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"To bear LOVE with its boundaries"

Chapter 16: OVERDRIVE!

(Author: Waah! I can't believe that I've reached this far!)

The morning when everyone woke up to get ready; Hakkai was like an old grumpy man, snapping and glaring at everyone. The monk most of all, had felt great since he had a relaxing night of sleep, and he doesn't know what was going on with Hakkai's behavior. Somehow the brunette made him feel uneasy because his green eyes were glaring at the blond man the whole time until they had to leave for town. When the group was seated in the car, Hakkai was a bit calm behind the wheel and the monk was silent beside him, the two men in the back had their own thoughts and worries. Gojyo felt guilty of his decision, he was too greedy to choose both of the men as his lovers. Sanzo didn't know what happened between the two men last night, so the silence was a bit awkward for the monk. Somehow Sanzo could suspect that Hakkai has this grudge on him since the morning he woke up. Hakkai was really silent in the drive; he thought of what he did the morning they left, he remembered glaring angrily at the monk. But that was all he could remember that morning. But for Goku's side, he was just a young boy, he didn't understand one thing, and he didn't understand why Hakkai was ill tempered like Sanzo. Poor Goku… sometimes he wished he was old enough to understand the problems that are within the group.

"So… how many hours till the next town?" Sanzo asked Hakkai without making any eye contact.

"Why do you care!" Hakkai snapped, he was like a time bomb ready to blow in any time.

"Ah…" that was all Sanzo could say. Somehow the monk didn't want to further bother the brunette, and that was a smart thing to do.

"Hakkai… ah… um…" Gojyo leaned in the front and tried to calm Hakkai down.

"Everything's alright Gojyo… just sit down and relax…" Hakkai smiled at Gojyo and calmly focused back on the road. Sanzo looked at Hakkai for a moment; Sanzo was truly puzzled to why Hakkai's attitude became sore towards him and bittersweet to Gojyo. Sanzo just shook his head and stopped worrying about Hakkai. After two hours, Sanzo sat quietly, his thoughts bothering him like hell. Somehow there was a reason towards Hakkai's nasty behavior.

"Ah!" Sanzo exclaimed aloud, it almost made Hakkai jump in his seat in surprise. The two men at the back didn't hear anything.

(Sanzo's thoughts)

"Can it be?" Sanzo looked at his side, lavender eyes focused on the brunette beside him.

"Has Gojyo told him about our relationship!" Sanzo smiled devilishly, Hakkai didn't see it.

"Did Gojyo choose me over him?" Sanzo raised a blond eyebrow at Hakkai in delight.

"I wonder if he's jealous?" Sanzo snorted in satisfaction and relaxed in his seat.

"Hmm… at least now I can have some fun with Gojyo in front of his face…" Sanzo laughed in his seat, Hakkai didn't mind Sanzo. Besides the monk is a bit crazy, somehow Hakkai didn't want to know why the blond man did this or that. Meanwhile, Gojyo was in utter grief, he was so unsure of himself, he felt confused. The redhead didn't know how to pick the right lover or the right man he'd spend his life with when the journey ends. Gojyo now knew how much Hakkai meant for him, Hakkai was a strong man and a great sweetheart. On the other hand, Sanzo was also a strong man and a great forceful lover. Both sides are a bit different but if you combine the two it would be very messy. Sanzo is rough and passion burning, Hakkai is soft and sensual loving or you could say compassionate. Either way the two men drive's Gojyo in such sweet agony!

"Gojyo is something bothering you?" Goku looked at him; the little boy was examining the confused face of his redheaded friend.

"Ha? Oh, everything is a-ok!" Gojyo gave Goku a relaxing smile, the little demon smiled back at him and once more stopped worrying about Gojyo.

"Well… I don't see anything yet…" Sanzo started to talk to Hakkai; the brunette got irritated and glared at the monk.

"Just wait… we'll be in the next town in a few hours or so..." Hakkai clenched his teeth tightly; Sanzo could hear the sound of the clashing teeth. The whole mood thing was inverted; Hakkai was the grumpy one while Sanzo was the happy one. The way it is, the whole group was one big mess!

"Hakkai… what's bugging you?" Sanzo rubbed his chin and smiled at the brunette.

"Nothing…" Hakkai said shortly. "You're the one that's bugging me!" Hakkai sniffed his nose and his eyes were totally concentrating on the road rather than Sanzo's sly smile. Hakkai was driving like hell, he took every hump on the ground roughly, he was a mad driver. Sanzo and the rest were almost flying out of their seats.

"H-Hakkai! Slow down!" Goku grabbed on to his seat tightly, he didn't want to fall out of the car.

"Hakkai… what's wrong?" Gojyo chimed in worriedly; the redhead also held on to his seat, he didn't want to risk losing his dear life. Hakkai didn't listen to them, he was really mad, and all he did was drive like hell. Sanzo was also scared like hell; he didn't want to further drive the brunette mad ever again. Well… only when he's driving the monk promised that he wouldn't piss him off.

