Chapter 11

Solution

"It's been four days since the story broke on the supposed relationship between Shindo Shuichi of Bad Luck and Professional Go player Toya Akira. There has been no official word yet as to whether the two are lovers but meeting up in an alley just hours before Shindo's concert leaves little to the imagination. What is going on between these two? And what about Eiri Yuki? Our top story from Crossroad Kinue."

"Secret rendezvous! Just hours before going on stage for the final concert of Bad Luck's tour, Shindo Shuichi met secretly with Professional Go player Toya Akira. Why were these two secretly meeting? It's no surprise that many are speculating that the two are more than just friends. And who can blame them? Shindo and Toya were caught alone in an alley holding each other's hands.

"This came as quite a shock to Shindo's fans who have given their overwhelming support to him and his relationship with Eiri Yuki. And what about the romance novelist? There have been no reports yet that Mr. Yuki has left the apartment that he and Shindo currently share.

"So is it too soon to call Toya Akira Shindo Shuichi's new lover? A pop singer and a Professional Go player certainly make for an interesting pair……

'BANG!' The remote flew across the room hitting the TV which caused it to shut off.

"Please be careful! I just bought that for you, Waya."

"Aaaauuugghhh! I can't take it anymore! Why him!? Why is it always him!?"

"What are you talking about?" Isumi entered the room and put the plastic bag he was carrying on the floor.

"Toya!"

"Toya? What about him?" Isumi sat on the floor next to Waya

"How does he know Shindo!?"

"Shindo?"

"I am the biggest Bad Luck fan! Why can't I meet Shuichi like that?"

"I thought you already met him."

"That wasn't a real meeting! I just got to say hello to him for about a minute, but Toya gets to be alone with him!"

"If I didn't know any better Waya, I'd think you were jealous." Isumi gave Waya a curious look.

"Jealous?" Waya shot back at Isumi with a nasty look. "Jealous of Toya? No way!"

"But you just said that you want to be alone with Shindo. Shuichi that is."

"That's not at all what I mean! Toya just….Toya always seems to be in my way!"

"If meeting Shuichi is that important to you, why don't you ask Hikaru? They're related aren't they?" Isumi said rather harshly and began busying himself with unloading the contents of the plastic bag

"Isumi? Are you ok?"

"Yes. Of course I am." Isumi said with a bit too much annoyance in his voice.

"No you're not. I can tell. You're angry." Waya moved so that he was face to face with Isumi.

"I'm not angry." Isumi raised his voice not making eye contact with Waya.

Waya sighed. "Isumi, how many times do I have to tell you? Shindo Shuichi is my favorite singer. That's all. I have no feelings for him in that way what-so-ever."

"I can't help but think that. You always speak so highly of Shuichi. And just seeing your reaction……"

Waya gently wrapped his arms around Isumi and held him close. He leaned in, resting his cheek next to his ear. "Since my words aren't enough to convince you, I will prove my feelings to you."

"WHAT!?"

Waya leaned forward, forcing his weight onto Isumi while slowly lowering him down on his back onto the floor. "Wait, Waya! What are you…..Ahh….Stop…Waya…..Ahhh…!"

"…..as it is definitely one of the most unusual couplings to come about. The question is, will the public accept this relationship between Shindo and Toya? Only time will tell. Back to you in the studio."

The television set was turned off revealing K in its dark reflection.

"Waaah! I feel like my life is coming to an end!" Shuichi buried his head in his arms, feeling quite depressed from what he just heard on TV.

"This is just going to keep getting worse and worse if we keep letting the media speculate like this." K turned and walked back over to the conference room table.

"Well it is your job to fix things like this, isn't it?" Fujisaki stated.

"Can't we just tell them that the person I was with was Hikaru and not Shuichi?" Akira asked.

"This is the media we're talking about. It's hard to stop a story like this once its spread. And if enough people believe it, it begins to take a life of its own." Hiro replied.

"It would be too complicated to explain what really happened. It would just cause you, Shuichi and Bad Luck more problems, not to mention you'll be dragging Hikaru into this." Sakano explained.

Shuichi continued to cry, too caught up in his own emotions to contribute to the discussion.

