AN: I apologize ahead of time for any mistakes in italics or bolds, as this is my first fanfiction. I hope you enjoy!
AkiraHikaru but NOT slash.
NUGATORY
Prologue
Toya Meijin's POV
Meijin Toya was a lying, deceitful man.
He sat in the serene stillness of his room with his Go board. He practiced strategies and acted situations, for he wanted the best from him and his son. But even that was a lie, for Meijin had no son, just...a daughter.
He remembered that day so clearly--he sat in the waiting room with a bit of a grin on his face as he envisioned all that he would do with his son. He would teach him Go at an early age and he would watch as his son won title after title, walking in his father's footsteps.
But of course, that all changed when his wife was rolled out of the room holding the child. Her smile was wide as she spoke, "Say 'Hello' to our little girl!"
As the words left her mouth, his grin faltered to a frown. "Girl?" he choked, as if there was perhaps some mistake. "Yes, Meijin, what shall we name her? Suki? Or maybe...Rei?"
At that moment he felt his insides literally rip apart, he felt incomplete and broken. "Akira," he muttered in a gruff tone, as he turned his back on his wife and daughter. His wife's face showed a bit of confusion. "...Akira? Isn't that a bit...masculine?" When he turned back to face his family, even if there was no mirror, he knew just how cold and firm his eyes must have been. "Yes...after all he is our son, right dear?"
He remembered perhaps the most clearly the look of utter terror on her face at that statement. After a moment, she hung her head low and spoke in a whisper, "Yes, dear, of course."
He also remembered all the lies he told Akira. "I love you, my son," he would whisper in Akira's ear before he slumbered. "Be sure to make friends with all the other little boys!" he would encourage Akira before he left for school. And perhaps the worst--"You are like all the other men in my family, Akira. You have a gift for Go."
Yet through everything he said, he knew that Akira never once believed him. He had once heard his wife as she spoke to Akira in a tone she hoped none could hear. "My child, no matter what Daddy says, you'll always be my daughter. Perhaps if we pretend just a little longer, the game will end." Of course, he punished his wife for saying such things, but there was no doubt her words never left Akira's mind.
Then there was the day when Akira was in fourth grade. The day Akira just couldn't take anymore. "Father, I refuse to be your son!" Akira had screamed in a rage. His wife tried to hold Akira down, as tears streamed down her face. Akira broke free from her hold and lashed out at him. That was Akira's mistake, and Akira learned so from the… lesson that followed.
After that day, Akira had never spoken a word against him. All of his hard work had finally come to use, and he truly had a son.
That was before Hikaru Shindo disrupted the balance.
AN: Please review, feedback is cool. If you have ideas, those are great. I promise you, this will have romance in later.