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Chapter 22 - Meeting the Alpha

Celia had two more matchups that day. In all of them, watching her was like watching a nature documentary on Ursaring in a pool of Magikarp.

Her Wartortle came out for the second-round match and tore through all of his opposition, despite some type disadvantages. She then finished up her last match with Nidoqueen once more, leaving lots of people guessing about her team and what she still had up her sleeve.

She claimed her advancement for the next round with three clean victories....

Chapter 21 - Enjoying the Plateau

Walking around as a group was hardly something I considered worth talking about. Walking around as a group that was made up of almost half of the Eight Kanto Gym Leaders? That drew attention. People noticed us coming, pointing us out as we passed by. This led to reporters approaching us for comments before we’d gone more than two blocks. I bore the brunt of the microphones, but people were more than happy to listen as Surge spoke his mind.

“We’re showing some Kanto solidarity! Bro...

What should be released next month (July)?

This month's chapter for the 'Fan's choice was Red Riot - an Uzumaki SI into Kirigakure.

Now, as asked for previously, here are the options you can vote for with some more context.

Oobleck into HP - I'd probably have him taking part like I did in the SV snippets where he would be born to be a bit older than the Marauders era. 

Voidhop - An alien finds a ship that is a pre dawn war but ends up crashing it on a medieval world. Now he mu...

Chapter 1 - Early years in the Okiya

When people think of Kirigakure they think of the bloody mist and Zabuza Momoichi. They think of the rebellion. They think of a village of shinobi that is a bunch of clans that revelled in blood.

They think of the Kaguya, the Yuki, the Terumi, the Hoshigaki, the Hozuki, and the Karatachi clans.

And then there were the Seven Swordsmen.

Arguably the biggest joke and calling card that Kiri would have, according to the story at least. Their shinobi were the direct oppos...

Chapter 20 - Calling home and making plans

“Can I have a Ponyta!?” Was the first thing I heard upon calling my family in the morning.

I’d lucked out with my younger siblings all falling asleep long before I had gotten around to talking with them last night. Forrest had looked tired but he’d held out for me to call. I’d still promised to call again in the morning after the grannies that were staying with us got everyone up.

I should have known that calling during breakfast would result in anyone but Grann...

Chapter 19 - Cooling down

The crowd was on their feet cheering and screaming. As everyone clamoured to make some form of noise I could only watch and take it in.

Some cheered the Dragonite’s fall, just as others wailed for the icon’s loss. It smashed together into an inharmonious symphony that was more a wall of incoherent emotion than articulated words.

I can only stare at the crowd in numb silence. Titan turned, his large reptilian face stretched in a gigantic grin. Then it clicks home. I unlock my a...

Chapter 18 - Battle with Lance - Finale

I spun the pokeball in my grasp. It was a nervous tick. I knew it, and so did anyone who spent enough time with me. That didn’t stop me from doing it. It was a soothing rhythm. A motion that allowed me to centre myself with the memetic action that was practically muscle memory at this point.

Obviously, it didn’t transfer to the pokemon within. Otherwise, during my first circuit people would have thought my pokemon were drunk with how disoriented they’d have been upon emergence. 2022-06-04 00:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Story time

Thanks go to zdrcsc_art on Fiverr for doing this piece.

I was able to get an artist to do up some artwork with Brock, Suzie and Munchlax pretty quickly for this month. 

What's everyone's thoughts?

If you have something you'd love to see, or an artist you'd like to recommend I look into, please leave a comment or flick me a message!

Chapter 17 - Intermission

Celia stared at her teacher as he stepped off the podium. The field behind him was once more torn and cratered as if a series of battles had taken place instead of an exchange of attacks. For all that Brock said this wasn’t the ‘level’ she needed to reach, experiencing it made her realise just how far she and her team had to go. When Shin had been burned, she’d opened a pokeball to hug her Wartortle. June had copied her with her starter, Flareon. It helped knowing she wasn’t alone i...

Chapter 16 - Battle with Lance Part 4 - Swinging for a homerun

I resized a greatball from my hip and for half a second Lance perked up. Ah, so he had noticed that Titan’s pokeball was a greatball variant, had he? He was twitchy for my ‘Ace’ to arrive. This match obviously was getting to him a bit if he was on the lookout for my starter pokemon as much as I was for his. Seems I might have shaken his cage with my early success.

