Burnout: Legends.
The truck pulled up outside, and Sasuke moved over to the lawn, standing on the grass. The truck reversed up the driveway, and Sasuke waved it back. The truck slowed as the back end approached the garage, but Sasuke kept on waving it back. The truck backed up, really slowly, and a few seconds later, Sasuke held up his hand.
"Stop!" He yelled, and the truck stopped. Sasuke heard the engine idle lower as the truck was put in park, and the driver got out. Sasuke started undoing the chains that held the junk to the back of the truck, and soon the only things holding the wreckage to the truck were two chains, and they were needed to get it off the truck. The driver walked to the side of the flatbed, and inserted his key into the unit control box. He turned it, and pulled down on a lever. The bed of the truck started to tilt upward, and Sasuke really got a good look at the scrap piece of metal. Sasuke shook his head.
The driver pulled another switch, and the chains began to unravel from the spindle, letting the car slide down the bed of the truck. As soon as it touched the garage floor, the operator stopped the chains unraveling. He unhooked them, and told Sasuke to stand back.
He got back into the truck and engaged the first gear, pulling away slowly. The front end of the car slowly slid down the tilted back, until it fell off onto the garage floor with a tremendous bang. The driver stopped, and got out. He handed a bill to sasuke, who signed t, and nodded to him.
"Have a good day." The guy said, getting back into his truck. Sasuke watched him pull away, right as Sakura walked up the driveway, just getting out from school.
"Hi Sasuke," She said. She looked at the receding truck. "Who was that?" She asked.
"The delivery man." Sasuke said. Sakura looked at him, and noticed the hunk of metal sitting half in and half out of the garage.
"What the hell...?" She asked, circling around it.
"You probably can't tell, but that is actually your design car." He said. Sakura looked at him confused.
"What?" She asked.
"Well," Sasuke said. "It will be when we're through with it. It's the prototype frame of the McLaren GTR, or more commonly known as the Longtail." He said, and Sakura's eyes went wide.
"Oh my God!" She exclaimed, circling the car. She ran her fingers over the fibreglass shell, and examined the twisted metal frame.
She ran over to Sasuke and hugged him.
"Oh my God! Thanks Sasuke!" She said, grinning. "How much did it cost you?" She asked.
Sasuke shook his head.
"Don't go there." He said flatly, and she giggled. She turned more serious as she looked at the car.
"It'll take a hell of a lot of work," She said, "But once it's fixed, I bet it'll be better than my parents' cars."
"What'll be better than our cars?" Ayame asked, walking in, InuYasha beside her, holding her hand.
"Sweet Jesus!" Ayame exclaimed, when she saw the car.
InuYasha shook his head.
"You'd have to be retarded to think that that piece of junk can beat my car." He said, laughing at Sasuke.
Sasuke grinned.
"Au contraire, when me and Sakura have fixed it up, and modified it, your car will be passed flat out like you were standing still."
InuYasha laughed.
"Yeah, probably, because by the time you get that junk race-ready, I'll be six feet underground, and I really will be standing still." He said.
Sasuke smiled.
"Just you wait, we'll get that car race ready within the month, and you'll be kicking yourself in the ass, because you'll be screwed." Sasuke said.
"Whatever." Was the carefree reply. Ayame winked at him, and turned around.
"Let's go, InuYasha." She said, walking away.
"Well, we should begin right away!" Sakura said, excited at the prospect of finally ful-filling her dream.
Sasuke nodded.
"It'll be a lot of work, a lot more pain, but when she's ready, it'll all be worth it." He said.
"Come on, help me push it into the garage more." He said, leaning against the front of the car and pushing. She joined him, and together they pushed the car back into the garage, the bent frame scraping across the concrete floor. The car only had three wheels, it was missing it's front left, but Sasuke had ordered that everything that had been collected off the track when the car crashed be sent to him, and the wheel, along with a few hundred different nuts, bolts, washers, assembly parts, and fibreglass pieces had been collected and put in a bag, which now rested in the front of the car.
Both were excited at the prospect of staying up till the wee hours of the morning, working on the car, and they left the garage door open as their source of light, the afternoon sun streaming in and illuminating the place. When it got dark, they would turn on floodlamps.
Sasuke and Sakura went into the house to change into some old clothes, not wanting to dirty the outfits they had on. Sasuke came downstairs clad in a pair of shorts that were ripped on one knee, and an old black T-shirt. It was InuYasha's old stuff, so he couldn't complain about the style.
