CHAPTER THREE
The dragonfly race
FAI, Syaoran, and Kurogane stood quietly, waiting for Sakura and Akane to finish changing. Then Tomoyo stepped out of the changing room, beaming. "Ta-da!" She sang as Sakura and Akane stepped out of the changing room.
Sakura wore a short blue dress with white gloves and white boots that went above her knee. Akane wore a short chinese dress decorated with cherry blossoms and completed with white gloves and knee length boots.
Fai smiled. "Well, isn't that cute?" He said cheerfully.
"Thank you for the dress, Tomoyo-Chan!" Said Sakura. "Thank you." Said Akane, bowing.
"It was nothing!" Said Tomoyo brightly. The three girls beamed at each other. Then Akane got serious.
"Alright!" Yelled Akane. "Time for the dragonfly race!"
THEY arrived at the racing area and after everyone got their positions, they hopped into their dragonflys. Akane waited quietly for the starting signal. Then an enormous hologram of Tomoyo appeared.
She held up a circle that counted backwards. Three….Two…One! The racers took off with lightning speed. As Akane sped up to Sakura, she noticed that Sakura seemed to be falling behind. "Sakura-Chan!" Yelled Akane. "Speed up!"
Sakura smiled and nodded. Akane grinned back, then faced front again to speed up. Soon, she was at the first checkpoint. There was a glass ball floating in midair filled with tiny circles. Suddenly, the ball exploded!
Akane didn't even dare to hesitate, and quickly reached forward. At the last second, she caught one of the circles. Grinning with satisfaction, she sped up and reached the tube. She entered and halfway through, the tube began to thrash!
She managed to avoid hitting the tube, but other racers weren't so lucky. It was when she exited the tube that she realized Fai was one of the unlucky racers.
"Fai-San!" She yelled, slowing down. Fai grinned and made an x symbol with his hands. "Looks like I'm out of the race!" He yelled.
Then, noticing Akane's hesitation, he yelled, "Go on! There's no point in waiting!"
Akane nodded and sped forward with even greater determination. Then she reached the next area; she sped through the ravine, doing her best to avoid the walls and the racers. Then she noticed Syaoran colliding with a red haired racer.
"Syaoran-Kun!" She yelled, but didn't dare slow down. She continued forward, even though she wanted to make sure that Syaoran was safe. But she couldn't, because now it was only her, Sakura, and Kurogane.
Soon, she entered the next area. As far as she could tell, it was only a big body of water, no obstacles in sight. She was confused until water shot out of nowhere! She narrowly avoided it, gasping and choking for breath. This was clearly the hardest part yet.
She dodged and swerved as best as she could. Then she noticed Sakura seemed to know exactly when to dodge. "The best way to get past this is to follow Sakura." Thought Akane. Following Sakura's path, she avoided the geysers with ease.
Akane grinned, proud of her idea.
That's when the unexpected geyser hit.