We are getting FLUFF. >:3
Nova, is still Nova, with anger problems. XD
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*In Scott's garage, Scott shows the ninja some vehicles.*
"Yeah, she doesn't look like much. But trust me, she's fast." said Scott.
"Who's car is this, yours?" Cole asked.
"No. I don't race." said Scott.
"Why not?" Kai asked.
"Look, you want it or not? This, plus the other three, plus my car, that's five vehicles. That gets you in the race." said Scott.
"Nah, I don't know. This needs a lot of work. You think we can fix it up in time?" said Jay.
Nya sighs. "New engine, transmission, brakes, shocks, wheels, timing belt, windshield..."
"Yeah, it's in bad shape, but it's the best I got. She did pretty well, until the last race." said Scott.
"What happened in the last race?" Lloyd asked.
"Driver got cubed, made a reckless move. Wanna know why I don't drive? That's why. I've only got one life left, and I value it. I'm not risking it for anything or anyone." said Scott.
"Some things are worth fighting for, Scott." said Jay.
"Yeah, yeah. You guys can be heroes if you want, not me." said Scott.
"He's been stuck in this game for a long time. Too long." said Nova as she opened her menu.
"If any of us want to get out of here, we need that Key-Tana. We need to win the race!" said Nya.
"Then we'd better get started. Come on, what're we waiting for?" said Cole.
Nova went on to look at some items she had in her inventory, as she wanted to make a new weapon she could take with her back from this game world. "Hmmm, I should have brought one of my blueprints before I entered the game."
"Me and Nova are gonna check out the Speedway, see what we can learn. The more we know about it, the better our chances." said Lloyd.
"Wait, what?" Nova turned her head away from looking at her items, and gave Lloyd a confused look.
"Okay, but be careful. The racetrack will be crawling with Red Visors." said Nya.
"Don't worry, we'll be careful." said Lloyd as he took Nova's hand and left.
"I didn't sign up for scouting, Lloyd." said Nova as she was being dragged.
"No, but I thought we could spend some time together, while checking out the Speedway." said Lloyd.
Nova let out a sigh, but went on with following him. "Fine, but you owe me."
Lloyd raised an eyebrow at her. "Like what?"
"Time. I was gonna work on a new weapon." said Nova.
"Do you ever take a break?" Lloyd asked while wrapping an arm around her.
"Do you?" Nova raised an eyebrow at him.
"From what?" Lloyd asked.
"Training?" Nova asked, rolling her eyes.
"Hmmm, I did take a few breaks." said Lloyd.
"Bullshit, you either train or saving people." said Nova.
"Really?" Lloyd went on to lean down to her ear and whispered. "Most of my breaks were the times, I spent with you these last few days."
Nova blushed and went on to push his face away from her. "I don't count those as breaks."
"Then what do you count it as?" Lloyd asked, as he took her hand and moved it away from his face before moving closer to her red face.
Nova turned her face away from his as she was turning more red. "Quality time."
Lloyd chuckled at her growing shy. "I guess that makes more sense."
"I'm starting to think, you just like teasing me at this point." said Nova, not looking at him.
"Maybe a little, I'm just not used to you being all shy. Normally, you would be losing your temper and start shouting and growling." said Lloyd, gently touching her cheek and having her turn her head to look at him.
"I'm not used to being in a relationship, Lloyd. So, of course I'll be all shy and nervous." said Nova, trying to look away, but he wasn't letting her, so she had to stare into his vivid green eyes.
"Hey, I'm not used to it either and I was feeling the same way at the start too but..... being with you now. Make me feel like I can do anything and much stronger than ever, and having you in my life once again, couldn't make me more happy." Lloyd gave her a soft smile before pulling her into a kiss.
Nova was surprised by his words and didn't know what to say, a small smile grew on her face before being pulled into a kiss, and she happily returned. Wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him closer.
Lloyd ran his fingers through her hair as they kissed, while using his other hand to pull her close against his body. "I love you, my beautiful butterfly princess." He whispered.
Normally, Nova would grow angry when he called her that, but just this once, she didn't mind it. "I love you too, my handsome green prince." She whispered back before pulling him into another kiss, this time.
Lloyd let out a soft chuckle at this and let her take the lead this time, wanting her to grow more comfortable.
Nova let her hands move up his head and had her fingers run through his blonde hair, she leaned her body more into his while they were kissing. She didn't want this moment to end, she had never been this happy before and if anyone tried to ruin this, she would kill them.
So they stayed like this for a good while until they finally broke it, as they had to catch their breath.
"We should probably get moving and check out the Speedway, before the others start wondering what is taking us this long." Chuckle, Lloyd, taking her hand and began walking.
Nova giggled happily as she followed him. "Yeah, sounds like a good idea. The last thing I want is Kai asking deeper questions on why we took so long."
"We could just tell them that we got hungry and needed a bite." Lloyd sent her a smirk.
Nova playfully rolled her eyes. "Whatever keeps your mind going." She teased.
"It's already going, with you in them." Lloyd smiled at her, to which she returned with a small blush.
*At the racetrack, Lloyd and Nova almost immediately runs into Red Visors, so they use their Avatars, then heads to the stadium.*
"Oh ho, big hit! Good thing he's wearing a seatbelt." said the Game Narration.
"Whoa..." said Lloyd.
"Damn." said Nova.
"Ooh, here they come! I can see them!" said a man.
"Two teams out of the race, three remaining. Coming up on the fourth mile marker, and here come the Whack Rats!" said the Game Narration.
The man cheers. "Awesome!"
A female racer dodges a Rat's bomb. "Whoa!"
