Ok, well, a little OOCness here, but not too much. Pleaseenjoy!
Over the months, Sakura had the fastest growing rank of any Go player.
Soon she had raised to Shindo's level.
'Shindo, when will we meet? I need to play you to see where I stand…and once I surpass him, Touya will be my next challenge…prodigy of Go they all say…they've never seen me play. I can play 9 dan people whenever I want…I have to play them…I need to play them…' she thought, as she lied awake in bed.
XxXxXxThe day soon enough came for Sakura. There had been a tournament for all 4 through 6 dan players. Shindo and Touya both were entering so Sakura knew she would too.
The matches were set up, if they won all their matches, she would see them in the quarterfinal and semi-final round. 'Shindo…Touya…' she thought as she took her seat.
"Onegaishimasu," they bowed.
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Matches were finished in under an hour at most tables, but Shindo was struggling. Eventually he won at a sudden turn of events as Sakura watched the game proceed.
She noticed a strange aura by Shindo…he seemed a little different, it seemed like those moves weren't his. Some of the not as good ones were his, but most were very strong moves, even for her.
"Waya! How did you do?" Shindo asked as he talked to a brown haired boy next to him. "I won, wasn't easy though," he joked. Shindo smiled and laughed.
Touya had been watching opposite of Shindo as to watch his moves also.
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The second round was about to begin. Sakura had gone to get a quick drink and almost didn't make it in time. "Onegaishimasu," they all bowed.
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Touya had won first out of the three, with Sakura closely behind him. Again, Shindo was last to barely win. His moves seemed worse than his last game. 'I want you at your fullest to play me Shindo, if not you're going to be crushed,' Sakura thought as she left the lobby.
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A few more rounds into the tournament, they were at the quarterfinals. Sakura had her chance to play Shindo at last. 'With the way he's been playing, this should be easy,' Sakura thought as she made her opening move.
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At least halfway through the game, Shindo brought out the stronger side of him, as if someone else was telling him where to move.
'Who ever is telling him to do it won't beat me,' Sakura thought as she placed a stone.
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"I resign," Shindo said as he bowed his head. "Arigato gozaimasu," she bowed her head. They started to clean up their stones. 'I knew it…he still has that aura though…' she thought as she got up out of her seat to watch Touya. He soon won his game and looked at Sakura with the same passion to win.
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The semi-final round was about to begin; it was her time to go against Touya, her new biggest challenge. He made the opening move at the star point and she played under him.
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Halfway through the game, they both started to lose their cool. Both were making unusual moves, but it got the job done. A few minutes later, he had to give up, "I resign." "Arigato gozaimasu," Sakura bowed as she picked up her stones. It looked as if Touya was trying to hold back his tears but wasn't doing very good. He grasped his pant legs hard before he got up and ran off. Sakura watched him leave as she placed the goke on the go-ban.
"What was that for!" Shindo yelled at Sakura. "I can't talk about it here," she sighed as she got up and left the table, waiting for the next match to start.
Please let me know if there are any mistakes grammar wise, I think that's how you spell it in Japanese though...and I'm using the same character name, even though it's not the same person. Please review!
--Sakura