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Game of Monsters - 175

-To Share Moments Like This

It didn’t take a genius to notice that Joshua’s partners were difficult to read. It came with the territory of being with important politicians, he supposed. Yasaka had always held this unmovable aura around her, like nothing could ever disturb her calm. Serafall seemed similarly collected, if in an erratic, somewhat childish way. Gabriel, for her part, was also similar – he was starting to think he might have a bit of a t...

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Chapter 94

[Itsuka Kendo]

“You didn’t have to come with me to the set,” she mumbled, feeling a little shy and embarrassed. “Kazuki’s interview is more important,” she added, rubbing her arm self-consciously.

“Neither thing was more important than the other,” Maeda told her firmly, but softly. “I could be there with you for the ad. I couldn’t be there for Kazuki’s interview. I know it often seems like I care more about K...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Ivysaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XVII

“Nothing glaringly wrong with him,” Pierce announced, patting Root’s side. The newly evolved ivy...

Game of Monsters - 174

If I Didn’t Have You-

“Dad?” Kunou asked one morning while he walked in, yawning and blinking blearily. It was one of those mornings. Mornings in which he was more tired than when he went to bed and he felt like he’d gone through a workout… The best kind of workout though, of course, which was why even with how he felt, he had a slight smile on his face.

“Yeah?” he replied, watching Friday prepare him a cup of tea and he didn’t even n...

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Chapter 93

“All ready?” he asked, a smile on his face as he took his new violin and got ready. Itsuka nodded at him, camera in hand and positioned to record him. Then he glanced towards Hina before nodding back, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath in before slowly letting it out.

Then he opened his eyes and started playing.

His best song was the one that he chose to play then and there, after checking the violin and making sure that everything was ...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XVI

Every day, Pierce felt like he gained a new understanding of just how long it’d take to get anywher...

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Chasing Power, but I Ain’t Evil

[Joshua Davis]

Eventually, Friday showed signs of calming down.

She was nowhere near ready for almost anything in a lot of aspects though, of course. She still got confused just as much for just as inane things. She couldn’t communicate well. The living spell was still growing into herself just as much as when she had first come to be.

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Darkest Before Dawn - 92

Chapter 92

Kazuki let out a long, drawn out breath as he worked on his shadow control.

It was something he could do at his apartment, after all. It wasn’t like his shadows could knock over stuff or anything. They were just… lack of light, after all. Or maybe they were manifestations of negativity like his Grimm? Could even be both, he supposed. If that was what was going on, then they required next to no actual negativity to produce, because he hadn’t notice...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XV

The response to their announcements was mixed, but that was kind of expected.

Didn’t mean Pierce and Lily di...

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Friends With the Noise in My Head

[Yasaka]

Well, Joshua had been wrong.

Why?

Because the man had convinced all three of them that his chances of succeeding this attempt were low. They’d believed him too, because… Why wouldn’t they? What he was trying to do was hard. Not the first time he’d tried to do something difficult, crazy and previously thought impossible, for sure, but still. To hear him say it...

Darkest Before Dawn - 91

Chapter 91

[Kazuki Endo]

“You sure you’ll be fine?” Nemuri asked, feeling very worried as she stood at the door of his apartment, fidgeting with her purse and visibly hesitating to leave. Kazuki appreciated it but…

“I think I’m fine,” he said and that was the truth… of a sort. He mostly felt oddly calm, if that made any sense. “I’ll… Call if I need help, alright?”

“Do that,” she replied with a sad smile, bef...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

- Regulus, Meowth

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Title

“I’m kind of glad that I decided not to go to those classes,” Lily commented cheerfully… little shit that she was. “...

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Hello, Monster

“Please… Please, stop.”

“Hm, I wonder how many people said that to you,” Joshua replied, face clear of emotions as he continued analyzing the data he was getting. It was so very interesting, to see the effects of whatever Ophis was handing Khaos Brigade elites to boost themselves up. That little sliver of infinity was fascinating.

Not only for the baffling pool of energy that it was and gave, but also for what it did to its ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 90

Chapter 90

“You didn’t have to come if you weren’t feeling like celebrating,” Kazuki commented as he sat down, leaving his drink on one of the tables his group had gathered together. The place didn’t quite have tables big enough for a group their size, after all. “Nobody would have blamed you, honestly.”

“I know, but we wanted to do something after all that studying,” Mina replied with a pout. “Or, at least I did.”

“I thought it’d b...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XIII

“So, you don’t mind waiting?” Pierce commented, sitting on the ground and overlooking his pokemon’s training. One of his hands, me...

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Don’t You Hesitate

His hand lashed out and blocked a Light Spear from Raynare with Setan Kober.

Not surprising, nor even out of the ordinary. It was a spar like any other he’d had with her. Joshua was in testing mode though, checking the changes that Greater Demonic Element brought to the table, just like how he’d tested Greater Holy Element when it got upgraded. It was less training and more just checking what his weapons and him could do.

