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Title: Hikaru's New Look
Chapter 1: How Could You?!
Author: Inuyasha
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Warnings: Spoilers? Hmm this is going to be silly situation done in a
serious manner. o.O Anyway, timeline is this. Hikaru is a pro. Touya meijin
has retired, but Sai is still around. Other warnings are: shounen-ai, the
rating will be raised in later chapters, and some cursing.
Sai experiments with his 'mystic power stuff' and ends up changing Hikaru into a .. what?! Is the change permanent? And what fun is going to be had because of it? *******************
"C'mon! You're telling me you've never tried it?!"
The quiet laziness of the evening was broken by the obscenly loud voice of a nearby boy. The forementioned boy was standing defiantly on the roof of a middle class family house.
"But Hikaru, people aren't supposed to fly!" Sai pleaded.
Hikaru threw his hands into the air in exasperation. "You're dead! It's not like it could hurt you any!" He rolled his eyes. "You're a ghost. I'm sure you can do all kinds of cool stuff!I've seen you walk through walls with my own eyes! You can talk in my mind," He began to tick off on his fingers, "walk through stuff, float a little, and if you try I bet you can fly!"
"But-" He robed man continued.
"Wouldn't it be cool to fly like them?" Hikaru pointed at the birds in the tree beside his house. "Don't you wanna see what it's like? At least try it?"
"Yeah, but-" He began again, his resolve wavering.
"Just try it! There's nothing to lose!" The teen persisted.
"What if something bad happens?" Sai asked.
"What could go wrong?" He rolled his eyes. "Just try it already."
The ghost made a face at his disciple. "It's not as though I would be able to take you with me." He closed his eyes to concentrate.
After a second of silence, a lightning bolt speared down from the heavens, passing through Sai and striking his advocate.
Hikaru yelled as the electricity surged through him. Oddly enough, it didn't hurt. The shock left him feeling disoriented and he swayed dizzily. He felt his feet slip on the slippery slate surface of the roof. Eyes wide in surprise, he felt himself falling through the air.
Without any thought to what he was doing, he shifted. As suddenly as fall had started, it stopped and he found himself with his feet firmly planted on the ground. Hikaru blinked. And blinked again.
"Sai?" He questioned. "What was that?" He gazed up at Sai, who was squinting in his direction.
The violet eyed man broke his stare. "Hold on. I think... there must be something wrong with my vision." He began to phase through the roof, moving through the house's levels. He appeared through the wall near Hikaru and walked toward him.
Hikaru watched apprehensively as Sai drew closer. He didn't like the worried look on his friend's face. "What is it? What was that lightning bolt thing? It didn't hurt like real lightning would have. I'm sure having thousands of volts of energy running through my veins would've hurt ne?" He laughed nervously as Sai continued to peer at him oddly. "What is it man?"
"Remember how you said nothing would go wrong?" Sai winced a little and raised his hand. "Something did." He tapped Hikaru on the head.
Hikaru froze. That hadn't felt right. He reached up and hesitantly felt the top of his head. "AHHH! What'd you do to me?!" He clutched both hands over his head, feeling the furry.. furry?!... THINGS on top.
Sai grimaced. "I think you should look in a mirror."
The blond fringed boy paled. He hastily entered the house, avoiding his father in the den reading a book. He raced up the stairs, his shoes pounding against the wood. He froze in the hallway as he heard his mother walking out of the kitchen.
"Hikaru? Take off your shoes at the door!"
Any second she'd look up and see him! He ran down the hallway to his room, covering his ears with his hands. Quickly he entered the room and slammed the door behind him. He sighed in relief. That was close!
He warily approached the mirror hanging on the wall above his desk. Don't panic, he chanted to himself. Don't panic don't panic don'tpanicdon'tpanic. He peered into the mirror.
"Sai..." He started, his tone low and dark.
The older boy cringed away. "I didn't mean to!" He wailed.
"How could you do this to me?! Aren't we best friends?!" Hikaru began to wail also.
"I didn't mean to! It was all your idea! I didn't want to! You talked me into it! I only did what you said. I didn't mean to do this!"
"What did I ever do to deserve this? I'm a good kid! I promise I'll never sleep in Mr. Oikawa's algebra class again! I'll get good grades, I'll do more chores around the house. I don't wanna be stuck like this!"
