One more chance
Summary: Shindou Hikaru looses another match from Touya Akira in front of everyone and looses his title as an Ouza. Hikaru then tries to suicide himself then gets a second chance in life by going back 6 years in time when he first met Sai!! AkiHika- Multi-chaptered!
Pairings: Hikaru+Akira, Waya+Isumi, Akari+Mitani, Kaga+Tsutui and more!
Prologue: Sorrow of a go player
The silence of the match grew slightly eerie. Everyone has been paying attention to the two professional go players and their outstanding match. Touya Akira can't admit but to think that he has grown very strong indeed from the past few weeks when they last played. But something wasn't right…
Shindou Hikaru, Akira's rival was trembling with fear.
Hikaru and Akira knew it.
They were able to read it so deeply that they knew, after some next few hands, Hikaru will loose completely and will have to surrender his beloved title called Ouza. Everyone didn't actually expect this after seeing Shindou Hikaru defeat Kurata-san twice in a row.
Hikaru bowed his head in defeat and resigned.
"M—Makemashita." Hikaru muttered,
"Arigato gozaimashita." Akira bowed his head,
"Arigatou gozaimashita…" Hikaru bowed yet again,
Silence crept all over the room with astonishment. Everyone did not expect Shindou Hikaru to loose half-way through the match but only Akira and Hikaru are the ones who looked at it deeply enough to know who's the winner.
Akira's head looked up to give a small smile to Hikaru for trying but stopped after seeing Hikaru's face. His eyes were covered by his hair giving such a tense moment right now. Amano cleared his throat, breaking the spell of the sudden strange silence.
"O-Omedetto, Touya-kun. You now have two titles!" Amano said, "May we have an interview of you two about the match??"
Everyone stared at Hikaru standing up.
"Shindou?" Touya started but then got cut off,
"Excuse me." Hikaru said as he went pass Amano to go out of the room,
"What about the interview--??" Amano said but too late, he walked off without any word or statement,
Akira's eyes never left the sliding door, still wondering why he acted this way. The only thing he could do for Hikaru right now is to cover him up for the interview about the match with Amano-san.
Hikaru's eyes stared down at the parking lot which was behind the Go institute. Today was May 5th, the day when Sai have left him. Today turned out to be a very sorrowful day. He had lost his friend, Sai, he lost his title and now he lost his determination to defeat Touya and to play the divine move. He felt his whole body giving up on him right. He banged his fists to the cement floor. He usually had Sai to stop him from being sad or crying in tears but now, his hopes, his determination and his great friend, Sai is now gone. It truly did feel as though half of him had been ripped right out. He can't help but to think that he's not even worthy to be Touya Akira's rival as well for that matter. Touya only sees him because of Sai.
For some reason, he wants to go back in time. Back to the past where everything was so happy and merry, the time where he was still with Sai and in the go club or being an insei with the others. He wants to re-do everything that had just happened or just die with this sorrow alone.
"It's not like I can magically go back in time anyway…" Hikaru muttered out of his breath, "I just want to die now…"
His heart rose up into his throat and his vision blurred as he forced his legs, one after another, to carry him to the edge of the building. He removed his shoes and backpack as he prepared himself to fall down. Hikaru gave one last look at the vehicles down at the bottom and closed his eyes.
"Gomen, okaa-san, outo-san… Waya, Isumi-san, minna-san… Gomen, Sai… A-Akira…" Hikaru mumbled as he took another step, feeling his whole body light from falling down.
His eyes met widened green ones that were down there at the first floor. Hikaru gave a slight smile as he mouthed some words to his forever rival.
There was a sudden flash of all what had happened i Hikaru's eyes. His whole life just flickered before him and without even noticing, his body laid helpless in the cement road feeling the whole pain.
Akira's eyes stared in horror as his mouth tried to talk but in loss of words. He cursed himself inside feeling that he was the one to blame by just standing there, not doing anything at all. He ran towards the weak body of his rival and shook him gently.
"Sh—Shindou!! Shindou!!!" Akira yelled in terror, finally getting his voice back, "Wake up right now… You can't just die on me yet! We haven't found the divine move!!!—Shindou!!!"
He felt his whole self so terrified and extremely worried about Shindou's condition. Why did he just try to kill himself? Is it because of the match? Is it because of…him? Akira's heart couldn't take it at all if he was to be blamed. He would never forgive himself if he killed himself just because of him, Touya Akira. The sudden sadness in Akira's heart ached but now he stopped as he felt tears running down to his own face. Is he… crying??
Why would he pour his whole feelings towards Shindou? He's just his rival in Go and that's all there is to it, right?
"Naze, Shindou?? Naze?!" Akira murmured as he firmly grasped Hikaru's hand feeling the coldness.
Hikaru opened his eyes a bit and stared at Akira, "Touya…"
Akira's cheeks started to blush furiously when he heard Hikaru mumbled his name. "Shindou!"
"Were you crying…?" Hikaru whispered, "I'm sorry."
"Why did you jump?!" Akira suddenly shouted,
"I wasn't myself today… Ne, Touya…" Hikaru said quietly,
"Don't talk!" Akira said slightly blushing from the way they were so closed, "Y-You're bleeding!! I'll call an ambulance!!"
It wa too late.
With Hikaru's one last breath, he gave his final words to Akira, "Akira, tell everyone I'm sorry for leaving. I just wanted… To have my wish granted."
Akira's eyes widened as he felt Hikaru's body going all cold as he laid in his pool of blood. "Hi-Hikaru!!!" Akira yelled out his name,
He then heard the sound of the ambulance and some people terrified from what happened. Hikaru's friends, some fellow Go players, the police and everyone gathered towards them. Everyone asked Akira what had just happened to the young pro and if he killed himself because of the match, Touya's words were calm but his voice seemed to be in sorrow. "I don't know why he died but his last word was for everyone. He said he was sorry for leaving."
He didn't choose to say the other sentence Hikaru choked out.
I just want to go back in time…
Everything turned black after that blurry scene with Akira.
Your wish is granted…
Hikaru's eyes opened slowly as he looked at where he was. His eyes stared at the ceiling. His mind tried to formulate where he was then his mind had tracked an idea. He was in his old house with his mother. He looked at his left side to see some small medicine bottles.
"I'm back at home…" Hikaru said as he covered his eyes with his hands. He stopped and stared at his hands seeing small hands that he once had in 6th grade, back when he first saw Touya Akira in the Go salon and saw Sai the first time. It's when he discovered that goban in his grandfather's shed.
His eyes widened and screamed, "I'M BACK IN THE PAST?!?!?!?!"
Does this mean he's back in time because his wish is granted already? There's one way to find out right now...
"Sai!!!" Hikaru said as he looked at his right,
End of prologue