Sakura was weaing something a bit more revealing, having chosen to wear some of her really old clothes. And the older clothes were also a lot smaller.
She wore a pair of cut off jeans, and they hugged her bum, showing it off. The legs torn off really high, about middle thigh. Her shirt was a really old jean jacket, without sleeves, and she buttoned it up once, in the middle of her breasts. It came down to her belly button, and stopped there. Her breasts bulged against the restraining fabric, and she blushed when Sasuke stared at her.
She turned around, her back to him, and bent over, picking up two pairs of fingerless work gloves. Sasuke stared even more, his thoughts a blank. She straightened up, and walked over to him, slapping his chest with a pair of the gloves.
"I can see already how much work is gonna get done, and how much play is gonna get done." She said, smirking at him. Sasuke snapped out of it, and accepted the gloves, sliding them on.
"Well," He said, watching her put a bandanna on. "That won't be entirely my fault."
She shrugged, and pointed to the car.
"What first, Commander?" She asked, and Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"First, it has to run before it gets pretty. Theres no sense in spending all your money making something pretty, if it won't run." He said. "So we attack the engine." He hoisted the engive cover, and grimaced. "Or what's left of it."
He wheeled over a hoist, and grabbed an air wrench. He connected the air hose to it, and squeezed the trigger a few times, listening to the high pitched sound it produced. He bent over and placed the gun on a main bolt, and squeezed the trigger. The gun jolted in his hands, but he got it under control, and the bolt started to come undone.
"Bit torquey, eh?" He said softly, and continued working. Sakura was busy taking all the screws and bolts and nuts and everything else small that was rusted and putting it in a tray, covering them in a rust remover. In a few hours, they would come out as clean as the day they were made. She sighed, and ran into the house, grabbing her stereo, plugging it in on an extension cord in the garage. She popped in her Dragonforce CD, and cranked the knob. Sasuke grinned as she changed the song to Operation Ground and Pound.
"Yeah, got some motivation now!" He said, grinning. Sakura examined the body, and saw that the whole carbon fibre body shell was one piece, and she walked around the car, popping the latches one by one. As she came back to the front of the car, she called out to Sasuke and he raised his head. She motioned to the shell of the car,a nd he nodded. There was no use trying to talk, the music was too loud. And they liked it that way. Sasuke gripped the back of the shell, and Sakura gripped the chipped front, and they lifted it right off, exposing the driving area, and the engine compartment. They moved it aside, and set it down on the floor, a couple meters away, giving themselves some room to work around the car.
Sakura figured she could examine the shell later, and concentrated on the three remaining tires, Sasuke's words running through her mind.
First it has to run before it gets pretty.
She unbolted the front right wheel, and set it aside. The rim was perfect, not bent at all, for the car had struck the wall on the track on its left side, so she figured that that wheel might give her a few problems. She examined the brake discs and decided that while she would definitely go for a larger set later, these were fine for now.
Make it run before you make it look good. She told herself.
She examined the rest of the axle, and figured that the driver had really screwed up good. The front axle was completely useless, and it would have to be replaced. She unbolted the disc brake, and set it aside, on the left wall of the garage (Looking in, the car is facing out, the right side on the left side of the garage.)
She took all the tiny parts, and walked over to the chemical bath that was slowly eating the rust away, and dumped them in. She walked back to the area she was working on, and tried to gain a bearing on what shape the steering column was in. She wasn't too familiar with it, so she figured that Sasuke could help her with it later. She unbolted the shock, and saw that it was actually in pretty good shape. She set it beside the brake disc, and continued working. She would have to jack the car up to get at the dampers, and see the rest of the steering column, so she moved to the rear wheel, doing the same to it.
Sasuke was getting ready to pull the engine out, he had most of it disconnected from the rest of the car and the engine mount, he just needed to jack the car up to do the transmission. He looked over the side of the car and spotted Sakura working on the wheel.
"Hey Sakura." He said, and she looked at him.
"Yeah?" She asked.
"I need to jack the car up, is that alright?" He asked, and she nodded.
"Yeah, I need it up too, to get the wheel off." She said. "The only reason I got the other one off is because the frame had bottomed out over there, and the wheel was about three inches off the ground." She said, smirking.
