Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, Clamp does. But I do own this story.
Pairings: Syaoran x Sakura, Eriol x Tomoyo, Mei Lin x OC, Rika x OC, Naoko x OC, Chiharu x Yamazaki
First things first, I know I said that I'll be writing a lemon on Sakura and Syaoran in this chapter…but…well…I didn't. To those who were looking forward to it, I'm sorry! I wanted (and originally planned) to write one but when I wrote this chapter, I changed my mind…I suddenly lost interest in writing a lemon at this part of the story.
Another thing…this chapter is kinda a 2nd part of the last chapter. You'll find out what I'm saying as you read along!
Chapter Thirty-One
"Race to the Final War"
The rumble of cars mixed with loud music and the constant chattering of people echoed through the silent streets of downtown Tokyo. Clearly there was something going on that night.
"Where are the others?" Rika asked.
Chiharu and Naoko merely shrugged.
"They were supposed to be here before us. Maybe t-"
"Heeeeyy!" someone called out from behind them.
The three girls turned and saw the rest of their companions. Mei Lin was waving her arms in the air. She was standing on top of one of the pick-ups, Tomoyo was beside her, video taping and another raven-haired girl beside them who was making out with a certain chocolate haired hunk.
"Hey! Are the guys ready?" Mei Lin asked before jumping off the car and to the ground with the 3 other girls.
"Aki, Mika and Takashi have gone somewhere. They didn't say but they'll be back in a few"
Mei Lin nodded, knowing what they were doing. The guys were checking out the people in the race tonight. She as did the rest of the girls knew that the guys didn't come here for fun alone, they were here to do business, to get rid of the Kins.
"Aww…Sakura, you look so kawaii kissing Syaoran!" someone shrieked from behind them.
The girls all looked up to see Tomoyo taping Syaoran and Sakura very closely as they continued to make out.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura scolded, but also can't help herself from giggling. "Don't call me Sakura, you know that the K-…well, basically the whole of Japan thinks I'm dead. If they find out I'm alive, it would be pointless for me to wear this wig in the first place"
"Fine…but no one can possibly hear over the noise anyways" she said, looking around at all the people in the area, preparing their rides for the race.
She turned back to her best friend but found her yet again engaged in another lip-lock with Syaoran.
She rolled her eyes.
"Yo everybody!" a voice echoed over the noise as a guy shouted into a megaphone. "The race will commence in a few minutes. Participants, bring your rides to the front line!"
Sakura pulled away from Syaoran and looked around, guys and a few girls were bringing their cars to the starting point.
"Are you gonna enter the race?" Sakura asked, looking at Syaoran through her brown contacts.
"Unfortunately" he said, but a look of confidence was plastered on his face, making Sakura smirk at him.
"So, w-"
"Syaoran!"
The couple turned and saw Mika and Aki heading their way.
"They're here" Aki informed, breathless from the run. "89, 07 and 64"
"Good job" he said, looking serious and scanned the crowd. "Where are the others?"
"They're gonna stand by the finish line, there are more of them over there"
"So, who's gonna race the other 3 cars?" Naoko asked, pointing behind her.
"I am" Sakura said, jumping off the pick-up without looking once at Syaoran.
"Me too" Mei Lin said with a grin, making her way to the red car.
Sakura was already heading towards the silver one.
"Count me in!" Rika said excitedly, heading over to the black one.
"Hey, hey…you girls aren't entering this race" Syaoran said flatly. Jumping down to the ground and making his way towards Sakura.
"Why the hell not?" Mei Lin asked, looking indignant. "And don't you dare say that we don't know how to drive. You very well know that we do"
"It's dangerous" Mika pointed out. "You know that the cars would likely burn out in these kind of races"
"And while we race, we have to catch the Kins as well" Aki added.
"And you know that we can handle it" Rika countered.
There was silence before they all turned to Syaoran, who was looking wordlessly at Sakura. Sakura too was silent and was also looking straight at Syaoran.
There was fire in her eyes. She really wanted to this. Syaoran knew how women were with their emotions and she understood how Sakura must feel, loosing their unborn child to the Kins. It was clearly shown that she desperately wanted revenge.
"Fine, you girls can come" Syaoran muttered regrettably, not breaking eye contact from Sakura. "Just be careful"
Sakura smiled and gave him a long, passionate kiss.
"Thanks…I'll be careful" she said and hugged him tight. "And I'll pay you back with whatever you want" she added in a whisper, a seductive look on her face.
Syaoran lightly slapped her butt and smirked, knowing exactly what he wanted.
"Racers ready?" the guy shouted into the megaphone yet again, his voice echoing down the silent streets.
The rumbling of car engines was the reply he got from the racers.
