Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ~Pablo Picasso

Chapter 1

Dispute Among Men!

After Takuya realized his brother was still standing on his head, he still left him (now that's just mean).

Diiing Dooong Ding Doooong... Diiing Dooong Diiing doooooong! That was the sound of JP's doorbell as Takuya rang it.

"OMG that is one annoying doorbell..." the door opened.

"Oh hey Takuya. Come on in!" JP was more chipper than he had ever been in a long time.

"La lala la la laa laaaaaaaaaaaaa!" he sang in an opera voice, while he skipped through the hallway.

"JP what is it that you've called me over here so urgently. Couldn't it wait?" Takuya snapped. He was getting frustrated.

"Soooorry. Sheesh, can't you be patient?"

"Apparently not."

"Oh well. Anyways, I called you over to ask for you opinion on something..."

"Which is?" Takuya interrupted.

"HOLD ON WAIT A MINUTE LET ME FINISH!" he shouted.

"OK ok ok!" Takuya said as he held his hands up in surrenderance.

"Now as I was saying... what do you think I should get Zoey for valentines day... a box of chocolate or a bouquet of roses?"

Takuya stood in shock with his mouth wide open.

"I know right. Roses don't seem like her thing so maybe I should get her a box of chocolate..."

"You idiot. What are you doing?"

"What? I'm just getting the "one I love" something for valentines."

"Do you really think I'm just gonna stand here and let you go through with this?" He couldn't stand the thought of JP being with Zoey.

"Uh... yeah?"

"Listen, buddy, Zoey's my girl and you can't have her. So back off... while you still can!"

"Oh, is that threat?"

"No, it's a promise!"

"Oh really? Well let me tell you something... finders keepers. Losers weepers!"

"That's the dumbest comeback I've ever heard!"

"Well your the dumbest person I've ever known"

"What's going on here", Kouji interjected as he walked in from another room.

"JP, I've been waiting for you to explain to me why you called me ove... what's Takuya doing here?" Kouji asked.

"Oh...well...you see... I wanted your and Takuya's opinion on what I should get Zoey for valentines."

"Huh? You called me over here just to compare our advise?"

"Yeah."

"Haha, well its obvious Zoey's out of your league. I can't believe you wasted your time calling us here." Kouji chuckled.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh come on! What do you mean 'what does he mean'? He means your ugly!" Takuya insulted.

"What! That's absurd. Zoey loves me with every fiber of her being!"

"Who the hell told you that, Einstein?" Kouji asked rudely.

"Uhhhhh... a... hunch?"

"Dang it JP. You insult my intelligence!"

"Like you have any."

"OK guys. Knock it off. Its obvious that JP is in over his head, so lets just leave, knowing the fact that Zoey loves me and that's that. Period." Takuya said with admonishment.

"What? Don't make me laugh Takuya. You two are history. It's 'bout time someone else stepped in." Kouji said with an arrogant grin on his face.

"SO! What are you trying to say Kouji? That your a better... boyfriend?" Takuya was trying to defend his love.

"Yeah? Cause I was the one that gave her my coat back in the digital world when it was cold. Remember that day?" Kouji reminded them.

"Psh that's nothing. At least I gave her a flower, and that is much better than some coat." JP bragged.

"Oh yeah! Well I... I..." Takuya was having trouble thinking of a time he was their for Zoey. He thought hard 'til he came to a conclusion.

"We had a moment back in Ophanimon's Castle!" he managed to to say quickly.

They all looked at him as if he had told them a secret that shouldn't have ever been heard.

"What do you mean you two had a "moment"?" JP asked started to walk closer towards him as if he suspected something.

"HOLD IT! It all makes sense now! That's why it took y'all longer to meet us back at the lobby. I remember now." Kouji had his finger up in epiphany.

"So? Big deal. It's only fair play." Takuya defended.

"Did someone say foreplay?" Kouichi interrupted as he came out of the restroom. He looked as if he was rushed or something.

"Where'd you come from? And how did you get foreplay out of fair play? In fact, how did you even hear that?" Takuya ask with amazement.

"Well to answer you question, I was also called here by JP for assistance on some advise. As for how I got foreplay out of fair play, I must have mixed the two, for my ears are finely tuned to certain words." Kouichi looked and sounded like some sort of professor as he explained his reasoning.

"Man your weird. And to think I'm related to you." Kouji mentioned as he placed his hand over his face and shook it in disbelief.

"Hey admit it, blood is thicker than water."

"Really? I thought it was thinner?" JP asked dumbfounded.

"And your the oldest one?" Takuya pointed out in insult. He was squinting his eyes towards him as if he could see right through him.

"Never mind that." Kouichi interrupted, "I over heard y'alls discussion and I was thinking...'

"Why not fight for her love?" suggested the final member of the guy group as he came along, Tommy.

"What? What are you talking about Tommy? And let me guess, JP called you here for your "opinion" also?" Takuya bragged thinking his prediction was correct.

"Actually, I snuck in the back door when no one was looking."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaat!" JP shouted as he ran past him to go check.

"Don't do that! You could lure some lewd criminals in here like Robby and Jack!" He was opening and closing the door to see if it still worked. He stuck out his head hoping no one was watching his stupidity.

"Speaking of them, where are they?" Takuya wondered...

***

Meanwhile Bobby, Robby, and Jack were in Robby's and Jack's garage making noises that they call... "music".

"YEAH! UH UH UH!"

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Bom bom bom bom bomba bomba!"

"TURN DOWN THAT INFERNO RACKET!!!" a stranger yelled out the window.

(What a weird group of kids!)

***

"Well anyways back to my thought!' Tommy reminded them from there thought bubbles, "We should hold a contest to see who can win Zoey's heart!"

The lot looked at him as if he was making a silly joke.

"Hahahaa, Tommy what are you talking about" Takuya asked first.

"Yeah this isn't some kinda game, you know!" Kouji, always the one to point out reality.

"Yeah Tommy, this is a man's world!" JP said in a crazy voice.

"C'mon guys. He has a point. If y'all are not scared why don't y'all except?" Kouichi pointed out defending Tommy's clever idea.

"Alright then! If you say so. I'm in." Takuya said playfully, not expecting a response.

"You can count me in also" Kouji threatened.

"Well in that case I'm in also!" JP added.

Pretty soon everyone was joining in on the challenge as they placed their hands on top of one another's, in a huddle, as a sign of agreement. Tommy had to step on his tippy toes to reach the others hand.

"Let it be every man for himself" Kouji declared with his hand in the air.

"All for one and one for one only!" JP recited the old and famous Musketeers' motto as he butchered it.

"This shall be a fight to the finish!" Kouichi commented

"We will see..." Takuya said.

"We will indeed!" added Tommy in his young voice.

In the next moment, they all gathered in a fighting frenzy.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Kouji yelled as he had Takuya's head in a head lock.

JP and Kouichi were wrestling with each other trying throw the other one to the floor, while Tommy watched in hysterical disappointment.

"You guys needa grow up." he said.

"Aaaaaaaah! Come here Tommy!" Kouji ran over to Tommy to give him a noogie, as Tommy ran off.

"Hey, watch it! I'm the youngest one!"

Deep down each one of them knew it had to be them, the one that would win Zoey's heart.

(BGM: Eye of the Tiger)

A/N: This must mean war! I know by now you (the reader) might be reading this after Valentines

Day, but oh well, just play along.

As for these guys, it looks like a Jerry Springer show... Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Or should I say Juri! Juri! Juri! Lol (if you saw the third season of digimon then you should know what I'm talking about.)