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Mr. Keener laid the chassis of the Mercedes AMG GT-R on the hydraulic jack. The team at ready to work on their new project.
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The trio then lined up for their next target. The Black Stalion fired up for his next race against an Elemental Guardian.

"Come at me." Clint taunted his opponent.
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"Alright guys we've only got three days left till Saturday comes rolling in." Airi announced. "So let's make the most out of this by making the ultimate drift machine for Louis-kun!"

The team: "Yeah!!"

"It's your call Louis," Airi said turning to the hoodie.

Grinding widely, Louis announced "Alright everybody let's do this!!"
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The R32 and his MR2 Roadster opponent sat on the starting line revving their engines as their exhaust backfires repeatedly.

The starter then got into the starting for the countdown, Clint focusing on his Skyline.

"LET'S GO CLINT!!" Dino and Dave cheered for their friend.

"Let's crush this guy."
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The team soon started by taking apart the broken front bumper and headlights, they soon replaced them with fresh new ones straight from Germany.

JL then used a power driver to screw and fastened the screws in their place in the front bumper as Joel took apart and replaced the headlights.
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Clint drifted into the inside of a corner and passed his understeering MR2 opponent. The silver hair flooring the gas into the straights afterwards. He was unstoppable.
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The team laughed as they joked around during their break. All of them having a great time.

Joel won a match of wrestle from JL easily and Louis with a little effort but lost to Rachel instantly. Many wondering if it was on purpose but Louis thought not, knowing her strength.
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The GTS-T Skyline flew past traffic as he battled with a Lamborghini Gallardo. The driver sweating heavily trying to tailgate Rider ahead.

Clint then took the left lane of the highway passing a car and a huge bus going at the same speed together. The Gallardo that tried to pass him on the right lane braked and was blocked by the bus.
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Mr. Kenner then placed on his protective mask and shone the blow torch onto the undercarriage of the AMG as it hung above the hydraulic jack.

He removed the stock exhaust and replaced it with a new silvery one. Louis helped carry the heavy old exhaust and threw it onto a pile of old rusted and damaged parts. He wiped the sweat from his forehead before getting a can of energy drink by Airi. Both of them smiled at each other.
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Clint then battled with The mighty Drift King. Thomas drifted swiftly in his FC as Clint followed behind keeping up.

"Just one more target before Louis Flash."
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The team was finishing assembling the Mercedes, Mr. Kenner finished installing all four tyres of the AMG. Marcus, Rhys and Prayter helped by installing lighter poly carbonated glass windows and swapping any heavy electrical components to reduce weight.

Rachel and Katie cleaned the interior and helped by installing all the new dashboard gadgets and mini computer.

"It's done." Mr. Kenner announced as everyone cheered.

(Music fades)
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(Mr. Kenner's second hand cars and parts, Kuala Lumpur downtown.)
(Friday, 12:30hrs)

"It's a beast Louis." Joel said looking at the car.

"I may only like JDMs but damn this car can make me drool." JL stated

The Mercedes was a beauty. It's metallic white paint job had been polished newly. The headlights were fresh new as so was the interior filled with gadgets up to date. The team proud of their work as they high fived each other happily.

"Yeah it's great guys but remember that's just the outside.." Louis then changed expression. "WE FORGETTEN THE GODDAMNED ENGINE!!"

The Team then stopped whatever they were doing with white eyes of shock. They then all started to freak out at that statement.

Joel: "PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC!!"

JL: "AHHHHHH CRAP ALL THE SHOPS ARE CLOSED FOR A PUBLIC HOLIDAY TODAY!!"

Prayter: *chants some prayers is Chinese*

"I see you still need my help."

The voice made everyone turn to the source. The lost trio was standing there calmly.

"I got a call from Mr. Kenner here, saying you needed an engine. Well I already got one for you here. For a good bargain too."