All in all,...

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Chapter 89

“Done!” Kaminari cried out and there were several cheers following together with some relieved sighs and laughs. It was a testament to the state of things that Aizawa didn’t even reprimand the guy. Instead, the man just raised an unimpressed eyebrow. “Finally done with the written part!”

Kazuki let his head fall down on his arm.

“... You alive, buddy?” Eijiro asked him, poking his arm.

For his part, he only replied with a half-...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XII

All he could hear was the sound of flowing water and all he could feel was the cold stone bench under him and the gentle morning breeze tha...

Game of Monsters - 169

This Is My Life

Joshua’s lips twitched up as he contained both a smile and a chuckle.

Why? Well, the reason for that was rather simple really. Kunou had, by some miracle against the laws of the universe, decided to become even more adorable than she usually was. It was baffling and Joshua almost wanted to tinker some spells to check if there were some supernatural shenanigans going on to cause that. He really did think Kunou was quite possibly the most adorable ...

Future Vacation Announcement/Warning

Well, this is slightly awkward since I wanted to do this a few days ago… but my goldfish memory stroke at the same time as my hyperactive rat on crack attention span. Hence, why I’m doing this today. Fortunately, I don’t think it’s too late.

What am I talking about? Well, the fact that I’m going to be taking a month long break from posting and probably writing in general. Calm though, it won’t start until December 28th or so all th...

Darkest Before Dawn - 88

Chapter 88

[Toru Hagakure]

She was a coward.

She was getting increasingly aware of this fact, as the days passed too, which wasn’t at all a nice thing to go through. It was even less so those days, considering all the stress the term finals were causing them all. Toru in particular… wasn’t too worried about those though. Obviously she wanted to do well, but at least she was sure she wouldn’t do badly after all their stu...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City XI

It was early in the morning, but the temperature was already pretty high.

Pierce wasn’t a fan.

As he walked through Saffron, h...

Game of Monsters - 168

The Light That Comes to Me

[Gabriel]

She could only look, wide-eyed, as Joshua worked and Adriel… changed.

She wasn’t the best between her siblings at much. Michael was the best, if one spoke on averages, of course. Raphael was the smartest. Uriel was the strongest. However, there was one thing Gabriel had going for her and that was her empathy, her ability to understand, to put herself in others’ places and to feel&n...

Darkest Before Dawn - 87

Chapter 87

Kazuki whistled.

“You do great work, Mei, have I told you that?” he asked, eyes fixed on the drone his personal tinker had created. It still looked plenty rough, but it worked and it would – theoretically, that is – do its job. It flew, it listened to commands and it could carry things. According to Mei, there were slots to add certain modules in the future depending on what kind of job he went out on, but those were empty at the moment.

N...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Cerulean City XXXVII

“This is nice,” he commented, getting an agreeing hum from Bellatrix. Absently, Pierce patted her red-scaled body with a smile. His...

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Dear God, Please, Hear Me Out

The room was in silence and neither of the three people around seemed in any hurry to break it.

Certainly not Joshua, that much he knew. So, he contented himself with the cup of tea he had in hand. He’d have pulled out a notebook or some tome, but he had a hunch that it’d be a bad idea. Instead, he just took a sip from his drink and let his mind wander as he waited.

Because, again, he wasn’t going to be the one to break th...

Darkest Before Dawn - 86

Chapter 86

Exams had finally reached them.

The first one was going on at that very moment and Kazuki found himself… fairly confident, actually. Some questions he was certain of his answers being correct. Most of them filled him with doubts of varying degrees, sometimes because his knowledge was a little unclear and sometimes because the questions felt specifically tailored to confuse him.

Most of all though, it was the nerves and doubts that surrounded him...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Kadabra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

- Cinder, Vulpix

Saffron City X

Andromeda hummed thoughtfully before finishing with an approving yip.

“Glad you like it,” Pierce commented wryly.

Not that ho...

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The World Outside Is Calling

Joshua hummed idly, noting things down on the notebook he’d laid on his lap. A desk felt like it’d be more cumbersome than anything, after all, although that might just be his impression. Not like it really mattered and he preferred to be able to get around what little space he had without much issue.

He did wonder why the Youkai’s dungeon was so small though.

Considering magic was a thing and they had their own kind in the...

Darkest Before Dawn - 85

Chapter 85

“Pleasure doing business with you,” he commented, mostly joking, as he took the offered money and absently counted it. It wasn’t a lot, obviously, but it was also plenty when compared to what he’d actually done. Not that he was complaining though. He knew it was unlikely to go well if he rejected the payment, so he didn’t even try.

“Way to make it feel like a transaction,” Midnight commented, a half-smile on her face. Even with that though...