The Love that Transcends a Thousand Years
--By sukishippo
Disclaimer: I do not own it!!!!! Hikaru no Go that is, Yumi Hotta does. Haiz
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Chapter 7:
Hikaru, who had happened to be watching the incident for all this while, looked shocked and sad at what had happened. His chest felt tight during the whole ordeal even if he did not fully understand what had happened. He also had an indescribable pain in his heart when he saw the state the 'Akira' was in, after the spell (or that was what Hikaru tried to believe) was done.
The said 'Akira', who donned clothing from ancient Japan, and who could do some martial arts (like jumping down a very tall tree!!!), was currently crying very violently into the Hikaru hime's kimono.
Hikaru tried to smile at that scene; even if it was a saddening scene, as it is rare that one can see the always highly composed 'Akira' to lose control like that, even if it was in a dream.
But it seemed that he could not. His cheeks felt heavy. His heart in the same plight.
The light from the lanterns, which were placed around the spell site by the servants, flickered across Akira's face, luminating the tears streaks on his face.
Hikaru was not able to lift his cheeks up in a smile as his muscles felt frozen, and his eyes started to hurt and water at that scene.
He had an urge to go up to the 'Akira' and hug him to lessen his hurt, but his body would not move.
He felt guilty; like it was him who had caused such a heart-wrenching 'Akira', although he does not understand why.
Hikaru could only stand at a side, frozen, as he watched the 'Akira' cried his soul out.
After a while, the 'Akira' stopped crying and looked up while gripping the black kimono tightly, his knuckles turning white. With eyes full of anger and accusation, he stared at the expressionless Onmyouji near him.
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"You know what will happen when you used that kind of spell." Akira said icily at the Onmyouji who was near him.
"Why did you still use that!"
"Why?" His last word came out as a sob as Akira questioned the stoic Onmyouji.
There was a minute of silent as the Onmyouji just stood there, doing nothing, saying nothing.
"Just as expected from the future leader of the Tsukimori (I just type in any name I could think of :p) clan, what great knowledge you have there." The Onmyouji suddenly said.
He then turned and faced Akira, and spoke emotionlessly:
"I just did what I was asked to do. That is all."
"What do you mean that is all! A life is gone just like that!" Akira shouted at the Onmyouji as he sprang onto his feet, dropping the black kimono to the ground after hearing what the Onmyouji had said.
"What do mean by 'that'!!" Akira grabbed tightly onto the Onmyouji's clothing.
"Do you not care that a life is gone!" He said as he shook the Onmyouji, hard.
"Do you know that that kind of spell requires sacrifices and that it will change the future! That it is forbidden by the Council to be used!"
"Do you not care what will happen to you!?"
He kept shaking the motionless Onmyouji.
"Do you think that Sai oniisan will be happy!?"
Akira shook the Onmyouji repeatedly until he could not move his arms anymore.
"Why did you stop me from saving Hikaru??? Do you not care about how I would feel!?" Akira said with a strangled voice, while facing the Onmyouji.
With that, Akira suddenly lost his strength and crumpled to the ground, tears threatening to drop again.
"I…do know that the spell is forbidden. I do know that it needs sacrifices to work. I do care if a life is loss and I know what will happen to me." The Onmyouji said softly.
"BUT I don' t care if this is all done to help Sai!" The Onmyouji burst out loud, emotions finally breaking loose.
"I don't care what will happen to me after all this! I don't care if I will be punished severely by the Council! I will do anything and anything to help Sai, to save Sai……"
"My love for Sai is so much more that you can imagine…greater than your love for Hikaru…greater than anyone's in the world…" The Onmyouji let out a soft laugh, but one could hear the bitterness in it. .
Akira snapped his head up to retort back, but stopped himself when he saw the tears silently sliding down the Onmyouji's cheeks.
Silence fell upon them again as they were lost in their own thoughts.
"So what will happen to them now? The book did not give much information on the after effects." stated Akira quietly.
The Onmyouji seemed not to have heard what Akira had said. Akira, getting slightly annoyed, tried to repeat his question, but just as soon as he opened his mouth, the Onmyouji replied:
"I am not really sure what will happen to the two of them. But I do know that the spell can enable Fujiwari to be able to retain in this world for a thousand years more, which hopefully would be able to fulfill his dream…although he could not play in a material form."
"What do you mean by Sai not being able to play in material form! And what do you mean you are not sure what will happen to Hikaru?!" Akira spat out his words, his stress finally getting to him.
The Onmyouji rubbed his temples with his hands and sighed.
