When he came, it happened to be in the afternoon. He had to first follow the old rule of finding himself a place to stay, and then go find a proper Japanese restaurant to eat something good.
No matter what, wherever he went, he would eat the local food, that was his principle.
Anyway, it wasn't that far; a round trip was just a few hours.
Only, probably because it was the peak of getting off work and school in the afternoon, Aiden, who had been waiting by the roadside for a long time, never managed to get a cab.
With no choice, he turned and went into a secluded alley, taking out that flashy motorcycle he had brought back from Final Fantasy.
Getting on the motorcycle, Aiden opened that map again and took another look. The map had quite a few famous hotels marked out, so he picked the nearest one and then started up the bike.
Not long after, Aiden arrived at that hotel. After finishing the check-in procedure, he just rested in the room for a while, then went out again riding the motorcycle to wander around.
Tokyo in the '90s was still very prosperous, and as night descended, the streets of Tokyo were full of neon signs in all sorts of colors. Riding the motorcycle at full speed on the streets gave him a feeling as if he was in a cyberpunk world.
Just like that, after circling around a few times, until the sky had already turned dark, Aiden, satisfied, stopped in front of a restaurant that looked pretty good. Then he parked the bike and walked inside.
Only, what he didn't know was that not long after he went in, two motorcycles also stopped right beside his, and when the two riders looked at his unbelievably cool bike, their eyes simultaneously showed expressions of surprise and delight.
The two riders got off their bikes at the same time, circling Aiden's motorcycle twice, and then even took turns trying to sit on it.
Finally, one of the riders said in a cold voice, "Sister, I want to buy it!"
"Such a good motorcycle, its owner probably won't agree, right?" The other rider, the one being called sister, hesitated as she spoke.
"Aiya, anyway, when the time comes, we'll just give lots of money. No matter how expensive, I must buy it."
"Alright then. But the owner should have gone to eat, right? Shall we wait here a while?" The sister opened the visor of her helmet and looked around.
There were several restaurants here, and they all shared the parking space. She didn't know which one the owner had gone into to eat, let alone what the owner looked like.
"Okay!"
The younger sister nodded hard, her gaze never once leaving the motorcycle beneath her. She already couldn't wait to own this super cool bike.
Only, the two of them waited like that, and it ended up being nearly three hours...
Inside the restaurant, Aiden's table was already full of plates. The dishes here were indeed very delicate, but the portions were far too small. With his appetite nowadays, who knew how much he would have to eat to be full.
So, by the time he finally felt some sense of fullness, nearly two hours had passed.
Glancing at the time, it was already almost eleven o'clock. Only then did Aiden get up to pay the bill and head out of the restaurant.
When he came to his motorcycle, Aiden noticed two other bikes parked beside it. But neither was as cool as his, so he just gave them a glance and then got onto his own.
Then, his nose twitched slightly. Next, he leaned down and sniffed the bike. Sure enough, his nose wasn't mistaken, he had smelled perfume on the body of the bike.
'A woman sat on my bike...'
Aiden frowned, lifted his head, and looked around. But this was a rather busy area. Even at midnight, the street was bustling with people, and across the road a convenience store was still packed with people who had just gotten off work.
"Looks like I'll have to be more careful in the future. If the bike got stolen, I'd have nowhere to find it..."
Muttering under his breath, Aiden somewhat understood the words Jeanne had once said to him. Then he started up the motorcycle and slowly rode into the main road.
But just as he began to accelerate, two young, beautiful women rushed out of that convenience store he had glanced at earlier.
One of them still had a sandwich in her mouth, but when she saw the motorcycle about to disappear from sight, she froze, then immediately spat the sandwich out.
While running toward her bike, she complained, "Sister, it's all your fault. You just had to drag me along to buy food with you. Now he's gone."
"You were the one who said you were hungry. When I asked what you wanted to eat, you said 'whatever'..." The sister glared at her. "How was I supposed to know what you meant by 'whatever'?"
"'Whatever' means the same as before, something sour, something spicy, both are fine."
"Then just say so directly!"
"..."
The two sisters bickered while jumping onto their motorcycles. After putting on their helmets, they started the bikes and chased in the direction Aiden had gone.
However, though the delay was enough for Aiden to have driven far away, fortunately for them, the well-fed Aiden intended to take another spin on the motorcycle instead of returning to the hotel right away.
And since he wasn't familiar with the area, he didn't speed up much. Very soon, the sisters, who knew the roads well, caught up with him.
Seeing Aiden ahead, the sisters immediately accelerated, trying to block him at the intersection in front.
But as traffic at the intersection grew heavy, they had no choice but to follow behind from a distance. Not until they left the downtown area and traffic thinned did they slowly close the distance.
At this time, Aiden stopped at an intersection, waiting for the red light countdown of more than two minutes to finish.
Normally, he was a law-abiding good citizen.
And while he was staring at the red light, muttering about why the wait was so long, two motorcycles stopped, one on either side of him.
In fact, Aiden had already noticed them. For them to follow him so long, if he still hadn't noticed, he would've died in previous worlds already.
