Chapter 5. Vacation Cut Short.
"... Morning Shuichi...."
"Zzzz...Huh ?... "
"GOOD MORNING, SHUICHI !!!" Hikaru screamed loudly while sending down a glass of cold water over his sleeping cousin.
In instant Shuichi leaped out from the bed and landed on the floor with a dull THUD. Rubbing his bum, the pink haired singer pulled himself up. "... That was mean, Hikaru....".
"Ehheh... Ne.... not that I want to be mean, but a strange man with a gun told me to do so...." Hikaru laughed nervously and pointed at the door to the bathroom.
On the door, stood a certain tall blonde. "Vacation's cut short, Shuichi... now get dressed before.... you know....". There was a distinct clicking sound of a gun being reloaded.
"AHH !! K-SAN !!!" In less than a second, Shuichi rushed to the bathroom to have a shower.
"Do yourself a favour, young Shindo... do not let Shuichi's lateness infect you..." Mr-K turned and smiled at Hikaru while giving the young Go pro player a light pat on the head.
Of course, K's smiling made Hikaru even more nervous. "H.. hai... um.. mister...".
"The name's K... I'm Shuichi's band manager" Mr K pulled the sledgehammer on his magnum and aimed the gun at the door to the bathroom before letting go a single bullet. Good thing K had equipped his gun with a silencer, otherwise the entire neighbourhood could be alarmed.
"ALMOST FINISHED !!!" Came a shriek from the bathroom.
Hikaru thanked mentally that he had no such scary Go players to be friend with. The only person that scares him during Go plays was Tsubaki-san.
"Say... aren't you a pro Go player, Shindo ?" K turned at the young boy.
"Ah.. Hai... I'm 1 Dan pro..." Hikaru nodded and smiled.
"Good coincidence.... a 1 Dan pro" K boomed out with a laugh, which sends a chill down Hikaru's spines.
"Ah.. K-san... why ?" The young boy shifted nervously.
"I'm playing Go too, you know...not that good, still around 15 Kyu" Mr-K exclaimed proudly.
"Uhhuh...." Hikaru nodded, not exactly liking the conversation.
"I suppose you could teach me how to play Go better ?" Mr K smiled and put the gun against Hikaru's forehead.
There's a rather loud gulp from Hikaru's throat. "Ah... H.. Hai...." THe boy stammered.
"That's good... We can play while Shuichi records his new song" Mr K boomed with laughter.
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So there we go, Hikaru Shindou was being dragged into NG Studio for K's playmate (Not that kind of "play", mind you).
"K-san... what's happened ?. I thought we're on day offs..." Shuichi started. He was on the way to NG Studio with Mr. K and Hikaru.
".... Big News, Shuichi..." Mr.K smirked. As in cue, K's dark sunglasses shines.
"Big News ?.... Are we going to have concert soon ?" Shuichi asked curiously.
"Smart boy.... usually you're so thick, Shuichi".
Shuichi just pouted over K's comment.
"Anyway, you... ahem... WE, are going to make the first international tour of Bad Luck". Mr. K said that slowly, letting the word sink into Shuichi's brain.
There was a long pause.
"HONTONI ?!?!" People could swear the car that the three were on jumped as Shuichi screamed in ecstassy
"Whoa !! Heel Shuichi !... " Mr. K shakes his head. Maybe telling him about Bad Luck's first international concert should have been done in the studio.
"W.. W.. When's the conert ?... and where is it ?!" Shuichi suddenly clung onto Mr K's lap.
"... 4 months from now on. First country would be Hong Kong. We'll try it first. If this Hong Kong concert is a success, then we're going to apply for another country"
"Sugoi...." Shuichi trailed away with his own thought.
"I wonder if people in Hong Kong could play Go..." Hikaru mumbled to himself.
'Heh.... two cousins, different ambition, same personalities...' Mr K thought to himself.
