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Darkest Before Dawn - 134
Chapter 134[Shota Aizawa]He was no stranger to failures, not really.As a hero, one was bound to fail. Not even the most powerful, most impressive heroes succeeded all the time. Eventually, you would be late to a site. At some point, you’d have to choose the least shitty of two options and someone else would probably be the one to pay the price. One day, you’d arrive and everything would be done and innocents would be miserable, if they were even alive.He’d seen it all, from the elderly to the young, from men to women and from strangers to...
Searching Far and Wide - 142
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, Meowth- Sirius, YamperLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRoute 7 IVPierce woke up with a start that day.A loud bark made him jump inside his sleeping bag, twitching and his good arm reaching out for he wasn’t sure what. A flash of a yamper passed through his mind, as he stirred, trying to come up with a source for the sudden noise. However, his first guess was w...
Game of Monsters - 214
The Darkness That You Know“What do I need to do?” she asked, looking at the now open door with a flat expression. If he weren’t absolutely terrified out of his mind and Ophis weren’t there threatening his life and Yasaka’s and maybe everyone else’s, Joshua would have found the sight funny, maybe even cute. As it was, he just felt a stab of panic at the possibility that he could already be messing up.All the same, he kept his calm as best he could.“You just need to step inside, the spells around the room will do the rest,” he exp...
Darkest Before Dawn - 133
Chapter 133[Toru Hagakure]How had they gone from the peace and quiet of the forest to…To a warzone?!She didn’t know, she didn’t want to know, not really. What she wanted was for it all to end already. She wanted to stop seeing blue fire and copies of the same villains. She wanted to stop seeing disturbing blades that came out of some equally disturbing man’s mouth. She wanted to stop seeing people and what looked like a metal beam flying about. She wanted to stop seeing a lizard man slashing at her friends with a katana.She wanted to st...
Searching Far and Wide - 141
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, Meowth- Sirius, YamperLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRoute 7 III‘I shouldn’t be awake this early, ever,’ he thought to himself with a cup of coffee in hand. The sun hadn’t even finished coming up yet, the dim morning light barely washing over the clearing. He’d woken up with the first rays, for whatever reason, and he’d been unable to so much as at...
Game of Monsters - 213
Every Day like It’s the Last28th day after Ophis visit.Joshua was, quite frankly, panicking a little. He would not put it past Ophis to take the shortest possible month as the measure of time for their deal. The dragon struck him as a weird mix of patient and impatient in regards to what she wanted, which meant that she’d wait, but only as long as strictly necessary. How long was that? Unfortunately, that was anyone’s guess, really.He wasn’t taking any chances though.So, Joshua had prepared for those days, From the 27th and forward, he ...
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Hey guys, how’s it going?I know it's weird of me to post something that’s not a chapter. I think I’ve done this like, twice, and it’s weird for me too, I’ll admit.However, I’ve been thinking about stuff (dangerous, let me tell you) and I have some ideas I wanted to run past you. The core of it all is a desire to write more (it’s actually to get more Validation, because I’m an addict for the stuff) and generally get more of my writing out there for you guys to enjoy. Granted, these are all ideas born of the fact that I’ve b...
Darkest Before Dawn - 132
Chapter 132Shock.Pain.Fear.Confusion.Shock.Pain.Fear.Confusion.Kazuki’s brain felt like it was him that got hit and not the bus. It was so sudden, that he had no way to process the influx of emotions. Not even the press fiasco back at UA had been like that, because yes, the alarm was sudden, but the reactions had not. That? That was a sudden event followed by just as sudden emotions, and Kazuki felt like he got shot with emotional arrows from all directions.He felt breathless, like the air was knocked out of his lungs. He felt numb, like his ...
Searching Far and Wide - 140
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, Meowth- Sirius, YamperLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRoute 7 IIHe’d missed Sabrina’s zen areas, Pierce realized.Well, he’d realized during his previous visit, but the knowledge was further confirmed in his mind during the second visit too. Then again, maybe the fact that his mind was a mess had something to do with that. The Psychic Arts exercises were e...
Game of Monsters - 212
You Hold on to What You Believe InSurprisingly, the days passed without really increasing Joshua’s fear and nerves through the latter days of the month he had to work with.Sure, he was afraid and nervous, but he didn’t get more so as time went by and the approximate time for Ophis to come knocking drew closer. He’d expected to grow more of a mess with every passing day, maybe every passing hour. He’d thought dread would dominate his every waking hour and likely every sleeping one too, through nightmares.Instead, he found himself… surp...
