Woo…done. Sorry this took so long for me to post. But like I said this was the first chapter I was actually writing for scratch. The last five I just kinda revised. Also I'm settling down into college so I've had a lot of work on that. Also, another excuse, as you will notice this chapter is really long. 14 pages single spaced…Yeah lots of reading up ahead. So that's it. Enjoy!

"Mimi Tachikawa! You're late again!" Mimi's mother yelled at her for the umpteenth time this week. She just rolled her eyes at her and listened uninterestedly. It had been one whole week since she got back together with Matt. And every day after school they stayed at school a little longer and walked home together as slow as they possibly could so they could spend more time together. And for the fifth time her mother was giving her the same lecture. Last week had just been a complete let down. The classes just snailed by and at long last they were free. Today had been the last day before their winter break. They had 4 glorious weeks off. Of course that made no difference to Mimi. Over the last week she had gotten her phone, computer and her going-out privileges taken away. Tai was still mad at her; she had barely seen him through the week. Only occasionally during breaks and in between periods, even then he refused to talk, or even look at her. His tired and sleep-less attitude was back. But Mimi couldn't care less, or so she tried to convince herself. She did feel a bit bad about yelling at him, but she didn't do anything wrong, it was Tai who wouldn't listen. Plus she wasn't about to take her words back. But still, she wished it would just work between Matt and Tai.

"Are you even listening?" Her mother continued…had she been rambling on all this time? "Why are you so rebellious!" She yelled finally. That was it, she had defiantly struck a chord with that one.

"Rebellious? Trust me, I am NOT a rebel!" Mimi snapped back at her mother.

"Don't you talk to me like that! You have been acting so differently these last days. I just don't know what to say to you anymore!"

"Then just don't say anything to me! Leave me alone."

"Why? Why are you…acting like this? Are you just asking for attention?"

"No, you give me TOO much attention. You know what? I just don't care anymore." Mimi yelled she had had enough of her mother. She whipped around, stormed into her room and locked herself in. Inside she took a deep breath and relaxed a bit. She removed the jade colored turtleneck she was wearing and stayed in her pink t-shirt she was wearing under it. She then leaped into her bed and began contemplating the ceiling. She had been wearing turtlenecks or hoodies quite often. Every day to be precise. The reason? Simple: Matt had made it a habit of kissing her neck every day when they said goodbye to each other. So the red marks on her neck just multiplied every day. Mimi knew that it only meant trouble for her and tried to make him stop, but it just felt so good. It made her feel so…vulnerable. She just got so excited when he kissed her like that. She secretly adored the feeling of Matt's kisses on her neck. Mimi reached for the portrait on her night stand. Just days ago she wanted to rip that picture to pieces. Now she was glad she didn't. It was by far her most cherished picture of them. She looked at her clock, she had been there for only a few minutes. Being ground was boring for lack of a better word. She was desperate to get out. Matt had insisted that she snuck out, but Mimi had always refused. She had a feeling it wouldn't help her grounded situation. Her newest argument with her mom had made her seriously reconsider. She leapt from her bed and opened her door ever so slightly. She crept out into the hall, vigilant that her mom wouldn't see her. She made her way into the kitchen and snatched the phone and ran back into her room. She dialed Matt's number by memory…

"Yo…" Matt answered coolly on his cellphone.

"Hi." Mimi said simply, she couldn't help but smile.

"Oh hey baby what's up." Matt said.

"Help me. I can't stand it any longer. I have to get out of here." Mimi said making sure she sounded as helpless as she possibly could. Matt just chuckled.

"Really now. I'm glad to hear that." He said sounding amused. "Can you get out though?"

"I don't think so…not without my parents noticing." She said feeling her spirits okay. Matt stayed quiet for a few seconds.

"…OK I know." He said, "I'll pick you up at midnight. Can you get out then?" He said simply.

"I think so. But why at midnight? What can we do at midnight?" Mimi said feeling curious.

"Oh you'll see, it'll be fun…" He said mysteriously, "Hey listen, I gotta go. I'll be there at midnight. Love you." He finished and hung up. Mimi hang up and threw the phone to the side onto the carpet. What could they possibly do at midnight…unless…he wanted to repeat what had happened last weekend. That's when Mimi began regretting the decision…If that was what he wanted to do. Well either way, all she had to do is well, not sneak out. But still, she really wanted to do something, she was sick and tired of staying indoors for so long. She heaved a giant sight. It was gonna be a long day, longer than it had already been.

