Azusa thought the win was hers "The finish line is close! I feel like I'm flying wooohooo- huh?" She snapped from her ecstasy when she's noticed 2 headlights getting insanely close flashing at her. "Wait, no way that old porsche already caught up!" the pair of headlights signaled they're going to overtake from the left and the car finally revealed itself.

An old Fairlady Z S30 with a glistening dark red paint revving at a high rpm flew by faster than Azusa's brain could process and before realizing it the blue porsche flew by right behind it. "WHAAAT?? THIS RUSTY CAR OVERTOOK ME. THE AUDACITY YOU HAVE TO OVERTAKE MY BRAND NEW CHALLENGER!!!" Her blood was boiling.

As for Johara who forgot about the race with Azusa, immediately went to the chase of the Z "Johara-senpai! What are you planning to do? The race is over! We gotta go home!" Anovia yelled through the earpiece "Damn calm down Via, I finally found someone worth chasing! I've been looking everywhere for the Z!" Johara replied, very pumped up to race the red Z. "Ugh and what about Azusa? She didn't even see you overtake"

"Is she too blind to see you overtake her? And you have the dashcam footage so yeah. Her problem if she refuses to believe. Anyway you go home and rest" Johara replied before hanging up. "She's really stubborn for God's sake. I'll let her be..." and at the nearest exit, she took the loop and returned back home.

Meanwhile, johara was having a blast trying to overtake the red Z she going flat out but the Z doesn't seem to slow down any further. "If azusa was in my shoes she'd completely rage"

Inside the tinted Z, the driver said analyzing the "race" "so that's the new challenger keiron's little playgroup added... how boring. The driver was even more boring too. All talk, no skill. The porsche's driver is okay, but never on a level i consider competing with. Nagano really is a bunch of small fries..." he yawned then said. "You call this a race? I'm literally bored to death. Anyone with a handful of cash can do this. I'll just go back. See you soon 993, when you get better" he then slowly took the next exit.

As johara saw him, she was surprised he took a detour. "So the Z doesn't even want to race with me anymore. Fair enough, legends say he was hard to catch, even in the touge. No wonder he's called the demon of dawn. I want to be mad but i can't... Whatever I'm going home"

Johara went back home after the highway race and plopped on her bed completely tired after her jog because she's not used to staying outside till dawn. "This will take me a while to fix ughh"

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Back with Diojo who was up early to restock spare parts for the shop. She's finally used to the workflow thanks to sana. On her way back to the shop she spotted enzo who was filling up his tank. She pulled over to say "Hey Enzo what's got you up this early on a weekend?" Enzo scratched his head and said "nothing really, just checking a small car meet. maybe some new cars will arrive" diojo replied "oh would've joined you if i didn't have work today. have fun"

enzo noticed how dedicated to work diojo is "i see you already got used to working here, right?" diojo replied "uhh yeah, sana is great to have around, and i can't just leech off of the rich family i'm staying with , driving my dream car, not worrying about rent or breaking something down while pushing my car to the limit and getting a hefty allowance. i should show some gratitude don't i?"

enzo held his chin and said "honestly never thought about it that way but that makes sense. though you worded it as if you're a stranger temporarily staying at a someone else's place. nobody here sees you like that honestly. yazawa-san sees you as his cherished daughter, senna sees you as her sister she's never had, and snow flash sees you as close friend with a bit of rivalry."

 diojo said "that's right they believe i'm the diojo they grew up with. only you knows about it so, who do you see me as now? your first impressions of me weren't that great" there was this awkward silence between them then enzo trailed off and said "uhmmmmm how do i put it, i think of you as my trusty companion on both our journeys to greatness"

diojo "what is this? an enigma?" enzo smiled and said "who knows, it could be anything. anyways enough bothering you on work. see ya later" he got in his yellow supra and diojo yelled as he went off "don't forget to send me photos if there's anything cool out there!!" and went on her way.

enzo went to the meet thinking "oh no i might've  sounded so cheesy saying that. Ughh enzo why do you always mess up? She might be judging me  behind my back thinking of how stupid i sounded" he pictured diojo with a disgusted expression in his head.

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when he arrived he slammed his head on the steering wheel. "I honestly don't want to talk to anyone now" he put his hood up and got out to stroll around and see the cars there. "Ohh not so bad, I can spot several evos and Imprezas WRX. After all that's the standard for such rough roads." He looked around even more into the section for euro cars. "E46s are really popular here, despite Japan's go to german cars are mercs and porsches."

He then heard something new coming towards the entrance: An E60 M5 and a silvia S15. "Whoa someone already bought one? Nice. Probably still bone stock" everyone started swarming towards it asking the E60 owner to rev it which he did and everyone was amazed at how glorious the naturally aspirated V10 sounded.

Enzo not wanting to get noticed in the crowd, went back to where he parked his supra and got inside. His face immediately dropped when he saw an R32 GT-R  parked right in front of him. He kept staring at it mindlessly "there we go again... every time i see a 3-2. I remember her, and how she was brutally taken from diojo's life. Life in unfair indeed" he let out a sigh.