Darkest Before Dawn - 131
Chapter 131People say that times fly when you’re having a good time.Kazuki had found that time flew no matter what, really. Sure, it might seem like it went slower when you were having a bad time, but after the fact? After all was said and done, you would look back and realize that time flew then too. Because looking back felt like that, like any amount of time was less than it seemed when it was actually happening.He’d spent years hiding away in his room, he’d spent years holed up in juvie, and yet… looking back, it almost seemed like ...
Searching Far and Wide - 139
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, Meowth- Sirius, YamperLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRoute 7 I“This is the cutest pokemon in all of the world!” Daisy exclaimed and Pierce watched with a very fond and amused grin as she played with the yamper, with Sirius. “He doesn’t look very serious though.”“Sirius, S-I-R-I-U-S,” he spelled out slowly, getting a blink from the blonde. “It...
Game of Monsters - 211
All the Hate That’s Inside Me“Do I want to know why you need a… test subject, Joshua?” Yasaka asked with a raised eyebrow when, during a pre-Khaos meeting, he told them that he needed someone especially bad from whatever Khaos raid their alliance organized. Not the first time he did so, but it was the first time he wasn’t looking for them himself… for obvious reasons. He didn’t want to poke too much at Ophis, which was also why they were keeping the raids relatively minor for the time being too.Joshua wasn’t insulted by the ques...
Darkest Before Dawn - 130
Chapter 130[Momo Yaoyorozu]The school trip was not going as she’d hoped.Granted, that started all the way before they even got on the buses, when they were told about the change in plans. However, she’d held hope still that maybe things weren’t going to be so bad. Training with her friends in the facilities at UA was very fun and nobody was left out in conversations there, least of all her.Because that wasn’t always the case when they were out of school. She couldn’t talk about music like Kazuki and Kyoka, after all. She couldn’t ta...
Searching Far and Wide - 138
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixSaffron City XVIII“Caught you just in time,” a voice said and Pierce almost ignored them as he got some water from the dispenser in the waiting room of the teleport station.Of course, Teleport was instantaneous, but pokemon could only use the move so much before collapsing. In the spirit of not pushing pokemon too much,...
Game of Monsters - 210
In a While Now I Will Feel BetterNormally, when Joshua went to his cafe, he sat in a corner and focused on what he was supposed to be doing. Nobody really bothered him, since nobody really knew him. Sure, some Kuoh students and tangentially related people had seen him and they knew he existed, but none of them knew him, not really. Even the clients of the cafe knew him in passing, from the days when he worked there more. At most, they’d make the smallest of talks before carrying on with their own things.He kind of missed those days though.The...
Darkest Before Dawn - 129
Chapter 129‘What was that?’ Kazuki thought to himself the next day. ‘Why can’t I get that feeling back?’ he wondered, more than a little frustrated, which probably didn’t help.After the bout of calm that he’d gone through before, he’d asked – and Aizawa had agreed – for some time to try and get into that mindset again. His control had been much better than normal, after all, and that’d really boost his capabilities. Alas, no matter how much he meditated, he just couldn’t get a feel of it.He’d been sitting in the forest...
Searching Far and Wide - 137
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixVermilion City XXVII“Wish you could stay some more,” Queen Ilene said and she looked like she meant it. “Alas, maybe we’ll see one another soon,” she added with a soft, somewhat sad smile. Pierce almost wanted to stay just to fix that expression. He couldn’t afford to, however. He had a sanctuary to finish putti...
Game of Monsters - 209
Running with No Brakes[Joshua Davis]“I feel like I sucked more than usual,” Joshua commented, only for Serafall to splash some of her water on her hand and then on his face. He twitched at that, but other than that he only gave the devil a flat stare. In hindsight though, maybe he should have seen that one coming.“No dumb comments,” she said, eyes narrowed. “And you did fine~” she reassured, her expression shifting into a beaming smile all too easily. It sometimes made him doubt how real it was, but he often found himself surprised ...
Darkest Before Dawn - 128
Chapter 128“I’d really like to explore this place,” he commented looking at the small lake – or was it called a pond at that point? – in front of him. He’d been led there through the forest for him to be able to create his new Grimm. It truly only made him want to see more of the woods and the area in general. Sadly, he hadn’t had much of a chance to sightsee, but maybe afterwards. “Any chance I can just fly around overhead one of these days? Or at least send out a Grimm?”He tried and probably failed to not sound too hopeful....
