Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.

Who is Ash Ketchum's Father?
by: Jeuxdevie

One day, while Delia Ketchum was in the living room watching TV, her son Ash walked to her and casually asked,

"Mom, who is my dad?"

Delia sighed. She patted the cushion beside her. Ash sat down. Delia lowered the volume of the TV until the sound was softer than a whisper.

"I think it's about time you found out," she said, not once taking her eyes off her son. "Your father..."

Ash leaned closer. "My father..."

"Your father..."

"My... father...?"

"Your father... is... is... oh!" Delia pounded the sofa with her fists in exasperation. "Why couldn't I tell you?"

Ash put his hands on his mother's shoulders, and gently rubbed her back. "Hey, mom, take it easy. If you can't tell me, then it's okay. I can live without knowing. We'll be alright. We always have been," and he placed his head on her back, and breathed in her sweet perfume, "just the two of us."

"No, I have to tell you." Delia fought back tears. Summoning her full courage, and before she could stop herself again, she blurted out, "You are your father, Ash." Her hands, on impulse, flew to her mouth to cover it.

"What? Mom, that's impossible."

"It's true."

Ash looked at his mom - his pretty and cheerful mother, who was never good at telling lies - and realized she was saying the truth.

"How... could that be? That's impossible. I can never be my father." Ash wanted to bolt away, but he was too mindfucked to move.

"I know. I couldn't believe it at first when it happened." Delia sighed again. "Do you want to know the story behind your birth?"

"Of course!"

"Very well." Delia leaned back onto the soft cushion. She felt it was going to be a long story. "A long, long time ago, when I was but a young maiden, Celebi appeared to me and said,

"Hail, Delia, favored of Arceus! I bring you good news. You will bring forth a son, and you shall call him Ash, and he shall be called the Chosen One.

"But how could this be, I asked, for I am a virgin?

"Nothing is impossible with Arceus. His power will overshadow you, and bring life to your womb!

"Well, I couldn't say no to this, for Celebi and Arceus are very powerful, and I was afraid. With a touch of its wee hand upon my head, Celebi revealed to me everything about this forced conception. And, there, I learned that you are part of a Holy Trinity, one being in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. So that makes you your father, and your father your son."

"So... so... does that mean..."

"Your father is Arceus, and Arceus is you. And you are Celebi, the Holy Spirit, and Celebi is you."

"I don't understand..."

"We're not meant to understand. Didn't you ever wonder why, in every region you went into, you were always the Chosen One? Because you are the Creator and Master and Lord of the Pokemon World. You are the Savior, and you are our God." Delia bowed down to him, for the first time in her life. She kissed his forehead. "Remember, you are your father."

"I am... God." Ash felt the greatest happiness he had ever felt in his life. "I am God! Hahaha!" He jumped from the sofa and danced all about the house. Slowly, he remembered. He is Arceus. He is the Savior of the Pokemon world. He is his father, and he is his son, and he is his holy spirit.

Delia watched him with sadness in her heart.

She had not told the whole story.

Someday, Ash will be betrayed. And he will be flogged. And he will suffer, and die on the cross, for all Pokemon.

But on the third day, he will rise again, and sit on the right side of Arceus, himself, forever.

THE END