Akira understood Sakano's point. This was completely new territory for the young Go player. He was still having a hard time believing he was a part of a scandal that has most likely spread throughout Japan by now. What could they do? K brought him here to discuss their options. But how do you fight something as powerful as the media? How do you convince the media and its audience that the very picture that started this whole mess isn't what it looks like, even though it is, but with a completely different person? The more Akira thought about this, the more he began to feel like Shuichi sulking in his chair. Was there a way out of this? He was having a hard time concentrating at that moment. He tried to focus his thoughts. "Then how does one go about undoing a misconception the media has spread?"

"We just have to come up with a better explanation for this picture." K threw down the tabloid newspaper that Akira had the unfortunate pleasure of reading just days ago.

Akira stared at the picture. That was the worst position the photographer got them in - caressing Hikaru's injured hand. At least he didn't kiss him. He almost did at that moment. At least Shuichi's fans distracted them. But how do you explain such a strange position?

"Well I sure hope you have some idea what we're going to do because right now I can't think of anything." Hiro leaned back in his chair getting frustrated with the little progress that has been made so far in this meeting.

Fujisaki remained uninvolved with the meeting.

There was a moment of silence when Shuichi lifted his head slightly so as to be able to peer over his arms that he was resting on at Hiro.

K drew his attention to his glum singer. "Shuichi."

Shuichi wrapped his arms tighter around his head and whimpered.

"Shuichi!" K raised his voice.

"What?" Shuichi's voice sounded shaken from being so upset.

"This concerns you too. Don't you think you should stop crying and help contribute to the discussion?"

"I don't care what you do, just as long as I can be with Yuki." At just the mere mention of Yuki's name, Shuichi's eyes began to well up with tears. "Ohhh, Yuuukkkiiiii!" Shuichi buried his head deeper into his folded arms and continued to cry even harder than before.

"I take it Yuki is being mean to you again?" Hiro unnecessarily asked Shuichi. Shuichi's cries became louder.

Every person in the room heaved a big sigh at Shuichi's all too well known crying tantrum except for Akira. His attention was still fixated on the tabloid picture. He focused on his and Hikaru's hands in the photo. A thought suddenly occurred to him. "Shindo." Akira spoke aloud but not loud enough to be heard above Shuichi's continuing cries.

"Shindo." Akira raised his eyes from the picture. "May I see your hand?"

Everyone looked at Akira puzzled. "Why do you want to see Shuichi's hand?" Hiro spoke up first.

Shuichi clearly wasn't paying any attention to what was being said. He simply continued to cry, thinking only of Yuki.

"Shuichi, give Akira your hand." K said firmly. Shuichi made no movements to indicate he had heard K's command. A few seconds passed with no movement from Shuichi when Fujisaki grabbed Shuichi's arm and pulled it out from under him.

"H-hey!" Shuichi yelled.

"Stop being such a crybaby." Fujisaki mocked Shuichi. Shuichi was resistant. He tried pulling his hand back when he saw out of the corner of his eye K's gun pointed at his head.

"Give Akira your hand." K said sternly. Shuichi froze.

"Please" Akira looked at Shuichi. "May I look at your hand?"

"Why?" Shuichi asked

K pulled the hammer back on his gun.

Shuichi hesitated for only a moment and with tears dripping down his face Shuichi looked at Akira who was sitting directly across from him and stretched his arm out across the conference room table.

Akira took Shuichi's hand and examined the back of it. Akira looked at his fingers. He gently stretched Shuichi's fingers out. Then he gently turned his hand around and he began to examine the palm of Shuichi's hand. Shuichi, Hiro, Fujisaki, K and Sakano watched with great interest and wonder as Akira studied every inch of Shuichi's hand.

"Thank you, Shindo." He released Shuichi's hand and remained silent as he contemplated the last few moments. Looks were exchanged among the members of Bad Luck. K decided it was ok to reholster his weapon.

"Mr. K." Akira finally spoke. "I believe I may have a solution to our situation."

"You do?" Everyone said in unison. Disbelief crossed the faces of each person in the room. Out of all the people there, Toya Akira is the first to come up with a way to solve this crisis that they were going through. And he came up with this all by just looking at Shuichi's hand?

"Well" K sat down at the table "I am very curious to hear what you think will put an end to you and Shuichi's so called love affair."

"You certainly got my attention." Hiro leaned forward.

Everyone's eyes were stuck on Akira. Akira's eyes fixed only on Shuichi. Shuichi returned his gaze but with much more confusion in his stare.

