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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 VIII

Training was going well, by the looks of it.

Pierce was pretty sure Andromeda would have Shadow Ball ready in a matter of a few days. Orion and Cygnus had made ple...

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A Degradation I Cannot Forget

“Thanks, Fuyuko,” he said as a tray with snacks and three cups of tea was set beside him.

The yuki-onna had started working at his home at Kyoto ever since the incident, more because he kind of needed a hand more than anything and Yasaka – and everyone else, really – had insisted. Well, not everyone, but he also didn’t want to dump all the things he usually did himself on others. He had spells to help him out most o...

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Chapter 74

“I wanna die,” he grumbled, his voice somewhat muffled by his desk as he draped his body over it.

“But Kazuki, think of the thirsty MILFs!” Minoru exclaimed, deciding it was a good moment to tease him. Asshole used any chance he got to get the joke in. “Whatever will they do without their Monster Daddy?!” Why was he friends with him again?

“Told you it wasn’t a good idea to stay up for the event,” Toru commented mercilessly.

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 VII

A yawn escaped his lips before he leaned back and stretched his arms over his head.

His eyes felt like they might close on their own volition any second, which was ...

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Forgive Me My Weakness

[Ravel Phenex]

She was a little annoyed… but mostly worried.

Joshua was in a bad condition and she wasn’t able to do anything. That was the main source of her frustration. Another was that not everyone involved in that mess had been dealt with and they had gotten away. All of it contributed to her foul mood, because how dare they?

Ravel had already asked about it and Joshua had agreed to let her pull...

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Chapter 73

“Woah, you got a new costume?” Kirishima asked, having finished putting on his own outfit faster than everyone else. Then again, his was a lot simpler than the others’. Kazuki, for his part, was buttoning up his shirt.

“I did,” he answered with a slight smile. “Uwabami suggested it and I liked it enough,” he added, turning to look at his… friend? Ex-friend? He wasn’t too sure where they stood, quite honestly. “I’d like some more op...

Searching Far and Wide - 81

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 VI

“And you say I’m the weird one,” Pierce commented, sitting against a tree with his team around him and looking at Lily. His traveling companion had met with them onc...

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I Will Be Home

A day later, his confusion still remained.

The system seemed to be back, at least… sort of. Joshua had tried to call for the Altered Status screen, but all he’d gotten was more glitches. Everything else seemed to be fine though, with only the odd flickering in certain places. After thoroughly looking through them – mostly because he had nothing to do as he recovered –, he’d narrowed down a list of which particular screens were affected. 2024-08-13 17:55:58 +0000 UTC View Post

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Darkest Before Dawn - 72

Chapter 72

“Thank you…” Kazuki said, his voice low, unsure. Uwabami would have a field day with him if he were to act like that in any important setting. Alas, she was also the one that told him he should find moments to relax. If that one wasn’t one such moment, then Kazuki didn’t know which would be.

“Don’t mention it, problem child,” Aizawa replied gruffly, but his tone, his expression and even his emotions were betrayed by his actions. Because ...

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Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 V

“Everything hurts,” Pierce mumbled, shoulders dropping and looking up at the sky. He wondered, to himself, where he’d gone wrong in life. Surely there was something h...

Game of Monsters - 152

You Had Me Close in Silent Fear

He felt like he was on a cloud as he stood up.

Under him, Cao Cao coughed blood with Carnwennan and Setan Kober still embedded in his body. The poor bastard would be lucky if the daggers decided to let up on their energy, but Joshua wasn’t betting on that. The safe move would be to pull them out so the guy didn’t die and they could put him right beside Georg and Walburga. He didn’t know where Yasaka had put them or what she’...

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Chapter 71

On his way back home, Kazuki found himself simply going over the ideas Mei had thrown at them. Not only for his own costume and equipment, but also for the others. It was weirdly fun to try and come up with interesting, useful and sometimes weird things that they could add to their hero support equipment.

He idly wondered if they were, indeed, going to remain a team for the next year, maybe even for third year. He’d called the others sidekicks too. It...

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Cover Art: Amasw.

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 IV

Pierce and Lily walked, side by side, in silence.

After all, spending every single day together, conversation was bound to j...

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-Alright, I’m Waiting on an Answer

[Issei Hyoudou]

He coughed as a fist hit him right in the gut.

And that was not the worst of it.

[Divide, Divide, Divide,] the white guy’s armor exclaimed, just like his would Boost. What the opposite of his power was and felt like hadn’t been in his list of things to find out, but it had happened all the same. Issei could very firmly say that he wasn’t a fan.

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Darkest Before Dawn - 70

Chapter 70

“So, it went well? Don’t keep us in suspense, man,” Mineta asked him once they had some free time and the group gathered together. Unsurprisingly, they all had moved to his desk the moment they were able to. Kazuki had sort of expected that, but it still warmed his heart to know that they cared. He didn’t think he could ever take such gestures for granted.

