AN: Now! At least a bit of fun begins. Racing! Oh… how I love cars!  And… just to tell you all, when I first started this story, I had never intended to rip someone else's fanfic off. So, if there is some 'similarities' or cases where a few scenes are the same in another author's fanfic, I'm really sorry and I didn't mean it. That's about it. I just wanted to clear things up.

Disclaimer: CCS © Clamp.

"Speech"

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Chapter 6: The Race

"Tomoyo! Meilin!" Eriol called out, looking up towards the top of the stairs, waiting for the girls' response. "Are you both ready?" he asked.

"Almost!" came Tomoyo's voice. "Just a minute!" There could be grumbling and whining heard as Eriol, Syaoran and Sakura waited at the bottom of the stairs. Sakura smirked when she heard Meilin threaten her again.

"Sakura… you are going to get it from me!" Meilin screamed from the top. Sakura just shrugged when Eriol and Syaoran stared at her.

After five minutes, Tomoyo came down followed by a still-grumbling Meilin. As usual, Tomoyo had done her miracles again. Fortunately, for Sakura, she had 'somehow' managed to escape from Tomoyo's wrath and had Meilin take her place. Sakura sighed.

"Finally." Meilin glared at her. Sakura smiled back sweetly, "Thank you Meilin." and she walked out the front door.

"Done?" Syaoran asked for the millionth time.

"Yes." Meilin answered, settling comfortably in her silver Toyota M2R Spyder and started the engine.

"Good." Syaoran also started his engine and looked towards Tomoyo and Eriol. Tomoyo was not going to race, so she was in Eriol's car. Then Syaoran noticed that Sakura was not around. "Where's Kinomoto?"

"Oh yar… where is Sakura?" Tomoyo got out of the car and checked the huge garage. Then, from outside, came the sound of screeching tires. Tomoyo got back into the car as Syaoran, Eriol and Meilin drove out.

"Sakura?" Tomoyo gaped.

Sakura wound down her window and looked out. "What took you guys so long?"

"Come on. Let's go." Syaoran stated and drove off. Well… he was supposed to lead them, but it looks like they had to find their way themselves since he had already sped off.

Eriol was about to volunteer to lead when Sakura's red Ferrari 360 Modena sped off after Syaoran's car.

"Wow." Tomoyo breathed in awe. "And is she suppose to know thew way?" Tomoyo wandered out loud.

"Nope. Nobody told her where the races were being held in the first place." Meilin replied. 

"Then… Sakura?" Tomoyo tilted her head in confusion. "How?"

"The only way to get there is to catch up with Syaoran, which is almost highly impossible." Meilin answered.

"Almost…" Tomoyo repeated. "That means that there is still hope. Come on!" Tomoyo started to get very excited. "Eriol! Go! I want to see what's going to happen!"

Eriol sighed and drove off followed by a laughing Meilin, seeing his predicament.

Sakura drove as she stared at the car in front of her. Well, more of like she was- I mean, they were speeding. Sakura had sped off after Syaoran and both cars which could only be seen as black and red blurs on the busy highway. Sakura stepped on the accelerator as she attempted to avoid a car in the middle of her 'path'. She whisked past it and continued tailing Syaoran's black Invicta S1.

Sakura was pretty excited of going racing. In fact, she hadn't done anything that wild on the roads for… quite some time. Well… ever since the death of her parents.

Suddenly, the black car in front of her suddenly break to stop. Sakura, with her quick reflexes, pressed hard on her break and managed to stop in time.

"What the hell!" she cursed and got out of the car. "You again! What are you trying to do? Kill me?" Sakura shouted but she added something softly, "Although, that wouldn't have been a bad idea at all." She didn't know whether Syaoran heard. OH WELL! She didn't care.

"Who asked you to follow me?" Syaoran answered mockingly. "It's your fault." He then smirked.

"Argh. Forget it." Sakura growled as she sat on the hood of her car. "When do we start?" she asked impatiently. She just realised that they were already at the race tracks and she just couldn't wait to hit the pedals. Well… she didn't intend to count the ride down the highway. Hell! That was just a warm up for her car!

"As soon as the others reach here," Syaoran answered, equally impatient.

Soon, a silver and blue car arrived. Tomoyo hopped out of the car, literally.

"Sakura! You did it! Meilin, pay up!" Tomoyo said to Meilin, opening her palm towards her.

"Here!" Meilin stuffed a few notes into Tomoyo's hand. Sakura just stared at them, clearly confused.

Tomoyo smiled at Sakura. "Thank you! I just knew you could do it! I have won my bet with Meilin."

"Bet for what?" Sakura asked.

"I bet that you would be able to catch up with Syaoran! And you did! Otherwise… you wouldn't be here." Tomoyo's smile widened as she started giggling. "Ohohoho. I can't wait to tape the race!" From behind, she revealed her little 'weapon', her camcorder. The others stared at Tomoyo nervously and slowly backed off, getting into the safety of their cars.

The four drove their cars to the starting line. Along them, were other cars. They were racing against some other members of the gang. Tomoyo stood at the side and started recording, focusing on each and every car.


At the starting line, Sakura and Syaoran were next to each other, followed by Meilin then Eriol. The race started when the gun was shot. The smell of burnt rubber filled the nostrils of the other wolves as the racers sped off.

The rules of the game were simple. No cheating. No funny tricks. And all they had to do was go round the twisted race track two times.

Halfway through the first round, it was already obvious who was leading. Syaoran was leading but followed closely behind was Sakura's Ferrari. Third and forth were Eriol and Meilin consecutively.

Sakura frowned as she changed shift. She was unsure of how to get pass Syaoran. The spectators cheered as their leaders crossed the starting line. One down. One more round to go.

