"Gosiko!" Hikaru fully faced the 7 Dan who seemed to be in as much shock as Hikaru was in.
"Gosiko Sensei! You know this kid?" Yomogiu asked surpised.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" was the first thing that came out of the pro's mouth.
Hikaru took in the situation and felt his anger mounting.
He turned towards Kitsuki san, "You can be sure that this guy is a fraud!" Hikaru pointed a now open fan at Gosiko, "He tried to sell fake-"
He didn't get any further as a flying fist hit him, throwing him to the floor and his fan out of his hand. Hikaru felt his head hit against a table leg and winced in pain, waiting for the next hit to come even as he struggled to his feet.
Gasping he held the edge of the table to steady himself and straighten his spinning head. When he finally focused his eyes he found the older man and a stranger holding on to the raging Gosiko.
"HIKARU-KUN!" Ichikawa san ran to him, "Are you alright?"
"I felt better." Grumbled Hikaru holding his head and picking up his fan.
"What's going on here?" she asked as she looked at the scene.
"THAT GUY-"
"THAT KID-"
"THAT BOY-"
"THAT PRO-"All four stared.
"Let's get this straightened out." The young man who had held on to Gosiko turned towards the elder man and the 6 Dan, "Recreate the game – I'll do the counting."
"I…I'm afraid I forgot some parts of the game." Said the 6 Dan lamely.
"I remember but I don't think there is anything wrong with the game, but since you're saying Ikazuchi san, I will"
Hikaru stared at the young man as the Kitsuki san sat down at a goban and quickly recreated the game. He had heard that name somewhere! Even that face seemed familiar. Surely he was a pro. Had he played him sometime? No. but then where had he seen him?
Suddenly, Ikazuchi san glanced up staring right into his eyes. Self consciously, Hikaru covered his lower face with his open fan. The deep blue eyes had a serious touch to it and the pale fair face suggested a controlled character. Ikazuchi san broke contact as his eyes shifted to the quickly recreating game. Hikaru looked at the too long chocolate coloured hair that certainly needed a trim – which looked a lot like Hong Su-Yeong's messy hair.
"I'll take it from here." Ikazuchi san sat down opposite Kitsuki san and quickly reformatted the pattern.
"96" Ikazuchi san muttered as he glanced at Kitsuki san.
Getting a nod from him, Ikazuchi san proceeded to count Yomogiu's territory.
Ikazuchi san finished and turned to Yomogiu, "95- without komi -I understand that was agreed on? "
"WHAT?" Kitsuki san jumped up shocked.
"I…I guess I made a…mistake!" a very sorry looking Yomogiu said stuttering.
Gosiko stared shocked. Then without a word, he turned and ran.
"Hey!" Hikaru yelled making to run after him.
"Hikaru kun." Ichikawa san stopped him, "He's got a name, address and a phone number."
"Huh? That's right!" Hikaru said as if he realized that a moment ago.
"Young man." Beamed Kitsuki san, "I think I owe you an apology."
"Eh!" Hikaru smiled nervously and turned to Ichikawa san, "I think I should be going now."
"Of course." Ichikawa san gave him a doting look and walked to the counter, deciding to get the whole story from Kitsuki san after he left.
Hikaru walked ahead of her and stood next to the counter as he waited for Ichikawa san to give him his bag. He glanced towards the group advancing towards them.
Hikaru stared at the chocolate hair coloured pro and the similarity of a previous situation struck him.
"Oh! Let them in for free Sarah"
"Ikazuchi Sensei!"
"Well, I'll be leaving now Sarah. Junior may drop in later in the evening."
"Ikazuchi?" he whipered. His son? Or a relative?
"JUNIOR!"
All heads turned towards him, including Ikazuchi san's shocked and surprised one.
Hikaru hadn't meant to shout out the words, but his surprise at realizing who the Ikazuchi sibling was, shocked the words out of him.
And to cap it all, Hikaru grabbed his bag on the counter and dashed out.
"You know Hikaru kun, Ikazuchi san?" He barely heard Ichikawa san ask as he sprinted down the stairs.