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Sai's Return
Sai tossed and turned on the futon, his dream haunting him. //He drifted down the ancient hallways that he once knew. He glided through the door and saw the all too familiar Honinbo Shusaku. He was much older than when he had met Sai, but still Torajiro. The man looked towards Sai and motioned for him to sit opposite him at the goban.
"Fujiwara-san, let us play a game. I let you play all those years, let me at least show you I did indeed learn something." Sai nodded and sat down.
"It would be an honor, Torajiro." Shusaku's ageing hand gripped the stone, as if it were to cost him his life. Sai responded to the move, smiling a sad smile.
"Fujiwara-san, you shan't worry about what lies in your future. It shall work out for the best." Torajiro's weak smile made Sai want to cry and hug the man. The Go Instructer reached out to touch Torajiro, but his hand passed through him. "You should know you can't touch me, you are a ghost."
The game played out until it ended in a draw, "You have learned much since my time with you, Torajiro. Or should I call you Honinbo-san?" Sai continued to tease the man, but eventually gave up when Torajiro began to talk about the past.
They walked down the halls, Sai floated quietly beside him. Torajiro led him to the Koi pond, he sat on one of the larger rocks near it. Sai sat next to him.
They sat in silence for a long time, enjoying the other's company. The colorful fish swam happily around in the pond, this simple bliss of such a thing made Torajiro happy. "Do you wonder why I chose this place of all places to spend forever in?" He asked Sai, but it came out as a whisper.
A puzzled look crossed Sai's face. "No, I don't." The confusion of his sentence struck him like the bell of a church. Sai turned his attention to the pond, "Why did you choose this of all places? You always said after you died, you'd want to go to a palace. Why this place? What does this all mean?!" Sai attempted to punch the rock he was sitting on, but was unsucessful.
Torajiro smiled at Sai's outburst. "I chose this area, because it was where I met you. Where I found the goban, the goban that came into the posession of Hikaru Shindou." His smile seemed to grow with every passing word. "The goban in which my blood had stained, in which your tears had fallen onto. It was there when you drowned yourself. It is special. Where it goes, we all shall go." Torajiro stood up, and smiled. He extended his hand towards Sai.
As Sai reached for the hand, his passed through it. "I shall spend eternity here, and I want to. It is my personal heaven."
"But don't you get lonely?"
"Of course. But I can venture out of here, or invite people into my private sanctuary. Quit living in the past, Fujiwara-san. Please visit me again, Fujiwara no Sai." Smiling, Torajiro, "Honinbo Shusaku," walk into the bright light.//
Sai sat up in the futon, startling Hikaru and Akira. Tears poured down his face, causing the other two boys to lean closer to Sai. They had been playing a game of Go when he had awaken. "Sai? What's wrong?!"
"...Tora..jiro..."
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Thank you to all my patient reviewers! My fucking muse is working again. =^- ^= Well, I'm sorry it took so long, it was sort of my dad's fault also. He deleted all of my files!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this satisfied your need of my story so far. Until next time~!
Sai's Return
Sai tossed and turned on the futon, his dream haunting him. //He drifted down the ancient hallways that he once knew. He glided through the door and saw the all too familiar Honinbo Shusaku. He was much older than when he had met Sai, but still Torajiro. The man looked towards Sai and motioned for him to sit opposite him at the goban.
"Fujiwara-san, let us play a game. I let you play all those years, let me at least show you I did indeed learn something." Sai nodded and sat down.
"It would be an honor, Torajiro." Shusaku's ageing hand gripped the stone, as if it were to cost him his life. Sai responded to the move, smiling a sad smile.
"Fujiwara-san, you shan't worry about what lies in your future. It shall work out for the best." Torajiro's weak smile made Sai want to cry and hug the man. The Go Instructer reached out to touch Torajiro, but his hand passed through him. "You should know you can't touch me, you are a ghost."
The game played out until it ended in a draw, "You have learned much since my time with you, Torajiro. Or should I call you Honinbo-san?" Sai continued to tease the man, but eventually gave up when Torajiro began to talk about the past.
They walked down the halls, Sai floated quietly beside him. Torajiro led him to the Koi pond, he sat on one of the larger rocks near it. Sai sat next to him.
They sat in silence for a long time, enjoying the other's company. The colorful fish swam happily around in the pond, this simple bliss of such a thing made Torajiro happy. "Do you wonder why I chose this place of all places to spend forever in?" He asked Sai, but it came out as a whisper.
A puzzled look crossed Sai's face. "No, I don't." The confusion of his sentence struck him like the bell of a church. Sai turned his attention to the pond, "Why did you choose this of all places? You always said after you died, you'd want to go to a palace. Why this place? What does this all mean?!" Sai attempted to punch the rock he was sitting on, but was unsucessful.
Torajiro smiled at Sai's outburst. "I chose this area, because it was where I met you. Where I found the goban, the goban that came into the posession of Hikaru Shindou." His smile seemed to grow with every passing word. "The goban in which my blood had stained, in which your tears had fallen onto. It was there when you drowned yourself. It is special. Where it goes, we all shall go." Torajiro stood up, and smiled. He extended his hand towards Sai.
As Sai reached for the hand, his passed through it. "I shall spend eternity here, and I want to. It is my personal heaven."
"But don't you get lonely?"
"Of course. But I can venture out of here, or invite people into my private sanctuary. Quit living in the past, Fujiwara-san. Please visit me again, Fujiwara no Sai." Smiling, Torajiro, "Honinbo Shusaku," walk into the bright light.//
Sai sat up in the futon, startling Hikaru and Akira. Tears poured down his face, causing the other two boys to lean closer to Sai. They had been playing a game of Go when he had awaken. "Sai? What's wrong?!"
"...Tora..jiro..."
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Thank you to all my patient reviewers! My fucking muse is working again. =^- ^= Well, I'm sorry it took so long, it was sort of my dad's fault also. He deleted all of my files!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this satisfied your need of my story so far. Until next time~!