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Hard Enough - Chapter 375 - Legendary v Legendary

The Battle Frontier in the games was a small island that housed several high end battle facilities that were supposed to be in Hoenn.

In this world, it was a buffer zone between Kanto, Rota, and Fiore.

A unique buffer state that was governed by three regions with Indigo and Fiore having the Arcanine’s share of governance, while Rota had a smaller but still important say in the region.

The Battle Frontier both raised tensions while alleviating them in other ways that might ...

Artwork – Nighttime reading with Sabrina and Alakazam

One of the requested artworks that we had from Discord, I believe! I've got some good artworks lined up for the next month. With December being so busy for a lot of artists, Ryot will need to do six artworks instead of the usual three pictures a month.

So feel free to post ideas as I will try to include them as always!

Hard Enough - Chapter 374 - Packing up and Packing out!

To the victor went the spoils.

That was the old adage that I’d learned, which really didn’t cover enough of what happened once you won anything.

Depending on the scale of the accomplishment, you often got a neat prize, a long round of applause, and then several other items or concerns that you hadn’t had prior to victory. 

With Xander’s victory in the Magic event, he’d gained a responsibility with a soon-to-hatch Rhyhorn egg.

Phoebe had been surprised to...

Hard enough - Interlude Chapter 373 - Saffron Gym developments

Sabrina felt her brow twitch as a trio of small presences trundled their way down the hall towards the master bedroom. 

A knock on the door caused Brock to pause in his morning ablutions. 

Sabrina sighed, “It’s for me,” she groaned from the bed, sitting up.

Brock considered her for a few moments before nodding. “Ah, Ponyta club?” he asked.

“Ponyta club,” Sabrina replied as she shut the bathroom door so he could continue unmolested while she sat ...

The battle of Lugia!

One of Ryot_ryot's works, as usual. I wanted to showcase something a little different with this. I've been kind of falling behind on posting these images as I've been focusing on Red Riot chapters, but I hope you can enjoy this one!

As always, please post suggestions either here or in the Discord and I will try to get them made up if I think they're feasible!

Red Riot - Chapter 43.5 - Red eyes

Hanahime knelt the instant she was before the Mizukage. 

Matsu stood.

For a heartbeat, no one moved, then Matsu’s lips twitched? 

Or had she imagined it? 

Only after a pronounced pause did he kneel.

The Mizukage narrowed his eyes and sniffed only to wave his hand.

Hanahime felt her heart resume beating. 

Did Matsu have a death wish? Didn’t he recall the first time they’d met the Mizukage?”

Hanahime gaped at him, but h...

Hard Enough Poll - Magical Mayhem vote!

This vote is for who wins Bertha and Titan's Egg. There are four genuine contenders that have been judged worthy. Now it comes down to popularity!

The second-place winner will receive an Egg from Sabrina as a reminder.

Hard Enough - Chapter 372 - Magical mayhem event!

Bertha laced her fingers together elegantly.

“You just crushed your rings,” Titan pointed out from next to her.

Bertha blanched as she lowered her hands and slipped the rings onto the ground, only for them to clank loudly. 

The other judges on the panel shot her a look as Brock put his head in his hands and sighed. “I should have known better than to have those made up for you,” he muttered.

Bertha chuckled sheepishly and considered trying to put them back...

Hard Enough - Chapter 371 - Escaping magical mistakes

When Sabrina arrived at my home, she had been flushed with victory only to find me nursing a headache and a cough. She’d seen to nursing me back to health with warm food, medicine and a quick visit from the Gym’s resident Chansey.

She’d flounced in, taken one look at me and pressed a softly glowing hand to my head.

It relieved a lot of the ache but did nothing for the cough.

So she tucked me back into bed, grabbed a remote and turned on a television show before marchin...

Hard Enough - Chapter 370 - Bonds in winter...

A twitch of Don’s wings as the wind around us changed caused my focus to slip and I growled in annoyance.

