Chapter 08: Jealousy is a sin

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"Oi. Get out of there already! Flat board! Get out!" Gintoki knocked at the door where Satsuki was dressing. He knocked multiple times but she didn't even respond or utter a single word.

"The contest is about to start! Get out of there!" Gintoki pushed the door open. He saw Satsuki squatting while covering her head.

"What are you doing?! Come on, let's go!" He dragged her out but she wasn't barging a step.

While covering her chest she was shouting, "No way! I don't want to! It's too embarrassing! Let me go! Let's just end here and accept our defeat!"

"You haven't even tried and you're giving up! Let's go!" Gintoki scolded her but she wasn't letting go of the door. Gintoki dragged her out with his strength, "What's with that hood and shawl?! You're creeping me out!" He was about to grab the shawl until Satsuki tripped. He didn't even catch her; rather, he avoided her. She tripped with her head first and the shawl and the hood was removed.

"What was that for?! You didn't even catch me! Ouch… My head hurts… It is because of this damn heels!" She complained about the heels and stood up.

Only to find Gintoki bleeding through his nose, "Melons! Who are you!?" He spat blood all over the ground. By the way, they are wearing the western like wedding dress, Gintoki wore a white suit while Satsuki wore a silver gown.

A nerve cracked upon her face, "The heck! Stop joking around! If Toushiro saw me in th—" It was too late, Toushiro saw her with the dress and coughed up some smoke. Satsuki's jaw dropped while blushing, grabbing a white shawl from the door, she wrapped it on her shoulder.

Toushiro couldn't stop coughing the smoke but then Mai hugged him in the back. "Darling~ Thank you for waiting for me!"

Toushiro and Mai were wearing Japanese type so it's a kimono.

Mai glanced over at the idiot duo and stuck her tongue out. "You will definitely lose! Idiot Perm Head! Flat chest girl!" Mai dragged Toushiro outside of the dressing room. The remaining duo cracked their fists and emit a dark aura.

"I will kill this girl!" They both said in unison.

"Okay! Here's the 2nd round of our contest! Now, please step up! Mizuki Mai and Hijikata Toushiro versus Sakakibara Satsuki and Sakata Gintoki!" The MC introduced the competitor and the crowd started cheering at them.

"Our first obstacle is baking! But before you reach your stations, first you'll run 1km to that station! Ready? Start!" The MC fired the gun up upon the sky and as soon as the sound was heard the competitors dashed from the stage. Mai had a strategy about this; she sprinted over Toushiro and jumped over his back.

"Ouch. What's your problem!?" Toushiro asked.

Mai sadistically grinned and acted, "Darling~ my foot… it hurts… carry me~"

Toushiro's nerve cracked, "What's your problem?! I'm not your darling at all!"

Toushiro and Mai were debating but Gintoki and Satsuki were dashing like a cheetah. Finally, they caught upon the two but Satsuki fell.

"Oi. Damn flat board! What are you doing?!" Gintoki headed over to Satsuki, squatting over her. He saw that her knee was bleeding. "Are you okay?!" But as soon as Gintoki asked that, he was punched by her.

"What's your problem!?" Gintoki yelled while holding his cheeks.

"Of course, it's obvious! It damn hurts!" Satsuki was teary-eyed to this.

Toushiro noticed this and was about to walk over her when Satsuki hushed him, "Toushiro! Go and race already! Don't mind our damn business! Get going!"

Toushiro couldn't do anything. He followed on what she said and carried Mai. Although it was against his will, he sprinted out of the two.

"Oh. What a shame." Mai blurted out while giving a sadistic smirk.

Satsuki and Gintoki knew she was after this incident. Satsuki fell due to a boulder that Mai placed before the competition. Angry about this, she started to emit a dark aura.

"Cheater…" Gintoki grumbled and began to help Satsuki.

But before that, Satsuki took off her heals and shouted at Mai, "Oi! BITCH!"

"Huh?!" Mai gazed upon her. There, Satsuki threw her heels over to Mai's face, causing her to gob. Toushiro was surprised by this but at the same time he wanted to laugh. He didn't care about Mai's situation; he just dashed off.

"I didn't know you'd go that far, but first how's your wound?" Gintoki asked her.

