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Hard Enough - Chapter 215 - Pokemonopolis Puzzles!

I toyed with the egg in my arms. I had no idea where it had come from and how it had ended up in my arms. This… I wasn’t sure what to think of this. What had happened? 

Had the egg rolled into my hands from somewhere in the cave or had a Togekiss or Togetic decided I’d make a good nest and therefore place to lay its egg.

I stared around the cavern trying to see if said parents were still close by. Memories of how this went down with the cartoon flashed to the front of m...

Hard Enough - Chapter 214 - Grampa Canyon cave nightmares!

“And that boys is how you secure an evolution stone!” Flint said as he carefully extracted a green stone from the wall. “Interestingly this one appears to be a Leaf Stone,” said Flint. 

“A leaf stone?”  Gary asked, taking the offered stone and inspecting it under the light of his headlamp. “But this area isn’t known for its grass types? In fact it's much the opposite? Fire types and rock types no?” said Gary. 

“Ho?” Flint said, curious at thi...

Artwork - Rock tower toppling!

Another of Ryot_ryot's artworks featuring Izumi, Nany Grav, and Sanchez having a fun moment!

As always post a message for any thoughts you might have for art pieces or artists!

Hard Enough - Chapter 213 - Spelunking into sleepy situations!

“Ohhhhh you!” growled Ash towards his rival. His fist clenched around a pokeball and he raised it up, his mouth opening to no doubt demand a challenge. 

Only for Misty’s hand to lash out and grab him by the back of his shirt and shake him. “What do you think you’re trying to do? We’re next to a canyon! Do you not remember the last time you got into a fight in terrain like this!?” she snarled. 

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Hard Enough - Chapter 212 - Grampa Canyon reruns!

The Grampa canyon was rather disingenuously named. For one part it wasn’t just a single canyon, but rather an entire stretch of desert. It seemed to favour a lot of fire-type pokemon. Said fire types being mostly the Ponyta herds which scorched their way across the landscape. There should also be the rare Magmar hiding in caves that dotted the various canyon walls and cliff faces.

It made for a very stark shift in climate with Saffron being a shaded cool cityscape, only to enter a sco...

Artwork - Detective Munchlax is on the case!

Ryot_ryot did this one up and I have to say I love the various expressions and story that is on show.

As always, please send in any suggestions you have for artists and artworks that you'd like to see.

So far, I have the slide show pictures and a few other suggestions to look into but I'm always looking for more!

Hard Enough - Chapter 211 - Kong calamity!

“So? The Pewter Gym has brought its trainers here to my Gym?” said Kong grandly. 

He gestured to Greta. “One child fights with a straightforward path, while the other…” Kong let his attention drift to A.J. causing Greta to pout. I could only frown. This was an unusual start to the match. 

He should have just focussed on one of them. 

I knew that I was guilty of comparing them to each other, but to have another do it? And publicly? That raised some fl...

Hard Enough - Chapter 210 - Protege rumble!

I felt Billy stir next to me. It wasn’t a gentle stirring of a person gradually waking up, but that of a child. It immediately woke me up despite my attempts to keep sleeping.

Sadly, Billy, as a small child, was all elbows and knees as he rolled around. 

I stopped him rolling over me where he would have rudely awoken Sabrina but that only made his elbows dig into me worse.  

Somehow he unerringly dug into my kidneys and stomach. Out of reflex, I tucked up my...

Red Riot - Chapter 19 - Lucky red dress

Character list:

Matsu - The MC, a Kiri Chunin with Uzumaki traits.

Himeko - Kaguya clanswoman with her Kekkei Genkai, a Genin and renowned violence enthusiast.

Sharkbait - real name Kenta Nogawa, a Genin that trained with Matsu, skilled combatant, expert bait for sharks.

Hideo Munashi - One of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, Wielder of Shibuki - the exploding blade.

Jonin Akiko - Matsu’s Sensei and the exasperated mentor of other children

Yumi - Geisha o...

