Chapter 3: Perfection

"Well then... I've got the ham, the pineapples, red wine, my favorite knives and my trusty kitchen!" Hakkai smiled in his kitchen wearing the popular 'piyo-piyo' apron, "Matteru... This is the Changan kitchen..."

"Eh?" Sanzo lifted an eyebrow seeing all the Happy Valentine's cards he received from all his fans in Togenkyo. He compared his with Hakkai's and found his taller... "Eh??"

"Hmm... What to wear, what to wear, what to wear..." Goku ran around the Togenkyo mall.

"May I help you, sir?" A clerk approached Goku.

"Yeah... I really need clothes to amaze my date tonight!!" Goku said in his genki tone.

"I can't believe it!! None of the girls want meeeeeeee!!" Gojyo sobbed, "IS THERE ANY FREE LADY HERE IN TOGENKYOOOOOOOOO!?!?!?!"

"Ah! Gojyo-san!!" The third girl from the shop found the distressed half-demon.

"Mai! What are you doing here!" Gojyo greeted the oldest girl from the shop.

"Gathering supplies... Do you have a date yet? Perhaps I can set you up for free. After all, you are our most loyal customer..." Mai smiled, her wavy green hair covering her make-up covered face.

"Ah... The Mitou sisters... So hard-working as always... How are your sisters anyway?"

"Well... Lin bagged another customer who wanted to cook for his koi. Shin has set-up another customer with a girl from Tenjiku. And here I am, chatting with you." Mai smiled, "Well then, are you going to accept the free set up or not?"

"Count me in..." Gojyo grinned.

"Well then... this suit's itchy..." Goku shifted in the suit the clerk gave him.

After a while…

"I feel a draft…" Goku shivered in his sleeveless top.

"Just right!" Goku smiled as he popped out wearing fine red-toned casuals, "I guess Lirin would like me wearing this."

Meanwhile, in Tenjiku, Lirin reread the letter Dokugakuji gave her.

Dearest Lirin,

                I want to be your Valentine. I'll see you tonight at 5pm with a gift for you at the fountain in Togenkyo. I look forward to seeing your beautiful face.

                                                                                                Signed,

                                                                                                Your secret admirer

She blushed as she read the letter. Then, Yaone came in.

"Ne, Yaone-chan…"

"Yes, Lirin-sama?"

"Can you tell me what to do when someone asks you out?"

"Sure. First look your best and always smile at your date. And never forget that sometime around, you'd get that first kiss." Yaone winked as she said that last sentence.

"Wow… a first kiss…" Lirin blushed, "Have you been kissed, Yaone-chan?"

"Kougaiji-sama did. While I was sleeping." Yaone laughed.

"It's amazing how crazy people can get when they have their first kiss…" Mai grinned at Gojyo as she flipped though the names of people, "Unfortunately, all the ladies in Tenjiku and Togenkyo are taken. Even my sisters are. But there are two girls out there untaken… Me and some virgin in the outskirts of Togenkyo."

"Pair me up with her." Gojyo said.

"Are you nuts?!? She's a freak of nature!!"

"I don't care, just pair me up!"

"Okay… But don't tell me I didn't warn you…"