Through the Eyes of Those Observing
			LH-chan! 2000

		#3 - Shigeru


	Satoshi.
	My rival, Satoshi.
	I'll not carry on about how you are the better Trainer
between the two of us, just because you made it farther than me.
	Not even in the privacy of my own mind would I ever do
such a thing.
	At best, we are equals anyway.

	Satoshi.
	My rival, Satoshi.
	How do you manage to out do me?
	Your skills as a Trainer are by no means superior.

	Your uncanny good luck perhaps?

	No.
	That is not the reason.
	I am not blind, I can see how hard you struggle to succeed.

	I returned you realize...to Sekei Kougen, without my
cheerleaders, or my car.
	I was watching from behind you, where I wouldn't be noticed
so readily.

	I could tell, by the manner in which you arrived at the
stadium, by the exausted state of your pokemon, how difficult a time
you must have had in getting there.
	I've been a Trainer long enough to know.
	You must have gotten there in time by the strength of your
will alone.

	Well, if anyone could accomplish such a feat it would be you.

	Satoshi.
	My rival, Satoshi.
	You knew as well as I did the great disadvantage you were
faced with.
	Yet you battled on.
	Surely you knew you could not win, certainly not depending
upon that poorly trained Lizardon.

	You did not.

	I was certain you would make a scene.
	Whine, and demand a rematch.
	I've known you for a long time, it would not have been
unusual.

	You did not.

	You congatulated your opponent, you cheered him on the next
day.
	You stood before the crowd at the ending cerimonies,
while I did not.
	You left Sekei Kougen for Masara with a smile on your face.

	Satoshi.
	My rival, Satoshi.
	We are indeed equals, as far as I can see.
	Perhaps now, we can go back to being friends.

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