◤◢◤Shindai, Friday, 11:40 am◢◤◢
Diojo was in class with Anovia yawning all the time which made anovia bring 2 energy drinks she made one of the cans touch Diojo's cheeks which made the latter wince at how cold the can Was
"mango or strawberry?" She asked. Diojo chose mango. Anovia jokingly said "even if you picked strawberries I'll give you mango anyway hehe because strawberries are something sacred for me"
diojo raised her eyebrows at the random information and took some sips "well yea i wouldn't pick anything stawberry flavored either because they don't taste as good as real strawberries... Whoa this actually has a strong kick to it. I feel like I could win a Formula 1 race" and finished whatever assignment she had to submit.
-damn i can't wait for tomorrow. I bet lots of people will come watch. It's YZ speedster against snow flash.
-indeed who in their right mind would miss a chance to see an RWB porsche in real life and racing against a GTR?!! 143 will be on FIRE!
-even my girlfriend who knows nothing about cars or racing wants to attend the moment she saw the pink RX-7 too. I wonder who will drive it against enzo
-ahh if i had a girlfriend I'd be dead meat if i brought her because the female drivers are total babes. One of them is an actual model and the other is an idol trainee.
Diojo and anovia overheard a conversation between some of their classmates and sighed "lotta people are so excited about tomorrow's race apparently. It's making me more nervous now" which confused diojo.
"What are you nervous for? Are you later on against the guy with the black RX-7?" she said. Anovia tilted her head then a "pfft" escaped her lips "what? Am i wrong? Isn't the black FC the one enzo's going against?"
"Ah I'm sorry i couldn't help it. I don't know really but the FC is owned by a dude and it's currently under repair. It broke down in the middle of a race against me. He's mad good too he just doesn't know how to properly take care of a rotary engine..."
"Yeah i wouldn't race against someone like that either... Then i wonder who else has an RX-7. God there's a lot and they all come to dad's shop for maintenance and repairs, especially FDs. Wait you said you're a street racer? What do you drive?"
Anovia decided to mention her daily driver that could be considered a decent car for touge racing. "Ah it's just an FF AE92 levin. It's nowhere near as fast compared to your GT-R but it still shreds corners with the help of the handbrake while being so good on fuel and has spacious back seats." "i had to buy a corolla because of my gas guzzler FD. I'm sorry i have to hide it for now" anovia thought.
Diojo was quite impressed by the choice of anovia's car. "Ohh for sure it's hella lightweight and reliable. The 20-valve 4A-GE has huge tuning capabilities too. I didn't believe you were a street racer because of the Suzuki Samurai you daily drive"
Anovia smiled awkwardly and thought "that's because it's Johara's car and not mine. Mine is on 4 jacks waiting for a new clutch to arrive" but said "oh yes. I'll just keep it stock though. Ah anyway I'll be late to class. See you tomorrow!" She sent her off. Diojo went back to her amphitheater to pack her stuff and be over with the day.
◤◢◤Ueda, saturday 8:45pm◢◤◢
After diojo was done with closing the YZ speedster shop. She immediately headed home to eat dinner
"I'm back dad."
Seiichi, who was busy preparing for dinner turned his head to greet his daughter. "Oh welcome back little one! Right on time to eat since i just finished making dinner." The middle-aged dad removed his apron and began to prepare servings for both of them
"Say uhm...dad" diojo said to bring Seiichi's attention to her "do you know the owner of every single RX-7 that goes to the shop? I actually forgot about most of them and enzo will be racing against one tonight" she asked him, thinking of what anovia said yesterday.
"Quite nervous aren't we, diojo. There's a lot that i also keep forgetting the owners the moment they leave the shop. Also Shouldn't you ask about the 911 you're going against?" Seiichi was wondering why she never asked about her own opponent.
"Eh i don't really care honestly. As long as it's an air-cooled porsche i could find ways to win. The only issue though is the widebody kit on it and the faster response in shifting despite being a manual transmission. Even if i lost i just want to race for fun"
she took a bite off of the beef yakitory "Whoa these are good! You're a great chef!" She finished all the skewers with a wide smile on her face.
Seiichi was so moved for how his daughter managed to laugh this wholeheartedly again "aida, do you see her? She's the same happy girl as she used to be."
While he was on the verge of shedding happy tears, diojo looked up "old man are you crying?" Which made his ears red from embarrassment "n-no I'm not crying. I-I got something in my eye"
Diojo decided to tease him a bit more and said "hmm really? You were smiling though." This proved effective as he tried pushing her out the door "AREN'T YOU ALREADY LATE FOR THE RACE?? JUST GO ALREADY! MATSUMOTO ISN'T AS CLOSE AS YOU THINK IT IS." And closed the door
Diojo looked up and said. "Weird. It's still 9:12pm. Well getting there early wouldn't hurt right? I'll have more time warming up the tires i just installed earlier." Before getting in her car.
◤◢◤143 nat. route, 9:30pm ◢◤◢
2 cars roared their engines. Distinctively a Flat-6 engine and a rotary engine. A blue wide porsche GT2 and a pink RX-7 FD that both shared the same color scheme of decals and a fender sticker reading "Snow Flash". The two cars parked in the roadside parking lot and the silver haired duo got out of them which made a whole crowd cheer and yell
"WHOA THE SNOW FLASH ARE FINALLY HERE!"
"Wait is that the new transfer student at shindai? She has the pink RX-7?"
"Weird right? Heard she had a Kyuu-Ni when she was talking with diojo yesterday."