"Alright, you know the drill" he said, nodding at a girl across from him. She was wearing very short and tight jean shorts and a bikini top. In her hand was a huge red bandana.
"5"
The rumbling of the engines got louder and Syaoran prayed that the girls would be fine.
"4"
"You can do this Sakura" she told herself before looking at the cars at either side of her. "64" she said, reading the number on the blue car at her left. She looked up and caught the guy driving the car smirking at her.
She smirked back at him before taking off her black tank top, revealing a black leather bikini top instead. Leaving her with only that and tight leather pants.
Sakura looked to her right and saw the driver of another car staring at her…well, at her chest. She swore she saw him drool.
She rolled her eyes.
"3"
'Good luck everyone' Tomoyo thought, wishing they'd all be all right.
"2"
Sakura's car was in front of Mei Lin's and she saw her throw out something black in the air. She grinned at Rika who was in the car at her left and they too removed their tops.
Now all three of them wore the same thing.
'I love playing dress up' Mei Lin thought to herself with a smirk, thanking Tomoyo for making one for each of them.
"1"
Everyone looked on ahead, their feet positioned on the pedals.
…
The bandana dropped.
"GO!"
The guy's voice was topped by the crowd's cheers and the loud screeching of tires as the cars started zooming off, leaving a trail of smoke and dust.
Sakura shouted at the top of her voice as she accelerated, trying to overtake the other racers in front of her.
'The hell! This is fun!' she told her self, grinning widely.
"Wanna give it a go?" Takashi said, handing a round ball- the size of a baseball- to Chiharu.
"All I gotta do is pull this ring thing right?"
"Yup, remember to hold your breath"
She gave him a 'do-I-look-like-I'm-that-stupid?' look. "Do I look like I wanna whiff poison gas?" she asked with a raised brow.
"Hey, just thought I'd remind you" Takashi said, holding up his hands.
Chiharu rolled her eyes before slowly making her way to one of the parked vans down the street.
Looking up at the rearview mirror, Sakura saw Mei Lin driving by the other side of the number 64 car which was still right beside her with Rika driving behind it.
"Trapped like a mouse" she whispered with a smile, taking out her gun and resting it on the seat beside her in case she might need it.
Syaoran got a perfect sight on the driver of the car numbered 89. Smirking, he pressed his foot on the pedal, accelerating speed while trying to pull out a gun from under his seat.
"This is too easy" he muttered.
He stuck out his arm outside his window and aimed for the driver's side of the car in front of him.
"One down" Mika muttered with a smirk, avoiding a silver car as it did 360 turns in reverse.
He looked ahead and saw Syaoran speed up to the head of the race.
"Ready Aki?" he said into the mic.
Glancing beside him, he saw him taking position on the other side of the red car.
"That answer your question?" came his reply.
"And they say number 7 is a lucky number" Rika said to herself, grinning as Aki and Mika sped off after Syaoran.
She looked back at the red car which crashed into the corner of the street, already in flames.
"Our turn girls" Mei Lin said with a grin, swerving to the right and hitting the blue car.
She smiled innocently as the driver turned to look at her. She could clearly see him since the car windows weren't tinted.
The driver glared at her before swerving away, only to be met by another car.
Sakura gave a girlish wave at the driver and winked at him before closing in on him just as Mei Lin continued to do the same.
"Fuck" he muttered when another car closed in from behind him, avoiding him from moving back.
The three cars were trapping him; the only way he could get out of the lock is if he could speed off away from them. Which is what he's just gonna do.
Gripping the shift-stick tightly, he shifted gears and slammed his foot on the pedal.
"Where are the others?" Eriol asked as Syaoran got out of his car after parking at the side of the wide street.
"They're coming. Aki and Mika were closest to me, the girls would come along right after…I hope" he said, looking back down the street as a few more cars sped pass the finish line.
The race wasn't as exhilarating as he would have thought. The fact that the competition sucked and that he finished first without breaking a sweat proved how boring it was. He'd have more fun competing with other Wolves or with just Sakura.
Speaking of which…he was getting worried. She should've reached the finish line with the rest of the girls by now.
'I should have taken care of that other racer myself' he thought regrettably. He was worried that the girls couldn't drag race and take down one of the Kins at the same time…and he never gets too worried about anything.
Well, until Sakura decided to show up in his life…not that he regrets it.
"Where are Tomoyo and the rest?"
Eriol gestured his head to the set of stairs by the sidewalk that led to the skywalk where Tomoyo and the others stood watching as cars zoomed to the finish line under them.
"I- ah shit" Eriol growled out through gritted teeth as he covered his ears.
A sharp screeching sound entered everyone's ears making all of them cringe and cover their ears.
