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Chapter 7 : Final decision
Tokyo Hospital, Patient room No. 405,
" Shindou!Shindou!" Akira screamed like a madman, " Shindou! Shindou!"
" Waya!" Isumi exclaimed in panic, " The interphone! Quick! Call Dr. Tenma!"
" Dr.Tenma! Right!" Waya dashed to the interphone by Hikaru's bed, " Doctor! Dr. Tenma! Nurse! Anybody! Please! Shindou!"
Tenma and his assistants quickly stormed in the room in no time, he took a short glance at the monitor, " We're losing him! Nanahara-san! Give me the Paddle!" he ordered one of the nurse, the middle-aged nurse hurried to set the machine, " Kitano-san! Inject him with Bosmin!" Tenma directed the other one, the young one with glasses.
" Shindou! Shindou!" Waya and Akira hollered as they struggled against Isumi's and Kouyo's grab, " Shindou!"
" Akira,"
" Waya! Calm down!"
" 1 2 3, Clear!" Tenma shocked the famous 1 Dan with electricity in order to force his heart to beat again. Hikaru's dead body lifted up and fell down to the bed.
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" Increase the volume!" he commanded fiercely, " 1 2 3, Clear!" Hikaru's remains was elevated by electricity and descended.
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" Increase it! Damn it!" he cursed, " 1 2 3 Clear!"
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" Com'on! Com'on boy!" he clenched his teeth nervously, " Stay here, stay with us,"
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" Increase it! Give him more Bosmin!" he ordered sharply as he prepared to shock Hikaru again.
" Dr. Tenma," the experienced nursed caught the young doctor's hand, she sighed and shook her head. Nanahara had been a nurse for 20 years, she faced the death numerous times and she knew what death was.
" Damn it!" Tenma couldn't accept the truth, he was too young to handle the loss…his failure…the death of his patient.
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" What're you doing!" Pushing Isumi away, Waya grabbed his collar, " Help him! You gotta help him!"
" Waya!" Isumi tried to pull the red-haired boy away from the doctor, " Waya!"
"…I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Taking his glasses off, Tenma hang his head down in great shame and disappointment in his poor skill, " We've lost him,"
" No!" Waya wailed noisily, " Do something! He's my friend! You can't just let him die!"
" I'm sorry," the dismayed doctor looked up from the floor to face the quartet, " We've already lost him, there's nothing we can do, I'm sorry," he informed them quietly.
" No!" the 2 Dans sobbed even harder.
Akira's heartbeat stopped for a few seconds. Shindou " Shindou," he draw closer to his lifetime rival, " Shindou," he shook Hikaru's shoulder lightly trying to wake him up, " Shindou, Stop playing, it's not fun at all," he told the playful blond with trembling voice as he was close to tears, " Shindou, Shindou, Wake up," Shaking his green-eyed rival forcefully, his tears began to pour down his face.
" Akira," Placing his hand on Akira's tense shoulder, Kouyo tried to comfort his son.
" Shindou! Shindou! Wake up!"
In Hikaru's dream,
" Take my hand, Hikaru," Sai who was now standing on the shore reached out his hand.
' Once I step on this shore, I'll be with Sai again, Together, Forever, Just one more step,' Hikaru thought as he slowly took Sai's hand.
" Dou.." Out of the blue, he heard a voice calling him from the sky.
' Eh?'
" Shindou! Shindou!"
" Touya?" he recognized that voice, thought it wasn't the same cool collected voice like the way he remembered but it was definitely Touya Akira's.
Tokyo Hospital, Patient room No. 405,
" Shindou! Wake up!" Akira clutched Hikaru's collar and shouted at hislifeless rival, " Wake up!" he cried loudly, " Wake up..don't go..please..e" Whimpering tiredly, he hugged Hikaru's cold dead body tight, " Please..don't leave me alone…Shindou…don't..leave me alone,"
In Hikaru's dream,
" Don't go…Please…Don't leave me alone….don't leave me alone,"
' Touya '
" Hikaru?" Sai woke him from his trance.
" Eh?" Hikaru had just realized that wasn't holding Sai's hand anymore. Without knowing, he had pulled his hand back. 'Touya..alone…Touya..alone…Touya,'
" Hikaru?"
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He narrowed his eyes as he made his final decision, " Sai," Tilting his head up to look at his mentor who was on the shore, he spoke up, " All these years, I've dreamed of this moment. Meeting you again is like a dream come true,"
" Hikaru,"
" I owe you a lot, Sai," he went on, " You introduced me to the World of Go. Because of you, I knew Go…because of you, I met everybody…Waya, Isumi-san, Saeki-san…because of you, I met Touya," he took a deep breath before he continued, " I am who I am today because of you," he proudly declared.
" Hikaru,"
" You're not just my teacher, Sai, you're my friend, my best friend. Can you imagine how much it broke my heart when you left?"
" Hikaru, I..I.."
" I know, it's not your fault," Smiling tenderly, he gazed into those blue-sapphire eyes that he knew so well, " It's mine…My punishment for my selfishness,"
" Hikaru, It's not…" Sai wanted to say something but the blond didn't let him to.