His trail of thought was interrupted by hearing a  girl yelling and a very obnoxiously loud engine with screeching tires. "Ugh what's happening now? I thought I'm going to a car meet for some peaceful time" he got out and went to the source of the yelling.

A guy with dark spiky hair and a blonde girl are quarreling, there was also a poorly parked dodge challenger that has a rubbery smell, signaling it did a burnout.

"Like i said. Don't park your car here. Go to your designated spot." The spiky haired young man said.

"And why is that you say? I don't recognize your face so you don't have anything to talk about. I'll park wherever I want" the blonde who turned out to be azusa replied

"The audacity you have. Literally the host of the meet said your spot isn't here ma'am. You can't just do whatever you want. Even she went to park at the JDM section" the guy pointed at the black silvia.

"Well you know, my car is quite large so i need a bigger spot. And the one i was given is too small for American cars." Azusa tried to hold herself together and explain

"Well if you have parking skill issues that's none of my concerns, it's pretty common with girls here to suck at driving" and the entire crowd of guys laughed except a masked person who went to sit in the E60's backseat "idiots" she thought.

Azusa's blood started to boil and she said "this is where i draw the line. The likes of you are the reason girls aren't respected in the scene. You misogynistic bastard. And you have nothing to say about my driving skills. I smoke porsche 911s for breakfast"

"Oh you mean the blue porsche that literally flew by you yesterday without realizing it? Yeah no shit Sherlock" the guy said "no wonder your boat couldn't keep up"

Azusa was confused at what the guy said and she asked "flew by? What do you mean? I remember flying past her?" Someone said "oh you don't know? That dashcam footage of the car behind you is all over forums. Here, see for yourself. Maybe your ego blinded you." And he handed her his phone with the video playing. She saw for the 1st time how she was overtaken by the Z and the porsche at the same time, followed by the RX-7.

Her heart sank and she wished the ground would swallow her alive. "You should see that look on your face, Yoshioka. Nakamura of the snow flash obliterated you." The E60 owner said and everyone laughed. Enzo thought  "I feel bad for her but she deserves it. Heard nasty rumors about her and how much of a bully she was in middle school and highschool. Serves you right"

The laughs went on and on and Azusa's face reddened from rage and embarrassment. Until the glass of the back window of the e60 was tapped and the tinted window went down.

"Kenshin, I think you've gone overboard with your slander. You guys were too loud I couldn't even rest my eyes" The masked girl spoke. "B-but, she dragged herself into this with her entitlement. We said no burnouts in this meet right." The guy was frustrated.

The girl nodded and said "yeah I know that but you guys are doing just as much noise as burnouts so tone that down." then she removed her sunglasses to reveal her amber eyes and addressed the blonde girl. "And you, you should've just followed the instructions of the gathering."

Azusa who thought she finally got a girl to side with her was immediately let down when she said "I've specifically given you that place as you are the only muscle car in the batch to stand out. Yet you chose to break the flow of the meet and now everyone is upset. This is making me regret hosting this damned meet"

Azusa said "Are you siding down with that misogynist?! He straight up talked smack about your driving skills. Your choice of boyfriends is hideous indeed. Or maybe not because of how you think you're better than everyone else" She decided to project onto her to which the amber eyed girl replied:

"And lemme give you some advice, from a girl to another, if you bought that challenger just for attention and hoping to latch on a guy, then you better sell it and rethink your life choices, I can't have the likes of you ruining our reputation. Your attitude makes it harder for us to put an end to the 'misogyny' you're talking about."

"And who might you be to say I'm ruining your reputation?" The masked girl took off her mask and bucket hat and everyone was shocked.

"No way..." a guy trailed off

"WAIT THAT'S THE FORMULA DRIFT ROOKIE" another one added

"YES ERI SUGITA THE ONE WHO BROKE THE RECORD FOR MOST POINTS FOR A ROOKIE IN FD!" And another added.

Eri who was focused on the girl before her and said "Doesn't matter who I am. Love it or hate it, some people aren't meant to be car enthusiasts at all. And I only respect few women in motorsports: Michelle Mouton of group B rally, Sabine Schmitz queen of the nuerburgring and the Tomoe Gozen of rally and GT, Aida Yazawa. Other than that, I see no woman suitable for motorsports, as much as I hate to admit it. Never seen one work hard to catch wins and podiums as much as these three."

Kenshin added "that's right this is the reason why we came here. We want to test who's worthy of a professional's respect. YZ Speedster has a street racing team if i remember correctly. And we're interested in challenging their drivers in our home turf in Kamisuwa. I've seen their supra but not its owner" At the mention of the Yazawas shop Enzo's eyes widened.

The girl who revealed herself to be Eri said "Indeed, I want to see if her daughter took the guts of steel of her late mother or not. The guy also has some interesting background too" 

Azusa was quite annoyed that she realized she's on the chopping board of a professional drifter. She wondered what's so special about the R34 skyline they own and asked her "Why didn't you directly ask me to race you then? Why go by a run-of-the-mill mechanic's shop before me?"

Eri didn't hesitate to reply with "Like I said. I wish not to waste my time in a playground. You already lost against snow flash who lost against YZS so why would I bother? If you're looking to repent then take the touge seriously. Learn the discipline. Use the most out of your car then challenge me"

To be continued>>>