Author's Notes: I haven't really read the whole HnG manga so some facts may be wrong, sorry! ^^;;

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"Class dismissed!"

Hikaru yawned as the teacher exited the classroom. Waya did likewise. "Biology is BORING."

"Agreed," Hikaru sighed dispiritedly. "Did you even listen to anything he said?"

"Nope. Hey, you wanna check out the club activities?"

"Why?"

"We have to choose one by the end of three days." Waya answered. "What d'you wanna join? Track and field? Basketball? Or maybe archery?"

"Nah…" Hikaru said uneasily. "I wouldn't like to think of the consequences."

"Hah," Waya smirked, clapping him on the back. "It's compulsory, so you'll have to find one soon!"

"What about the Go club?"

Waya and Hikaru whirled around. Two bespectacled boys stood facing them, hope plastered on their faces. "What about it?" Waya shot back.

"Want to join?" They dangled the club poster in their faces. "Join join JOIN!"

Hikaru and Waya were extremely NOT amused. "Will you stop that? Hey!" The two boys had grabbed them by their collars and were proceeding to drag them off in a very rough way. "Aaaah…" Hikaru groaned, trying to release the top buttons of his uniform. "YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME!" he yelled at the two boys.

"Ditto," Waya said miserably.

The two were unceremoniously dumped into a classroom. "Sempai!" they chorused. "We brought them!"

Hikaru and Waya looked around curiously. They were surrounded by six students, all of them playing Go. "I guess this is the Go club…" Waya chuckled nervously.

"Please join?" the two boys chorused again, shoving the Go club poster in front of them. "We'd have the strongest Go team with two Go pros with us!"

"DREAM ON!" Both Hikaru and Waya yelled. Both attempted to rush out the door at the same time, but they only managed to get stuck in the doorway.

"Don't force them, guys." Came a new voice. "If they don't want to, they don't need to!"

"Besides, they CAN'T join." Another voice added.

//Those voices are familiar…// Hikaru pondered. //Could it be?// He chanced a peek behind him.

There was no mistaking those spectacles and that shock of messy hair.

"KAGA!" Hikaru shouted happily. "TSUTSUI!"

Sure enough, the two seniors were there, grinning happily at them. "Hey, brat!" Kaga greeted him. "How're you?"

"We heard you passed the pro exam," Tsutsui held up a very battered issue of Go weekly. "Congratulations!"

"Tsutsui, that was two years ago!" Kaga said, extremely annoyed. "And you still carry THAT around?" he pointed with his fan at the magazine.

"Hey!" Hikaru grabbed the fan. "You haven't gotten rid of this! And…" Hikaru grinned wickedly. "Why didn't you join the shougi club?"

One could almost see steam rushing out of Kaga's ears. He yelled, "THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SHOUGI CLUB! HOW LAME IS THAT?!"

"C'mon, Kaga. We all know you wanted to join the Go club, that's what you told me, remember?" Tsutsui reminded him. Kaga facefaulted.

"NOOO! My reputation as a shougi player is ruined!" Kaga moaned, attempting to hide his face behind his fan.

Waya was witnessing this with a weird look on his face. "Shindo… who're these?"

"Oops! Sorry Waya!" Hikaru apologized. "These are my old friends-,"

"Minus the old part, please." Kaga interjected.

Hikaru sweatdropped. "These are my friends from Junior High, Kaga and Tsutsui."

"Nice to meet you," Waya greeted. "I'm Waya Yoshitaka."

"Nice to meet you," Tsutsui returned the greeting, and elbowed Kaga.

"OW! What?!"

"Don't you have manners?" Tsutsui reprimanded.

"FINE! NICE TO MEET YOU!" Kaga yelled, rubbing his ribs.

"When did you get so violent, Tsutsui?" Hikaru asked.

Tsutsui smiled embarrassedly. He chuckled uneasily. "Influenced by them, I suppose." He indicated the two boys who had dragged Hikaru and Waya into the room.

"Yeah, I thought so." Hikaru massaged his neck with a understanding expression on his face.

"Ehehe… " Waya joined in. "I think my arm's numb now."

"Say, want a game?" Tsutsui offered. He pointed at an empty board.

"Make that two against one!" Kaga pulled a Go board out of a cabinet and placed it on the floor.

"Three against one!" Waya proclaimed, pushing Kaga aside and bringing out another Go board.]

"Why are all of you suddenly against me?!" Hikaru wailed.

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In the end, Hikaru triumphed over all three of them. "That'll teach you!" he crowed victoriously. "Oof!" Kaga elbowed him.

"Don't get so sure of yourself," Kaga muttered.

"But he has gotten better," Tsutsui pointed out.

"NOO! It means he's better than me!" Waya was the only one who seemed out of control.

"Hey! I beat you twice before, remember?" Hikaru smirked.

"Three against one…" Waya shouted woefully. "I'm gonna train! You ain't gonna beat me again, Shindo!"

"That was what you said the last time."

Kaga laughed uproariously as Waya tackled Hikaru, while Tsutsui hovered over them anxiously.

"What's going on here?"

Hikaru and Waya looked up. //Who's that?// Hikaru wondered while attempting to push Waya off him. Note: Nothing YAOI here so get those thoughts outta your head! HENTAI!!! *glares at you*

"Kanzashi!" Tsutsui and Kaga hurriedly bowed to him. "Who's he?" Hikaru whispered to Tsutsui.

"He's a Go professional, in the second year. He comes frequently to instruct us in Go."

"Really? Why haven't I heard of him?" Hikaru asked.

"Because you're stupid?" Waya asked.

"You're evil."

"My name's Kanzashi Kyo," the boy said, ruffling his messy black hair. His dark blue eyes seemed cold and he spoke with no trace of emotion. Note: Sound familiar? ^_~ Sounds like anyone from Slam Dunk?

"Kanzashi-san! Would you please instruct us in a game of Go?" the two boys who had dragged Hikaru and Waya into the room chorused. "We heard you had a game with a really really strong Go player last week!"

"Yeah! Maybe you could recreate the game for us?"

"No." Kanzashi muttered. "I'm not in the mood." He proceeded to exit the room.

Hikaru felt his temper flare up. "Hey! They asked you nicely, you know!" He ignored Tsutsui's attempts to quiet him. "Even if you did lose the match that's no reason to be rude!"

Kanzashi turned to him with an irked look on his face.

"What did you say?" he questioned menacingly. "Did you just say, 'even if you did lose'?"

"That's right!" Hikaru yelled, annoyed. "What's the matter? Don't like it?"

Kanzashi abruptly did an about-turn and sat down rather noisily at a table. He took another Go board out of the cabinet.

"No one says that I will ever lose a match," Kanzashi's voice radiated fury. "If you dare, let's have a game!"

~tbc~

Author's notes: Hehehe… ^^;; One must be realizing the lack of Sai, no? I've only read up to Volume 16 so I don't know if Sai has come back, but assuming he doesn't… oh well. R and R please! ^_^