Satsuki grinned at him and took off her shawl. Her upper part was now exposed due to that but she didn't even care anymore, and placed it on the wound. "Come on, let's go!"

The two started to run and soon, they caught up to Toushiro and Mai. But when it was already favor to the 2, Satsuki again fell.

"Oi! What is it again?! A boulder?! What?!" Gintoki stomped out and squatted over Satsuki again.

"I accidentally step on the gown..." Satsuki uttered. She was completely embarrassed about this. Trying to hide her face, she uttered a slight 'I'm okay.' She tried to stand up but she fell again and this time with Gintoki.

"Now, what do you want?! Those two were already far and we cannot catch up!" Gintoki pointed at Toushiro and Mai. Sighing, he finally thought of a solution and carried her. He gave her a piggy-back-ride and sprinted out. Actually, Satsuki was shocked about this and didn't have any time to comment.

"W-What are you doing?!" Satsuki nervously asked as she tried to struggle.

"If I put you down, you'll just fall again! Stop struggling, you flat—melon girl!" Gintoki hissed.

"Now, I am a melon girl! Just when will you say my true name?!" Satsuki argued back.

Finally, the idiot pair caught up to Hijikata and Mai. Although, they're first on this, Satsuki was already tired on carrying Mai in a piggy-back-ride. When the idiot pair sprinted out first, Satsuki reacted on what he saw. Gintoki and Satsuki arguing, he picked out a can that came out of nowhere and threw it to the perm-headed guy. Sadly, Satsuki was the one who had been hit by that.

Satsuki held her forehead and faced Hijikata. "Toushiro, what was that for?!"

Toushiro cracked a smile, "No, nothing. Just saying 'Hi.'"

Satsuki smiled at him, "Hi."

After that, Hijikata glared at Gintoki to death. While emitting a black aura, Hijikata cursed Gintoki and he could feel it. "Umm. Melon girl, someone is glaring me to death…"

"Huh?!" Satsuki questioned curiously.

The raven-haired guy continue to curse at Gintoki, "Die. Die. Die. Die. Die. Die."

When they were about to reach the finish line, Hijikata thought of an evil idea. The idiot pair was about to cross when Hijikata tripped Gintoki using his foot. That made the two crash and feel pain. Toushiro grinned to this and headed to the station.

"That damn mayonnaise addict!" Gintoki ruffled his hair and stood up with Satsuki. Heading to the station, the MC appeared out of nowhere.

"Our live baking showdown will start now! First, let us introduce our judges for today's contest!" The MC said, "First, we have the richest and the influential manager in the Pantasia! Master Kirisaki!"

The spotlight was turned into the mask guy with a golden hair; there was also a peacock feather on his mask.

"Why is the manager of Pantasia doing in here?! Get back on your own show and never come back here!" Shinpachi shouted.

Obviously, Satsuki and Gintoki were amazed by this and immediately they pulled out a piece of paper. Together, they stated 'Can I have your autograph?'

"Stop it you two!" Shinpachi shouted.

After that the MC continued, "Next is a famous idol from Japan! We have Terakado Tsuu!"

The spotlight was turned to the purple headed girl. She waved continuously to all of her fans.

"Otsuu-chan! I love you!" Shinpachi shouted from the crowd. Otsuu noticed this and gave him a wave. Shinpachi was captivated by this and blushed.

The MC cleared his throat, "Our last judge is none other than Captain Katsura!"

The group's, especially Gintoki, jaw dropped. He pointed his index finger to him, "Zura, what the hell are you doing here?!"

"It's not Zura, it's Captain Katsura. I am a judge, don't bother me." The 3 judges sat on a chair and waited.

The MC continued, "Our 1st round in this race is to bake a wedding cake! But before that, you should give the judges a share also! And of course, you should finish the wedding cake! After finishing the cake you will run 1km and proceed to the next stage. The ingredients are gathered in that table, so now let us begin!"

"Gin, we need to win this no matter what happen…" Satsuki took off her gloves and cracked her fist.

"Of course, I will get free cake from these ingredients. By the way, are you a heavy eater? I can't finish the whole wedding cake, my diabetes will attack me." Gintoki tightened his neck tie and took off his jacket.

"Yeah, I love sweets, that's why."

"Are you going to cover it with Mayonnaise? If yes, please stop it."