"H-Hakkai calm down!" Sanzo yelled at him, he really wants to relax not worry over the benefit of his life.

"I must… get to town… fast…" Hakkai was like a robot, he had no emotions in his eyes. The brunette was MAD! Sanzo, Gojyo and Goku were all pleading for him to stop but Hakkai couldn't hear them. His driving was like his feelings, mad and utterly violent, this was the first time the group had altogether experienced this about Hakkai. The ground was getting rougher and the rocks were getting rockier by the speeding moment. Goku was already clutching on the front seat, his short legs are constantly in midair. The little boy was flying and dearly pleading the brunette to slow down. Gojyo was eagerly trying to pull himself nearer to Hakkai so that he could smack that man back to reality.

"Hakkai! Snap out of it!" Gojyo called out to him, but still the brunette didn't listen to him, and he continued to drive without any limits. The whole while everyone were working on how to survive in this hardcore drive! Whenever they passed by demons that wanted to fight them for the sutra, Hakkai would just simply run over them like they were nothing. Sanzo felt utterly disbelieving; he never knew that Hakkai had a much bigger ego than he had. Gojyo totally knew that this was the result of his decision. The redhead wasn't surprised of this madness at all, since he had already experienced that with his dead stepmother. The time was passing by; thirty minutes seemed hard enough for the men to hold on to this madness.

"HAKKAI! I can't hold on any longer!" Goku pleaded, Gojyo was afraid now, he didn't want anyone to get hurt especially for Goku. The little demon had no interest in part-taking such madness! Gojyo was going to stop Hakkai, even if it would hurt the brunette more. Gojyo grabbed on to the front seat, he moved closer to Hakkai with such force. His long red hair bothered him for a moment the wind was persistent as Hakkai's driving but he still got close to the brunette.

"Hakkai! Stop this now! You'll kill us all if you continue to drive crazy like this!" Gojyo slapped Hakkai hard on the right side of his face where it was easy to reach. When Gojyo slapped him, he tried to hold on with his other hand, it was hard to get Hakkai to snap out of it by talking to him and so he decided to slap him back to his senses.

"H-Hakkai…" Goku started to fade away, he couldn't hold on any longer. His little hands unclenched from the seat he was holding unto. The boy let go, he was going to fly away and slam his poor little body on the hard rocky ground.

"Goku!" Gojyo screamed the little demon's name. Gojyo let go too, his body reached next to Goku's, it was good timing that Gojyo caught up with the boy. The redhead wrapped his body unto Goku, trying to protect him from harm. The first minute the two bodies were floating in midair and then the next they fell roughly on the ground. The bodies rolled on the ground roughly, battering Gojyo's body by the hard impact of the landing. The redhead had scratches and cuts from the sharp rocks that were on the ground. Gojyo succeeded in protecting the innocent little boy. But Gojyo's body was fragile from the bruises and all the injuries he got through his heroic actions.

"Gojyo!" Hakkai stepped on the break and made a u-turn towards the two men that lay on the ground. Hakkai snapped back to his senses when Gojyo's body flew away like a light-weighted paper. Sanzo was concerned of his lover. He didn't know that Gojyo would do something crazy as to sacrifice himself over the little boy's life. The monk and the brunette stepped out of the car, they ran towards the two injured men, but Goku was just fine no injury or scratches on him. Hakkai knelt down beside Gojyo; he was trying to wake him up.

"Gojyo! Wake up!" Hakkai shook Gojyo like crazy, the redhead woke up, and his face portrayed pain. Sanzo tended to Goku, the monk was relief that Goku was alright.

"H-Hakkai…" Gojyo stammered, Hakkai had tears in his eyes.

"I'm sorry… I was mad… that's all…" Hakkai kissed Gojyo's forehead and smiled softly into his face. Gojyo couldn't say anything; he weakly raised his hand and patted Hakkai's head like a kid.

"Baka…" Gojyo whispered weakly and gave Hakkai a brilliant but cocky smile. Hakkai laughed, his senses calm, his body relaxing.

"Well… I guess we should continue the journey…" Hakkai carried Gojyo back to the car. Goku allowed the redhead to rest his head on his little lap. After all, Gojyo went through hell to stop this madness. Everyone was relieved from the event of Hakkai's mad behavior. Hakkai once again drove with calmness, not only that also he drove with a smile on his face. The monk just went silent and waited in his seat. Gojyo slept on Goku's lap and the little boy was glad that everything seemed right again.

"Ha… at least no one is dead…" Goku said to himself, he was also getting sleepy. When they arrived in town, they went to a motel and Gojyo the redhead carried Goku to bed.

Aww… such a happy ending… But this is not the last chapter! Hehe… If you want more thrills and you want to know the ending… then keep reading and I hope the story will be good for you! See you in the next chapter! Oh, yeah! Don't forget to send me the results of the game I gave you! Hehehe…