Pairing: Akira/Hikaru , Hikaru/Mitani , Waya/Isumi (a little thrown in there)

Warnings: same as chapter one

A/N: I made this chapter a little longer due to Chapter 3 being short. Thank you everyone that reviewed! *hugs* you keep me inspired *smiles* Hope you like this next chapter of the fanfic ((sorry it took so long to post. I am sooo busy in school and work. I was going to put it up last weekend, but I was too busy)) too. This has tons more of my plot.

Chapter 4

Heat. Incredible, intense, unbearable heat. The sheet felt cool against his fingertips, but it was just too much for his body. He got up, away from the bed. Red. Everything around him was tinted red. Steam. From his body or the room? He didn't know. Air! He needed air! He was suffocating. The heat was too much! His breathing picked up as he searched for a door. Anything to get out of this room! There! He ran to the door and reached for the handle. He was sweating now, and some dripped into his eyes. He wiped it off with his hand and closed his eyes as the other hand came in contact with the door handle. It was so cool... he tried to turn it, but failed. It wouldn't move. He was locked in. He started gasping for air and put a hand to his chest, suddenly feeling light headed. He was trapped... trapped... and he was falling towards the ground.

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Mitani woke to the bright light of the sun. Closing his eyes again to block it out, he remembered the events of the night before. It was... too good to be true. He got out of bed and went to take a shower. Letting the water run over him, he closed his eyes. If it was a dream, which he was highly betting it was, it wouldn't have been his first one like that anyway. And besides, his room was empty when he woke, and there was no sign Hikaru was over anyway. Now sure that it was just a dream, he finished his shower and went to get something to eat.

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Hikaru felt kind of bad, leaving Mitani like that, but he needed time to think, and also didn't want to get caught. His thoughts led him to the conclusion that since Akira didn't, and as he said 'never will', like him back, he should just go on with life, and that maybe he could try liking Mitani that way. True, it would never be the same... but the boy did seem to like him.

Hikaru opened some manga and just read. Maybe he should wait a day before going back there.

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((A/N: I don't know if Akira's parents were back yet or not, I can't remember, so we'll just say they are)) Akira woke. The first thing he saw was white. He looked around, only to see more white. He moved to sit up, but after lifting his head just a few inches, the throbbing in his head started. He rested back down and closed his eyes to make the sudden pain in his head go away.

"Oh. He's awake." A familiar and concerned voice said. He suddenly felt a soft hand on his own as fingers brushed the bangs out of his way.

He opened his eyes and looked into the face of his mother. "Mom... where am I?"

"You're in a hospital." Concern was etched over her face.

"Why? What happened?"

"You were yelling in your sleep. Something about wanting someone to get you out. I went to wake you up, thinking it was a nightmare. When I touched you, you were hot." More concern filled her face as she spoke. "Then you stopped moving and your breathing..." she paused and looked away for a bit. "Became irregular. Your father saw and brought you here."

"Where is he now?"

"He left to get some lunch."

"Did the doctors say..."

"No." She looked worried now. "They don't know what the cause of it is."

Akira nodded and drifted back off to sleep.

*****He was in ice. ^What the hell?! First heat, now this? ^ Well, okay, he wasn't exactly in ice. He was in the ocean at night with glaciers, and it was snowing. He sneezed in the water as his hair and face became icy. He tried swimming through the water, but couldn't. He could barely keep afloat. His whole body was numb and he shivered. It didn't register in his mind that water was filling his lungs, and that he could no longer see as the darkness of the water swallowed him.*****

Akiko looked at her son, surprised and very worried. "Doctor!" She called over. Her son was shivering, and his breathing became shallow.

The doctor came over, then seeing the boy's state, put him on the nearby respirator and took his temperature. While the doctor recorded it, the nurse came over to put another blanket on Akira.

"What's his temperature?" Akiko asked.

The doctor hesitated for a bit before telling her. "105.7"

The woman paled. "That high?" She held her son's hand, resting her head on his bed, as tears started to flow down her cheeks. "I hope they find out what's wrong," she whispered.

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Akira's condition just got worse over night. His fever went up to a 106.3 and he couldn't be taken off the respirator. He had an IV in one arm to keep him from being dehydrated (which he was earlier) and kept him hooked up to a heart monitor. They already took blood samples to do more tests, and gave him fever reducing medicine.

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At about noon the next day, Mitani heard a knock on his door. Answering it, he was surprised to see Hikaru there.

"Hi, Mitani, can I come in?"

Mitani hesitated for a bit. "Sure."

Hikaru smiled and entered. "Sorry about leaving you yesterday morning. I didn't want to get caught."

