AdrianKing

Darkest Before Dawn - 55

Chapter 55

“Well, that’s certainly a step away from cute towards sexy, I’d say. Not too much, of course, but it does highlight your body more,” Kazuki said, sitting at the clothes store and running commentary as the girls tried on different outfits. While he was at it though, he had to do a herculean effort to squash the rising embarrassment in him.

‘I knew today was a trap,’ he thought for the thousandth time. He knew he was in trouble from t...

Searching Far and Wide - 63

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XXIV

Pierce was, once more, back at the Gym at the gyarados pool.

It was business as usual, really. They’d played for a bit and now they were on break time once...

Game of Monsters - 135

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Nothing’s Getting in My Way

“Quite the accomplishment, what you’ve done, Mr. Davis,” Bael said while Joshua did his best to calm his mind. It wasn’t that he was scared of the man though, even if he was, a little bit. It was more that he wasn’t ready for that meeting. After all, there wasn’t much to fear right that very moment.

Bael couldn’t do anything to him then and there. Not with ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 54

Chapter 54

“You are really gonna go with Uwabami, of all people?” Jiro asked, still incredulous even after he’d explained his choice a number of times. The rest of the group around the table of the cafe they sat at weren’t looking much more understanding, really.

Taking a deep breath in, Kazuki brought a hand to rub his eyelids tiredly.

“Yes, I’m going with Uwabami.”

“Does she even count as a hero?” Jiro asked.

“She h...

Searching Far and Wide - 62

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XXIII

Waking up was a very pleasant experience.

Mainly because Pierce was back to sleeping on an actual bed instead of on top of Bellatrix or on the floor next to...

Game of Monsters - 134

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Told You That I’m Here to Stay

“Kunou, I’m trying to be patient here,” he said, taking a deep breath in, rubbing his eyelids wearily. “But I’m really not getting why you dislike Ravel this much. So, please explain it to me or stop, because she’s being a great help.”

“I just… She’s…” his daughter struggled for a moment and he had to hold back a grimace as he saw her ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 53

Chapter 53

“So, you’ve all decided?” Kazuki asked, still looking over his list. He was fairly sure that he’d decided already too, but… Well, his choice could be seen as questionable. Even he himself was very unsure and a little… Yeah. He really hoped that his friends wouldn’t ask him where he was going.

“I’ll go with Crust,” Yaoyorozu said, clearly very pleased to announce that she was going with a Top 10 hero… and probably not realizing that...

Searching Far and Wide - 61

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XXII

“You are too tense,” he commented.

“How can I not be?” Misty hissed at him and he gave her an unimpressed expression.

“I’ve told you, if you are like that, they’ll label you a weakling and eit...

Game of Monsters - 133

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Raise You Like a Phoenix

“Off the top of your head, what’s the best approach to set up wards for keeping the item safe?” Joshua asked, the illusions he used as a blackboard shifting so that only the exercise remained right in the center. He’d move it to the side if he needed to explain something or add things to the sides if that’s what he needed for the lesson. For the moment, he waited a moment...

Darkest Before Dawn - 52

Chapter 52

‘Day hasn’t even started yet and I’m already so done with it,’ Kazuki thought as he walked through the small crowd of reporters outside his school. This time, it was Midnight and Present Mic that were tasked with helping him even get inside the place. They were doing a great job but they were certainly no All Might and it showed.

Ultimately, even if it was significantly slower than the day before, they all stepped inside U.A.

“T...

Searching Far and Wide - 60

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XXI

Pierce whistled calmly, sitting at the edge of the pool like usual with his back resting on Gyarados’ red scales. Some distance behind, he could hear the other sea serpents doing their thing, swimming around or even sleeping. ...

Game of Monsters - 132

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Welcome to My Life

Something was going on.

Joshua wasn’t sure what, but something was definitely off about the ongoing meeting with the Phenex at that very moment. For one, they had brought Ravel, but he wasn’t too surprised by that. The girl was adorable and they probably realized, or had heard, that he might or might not have a weak spot for children. Even if his real relation...

Darkest Before Dawn - 51

Chapter 51

Kazuki sat outside of Hound Dog’s office, looking over his list of internship offers. He’d checked with his phone on some of them and made some notes in a notebook himself. Just a few minutes before though, Midoriya had made an heroic appearance (sort of), texting him his analysis on them in general and according to what they could offer Kazuki himself.

It was… really good, actually. If the guy went ahead with that kind of work for everyone that a...

Searching Far and Wide - 59

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XX

“Do you feel ready?” he asked, leaning his back against the wall of the pool room. He was starting to feel a little trapped, if he was honest, but only when he had a minute to think it over. Otherwise, the pokemon did a great...

Game of Monsters - 131

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Don’t Wanna Waste Another Day

“Lord Azazel must like you a lot,” Penemue commented as they walked through a Grigori base once more. He wasn’t very sure why he didn’t just get teleported straight to Azazel instead of having to make their way to him, honestly. Even if they didn’t want him to get to his office immediately, being sent directly to a waiting room or something would work just as well,...

