Disclaimer : I don't own Hikaru no Go.
Chapter 4: A group hypnosis
Few days later,
Even though the sky was blue clear, today was another say that Ogata Seiji woke up in frustration. He didn't have a game today, yet he had to go to the association for giving a stupid interview. He took a shower, dressed in his white shirt and grabbed a slice of bread before going out.
He must have driven his red sport car too fast as he reached the association before time. He went straight to the 6th floor. Waiting for Kousemura without anything to do, he took out a pack of Larks. Damn it! I drop the lighter in the front seat. A pair of grey eyes kept searching for someone. Where is he when I need him? Forget it, I can get a drink instead.
Since that day, he hadn't met Hikaru again. Though they went to the association almost everyday but their schedule didn't match. Besides, Ogata didn't go to that park again, he held 2 titles, for God's sake, he didn't have much free time.
He went to a vending machine around the corner. A small group of middle-aged pros was chatting idly.
" Oh, You'll play with that brat tomorrow?" One of them spoke out.
Brat?
" Yeah, that kid who skipped his games for half a year," said Hikaru's future opponent.
They're talking about Shindou, there's onlyone pro in the Go world history who did that. Saying nothing, Ogata took a can of black coffee from the machine.
In the elevator, in the same time
" Then Morishita-Sensei lectured you for half an hour?" Isumi laughed at his friend.
" Isumi-san, you're focusing on a wrong part!" Waya threw out embarrassingly.
" Yeah, yeah, About Shindou and Ogata-Sensei, isn't it?" Ignoring the younger boy,theblack-haired prolooked at a blinking floor indicator.
" Yeah! Isumi-san, they did call each other by their given name!" the 2 Dans shouted energetically.
" Are you telling me that Ogata-Sensei let Shindou call him 'Seiji' ?"
" Yeah! Hikaru and Seiji, not Shindou and Ogata-Sensei!" the boy strongly confirmed.
" Are we talking about the same Ogata-Sensei here?" the newly pro asked in doubt.
" Yeah!"
" You mean Ogata-Sensei who won Jyudan and Gosei titles?" he still wondered.
" Yeah! How many Ogata-Sensei do we have around here!" the funky pro was irritated.
" Do you actually want me to believe that Ogata-Sensei and Shindou Hikaru are friends?"
Still not believing,Isumi clarified. If they're friends, pigs might fly.
" Yeah!"
"….Are you sure that it's not just another of your daydream?"
" NO! Saeki-san was there with me too!" Just another daydream? I'm telling the truth!
" So…Saeki was in your dream?" Making a wrong conclusion on purpose,the polite young man pretended to ask curiously.
" NO! It's not a dream!" Damn it! Is he just playing with me? Finally he went to the dark side!
" Okay, so…you and Saeki saw Shindou and Ogata-Sensei greeting friendly at each other,"
" Yeah!"
" Maybe you two were under a hypnotic state," Teasing at his young friend, the 20-year-old pro knew the boy was going to piss off.
" What!!" He was right,Isumi Shinichiro was always right.
" You know, a group hypnosis, I see that many times in TV, many healthy people get sick in the same time…kind like that,"
" Isumi-san!" A group hypnosis?
" Oh, here we are," the elevator opened to the 6th floor, he stepped out.
" Yeah, that kid who skipped his games for half a year," two new comers overheard someone talking about their friend.
Shindou?
Shindou
" Do you see his hair? He looks like a punk!" the other unknown man mocked.
" Seriously, he should go back to the street playing his skateboard, he doesn't fit in here," the third person pointed out condescendingly.
What! I'll kill you! Waya was about to confront the old pros, Isumi hurriedly seized him by the arm.
" No, Waya," Shaking his head in disapprove,the older boytold his friend.
" But…" the angry boy protested then……
" Why don't you beat him first before saying that?" Ogata retorted with his piercing cold.
" O..Ogata-kun!" the older pros jumped in alarm.
Ogata-Sensei!
Ogata-Sensei?
" Wait until you play with him then you'll know if he fits in or not," Leaving those rude men wordless, the 10 Dans walked away.
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" Isumi-san, Did you hear that?" Okay, maybe I'm daydreaming…or that hypo..hypno…something.
" I think, I heard Ogata-Sensei stood up for Shindou," Isumi uttered quietly in disbelief, " And you?"
" I think I heard the same," …or we're in that hypo..hypno…something.
" Aaa," Well, it's 21st century after all, maybe pigs can fly!
A/N : As I told you, there'll be Shindou, Hikaru ,Ogata and Seiji, don't get confused.
kathy: See you again :)
