Forgetting The Past

By: sendoh11

Disclaimer: I don't own either HNG or Gravitation.


Chapter 2

Nothing is a coincidence…Everything That Happens Is

Nothing More Than Fate…


Touya Akira, a go prodigy, son of Touya Meijin, was currently very angry and frustrated at himself. He was not only late for dinner since he had lost track of time studying kifu, but he had also accidentally left his kifu at the Go Institute in a rush. So now, here he was on his way to the institute, all the while cursing himself for his own carelessness.

Akira frowned at that thought. 'His carelessness?' He had been taught from young that one simple mistake can also be fatal in a game of go. Therefore he can never be careless. Hell, it should not even be in his vocabulary. At least not until Shindou Hikaru came. He was known for his carelessness and lateness and Akira was sure that he must have got some of Hikaru's habit.

Akira's mind started drifting off to Hikaru. Hikaru was an enigma to him and he could never understand him. Whenever Akira thought that he had finally understood about him, Hikaru would do something totally off and caused Akira to doubt his understanding about Hikaru. Akira had long given up trying to figure out about Hikaru, he would only be getting a headache trying to do so.

Four years ago, Hikaru had defeated him twice, when they were still in sixth grade. He had thought that Hikaru was as strong as his father, or maybe even stronger. Only after playing him did Akira knew that there was someone so strong out there. Akira started to work hard, wanting to defeat Hikaru, but he was very disappointed when he played Hikaru for the third time. He could not believe that he was chasing after someone who was so weak for so long. He ignored Hikaru after that.

Later, there was Sai, the legendary internet go player. Everyone had believed that the person was a student and the first person that came into his mind was Hikaru. Akira did not believe it, since Sai was a lot stronger than the Hikaru he first saw, but he somehow had a feeling that Sai was Hikaru. Hikaru denied it, but he still has his doubt, especially after what Ogata had said. It was after the game Akira's father played against Sai. Ogata had overheard that it was Hikaru who arranged the game with his father.

Not only that, but Akira was shocked when he knew that Hikaru was an insei, who later became a professional. Akira was exited. Finally, he was able to play Hikaru. On that day when he was supposed to play with him, Hikaru never appear. It was the same for the next few days. Akira tried to talk to him at school, but Hikaru ran when he saw him. That was the last time he saw him.

While Akira was still on his way to the institute, it started drizzling. Akira quickened his pace, not wanting to get too wet for he might get a scolding from his mother who can become quite scary when she got angry. Akira shuddered at that thought; he would definitely not want to get on her bad side. There was one time when he accidentally broke one of her mother's favorite vases which were given to her by her parents as a wedding gift and his mother was furious. He could still remember clearly what happened to him after that as if it just happened yesterday and he would not want it to happen again.

Akira thought he saw someone entering the institute. He jogged faster, wanting to know why someone would go to the institute so late at night. Finally, he caught up with that person, and he got a shock when he saw that person. His jaws dropped before he could even stop it. Shindou Hikaru. It must be him.

Those eyes, he remembers it clearly. It was filled with so much grieve and sadness the one cannot bear to look into it, but what shocked Akira were those hair colours. Pink, bright pink. He never knew that Hikaru's fashion taste was so bad. It was badenough when he had blond bangs, butpink? Akira wondered what colour would Hikaru choose next.

He turned just in time to see Hikaru started to walk away. Not wanting to lose him again, Akira shouted,

"Shindou!"


Finally, i updated. I've been really lazy to type. I'm hopeless and i know that. I know that the idea of ShuichiHikaru is quite...unusual, but the idea had been in my head for quite some time already. So, i decided to write it. Anyway, please review.