"In order for my idea to work Shindo, I'm going to need your full cooperation."

The N-G Productions press room was quickly filling with TV, radio, newspaper and magazine reporters. Many came early to be the first ones to get the best seats in the room. Those in TV were busy setting up their cameras and talking amongst themselves speculating what the upcoming announcement will be that will occur later that morning. Finally, an official statement in regards to the latest scandal involving the lead singer in one of Japan's hottest bands.

Hikaru sat in the small foyer of his house taking his time while he slipped on his yellow shoes. He really didn't have anywhere specific he wanted to go. He was getting restless just sitting at home. His father had gone to work and his mother went to visit his grandfather. He thought about staying at home today studying Go in his room, but he felt like going out. But where?

Hikaru finished putting on his shoes and remained where he was still staring at his feet. 'I don't feel like staying home right now. But where should I go? Perhaps I should stop by the Go Salon. I wonder if Akira will be there.' Hikaru felt excited by the thought of seeing Akira again. 'But then again he was pretty mad at me the last time I saw him. Maybe it's too soon.' The adrenalin that flowed through him at the thought of seeing Akira began to subside. 'Come to think of it, Akira probably isn't there. That is probably the last thing he wants to do is go out in public where he has to face people who will most likely criticize him.' The last bit of excitement he had in him disappeared with this last thought. Now he felt a bit depressed, but he still didn't want to stay home. He needed to get out. He needed to go somewhere that would take his mind off of things.

Hikaru willed himself out of his daze, stood up and proceeded to the front door. He opened the door and as he looked out ahead of him expecting to see his quiet front yard he found the one person he had been longing to see.

Startled, but he made no outward reaction to that effect due to his preoccupied mind, Hikaru stood in his doorway.

"Oh good, you're here. I need you to come with me." Akira grabbed Hikaru by the arm.

"Wha?" Hikaru looked dumbfounded at Akira. Before he knew it Akira was dragging him out of his house. Hikaru grabbed the doorknob to shut the door behind him as he was forced off the small porch and onto the small path that led to the end of his front yard. Hikaru finally noticed the black car that was parked right in front of the gate to his house. He immediately noticed Sakano standing outside the drivers' side door, nervously looking at his watch.

"What's going on? Why is he here?" Hikaru pulled his arm back that Akira was holding onto.

"I asked Mr. Sakano to stop by your house to pick you up so that we can go to N-G Productions together."

"N-G Productions? What the heck are you talking about, Akira?" Hikaru was becoming frustrated.

"You mean your cousin didn't tell you?" Akira brought his hand to his chin and began thinking out loud to himself. "I was sure he would have contacted you by now."

Hikaru gave Akira a puzzled look waiting to see what Akira would do next. Akira suddenly looked at Hikaru. For some reason this startled Hikaru. The look Akira gave him was serious, but there was something else in his gaze that Hikaru didn't quite understand.

"Um, A-Akira?" Hikaru said cautiously.

"Hikaru."

"Y-yes?" Hikaru jumped.

"I need you to come with me." Akira grabbed Hikaru's arm again and began pulling him towards the car.

"Why?" Hikaru demanded as he pulled away once again. "And what does this have to do with Shuichi?"

"Um, excuse me" Sakano began nervously. "But we really must be going."

"Listen Hikaru, I really need you to be there with me."

Hikaru didn't expect this. Akira's words echoed through his head. 'He needs me?' Hikaru began to blush. "Why do you need me there? Does it have something to do with Go?"

"All your questions will be answered when we get there." Akira held out his hand to Hikaru and smiled.

Hikaru had no clue what was going on and why Akira was going to N-G Productions where his cousin worked. Since he had nothing special to do that day he decided to go with Akira. Besides he was very curious to find out what all of this was about. Sakano opened the back door for Akira and Hikaru. They both climbed in and he shut it behind them. Sakano then got into the drivers' seat and started the engine.

"You don't have a game today, do you?" Akira asked Hikaru.

"No."

"Good."

Sakano pulled the car away from the front of Hikaru's house and made they made thier way to N-G Productions.

Sakano pulled into the parking garage of N-G Productions. He opened the car door for Akira and Hikaru and led them to the elevator that would lead them to their destination.

