Heyo...man oh man. If I make any mistakes on the infos I give in this fic, please tell me. Since I've been taking on and off breaks from this fic I forget what I write at times. And I'm too lazy to read this fic all over again ehehehe...
Lastly, I would like to say happy bday to my online buddy who strangely likes this fic: -pink.pocky- :) It's her bday today!! Happy bday girl.
Chapter 7 – She's the Man
"Hello?" Sasuke called out loudly at the awestricken girl. This girl is zoning out... He waved his hand in front of her face trying to bring to her back to reality but she just continued staring at him with her mouth wide open.
"Flies are going to fly into that mouth of yours if you don't shut it." He commented with a slight smirk and closed her jaw with one hand snapping her back to the material world.
Sakura blinked for a few moments before she realized where she was. And for a few seconds, she believed she was still in a dream. She did not just race this guy in front of her did she? Never mind standing in front of him! Whom she had known so well to be the world's current number one K1 racer!
"U-U-Uchiha Sasuke?!" she stammered.
"Yeah that's my name." he replied, not surprised that she knew who he was.
"Oh my god...you're Uchiha Sasuke?! The one and only Uchiha Sasuke?!!" Sakura practically screamed now knowing for a fact that she was indeed in reality after pinching herself for four times.
"Uhuh...um hi?" He said slowly, surprised by her reactions. He didn't expect her to be so surprised since she personally knew Hyuuga whom is also another first class racer.
"Nicetomeetyou!! I'mHarunoSakura!! I'vebeenwatchingyouraceeversinceIstartedwatchingK1andIgottosayYOURAMAZING!" She whirled without breaks and took his hand to shake it.
Inner Sakura: Kyaa!! I'm shaking hands with the world's number racer!!! This may be my big chance!!
"Slow down, I can't understand a thing you just said." Sasuke said and pulled his hand away. He still wasn't use to physical contact with other people especially with girls.
Sakura breathed for a moment trying to press down all the excitement before talking again. "Hi, sorry...I'm just very excited right now because I am a very big supporter of K1, I always wanted to be a part of the championships but never got the chance to. I'm Haruno Sakura, nice to meet you!"
"Yo!! Let me join in the fun!!" Someone called from behind.
"Uzumaki Naruto?!!" Sakura stated in shock seeing another famous figure in the racing world.
"Whohoo!! She knows my name!!! How's that teme?" Naruto cheered and gave Sakura a foxy grin.
"Sasuke, you better explain to me what all this is about."
"HATAKE KAKASHI?!!" Sakura almost practically screamed again. She really couldn't believe it. Three of the most famous racing people are now standing in front of her like it's just some other day.
"I have nothing to explain. You just saw it now." Sasuke answered his team leader and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"You want me to recruit a girl on the team?!!" Kakashi said bewilderedly.
"Why not?!!" Naruto whined.
Sakura stared at the arguing three in front of her. Her ears were playing tricks against her. She almost found herself almost laughing in disbelief.
"She's a perfectly good candidate." Sasuke said coolly. "And no, I am not going crazy. And no Kakashi...Naruto did not implant any idiotic thoughts in my mind. " He answered Kakashi's inner questions accurately.
"Alright, tell me exactly on how I can recruit her in anyway." Kakashi gave him a blank stare and frowned slightly.
"Simple...pretend she's a man." Naruto smiled without thinking.
"Oh? You're telling me to perform plastic surgery on this girl whom didn't even give us consent on whether or not she wanted to be operated on." Kakashi blinked. "On top of it all, there is the media to consider about."
"Psh, media shemeesia. Who cares about them...Sakura-chan will just keep her helmet on twenty-four-seven." The blond dismissed easily.
"And suffocate her to death. Righhttt...bright thinking there." The leader said sarcastically for the first time in a very long time.
"It doesn't have to be twenty-four-seven Kakashi. More like only during the race. And we'll guard her, its understandable when a racer doesn't want to face the media to avoid gossips." Sasuke interrupted.
Kakashi let out a deep breath and scratched his head. "You really think she can do it?"
"Course." Sasuke turned to look at Sakura who just stared back.
"She got talent, I can see that. I don't want to burst your bubbles or anything but besides the fact that she's a girl. I told you...I need a K1 driver not a cyclist."
"You're getting old." Sasuke smirked at his leader. "Don't you remember what I told you yesterday?"
"What's that?" Both Naruto and Kakashi said in unison.
"Cheh...dumb blond, you forgot it too...tell them Sakura. Who's your grandfather?"
"M-My grandfather?" Sakura echoed. "Umm...his name is Haruno Takuma, he used to participate in the K1 championships and won five times in a row but passed away two years ago..."
"Takuma..." Kakashi said thoughtfully. "Yeah, I remember that old fellow. Amazing driver. But I still don't see how it connects to her being qualified to drive a K1 vehicle."
"Kakashi-sensei!!" It was Naruto's turn to speak. "Don't you think that it's weird how Sakura-chan is even riding a motorcycle? She must've gotten her influences somewhere, and that's probably from her grandfather. Did you forget that when Haruno Takuma was still alive, the media always mentioned him on newspaper whenever he went to watch a race and did you forget the fact that he always brought her granddaughter along with him. So in conclusion, Sakura-chan must have some experience with K1 vehicles."
"Wow Naruto, never knew you had some lawyer prospects in you." Kakashi teased.
"What?!! I was always a genius with lots of lawyer arguing abilities."
"Genius my ass." Sasuke muttered and rolled his eyes. "So are you going to accept her or not? The first race of the year is in two weeks. It takes you about a week to complete the process of recruiting a new member so basically you only have a week left of searching which isn't a lot of time."