"You two, do you need something?"
Aiden glanced to both sides, surprised to discover the two bikers following him were both women. Instantly, he understood it must have been them who had sat on his bike earlier.
"Your bike, name your price, money's not a problem." The younger sister removed her helmet, revealing a head of flowing long hair. Her cold gaze fell on Aiden, but in that gaze was also a trace of longing to possess.
Of course, this referred to Aiden's motorcycle.
And when he saw this woman's face, Aiden narrowed his eyes slightly.
'Sisters, motorcycles!'
'Could it be...'
He really was blessed by Lady Luck, to actually run into them.
In the King of Fighters series, of course there were sisters who loved motorcycles, and they were even key figures in the storyline.
The current successors of the Yagami Clan, Kagura Maki and Kagura Chizuru, a pair of twin sisters.
Of course, calling them Yagami Maki and Yagami Chizuru would probably be more fitting.
"Sorry, this motorcycle, there's only this one in the whole world. I'm not selling."
This bike was brought out from the Final Fantasy world, a Shinra Company product, modified by Scarlett, maintained daily by Jessie.
Even in Final Fantasy, it was one of the top motorcycles. Of course, he could never sell it, and besides, he wasn't lacking money.
"No matter the price, I won't sell. Because I don't lack money." Aiden added.
But for the sisters who loved racing, they clearly weren't going to give up so easily. Kagura Chizuru glanced at the bike she was riding, that was one she had spent a fortune customizing. Although it wasn't as cool as Aiden's, the performance shouldn't be much worse.
Thinking also of her and her sister Kagura Maki's skills, Kagura Chizuru said with full confidence, "Then let's have a race. The bet will be our motorcycles. Of course, we won't let you lose out, if you lose, we'll still give you a huge sum of money. How about it?"
Aiden didn't refuse, just smiled slightly, "And if you lose?"
"We won't lose." Kagura Chizuru still spoke with confidence.
Hearing Kagura Chizuru's confident tone, her sister Kagura Maki looked past Aiden and quietly said to her, "Chizuru, don't be so arrogant. A girl should be a little reserved."
At this time, Kagura Maki was still alive, and Kagura Chizuru naturally hadn't yet taken up the family mission. Though in both figure and looks she was absolutely an elegant lady, her personality was still a bit naive.
She pouted in dissatisfaction at her sister's words, then said, "Sister, don't forget I've won motorcycle championships several times. My skills are really great."
"Yes, but only once in an official race. The rest were just late-night street races, and your 'championships' were only verbal."
Kagura Maki didn't give her any face at all, mercilessly exposing her, then continued, "Don't be blinded by others' praise. They all have motives."
"Also, you're the family successor, you'll have to marry and have children in the future. With your personality now, how will you get married? Have you already forgotten the bridal training you have to learn every year?"
"You're so naggy, Sister. Why suddenly drag that up? Are you trying to make me a laughingstock?"
Kagura Chizuru glared angrily at Kagura Maki, "And Sister, whose side are you on right now?"
Only then did Kagura Maki remember what they were doing, and that there was an outsider beside them. She gave an awkward smile, then quietly said, "Of course I'm on your side, Chizuru."
Then she said to Aiden, "Sorry, for making you laugh at us."
But before Aiden could speak, Kagura Chizuru shouted in dissatisfaction, "Sister, why are you apologizing to him? And what do you mean by 'making him laugh'? Do I, as your younger sister, embarrass you that much? Then I'm really sorry!"
"I don't mean you embarrass me, I just mean you should act more like a lady..." Looking at Chizuru, arms crossed and puffed up angrily, Kagura Maki tried to explain.
But Chizuru just tilted her head to the sky, whatever her sister said went in one ear and out the other.
'Good thing there weren't many cars here...'
Being stuck between the two sisters, Aiden was thinking this at the moment. He looked up at the traffic light, it went from red to green, then green back to red. Finally, he couldn't help but speak.
"Um, may I interrupt for a second?"
Hearing his voice, Kagura Maki immediately stopped talking. She politely nodded toward him, "Ah, of course. Please, go ahead."
"Although listening to you, the older sister, scold the younger one is pretty interesting, but…" Aiden pointed at the traffic light that was about to change again.
"But are we racing or not? It's about to turn green again."
"Of course we're racing. Your bike, this lady has already set her eyes on it." Before Kagura Maki could answer, Kagura Chizuru shouted, twisting the throttle hard and making the engine roar.
Although Kagura Maki had been nagging her sister endlessly, as an elder sister she still deeply loved her. Seeing that Chizuru was insistent, she could only go along with her in this foolishness.
"Then I must apologize to you, sir. Once this matter is over, I'll properly apologize again."
Kagura Maki gave Aiden a slight bow.
'These two sisters really have such different personalities...'
Glancing at the extremely polite Maki, Aiden's gaze fell again on Chizuru, thinking that her sister's death must have had a huge impact on her.
'But, since I'm here, your sister will absolutely not die.'
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