"I don't eat sweets with mayonnaise on it!"

Meanwhile at Toushiro and Mai's side, they were very awkward to each other. He took off a paper that the group wrote for him in order to lose.

*Cover it with Mayonnaise, uh-huh.

*Toushi, don't make it too sweet and nice.

*Captain, cover it with Mayonnaise.

*Hijikata-san, make it inedible.

*Hijikata-san, die.

* . . .

*Hmmm. I don't know what to say. Cover it with mayonnaise?

Toushiro crumpled the paper and let out a black aura. "Why does everyone say to cover it with mayonnaise?! Also, what's with this suggestion it tells me to die!"

He was pissed by this and stomped. Mai hugged him again, "Darling~ let's go and get some ingredients. For our future son and daughter."

"No way! And I won't marry you! I don't even love you! Get off of me!" He accidentally pushed the girl.

"Darling is such a tsundere~ Fine, I'll get the ingredients for you~" Mai skipped happily as she headed to the counter.

As for Satsuki and Gintoki, they just grabbed anything they needed for the competition rather they have the intention to take it all. As the idiot pair gathered the ingredients, they didn't leave any at all. The MC interrupted, "By the way, no returning of ingredients! Also, if you get something example a chocolate sauce, you need to finish it until the last drop. You may eat it!"

Hearing this made the duo jaw dropped. They were very crazy to get all of it now they need to eat it in order for them to finish it. Well, the two were also craving for food, so they started their tiresome show.

As for Mai, she wasn't worrying at that. Moreover, she was there grinning sadistically, she contacted her butler and brought out some ingredients, they needed. As soon as the butler was already giving it to her, Toushiro walked pass and asked a question, "Excuse me, do you have any mayonnaise there?"

"Y-Yeah. Here." The butler gave it to him and he felt complete already.

Both pairs started to cook, it was rather a smooth and quiet one until.

BOOOOOOOM.

"What did you just do?! Melon girl!" Gintoki gasped upon seeing the broken oven.

She stood up and crossed her arms, "Well, I put it in the maximum level…"

"I told you to leave the oven! Jeez, fine mix the ingredients there and I will do it here. Can you do it, melon girl?" As Gintoki rolled his sleeves up, Satsuki gazed upon him with a serious look.

"Of course, I'm not a little kid anymore." They both passed each other and started their business. Satsuki let out a deep breath, cracking her fist, she got started and mixed the ingredients.

"You're pretty good, melon girl." Gintoki complimented her.

Satsuki smiled at him, "Teehee."

Suddenly, a flying knife was about to slice him, but Gintoki dodged it. He was extremely scared by the knife and saw Toushiro glaring at him.

"Gin, what's wrong? You're sweating hard." Satsuki pointed out.

"Someone is planning to kill me."

"Jeez, you're imagining things. Come on let's-" Satsuki accidentally stepped to the gown and fell to the ground with her head first.

"Just how clumsy are you!?" Gintoki scolded.

"This freakin' gown is too long! Besides, if they didn't declare the rule that we shouldn't tear any part of the outfit I would've tore this already!" Satsuki scolded back. The duo began quarreling again.

Meanwhile at Toushiro and Mai's side.

"It's done, my darling~!" Mai presented the wedding cake in front of Toushiro. But he didn't care, his attention was focused to the two who were still quarreling. He wasn't expressing any emotion right now but deep inside he wanted to fry and cook that Yorozuya bastard. Mai noticed this and hugged Toushiro at his back, "Darling~ Leave them alone. You have me, right?"

Toushiro ignored this and headed to the cake. He cut 3 slices of it and topped it with mayonnaise. "Oi. Give it to the judges."

"Umm. Darling, what is this yellow condiment? It disgust me for some reason..." Mai cracked a smile and felt disgusted by the thing she saw.

Toushiro lit out a cigarette and puffed, "Its Mayonnaise…"

"Why is mayonnaise needed in the cake?!" Mai retorted but he didn't care. Glancing over the fighting duo at the other side quarreling again.

"We finished the cake already but the ingredients weren't! What do we do, stupid perm headed guy?!" Satsuki pinched his cheeks.

"I don't know! Go and eat it! What are the other ingredients that we didn't use?!" Gintoki argued.

