Sasuke Uchiha (うちは サスケ) (
beforethedarkness) wrote2013-02-24 10:06 am
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15th Tomoe || Video, Action for Goldenrod City
[A tired and quite irritated Sasuke is the first thing that shows up on the gear, and in the background behind him is Obito, Tenten, and Evan. It's obvious that they're outside in Goldenrod City, and although Sasuke looks a little worse for wear he's much better than he was after the Valentine's Attack was done.
Even if he still has bandages over burns and puncture marks and his right arm is still in a cast.]
If I don't answer a message the first time, leaving twenty more isn't going to make me answer any faster. I just went through 174 messages on my gear.
[A heavy sigh, and he shakes his head.]
I was in Ilex forest trying to catch some pokémon. I wanted to do it alone. That's all there is to it.
[Shutting off the video, because irritation is at maximum. He's going to gomake Whitney cry get the Plain Badge now, if only because he never wants to be made that weak and vulnerable ever again.]
Even if he still has bandages over burns and puncture marks and his right arm is still in a cast.]
If I don't answer a message the first time, leaving twenty more isn't going to make me answer any faster. I just went through 174 messages on my gear.
[A heavy sigh, and he shakes his head.]
I was in Ilex forest trying to catch some pokémon. I wanted to do it alone. That's all there is to it.
[Shutting off the video, because irritation is at maximum. He's going to go
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... A long time ago. Without help, no matter how bad things have gotten or how hard it was. Why would that change now.
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Not if you rely on them constantly, no. But if you don't let them help you when you need it? Then you're just going to get weaker. What do you think would have happened if something attacked you in the woods and made your injuries worse because there was no one to help you? You'd be hurt, on your own, and with no back-up. Where would that have left you and your quest to get stronger?
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He closes his eyes, trying to think of how to word what he wants to say.]
I need the strength to fight myself, without help. When I'm going to need it, there will be no one with me to fall back on or hide behind. I can't change that now.
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Maybe not, but that doesn't mean they can't help you now. Training with them will make you stronger than any amount of training on your own can do. [frown.] A tree or Pokémon isn't going to react the same way a human would, and if you're that determined to fight alone, you might as well learn how humans react in a fight.
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I should have been continuing to train my pokémon anyway. Then something like that wouldn't have happened.
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And training them against the wild ones works better? [frown getting deeper.] You do know they level up faster when they win battles against other trainers teams, right?
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Then it's a good thing none of us get what we want while we're here. [Stern lecturing tone is go.] Because they're clearly not leaving you alone, so the longer you try to avoid them or get by without them, the more risk you're putting them in because they'll follow you anyway. Is that what you want?
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... I don't want anyone else caught up in my business. It's trusted people who have the most power to hurt and destroy others, and I don't want anyone else like that in my life.
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So you just don't trust anyone at all? Cut yourself off from everyone aroud you so you can't get hurt? [a snort.] That's a dumb way to live. People need people, no matter how much they try to avoid them.
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It's because of someone I trusted that I'm alone. I won't make the same mistake again.
I have to be strong alone.
[Sadly it's not that easy to get someone off of something they've been obsessed with for such a long time.]
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[Has anybody ever told him this? or has he spent the past four to five years thinking that?]
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[He sighs, his head bowing more as the memories come back. So that would be him having been left to think this all that time, Lightning.]
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Fine. You want to keep thinking that way? Answer me this: how could you have known? Seven year olds don't notice everything, Sasuke, and even if you'd noticed something wasn't right, what could you have done to stop them?
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[It was a soft mumble, and he looked more away from the camera. It was his fault to begin with, but if he hadn't, he would have noticed...]
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And let me guess. He was older than you? [flat look] You can't blame yourself for something that you didn't do, Sasuke.
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[He shakes his head.]
I didn't act. I didn't do anything but beg for my life back then.
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[The beg for my life throws her off a little, though. Seven years old and threatened with death? Damn, kid...]
You just said you were seven. Unless you'd been training since before you could hold your head up on your own, what could you have done besides that?
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[Again he shakes his head, although whether it's answering her question or because of something else is debatable.]
I have to get stronger. To surpass him.
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And what good is that going to do you? It's not going to undo whatever the hell it is he did, and trying to take revenge isn't going to do that, either. You have to let it go.
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