15th Tomoe || Video, Action for Goldenrod City

[beforethedarkness]

[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 go make Whitney cry get the Plain Badge now, if only because he never wants to be made that weak and vulnerable ever again.]

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[beforethedarkness]

I know it's not going to be easy. He was the Uchiha prodigy - the best of the best in our clan, and better than anyone before him. I'm the only one left alive who can possibly have the strength to match him, and that's what I have to work towards. Why I have to be stronger.

He killed everyone else who could have done the same. When I face him, I'm going to be alone.

[The softer tone is at least a little appreciated - it doesn't feel like he's under attack anymore.]

I know it's revenge. I know it won't bring anyone back or fix anything. But it's something I have to do.

And... Until then... I don't want to gain -- or lose -- anyone else.

[He was doing okay with the gaining until the losing started, really. =/]

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[soggypastry]

You can't go through life alone, Sasuke. [Her tone remains soft, but experience colors it even as she continues.] That's no way to live, and when you lose everyone...[she sighs, eyes growing distant.] I can't say I know what that's like. All I know is that you have to go on living without them.

[She pauses for a moment, getting her proverbial feet back beneath her. There is something that needs asking, though.]

You said you had to get revenge. Can you explain why when you know it's not going to do anything good?

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[beforethedarkness]

I have done it alone until...

[Until he came to Johto? No, that isn't right. He knows it isn't right, even if he doesn't want to admit it. He swallows thickly before responding.]

Until I got assigned to my squad. It isn't the same.

Revenge is the only reason I'm alive. Without that, I...

[I wouldn't know what to do. The words don't manage to make it out, and he sighs heavily before trying to just try and think of something less nauseating. It's only then that something else comes to mind, something helps the boy finally start to regain a little composure.]

... I'm probably heading towards Olivine soon. I need to disappear for a while.

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[soggypastry]

[He can't see it, but the grip she has on her gear tightens. She knows what he means. "Without Serah, there's no future to plan for." No reason to go on when time ticked down against her. It's not the same, but on some level it still is.

But there's no reason to live like that. Maybe she got lucky, but she knows it's possible to change your mindset. ...Still, it didn't happen overnight, and when he changes the subject so abruptly she doesn't try to bring it back around.

Not with what it ends up being, anyway. Sasuke what the hell did you do?!]

And why do you need to disappear?

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[beforethedarkness]

Team Rocket.

Tenten - someone I know from home - has a contact inside Team Rocket. That contact let her know that Bowser identified me from the Tower Raid to some of the rest of the organization.

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[soggypastry]

[Bowser identified him--shit. She knows where this is going.]

And now you're someone they want to take out. Is that where this is going?

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[beforethedarkness]

I don't know yet and I don't plan on sticking around to find out.

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[soggypastry]

[A heavy sigh. You kids will be the death of her.]

Fine. I'll meet you in Ecruteak. [The feed shifts, she whistles sharply and there's the sound that can only come from the unholy union of a buzzsaw and a bird of prey. Poor Snow just got back but now he's flying again.] You're lucky I've got a place for you to hide out in.

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[beforethedarkness]

[Hey that wasn't his fault and you were there to know it Lightning.

Okay maybe he shouldn't have spoken, but still.

Raising a brow at that offer, though.]

... You're sure that won't trace it back to the guardian corps?

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[soggypastry]

[Oh, she knows. That doesn't mean you kids won't be the death of her anyway.

She shrugs at the question.]

If it does, we'll deal with it. You're not the first person I've had to rescue from Team Rocket this month.

[Nor will he be the last, she's sure. Saves them from hiring workers for the house, at least.]

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[beforethedarkness]

...

[Sigh. He's remembering the blow up the last time he just went off somewhere on his own.]

I'll let the others know where I'm headed.

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[soggypastry]

Good. [A glance at the camera from where she's still moving to get some things ready.] If they try and come, they might as well. We've got the room

[And they don't need a group tearing the place apart to find him, that's for sure.]

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[beforethedarkness]

...

We'll see.