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Need for Speed

By 'Blue Moon and Roses'

CHAPTER 2

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-Sakura's P.O.V.-

"SAKU-CHAN!!" a chorus of voices said.

Uh-oh.

"I hate you Eriol" I said a frown. He just freaking smiled at me innocently.

I'm in for it.

And as if on cue a swarm of bodies tackled me to the ground enveloping me to a big, warm and most of all suffocating group hug.

"I'll be retiring to my room" Aunty Yelan said while one by one they started standing up again.

"Ja! Aunty" We all said.

"Saku –neechan! Long time no see" A boy with grey-ish hair said to me as he helped me stand up. He had big round purple eyes, his face angular and matured, his body a lot longer than mine too long for him to even call me neechan but since he's younger by 2 years than me he has adopted to calling me that. This boy's name is Li Takeshi, 19 years old. He has a sweet and caring nature though it would be bad if you mess with him.

"Yah he's right we missed you Kura" a girl said. She is the beautiful but feisty and cunning, Hiriigazawa Nakuru, 24 years old. She has Violet hair that has a bit of red, electric blue eyes, and a perfect body to die for.

"Ah it's been a long time since I have seen your pretty face Sa-ku-ra." A boy said. He has raven hair under a cap tilted to a side giving him that 'bad boy look', charcoal black eyes and a slim but muscular body.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"That was for the uncalled comment" I said.

That boy is of course Li Kenji, brother and opposite of Takeshi. He is 23 years old, a very striking guy, who many would call hot but not me. He's as perverted as ever thinking that every woman would bow down to him because of his 'handsome face' (his words not mine) despite that he is a very loyal guy who wouldn't let anyone harm his loved ones.

"Ku-chan let's go clubbing!" And that is the ever so stubborn and not to mention energetic, Li Yuka, a 21 years old ebony haired girl with a bit of red streaks, chocolate brown eyes, and a delectable body to match her somewhat innocent at the same time dangerous attitude. She is of course another of the Li children.

"Sakura-neechan!" a boy with auburn hair and red eyes said to me with a brief hug then a sweet smile that he reserves to his family and close friends.

"How are you Ryo?" I asked him.

"I'm fine neechan"

Li Ryo, 12 years old, Yuka's brother.

"AUNTY SAKURA!!" said three voices in union as they launched themselves at me.

"Anita!! Taku!! Kaouru!!" I said with enthusiasm.

Kuran Anita, Takumi and Kaouru, the three lovely children of Kuran Fanren and Akito.

"Kids let your Aunty Sakura breathe" Akito said to his children chidingly with a big grin directed at Sakura.

"Akito." I said with a nod and then I suddenly launched myself at him. He's a family friend of ours that I introduced to Fanren. He's one of Touya's best friends from High School.

"Tsk. Tsk. If I didn't know better I would have slapped you Sakura for launching yourself at my husband without my permission." Fanren said with a grin plastered to her face.

"FANREN!!" Then I launched myself at her.

"Hey Kura you've been ignoring me!! Mou! I asked you something but you didn't reply." Yuka said with a mocking pout on her face.

"We can go tomorrow Yu" I told her.

"YAY!!" she said jumping for joy with Mei. And Nakuru.

"Hey what's that you're going somewhere without inviting the three of us." One by one Sheifa, Fuutie and Feimei entered the room.

(A/N: in my fic the Fanren's the oldest of the four followed by Fuutie, Sheifa then Feimei.)

It looks like Eriol called out the whole Li clan.

"Of course you three are coming…you too Ren-ren" I said to them.

"Fuutie, how's Shiki-kun?"

"Oh I'm fine Saku." A man answered. "Shiki–kun!!"

"Long time no see cuz!" he told me. "I missed you."

"Ditto"

"Oh Sakura!! We missed our little Mei-mei!" said the four sisters in union then they enveloped me into a group hug then Nakuru, Mei, and Yu joined.

The night continued like that with me the center of attention. We talked about what happened to them since the last we met.

-Syaoran P.O.V-

When I finally revived from the shock of seeing Eriol admit defeat to this girl, I went to shock almost a second after because suddenly all my cousins were coming in the living room- correction they're not coming, that's an understatement they were almost hurdling, yes that's the right word- towards Sakura in a frenzy that I have never seen before.

