[The best place to learn to train, if you live in Sinnoh, is Snowpoint City. There really is no alternative, despite it being farflung and inhospitable in climate. Still, it's where Furuya got his start before it became clear that his passive approach to battling and nearly completely non-verbal relationship with his pokes wasn't going to win him any more friends.
He'd become fast friends with Masamune when he arrived at the trainer's school and they bonded over raising their bears; Furuya's Cubchoo and later Beartic would always be Ma-kun. Then the rumors started. Furuya's Beartic is an Ice Type but Masamune's Ursaring is Normal. Masamune must not want the gym leadership, or so people said. It couldn't have been further from the truth, but suddenly his fellow students would turn him down for battles, not wanting to encourage the kid with the bad habits as a leader in their community. When he felt the tension spreading to his relationship with Masamune, turning something he'd depended on into a rivalry, Furuya knew it was time to leave.
He also knows there's only one place in the world he wants to bring his Eevee back to for his evolution. Furuya's not sure if he wants to be able to get to and from the Ice Rock completely undetected or not, but he's sure word must have gotten north by now that there's a trainer with a Beartic that looks awfully familiar. In turn, he's heard about Masamune's success at the gym in Snowpoint City, but going all that way just to challenge him, just to see if things have changed... troublesome.]
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He'd become fast friends with Masamune when he arrived at the trainer's school and they bonded over raising their bears; Furuya's Cubchoo and later Beartic would always be Ma-kun. Then the rumors started. Furuya's Beartic is an Ice Type but Masamune's Ursaring is Normal. Masamune must not want the gym leadership, or so people said. It couldn't have been further from the truth, but suddenly his fellow students would turn him down for battles, not wanting to encourage the kid with the bad habits as a leader in their community. When he felt the tension spreading to his relationship with Masamune, turning something he'd depended on into a rivalry, Furuya knew it was time to leave.
He also knows there's only one place in the world he wants to bring his Eevee back to for his evolution. Furuya's not sure if he wants to be able to get to and from the Ice Rock completely undetected or not, but he's sure word must have gotten north by now that there's a trainer with a Beartic that looks awfully familiar. In turn, he's heard about Masamune's success at the gym in Snowpoint City, but going all that way just to challenge him, just to see if things have changed... troublesome.]