Ray was being defeated... defeated a horrid word he'd never thought he'd have to tell himself. He knew limits, but refused to stop there, there was no way he was gonna let Darren win, he couldn't!
"H-Hoots! Tackle!" He prayed this would do Litten in, but Rowlet charged at Litten, using it's remaining energy, and then halfway... collapsed, collapsed onto the ground, a soft thud being heard, and it was over... Darren had... had won.
"N-no! How?!?! Why?!?! What?!?!" Ray was at a loss to words, he fell to his knees, hat lowered, and returned Rowlet, he then shot off, ran away off to heal Rowlet, to disappear, to get away from the shame of losing to a jerk. And he kept running, and running, and stopped in front of the Trainer's School, where he could train, and get away from the humiliation.