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"Ha ha... I resign" Mr. K laughed. He was playing Go with Hikaru to determine his strength. It wasn't so bad, K-san managed to hold off Hikaru's invasion and was quite settled with 40 points difference. At least it was better than Shuichi's fare against Hikaru.
"Hmm.. the only thing I can comment was that you're too defensive, K-san. Maybe if you're more offensive, you could have score even bigger" Hikaru explained.
"I see... I was playing it safe" K-san frowned. His eyes were cast onto the goban. (Hikaru brought that goban along).
"Heheh... I thought you're more a gambler's type, K-san" Hikaru smiled.
".... Wipe that smile off your face, boy...." Mr. K pointed his gun at Hikaru again.
"Ah.... Hai..." Hikaru gulped and immediately put the smile down.
".... Thanks for distracting K-san, Hikaru...." Shuichi whispered mentally. However, he was cut short by a bullet that narrowly missed his hair. "I'LL GET TO WORK !!!!" Sweatdropping, Shuichi returned to the recording booth.
"I wonder where Shui got his inspiration from.... K's gun or his own brain ?" Hikaru sweatdropped at the sight.
"... This is what we call a normal, everyday type work in NG Studio..." Came a voice from behind Hikaru.
"Ah... Normal ?"
"Yes.. normal.... Anyway, it has been awhile, Shindo-kun"
"Ah.. hai, Sakano-san" Hikaru turned to look at the man behind him.
"Congratulation on making a Pro" Sakano-san patted Hikaru on the shoulder.
"Thanks" Hikaru grinned at that. "And how've you been doing ?".
"Not bad... you're looking at... 2 Dan Kiseido player !" Sakano-san exclaimed proudly.
"Wha ?! TWO DAN ?!?" Hikaru gasped.
"Yes.... Two Dan.... " Sakano-san smirked.
"Impossible..."
"Do you want a proof, Shindo-kun ?".
"Of course !".
"Well then..." Sakano-san immediately sat against Hikaru, preparing himself to play.
"Onegaishimasu..." Hikaru bowed.
"Onegaishimasu..." Sakano-san adjusts his glasses before he bowed.
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"BREAK TIME !!" Mr K boomed, indicating Shuichi and the gang to take a short break.
"Not bad... two songs recorded..." Said Fujisaki while turning off his keyboard.
"Despite Shuichi's loss for Eiri-san, yes... it's good" Hiroshi added.
"That's because I got my cute cousin to accompany me" Shuichi smiled in a genki way.
".... I bet Hikaru-san is more than a cousin to you...." Fujisaki snorted.
"Shuichi's secret boytoy..." Hiro added.
"OI !!!" There was a loud BANG and a bullet zipped, missing Hiro's ear by an inch. Only this time, it was Hikaru who was holding the gun, not K-san.
"Don't toy with my gun !" K-san bonked Hikaru on the head as the man snatched the gun from Hikaru's hand.
"Heh... That's my cousin... Anyway... I'm going to call Yuki" Shuichi reached for his phone.
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"Hm .....?"
"LA LI HO !!! YUUUUKIIIIII !!!!".
"Baka..... Are you trying to punch a hole on my eardrum....".
"Ne.. gomenasai Yuki.... I missed you...."
"You don't have to blast my eardrum for it...."
"BUT I MISSED MY YUKIII !!"
".... I missed you too... but not your yelling...."
"Na na na Yuki Yuki... Guess what ?"
"... You're circumsized ?".
"... That was MEAN !".
"Heh.... I guess you haven't...."
"... Anyway... My cousin is here...."
"Ah.. Hikaru... our boytoy..."
"And he taught me how to play Go"
"Baka....Stop straining your brain... you don't even know where to put the stones" (having a monk as father, Yuki surely know a bit about Go).
"Nope.... I know almost anything now" (Shuichi's boasting)
"Is that so ?.... I shall see that when I get back home".
"You're on, Yuki... the winner will be the seme for a night !"
".... Baka.... you've lost already..."
"I don't think so..."
"We shall see... Shuichi... We shall see....".
The End of Chapter 5