"Paa-paa! WAKIE UP!" Hikaru yelled, jumping on his father's bed, attempting to wake him up. Hikaru was pulling off the bed covers with all his might, only to fall backwards and tumbled onto the pillow.
Fujiwara no Sai was everything but a time-conscious person. It was only nowadays that he was not late for Go matches, thanks much to his adorable son, who climbed up the mountains (on top of his father) and pulled his father's hair (a whole bunch) before Sai wakes up.
However, today was very different. Sai had five matches and Hikaru was competing in the tourney. It was already 12pm and his father was still staring into space, sleepy-mode. Hikaru, with his fist full of hair, dragged his father to the bathroom, which was a hard work because the master bedroom, where both Hikaru and Sai slept in, and the bathroom, which had a huge bathtub and a shower cubical, were two doors apart. Seeing that his father had entered into the bathroom, Hikaru, a sensible kid, went to grab his back pack.
A few moments later, Sai was out of the bathroom, energetic and lively while dressed in a baggy long-sleeved white shirt and 'ripped-style' light blue jeans. He wore the apron hanging by the door and scooped some rice from the rice cooker.
"Chibi-chan!" Sai called, while Hikaru was drawing a big circle onto a booklet that Sai had created. Inside the booklet was full of Go puzzles and it was Hikaru's best thing to work on for killing time. Hikaru turned back upon hearing his name being called. "Have you seen Seiji-chan?" Sai questioned, while Hikaru told him that 'Seiji-nii' has cooked the rice before going off for his games. Sai gave a soft nod while proceeding to shape the rice ball in his palms skillfully. Sai hummed a little tune as he kneaded the rice ball, while Hikaru was playing idiotically with his little booklet.
The car halted to a stop outside the location where the Child's Tourney was being held. Sai, wearing a pair of sunglasses, unbuckled Hikaru's seatbelt and gave him a peck on the forehead. He ruffled Hikaru's head fondly while handing his backpack to the child.
"Play well, Chibi-chan…" Sai murmured, and gave him a little card as a good luck charm. Sai attached the card with a cloth neck-lace and hung it around Hikaru's neck while he stepped out of the car. Hikaru nodded happily and waved cheerily to his father as he drove off with a loud vroom.
Hikaru turned backwards, ready to head into the large building. However, his curiosity was aroused when he saw a woman being thrown out of the building. The woman, with long light pink colored hair , rather refined features, yet with a super hot-tempered mind control, kicked on the glass door while yelling hysterically to let her go into the building. Hikaru trotted towards the big sister, and tugged the hem of her white halter top. Cursing, she turned her head back only to see Hikaru staring at her innocently. Sighing, she knelt down to his height.
"Yes?" She asked, smiling gently. Hikaru smiled back, and took her hands, gesturing him to follow her. The woman, otherwise known as Kano Kyoko, the reporter of Weekly Go, yelped while the kid dashed into the room, with her stumbling dumbly behind. When the guards saw the kid and the woman, the frown was etched deeper in their face. The tall guard stopped Hikaru was preceding, while Hikaru looked at the large man inquisitively.
A receptionist saw the guard and the ruckus they were creating and she went towards the crowd. The receptionist yelped upon seeing Hikaru.
"Ah! Hikaru-chan!" The receptionist cried, kneeling down to the child's height, while Hikaru was grinning to the reporter. "Your father has called, making sure that you get into the competition room without getting lost." The receptionist just smiled and talked, while dismissing the guards. The receptionist eyed the woman who was kneeling down onto the ground, sighing.
As Hikaru noticed the suspicion from the receptionist, the child held on to Kyoko's arm and gave a childish cry ('Hurry, neechan! Hurry!'). The receptionist patted Hikaru on the head as he left with the woman, even though the woman was really familiar.
Kyoko and Hikaru sat on the bench, settling down. They still have half and hour more before the tourney starts.
"Thank you, kid," the woman whispered, patted on the kid's head. Hikaru just smiled from ear to ear, getting praised. "Right, your name's Hikaru?" The child nodded vigorously, while taking out the boxed lunch that Sai had prepared for him earlier.
"You have not eaten your breakfast?" the woman questioned, while helping Hikaru to open the lid that was sealed quite tightly. Upon opening the lid, the woman stared at the lunch in awe. Inside the box, were rice balls. Not those triangular shaped rice balls, but those which had the shaped of the animals.
"Ah!" Hikaru cried, pointing to the cat shaped rice ball, "It's Mister Cat!" he cried happily, while nibbling the head of Mister Cat off. He offered Mister Mouse to the big sister whose stomach was growling. They were in the same boat, too excited of oncoming events to eat their breakfast.
Time flies as they ate, while chatting with each other (Hikaru was speaking gibberish).
"Bye bye, Kyoko-neechan!" The kid cried happily, running off to the competitors' room. The tourney was going to start soon.
Inside the room, Hikaru saw Akira. His eyes brightened upon seeing a kid who was the same age as him and a kid whom he met earlier. Enthusiastically, he walked towards the child and called him. Akira turned back, and saw Hikaru. Akira's eyes swept over the bleached bang kid for a moment, and rested his gaze onto the child. Akira forced a smile to the kid, who grinned back. Touya Kouyo, his father's conversation with him had been haunting him.
"Akira… Be wary. Wary of the child named Hikaru… He's the son of the Go prodigy. Crush the seedling, cut off his roots. Destroy his arrogance with all you had. Your goal is not the child, my son. It is the Go prodigy… the one who is closest to the Hand of God…!"
Akira doesn't understand. Sometimes, he really did not understand what his father meant. However, father was always right. Akira just had to follow what his father has said and everything would be fine.
At least, that was what Akira thought. But facts have proved him wrong.
A/N: I must really say sorry for the delay in the update of chapter. It's devastating. :( Well, maybe you guys doesn't really understand what I am feeling hopeless about. But as the story proceeds, you will soon begin to understand.
Ara… and Kano Kyoko is an OC. Hope she isn't Mary-sueish.
Replying to Hyper-Bitch- Ara… do you have a pet name or something:P I really don't want to greet yer with your nick. Still, to what you have asked in your review, in regards to my updating of chapters, I would have to say perhaps once a week.
This chapter is late due to computer crash and I lost my Full moon chapters in a day! Argh. I rewrote it, and hopefully, it's better.
If I have a loooong drag, it probably that I would have abandoned this fiction, or rather, some accidents happened to my darling computer. :)