“Go Bertha!” I shouted.

From the ball a large form emerged from mid-air to land on the ground with a quake r...

Chapter 15 - Battle Lance Part 3

“Go Shin!” I hurled my pokeball with accuracy born from long hours of experience. It didn’t seem like a large aspect of a pokemon match but you could set quite a lot up depending on where on your side of the field you deployed your pokemon. There was also the bounce-back feature that you needed to work in. It was actually possible to throw your pokeball and have it shoot back to a position nowhere near you. My Kabutops took to the field with a quick one two-step before flourishing his s...

2nd Chapter release

So I wanted to poll people for their opinions on what day would be preferred for the release of the second chapter a week that will be occurring each week starting in June.

When do people think it should occur? Some days are not so good for me so I won't list those. I will instead list days that I am somewhat confident of releasing with regular accuracy. 

I am working off Australian Eastern Standard time for those curious. Most of the time I am posting chapters on Wednesday...

Chapter 14 - Battle with Lance Part 2

While the crowd started to furiously clamour with each other over Dragonite’s appearance, I relaxed slightly. This was not the Dragonite that was considered one of, if not the, strongest pokemon in two regions. One on one, many pokemon would find themselves losing. I hoped I had the answer in my own starter pokemon. I’d promised as much, but that was for later.

Still, I could relax slightly. This Dragonite didn’t have the size, or the majesty that the other did. It was mo...

Chapter 13 - Battle Start!

The morning passed without any further incidents. I once more ordered a meal to be brought up to my room before changing clothes and heading to the gym to work up a light sweat. I tried to make it as close to my normal routine as possible.

Before a light lunch, I called home. The family was fine. Honestly, they were more than fine. With my going away to battle Lance, they had all set up in the lounge room with a whole plan for the day leading up to the match. I couldn’t help but laugh...

What should be released next month (June)?

Alright, so we made the goal that I set for myself. I'm super impressed and thankful to all the support that has come my way from the stories. I plan to up things next month to have two chapters a week of Hard enough released. To maintain quality I am going to probably be creating my own discord just for the discussion of Hard enough and other stories I am writing on here. I will also be trying to get a team of Beta readers and editors set up as at the moment I have Raikor and Ab9999...

Chapter 12 - Date Distraction

A.N. So with a lot of overhauls this chapter has become a lot more solid with the characterisations and the actions that drive it being a lot more fleshed out. The main brushstrokes remain the same but the tone has shifted a lot more.

It wasn’t my alarm the next day that woke me up but rather the flash of a teleport. “Sabrina?” I said groggily.

“Bro—” she paused as her face went red, even as her eyes darted down and then back up before dipping ...

A.N Beta recruiting

I think I need to set up a system for Beta readers and editors as I will probably need to get more eyes on chapters to help speed things up cause I think I am going to reach the goal I set for myself which… wow. Thanks for the great show of faith. I’m a bit scared by the success. It’s a good problem to have but I think I need to find others interested in reading and offering insight as I’m currently dumping most things on Raikor which isn’t fair.

I will be restricting my optio...

Birds of a Feather - Pre-Canon DxD - Chapter 2 - Summoning Sigil

“Tis a queer thing to see you training the staff so violently my son,” commented my mother. She twirled the umbrella even though she rested in the shade.  From her she got to watch as I touseled with five men in my training unit. I made sure to work fast-firing magic into the mix and if they didn’t try and pressure me I used wide area of effect magical fire to punish them. It was more for show than actual injury but the point stood as people stood recording the ‘injuries’ they ...

Chapter 11 - The people's reaction

“Shiiiiiiiiit!” Celia stared at the television in the pokemon centre open-mouthed. She hadn’t had to bother people to get a spot on a couch and now she found herself agreeing with whoever had said that. She and all the other Pewter trainers that she’d gathered together for the last part of their journey were likewise transfixed as Brock laid down the law.

“Stone cold! Brock is stone-cold! I can’t believe I ever doubted him!” another trainer, someone Celia had written off b...

