if we brought them along, also” Sora answered, “Shall we?”

Sora gets into his car, followed by Moriyama into his. Sakura asked him before she gets onboard the car.
“Is this alright? Won't you got disturbed if I'm sitting beside you?” Sakura asked

“Nah, it’s alright” Sora nodded, “After all this, I'm going to drop you at Yuki’s place… let’s go”

Sora lined up his car beside Moriyama’s 3000GT. Everyone who saw them about to battle cheered and shouting, rooting for each one of them. Hikaru, and the others are cheering up for him as well. This is important to them, and Sora had no intention to disappoint them
“3000GT is Mitsubishi’s car to par up with the mighty R32. Even though it has V6 engine and 3 liter capacity, it has monstrous traction thanks to its four wheel drive” Sakura explained, “It even has automated moving aerodynamics”

“I see… well I'm going to go all out and defeat him” Sora muttered, “I'm sure she will help me get through this”

Sora shifted to first gear and revs up the engine, with Moriyama doing the same. They are going to launch the car manual style. Hikaru stand between them as the linesman.
“Ready? Set… go!!!” Hikaru drops his hands

The two cars launched and leave the parking area in no time at all. The traction for both of the 4WD cars is equal. When Sora is about to re-enter the highway, a traffic car suddenly blocks his line, gaining Moriyama a slight moment of advantage.
Sora brakes his car and shifted down instantly. He sways his car to the side and starts to chase down the 3000GT.
“How do you like that, Sora?” Rena said as she stares at the rearview mirror

“Sora, you know that Moriyama has a history with the crash of Hikaru’s GT-R, right?” Sakura asked, “Be careful when he’s behind you”

“…”

Sora hears what Sakura just said, but he is too busy to concentrate on the road and the traffic in front of him. She turned to him and there he is; showing those menacing eyes again. Sakura somehow recognize those eyes from somewhere. Yellow gold glare, wild nature… She then realized that the eagle she petted has the same sharp looking eyes, just like his.
“Eyes of a hunting eagle… once an eagle sets its eyes at a prey, it will continue to chase it until the prey comes to its sharp claws” she thought

Sora increased his pace and passed some of the cars from the most left lane, putting Sakura in shock, almost grinding with the side barriers. She can’t do anything but to look away from the side barriers as she shuts her eyes.
“What is that guy doing? Trying to kill the good doctor?” Rena asked in disbelief

There is a truck, changing its lane to the front of Sora. He does heel-and-toe shift down to third gear and sways his car to the right, changing his lane. After he gets past the truck, he went back to the left lane. Sora continued to drive through the left side. After he got a sight of his foe, he sways his car back to the center lane. They reached Hamakawasaki, with Moriyama still leading on front of him.
“This is the serial medium speed corners” Sora thought, “Here I go!”

As they approached the first corner, Sora takes the side lane and cuts Moriyama’s lane, while passing him by applying the left foot braking technique. Moriyama is caught by surprise because Sora completely outruns him and his car.
“He caught me by surprise” he said, “Well, it’s time to catch up or I’ll look bad in front of the others!”

Moriyama shifts down and re-takes the lead with monstrous acceleration.
“He did change the turbine for faster spool up” Sakura said

“…”

Sora drafted behind him as he holds out the engine at 8,500 RPM to achieve great turbo boost. After the two passed some traffic cars, Sora jumps out the draft and sling shot to Moriyama’s side. He then shifts up and takes the lead.
“Now that he’s in the back, I will keep him away from getting through” Sora thought

Even though Moriyama tried to overtake the blue car in front of him, all of his attempts are futile, since Sora covered most of the area when he’s about to overtakes. When he takes the right lane, Sora immediately moves right and when he takes the left lane, Sora moves left. Annoying? Yeah, by just a bit for the guy in front, but maybe a big hassle for the guy in the back.
“This is a normal tactic for defensive driving on the circuit” Sora thought, “Don’t hate me dude, hate the game, or maybe you could hate the writer”

Duh, why do I have to be tangled along?

“You want to play rough, huh? Then I’ll play rough as well!” Moriyama said as he shifted down and increase his pace

Sora knew what he will do. He will try and ram the rear bumper of Z-tune. Sora waits for the perfect timing to let him overshoot when it’s near the corner.
“Here we go!” Moriyama said as he plunges his car forward

“No you don’t!” Sora said

Sora sways his car to the right side, making Moriyama feels threatened because the left wall of the medium speed corner is getting closer and closer. Sora watched his every move and re-takes the lead from him, as his precious 3000GT grinds over the wall, scratching his left door. That, of course, will freak Rena out of the blue. So considerate of Sora to do that.
Sora grins with satisfaction in his face, “Hm…”

Sakura does the same also. She knows that Sora heard what she just said and he didn’t mean to ignore her.
Moriyama, however, hadn’t enough yet. He wants to give it another go. Punks like him will never go down with just a smack on their cars.
“Mori, please stop it! You’re scaring me!” Rena said

“I won't let him get away with this!” Moriyama shifted down and increase his pace, lining up his car with the blue GT-R. The two cars are jetting up evenly towards Haneda tunnel.

“Stop it! You’ll kill both of us!” Rena added

“Shut up! I’ll show him not to mess with me” Moriyama replied

Sora knew what he will do next. Another cheap trick on his sleeve to hit his car’s left side. Sakura is beside him, so he can't risk it from happening… not to mention his bayside blue finish will be damaged. We know both of them means, right? He can't risk the two of them, so he better had something to prevent bad things from happening
“Once again!” Moriyama smiled wickedly, “Eat this, Ninomiya! Sorry, but don’t hate me doctor”

Sora smirked as he shifted down from fourth to third gear, followed by flooring the throttle flat. Since they are at Haneda steep road, Sora easily gains enough acceleration to evade the hit, while Moriyama hits the right side of his car against the steeping barrier.
“That’ll surely teach him” Sakura nods, “For a cheating person without the love of a car to do that, he’s through”

“The highway police officers will be here in any minute… let’s go back now”

He gets out from the highway at the nearest exit and heads immediately to Yuki’s house.
News about Moriyama’s defeat is told all over the street racing teams in Tokyo. High School Street Racers are back in business. Tarou and the others felt really excited about their comeback, especially Hikaru.
“Isn’t this great news, Hikaru?” Tarou asked

“Sure is” Hikaru nods

Both of them arrived at Yuki’s house not long after. Sakura looks very bushed after going through what she just did this whole day; from operating a patient and save her life, to riding with Sora in an adventure against the cheat bastard, trying to ram both of them… well that was quite a mix.
“You drive well, Sora… I think my heart almost popped out back there” Sakura said

“Really? I don’t think what you told me is true, sensei” Sora replied, “That GT-R of yours, it has a lot of kilos on it, and I guess people don’t call you Violet Flower for nothing. Why don’t you just cut the talk and show me your true nature”

“My, my… how feisty. I see that you can see through my sweet talk” she grins, “Now that you getting stronger and stronger with your team, I guess it won't be for long that we might find ourselves racing each other”

“Of course…” Sora nods

“Thanks for the ride, Sky… see you around” Sakura pats his shoulder and walks toward the house

“Hmph, women…”

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We’re back once again to United States, the only country that against Kyoto protocol. Well if this keeps up, even more people in United States will die from the heat. Steve is back here once again and he is already arrived from the trip. This time he is picked up by one of his friend’s private plane… hm, must be another rich guy he befriend with.
“I'm glad you finally came here, Steve… how is it going?” a man asked him

“It’s great, Scott… how is your business going along?”

He is Fujima Scott. He is a friend of Steve who also loves speed. He owns a tuning up garage, with a help from Steve in the old days. Now he owns two major garages and two Japanese cars dealerships, namely Toyota and Honda.
“Thanks to your help few years back, I have already expanded my business” he answered, “What about this M3 GTR? Where did you get this?”

“My brother gave it to me…” Steve replied

“Did you bring this to get a tune up?” Scott asked again, “Alright, let’s go”

“No… I'm going to look for another car” Steve said, “Namely something that could beat Z-tune”

“What are you talking about? This thing can do it just fine“

“Yes, but that Z-tune has something special on it. A mysterious quality that makes it faster than my GTR here” Steve explained, “Come on, I’ll tell you more on the way”

Steve explained the whole thing about Sora and his Z-tune. Of course, the whole thing about the car being alive makes it hard for Scott to accept it. Scott is right, though. There is no way that a car can have its own will to choose its driver and can go more than normal spec of 820 horsepower Skyline GT-R. Nevertheless Steve explains everything he knows about the blue GT-R, and he is coming here to get something that could go beyond the Sky himself.
“Hey, you don’t need to exaggerate it like that” Scott shrugs, “There is no way a car be alive, man. You and I knew that well; they are machines, built by the hands of human to be pushed beyond their limits”

“I told you everything I know… it’s entirely up to you whether you want to believe it or not” Steve frowns

“Here we are… this is my new place right now” he said, “Come on in”

It’s a big looking garage with at least ten or twenty mechanics work on the customer cars. Steve could only be amazed on how big the place is, and how is it bustling with customers’ cars.
“This is great” Steve said as he looks around the place

“Oh yeah Steve… what kind of car do you intend to have for replacing this GTR? Something European or Japanese again?”

“European of course… there are no cars that can stand against his mighty R34 Z-tune” Steve replied

“You said that his car also had a VTG?”

“Uh-huh…” Steve added, “What? You interested to meet this Sky?”

“Yeah I’m just curious and I want to know what kind of people he is” Scott said, “Can you bring him here someday? If you willing to, I will get you guys with my plane next time”

“Sure… only if he is interested” Steve smirked, “Now… what car to get?”

“Sir, can I put that Porsche you got last night?” a mechanic asked him

“Ah, put it on the special garage” Scott said

“Hm? Porsche?”

“Yeah, I got that from pink slip race last night” Scott said, “You interested?”

“Let me see it” Steve said, “If it’s caught my eyes, I will trade it with my M3 GTR”

“Okay, let’s go” he replied

Scott guides him to the special garage where he kept his special cars he had. When Steve enters the place, he is once again amazed by the cars he saw.
There is a Nissan GT-R, Audi RS4, Mazda RX-7, Honda NSX, and of course a BMW M6 which Scott drives to defeat some of the major street racers around the town. There is an additional car as well at the back. It’s a red 997 Porsche 911 GT2, which Steve recognizes immediately.

This car has 3.6 liter flat-6 engine, and now featured twin variable geometry turbochargers, which generated 523 horsepower at 6500 rpm. The GT2 accelerates in 3.6 seconds to 100 KM/H and in 10.6 seconds to 200 KM/H. This car also has a maximum top speed of 331 KM/H, thus makes it the first Porsche 911 to exceed the 322 KM/H top speed.
The Porsche 997 GT2 also has a curb weight of 1440 kg, 680 NM of torque from 2200 to 4500 rpm, and a 6-speed manual gearbox. It has a revised front lip, compared to 911 turbo. It also carries a newly designed rear wing with two small air inlets on either side, and it has a different rear bumper now featuring titanium exhaust pipes and shark fin outlets.

This car has the lap record at Nurburgring with 7 minutes 32 seconds. So basically it’s like a Nissan GT-R with rear mounted flat engine, RWD, and manual gearbox… how cool is that?
“Whew… this is cool” Steve said

“Let’s get started, shall we?” Scott said, “Let’s browse the web and get the parts we need to turn this car into RWD monster”

“I'm back in business once again” Steve smiled

Back at Japan, Sakura had a visit from her old friend. She meets him with Hibana at one of the fanciest restaurant in Japan, and looks like the two of them talked about something serious. Sakura’s face can be seen, full of frustration and anger. Hibana is the one who calms her down when she almost slaps the face of the handsome man.

The man however pushes a small box, containing something to her. And that makes her expression change. Happiness and sadness at the same time.


This post has been edited by R_E_X on May 31 2010, 08:24 PM

haha...yea...well either way it your call..xD...still..i realli hope u create a ending though..xD tat would end my suffering..for more HSSR!!hehe

haha to hell with an ending... keep going with it...

i haven't read hssr in a while sounds like its getting better good job R_E_X

RPM 10: Revelation

Today is Friday and Sora will start his lesson for today at Akiyama Racing School. Sakura is going with him today, and for some reason she just tagged herself along. Maybe she’s curious to know about his performance at Sendai tomorrow?
“Ninomiya, we will start right now” Daiki said, “And who is this pretty lady you have with you? Your girlfriend?”

Sakura blushed when she hears that. That is already giving a hint to Daiki that the two is attracted to each other. How cute… Sora takes it differently, however. He takes it as a hint to tease her out.
“Yes she is” Sora said

Sakura is very surprised and blushed when she hears that. She acted peculiarly and tried to hide her nervousness.
“Are you serious?” she asked

“Yes I’m serious” Sora nodded

“Are you sure?” Sakura asked again

“I'm serious”

“Are you dead serious?” Sakura keeps on asking

“I'm seriously joking” Sora smiled

“Oh…” Sakura said

“She is a friend of mine and she works as a doctor at Tokyo University Hospital as a surgery” Sora said, “Sakura, this is Akiyama Daiki, the owner of this racing school”

“Hi, nice to meet you” she bows to him, “My name is Atsuno Sakura, and I'm sort of his personal nutritionist

“Likewise” Daiki nods

“Nutritionist? Are you serious?” Sora shrugs, “Well anyways, please wait here, sensei… let’s stat right away, Akiyama-san”

Seeing the two of them together like that, makes Daiki remembers something from his younger days.
“Your face is saying that something is bothering you, sir… is everything alright?” Sora asked

“Ah, not exactly. Seeing the two of your together makes me remember something few years back” Daiki replied

“Something about women as well?” Sora asked again

“Yeah…” he nods, “I had a girlfriend once. Her name is Claudia Fortescue, but people called her Chloe”

“…” Sora is loss at words. He thought maybe it would be better if he listens to what he has to say, at least to ease his mind and maybe Sora is also bored by hearing all the lecture about cars.

“She drives a pink RUF 3400S… you know about it, right?” Daiki asked

“Yeah… but I’m not sure which one is it” Sora mumbled

“She works as a CEO for French clothing company back in the day” Daiki added, “We went a lot of good things together”

“Still talking about good old days, huh Akiyama?” a woman asked him when the two of them talk about Chloe

“What do you want, Naoko? I'm giving a lecture to a student here” Daiki sighed

She is the vice-president and co-owner of Akiyama Racing School. Her name is Takahashi Naoko. She is an elegant looking woman with dark green hair.
“Your face is saying that you’re tired, Akiyama. After his lecture is done, why don’t you go back home and get some rest” she said

“Will do” Daiki shrugs, “Let’s continue, Ninomiya”

And there goes the leisure time of hearing his glorious past… that vice-president is totally spoiling the mood. Few hours later, his lectures are done. It’s time to go to Sendai for testing tomorrow.
“Well, I’ll see you on Monday, Ninomiya… good luck on Sunday” Daiki said

“Thank you very much” Sora bows

After Daiki walks away for few meters, Sora knows that someone is standing behind the wall, just around the corner. It’s the vice-president and looks like she is stalking Akiyama.
“What is it, ma’am?” Sora asked, without even looking at the back

“Are you the one who bring that up about Chloe?” she asked

“He told me himself… I didn’t know anything about it until he told me everything” Sora answered, “Where is Chloe anyways? He looks as if he regrets it very much”

“I don’t know how they break up, or what happened back in the day. He never told me anything about it, and I don’t intend to find out” she shrugs, “You better hurry up and go now, your friend is already waiting for you at the lounge”

“She certainly is has a liking to him” Sora said

Yes she is…

At lounge, Sakura is typing her laptop. She wears her eye glasses that are making her looks turns scary. Sora walks slowly to avoid disturbing her and sit beside her.
“Just a moment, Sora…” she said, “The abnormalities on the bone structure could be caused by either mutation or genetic disorder. If the latter was proven, then we must provide more data basis by collecting the genetic sample from the other family members and trace whether there is a history of the disease on the family itself”

“You seem very busy… is it alright to leave the hospital and tag along to Sendai with me?”

“It’s okay” she said as she continues typing, “I have my other friends on the look out… well, let’s go”

Sakura shuts down her mini Vaio laptop and close it. After she puts it away on her bag, she stands up and ready to go. Sora nods and stands up also; time to go to Sendai.
The two gets into the blue car and drives away.

On the car, Sakura listens to her I-pod, connected to the GT-R’s head unit. Suddenly when she looks at Sora’s face, she remembered something important.
“I wanted to talk to you about something after your race in Sendai is over” Sakura said, “Something important”

Her face looks sad. Sora didn’t notice it when he’s so absorbed into driving.
“Sora… what do you think about Mikami Rei? He’s marrying Seno-san in his 19” Sakura asked

“Well, for starters he is a rich guy. He can do anything with no problem as long as he has his money” Sora replied

“What if you fill his shoes?”

“I can never do what he did… me and him is just waaay different” Sora answered

“So you will never marry someone in your age now?”

“Of course… it’s absurd just to think about it” Sora shrugs, “Why do you ask?”

“Nah, nothing” she said, “Just wondering out loud”

She smiled and a hint of relief can be seen in her face. She smiled widely and nodded firmly.
“Do what you got to do, Sora… I believe you will win this junior league”

“Thank you, sensei” Sora nodded

Few hours of long, tiring drive, they arrived at Sendai. The Japanese Racing Committee is already rent a whole hotel, just few miles from the circuit. Looks like the money put on this one is very serious, as Sora can see a lot of cars are parked on the lot around the hotel complex.
“Geez… seeing the entire tourist and racing enthusiast here makes me nervous” Sora said

“Wah, it’s too late if you say that now… just park for now and let’s go to the receptionist for more information on your team” Sakura said

“Ah, of course”

After Sora parked the car, the two get off with their belongings in the bag, and start to wander around the hotel.
“So many people, even at this late hour” Sakura said

“Yes it is… it even makes me more nervous” Sora added

“Geez, forget the nervousness” Sakura continued, “Oh, there is Bernard”

Bernard waits for Sora anxiously as he sits at the comfy looking couch. When he saw Sora, he immediately feels at ease. He smirks and stands up to greet them.
“Sora, I thought you won't come” Bernard said

“Sorry, I got something else to do first” Sora replied, “You know who this is, right?”