Satsuki gathered all of the unused ingredients and put it in the table, "We have chocolate, strawberries and icing. I think we can eat them but its five bottles per ingredients. We will have diabetes before we win this round."

Gintoki cracked his fist and wore a bandanna on his forehead. 'Mind your sugar levels' was written in there. Satsuki arched a brow and got it. She brought the three slices of cake to the judges and headed back. The wedding cakes were placed on a huge table and the pairs were gathered.

"Okay! Before you eat the cake! First, I'll tell you some things you need to do before to eat it. While eating, you should act like newlyweds, requested by Mizuki Mai! Let's start!" The MC signaled and both parties were very shocked by this.

"The hell! I don't want to get married! Also, why would I act so lovey dovey to you?! Are we friends?! Lovers?! Married couple?! Of course it's obvious, I hate you!" Satsuki snapped.

"Like I wanted to! I hate you too also! But if we don't win this, I will kick you out of the Yorozuya!" Gintoki slammed the table. The idiot pair argued as Toushiro stared at them intensely. He was already jealous of this; okay he knew it, he was jealous.

"Darling~ Say aaaaaaah~" Mai held out a fork but he grabbed it and put some Mayonnaise. Swallowing it, Mai made a disgusted expression. Mai faced the opposite direction and ate the cake peacefully. As for Toushiro, he lost his interest in his food and stared at the 'pretend to be couple' pair across the table.

"Here. Bastard Darling. A-Ahh." Satsuki held out the fork with a fake smile. Gintoki swallowed the cake, after that Satsuki pushed the fork down to his throat.

Gintoki groaned to this, "Are you planning to kill me stupid melon honey! Here." Gintoki gave a plate full of cake. Satsuki was delighted to this and was about to grab it when Gintoki slammed it to her face.

"D-D-Darling! What did you just do?!" Satsuki hollered as she swallowed the remaining pieces. Again, they both quarreled.

"Fine. Let us show who's going to eat more cake, Bastard Darling!" Satsuki offered.

"Fine. Stupid Melon girl honey! Let's go!" They both dug in the cake.

The audience's jaw dropped to this and thought 'Do couples really do this?'

The judges also judged the food. As for the Mayo food, it was so disgusting, that they "died". As for the strawberry cake, it was good but lacked something. But both pairs didn't care at all and ate all they could. The idiot pair managed to finish both the remaining ingredients and the cake.

"Gin, I can't move… I ate too much…" Satsuki's body was lying on the ground. Fortunately, her stomach didn't get bigger.

"You didn't even get fat…Let's get up already…" Gintoki tried to stand up and reached his hand to Satsuki.

"Gin… I can't stand…My stomach is crashing me…" Satsuki responded.

"We need to win this no matter what happens! Come on, I'm going to carry you…" Gintoki carried Satsuki to his back and started to walk slowly. Toushiro noticed this and immediately finished the cake.

"Oi. Let's go!"

"I can't stand...Darling~"

He clenched his teeth and carried her. They started to run and catch up to the idiot pair. Finally, they reached the 2nd round.

"Our next challenge is 'Face your Fears!' Where Sakakibara and Mizuki-san will face their fears. Heights and Horror Houses are their fears and they need to accomplish that without their partners. Only at the end of the challenge Sakata and Hijikata will help you. For example, Sakakibara-san needs to climb this huge wall and jump. Sakata-san will catch you. As for Mizuki-san, you'll be entering the Horror house alone but at the exit Hijikata-san is waiting for you to hug him!"

"No way! I'm not waiting!" Toushiro argued.

"NO. Gin, I cannot do this. Let's give up, okay? Please!" Satsuki sweated hard and cuddled Gintoki.

"Let me go! I'll catch you so don't worry!" Gintoki struggled at this.

"No!" Satsuki started to become teary-eyed.

"Just trust me, okay?! We've got to win this!"

Satsuki nodded and went to her post.

"Let the round two begin!" The MC declared.

That's it, I've got some free time so I decided to write this one. So the next chapter will be the last round. Who will win? Okay, thank you for your support. By the way, I am looking for an artist that can digital art my OC. I don't have money to tell you honestly. Ummm. Like buddies? I will do the writings while the other one do the drawing. That's all. Thank you! Visit my deviantart! :D

-CHII.