The elevator chimed as it stopped at the floor they were headed to. Sakano took the lead and walked down the hallway with Akira and Hikaru in tow.

"Mmmmmm…..Mmmmmmm!"

'What is that?' Hikaru heard something strange up ahead.

"Mmmmmmmmmm!"

Whatever it was, it was getting louder and louder. As they passed by a room, Hikaru looked inside to find the source of the noise he was hearing.

"Shuichi!" Hikaru ran into the room. Shuichi was tied to a chair with rope from head to toe. He had duct tape plastered over his mouth. "Oh my gosh, what happened?"

"Mmm, Mmmmm!" Shuichi continued struggling.

"Here, let me take the tape off your mouth." Hikaru grabbed hold of the duct tape and ripped it off Shuichi's mouth.

"OUCH! Geez Hikaru, be a little more careful!" Shuichi yelled at his cousin.

"Sorry. What happened? Why are you all tied up?" Hikaru asked just standing in front of Shuichi.

Shuichi continued to struggle to get the rope loose but to no avail. "Hikaru, I need you to get me out of here now!"

"Why?"

"Don't just stand there and ask why!" Shuichi screamed. "Hurry up and untie me!"

"Ok, ok." Hikaru moved two steps towards Shuichi to untie him when three bullets went flying between Hikaru and Shuichi. They both froze as they were.

"Now, now. Who said you could untie Shuichi?" Hikaru saw Shuichi's eyes well up with tears as he looked in the direction of the entrance to the room. Hikaru slowly turned his head, being careful not to move his body, to see K standing in the doorway pointing his gun at the two of them. Akira and Sakano were right behind K.

"Move away from Shuichi." K motioned with his gun. Hikaru didn't hesitate and backed away.

"K!" Shuichi began to whine. "Please let me go! I don't want to do this!"

"How many times do we have to go through this?" K said to himself. Then he directed his attention at Shuichi. "This is the only way to clear your name and Toya's name."

"But" Tears started streaming down Shuichi's face. "This is so unfair! There has to be another way!"

"Shuichi" K moved into the room. Akira and Sakano followed. "Remember, the choice is to do this and you get to be with Yuki or don't do this and you'll never seem him again." K exaggerated.

"What's unfair? What's going on here today?" Hikaru asked. Hikaru wasn't sure what to expect. He knew that K took drastic measures for even the smallest situations. What could possibly be so bad that K would have to tie Shuichi up for?

"Well Hikaru" K began. "We are having a press conference in a little under thirty minutes."

"A press conference? For what?"

"To put an end to the story that Shuichi and Toya are having a love affair."

Hikaru didn't need to hear that. 'Love affair.' And especially with Shuichi's name in the same sentence with Akira's. So that's why they're here? Hikaru read the article and knows the whole story is a misunderstanding that the media blew way out of proportion. I guess hearing it from K like that really showed Hikaru how much the story really bothered him. 'But if they're here to set the story straight, I wonder what they came up with to tell the media? Not only that, why is Shuichi so upset as to not want to be here? I thought he would want to be here to put an end to this untrue story that is going around about him. And why did Akira want me to be here so badly?'

"Akira!" Hikaru's thoughts were interrupted. Hikaru's attention was drawn to the man who flew into the room and jumped onto Akira.

"Mr. S-Sakuma!"

"I'm glad I got to see you again so soon!" Ryuichi laughed. He broke the long hug he gave Akira. "Mr. Bear is happy to see you as well!"

'Who is this guy? And why is he all over Akira?' Hikaru started to exhibit and aura of anger at the man who just embraced Akira. 'Wait, he's the guy that was at Akira's house, the night we all got drunk.'

Ryuichi began to laugh again when he saw Shuichi. "Are you playing a game? Looks like you've been caught Shuichi! Can I play too?"

"Ryuichi, not now." K said. "We're getting ready for a press conference."

"Oh really?" Ryuichi said disappointed. "Well, I guess we can't play today, huh Akira?"

'And you're calling him by his first name?!!!' Hikaru's anger aura was reaching the boiling point.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Sakuma. Maybe next time." Akira apologized.

"Promise!?" Ryuichi's mood changed from being depressed to hopeful.

'What are you doing Akira?'

"I promise."

'WHAT!?'

"Next time we can play."