“Yeah, she is my wife’s pregnancy doctor” Bernard nods, “Well, get some rest you two, we got a lot of thing to do this morning”

Ten hours later…
The circuit is bustling with cars on it. Sora and Nismo team are trying their car out for optimizing their settings for Sendai circuit. Sendai circuit is a combination of power and technical circuit. This deadly combination makes a full use of 4WD cars, but as the regulation applies here, his GT-R has RWD instead. Lucky that left foot braking can be used for any cars on the circuit. Sora is trying hard to push the cars to its limit, but the settings aren’t quite right yet. Looks like the suspension needs to be stiffen more, so did the LSD to be soften. He’s driving back to the pit lane to set-up his car.
“The suspension needs to be stiffen and I need the LSD to be soften… too much torque on the rear makes the tail to slide wildly to the side” Sora said, “Too much over-steer is ruining my qualification time”

“Men, you heard what he asked” Bernard said, “Here you go… drink it and rest up a bit while we set it up”

Bernard threw a bottle, filled with mixture of Red Bull and water. Yes, too much energy drink will make the driver wants to pee too much.
“Thanks” Sora said as he drinks it, “Where is Sakura?”

“She is watching from the team truck, so she would bother your concentration” Bernard explained, “What do you think of the car?”

“Not bad I suppose” Sora nodded, “It has more stiffness on the chassis, therefore making it easier to control”

“The car is ready! You can take it anytime” said one of the mechanics

Sora drives the car out from the pit lane once again. This time it feels like the way he wanted it to be… this is everything he needs to grab the pole position.
Sora began to tackle the circuit hard and he is driving the car to its maximum performance.
“Would you look at Sky! He had just taken the Nismo team to its pole position! One minute and fifty-nine seconds! One second better than the last time he tested the car last week!” said one of the commentators

“Yes Hideo, looks like Nismo team had found one great street racer as their team’s ace!” the other commentator added, “Looks like the racing will be hot tomorrow, folks! And on the second position we got Naoki Yoritada, representing the Honda team with their white NSX over there… you know, Sky doesn’t make any things easier for other teams here”

“Yes, you’re correct there, Kenichi” the other commentator said back, “Oh, looks like Moriyama from Ralli Art Mitsubishi team had an engine blow… this will make their team go all the way to the last place… I hope Moriyama is alright, or rather the car”

Sora keeps on driving past the other racers and went through the finish line once again. He just shaves another half a second on the time chart. Everyone is loss at words; from the commentator, the team crews, and even the spectators. For a rookie newcomer like him, he looks promising, and in this junior rookie event, looks like no one is at the same level as he does.
“Good job, Sora…” Bernard said to him, “I think it’s enough driving… drive back here and let’s wait for more”

“Alright…”

Sora drives back to the pit lane. When he’s approaching Nismo pit area, the mechanics and the pit crews pushes the car to the garage. One of the mechanics gave Sora a small electric fan to cool the cabin, while the other are blowing the car cool with big fan and dry ice.
“There isn’t much time left for the qualification. The racers better hurry to improve their time; otherwise the standings for tomorrow’s race will be a huge disadvantage for them”

“Rest assured, Sora… no one can touch your time” Bernard said

“Crossing fingers and hoping…” he said as he smiling

The qualification is over. Sora is at the top grid followed by team Mugen Honda at the second position, BMW Racing at the third, Spoon Honda at the fourth, and TRD Toyota at fifth.
“Nice job!” Bernard pats his helmet

“Let’s see how it goes tomorrow” Sora nodded

After the qualifications are done, the teams are going back to the hotel to take a rest. It’s going to be one hell pressure tomorrow, for the team and Sora.
“Go back to the hotel… you can get some rest” Bernard said, “Me and the rest of the guys will do a final check-up to the car and tidying thing up for a bit”

“Okay” Sora nodded as he changes his clothes, “Need any help?”

“You’ve done enough, kiddo” said one of the senior mechanics, “Leave the things here to us”

“Yes, you can get some rest now. Tomorrow will be a hell breaks loose on Sendai” said the other mechanics

“Alright” Sora nods, “See you later, then”

Sora gets into the van which will take him to the hotel. Sakura should be on this van also, but she was nowhere in sight.
“Eh? Where is Sakura?” Sora asked

“She went back to the hotel ahead” said the driver

“I see” Sora nodded, “Well, let’s get going”

The van drove back to the hotel.
Sakura is waiting at the hotel lounge. When she saw the man from few days before, she was excited… something is wrong, though. Who is that man?
“Sorry to keep you waiting” he said, “How is the kid? Did he win?”

“The race is still tomorrow… Can I told him tomorrow after the race? I don’t want to divert his attention to anything else”

“Sure, do what you think is best” the man replied

“Thank you, I know you would understand” she nods, “Just let me be a girl who like him this one last time”
The man checked on the hotel as well and went to get a room, as he waits for Sakura.
Sora arrived to the hotel when the man is carrying his travel bag. They meet directly face to face when they walk past each other.
“You must be Sky… my name is Fujimoto Iwazaki” he said, “I'm a huge fan of yours”

“Hi, how do you do… I'm Ninomiya Sora” he bows to the man, “I’d love to chat, but someone is waiting for me at the restaurant… until then”

Sora went back to the restaurant and meet up with Sakura.
“Hi, how is the qualification?” she asked

“It went just great” Sora said, “I can do this!”

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At the race tomorrow, Sora is fighting hard to keep his position. He is driving defensively to prevent the racers behind him to overtake. The race will be over in less than another lap. Behind the GT-R is Mugen Honda’s NSX and TRD Toyota’s Supra. They are indeed the rivals of GT-R alright.
“Here it is, folks! The race is about to end, with Sky still leading in front” said one of the commentators, “Isn’t he great, Kenichi?”

“That’s right, Hiro; we will all witnessing the Junior Sky King to take the 1st podium, and give the Nismo team a great amount of constructor’s point here” Kenichi said

“Keep going, Sora! Just few more meter and you’re securing the first position! Your first win and our team’s first constructor point”

“…”

The moment Sora crosses the finish line; the whole pit crews are jumping around, full of enthusiasm. Sora secured the first position and wins the race.
“Great job, kid!” Bernard said from the radio

“Whoooooo-hoooooo!!!” Sora yelled

“Go around the track one more lap, and try to wave to the Nismo fan around you” said one of the mechanic, “Thanks to their support, we’re able to win this race”

“Sure do” Sora nodded

Sora stopped his car at the track and pulls up his e-brake as he shifted to 1st gear. He burns the rear tires as he spins the car and gets his hand out to waves at the fans around.
“That’s hell of a show from Sky, special to Nismo fans around in Japan! We love you, Sky!” Kenichi said, “Make everyone from Nismo proud of your performance”

“Wow, so you already becoming one of his fans as well, Kenichi?” Hideo asked

“Yes, for a talented young man like him, no wonder I'm becoming his fan” Kenichi nodded, “Good luck, everyone… we still got more races to come and there is a lot more chances too catch up with Sky”

“Until the next race… I'm Hideo Toramada” Hideo said

“And I'm Kenichi Usugi… we bring you live reports from Sendai track and we’ll see you on the next race” Kenichi added

“Good bye and see you soon” Hideo waves away

At a nice big mansion at United States, two people are watching the live event of the race. They are Scott and Steve. Looks like they are watching the whole thing via live satellite and they are following the progress of the team closely.
“Wow, Sora really did it” Steve said

“Now that’s just makes me more eager to meet him” Scott said, “What will your other friends talk about him, huh?”

“I don’t know… we are a pretty good team, even though we’re still in high school” Steve shrugs

“I see… well I hope that will stay that way until the end of your street racing careers” Scott smirks widely

“Well Scott, it’s been nice to hanging with you for these days, but I got a plane to catch” Steve said, “I'm going to take this baby now back to Japan”

“Yes, be careful on the way… when you are ready to get back here, give me a call” he said

“Will do. I will bring Sora one day also”

At Kojiro’s garage, Hikaru and the others are also watching the whole event. They couldn’t be more than amazed to what their teammates has done. He surpasses all of them in no time at all and went on the next level as well.
“Man, sometimes I envy him” Souya said, “He’s great and talented naturally”

“Not really. He has a hard time himself when he’s trying out the blue Z-tune, right?” Tarou said, “Even he needs to learn as well”

“Well if that’s the case there’s only one thing to do, right?” Kojiro smirks

“Yes, that is to improve our car’s performance and our skill” Hikaru nods

“That’s the spirit! We can't let Sora always get ahead of us, right?” Clark added

Back to Sora. After he takes his first trophy, and interviewed about his winning, he’s done with the publicity stuff. Sakura is nowhere to be seen, maybe she’s still at the hotel? Sora didn’t see her from this morning. The sky is starting to turn grey and people are starting to leave the circuit area.

When Sora finished changing his clothes, he gets out again, driving at the track. This time with the blue Z-tune. But before he even gets into the car, Sakura showed up at the pit lane. She looks very different than usual. Sora then remembered what she said the other night… she wants to tell him about something important. But about what?
“Sora… you remembered something I said the other night, yes?” she asked

“Yes…” Sora nodded, “What is it, sensei?”

“I realized that I only use you to divert my feelings from my previous lost boyfriend” she explained, “You’ve met him, right?”

A man showed up from the garage. He is the fan of Sora, who he met yesterday. Is that her previous boyfriend?
“He is…” Sakura said

“Fujimoto Iwazaki” Sora nodded, “He is your boyfriend, yes? How could you do that to me?”

“I'm sorry… I realized that I only use you, so I could forget him. But he’s back and he ask me to marry him”

“That’s the reason why you asked me about being young and married” Sora lowered his head, “I guess I should hate you for that…”

“You can hate me, and I understand if you won't forgive me… I won't ask for that. I just want to say that I'm very sorry to deceive you like this”

“I'm sorry” the man said to him also, “It’s my fault that things got messed up like this”

Sora however, didn’t say anything anymore. His lip is shut tight and his eyes are closed… the sky began to get darker and darker. The lightning also starts to flash in the sky, giving a hint that it will rain soon enough.
“It’s going to rain soon enough… you two should go now” Sora said, “Leave me…”

“So you hate me then” Sakura said

“Don’t get me wrong” Sora replied, “I won't hate you… I hate myself because I'm a fool. A fool that thinks only about himself when a girl he likes is confused”

“It’s not your fault” Sakura spins her head

“Leave me… I won't tell both of you for the third time” Sora said

Sakura bites her lip and look at his boyfriend.
“Let us leave him alone, dear” the man said

“Sakura… let us meet again when the time has come for us to beat your team” Sora said, “Thank you for the false feeling that I had for those days”

Sora gets into his car and drive away, out of the circuit. The rain starts to pour, so Sakura and Iwazaki are leaving also. On the road outside the circuit, Sora is pushing his car hard. Few meters in front of him there is a small cat, crossing the road. Sora brakes hard and steers to the side, avoiding the cat. The road is narrow and it gets very slippery because of the rain.

Luckily Sora pulls the e-brake and slide to the side, almost hitting the road barriers. He exhaled lightly and pulls over to the side of the road. After he saw the cat is alright he hits the steering wheel with his fist. Tears are running from his eyes to his cheeks. He loves her very much.
“Heh… where is this coming from?” he said as he wipes the tears, “I have to pull myself together”

He tightens the seat harnesses and drive back to Tokyo.

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When Sora is back at Tokyo, the sky has already grown dark, with morning just around the corner. That’s right, the traffic are bustling once again on his way back. Sora is resting his feet once again on Horikiri Junction
“Always the same” he sighed, “But it’s a good thing too, though… I can get to stop and rest here. I can also skip the school today”

Sora grabs a bottle of cold lemon tea. He then sits down at pavement, in front of his car.
“…”

Sora opens the bottle and sips it. He then receives a text message from Bernard. Let’s hope it’s not about him and Sakura earlier.
“Let’s see what does the message says” Sora said

Carlos Ghosn is very pleased to see your performance earlier. After I saw the result myself, I guess you are far ahead of Hikaru or Rei. That’s why I choose you as the successor of my title; the Sky King. But remember, Sora… when you hold the title, you can't lose to anyone.
“Heh… as long as I have you, Aoi, I won't lose to anybody” Sora grins

Let us meet next Friday. This time at Suzuka circuit. I’ll be waiting for you, along with the GT-R Drivers team.
All of us should remember that the GT-R Drivers team, is standing on the way for anyone, if they are about to face Bernard and takes the title from him. However, Sora isn’t intimidated. If anything, he feels thrilled and excited.
“Hahaha… I don’t think even Nissan GT-R can defeat you, Aoi” Sora said, “On the circuit, it’s not important how big your engine is, but how the car handles”

The traffic got lighter, and it’s time for Sora to get back to his house.
“Time to go home”

Sora gets into his car and ignites the engine. He doesn’t realize himself that all he truly needs is his blue car only. He doesn’t think about Sakura often, even though he likes her.
Well, sometimes being happy go luck is a great thing… but some people didn’t see that as a blessing in disguise… well, sort of.

This post has been edited by R_E_X on May 31 2010, 08:25 PM

yo..REX..thx yo...for continuing...and also..nice job lol...it doesnt realli wander too much from racing...juz half half..xD..keep it up yo...

awesome rex,
and don't worry about the speed they're coming, as long as they're coming lol

Nice , I like

wahhhhh....ur new story is awesome...how r u rex? me been bz with life...finally uploaded the rpm34...keep it up...

RPM34 was good .... wondering whats gonna happen in RPM 35

Keep it up REX

RPM 11: The New Sky King

Steve arrived back in Japan at 3 A.M. in the morning. Well, it’s been a rough ride from L.A. to Japan, especially when you bring a car with you in the trip.

Well, looks like he did go someplace else before leaving L.A. What did I meant? His hair turns black from blond. It means he went someplace in L.A. to beautify himself… he even change his hairstyle, brushed backwards, with some of his bangs dropped to his forehead.
“Huff…” he exhaled lightly, “I wonder where Sora is at? I’d better gave the guy a call”

He gets his mobile phone out and yup, he also went to mobile phone shop to get a Blackberry Kickstart.
“Meh, I got fed up with Nokia” Steve said, “They’re lame… besides I can use this for internet, easy and quick”

Steve gave Sora a call. Sora who is still sitting on his blue car after giving his foot a rest, is wondering why the guy did called. It’s almost morning and he called without any apparent reason… anyway, Sora needs to take the call.
“Yeah?”

“Hi, it’s me… where are you right now? At your house?” he asked

“No… I'm at Horikiri, giving my feet a rest, and I'm just about to leave” Sora replied, “Why do you ask? Where are you now?”

“I'm at Haneda Airport right now… wait for awhile, I'm coming over there right now” Steve said

“What? I'm sleepy… I want to go home and get some rest”

“Nah, don’t be like that to a fan” Steve grins, “Just wait, I'm going to show something to you”

“Let me guess… you got a new car?”

“Yeah… and this time, I will defeat yours for good” Steve nodded

“Hee… interesting” Sora said, “Let’s see what you got”

Steve nodded and grins. He got Sora’s attention… even though he realizes that something is also wrong with his friend. Sora is not a type of guy that gets persuaded easily.
“Hm… something is up with you today, huh? What’s wrong?” he asked

“You knew? Hahaha, I guess it’s obvious” Sora replied, “But it’s not an important thing right now. Just show me your car”

“Alright, see you soon, then” Steve gets into his car

Half an hour has passed and Steve finally arrived at Horikiri, bringing something that catches Sora’s attention very much.
“Hm… Porsche 911 GT2, huh? That’s a fancy car you got” Sora said as he looks at the GT2

“Keith and the others wouldn’t stand a chance against this” Steve replied, “Even though this beast only got a minor boost up and electronic upgrades, I can beat your Z-tune with this any day”

“Is that so? Well, we’ll see soon enough, won't we?”

“So you’ll run against me now?” Steve asked

“That’s the only way now, right? Let’s just get over with this already, so we know who the best really is”

Sora gets into his car and ignites the engine. Steve does the same and ignites his. Even though in sense that GT2 is way ahead Z-tune, Steve still had his doubts about his new red car. After Sora straps himself with the harnesses, he exhaled lightly and close his eyes. When he opens them, his eyes flashes and looks very sharp. Steve who saw him, shivered and feels intimidated by his sharp glare. Whatever he’s been through, it makes him more mature and fierce- just like a real professional racer.
“Alright, let’s settle this with run” Steve said

“You mean that the one who is in the front of the others are determining which route to be taken, huh? I get it”

“Let’s begin” Steve nodded

The two lined up their car beside one another and ready to begin.
“After that truck passed us, we roll” Steve said

“Got it… let’s go”

The red truck is going to pass the two of them, and when it does, the two of them are going to launch their car. Steve already knows what he needs to do. He shifted to 1st gear, holds his left foot on the clutch pedal, and builds up revs. Sora does the same thing as well. But different from Steve’s GT2, Sora’s GT-R doesn’t have any launch control.

Porsche is a unique car. They have conventional engine styling, with the updates from 21st century, using a lot of electronic devices; launch control and traction control are some of them. As for Sora’s Z-tune… well, it only has traction control, ATTESA ETS- Pro and 4 wheel steering… will it really suffice?
“Ready? Set… go!” Steve launches his car, followed by Sora

Well, since it has a lot of gizmos and it has rear mounted engine, it has better acceleration than Z-tune.
“Come on!” Steve yelled as he stares at the rearview mirror

“…” Sora grins in excitement

“Alright, let’s see what this baby can do” Steve grins, “Time to release all the horses!”

Sora drafted behind Steve, only to found out that it’s useless to draft behind a small car, such as Porsche.
“Cih!” Sora groaned, “It’s no use… damn squashed Beetle”

“Hahahahahaha!” Steve laughs happily

The two of them cruise through to C2 area, just before Kasai junction. Steve is still leading in the front, with Sora few meters in his back. Steve is pushing his car, even though it’s still brand new… we all know that is a bad thing to push new cars too much. Something will go wrong in a matter of next few minutes.

Steve is staring at the boost pressure bar and engine temperature. Everything seems just great and things are running smoothly for him… maybe Sora will finally be defeated?
“Hm… everything seems nice” Steve said, “Boost pressure is great, the engine temperature is stable”

“Shit, I guess this is the limit of my Z-tune. I can't think of a way to defeat that red car” Sora thought, “Hm… huh?”

