Disclaimer: This is a Hikaru no Go fanfiction. Hikaru and company does not belong
to me but to Hotta Yumi, Obata Takeshi, Shueisha, Shonen Jump and TV Tokyo. Please
don't sue me, I'm just a poor college student. R/R! Spoilers for anything beyond
volume 17 of the manga up to chapter 174!
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The Shining Go
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Prologue: Family Fluff
"Tadaima."
"Okaerinasai," was the reply of the slightly plump housewife. She rubbed her hands
on her apron and met her son at the door. "Where have you been? It's almost nine."
16 year old Shindou Hikaru sheepishly smiled. "At Morishita-sensei's house. His
son drove me here. No need to worry."
Mrs. Shindou sighed and headed back to the kitchen. "I'm going to heat up your
dinner and your father's as well. I'm worried about the both of you, leaving so
early and coming home so late!"
Hikaru hung up his winter coat and joined his mother. "Dad's late? Again? What
is it this time?" He continued bitterly while setting the table. "Probably found
another sake place and is hooting it up with his buddies..."
"Now, listen up young man. I'm sure he has some reasonable explanation for being
late. I read in the papers that people are being laid off because of the lagging
economy. Maybe he's trying to make a good impression so he wouldn't be fired..."
"Or maybe sucking it up to a female boss."
"Hikaru!"
"Just kidding!" He scooped some rice into a bowl and poured two cups of tea.
He handed one to his mother. "Here ya go. Itadakimasu." Hikaru picked up his
chopsticks and started eating.
"Thank you." She sank down to her seat and sipped at her tea. "It's just that
the both of you are gone so often. First you had that Hokuto cup tournament,
next you go to Korea with that Hon Su-Yon..."
"It's Hong Soo-Young."
"Forgive me for not being able to pronounce that. Young people nowadays are so
fortunate to be able to learn so many languages. I mean, I can't pronounce properly
the 'L' in the Engrish.. English language and..."
"Please mom, you're side-tracking."
"Yes, right. And you father tells me later that at the same time he had a business
trip he had forgotten to tell us about earlier and leaves after you do. I am very
lonely here at the house with the both of you at work. Mind you, you have a very
strange job but one nonetheless and..."
She trailed off and noticed Hikaru had stared into space. "Mom, when did dad come
back?"
Mrs. Shindou thought for a moment. "Two days after you did."
"I though I saw him at the airport café when I arrived. I think you'd better talk
to him about his little 'business trip.'"
Her eyes widened. "Then it wouldn't be the first time."
"First time to what?" He looked at his mother and noted her startled appearance.
Obviously she had said too much and tried to change the subject. "Uh, never mind.
Didn't you say you would be meeting Touya-kun and Yashiro-kun tomorrow at the Go
Salon? You're staying over at Touya- kun's house, right? Sleepover?"
Hikaru let her change the subject since she was hesitant to talk. "Yeah, discussion
of Ogata 10-dan and Kurata 7-dan's kifus."
She gathered up the teacups. "Don't you ever talk about anything else but Go?"
He rolled his sleeves up and turned on the tap. "Yashiro and I talk about high school
and manga sometimes. Touya? Talk about Go and he'll be happy."
"What about Akari-chan? Do you two see each other a lot?"
"Nah. Her school is at the other side of the district from mine. But I will see her
next week. I'm teaching a beginner Go class at her high school. Tough being a pro
and all. Tsutsui-san, Kaga-san, Kaneko-chan and even Mitani are attending the same
school."
Mrs. Shindou let her son wash the plates. "It's good that Akari-chan and you are
getting along so well. Do you like her?"
"Yeah. We've been friends since elementary. I've been treating her like crap..."
"Hikaru!"
"...like dirt during Junior High. I'm being nice to her since she put up with me the
entire time."
She smiled fondly at her son. "She really was right. You really did grow up."
"She just got shorter. Except when she wears those platforms. Man, do those hurt
when she stomps on my toes."
"Don't give her a reason to do so."
They worked in content silence for a few minutes. Until Hikaru broke it by blurting
out, "Mom, do you ever regret having me?"
She was taken aback for a few minutes. "What makes you think of that?"
"I mean, I've been a total ass..."
"Hikaru!"
"Sorry. idiot for the past few years. You put up with me when I was in the 'defeat
Touya' phase and the 'I won't play Go' phase and never complained all that much.
You really mean a lot to me and I've been really stupid for taking you and Dad for
granted."
She smiled softly and said, "You were the best thing that ever happened to me. My
dad, your grandfather didn't like your father because we were still young when we
married. And I got pregnant right away. But no, I never regret having you."
to be continued...
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Some Japanese terms:
Tadaima - "I'm home"
Okaerinasai - sort of like "Welcome back"
Itadakimasu - traditional saying before a meal
Author's notes:
There, spoilers galore! Anyway, this is story after the Hokuto Cup affair. This
fanfic assumes that Hikaru is going to High school with Akira and Yashiro's tutoring.
