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world.
Sai's Return
".....Tora..jiro...." Came Sai's muffled reply between sobs. Hikaru and Akira sat on opposite sides of Sai. Hikaru wrapped his arms around Sai as Akira began to talk.
"What happened, Sai? Did you have a nightmare?" The fierceness of Akira's eyes and voice died down a little as he spoke these words. He began to pat Sai's back as if to try and coax him into telling. "Will you tell us? Who is Torajiro?"
Sai nodded, but the tears continued to flow. "Torajiro...Honinbo Shusaku, as you might know him." Sai's voice came out as a whisper, but they were still able to catch what he had said. Sai continued, "Hikaru knows, I was with him for the longest time. I...he let me play Go whenever I wanted. He came to me in the dream."
His tears came more rapidly, "I miss him greatly. More than I have ever missed him. It wasn't just a dream. He was really there! We played a game of Go, he wanted to show me that he did learn something about Go while I haunted him. It ended in a tie." Sai smiled at the thought.
After a little while, he continued. "His haven is the place where we met. He always said that when he died, his haven would be the Emperor's palace. But instead he chose the place where he found my goban, and the pond. The very same pond in which I had commited suicide in." Sai's sobs became more violent. "He told me not to worry, that everything would be fine. He said that I shouldn't worry about the past. He also said that I should visit him again." Almost smiling, Sai turned away, a sign that he didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Akira wiped the falling tears away from Sai's face, "You shouldn't cry. He told you the truth. Everything will be fine."
"Honestly, I don't want to leave this plane. I love it, I want to stay here forever."
"Then, why don't you?" Asked Hikaru. Sai gave him a questionative stare.
"I'm not sure if I can." Sai gave Hikaru and Akira a sad smile. Suddenly, Hikaru's mom came into the room.
"Hikaru? Why don't you take your friends to the festival?" She smiled happily, "I think it would be fun! Hikaru has other yukatas. This way you won't have to go home and get yours!" She scurried over to his closet and pulled out the ceremonial robes and handed one to each of them.
Sai's Return
".....Tora..jiro...." Came Sai's muffled reply between sobs. Hikaru and Akira sat on opposite sides of Sai. Hikaru wrapped his arms around Sai as Akira began to talk.
"What happened, Sai? Did you have a nightmare?" The fierceness of Akira's eyes and voice died down a little as he spoke these words. He began to pat Sai's back as if to try and coax him into telling. "Will you tell us? Who is Torajiro?"
Sai nodded, but the tears continued to flow. "Torajiro...Honinbo Shusaku, as you might know him." Sai's voice came out as a whisper, but they were still able to catch what he had said. Sai continued, "Hikaru knows, I was with him for the longest time. I...he let me play Go whenever I wanted. He came to me in the dream."
His tears came more rapidly, "I miss him greatly. More than I have ever missed him. It wasn't just a dream. He was really there! We played a game of Go, he wanted to show me that he did learn something about Go while I haunted him. It ended in a tie." Sai smiled at the thought.
After a little while, he continued. "His haven is the place where we met. He always said that when he died, his haven would be the Emperor's palace. But instead he chose the place where he found my goban, and the pond. The very same pond in which I had commited suicide in." Sai's sobs became more violent. "He told me not to worry, that everything would be fine. He said that I shouldn't worry about the past. He also said that I should visit him again." Almost smiling, Sai turned away, a sign that he didn't want to talk about it anymore.
Akira wiped the falling tears away from Sai's face, "You shouldn't cry. He told you the truth. Everything will be fine."
"Honestly, I don't want to leave this plane. I love it, I want to stay here forever."
"Then, why don't you?" Asked Hikaru. Sai gave him a questionative stare.
"I'm not sure if I can." Sai gave Hikaru and Akira a sad smile. Suddenly, Hikaru's mom came into the room.
"Hikaru? Why don't you take your friends to the festival?" She smiled happily, "I think it would be fun! Hikaru has other yukatas. This way you won't have to go home and get yours!" She scurried over to his closet and pulled out the ceremonial robes and handed one to each of them.