“Yes, he did. His taijutsu was superb and he employed his ninjutsu expertly. The ANBU agents weren’t much to write home about, clearly more suited to stealth missions than direct combat. Each of them must have been just a cut above the level of the average Chunin,” he said, not going into the detail I needed from him.
“I see. Three Chunin is still quite a feat. Do you think he was...
2023-05-09 23:01:58 +0000 UTC View PostI stared up at Baki as we covered the ground to the village in a blur. I wondered if I should ask. If I even could ask. I know Baki had had several conversations with Lord Chigiri before we’d dropped the shaken man at the capital. I’d not been allowed into those conversations and what was discussed there was anyone’s guess. If I was a gambling man, I’d wager that they’d at least discu...
2023-05-08 19:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostXXXXX- THE SINNOH ELITE
The Jolteon made another move around the arena and I resisted the urge to pull my hair out in frustration. Since he’d popped out that trump card of his, the pokemon had been nothing but a menace. Would this be how things ended for me? Would this be it for me? Two members of my team were already gone to one of his, and it wasn’t even looking good for the third m...
2023-05-08 08:36:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe moved across the grounds, heading towards each other for the umpteenth time. However, this time was different because our ace was ready. I could feel it underground, just at the edge of my senses, a sea that felt practically limitless. Of course, it wasn't limitless, but with how little I had gotten to use in the past week, it was heaven for me. It was a form of safety that I could not overe...
2023-05-06 10:42:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe moved across the grounds, heading towards each other for the umpteenth time. However, this time was different because our ace was ready. I could feel it underground, just at the edge of my senses, a sea that felt practically limitless. Of course, it wasn't limitless, but with how little I had gotten to use in the past week, it was heaven for me. It was a form of safety that I could not overe...
2023-05-01 11:53:55 +0000 UTC View PostI ran through the forest, not even bothering to look back, the thought of what had just happened moving through my head. Hashirama had just totally and completely ignored me. He acted as if I wasn't even talking, as if I wasn't ordering him to stop. For the second time ever, one of my Pokemon had ignored my orders in their entirety. I could understand why it happened, or at least I thought I co...
2023-04-30 10:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostI smiled to myself as I continued to run away from Agatha and her Pokémon. Now, my trap had failed. It hadn’t even triggered, not really at least. Gengar had ignored the Solar Beam like it was nothing, and Agatha had somehow been able to break through the bindings Hashirama had placed around her. Our attempt to separate them had failed before it even began, so now we were back to square one....
2023-04-29 10:24:34 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Affinity has gained a level
I smiled at the notification as I watched the wall form from my jutsu. The clone across from me moved at my signal and went through hand signs before blowing a nearly invisible series of bullets from his mouth. I smiled as I noted that the wall was undamaged from my side. I jumped over it and admired the marks the wind bullets had made as...
2023-04-28 13:38:59 +0000 UTC View PostI smiled to myself as I continued to run away from Agatha and her Pokémon. Now, my trap had failed. It hadn’t even triggered, not really at least. Gengar had ignored the Solar Beam like it was nothing, and Agatha had somehow been able to break through the bindings Hashirama had placed around her. Our attempt to separate them had failed before it even began, so now we were back to square one....
2023-04-28 10:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostI smiled to myself as I continued to run away from Agatha and her pokemon. Now, my trap had failed. It hadn’t even triggered. Not really at least. Gengar had ignored the solar beam like it was nothing, and Agatha had somehow been able to break through the bindings Hashirama had placed around her. Our attempt to separate them had failed before it even began, so now we were back to square 1. No...
2023-04-18 08:18:12 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Affinity has gained a level
I smiled at the notification as I watched the wall that formed from my jutsu. The clone across from me moved to my signal and went through hand signs before blowing a near invisible series of bullets from his mouth. I smiled as I noted that the wall was undamaged from my side. I jumped over it and admired the marks the wind bullets had ma...
2023-04-10 12:13:17 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained one level in meditation
The system flashed at me as I leaned out of the lotus position before standing up and beginning to stretch. We’d been on the road for six days now, and this was one of easily a hundred such stops we’d made in that period. For some reason, Lord Chigiri was intent on stopping the procession at every minor opportunity, to either ha...
2023-04-10 12:11:19 +0000 UTC View PostI looked between all the people by my side and began to form a plan for passing through this part of the selection process. It had never truly struck me exactly how many trainers were in Kanto. Over a thousand trainers had applied at the beginning after the President truly opened the floodgates, and from there, it was pure chaos.
Even now, months into the selection process, there were sti...
2023-04-09 08:56:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs the title says, I am very sorry for disappearing over the week. For some reason, I can no longer access Patreon from my country. I seem to need a VPN to do it, and my school wifi seems to block any attempt at doing so.
Right now, I'm on the account from the TOR browser. This is more than a little bit inconvenient, but we'll figure it out.
Special apologies to the trai...
2023-04-09 08:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostYou have gained one level in meditation
The system flashed at me as I leaned out of the lotus position before standing up and beginning to stretch. We’d been on the road for six days now, and this was one of easily a hundred such stops we’d made in that period. For some reason, Lord Chigiri was intent on stopping the procession at every minor opportunity, to either have lunch, laze a...