“Aaaargh!” Steve yelled, “What’s happening?!”

The boost pressure dropped instantly and the engine temperature are rising- fast. Steve panicked and when he heard a loud snapping sound from the trunk, he immediately knew what was wrong with the car.
“NOOOOOOO!!!” Steve yelled hysterically

“What is wrong with that dude?” Sora wondered

Steve and Sora cruise slowly to Kasai junction. After they parked their cars, Sora went to take a look at the flat 6, boxer engine Steve had. The moment he opens the trunk (yes, as I said earlier, his engine is on his back, so therefore you have your engine in your trunk) hot steams are blowing hard from inside…
“Hm… the fan belt snaps” Steve kicks his tires madly, “AAAAAH! It hurts!”

He jumps around as he holds his leg in pain. When he jumps around, his jeans are tripped under his left foot, causing him to fall forward as well.
“Urgh!” Steve said, “This just isn’t my day”

Luck sided with Sora this time… or maybe Steve’s stupidity cause him to win… well sort of.
“You stupid. Boost up the turbo, while maintaining the factory parts and internals will only kill your car” Sora shrugs, “Besides, this thing is still brand new! Look at the rear; it still has the plastic wraps on it!”

“Ah, shut up!” Steve hushes him out, “I think I should check the engine thoroughly next time. Do me a favor and call a tow truck?”

“Huh? No way” Sora declined

“What? You’re out of your mind! Why?”

“Because I already did a favor for you. Remember that you told me to wait at Horikiri? That’s my favor” Sora smirked, “It’s always nice to know a fan. I’ll give you my autograph some other time… see ya”

“Hey! Wait!” Steve shouts

Sora gets back to his car and drive off, leaving the guy all by himself.
“Man… I guess what they say about every man for himself, is the truth” Steve frowns, “Now… how can I call a tow truck?”

Use your Kickstart, idiot.

“I can't!” Steve thought, “I knew this is going to happen, damn it”

What’s up with the Blackberry?

“There is nothing wrong with the ‘Berry… I just don’t know which number to call”

Ah, great…

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Nine o’clock at the school, the class is about to begin. The students are already sits on their own chairs, waiting for Yue-sensei to teach them. Two chairs near the windows, which belong to Steve and Sora are unoccupied. The moment Yue-sensei steps into the class, Rika stands up and commands the class to stands up as well.
“Stand up! Greetings!” she said

“Good morning, ma’am!” said everyone in the class

“Good morning… ah, the champion from yesterday didn’t attend class, huh?” Yue-sensei asked, “Well, I guess that’s to be expected, though”

She takes out her eye glasses and wears them. Then she continued to talk as she writes something on the whiteboard.
“All of you watched yesterday’s racing event, right? Sora is indeed great with cars” she said again, “HSSR will surely go to the top with him on the team”

“We sure hope so, sensei” Tarou said, “First we will try and win back all the losses we got when Mikami is absent, then we will challenge the other team as well, to prove ourselves are the best”

“Good luck to all of you… but in school, all of you need to do your best as well” Yue-sensei explained, “The final exams are few months away, so all of you needs to do your best to be able to get into the next class”

“Yes, ma’am!” said all of the students

Yuki is silent. She and Hikaru looks at Sora’s chair, with worry on their faces… looks like Sakura told them what happened last night.

Sora is sleeping on his room, sleepy and exhausted. He still feels a bit sad about what Sakura told him yesterday. Nevertheless, he will get through it sooner or later. Suddenly rain pours hard outside, wetting everything that comes on contact with it.

Then it came again. The same dream he had from few days ago. This time, Sora and the blond girl are walking together on an empty park, with snow covering some of the roads. Sora saw the two of them and decided to take a look on them.
“It’s late already, why are we here?” Sora asked the girl

The girl only smiled softly to him. She then opens her mouth and answered his questions.
“It’s romantic, right? On the park, there isn’t anyone but the two of us here, taking a walk together” she said

“Is it? I only feel the chilliness of the wind and snow” he shrugs, “If you want someplace romantic, why won't you go to the amusement park with someone else? I don’t understand what women think”

“Hehe… that’s my Sora” she smiled as she turns her attention to him, “Don’t worry, though… I understand if you still afraid to get to know a girl, especially when she’s hot and sexy like me”

“Hm, how narcissistic of you” he smiled, “If you are trying to cheer me up, thank you…”

The girl walks toward him and kisses him on the lip. Sora is surprised and happy at the same time. He then kisses her back softly.
“Will you be my girlfriend?”

“I will Sora… you are the one for me” she smiled, “I will never ever leave you, like Sakura did”

A gust of wind blows hard and hit the two of them. The chilling coldness of the icy wind makes the two of them comfortable, hugging each other.
“Wake up, Sora… find me” she said

Her eyes shine beautifully. Sapphire blue, just like the night sky on Shutokou. Sora wakes up and feels the wind comes to his room. Looks like the blowing wind earlier blows his window open, letting all the wet and moist wind enters.
“Cih… looks like there will be a storm coming” he said

Then he forgot the entire dream he had earlier. All he could remember was what the girl said to him last time…
“Wake up, Sora… find me” she said

And the best part is he didn’t even remember what does she looked like…
“Aaaah! What was she looked like?” he wondered

It’s already twelve o’clock and he started to feel hungry. His empty stomach is growling and there is not food on his fridge. Talk about great timing…
Steve suddenly called. Now what is wrong with him this time? Nevertheless, Sora feels bad to ignore a call from a fan.
“Yeah? What is it, fan no. 1?”

“Hahaha, you’re a funny guy” he said, “Sora, care to eat some ramen? My treat”

“Hee… what is wrong with you, turn into a kind man all of a sudden? I feel the sky could collapse in any second now”

“Relax” he replied, “I just want to have a chat, what do you say?”

“Alright, where?” Sora asked him back

“Pick me up, and I’ll tell you where” he said

“What’s wrong with your car? You still work on it?”

“Aaah… no, actually. I'm at Porsche workshop right now” Steve explained, “My car broke on me, remember? And since I modify it, the warranty became void. They won't replace the fan belt, and I have to pay for it. But here’s more… since the parts isn’t available for now, I have to put my car here, and wait for about two days”

“Sir, do you want to change the engine oil?” a mechanic asked him

“Yes, Shell Helix Ultra, please” he said, “Don’t use Mobil 1”

After the mechanic left, Steve talks again to Sora.
“What do you say?”

“Alright, I’ll see what I can do” Sora shrugs

“Argh, don’t be like that to your first fan” he said, “After all, it’s my treat, remember?”

“Yeah, but I won't like the end of it…” he nods, “After we chat and ate, you will say… Sora, can you give me a lift to my place? And after that, I have to take you back to your house. No thanks, I have to go somewhere else”

“Um, no… why would you thought of that?” he asked, “After I eat, I need to go somewhere else as well”

“Oh, okay… I’ll be there in a jiffy”

Ten minutes later, Sora arrived at the Porsche garage. Steve is already waiting for him near the garage’s entrance.
“Thanks for coming” he said, “Come on, I know a good place”

“Let me guess… Tomoyama’s?” Sora asked

“No… just follow my lead” Steve said

Meanwhile, at the school the rain still pours hard. It’s after the lunch time, and Yue-sensei stepped back to the class and starts to write out two names… girl names to be exact.
“Alright, class I want to introduce to you two new, transfer students from United States. The two of them are a beautiful girls, and for boy student… please behave yourselves” she said, “Come on in, you two”

Two foreign girls enter the class. One of them is blond, and the other is brown haired, and the two of them looks like a crossbred… ah, I mean, mixed ethnicity.
“Please introduce yourself, girls” Yue-sensei said

“Good afternoon, everybody” said the brown haired girl, “My name is Mayama Claire. I came from Manhattan Island, New York. And this is my friend…”

“Kisaragi Aya” said the blond, “I came from Boston, Massachusetts. It’s nice to be here in Japan, and it’s nice to meet all of you”

“Both of you lives on United States, right? And I noticed that the two of you, weren’t fully Japanese, especially you, Kisaragi-san” Yue-sensei said

“Yes, my father is Japanese… he’s a journalist, and my mother is American, she teaches elementary school, before they got married” she explained, “And please, sensei… Just call me Aya”

“What about you, Mayama-san?”

“Well, same here, sensei… my father is a Japanese businessman and my mother is normal American housewife” she explained, “Thanks to her, I got my eyes and appearance… oh, please sensei, just call me Claire”

“Hm, how humble the two of you” Yue-sensei nodded, “Way different than those two lazy slackers”

“You mean, there is another students in this class?” Aya asked

“Yup, those two chairs near the windows are theirs” Yue-sensei explained, “Sit beside them”

“What was the name of the owner, sensei?” Claire asked

“On the front is owned by Steve Blackburn. He’s red head and red colored maniac” Yue-sensei answered, “And behind him, is Ninomiya Sora; the blue freak, junior Sky King”

“Junior Sky King?” the two of them asked

“Yeah, did you watch the Junior League Touring Race Event yesterday? He drives for Nismo Junior team” Yue-sensei explained

“Hee… interesting” Aya said

“Hm, cars and cars again” Claire replied

“Excuse me!” Gonsuke raised his hand, “Does both of you still single?”

“Stupid Gonsuke” Tarou slapped his forehead

What he just said annoys Marie. She immediately reached out to his ears, and pulls it off.
“Ow, ow, ow, ow” Gonsuke said, “I'm just kidding”

“Sorry about that” Yue-sensei frowns

“Um, actually I’m already with someone” Claire said, “Same goes for Aya”

“Whaaaat?!” the entire boys at the class feels disappointed

Seeing all of the boys are disappointed like that, maybe what Claire just said acts like a self defense program against the wolves on this high school. She and Aya are whispering to one another.
“Geez, all of them are such a player” Claire said, “Look, even those who has a girlfriend are into us”

“Yeah, good thing you lied to them, and said we are with someone… that should at least gives us a breathing room, until we find suitable candidates for our real boyfriend” Aya replied

Since the boys are very attracted to both of them, I’m going to explain the basic appearance of those girls, just to give an outlay on their looks.
Let’s begin with Mayama Claire. She is 19 years old and looks very nice when you take a look at her, a type that won't ever bore your eyes. She doesn’t have white skins like most of the mixed ethnicity; instead she had yellow bright skin. She had light brown hair, with the long curled sideburns and her bangs are segmented, framing her face on the sides. She had long hairs and her eyes are bright green, just like grasses on vast meadows. Her height is 168 cm, and her three sizes are B90 cm, W58 cm, H85 cm.

Let’s move to Kisaragi Aya. She is also 19 years old like Claire. Her height is 169 cm, and her three sizes are B90 cm, W55 cm, H87 cm. She is also a mixed ethnicity, but she is way different than Claire. Her mixed ethnicity gives her a unique appearance as she boasts many Asian facial features, such as the shape of her face and eyes, while possessing typically Caucasian coloring, including blue eyes and fair blonde hair about shoulder length, brushed to the side… from the two of them, (with Jessie as an exception- she is French and Spanish) Aya is the one who looks more of a Westerner.

At the ramen shop, Sora and Steve sneezed. Looks like the thing that caused them to sneeze, was not because they were talked about… it’s black pepper.
“Achooo!” Sora sneezed, “Shit, I told you to lay off the black pepper!”

“Couldn’t resist, mate” Steve replied, “You know, Sora… I have this very weird dream. It’s about me and a girl”

“Huh? You too?”

“What do you mean ‘you too’? Don’t tell me that you had a dream about a girl also”

“I am” Sora nods

“I see… the thing is, I don’t remember what she did looked like” Steve said, “But I remember one thing for sure, though… she is beautiful”

“Yeah, yeah” Sora nodded

“But hey, if those dreams are a prediction for our future, then I suppose it’s a great thing, huh?” Steve pats Sora’s shoulder

“What? Get out of here!” Sora moves his hand, “I don’t believe that kind of thing”

“Hey, it might be… but I'm sure god have some plans for us” Steve smirked

“Here we go again” Sora slurped his ramen

Back to the school, they had an announcement that a storm will come around soon. So the teacher had no other choice, but to send the students straight home. What a great thing to have, right? And that’s not all… the weather forecast also said that the storm will least until Friday, so there won't be any class until Friday.
“Wow, this is great huh, Aya?” Claire asked

“Yup… I guess we got lucky” she replied

“Let’s buy some food on the way home… what about the grocery store near the train station?” Claire asked again

“Sound great… let’s go” Aya nodded

Few minutes later, the rain pours harder… looks like the storm will be around for few days.
Well, they already finished eating their ramen… time to do what they wanted to do
“You really sure won't need me to get you home?”

“Nah, don’t worry… I got other business to be taken care of” Steve answered

“Alright, won't you at least need an umbrella?”

“Oh, yeah, I can use that” Steve nodded, “Thank you”

Sora gave him an umbrella from inside his car. The umbrella was colored red, black, and silver, with Nismo writings on them.
“Uh, Nissan?” Steve shrugs, “Don’t you have something else I can use?”

“Hey, take it or leave it… your choice”

“Alright, I’ll use it, thanks…” Steve nods, “Well, see you later”

The two part ways and Sora goes to grocery shop to buy some food. As for Steve, he walks as he called someone.
“Hey bro, it’s me” Steve said

“Now what?” Cliff asked

“I need some more money… say about $500 grand?”

“I’m going to kill you for that… I’ll send the money later” he replied

“Ah, great… I’ll hold you for that, thanks” Steve hung up the phone

The stupid thing is, as he phones his brother, he walks outside the school perimeter. Some of the students already left for home, and so did the teachers. But, Steve walked on the bad time; Yue-sensei is approaching the school gate, as he walks leisurely past it… if you can predict what’s going to happen, it will be a hell break loose on earth.
“Blackburn!” Yue-sensei said as she saw the stupid guy walks leisurely

“Argh!” Steve said in panic, “Sorry!”

The bad thing is not that. He dropped the umbrella in front of those two transfer students, when they got no umbrella… Sora’s umbrella, to be exact.
“Wait!” Yue-sensei said, “I won't forget this, Blackburn… I will punish you on Friday”

“Ah, an umbrella… lucky!” Aya said

“Let’s go to the grocery shop, right away” Claire nodded

After Steve already run for about a hundred meters from the school, he leaned his back on the walls. His clothes are wet, and his hairs are falling down, covering most of his face.
“Huh… this is unfair” he said, “Just because one stupid mistake, I got chased away by a teacher”

But that’s not the end of it. When he leans his back on the wall, he stepped into something… something vicious around school… if you remember something around the school perimeter, you know it immediately.
“Oh, God!” Steve said

Yep, it’s the bulldog that always patrols around the school. Steve got a worse luck today.
“AAAAAAAAARGH!” he screamed as he runs away from it

Sora is at the grocery store. He already finished buying everything he needs to eat. After he pays what he bought, he walks toward his blue car. He then came across two foreign girls, buying few groceries as well.
“Hm? Is that my umbrella?” Sora wondered, “Nah, couldn’t possibly…”

He gets into his car and his mobile phone suddenly rang. It’s Steve… for some reason; Sora had a hunch already that he lost the umbrella.
“Sora… I'm sorry” Steve said, “I lost your umbrella”

“WHAT?!” Sora said in surprise, “How?!”

“I left it when I ran away from Yue-sensei” Steve explained, “She plays gangsta’ at me when I accidentally walk in front of the school”

“Let me guess… the umbrella is taken by two foreign girls, right?” Sora gets out from the car, “Damn it, they’re already gone… you realized that umbrella costs me a $37, right?”

“I’ll replace it” Steve said, “Sorry”

“Ah, it’s alright… By the way, you sound in rush, what happened?”

“I’m being chased by a bulldog that’s patrolling our school perimeter!” Steve said as he continued to run away

“And why the hell you bother to make a call, huh?”

“No time for that! Gotta go, bye!”

He hangs up the phone and Sora spins his head in wonder… his idiocy seems to know no end. After running a couple of blocks, Steve manages to lose it from his back.
“Good, looks like I lost it” Steve trying to catch his breath, “Phew!”

But when he thinks everything begins to go well, a car speeds up and runs over a puddle of rainwater, splashing it all over him.
“That’s it… I won't complain anymore. I’d better get back home and just play my PS3” Steve said, “Crawl out of one hole, and into another”

Sora is back at his house. He then got a message from Hikaru, telling him that the school won't be opened at least until Friday, because of incoming storm. Sora feels lucky as well. His battle with Bernard is coming soon enough, and he got plenty of time to prepare himself.
“Man, I feel lucky” Sora smiled, “I’d better play my Auto Modelista to memorize the Suzuka Circuit”

The rain still pours hard, even though a day had already passed. Looks like the storm will be here until Friday and no one can get out freely. Sora is heating his Z-tune’s engine right now.
“Hm… I’m ready to go anytime” Sora said, “Let’s claim the title, Aoi”

He plays Auto Modelista U.S Tuned until morning came. We can take it as a hint of his dedication, or just another idiocy he makes. Whichever that is, he already memorized Suzuka, like the back of his hands. All of that comes with a price, however… His face is pale and are having a pitch black area under his eyes… he is dead sleepy and tired. After he cuts the engine, he gets inside his house and went towards his room. When he hits the pillow, he shuts his eyes and went to sleep.

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Two days has passed and it’s already Thursday night… the storm began to calm by a bit, and it’s a good time to go someplace…
People’s option is limited on stormy days; since they can't watch TV or play their video games leisurely with sudden electrical outage, and to sum it up, he doesn’t have any girlfriend… thank God he can make it past two days with boredom, otherwise this story will end in a zip.
“I’d better get going now” Sora said

He heats his Z-tune’s engine as he locks the doors at his house. When he opens the garage’s door, a red colored Porsche is already parked outside his house… it’s that idiot Steve.
“Hey… can I witness the birth of the new Sky King?” he asked

“Do what you want” Sora shrugs, “But don’t expect to get a free ride when your car broke on you”

“Geez, don’t worry” Steve scratches his head, “I already replaced the fan belt and if I don’t step on it, I’m sure it wouldn’t broke on me”

“If you say so” Sora nodded, “Let’s go… on to Suzuka”

Even though the storm calmed a bit, the roads are empty… it’s a disturbing fact that the two of them are the only few to drive on empty highway…
“Seems like driving on a ghost town” Steve said

“Yup… let’s get going, this place without any people in it gives me the creeps”

Sora shifted down and increases his pace. Steve followed behind him, even though he eased up on the throttle to avoid snapping the fan belt again.
Thanks to the empty highway, the two of them reached Suzuka by midnight. They have to stay at a motel to get some rest until morning comes and get the next information from Bernard.