Hard Enough - Chapter 209 - Diplomacy

To say that the room was more nervous than a Persian in a room full of rocking chairs would be underselling it. I couldn’t imagine a more tense situation.

I certainly hadn’t helped things by allowing Empress to fight Mewtwo but I wasn’t trying to fool myself. That fight was going to happen, with or without my blessing. As it was she’d… given it a good fight, sadly, that had resulted in consequences for me.

Mewtwo floated towards a long table with chairs that were fused t...

Hard Enough - Chapter 208 - Days like this

“Hyper Barrage! Full Broadside!” roared the Aqua Commander.

The full wave of pokemon rose up like a firing line from my past life. 

Maws stretched wide as energy coalesced. I felt the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and something dark put its hand on my shoulder like it was half a step away from claiming me. 

I knew without looking that I and the others with me were now staring death in the face.

A full barrage of Hyper Beams was a great opening...

Artwork - Creating Memes

I gave Ryot_ryot a bit of guidance on what I was looking for and I think this worked out really well! I have a few ideas for future memes but as always feel free to drop me a message here or on the discord!

Hard Enough - Chapter 207 - New Island

Sabrina had us at Fuchsia City within minutes.

We arrived at Koga’s Gym to find the place eerily quiet.

Not the quiet that one would expect of a residence where everyone was asleep as they should at this hour, but rather the house was silent as though the very earth itself was holding its breath in anticipation.

No pokemon stirred, no wind blew through the branches of elegantly spaced trees and no noise came from the house. It had my skin crawling and the hairs on my ne...

Hard Enough - Chapter 206 - Reviews and interrupts

I shifted and bobbed from foot to foot as I waited for the Nurse Joy of Commerce City to heal up my pokemon team. Thankfully, the place was empty at the moment, barring my group.

“Ahahaha! Let’s go! Damn, that was a fun match!” I said as I bounced from foot to foot. Around me, my entourage snickered at my childish behaviour.

Missy shot me a smirk. “Good fights really get you fired up neh?” she said, eying my bouncing form.

I shrugged. “Eh, it’s the truth? Be...

Artwork - Art antics!

Made this request from Ryot_ryot and I think they had a lot of fun with it to be honest! It looks great and is really amusing to me!

As always throw me some ideas or prompts for other artists. 

Hard Enough - Chapter 205 - Harsh shake down

The crowd were stomping their feet and cheering to make themselves known after the explosion, but I only had eyes and ears for Arthur. He looked far too composed and pleased with himself.

He’d anticipated who I was going to send out and what I’d try to do.

I’d certainly taken a toll on his Machamp for taking out Sanchez, but it was a hollow comfort to have in this moment.

With Selene on the field, I would have a much better chance to level the playing field.

...

Hard Enough - Chapter 204 - To Battle

“Alright team, let’s focus” I said, drawing people’s attention to me with a clap of my hands.

A.J. had been glaring at Yolanda, Greta, and Crystal. The girls of late had been thick as thieves with their training and jobs. I wasn’t surprised they’d ganged up on A.J. to break his streak but it seemed A.J. was still coming to terms with this being possible.

Rachel was here with Alexa and the other gym trainers. Dennis and Rocko were also present with a number of the other...

Artwork - Alexa and Nanny Grav

I had Ryot_Ryot give Alexa some love as I felt like we needed to give her some love. I tossed in Nanny Grav as they have that same Mum/big sis energy!

Hard Enough - Chapter 203 - Throwing down the gauntlet

“Heh, second time around hey?” said Jackson as he faced off once again against Anita.

I smiled as Anita nodded, not exactly stoically, but she still held her nerve. She licked her lips and shifted eyeing Dennis who was today’s referee. Dennis went through the typical announcements that we were required to say each time before signalling for the trainers to send out their pokemon.

Jackson and Anita both chose the same pokemon as last time.

Rhyhorn snorted in contempt at...

Hard Enough - Chapter 202 - Interlude - Girls day part 2

A.N. By popular demand, here is the second part that I considered writing last week.

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Suzie ...

