Disclaimer: None of the characters or the story of Hikaru No Go belongs to me.

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This is my first story and of course I'm not very experienced O.o . So hope that after reading this, you can give me as many comments as possible, especially for improvement! Thanks!

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It was a bright cool day; Hikaru sat thinking under the shade of a great tree just outside the school's cafeteria during break time. He had been very troubled lately, but did not know what it exactly was. He just knew from somewhere that it was...a person. Time passed quickly as he did so, however, nothing new seemed to have registered into his head...

"Hikaru!" somebody called him, bringing him to his senses.

He turned around and saw Akari running towards him. "Oh, hello," he said as he watched her, then slowly turning back to look at the grass. Akari was holding her lunchbox and smiling happily, and then she sat down on the grass too.

"So, how's your school work coming along, Akari?" Hikaru asked so as to have something to talk about.

"Erm...it was alright, mostly improving and I'm very happy about it." Akari replied, almost surprised that Hikaru would ask her about her school work.

She opened her lunchbox, suddenly red in the face and turned to Hikaru as she took out a piece of sushi and said, "D-do you want to t-try this? I made t-them."

"Oh, okay." Hikaru took the piece of sushi from her hands and started eating it. Akari watched Hikaru's expression closely, hoping that it would turn out well.

"Wow! Delicious! You made them?" exclaimed Hikaru with his mouth filled with the piece of sushi as he looked up at Akari. With this, Akari's face changed to a deep shade of red and nodded. Hikaru, noticing this, made himself concentrate on a leaf that he thought might be falling soon.

"Erm...so...how are you getting on with your Go tournaments?" asked Akari, with a look of concern over her face.

"Oh, it's fine. What about you?"

"Me?" Akari asked, feeling yet again astonished that Hikaru would ask her questions regarding her.

"Yeah, I meant, the Go club."

"Oh, I think it is coming along quite well." Akari said, though she felt that it would have been better if Hikaru was still in the Go club.

Hikaru suddenly had an idea and said brightly, "Why don't you come to my house one of these days and play a game? I would like to see how much you had progressed since I had left."

"Can I?" asked Akari blushing furiously.

"Sure, why not? ... What about today? Are you free?"

"Oh, yes, I am." cried Akari in wonder. She had never thought of playing with Hikaru after he had become an insei.

"Okay, then I'll meet you after school at the school gate. You can come over to my house and have lunch." Hikaru said, somehow feeling that he was looking forward to it.

Just at this moment, the school bell rang, signaling the end of break and students streamed back to their respective classrooms for lessons.

"Okay, see you then... Bye." Akari got up, waved at Hikaru joyfully and walked quickly towards the classroom block.

Hikaru got up seconds after her, wondering why his troubled feeling had quite left him and instead he was feeling happy at the moment, as he too, walked towards the classroom block.

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Alright, this is the end of the chapter, hope that you had enjoyed it and please give your comments! And the next chapter would most probably be up very soon.