We had made it back to Jareds house fine, and asked if we could stay the night. He agreed, and set us up in his guest room and shed. We thanked him, and went to bed.

The oni in the truck awoke at midnight. She had some work to do. If she didn't want to loose the pure creatures that now owned her, she needed to make sure they would win.

She started to make changes. She made the tires into a harder compound, so that it would have more traction, and put less air in them, so they would have room to move over rocks. She made the suspension, so that each wheel was separate from one another.

She gave the truck a wider body, to help lower the center of gravity for turns.

She also changed the decal. The car changed to a dark blue, with a picture of an Oni mask on the hood, dual Kanobo crossed behind. And she changed the plate once again. Now it said 'Spirit'.

With all that done, she was finished. She took her rest.

I looked out the window at what had just transpired, and finally realized what had felt off about the truck today.

It was possessed by a spirit. Not an evil one, but one that wanted to go on an adventure. It had taken over the truck, and was shaping it to its own whims. I remembered the license plate, and how it had read 'Oni' before. The Spirit must be an Oni.

One's are usually found in Japanese folklore. They are agressive spirits akin to demons. They are said to bring bad luck. This isn't true.

They are just spirits, who happen to just get overly aggressive. That was always my opinion at least. Though the folklore part is true.

I turned away from the window, and went back to sleep. I hade a race tomorrow.

When me and the girls woke up, we got ready to go out and look around Atlanta. We wanted to see the sights before the race. That, and we also wanted to see the quarry.

We went all over Atlanta. To the museum's, the restaurants, and the zoo for Fluttershy.

Later that day, about four hours before the race, we head out to the quarry. It was honestly a huge place, easily a two mile by one mile rectangle. It had a spiral road along the sides down to the bottom, and a bunch of quarrying equipment that was rally old.

The hard part, was that a few parts of the road had small bits of them washed out, and had jumps over them. Along the wall of the quarry road was an actual usable path. It looked simple, but would be totally different once you actually got started on driving it. I was confident I could do it.

But would Rainbow be when she had to drive it.

"Hey Rainbow, take a look at the course. You think you can pony up and do it? Those jumps look easy now, but when your coming up on one in a one ton car, it's totally different."

Raonbow looks at the course, and I can practically see her taking in all the turns and the layout of it. She did that for a minute, before she turned to me.

"Yeah, I can do it." I nod.

"Then lets get ready to race." And we head back to Jared's house.

A few hours later, we went back out to the quarry. When we arrived, the group of thugs had already arrived. You could see some of them driving the course, and going as fast as possible.

All of the cars that the group had at the quarry, we're rally cars. When we pulled up, the lead thug walked over to us.

"Glad you actually came. Thought you might have been fucking with us when you challenged us, so its feels good to be proven wrong in this moment. I think you can figure out the race course. Now, before we begin, I wanna go over our deal. You said it would be two drivers. My top two, versus your top two. You versus me, and your rainbow haired bitch against my second. You only have one car, so we are gonna do the second race first. If your girl wins, 500k in cash. If we win, what we get?" I think for a sec, looking back at the girls.

"I give you a million in jewels. Sound fair?" The thug looked at me.

"Yeah that sounds fair! I get more than you make if you win. Jacob, get ready to race."

Another thug, this guy covered in piercings, comes over. He was wiry and skinny, with a set of greasy dreadlocks. He grinned, and we could see that he had four teeth that were gold, with the rest being almost rotted. I turned to Rainbow.

"Hey Ashleigh. Get ready. And also, Oni, get ready." Everyone looked at me like I was stupid.

However, the truck started, and pulled up alongside Rainbow. Rainbow looked at it, and then back at me.

"Were having a talk after this, you got that." I nod, and she gets in the truck.

Jacob goes over and gets in a 2003 Ford Mustang. I walk over to Rainbow.

"Hey, watch out for the washed out bits. If he pushes you onto a jump, go for it. Don't fall down the washout because he is bullying you. It can hurt our little Oni friend if that happens. Aint that right girl?" I say, slapping the side of the car. The radio turns on, like Bumblebee, and says.

'yeah, How did, YOU know?' It says, in several different channels.

"Saw you change the car last night for the race. Anyways, stay clear of him, and if you can, stay in front of him. It will make it easier." She nods, and starts to do some deep breathing. They get to the starting line, and rev their engines.

The leader of the gang sends one of the girls that had been hanging on him to flag the race. She got to the starting line, and pulled her bra out.

