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"Blahblahblah" : character's normal conversation
Blahblahblah : character's thought
"Blahblahblah" Telepathy
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Chapter 3 : Flying without wings
Then the young ghost entered into or rather flied into Hikaru's body.To Hikaru himself, though he had experienced it countless time since the day he signed a work contract with GSG, somehow he couldn't get used to this feeling.
He just stood still, then, out of the blue, a wintry wind blew into him. The strange thing was…that cool but not freezing breeze didn't vanish, on the contrary, it remained there spreading coldness all over every inch of his body, becoming a part of him.
" You're really happy, aren't you?" the hip mediums spoke up.
" H..How do you know?" Kasuki went pink with awkwardness.
" I can sense it," Hikaru explained, " Your happiness, your excitement when you're thinking of jumping,"
" You can hear me now?" the 17 year-old ghost wondered why suddenly the blond was able to hear him.
" Ofcourse, you're inside me, remember?" the owner of the body said sarcastically, " Since now you're inside me, I'm the only one who can hear you,"
" So…this is how it works, huh," Kasuki said thoughtfully, " Interesting,"
" Hey..y! You two! Let's do the high jump…p!" Faking his voice as if he was a high school girl, Nabeshima sang unpleasantly…again!
" Here, Hikaru-chan, sport shoes," Yuzuko handed him a pair of yellow running shoes, " You can't do the high jump wearing your leather shoes,"
While Hikaru was changing his shoes, Haku took a crossbar in order to prepare for the high jump, " Kitagawa-san, how tall is it that you want? "
" Umm, my record is 1.70 meters tall," Kasuki answered, yet, only Hikaru heard him.
" 1.75," theblithe agent told his partner.
" 1.75? But I…"
" The record is meant to be broken, Kitagawa-san," Cutting off, he grinned arrogantly.
" !...Okay, Let's do it together!" With his eyes burning, Kasuki stated with confidence.
" Hurey! Hurey! Go!Go! Hikaru!" the charming cheerleader girl and the shocking-pink bunny cheered loudly, jumping, dancing and waving their sparkly pompoms, " Fight!Fight! Kitagawa!"
" Be in the position, please," this time the amateur priest served as a referee, " We'll use the formal rule, you have 3 chance,"
" I'll give you the control now," Closing his sea green eyes, Hikaru said quietly. When Shindou Hikaru opened his eyes again, it was Kitagawa Kasumi who was in command, not Shindou Hikaru.
" Wowww, check this out, I have fingers again," Looking at the moving hands, Kasuki uttered in awe but it wasn't his own voice coming out from the mouth, it was Hikaru's.
" Technically, they're still be mine," the annoying blond cut in.
" Oh!" Kasuki jumped, he was absolutely having fun, " I can hear your voice inside my head!"
" How many times do I have to remind you that we're sharing the same body?" Hikaru asked the overexcited ghost ironically, "Now, let's do the high jump!"
" Right!" Kasuki just remembered why they were here in the first place.
" Readyyy, Steadyyy...anddd..." Haku lifted his hand up to the dark sky, " Go!" Letting his hand fall, he shouted.
The high jump maniac ghost had no sooner heard Haku's shout than he started running with his top speed. When he reached the jumping point, he jumped into the air. He curved the body to avoid the crossbar but he couldn't make it, he touched it.
/ Clang…g/ The iron crossbar knocked down to the ground.
" Relax, relax," Hikaru encouraged the disappointed ghost, " Don't worry, relax,"
" First attempt! Fails!" the judge announced.
" !"
"Damn you, Haku," The green-eyed mediums cursed. " Don't listen to him, think of jumping only!"
" Right!" With great determination, Kasuki agreed. He's right, Just think of jumping!
" Second attempt!" After Kasuki had been in the position, Haku declared.
I ran too fast last time, relax, relax, slow down a bit. Kasuki thought in silence over and over again.
"….Readyyy...Steadyyy... GO!" the 15-year-old arbiter yelled.
Just like the first time, Kasuki started running but this time he was calmer. Don't push too hard, just follow the rhythm. Then he jumped, crossed the bar, his head passed it , so did the body but then…
/Clang…g/ The very same iron crossbar fell down to the ground for the second time.
" Damn it!" Thinking back to the day he died, he cursed himself. He remembered well what had happened on that unfortunate day.
When Kitagawa Kasuki had been in junior high school, he was a star, a rising star for the athlete club, however, everything had turned upside down when he entered high school. He had found out that there were so many who was more talented than him, compared to them , his little gift was nothing. The rising star soon became a falling star, he was placed as a substitute. Deep inside his broken heart, he knew that it was entirely his fault. He hadn't practiced much as he was supposed to, he was overconfident, he thought that a talented man didn't need practicing. It was then he realized that he had been wrong for all these years but there was still time left. He began to train hard, harder than ever, harder than anyone, sohe would become the star again. He remembered running to his school, it should have been the day he showed everyone the result of his tough training but he was hit a car instead. When he woke up, he found himself at the playing field. Unable to go anywhere else, unable to see the light, unable to let it go, he stayed here, day after day, wandering around, watching his teammates practicing, jumping, breaking their own records. Is Miyama's record is 1.73? If I pass it, it means that I'm suitable to be the representative, right?
" So, this is what happened, huh?" Hikaru abruptly interrupted, " Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't you just say you only wanted to jump for the last time?"
