In 10 days Harris was expected to enter a small tournament in Tokyo and with the help of the mind training he had a good grasp about the Kart and his behaviour. He didn't need to win but only to show he had the talent to compete in the futur, to his father and his father's friend. But for Harris, he could only get satisfied if he won. For him, the second place is the first loser. He didn't know the track yet, it was also a challenged his father insisted on, he wanted to see his son's track ajustement and how much time for his son to get the right breaking zone or when should he press the throttle on and more important, his overtake ability.
In the next 5 days Harris trained like crazy, he had a veteran mentality, even when he spin, broke too early, too late or too hard he restarted to get the most perfect lap on the system track. But he did not stop there he also, everyday put a test.
The test was simple, he would get a random track from the system and opponent, 2 lap to get accustomed and a 5 lap race where he does his best to get the best result. He also set the difficulty to the same level as him or even a little bit higher.
In school he finally made a real friend, a male one, he didn't know why but the male were always a bit harsh on him, especially when a few girls wanted to talk to him and of course Harris answered them because he was polite. So when he saw a guy approach him to get to know him was weird but he throw this thought out and focused on him. He learned that his name was Capeta Taira he was also a hardcore fan of motorsports. They became buddy's and wanted to crate a club about motorsports, Harris already thought about it but he was alone so when Capeta and his other 2 friend showed up he immediately went to his home room teacher to ask
"Sensei is it possible to create a club about motorsports?"
Hiratsuka-sensei showed him a weird look
"We already talked about it Mitchell-kun if you are alone you are not allowed"
"I already know sensei, I found three other people to create it"
"You did not force them right ?"
"Who do you think I am sensei !"
"Alright alright show me is it's true, I will even be you adviser"
"Come in guys !"
Three people entered the teacher's room, one girl and two boys they introduced themselves
"Hello, my name is Capeta Taira in class 1-D"
"Hello, I am Monami I am in the same class"
"Nobu, I am Nobu class 1-D too" he said that although with regret, he was jealous of the relationship between Monami and Capeta si at first he bullied him but they became friend and warmed up pretty quickly to them.
"Mmmh so you are not forced, alright, fill this paper up I will be your adviser to keep a check on you" talking to all of them but with her gaze still on Harris
"Thanks sensei !"
After the creation of the club Capeta said that he had a Kart given by his father but needed to fix it, Harris who was hitting a bottleneck in his mechanic studies since he had knowledge but no real manipulation volunteered to repair it. Doubtful of him at first he lied saying that his father taught him since he worked on racing cars.
It took 5 days just to secretly bring the Kart piece by piece in the club room without getting caught and another 3 to rebuild while fixing it. In the same time Harris went to get his track suit and to say he was happy was a understatement, it was for him, the first step to his dream, he was so happy that he forgot his surroundings and went straight into the car door. He also wanted a custom helmet but his father told him that if he could get in his friend's team he would get one for him. As for the Kart, the club decided to test it on a track Capeta's father loaned. The reaction of the student and teacher when they saw a Kart at school being charged into a truck was...well crazy with student asking them a lot of questions, well not a lot of male on Harris's side but all the commotion stoped when their homeroom teacher told them to disperse and gave Harris a look like she was going to kill him. Even though Harris did not pay attention in class, it was not like he slept in so he didn't know why she was hating him, he also scored almost all perfect in his test.
As for the Kart test, all went good except at first it didn't want to start but it was because there was no fuel in the tank. Harris seeing this immediately asked to Capeta If he could use it in his tournament 2 days later. He immediately accepted since he also wanted to see the performance of the repaired Kart and also asked the location which Harris told him since he knew the location but not the track. He called his father, explaining what happened to him and to come here. 10 minutes later his father came with a little truck to take the Kart. While loading the Kart his father talked to him
"Tell me son, why would you use this Kart ? I told my friend to bring one for the race you know you didn't need to do that"
"I already know dad but I prefer having a Kart which I build and have confidence instead of, a maybe good build Kart but I didn't even know how it works"
"I see...but tell me, since when did you know how to repair a Kart ?"
"I learned haha, someone helped me"
It was at this moment that someone interrupted them
"Hello Mr.Mitchell I am a friend of your son, my name is Capeta Taira he told us that you taught him how to repair a Kart, you are exceptional sir"
His father looked a him weirdly
"Hmm ? Hello to you too but what ar-"
"Yes you think too right ? My father is amazing ! Look the Kart is loaded let's go home and rest dad, see you at the race Taira-san !"
"Yes ! See you, I hope you win !"
That night, he got himself into a lot of trouble...