They all launched themselves to a very horrified Sakura. It seems that she knows what's coming with just the chorus of voices calling her.

They tackled her to the floor engulfing her into a massive group hug.

After a while they started standing up to give her some space so that she could breathe. I was watching there at the sidelines as Takeshi helped her up then greet her with such familiarity that he rarely uses even with me. He even called her neechan…

After that one by one my all my cousins greeted her and she in return greeted them enthusiastically.

The scene playing in front of me made me feel out of place… what was worse is that I am out of place in my own home, with my own family. As if nothing is worse than that I don't feel angry at all, in fact I feel calm by watching them I have never seen my family so at ease with anyone together, it's such a rare sight to see. For once Eriol was just grinning madly with what seem like brotherly love at his eyes as he watched the scene, the familiar glint of plotting in his eyes- gone. Meiling instead of having her usual mood swings was just smiling and laughing along with everyone, her face serene as if she has united with her sister.

I watch as they interact with each other, reviving stories from the past and telling each other of everything and anything. This girl has managed to bring my family together without me knowing how it happened. My family that was once full of secrets. Yes, we were close to each other but not like this, this is a different kind of closeness. The atmosphere she creates brings each and every one of us to open up, giving us that hope that this may last forever.

Even my niece and nephews are attuned to her, which they don't do much with anyone before.

Each and every person here was somehow distant before, even though they're there physically, it's just… a whole new thing…undeniably different.

Now I wonder how did she became close to these people, closer to them than I am actually…I wonder how she's closer to them, my own family.

How did she become familiar with each person?

How did she manage to break that barrier that this family has?

Before I would bring home my girlfriends but none of them even managed to stay in this house for 5 minutes. They say it's too chaotic here in the Li grounds and every one seems to hate them at one look.

But she, she knows all their faults and accepts them for it I can see that clearly…she even know my mother more than I do…

You may think that with all that I'm saying would point to a statement like 'I envy her' but that's where you're wrong. I don't envy her I'm amazed with her and I envy my cousins, my sisters, each member of my family…because they are so close to her…because they can associate themselves with her so easily…because they can hug her without even thinking…because she is familiar with them and not with me…even Wei seems to know her.

How come I haven't met her till now?

-Normal P.O.V.-

As everyone talked with each other, Syaoran was silently sitting at the shadows watching with amazement and curiosity. He watched Sakura's every move, listened to every sound from her while contemplating with himself.

Her facial expressions, the different emotions that flitted in her eyes, her laugh, her hand gestures, the movement of her lips as she says something…

He doesn't know it that his gradually falling, falling fast and hard for the enigma that is Kinomoto Sakura.

-Sakura P.O.V.-

I could see him from my peripheral vision, watching us silently at the same time thinking…

In the years that I have known the Li's I have never met him… Li Syaoran

He was a mystery to me, I have only seen him in photos and I only know him through his cousins and friends. It seems that our lives are greatly intertwined, yet…we really don't know each other.

I have known Yelan since I was born because of her occasional visits to my mother. Once, when I was 8 years old, she even brought Meiling with her on a long stay in Japan, they stayed for 2 years. In that short span of time Meiling became one of my best friends; me, her and Tomoyo were inseparable. That's when Aunty Yelan, Aunty Sonomi and Mom started teaching us to be independent, to be an equal of men instead of being their inferior. They taught us that we too can be the heroes instead of always being the damsels in distress. They taught us martial arts themselves, training us for hours each day to strengthen us physically. They also taught us different languages as well as advanced our lessons in the academics department.

Those two years we were home schooled preparing us for what may come in the future ...whatever it may be. Then after those two years we came back to resume normal lives as normal teenagers. Aunty Yelan and Meiling went back to Hong Kong promising that they would visit from time to time.