Back at Tai's place, he had just finished having dinner with his family. Tai had to say he enjoyed it. Kicking back after school with Kari and his parents always made him feel so relaxed. Right now? He was sitting on their couch watching T.V. His parents were upstairs. Kari was in her room getting ready for something or other. She mentioned something about going out and celebrating the end of classes. As for him, he didn't have much planned. After Mimi made up with Matt things declined back to just about the same as they had been before their short lived break up. Well, except for the fact that he was unemployed. He couldn't believe he had for one second actually though he could have at least one of his true friends back.

"Hey." Kari said suddenly jumping into the couch, sitting next to Tai.

"Hey look at you all dressed up!" Tai joked at his sister who was wearing a new pair of rhinestone patterned jeans, a blue sweater under a tan vest with matching tan winter boots and scarf. "I bet T.K.'s gonna be there huh?" He teased poking at her ribs with his elbow.

"No! That's not- Shut up!" She said quickly, blushing a little. Tai, and everybody else for that matter was, always amused by the huge, gigantic, allegorical crush T.K. and Kari had for each other. Yet, ironically, they were the only two who didn't seem to acknowledge the crush. It was cute at the beginning, but now it was just funny and a little annoying. "T.K. is just-"

"I know, I know. He's just your friend." Tai said imitating her. Kari just giggled and shoved at him.

"Well, what about you, any plans for tonight?" She said boldly changing the subject. Tai sighed and leaned back.

"Uh…no. Not really." Tai said rubbing his face. "I'm probably just gonna kick it back and watch a movie." Kari frowned, it really wasn't like him to stay indoors, especially on a Friday. In fact it had happened a few times already, and she had to admit she was a little worried.

"Come with us." Kari said suddenly, a slight smile growing on her face.

"What?" Tai said a little taken aback.

"Come with us, it will be fun!" She insisted.

"No, no. It's okay really, don't worry about me." Tai said smirking and ruffling her hair slightly. Kari's eyes instantly grew large and she swatted his hand away.

"Do you know how long it took me to get it just right!" She said trying to straighten it back out.

"Don't worry I'm sure T.K. won't mind." Tai said smirking.

"Yeah he w-…" Kari began but stopped, her cheeks flushing "Shut up you jerk!" She finished playfully hitting Tai on the shoulder.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. Lemme make up for it. I'll drive you instead of mom. Come on." Tai said standing up and picking up his jacket along the way. Kari nodded and stood up.

"Mom! I'm gonna take Kari to her date! Be back in a few!" Tai yelled taking his mother's car keys from a counter in the kitchen. Kari punched his shoulder at the mention of her non-date.

"Okay! Hurry back." came Mrs. Kamiya's voice from upstairs.

Tai rounded his mother's Toyota Camry around the curve of their building's parking lot and into the heavily trafficated street.

"So where am I going?" Tai asked realizing he didn't quite know where he was going.

"Oh, we're gonna meet at the mall." Kari answered, "So are you sure you don't want to come with us?" She insited.

"Yeah I'm sure. I don't want to be a fifth wheel." Tai said simply.

"You're not a fifth wheel, you know we can hang out together like we used to." Kari said.

"I know, but, it's just that…maybe if some of the guys were here." Tai said turning into the mall's parking lot. Kari sighed. She had noticed Tai's change in attitude a while ago. He never really got over everyone leaving. He wasn't used to change. She missed the other guys too, but she had at least moved on. She made new friends. She still hung out with T.K. and she even stayed in contact with most of their friends.

T.K. waved at them from the entrance of the mall as Tai pulled up to drop his sister off.

"Hey Tai!" he greeted as Kari got off, "How's it going?"

"Hey man, it's all cool." He said, "You kids have fun!" Tai said just before he pointed to both of his eyes and back at T.K. Ah the classic 'I'll be watching you' T.K. smiled at him nervously and Tai chuckled. He was of course joking with him, but T.K. sometimes took it a little seriously. Kari was oblivious to the whole joke, and oblivious to everything else for that matter, like she always was around T.K.

"You sure you're okay?" Kari said before she shut the door.

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry about it." Tai reassured as he began pulling away.

