Author's Notes: Um… sorry if it took so long… it's because… because…WAAAHH! I'm so mad at my carpenter! He turned off the whole power to the house and my computer wasn't able to save my story in time! Even the songs I downloaded were all erased! Even the songs that have long been in the computer have been erased! WAAAAHHHH! Sniff… sniff… (Shyronai pats my back in comfort and says "Its okay you could do better this time…" he tried to smile but his lips kept on twitching. I looked up at him with a pouted face "REALLY!" I was on the verge of crying again. Shyronai thought for a moment, it took him a few minutes to answer "Actually to be honest… NO…" he smiled at me politely. I gave him a choked laugh and turned away so that I couldn't face him. Shyronai placed a hand on my shoulder and asked concerningly "Are you alright?", I turned to him and smiled painfully "NO! YOU BAKEMONO!" I hit him hard on the face with my fist and he was dead unconscious. I was delighted that he had a black eye and I was merrily typing this down… hehehe….) Anyways I feel good now! I finish chapter 14! Woo! Hoo! And sorry for the delay again!

"To bear LOVE with its boundaries"

Chapter 14: RIVALRIES OF LOVE!

The whole group was in the market square, buying some supplies before they will continue on with the journey. It looked a bit funny, the way they looked. Hakkai and Gojyo were at the front holding each other's hand. Sanzo and Goku were way at the back, Goku was a step close to Sanzo's side, and the poor boy hadn't had any attention from the monk. Hakkai was flirting with Gojyo and that made Sanzo mad, worse of all Gojyo responded to the flirts and temptingly touched the brunette in many ways.

"This is a load of bullshit…" Sanzo cursed under his breath, he was angry at the two couples in front of him; or rather you could say that he's jealous. Goku could almost hear every curse that the monk was trying to hide underneath the hot breath.

"Neh, Hakkai!" Goku ran to Hakkai, it made Sanzo stop in his tracks and watch the boy talk to the brunette in front of him.

"Hmm?" Hakkai looked down at the little boy.

"I want a little snack in the trip could you buy me pork buns? Please?" Goku begged, making his golden eyes wide and appear in a sort of pleading state. Gojyo laughed at the boy and rubbed his head to mess up his hair.

"Isn't he funny?" Gojyo asked the brunette who giggled a little bit.

"Hey!" Goku frowned at the two men.

"Ah… Okay Goku… but no too many or else we'll all have to share it with you…" Hakkai smiled at Goku dearly. The little boy was overjoyed; he sprung up in the air, cheering with glee. Gojyo continued laughing at the silliness that Goku was portraying right in front of them. Sanzo was utterly mad, he wanted to beat Goku like a pup and he wanted to shoot Hakkai through the head. Sanzo totally went up to them in rage.

"Well? Let's get going! I have no time for bonding here! We have to journey immediately!" Sanzo yelled at them but mostly his eyes were on the brunette. Hakkai solemnly accepted Sanzo's yell and went to a stall where they were still steaming newly made pork buns. Hakkai ordered 5 pork buns; Goku kept silent and stood by the brunette's side. Sanzo tapped his foot on the dusty ground with impatience. Everyone was silent and no one was even looking at each other until they received their pork buns.

"Here are your pork buns…" the man handed them a bag of freshly made pork buns, Goku grabbed at it and joyfully glees. Sanzo just snorted at the boy's happiness and Hakkai smiled softly at the happy Goku.

"Gojyo… I guess we should get going before-" something was wrong "Gojyo?" Hakkai looked at his side, Gojyo was gone. Sanzo with his lavender eyes examined the crowd, looking for the redhead.

"Gojyo!" Hakkai called out for him, he was absolutely shocked that Gojyo disappeared.

"Hakkai… stay here with Goku and I'll find him…" Sanzo started to walk off but Hakkai hesitated. He stopped the monk and walk in front of him.

"No… I'll look for him… I know that he needs me…" Hakkai looked at Sanzo with such compassionate eyes. Sanzo was almost irritated when he said 'he needs me', the monk smiled irritatedly at the brunette.

"Why don't we all split up and we meet back after one hour in this stall?" Sanzo decided, Hakkai nodded in agreement.

"Remember after one hour we all must be here… especially Gojyo…" The monk looked at Hakkai's eyes penetratingly with competition. This was a competition for love, the price was Gojyo. Hakkai felt the aura of the challenge, he knew that he should find Gojyo at once; he wanted to beat the monk by finding Gojyo first. Sanzo smirked; he knew that Hakkai was feeling the heat of the challenge; for sure the monk will find Gojyo himself and laugh at the face of the brunette when he had found the redhead.

"What do we get when or if someone finds Gojyo first?" Goku asked the monk who was challenging the brunette.

"Well… he gets to have anything…" Sanzo wasn't looking at Goku, he was smirking at Hakkai and he knew that they should start searching for Gojyo already.

"Okay! Are you ready! Get set! GO!" Goku yelled aloud and all three men dispatched to look for Gojyo.

After five minutes…

"Gojyo!" Goku yelled aloud looking for the redheaded idiot who had wondered off. Goku sat on the floor and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Ah! I feel so tired already! How many hours has it been?" Goku asked Hakkai who was standing right in front of him.

"Goku it's still five minutes…" Hakkai smiled softly at the boy, Goku bent his head slightly to the right making a cracking sound. Hakkai started to walk away; he looked back at Goku and nodded his head at the boy.