When I was 14 years old I stayed here in these same grounds. My parents insisted that I visit their friend, Li Yelan, for them because unfortunately they couldn't go because of business matters. They sent me there for vacation but Aunt Sonomi suggested that Tomoyo should go with me and we'd stay there for at least 3 years, so that we could experience a different environment than the ones that we were accustomed to. That we did. During our stay Aunt Yelan decided to polish our skills and add more to it. She taught us how to handle different varieties of weapons and even taught us the mechanics of a car and motorcycles.

That's when our passion for racing was born. The three of us were street racing at 15 and winning was as easy as pie. We were praised and envied, some even thought of fooling us but in time they learned that by fooling us they're only making a fool out of themselves. We were a legend… a mystery… an enigma to the racing world. We were like ghosts, who only shows up at night leaving no traces for us to be found in the morning. This was how we keept ourselves safe because things may happen if we wouldn't be careful. We have defeated a lot of top racers especially me and most if not all holds grudges, there are only a handful of racers who can really call themselves a true racer who accepts defeat when defeated. After a few years just like ghosts we vanished from the streets of Hong Kong since me and Tomoyo went back to Japan and started racing there with a new identity… with it came new legends though not as known as the ones from before we were still famous because of this…while Meiling stayed in Hong Kong and raced using a different identity from the one we have used for years. Our mothers and Yelan were proud of our success, our glory, and most of all our humility. They have taught us well.

During my stay in Hong Kong I met if not all, most of the members of the Li clan specifically those of my generation. I learned much about them; at first all of them were distant even to themselves... even Mei was distant to her cousins unlike when she's with us. But in time, with my stay there, they grew closer and closer they even thought of me as their own sister or cousin. I met all of them and got along well but one…

Li Syaoran.

The time I went to HK was the time Syaoran went to America to continue his studies there, with a purpose like mine…to broaden our boundaries, our capabilities, to experience a new culture, a different way of life, a new environment.

His cousins talked about him from time to time… Syao this, Syao that, when we were 3 Syao did this and that…reminiscing his most embarrassing moments. I learned more about him from Yelan who talked about her son a lot since she misses him. I also got a lot of facts from Meiling who apparently is closest to him. I must admit I would already have a book as thick as an encyclopedia if I compile those stories into a book, I think I have enough to blackmail him for his whole life…hmm that'll also be a useful blackmail to those who told me the stories because he told them not to tell but they told me…interesting point… mwahahahhaha… Anyway I'll keep that thought for later going on…

Syaoran was a familiar name to me, uttered to me in different circumstances, his face I only saw from photograph from when he was younger and also the most recent pictures of him.

I cannot deny it, I found him beautiful in a manly way…handsome…his auburn locks which were always messy in pictures, his angular face, his full lips, his slender body…and most of all his eyes that are amber in color, those eyes are what I want to see the most, because in the pictures it was that – just a picture. I could not see the life in them by just looking at a picture, the emotions that I saw today was astounding…the depth of those auburn eyes…it held a certain sadness that I know not the cause of.

When I looked into his eyes and saw the sadness in them I wanted to relieve him from that sadness, I don't know why but I just had these reactions that makes me want to touch him, caress his face and soothe him so that those sadness would go away...

By looking at his eyes I knew that I know a lot about him at the same time nothing… I felt this sensation it can also be an emotion…hurt…heartache...I was hurt that I truly know nothing of him…I don't understand why but I want to know more about him even though I know a lot because of his cousins.

I want to know about him…everything to the smallest details...

I want to be close to him…so close that we can be one...

I want to comfort him…so much that he would never ever feel sad again...

I want to touch him…hold his hand, caress his face, rake my hands through his hair...

I want not only to be his friend but more…to be someone special to him, someone that no one can replace, someone that only I can be...

I want stay with him…forever…

…but I don't know why, why I want to do it…what are my reasons to know about him...to be close to him...to touch him...to comfort him...to be special to him...

...why do i wan these things...

...why?...

End of Chapter 2

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Was that okay? Good? Great? Trash?

Please give your comment and opinions on this chapter 'cause I'm not sure…I feel like I'm going too fast… but you'll see… I might do something I'm not sure it's formulating itself in my head at the moment…

I'll post another chapter showing their ages and the cousin's names… and my description of them kay?

REVIEWS are HIGHLYappreciated!!

'Blue Moon and Roses'