Black Wolf, White Blossom

Chapter III Fire of the Wolf

Thanks for the compliments guys. And sorry to those who are into Tomoyo and Eriol forever, but not in this case. Tomoyo is no more in this fic. And as for Eriol just read and see what happens to him. One more thing, DON'T TELL ME TO UPDATE SOON BECAUSE I HAVE SCHOOL TO WORRY ABOUT PLUS IT'S MY GRADUATING YEAR! And now please enjoy Sakura's initiation into the gang.

The gang rode for half an hour as they made their way towards an abandoned warehouse. When they reached the door Sakura noticed that the door was branded with the gang's symbol, marking their territory. They quickly dismounted and got in. Sakura was about the follow everyone else when Syaoran motioned Sakura to follow him while everyone else went a different direction.

Syaoran took Sakura into a room filled with various melee weapons. Sakura gasped in awe at the selection of different weapons that were available to her. Yet she felt a bit embarrassed at the fact that she's not used to using weapons. In fact she has never even touched them except today when she was given her first weapon.

"You know how to use any of these?" Syaoran as Sakura slowly shook her head, "In that case we'll have to train you however there is the issue on the fact we do a lot of motocross racing. Are you able to do that?" Sakura nodded her head. Syaoran led the way to the back revealing a massive motocross course filled with some of the most insane jumps, equipments and the like. Sakura merely smiled as she saw that the gang valued something that she loved dearly. But at the same time saddened as her bike was also a motocross bike if she removed some of the casing on it.

Syaoran noticed but ignored the sadden expression and showed her a garage filled with various motocross bikes. He passed a few as he then showed Tomoyo's bike. Sakura gasped at the bike as its design was similar to her previous one. But instead of cherry blossom pink it was jet black.

"If you are wondering, when your father ordered the bike Tomoyo insisted that we used her bike design as a basis to your bike. The casing was a custom job in which only your father could do. But we designed the general basics of it your father took it from there before you even picked it up," Syaoran explained, "And it's rather fitting since you've probably used it to motocross so you will use Tomoyo's bike." Sakura merely nodded as she was shown Tomoyo's old equipment, which incidently also jet black. Apparently Tomoyo was on the verge of the title of Black Rose when she died. Sakura merely put on the suit and padding not really caring about Tomoyo's gang life as she took the bike out.

Sakura turned around to see Syaoran wearing a white motocross suit and green padding. The left shoulder bore the symbol of his gang while his right shoulder bore his symbol. His back bore the symbol of ying and yang. Syaoran's bike was also green. He quickly mounted his bike as well as Sakura and they both made their way to the course. Syaoran led her to the starting line where Eriol was standing with a bullhorn in his hand.

"Alright listen up! The Rules are fairly simple. You are to complete this course once. You are expected to execute as many tricks as you can. You are observed on the kinds of tricks that you can do, how insane they are and how well executed. If your score cannot beat Syaoran's score, you will be booted. Is that understood Sakura?" Eriol called from the bullhorn. Sakura merely nodded as Eriol raised his pistol. Sakura revved her bike as she prepared to complete the track and kick Syaoran's ass.

Seconds later the silence was broken as Eriol fired his pistol. At that instant Sakura and Syaoran revved their engines to full as they sped along the track. When they reached the first hill Sakura accelerated as she neared the jump. Not realizing that she had past him Syaoran continued on his speed. As he reached the jump he saw Sakura in front of him already on her way to the next jump. Not daring to lose any more of his airtime, Syaoran quickly did a couple tricks before landing.

From Eriol's point of view he was amazed at Sakura's first trick. She had jumped higher and was able to hand stand on the bike perfectly. (NOTE THIS RIGHT NOW! I have no idea what kind of tricks people can and cannot do in real motocross, I'm making this up!) Not a very uncommon trick but Sakura's ability to use her weight during the handstand got her steep enough to go down the hill properly. Moments before landing Sakura had remounted her bike. She knew she was ahead but decided to not look behind and accelerated again towards the next hill but was less steep compared to the last one. She smiled as she sped towards the hill. The moment she jumped she attempted to use her momentum to spin the bike around. An almost perfect spin but at the last second she lost control as the back wheel caught the edge of the hell which almost caused her to fall. But she used whatever little weight she had and was able to get back on track.

Little did she know that Syaoran had landed behind her due to her little mishap. Syaoran smirked as he sped past Sakura to the next jump. The moment he jumped he quickly dismounted and hung on from the backseat of his bike as a counter balance and at the last second remounted his bike as his bike landed moments later. Sakura on the other hand jumped and pulled the same thing except that she curved her entire body as he back arched facing towards the front of her bike. As she landed she flipped back onto the mount and continued the course.

