BROTHERS FORVER

Disclaimer: I don't own Hikaru no Go.

A/N: Thanks for the reviews and I'm so sorry about this chapter! It took me too long to be out of my being lazy spree! I don't know what's happening but I'm beginning to become lazy! sigh Anyways I hope no one is out there for my for blood for this very delayed chapter. Hope you enjoy this chap.

Chapter 21

"This is my entire fault! I should have checked on him if he was even home that day!" A man whose hair was longer than most woman of his age cried out. He was clutching a handkerchief that he used to sweep his tears from his purple colored eye. His cheeks were flushed due to his continuous crying.

"It isn't your fault Sai. We all should have checked up on him if he was even home everyday." Mitsuko said while tracing circles on the back of Sai to somehow comfort her depressed son. She was devastated when she learned that her younger son had vanished. She thought Hikaru avoid them and only come out of his room when they were out.

"I wouldn't worry about that brat if I were you. He left on his own so he should learn to return on his own." Sai's grumpy father said. His eyebrows were knot together and his face was slightly red because of anger.

It had been a month and a half since the day one Shindo Hikaru had gone missing. No one notice that he was gone since everyone was busy doing their own works. It had been Akari who reminded them of Hikaru and when they knocked on his door everything he owned was gone. There were no traces of him left on the room at all.

The Shindos went to the police to ask for help in search for the youngest member of the family almost immediately since Sai won't stop pacing until they go to the officials.

Mitsuko had phoned his father if he knew something of Hikaru's whereabouts but her father only chuckled and told her Hikaru was old enough. She then became suspicious of her father but didn't pry him anymore since she knew he would tell no more.

Her husband was not affected at all by the sudden disappearance of their younger son. She felt guilt swell up on her as she admitted that she too was slightly not affected by it at all.

The only one who was affected the most was Sai.

Sai had been on hysteria for almost a month. He even ditched his matches just to go with the search party. He can't even have a proper sleep and meal and each passing day he looked more depressed.

The Go Association had given Sai a two month vacation from his work. Most of the pros were shocked that the Honninbo had a younger brother. It never occurred in their minds that Sai had a sibling. Some of the pros had fascinated about the idea of another prodigy. Some though were irritated that there was another 'Sai' walking around.

Some of the pros who were not shocked about the news were the title holders. The Meijin knew that the young Honninbo had a brother but never saw the younger Shindo.

Ogata nine-dan was not impressed at all. Shinku and Akari told him the bad news a week after the disappearance of Hikaru. The teenagers told him that they were trying to contact him. They always fail though since there was no one answering the calls. Then after a few more weeks Hikaru had called them and told them not to worry. Ogata almost scolded the rebellious teen for not informing anyone of his whereabouts. Hikaru though just laughed and told them that he checked the college school he'll be attending to this coming school year.

Akari had cried in outrage and told Hikaru that he must be checking Sr. High Schools not Colleges ones. Shinku laughed beside Akari and told her that Hikaru had passed a test that will make him take college and skip his sr. high.

After that, Akari just gave up.

Hikaru had told Seiji that he might not be attending some of his classes but will try and attend one if he had time. The nine-dan just smiled his creepy smile and told the teen that he must study well. Hikaru just laughed as a reply.

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Hikaru stared at the monitor of his laptop while typing on his keyboard. There were various books lying around his small bed. On the floor were computer tools and equipment that was neatly pilled on a corner of the room.

Hikaru smiled as he save his incomplete program and decided that today's work was enough. The game industry had phoned him and asked if he want to team up with another company. He agreed on it and he was assigned on the programming area.

He was not really that good but he's improving by studying. That's why he skipped his sr. high and went straight to college.

Hikaru's eyes suddenly glazed as he remembered the incident two months ago. He didn't know at that time but memories of his past came rushing in his mind. He remembered that he held a knife near Sai's neck and was ready to kill him. Hikaru shudder. He didn't want to kill his brother but a memory in him told him that he needed to kill his older brother. Maybe it was one of his past life's memories. Was he also miserable in the past? Or was he starting to become insane?

Shaking his head to clear his mind, Hikaru clicked the shortcut icon of the HYPE and started to log-in. It had been nearly two months since log on and played.

Suddenly an idea popped up on Hikaru's mind. He turned slightly to his side to grab his back pack. He dug up his small organizer and opened it. He looked at the calendar and search for a date.

A grin broke in his face when he spotted the date. Hikaru then type something on his laptop.

"This might turn the wave of the Go industry. Those old people at the industry better appreciate this."