It’s Friday morning and the storm had finally stopped. The students are already filling the class and it’s about to begin in few more minutes.
“Hey did you hear? Sora went to Suzuka to claim the Sky King title” said one of the students

“Let’s wish him the very best of luck” said another student

“So… looks like we will see the new Sky King in just few more days” Moriyama said, “Ichijou, didn’t he invite you to witness the battle?”

“He did, but we didn’t want to pressurize him with our presence… that’s why we asked Steve to keep an eye out on him” Hikaru nodded, “Personally, we’d love to see how is the battle will went, but we can't send everyone to Suzuka for no reason, right? I mean, Yue-sensei will be pissed”

“You’re right” Moriyama nodded, “Anyways, best of luck for him… he’s going to need it”

“Stand up! Greetings!” Rika said when she saw Yue-sensei waltzing in front of the class

“Good morning, ma’am!” said everyone in the class

“Be seated, guys… hm, those two still won't attend the school just yet” Yue-sensei smirked, “Do you know something, Ichijou?”

“Um, he went to Suzuka with Steve to battle GT-R’s team and claim the Sky King title” Hikaru said

“Eh, Suzuka?! There is a battle right now at Suzuka?” Aya asked

“Sheesh! Cars again” Claire groaned

“Hm, the Sky King, huh? Finally the day is coming” Yue-sensei wondered aloud, “Is it alright not to attend the battle?”

“He’ll be alright, ma’am” Souya nodded to the rest of the team, “He’s the chosen one, after all”

“I see… but tell him when he gets back, I want a five page essay on what he’s been through this whole week” she nods, “Same with Blackburn”

“Sensei, can we go to see the battle?” Aya asked

“Hm, Aya-san… you seem very piqued by cars and street racing events” Yue-sensei smiled, “Do you have a car?”

“Yes, ma’am… I drive a S15 with RB26DETT, which I build all by myself” she said proudly, “It’ll be here by the end of the day, and I must admit that getting my hands on RB engine are very, very difficult… but I managed to get one, and it’s the best one! I got it from internet; it’s a fine spec engine”

Everyone is very surprised to hear what kind of car she’s driving, and Yue-sensei is no exception. For the boys, it just makes her more and more desirable.
“I see…” she nodded, “I'm sure it’s fast, right?”

“I can get to 320 easily” she replied, “Most of the parts are HKS, though… but I was very interested at that blue GT-R we saw on Monday. You remember that one, Claire? The one you say looks chill”

“No! I said it looks cool, you dimwit… Yes, it’s very beautiful and looks very fast” Claire added, “It has a lot of product decal and it’s not a normal Z-tune you see everyday”

“And the one who sits beside you is the owner, Aya-san” Yue-sensei smiled to her

“Are you serious?” she asked with disbelief, “I can't wait to see him in person”

“That can wait until Monday… Okay, let’s open page 341 where we left off”

Back to Sora and Steve, the two of them are still dead asleep. Even though the drive was short, but it’s still tiring after all. The two of them rent two separate rooms, because Hikaru and Tarou said that Steve got a bad habit when sleeping… don’t know what it is, though, they won't tell.
“Hunh? Wha? It’s already ten o’clock?” Steve yawns, “When is the breakfast?”

Sora is just the same. He couldn’t get a proper sleep for these past few days, and for today, he can finally get some decent sleep… he needs to cut the branches near his window, it makes noisy rubbing sound on the glass… and it sound nasty.
Steve grabs his Tag Heuer watch and wears it. After he washes his face, he opens the fridge and grabs a can of Red Bull energy drink… you have to pay for that later, you know
“Now I'm hungry… I’d better look for something to ate at the diner across the road” he said as he changes his clothes, “Sora hasn’t woken up yet, so I guess it’s time to be a nice guy and leave him alone to sleep”

“Where are you think you’re going, Steve?” Sora asked as he opens his room’s door and rubbing his sticky eyes

“What do you expect? Breakfast of course” he replied

“Wait by a damn bit, idiot” Sora said, “I’ll wash my face and joins you”

“Your treat, right?” Steve grins wide

“Nope… I already said that everything on this trip is paid by you, remember? It’s acts as a compensation for witnessing the birth of new Sky King”

“Man, thank God my brother already send me some money… otherwise, this trip wouldn’t be possible and wouldn’t worth it” Steve groaned

“Yeah, yeah… just shut up and let’s go” Sora points the diner

“Hey, that’s my line… I'm the paying guy here, you know?” Steve frowns

“Yeah, yeah… let’s go”

Okay, that’s just one part of Steve’s misfortune. When Steve ate two honey pancakes and a glass of chocolate milk, Sora ate two chicken sandwiches, one bowl of creamy mushroom soup, a plate of fried potatoes, and two glasses of melon juice… who do you all think should ate this much? The freeloader or the payer?
“Ah, don’t worry about it… I guess” Steve said, “I want to order one plate of salad”

“Phew… I'm full… thanks, Steve”

“Yeah, and I'm broke” Steve replied, “You better win the title, Sora… otherwise, I'm gonna whoop your ass”

“There is no way I will lose… not even once” Sora said with determination is his face

“Good, keep it up” Steve nodded, “I'm sure you can do it just fine. When you do win, you need to treat me with a set of Bridgestone tires and BBS rims”

‘Yeah, yeah… I got it”

When Sora finished eating, his mobile phone rang… it’s Bernard who called. The challenge is here!
“Yeah?”

“Now… meet us at Suzuka Circuit entrance, we’ll be waiting over there” Bernard nodded

“Alright” Sora nodded and left the diner

“Hey, wait!” Steve said

Sora immediately takes a bath on his room, and so does Steve. Sora is very excited and he can't wait to claim the highest title existed on earth; to the one who is better person, handling the GT-R- the Sky King.
“I'm done!” Sora said and locks the door, “Steve, after you take care of the rest, meet me at Suzuka”

“Got it!” Steve yelled from his room

Sora heats the engine of Z-tune and speeds up to the circuit- fast. Five minutes later he arrived, and when he approaches the entrance there are two R32, two R33, and two R35, surrounding him and blocking the side, front, and back of his car. What is this- box formation? Is this some kind of initiation ritual?
“Hee… box formation. Cross showed me a footage of this formation, and he also told me how to evade it” Sora grins

Sora however, knows what to do. He brakes hard, causing the car in front of him to cruise ahead, and when the cars beside him brakes also, he shifted down and accelerates, getting out of the box formation.
“He’s good” said one of the R35 drivers, “I think he can succeed the title just fine”

“We still need to test him, though… we can't go easy on him, just like the last time” said the other driver of R35

Sora smiled happily and continues to accelerate. He drives through the entry portal and pulls his e-brake, causing the car to spins 180 degrees. He shifted to neutral and revs the engine loudly few times, as a challenge note.
“Hehe, the little guy gives out a challenge to us” said the driver of R33, “Too bad Yuki-chan and Seno-chan isn’t here”

“Yes, dear… they completely leave everything to us, and we should give them what they asked for” said the other driver of R33

“Let’s go, kid!” said the driver of R32

“Don’t push yourself too hard, dear” the other driver of R32 said to him

The moment the six cars are accelerating together towards Sora, Sora shifted to reverse and reared his car. After he reared it for about five meters, he turns holds the clutch, shifted to 1st gear, turns the steering wheel 180 degrees again to do a J-turn. Sora grins as he saw them continues to chase him down.

As they enters the circuit area, a women and a man already waits for them to show up… it’s Bernard and… who is that woman? The woman asked him to get into the pit and parks his car- Sora does what he’s told. After he parks the car, he exhaled lightly and there it is; his sharp glares, ready to take anything thrown into him.
“Sora, over here” Bernard said

When Sora approaches the two of them, the R35, R33, and R32 are speeding towards him. Sora stands still and waits for them to run him over… or so we thought. Few meters away from him, they brakes hard and stops their cars. Few old man and women steps out of their respective cars… looks like they are the legendary GT-R Drivers team.
“What’s your name, child?” one of them asked him

“My name is Ninomiya Sora” Sora bows to them

“My name is Matsumoto Ogawa, and this is my wife Matsumoto Shino”

“How do you do?” she nods

“As for me, my name is Igawara Junichi, and this is my wife Igawara Ranko” said another man to him

“As for us, we are Hikoichi Yamamura and Hikoichi Tamura” another man added

“I am the wife of Bernard… the name is Eva Lester” she said

She is as tall as Sora and spots a beautiful medium length, brown hair that’s styled center. Her face is somewhat looked Asian, but has distinctive Western traits… Bernard knows how to pick a woman.
“Wait a minute… I see R35, R33 and R32… where are R34?” Sora asked

“Yes, I will explain that… Seno and Yuki are leaving the team to do their own business” Bernard said, “Seno will be a housewife now, and Yuki will replace her to lead the team”

“I see…” Sora nodded

“Let’s get started, shall we?” Eva said to him, “Elders, please get into your respective cars”

As the elders are going inside their cars, Eva continued to instruct Sora about the race type.
“This is run… you keep on running in front of the others until they passed by the racer behind them” Eva explained, “If one of the elders is passed, they will exit the circuit immediately”

“Good luck, Sora… if you can manage to keep up with them, I will join the race also on the fifth lap” Bernard nods, “After that we play for another two lap, until you crosses the finish line at 1st position”

“I see… might as well join now, Bernard” Sora said as he close his eyes, “Aoi will completely run them over”

“We’ll see about that later, kid” Bernard nods, “Even though they look old, they still able to kick you and your GT-R”

“I doubt that” Sora said as he walks toward his car

When he walks away, Eva and Bernard saw Aoi, sitting on the bonnet of his car. She smiled as she spins her head and looks at the GT-R Drivers team, then staring at them with cold eyes… as if telling them it’s no use.
“You saw her, darling?” Eva asked

“Yes… that’s my first time to see her actually” Bernard wipes his sweat, “I guess what Kojiro and Kamiya said about the car being alive is true”

Steve arrived at the time when the race about to start. He nods to his friend and lifting his right hand, while holding his thumb up. Sora nodded back to him and lined his car to the starting grid. Just like the one he’s been through on Sunday, the moment the starting lights are off- off they goes from the grid.

Sora exhaled lightly once again, he grabs the steering wheel hard and mumbles on his own.
“Aoi, please lend me your strength” Sora said, “Let’s win this and claim the title”

He shifted to 1st gear and revs the engine as he holds the clutch. He starts from the back of the elders, on seventh position exactly. And the lights went off! Sora launches his car late and that gives the elders a slight advantage. Now he needs to catch up with them or it’ll be over so soon.
“Damn it!” Steve said from the pit area

“…”

Sora shifted up to third gear and always shifts on 9,000 RPM.
“Come on, Sora!” Steve yelled

Because Suzuka is mainly high speed corners and less curve roads, Sora can gain advantage on latter part of this circuit. If he manages to keep his composure and keep up with them until then… Sora will emerge victorious. But that’s one point of view only; what if the worse happened?

He closes his eyes and starts to remember what Suzuka is like. Little by little he starts to gather his focus.
“Oh yeah… all I need to do is pass them, right? I can do that on the high speed corners here! I can do this… I can!”

All of them already passed Degner curve and went straight ahead to Hairpin curve. Sora is still on the back and it’ll be his advantage area soon enough.
“Alright… let’s go, Aoi” Sora nodded as he shifted to 2nd gear

The RB engine howls loudly on the back of the team. The elders in front couldn’t help it but to shiver and feels intimidated. Sora starts to close more and more distance towards them.
“Spoon curve…” Sora shifted to fourth gear and turns to the left as he maintains his body angle to counteract the G-forces

The elders are lining up their cars like snakes. With the fastest R35s at the front, followed by the R33s and R32. The two R35 should act as a front tram as the rest of them drafted behind it. When Sora is about to approach the R32s, the R33s and the R35s are increasing the pace.
“He’s fast!” Shino said

“He’s way better than the last kid we faced before” Ogawa nodded, “We leave the rest up to you, Junichi, Ranko”

“…”

“I can't believe he actually manages to pass Shino-san and Ogawa-san” Eva said

Sora grins and he’s back to his old self. He shifted up and drafted behind the white R33s. They will hit 130R in few more seconds and Sora keeps on accelerating, cutting away the lead the other four cars had. As they pass the 130R, Sora is on the outside lane, and he’s approaching the two R33s, as well as the two R35s.
“Looks like this is it” Junichi said, “It’s been fun to have a last race with this child”

“We have done more than enough, dear” Ranko replied, “Let’s leave the rest up to the next generation”

“No! Even Junichi-san and Ranko-san” Eva thought

“Sora, go!!!” Steve yelled

The rest is up to the two R35s left on the circuit… or maybe not. Sora still keeps on accelerating; closing the gaps also with the two R35s… something is wrong here. Is this what their car capable of? Their car looks stock on both looks and performance… did their skill makes them the best GT-R drivers?
“Hm…” Sora said, “Casio triangle… I can't do much of my Z-tune magic here”

He shrugs and waits for another opportunity. When he passes the starting line, it’s time to give it another go!
“Go, Sora, go!” Steve yells again

Sora smirked and speeds up to chase the remaining cars. Mikami had faced these guys before, but why he didn’t win? Is there something wrong with the guy’s head? Nevertheless, it’s not the time to wonder about it now.
“Here I go!” Sora yelled

He managed to pass the two R35s at Dunlop curve. As expected of Nissan GT-R, the heavy bodyweight became a major hurdle for them to corners quickly… with all of them are finally passed over, it’s time for the main event. Sora hurried back to the starting line and there he is; parking his car at the center of the circuit, ready to go.
“I must admit that you’ve done well… let’s see if you can manage the winning streak and defeat me!”

“Let’s finish this” Sora nodded

The two of them accelerates their cars and battle head to head into the first curve
“Brake, Sora! Brake!” Steve thought

Sora however, continued to accelerate forward. This race totally became a dare between him and Bernard. Sora knew that Bernard will brake earlier, because of his huge body… or so he thought.
“Shit! He didn’t brake earlier” Sora hissed, “I miscalculated”

Bernard clears the curve easily with Sora behind him. This is the interesting part and puts his skill to the test. Bernard won't easily give away the lead, so Sora needs to be clever and sneaky.
“Come on, man!” Steve said, “That ain’t right!”

Sora keeps his concentration steady. Even though Bernard is the Sky King, he will do a mistake sooner or later when he’s being pushed.
“Come on, Sora… show me what you got” Bernard said to him

“Alright, show’s over”

Sora shifts down and increases his pace. What he learnt in Akiyama’s place could prove to be very useful here. He does whatever he learnt from that school, and he closes the gap with each curve he clears. Bernard is having a hard time to shake Sora from his boot! Eva exhaled lightly. Sora’s winning is already at hand, and he will succeed the title soon enough. She then turned to Steve, to tell him something.
“You’re Steve aren’t you?” Eva asked him

“Yes… what is wrong, ma’am?” Steve asked

“You probably hear an old Japanese saying like this; the old must give way to the new… and this is what it is” she said, “You guys are still young, and your path to glory is far and treacherous, but remember what I will say to you; if you and your team can cooperate together, I'm sure you guys can overcome any obstacle”

Sora is having a head to head battle in acceleration with one of the greatest engineering Nissan had created. Sora is at the fifth gear and so does Bernard. The two of them stares at each other before Sora shifts into sixth gear, followed by Bernard with simply a click with his right hand.

The one who enters the Casio triangle first, wins. Bernard grins as he saw Sora’s face as he keeps on speeding beside him and for once he realized that he will cherish this moment forever. The moment that someone will finally surpass him after two other candidates fails before him.
“You are the new Sky King, Sora” he said as he eases the accelerator

And with that, Sora finally passed Bernard and he enters the Casio triangle, leaving him as he runs toward the finish line. Steve remembers what Eva said as he witness the birth of the new Sky King.

The elders from GT-R Drivers team lined up their car and waits for Bernard and the new Sky King. When Sora and Bernard enters the pit area, all of them cheered for Sora. It was a great battle and Sora won, succeeding the hopes of these old people for a decent street racer who drives a GT-R.
“Sora… congratulation” Steve said, “You are the new Sky King”


This post has been edited by R_E_X on May 31 2010, 08:26 PM

Sorry for the double post. Just want to give out something to the readers...

This isn't going to be a good news after all. I decided that I'm going to end HSSR and discontinue GT-R Legend.

BUT, I'm going to upload the next RPM and you'll understand why. It should be uploaded on Saturday, and let me tell you this in advance.

Be prepared, cause some extreme change is going to happen. See you around

well thats crappy

wat???ah well...as long as it got an ending..dun realli care..xD...LET GOO TO SATURDAY!!

RPM 12: Troublesome Double Date

Bernard and the elders left Sora and Steve at Suzuka circuit. The two of them bows to them as they leave the circuit.
“I guess that leaves you and me now… let’s go find some trouble. After you treat me with a lunch, of course” Steve said

“I don’t feel too good”

Steve is surprised to hear what his friend just said to him. He didn’t feel too happy after he claims the title. Of course, holding the title means that he will never had anymore time for slacking off. He isn’t allowed to lose and that means, claiming the title is a huge responsibility, thrown off to him.
“Come on, dude” Steve said as he cheers him up, “I'm sure you are capable holding the title, and I'm sure you cannot lose to anyone, as long as you have your Z-tune”

“I guess you’re right” Sora nodded, “Thanks… even a guy like you could prove useful sometimes”

“And what is that supposed to mean? Anyways, let’s get out of here and get something to eat” Steve replied

“Sure… let’s go back to that diner” Sora nods

The two gets back to the diner they left before and eats something for their lunch. When they are eating their food, a group of street racers hits the diner, along with their cheesy looking cars. Why cheesy? Look, it still broad daylight, they turning on their neon, loud audio, and their body kit… are ostentatious and ghastly.
“Sora, look” Steve said, “A V35 Skyline”

“It is… must be local street racers” Sora replied, “Along with MR2, Civic type-R, Evo 4, and Impreza”

“Maybe this is the trouble we’re looking for” Steve grins

“You want to pick a fight with them or something?”