Don matched my frustration, which oddly made us more aligned in a way. The method of mega evolving was slow.

Which didn’t surprise me at all as I’d spent months working with Jormungandr in preparation to make this happen.

A scant week was barely time for Don and I to deepen our bond enough. 

Although, to claim that deepening it was enough was a major exa...

Hard Enough - Chapter 369 - Lore dump interruptions

As we predicted, no one was willing to leave, “a Legendary pokemon announced it to us” alone as a statement.

We’d messaged Lance, and then the local mayor, and then told several others in the League.

This had resulted in messages bombarding our inbox and Lance calling us.

“You’re certain that’s what they said?” asked Lance with a scowl.

“Yes! For the last time!” I snapped at him over the link. “If you want to question him, go down to Shamouti and th...

Red Riot - Chapter 43 - Red Wolves

Matsu Uzumaki:- Jonin of Kirigakure. Medical/Ta

Artwork - Air Wing Commander Janine and her number one Henchman!

Yes, that is the hat she wore along with a mask when she was transmitting as Air Commander of "Hoenn's" newest criminal group!

And her top henchman, Bulbasaur, is also there, doing his best!

Hard Enough - Chapter 368 - Mega winds of change

Of all the mega stones I thought I’d get next… Well Aerodactylite was actually one that I thought might have been pretty easy to grab considering Grampa Canyon and the potential for Don, Shin, Shelly and the others would have spent down there. 

Still, I thought I’d have found Aggronite, or gotten hold of something like Swampertite. 

Was a Tyranitarite too much to ask for?

Probably, but the point still stood.

Mega evolving Don before any of them… just ...

Hard Enough - Chapter 367 - Megastone medley

I hadn’t planned on dragging Sabrina with me back to Shamouti, but as soon as I mentioned my plans and my reasons she’d been adamant that she would come.

“Aren’t you worried about missing out on your doll sales?” I asked.

Sabrina pursed her lips only to brighten. She took her transceiver and moved away from me for the next few minutes as she began firing off and replying to various messages.

Seeing as she was busy I moved to my computer and began checking over some...

Artwork - Just a girl and her Raikou

Just an image of a girl living her best life with a dream coming true!

Visquez and Orre's Raikou BFF's for life!

Hard Enough - Chapter 366 - Dragon diversions

Gible leapt out of the ground only to whiff against Golbat as she had already darted out of the way.

A spray of powerful Toxic coated Gible and caused him to stagger when he landed. This in turn allowed Golbat to follow up with a strong Confuse Ray.

Now Gible was confused, and poisoned, which caused him to slam into the ground, messing up what I suspect was an attempt to use Dig to wash off some of the poison.

“Stop there!” I called.

Golbat fluttered back while Gib...

Hard Enough - Chapter 365 - Charific Valley encounters!

Charific Valley was a naturally occurring den of Charizard that was located within a small valley between Violet City and Azalea Town.

The land itself was rocky and rather barren in points leading down into the valley, while the rolling hills contained verdant forests and grasslands that housed multiple smaller species of pokemon like Pidgey, Spearow, Caterpie, Weedle, Ledyba, and Spinarak. There were also a myriad of grass types that scuttled around.

Within the waters at the base...

Sabrina with a Legendary parent and child

Just to showcase how different in terms of size the various Lugia are compared to each other and an adult woman.

Thoughts? If you have any suggestions feel free to post them in the discord or in the comments!

Hard Enough - Chapter 364 - Metalworks

“So… I know Forrest wasn’t here last time I did this, but all of you want to come again?” I asked.

The group, now composed of Forrest, Salvadore, Greta, Yolanda, Rachel, and Stephen but now Cindy, Tommy, Timmy, Suzie,  Billy, Tilly, Flint, Lola, Misty, and Crystal were all present.

At this point I felt more like a tour guide than a Gym Leader with the gaggle I found myself leading to the foundry section of Pewter city.

“It was pretty awesome to watch!” Yolan...