Anovia glanced at the gallery and said "whoa that's a huge crowd" Johara nodded and said "you seem to be the center of attention of the whole night aren'tcha?" Anovia sighed and said "i guess this is the price to pay for being a downhiller. Although in this case the road isn't technically considered downhill here."
Johara hummed in agreement and said "no wonder the guy you're against picked a supra instead of something that relies more on light weight. But don't worry you got the upper hand" she patted her bestfriend's silver locks. "We took over Gunma in no time so nagano folks wouldn't be that competitive. That race grade 20b you have is our hope"
she heard someone say "someone's coming. Clear the way!" The guy in the CRX with underglow and big subwoofers immediately lowered the volume waiting for the car to pass by. A familiar yellow supra zoomed getting closer to the crowd and enzo got out after stopping the car.
"We meet again blondie." Johara greeted. "Indeed, has Diojo come yet? And it's Enzo by the way." Enzo replied and Johara shook her head. "Never thought she'd show up last minute. I wanted her to see me battle the RX-7" he thought
"Do you want to wait till your uphiller comes or start right away, Enzo-senpai?" Anovia asked her male senior who shrugged saying "honestly I think this entire gallery is here to see the downhill battle more since it's more challenging and unpredictable. Since this is our home course I'd let you choose instead."
Anovia sighed and said "guess we'll wait. Seriously what's taking Diojo this long?" And she was interrupted by a guy from the gallery signaling a car is coming. Enzo immediately hopped into his supra to make way for the car passing.
Midnight purple glistening under the street light seeped towards the crowd and stopped before diojo got out and scanned the area "damn too many people came to spectate. Snow flash really isn't just talk. I'm more nervous now"
"Speak of the devil." Johara quietly said and walked towards the GT-R's owner and greeted. "Hey you must be Diojo Yazawa right? That GT-R looks stunning" Johara asked Diojo who said "yes. Nakamura senpai. Your Porsche is also pretty. How about we take them for a spin?"
Johara chuckled and said "Surely this is what everyone is waiting for. Let's get over with it asap" then got in her car and Diojo followed suit. Anovia decided to do the countdown and aligned the cars then held her hand in the air and engines revved on cue
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
The 6 cylinder engines roared loud and turbos whistled
"I hope you took your sweet time warming up your massive tires" Diojo thought.
"GOOOOO"
Anovia yelled swinging her hand down and the car flew by. Both drivers gradually shifted towards the 6th gear ripping the straightway as fast as their cars allowed. Johara having a slight advantage in power she jumped earlier into the right corner.
Behind them was a person riding a honda CBR900RR with a thin digital camera strapped to the windshield filming the race which is how street racers recorded their battles for fairer judgment and a source of entertainment after the race.
Back to the racers who almost finished the straightway section after the high speed corner. Diojo cursed the 993's widebody which cut the majority of chances to overtake yet praised Johara's great entry speed towards the corners "I underestimated how wide an RWB kit is and how fast she is. At least she isn't brake checking me."
On Johara's side she was pretty chill but quite bothered by Diojo's tailgating. "God she's fast I should increase my gap before the road gets wider again." But it seemed easier said than done as she was nearing the wider section but unlike her prediction Diojo didn't overtake yet.
"What are you doing idiot? You're not taking this chance to overtake?" She scooted to the center of the road to block the opening after Diojo rejected it.
Diojo deliberately ignored Johara's opening "no, not now. That's an easy and very predictable one. not in the straightway." She thought. "I'm nearing the consecutive hairpins section."
when they reached the consecutive twisty hairpins section "I can see it now. The slight downhill" she decided to do a brakeless drift with her rear left wheel almost gripping into the gutter to lean in front of the porsche to overtake.
"What?!! the- She can drift with a GT-R?? Is she a professional racer of some sort? Or just insane?" Johara was shocked but regained her composure and closed her opening on the outside.
Diojo continued analyzing Johara's movement "she's acting extra cautious now. Bet she knows her car's weakness and flawlessly works around it" she pointed out the fact Johara was braking earlier than usual "you found a perfect timing to brake late but not late enough to make the chassis lose all responsiveness."
"But who knows that cautiousness of yours and the fact my tires have more grip would make horsepower irrelevant on the cornes." She took the inside and gripped her inner tires to the gutter "a childish move but I wouldn't be able to win otherwise. That porsche is too wide it feels unfair."
She accelerated to redline the tachometer on all gears till reaching 4th gear and fully sent it eventually overtaking Johara "I'll be forever grateful for Enzo for showing me all the unlidded gutters in this course."
She finished the remaining hairpins and crossed the finish line, Johara following suit right after. The cars came to a stop and got out, not believing what she saw and how a girl broke her winning streak. Diojo who also got out, inhaled a handful of air "WHOAA FINALLY SOME AIR. I thought I'd die from the heat and how intense the battle was."
Enzo immediately ran to Diojo super delightful "YOU WON DIOJO! YOU'RE HELLA AWESOME!!" He hugged her tightly while Diojo was fighting for her life. "Ah yea I did. Now it's not the time to celebrate. And can you let go? I'm drenching your clothes in sweat..."
Enzo immediately took a step behind with wet spots on his polo t-shirt "ah sorry. I don't mind though" he said smiling. "I'll make sure to give you one hell of a show"
Diojo shrugged him off saying "yeah yeah as long as you're serious"
Amazing. I'm beyond impressed. Just what are you?" Johara said to Diojo who just replied
"Me? I'm just a mechanical engineering student working with dad"
To be continued >>>
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