“No… why would I do that? I'm a man of peace” Steve said as his hand shows v mark on it, “What I meant with trouble is a race”

“What about your fan belt?”

“No worries… I can handle those guys with no problem at all” Steve pats his chest, “I got everything sorted out”

“And if it snaps again… what will you do?”

“Let’s just say I got something to replace it with” Steve nods, “It embarrasses me very much if I say it here”

Suddenly the drivers of those cheesy cars are looking around for someone… or something.
“Excuse me!” said one of them

Everyone turned their attention to the guys who just called for everyone’s attention. There they are, a bunch of fat guys, looking very troubled.
“Ma?” Steve looks at them

“We want to know, who drives a red Turbo and blue GT-R outside” said fat guy number 1

“Turbo? Did they mean my GT2?” Steve wonders

“The blue GT-R certainly is mine” Sora thought, “Yes, can we help you?”

“You guys are the owners of those cars? Good, let’s have a race after lunch” fat guy number 2 added

“Wha? Are you sure?” Steve whispered

“Don’t worry… those cars are looking phony anyways” Sora shrugs, “We can deal with them easily”

“Let’s go outside” fat guy number 4 nods

“Wait, we’re not done yet” Steve said

“Come on, what you are waiting for?” fat guy number 5 asked

“You guys did say after lunch, right? We’re having lunch here” Sora smirks, “Just eat your lunch first, we won't go anywhere”

“Uh, okay” all of them said

Well, all of them look dumb. Not only they had fat body, their taste for dressing up their cars is rather low.
“Maybe we should challenge them on pink slips race” Sora smirks

“What? Are you serious?” Steve asked in disbelief

“I am… I mean look at them. They are fat but they drive decent cars, that one is a greatest flaw for street racing. Also, they have no knowledge in what they need to do to win the race” Sora explains, “Plus, see if I'm mistaken later; they didn’t realize that we are real street racers and thinks that we’re just for shows”

“Alright, we’re finished…” Steve said, “Let’s go, guys”

“We’re on!” said fat guy number 1, “Wait, how about we add this up with pink slip race?”

“Yeah, how about it?” fat guy number 2 added

“Wow… you’re right, Sora… they do think that we are only for show” Steve grins, “Okay… but if we win, we won't take your car. Instead, we take away all of your money in your wallet”

“How much do you got? I mean, that all of you must be rich to modify your cars like that” Sora added

“I got $15,000 on my wallet” fat guy number 1 said

“I got $10,000 on mine” fat guy number 2 said

“I have $20,000” fat guy number 3 continued

“Keep ‘em coming” Steve nodded

“I have $5,000” fat guy number 4

“Whoa, you’re cheap” Sora scratches his head

“And mine has $30,000” fat guy number 5 said proudly, “But, haha… I don’t think the two of you will win against us anyways”

Steve and Sora stares at each other and smiled.
“You’ll never know” Steve said

“That totals to… $80,000… wow” Sora counts his fingers

“Okay… 50:50 split. I don’t want to hear 60:40 craps on me” Steve said

“Hey, I'm the one who came up with the idea here” Sora said, “I should get the bigger slice”

“Okay… 51:49” Steve said, “No more bargain”

“No! 30:70!”

“Gah! You’re cheap!” Steve said

“Nah, forget it… I'm just kidding” Sora laughs, “Let’s go…”

“Time to do damage” Steve smirks

All of them went to one of the most popular place on Mie prefecture… Kameyama train station. It maybe a weird thing to see street racing on a broad daylight, but these guys don’t know what they’re up against… and they began to doubt their decision. They gather around and crouch over at the corner of the street.
“What are they doing? Secret meetings?”

“Beats me…” Steve shrugs as he checks the tire pressure, “Okay, I'm ready. Let’s wait for them”

“Hey, you’re sure we can beat them” said fat guy number 5, “I know they are only for show, but I guess they know a thing or two about their cars”

“Nah, don’t worry” said fat guy number 3, “We can defeat them just fine”

“But that red turbo… is not a normal turbo… it’s GT2!” fat guy number 2 said

“What about it?” fat guy number 1 asked

“It can run more than 200 MPH, stock” fat guy number 4 explained, “And that blue Z-tune replica… I guess that’s not only for show. They didn’t have any audio equipment like us”

“Bah, we can manage them just fine” said fat guy number 3, “Don’t you all remember? We defeat that Lancer squad few months ago”

“Oh yeah, we did kick them badly in the ass” fat guy number 5 added

“We can do this!” fat guy number 1 fires things up once again

“Okay, we’re ready” fat guy number 2 said, “The route is from here to the first junction and turns right, and make your way back here after passing the second left turn”

“Follow back until you head up to the dead end, and run back to this starting point” fat guy number 3 added

“Line up, then” Sora grins

All of them lined up their cars, and so did Sora and Steve. The two of them choose to start from the back of the pack. They even reared their car to give them a slight advantage.
“Hm, the two of you will regret it later” said fat guy number 1

Sora and Steve revs their engine few times. The loud sounds of flat six boxer engine and inline six RB engine are intimidating them, completely diminishing their so called confidence.
“We’re ready to go” Steve said, “On three!”

“Gu, guys… I think this is a bad idea!” said fat guy number 3, “We should cancel this…”

“Go!!!” Sora yelled

Steve and Sora spread out and passes them from the side. As for some of them, cowering makes their start sluggish and some of them even stall their engines.
“No!” said fat guy number 2

“Let’s go!” fat guy number 5 added

All of them tried their best to catch up, but Sora and Steve already went way ahead. The two of them already clears the second sector, even doing some of the craziest stunts.
“Look at this! Heel-and-toe!” Steve slides his car on the corner, “Whooo-weee!”

“Huh? Where are they?”

Sora keeps on looking at the rearview mirror, but couldn’t find any sight of them catching up.
“Maybe we should wait for them?” Steve asked

“Nah, we may run into them soon enough on our way back” Sora said, “Let’s go”

And they did run into them on the way back. Steve, who is bored as hell, needs a thrill to lighten things up a bit. He steers his car and tried to ram the Impreza.
“Whoa! You’re crazy?!” said the fat guy number 5, “Move away from my baby!”

He steers to the side, and almost hit the V35.
“Hey, watch it” said fat guy number 1, “No!”

The V35 almost hit Sora. But Sora is certain that all of them treasured their cars very much, therefore will avoid any collision with the opponent.
“Whoa!” said fat guy number 4

“Hahaha” Steve laughs happily

Sora and Steve had some fun as they race this phony little team. Anyways, it’s time to go back to the starting line and claims the money.
“Here you go… you guys win” said fat guy number 1

“Pleasure doing business” Steve nodded as he splits the money with Sora, “You guys shouldn’t mess with the new Sky King over here, you know”

“You’re the new Sky King?!” said fat guy number 5 in disbelief

“I am…” Sora nodded

“And you must be… Red Lizard!” fat guy number 2 added, “We’re very sorry for troubling the two of you… please excuse us”

All of them leave without further words. Of course Sora and Steve are very confused… looks like Sky King is very famous around here. And what did they call Steve with? Red Lizard?
“Red Lizard… wow, that’s cool” Steve said, “Maybe what they really meant was Flying Lizard, but Red Lizard is cool also”

Flying Lizard is one of the famous Porsche team in FIA GT, ALMS, and Le Mans series. But since they are very scared, they must’ve mistaken the name with Steve’s car color; red.
“Red Lizard… cool” Steve said

“Should’ve been red gecko” Sora laughs, “It suits you”

“Meh, you’re a killjoy” Steve frowns

The scene they caused turned a lot of attention of the people around them. Some of them began to call for police officers, to arrest the cause of the ruckus; Steve and Sora.
“Uh-oh… let’s get back right away to Tokyo” Steve drives off

“Let’s go!”

And that was the beginning of the rumor about havocking new Sky King and Red Lizard at Mie prefecture. That rumor will be heard far away, across the prefectures, even to Tokyo.

Steve and Sora arrived back at Tokyo at 12 A.M. and now the two of them are giving their foot a rest at Kinko junction.
“Phew… it’s Saturday dawn already” Steve smirks, “And we’re back at Tokyo”

“Yes we are… what do you say if we had a run at Yokohane line?” Sora smiled

“Oh, I like this… to hell about my snapping fan belt” Steve said, “Let’s wait after the traffic got lighter, and then we’re on!”

“This will be my first battle as the Sky King” Sora nodded, “I hope this will be a good battle”

“Ah, go easy on me will ya” Steve frowns, “I'm still worried that my belt will snap once again”

“You just said to hell with it, right? No-holds-barred”

Sora grinned and Steve can see something beside him… this time it’s not an angel like before, but something way huge, more grotesque and dark is beside him. It looks like a bone dragon, being ridden by a black knight, holding a huge sword. It has a lot of wings and torn white feathers are flying off around him.
“What is that- a new embodiment of his fighting spirit?” Steve thought, “He is indeed scary”

Sora gets unto his car and ignites the engine. He looks more mature and confident about his skills, not to mention his car’s capability. Steve gulped hard and looks like his fan belt will snaps again. But if what he said about a replacement is available, there won't be a problem, right?
“Okay… I need to calm” Steve said, “I'm not scared of a ghost!”

“What are you saying, idiot? Let’s get ready”

Sora lined up his car and so does Steve. They are ready to go. Both of them shifts to first gear and holds out the clutch, initiating manual style launch.
“Go!” Steve yells as he launches the car first, followed by Sora

Few hundred meters ahead at Hamakawasaki area, two girls are having their wild night out… it’s Kisaragi Aya, and Mayama Claire. Looks like both of them are driving after attending party at Overdrive club, where Jessie worked at. Claire is wearing red, sexy looking dress with high heels, while Aya only wears blue jeans, white t-shirt, black low boots, and leather jacket.
“Whew, lucky we got an invitation from Jessie-san” Claire said

“Lucky I don’t drink any alcoholic liquors” Aya said, “I'm driving here”

Aya switch off the air conditioner, to avoid Claire getting sick and vomits on her beautiful and clean interior.
“Why do you turn it off?!” Claire said

She’s drunk after she drank roughly ten glass of Margarita. Aya hits her hand, which is trying to reach for the air conditioner switch.
“Lay off your hands!” Aya said

“Che, you stingy cat” Claire said

“You’re drunk… see if I care next time to pick you up” Aya groaned, “Claire, remember that we’re not in New York anymore”

The two of them met in New York City. It is also where they decided to visit their origin continent; Japan, for a newly fresh place.
“I know, I know… but when I'm invited, I should at least shows up, right?” Claire shrugs

“Yeah, just showing up is enough, don’t add it up with ten glass or margarita, dummy” Aya pats hard her head

“Ow” she said

Steve and Sora speeds their way through the light traffic around Yokohane line. Sora is at the front, because Steve still worried about his fan belt, which could snap anytime now.
“Screw it… this is not a battle!” Steve said, “I'm going for broke and reach 320!”

Sora on the other hand, already reached 310. He still accelerates forward, followed by the red gecko in his back.
“Hey, who’re you calling gecko?!” Steve said

He steadily increases his pace. He will reached 320 soon enough… if there is nothing in front of him, like Sora does.
“Ah?” Sora thought

There is a silver Silvia; complete with C-West body kit and its GT-Wing in the center lane… this could spell trouble for Steve, who is on the back. Sora already sped pass the silver Silvia, but Steve hasn’t.
“Wow…. What a chill blue car” Claire said, “Follow it, Aya… the driver must be a hot guy… you always said that you want to date and marry a hot guy, right?”

She lost it… she completely drunk and starts to talk nonsense. Aya on the other hand, blushes with embarrassment… maybe what Claire just said was not complete nonsense.
“Shut up!” Aya said

“Let me steer it” Claire reaches her hands to the steering wheel, “I’ll chase it for ya”

Claire, who is drunk, steers the silver car leisurely, causing it to wiggle from side to side, even almost hitting the side barrier. Steve who is still in the back, panicked.
“Argh!” he yelled hysterically

He let go of the throttle and steers to the side, avoiding the wiggling silver coupe.
“Damn!” Steve said angered, “Who is the driver of that damn silver car?!”

When he approaches the window of the Silvia, he lost concentration for a moment… why? He saw two hot babes inside it. He couldn’t help but to notice and stare.
“Ma?” he wonders, “Wow, what a babe!”

“Hm?” Claire stares at the GT2’s window

That moment marks the fateful meeting of Steve and two hot babes on Yokohane line. Sora on the front misses the whole great view inside the Silvia.
“What are you doing, Steve? I'm going to leave you to dust”

“Ah, wait!” Steve shifts down and floors the throttle, making a huge bang sound from his exhaust

BANG!

Claire, who is frightened, hits the B pillar of Aya’s car… that should get her sense back and a bump on her head.
“AH!” Claire said, “What was that noise?”

“Finally woken up… look at that two fast cars” Aya replied, “I'm going to follow them”

Aya shifts down and tried her best to catch up with those two cars. Steve noticed that the silver Silvia increases its pace to follow the two of them.
“Sora…” Steve said

“Yeah?”

“That silver Silvia” Steve said as he looks at the rearview mirror

“What about that silver Silvia?” Sora asked

“Looks like they tried to catch up with us” Steve answered

“They? You saw the driver?”

“Yup… two hot babes” Steve nodded happily

“Whatever you say” Sora said

“Just slow down a bit, you’ll see what I mean” Steve grins

The two of them decreases their pace, letting the silver coupe to catch up with them for a bit. Sora plays out his favorite Wangan Midnight anime song; Speed Addiction with loud volume. The two girls on the silver coupe can hear it clearly.
When the silver Silvia already lined up with Z-tune and GT2, Sora is pissed on what Steve just said. Why? Looks like Sora can't see who’s inside it.
“Hot babes my ass!” Sora yelled, “How can you know it was hot babes?! Maybe inside it was two ugly guys, just like at Initial D”

For some reason, Steve could see them. Maybe he has something that Sora doesn’t posses?
“Hey, I saw it alright… with my minds eye” Steve said

“Ah, I'm so stupid to believe you… I'm going to give you another taste of bitter defeat” Sora said

“What kind of car is that red one?” Claire said, “GT2? Who make it? Honda?”

“You want me to kill you with this mobile phone?” Aya said as she grabs her mobile phone, ready to hit her friend’s head with it, “It’s Porsche!”

“Oh is it? The owner must be rich… and handsome” Claire added

“Always ended up with that. Not all rich guys are handsome, you know… maybe inside them are two ugly fat guys… who knows?” Aya shrugs, “I'm going to follow them for a bit”

“Wanna play with them for a bit?” Steve asked

“Just… until Haneda tunnel, same as you” Sora nods

“Hey, wait!” Steve said

Sora and Steve shifts down once again, simultaneously causing a loud bang from their exhaust once again. Aya and Claire are starting to freak out.

BANG!

“How much power those two cars had?” Aya said in disbelief, “I got 600 on the wheel”

The silver Silvia keeps up with them until the three of them reached Haneda tunnel. After the slope, Sora and Steve already bored with that silver Silvia… it doesn’t offers them much with entertainment. Besides, the Speed Addiction song is nearly finished.
“Show’s over” Sora shifts to 6th gear and leave it

“Time’s up” Steve said as he shifts to 6th gear and follows the blue Z-tune

When the music ended, Sora and Steve completely outruns the coupe. The people inside the silver Silvia cannot believe what they just saw. Two cars outrun them easily… it looks as if the two of them are just playing with the silver car all along.
“They leave us to dust…” Claire said, “That’s because this car is slow”

“Hey, I got 600 on the wheel” Aya said back, “Maybe because of your weight, I lost”

“What?! Do you want to say that I'm a fatty?!” she asked back

Sora and Steve leave the car on their back, and it starting to gradually disappear from their rearview mirrors.
“Okay… we lost them” Steve said

“Hey, watch your fan belt” Sora replied

“Ah, yeah…” Steve eases his throttle and decreases his pace

“Okay, see ya” Sora shift down to 5th gear and leave him in the back

“Hey! That’s cheap!”

“I told you; I’ll play with you two until Haneda tunnel!” Sora replies, “Eat my dust!”

His sudden acceleration makes Steve late to react. When Steve is about to reach his hand for the shifter, about to shift down, Sora already jets forward at 300 KM/H, gradually leaving him also.
“Damn… if it wasn’t for my damn fan belt, I’ll chase him as well” Steve said, “Well, it’s an honor to be defeated by the Sky King himself”

Meanwhile on the back, the driver of that silver Silvia and the passenger is very frustrated. They can't even keep up with a decent car. They began to wonder how high the caliber of street racers in Shutokou is.
“Damn it… is this still not enough?” Aya said as she grits her teeth

“Na, Aya… I never thought that cars can be fun, but now I feel the rush inside me, wanting to keep up and run with those two cars” Claire said, “Let’s look for a car this afternoon… I'm getting a car for me”

“Now you feel it too, don’t you? The adrenaline rush, just like when you ran away from a sexy female monster that’s trying to kill you with fire” Aya said in frustration

“I guess you could put it that way” Claire said with pale face, “Why do you always put exciting things like that?”

“Just a description of what I call exciting. I love horror movies” Aya said, “Speaking of cars, what kind of car do you want anyway?”

