beforethedarkness | 10th Tomoe || Video, Action at Route 47, 4th Wall Event

[There was a Crobat flying around a boy frantically and a Luxio nuzzling at him to try and wake him when the pokégear broadcasts to the network. Once it's on, a Blaziken appears on screen and points him out, clearly distressed at the state of his trainer. It's not hard to see why, as Sasuke starts getting up and spares the gear a look. He's covered in burns and his clothes are slightly tattered, but that likely isn't the most jarring thing about him.]

[It doesn't take long for Sasuke to wobble over, his hand gripping tightly at his left shoulder the whole time while he does. He cuts the feed once he makes it to the camera.]

[ACTION!]

[He's breathing hard as he's just trying to keep going, stubbornly pushing his pokémon away from him at every turn. Those pokémon just continued to try and help him, or at least carry him, back to a town. Any town. They didn't know what to do when their trainer was like this, clearly in a lot of pain and weak. Why did he keep pushing them away?

He stops, nearly falling when someone appears in his path. Who, though?]

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"Then I hope you are well enough to issue a challenge before that happens, because without ninjutsu, you don't stand a chance against me."

Not anymore... I'm on Route 47, now.

[And he's still not too pleased about his Blaziken trying to hold onto him, but even Sasuke couldn't deny that he looked - and felt - like he was about to fall over unconscious.]

[Tsunade... That name is vaguely familiar, though at the moment he can't recall where he'd heard it before. Still, he knows Sakura. He knows her well enough to feel comfortable with the knowledge that she won't try anything that would risk seriously harming him. And... As much as he hated to admit it, he really is in no shape to go anywhere on his own two feet, let alone do anything more than he already has.

He nods, once more trying to push away from the Blaziken. When he makes yet another noise of protest, Sasuke shoots him a look. Even if his body feels like it's on fire, he can at least still glare like Sasuke.]

Let me down, Hiruzen. She's going to help.

[It takes a few seconds, but Hiruzen reluctantly lets him sit, slowly releasing his grip to let Sasuke onto the round before he looks at Sakura, warbling softly at her. Whether it's an apology or a plea to help his trainer, who's to say?

Luxio, who has apparently gotten tired of just standing there, runs up and nuzzles under Sasuke's arm in an attempt to comfort again, and Ino flies to hover nearby while watching them all carefully.]

Edited 2012-11-28 15:55 (UTC)

"You sound confident," Sasuke shot Neji another smirk, as if to say that -- at the very least -- he wasn't going to make it that easy for him if and when they did fight. Still, it wasn't going to happen for a while; loathed as he was to admit it, it would take him at least a few days to recover his full strength.

They might be all over the place too. Looks like a lot of people are ending up in new places.

[ Blaze kneels as best as a horse can to make it easier for Sora ( and Sasuke ) to get up. ]

"I have every reason to be." He doesn't bother to hide his smirk, even as he continues to walk with the other boy. "We'll see just how well the Uchiha clan measures up to the Hyuuga."

He didn't particularly care one way or another about the Uchiha Genin, but at the very least, he'd have a relatively-worthy training partner.

[Hikari couldn't help but stare at the screen.]

I... don't even know where Route 47 is. Is anyone else coming over there to help you?

... It's better if they're not there.

[His murmuring is probably almost too soft for Sora to really hear, as if he's saying it to himself. He shakes it off after a moment and climbs onto Blaze behind Sora, nodding once he's comfortable.]

Let's move.

"Don't be too disappointed when you lose."

As much as he wanted to taunt, the wobble in his step and his pokémon tightening its grip on him didn't really help with his attempt to act tough.

... Map says it's by Cianwood.

[He's just not going to answer that second one. He can make it to town himself dammit ~~but Sora will come for him anyway~~]

[Cianwood? How'd he get there from Goldenrod?

Either way, it's a bit too far for Hikari to manage to get to, but if he needed help...]

Sasuke-kun... do you know how close you are to the town?

[Hell if he knows how he got there.]

... There's a cave up ahead. We just crossed a bridge. I should be there by nightfall, at this rate.

[Even if he still has to have his Blaziken help him walk, though crawling there is starting to look tempting.]

Edited 2012-12-04 02:58 (UTC)

There was no way to miss that stumble, and Neji just smirks again, hands in his pockets. "We will see where our fates lie," is all he offers in response, not bothering to glance toward him again.

"Now explain to me what to do with this... thing." He points to the stubborn Mienfoo still following them.

"... You're supposed to fight them against other pokémon. It will obey your orders in battle. For them, it's supposed to be like training matches and never gets any worse than that."

His shoulders slumped a little at that, and the Blaziken crooned at that and tried to see what was wrong now. His trainer was injured, but what else?

"Training matches." He gives the pokémon another appraising glance. As if it understood exactly what they were talking about, it raises both fists in what actually wasn't a half-bad attempt at a fighting stance. "So we are like sensei for them? Interesting. And what is the result of these matches? Money? Pride?"

His eyes drift back to Sasuke when his bird-thing makes a sound, and he studies the slump of his shoulders. "What is it?"

[ almost, but as Blaze kicks off and starts at a quick trot, Sora is going to ask: ]

Why do yo say that?

[Hikari frowns. She still wants to make it to him, but well, he'd probably be there long before she could get to him.]

Okay. Be careful. And make sure you call me when you're there. I'd try to get there to help you, but I've never been that way before, so it'd take a long time for me to do it.

[He pauses, unsure of the promise, but eventually he does simply nod in response. There's no guarantee he'd remember, or that he'll make it there tonight, but he has the feeling that he wouldn't hear the end of it if he doesn't go through with it.]

[Crap. Give him a moment to actually think of how to reply to that Sora.]

... It just is.

"You can get money from them, as well as items to help them learn new techniques from certain trainers."

Sorry Neji, it looked like he was going to ignore that second question for the moment.

He nods and stares at the other, not about to let that question go so easily. If he was going to be traveling with the other, even temporarily, he didn't want to deal with him passing out on the side of the road. Though it didn't seem to be the case. Again, he measures Sasuke's face with his eyes, picking out little details.

"So what is it about these training matches that upsets you?"

You really don't want to see your friends from back home?

[Hikari frowns, but at least he nodded.]

Stay safe, Sasuke-kun...

"They're not supposed to get serious."

That was all Sasuke would willingly say to Neji on the matter as he tried to continue pushing forward, even with Hiruzen insistently supporting his trainer.

... It would be better if they didn't show up here. Or at Goldenrod.

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