The race went on for a few minutes as the two pulled off trick after trick. Eventually the two had finally completed the course their face dripping in sweat. Both of them dismounted panting hard as they approached Eriol. He merely smiled and then motioned them to follow him.

After all three of them met up with Blaze and Brock, Eriol began to speak, "I'll say this much I am really surprised on how close this is. You both had specifics that really bumped your scores. I'll start with Syaoran since he is the gang's reigning champ," Syaoran smirked at the comment, "Syaoran although did fail to properly execute a few tricks pulled off a series of very and I mean very difficult tricks. Yet he did execute a few basic tricks which brings his score to 90. (I don't know how to judge a real motocross race; I'm just making this part up as well) Now Sakura on the other had although didn't execute as many 'insane' tricks had Syaoran had different things that really worked well for her," upon hearing this Syaoran listened intently, "Sakura you had finesse, skill, you executed your trick perfectly without a hitch with the exception of that spin in which you almost crashed, but my what a recovery. For example though, when she executed her first trick, most people even the most skilled people would have trouble executing a perfect handstand. Sakura here executed perfectly with her entire body straight. That is really rare and that really boosted her score. Your final is, 90 as well."

"NANI!" Blaze screamed in amazement, "But that means that she'll have to take the next challenge!"

Eriol nodded before responding, "Sadly yes, she will have to," he then looked at Sakura, "Sakura you will have to, and I mean have to fight Syaoran in hand to hand combat in order to determine your worthiness of joining the gang." Sakura merely gulped as she looked at Syaoran who had already removed his padding and top off revealing a finely built body.

"H-h-hai," Sakura weakly replied, 'Oh man this is nuts. His muscles are huge! No way can I beat him in a fist fight' Sakura thought to herself.

Eriol noticed her expression, "Don't worry Sakura, you will have a handicap. Syaoran will have his hand tied behind him. Syaoran instigated that rule himself."

"No!" Sakura blurted out.

"Are you sure Sakura? I mean it will get rough in there and you will get hurt," Syaoran asked surprising everyone. Usually he didn't care but something about her made him ask.

"Aww is the mighty Syaoran worried over little old me?" Sakura asked sarcastically, "Besides it wouldn't be much of a victory for me if I beat you. And since when did you actually care for the safety of anyone. You always seem to have that cold-heart jackass lone wolf attitude."

Syaoran merely stared at her for a moment before responding, "I don't have to explain myself to you. I'll see you inside. Eriol will brief you on what happens in this bout," and with that Syaoran walked back into the warehouse as the darkness within the building consumed him.

Eriol let out a big sigh before he approached Sakura, "Alright Sakura here is all of the rules. It's a 5 round 1 minute battle. You are to merely attack Syaoran with all your might using whatever you know. The objective however is to remain standing in all 5 rounds," Sakura tilted her head in confusion, "Meaning that you cannot be pinned. The moment that Syaoran has pinned you, you've lost the match and you will be kicked," Sakura nodded in understanding.

"So where will I be fighting?" Sakura asked nervously.

"There is a ring inside. Oh and before I forget the moment there is a ring out you will lose automatically as well. Is that clear?" Eriol asked in concern. Sakura merely nodded. Eriol then led her inside through the same door Syaoran had entered. Moments after Sakura had entered someone had hit the light switch and the entire warehouse was lit up. Sakura gapped in awe as the warehouses inside appeared to be a hangar. In the center Syaoran stood there inside a ring wearing nothing but a pair of sweat pants. The light inside the building had cast shadows upon Syaoran as the shadows had really defined Syaoran's muscle build. Although he wasn't huge in terms of muscle man one could tell he had a six-pack as well built chests shoulders and arms.

Sakura gulped for a moment before she walked towards the ring. She merely stood outside of the ring for a few moments. She thought about Tomoyo for a moment on how she intended to avenge her death and that in turn gave her the courage to step into the ring and take up a fighting stance. Syaoran in turn also took up a fighting stance. Blaze watched from the catwalk with a very solemn expression on his facing, letting out a sigh.

Brock noticed his sigh, "Hey Blaze why the long face?"

Blaze looked at Brock, "Syaoran has taken up his most dangerous stance," Brock raised a brow upon hearing this, "Notice how Syaoran has his left arm back ready to punch while his right arm is in front of him but bent 90° at the elbow?"

Brock thought for a moment before he realized what was happening, "Are you saying that he's using that style against her!"

"Yup. He's using a style that his family created. Dance of the Black Wolf."

