Brother Forever
Disclaimer: I don't own Hikaru no Go. They are owned by thier respective owners.
A/N: YO! I updated! And be ready to kill me cause I'm still alive. To those who waited for me for like forever i'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you wait this long before I updated but I needed to have an operation and they restrict computer on my room. TT Anyways here is chapter 22 that took several months before being uploaded. I'll appreciate constructive critism and ignore flame! I know my grammar is bad and this is unbeta! I still don't have one!
Chapter 22
Hikaru snickered when he saw Ogata turn away and scowl. He was really having fun today. Making old people look surprised, pros' being stunned and Ogata Seiji being drag made Shindo Hikaru satisfied even they were only small accomplishment.
Hikaru sighed before standing straight and walking away. It will be bad if Sai notice him and make a ruckus. As he was looking around and checking stuffs, he saw a stand selling gobans and go related stuff.
Being curious, Hikaru took a closer look at the goban that was for sale for two hundred thousand yen. On the other side of the price tag was another tag that says "Real Kaya!". Hikaru scowl after he read the tag. He was sure that the goban was not kaya but who is he to tell? He doesn't even know the difference between woods.
'Though, this one looks different from Sai's goban. And that one is made from kaya.' Hikaru was in deep thought that he hasn't notice the chubby seller who was convincing another man to buy his merchandise until he turned around.
"Is this one really Kaya?" Hikaru asked the salesman. The salesman looked from his previous costumer to Hikaru and he smiled with his hands claps together.
"Yes, yes. They are. They are made very finely and playing go on a goban made from kaya wood will make you stronger faster than gobans that are made from ordinary wood. If you would buy today I can even give you bonus items such as go stones and their containers." The salesman told in one breath like he memorized the line for a few days.
Not knowing how to get out of this kind of situation. Hikaru just made up a reply and said "Well I think I'm going to ask my mother to buy me one. I'll come back later." With that said he started to hastily walk away. On the background the salesman said "Please come back again."
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"Kuruta-san!" A cheerful masculine voice chirped. Kuruta nine-dan turned his head to the direction of the voice and smiled brightly before waving his hand in the air.
"Konichiwa!" Sai greeted cheerfully at the nine-dan. He was smiling brightly and was obviously in a very good mood. Ogata Seiji with his hands in his pockets behind Sai was still scowling.
"You look very happy today Sai-san." Kuruta said to the still smilling Honinbou.
"It's because of the teens." Ogata answered Kuruta grumpily.
"You look unhappy Ogata-san" Kuruta said to the brooding nine-dan.
"It's because of a teen." Ogata grumpily answered.
Kuruta laughed good-naturedly before checking his watch. "Oh! My lessons will begin in five minutes." Then he looked to the two pros. "Do you have something to do?"
"No. I have nothing to do really." Sai answered cheerfully.
"Woah! Then would you like to join my teaching lessons? It would be fun!" Kuruta asked the two top pros.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Oh! Come on Seiji! It would be fun!" Sai started to shake the nine-dan. Ogata Seiji having no choice just nodded his head just to stop the Honinbou from shaking him. He was starting to get dizzy already.
"Yay! Let's go! Let's go!" Sai happily said and skipped towards Kuruta's booth.
"He looks really happy." The chubby nine-dan said to no one.
"He needs to enjoy himself today. He knows later that he'll be back to his gloomy side and will worry again over his little brother." Ogata muttered as he lit another cigarette.
"You two are really good friends, noh?" Kuruta chuckled. The nine-dan glared at him.
"Shut up." Ogata grumbled.
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The go lessons had already started. The computer stalls were full of teens playing Hype and the elders were playing on the competition. Hikaru was loitering around the computer boot when a group of teen approached him.
"Yo there!" A teen who look so out of place greeted Hikaru. "My name's Akimoto Taro. You play Hype too? There's no seats available." He shrugged and looked at the younger teen intently.
"I'm Shindo Hikaru. Nice to meet you." Hikaru replied. "There are many teens here, I didn't expect it to be this many when the event has been announced."
"Yup! Me either. Never had gone if my friends didn't drag me here." Taro huffed and crossed his arms. "Don't want to join the discussion too. I always fall asleep. My grades are the proof of that. You waiting for someone?"
"Yup. I'm waiting for my friends. Or rather I'm looking for my friends. It's too crowded that I can't seem to find them." Hikaru smiled sheepishly.
"Ok! See ya around! I gonna look for my friends too." The teen waved and walk away towards the booths.
Hikaru then walked away from the computer section and tried once more to look for Akari and Shinku. Apparently they came together and were loitering around and looking for him too.
Hikaru was about to give up hope on finding them when he spotted a very spiky haired dud and a brown haired girl talking to a chubby man.
Hikaru cautiously approached the trio having second thoughts whether the two teen were his friends.
"So mister who are you?" The spiky haired dud asked. On closer look, Hikaru noted with content that it was Shinku. The chubby man gagged at the teen. Apparently he wasn't expecting the teen to ask who he was. Well he was pretty famous after all.
Kuruta nine-dan was about to start to talk on how great he was and ask the teens how come they don't know him when another teen interrupted him.
"Oi! You two! Do you know how long it took me to find you! At least assign a place if where are going to meet like this!" Hikaru shouted and gain the attention of the trio. Akari beamed and waved at Hikaru. Shinku grin sheepishly. The two teens started to talk to the new comer completely ignoring the nine-dan.
'Ungrateful brats' Kuruta nine-dan as he watched with slight irritation as the teen chat. The newcomer looked past his friends and noticed the chubby man grumbling about something.
"Ano, who is he?" Hikaru asked Shinku. Before Shinku could answer him however Kuruta beat him into it.
"I'm Kuruta Atsushi! I'm a nine-dan Go professional. I'm the future Kisei, Jûdan, Tengen, Gosei, Meijin, Honinbo!" Kuruta proudly announced to the dumbstruck teens that looked at him like he had gone crazy.
"This guy is crazy." Shinku said in a flat tone. Hikaru and Akari beside him nodded their head in agreement.
"And because it's rare to find people who don't know me, I'll give you my signature!" The chubby dan took out several paper fans with his signature and titles.
"NO!!!! We don't want it!!!!" The teens exclaimed in horror before running away. Kuruta looked at the running teen and then to the fans he was holding.
"Such shy kids." He muttered to no one in particular.
"Who were those Kuruta-san?" Sai asked. He just saw a glimpse of the teens before they run away.
"Ah, just kids who doesn't know me."
"You next tutoring game is about to start." Sai said to the nine-dan. The chubby man nodded and headed towards the direction of the stand. Sai looked back to see if he can still catch a glimpse of the teens. The girl looked familiar.
'Almost like Akari.' Sai thought before heading towards Kuruta's tutoring section.
I hope somehow this chapter satisfied those who really waited for this update. And so sorry if this is all I can give as for the moment. I'm planning on reconstructing the whole story to make it more realistic and maybe I'm going to do that into a doujinshi. Or a fan comic. To do that I'll need my computer to be upgraded. My comp crashes when I use photo shop. Maybe because I still lack a video card. : ( I hope to see you guys soon.
Ja Ne!