He drove in silence most of the way, he didn't even feel like listening to the radio. He liked driving though, it was relaxing.

"Watch it grandpa!" Someone yelled at him as he jammed the brakes. Relaxing could be a relative term. Especially when compared to road rage.

He was about half way back when he noticed Mimi's building just one block away. Almost instantly he felt tempted to go in and try talking to Mimi. He couldn't stand that they were not talking. After all maybe they could work something out. Right? Oh what the hell. He rounded the corner and drove into the building's lot. It wasn't absurdly late so it should be fine. He parked and turned the car off, but he didn't get off. This was stupid, they were still friends. There had to be a way for them and Matt to get along. But still, she knew how Matt was and that this was going to happen if they got back together. So that means she probably didn't really think much of their friendship is she was so willing to give it up for Matt. Tai was more of a rebound friend than an honest to goodness friend.

"This was stupid anyway…It's probably what she wanted all along." Tai muttered scowling and turned the car back on and pulled out of the lot and headed home.

Up in the building, on the second story Mimi let out two tiny sneezes. "Ugh…Someone must be talking about me." She muttered as she pulled on her tribal tattoo shirt on. She was glad she had gotten to it before her mom had thrown it out. She then eyed the window and had the weirdest feeling. She climbed on her bed and peered out the window to the street down below. Bah, it was just a car pulling out of the parking lot. She quickly dismissed the thought. She had been really paranoid since it began getting dark. She was both looking forward and dreading her date with Matt. She climbed back down and headed to her closet and pulled on her pink and white bunny pajama pants. She had been in the middle of changing when she got the sudden urge to look outside. Anyway, she had to at pretend to go to sleep if she was gonna have any chance of sneaking out. She already had everything planned, it was the actual execution of her plan that had her nervous. There was just one thing left to do, and by far her favorite! Picking what she was gonna wear! She delved deeper into her closet looking for the perfect outfit.

YES! Perfect! She picked a pair of discolored jeans, a long sleeve white button up shirt with a pink tie, orangey brown belt, and small tan over-the-shoulder bag and a matching fluffy scarf. Sure it was gonna be a little chilly, but she was determined to look good. Her scheming was suddenly interrupted by sudden knocking on her door. She quickly stuffed her outfit into a corner and ran out of her closet. She calmed down and breathed deeply and put on a pink turtleneck sweater to cover her neck before opening the door.

"Hey mom." Mimi smiling said shoving aside their old arguments.

"Hi honey, how are you?" She said relatively warmly.

"Bored out of my skull, but good otherwise." She said sitting down on her bed. Her mother smiled at her and sat next to her.

"I talked it over with your dad and we think you've had enough grounding for a week." She said, Mimi's eyes widened.

"Does that mean I can go out then!" She said excitedly, she could throw out her plan and guilt right out the window.

"No." Her mom said firmly. "You're still grounded till tomorrow."

"Oh…okay." Mimi said feeling a little disillusioned, "So why the sudden change of heart?" She asked out of sheer curiosity.

"Well, truth to be told, you've been pretty good at keeping your punishment." She explained, "Apart from being 'fashionably late' after school, you have been good at obeying us." She said placing obvious sarcasm on the lateness comment.

"So you're not mad about spending a little more time with Matt?" Mimi said not really believing what she was hearing.

"Well I was at first, but then your dad reminded me of how when we were dating, he used to walk me all the way home and then having to walk all the walk back to his car just so we could spend a few extra minutes with him." Her mom said blushing a little.

"Wow. I didn't know dad was so romantic." Mimi said smiling slightly.

"Actually, it was me who insisted on the walks. He was always so worried that I might get into trouble." She said giggling. Mimi smiled at her and couldn't help but throw her arms around her. It was just that cute.

"Thanks mom." She finally said letting go.

"Your welcome sweetie, now get to bed." Mrs. Tachikawa said getting up and leaving the room, turning the light off on her way. Mimi quickly jumped into bed and looked at her clock. She had set the alarm for exactly 11:30 pm so she would have a little time to get ready. She stared at her clock from under the covers, watching as the minutes slowly crept by. She quickly pretended to be asleep when her father came into the room, obviously trying to be as quiet as he could. He gave Mimi a quick good night kiss on the cheek and left. A few minutes later the hallway light flicked off. Mimi smiled a bit, she secretly loved her dad's good night gesture. He had been doing it for as long as she could remember. Sometimes he caught her awake, sometimes she just pretended to be asleep, and most of the time she didn't even notice. But she knew he was there every night. It somehow made her feel…safe. And those times she was awake, it made her very sleepy. This was not the exception.