"Oh my God!"
Syaoran and Eriol looked over at the skywalk where Tomoyo and the others were wide-eyed. They winced even more as the sharp sound became louder and closer.
"Eriol! Syaoran!" Tomoyo shouted over the noise, pointing to the cars approaching them at a fast rate.
The two looked to what she was pointing and were just able to see four cars zoom pass them at incredible speed. But it was unmistakable, they were sure that those were their cars since they were all black except for the one in the middle which was blue.
"Fuck" Syaoran muttered, getting back in his car with Eriol and saw Mika and Aki do the same.
"Come on…" Sakura muttered, urging the car to take in a little more. She glanced once more at the meters, hoping the car can handle the rate they were going. If she didn't balance and time it well, the car could possibly blow out at anytime. "Syaoran will totally kill me for this"
"I'm gonna kill them! Don't they know what they're doing is dangerous?" Syaoran growled under his breath, but Eriol heard every word.
He looked back up the road and saw them as Syaoran increased speed.
'If they continue to graze on that car, the impact will cause a spark, and if the cars are already hot enough…it could blow up in flames in any second' Eriol thought to himself. He knew Syaoran was thinking of the same thing and he'd rather not remind him of it.
"Rika, you gotta pull back first" Mei Lin said, trying to keep the wheel steady.
No reply.
"Rika?" Sakura tried.
"Guys, I…I can't" she finally spoke.
"What do you mean you can't?"
"The bumper's stuck…it got caught in something"
"Shit…we are so in for it" Sakura muttered.
"Rika, you have to get out of that car" Mei Lin said in an urgent tone. "Our rides can't keep up much longer, if we cause a blow up, you'll get full blast. The engines of these cars are extended down to the trunk"
"Leave me to it. Don't mind me, I'll get out my own way…just try to stay safe"
"I-" Sakura stopped as she heard a click. "Rika?"
"She hung up" Mei Lin answered.
"Sakura we have to pull out in a few minutes, this road is heading straight to the pier"
"Right…how long do we have?"
"By the rate we're going, about 2 minutes"
"Can we just kill this guy now and get things over with? We do have our guns you know"
"Where's the fun in that?"
"Good point" Sakura said with a short giggle.
Ironic, here they are in a life or death situation and they still manage to talk so laxly.
"Syaoran is so gonna get us for this…anyway, the pier's coming into view"
"Hai…countdown in 10. I'll see yah later!" Mei Lin said in a sing-song voice before hanging up.
"Damn it" the man muttered as he saw the water.
They were nearing the pier and he had no way of getting out of the car because of the other cars trapping the doors.
'8…7…6…'
Sakura gripped on the wheel, glancing once in a while at the car beside her and the narrow wooden path leading to the water. If they don't move out in time, she and Mei Lin would end up crashing into the short concrete wall and send the car flipping into the water.
'5…4…3…2…'
Mei Lin looked over at the other racer and smirked. He looked helpless…afraid. Once he glanced her way, she blew him a kiss and mouthed 'bye'.
'…1'
Both girls simultaneously crashed their cars at the blue car before swerving to opposite directions, and slammed their feet on the breaks, making the tires screech and their cars do a couple of 360 turns.
The blue car, however, exploded and burst into flames because of the last impact but was still zooming forward with Rika's car stuck behind it until it was sent flying over the wooden path and into the water.
Mei Lin and Sakura got out of their cars and ran down to the end of the path.
"That's one car ride I don't want in on" Mei Lin said, putting her hands on her hips, staring at the big ball of fire slowly descend into the water with bubbles rupturing up the surface.
"Think that guy's dead?" Sakura asked. There was a possibility that he could still be alive since the explosion happened just before it hit the water.
But Mei Lin merely grinned at her.
"Oh you didn't…" Sakura gave her a look but she continued grinning. "You killed him? After all that junk about how it'd be more fun to do that little performance?"
She shrugged. "I just shot him at the last minute just in case. If that guy turns out alive after all that happened, Syaoran would totally kill us!"
"And give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you now?" said a cold voice from behind them.
The two girls winced and slowly turned around.
"H-Hey Syaoran" Sakura said, barely a whisper.
Mei Lin said nothing but just smiled nervously at him.
"Did you know how dangerous that stunt you pulled was?" he said, glaring at the two girls, most especially at Mei Lin knowing full-well that this was her original idea. "You three could have been killed!"
Only after he said this did they remember about Rika.
Syaoran saw the look on their face and sighed. "She's fine, she's back by the cars with Eriol, Aki and Mika" he informed, still trying to calm his nerves. "Apparently, she jumped out of the car when you told her to get out"
They both sighed, thankful that nothing bad happened to her.
