I'm actually creating this right after I uploaded the first chapter so…which means…I haven't received any reviews yet. I really hope you've submitted reviews and stuff although I myself don't unless it's great or it's finished.
So here's the next chapter, for those who read this and submitted reviews. ARIGATOU GOZAIMASHITA!!!!!!! I bow before your presence!!!!
Hope you enjoy coz this is for you, guys! And this one's longer!
Disclaimer: HnG is soooooo not mine! It's Hotta Yumi, Obata Takeshi and, Shueisha & Studio Pierrot's ©
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CHAPTER TWO
Fujiwara Saino?
"Sai! Sai! Wake up!" Hikaru shook his *eherm* previously ghost friend. With Sai being a real human being, his troubles were double, no, tripled. Before, his only worry was about others finding about Sai inside of him and of course, that was accompanied by him being hailed as a go genius without using his own ability.
But now? His trouble was preventing other people from knowing Sai!
"SAI! Wake up!!!!" he shouted.
The Heian Igo player blinked a couple of times then sat up straight, "What?" he turned to Hikaru, "I'm sorry, I just felt really sleepy last night! I didn't know that I could still sleep." He stood up and stretched his arms.
With the way his friend was acting, he was surely oblivious of what had happened to him. "Sai?" he called his attention, "How did you become human?"
The go genius stared with his mouth open, "Hahaha!" he laughed, "You must be kidding, Hikaru!!!"
Hikaru approached the Heian spirit and put his hand on his chest, "See. My hand won't go through you anymore!" he kept pounding lightly.
"You mean…I can play on my own now? I'm alive again?" he asked in such an inquiring look that Hikaru couldn't help but nod, "YIPPEEE!!!!" the childish go genius screamed, jumping up and down. "Let's go play! Play! Play!" he pushed his former host towards the door.
"Wait! Wait!" he pushed back, "You can't go out wearing that!" he pointed at the white robes of his friend. Obviously, if anyone would see him right now, they'd think that he's some theatre actor who forgot his clothes and got into his character too much.
"Why? What's wrong with my clothes? Everybody wears this!" Said extended his arms to his side.
"Yeah. Everyone in your time!" he agreed mockingly, "And your hair? Nobody wears their hair that long anymore!!!! You'd look too suspicious!!!" he turned around and dashed towards his door, "Wait here! I'm gonna get you something more decent!" then, he disappeared outside.
Sai narrowed his eyes, then, turned to a nearby mirror, "My clothes don't look weird! They're fine!" he pouted. A smile crept up to his face, realizing that he was now looking at his reflection. I guess I am alive once more. I can get to the hand of God now without the help of Hikaru. But then…Hikaru…will I be allowed to stay with him now that I don't need his body anymore?
The door opened and Hikaru came in with a pale blue polo, black slacks and a pair of black formal shoes. "I got this from dad! Try it on!" he threw the clothes towards the go genius, who, in turn, fell down the floor.
Three minutes later…
"Hey! It's a perfect fit!" Hikaru exclaimed, looking at his friend, sitting down cross-legged. He had a bright smile pasted on his face.
Sai, on the other hand, looked very uncomfortable. He felt alienated by the loss of his formal kimono and his hat. He felt like he would fell down once he takes a step with these new clothes.
"Just one last thing…." He reached for a scissors behind his back and slowly crept up behind the formally dressed go genius.
The go genius blinked a couple of times, "Hikaru? What are you doing?" he followed his friend with his eyes. A glint of silver behind his back signified the intention of the young pro that was carefully tip-toeing behind him.
"NO! Hikaru! Don't!!!!" he evaded the dark-haired pro.
But unfortunately, Hikaru has more maneuver ability than the taller male. He tripped the go genius down and cut the long hair to a length much like his.
Now, Hikaru stepped back to see what Sai looked like. His hair was considerable shorter, that's a fact, and he looked more like a boy now than before. He looked like a cross between Hikaru, Isumi and Touya!
"You look better in that cut, you know!" Hikaru beamed at his friend.
Sai's face scrunched up, he crossed his arms and pouted, "Hikaru! You shouldn't have cut my hair!!! That's not allowed in the Heian court! Now look! I'll never be able to play there!" he shouted at him.
But the young pro just laughed, "But there's no Heian court here!"
The other go player nodded in his usual juvenile manner, realizing the truth in Hikaru's words. "Then let's play Igo NOW!!!!" he insisted. Despite the fact that he was now free to do anything he wishes; he kept his usual wonts.