Mitani stopped walking to the couch. "What did you say?" He must have heard incorrectly. Because it wouldn't have--

"I said I'm sorry for leaving you yesterday morning."

--made and sense and-- what?! Mitani turned and looked at Hikaru. "You mean... it wasn't a dream?"

"Yeah."

"Come to my room."

Hikaru followed Mitani to his room before Mitani closed the door and looked at him.

"Then tell me why. Why all of the sudden...?" Mitani stared and sat on his bed.

"Because... I got tired of waiting. Tired of only thinking about it." This was kind of true, but not quite in the same way.

"Oh." But that was all the words he could say. Hikaru was kissing him again.

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"We don't want this public." There was a pause as the other person talked. "Yes." Another pause. "Thank you, doctor." The former meijin came back into the hospital room, and comforted his wife. Their son... had to get better... the only thing left was hope. The doctors did all they could...

"I really need to see him." A voice was heard just out side the door. But it was reduced to incoherency as whoever it was talked softly with the doctor.

It wasn't long before the door opened and a girl walked in. She had straight blond hair, but deep brown eyes, and looked almost like an angel, as she was wearing all white. It was a fuzzy type turtle neck, no sleeves, a mid-thigh skirt, simple trouser socks, and ankle boots. She smiled at the parents. "Hello. I'm Robin. I've met your son before in a club..."

"How did you know he was here?" The boy's father asked.

Robin just smiled and looked down at Akira.

Akira's eyes opened slowly, seeing Robin. "Are you an angel?" he asked slowly and quietly.

Robin just smiled. "I'm Robin."

"The club..."

"Yes, from the club."

Akira closed his eyes. "Hikaru..."

"Get better, Akira. Then you're welcomed at the club... we can help you to the best we can." With that said, she turned around and left. Akira fell back to sleep.

Akira's parents were surprised at what just happened. How did she know...?

Hikaru was worried. Where was Akira? He didn't show up at the go salon at all... would he make it to the Young Lions Tournament? ^Oh crap... is he trying to avoid me because of... And how would he react if he found out I'm with Mitani? Well, probably nothing since he doesn't like me. ^

"You okay?"

Hikaru looked at Mitani from his spot on the couch. "Yeah, just thinking."

Mitani moved a little closer. "Nothing too bad, though, right?"

"Yeah." Hikaru leaned into Mitani. "So what is this movie, anyway?"

"I... don't know..."

Hikaru smiled slightly, "Oh well." He snuggled into the other boy. The movie was only beginning, so he didn't know what it was about. Well... it was animated... and there was water and coral... and fish... ((A/N: hehe, I couldn't help myself)).

When the movie was over, Hikaru smiled. "It's been a while since I saw a movie."

Mitani stayed silent, just smiled slightly.

Hikaru paused, suddenly thinking of something, though not knowing why now. "Are... you still angry at me for leaving the go club?"

Mitani looked at him, surprised by his question. Mitani pause before answering. "No... I never really was angry at you. I was upset you were leaving..."

"How long have you liked me?" Hikaru asked.

"It started when you dragged me there..." Mitani confessed. "How long-"

Hikaru kissed him. "Enough." Hikaru kissed him again, deepening the kiss a little. He ran his tongue along the boy's lips. Mitani gave in, ignoring the conversation for now. He knew Hikaru had a shidougo game to go to soon. Mitani parted his lips and met Hikaru's tongue half way with his own. He wrapped his arms around Hikaru and deepened the kiss, pushing him against the couch a bit as they kissed deeply.

Mitani pressed himself down on him and ran a hand under his shirt to run over his chest while the other started on his pants' zipper.

Hikaru broke away from the kiss. "I have to go soon."

Mitani licked and nibbled on Hikaru's bottom lip. "I know. But do you want to go like this?" He wanted what he didn't get the other night. ((once again, for variation of this (NC17), go to the same forum thingy as in Chapter 3))

Well, Mitani was definitely talented. Hikaru wondered where he had learned that from. His thoughts almost went back to Akira, but he stopped them.

"Hikaru!"

Hikaru blinked, taken out of his thoughts and looked to who called him. "Akari? I'm busy; I have a shidougo to go to."

"Hikaru, what's going on?" Akari asked with a slight glare in her eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean Mitani. I went to his house earlier today; he was going to play a game with me. He was acting a bit differently. When I asked him what was wrong, he said your name." Akari explained.

"Oh yeah, we're a couple." Hikaru said simply and turned around to go back to the house of the man he had to tutor, not even realizing what consequences he may have caused for himself.