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Down below, in the dining room. Hikaru's mother paused after setting the table for dinner. She could hear her son's voice shouting from his room. She was really begining to worry about him. It wasn't healthy to talk to yourself. Especially not as often as he was.
She shook her head and sighed. She continued preparing her families meals and ignored the muffled rantings of her son. She'd never understand men.
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"I'm a cat! A cat! A neko! You've turned me into a neko!" Hikaru raved as he tossed book after book over his shoulder.
"Not completely! You just got neko ears... and a tail."
"What?! A tail too?!" Hikaru looked and sure enough a furry striped orange and white tail had sprouted. He made it wave through the air a few times. He smiled dazedly. "Cool." He blinked and shook his head and continued searching through the books on his floor.
"There's gotta be a way to fix this!" He moaned in frustration as he tossed another book aside.
Hikaru had taken to researching about ghosts when he first saw Sai phase through the lunchroom wall at the Go Institute. It was the stories of ghosts in those books that led to the experimentation on the roof that evening.
Hikaru growled in frustration. "There's nothing in these books! These people don't know anything! I bet they've never had a real ghost living with them before!"
There was a knock on his door. "Hikaru!" His mother called from outside. "Dinner is ready."
He exhanged a frantic look with Sai. "Um.. I'm not hungry 'Kaasan."
"Oh?" Came the worried reply. "Are you feeling sick? Want me to take your temperature?"
"No 'Kaasan, I'm not sick. I'm just very busy right now. Studying."
"Oh. Well don't get too distracted with Go that you forget to eat. I'll keep a plate for you in the refridgerator."
"Arigatou 'Kaasan." He breathed a sigh of relief.
He plopped onto the bed and laid there silently, thinking over his problem. "So what do we do now? I can't let my family see me like this."
Sai smiled sadly. "Maybe it will wear off?" He bowed his head. "I really didn't mean to do this Hikaru. Gomen nasai."
Hikaru leaned up on his elbow to look at his friend. "Hey, don't worry man. I know it wasn't your fault. It was all my idea anyhow." He sighed. "It happened. The problem now is how to fix it."
"So do you have any ideas?" Sai asked.
"Not yet." Hikaru rolled onto his side, his tail swinging lazily on the bed behind him. "I'll go to the library tomorrow and do some more research. Other than that. I have no idea. Maybe it will fade away like you said. Hopefully it'll be gone by morning."
Sai nodded. "Until then you need to hide those." He gestured to the furry orange ears on his head. "And the tail."
Sai experiments with his 'mystic power stuff' and ends up changing Hikaru into a .. what?! Is the change permanent? And what fun is going to be had because of it? *******************
"C'mon! You're telling me you've never tried it?!"
The quiet laziness of the evening was broken by the obscenly loud voice of a nearby boy. The forementioned boy was standing defiantly on the roof of a middle class family house.
"But Hikaru, people aren't supposed to fly!" Sai pleaded.
Hikaru threw his hands into the air in exasperation. "You're dead! It's not like it could hurt you any!" He rolled his eyes. "You're a ghost. I'm sure you can do all kinds of cool stuff!I've seen you walk through walls with my own eyes! You can talk in my mind," He began to tick off on his fingers, "walk through stuff, float a little, and if you try I bet you can fly!"
"But-" He robed man continued.
"Wouldn't it be cool to fly like them?" Hikaru pointed at the birds in the tree beside his house. "Don't you wanna see what it's like? At least try it?"
"Yeah, but-" He began again, his resolve wavering.
"Just try it! There's nothing to lose!" The teen persisted.
"What if something bad happens?" Sai asked.
"What could go wrong?" He rolled his eyes. "Just try it already."
The ghost made a face at his disciple. "It's not as though I would be able to take you with me." He closed his eyes to concentrate.
After a second of silence, a lightning bolt speared down from the heavens, passing through Sai and striking his advocate.
Hikaru yelled as the electricity surged through him. Oddly enough, it didn't hurt. The shock left him feeling disoriented and he swayed dizzily. He felt his feet slip on the slippery slate surface of the roof. Eyes wide in surprise, he felt himself falling through the air.
Without any thought to what he was doing, he shifted. As suddenly as fall had started, it stopped and he found himself with his feet firmly planted on the ground. Hikaru blinked. And blinked again.
"Sai?" He questioned. "What was that?" He gazed up at Sai, who was squinting in his direction.
The violet eyed man broke his stare. "Hold on. I think... there must be something wrong with my vision." He began to phase through the roof, moving through the house's levels. He appeared through the wall near Hikaru and walked toward him.
