Chapter 13 - It’s Over 9000!
“Please bare with us while we move the barriers! We will be using the full length of Suzuka for our feature race!”
Yuka sat in the boot of the Civic, enjoying a cup of hot chocolate before the race. A man approached her.
“Baby, hey baby.”
Yuka ignored the man.
“Don’t ignore me baby. I just want to ask you out.”
Yuka looked up briefly, before returning to her drink.
”Hey! How dare you ignore me!”
“I’m not ignoring you, I’m giving you a hint, but since you cant understand, I’ll spell it out for you. I’m not interested.”
”Hah! No girl isn’t interested in me!”
”Well this girl is, so deal with it.”
“Lets make a bet then.”
“Okay, I’m listening.”
“If I win, you go out with me. I choose the place and what you wear.”
“Pfft. Sure. And if I win?”
”You tell me.”
“Alright. If I win, you buy me a car. I choose the car and where it’ll be purchased from.”
”Whatever, deal. My NSX will thrash this Civic.”
”I’ll see you on the track then.”
”Mind giving me your name baby? I’m Dex.”
”I’m Yuka. And if you call me baby one more time, I’m going to castrate you with my front bumper.”
Dex walked off.
“Racers involved in the feature race, you have ten minutes to get ready.”
Yuka finished her hot chocolate and closed the boot.
”Show time!”
Yuka joined the group of racers and began the rolling start.
Starting Grid
1. Dex’s White Honda NSX Type R NA1
2. Black Nissan 300ZX Z32
3. Black Nissan Fairlady Z Z32
4. Blue Nissan Stagea
5. Silver Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo
6. Red Nissan Skyline 350GT
7. Yuka’s Blue Civic Type R
8. Silver Nissan Skyline GT-R R32
9. Blue Nissan Fairlady Z Z33
10. Red Honda NSX Type R NA2
11. Green Honda NSX NA1
12. Silver Honda Accord Coupe
“Finally! I’m going to get a date with a pretty girl! No more desperate girls!”
“All we need to do is overtake this NSX and Team ZX can get a 1-2 finish.”
“Lets tag team this NSX.”
“What these people don’t realise, is that the Stagea is essentially an R33 wagon!”
“My GTO will win with minimal effort.”
“You don’t need a GT-R to be the best!”
“That Dex makes NSX drivers look bad. Lets see how cocky he is when he’s chasing a girl he cant catch.”
“The original Godzilla! No modern crap for me!”
“Don’t count out the Z33 because of the Z34.”
“I hope Kyle doesn’t mind me borrowing the prototype, it’s just a shame to see it collect dust just because the finished settings are on a different car.”
“Amazing. In twelve years, Honda barely changed the NSX. Just goes to show how amazing it really is!”
“I’m rooting for that Civic driver. Show these guys the might of the FF chassis!”
“Go go go!”
“Oh hell yes! This acceleration is nuts!”
“She’s passing me already?!”
“I can brake so much later than everyone else, this tune up is fantastic!”
“Holy crap that Civic is fast!”
“The steering is so sharp!”
“There’s that acceleration again!”
“The Civic is already on my tail!”
“She walked me!”
“No way! That Civic is taking everyone down so easily!”
“Well not me! I’ll keep running away until the end!”
“That Z is fast, but it’s relying on turbo power far too much.”
“I’m out-accelerating you on the shorter straights.”
“I just cant get over how much more agile you’ve become!”
“It’s like falling in love all over again!”
“That crazy girl! She’s too damn fast! I’m barely holding onto the road!”
“I’m not even breaking a sweat, are you?”
“You’re finished now!”
“All clear! Move over!”
“Damn it!”
”Woooooooooooooooo!!”
“Too easy!”
“I didn’t expect him to be so far ahead… Damn. I guess we’ll have to go faster then.”
“I’m closing the gap little by little!”
“I’m beginning to think you’re good Dex, but in all honesty I think it’s the NSX doing all the work.”
“Keep running boy!”
“I need to clear corners faster so I can gain faster!”
“You aren’t taking sixth from me you stupid NSX!”
“The lead NSX is far ahead with the Civic not far behind, I need to pass these midfielders already…”
“Closer… Closer…”
“Are you braking early? Or are my brakes just freaking awesome?”
“Keep running Dex! Keep running!”
“Yuka, save your energy for our date!”
“Want to get closer, Dex?”
“Get off me! Save it for tonight!”
“Damn I’m losing him!”
“You can’t keep up with me Yuka! You should’ve taken my advice!”
“Faster, faster!”
“Missed me?”
“Rawr!”
“We’re even down the long straights.”
“But when it comes to corners, I’ve got a clear edge which lets me hang onto you and pressure you the entire circuit!”
“Don’t you have anything better to do than breathe down my neck Yuka?!”
“Alright! Here’s my chance!”
“No… Don’t you dare overtake me!”
“This one is mine!”
“Bye Dex!”
”Noooooooooo!!!!!!”
“Come catch me!”
”Damn she’s passed me! Who’s that behind me now?”
”Ah, this is where you two have been hiding.”
“Final lap!”
“That blue Civic, didn’t we tune that?”
“Damn where did this red NSX come from?!”
“Cant keep up, Dex?”
“This Civic just keeps going faster and faster!”
“I’ve already lost a date! I’m not losing my pride too!”
“Just another kilometre or two and I’ll have a new car!”
“Damn that Civic is fast. I’ll settle with taking second. Losing to one of our own cars isn’t so bad.”
“Don’t scratch my car buddy, Kyle will kill me if I spend any more cash on resprays.”
“Yes! We won Civic! We won! You’re back and faster than ever!”
“After all that I came third?!”
”RKM first and second? Eh I’ll accept that.”
Later on…
“So Dex, how was the race?”
”I don’t want to talk about it.”
”Oh you’ve changed your tune! So anyway, you’re lucky because I’m happy enough with my Civic so I don’t want a new car.”
”Really?”
”So instead, you’re going to buy my friend a car. She cant drive so it’ll have to be a Kei car or something small.”
“Great…”
”Give me your number. I’ll call you when I find something.”
”Can I have your number?”
”No.”
“Okay…”