Mimi's eyes snapped wide open at the buzzing of her clock. She quickly grabbed for it and stuffed it under her pillow, scrambling under it to turn it off. She then crawled back under the covers, holding her breath for a few minutes, checking to see if she had woken anybody. After the few agonizing minutes of dead silence she finally built up the courage to get up. She quietly closed the door to her closet, placing a towel at the door before turning on the light. There was absolutely no room for mistakes. She quickly changed into her outfit, deciding to take her shoes in her hand until she was well outside the building. She was about to turn the light off and step out when she noticed the little shelf where she kept rows and rows of necklaces, bracelets and other accessories. It would be a pretty touch. She selected a thin silver necklace with a tiny rose pendant. That's when she noticed a smaller pendant like necklace. It was gold and had a long hexagonal shape, with a in the middle compartment. It was her tag, and inside was her green crest of sincerity. She carefully took it and noticed it felt very cold. She had sometimes worn it and it usually emanated a warm feeling, it felt really different somehow. Well she probably knew why. She frowned and put it back in its place, and walking out.

Mimi descended the stair case in a very catlike fashion. She had peeked inside her parent's room. No motion, so far so good. Then it was the hardest of all. The front door. She carefully twisted the knob and creaked it open just barely enough so she could squeeze through. Well it was either successful or she was in for a hellish punishment tomorrow. She kneeled down and slipped her shoes on, and continued on her way out.

"You're late." Matt said as Mimi gave so much as one step outside the building. She scowled rather taken aback.

"Excuse me?" Mimi said in a frown, "Well I'm sorry if I'm such a –mgff…mmm…" she began but was cut off by a slight smirk from Matt just before he leaned over and kissed her. "Okay…" She muttered blushing when their lips parted.

"Alright lets go." Matt said offering her a hand, Mimi took it an allowed her to guide them to where ever they were going. "This is gonna be fun…"

"Wait!" Mimi said stopping suddenly and snapping back from la-la land, realizing what her meant by 'fun'. "Matt I really don't think we should do…this, just yet." She said quickly.

"Do…what exactly." Matt said and cocked his eyebrow at her.

"You know…it." She said whispering the very last part even though it was the dead middle of the night and clearly no one was around.

"Just where do you think we're going, huh?" Matt said feeling amused.

"Um…I just assumed that back to…you know…you're place?" Mimi tried.

"No see, YOU'RE the one with the pervy little head." Matt said chuckling and placing his index on her forehead. "We're not going to my place." He said firmly.

"Then…where?" Mimi said feeling embarrassed about the whole assumption.

"You'll see." She said mysteriously and began guiding her again. Mimi nodded with sudden curiosity and followed eagerly.

Mimi soon began regretting her choice of outfit, it was more than chilly. Her thin shirt was not doing much to compensate. She clung firmly to Matt's arm, snuggling close to her. Matt noticed and took off his own navy blue jacket and draped it over her shoulders, leaving him an a simple yellow t-shirt over a black long sleeve.

"Hey, won't you be cold." Mimi said removing the jacket and offering it back to him.

"Don't worry about me. We're here anyway." He said and gestured towards a large building. Mimi leaned her head to the side.

"A…parking lot?" She said not really getting it. They were standing in front of what looked like an ancient 5 story parking lot.

"It's inside. Come on." Matt said, he sounded oddly exited. They climbed to the very top floor. Inside there a few assorted cars, most of which looked in regular condition, nothing too horribly out of the ordinary.

"Here she is." Matt said finally stopping in front of a car. Except this one was defiantly different. Mimi had seen a few cars like these around town but she never really paid much attention to them. This one though, it called for attention. It was a Mitsubishi Eclipse. Its paint was metallic yellow with black and blue designs on the sides. The bottom of the car was merely inches off the floor. The rims looked different too, they were bigger and chromed and defiantly looked like they did not come with the car. And lastly the windows, they were considerably darker and had a sort of blue hue to them. Mimi looked at Matt questionably, who chuckled at her how naïve she was. "This. Is a street racing car." Matt said.

