The Love that Transcends a Thousand Years
--By sukishippo
Disclaimer: I do not own Hikaru no Go, but Yumi Hotta does. It's just too bad…
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Chapter 3:
The wind was blowing gently across the garden, causing the branches and leaves of trees to wave as though as they were dancing. The spring sun shined brightly, causing the morning dews in the garden to sparkle brightly.
A girl was running along the winding path of the traditional garden in an attempt to catch a colourful butterfly. When suddenly a gush of strong wind, blow against her, causing her kimono to flutter violently around her. The girl tried to keep her clothing down while trying to shield herself from the strong wind, causing her to lose the track of the butterfly.
"What a pity…" Hikaru said as she looked around for the missing butterfly after the wind had quietened down.
Suddenly, something caught her attention. Hikaru turned her head towards the sound which she had noticed and her face broke out into a smile, a brilliant and dazzling sight to behold upon.
She walked past the bushes which adorn the pathway of the garden, taking a shortcut towards her destination, causing her kimono to collect the morning dew on the way.
She walked across the bridge which was over the koi pond, leading towards the 'sakura forest'. As she draws closer towards the source of the sound, she distantly admires the two people playing Igo in the pavilion which was surrounded by sakura trees and petals. One was a man in his mid-twenties, wearing the uniform of a court official. Another was a teenager, dressed in attire befitting of a noble.
She hurried in her steps to reach there; causing her Sai oniisan to looked up from the goban and noticed her. He smiled gently at her and beckoned her to join them, causing the other party to also look up from the game.
Hikaru smiled at Sai's gesture and her smile only brightened up when the teenager turned around and look at her. She waved at them as she ran in small steps (due to the constriction of the kimono) up the stairs of the pavilion while greeting them…
As Akira walked towards the bench of their meeting place which was at the sakura tree for their break, he noticed that there was already a student who sports a long ponytail, sitting there. Akira hurried towards the place and wanted to call out the person's name but hold, when he noticed that the person was dozing off.
Akira stood in front of Hikaru, and noticed him smiling gently at something he was dreaming about. Akira felt a small tweak in his heart and an urge to do something, when he saw the beautiful picturesque that the sakura blossoms and Hikaru's smile had formed, but he suppressed it away.
"Hikaru, Hikaru, wake up." Akira said gently as he shook Hikaru to make him wake up. He couldn't help himself but to say Hikaru's first name (which is Hikaru. I think I'm mixing plp up :p).
Hikaru groggily opened his hazy eyes and shoot him a bright smile, while saying in a very gentle (and slightly feminine) tone "Akira…" , which suggested that Hikaru was not quite awake and was still lingering in his dream.
Yet again, Akira felt the same tweak at his heart, but he chose to ignore it, as he shook Hikaru harder.
Hikaru was indeed still lingering in his dream when he saw the real Akira for the teenager in his dream as they looked exactly the same. He smiled and called out 'Akira', when he noticed that the Akira was wearing school uniform…
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Author's note:
For the plp who did the reviews for this story, thankyou. Although there aren't many reviews, it still means something to me :).
For Ai-Kusabana, I still do not have an actual plan for the story yet, but I think I will include Sai in this story :).
This story will be a Akira and Hikaru pairing, as you all can guess (just decided upon).
I try to update as soon as possible. So plz review!! Thanks!