Takahishi: final chapter

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

Chapter 6:It's all or nothing!

Taka and Tony were both looking at the final turn, a gentle turn to the left that would change their direction by 90 degrees and put them on the homestretch. Tony knew that he had an advantage, or at least he thought, he was setup on the inside of the turn. "I will have the quicker line through this turn", thought Tony, "Freak boy will be stuck on the outside and take forever to make it through, victory is still mine!" Taka knew that he was now at a slight disadvantage, even though he was now dead even with Tony. "How am I going to pull this off?" Taka thought to himself, but then he realized something: he was a stock Honda keeping up with a new SRT-4. "With the vTEC force on my side I can still pull this off!" The turn came, Tony and Taka both moved with a purpose. Tony did some late braking, and with a downshift cut in towards the apex of the turn, Taka on the other hand seemed to carry more speed into the turn then Tony, and maneuvered himself so he was still side by side with Tony. Tony looked over midway through the turn and was shocked to see this Honda sticking to the road right next to him, and he even appeared to be sliding sideways a little bit. "If this guys nuts!? Is he for real!? He is going to crash and possibly take me with him!!" Tony was in a panic, to him his only option seemed to accelerate out of the turn as quickly as possibly, he floored it at the apex and began to roll out of the turn. Taka continued to hold an outside line and his suspension made him feel like he was planted to the road, so he too went wide open on the throttle when he was halfway through the turn. Then, just before the exit, it all happened, Tony had been over eager to floor it too soon and quickly realized the mistake. Coming out of the turn the back end of the car started to slide out, he corrected a little bit but was at full throttle, He quickly darted to the right, his car now sideways in front of Taka. Taka saw this and with cat like reflexes he jumped to the left lane and shot by Tony. Taka was now on the homestretch and accelerating like there was no tomorrow, but something happened, he began to slow down, he was feeling more like his old self. He realized that the force was leaving him, but only because there was now no doubt about him being the winner. Everyone at the finish line went crazy when they saw that the proud and arrogant Tony had just lost to a little econo-box. Deep down Ellie couldn’t help but be happy for Taka, and she too rejoiced over the victory. Tony remained motionless at the last turn, his car pointing in the opposite direction of the finish line out in the middle of the road, he was speechless and he felt like he was dreaming. That night forever changed three cars: An SRT-4 who realized that no one is invincible, an MK3 Supra who saw that greatness doesn’t have to come from what is seen on the outside, and a little Honda Civic DX hatchback who got to live out the one dream he never thought was possible.