Louis: "You got us an engine??" *remains shock at Clint*

"Come on and see for yourselves."
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The team then waited outside the garage. A seemingly spring month has remained summer in Malaysia as the foreigners felt like melting when they stepped outside except Louis, JL, Joel and Rachel who was used to the hot weather.

Dino's yellow Subaru Impreza WRX came in with a small trailer behind. The team was curious of what engine laid behind the white cloth.

Clint then went and pulled off the white cloth revealing a fresh new V8 engine. It's silver metal reflected the sunrays and blinded everyone for a brief moment.

"That's a V8..." Louis trailed before Clint cut in.

"It's a naturally aspirated 3.0 liter V8 from the Ariel Atom 500 race car. It's lightweight and easy to tune in a short time which is critical now. So I thought I brought you this."

"The hell that's a freaking race car engine!" Joel exclaimed.

"Wow," Louis then placed his hands onto the cloth able to feel the structure of the V8.

"Thanks a lot Clint I mean you helped me and my team so much. How can I thank you." Louis asked. The silver hair chuckling hardly like it was the funniest thing in the world. He then flipped his silver hair aside and said.

"By giving me the greatest race I'll ever have."

"That I can promise you." Louis smiled, the dude talking his language. However, Airi grunted softly behind feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Good, then you should have no excuse to not show up tomorrow morning at 3." Clint replied as he opened the door to the passenger seat of the Impreza.

"Wait Clint."

"Huh?" The silver hair stopped after getting his leg halfway onto the WRX STI. "Anything?"

"One more question,"

"How much can this engine rev?"

Clint remain silent at first, leaving Louis hanging awkwardly. The silence continued for another solid minute before Louis changed his mind.

"Never mind forget i--"

"It could be revved up to 10500RPMs." Clint said breaking the silence. The team gasped at the huge number.

"10500?!"

Louis nodded. "Right, then I guess I'll see you soon. On the track."

"Cool."  Was the silver hair's last words before disappearing into the roads of KL. The team watching behind.

"Alright guys let's put this bad boy rightfully into it's place." The hoodie then glanced at the detached trailer with the NA V8.
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Louis Flash

Elemental Drifters : The Second Stage
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It was late friday night in the garage. Louis was up late, admiring the City Skyline of Kuala Lumpur from the open garage door. It was breathtaking.

"Louis-kun your still here?"

A voice arupted Louis thoughts as he turned and saw Airi coming in the garage with him.

"Oh hey Airi."

"What are you doing late at night? You should be resting for the next race in a few hours time." The purple hair asked concerned but Louis shook his head.

"I'll be fine, and if I dose off now I'll get all hazy when I awake and I wouldn't be able to think of a game plan." The hoodie stated facing the city. "I gotta stay focused while I can."

Airi then felt a little uncomfortable. She knew needed to do something as it could be the last time she'll ever see him again. She know Louis too well, he's gonna hurt himself again. Do something real reckless some way.

"Huh?" Louis felt something behind his back and realized....

Airi hugged him tightly in the back. Her breast were freaking the hoodie out as it touched his behind.

"Umm... Airi??" Louis managed to blurted out.

"Please don't crash." She said worried sick as she kept him in her embrace. "I don't want to see you crash again like last time."

"Ummm. It's fine Airi I won't." Louis stammered

"And that was what you said before your race with The Drift King."

She was right, Louis couldn't kept her promise the last time. He promised to come back in one piece but did it with a couple of nasty bruises and cuts.

"Well, what do you know I've got a problem with the engine." Louis then changed the subject as he got away from her embrace and went to his AMG and opened the hood, revealing the beastly high revving V8.

"What problem is it?" Airi asked as she bent down cluelessly. Her cute innocent expression easily distracted Louis as he snapped out of her and onto the engine.

"I guess one of the spark plugs in this engine Clint gave us was damaged. I tried to start Mercy up just now but it won't budge."

"Hmm... I think I can help in a jiffy." She claimed as she rested her hands on the edge of the hood. A long strain of purple hair fell in front of her as she brushed it back behind her ear.