" I…" the confused ghost stammered.
" I think that we gonna break the record together," the two-tone hair boy pushed.
" Ofcourse, we…"
" Whose record then? Miyama's record? Or yours? He continued pushing.
" ! "
" Who are you fighting with ?" He pushed.
"………"
" Yourself?"
"………"
" Or that Miyama guy?" And he pushed.
"………"
" Why do you love jumping anyway?"
" !"
" Be in position, please, Kitagawa-san," ordered sharply Haku.
" Ah, Hai!" Kusuki answered. Why do I love high jumping? Football, baseball, basketball, running…why did I choose the high jump?
" Fight! Fight! Kitagawa!" Nabeshima and Yuzuko cheered, " Fight! Fight! Do you best!"
Clapping and cheering…
" Ready...Steady... Go!" Haku announced.
Blood and Adrenaline's pumping throughout the body…… air's hitting on my face… Running, Kusuki thought.
" KASUKI! JUMP!" Hikaru's thunderous cry woke him up.
Following his instinct, the high jumping player jumped off the ground, into the air. Though, it lasted only a second, he felt like eternity. Ah…I remember it now… I just…want to know how close I can reach the sky…the moment I'm the closest to heaven….
/ Paap/ he fell and landed on the landing area.
This is it! This is it!
" Hurey! Hurey!" the fat bright pink bunny and Yuzuko jumped in delight, hugging each other, " Nice jump! Who's the best? It's Kitagawa! Ki-Ta-Ga-Wa!"
" Congratulations, Kitagawa-san," Offering his hand, Haku smiled mildly, " Nice jump,"
" Thank you," Reaching out for the hand, Kusuki got up. Thank you to you too, thank you.
" Yeah! Nice jump! Well done, Man!" Cheered Hikaru, "……But can someone do something with that silly bunny and that crazy girl over there,"
" Hahaha," Laughed Kasuki.
Now, it was time for the peaceful ghost to leave Hikaru's body giving it to its rightful owner.
" This is it, right? Now you're ready to go with us, right?" Nabeshima asked.
Smiling weakly, Kasuki uttered quietly, " When I realized that I was dead…that I had no body left….that I was nothing but just a ghost that no one could see, a mist that couldn't touch a thing…I had never imagined this day would actually come," Fighting back tears of happiness, he said with his trembling voice, " To have the body…to jump…to feel again…..Thank you, all of you thank you," Then he abandoned his temporal body. Thank you.
" Especially you, Thank you," he bowed to Hikaru who now gained back his body, unluckily, the blond couldn't see it.
" He's bowing to you," Haku whispered into Hikaru's ear while he was changing his shoes.
" Oh! There's no need to do that!" Standing up rapidly, the cheery 1-Dan said in panic, he didn't get used to courtesy anyway, " I'm glad I can help," he spoke clumsily.
" Kitagawa-kun, it's time," Tapping the ghost's transparent shoulder, Yuzuko said.
" Bye bye, boys," Starting his motorcycle engine, Nabashima shouted cheerfully, " Nice job as always,"
" Thank you, Hikaru-chan, Haku-chan," Waving them a goodbye, Yazuko smiled.
" I'll be in touch," Nabeshima said, " Until next job, Bye,"
Then a big pink Harley carrying the big shocking-pink bunny, the short girl and the young athletic ghost flied into the night sky and slowly disappeared into the dark.
" So, three of them squeeze into that motorcycle?" asked Hikaru since he couldn't see the man he had just helped.
" Yeah, Like always," his blue-eyed co-worker answered evenly.
" I think he should get himself a car," the Go pro suggested wisely, " A sport car, maybe"
" Totally agree," Haku grinned.
On the way to heaven ( Polaris), Milky Way
" Ah! I forgot!" Kasuki suddenly cried.
" What?" Nabeshima widened his eyes in alarm, " What is it now?"
" Is there something wrong, Kitagawa-kun?" Yuzuko questioned with worry, " You're not ready to leave that world yet?"
" I forgot to ask his name!" Slapping his forehead, the ghost hung his head down in disappointment.
" Whose name?" Yuzuko wondered.
" That boy!" Kasuki replied loudly, " The two-tone hair boy who let me borrow his body! The mediums!"
" Shindou Hikaru," Nabeshima stated.
" Huh?"
" His name is Shindou Hikaru!" he repeated louder, " Shindou Hikaru!"
" Shindou Hikaru, huh?" whispered Kasuki, " Shindou Hikaru,"
A/N : Next chapter, we'll know more about Hikaru and GSG! What do you think about this chapter? I'm myself not an athlete but I try my best to show Kasuki's love for high jump. So how is it?
Kathy : Glad to see you on the review list :)Glad to know you like it :)"and what happen those six months ago?" Gotta wait till next chapter
Firehedgehoq : So what do you think about Hikaru, the mediums?
Kagomegirl21 : "just be sure to keep an eye open" Haha, okay. Well, the thing is, I've already finished this story before I posted it. So, if you find the following chapter confusing, I'm sorry but I'm too lazy to rewrite it, I know, I know, Bad LittleNK.
Dragonshadows : About the taxi driver? Well, I just wanna add something fun in the chapter, do you like it? And it's true that taxi driver like to do it, at least here, Thailand.
