Pairing : Sai - Hikaru (Yaoi/Friendship, you decide)
Rating : T
Disclaimer : Hikaru no Go doesn't belong to me

1000 Paper Cranes

Chapter 4: A Wishing Heart

Nn... Sorry for the late update... I really don't know what to write, so I juz petrified in front of the monitor... And I've been writing a fic for Kaga Tetsuo's birthday.

And yeah, I made Hikaru really hopeless here *slapped by fangirls*


Hikaru wiped his tears slowly from his eyes. His voice was still shaking, though. After taking a deep breath, he sat on his seat in front of the table and focusing his mind on one thing only.

"No matter how slight the chance is, I will do it." He took one piece of paper and start to fold it when suddenly there's someone knocking on the door.

"Hikaru, your friend is here." His mom called.

"Friends?" He didn't think that that's Isumi nor Waya since he just scolded them a few days ago.

"Shindou." That voice is...

"Touya!" Without any delay, Hikaru rushed to put everything on his table inside his drawer. "W-what are you doing here?" He asked without turning is head.

"What are you hiding?" Touya said as Hikaru's mom closed the door softly.

"Hiding? I d-don't understand what are you saying."

"Does it anything to do with that cranes you're talking about earlier?"

"Jeez! You're acting like a stalker all the time!" Hikaru turned his face, exposing his sore and red eyes to Touya.

"Your eyes."

"Damn." He can't run away anymore. "Yeah, I haven't got any good sleep lately but what does it has to do with you anyway?! And yes, this is the cranes I've talking about! Thanks to you, I've lost my count again!"

"Shindou, I never know that you believe in this sort of things. So, I think you have some good reasons for doing this."

"Sigh. The only reason I do this is for Sai."

"Sai?! Do you mean-"

"Sai, my best friend. He disappeared 2 years ago."

"So, Sai is not... you?"

"You can sort of say that. He was the reason why I start playing go when I met him, stop playing go when he left and continue again when I realize that- Crap, I said too much." Hikaru stopped all at once and looked at Touya's shocked face. "I'll tell you later about this. I promised. Now if you don't mind please let me finish my job."

"But Shindou!"

"Touya...!" Hikaru pushed Touya outside his room and banged the door. (omg, he's so cruel)

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Day changed over days, all of the dirt and dust covered Hikaru's goban inside his room. No one ever disturbed him again since the day Touya came, which Hikaru greatly appreciated. He didn't have to hide everything anymore. And so, on his hands, he held his 998th cranes...

"Just one more." As soon as he finished his 999th one, he took a deep breath and when he was going to pick the last test paper on his desk...

Everything went black.

And when he opened his eyes, he wasn't in his room anymore.

"W-where is..." Hikaru looked at the objects surrounding him. None of these seems familiar enough to catch his attention.

"Hikaru."

"Sa-Sai! Is that... you?! Where are you?! I want you to come back, Sai!"

"We're too far away now."

"But Sai, I'm sure we'll meet in no time!"

"Hikaru, I'm sure the time will come when we'll meet." Sai appeared in front of Hikaru. "Until then, I'll wait."

"As soon as I finished my cranes, we'll-" Sai's last sentence brought Hikaru back to the reality, where he was holding his 1000th cranes, he doesn't even know when he finished it but... Yeah, it's undoubtly his 1000th. His last cranes that brought him in front of Sai and brought him back to reality.

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That's what hapenned some years ago when Hikaru is totally desperate about finding Sai. Right now, he's standing in front of the retired Touya Meijin who called him for a game. Hikaru sure that he has be a worthy opponent for him. He sits down and media starts to take videos.

We can see a fan is on Hikaru's right hand.

And something that we couldn't see on his shirt's pocket. Yes, that is...

His 1000th crane.

~: O W A R I :~


I'M DONE!!!!! Please guys, don't kill me, I know the last chapter is not as good as the first one. Esp the beginning...

I'm sorry once again... I'm stuck and couldn't find any ideas...

Terribly sorry...^^"