"I'll go now… I have to find Gojyo before someone does…" Hakkai was serious, his face looked serious, Goku smiled at Hakkai and cheered for him a good luck. Sanzo was in the place where most of the women hung around; he was standing next to a group of girls who were whispering gossips at his back. The girls giggled when Sanzo turned to look around, they wanted the blond man to notice them, but Sanzo didn't care less he wanted Gojyo not some damned slut. The girls would sigh when Sanzo would look away.

"What the!" something caught Sanzo's attention. He saw Gojyo walking into an alley way. Sanzo briefly straightened himself up and walked hurriedly to the alley.

"Gojyo!" Sanzo shouted out loud as he was chasing after the redhead. It seemed that Gojyo was following something or maybe someone. Maybe Gojyo was hunting for some woman; it irritated him somehow to think about him flirting off with women.

Later…

"Where is Gojyo?" Hakkai was concerned of Gojyo. It had been 45 minutes already, and there was 15 minutes left to go.

"I hope no one found him yet…" Hakkai was turning to his right to see the alley and suddenly something red caught his eye. Hakkai's eyes went wide; he started to follow to the alley.

"Gojyo!" he called out, but then something happened. He bumped into someone, and he fell in the ground with the person he accidentally bumped into.

"Damn…" the person muttered furiously.

"Ah… ite…" Hakkai tried to recover for a moment.

"Hakkai?" the stranger said in surprise.

"Um… sorry…" Hakkai stood up slowly and fixed himself, when he turned to see who that person was it totally surprised.

"Sanzo?" the monk was standing right before him; he was the man who bumped into him. So Sanzo was on Gojyo's trail before Hakkai followed.

"Che… where did that redhead go?" Sanzo looked around; his eyes were concentrating hard on the crowd. After a moment the blond man started to walk off, Hakkai followed him, Sanzo didn't mind as long as the brunette doesn't get in his way.

Ten minutes passed… five left to go…

"Damnation!" Sanzo cursed aloud, he was frustrated that he lost Gojyo. Hakkai was at his back looking relaxed than ever.

"It's okay Sanzo… we'll find him soon" Hakkai said from the back of Sanzo, the monk turned his blond head to Hakkai's direction and gave the brunette a smug smile.

"We? Well… I'm simply trying to find him myself!" Sanzo started to argue with Hakkai. The brunette felt a little mad at the stubborn monk.

"What? Hey-" Hakkai was cut off because he heard a loud husky laughter come from somewhere.

"What was that?" the brunette started to walk straight ahead of the monk, he ignored Sanzo's nasty remarks as he ran off.

"So… what's you're name?" Gojyo started to lean over the girl, the girl was giggling at him.

"Gojyo!" a shout came out from nowhere. Gojyo was a little surprised; he saw Hakkai and Sanzo run up to him.

"What are the two of you doing here?" Gojyo asked puzzled, he wasn't paying attention to the girl.

"What are we doing here?" Hakkai repeated again his question.

"We're simply looking for you! How dare you run off to another girl!" Sanzo scolded Gojyo, he was really mad at the redhead. Hakkai went forward and stopped Sanzo.

"Hey… I found him first!" Hakkai said with a frown and it was true that he found Gojyo first.

"Oh, yeah? I would've found Gojyo first but then someone had bumped right into me!" Sanzo was now arguing with Hakkai.

"I said I'm sorry okay? What is it with you?" Hakkai placed his hands on his hips; he was going to defend himself.

"Um… guys… please… no fighting…" Gojyo waved his hands to cool them off, it didn't work the two men were fighting over him, Gojyo felt like he should run away again. But then something stopped him from doing that.

"Wait… Gojyo's mine… I found him first…" the girl circled her arms around Gojyo's waist possessively. The two men stopped arguing and looked at the rather strange girl. They were a bit jealous because the girl proclaimed Gojyo hers.

"What!" the blond and brunette shouted in anger. Gojyo tried to pull away but the girl's grip was strong.

"Guys… cool down already!" Gojyo was sweating in nervous anxiety.

"Gojyo…" fire burned in both men's eyes. Gojyo stepped back with the girl who clung to him.

"Gojyo…" the girl looked up at him and let go of his waist.

"Y-yeah?" Gojyo was a bit afraid now.

"I have to tell you something…" the girl gave Gojyo a sign to come closer and lend her his ear.

"Uhm…" Gojyo was listening, the monk snorted and the brunette was tapping his foot on the dusty ground.

"I have a little secret to tell you… I am…" the girl stopped for a moment then she continued……

"I'm Goku!" Goku jumped in mid-air. His body easily shed the girl's clothes. A simple dress and a braided wig feel on the ground

"Hahahahaha! I win! I found Gojyo first!" Goku cheered for himself, but then stopped. Gojyo was stoned in his place; Sanzo and Hakkai were completely shocked.

"Is everyone alright?" Goku asked, he waved his hand at the three faces of the men repeatedly.

"Ha?" he waved at Gojyo's face "Ha?" he waved at Hakkai's face "Ha!" lastly he waved at Sanzo's face.

"BAKASARU!" suddenly Sanzo hit Goku hard on the head with a paper fan.

"Ite!" Goku shouted in pain.

Later… on the road… everyone was silent… but then someone broke the peace of it…

"I'm sorry… I was just trying to find-" Goku apologized but Sanzo cut in.

"Not one word from you!" he raised a fist in Goku's face. Then everything was silent again.

What will happen on the next love trial? Hmm… will Hakkai ask Gojyo about Sanzo? Can Goku keep up with them? Well… see you on the next chapter!

(Shyronai: See! I told you that you could make the chapter all over again… except that this inconventionally much better than the one that got erased…

Author: Uresei! – I'm so mad at him…)