2023-04-03 05:28:45 +0000 UTC View PostI looked between all the people by my side and began to form a plan for passing through this part of the selection process. It had never truly struck me exactly how many trainers were in Kanto. Over a thousand trainers had applied at the beginning after the President truly opened the floodgates, and from there, it was pure chaos.
Even now, months into the selection process, there were st...
2023-03-27 15:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostI stretched out my hand, allowing the sand to mimic my motions, moving from shape to shape as Rasa had taught me last week. After two months with Baki focused only on taijutsu, Rasa had begun to show up and help me with my sand. He gave me exercises and goals to complete. Everything he asked me to do was done with ease, but the more things he asked for at the same time, the harder it became to ...
2023-03-26 19:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post“The Kazekage will see you now” The secretary said, as Yashamaru and I approached the desk. He’d woken me up today to tell me I had a meeting with the Kazekage for the afternoon. I guess, they’d probably explain why that quest had shown up as completed. I mean, it probably meant that I’d graduated from the academy already, but that was a bit ridiculous considering I hadn’t done any ...
2023-03-26 14:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys.
To celebrate my birthday, there is now a 15% discount on all annual plans till Sunday.
If you feel comfortable with supporting me like this, then feel free.
Fun fact; if you sign up for one today, you won’t get billed again until my birthday next year👀🫡
2023-03-25 09:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt's my birthday guys. Every day, we get a bit older, but it's not until we get to the last one, that we truly understand it. I was a certain age, and now I am another.
Does this make any sense? Hopefully not. I'd hate to think drunk me has much of any value to say.
All I've got is hold those you love close, tight, and never fucking let go. That line about loving somethi...
2023-03-24 22:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post“The Kazekage will see you now” The secretary said, as Yashamaru and I approached the desk. He’d woken me up today to tell me I had a meeting with the Kazekage for the afternoon. I guess, they’d probably explain why that quest had shown up as completed. I mean, it probably meant that I’d graduated from the academy already, but that was a bit ridiculous considering I hadn’t done any ...
2023-03-22 22:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostI looked left and right, across the field, feeling the crowd’s enthusiasm catch me and nearly overwhelm me. The League President had turned this selection process into something else. It was the most popular tournament in recent history, with viewership numbers set to overtake the conference in a few days and we weren’t even at the finals yet. No, we still had two more stages. This stage wa...
2023-03-22 08:19:18 +0000 UTC View PostI closed my eyes in victory and waited for her next pokemon. She’d shown off three against Sabrina, and as she was a gym leader, I didn’t have the required clearance to just check up her trainer profile for the rest of her team. I mean, I could have studied her previous matches, but what’s the fun in that? Janine was cunning, but she didn’t have the power to roll with the big boys. Igne...
2023-03-21 07:20:50 +0000 UTC View PostI looked left and right, across the field, feeling the crowd’s enthusiasm catch me and nearly overwhelm me. The League President had turned this selection process into something else. It was the most popular tournament in recent history, with viewership numbers set to overtake the conference in a few days and we weren’t even at the finals yet. No, we still had two more stages. This stage wa...
2023-03-20 07:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy last battle for the day, and coincidentally, for this state of the selection tournament was against one of the other trainers who had managed to make his way through all his opponents, Bruno. Yes, that Bruno. Bruno of the elite four was my last opponent, and I was practically vibrating with anticipation. The nervous energy moving through my body made even Sabrina give up on calming me down.<...
2023-03-19 21:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post“So Blackthorne is under attack?” I asked Oak as I walked into the lounge and found him reclining and watching the news story on the television. I mean I’d never expected the petty old man to interfere in an attack on the strongest of the cities. After all, Blackthorne had most strongly opposed his reign as champion and Oak could hold a grudge like no one I’d met before.
We watche...
2023-03-19 21:02:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t think the chosen venue will have much of an impact on any of the teams. Yes, the Islands are more predisposed to overcast weather and this might make moves like sunny day marginally more difficult, but any pokemon at the tournament is unlikely to be bothered by that. After all, these are the best trainers from each individual region. A bit of weather won’t stop them from...
2023-03-19 06:25:07 +0000 UTC View Post“That was incredible” THe second elite four member said as he covered the field in long powerful strides on his way to me. He stretched his hand for a shake which I regretted almost immediately as his muscles clamped down on me. The look on his face didn’t even show any recognition of what he was doing to my poor hand. Luckily, he let go after two pumps, and I did my best to act unfazed, ...
2023-03-18 07:49:31 +0000 UTC View PostIn hindsight, the answer was simple. I was here because I wanted to be. I could see it, clear as day. After all, what kind of psychotic idiot would choose a life like this one? Me, of course. I'd died that day. I'd died from a head wound, or bleeding out, or shock, or the half dozen things that went wrong with my decision to introduce some excitement into my relationship by tandem diving. Here'...
2023-03-17 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy last battle for the day, and coincidentally, for this state of the selection tournament was against one of the other trainers who had managed to make his way through all his opponents, Bruno. Yes, that Bruno. Bruno of the elite four was my last opponent, and I was practically vibrating with anticipation. The nervous energy moving through my body made even Sabrina give up on calming me down.<...
2023-03-17 13:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post