Hard Enough - Chapter 363 - Ash's departure

Ash watched as Altaria was recalled, officially ending the War game between Brock and Clair with Brock’s overwhelming victory.

Ash nodded. “Yeah! That’s the way!” he cheered.

Mum, who had been sitting on the other couch next to Mr Mime, sniffed. “Really, I can’t see the point of sending so many pokemon out all at once. There’s more drama when it comes to one-on-one matches. The best part of this show was when Titan squared off against Clair’s Dragonite!”

As...

Hard Enough - Chapter 362 - War with Dragons

 “I hate you,” growled Clair as she stared at the computer screen for what felt like the hundredth time today.

“Nah, you love me, it’s why I get away with so much stuff with you.”

“Only as a cousin, and not like those weirdos in Cianwood where it's legal to—” Clair started to clarify only for Lance to raise his hand. 

“Yes, I understood what I meant and so did you,” he stated. “Now, let’s see to your pokemon roster for the upcoming match wit...

Hard Enough - Chapter 361 - Dark Mountain

Ash’s announcement of his desired departure to Orre jolted me out of the comfortable malaise I’d found myself in after the Shamouti party had wound down.

I’d been enjoying doing nothing and saying nothing. I’d gone out of my way several times to offer no comment when prompted by local reporters on the state of affairs in the world.

And still it had found a way to get to me.

For the next few days, a curtain of concern had curled itself around me, and I struggled with ...

Red Riot - Chapter 42 - Red progress

Matsu Uzumaki:- person of high interest to othe

Hard Enough - Chapter 360 - Intermission IV - Awakening from the dream

Meowth knew he’d be in for a tough fight when he’d agreed to back Jessie up with her match against champion Yuji. He’d trained for this match well in advance, fully expecting for Jessie to come crawling for his help.

He just hadn’t expected to face the hardest opponent he’d ever seen.

Himself.

“Ditto use Fury Swipes!” barked Yuji as the Ditto that had transformed into a perfect copy of Meowth ran forward on all fours to slash at Meowth, only for him to sway out...

Hard enough - Chapter 359 - Intermission III - Rock on, the prelude?

Yolanda didn’t bother holding in her giggles, instead she allowed them to spill out of her in trickles. 

Brock’s eyebrow twitched as he stared at a list that Titan and Bertha had just given him.

“Giving you transceivers feels like a mistake,” he muttered as he began to scroll through the list. “You used to just hand me a large stack of scribbles that I couldn’t make heads or tails of.” 

Yolanda continued to laugh. 

“Now you give me an ite...

Silver the Oran berry thief!

The two images of silver with oran juice on their face resulted from a miscommunication with how this was to be set up. the standing position with the head tilted all the way to the side was what I was going for but they got me one of Silver sitting down. They ended up giving me both!

Which do you prefer?

Hard Enough - Chapter 358 - Intermission II - Bertha's day off!

Bertha hopped, skipped, and jumped away from Brock as she and her teammates were released from their pokeballs.

Brock chuckled at her antics. “Happy to be home girl?” he called.

Bertha swept around. “You know it!” she sang, shaking her tail back and forth. She sashayed up to Titan and nuzzled him then leaned down to Brock. “So, can we still do the big event for my egg?” she asked.

Brock blinked, taking a moment to ‘translate’ what she’d said. She could feel...

Brock's Armour vote

I'm about to have Brock speak with the foundry and I wanted to nail down the style that Brock should go for?

Kanto Samurai? Or Rota Knight? Vote ends in a few days!

Hard Enough - Chapter 357 - Intermission I

Jessie continued to stroke the incubator, her eyes occasionally darting down to double-check that it was still there. That it was real.

It had been a dream of hers to be a Pokemon Nurse growing up. A silly, whimsical thought that hadn’t stood up well in the face of reality. What had she been thinking? Biker girl Jessie trying to step into nursing school? 

She could only shake her head at her younger, more naive self.

That was as bad as her attempt at becoming a pop id...