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Though she was already doing much of it in the ring, all Shogun could do was sit in the dojo in befuddlement. It just didn't make any sense. The ref didn't see her foot on the rope? How? Was it her fault for not just getting her shoulder up? Could she have even beaten Karna...?
The second she tried to blame herself, everything in her yelled back. "No, it wasn't your fault! That wasn't fair!" She was reminded of everything that fell through because of this loss.
No Rookie Cup win meant she still had a ways to go in the dojo, as a fighter and in terms of setting an example for the others.
No Rookie Cup win meant that Holly would have choice words for her when she recovered from her illness.
No Rookie Cup win meant that Karna would go on, thinking she had proven the dojo wrong...and if she wins the cup, there might just be an asterisk that she'll view as biased against her, proving her *right.*
It made Shogun sick to her stomach. There was usually a light at the end of the tunnel, and perhaps she'd find it, but right now she just...couldn't. She kept thinking, wondering what went wrong.
...maybe the ref "not seeing something" was a punishment from the doj--
Shogun slapped both cheeks to wake herself up. No. That couldn't have been it! ...could it have been? No! Of course not! ...but maybe...
She just couldn't make the thought go away. Especially with Burger Bear's comment that an (admittedly, antiquated) piece of WWA code deems that the ref's decision can not be reverted in tournament settings, it just all felt wrong. Battling an oni, trying to make the dojo a better place, and this was the thanks she got?
She clenched her fists. All she could do at the moment for now was watch...did she even have the strength to do that, at this point? ...no, Onigiri still had a shot, and she had to root for her. Of course she'd watch!
Who was she up against? She checked her phone...
...right. Of course she was up against KARNA. Why wouldn't she be? Shogun groaned.
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