Disclaimer: I do not own this story. Not planning to own it, but I love the story.

All setting and characters are taken from Hotta Yumi and Obata Takeshi's Hikaru no GO

Author's preamble: This story is different from the original story, although some settings are taken from the original and use here.

This is my 2nd story of writing Hikaru no Go after a long year and lost my writing touches, so I'm practicing and polishing them again. So FORGIVE ME if I could not explain, narrate, describe the story as specific and clear.

I'll try to rewrite and update it as I can until June 18 since that will be the start of the school year and have to vigoriously prepare for the revolting, blood-spitting crisis of my life.

Note: The story is narrated by Sai and Shindo's perspective

I will add Touya POV and others but it'll take a level of a experience writer so I'm just an amateur, so you know what i mean...It'll be messy! ^_^

Chapter 2

Meeting

~Author POV~

Shindo woke up staring at a white ceiling.

'Where am I?'

'your awake, Hikaru?'

" Yeah, I'm awake" he responded, then a man, in his late 20's dress in White Kimono, with purple hair wearing a top hat loomed over him, with a worried look.

'Whose this old fashion person?'

'how rude- I'm not old fashion- this is how i normally dress', he flip is fan open and cover his face leaving the eyes seen

'what?!' Shindo blinked, thinking if he read it aloud or in his head, but the person never move his mouth

'I said your being rude Hikaru!' the voice was screaming, whining and yet the person infront of him just gave a pouty-tears expressions, but he DIDNT move his mouth

this is getting weirder

Shindo scanned the room, Nobody else inside, but just the 2 of them.

he check under the bed, beside the bedside table, but no one is there. Just the 2 of them...

and then memories of what happened came flashing back to him, like being shown a slideshow in quick speed, sliding second after second

hwaaaaaaaaaaa! -Get away from me!

Shindo grabbed a vase and throw it to the man- it slip right through him

A GHOST

he paled and throw whatever he could reach to the man, pillow, sheets, pole, phone

and then the ghost did something Shindo didn't expect in his life to see

The ghost cried, he has such a pained expression that Hikaru felt his inside flipping inside out.

He grab his sheet, and started vomiting on the bed sheets.

The ghost stop crying and floated close to him, asking in a worried tone if his alright

' Shut up' was all he could utter and started vomiting again

seconds later, doctor and nurse rush inside and tended to him, even with he's hazy vision he cold see his grandpa entered after the medical staff were inside the room, aided by another nurse , the ghost beside him then he lost conscioussness.

When Shindo opened his eyes, he wasn't at the hospital but is lying under a Sakura tree near a glistening lake.

'Is this a dream?'

'I'm afraid yes'

Shindo turned to see who responded and he saw the man who was at the hospital

he knows his a ghost, a dead person, but as Shindo look at him carefully

he could see his sad eyes, hungry, longing, as if all expressions portrayed through them.

He was slim, with feminine features, when you look at him closely, he was breathtakingly beautiful

he have never seen a beautiful ghost, those ghost from the movies, were freaky, scary-ugly

but the ghost standing before him was so beautiful he thought for a second 'she' was an angel

the ghost lips curve to a smile, graceful and elegant

' she - you're mistaken if you think I'm a woman'

'huh - WHAT! you can read my thoughts'

'dearest Hikaru, I have waited a 1000 years to be in the living world again, to play Go again and God have granted me for it'

'huh' was Shindo intelligent reply, ' What are you talking about?

I don't understand a word you're saying?

God? Go? 1000 years? What are you?'

'My name is Fujiwara no Sai, I have long awaited to meet you, and now I can play Go to my hearts content' Sai replied, if there was a mouth as big as a monkey, Shindo swore that's what Sai look like when smiling. A huge grin

'Sai? Go? You must be mistaken, I don't know you nor do i give a sleeze about this Go, so go away'

'you don't know Go' as if Sai didn't hear him, he continued, ' Go is the Game made by God, It has existed for over a 1000 years, surely you heard of this?'

Shindo thought for a second, He doesn't know any Sai from history but he knows of Go due to his grandpa, but its true he doesn't give a sleeze for it.