"A what? Oh no! No, no, no, no!" Mimi said realizing just what Matt had planned. "I am NOT getting on this thing."

"Yes you are." He said simply, a slight smile growing on his face. No way, this was dangerous, it was so far past dangerous, there was absolutely NO way she was getting on that car. Matt on the other hand was already inside and had turned it on. Even Mimi could tell the engine sounded different. It was rougher and louder, much, much louder than a regular one. Matt reached over and opened the door on Mimi's side. "Come on." He invited smirking at her. Mimi shook her head and did not move a muscle. "What, don't you trust me?" he said offering her his hand.

"It's not that, it's just that…" She said, but Matt only stared a piercing stare and did not move his hand an inch. Mimi sighed and slowly reached for it. As soon as she was within reach, he grabbed it and practically pulled her in.

"Alright, before we go. No one knows about this, absolutely NO ONE. Not even T.K. So you can't go around telling anyone OK?" He said firmly. Mimi nodded. Then Matt revved the engine up loudly and pulled out the parking lot, the tires making a loud screech as they hit the pavement.

"So what exactly are we gonna do?" Mimi asked, she was already in deep so might as well show interest.

"A few friends are gathering on the other side of the highway, gonna run a few times. Nothing too heavy." He said as they got on the onramp towards the highway. Mimi's noticed that as soon as he was on the highway he began to speed up. Pretty soon Mimi's speed comfort was out the window. That's when she noticed up ahead.

"Matt…there are cops up ahead." She said trying to get his attention, but he didn't slow down, instead he just smirked. "Matt the police…" She insisted getting really worried now. She sunk into her seat as they zoomed past the squad car. She couldn't believe her first sneak out was gonna end up at the police department. She looked back through the mirror and was surprised to see that the police wasn't in fact chasing them. "Um…what just happened?" Mimi said.

"The cops don't exactly have nice cars. They can't keep up with a car like this so they usually just don't bother." Matt said smiling.

"You scared me you big jerk!" Mimi said slapping his shoulder. "I though I was gonna be in jail by dawn." She said scowling. Matt just chuckled at her as he finally slowed down to get off the highway and head into what should have been an empty street near the docks. As they turned a corner, it revealed hundreds upon hundreds of people out on the street. Many other cars of other shapes and sizes were lined up with their hoods up. People flocked from car to car inspecting the engines and listening to the obnoxiously loud music. Matt found a place and parked his own car, and popped the hood.

"Is this you're idea of a few people?" Mimi tease feeling a wee bit more exited as they got out. This could be fun after all. Matt smiled and threw an arm around her shoulder and people came close to look at his car.

"Ey! Matt, thought you weren't gonna make it!" A voice said from in-between the crowds.

"Hey Leon." Matt said simply and a guy around his age approached them. He had light brown messy hair and Moorish eyes. He was wearing a large black sweatshirt and baggy jeans. He came up close to them and tossed a beer can at Matt. He had another one for himself.

"Heeey. Who's the lady?" He said smiling at Mimi.

"This is my girlfriend, Mimi Tachikawa. Mimi, this is Leon, he a good friend." Matt introduced.

"Nice to meet you." Mimi said shyly.

"Pleasure." Leon said simply, "Say, you seem to be drying up. Here's first one's on me." He said opening his beer can and pushing it into Mimi's hands.

"No, it's okay really." Mimi said quickly and offered the beer back.

"Don't worry about it doll." Leon said, "Yo Yosuke! Beer me!" he yelled towards another direction. A few seconds later he caught another beer can that seemed to just appeared from the crowd. "See? It's all cool. Cheers." He said opening it, raising it and, taking a big swig. Matt chuckled and raised his own, taking a drink. Mimi hesitated, but took a tiny sip of hers. She had to admit…it was the most horrible thing she had ever tasted. It took all her will power not to make a face when she swallowed it.

"Heh, don't worry. The more you drink, the better it will taste." Leon said seeing through her. Matt just chuckled. "So hey, Matt, who's it gonna be tonight?"

"I dunno." Matt said simply, "Who's out there?"

"There's a one on one goin on. Haruki vs Kiyoshi. ¥20 g's." Leon informed, sounding a bit more serious. Matt nodded.

"You raced yet?" He asked.