"Fujiwari...his soul is now currently being retained in a goban that he gave me." Both the Onmyouji and Akira gave a quick looked at the goban that was still in the smaller circle, before the Onmyouji continued:
"Hikaru hime and I had managed to collect his soul and place it into this goban. And the spell ensures that he does not go off onto his reincarnation road for about a thousand years."
"This should give him enough time to reach his goal which is to reach the hand of god, although Fujiwari would not be able to play physically by himself. He would need to rely on the people who will eventually own this board throughout the one thousand years."
Akira nodded his head at the knowledge, and asked:
"So…… what about Hikaru?"
The Onmyouji pondered for awhile before saying:
"I am not really sure about what will happen to Hikaru hime's other future lives. But I do know that this will cause that particular life of Hikaru hime that lies thousand years in the future to change drastically when the spell ends, although I do not know by how much."
"It is very difficult to predict the after effects of a spell, especially one that is not well known, like the spell we had just done. So all I could say now is that Hikaru hime must try to cope as much as she could in her future lives, especially the one after a thousand years from now as it is the most crucial."
The Onmyouji was looking at Akira the whole time he spoke, and had caught the fleeting pain that flash through Akira's face. The Onmyouji then spoke:
"Hikaru hime…she does not want to tell you about this business, for she does not want to hurt you, but you found out anyway. She knew that you will try to stop her that is why she asked me to stop you if you ever found out. She felt that it is necessary for her to do this as she felt that by doing this, she could return what she had owed Fujiwari."
"You know how much she loves Fujiwari more than I do, for you are always with them. But do not get the wrong meaning; she only loves Fujiwari as a brother. You are the one that she really loved."
"When she knew that there will be sacrifices needed, she volunteered herself although I had said I did not agree, as I know that she still have someone who cared about her and would be hurt with what she would do." At that the Onmyouji cast a pitiful glance at Akira but only for a short moment before continuing:
"She heard what I had said and pondered upon it for awhile, but had still insisted on going on with the spell with her as the sacrifice. She confessed to me that she had indeed could not bear to part with a person on this earth, and that is you, Akira sama."
"She asked me to tell you not to think too much of her, to take care of yourself and live happily. That she will always put you in a special place in her heart and will always look out for you no matter where she will be."
Akira stayed in silence after hearing what the Onmyouji had said. After a while later, Akira lifted his head up; which had been facing the ground the whole time the Onmyouji had spoken.
Akira stood up while chuckling to himself.
"She really is stubborn when she as set her mind up to do something, no one can change her mind. That is what I really like about her, her determination, her cuteness, her liveliness……her everything I guess." Akira mumbled and chuckled to himself as he picked up Hikaru hime's kimono and dust it free of the dirt that had stuck to it.
'Guess I really love you alot after all.' He added in his heart.
Akira stood silent for a moment before looking at the Onmyouji with intense determination his eyes, while gripping the kimono tightly (O the poor kimono, constantly being abused…:p).
"Semei sama, would you mind doing another spell for me?"
The Onmyouji stared at the boy before pushing his long fringe that had escaped his tie, behind his ears and laughed softly.
"Of course, I don't really mind, my days are numbered anyway. When the council comes for me that is. Name me the spell that you wanted me to do, although I suggest you not to choose the spell that will harm yourself. You heard what Hikaru hime's last words are."
Akira smiled at the Onmyouji before questioning back:
"Well you don't really mind do you? If I choose the spell that would harm myself that is."
The Onmyouji smiled back, which made him looked beautiful, and said:
"Just hurry and tell me what you want to do, although had I ready gotten a rough idea of what you wanted to do."
"And nope, I don't mind doing the spell that you will ask me to do. Anything for love."
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Hikaru who was with them all along, saw the two of them smiled at each other again. He felt quite annoyed but he don't know why.
Hikaru then fumed for a moment while looking at the two guys, before suddenly finding himself being sucked into a dark hole that caused his world to spin violently.
"You can start now…………"
Hikaru caught onto some words of the sentence that the 'Akira' had started to said before the darkness totally encroached into his consciousness.
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Author's Note:
Hi again everyone Hope you like the chap.
Yep, to clear some doubts, this will definitely be a Hikaru and Akira fic both in the present and past, although it will not be BL. Hope you caught it :p (all will be revealed in the next chap).
Also maybe Sai and OC ?
I will be uploading at a slow pace, cause I have to meditate……..
(jkjk :p) The real reason is that I have to study real hard now!!! Or else I will have no sch to go to……(NOOOOO!!!!!)
Thanks for the reviews plp
Hope to see more of them!