' now i see why i never know of it, It just slip my mind, my grandpa played it, but I don't know of it'

Sai's jaw drop, dont know of Go! This is preposterous!

every kid knows of Go. Why only a fool doesn't know of Go

' a Fool' he muttered, but Shindo heard it. he might be dense, but he's not a fool

'what did you say' he's tone was threatening, he has already forgotten the beautful image he have seen a while ago.

'Oh no- No- i did not mean it that way' Sai continued, ' I only meant I was a fool to have been over excited when the one I ended up with, doesn't even know of Go. I have no ill words for you - I-'

'enough- ' he shut him up, ' i already heard enough, now that you know that i am of no use to you, why don't you leave my dream and let me wake up' he scanned his surroundings , ' who knows what's happening to me by now, i'm still not planning to die in an early age'

Sai stayed silent, he step near the lake. Shindo must have seen his face or read his mind but at that moment before Sai's feet could touch the water, Hikaru was already there and pulled him quickly away.

'Hikaru?-' Sai's expression look suprised. Shindo got up, ignoring him, and grab his collar.

'stupid ghost, what were you trying to do? are you that hopeless to think of drowning yourself in the lake-' shindo was shaking with anger, ' i don't care if you're a ghost. if you have lost all your rational senses, knowing you're a ghost. what is the point of dying again...that is the most foolish thing I have ever seen!'

what if during that time,-when he's about to take his life, what if this kid appeared before him- maybe he could have stop him, then he may have changed his mind and not committed suicide. -

Hikaru felt something wet fell on his skin, cold and warm both contrasting. he look up and saw Tears falling from Sai's eyes.

It was weird, why is the ghost smiling yet crying at the same time. he could not understand. It was the same when he defeated Mitani. he was also smiling and crying at the same time.

' Hey don't cry' Shindo tiptoed and wipe the tears on Sai's eyes, to Sai's suprise, ' don't misunderstand. I'm not pitying you- i just hate it when someone cries especially a beauty like you'

Sai animatedly wipe his tears and glomped Shindo.

'Hey - get off me', Sai ignored him and joyfully stuck to him

' if you were born during the Edo period, you and Torajiro might give the ladies a run for their money'

'huh- Torajiro- don't tell me i'm going to met another ghost- Hell no' , Shindo made a shooing motion to Sai only it just goes through im, yet Shindo still flails around trying to get rid of him

' Torajiro is Honinbou Shusaku' Sai screamed. That got Shindo's attention.

'what did you say Honinbou Shusaku?'

Sai nodded excitedly, having his friend being the topic

'How do you know Honinbou Shusaku? - did you live during the Edo period- Shusaku's time?' Shindo ask excitedly

Sai shook his head, ' i didn't exactly live, but I existed at that time'

'Torajiro was the same age like you when i first met him, he was the 1st person who have seen my tears. Unable to play Go. He allowed me to play Go to my hearts content but he died at an early age'

'he died young? but i thought he died at the age 33? that's young for you? I think he's pretty old at that age'

'for a kid- i suppose he seem old- but for an adult- that age is still young, a peak of your life- and yet he-', Sai have that same expression again, that sad, longing, painful expression.

Shindo sighed. He's not weak to tears but well he don't like them sad either. and honinbou shusaku was the reason why their family never get sick by any diseases. probably because he died young- his descendants will live to old age

'then I'm not dying early then huh'- Shindo sighed

'I guess since you know my great ancestor, I suppose i can honor him, by allowing you to play GO'

Sai's face lit up, 'really?!'

'yeah, cool, fine- so long as you wont disturb me during my matches'

'matches?'

' when i wake up, I'll show you how the world have changed since long ago'

I hope i did good writing this chapter.

If you find unsatisfactory, please PM, post, review, and please offer me you're honest thought

P.S :

Dear Guest,

Please read the Chap. 2 Story again...I'm sure I've explained it already that for younger generation, they see '33 yrs. old' as "quite" old, but for those in their late 20's & early 30's, they see '33' as young...

This is a scientific studies...not an opinionated one...

I supposed I have explained it rather straightforward, no offense done.