Title: Twice the River 23/? (chapter 22 is
here at my LJ)
Series: Hikaru no Go/Sprited Away crossover
Day/Theme: 24 March/Wealth and love inhabit diffferent worlds
He had been too naïve, of course. Too easily had he assumed that the other loved Go as he did, that there was no better joy than playing a game, exploring paths on goban small enough to be carried by a man, yet had more possibilities than there were stars in the sky.
He had forgotten about the ambitions that men could have, and the lengths some would go for wealth and power.
Now he was to be banished from court and lose what he loved above all. Better that he die, Fujiwara no Sai thought. And the river beckoned.