Louis gazed at her stunned by her beauty.

"A dude and a beautiful girl alone in a garage. What are the odds." He thought.

"I'm sorry if I'm bad at this but I've just started to learn this spell." She claimed.

"Spell??" Louis asked dumbfoundedly.

"~Asigna Lind Ver Aymi~." Airi chanted the ancient words as her purple aura began to shine bright around her. Louis stood stunned at the scene, not knowing how to react.

The blown off spark plug of the engine soon started to repair itself magically. It shone a bright similar purple colour as Airi's hair.

Airi grunted a little as she closed her eyes and focussed on the spell. She could feel the energy slowly draining of her body.

"*pants* it's done." Airi said panting heavily. Louis went to check on the engine and true enough the damaged spark plug looked as good as new almost if it was magic or maybe it was.

"Wait a minute," Louis realized, putting the piece of the puzzle together. "Are you?" 

"Yes," Airi cutted in as usual. "My element is Magic."

"Just like Clint Rider's, unlike other elementals I have the ability to cast spells."

"I'm sorry if I had to keep this a secret to everyone. But it's the only way." Airi felt guilty. But Louis was not mad at her anyway.

"Specifically the magic elements are an endangered race. Before they were as numerous as the other elementals. But they had something special the others don't."

"They had the ability to cast spells which can be a game changer in battles, a powerful magic Elemental can just have his finger snapped once and an entire enemy army can turn to dust in the battlefield."

"Due to their importance, during the great war of elements the Magic elements were persuded to join the Dark elements. But many refused and decided to remain neutral during the war knowing the casualties that could be caused in a blink of an eye by their people."

"So the Darkness decided to launch a surprise attack on them, using other Dark Magic elements on their side they quickly wiped out the magic elemental race off the planet. Some good magic elements managed to escape including my partner."

"They took part in the war out of vengeance and cause the planet's destruction. The magic elements were close to extinction after the war."

"So the council of elements decided to impose Elemental Guardians to protect the Magic elements. The remaining magic elements are given a choice to continue fighting the Darkness by racing or to stay peacefully. Those who chose to fight act as a plan B in case the Light or any other elements fail to defend the planet. To battle a magic element, you'll have to go through their Guardians first."

"Wait but this still doesn't explain why our planet was in a urge of invasion after I 'lost' to Mr. Alex." Louis questioned curiously.

"Well I had no idea of any other magical elements on this planet. And......."

"I was scared." Airi replied with a sad tone. "I was such a scaredy cat during that time, scared if I would lose just like you."

"I ran away from a fight just because of my stupid fear of my own stepdad."

The purple hair looked down on the floor guilty. Louis understood the feeling, she was supposed to be the second protector of the Earth and yet she failed to do so.

Louis then felt brave and knew what to do. He then reached out and placed his hand onto Airi's head touching her soft purple hair. She was about 5 centimeters shorter than Louis even though she was a year older than him.

"Louis-kun?"

"It's alright," He assured her with a charming voice. "It wasn't your duty to protect the Earth. It was rightfully mine from the start and I only made it worse by worrying you have to go next by losing once but I covered my mistakes by beating Mr. Alex to the ground."

"You're a brave, responsible young girl Airi, and I'm grateful you always have to stay up late at night to do reports and organize race meets for me while I go on my expeditionary races since September last year."

Airi's eyes got teary with emotion hearing such compliments from the hoodie.

"I'm glad your my assistant Airi, without you I couldn't run Elemental Drifters alone."

"Thank you Airi-chan."

Airi suddenly changed expression a let off a cute laughter upon hearing Louis' last sentence. "You used a Japanese term for my name!"

Louis: *blushes* "Well, you were using mine like that too! I thought I'd say that so we could be even!"

Airi continues to chuckle. Louis looking at her beautiful gaze like crazy now. He couldn't accept the fact that he was attracted to her since he first met her.

Long purple hair, cute and a funny expression was his type of girl.

He had to confess.... To make his move......