" I was totally lost..and depressed…It's like I wasn't…complete..like a man who lost his own shadow, you know. I thought if I quitted playing Go, you would forgive me and come back," the young boy babbled.
" I've never been mad at you, Hikaru. On the contrary, I…"
" I know," Hikaru cut in again, " I know, Sai, I know," he warmly beamed at his ghost friend, " I've just realized when I started to play Go again..that you didn't get angry at me, that you allowed me to play…that you would always be with me, in my Go, Am I right?" he asked cheerily, his emerald eyes shined brightly as the way it had been again.
"..Yes, you're," Crying silently, Sai nodded.
" As long as I play Go, you'll be with me, right?" the bleach bangs boy asked again, "Even I can't see you, even I can't talk to you but you'll always be there by my side, right?"
" Hai," Closing his eyes, the 1000 year-old ghost nodded.
" Touya is not just my rival, Sai," Swiftly, Hikaru's voice grew serious, " He's also my friend,"
" ………"
" I don't want him to walk through the same path," he stated.
"………"
" I don't want him to suffer like I used to…I can't leave him alone," he paused giving Sai a sad smile, " I can't..go with you, Sai, I just…can't,"
"…I understand,"
" Sai,"
" I got a chance to meet you again…to see your face…to tell you how much I miss you, I consider myself very lucky,"
" Sai, I…" Now Hikaru wanted to say something but it was Sai who didn't let him to. This time, it was Sai's turn.
" It's not your time to join me anyway, I guess, I've to wait a little bit longer, until the day come," the stunning ghost chatted.
"…Sorry,"
" Nah," Waving his Ogi fan in disapproval, Sai shrugged indifferently, " It's alright. After all, I've been waiting for 1000 years, it won't kill me if I've to wait for a few decade…Wait! I've already been dead!"
" You, fool!" Hikaru chuckled lightly.
" In the meantime, I'm going to search for Tojariro while I'm waiting for you,"
" That sounds like a good plan to me," the boy smiled gently, " Sai..I"
" Go, Hikaru, Go," All of a sudden, Sai poked his fan toward his student, " Go now, if not it'll be too late,"
" Eh? What?" Turning around, Hikaru saw something like a tunnel…a tunnel of light in the middle of the grass field where he had woken up.
" Quick! Hikaru!" the ghost urged, " You've to go back before it disappears, if not you'll have to stay here, you'll die!"
" Sai..I.."
" Now!" Cutting off his only friend, he ordered intensely as the tunnel began to fade away, " Now!"
" Sai! I.."
" Now!"
Hikaru narrowed his eyes and decided to turn around leaving his best friend behind. It wasn't easy for him to do that but he had to. He had no other choice, the tunnel was closing getting smaller and smaller every second.
As he reached the entrance, he turned back, not entering the tunnel, he just stood there in front of it at the entrance. ' Sai seems to be so far away from here,' he thought.
" What're you waiting for!" Sai shouted in frustration, " Go inside!"
Panting roughly, Hikaru called out, " Sai! I..I'll never ever forget you!"
' Hikaru,' " Neither do I!"
Sensing invisible force pulling him into the tunnel, he knew he didn't much time left, " Will you wait for me?"
" Hikaru,"
" Wait for me! Okay?" Not willing to leave his teacher yet, he fought back the force with all his strength.
" I'll! I'll!"
" Until the day come, Sai," Smiling with tears, the green-eyed boy was content to get the answer he had been waiting for, "Until the day come," he stopped fighting with the force and let it dragged him into the tunnel, " Until the day come," he spoke softly.
" Yes, Hikaru," Sai answered with tears, " Until the day come," the tunnel had completely disappeared, " Until the day come,"
Hikaru was quite surprise that the tunnel wasn't like as he had imagined. He was now standing in a scary chilly dark tunnel, it didn't look like the same bright tunnel that he had seen at all. Was it the same tunnel? Was it the tunnel to hell? Did Sai give him the wrong direction? Did he just make a terrible mistake to believe that stupid ghost?
" Dou…Shindou..u," Out of no where, there was a ray of sunny light glowing at the end of the tunnel.
" Touya," Hikaru walked toward the light. ' Touya is crying,' he thought as he reached out for the light, 'Touya is crying… I must…go back,'
Extra Info ( If I'm not mistaken) :
Paddle: It's what doctors call the equipment that they use to shock the patient's heart so it will beat again.
Bosmin : a medicine that increase blood pressure
kate : " You just love to torment readers, aren't you?" Yup, Love it and proud of it :P
gravitation gig : why dont you use the word shinigami,istead of God of death..." Well, I forgot - -'
xiar : "violence is an expression of passion " ( laughing and fall down from the chair)
mikage : Glad to know you like it :)
kari and siobhn01 : ...Who say that it ends?
pure reflection : Your welcome :)
kathy : Yeah, Touya is possessive,isn't he?
Kat : No! I didn't!
Kaitou : Thank you, I'll be more careful.
cry wolf : Sorry, pal.