"Play…Igo?" Hikaru repeated. He darted his eyes to his clock and it read: seven-forty five. "I'M LATE!!!!!" he yelled. He quickly grabbed a couple of new shirts and hastily changed his clothes. Without further a due, he ran towards his door and en route for the stairs.
"Hikaru! What about me? Lemme come with you!!!" he pleaded, following his former host but found it hard to adapt to these new type of clothing.
"No! You can't! You can go anywhere you like just not at the institute! Touya and Waya will be there! They might recognize you or something! It's too risky! And we have to find out what happened!!!" the young pro answered back. "I'll be going now! Bye!" he waved then rushed downstairs.
The go genius sighed. He is free already but he still felt the urge to follow Hikaru around. But anyway, just the sight of Hikaru's goban made him want to play Igo.
He happily went downstairs, without the least bits of worries. But, his footsteps made noises and by the time he was on the foot of the stairs, he came face-to-face with Hikaru's mother.
"Ohayo, Shindo-san!" he greeted gaily.
Shindo-san was staring at him with her mouth hanging. "Wh-wh-who are you? Wh-wha-what are you doing here? How did you know my name?" he demanded with a pinch of fear in her voice mixed with nervousness.
"Oh, yeah. I haven't introduced myself. My name's Sai! I'm Hikaru's-"
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" Hikaru's mother screamed, "A THEIF!!! A THEIF!!!!!" she snatched the nearest item to her, which was a knife, and waved it frantically in front of Sai.
Noticing that he wasn't welcomed in the house, he dashed to the door and…WHACK!!!!!
He hit the door face forward. How could I forget...? I'm not a ghost anymore…, he fell down the floor, his eyes in big wide spirals.
Hikaru hurried inside the building, just in time to see, Touya and Amano-san go inside. "Hey!!!! Touya!!!" he shouted, running towards his rival.
"Shindo?!" the mature pro turned towards the running Hikaru. The reporter stopped next to him.
The young pro stopped in front of him, his palms resting on his knees while he was crouching. He took one big inhaling to catch his breath. "Hi!" he waved in his usual way.
"What are you doing here?" Touya inquired.
Hikaru rolled his eyes and threw his hands behind him, "Duh!!! I'm a pro and I've got a game today!!!" he said in an immature and irritating way. He put his arms behind his head and went ahead of his rival. "See ya! I'm gonna be late!" he waved once again and rushed towards the institute.
A small smile crept up his face. Though not noticeable, he was waiting for this day to come; for his eternal rival to catch up to him…despite the fact that that so-called rival was only a beginner-dan.
Fujiwarano Sai strolled down the road where Hikaru usually buys his manga comics. A worried look was on his face.
How did he get here? Well…Shindo-san had instantly called the police when Sai had hit his head on the door and at that same time, he woke up. Without waiting for something to happen, he dashed out of the house, letting his instinct guide him through the modern streets of today. And now, he had no idea where he was – more or less, where he was going. He definitely lost.
"Hikaru~!" Sai muttered in a helpless tone. He had a blank and confused expression pasted on his face and he felt very insecure the way the passing women kept glancing at him. Some of them kept staring.
His face lit up at the sight of Touya Meijin's go salon. All his thoughts were completely erased and were replaced by his thirst for go. He happily skipped towards the salon.
Hikaru made his last move in yose. He took a deep breath then sighed.
"I…have lost." The opponent muttered.
"Arigatou." The young pro bowed then stood up, leaving the goban behind. He quietly proceeded outside the room. Waya followed after him.
I wonder how Sai is doing now…. He's probably playing go somewhere. , Hikaru let out another sigh. He felt a little sad without the whiny ghost around him. Probably, if Sai was still here, he would've been whining about not being able to play or for a game.
"Shindo!!!" called his brown-headed friend, "Got your first win?" He bounded up to him with his natural grin.
The other pro nodded with a smile. "Yeah! It was an easy one!" he proudly boasted, "You?"
Waya Yoshitaka shook his head, "Man, I lost big! That guy was just too good!" he exclaimed in a mixture of disappointment and carelessness.
Behind the two of them, Touya Akira came out with an unquestionable win. He gave Hikaru one menacing glare then turned away and left the two friends alone.
Hikaru couldn't help but stare back at his rival. In that split second a message between them was passed.
"What's with that guy?" Waya sarcastically commented, "It was as though he's gonna kill you with that stare!"