Searching Far and Wide - 136
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRota Town III“So, you just… know?” the man in front of Pierce asked, expression incredulous as he checked with the other people around as if trying to confirm he’d heard right. When he noticed that all of them looked the same way he did, he could only turn back towards Pierce.To that, all he could reply with was a s...
Game of Monsters - 208
Wanting It All, but It’s Never Enough‘Two weeks gone, two weeks left.’Those words kept repeating in Joshua’s mind from the moment he woke up. Hell, they’d haunted him since the moment he went to sleep the previous night, barely letting him rest. His eyelids felt heavy, but they had nothing on the weight he felt on his shoulders. He went through the motions all the same though, his mind half on it and half on the realization that half his time was gone already.Cooking breakfast gave him something to do at the unreasonably early hour he...
Darkest Before Dawn - 127
Chapter 127“Can I try?” Kota asked and Kazuki almost physically recoiled.The idea of giving his violin to someone else was just… no, absolutely not going to happen. Over his cold, dead body. Call him dramatic, but that one instrument meant a lot to him, more than he could put into words. It was more than just a gift, which was already greatly important as far as he was concerned. It represented a lot in his life, new hopes, new dreams and remaking his life from the ground up without needing to throw everything he’d once been out the win...
Searching Far and Wide - 135
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRota Town II“Nobody knows what foci are or why they work, but they exist and they do,” the Queen told him and Pierce was noticing that beyond the lack of presence that her words carried, there was also a very calming feeling being projected at him. It reminded him a bit of what he did when he tried to appease some angry...
Game of Monsters - 207
Overcoming, Projected“Why do I feel the need to punch this guy in the face?” Issei asked and Joshua raised an eyebrow, following the boy’s finger as he pointed at Kokabiel.“You’ve got good instincts,” he commented idly. After all, Issei had been on the other side of the world when he’d fought Kokabiel and Joshua was pretty sure he had never mentioned the fallen to the Boosted Gear holder. Very interesting that. Was it his dragon side that took notice of something or was it just some randomly very accurate feeling Issei had gotten?...
Darkest Before Dawn - 126
Chapter 126[Kazuki Endo]He kind of wished he could work out in the mornings more often.That day, his training was in Quirkless combat with Tiger, and the physical strain was… nice, in a way. He might be a bit of a morning person – at least when compared to others – but his brain always felt sluggish all the same for a few hours after waking up. Pushing his body though? It didn’t require him to think and it seemed to jog his brain into working a little faster than normal routine did.Admittedly, he wasn’t too sure why he was training in...
Searching Far and Wide - 134
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixRota Town I“Here we are,” Lance announced after they both teleported to Rota Town. The man then looked at Pierce and he must have noticed something because he grinned. “You don’t need to be so nervous.”“You didn’t tell me what we’re here for,” he pointed out and the Champion seemed to nod at that. “Somet...
Game of Monsters - 206
You Know, You Know Nothing[Yasaka]“I don’t like it,” she said, very clearly and to the point.Joshua, next to her, let a helpless smile form on his face and then chuckled with the same sentiment. Similarly, Yasaka didn’t like the way he looked those days. Even after some of his breakthroughs, finding paths to attempt what he needed to, Joshua still looked weary and scared, weak. It was unlike him and she hated that she couldn’t do anything significant to help him.“I like it even less,” the man said and she held back sharp words and...
Darkest Before Dawn - 125
Chapter 125[Neito Monoma]“Are you alright, man?” Tetsutetsu asked.‘No, I’m not.’“Yeah, I’m fine,” he replied, ignoring the honest answer as easily as he breathed. Because he was most definitely not fine, but… He didn’t want to voice that. He’d been called arrogant a lot in his life, and maybe he was, but he liked to think he was just proud and that there was nothing wrong with that.His pride was stopping him from talking though.Because, for once, Neito thought he had been truly arrogant. He’d thought he could take it, wh...
Searching Far and Wide - 133
Teams:Pierce Lawson:- Narcissa, Beedrill- Orion, Onix- Cygnus, Kadabra- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)- Andromeda, Vaporeon- Regulus, MeowthLillian Dale:- Root, Ivysaur- Talon, Spearow- Gem, Geodude- Star, Cleffa- Cinder, VulpixVermilion City XXVI“I think I get it,” Cygnus mused, staring rather intently at his non-spoon-holding hand. Occasionally, there’d be a flicker of white-red energy around it before it started becoming more and more frequent. “Yes, that certainly helped,” his Psychic said, evidently to more people than just Pierce, ...