"Naw, I came for the booze and thee ladies tonight." He said taking another large swig. "Heeey." He flirted suddenly at a girl passing by. Matt smirked at him. Mimi just watched with amusement. She occasionally took tiny sips from her beer. It really didn't taste good at all, yet she didn't seem too keen on just throwing it away.

"Heads up." Matt said suddenly. Leon turned around to be face to face with another, rather large guy. He easily pushed Leon out of the way and came up close to Matt. "

"Is this piece of junk yours?" He said sternly.

"I'm standing next to it." He said shrugging.

"Heh, I can take you. You up for it?" He said leaning over the hood of Matt's car, inspecting it. "¥30,000 right now." He said reaching into his pocket and pulling out a large wad of bills. Matt raised and eyebrow, while Mimi's eyes widened. That was a big bet.

"You're on." Matt said reaching into his wallet and matching his bet. Mimi was even more surprised that Matt was carrying that amount in his wallet, if not more. The guy smirked and walked away.

"That's Shen right?" Matt said letting go of Mimi and chugging what was left of his beer, then crushing the can.

"Yeah you can take him, no prob!" Leon said.

"Mimi you stay with Leon, it will be quick." He said kissing her softly and returning to his car.

"Hey I got a better idea." Leon said, "Why doesn't she start the race?" He suggested.

"Wait what?" Mimi said choking on her sip of beer. She had absolutely no idea what starting a race was about.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine!" Matt said and drove off to line up.

"You're gonna like this, come on!" Leon said grabbing her wrist and leading her through the crowds of people. The came up close to a pair of cars that were lining up to race. "Take a look it's easy." Leon said pointing at the long dark haired girl that was standing between the cars. She stood in the very middle of both cars, shaking her hips to the beat of the loud music. She looked at one driver, who revved his engine. She looked at the other, who matched the noise. She raised her hands then…brought them down fast. Almost immediately both cars shifter into gear, their tires screeching bloody murder, and they were off. "See? Piece of cake." Leon said.

"Yeah…easy." Mimi sighed nervously. She then noticed Matt was lining up along with another red car. She could see it was that Shen guy.

"Alright, you're up!" Leon said excitedly, "Take big chug, for courage." He said motioning to her beer. She hesitated at first, oh what the hell. She raised the can and took the biggest gulp she could. Gah! It was even more horrible. She could feel her head already getting lighter. Still, she needed to concentrate, she would go out there, then when she was ready, "Go!" Leon said and shoved her into the middle of the street. Oh great. Well too late to turn back now. She walked slowly and stood in-between both car like she had seen the last girl do. Almost instantly she began to notice the people around her whistling and yelling random, and not to mention, lame pickup lines at her. Still, she looked down blushing, trying to ignore them.

"Hey baby cakes, dump that asshole and I'll show you a good time, right after I beat him." That Shen guy yelled at her, revving his engine. Mimi grimaced and quickly turned to Matt.

"Don't worry. I'll beat him. He's got nothing." Matt said winking at her, and he too revved his engine.

"Be careful." She mouthed at Matt. Well this was it. She raised her hands slowly, the engines revving even louder than before. He left them up there for a few seconds and brought them down. Both cars switched into gear, their tires screeching and smoking, they zoomed by her. Out of sheer instinct she kneeled down and threw her arms over her head, she could have sworn one of the cars was going to hit her. But of course that didn't happen, she could already hear the sounds of the cars growing fainter and fainter. She slowly got back up looking at the tiny pairs of red taillights getting further and further away.

"That was great!" Leon said suddenly, walking up to her, wrapping his arm around her neck and drawing her off the middle of the road so another pair of racers could line up. They walked to another of the many cars that were parked. "Here." He said letting go and reaching through the window and pulling out two more cans of beer. He opened one and handed it to her.

"Is that your car?" She asked taking the can and taking her small sip. Hmm…this time it was a little bit more tolerable.

"Yeah, mah baby." He said tapping the roof. Mimi smiled.

"What kind is it?" She asked not really recognizing it.

"Ford, Mustang." He said sounding proud. He leaned against it taking swigs of his beer.

"So you're American?" Mimi asked, realizing why he had a strange accent. She had noticed it, but hadn't asked.

"Eh…not really. Mexican actually." He said.