Sasuke nodded, and got a couple jacks in position around the rear of the car. He started to raise it up, and didn't stop until the jacks were completely extended, putting the rear of the car some 3 feet off the ground. Sasuke motioned for Sakura to back away from the car, and she nodded. She knew what he was thinking, and muted the music. In the sudden silence, they could hear the car slowly grinding forward, the front end skidding on the pavement, and Sasuke knew they needed something to hold the front end. Sasuke spotted a few large cinder blocks in against the back wall of the garage, and grabbed one, hoisting it over. He set it in front of the car, and got another one, putting that against the frame also. The car stopped moving, and Sakura grinned, unmuting the music. Sasuke checked the jacks, before sliding under the car. He pulled a torch lamp under the car, and turned it on.
(A torch lamp is one of those intensely bright lights that you see in garages that have a cage around the bulb, and a hook on them so you can hang them on nails and stuff while your working.)
Sasuke found a nook in the framework, and hooked the torch lamp in it, leaving his hands free. He began to undo the rest of the fastenings holding the engine in the car, and undid the trasmission. With that done, he climbed back out, and wheeled the hoist over. He dropped a few chains around the engine, and heard them clank against the floor.
Sakura drpooed down, and slid under the car, yelping.
"Wahh! The floor's freezing!" She said, thrusting her chest and stomach up, trying to keep her back off the ground and support herself on her covered shoulder blades, and clothed bum. She hurriedly connected the chains together, and told him to start raising the chains slowly. He started jacking up the hoist, and the shains started to wrap around the engine.
"'Kay, stop!" She said, waiting for him to stop. When he did, she moved one of the chains to a better location, where it wouln't slip off.
"'Kay, go!" She said, moving out of the way. Sasuke helped her up off the ground, and admired the way her thin, curved body moved. Sasuke raised the lift, and the engine came out smoothly, and Sasuke wheeled the lift over to the corner of the garage.
"Tomorrow," He said, indicating the engine. "This will be our major focus." He turned back to the car, and began to clean out the parts around the gaping hole. Sakura joined him, and they began to collect small spacers and bolts that had shaken loose when they pulled the engine loose. Sasuke walked over and dumped them in the water that was slowly turning red, from the rust, and walked back to the car. He noticed that Sakura was sweating slightly, and he realized that he was too, for it was really hot out. He stopped for a minute, and stared at the car, figuring out where to attack the massive project from next. He decided that he would help Sakura with the remaining tire, and get an idea of where the axle was at, what shape it was in. He knelt beside her and watched her unbolt the wheel, taking it off. She dropped it down on the floor, and Sasuke wheeled it over to the other two, leaning against the wall. He walked back, and peered into the car, thinking that the rear axle had actually survived in pretty damn good shape.
"It's a keeper." He said, "Now let's get ready to take it out."
Sakura nodded, realizing that designing a car, and taking one apart were massively different things, and until now, she had never fully appreciated the complexity of a car. Just on the axle alone, the single shaft that the wheels turned on, she could already see more individual parts than she could easily count. She saw disc brakes, clamps, cotter pins, screws, speed sensors, heat sensors, bearings, spacers, and that was just by looking at it. She could just imagine what was further inside the car.
"Whoever designed this miracle of human engineering is truely a God." She said, marvelling at the complexity of it. Still, she couldn't wait until it was running, and then she could take it for a drive. She looked at Sasuke, and back at the car, and realized how dark it was getting.
She glanced at her watch, and saw that it was almost eight o'clock. She glanced at Sasuke again, and shrugged.
"I don't know about you," She said, "But I'm hungry, and I think we should call it quits for tonight, get a good rest tonight, skip school and work on it tomorrow." She said, and Sasuke nodded.
"Yeah, we can create a plan for this thing, so we can get better organised and get more done." He said.
They had spent a few hours on it, and they actually had accomplished a lot. They had removed the wheels, determined that the front axle had to be replaced, along with the right side braking system, and that the rear axle was okay, but the major thing that had taken all of their time was getting the engine out.
Sakura yawned, and shut off the music. She looked down at herself, and realized that she was covered in orange rust, grease, dirt and oil. She probably didn't smell so hot either, she thought.
They re-organized everything, and placed a cover on the container that had the rusty parts in it. They put that away on top of a shelf, and scoured the floor for any missing parts. They picked up the light shell, and stood it against one wall, out of the way. Sasuke removed the cinder blocks, while Sakura lowered the car, and wheeled the jacks over to the side of the garage. The car, wheel-less, sat on the floor on it's bare frame.