Chapter 10 - The gauntlet thrown down

I sat atop a pillar of stone. Beneath me, the golden bricks that formed the beginning of the end of the path towards the Indigo Plateau. The pillars that led up to the plateau towered over all while in various states of artfully designed disrepair or dazzlingly wholeness depending on their position. It gave one a feeling of something older and so much bigger than yourself when you marched through it on the way to the Indigo League conference. It was here that the trainers who had earned eight...

Chapter 9 - Training, and stories for siblings

In a field, well out of view from any prying eyes, Lieutenant Surge swaggered. It made one wonder about life. Sadly this was no ‘if a tree falls in the wood’ situation. Surge made sure there was someone to hear him before he got started.

“You ready for the pain Brock! I’m bringing the thunder!” He held a pose and leered while I stared. Then an idea came to me. A terrible, horrible, no good idea. I checked around in case anyone else was actually here. Specifically Sabrina. Befo...

Chapter 8 - Meeting the Mayor

“There.” I paused the video of Celia on the computer and tap her eyes. “See how you’re projecting your intent? When you have your Marowak dig you begin looking to where you want them to come out.”

“No way people can notice that!” Celia exclaimed. “We’re over a hundred metres apart and there is no way people can see where I’m looking!” She crossed her arms shaking her head to emphasize her disbelief.

I shake my head back. “You’d be wrong. Lots of trainers ...

What should be released next month (May)?

With me guaranteeing a chapter released a little more than once a week I'm curious what people want to see. I will occasionally post some other stories but patreons should get a say in stories.

Chapter 7 - Gym Leader talks

Sabrina was easily considered one of the toughest gym leaders in the area to secure a badge from. The others were Giovanni of course, Blaine and Koga.

She had a known policy of not accepting anyone with less than three badges, which made all of her matches mean a lot more. It also meant that she faced far fewer challenges than other gym leaders. This made her no less popular to face however, and most sought to add the Marsh badge to their collection if for no other point than a point of...

Chapter 1 - Winning the lottery

A.N. The following chapter is the DxD story SI that I made but made for special release on Patreon. The last bit is lewd (NSFW) so don't read that if you don't want. As with any of my quests/stories (*) are used to mark the lewd sections. 

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Ch 1. The River

So much of life is thought to be buoyed forwards. That people can coast on by in the boat that keeps them afloat on the river of time. People fail to realize that the river is often going the wrong way. It takes actual effort to get to places that people would want to go instead of reverting. So often the events of the past repeat. This is due to the nature of the river.

The river pulls people. Slowly, inexorably backwards. Effort is needed to work against the pull. Sometimes t...

Chapter 6 - Sleeping thoughts

An Exhibition match.

Something that was used to highlight the abilities of two trainers without anything of worth at stake. Merely reputation. They’re supposed to be used to highlight the trainers. Bolster attention and bring revenue for the League with television rights.

You only got offered Exhibition matches in certain instances. Matches could be set up between gyms. Between Elite Four. Or sometimes if you were an Elite trainer, with enough of a following, and you wanted more...

Chapter 5 - The challenge laid out

“Yoo-hoo Mr Gym leader! Good morning!” “Brock!” “Pewter city rocks!!”

I waved as I walked down the streets of my city, acknowledging the various people that called out to me as I went. I was a well-known face and there had been a lot of community uproar when my dad had left.

There had been lots of wagging tongues back then. Lots of people had doubted me. Lots of well-meaning people who ‘just wanted what was best for me and my family’ had leaked out of the ...

Chapter 4 - Training and family time

“—ning listeners! It’s a wonderful fifteen degrees to start the day here in Pewter city! We’ve got chances of clouds coming later in the afternoon! If you’re looking for a picnic I’d suggest going early before the summer storms roll in!” The rest of the radio host’s announcement was lost as I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I felt around in the dark for some clothing and tugged them on. Then, half hoping and half knowing, I reached back into the bed and found an empt...

What should be released next month (April)?

With me guaranteeing a chapter released a little more than once a week I'm curious what people want to see. I will occasionally post some other stories but patreons should get a say in stories.