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!
Chapter 1: Reunion
Hikaru's eyes wondered to his right and saw nothing at all. He sighed, thinking that he was such an idiot. There is seriously no way he'll come back at all even if his wish did come true. Maybe he's just hallucinating, that's all. He sat up straight and walked towards the mirror and stared at his reflection. He was truly a 6th grader. Hikaru sighed as he crossed his arms. He looked so small and this situation is making him really annoyed. Why can't he just die?! His suicidal jump didn't actually work and now he's a 12 year old brat.
'How the hell did this happen?! I'm fuckin' twelve!!! This must be a dream…' Hikaru screamed in his mind,
"It's because you are twelve, Hikaru!! You shouldn't have screamed! You woke me up!!" A familiar voice whined at his back,
Hikaru's eyes widened as he saw his familiar friend who left him two years ago. It was him...
Sai!
Hikaru hugged his old friend yet again as he cried in joy. He's back!! He's finally with him after his disappearance that left the go world and Sai so miserable. To loose a friend that had showed him go, that made him happy, that person who had always been there--- Yes, even literally.
"Sai!! You're back!!! I missed you so much…" Hikaru smiled as he gave a look at Sai.
He wasn't actually smiling; he was actually giving a strange face with the mixture of confusion and strange flattery.
"Doshita, Sai??" Hikaru said as he gave a confused look of his own,
"We only met yesterday. Wow, you must really like ghosts from the Heian period!! I'm very happy for you accepting me, Hikaru!!!" Sai said giving a smile,
"N-Nani?!!" Hikaru said as he looked at the mirror, "You mean I'm not dreaming?!"
"Eh? Hai, we only met yesterday and you were unconscious when I talked to you about myself." Sai said as he gave another smile,
"B-But I'm twelve!!" Hikaru said,
"Yes, you are! It's either you're twelve or you're too small or too old for you age!" Sai said,
So then, his wish came true? Wait a minute, a strange voice had told him that his greatest desire was granted when he gave his wish. So then, it was kami-sama giving him another chance to live a good one? "Well then, I'll make this chance a great one!!!" Hikaru promised,
"Eh? What chance, Hikaru??" Sai asked,
"Dai-jou-bu!! Ikuso, Sai!! We'll go to some go salons to let you play Go!!" Hikaru said smiling,
"Eh?? Honto ni, Hikaru?? Arigatou!!!" Sai said smiling happily,
"Kedo, there's a price." Hikaru said stopping,
Sai stared at his back, "What price?"
Hikaru grinned at Sai with a thumb up, "You teach me some go!!!"
Sai just stared at Hikaru with surprised then gave a happy nod, "Umn!!"
"Hikaru?? Why are you talking to yourself again?? I guess you're back to normal!! You better get to school if you don't want to be late!!" Hikaru's mother, Shindou Mitsuko said from the stairs,
"Hai, okaa-san!!" Hikaru replied, "I guess I need to go back to grade 6 again… Let's play later then!"
"Hai!" Sai said,
"Oh, and Sai??" Hikaru said back,
"Mm?"
"You better not cry for happiness that much or I'll probably worry…" Hikaru grinned as he recalled the time Sai and Touya first played,
"Eh, but I won't be able to control myself!!" Sai pouted,
Hikaru opened the door, "Itekimasu!!" 'Oi, Sai? I have so much to tell you when you left two years ago… I even have this fan like yours---'
"Eh? What are you talking about? You seem pretty strange… Not like the other past people I've been with!" Sai said as he tried to formulate an idea on what he's talking about while he held his fan,
"Yeah, like Torajirou?" Hikaru grinned, "Yeah, I know! You're the Honinbou Shuusaku, ne??"
"Did I tell you that already??" Sai said blinking,
"Hehe, yeah…" Hikaru said smiling,
"Do you play go, Hikaru??" Sai asked who was curious,
'Yeah, I do! Just only 5 years, not like you who played for a millennium…' Hikaru joked but still truthful in his mind,
"Mou, Hikaru!!! You're sounding like you're talking to a very old grandfather who lasted for several years!!" Sai pouted,
"But it's still true anyway…" Hikaru said smirking,
"I'm not a grandfather!" Sai said,
"Yeah, yeah…" Hikaru said then started to run to the gates, "Right, to school!!"
The history teacher passed some quiz paper to the students as the class then heard some loud thumping at the door. The sliding door slammed open revealing a very late yet perspired, Hikaru.
"I'm sorry I'm late!!" Hikaru breathed out as the whole class stared including Akari,
"Ah, Shindou-kun… I see you are all better. Fujisaki-san told us that you passed out at your grandfather's shed. I'm guessing you're all better now. Take your seat; we'll have a quiz today." The teacher said as Hikaru nodded once and proceeded to his chair quietly,
The teacher then gave Hikaru his test and gave a nod to the whole class as a sign to begin the quiz. Hikaru stared blankly at his test sheet. It's Japanese history yet again!! It's like repeating grade 6 yet again. Well, yes he is but not in this situation! It's like he's stupid enough to be pulled back to grade 6. He stared at the test sheet with pure misery. He forgot all about this since his history is all about World History and not anymore Japan. He scratched his head and wrote his name. He stared at the paper and tried to think…
"Ah, it's a Japanese history test…" Sai said,
"AHH!!! OMAE—!!!" Hikaru shouted as everyone stared at him like he was an idiot,
"Daijoubu, Shindou-kun?" The teacher asked,
"A-Ah, hai… Gomen!" Hikaru said as he sat down again. He fell for it twice like last time… This history repeating itself isn't actually fun. 'You shouldn't have snuck up on me like that.'
