Chapter 1: Sore Winner
Screaming. All I could hear was screaming. It was obnoxious, and to be yelling at something so sad? I felt on my belt for the premiere ball. I stuck it out, calling back my friend. I felt bad, as I always do, that something so beautiful had to be confined. The screaming continued. And somehow, in all of the blind yelling, I noticed her. She was curled over her friend. And in that moment, I froze. Something just jumped in me. I whipped my backpack around, unzipped it, and started fumbling through it. Finally, I found it. I dropped my bag and began walking over to her. The crowd began to go from screaming to murmuring. But I didn't notice.
As I got closer, I heard her sobbing. Finally I reached her. I stuck out the potion, trying to think of something to say. She never noticed. I stood there for a few seconds like an idiot, but I eventually bent down. She was still softly sobbing, so I started to spray the Blaziken. She started to lift her head when she noticed her friend's wounds were healing. She finally looked at me, and I was truly surprised. The entire battle, I had never looked at her face. She was beautiful. And for the first time, I blushed.
She looked back down to notice her Blaziken sitting up. "Whaa..?" I put a finger to my lips. When the potion ran out, I stood up and began walking back to my bag. When I reached it, I noticed the crowd was completely silent. I walked towards the exit. After a few seconds, the crowd erupted into cheers. I reached the locker room, and sat down, exhausted. It was so sad to see all of these people abuse their friends for a stupid ribbon. I sat there, wallowing in sadness, when somebody tapped me on my back. I expected to see the errand boy, or maybe even a fan. But when I looked into the person's eyes, I immediately swallowed my sadness.
It was the girl. Her eyes were still red, but she was smiling. She stretched out her arm. "I asked them if I could give the ribbon to you." I took the red ribbon. Haku Fukoyama. I was kind of mad that I had my name etched on something I fought so hard against. I balled it up and walked over to the wastebasket. I dropped in the can, and walked back to her. "Thank you, but I'm here for the money." I walked past her. I went looking for my money. Finally I felt another tap on my shoulder. It was just an errand boy.
"Here you go, bud. 50,000 cash" He squinted as he handed over the money. He started to open his mouth, but I walked away. I was ready to go home, and show my face to what I cared about the most.