"Who's that driver?" Lloyd and Nova asked.
"Racer Seven! She's been trying to get the Key-Tana for years. Never makes it to the finish line, though. Looks like the day won't be her lucky day, neither." said the man.
Racer Seven crashes after being hit by Whack Rats. She gets out of her vehicle and throws her helmet in frustration, which hits a man and causes him to respawn. Lloyd then catches the helmet.
"Hey, you two! Freeze!" Lloyd and Nova runs away. "Hey, stop right there!" shouted the Red Visor.
"My helmet!" shouted Racer Seven.
*Lloyd and Nova goes on to throw the helmet to each other as they fight off the Red Visors with the helmet, then escapes. At Scott's garage, the ninja continue working on the vehicles.*
"What do you think that does?" Cole points to a lever.
"Maybe some kind of turbo boost?" Kai guessed.
"Or a weapon?" Cole guessed.
"Huh, there's a lot of weird wiring in this thing. Let's just worry about the engine." said Kai, just then, Nya's vehicle explodes.
"Nya! Are you okay?" Jay asked.
"Ugh! Stupid, stubborn piece of - ugh!" Nya kicks her vehicle.
"Can we fix it?" Kai asked.
"The whole engine blew. No!" shouted Nya.
"Yeah, it's toast." said Scott.
"Well, we gotta do something. We need five vehicles to enter the Speedway, and we've only got four now." said Cole.
"The race starts tomorrow at dawn. Where are we gonna get another car in twelve hours?" Jay questioned.
Lloyd and Nova entered the garage. "We might have an idea."
"Whoa-ho! What's up with the fresh new duds?" Jay asked, pointing at Lloyd.
"It's a disguise. We were at the Speedway Racetrack. We saw a driver there. She was good, really good." said Lloyd.
"Yeah, she was amazing." said Nova, smiling.
"Oh, Racer Seven? Don't bother. She's an NPC, she's part of the game." said Scott.
"So?" Nya asked.
"So she's programmed to lose. Every race, she wipes out at the fourth mile marker. She's just there to provide a challenge to the other racers. She can't win." said Scott.
"You mean Unagami programmed her to lose?" Jay asked.
"Wouldn't surprise me that he would do that." said Nova.
"As long as I've been here, she's been racing. Every single race, every one, she wipes out. It's part of her programming." said Scott.
"That's terrible." said Nya.
"Yeah. Nobody should be programmed to lose." said Jay.
"Okino broke his programming." said Lloyd.
"You think she can too?" Nya asked.
"If one can break their programming, why shouldn't another also be able to." said Nova.
"It's worth a shot. Do you know where I can find her?" Lloyd asked.
"She eats at a noodle stand in the marketplace after every race. I'm telling you, you're wasting your time." said Scott.
"We've got nothing to lose." said Lloyd before looking over at Nova. "Up for joining me?"
"Not this time greenie, you already owe me some time. Since you took it away from me earlier." said Nova.
Lloyd rolled his eyes playfully. "Fine, I wouldn't take anymore of your time, moonie." He exits the garage.
Nova turned her attention over to the others. "Okay, I'm gonna help you guys with those vehicles because you clearly needs it." She walked over and started working on them.
"She must be in a really good mood, if she wanna help with our vehicles. At other times she wouldn't do it because of us, breaking them." said Jay.
"Keep talking, and I'll make it so they break at the very start of the race." Nova glared at them, before going back to work.
"Nope, still the same Nova." said Kai.
"Sooo, how was your time with Lloyd out there?" Cole asked.
The last thing everyone remembered was a wrench getting thrown, and knocking out Cole. But luckily, he didn't lose a life to it.
*Some time later, Lloyd had returned and they finished up.*
"I can't believe we rebuilt four vehicles in twenty-four hours." Jay yawns.
"And Nova ended up doing most of the work." said Kai.
"Not that it matters. We're still one short." said Cole while rubbing his head from where he had been hit by a wrench from Nova.
"Maybe not." said Lloyd.
"The race starts in ten minutes, Lloyd. If she isn't here by now, she isn't coming." said Nya, until a car honks outside.
"Hello? Hello? It's me, Racer Seven! I'm here. I believe you! Please!" She bumps into the invisible garage. "What the?" The door opens, revealing the ninja, Scott and a very tired Nova.
"You came." said Lloyd.
"What is this?" Racer Seven asked.
"There's no time. These are my friends: Jay, Cole, Nova, Kai, Nya, and Scott. We need to enter the Speedway, and we're one car short. We need a car, and we need a driver. We need you." said Lloyd.
"You said I was programmed to lose." said Racer Seven.
"Not if you want it badly enough. I believe you can win that race if we work together. What do you say?" said Lloyd.
"This can't be real. This - this is crazy." said Racer Seven.
"Are you in, or not?" Lloyd gives her the helmet.
She takes the helmet and smiles.
"Great, now can we get going already?" said Nova in a grumpy tone as she let out a yawn.
"Sorry about her, she gets kind of grumpy when not gotten any sleep." said Lloyd.
Nova sent a cold, dead glare towards Lloyd. "I'm not grumpy."
"Get some sleep, Nova." said Lloyd.
"I will, after you guys finish that race." said Nova.
"You could just knock her out." said Racer Seven.
Everyone looked at her and then at Nova, and for a moment, they saw a purple glow coming from her, along with what looked like she was glitching.
"We'll be dead if we tried it." said Jay.
"Lloyd, you do it." said Cole.
"Let's just focus on the race, shall we." said Lloyd, smiling at the team, he had already faced Nova's wrath with the lightning chicken. He didn't want to risk it with this mission.