The Love that Transcends a Thousand Years

--By sukishippo

Disclaimer: I do not own Hikaru no Go (crying TT), Yumi Hotta does. I want Akira!!! LUVVVV!!! Akira : )!! ( saying that while with hearts flying around…hehe)

The revised version. 15/09/07

Combination of the initial chap 1 and 2.

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Chapter One & Two:

"Akiiraaa!!!"

A strangled voice filled the air in the early morning, as a teenager suddenly sat up on his bed with his blanket tangled around his legs. The teenager blinked his eyes a few time to get rid of his sleepiness, and felt more aware of his surrounding. The teenager lifted his hand to his face to brush his long fringe aside when he suddenly felt tears running down his cheeks.

"Arghhh! Why do I always get this kind of dreams during this few weeks?!" Hikaru asked frustratedly to no one in particular.

About a month ago until now, Hikaru kept having the same dream everyday. During the month, the dreams had become clearer and more realistic in each passing day, especially during these few days. Hikaru can strongly feel the emotions and the tension of the girl in his dream, and had found himself to be crying along when he woke up during these few days.

Hikaru slumped back onto his bed and closed his eyes, as he tried to recall his dream. He had been doing this since a week ago, when he started to at least understand what was happening in the dream. He had wanted to get some clues on why he was having these dreams. He had so far understood that his dreams had something to do with Sai and well…himself, if you consider that girl in his dreams to be him.

Anyway, Hikaru had his suspicions that the 'girl' was himself. He had known from the dream that the girl's name was called Hikaru, and that he could always feel what the girl was feeling and know what the girl was thinking. It was kind of creepy for Hikaru that he was a 'girl' …well at least in his dreams anyway.

But one thing that Hikaru was kind of glad of, was that he can dream something about Sai, although he never met Sai during his dreams, which was kind of a pity.

Hikaru was running through the events of the dream in his head, hoping to catch a clue about the matter, when suddenly Hikaru sucked in a gasp of air.

"What is AKIRA doing in my dream?" Hikaru exclaimed as he suddenly remembered.

During these few days, Hikaru was also trying to guess the identity of the person who was hugging him…or 'her'. He doesn't know who that person was, as the dreams always end off a bit unclear and incomplete, until today...

He had kind of liked the feeling that he felt when that person hugged 'her' (or him) in the dream, it felt warm and woozy. But right now, Hikaru doesn't know what to think; only that, that person is Akira and that Akira is in his dream.

'What does this means?' Hikaru thought to himself as reflected upon his dreams.

Hikaru laid on his bed, while lost in thoughts for a considerable amount of time. When suddenly, the grandfather clock in the house rang for eight o'clock. Hikaru was jolted out of his thoughts due to the loud chiming of the clock, when Hikaru remembered that it was already eight in the morning.

"O Nooo!!! I am going to be sooo late for school!!!"

Hikaru yelled frantically, as he quickly hopped out of bed to get ready for school.

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An eighteen year old teenage boy wearing a Kaio High school senior uniform was leaning against a wall while facing the railway track. The boy's hair partially covered his cheek as he stared into the empty space. His anger over his friend's late arrival was expressed in his eyes.

"I'm sooo sorry, Touya!" his friend, who was also wearing the same Kaio High uniform, shouted as he waved his arms while running towards Akira from a distance.

"Why did you take so long to reach here? We are going to be late on the first day of school!" Akira exclaimed as his friend finally arrived in front of him.

"That's why I said I am sorry!!! I don't mean to be late…" Hikaru said guiltily.

"That's what you say all the time!" Akira said exasperatedly. "Anyway we are both going to be late if we don't hurry."

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The boys walked side by side as they proceed toward their school. Both of them had continued school after their graduation from their junior high, although it wasn't necessary for them as they are already Go professionals. They had made it into the most prestigious school in the area, partially due to their fame as a professional Go player…well in Hikaru's case that is.

Akira had continued school because his father, the Touya Meiji, thought that it will be best for him to further his studies as he was able to cope with both his job and school work.

While in Hikaru's case, his continuation of school was partially due to Sai's influence. This was because Hikaru wanted to learn more about the History of Japan, especially the Heian Period, as he would be and feel much closer to Sai. Another reason was because Akira had continued in his studies, and Hikaru had simply thought to follow along, much to his mother's delight.

During the last 2 years after The Hokuto Cup, one can see that Hikaru has caught up with Akira, well… maybe not in Go but in other physical attributes like the height. Now, Hikaru's height was 178cm, just only a quarter of a head short of Akira's. Also Hikaru's hair was much longer now, even longer than that of Akira. Hikaru's hair now has almost reached to the half of his back (as a memento of Sai--'sweet isn't it!'), but his bangs were still bleached.

"Hey Shindo, I think you had better tie up your hair before going into the school. You don't want to get into more troubles this year do you? It is your last year here, set a good example for your juniors." Akira said seriously, as they walked past the school gate.

Actually, Hikaru was the only person in the school who can sport a hairstyle that long. The school does not allow guys to have too long a hairstyle, but in Hikaru's case, he has been given special permission by the principal due to Hikaru's insistence and of course, his fame (I know I had said that many times. But I don't know what to write…).

"Yes I know, you can stop your preaching Touya." Hikaru said as he rolled his eyes. Hikaru then fished into his pocket to pull out a hair tie and tied his hair into a ponytail.

As they walked through the compound, they were accompanied by many pairs of eyes following them. Both Hikaru and Akira are pretty famous people in this school, especially when they are good looking too.

"O dear, we are going to be bothered again this year." Hikaru said tiredly as he slowly looked around and saw many freshmen (mostly females) looking at them.

"Don't be mean Shindo." Akira said half seriously, as he too understood Hikaru's feelings. He had been chased around the school by his crazy fangirls since he had started studying in this school.

"I am not like you Touya, I don't have the skill you have to handle this kind of situation. I nearly lost my cool at the group of girls that had surrounded me the last time." Hikaru whined.

"Hey! Maybe I should learn the way you always glare at me; it should be a workable way to ward off the fangirls!" Hikaru said jokingly.

Akira immediately glared at Hikaru intensely, while Hikaru laughed.

"Shindo, let's meet at our old meeting place, the bench under the sakura tree for our break. We need to go to our classes now." Akira said as the morning bell rang.

Akira and Hikaru studied in different classes as they had different subject combinations. But they had made it a habit to meet each other during their break to eat and to play Go, and had occasionally talked about themselves. This little habit had made their friendship stronger, even stronger than their rivalries.

"Ok, see you then." Hikaru said as he waved goodbye. Then he and Akira walked in their separate ways to their classrooms.

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Author's note:

I combined the initial chapter 1 and 2 together, caused I think that the chap will flow better, and tried to correct my grammar mistakes ("winced" caused spotted many mistakes).

I err…deleted the part on the Ooji-sama thing, caused I think that's lame.

Hope you like the revised version.