Artwork - In theme with Bombirdier

I had Ryot_ryot do this one up and was very please with this result. I think it is rather cute. I didn't tell him that this was our Rainbow baby but he included the rainbow as well, which was a really nice touch.
As always throw out some suggestions, I know I'm overdue for some of the suggestions to be made into art but there have been a few really good ones mentioned to me!

Hard Enough - Chapter 201 - Interlude - Girls day

Doctor Eve tore her gaze away from her work with an audible groan. She was close, she just knew it! She had multiple sources of information from ancient rhymes, stories, artifacts, and even petroglyphs that all referenced the ancient city.

Well, the city was a misnomer. Pokemopolis was potentially a kingdom and with how widespread reference of it was, potentially an empire.

Doctor Eve knew she could find more and establish herself more if she could access some of the sites that al...

Hard Enough - Chapter 200 - Watery showdowns!

With the two-hour gap I had at the end of the day, I decided to invest that in some training with my Elite team.

Specifically, the pokemon that would be fighting in the Elite Challenge.

Sadly, not all of them were as confident of their chances.

Gawain stood to the side, shifting back and forth as he eyed Missy, Greta, and A.J. all of whom had smirks on their faces.

Greta in particular made me pause. She’d created a combination move with her Ivysaur, perhaps it was ti...

Red Riot - Chapter 18 - Red fortunes

Sailing was one of the experiences of this life that I found myself greatly enjoying. 

A creak of the wood, a rustle of the sails, and even that sound of the wind rushing past created an almost hypnotic feeling of tranquility for me whenever I was aboard a ship.

It was an odd delight to have, considering that all the voyages I’d been on thus far had been towards ominous situations where I would be fighting for my life or building towards the nebulous graduation ceremony.&nb...

Artwork - Red Riot - Matsu

This is a homage piece but will probably be somethign that we see in the future for Matsu! The Artist for this was Hashira from Fiverr who put this together quite easily. 

Hard Enough - Chapter 199 - Interesting developments!

“Your new fans are back,” said Jackson with a smile as I got ready for my next match.

I glanced over and noticed Anita and Trent both sitting in the front row. “They’re good kids then, must have good taste,” I said with a fake obnoxious smile, cupping my chin with my hand as I pretended to look suave.

“Sure thing, I think it’s just that you’re the first established trainer to give them any time of day,” he said.

I shot Jackson an amused look. “If a traine...

Hard Enough - Chapter 198 - Feedback

Everyone happily munched away at their lunches while pokemon chowed down. A few people talked causing a soft susurrus to fill the room but otherwise, it was quiet for the most part.

That didn’t stop me from feeling the very ‘loud’ stare Yolanda was directing at me.

I looked up to see what she wanted.

Yolanda shot Anita a look before flicking her eyes to me. Then she repeated the gesture. I rolled my eyes, well aware that she wanted me to have a conversation with Anita,...

Artwork - Teddiursa and Empress

Teddiursa and Empress snuggling up in a cute moment. Thanks go to Ryot_ryot for this one!

As always feel free to message me for any artists you'd like me to look at or any art you'd love to see! 

Hard Enough - Chapter 197 - Anxiety Anita!

Anita didn’t want to reset the Gym for her entrance, so instead the podium shifted so she could step out onto it, and I stepped off to collect my own pokemon.

Jackson took my place. “Alright, little girl? You ready to throw down?” he asked.

“I-I’m ready!” she said nervously, her hand darting towards her pokebelt, pulling out a pokeball.

I frowned at the hesitance in her voice, she’d been much more assertive before. Where had that gone?

Salvadore, who’d ...

Hard Enough - Chapter 196 - Talks and a return to old tricks

“—monitoring the Aqua submarine but when we take into account their previous tactics there should be another two or three subs,” said Agent Wilkins, the man on the ground that we had in the Orange islands.

I rubbed my eyes to work out some of the irritation. It’d been a long day and I was backing up story time with my family with another meeting. As much as it warmed my heart to do these things with them it was a time and energy  investment. At least the kids and Munchlax h...