"YAY!!" Ryuichi cheered. He finally noticed Hikaru standing off to the side. "Hey, it's Shuichi's cousin! What was your name again? Oh right, Hikaru! Let's play too ok?" Ryuichi grinned at Hikaru.

Hikaru forgot all about his anger with Ryuichi as he stared blankly at him. He didn't expect Ryuichi to approach him like this.

Ryuichi's smile faded as he tilted his head to the side and looked at Hikaru with concern. He wasn't answering him. "Um, Hikaru? You Ok?" Still no answer.

Ryuichi held out Mr. Bear in front of him. "Do you need Mr. Bear to give you a hug?"

"What?" Hikaru said softly. Then he finally came to his senses. "Um, no, um I mean I'm fine."

"So, you'll play too?"

"Yeah, I'll play."

"Great!" Ryuichi smiled again as if nothing happened. "Well then, I'll leave you to your work. Good luck everyone." Ryuichi left the room.

25 minutes had past. The N-G Productions press room was filled to capacity with reporters. Some were filming live for their morning news broadcasts. They were moments away from getting the real story behind Shindo and Toya's relationship.

Backstage, Shuichi was finally untied and waited beside Akira, K, Sakano, and Hikaru. Hiro and Fujisaki showed up just in time to lend their support to Shuichi.

"Hikaru." Akira said. "I wish I had more time to explain what is going to happen but just know that this must happen."

"What must happen?" Hikaru's curiosity was getting the better of him.

Akira slipped his hand around Hikaru's hand and squeezed it tightly. He looked Hikaru directly in the eyes. They stood in silence for what seemed like hours, but were quickly interrupted out of their moment together.

"It's time." K said.

"Please, just listen and I'll explain everything to you later." Akira slowly let go of Hikaru's hand and walked up beside a depressed Shuichi. Suddenly, Shuichi turned around and glared at Hikaru.

"What!"

"This is all your fault!" Shuichi accused Hikaru. "If not for you, I wouldn't have to do this!"

"Shuichi!" Hiro snapped. "Now's not the time!"

K forcefully turned Shuichi around and placed him beside Akira. "You're going out there now. Remember to say what we told you to say, Shuichi? Toya?"

Akira nodded to K and began walking out into the press room. Shuichi reluctantly followed a little behind Akira.

As they entered into view of the press, cameras began furiously taking pictures of Akira and Shuichi as they made their way to the table at the front of the room. Neither of them looked at the crowd in the room. Each one focused on the table they were headed towards. Shuichi felt as though his life will be over soon. Akira knew he might have to jump in for Shuichi at anytime.

They made it to the table and sat down finally getting their first look at all of the news reporters in the room. The cameras kept snapping pictures of the two of them side by side. Akira new this was being broadcast live. He told his parents to watch the news this morning so they will be able to see the conclusion to this untrue story.

Shuichi was to begin speaking, but he hesitated. Akira glanced over at Shuichi. It looked as though he was still preparing himself for this and wasn't exactly ready. The number of picture taking by the cameras had died down at this point. Anticipation hung in the air as the news reporters gave their undivided attention to the two young men in the front of the room.

It seemed to take forever for Shuichi to start talking. The one thing that motivated him was the red dot he saw floating on his hand. Shuichi took a deep breath in then out and then:

"Thank you everyone for taking the time to come here on such short notice. I am Shindo Shuichi, lead singer of the band Bad Luck."

"I am Toya Akira, Professional Go Player."

"We have both decided to come here today to respond to the rumors going around about our supposed relationship and to tell you that the story that was printed about us having an affair is false."

Reporters began taking pictures again.

"Then how do you explain that picture of the two of you in the alley?" A reporter shot out.

"And right before your concert, Mr. Shindo." Another reporter added.

Shuichi hesitated for another moment. Akira looked at Shuichi and was about to speak for him when Shuichi forced himself to respond. "I had been wanting to meet with Toya for some time now. I had heard about his accomplishments as a young Go player and how he turned Pro at such a young age. I was impressed."

"I didn't know you followed Go?" One reporter questioned.

"I don't really. My cousin plays Go so that's what peaked my curiosity." Shuichi went silent at this point and Akira took over from here.

"Mr. Shindo contacted me and wanted to meet with me. That time before the concert was the only free time we both had to meet. We met in the alley to be discrete so as not to draw attention to Mr. Shindo."

"But why contact you in the first place? Have you met before?" A reporter asked.