“I want a car that looks like that hot red one” Claire nodded

“Porsche isn’t a cheap car, so I guess you would have to look for another type” Aya shrugs

“What about that chill car?” Claire asked again, “That looks great as well… I’ll just have to re-spray it to red color”

“There are only 19 cars like that in this world, with that blue one as the last one… man, I wish I drive that blue car” Aya said, “I’ll be a goddess on Shutokou and my title would be… Wangan Midnight Goddess”

“You wish…” Claire muttered

“What was that? With my beauty and sexiness, I’ll be a legend in Shutokou” Aya sounded mad

“I'm just kidding… sheesh” Claire replied

In the morning, the so called rumor of havocking new Sky King and Red Lizard had reached the ears of every street racer in Tokyo. Claire and Aya are having their breakfast at Tomoyama’s when they hear about the flying rumor as well. They ordered sour and spicy fried rice, complete with the chili and shallots pickles on it.
“New Sky King and Red Lizard?” Aya asked

“Yep… looks like everyone are talking about them right now” Claire answered

“You two, are you girls new around here?” Kamiya asked

“Yes we are, ma’am” Aya nodded, “My name is Kisaragi Aya, and this is my friend Mayama Claire… we just moved few days ago from New York”

“How do you do?” Claire nodded

“Hi, my name is Yuuta Kamiya, I'm wife of Kojiro, the owner of Kojiro’s Speed Performance” she introduces herself

“Excuse me, ma’am… who is this new Sky King and Red Lizard?” Claire asked

“The new Sky King is Ninomiya Sora, the current owner of my blue Z-tune. And the Red Lizard is Steve Blackburn, the one with red Porsche 911 GT2” she explained

“They must be the ones we battled last night” Aya said

“Question, ma’am! Are they good looking and hot?” Claire asked

“That again” Aya sighed

“I can't say for sure, because I already have a husband, and I consider him to be the most handsome man in this world” Kamiya giggled

“I mean, generally speaking” Claire added

“You have to meet them directly, and then you’ll know how good looking they are” Kamiya smiled

“Oh, bummer” Claire seems disappointed with pale face

“Anyways, ma’am… that blue Z-tune… you are the original owner?” Aya asked

“Yes I am… I give it away, since she chooses him to be her new driver” Kamiya nodded, “I know it sounded crazy and nonsense, but she is alive… the blue Z-tune, I mean. As you heard, the car is the last number of Z-tune ever produced”

Aya and Claire are loss at word. They didn’t know what to say about the blue car or the red 911… they have to meet them directly.
“Oh, I almost late for an appointment with my doctor” she said, “Have a good day, girls”

“Thank you, ma’am” Aya said

“Now I'm very, very dead curious” Claire said, “Let’s get me a car after we ate, and we go to Shutokou tonight”

“Do you even have a driver license?” Aya asked

“Of course! Who do you think I am?” Claire asked back, “I even drive manual, just like you… maybe greater than you”

“Hee, you wish” Aya smirked, “Let’s finish eating, and go get you a car”

The two of them finished their breakfast and went to a used car dealership, to look for a car. Claire however, wasn’t too happy when she knew where her gal is bringing her.
“What is this place?! All of them are junk!” she said out loud

“SHEEESH!” Aya hushes her out as she shuts her mouth with her hands, “You want to get killed by the mechanic around here?!”

“I need cars like those two, not old cars like these!” Claire replied, louder than before, “I want something new, not used”

“Okay, okay… let’s get out of here first” Aya spins her head in wonder, “Geez, you’re so noisy… what kind of car do you want anyways?”

“I want something like yours, but different model” Claire nodded

“Let’s get to the Nissan dealership, then” Aya drives away

The two then stopped at nearby Nissan car dealership. Most of the cars in there are brand new, so Aya couldn’t help but wonders where she got her money to buy a new car.
“Wondering where can I get my money, huh? I have my own savings since my father started to had our family driver to drive me around” Claire smiled, “I guess that’s enough to get me a stock car to chase those two on Shutokou”

“I see… glad you can finally get your own car, and joins me for a run on Shutokou” Aya grins

“Can I help you two ladies?” a man asked the two of them

“I want to get a new car for me… preferably a sports car” Claire said, “Something that has the same level as Skyline GT-R”

“We got just what you need… I would recommend this to you, lady” the man said as he leads the both of them to the back, “This is Z33 Nismo 350Z type 380RS… it has V6, 3.8 liter engine which produces 350 horsepower… it has six speed gearbox, and Brembo brakes, with Yamaha dampers”

“350Z” Aya nods, “This one is also wicked cool, Claire. Nismo already fitted it with a special body kit, Rays engineering rims, and Bridgestone Potenza RE01 tires… To keep it short, this car is ready to go anytime. Besides this car is a rare one as well… Nismo only build 300 of these”

“The red looks fiery hot” she thought, “Alright, I’ll take this one”

“Will you be paying with cash, or check?” the man asked again

“Check” she smiled

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Back to the main character, he is currently taking a slumber at his beloved blue car on the garage. He is dead tired after taking long trip from Tokyo to Mie, back and forth.
“Man… my body feels fresh and sore at the same time” Sora said, “I should’ve never taken a sleep in a car. I’d better take a bath now and get something to eat at McDonalds”

When he stepped outside from the car, the sky is already starts to get dark… it’s already seven P.M. now… how long was he sleeping anyways? He missed breakfast, lunch, and maybe dinner if he continues to sleep.
“What? Seven P.M.?! No wonder my stomach cried out loud!”

He immediately takes a bath and gets a change of clothes. When he doesn’t style his hairs, it falls down, covering some area of his face…
“This is not the time to worry about my hairstyle! I got code red over here!”

Sorry… anyways, he gets out his car again and drives to the nearest McDonald available.
When he parks the car, someone called. When he takes a look at the caller ID, it’s fan number 1.
“Yeah, what’s up fan number 1?” Sora asked as he steps out from the car and locks it

“Where are you now? I want to talk about something important right now” Steve said, “And cut the fan number 1 stuff, it’s embarrassing”

“The one who should feel embarrassed is you, not me” Sora shrugs, “I'm at McDonald near the train station… can't it wait until later?”

“When I said now, I mean now” Steve nods, “I'm coming over, don’t leave the place with takeout orders, man. When I told you about it, you’ll definitely wants to hear it”

“Give me a spoiler, or I’ll leave with takeouts” Sora walks into the restaurant

“It’s about the new Sky King… you to be exact” Steve said, “Interested?”

“…”

Sora grins. Looks like people are started to talk about him already, and he wants to know what kind of opinion people got regarding him.
“Okay… I’ll wait” Sora said

“While you wait, can you order me a Fillet o’Fish?” Steve smirks

“No” Sora hang up

“Damn stingy guy” he said

Five minutes later, Steve showed up at the McDonald. After he parked beside the blue cark, he hurried to the restaurant to immediately.
“Think sharp!” Sora said as he threw a bag of food to him

“Whoa!” Steve said as he caught it. It’s the Fillet o’Fish he ordered, “Gee, thanks”

“Let’s eat it outside” Sora said, “Here is your drink”

Steve takes the cold cola and went back outside.
Sora sits on top of his carbon bonnet, and so does Steve on top of the bonnet of his GT2.
“And you were saying?” Sora asked as he peels the wrapping of the burger

“Yes… everyone is talking about you; the new Sky King and his blue Z-tune” Steve said as he peels open the wrapping also, “Everyone wants to take you out for a battle- legit or not”

“I knew it would happen sooner or later” Sora nods, “Who cares, huh? As long as I got her by my side, I can take on anybody”

Sora looks at his blue car. He then pats the left headlight and smiled.
“Yeah, but the worse has yet to come… the people who can't defeat you, will ask you to join them- peacefully or by force” Steve continued

“Uh-huh…” Sora didn’t seem to care

“Dude, don’t you care about yourself? I mean, it’s going to be a hell”

“It’s going to be one hell of a party to be exact, Steve” Sora said, “This is the beginning also for our pinnacle of glory”

“I see… I wish Hikaru could hear this also” Steve grins, “We will always stick by your side and give you our fullest support”

“Same here” Sora smiled

“Oh yeah… it seems the trigger of these events are the people whom we defeat yesterday noon” Steve said, “They even involve me also”

“Yeah, as the red gecko”

“That’s right… hey!” Steve sounds annoyed

“Finish your food…” Sora said, “I can hear two roaring engines coming here, and fast… looks like first prey has arrived!”

The cars he talked about emerge from the dark corner just ahead with their bright headlights. The car was silver Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX and silver Nismo 350Z. Somehow, Sora already knew who they were.
“I figured they would show up sooner or later” Sora said

“Who are they? Your friends?” Steve drinks his cold cola

“More or less… the one in silver Z is my mentor” Sora explains, “He is the owner of Akiyama Racing School, while on the silver Evo is… maybe a friend of his who I accidentally defeat when I tried to follow the Z. I don’t know what his name was”

“When did you enroll as an apprentice of racing school anyway? You didn’t told us anything” Steve said

“Sorry, I guess I'm just too busy with racing for Nismo junior team” Sora said

The drivers of the two cars parks beside the blue Z-tune and steps out of their respective cars… just like Sora predicted.
“Is that him, Akiyama?” the driver of the silver Evo asked

“The one and only… the young Sky King himself” Daiki nods, “Ninomiya, I want to introduce you to a friend of mine… his name is Tsuchiya Seiji. We came here to congratulate you as the new Sky King”

“Thank you very much, and I'm very sorry about the other night… I don’t have any intention to butt in your battle” Sora bows to them, “How do you do? My name is Ninomiya Sora”

“Is this really him, Akiyama? I can't believe he’s young and humble like this” Seiji looks confused, “I thought you will be more of an arrogant brat”

“No… my struggles in street racing world taught me not to be cocky and arrogant” Sora explains

“What do you think?” Daiki asked

“Now that I finally see him in person, I'm satisfied” Seiji answered, “But we come here not to look for a race, aren’t we?”

“If you want to have a battle with me, please don’t hesitate to ask” Sora said, “I’ll show up and battled you whenever you asked… well, just don’t challenge me on daylight, cause I'm a high school student or when I'm studying on the racing school”

“You are an amusing fellow, Ninomiya” Seiji grins, “Let’s have a battle some other time. But I assure you that things will be different by the time I battle you. I don't look down to anyone and I don't intend to lose to anyone either”

He looks at Daiki for a moment, and then he continued his words.
"Especially anybody associated with Akiyama or Akiyama himself" he continued

Daiki shrugs, "Whatever you say Seiji”

“The moment I see you on my rearview mirror, you’ll lose” Seiji nodded to Sora

“I'm looking forward to the battle… and when I see you in front of me, I will keep on accelerating until you disappeared from my rearview mirrors” Sora nodded back

“Well, we do what we came here for, so let’s get back, Seiji” Daiki nods, “Don’t forget to show up on Monday, Ninomiya”

“Yes, I’ll see you on Monday” Sora nods to them

“Congratulations once again, Ninomiya… see you soon” Seiji grins

The two of them reared their car and left. Steve is very surprised to know Sora had befriended a lot of amazing people.
“Wow, you’re the man, Sora” Steve grins wide, “I can't believe you are well known, even before you become a Sky King”

“I'm surprised myself” he replied, “Well, let’s go to C1 and have a little run… what do you say?”

“You’re on!” Steve nods, “If it’s C1, I can manage it with my current torque. But if we’re going to Wangan, I’ll pass”

The two of them intended to have a run on C1 area… but when they leave the McDonald parking lot, there are two cars following them. It’s the silver S15, with a red 380RS… must have come for revenge. They even flashed their headlights as a sign of challenge.
“Sora” Steve said

“I know… this time with another car, huh?” Sora asked, “But from the looks of that 380RS, it’s stock car”

“What should we do?” Steve asked, “Go with the plan- to C1?”

“Sure… That should give us a bit of thrill… I guess” Sora wondered

“Let’s just went to Belt Line! Even your GT-R will have a hard time against that RS” Steve replied, “Our cars are way overpowered for C1”

“Okay, then… change of plan” Sora said, “Red Lizard! Lead the way!”

Steve nods and shifts down to 2nd gear as he advances through, passing Sora and his Z-tune. The silver S15 and red 380RS takes it as acceptance of the challenge. They shifts down and increases their pace.
“This is what I'm talking about!” Aya smiled, “Come on, baby!”

“My heart is racing also” Claire smiled as well, “I feel like a superstar on the stage, ready to rock the world”

Sora grins as he follows Steve to the entrance of the highway. They enter through Iriya, and dashes to the Edobashi junction.
“Come on! Come on! Please be C1” Aya said

Instead of going to the C1 area towards the Shiodome, they went ahead to the Hakozaki. That makes Aya and Claire discouraged. Those two knows what are they doing for an advantage of their cars.
“We’re going to Hakozaki? I thought that we’ll heading to Shiodome?” Claire asked

“They knew if we go to C1, they made a fatal decision, since our car can keep up with theirs or even pass them. Instead they went to New Belt Line, to make full use of their high horsepower” Aya explained, “If we get ahead of them on the first place, and waits for them to challenge us, it’s useless also… they are smart people”

Steve shifts up, followed by Sora. Aya and Claire on the other hand tried to keep up as best as they could, but their cars are way outmatched. They ease up the throttle, knowing it’s no use to follow them. Wasting their precious time and high octane gasoline, are not very wise.
“Let them go, Claire” Aya frowns, “We are way outmatched… let’s just turn around and went back for a cruise at C1”

“Alright” Claire nods, “See you two around, Sky King, Red Lizard”

The two exited the highway, leaving Sora and Steve to play alone. When they have reached Tatsumi junction, the two cars behind them are already gone.
“What? I thought that they followed us here?” Steve asked

“Hm… looks like they gave up” Sora said, “Maybe we should go back to C1, to follow the plan”

“That’s a great idea… let’s go via Ariake and Shibaura!” Steve nods

The two speeds up once again and went ahead to Ariake and Shibaura junction.
But something happened on the way. When the two of them reached Shibaura to Hamazaki-Bashi, they are reunited with the two cars that previously chase them.
“Aha! Found you!” Aya said

“Ma… we’re meant for each other” Claire added

“Argh! Those hot babes are here!” Steve said hysterically, “What should we do?!”

“You mean those two ugly guys of Initial D” Sora mutters, “Maybe we should’ve gone back home, instead on going to C1. This is bad”

“This calls for a serious handling” Steve said as he shifts down to increase his pace

“Yup… let’s not talk until we kick them out of our rearview mirror” Sora said, “Hm, what a troublemaker”

“This is going to be a troublesome double date” Steve replied, “Let’s go!”

Double date or not, they are starting to chase them. The two cars speeds up, with the S15 and 380RS following them closely. This is going to be a real hassle indeed; those cars are major opponents on tight place like C1.
“We found you, and we’re going to kick ass tonight” Claire said

“Hm, let’s give them a night to remember and a spanking they won't forget” Aya adds, “Come on, baby!”

“Steve, be careful on this damned place” Sora said, “The grounds are not always even…”

“I’ll keep that in mind!” Steve replied, “Hamazaki branching is ahead!”

Steve eases up on the throttle and brakes earlier. Sora followed beside him, to prevent those two cars behind them gets a free pass. Sora is on the inside lane, and Steve on the outside lane. The branch turns to the left with sharp sloping gradient.
“Uh-oh! Too fast!”

Steve brakes a bit with left foot braking. He manages to slow his pace and went through the corner smoothly. Aya and Claire on the other hand have to sharply decrease their speed to cope up with the corner.
“Hey, they’re getting smaller and smaller” Steve said as he looks at his rearview mirror

“Hm? Ah, I see” Sora nods, “They are complete amateurs. I think we can win this easy”

Steve nods. The sky outside is getting darker than before… what time is it? Steve takes a look at his wristwatch and he is very pissed.
“Gwargh! I’m late again for early sleep” Steve yelled

“Hah? What?”

“Gah, I don’t want to waste anymore time here… time to go!” Steve increases his pace

“What’s up with that dude?”

The two cars managed to follow them bit by a bit. They are very surprised to know the level of their opponents.
“They’re fast! Not only on straight, but also on corners!” Claire said, “Can we really defeat them?”

“I'm sure we can!” Aya replied, “Come on!”

Three bridge piers have already passed. Looks like they are a tough nut to crack alright- like a cockroach, they are very persistent and won't give up easily.
“This is really troublesome” Steve said, “If we can't outrun them on this lap, then I guess we have to take seconds”

“I guess so” Sora nods, “We’ll for the time being, let’s just focus of leaving those two behind”

“Argh… this is great” Steve said, “Too add it up, my fuel tank is almost empty”

“Oh my God… the story is twisting not to a direction we wanted” Sora said

“Sora… can you do a slide?” Steve asked

“Why do you asked?”

“If you can't follow me, then we’ll be in trouble” Steve said, “On Edobashi, I will do a slide through the corner”

“If you unable to hold out much longer, then I suppose I’ll hold them off”

“Let’s just hope when we clear the corner on Edobashi, they are way behind us, so we can get out of the highway, right away” Steve wheezed, “Here we go!”

“Maybe this is what Hakkinen meant about Sisu on Top Gear” Sora shrugs

Steve increases his speed towards the corner. He then heel-and-toe downshift as he steers the steering wheel to the left and right to initiate a slide. Sora increases his pace also. When he’s about to enter the corner, he sways his car to the right side, brakes with his left foot and enters the corner, using the g-force to clear the corner.
“Whoo!” Sora yelled happily

Steve exited the highway, followed by Sora.
The two cars on the back can't keep up, and didn’t know that they were already exited the highway. After they clear the corner with a lot of effort, they went straight ahead to Kandabashi, only to lose their sight of the targets.
“Damn it! They’re fast!” Claire said

“Man… they can't be this fast! They must’ve exited the highway!” Aya said, “Ah… we’ve lost”

“It’s okay, Aya… there always be another time and another place” Claire replied, “Besides, we can get to see them on Monday, right?”

“I didn’t want to see them, I want to defeat them” Aya said again

“As for me, it’s both of them” Claire smiled

“Okay, let’s get out of here also… it’s already late” Aya nods

Sora and Steve went straight ahead to Shell gas station to fill up their thirsty cars. They are lucky to meet up with a rookie runner on C1, but even though they are rookie runners, they managed to scare the hell out of them…
“I hate C1 area” Sora said

“Yeah… thanks to today’s accidental battle, I hate it also” Steve replied, “I don’t know how to manage things in the future, though”

“Maybe we need more training on C1… what do you think?”

“Yeah, probably…”

“What do you think if we come back here tomorrow afternoon to get seconds from them?”

“I think that’s a great idea… if we manage to find them, that is” Steve adds

“You’re right… we’re lucky that we still hold the undefeatable title”

“There won't be any next time, Sky” Steve replied, “We need to improve, because sooner of later, we will face C4, the team that governs C1 area”

“…”

Luck sided with them for now. But in the future, who knows what will happened to them, if they still in this level of skill. They need to improve their car’s handle to suits the C1 characteristics, otherwise, it’s game over for them, especially for Sora.