'Okay, I actually want to know how they do that? Because I have seen that in movies, and then now. How the fuck?'

She points to Jacobs car.

"Are you ready?" Jacob leans out his window and yells.

"Yeah bitch. I'm about to show this gay pride bitch my bumper, and then I might show her my stick shift after." The girls have to physically restrain me after that.

The girl turns to Rainbow.

"Are you ready?"

Rainbow takes a deep breath, closing her eyes for a sec, before opening them and nodding, flashing her trademark smirk.

"Yeah I'm ready. He's going to eat my dust." She says.

The flag waver nods. She then gets ready to start the race.

She raises the bra over head, and then brings it down, signaling start. Both Rainbow and the contender put the pedal to the floor, and Rainbow is off. A second later, and so is Jacob.

They rocket forward along the quarry road, with the mustang coming up behind Rainbow. Rainbow keeps herself towards the outside edge, bwing the middle of the quarry. Jacob was hugging the wall, almost as if his life depended on it.

They made it to the first washout, and Rainbow hugged the wall as she went by, followed by Jacob not a second later.

The quarry road had a few curves in it, and they were approaching a set. Jacob looked to be having trouble getting traction, whereas Rainbow isnt even worrying, not slowing down when weaving through.

As they are racing along, I was starting to crave some popcorn. So I called Pinkie over.

"Hey Pinkie, could you come here? I'd like to get some popcorn." Pinkie giggles.

"I see what your doing author. I approve."

I just nod my head at her. Still dont know what she means by author. Pinkie walks up to me as we are standing watching the race, and I step behind her as she continues watching.

"Hey get me some too, please." She asks me. I tell her sure.

And then proceed to stick my hand up to my elbow into her hair. After rumaging around for a second, I finally find the popcorn. I pull out a bag, and hand it to Pinkie, before diving back in and grabbing me a bag.

When I pull my hand out, I looked around. All the thugs on their cars were staring at me and Pinkie. One of the thugs called out.

"Did that popcorn just come out of her hair?" Another thug.

"Did you just stick your arm into her hair, to your elbow?" The flag girl.

"How the fuck did you do that?"

I was looking at them.

"Easy. I just reached in, and grabbed a bag of popcorn. Why, why is that so weird?" I say, grinning. This was fun.

All of the drivers and girls that were there stared at me, and I just sat and watched.

Rainbow and the other driver were coming up on the second washout, and Jacob was trying to force Rainbow to the edge.

Rainbow didnt stand for it, and slowed down to behind him, and then rammed him slightly. Jacob was forced forward, and he struggled to regain control as Rainbow passed him, and went on the inside part of the washout, we're the road still was.

As Jacob was crosing it, Rainbow was reaching the obstacle course, and was starting to maneuver through the old quarrying equipment. The belts to the top of the quarry, the digger that sat abandoned, she wove through all of it.

Jacob came next, and he slowed down. A lot. As he went through, I thought on why the guy would choose the dude with the shittiest car to race in a rally race.

After the two racers reached the second corner of the track, a full two miles later, did it hit me. And I started laughing.

Everyone, including my girls, looked at me. Applejack asks me.

"Hey Cameron, you okay? Why you laughing?" I continue to laugh as I answer.

"Cause I finally figured out what is actually going on here. They chose Jacob, because they dont want him any more. They are planning on kicking him out. Isn't that right, Miguel?" The leader looked at me. He laughed too.

"How did you figure it out? I thought I was being careful?"

"You were. I didnt realize it until a few seconds ago. Though, there is also another thing I realized. It has to do with you." He looked at me confused.

"What you talking about bro? I got nothing else I'm hiding." I shake my head.

"You, good sir, are hiding a lot. I don't know everything, but I know your biggest secret." Miguel just grins.

"Oh yeah tough guy, then lets hear my big secret." I nod, reach into Pinkies hair, pull out a cup of some Code Red, and say.

"You arent the leader of this gang. Your the lieutenant. Isn't that right, Jared?"

From behind all of us, a car started, and came forward into the headlights of all the other cars. It was a Toyota Covolla, that was built to be a true rally car. It had all the stereotype things for a car of that build, and was a plain black, with monster energy decals mirrored on the doors, and a green raptors head that had claws making two more monster symbols on the hood. The hood had an air vent (forgot the official name), and had a spoiler on the back, with front bar and lights.

When the car pulled up, the door opened, and Jared stepped out.

"Howed you figure me out?" He asks me.