But Hikaru shook his head, "No, that's not it." He stood up to defend his rival as what he usually does.
"Ano…have you seen Hikaru?" a familiar voice echoed through the entrance or the go institute.
Hikaru's jaw dropped. He rushed towards the entrance where he saw Sai talking to a couple of girls who were just gaping and blushing at the sight of him.
"Hikaru!" Sai exclaimed when he spotted him; "I've been looking all over you!" he beamed then left the two girls.
"Uh…you know him, Shindo?" Waya asked looking at the taller guy then at Hikaru.
Hikaru acted as though he hadn't heard Waya. He pulled Sai towards him and rushed away from Waya towards a place where he was sure nobody would be. "SAI?! What in the world are you doing here?!" Hikaru said, half whispering and half shouting. "I thought I told you not to go here!!! Why didn't you just go to some go salon or something?!" he demanded.
"I did go to Touya Meijin's go salon but the lady there said that I had to give money to play so I couldn't get in. I said I was going to watch but one guy there was making such a big mistake that I interrupted the game and pointed out a better move. He chased me out." Said the go genius with teary eyes and a shaking voice.
Hikaru sighed, "Then why didn't you just go to another salon?"
"I wanted to but I got hungry so I went to that ramen shop you always eat at. But then, I didn't have money to pay the food I ordered so the owner chased me out with a knife." His voice became shakier and he started acting more like a child who was lost.
The young pro grumbled. Why didn't I give him money to buy his needs?! Now, I have another problem here! , "Then why didn't you go back home and get something to eat?" he refused to admit his faults in this matter.
"But your mom! She threatened me with a knife!!!!" Sai whined. "I'm hungry, Hikaru!!! And I wanna play go!!! NOW!!!!!" he pouted.
"Shindo?!" Waya shouted from behind them, "What are you doing?! I thought we were gonna eat together!!!!" he reminded the forgetful young pro.
Hikaru looked at the whining Sai then at the angry Waya. "Gomen, Waya, but I have to…uh…escort…uh…Sai." He quickly covered his mouth, noticing that he let something slip once again.
Sai's mouth dropped open. He gave Hikaru a stunned look that said: Hikaru! You let something slip again!
"Sai?!" Waya repeated. He looked suspiciously at the dark-haired guy then narrowed his eyes at Hikaru.
"Sai…no…Fujiwara!" Hikaru corrected, resorting to lies as he once did. "His name is Fujiwara Saino. Yeah, that's it. He's my uncle…uh…cousin…uh…friend." He nudged Sai.
Waya blinked a couple of times, "Really, Shindo, tell me the truth! You're making things sound more confusing!" he exclaimed, "Who is he really?"
"His name is Fujiwara Saino. He's my uncle's cousin's friend from Hiroshima. He arrived here yesterday night." Hikaru explained, putting on his most innocent looking face. Sai nodded in agreement, a childish smile invading his fair face.
"Uncle's cousin's friend, huh?" he kept a suspicious look at the two. "So then, are we going to eat or not? I'm getting hungry!" he feinted a convincing tone that made Hikaru think that he was believed.
"No thanks. We're not hungry!" he waved his hands in front of him as sign for his refusal.
"HIKARU~!!!!! Yes, we are!!!! We are hungry!!!!!" Sai shouted, which caused Hikaru to crouch down and cover his ears tightly.
He nodded helplessly, "Okay! Okay! We're going!!!!" he followed Waya outside. Trust Waya to do the detective work…damn! What am I supposed to do if they find out this is Sai?! What? I'm gonna tell them that this was the ghost haunting me before and the one who defeated Touya two years ago?! Yeah, right! They are SO gonna believe me!!!!
"Sai…." Touya muttered under his breath. He turned and left the place where he had caught Hikaru and Sai talking to each other. Will your mystery be solved now…Sai?
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Ah! Crap!!!!! This is supposed to be a humor story!!!! It's turning out to be something serious!!!!! How crappy could I get?! I'll probably change the theme once I finish coz I know it's not funny at all!!!!
*melts on the spot* I'm so not good at classifying stories…. I suck…!
I've finished another chapter and my life is fulfilled (for now)!!!!!! WHOOOPPEEEE!!!!!
Time to bang my head for more ideas in the next chapter….
Thanks for the reviews!!!!! Nanami-san! Nemi-san!!!! You're my first reviewers! Arigatou!!!!
