For the Love of Go

Hey, New chapter!!! I know some people have been complaining about how short my chapters are but I'm trying. It's just that I'm not used to it. Sorry!!

This chapter was supposed to be put up last Monday but I got distracted while writing it and that disrupted my whole pattern.

Anyway, Thanks for the reviews: Ai-Kusabana, Milisant, lirrel, Hamaza, Silver-White-Tiger, wingsofeagle, CrisscrossAnime, Lady Psyche, ChibiAzn3, locic, vampirelf, VVish, dragonzice, lilsilverphoenix, ayeala150, White Ivy, Yami no Hikari-Chan, muntos girl, KagomeGirl021, danxi123, LokiGirl, blood red tensai, zeynel, Night Air, Lilith Desiree, Yuriel-Castries, Esa MaRie and serenamoonrose2001

Yami no Hikari-Chan about Hikarus recovery. I meant for it to make it so that he takes at least a week for him to recover. Sorry for being unclear! I was writing that chapter with my little bro talking next to me continuously. Very hard to concentrate with him there.

ayeala150, After Sai disappeared, Hikaru started playing net go. He didn't know about it net go when Sai was with him. He just borrowed his name.

Logic sorry I didn't use your idea. I would have but before I read your review I had already plans of making Hikaru live. I couldn't imagine a scenario where he doesn't. Sorry again.
wingsofeagle about whether its just Akira, it won't be until a while before Hikaru actually notices the other boys feelings. Hikaru will be very clueless most of the time, which will frustrate Akira. And although Hikaru is twelve, Akira is 13 so he is not really too young.

Also about whether this fanfic will be Shounen ai or not will be up to you guys. Some people complained so I decided that for the next say chapters you can vote for either one. Ok! And if you want it to not be Shounen ai, I'll replace the chapter where the shounen ai started.

Chapter 8

Hikaru came to a stop in front of a large traditional looking house. He looked down at the piece of crumpled paper, that contained the address, just to be sure he was in the right place. When he saw that it wasn't a mistake, he looked up and stared in wonder.

Damn! He thought softly. The Touya family must be filthy rich.

He couldn't really compare his own house to theirs since their house must be three times the size of it.

He felt his palms start to sweat. He didn't know what kind of people he was going to meet. He didn't like it when he didn't know what to expect. I usually made it easier for him to interact properly when he did.

He lifted a shaking finger to ring the bell. He found that his hand were shaking so much that he couldn't press the button. Although he was healthy again, it didn't make it impossible for him to panic. Taking several deep calming breaths to calm himself he tried once again.

When he rang the doorbell, someone answered on the intercom:

This is the Touya residence. Who might you be and what business do you have here?

"Um…I'm Shindo Hikaru, Touya Akiras friend and I was invited for dinner."

Ah, Shindo-san, come in.

He heard the door of the gate unlock and he opened it. He went through a small walkway toward the main door to the house. The door opened before he reached it and a woman about his mothers age maybe younger came out to greet him. When no Touya came out after her, he was puzzled.

"Hello Shindo-san" she said smiling at him softly. "I'm Akiras mother. Please call me Akiko-san. It wouldn't do for you to call me Touya-san when all the residents of this house are Touyas."

"Ok " he replied shyly. "And thank you for your hospitality"

"Come in."

He was relieved that she was a nice person. She kind of reminded him of his mother which made him relax a bit. And as he followed her into the house, he noticed that not only did the house look old fashioned from the outside it was on the inside as well.

This was the first time he had been in a house that was this old. She led him through the hall and stopped in front of a door and turned to him.

"Shindo-san, my son is in this room. Please go in while I go check on dinner."

With that, she left him in front of the door. Nervously, he knocked on the door. He heard someone get up and walk to the door. The door slid open and to his relief it was Touya. The other boy smiled at him and said:

"Ah, Shindo you're here. Please come in. Did you have trouble finding my house?"

As he came in, he shook his head in answer to his question. He saw that two men sat facing one another before a goban. One of them bore resemblance to Touya which meant the he was probably his friends father. The other man wore glasses and was younger than the father.

After he sat down next to Touya, he noticed that the game was almost done. After a couple of moves, the game was over and the younger man resigned. Touyas father was very strong from what he saw of the game he was probably as strong as his old sensei.

The man in question turned to him and said:

"So you have arrived. I'm sorry we weren't able to greet you when you came in. I am Touya Koyo but you may call me Touya Meijin and this is Ogata Seiji."

"It's a pleasure to meet you both." He relied bowing politely.

The man by the name Ogata stared at him sharply before asking:

"Do you play any go?"

"Yes, a play a little." He said shyly.

"Then how about a game with Akira here." The man said with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Um… well…"

Hikaru was surprised at how direct the man was. He turned to his friend for help. His friend had pensive look on his face before turning to Hikaru and said:

"That is a good idea. Shindo how about a game."

"Ok" he replied reluctantly. Damn it! Why couldn't I refuse? He thought angrily.

They took their places in front of the goban and Akira said:

"Nigiri."

Hikaru stared at him puzzled for a while before asking:

"What's nigiri?"

Touya looked surprised. When he sneaked a peak at the other they were just as surprised as his friend. Damn, I must have said something stupid again.

After recovering, Touya explained to him the concept of nigiri and now Hikaru felt annoyed that Sai hadn't told him about this either.

Hikaru ended up being black. He put down his first stone and as the game progressed he noticed that there was something wrong with shape. He wasn't playing like usually did. He then realized that it wasn't the same playing on the goban.

He couldn't concentrate properly on the game. He found himself thinking of the presence of the observers. He had never played in front of an audience. He felt his stomach churn and ache as he became more nervous.

He played his next hand and realized he had made a very stupid mistake. Panic spread through him like wild fire as he tried to fix it as well as he could. He found that he couldn't and it was now obvious from the shape that he had lost. There was nothing he could do to get a come back.

He then bowed his head to Touya saying:

"I resign."

He had lost. He didn't understand it why wasn't he able to play like he usually did when on the Internet. They discussed until Touya mother came in and said:

"Dinner is ready."

They went to the dinning room and they took their seats. They ate in silence before Akiko-san asked him:

"Shindo-san, how did you and my son become friends?"

"Well… I was unable to go to class for the first to weeks of school and when I finally was able to come the teacher assigned Touya to help me around the school. We became friends after that."

"Why weren't you able to go to school?" Ogata-san asked obviously curious.

"I was sick."

They didn't ask about his illness which was a relief. After that they engaged into small talk about almost anything. He found that he really liked the Touya family but he wasn't too sure about the man Ogata.

He was too strange and he couldn't get a good reading of his personality. All he had gathered was that the man was curious. And that made him very nervous. He just hoped the man wouldn't cause any trouble…

Hikaru couldn't wait to get home and out from under the mans intense gaze.

END OF CHAPTER 8

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