"I honestly didnt know for sure it was you. All I knew was he wasnt the leader. I guessed you. But I figured he wasnt the leader by him always checking his phone. Two reasons for that, he has a side chick besides the girl grinding on him now, or he's getting orders from someone. So, I put two and two together, and guessed it was you." He looks at me, then starts laughing.

"Damn, your fucking good. You figured me out. And you figured out I wanted Jacob gone too. I'm impressed. Though, you do realize what this means, right?"

"Well, if you say we cant let you leave, I will have to disagree. If you say I race you, then thats fine, as long as the pink slip rule still applies." He chuckles.

"Yeah, you race me. And yes, you get my car if I lose, but I get yours if you lose." I nod.

"Good. Hey, mind telling me why you played us? I didnt figure that out." He sighs.

"Well, my friends were coming too help me with some car troubles, and also so we could race. The car troubles got fixed, but I still wanted to see my friends. So, when you showed up, I got the idea to race you. Not much more to it really."

I nod. He had his reasons for racing us. I shouldnt push. As we turned back to the race, Rainbow was coming up on the final mile stretch. She gunned it, and pulled ahead by a few feet. They rushed towards the finish, and Rainbow won. As they moved across the flat bottom of the quarry, they slammed their brakes. Rainbow turned around once she slowed down enough, and started back up.

"Well, Jared, looks like I get 500 grand. I will give you something as compensation though." And with that, I started to form a diamond out of some arm crystal. It would be about 35 carat diamond ring, the gold for it being made from some metals I had in my hammerspace. It would be reasonable in giving them back some money.

As it grew from my arm, I rolled up my sleeve, and broke it off once it was fully formed. Then, I handed it to him.

"Here. And I will take that 500k when we get back to your place." He looks at the diamond ring in shock.

"Did this just come out your arm bro?"

"Don't ask. I would have to kill you if I told you. So, time to race. Ready to get your ass handed to you?" Jared grinned.

"Yeah, I am." Rainbow and Jacob pulled into the clearing. Rainbow hopped out the car, and the girls went and congratulated her. I walked over, and gave her a kiss.

"Good job. Problem is, it was rigged. You were going to win because they didnt like him. And his car was shit for this type of race." Rainbow looked at me.

"Well thanks Cam. I feel sooooo happy now that I know that." I shrug.

"Hey, better to know that, and watch him be pissed and laugh about it, than just believe you are able to beat anyone at everything. It's a small lesson in humility." She sighs.

"Fine. Though yeah, now I get to watch him squeal in rage. Go win this race though. And maybe I'll give you a treat if you win." Rainbow says, smirking.

"You jest. All I have to do is ask, and I can taste the rainbow. That, or buy some more Skittles." I say. Rainbow gets a funny look.

"Hey, Pinkie called me that when she was introducing us to you. What are they?" I laugh.

"Later. I'll tell you next gas station. We're leaving tomorrow afternoon, so we can go shopping then." She nods, and I go get in the truck. The Spirit inside it says through the radio.

'Lets do this.' I nod, and then sinc my phone to the car. After that, I que up a song, and head to the starting line. Pinkie bounces between us, and pulls out a flag from her mane. She points to Jared.

"Your ready!" She points to me.

"And your ready!" She raises the flag.

"GOOOO!!!" and she drops the flag.

We slam the petal to the floor, and we skid our tires flying out of the start. Right next to me, Jared started to pull forward.

I pushed the brakes a small bit, letting him pull ahead a small bit. I got behind him, and we went through a winding bit of the quarry road. We handled the road, and while his skid, mine stuck to the road, gripping the gravel, and then flinging it behind me.

We got through the winding bit, and we're coming up on the first washout. Jared started to pull to the inside of the road, and I went out. Coming up on the washout, he raced along the inned edge, and I went on the ramp over.

I flew for four seconds. It was terrifying. It was terrifying, because cars are not supposed to fly. I understood why after that.

The tires hit the gravel, and I rocketed forward. We were coming up on an obstacle course of old quarry equipment, and we started the run.

Jared slowed down a little, but I continued on at about 60 mph. He had slowed to about 50.

I ended up pulling ahead, swerving and skidding like a maniac. I came upon the first turn, and slowed down a little, and cranked the steering wheel right. I started to drift slightly as I went around the corner, and I pulled out the corner.

Jared was moments behind me, and as I pulled out the corner, he blasted past me. I floored the car and started catching up, finally reaching about a hundred and twenty going down the road.

