[September 20] [Hikaru no Go] Just Another Normal Day

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Title: Just Another Normal Day
Day/Theme: September 20 / Chinatown Fiction
Series: Hikaru no Go
Characters: Hikaru, Sai
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Author’s comment: A ficlet with a happier theme in commemoration of Shindou Hikaru’s 19th birthday



Just Another Normal Day



Standing at the ancient door, Hikaru looked at the instructions again. “This is the place,” he said.

Inside was but a single playing board with a pattern of black and white stones.

“Hikaru, you said that there would be someone strong to play here,” Sai whined.

A great dragon appeared then, bejeweled in pearly scales and claws, its eyes, faceted rubies.

“Kill me or die in the trying.”

Untroubled, Hikaru looked over the game and placed but a single stone. And with a gnashing of teeth, the dragon faded away.

“Hikaru…!” Sai wailed.

“You get the next dragon,” Hikaru promised.



Author’s note:

“Dragon” is also the Go term for a long shape of connected stones.