"Really?" Mimi said rising her eyebrows, "So if you're Mexican why are you driving an all out American car?" She said smirking.

"That's cause…well…bug off!" He said elbowing her. Mimi chuckled at him. Then she noticed Matt driving up to them. When he got close, people noticed and began cheering, indicating he had won. Matt got out and walked towards them. Mimi ran to him and hugged him.

"Told ya." He said wrapping his arms around her. Mimi in response pressed her lips against his. "I think you've had enough of these." Matt said as her broke the kiss and snatched the beer can out of her hands.

"Hey, that's mine." She complained as he threw the can at Leon and glared at him. Leon caught it smiling, and shrugged his shoulders. Matt smirked at him and turned back to Mimi. "Matt, I wanna dance. Lets go dance."

"Sure." He said smiling. He took his keys out and locked his car. "I'll catch ya later Leon." He said and led Mimi into a crowd that was dancing around one of the better sounding cars. Mimi leaned her back against Matt's chest and they bought caught up to the beat of the loud hip-hop that was playing. "You having fun?" Matt asked as he placed his hands on her hips. Mimi just nodded closing her eyes.

"This is all new to me, but it's not that bad." She whispered. "Thanks a lot. I really needed to get out." She said turning around to face him. Matt smiled leaned over her, passionately pressing his lips against hers. Mimi closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck. She couldn't help but smile a bit when his tongue made it past her own lips. She was feeling rather…adventurous. He cheeks turned deep read at the mere thought. She clenched part of his shirt in her fists as she tried to pull him even closer. Matt in turn let his hands wonder down to her hips and even a little bit under her shirt. Mimi jumped as he carefully caressed her belly and lower back. His hands were cold from the weather out sending chills up and down her spine. It felt…tingly. Somehow she didn't feel like caring that they were in a very public place or care about anyone that might be looking.

"Hey are you that rookie who beat Shen?" Someone said suddenly as Matt was forced away from Mimi. Matt scowled at their sudden interruption. Mimi jumped taken completely by surprise. She was so into the kiss…er…make out, that she didn't notice anyone one approaching them.

"Who wants to know." Matt said sharply. The guy standing in front of them was tall and lanky. His skin was pale and his face bony. His hair was jet black and greasy; some of the bangs fell over his face, covering some of his eyes. He was wearing a white shirt over a long coat. Behind him there were two other guys even taller and bulkier than him.

"Name's Sasuke." He said grinning and extending his hand at him. Matt looked down at it and hesitated, but took it. "It was interesting seeing you beat Shen." He said. Matt smirked at him.

"He was cocky." Matt explained.

"Race me. ¥100,000." He said snapping his finger. One of the guys behind him reached into his coat and pulled out a neat stack of bills. Matt raised his eyebrows, but erased the expression quickly. Mimi on the other hand, her eyes grew as large as plates.

"All right your on." Matt said smirking. Sasuke smiled grimly and turned around heading towards his car, his two lackeys following close behind.

"Matt, that's a lot of money. What if you loose? Can you pay him?" Mimi said growing concerned.

"Don't worry. He's just a rich momma's boy." Matt said as Leon approached him. His expression seemed a bit different too.

"Hey, what did Sasuke want?" He asked.

"Not much, he challenged me to a race." Matt said smirking.

"You said no right?" Leon said quickly.

"No, I accepted. He wagered ¥100 g's." Matt said sounding happy with himself.

"Dude! Do you know who he is?" Leon said nervously.

"Some cocky rich kid?" Matt said frowning.

"He's Sasuke Yoshida. The son of Kensuke Yoshida. He's Yakuza…" He said whispering the last part. Matt's eyes instantly widened.

"Oh shit...oh shit, shit, shit…" Matt said rubbing his face. Mimi frowned getting worried at what she was hearing.

"You have to loose that race." Leon said sounding very concerned now.

"I can't, I don't have enough to pay him. Even with what I got from Shen I'm short ¥20,000." Matt said sounding grim.

"Damn it Matt!" Leon yelled, "Why the hell would you get in on a race if you don't have enough to pay!"

"I though he was just some snob! I though I could take him!" Matt explained.

"You take him and you die! You don't pay him and you die!" Leon yelled. He panted a little then took a deep breath. Mimi's heart was pounding up in her throat now.

"What are we gonna do?" Mimi said, she could feel fearful tears building up behind her eyes.

