Nekopara fanfic

Chapter 102, Book 2. While They're Gone, Part 2.

Kashou, the Catgirls, Karol, Royal, and Ox all drove off to the track, where previously they held an event, each of them eager to get some practice in, Evelyn most of all as she had tuned her car recently with her prize money.

"So, Royal. Ready to teach me? I always learn best with you hands on~" Evelyn crooned.

Royal choked for a second on a drink he'd been taking a sip of, Karol laughed, Cinnamon drooled a little, Maple rolled her eyes, Azuki snickered, Coconut blushed, Chocola tilted her head in confusion, and Vanilla sighed.

Ox gave Royal a pat on the back to keep from choking too hard. "You good, bro?" He asked.

"God, Evelyn, don't make jokes like that while I'm drinking." Royal said as Evelyn giggled.

"So... Anyway... Let's get to teaching you how to get your numbers down." Royal added, changing the subject.

Evelyn pulled up to the line and Royal came up to the side of Evelyn's car, while Ox ran the lights.

"So, you're pretty much doing great already, but there's a couple tricks. You've got a launch control, and the best way to make use of that is launching right before the light turns green, because by the time you cross the starting line, the light will already be green, so you shouldn't get disqualified." Royal said.

"Sounds good. Guess I'll be working on getting the timing right on that, then." Evelyn replied, rolling up her window as Royal backed up. The lights started ticking down the tree and Evelyn prepared herself.

3.........

2......

1...

Green!

Evelyn launched right before the light turned green, but didn't quite get it right. It took a few more tries, but eventually she had mastered it, launching perfectly on a very consistent basis. After all, she was always good at picking up new things.

After they'd finished, Evelyn got out of her car, then immediately winced and folded her ears to her head as she heard a long piercing scratching sound, which all the other catgirls also reacted to, hissing and flattening their ears to their heads.

"What's up, chucklefucks? Party's over." A guy said, keying the hell out of the side of Ox's car as he walked past.

"Oh fuck off..." Royal said.

"My car! You ass!" Ox replied, balling up his fists and walking over like he thought he was gonna lay this guy out on his ass.

But... It didn't quite work out, as another guy, who Evelyn later learned was named Wolf, tripped Ox right before he got to Darius, who stood on Ox's back, right on his center of gravity so he couldn't get back up.

Wolf looked at Evelyn. "Hey Royal, who's the new girl, she's pretty good lookin'."

Evelyn gave a playful wink, offset by her very hostile reply. "I'm Evelyn, but if you put a hand on me you'll be spitting out your teeth in five seconds, flat."

"A fiery one, I like her." Wolf replied with a smirk.

"Damn bro, that's crazy. Who asked? Now fuck off before there's a fight." Royal said, glaring at them.

Wolf and Darius looked at each other, thought for a second, then Darius stomped on Ox's forearm, where it was clearly audible something broke. Ox screamed in pain and Darius and Wolf left.

"Son of a bitch!" Royal shouted, about ready to chase after them, as Evelyn fetched a short length of metal pipe which had been lying around and rushing over to use it to help set Ox's arm.

Royal chased them off, pretty pissed off about Darius breaking Ox's arm,  while Evelyn, Maple, and Azuki tried to keep Ox still, Evelyn doing her best to set his forearm so Maple could drive him to a hospital.

In the meantime, Evelyn hopped in Ox's Nissan 180SX, driving off to a car shop to get the keyed up paint redone, so it'd be good as new when he got back.

As she rolled into the car shop, one of the employees looked at the side of the car.

"What the fuuuuuuuuck... This poor 180SX..." They said, sighing.

Evelyn opened the door and stepped out.

"A crazy ex or something?" The employee asked.

"No, it's a friend's car. Some douche came along and keyed up my friend's car and I brought it here to get the paint redone." Evelyn said.

"Ah, yeah yeah I got it. It'll be a couple days before it's all fixed up, but we'll have this nice car right as rain, yeah?" The guy replied.

"Thanks, you're a big help." She said, playfully blowing him a kiss before walking off to meet back up with Royal and the others at the Patisserie, with the exception of Maple, Azuki, and Aki, who had gone off to be with Ox for a bit while he got his arm fixed up.

When Evelyn walked into the upstairs living quarters, where Royal was pacing nervously.

"Something wrong?" Evelyn asked.

"You bet your sexy ass something's wrong!" Royal blurted out, almost like he was panicking.
"Darius and Wolf are back, and it's bad. Real fuckin' bad..." He added.

"Who even are they? They just seemed like a couple of jackasses to me..." Evelyn said.

"That's exactly what they are. Jackasses... Nah, they're a couple of old Rivals of mine... I haven't seen them in a long time, though... But if they're back... This is really really bad..." Royal replied.

"They're the leaders of a former gang called the Stacked Decks, and they were some guys you really didn't want to fuck with, but I kicked their asses anyway. They haven't shown their faces around town in like, a year or two, and now they're back, so that means the other rivals are probably gonna start showing their bastard faces and that's bad, very bad. Especially with Ox out on account of his busted ass arm. We're gonna need Qrow back, and soon." Royal said anxiously.

"Qrow and Hana are on their honeymoon right now, but they'll be back in a week or two. Don't worry... We can fill them in on the situation when they get back. You said Wolf and Darius weren't people to be fucked with? Well neither are my brother and I. Don't worry about it, Royal. We've got this." Evelyn said, sitting down and gently running her fingers through Royal's hair.

"I sure fucking hope so... This is bad... Really bad..." Royal replied, sitting with her.