Hikaru clamped his hands over his mouth to stop himself from giggling or cackling like an insane villain in a movie.

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It was such a nice day. The weather was great and everything was peaceful for once. Everything was peaceful in the eyes of the teenagers who were walking around in a Go event.

The elderly ones looked in awe at the number of youngsters in the event. Never in their life had they expected teenagers to come to such event.

Even Kuruta Atsushi stared at the scene in front of him. The teens looked like the one you'll see on a mall not on a go event. The other pros beside him were gapping slightly.

'I wonder what they are doing in this kind of event.' The chubby nine-dan wondered to no one in particular. Shrugging his shoulders he went to his booth and opened the registration for his go lesson. The other pros that saw him followed his lead and started with their own works.

Minutes later, Kuruta nine-dan was wondering if he was still sleeping in his room and was now only having a very nice dream. The teens who were walking around the event had actually registered themselves to his go lesson. There were also other who signed on other pros.

Or maybe he was not dreaming at all.

"Ei! You're that guy we dragged to a computer shop a few months ago!" A kid wearing a baggy pants and shirt exclaimed. The other teens beside him nodded their head and Kuruta was looking at them in confusion.

"Dragged to a computer shop……" Suddenly a flash of memory appeared before his eyes. He then grinned at the teens and welcomed them at the event.

"What are you doing here anyways?" Kuruta asked the teens who stood behind him after they signed up.

"Oh? We just came here to learn stuff or two. Revenge told us about this event and said that we'll need it for the upcoming game on the net. It's not fun to lose without knowing what happened."

Kuruta smiled at the teens and told them that he'll give them his autographs after the go-session. The teens not knowing what to do just shrugged and told Kuruta that they'll expect it after the session. They then told the nine-dan that they'll walk around to check things up.

As the figures of the teens disappeared from his view the pro twisted his face in concentration.

'So there is someone out there inviting teens to play go and is succeeding. Normally only small children will play go and then afterwards they'll forget about it after they grow up. Afterwards they will play go once they are old enough to have grandchildren. So for someone to convince teens to play this guy must be good. I wonder who he is.' The nine-dan thought deeply. A loud grumble broke the pro's deep concentration. 'I'm thinking too much. Oh well it's time to eat!'

Kuruta nine-dan then started to walk towards a food stall to order something before he's go-session starts.

On the other side of the place a shocked Honninbo and an annoyed nine-dan stared at the sight.

"I can't believe there are teens in this event!" Sai suddenly exclaimed while shaking Seiji.

"Yes… I can't believe it either." The nine-dan said in a monotone voice before taking Sai's hands of him that successfully freed him from the shake.

Sai looked to his right and left and smiled for the first time since his younger brother's disappearance. He always dreamed a day like this and it came true! Maybe the generation of Go in Japan didn't really died.

"Do you think all these teens are inseis?" The longhaired male asked his companion who was in the process of lightning his cigarette.

"No I don't think so. Maybe some of them are but majority they are not." Ogata answered the Honninbo after blowing the smoke from the cigarette.

"I wonder why they are here… Anyways Seiji-san! Let's go and look for Kuruta-san!" Sai exclaimed before grabbing the older pro's hand and dragging him.

On the corner of his eyes, Ogata saw Hikaru leaning against a wall. Hikaru was wearing a long sleeved shirt and baggy pants. He had a yellow eyeglasses and a bonnet. He had a headset clamped on his ears. Ogata turned his head to see the teen while being dragged by Sai.

Hikaru was staring at him before the teens mouth twitched in a smirk. Ogata then scowled before turning his gaze away from the teen.

In the nine-dan opinion the smirk said two things. It was either 'It was me who convince my fellow teens to come to this event' or 'I can't believe you're being dragged by Sai. You should see it yourself.'

The nine-dan was scowling all the day that he freaked some teens on the event.

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I know some of you out there are confused of Hikaru's action when he tried to kill Sai right? Well I'm pretty confused myself.

Hikaru was a reincarnate of Kataki and he was not reincarnated only once. So that means he had other memories than Kataki's.

Why he told the players of net go hype to go to the event? Well his game was about go so it's pretty normal to announce an event like that to the net.

I'm really sorry if it took like for me to update. I got this game Fatal frame based on true story and started it last month. Then after that I played it for more than a week since I'm too scared to play it in the evening. Then after that I got this burn out 3. Well the game kinda rock since there's no penalty if you crash your opponent's car; they'll give you points on doing that.

Anyways let's pray that this lazy syndrome leave me soon…

Hope you enjoy this chap and that you're still out there and reading this. Anyways have a good day.

Ja Ne!