^Hikaru's... gay? And Mitani...^ Akari was left standing there, shocked. The two boys she liked... are together... Akari could feel the tears start to well up in her eyes, and she turned away from the retreating form of Hikaru, closing her eyes and let the tears fall. Hikaru would never say something like that unless it was true. Hurt, betrayal, and jealousy. Akari felt all these things. She always thought that even if one of the two got a girlfriend, she could still have a chance. But this... Akari started back to her house, while trying to convince herself that she hated both of them.

^Maybe I can talk to Kishimoto about this...^ Sometimes when Akari went to Mitani's house to play, Kishimoto would be there. She always wondered how they got to be friends. She changed the direction of her walk to go to Kishimoto's house.

Kishimoto heard the knock on the front door and stopped talking as his cousin walked to the door to answer it.

Akari was a little confused when she saw a girl answer the door. "I'm sorry... is this Kishimoto's house?"

The girl smiled. "Yeah. I'm just his cousin. Come in."

Akari entered, "Thank you."

Kishimoto groaned in his mind. He didn't really care much for the girl. She was always fawning over Mitani all the time. It was annoying. "Hello, Akari. This is my cousin from America, Robin. What's going on?"

"I... saw Hikaru. He said he and Mitani were... together... I was wondering if you knew anything of it, or... any hints or something... it... really surprised me..." Akari was looking at the ground and ringing her hands, sniffing quietly.

^So... they started something...^ "I had my suspicions." Kishimoto said, not wanting to tell her Mitani asked him about it. Mitani would probably come to him and tell him in person... hopefully. It's been a couple of days since Kishimoto saw the boy, and missed him. Yes... he had known how Mitani felt that time...

"Sounds like it's time to eat out. You two need to think about something else while you still have time to." Robin started. Seeing her cousin's look, she added in, "We can pick up Kenji on the way." She knew her cousin didn't really like Akari. She gave Kishimoto a look that said 'we can talk later'.

"I... don't want to be a burden..." Akari stated, calming down a little.

"Oh, you won't be a burden." Robin said with a smile. She went in her room and grabbed her purse. "We're going someplace casual, so you don't have to change."

"You chose an odd place this time, Waya."

"We're alone, aren't we?" Waya pressed himself against Isumi and kissed him deeply again, tightening the arms around his neck a bit to bring him closer.

They kissed for a bit more before Waya pulled away a bit and traced his tongue along Isumi's jawbone and nibble on his earlobe. He brought a hand down to unbutton the first few buttons on Isumi's shirt, and kissed down to his collarbone, then kissed and licked along it to the middle. Then stayed in that spot to kiss, lick, and suck, wanting to leave his mark on Isumi.

Isumi let out a soft sigh; both he and Waya knew they couldn't spend that much time in the janitor's closet... the Young Lions Tournament would start soon. Because of this, they weren't really doing this to arouse, but more just out of love and admiration for each other, just to spend time with the other in a more intimate way than how they would with anyone else. Something beyond just actions.

Satisfied with the mark, Waya pulled slightly away and kissed Isumi's lips again, buttoning the shirt up again. "We should probably be going out there now."

Isumi nodded and just held Waya for a bit before the left after checking to see if the "coast was clear".

"Hey, Hikaru." Waya said after seeing him.

"Hi. So you two ready for the game?" Hikaru asked. He was a little nervous. Would he see Akira here today or not?

Just then, the door opened and in walked Akira. Hikaru just looked at him, not getting Akira to look back. In fact, he didn't really look at anyone. People said 'hi' to him, but he was silent. Just walked past everyone to sit down.

"Touya..." Hikaru said quietly. Akira ignoring him, he could understand... but everyone else? What happened while he couldn't be found?

Akira winced as he sat down. For some reason, his whole body was hurting him. His fever was gone, and he was allowed to go home as long as he had lots of bed rest. The doctors still didn't know what caused it, and Akira didn't tell them about his dreams. Now he had a headache starting. And what would he do if asked where he was... he didn't want anyone to know he was in the hospital.

He looked up from the board when an insei sat down across the board from him.

They said the traditional "Onegai shimasu" and Akira ignored all thoughts as they started the game.

A/N: So... how was it? Did you like it?

I have to say something...

I won't be working on this fanfic for a bit...

I'm going to an anime convention in May, and they have a yaoi pj party. *big smiles* of course I'm going. So anyway, they have this thing where they'll take fan fiction, doujinshi, and stuff of the people who came and gave it to them and stuff and put it in a thing... I don't know if it's a book or not, but whatever. The thing is, the story, or whatever it is you give them, has to have not been published anywhere at all. Not even the internet. It's to be made specifically for this.

Um, if you want more details, you can find them at www.jacon.org

*blink* alright! *smiles*