Yaoi Betrothal
Chapter Eight
Who's Sai?

Later, at the World Amateur Go Tournament, Akira went online to a Go website in order to investigate the mysterious player named Sai who had given everyone in the Go playing world such a startle.

"Sai just challenged him to a match!" the American representative of the tournament gasped when Akira received the game request.

Akira thought to himself as he accepted the challenge.

After a few moves, Akira resigned, and closed the laptop, after agreeing to a rematch at ten AM on Sunday.

"Why'd you resign, kid?" someone asked.

"I don't want to distract from the tournament, Akira replied before leaving the room.

Sunday came, and the third match between Sai and Akira began, an intense battle of minds. Across the glove, hundreds of Go players and fans watched with wide eyes, amazed at the skill of the two players.

In the end, Akira had no choice but to resign, Sai overpowering the aspiring pro who missed his first match of the Pro Test to play him.

"Akira-Sensei!" Mr. Hirosei greeted at the Go Salon. "I saw that friend of yours. You know, the one who beat you? I saw him at one of those cafés full of computers!"

"Hikaru? Where?" Akira demanded.

The man told him, and Akira raced across town to the internet café.

"Akira? Why are you here?" Hikaru asked in surprise.

"I- wanted to see you, it's been a while," Akira explained.

Hikaru smiled. "I'm glad to see you as well. How's your Pro Test going?"

"I missed the first match to play Sai!"

"What? How come?" Hikaru asked in shock.

"It would have sounded weird if I said I'd play him in person later…I would have been mobbed with people asking me who he was."

"Still, if you keep chasing Sai, Akira, I'm going to catch up to you!" Hikaru informed him grimly.

"What do you mean?" Akira asked in confusion.

"Ever since the school tournament, you haven't wanted to play me, only Sai."

With that, Hikaru logged off the computer and left the café, leaving Akira behind, standing in shock.