Sasuke flicked out the lights, and walked toward the house, following Sakura. They grabbed some leftover pizza from the refridgerator, and sat on the porch, talking.
"I think we should tackle the interior tomorrow." Sasuke said. "Just rip the seat out, and we'll replace it with a lighter, racing one, less plain, more to your tastes." He said.
"Of course, we'll take the seat out and leave it empty, no sense putting in a new seat for it to get ripped and dirty. We'll wait until the car's built first."
Sakura nodded, swallowing a piece of pizza.
"Yeah, and your pretty good at wiring, so I'll leave that up to you. But everything else, as long as it ain't heavy, I can do." She said.
"Mmm, we gotta strip it completely down, to get a look at the frame. Gotta take every single thing out, and make sure that the frame isn't bent too badly." He said.
"Then, when that's done, we can start building it according to your specifications." He said. "The motor will take a lot of work, though." He said.
"I checked it out, it's in good shape, but to make the mods you want, it'll take a bit of work." Sasuke said, staring off into the dark sky, imagining what needed to be done.
"Yeah," He said, sighing. "It'll be a good car though, when it's built." He said, getting up.
Sakura put her hand on his arm, stopping him.
"Thanks Sasuke." She said, softly. "I really appreciate what you've done for me." She said. Sasuke nodded.
"Don't worry about it, Sakura." He said, taking her hand and helping her up.
They walked into the house, and Sasuke got into the shower, eager to go to bed, for he was tired. Sakura was in the other shower, thinking the same thing.
Sasuke finished first, and he walked into the room. He had changed back into his clean clothes that he had changed out of before working on the car, the ones he had worn to school. It appeared that Ayame or someone had washed them, for they were clean, and ironed, unwrinkled. He didn't bother with the shirt, for he was too tired, and he fell onto the bed, closing his eyes. He could hear the shower running down the hall, and the soft noise had a lulling effect on him, and he was almost asleep by the time it had stopped, despite his intentions to stay awake. A few minutes later, Sakura walked into the room. Sasuke glanced at her, and immediately woke up. She had on a pair of thin red panties, and a red lace bra, and had covered that with a thin, see through nightie that hung down to her knees. It was open in front, exposing everything, and everything not covered by it was visible through it anyway.
Sasuke's eyes widened as she climbed onto the bed, moving toward him on her hands and knees. He tried not to stare at her chest, and busied himself with looking at her face. She was beautiful in every way, Sasuke thought, his gaze sliding to her ears. Sakura advanced toward him, and moved over him so that her hands were on both sides of his neck, and her knees were on both sides of his hips.
"You know," She said slyly, smirking down at him. "My parents won't be home for another hour or two." She said, running her hand down his chest. Sasuke shuddered at her feather light touch, and she giggled.
"We can have so much fun." She said, spreading her knees further apart, bringing her hips down closer to Sasuke's body. She bent her arms, and leaned her chest closer to his, her nose almost touching his.
She picked up his hand, and, ignoring the blush that spread across his face, placed it on her breast. She leaned down and kissed him, and it seemed to break the trance that he was in. He returned the kiss, and he ran his hands down her back to her bum, massaging and squeezing her. She moaned, and felt him pull her closer into him. She felt herself getting wet as he grinded his arousal against hers, through the clothes. She couldn't support herself any longer, and dropped down on top of him, gasping as he pulled her into him a bit harder. She got up, and straddled his waist, feeling his bulge pressing against her, through her panties. Suddenly, Sasuke shook his head.
"Sakura." He whispered. "We can't be doing this." He said, hugging her body to him. She licked his neck, and dragged her fangs along his neck.
"Mmm...why not?" She asked.
"It's not right." He said. "I don't want to hurt you." He said, closing his eyes. He could feel her ragged breaths on his neck, and her little bites and licks were driving him crazy.
"You won't hurt me, Sasuke." She whispered back, feeling his strong hands on her back. "You could never hurt me, because..." She trailed off, and Sasuke kissed her shoulder.
"Because why?" He asked, wanting to continue just as much as he wanted to stop.
Sakura didn't say anything, just continued to enjoy his hands on her body, and continued to taste his neck and throat, hoping he didn't press the issue. But he did.