Even though there isn’t a lot of people who witness the epic battle of wits and skills, rumors began to spread like wildfire. A new street racer with silver S15 and red 380RS challenged the Sky King and Red Lizard. People call the S15 with Midnight Princess for the courage and the 380RS with Scarlet for the intimidation… for those girls, having a small reputation and nickname is a great way to start their street racing career.


This post has been edited by R_E_X on May 31 2010, 08:27 PM

i thought it was gonna stop after this ? seems like the story continues

if you wanna host HSSR on my server .. you can... let me know

and so...wat?? there more??ok..dun make me wait..but..i am waitin..LOL

Got you all right there, huh? I decided to scrap GT-R Legend for this purpose also, since I will cross story the two and turn it to HSSR last mile...

After that, we'll see what happens...

And Snoxxy, what is your web? Maybe I can take a look, since freewebs got me some trouble

RPM 13: Kisaragi Aya and Mayama Claire

It’s Monday and it’s time to go back to School. Sora is reluctant to go there since he is not the same Ninomiya Sora who attends the school last week. So much happened in these past few days; he won the first race for Nismo Junior team, he became the new Sky King few days ago… it’s just too much for him to handle in school. He started to become burdened with all of his sudden fame… from zero to hero, some would say.
“Huff” he said as he takes a look at the mirror

“Sora! Let’s go to the school; we’re late!”

Steve is already waiting outside. That’s right; both of them are late on their first day to school again.
“In a minute!”

Sora slaps his cheeks and nodded. He is ready to go and face everything around him. He grabs his blue suit and wears his necktie. After he puts on his Spalding shoes, he’s ready to go!
“Let’s go, Steve… we’re late” Sora said

“That’s my previous line!” Steve replied

The two of them runs toward the closed school gate, and when they are about to reach the school’s block, there is the big bad bulldog patrolling around. Steve already panicked when he saw it, but Sora didn’t. Instead he continued to run toward the school gate, as if there is nothing in front of it… Looks he knows what to do to deal with that dog.
“Hey, what about that dog?!” Steve asked

“Trust me! Come here, boy!” Sora said as he grabs a wooden branch, “Fetch this!”

Sora threw off the branch, but the dog didn’t responded. If anything, it looks way mad to both of them than before. It started to growl and showing its white, shiny fangs and teeth… it’ll be a pain if you got bitten in the ass.
“Oh, I'm so stupid to trust you!” Steve said

“I guess we don’t have a choice… ruuuuun awaaaaaay!” he yelled

The whole school can hear his scream, and Yue-sensei’s class is not an exception. They immediately look out to the window to know what the ruckus is all about.
“Waaaaaaaahh!” Steve runs away also

“Gaaaaaah! Help us!” Sora yelled louder than before

“Those clowns are back in the town” Yue-sensei sighed

Both of them runs away, going around the outer block of the school in order to avoid being bitten by the dog. After they are tired, they enter the school gate and went immediately to their class.
“Scusate il ritardo” Steve said

“Scu… what?” Sora asked

“What was that mean?” all of the class began to wonder what is he saying. Jessie who knows what language that is, immediately translate the word.

“It means sorry to keep you waiting” Jessie smiled, “It’s an Italy”

“Oh, I see” Sora nods

“The famous Sky King and Red Lizard” Yue-sensei smiled, “You two create quite a stir on the town, especially on my class”

“Uh… maybe because we’re famous and handsome?”

“No! Because you two are slackers!” Yue-sensei said a bit mad, “Go around the soccer field once, and then you can join the class”

“What? No welcome greetings for the two heroes?” Steve asked

“Okay, as the welcome greetings I’ll make it to five” she replied, “Or maybe I can add it up into ten, if you guys still here… go!”

Sora and Steve quickly runs toward the soccer field and run around it for five times. After they are sweating and tired, they are allowed to enter the class, to join the lesson.
“How does it feel, Sky King?” Yue-sensei asked

“It feels great to be back… sort of” Sora nods slowly

“What about you, Red Lizard?” Yue-sensei asked again

Steve couldn’t answer the question, since he’s too tired to do so. He only sways his hand to say it’s enough.
“So you guys are the one from last night” Aya said

“What’s wrong, Aya-san?” Yue-sensei asked her

“From last night?” Sora asked, “Have we met somewhere before?”

“We are the drivers of S15 and 380RS from Saturday night” she said

“Ah, so you’re the one who drives the S15 and 380RS” Sora nods, “What’s up?”

“Pleased to meet you… my name is Kisaragi Aya. People call me the Midnight Princess” she introduces herself

“And I'm Mayama Claire; the Scarlett” Claire added

“I'm Steve Blackburn; the Red Lizard” Steve continued

“And I'm Ninomiya Sora… I'm the new Sky King” Sora nodded, “Pleased to meet both of you”

Faintly, everyone can see something come out from the walls beside him; a black knight, which holds a huge sword riding a bone sky dragon. There are a lot of wings and torn white feathers flying around him… now everyone can see it because they saw Sora, the way he is; the successor of Sky King. Aya and Claire can also saw it, and they are very surprised… what was that?
“He’s looking greater than the last time we saw him” Tarou whispered to Hikaru

“Yep, he is the best teammate we could ever find” Hikaru replied

“Sit down, both of you” Yue-sensei said, “Please talk about cars someplace else later, okay?”

“Yes, ma’am” Sora nodded as he sits beside Aya

“What do you say if we had one more run tonight?” she asked

“Just like we wanted, right, Steve?” Sora pats Steve who sits in front of him

“I’ll pass… after five runs around that damned soccer field, I feel very tired” Steve exhaled heavily, “It’s all up to you, King”

“I already told you not to talk about cars in my class” Yue-sensei said to Aya and Sora, “Now both of you, stand up in the hallway”

“Wha- but Kisaragi is the one who started it” Sora said

“And so you replied to my challenge” Aya replied, “Now we’re on the same boat, Ninomiya. Like it or not, we’re standing in the hallway”

“Get him out of here” Yue-sensei said to her

“Let’s go, handsome” Aya grins, “Besides we can talk more about cars outside, so it’s not too much of a problem, right?”

“Uh, I guess” Sora shrugs

Aya drags her out of the class, and Sora followed. He blushed when Aya grabs his hand and yanks it out violently, as if the girl asks him for a hot sex or something.
“Why are you blushing?” she asked

“No, nothing…” Sora looks around to avoid suspicion

Everyone, and I mean everyone is very envy of Sora and Aya. The boys in the class envy Sora for being around Aya, as for the girls in the class envy Aya being around Sora.

Outside the class, the two of them starts to talk about the capability of their cars.
“So Z-tune, huh?” Aya asked, “Kamiya-san said that car is the last number of Z-tune”

“So you’ve heard…” Sora answered, “I guess that’s the major urban legend of my Z-tune… something that didn’t suppose to exist, since Nismo only build 19 of them”

“Not only that… she had a will of her own to choose her driver, right? I guess you can't expect people to believe that” Aya nods, “But I do believe that cars are a living thing- their fate rest upon us; the driver who decide it as they see fit”

“You are an odd girl, Kisaragi-san” Sora said, “Normal won't have an opinion about cars like that”

“I guess you can call me abnormal and weird” she shrugs, “I don’t care; I have no interest on what people think about me anyways”

“I see” Sora grins

“And please, do call me Aya… I don’t like it when people call my father’s name” she said

“Okay, Aya-san… tell me more about your car”

“Drop the ‘san’ also… makes me old. For starters, I build it at New York, where I got my driving license” she said, “My father is a journalist, and I happened to saw one of his articles about Nissan cars; Silvia to be exact, which he drove when he’s on the trip to Japan”

“And you got one after that, huh?”

“More or less, but as you know SR engines didn’t pass the emission regulations, so did happen to RB engines” Aya continued, “But that doesn’t stop me from getting my hands on it; I bought an S15 without engine and transmission, fresh from Japan”

“And you bought the RB engine also?”

“Yes… a fine spec RB26DETT to be exact” she nods

“What about the transmission?”

“It fits perfectly to S15 chassis… after a bit of modification, of course” she wheezed, “And there she is… after putting all modifications on the needed electronics, the stance, brakes, and body kit, she is great to go”

“I see… how long do you complete it?”

“About six months… I got a friend of mine who knows a lot of mechanics to help me” Aya nods, “Do you know her? She is the wife of Mikami Rei… Mikami Seno”

“Seno? Hikaru’s sister?” Sora looks at Hikaru inside the class, “You know her?”

“Yup… more or less, because she happens to be my mentor in everything about cars” she added, “We met at Big Apple, and she bought her GT-R at her house on New York. She showed it to me, and since then she helped me built it with some of her connections. But she and her friends only help with advices and directions, though. I'm the one who fully assembling it”

“I'm speechless” Sora said, “That’s quite a feat”

“I know” she smiled, “That’s why I'm very proud of her”

“Do you live with your family here?”

“Nope, I moved here with Claire and we live on my mother’s old house” Aya answered, “I live with her since junior high school”

“What about your parents?”

“I… live with my father because my mother and my twin sister died in a car crash when I was ten” she said with shaky voice, “My father is still on New York and I occasionally visits him on his vacation and day off”

“Whoops… I should’ve never asked” Sora scratches his head, “Sorry…”

“What about you?” Aya asked back as she wipes her eyes

She cried for a moment and Sora feels bad to bring up her past… he should’ve mind his own business and stick with cars and stuff, rather than family issues.
“Well, more or less it’s the same. My father and mother died on airplane crash, so I’ve been living with my brother on Aomori”

“And you live here by yourself?” she asked with curiosity

“More or less… but my brother always sends me money every month, because I helped him by relaying orders of transportation jobs, here on Tokyo” he nods, “Think of it as a way of business expanding”

“I see” Aya nodded also, “You are an interesting fellow, Ninomiya-san…”

“Sora is fine…” Sora replied, “No ‘san’ is needed”

“As I said, you are an interesting fellow, Sora…” she continued, “Let’s talk again at lunch… I’m interested in your story regarding your team and so called to be the best”

“Erh… it’s an embarrassing story, since I only know a bit of it. I'm a newcomer on the team, you know” Sora frowns, “You should ask more about it with the team leader, Tarou…”

“The boyfriend of the class rep? You guys are popular in this school… Me and Claire immediately knows it, even though we’re still new students here”

“Being popular has a bad side as well, you know” Sora said, “Even you and Claire are popular. How do I know? For instance, the students on the class are listening on what we’re talked about right now… even the teacher does the same”

Sora frowns as he opens the door of his class. His friends are fallen off one by one on top of each other.
“And what just you think you guys are doing?”

“Ah, we need to keep an eye on the new Sky King, you know? So he wouldn’t misuse his title for his own goal” Tarou explains

“I'm not you guys, geez… we’re just talking, nothing more”

“Ehem… you two probably should get back inside” Yue-sensei said, “Winter is almost here, so it’ll be best if you two get back inside”

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It’s time for lunch. The cafeteria is filled with hungry people, dying to get some food to fill their stomach… it’s always like this, and it kills the student to wait in the line for their turn to order at the counter. Sora and Steve are lining up, and beside them is Aya and Claire… they are about to order something when two boys are approaching them.
“A, Aya-san… can you please accept this love letter from me?” one of them asked

“I'm sorry… I'm already with someone” she replied, “I can't accept your feeling”

“C, Claire-san… can I walk together with you after the school are done?” the other boy asked her

“Oh, I have something to do with Aya, sorry… besides I don’t know you, and I already have a boyfriend… he’ll kill you if he saw you and me hang out together” Claire shrugs

“What about you and Steve? Will your boyfriend kill him?” he asked again

“If he comes and tried to do something to Steve, I’ll just explain that we’re just friends. He didn’t even flirt with me at all, unlike the two of you” Claire replied, “Besides, we have an unfinished business”

“You guys are making me and Claire uncomfortable… please, leaves us alone” Aya said with cold look on her blue eyes

Sora and Steve didn’t do anything and just ordered their food. These women are dangerous and they know it immediately when they raced them at Saturday night. Beautiful and dangerous… not to mention their so called boyfriend who will kill anyone who gets around them.
“Geez… I feel bad for those two” Steve said

“Shut it, let’s just order the food and get out of here” Sora replied

“Steve, why don’t we sit over there under the tree and eat the meal?” Claire asked, “What do you say, Aya?”

“Sure, why not… you guys didn’t mind, do you?” Aya asks them

“No… not at all” Sora said, “Why would we mind?”

“Okay, we’ll wait for you girls under that tree” Steve nods

There is a little something-something that going on between Aya and Claire on Saturday night. After they raced the blue Z-tune and red 911, Claire said something to them.
“Na, Aya… I bet the drivers on those two cars are good looking” Claire said, “If they are indeed good looking, I want to get close to the driver of that GT2. What about you?”

“Well I suppose if what Kamiya-san said being worthwhile to meet them directly is true, then I guess it’s not a bad idea to befriend them” Aya said, “Hey, who knows? Maybe the driver of that GT2 will turn up to be your husband in the near future”

“Yeah, what about you?” Claire asked

“Me? I'm just here for the fun, and I'm not that into boys” she replied

“Then it settled! I will get close to the driver of the red GT2, while you will get close to the driver of that blue Z-tune” Claire smiled

“Count me out of it” Aya shrugs

Now back to the present and after seeing what those drivers looked like, Aya insisted that she just want to befriend the two of them, while Claire will stick out with the plan.
“Aw, bummer” Claire said

“Hey, I'm not an aggressive women type” Aya said, “If Sora had a feeling for me, I will decline it also, just like the rest of the guys here. No change in plans for me”

“Well, there won't be a change in my plan also” Claire replied, “Come on, they are already waiting for us”

While the guys under the tree are also talking about them.
“So? Aya is hot” Steve said as he sips his warm mint tea

“No… I had enough of girls” Sora said, “I think I will stay single forever, now that I’ve already got dumped by two girls that I like”

“Hey, you remember what they used to say; three times a charm” Steve slaps his shoulder, “Come on, don’t be a killjoy”

“Killjoy? You didn’t hear what they just said? They already have a boyfriend” Sora whispered, “You want them to kill us? I don’t know about you, but I’ll pass”

“Ah, you’re right… how can we make them broke up with their boyfriends? Can you think of something?”

“Ha? I don’t have any intentions to do that… Why would I?” Sora shrugs, “Sorry, but that’s your business, got nothing to do with me, pal”

“What are you guys talking about?” Claire asked them

Like a thunder struck in midday, their heart almost skipped a beat. The two of them turns pale and hope that they didn’t hear what they just said. Aya and Claire sits across them, while Sora and Steve sits side by side.
“Why are your faces turns pale? Did you guys eat something wrong?” Aya asked

“No, nothing” Sora sips his watermelon juice, “We can't hold out much longer, because we’re starved to death”

“Okay, then… let’s dig in” Claire said energetically

Sora and Aya continued to talk about their cars, while Steve and Claire talks about something else.
“So, Steve… I heard that you just got dumped” Claire said

Steve is surprised with what she just said. All of his body turns to pale grey and he starts to feel uneasy and numb… Sora saw what happened to his friend immediately comes to the rescue.
“What’s wrong?” Claire asked

“Uh, Claire… let’s just say that word is taboo for him” Sora frowns

“Oh, sorry” Claire said, “Forget I said anything”

“It’s okay… well, I guess that we just didn’t have anything in common anymore” Steve explains, “I get numb every time she greets me because I feel rather awkward”

“Bye, Steve” Jessie said as she walks past him

“Uuuugh… There she goes again” Steve said as his body turns pale grey once again

Jessie is a naughty girl. She knows that the relationship between those two turns awkward since she dumps him, but she likes to tease Steve out by occasionally greets him and let him turns pale grey.
“Dude… chill out a bit” Sora spins his head in wonder, “You’re exaggerating”

“Then what about you?” he asked as he turns his head slowly, “You are in no position to give me an advice, since you too are dumped by that hot doctor”

Sora is surprised with what he just said. But instead of turn pale grey and numb, there is a dark aura hovers, along with gloomy clouds around his face and he feels very discouraged… his trauma switch is on!
“I'm just a nobody… nobody likes me” Sora said as he starts to walk like a mindless zombie, leaving all of them alone

Aya and Claire look at each other and shrugs. Boys will always be boys, and they will never learn or grow up.
“But I guess I'm out of luck” Steve grins, “To know that you are already taken by someone else… man, I wish you are still single, I want to know more about you”

“What?” Claire asked

Aya who hears it also is very surprised about what Steve just said. That’s very bold of him to say it directly to Claire.
“Oh… sorry, forget I said anything” Steve said with pale face, “He, here… let me buy you a juice. But just don’t tell your boyfriend that I said something like that, huh? Well, I got to go now… see ya”

Steve left the two of them alone in the cafeteria. The bells are already ringing, telling every student to come back to the class. Aya and Claire still sitting under the tree and no one said a word about what they just heard.
“I can't believe I say that we’re already with someone” Claire said

“It works for me, but it doesn’t for you” Aya replied

“He had feelings for me” Claire exhaled heavily, “I feel so stupid”

“Don’t worry, Claire… if you guys are meant to be, then there will be a way… one or another” Aya tried to cheer her up, “Oh, shit… I was so focused on his Z-tune I forgot to ask him about tonight’s race”


The school is already over and Sora needs to go to Akiyama Racing School for the lessons. Aya followed him to his house, because she wants to ask him about his decision about their race. But Sora drives out his Z-tune, and Aya didn’t want to miss him out. She immediately gets back to her house and gets out her S15 to follow where will the Sky King go.

She maintains a distance on the highway, so Sora wouldn’t notice. Sora didn’t even realize that someone is following him, because of what Steve said earlier bugs him very much.
“I guess he’s right… I'm in no position to give him an advice” he thought

“Where is he going? Exited the highway? I thought that he will have a run to clear his mind” Aya wondered

When Sora exited the highway and went to a building that says Akiyama Racing School, she is piqued to know what he was doing there. Works part time or attend as a student?
After Sora parks his car and gets inside, she parks her car also and follows him inside.
“Excuse me… did that guy who just walks in here is a student?” she asked a man who walks on the hallway

The one who she asked to is Akiyama Daiki, the mentor of Sora himself. Daiki is wondering who might this pretty lady was. Is she one of Sora’s friends? Or another girl who got captured in his cage of love? Nevertheless, he needs to answer the question.
“Yes, he is a student here” he said, “Who might you be, lady?”