Sakura smiled as a plan formulated in her head. There was this bend near the end where she could pull of one of her stunts. Yes, indeed. One of her stunts. She smirked as the end neared. Bring it on.

Sakura saw the bend coming right ahead and got ready. It was a very sharp U-bend and not all racers could go past that as their high speeds. Here goes. Sakura took a deep breath. And instead of slowing down to be able to turn the bend, she sped up. She zoomed past Syaoran's car and screeched to a stop in front of his car, forcing Syaoran to come to complete stop. Sakura then quickly reversed, still blocking Syaoran's path. And without hesitation, she headed for the finish line.

The spectators screamed and cheered as Sakura zoomed pass the finishing line, stopping only after a few metres later. Behind her, Syaoran's black car also passed the finishing line and most of the female wolves screamed.

Sakura stepped out of the car and walked towards Tomoyo was who taping enthusiastically.

"Good job Sakura!" Tomoyo paused to congratulate Sakura for a moment before continuing to tape Eriol's and Meilin's tied finish.

When Meilin and Eriol made their way towards Tomoyo while Syaoran strolled slowly towards them, Tomoyo squealed, "I'm so proud of all of you! And I got it all on tape!" She started laughing hysterically as Sakura just stared at her weirdly. Suddenly, Sakura felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around and saw Syaoran.

"Yea?" she asked.

"Great race back there. Although, I wasn't doing my best." Syaoran smirked and started walking back to his car. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Yea, yea… whatever. I believe you." Sakura said mockingly and went back to her car.

Sakura walked back with her head down. Racing brought back the past. And the past brought back memories. She sighed and didn't notice when Syaoran stopped suddenly and she collided into his back.

"Ouch." Sakura yelped. She regained her balance as she glared hard at Syaoran.

"What? My fault again? Your mind wandered of somewhere again, right?" Syaoran scoffed while Sakura scowled at him.

"Oh just shut up if you have nothing else better to say." Sakura retorted. Syaoran smirked as he got her agitated, again.

[Back at the mansion]

"It was so bloody cool!" Tomoyo retold what happened to Yelan and showed her the video that she taped. Yelan simply raised her eyebrow as she saw how well Sakura could race. She looked at Sakura who avoided Yelan's gaze. "I can't wait for the next time they race!" Tomoyo continued. Sakura sighed and couldn't help but to roll her eyes. She had heard enough of Tomoyo going on and on about her winning the race and how 'awesome' it was. She excused herself and went to get some fresh air.

Little did she know, Syaoran had followed her out of the door. Yelan was the only one who saw Syaoran 'stalk' Sakura. She didn't want to tell Tomoyo. Who knows what crazy stunt Tomoyo would pull just to tape those two. In fact, Yelan thought that Sakura and Syaoran were going on quite well.

Sakura sighed as she stared out into the open space. She thought about the race and the stunt she pulled back there. The end of her lips curled up slightly as she recalled the stunt. One of the stunts she was taught by… her brother. (You didn't think Touya would exist, did you?)

Her brother would sneak her out sometimes to teach her how to race or handle a gun. Most importantly, he taught her self-defence. Sakura understood her 'over-protective' brother and his reasons to keep her safe. Even though they never admitted to each other, they still knew that they loved each other. Not romantically, they loved each other as brother and sister.

Sakura missed Touya's constant calling her 'kaijuu'. She missed those days where they would sneak out of house and he would train her. Where he learned that stuff from? That, Sakura didn't know. Sakura had tried many times to get an answer from him. She often asked him where he learnt all those from but Touya always had his way of keeping it a secret.

Sakura sighed and she refused to let the tears escape her eyes. She blinked her emerald eyes several times to clear the wetness. Sakura was completely caught off guard when Syaoran spoke.

"Crying to yourself?" he sounded like he was mocking her.

"No," Sakura tried covering up; she didn't want to be caught.

"So then, what were you doing?" Syaoran interrogated further.

"Nothing that concerns you." Sakura answered. They were silent for a minute or two. Sakura turned around and was just going to head back to her room when Syaoran asked.

"Where you'd learn that from?" Syaoran asked seriously. Sakura knew that 'that' was referring to racing.

"My brother taught me a few stunts here and there." Sakura answered hurriedly, she was desperate to get out of there.

"Oh," Syaoran paused and look down for a moment. It seemed like he was debating whether to ask the next bit of his question.

"What? Just ask!" Sakura stared at him impatiently.

"Where is he?" Syaoran finally said.

"Dead," Sakura replied emotionlessly.

"Oh. Sorry to hear that," Syaoran said sincerely. Sakura simply nodded her head but deep inside she was filled with mixed up emotions. Why am I having this conversation with Li? We're supposed to be shouting at each other and gibbering away instead of this… weird conversation between us right now. Oh, just make me angry or something.

As if on cue, Syaoran smirked and said, "As I said, I wasn't trying my best. Clearly, I could have beaten you."

Sakura stared back at him, blinking. She had totally forgotten that the reason she was going racing was to prove to Syaoran that she had some 'skills' that he had. She growled, "as least I won." She scowled at him and headed for her room. She brushed past Syaoran and suddenly felt tingly all over. Syaoran suddenly turned and grabbed her arm.

"Hey, up for another challenge?"

Sakura thought for awhile, "Sure, why not?"

Syaoran smiled, "Shooting. Tomorrow night," and he released his grip.

"Got it," Sakura said and walked away.

Dark-wolfling: Hi! I'm sorry if I disappointed you all with that lousy stupid race. But I tried my best! I hope to post the next chapter a.s.a.p. Bye!