"That's insane. He's been known to kill with that style!"

"That's the part that has me worried. It's interesting that he takes minor interest in her and yet uses his most deadly hand to hand combat abilities."

"HEY QUIET DOWN UP THERE!" Eriol called from down below. He then approached the ring and raised his hand. He counted down from 3, bringing his hand down like a karate chop and yelled begin.

Sakura decided to make the first move and charged Syaoran as she tried to round house him. Syaoran merely ducked and elbowed her in the abdomen before sweeping her. She winced in the pain with one eye closed. With the opened eye she saw Syaoran's left fist heading straight for her. She knew that to her right was the edge of the ring so she had to roll to her left. As she rolled her left arm came swinging out from her and rammed straight into Syaoran's face which pushed him back a few steps as he didn't react in time to fend off the hit. Sakura regained her stance and she readied herself. Syaoran merely smirked before returning to his previous stance.

Decided to be the one attacking that time, Syaoran went straight for her as he jumped and attempted to round house Sakura. She ducked but paid for her lack of preparedness and was kicked by Syaoran's other leg which sent her flying to the edge of the ring. Sakura sat up rubbing her left shoulder as it was throbbing in pain from the kick. Syaoran merely stood there expressionless as Sakura slowly got up. Before she could even make a move the door burst open revealing people from the White Tigers gang.

Syaoran turned around and took up his stance. The White Tigers quickly ran up and drawing out Uzi's. Realizing that standing his ground would be suicide he jumped to the nearest wall leaving Sakura exposed. Already aware of the fact that the White Tigers wanted Sakura dead she only stood there frozen in fear. Seeing their chance the White Tigers had raised their weapons aimed at Sakura. Eriol realizing that Sakura was paralyzed with fear he ran up to Sakura as he attempted to get her to safety. But he had realized too late. Although he had gotten Sakura clear of the range, the moment he pushed her out of the way his body was filled with pain.

Sakura's eyes widened as she saw her dead best friend's boyfriend being ripped apart. Many entered Eriol's body puncturing his limbs and his torso's. Yet some of the bullets had exited through his back blowing wide holes in his back. Sakura's eyes were filled with tears as he fell back breathing out, "Tomoyo" as the darkness consumed him. The Tigers were about to fire at Sakura were Syaoran had pulled out an M16 from the weapons locker and fired. But being highly reflexive, the Tigers managed to jump away.

Sakura sat there for a moment with he hands holding her head as her mind was filled with images of how everyone she knew and cared for dying in front of her. She felt like she was falling down a dark pit as moments after she was engulfed in a dark fire. Then in a flash she felt herself snap as her eyes widen and saw the weapons locker. She walked towards the door in a daze as she managed to dodge every bullet shot at her. Blaze and Brock watched from the catwalk amazed how Sakura seemed unscathed by the torrent of fire. She then entered the room and picked up an Old Russian PSSH SMG. She felt the cold hard steel of the grip as she suddenly felt a new sensation of anger as she ran out of the room.

Syaoran out of the corner of his eye saw Sakura coming out with an AK-47, "What? I thought she doesn't know how to use guns! But of all the guns she had to pick up that one!" and before he realized it, he heard her screaming as she starting running towards the Tigers letting out burst. On her first burst she had pegged one in the leg.

She ran up to him aiming the barrel at his face yelling, "THIS IS FOR MY BROTHER AND HIS WIFE!" letting off a few shots into the man's face before moving on as she aimed the rifle at another one yelling, "THIS IS FOR ERIOL!" killing him before he could react. The last one ran in fear, with Sakura in hot pursuit. Sakura was about to reach the door when she felt a pair of arms pinning her arms and held her back. Sakura struggled as she wanted revenge against those who had killed those close to her.

"NO! LEMMIE GO! I NEED TO TAKE DOWN THOSE BASTARDS!" Sakura yelled at the top of her lungs and she was kicking trying to free herself.

"Are you insane? You will be killed!" Syaoran retorted as he tried to contain her.

"THAT FUCKING GANG KILLED MY FAMILY. THEY KILLED MY BROTHER, TOMOYO AND NOW ERIOL!"

"I KNOW THE PAIN! THEY KILLED MY FAMILY!"

"OUR PAINS ARE DIFFERENT. YOU WERE OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE WHEN THEY DIED. MY FAMILY DIED IN MY FACE!" and before Sakura realized it someone had knocked her unconscious.

Hey guys, so what do you think? I don't know if this chapter turned out that well. I kind of rushed it as it lacked review. But please give me some feed back so I know if I should spend more time on this or not.