Hey! Enjoy! Keep in mind italics is a different language, it's also used for Akira's dream in this chapter.

Akira's POV

"Akira, Akiraaaaaa, Akiiiiiiiira, Aaaaaaakira, A Ki Ra, Aki Ra, A Kira" She gasped abruptly "OMYGOD KIRA! TOUYA IS A MURDERER!"

The boy in question sighed and shook his head. He was getting tired of her antics, they were playing go after all, and he was trying to concentrate. He calmly placed a stone on the goban capturing her pieces in one area.

"Omygod! Touya killed my pieces!" She cried, he barely noticed that she had already played her piece. Every time he played and took a piece she cried that he was a murderer. Finally he snapped.

"I will kill you" He growled. She rolled her eyes before playing her last piece, effectively ending the game. It was funny though, even though he got told that he killed her stones, it seems that he hadn't actually captured any.

I sat straight up in bed, sweat dripping down my back, I was irrationally afraid of my game against Raiki, and I have to admit that that's not a good sign.

Raiki's POV

"Raiki, wake up, you have a game today" I rubbed my eyes,

"Hn?" I rolled on to my side and curled up in a tighter ball "Jus' a min...u…" And I was asleep again. I heard a murmur behind me and then someone walked away.

"Come on and get up" The voice was talking again. Then it sighed. "Keep in mind you brought this upon yourself" A bucket of ice and water was dumped on me startling me into wakefulness.

I looked for my attacked to see Lu Lee sitting beside me on the bed and Waya and Isumi with a bucket being held between them. "I'M GOING TO FREAKING KILL YOU! WHO GAVE YOU THE KEY TO MY ROOM ANYWAYS?" I grabbed Waya and Isumi and threw them out into the hallway. "Go!" I said more calmly to Lu Lee. He jumped from my bedlike it was on fire and flew the room.

I risked a glance at the clock. I only had forty minutes to get ready and eat before my game, and I had to be at my game ten minutes early. I almost literally dived through the shower. I blow dried my hair quickly and settled for pinning my hair up since I didn't have time to curl it. 25 minutes left.

I ran across the room and yanked on the clothes I had set out the night before and shoving on my shoes. Wearing my Kimono for this game was perhaps not my best idea ever. 15 minutes left. I ran down the hallway where I was lucky to find that Yang Hai-san had grabbed some toast and juice for me. "Domo!" I cried before scarfing down the food and chugging the drink, I tossed the juice box in the garbage and walked slowly inside. 12 minutes left. Which meant I had two minutes to get to my seat, I think I can handle that. Touya was already sitting and waiting in his suit.

His shoulders were stiff and knowing that he was under pressure cooled my nerves considerably. All three games were to be played consecutively. Akira would play first and last, Ko Yongha would play first and second, I would play second and last. I took my seat on the chair reserved for the player who wasn't in a game.

I breathed in deeply and smiled at Akira as Yang Hai-san came and stood beside me, the only people other then the players and camera men allowed in here today were the team leaders. He sat down on the chair reserved for him and neither of us moved so much as an inch during the game, we were watching that intently. Perhaps I'll surprise you by saying that Ko Yongha beat Touya by 2.5 moku, but that's okay since that would be a lie, Touya beat Ko Yongha by a barely noticeable win of 0.5 moku. They had both struggled to get that.

Now it was my turn. I stood and shuffled over to the chair opposite Ko Yongha. "Onegaishimasu" We said bowing to each other, we knew enough Japanese traditions to do that. "Nigiri" he said as he reached into a small pot of white stones and held his fist above the board. I placed two black stones on the goban. He opened his hand to reveal an even number. I bowed to him again and folded my hands and stared at the board.

Akira's POV

She had stared at the board for a good 50 minutes. She only had an hour and 10 minutes left of time. Ko Yongha was practically squirming do to his nerves. Finally she placed her first stone at Tengen. Had you not seen the 50 minute wait at the beginning, then from that point on you would have thought she was playing speed go. I myself had never seen anything like it, it seemed that in those fifty minutes she saw exactly what he would do and how to make that an advantage of hers. She took a total of three minutes more of her time to half Ko Yongha staring at the board with an expression of confused astonishment.

"I resign" He said weakly.

"Thank you for the game" Raiki added as she calmly shook hands with Ko Yongha. She had won by 15.5 moku. There was no way I could beat her, I had been right to fear playing her.

Raiki's POV

The games flew by much quicker then I expected them too, Although, Akira was definitely more of a challenge then Ko Yongha was. I still beat him. Easily.

My cousin put his hand up to high-five me which I ignored "Gomen Hikaru, I'm wearing my best Kimono and don't wish to ruin it"

Akira's POV

'Gomen Hikaru, I'm wearing my best kimono and don't wish to ruin it?' What the heck? I had been expecting Hikaru in female form and instead she turns out to be as calm and fragile as a porcelain doll. Something is wrong with the world. I blinked to clear my vision and offered her my arm to balance on; she was obviously out of practice with her Japanese style shoes.

"Domo, I was starting to wonder whether I should just take off my shoes and carry them" She curled her fingers around my arm and I could feel the muscles tense where she touched me. What is wrong with me?