[A sigh and he looks down at the ball in his hand. Sakura wasn't around for it but...]
I fought in a tournament in November and made it past the first two rounds. But, in the semi-finals, I lost to Riku. Badly. Hiruzen, Ino, and Senshi never stood a chance -- I almost took down two of his pokémon, but his Arcanine finished off Ino.
At that time... It wasn't even that I lost. I was outclassed completely, and they paid the price for me not being ready; they were seriously hurt from the battle because I failed to protect them. I failed to protect the ones important to me again.
[Clenching the ball a little more tightly now. Chances are it's Hiruzen's ball.]
For a long time after that, I didn't want to train them or make them fight. I didn't want to see them that badly hurt ever again.
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[A sigh and he looks down at the ball in his hand. Sakura wasn't around for it but...]
I fought in a tournament in November and made it past the first two rounds. But, in the semi-finals, I lost to Riku. Badly. Hiruzen, Ino, and Senshi never stood a chance -- I almost took down two of his pokémon, but his Arcanine finished off Ino.
At that time... It wasn't even that I lost. I was outclassed completely, and they paid the price for me not being ready; they were seriously hurt from the battle because I failed to protect them. I failed to protect the ones important to me again.
[Clenching the ball a little more tightly now. Chances are it's Hiruzen's ball.]
For a long time after that, I didn't want to train them or make them fight. I didn't want to see them that badly hurt ever again.