We where coming up on another washout, and I didnt want to fly again. So, I pulled ahead of Jared, and went along the inside of the washout. After that, the second corner was coming up quick, so I slowed down some and skid around it. Flooring the gas, I got back up to hundred and twenty. Washouts and obstacles were before us on this stretch, and we both dove in.

We swerved and skid, out of the way like we were crazy. Inches away from hitting things, seconds away from plunging off the road, and dricing headlong into the course, we both were whiteknuckled on our steering wheels.

We made it through, and it was the home stretch. I sped up, and Jared finally made it out the obstacles. I was pushing the gas so hard, I thought I would break it.i quickly reached a hundred and fifty, and was rocketing to the finish. jared was behind me, coming up on my left, passing me. He was still speeding up.

We were a few feet from the bottom of the quarry. Jared was right beside me, almost passed, when we reached the bottom of the quarry, and shot out across the flat bottom. I had won by two feet of car.

I celebrated by doing a couple donuts, just a couple, and then pulling alongside Jared's car. He rolled his window down as I did the same.

"Fine, you won. Let's head back up, and then I can give you the title to the car. Sound good?" I nod, he nods, we roll up our windows, and I do a donut and start following him back up the path.

A half hour later, we made it back up. As we stepped out our vehicles, the girls ran over and gave me a hug, one at a time. One of the girls in Jared's group walked up to him, and gave him a kiss. He returned it, and wrapped an arm around her, then pulled out a folder from his car.

Walking over to me, he held out the folder, and I stepped forward and took it.

"Heres the title to the car. You fill out your parts, I fill out mine, and we can go on our way. After you take me home, of course." I chuckle.

"Man, its your last time with it, you get one final ride. You'll drive it home. But yeah, I'll fill out my sections. Now, about Jacob, I wanna see him get kicked out." Jared laughs. Then, he turns around, and gives a signal to Miguel. Miguel hops off the hood of his car, and walks towards Jacob.

"Jacob, come to the center."he orders. Jacob does so, and Jared walks over to him.

"Jacob, for failure to be a decent human being, and also failing every race you've had, your being kicked out the group. You lost to... Okay I dont know her name, what is it again?" I tell him.

"Her name is Ashleigh Ball, but we usually call her Rainbow, cause you can see why." He nods chuckling.

"You lost to Rainbow here, and thats the final straw. I want the keys to the Mustang, and I want your shit out of it." He says harshly.

Jacob just looks shocked. After a second though, he starts getting angry. Then he looks at Rainbow.

"You gay fucking bitch, this is your fault. Your the reason I'm getting kicked out. You bitch get over here." He then lunges at Rainbow, and grabs her.

After he has a hold of her, he pulls out a gun from his pants, and points it at her head. Everybody by the quarry panics, and back away. Rainbow is looking scared, the gun pointing at her head a reminder of why it would be dangerous to move.

"This bitch is mine. Any of you move she gets it' you hear?" He says, making his way towards the Camaro. He looks at Rainbow, and says to her.

"You rainbow haired bitch, your coming with me. Your my fucking toy now. Once we get far enough away, I'm going to pound your sweet ass till it bleeds. And thats the least of your problems." Rainbow, jerked in his grip, not caring about the gun to her head.

"Fuck you asshole! I'm not going anywhere with your shit ass!" He giggles maniacally.

"Yeah, keep squirming. It'll make it more fun when I rape you." I had had enough.

I started to laugh. And then it just kept building. The girls looked to me, and after a few seconds of staring like I was crazy, they realized, and backed of, smiling. Rainbow, after a moment, smiled too. She jerked again in Jacobs grip, and said.

"You fucked up. You let go, and maybe you'll live." He looked away from me laughing, to look at her and say, "shut up bitch!". And smack her with the gun, before looking back at me.

"What're you laughin at? I got your rainbow bitch, and you cant do anything about it. Shut the fuck up." I just continue to laugh.

I then look at him, my eyes glowing hot pink. I speak, and my mouth glows hot pink as well in the shadows cast by the headlights of cars.

"You think you have her? That's funny. Dash, shock him." I say. Dash grins, before lifting a hand. Her hand starts to crackle with energy, before she clenches her fist, and the energy is pulsed out, and everyone in the clearing save me, the girls, and Dash, clutch there heads and scream in pain.

Jacob has it the worst. He is laying on the ground, screaming, holding his head. As everyone in the clearing starts to come out of their headache, Dash calmly strolls over to me, wraps her arms around my neck, and passionately kisses me. When she pulls back, her eyes look more crazed, and have a slight glow to there crimson fury.