"Ummm..... Airi-chan."

"You said it again."

"I know, I just......." He trailed. "*gulp*... Want to be with you forever."

"Louis-kun, you really do?"

"Airi I-I. I like you. I been wanting to tell you for a long time. But your my type of girl."

"I'm sorry I never said this sooner but......."

"Please," The purple hair then touched the hoodie's lips with her index, silencing him. "Save it."

She got dangerously close to him. Both their eyes locking as they close them together and moved their mouths in for a kiss.

"Hey Louis, we're-----" Joel trailed as he saw the scene.

The two then turned and exchanged glances with the brown hair with shocked eyes.

"Ummm...... Me and the team are heading to Hakone early. JL says that Clint's video attracted a lot of people around the world today. Even the news people are joining so we're going there to get the best sits."

Louis: "Ooookay??"

"Ok bye!" Joel said slamming the door shut before yelling from outside. "HEY EVERYONE, DON'T NOT *censored*-ing ENTER THIS ROOM!!!!!"

Louis and Airi both let off a sigh of relief before looking at each other blushing as they realize how close to a kiss they were.

"Airi, I--"

"Go." She smiled sweetly in front of him. "Go battle Clint in his R32."

"And if you win I'll be your girlfriend." She stated making Louis eyes wide.

"Airi?"

"I realize now for being such a selfish brat for not letting you race. When the first time we meet you said you wanted to be the best racer in the world. And now I'm giving you just that."

"And if you win your prize will be me myself."

"And if I lose?" Louis asked raising an eyebrow sarcastically.

"You won't lose. Cause you have me."

"Alright looks like I really can't lose now." The hoodie demanded all fired up.

"Let's dance Rider!!" He yelled punching the night air of the scenery of Kuala Lumpur.
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(A few hours later, Nagao pass, Hakone, Japan)

The mountain was packed to the brim with race enthusiasts from all around the world. All eager to watch the epic battle of two racers.

Louis Flash Vs The Black Stalion

People were seen crowding all the corners of the mountain. Not a single spot near the road was missed.

Even the news people had shown as JL said. The news van came and parked on the summit with the crew setting up their aerial camera drone to shoot the live moments of the race.

The reporter lady then checked if she looked good and fresh that early in the morning. She held a small mirror and flipped her hair around to her liking.

"Ok we're going live!" The cameraman announced. "In three......two......one Action!"

"Tonight we're about to witness what many people describes as the most thrilling, most nail biting race after the Battle of the Earth."

"Louis Flash and his newly formed expeditionary racing team with so far ZERO losses with them are now up against their last and yet most intense race."

"They be up against a new elemental race who calls himself The Black Stalion."

The team then waited in the summit. The trio were there as well. Clint sitting on the hood of his GTS-T, causally waiting for Flash.

"Hey is this race really beneficial?" Clint's partner asked. "If it ain't for the sake of this planet, then what's the importance?"

"You just don't understand Zendrick." Clint told his partner. "A race doesn't have to be for something important."

"Sometimes just knowing your the best by beating someone faster, stronger and better is worth the importance."

"I see."

"Ha, I still can't believe you used your partner's name for your fake name." Dave the golden blonde from Hong Kong said.

"Well we did too." Dino replied, leaning on his WRX.

"Where is he?" Marcus asked, the Brit getting impatient. "He couldn't leave a crowd this big hanging."

"Relax he'll come." JL assured the violet hair. "I'm almost certain he'll be coming in with a grand entrance."

"Well, maybe he's got something to do with Airi...." Joel said almost murmuring.

The team and girls: "Huh?"

"Well, I did saw them." Joel was getting red. "Almost kiss."

Rachel: "EEEEEHHH!!! Airi and Louis??!"

"Is that possible??" Katie and JL asked together as they both looked at each other before looking away blushing.

*EEEEEEEEEE!!!*

A tyre squealing was heard in the distance. It sounds like a car was coming uphill fast!

*Engine revving*

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