Darkest Before Dawn - 50

Chapter 50

Kazuki sat at his desk, feeling kind of awkward.

His hero name choice had gone a lot more smoothly than he’d thought it would, for one. For another, he was still riding the anxiety he’d carried when he went to the front of the class to present his idea. Thus, he was left a little on the back foot, as it were.

“It’s bullshit, man,” Mineta said as they gathered to discuss the new information. “How do you get twenty seven offers ...

Searching Far and Wide - 58

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XIX

Red stared into red.

The tension was high and Pierce could see, out of the corner of his eyes, Daisy looking warily at them. Vaporeon sat beside him, looking relaxed but he caught her making sharp, stiff motions from time ...

Game of Monsters - 130

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

A Taste of the Life

Joshua watched with a smile as Kunou worked through some exercises. What else could he do, really, when she stuck out her tongue and bit it thoughtfully like that? She was incredibly adorable at all times, but she managed to out-adorable herself at times and it was entirely too unfair more often than not.

That was his completely unbiased opinion, obviously.

That was also the...

Darkest Before Dawn - 49

Chapter 49

Kazuki walked as resolutely as he could towards the school.

He knew what awaited him there. The media had been going wild with the fact that he apparently hadn’t gone to school the previous day. Some students – from other classes thankfully – had even confirmed this, making it clear that he hadn’t gotten past the reporters somehow. There were already a bunch of theories about how maybe U.A. had seen the error of their ways and kicked hi...

Searching Far and Wide - 57

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XVIII

“So, what you are saying is that you want me to keep doing what I’ve been doing,” Pierce summarized, looking at Daisy, the Sister that had approached him that morning. Things had been a little tense but Gyarados seemed t...

Game of Monsters - 129

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Everybody’s Gonna Know My Name

[Serafall Leviathan]

She hummed the theme of her show to herself as she waited.

She was the first to arrive at the next meeting, as she usually was. Joshua would arrive soon, if he wasn’t distracted with something, which was likely. Then Sirzechs would make an appearance and the Phenex would be the last to arrive, as they always were. It was h...

Darkest Before Dawn - 48

Chapter 48

The TV was turned off, but Kazuki continued staring at the now black screen. He could almost see her still there, with that resting bitch face that she tried to pass as an innocent look, those cold eyes that had frozen the blood in his veins once upon a time and the way she shook her head to get the hair out of her face which often also transformed her face into a glare. Most of all, he could almost still hear her voice, full of disappointment, disgust and ju...

Searching Far and Wide - 56

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XVII

It was going to be a long day… and a long night, evidently.

Magikarp – Or Gyarados now, he supposed – wasn’t going to let him go anytime soon. Him telling her that she was being sent away set her off, after all. H...

Game of Monsters - 128

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

In the Name of Love

“You look beautiful, Margalo,” he said, looking at his familiar’s new form. It had been a surprising event, to walk into Incinerate Anthem’s room and almost immediately get to see an evolution again. It’d been a while, but it had also not been that long. That was the feeling he got from it, at least.

Margalo was bigger now, for one, but not by much. She still could ride ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 47

Chapter 47

[Momo Yaoyorozu]

The two days they were given off school were over.

She could safely say that she had missed her friends during that time, even if they had still seen each other during that time. Well, most of them did. Nobody had seen Endo since they were let off school, but he’d still texted them in their group chat. He’d mostly excused himself from going out saying that he was exhausted after the tournament.

Nobody ha...

Searching Far and Wide - 55

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XVI

[Misty Waterflower]

This was bad.

This was really bad.

Things had escalated entirely too quickly with that gyarados evolution. It didn’t help that it was even stronger than the usual...

Game of Monsters - 127

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Do You Think That I’m an Animal?

[Cheshire]

She watched Joshua come down from his room and she missed the times when she’d sleep on top of him. He was warm and their connection was at its best when they were calm, close. Cheshire missed those days, but what she didn’t miss was Joshua before Kunou, Yasaka and Serafall. She didn’t miss his worrying, his fear, his doubts.

...

Darkest Before Dawn - 46

Chapter 46

‘No,’ he thought, as he took step after step, slowly moving towards the edge of the platform. ‘No, fuck this,’ he cursed in his mind, trying and failing to move his body. There had to be something he could do. It wasn’t going to end like that.

“Sorry, boss,” Monoma said and, for what it was worth, he did feel sorry, from what Kazuki could pick up. “This feels shitty, but I want to win. And for that, I have to u...

Searching Far and Wide - 54

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Cerulean City XV

“You know, did we ever decide what the plan was for after Cerulean?” Pierce commented, his mouth half full as he pointed at his traveling companion with his plastic fork. His other hand held onto the plastic plate wh...

Game of Monsters - 126

Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

No One Could Save Me but You

Unfortunately, getting Incinerate Anthem to choose a wielder wasn’t as easy as presenting it to Gabriel, Griselda, Xenovia and Irina. The flames had chosen none of those four and they’d more or less talked about offering the opportunity to test if the Sacred Gear would choose someone else in the future. They needed to do some heavy screening for that though and Joshua didn�...