"No, we had never met before this. The reason we met in person was because he had made a request of me and so I wanted to make sure I would be able to accommodate his request."

Pictures of the two of them were being taken with a fury once again. All the reporters, those who were watching TV, even Hikaru were hanging on every word Akira had to say. They knew he would reveal the real reason behind their meeting with the next few sentences he says.

One reporter asked boldly and bluntly, "Then I'm sure your response will also explain you holding Mr. Shindo's hand."

"Actually, it does."

Whispering could be heard among the reporters. Now Akira definitely had their undivided attention.

"I was examining his hand." Akira saw the puzzled looks. He continued his explanation. "When I look at a person's hand, I can tell what kind of a Go player they are. Since Mr. Shindo has very little experience, I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to waste my time and his with his request. And to my relief I can say that everything is fine."

"And what was fine?" A reporter asked.

"For me to become his instructor."

"Instructor?"

"Yes. I met with Mr. Shindo to discuss me becoming his Go instructor. And I have agreed to do so."

A fury of flashes filled the room as well as reporters talking to each other and exchanging opinions and comments.

Hikaru stared in disbelief. He couldn't believe what Shuichi had agreed to. Hikaru knew better than anyone that Go was the last thing that Shuichi ever wanted to learn and now their solution to this scandal was to say that Akira is going to teach Shuichi how to play Go? No wonder K had Shuichi tied up. Just knowing he has to play Go, he probably would have run away leaving this scandal to continue. How did they think that whole story up? Especially about looking at his (my) hand? That he would definitely have to ask Akira about later. No wonder Shuichi was angry with him.

"WHAT!?" Waya jumped out of bed and scrambled to the TV. The look of horror and shock appeared on his face from hearing that his favorite pop star is going to be taught Go by the one person he couldn't stand in this world. "THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME!" Waya gripped the sides of the TV set. "I CAN TEACH SHUICHI GO BETTER THAN HE CAN! WHY IS IT ALWAYS HIM!!!!"

Behind him in bed, Isumi put his head back down on the pillow and heaved a heavy sigh.

The lighter remained lit inches from the cigarette that was being held in his mouth. The look of disbelief crossed his face. "So, he's going to learn Go, huh?" Yuki finally lit the cigarette, took a puff and exhaled slowly. "Good luck, Toya."

"I didn't just hear that did I?" Heihachi turned to his daughter in law who was busy pouring the tea. "Shuichi is going to learn Go?"

"That's what it sounded like to me."

"When did he develop and interest in Go? I tried to teach him when he was younger but he had no interest whatsoever."

"He has been hanging around Hikaru a lot recently." Hikaru's mother pointed out. "Maybe he picked up the interest from him."

"Maybe. The two of them are very close just like brothers." Heihachi thought for a moment while looking at his grandson on TV. He laughed to himself. "I'll have to play a game with Shuichi sometime."

Hikaru's mother sighed and said to herself, "What is it with this family and Go?"

A smile broke across Toya Meijin's face after hearing the announcement on TV by his son and Shindo Shuichi. This unfortunate situation is finally coming to an end. 'Akira can now finally concentrate on Go. Of course he'll be giving lessons in between his matches, but at least he can put this behind him.'

"I'm so glad." Akira's mother began. "He can finally put this behind him." Toya Meijin looked at his wife, then smiled to himself.

"I am glad as well."

Back in the press room, reporters were shouting out questions and taking numerous pictures. Backstage everyone watched, relieved that the conference went well.

"Wow, I'm jealous!" Ryuichi leaned his head on Hikaru's shoulder startling him. "Shuichi is going to learn Go from Akira. I want to learn too!"

"Ryuichi, I'm surprised you know what Go is." K stated.

"Actually" Ryuichi began to think " I don't have a clue what it is."

Everyone around Ryuichi shook their heads, each one thinking Ryuichi actually knew what Go is.

"But if Shuichi is going to learn, I want to as well."

"You can get Hikaru to teach you." K offered.

"What?" Hikaru didn't need anyone offering him to do anything.

"You know how to play Go, Hikaru?"

"Y-yes I do." Hikaru replied reluctantly.

"Then you can teach me and we can all play together." Ryuichi hugged Hikaru from behind excited by the thought of all four of them playing together even though he had no clue what kind of a game Go is.