"You okay hon? Sorry that had to happen." She kisses me again.

"Thanks for letting me have a small release."I chuckle. Everyone looks at us. My eyes and mouth are still glowing vibrantly in the shadows, and Rainbows eyes are too. We stair at Jacob as he gets up. Looking at us, he screams.

"The fuck are you two?!" I laugh.

"Your death." And then I transform into my werewolf Howler form. My white furred body, my electric blue arms, and legs, and the hot pink lines that travelled across my body, all of it seemed to glow in the lights. Rainbow let me go, and I started towards Jacob, standing up to my towering height of eight feet.

I march towards Jacob, and he gets scared. He tries to flee, and runs to his car, getting in. As he fumbles to put the key in the igntion, I come over and rip the door of the Mustang and toss it into the quarry.

I then rip him out the car, and look him in the eye. Rainbow comes over next to me, and says.

"He doesnt care that you held me hostage. He would have let you go for that. No, it's the fact that your a womanizing rapist, that is getting you killed. See you in hell."

And with that said, I throw him as hard as I can into the quarry. He screams as he goes flying, and we watch as he plummets into the quarry, only to land in a small foundation area, that has Rebar drove into the ground pointing up.

I turn around, and transform back into a human.

"Damn I'm really hungry. Any you girls hungry too? Lets go get something to eat." I say, as we all pile into the truck. Before I get in the driver's seat, I look at all the people in the clearing, the people who came to watch a race.

"Hey, if the police ask any questions, your telling them why he died, and that it was done by Cameron Ruff. Understood?" They all have panic in their eyes, and are as white as bleached bones when they nod at me.

"Good. Also, Jared, that ring I gave you should pay to fix the car. We'll see you back at your place, to pick up the money, and the car." I then get in, and we drive to a take out restaurant, since we cant afford to go to anyplace for to long.

We got back to Jareds house a little before four, and went in quietly. I saw his car was back home, and we just went to sleep.

The next morning, about eight, we all woke up. Rainbow and Applejack went to start packing both the cars, Pinkie was cooking breakfast, and the other girls were planning on our route. I was talking to Jared.

"Hey, Jared, about last night. I'm sorry I had to do that. And that you had to see that." He shuddered.

"Hey, I understand why you did it. I do. Though, what the fuck are you? I have never seen anybody turn into a werewolf. And your girl, how did she do that electric shock?" I sigh.

"Jared, for your sake, I cant tell you much. However, I can tell you, I am a human. But, I have a nature spirit inside me. That, is how I transform. Rainbow, that is something I dont fully know, You'd have to talk to Tara on how she did that. But, if your still curious about my powers, look up Ghosts Among the Wild Flowers. Take a look at the howlers, and you'll get the basics of my power. Anyways, it's time for us to go. And hey, if you wanna hang out, head to Colorado. Canon City. I'll be there in a few days. You can talk to me more then." He sighs, and nods, and we get up and head out to the cars. Jared grabs a briefcase as we head out.

"Girls, we loaded up?" They all say yes, and I nod. I turn to Jared, and he hands me thr briefcase.

"750k. A little something for the good race. And take care of the car, it got me through a lot." I nod.

"I will. See you again, someday." I turn around, and get in the Corolla. I wave as I pull out his drive, and we head on down the street.

A few minutes later, we're stopped at a gas station, and we paid for gas. I told Rainbow to come help me get some snacks, and she agreed. When we got in, I told her to get a few drinks for us. But then I saw the Monsters. I grabbed a few of them, and told her to get them, and went to the snacks and candy, while she looked at more drinks.

I grabbed a few things, and then grabbed a package of Skittles. Turning to Rainbow, I say.

"Hey, Skittles." She turns to face me. "Skittles." And toss them in her face.

I then go over and help her carry everything, and we go and talk to the girls by the pumps.

As we chat, I look at the time, and see the date.

September 10, 2019.

I nod.. I look to the girls.

"Hey girls, mind if I change the road map a little? I just want to go see something before I never come back here." They all agree, and ask me where we are going. I sigh.

"Where heading to New York."

Author's Note

Hey everyone, sorry for the extremely long wait. I am sorry to say, but I will have to cut this arc short, as I would like to get back to the regular story. Also, I know I back dated this story at the end. It was for an obvious reason, as you can see by the date. If any of you can guess where I am going, you get a shout out, but that's about all I can give. Anyways, the next chapter will be short, probably about a thousand words or less, but it will address something all us americans know. Again, thanks for reading my story.

Have a Jivin day!