"Ah, gomen!" Sai said as he appeared beside Hikaru's table while kneeling down,
'Nevertheless, the Fujiwara were not demoted by blank but actually became stronger during his reign.' Hikaru thought, 'I forgot!!! Stupid Japanese history in the Heian period…'
"You mean Daigo? The Heian-kyo isn't always about militaries you know! Heian does mean peace and tranquility!" Sai said, "The days were so mild and peaceful."
Hikaru grinned as he wrote it down. This wasn't actually the only time Sai helped him on the test... Two years ago he lent a hand to him so he can get a good score. Well, not really but he just spitted out the answers for no reason remembering the old days.
This day has gone good to better!
Hikaru smiled to himself and starts to write.
"Let's go play Go now Hikaru!!!" Sai pouted,
"Yeah, yeah!" Hikaru said grinning, "I have some sessions with Touya right now! We've been doing it for a year!"
"Mm? Who's Touya??" Sai said blinking,
Hikaru didn't hear his statement and walked inside Touya Kouyo's Go salon. He reached in at his pants for money and took his brown wallet. He dug in it to find some money and then got 750 yen. Sai only blinked from the change of money since the time he was with Torajirou. Everything has changed that even the doors opened by itself and these things are so "new" to him.
"Sorry I'm late!! Here, Ichikawa-san!!" Hikaru said giving 750 yen for adults then said, "Mm? Where's Touya??"
Ichikawa smiled and then said, "Here's your change! Do you know Akira-kun?? I didn't know he told you about me!"
"H-Huh?" Hikaru said as he took the change and stared at it, 'Damn, I forgot that I'm still a 6th grader!! I haven't met Touya!! This is not good…'
"Hikaru, are you okay?? You seem to be talking about still being a 6th grader quite a lot!" Sai said,
"Ah, n-no I don't!! You must be hearing things!" Hikaru said laughing a bit,
"Ne, Hikaru!! Let's go play now!!" Sai said,
This is really bad. He can't have a match with Touya yet!! The whole chasing thing about Sai and the whole Go world starts to go uproar is definitely not a good thing to put! This is his last chance to alter the future. Maybe it can turn into another way…
"Etou, may I play someone??" Hikaru asked, "Maybe above my age…?"
Hikaru could feel the young Akira watching the strange commotion on the counter. He just can't get attraction and especially talk to Akira in this kind of day.
'The last time it happened, he chased Sai for a very long time. I don't think I want that to happen…' Hikaru said as a strange feeling came at his chest like it was painfully crushing him. Is it jealousy?? Hikaru blushed at this remark.
"Are you okay Hikaru? Who's this person who's chasing me?? You look all red…" Sai asked as he piled all the questions to him,
"I'm fine!!!" Hikaru said as he turned stiff feeling the confused stares at his back, 'What a way to attract a crowd…'
"You can play with him." Ichikawa smiled as she pointed the seat at the left of Akira,
Hikaru then shook his head, "How about that man??" Hikaru pointed at the bald man,
"Ah, he just came here but he seems to be annoyed that he got beaten by Akira-kun; He won by 5 moku!" Ichikawa said, "Go ahead and play."
"Hai!" Hikaru answered with a smile, 'Right then, Sai! We'll start playing!'
"Hikaru, ikimashou!" Sai said smiling,
Hikaru then dropped his bag at the counter then ran towards the table where the bald man sulked in the corner at the desk. Akira only watched the happy 6th grader and proceeded to Ichikawa.
"Who was that, Ichikawa-san??" Akira asked,
"He's a kid who wants to have a match with people older than him!" Ichikawa said, "You should go become a pro so you have matches too! You like that, ne??"
"A-Ah, iie!! B-Betsu ni..." Akira said as he sighed and watched Hikaru disappear from the corner.
Hikaru then went the bald man and smiled though the reaction of the grumpy elder seemed a bit rude.
"Anou, can we play some Go??" Hikaru said,
The bald man looked at him with confusion and then said, "What do you want..?"
"Can we play some Go?" Hikaru repeated,
"Yeah, sure. Don't get so cocky, you little brat." The man said as he pointed a seat, "I'll teach you a lesson."
"What a dreadful man!!" Sai said,
The man gave a strange smile and snickered, 'Yes, I'll humiliate this kid just like what that dumb Touya's son did to me!'
Sai then became frightened and hid his face in his fan. Hikaru blinked and looked up to Sai, 'Oi, daijoubu?? You seem scared…'
"T-That man looks like a toad!!!!" Sai said,
Hikaru sweatdropped then replied, 'He won't be smiling when we get to play him.' Hikaru then remembers the time he played that awful man who stole the Keichirou flower pot. It was a good memory…
Sai nods then hid his face in his fan. Hikaru blinked again and said, 'May I ask why you're sulking again??'
"You said I can't show you my face when I'm crying…"
Hikaru gave a smile as he responded, 'Well, I would be happy too when I'll do something I really love after a long period of time.; and when I meant a long period, I'm saying it's really long..'
Sai didn't seem to hear it then after some few seconds, his face turned serious as he closed his fan, "Let us play."
Hikaru smirks at the player in front of him and nod, "Aa, let's play…"
The three bowed their heads as they said, "Onegaishimasu."
Hikaru then took the kuroishi (black go stone) as Sai pointed the place where the go-ishi should be, "17-6!!"
"Yoshi!!" Hikaru said as he slammed the stone to the goban with his two fingers.
It's great to be with Sai again…
End of Chapter 1