“Uwabami saw and seems to think I did well, yeah,” he answered, leaning back on his ch...

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Cover Art: Amasw.

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 III

“Why did I miss the wild again?” Lily asked, drawing a sleepy chuckle from him. Not that he blamed her, but it was what it wa...

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-Burn With Me-

[Joshua Davis]

‘Things got a little difficult,’ he thought, narrowing his eyes as he kept up the barrier stopping Kokabiel’s attack. He was getting a deja vu feeling from the last time he’d had to deal directly with the fallen angel, quite honestly. An unrelenting attack zapping at his energy reserves incessantly and with little to do other than hold on. Indeed, quite a familiar situation.

Except that thi...

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Chapter 69

“Are you saying that the Black Rampage was caused by a case of malpractice?” one of the reporters said, entirely too enthusiastic. Kazuki almost wanted to agree so that maybe the reporters would go chase after someone else to burn at a stake. Alas, that wasn’t the heroic thing to do, he supposed.

“I’m saying that my Quirk had not manifested fully. Nobody had any way to know that I could create things out of the negativity I “felt”. Nobody ...

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Cover Art: Amasw.

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 II

Pierce finished stretching feeling like he’d rather do nothing else other than drop somewhere and lie down for a whole day.

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Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

-Walk into the Fire-

“We’ll hold them off but-” was as far as Yasaka got through his Communication gift.

He’d worked on the thing for a long time. The little trinkets had come a long way since he’d first made them as a Christmas gift. He’d reworked the engraved circles and replaced almost the entire material composition. He didn’t even know what version of the things ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 68

Chapter 68

‘Hard to believe I missed this place,’ Kazuki thought, walking through the door of his apartment. ‘My little hole in the wall.’

Although, calling it “his” might be an over exaggeration. The place was far from his, after all. He barely got to live there. He didn’t own shit, of course, but the place felt strangely his either way. His stuff was all over the place, despite the fact that he’d organized it before leaving...

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Cover Art: Amasw.

Teams:

Pierce Lawson:

- Narcissa, Beedrill

- Orion, Onix

- Cygnus, Abra

- Bellatrix, Gyarados (Shiny)

- Andromeda, Vaporeon

Lillian Dale:

- Root, Bulbasaur

- Talon, Spearow

- Gem, Geodude

- Star, Cleffa

Route 5 I

“Can’t believe we are actually leaving Cerulean,” Lily commented from beside him.

“Gee, thanks, less an...

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Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

-Let the Flames Burn Higher-

Morag had already jumped on his back as he moved away from his class.

Joshua’s expression was clear, not only because he was focusing on reading his spells around House of Water’s place as best he could. Those that remained standing, that is. He was very curious about how they’d found a way to just… take down his spells. If he had ...

Darkest Before Dawn - 67

Chapter 67

“Now, if you’ll excuse me,” Kazuki said, wanting to take a deep breath in but holding back. He’d done that too much. There was only so much time he could buy himself or take to calm down. Besides, it was all almost over… “I have duties to attend to, but I’m sure we can continue this at a later date.”

“Of course, Beacon. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions,” one of the people in front of him replied genially. Which w...

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Cover Art: Amasw.

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 XXXV

“And you get to do this whenever you want?” he asked, looking around at the frankly breathtaking sight before him. It ...

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Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

Smoke Will Rise-

“It was boring.”

“Well… Yeah, I imagined it’d be,” Joshua replied wryly. “You don’t strike me as a person to appreciate that kind of setting,” he added, leaving unsaid his own disdain for such things. He thought it was pretty obvious to anyone that knew anything about him, really.

“Joshua~ You are corrupting little Shirone with your antisocial ways~”<...

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Chapter 66

“You liked it?” Uwabami asked as they got back inside the limousine that had taken them to the hospital.

“Of course.”

“Do you even have to ask?” he shot back, grinning widely. He was feeling great, even after having to deal with the reporters and such. That visit had been… It had been amazing. “That was…” he started, but words failed him. He just couldn’t find the right way to explain how he was feeling after that visit.

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Cover Art: Amasw.

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 XXXIV

Normally, a person wouldn’t be able to relax with the sound of many gyarados close by, between roars and displaced wate...

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Disclaimer: I don’t own Highschool DxD.

I’ll Take These Footsteps

“Don’t look at me like that,” Joshua said, narrowing his eyes.

“But dad.”

“Don’t “but dad” me either, young lady,” he chided, giving Kunou the lightest chop to the head in the history of chops to the head. It got the point across though, making her pout and grab her head as if he’d actually put any force on the hit. “I told you t...