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Chapter 1 : Touya Akira and his doppelganger

May, at the hotel where The Hokuto Cup took place

" Why can't I join the closing ceremony?" Feeling depressed, Ikawa Kyoko, an official lady from Hokuto Co. Ltd, rested her head on the reception desk and let out a deep heavy sigh in boredom. She wanted to be in the hall with her handsome Ko-Yongha and her pretty Touya Akira rather than sitting here, dying in front of the hall all alone.

" Excuse me, where can I find Shindou Hikaru?" An enchanted voice questioned her.

Promptly got up in panic, Ikawa answered the visitor automatically, "He.. he's in the hall, sir!"Seeing the unforeseen guest quickly heading to the said hall, she cried, " O..Only those who are directly concerned in the tournament can..!" Her voice suddenly grew soft when the guest turned around, "…enter,"

"………" Knowing that the receptionist wouldn't stop him from entering the hall anymore, the young boy in a black sweater and navy pants went inside.

" When did he change his clothes?" wondered Ikawa.

At the closing ceremony,

" Ah! Touya-kun!" A higher-Dan greeted the clueless new comer with a smile, " Your father is over there with…" Eh? Isn't that Touya-kun? Then who is this boy?

The boy didn't wait for any further question, he continued walking, casting his eyes over the room for his colleague. Where is he? If he didn't find him soon, they would be late and he didn't want to, so he decided to ask the girl near by.

" Excuse me, do you know !…" It turned out that that girl wasn't a girl at all, it was a boy, the boy whom his talkative friend always mentioned.

" You…." Gasping with surprise, Akira whispered under his breath. He!

" Wow!" Kurata cried out noisily, " Touya-Sensei! You've never told me that Touya-kun has a twin brother!"

"…….." Kouyo didn't reply, he was too stunned to speak. Is this possible? Who is this boy? How can two different persons look exactly the same like this? The reason he hadn't told the fat pro that his son had a twin brother before because he didn't have! Touya Kouyo had only sole heir, it was Touya Akira, his only son! Then who is he? How come he looks like Akira?

Not only the ex-Mejin who got completely confused but also his son, Akira kept staring at another him in wide-eyed amazement. He perfectly understood why his team manager thought they were twins. The boy standing right before him was nothing but his duplicate, he even shared the same blue eyes as him. …Or… No…it can't be. Father never ever…but then…why does he…Did he do that? Did father cheat on mother?

…………

" Touya Akira, I presume," the enigmatic boy woke Akira from his crazy thought.

" You…you know me?" The 3-Dan asked with guarded tone.

" Ofcourse," the boy answered in a friendly way with a soft smile, " Hikaru always talks about you,"

" Shindou? Do you know Shindou?" Akira in a dark-grey suit queried with great curiosity.

" Yes, he told me you're the one who finds Sai,"

Sai? Did he just say Sai? I find Sai? But when? Seeing his mirror image was one thing, hearing that he found the legendary Sai was definitely another thing, it shocked Akira's system.

Sai? Did Akira meet Sai? Kouyo froze.

" Haku?" It was no one else but the famous blond who arrived to the scene with Yashiro Kiyoharu behind his back.

" Touya's twin?" the Kansai pro uttered once he saw another Touya Akira.

" Hikaru," Haku greeted.

" I didn't expect to see you here, well, you don't play Go anyway," Hikaru chatted happily.

Touya Akira's twin brother doesn't play Go? Kurata and Yashiro mentally shouted wondering if this was what it called "double standard". Touya Kouyo's son doesn't know how to play Go? Touya-Sensei doesn't teach him the game?

" Are you here to support me?" the bleached bang pro asked optimistically but Haku didn't say anything back, he just looked into Hikaru's green eyes.

………..

………..

Knowing the understood answer, the blond grumbled irritably, " I can't believe this. I thought I've already told Nabeshima-san that I didn't want any assignment during the Hokuto Cup,"

" Tsutsumi-san has a high fever," Haku stated calmly, " Akuma-san is busy nursing him,"

" Ah-I see," Giving himself a massage at the back of his neck, Hikaru said it with a faint sigh, "I guess, we don't have any choice then, Let's go,"

Totally ignored by his only friend, Akira hastily grabbed Hikaru's arm before he left with the suspicious Haku, " Wait! Shindou! Where're you going? Err.. I means, the ceremony isn't over yet. What assignment? Who is he?" Not knowing why, he only knew that he didn't like this boy, whoever he was, he didn't like him. And he surely didn't want Hikaru to go with him, wherever it was, " Is he your friend?"

" Ah! Yes!" Shindou-1 Dan wasn't well-known for his intelligence, he didn't notice Akira's uncommon hostility at all, not even the slightest. "Touya, this is Haku, Ichinomiya Haku," he introduced his rival to his co-worker, " Haku is my…"

" Partner," Haku said.

No, Haku. You shouldn't have said that. Shaking his head in despair, the blond let out a very weighty sigh knowing what the others might think about their relationship. Although Shindou Hikaru was seldom right and unbelievable dense, he was always correct and incredible bright in this kind of…circumstances. Was it a gift or a curse? He didn't know but he truly wished he was wrong this time but….he was right, unfortunately.

" Partner?" Kurata, Yashiro and Akira shouted at the top of their voice. Partner? They are…

" Not that kind of partner!" Hikaru strongly protested, " We work together! We're colleagues! "

" Work? Colleague?" Akira echoed.

" Yes, we've been teaming up for months now," the green-eyed pro explained. Next time I have to teach Haku to choose his word carefully.

" Hikaru, Let's go," Haku tabbed at the blond's shoulder lightly, " My taxi is waiting," he urged.

" Guys, Let's talk about this later, Okay?" Hikaru ended the interrogation, " I've to go now, Bye," he said before walking away. Smiling, Haku bowed respectfully and followed his Partner to the exit leaving the Go players dumbfounded.

" Wait! Shindou," Akira called out but it was too late, Hikaru and his doppelganger had already disappeared into the crowd.

A/N: What work? What are they talking about? If you wanna know, you gotta read the next chapter