"Don't worry I'll think of something…" Matt said as calmly as he could, squeezing her hand, hoping to comfort her.

"Okay listen…I have ¥8,000 with me…I'll try to pull some strings with some of my friends see what I can do. If I can't get the cash, you'll just have to give him your car." Leon said. Matt's eye narrowed…he was right. But he didn't want to give up his car. He had spent so much time getting it, fixing it AND tuning it. He slammed his fist on the top of the hood.

"Matt calm down…" Mimi whispered. She was really scared by now.

"Yo, you gotta get to that race." Leon said. Matt nodded.

"Mimi." Matt said placing both hands on her shoulders. Mimi couldn't help it any more; tears began flowing from her eyes, running down her soft cheeks. "Listen, listen to me…" He said looking deeply into his her tear filled eyes. "I know you're scared. I am too, but everything will work out. I promise." Matt said, Mimi nodded slightly. "Good, now I want you to stay with Leon. I'll be back as soon as I can so we can leave, okay?" Matt said choosing his words carefully. Mimi nodded again and Matt turned to Leon.

"Hey, take care of her till I get back will ya?" Matt said as he got into his car. Leon just nodded at him.

"Matt!" Mimi said suddenly.

"I know…I'll be careful." Matt said with a fake smile and drove off to the road. Mimi turned to Leon. He looked grim.

"Okay we gotta go get that money…" Leon said and grabbed Mimi by her wrist. She could hear that the race had already started and both cars were speeding off. They went up to the first person and Leon began talking to him. Mimi looked and around and noticed the crowds were acting a bit differently. The mood in the air seemed to be tenser. The loud music seemed to be a lot quieter and not as cluttered, "Mimi!" Leon said suddenly, "We gotta go! The cops got wind of what's going on! They are on their way!" He said looking even worse. Mimi paid attention to her surroundings; she could defiantly hear the faint sound of many sirens getting closer and closer. She noticed the crowds getting more desperate. Many made breaks for their cars while many others just made a run for it into the streets and alleys. She turned back to Leon, but he was nowhere in sight. She looked around frantically as many people rushed around her, some even shoving her out of the way. "Mimi! COME ON!" Leon said out of nowhere. Mimi found herself being led by her wrist again. They were getting close to Leon's car we he was suddenly let go of Mimi. She lost her balance and collapsed to the floor.

"Leon!" she screamed in terror as she saw Leon being rammed against the side of his own car by a policeman. He had both his arms forced behind his back and was being handcuffed.

"Mimi! Don't stand there! Run!" He yelled as he struggled to get free, but to no avail. Mimi yelped as she got up, she had hit knees, her jeans had even ripped. She forced herself to swallow the stinging and broke into an all out run in a random direction. She hadn't gone far when she was abruptly stopped. She looked around, but she already knew what had happened. An officer had easily caught up to her and grabbed hold of her elbow. He forced her to her knees and got and iron hold on her arms, locking them behind her back. He reached for his belt and got his handcuffs. Mimi struggled, but there wasn't much she could do. She felt the cold steel of the handcuffs going around her tiny wrist. From that instant on she knew it was over. There wasn't much more she could do so she just stopped struggling…

THAT'S IT! No more! I AM DONE.

A cliffhanger of sorts. Well I sort of have an idea of what's gonna happen next, I just kinda need to get it all in order so we'll see. Thanks again for all the feed back! Anyway, this is a rough draft. I just winged it. So I'll probably go back and proofread/edit it a little in the next few days. Nothing big though, the main idea is there. Oh and uh, I mentioned brands. Bad Chame BAD! So in case this is needed I disclaim all ownership of the Toyota Camry, Mitsubishi Eclipse, and Ford Mustang. And it should go without saying, but Digimon too.

And one more thing…ZOMG SELF-INSERTION! Yeah that's right, Leon is me. My friends over in high school used to call me Leon…For some reason. That is not even close to my real name. Anyway, I don't REALLY drive a Mustang, but I would like too. Mustang and the Eclipse are my all time favorite cars. Also I am not into the whole street racing gig. It would be fun though. Well except for the fact that it's hella expensive and uh…oh yeah illegal. And lastly I don't live/have been in Japan, but again, I would like to. So in conclusion: I'm a Mary Sue! ZOMG PWNED…