Summary: Though Hikaru never played go in person, he still left his own mark on go communities and the world.

Lively Shadows

Prologue

As Hikaru began to adapt to life with Sai, he wondered how things would change if he played go as often as Sai demanded. Would he be alienated by his peers? Would he begin to lose himself? Would anything stay the same? Pondering more, he turned to his computer, recently given to him by his grandfather, and opening a web page, began to search the internet for online go communities. Surely the internet could keep him separate from Sai?

"Hikaru, what are you doing? You said we would play go!" Sai whined insistently, impatient to play the game that was his life after a hundred years. Even with all that had changed since he had been alive, go seemed to be the one thing that didn't change as much. Even the language was different! So, in a world where everything had changed, and would keep changing, go was like a floating log he clung to in the middle of the ocean.

"Sai, shut up, I'm looking for a way for you to play go. I know you're impatient, but you'll just have to wait. I don't actually have to do this, so you could at least be thankful." Hikaru yelled, fed up with Sai's attitude. "I'm trying to find a way for you to listen to go games when I'm not around. I do have a life of my own you know, and I can't sit around the computer all day, playing go for you." Suddenly, both of them began to weep with joy. "Sai, stop!"

If this was how he was always going to be, why did he bother with helping him? At least his reactions to everything else was funny. Maybe he should start writing them down, then he could always remember, even after Sai got used to all of it.

Author's note: Anyway, that's it for now. I can't say when the next update will be, and uploads might be sporadic. Most chapters, at least at first, probably won't be too much longer than this. If anyone wants to beta this,please send me a PM. Please read and review.