"Because why?" Sasuke asked, sitting up. Sakura put her hands on his neck, and leaned in close to kiss him. With her lips just millimeters from his, she whispered her reason.
"Because I love you."
Then she kissed him. Sasuke returned the kiss, and decided to relax a bit. He turned over on his side, and let Sakura slide off him onto the bed beside him. He leaned over her and kissed her again, opening his mouth and letting her tongue in, to explore him. He slid his tongue past hers, and explored her wet cavern also, both their eyes closed as they concentrated on kissing the one they loved. Sasuke slid his hand down her smooth stomach, and she arched her back, wanting to feel his hand against her body, and she moaned in pleasure when his hand slid beneath her panties, tentatively touching her, inches away from her moist entrance.
Sasuke placed a trail of kisses down her throat and collarbone, and slid his other hand around her back, unhooking her bra. As he took it off, he kissed her again on the mouth, and began to rub her breasts, playing with her nipples, and massaging and gently squeezing her. She closed her eyes and enjoyed his ministrations, his pleasurable hands gliding over her body. He leaned down and licked her right breast, earning a gasp. He smirked, and leaned down again, taking it into his mouth. He began to swirl his tongue around on her breast, sucking on her now hard nipples. He leaned up, and kissed her on the lips, before going back down and blowing lightly on the moist nipple, earning a small moan and a deep sigh. He waited until she arched her back again, before slipping a finger deep inside her, making her hips buck. She moaned, and turned her head toward Sasuke, looking up at him.
"Please," She whispered. "I want you inside me..." Sasuke looked down at her, her forehead slightly sweaty, and her eyes glazed over with want, need and lust. He thought it would be cruel to deny her of what she wanted anymore, and decided, against his better judgement, to pleasure her the way she wanted. He nodded, and removed his finger from her, slowly undressing. He dropped his pants on the floor, and slid his boxers off. He blushed furiously when she looked at him. She checked him out thoroughly, the way she knew he did sometimes when he thought she wasn't looking. She grinned, and slid her hands down her body.
"Well, what are you waiting for, Sasuke? A formal invitation?" She asked, laughing. Sasuke blushed again, and crawled on top of her, his hands on either side of her shoulders. He leaned down and kissed her as she spread her legs, and he slowly entered her, making her gasp. She closed her eyes and moaned, almost a purring sound, resonating deep in her chest, and a few seconds later, she thrust her hips toward him.
"Come on, Sasuke, make me feel good, the way I know you can." She said, putting her arms around his neck. Sasuke leaned down and kissed her, and started to move his hips, going in and out of her at a slow pace. He was determined to keep the pace slow and make it last as long as he could, and he was glad that she didn't ask him to speed up. He slid his hands down her body to her hips, and he pulled her against him, going deep into her, making her cry out. She started whispering his name, and he felt her hands on his shoulders, her nails digging into his skin slightly, but it didn't hurt.
He felt the incredible heat of her body surrounding him as he slid in and out of her, and he groaned as he felt himself getting ready to climax. Obviously Sakura was nearing her limit also, for she clenched around him, wrapping her legs around his waist, only increasing the pleasure for Sasuke. Sasuke closed his eyes, and kissed her, before resting his forehead on her chest, his breathing speeding up. He licked her breast, and reached up to rub her ears, and she mewled, sliding her hands down Sasuke's back. She felt him thrust into her a bit deeper than last time, and it set her off, the orgasm ripping through her body, and making her hips buck. This final movement was all it took, and Sasuke orgasmed, crying out Sakura's name as he did so. He continued to thrust into her a few more times after that, increasing the pleasure they both felt, until the wave of pleasure passed, and he stopped, laying down next to Sakura, his arms around her, holding her as close as he could. He was still deep inside her, and she snuggled up to him, purring.
"Next time," She whispered, "I get the top, and we get chocolate." She said, making Sasuke chuckle. He kissed her forehead, and rubbed her shoulder.
"Sure, I think that's a great idea." He said, closing his eyes. A few minutes passed in silence, before he spoke.
"'Eh Sakura?" He said, and she moaned, licking his throat.
"Yeah?" She asked. Sasuke smiled, and kissed her on the mouth.
"Just so you know, I love you too." He said, laying back down.
Hearing that made Sakura the happiest girl in the world, and she fell asleep, holding onto Sasuke with a smile on her face.