Hikaru watched apprehensively as Sai drew closer. He didn't like the worried look on his friend's face. "What is it? What was that lightning bolt thing? It didn't hurt like real lightning would have. I'm sure having thousands of volts of energy running through my veins would've hurt ne?" He laughed nervously as Sai continued to peer at him oddly. "What is it man?"
"Remember how you said nothing would go wrong?" Sai winced a little and raised his hand. "Something did." He tapped Hikaru on the head.
Hikaru froze. That hadn't felt right. He reached up and hesitantly felt the top of his head. "AHHH! What'd you do to me?!" He clutched both hands over his head, feeling the furry.. furry?!... THINGS on top.
Sai grimaced. "I think you should look in a mirror."
The blond fringed boy paled. He hastily entered the house, avoiding his father in the den reading a book. He raced up the stairs, his shoes pounding against the wood. He froze in the hallway as he heard his mother walking out of the kitchen.
"Hikaru? Take off your shoes at the door!"
Any second she'd look up and see him! He ran down the hallway to his room, covering his ears with his hands. Quickly he entered the room and slammed the door behind him. He sighed in relief. That was close!
He warily approached the mirror hanging on the wall above his desk. Don't panic, he chanted to himself. Don't panic don't panic don'tpanicdon'tpanic. He peered into the mirror.
"Sai..." He started, his tone low and dark.
The older boy cringed away. "I didn't mean to!" He wailed.
"How could you do this to me?! Aren't we best friends?!" Hikaru began to wail also.
"I didn't mean to! It was all your idea! I didn't want to! You talked me into it! I only did what you said. I didn't mean to do this!"
"What did I ever do to deserve this? I'm a good kid! I promise I'll never sleep in Mr. Oikawa's algebra class again! I'll get good grades, I'll do more chores around the house. I don't wanna be stuck like this!"
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Down below, in the dining room. Hikaru's mother paused after setting the table for dinner. She could hear her son's voice shouting from his room. She was really begining to worry about him. It wasn't healthy to talk to yourself. Especially not as often as he was.
She shook her head and sighed. She continued preparing her families meals and ignored the muffled rantings of her son. She'd never understand men.
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"I'm a cat! A cat! A neko! You've turned me into a neko!" Hikaru raved as he tossed book after book over his shoulder.
"Not completely! You just got neko ears... and a tail."
"What?! A tail too?!" Hikaru looked and sure enough a furry striped orange and white tail had sprouted. He made it wave through the air a few times. He smiled dazedly. "Cool." He blinked and shook his head and continued searching through the books on his floor.
"There's gotta be a way to fix this!" He moaned in frustration as he tossed another book aside.
Hikaru had taken to researching about ghosts when he first saw Sai phase through the lunchroom wall at the Go Institute. It was the stories of ghosts in those books that led to the experimentation on the roof that evening.
Hikaru growled in frustration. "There's nothing in these books! These people don't know anything! I bet they've never had a real ghost living with them before!"
There was a knock on his door. "Hikaru!" His mother called from outside. "Dinner is ready."
He exhanged a frantic look with Sai. "Um.. I'm not hungry 'Kaasan."
"Oh?" Came the worried reply. "Are you feeling sick? Want me to take your temperature?"
"No 'Kaasan, I'm not sick. I'm just very busy right now. Studying."
"Oh. Well don't get too distracted with Go that you forget to eat. I'll keep a plate for you in the refridgerator."
"Arigatou 'Kaasan." He breathed a sigh of relief.
He plopped onto the bed and laid there silently, thinking over his problem. "So what do we do now? I can't let my family see me like this."
Sai smiled sadly. "Maybe it will wear off?" He bowed his head. "I really didn't mean to do this Hikaru. Gomen nasai."
Hikaru leaned up on his elbow to look at his friend. "Hey, don't worry man. I know it wasn't your fault. It was all my idea anyhow." He sighed. "It happened. The problem now is how to fix it."
"So do you have any ideas?" Sai asked.
"Not yet." Hikaru rolled onto his side, his tail swinging lazily on the bed behind him. "I'll go to the library tomorrow and do some more research. Other than that. I have no idea. Maybe it will fade away like you said. Hopefully it'll be gone by morning."
Sai nodded. "Until then you need to hide those." He gestured to the furry orange ears on his head. "And the tail."