"I don't know..." Kakashi said slowly and turned towards the girl. "Haruno Sakura."
"Y-Yes?" Sakura answered and straightened up her back.
"Do you have any experience on a vehicle made especially for K1 before?"
"Yes."
"Would you say you're pro at it?"
"N-No...not really."
It was important to tell the truth and Kakashi nodded thoughtfully at the answer.
"But would you be willing to join the team if we asked you to?"
"Yes, of course!"
"How's that?"
"I wanted to get into K1 since I was very little but no one is willing to take me in. I asked a total of 20 racing campaigns to let me join but because I'm a girl, they rejected me."
"Interesting...there's never been a girl driver in K1 history...did you know that?"
"Yes, but I think they should start now. Girls can be just as good as guys."
Sasuke and Naruto wanted to snicker in response but kept quiet.
"You say you have experience on a K1 motor vehicle. How much time do you spend practicing on both the motor vehicle and motorbikes?"
"Umm...for motorcycles I practice almost every week whenever the track is open and as for K1 racecars...if I'm lucky...twice per month because they don't open up those special tracks to non-professional drivers that much. So mostly just once per month."
"Do you think you can benefit the Mercedes Team in any way if you join?"
"Yes, if I get more chance to drive and practice, I'm sure I can help. Not necessary with the individual points because Sasuke-kun here is way too good, but in the team points."
Naruto nudged Sasuke in the ribs and snickered. "The chick is praising you bastard. What a girl." he whispered. Sasuke just rolled his eyes and stepped on Naruto's foot making him cringe.
"Based on the official Japanese track, how long does it take you to complete one lap?"
"I think it's around one minute and thirty seconds."
Naruto grinned widely as Sasuke just merely nodded in approval. For someone who only practices twice per month at most, it's a pretty good time record.
"Standard time is one minute and twenty-five seconds. I will give you three days to reach one minute and twenty-two seconds. If you don't reach that record by tuesday, then I will not consider you as a legible candidate." Kakashi said with a smile.
"Yayyyy!!!!! Kakashi-sensei I wuv you very much!!" Naruto cheered and hugged Kakashi.
"Yes, yes I know. Now get off Naruto. So how about it?" The elder asked the pink haired girl who was currently speechless.
Inner Sakura: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY DOG!!! YOU MADE IT GIRL!!!! ONE STEP CLOSER TO OUR GOAL!!! HELLLLLL YEAHHHH!!!
Sasuke smirked at his soon-to-be teammate whose eyes were watering up. He suspected she was crying in happiness. Girls...
"I'll take your silence as a yes then." Kakashi said cheerfully and prepared to leave. "We'll see you on the Japan International K1 Track tomorrow at seven AM for first practice."
"W-Wait...how am I suppose to get in? I'm not even a professional driver." Sakura stated.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan! Sasuke and I will come a personally escort you to that track. You're our VIP!!" Naruto answered and flashed her a grin.
"Problems solved. See yah." Kakashi bid and went away.
"Wow...I can't believe all of this is happening!! Two years of hard work; and I finally have the chance to prove myself." Sakura laughed. "Thank you so much."
"Glad to help! You have no idea how hard it was for us to chase you around." Naruto replied.
"...What? You guys were chasing me around?!" she cried.
"We're not stalkers if that's what you're thinking." Sasuke explained. "The Mercedes Team is currently looking for a good enough candidates since Kakashi decided to fire the previous one due to the lack of skills. So after our first race, we thought you might be a good candidate but unfortunately, we forgot to get your number and such so we decided to look for you throughout the city."
"Ohh...I see. Haha, I wanted to get you're contact number too because its been a long time since I met a decent rider but I was just so angry at the – hey wait...YOU GUYS WERE THE POLICES THAT WAS AFTER ME?!!" Sakura exclaimed as she remembered the speeding ticket incident. No wonder that polices looked so familiar.
"Yup!! That jump across the drawbridge was hella sweet!! Almost identical to those stunts in movies." Naruto acknowledged. "Luckily, Sasuke-teme memorized your license plate number and found out that you had connections with the Hyuugas. So we phoned them and found out you will be here today."
"Hinata-chan and Neji-kun..." Sakura breathed.
"Yeah them." Sasuke said and looked at his cell phone. It was nearly 6 pm.
"Hey, I just thought of something..."Naruto suddenly said out loud. "Don't the Konoha One Championship's administrator require each driver to hand in a personal profile with a picture of them on it?"
"If that's the case..."Sasuke said thoughtfully. "Sakura will have to cut her hair..."
"And we'll make her into a man!"Naruto finished with a grin. "Let's get this show on the road then..."
Sakura stared at the two teenage guys in front of her. For one thing, she was almost there. For another, it was more complicated than she thought.
Operation Man-Transformer.
START!
TBC
Ok, this chapter was sort of an explanatory chapter so sorry if you're expecting something more. Romance will come in around chapter 10 so pretty soon guys!!!
Just a few information fact. I got the name for Sakura's grandfather from an actual F1 driver called Takuma Sato. He currently drives for the Honda team and of course he's Japanese. Atho he really hasn't made any progress yet, he improved and managed not to come in last this year.
F1 season just started and the first race of the season was actually on March 18th. And...
Kimi Raikkonen, my racing idol came in FIRST!! In the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Hiphip hooray: They're next stop is at Malaysia on April 8th!! SUPPORT KIMI:)
Hehe, ciao for now.
ps. HE'S A GUY. NOT A GIRL. AND ITS KIMI NOT KIWI!! Oh and he's from Finland. Tehe...Ciaoooo