"Look Syaoran, Sakura didn't h-"
"The others probably caught up with us by now" he interrupted, not looking at either of them. "Jay might be there waiting for you…you better go talk to him"
Mei Lin sent Sakura an apologetic look before running down the path towards the others.
"Umm…Syaoran?" Sakura spoke out softly.
No reply.
"Are you angry?"
Still nothing.
"I'm sorry if you are. I…I just can't help it. I hardly did anything to help and this was a chance for me to do something useful for a change and I just didn't think that-"
"That's right, you didn't think at all!" Syaoran replied icily.
Sakura jumped a bit then looked down to the ground.
"I-"
"Let's just go" he interrupted, turning around.
Sakura looked up as he started to walk down the path before running after him and hugging him from behind.
"I'm sorry" came her muffled voice as she was speaking onto his back.
Syaoran gave off a long sigh before he ran his hand though his hair.
"Sakura" he said in a much calmer tone. "Look, I'm sorry for being furious but I have every right to be. I was worried about you. I've almost lost you more than once already and I don't intend to let anything happen to you…not while I'm still alive"
"Hai" she replied softly. "I understand"
There was silence.
"Forgive me?"
"With you tracing your fingers on my chest, it's hard to say no" after saying this, Syaoran swore he felt her smirk against his back. He couldn't help but smirk as well.
He took her hands in his and pulled her in front of him before snaking his arms around her bare midriff.
"Don't forget you still owe me"
She ran her hands up to his neck and pulled him down before leaning up to him in a short kiss.
"I love you Syaoran"
He smiled at her. Yes, a genuine smile. One of those smiles that's rarely there, the smile that she was even fortunate to see.
"Love you too" he said before gripping her butt and pulling her up.
She locked her legs around his waist and hugged him around the neck before kissing him once again.
"C'mon" he said after breaking away and resting her feet back on the floor. "We'll continue this back at home"
"Here they come" Tomoyo said, seeing the two walk towards them.
"Looks like they made up" Eriol pointed out, seeing the two's arms around each other.
"Of course, Sakura can be very convincing" she said aloud and proud.
"I agree" Syaoran said as they reached the group, making Sakura giggle. "Where are the others?"
"They went ahead"
"The guys are going after the Kins tomorrow, are you girls ready?" Mei Lin asked.
"Do you think they'll get mad at us for butting in?" Naoko asked, not wanting to get into a fight with Mika.
"They'll be furious!" Sakura said. "Especially Syaoran" she added with an involuntary shudder.
"I- who is it!" Rika shouted, hearing someone knock on the door.
A moment later, it opened.
"Sakura?" Syaoran said without steeping into the room. He saw all the girls gathered in the room and raised a brow. "What are you all doing in here?"
Sakura immediately ran up and jumped on him.
"Hello" she said with a grin on her face as Syaoran balanced himself and held her in place like a carrying a child.
"What's gotten into you?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nothing…why are you here?" she asked before she started attacking his neck with kisses.
"We have plans, remember? You owe me"
Her head snapped up to look at him.
"Oh…" she said before turning around to the other girls. "I'll see you guys in the morning" she said with a grin.
They all smirked at her.
"I swear, everyone in this house smirks too much" she said, shaking her head with a smile before turning back to face him. "And it's all because of you"
"Hey, don't blame me. It's their call if they want to smirk as much as I do" he said as he walked out of the room.
Sakura reached for the knob and pulled it closed.
"Uh-huh" she said before Syaoran started carrying her down the hall and towards his room.
"I'm sick of this" Tsuyoshi hissed, slamming his fist on his desk.
The men gathered in his office jumped.
"Li has been getting rid of my men and we've done nothing to stop him so far" he growled to no one in particular before he snapped his glare to the men. "Tomorrow…tomorrow, we attack on the Wolves. We'll initiate the final war; I'll gladly repay them for what they've taken from me"
Everyone else remained silent as they watched their leader look through files and pictures from a folder.
He had planned on launching a final attack on the Wolves on a later date but he knew the farther that day will be, the more men he'll lose. So, he had to attack as soon as possible.
"I'll get you Li…tomorrow, I'll make you pay…once and for all…"
Author's Note:
I hope you guys understood where this story is going.
To clear things up, the girls think the guys are attacking tomorrow so they're gonna attack the Kins tomorrow.
Tsuyoshi on the other hand heard the news about how his men were killed during the drag race and was greatly irritated, so he planned to attack the Wolves on the next day to avoid further damage on his gang.
Ironically…they are gonna attack each other on the same day without the guys knowing. Lol.
I hope you guys get it! I'll see you by the next update. Ja!
Raeny