And this is just an introduction to future chapters. Why is that we never see Hikaru's
dad around? See for yourselves. This is my own interpretation of Hikago.
to me but to Hotta Yumi, Obata Takeshi, Shueisha, Shonen Jump and TV Tokyo. Please
don't sue me, I'm just a poor college student. R/R! Spoilers for anything beyond
volume 17 of the manga up to chapter 174!
_______________________________________________________________________
The Shining Go
_______________________________________________________________________
Prologue: Family Fluff
"Tadaima."
"Okaerinasai," was the reply of the slightly plump housewife. She rubbed her hands
on her apron and met her son at the door. "Where have you been? It's almost nine."
16 year old Shindou Hikaru sheepishly smiled. "At Morishita-sensei's house. His
son drove me here. No need to worry."
Mrs. Shindou sighed and headed back to the kitchen. "I'm going to heat up your
dinner and your father's as well. I'm worried about the both of you, leaving so
early and coming home so late!"
Hikaru hung up his winter coat and joined his mother. "Dad's late? Again? What
is it this time?" He continued bitterly while setting the table. "Probably found
another sake place and is hooting it up with his buddies..."
"Now, listen up young man. I'm sure he has some reasonable explanation for being
late. I read in the papers that people are being laid off because of the lagging
economy. Maybe he's trying to make a good impression so he wouldn't be fired..."
"Or maybe sucking it up to a female boss."
"Hikaru!"
"Just kidding!" He scooped some rice into a bowl and poured two cups of tea.
He handed one to his mother. "Here ya go. Itadakimasu." Hikaru picked up his
chopsticks and started eating.
"Thank you." She sank down to her seat and sipped at her tea. "It's just that
the both of you are gone so often. First you had that Hokuto cup tournament,
next you go to Korea with that Hon Su-Yon..."
"It's Hong Soo-Young."
"Forgive me for not being able to pronounce that. Young people nowadays are so
fortunate to be able to learn so many languages. I mean, I can't pronounce properly
the 'L' in the Engrish.. English language and..."
"Please mom, you're side-tracking."
"Yes, right. And you father tells me later that at the same time he had a business
trip he had forgotten to tell us about earlier and leaves after you do. I am very
lonely here at the house with the both of you at work. Mind you, you have a very
strange job but one nonetheless and..."
She trailed off and noticed Hikaru had stared into space. "Mom, when did dad come
back?"
Mrs. Shindou thought for a moment. "Two days after you did."
"I though I saw him at the airport café when I arrived. I think you'd better talk
to him about his little 'business trip.'"
Her eyes widened. "Then it wouldn't be the first time."
"First time to what?" He looked at his mother and noted her startled appearance.
Obviously she had said too much and tried to change the subject. "Uh, never mind.
Didn't you say you would be meeting Touya-kun and Yashiro-kun tomorrow at the Go
Salon? You're staying over at Touya- kun's house, right? Sleepover?"
Hikaru let her change the subject since she was hesitant to talk. "Yeah, discussion
of Ogata 10-dan and Kurata 7-dan's kifus."
She gathered up the teacups. "Don't you ever talk about anything else but Go?"
He rolled his sleeves up and turned on the tap. "Yashiro and I talk about high school
and manga sometimes. Touya? Talk about Go and he'll be happy."
"What about Akari-chan? Do you two see each other a lot?"
"Nah. Her school is at the other side of the district from mine. But I will see her
next week. I'm teaching a beginner Go class at her high school. Tough being a pro
and all. Tsutsui-san, Kaga-san, Kaneko-chan and even Mitani are attending the same
school."
Mrs. Shindou let her son wash the plates. "It's good that Akari-chan and you are
getting along so well. Do you like her?"
"Yeah. We've been friends since elementary. I've been treating her like crap..."
"Hikaru!"
"...like dirt during Junior High. I'm being nice to her since she put up with me the
entire time."
She smiled fondly at her son. "She really was right. You really did grow up."
"She just got shorter. Except when she wears those platforms. Man, do those hurt
when she stomps on my toes."
"Don't give her a reason to do so."
They worked in content silence for a few minutes. Until Hikaru broke it by blurting
out, "Mom, do you ever regret having me?"
She was taken aback for a few minutes. "What makes you think of that?"
"I mean, I've been a total ass..."
"Hikaru!"
"Sorry. idiot for the past few years. You put up with me when I was in the 'defeat
Touya' phase and the 'I won't play Go' phase and never complained all that much.
You really mean a lot to me and I've been really stupid for taking you and Dad for
granted."
She smiled softly and said, "You were the best thing that ever happened to me. My
dad, your grandfather didn't like your father because we were still young when we
married. And I got pregnant right away. But no, I never regret having you."
to be continued...
_______________________________________________________________________
Some Japanese terms:
Tadaima - "I'm home"
Okaerinasai - sort of like "Welcome back"
Itadakimasu - traditional saying before a meal
Author's notes:
There, spoilers galore! Anyway, this is story after the Hokuto Cup affair. This
fanfic assumes that Hikaru is going to High school with Akira and Yashiro's tutoring.
And this is just an introduction to future chapters. Why is that we never see Hikaru's
dad around? See for yourselves. This is my own interpretation of Hikago.