“My name is Kisaragi Aya, and I'm sort of his friend” Aya introduces himself, “How long was he studying here?”

“Almost one month now” Daiki replied, “Is there something wrong?”

“No, nothing… just curious about what he’s doing here” she replied, “Sorry to bother you”

After she bows to him, she left the building and went back to her car. She drives off and leaves him alone, so she wouldn’t bother him with her silly challenges. Aya starts admires him. Her perceptions about him are wrong. He is very dedicated and he carries heavy responsibility as the new Sky King.
Back to her house, Claire wonders where she just gone off to.
“Where you’ve been?” Claire asked

“Just taking a little stroll” she smiled, “You know Claire… I guess what they say about never judge a book by its cover is true”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Claire asked again

“Nothing…” she smiled again, “Let’s go and work part time now…”

She and Claire works part time as a mechanic on Kojiro’s place. With Seno’s advice, the two of them worked at Kojiro’s Speed Performance, not only for money, but also to improve their knowledge on engines and car customizations.
When Aya is already done with one of the customer’s car, she downloaded the file of Nismo team’s practice and their performance at Sendai track few weeks ago from car scoop’s file directory to her mobile phone.
“Hey, what are you downloaded just now?” Claire asked with curiosity

“That’s a s-e-c-r-e-t” Aya smiled to her

“Come on now, don’t keep secrets from me” Claire frowns

Sora finished his lesson at Akiyama’s at 7 P.M. and when Sora is about to leave, he remembers something about a girl named Kisaragi that visits him and asks about him earlier.
“Ninomiya, does the name of Kisaragi Aya ring any bell to you?” Daiki asked

“Um… she’s my classmate. Why do you ask?” Sora asked back

“She visit you earlier this afternoon… she asked about how long you’ve been here and what’re you doing here” Daiki answered

“Oh, yeah… I forgot about the battle” Sora slaps his forehead, “Thanks for the remainder, Akiyama-san”

“Is she your new girlfriend? What happened to Sakura?” he asked

When Sora hears the name, his trauma switch is on. Dark aura and gloomy clouds are starting to hover around him, completely freaking out his mentor.
“I guess something happened” Daiki thought, “Forget I said anything”

“I'm just a nobody… no one likes me” he mutters

Sora creeps off to his car and gets his mobile phone out. He then called Souya; the one who knows most of the girls address and phone numbers on their school… not sure where he got them, though…
“Sou… do you have Kisaragi-san’s phone number?”

“I have it… I’ll send it to you now? What’s up? Does this have something to do with the battle you guys mentioned earlier at the school?” Souya asked

“Yes it is… thank you, Sou” Sora nods

“Something bad happened to you? Your sound seems shaky… don’t tell me your trauma switch is on” Souya said

“It is…” Sora replied flatly, “Thank you once again, Sou”

He then called the girl. At her house, Aya is watching Claire plays her share of Devil May Cry 4 as Dante. She is very frustrated that she can't perfect every stage with S ranks, unlike Aya and her ranks on every stage as Nero.
“Gah! You stupid Scarecrows!” she said as she performs Helmet Breaker, “Die, maggots!”

“How long do you intend to play my PS3? If it gets overheat, I will held you responsible to repair it, or replace it” Aya said

“Ah, even on the twelfth stage I can't get perfect score!” she punches the floor with her fist, “Ow, ow, ow”

“Unlike Nero, Dante doesn’t have any Snatch or Buster Moment” Aya shrugs, “You will have a harder time to deal with the bosses. Just rely on the Swordmaster style and Devil Trigger”

Her mobile phone rang. When she looks at who’s calling her, she immediately gets into her room and shut the door. Claire knew when she does that; it must be her father who’s calling.
“Hello?” she said

“Um can I speak with Aya? I'm Sora, and I'm her classmate” Sora said

“This is she” Aya said, “What’s wrong, Sora?”

“Ah, your voice is different on person and on the phone… I suddenly remembers the battle you said this morning in class” Sora said, “I'm free right now, and if you want to battle me right now, I’ll be waiting at Shiodome”

“Nah, on second thought let’s take a rain check… would you be ready anytime I ask you for a battle?” she asked

“Sure… just don’t ask me at school hours, okay?”

“Yes of course…” Aya nods, “See you soon, then”

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A gentle breeze fills out white tidy room few blocks away from school. It’s Aya’s room and it looks very tidy. There are no car posters sticking on the walls, but instead, there is a poster of Parasite Eve, Parasite Eve II, and Third Birthday, sticking on the wall.
There is also display cabinet where she puts most of her air soft guns collection. Inside, there is M4A1 complete with extra cartridges with it, customized M93R, MP5A5 with flash light, P229 with laser sight and suppressor, and last, but not least is modified Glock 18 with metal slide. Beside her bed, there are stacks of air soft gun magazine collection, all arranged tidily.
She is an avid collector of air soft guns. On her desk beside her school bag, is silver colored Sony PSP, and disassembled MK23 SOCOM pistol, complete with laser sight and suppressor… looks like she just finished cleaning it.

Aya is vast asleep on her bed. She got bad habits of sleeping only with her tops and panties, without wearing a bra… if a guy visits her suddenly and she is half awake, that will be one great show for the visitor… well, probably.
“Hoaem… nyem” she yawns, “What time is it? Oh, it’s still three past thirty A.M.”

She lay back onto her bed and stares at the ceiling. She tried to close her eyes, but she couldn’t back to sleep. She then goes to the bathroom and washes her face with nice, warm water. After she wipes her face, she gets back to her room and grabs her mobile phone and text a message to someone.

Sora is at his room, studying his school materials to prepare himself for the upcoming mid-term test of this semester. When he’s done, and about to get some sleep, a text message popped out in his mobile phone. Who could message him at this hour?
“Oh… it’s Aya” Sora thought, “Let’s see… can you meet me at Edobashi? I can't sleep and I was thinking maybe we could do a battle now. Please reply this message ASAP”

What was she thinking? Asking a battle at this hour? She’s got to be joking. Sora remembers what she said from her last call; would you be ready anytime I ask you for a battle? And Sora said yes.
“Hm… what to do?” Sora wondered, “But I guess why not, it’s not like I can sleep either now that she already text me”

Sora typed the message and replied her immediately, saying that he’s going to wait at Edobashi junction for her. Aya is thrilled and excited to know that she will battle Sky King at this time of hour. She then change to her usual getup and heats her engine.
Claire is woken up by the sound of idling engine on the garage. She then wake sup as well to know what is going on.
“Aya, where are you going?” she asked

“I'm going to meet Sora and had a battle at C1” Aya answered, “Want to come along? Maybe you can text Steve as well to come over… if he’s not asleep, that is”

“Wait a minute… I’ll ask him right now” Claire gets her mobile phone and text him

Way different than Sora who is studying, Steve is busy changing his brake fluids with higher grade fluids from Motul. After he’s done and about to go to bed, the message from Claire popped. When he sees where it came from, he immediately reads it.
“What? Sora will battle Aya now?” Steve asked, “And she wants me to tag along as well? I have to go now!”

After he replied the message saying that he will showed up also at Edobashi, he change his clothes with something that looks cool and charming… does he serious? Anyways, he reared his car and went immediately to Edobashi.
Sora arrived few minutes later. He wears DKNY t-shirt, dark blue jeans with Hwoarang’s bloody talon, complete with his trademark Spalding shoes. And since the night is cold, he also wears a jeans jacket with red eagle sewing behind it.
“Whoah… where did you buy that jacket and jeans?” Steve asked, “It looks cool”

“I custom order it… just take it as an insignia of Sky King” Sora replied, “Want something warm as we waits for the girls?”

“I’ll take a can of warm Nescafe coffee” Steve nods

“Nescafe it is” Sora threw the can to him, “Maybe I’ll get warm sweet black tea”

The two then gets back and sits on top of the bonnet of their car. Steve exhaled lightly and starts to talk about the girls.
“Sora… what do you think of those two girls? Does there a chance of becoming their boyfriend?” Steve asked, “I would take it even if it’s just a slight chance”

“I don’t know? Personally, I think they are idols from New York, so I'm just going to befriend them” Sora answered, “I had enough of girls for awhile”

“You want to be a priest?”

“No… why would I?”

“You said that you had enough of girls” Steve said again

“I said for awhile” Sora replied, “Geez… you’re sounded so desperate”

“I am!” Steve yelled, “Even though we are the ace from our team, when I look at the other guys who already had a girlfriend, I feel empty and hollow! Don’t you feel that also?!”

“I feel you” Sora replied, “Calm down now”

“Whenever I saw Jessie, I feel that my heart will burst anytime! I'm so stupid that I let her broke up with me” he added

“…”

“And now there is another girl in front of me, which I can't reach! What does God want from me?!” Steve yelled

Sora sighed as he drinks the last sip of the sweet tea from the can. He then puts the warm can beside him and stands up. He sits on his right fender and replied to his friend’s silly confession.
“God works in mysterious ways… some people like it, some people don’t” Sora shrugs, “I'm not Catholic like you do, but I do believe that God has everything planned”

“Then what about you and Sakura, huh? Does that called a plan also?” Steve shrugs, “I don’t think she dumped you because God told her to do so”

Sora feels annoyed that his friend turns soft and weak suddenly. He then threw off the can to the garbage bin, making a clink noise that attracts his friend’s attention.
“I don’t get you… just because you got dumped by a girl you gone soft and weak? Since when do you change, huh?” Sora asked, “Stop saying those things as if you’re the only one who endured them, damn it!”

Sora shows his sharp eyes again. That made Steve feels a bit frightened and surprised. He lowered his head to avoid eye contact with his friend, knowing it’s a bad thing to confess something heavy to a friend, who already had a lot of heavy things in his shoulders.
“…”

“This conversation is over and never happened. I will pretend that I didn’t hear what you just said about me and Sakura; being God’s plan” Sora continued, “Just remembers this one thing, Steve… what you believe will come to a result, and that result is a reflection of your struggle on this life”

Sora gets inside his car and ignites his engine. He knew that two cars are approaching the junction and he didn’t want his friend to look pathetic. He revs his engine to startle him and get him back to his sense.
“Those girls are here” Sora said, “Smug that look of yours that says I'm pathetic and get inside your car! We’re here for a battle, and we’re about to get one. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to lose… I never ever want to lose anymore. I had enough of losing something that’s important to me!”

Steve exhaled and throws away his empty coffee can. He then gets inside his car and ignites the engine. He then opens the phone line to talk to his friend.
“I'm so sorry for everything I said about you and Sakura” Steve spins his head, “I should never say bad things about you two”

“Hmph…” Sora replied, “Here they come”

Two cars entered the junction and they are ready to go. Aya steps out of her car, followed by Claire, to tell them about the condition for the race. Sora and Steve also steps out of the car and approaches them.
Aya looks very… uh, manly. She wears the same getup that she wore to pick up Claire from Overdrive; a white t-shirt, blue jeans, black low boots, and black leather jacket. Claire on the other hand looks very feminine with red shirt and black skirt, accompanied with black boots. Yeah, I know; their clothing styles are way different like heaven and earth.
“We’re very glad that the two of you showed up” Aya said

“No sweat…” Sora replied, “So?”

“Yes, the team that gets back here first wins” Aya nodded, “Are you guys ready?”

“We are born ready for this, miss” Steve grins, “We’ll show you why we are called the ace of the High School Street Racers”

“We will start as the chaser” Sora said, “Is it alright with you, Red?”

“Sure, Sky… either way, we’re here to win. Even it starts from the back of these pretty girls” Steve replied

All of them went back to their car. As Aya and Claire lined up their car on the front, Sora revs his engine seven times to psyche himself up. He grips his steering wheel hard and shifts to first gear. He then builds up rev while pressing down the clutch, so he could launch anytime. Steve does the same. He holds out the clutch pedal and builds up rev until the boost pressure says 0.7 bars.
“Ready? Here we go!” Aya launches her car, followed by Claire

Sora and Steve launches their car perfectly and trailed behind the S15 and 380RS. Steve opens the phone line to tell them more about their condition in this battle.
“Now we would like to try something new, as a test of our capabilities” Steve said, “We will not pass you on the high speed corners, but instead we will try and pass you on the medium speed corners. Just think of it as a handicap for the two of you…”

“We didn’t mean to take you girls lightly, but we feel that it’s not fair to pass you with our car’s mighty horses” Sora continued, “You girls ready? Here we go”

The stars are shining brightly on the night sky. The lights reflected by the bayside blue color of Z-tune and glossy red of the 911, makes it shines like never seen before.
“So pretty” Aya said as she stares at her rearview mirror, “I love you so much, Z-tune… will I someday, be your driver?”

Ginza area is ahead and the aces are tagging near the girls. For some reason, they look different than when they battled them Saturday night. The way they handle the roads on C1 is smooth and composed. Aya and Claire couldn’t stop staring at the rearview mirror, as if they are watching a romance movie.
“What’s wrong? You guys seem distracted” Sora said

“Your paces are slowing… if you keep on watching us, Sora will definitely explode” Steve laughs

Aya and Claire didn’t mind them. It’s true that they are distracted by the cars behind them, and they couldn’t let go of the view behind them. Whether they realized it or not, they are already become captivated by the way Sora and Steve handles their cars.
After they passed through three bridge piers, they entered the tunnel.
“Ginza tunnel” Sora said, “We won't pass you here”

Aya and Claire increase their pace and went ahead to clear the tunnels, with Sora and Steve following them not far behind. They will reach Hamazakibashi branching, with sloping sharp corner, where Steve and Sora had a hard time passing them last time.
“Let’s go, Claire” Aya said as she plunges her car to the corner

“Right back at you” Claire nods

The two of them clears the corner by decreasing their speed and blocks both of the roads side by side, just like what Sora and Steve does Saturday night.
“How do you like that, guys… what?” Aya stares at her rearview mirror

Sora and Steve on the other hand clears the corner magnificently by doing high speed maneuver, almost passing the two cars on the front when they exited the corner. Aya and Claire shifts down at the same time and increases their pace, so they couldn’t get passed.
“What?” Sora asked her back

Aya and Claire start to lose their concentration and feel pressured. They began to drive recklessly, so they can pull away from the cars behind them.
“Sora…” Steve said

“I know… they overdid it” he replied, “We should end this soon, so no one would get hurt”

“Change of plans” Steve said, “We will attack whenever we got the chance to do it”

“Go ahead” Claire nods, “If you can”

Sora and Steve increases their pace and began to attack them. They almost exited the Kasumigaseki Tunnel and it’s time to make a move.
“Chiyoda Tunnel, Steve”

“I know”

Steve and Sora increases their pace towards the first sharp corner on Chiyoda Tunnel. Aya and Claire know what in front of them, so they decrease their pace and see what they will do on the sharp corners. Steve and Sora already passed the two girls and blocks their way, running side by side.
“Where are you going? It’s a low speed corner up ahead!” Claire said

“Me first” Steve plunges to the corner, followed by Sora

The two of them went side by side as they clear the sharp corner with slide.
“They won't be able to maintain the slide through to the second corner” Aya said, “They will ended up crashing to the wall when they about to enter the second one”

“No!” Claire said

However, Sora and Steve knows what they are doing. The two of them steps on the brakes as they counter steers their car to follow the curve of the roads. Steve and Sora grins to each other as they clear the second corner so easy, as if turning their hands.
“We’ve lost” Aya smiled, “We’re not yet as good as they are”

“You’re right” Claire continued, “This is the second time we lost”

“Let’s improve ourselves and challenge them again some other time” Aya continued, “Three times a charm!”

Steve and Sora went back to Edobashi junction. The two of them bought two cans of warm green tea for their friends. When Claire and Aya enters the junction and stepped off from their car, Sora and Steve gave it to them.
“Good work, the two of you” Sora said, “You can do better next time”

“We will challenge you again when we improve ourselves” Aya replied

“Yes, practice makes perfect” Steve added

“Next time… we will win against the two of you” Claire nods

“Well, we do what we came here for… I guess it’s time to go home and get some sleep” Sora said, “It’s already four past thirty… see you later at school, girls”

“Thank you very much!” the two of them bows

Sora and Steve looks very surprised, but in reality they are the ones who owe these two girls, so Sora and Steve bows to them back.
“No… thank you very much” Sora and Steve bows to them

“Because of your text, we found what we lack on” Steve said

“So you girls didn’t need to thank us, we on the other hand, thanked you” Sora nods, “See you later”

After Sora and Steve left, Aya and Claire talks again about them.
“They are really nice people” Aya said

“Yeah… maybe I’ll figure something out to take off the safety pin; the fake boyfriend issue” Claire said, “I can't let a chance like this slip by”

“If you do that, you’ll be a major target on the school, Claire” Aya replied, “Be patient”

“I can't! Sooner or later, he’ll go away for sure… because he sees no hope to get close to me” Claire explained, “What about the Sky King, Aya? You know, you can take the throne also as the Sky Queen with him…”

“And why would I do that? I don’t have any feelings for the guy” Aya shrugs, “I'm just not into a boy right now”

“Someday… someday, Aya… you will regret what you say now” Claire said calmly, “You will fall in love with him, and by the time it happened, you already lost a lots of precious time you can spent together, or maybe he’s already went faraway”

“No way” Aya smiled, “Don’t worry about me, Claire”

“I hope you’re right” Claire gets into her car

Aya bites her lip. What was Claire meant when she said that? Does she really want to see both of them together that badly? Well, Aya is not a girl that can be pushed around and persuaded easily, though. She just has to pretend that she didn’t hear anything she said.
“I'm going to pretend that I didn’t heard what you said earlier” Aya nods

“Do as you wish… but your heart will always remembered what I just said tonight, Aya” Claire ignites her engine and starts to drive slowly, “Even though you don’t, your heart will”


This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 9 2009, 01:27 AM

I uploaded the RPM 1 at www.freewebs.com/hssr2

See you there!

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Nov 9 2009, 01:28 AM

nice man , you made my day

RPM 2 and RPM 3 is uploaded

This post has been edited by R_E_X on Mar 11 2009, 05:30 PM

thanks cheps

nice one rex