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13 March/Hikaru no Go/Spirited Away crossover/Twice the River 12/?
Title: Twice the River 12/?
Series: Hikaru no Go/Spirited Away crossover
Day/Theme: 13 March/Noise has one advantage; it drowns out words
This was probably what being a fish was like, Hikaru thought suddenly, as he walked next to Touya, trying not to gawk too obviously, even though there was nothing particular to look at. They were just walking on a street in Kyoto--one of the old streets with the ancient houses that probably had existed for hundreds of years, not a modern one with buses and cars--but still, it was a street lit by street lighting on both sides, large yellowish lights that cast golden spots on the ground as far as the eye could see. The whole set-up made Hikaru shiver. This was simply impossible.
He began by appealing to the one person who could be counted on to give him a proper reply. "Touya--"
"If you're going to say that this is weird, I will punch you," Touya said.
Ah, it was nice to know that he could also count on Touya to state his standpoint so clearly.
"But--"
"I mean it," Touya said, still walking serenely along, his gaze never leaving Sai and Ogino-san, who were walking half a dozen steps ahead.
In fact, Hikaru would have been tempted to say that everything looked normal, except that not ten minutes ago he had definitely been in a hospital room, playing a game of Go on behalf of Chihiro--no, she was Ogino-san--against Sai. Sai was for once not pushing to win, despite the advantage of the nine handicap stones.
The weird--all right, the unexpectedness, of those nine stones had signaled to Hikaru what to expect. He should have known that the nine handicap stones were simply a means rather than a part of the game, especially when he was the one playing rather than Ogino-san. And he had not been surprised to find his own game shifting, under Sai's direction, to carve out a river instead of goban territory.
And Ogino-san was confused at first, he had sensed that. There was always the temptation, Hikaru thought, of not letting yourself into the game, instead choosing to leave a part of yourself separate, as though you were an observer instead of a Go player.
In the world of Go, it was a matter of temperament; Waya played like that, and so did Kurata, while Touya Kouyo and Ogata preferred to let themselves be tugged along by the flow of their games. But in that hospital room, in that game, it was Ogino-san who needed to stop being so cautious. After all, wasn't she the one who had been searching for such a long time?
Hikaru opened his mouth to comment on that, and turned his head to judge Touya's expression and see how cranky he was. He ended up staring at the inn just behind Touya. There were shadowy figures in it, things with faces that looked like masks. Cups lifted in the air without actual fingers to hold them.
Hikaru gulped, and turned his head to stare resolutely ahead, pretending he hadn't seen a thing. All right, so it wasn't really like being a fish, despite the watery rush that had brought them to this place. Hikaru noted, his feet seemed to be gliding on the surface of the pavement--it was as though he was floating even though his feet were still touching the ground and his body moved as though he was walking on a real path.
"She's still searching," Touya whispered.
"What?" Hikaru exclaimed. "I mean, what you mean, she's still searching? We are here, aren't we?"
He looked at Touya just in time to see that expression of Touya's that meant that he had once again revealed his ignorance of the Go community. "Um, sorry?"
"This is merely a path that links to the other world," Touya said. "To go further, we have to find him."
"I see--Wait, how do you know that?"
But Touya only shook his head.
Hikaru nodded as he thought. "So if she cannot remember, we're stuck here just walking until she finds him?"
Touya was silent, clearly thinking.
Hikaru suddenly realized that if they weren’t walking, those things in the inns would catch up...
"She can't hear him," Touya said.
Hikaru said, "What?" and it came out as a squeak. He rubbed his nose, and tried again. "What?"
Touya hesitated. "She can't hear him, the water is too loud."
Series: Hikaru no Go/Spirited Away crossover
Day/Theme: 13 March/Noise has one advantage; it drowns out words
This was probably what being a fish was like, Hikaru thought suddenly, as he walked next to Touya, trying not to gawk too obviously, even though there was nothing particular to look at. They were just walking on a street in Kyoto--one of the old streets with the ancient houses that probably had existed for hundreds of years, not a modern one with buses and cars--but still, it was a street lit by street lighting on both sides, large yellowish lights that cast golden spots on the ground as far as the eye could see. The whole set-up made Hikaru shiver. This was simply impossible.
He began by appealing to the one person who could be counted on to give him a proper reply. "Touya--"
"If you're going to say that this is weird, I will punch you," Touya said.
Ah, it was nice to know that he could also count on Touya to state his standpoint so clearly.
"But--"
"I mean it," Touya said, still walking serenely along, his gaze never leaving Sai and Ogino-san, who were walking half a dozen steps ahead.
In fact, Hikaru would have been tempted to say that everything looked normal, except that not ten minutes ago he had definitely been in a hospital room, playing a game of Go on behalf of Chihiro--no, she was Ogino-san--against Sai. Sai was for once not pushing to win, despite the advantage of the nine handicap stones.
The weird--all right, the unexpectedness, of those nine stones had signaled to Hikaru what to expect. He should have known that the nine handicap stones were simply a means rather than a part of the game, especially when he was the one playing rather than Ogino-san. And he had not been surprised to find his own game shifting, under Sai's direction, to carve out a river instead of goban territory.
And Ogino-san was confused at first, he had sensed that. There was always the temptation, Hikaru thought, of not letting yourself into the game, instead choosing to leave a part of yourself separate, as though you were an observer instead of a Go player.
In the world of Go, it was a matter of temperament; Waya played like that, and so did Kurata, while Touya Kouyo and Ogata preferred to let themselves be tugged along by the flow of their games. But in that hospital room, in that game, it was Ogino-san who needed to stop being so cautious. After all, wasn't she the one who had been searching for such a long time?
Hikaru opened his mouth to comment on that, and turned his head to judge Touya's expression and see how cranky he was. He ended up staring at the inn just behind Touya. There were shadowy figures in it, things with faces that looked like masks. Cups lifted in the air without actual fingers to hold them.
Hikaru gulped, and turned his head to stare resolutely ahead, pretending he hadn't seen a thing. All right, so it wasn't really like being a fish, despite the watery rush that had brought them to this place. Hikaru noted, his feet seemed to be gliding on the surface of the pavement--it was as though he was floating even though his feet were still touching the ground and his body moved as though he was walking on a real path.
"She's still searching," Touya whispered.
"What?" Hikaru exclaimed. "I mean, what you mean, she's still searching? We are here, aren't we?"
He looked at Touya just in time to see that expression of Touya's that meant that he had once again revealed his ignorance of the Go community. "Um, sorry?"
"This is merely a path that links to the other world," Touya said. "To go further, we have to find him."
"I see--Wait, how do you know that?"
But Touya only shook his head.
Hikaru nodded as he thought. "So if she cannot remember, we're stuck here just walking until she finds him?"
Touya was silent, clearly thinking.
Hikaru suddenly realized that if they weren’t walking, those things in the inns would catch up...
"She can't hear him," Touya said.
Hikaru said, "What?" and it came out as a squeak. He rubbed his nose, and tried again. "What?"
Touya hesitated. "She can't hear him, the water is too loud."