Chapter 2: Ash and the awakening of Demigod Mode! Set out to Kalos!

Asura's Point of View

After I had awoken from my death like slumber, I ended up finding out that I had a child with a human woman named Delia Ketchum and our son was Ash Ketchum but also in a world that is inhabited by strange living animal or object like creatures called Pokemon. Ash and Alexa told me that there were thousands of different kinds of Pokemon and 18 different types. They also told that it was the year 2016 meaning I was in limbo or hundred thousand years before waking up. We had managed to arrive in Pallet Town as we were walking down its dirt road for me to be greeted by the faces of the citizens who stared strangely at me like they've haven't seen anything like me before. I was in the middle of a conversation with my son.

"So when someone turns 10 they can become a Pokemon trainer and get their first starter from the Professor but you said they choose between a Fire, Grass and Water Type not a Electric Type." I asked confused looking at my son who just gave me a sheepish smile. "Well. On that day when I headed to the Pokemon Lab, I was late so all the starters were taken except Pikachu. At first Pikachu didn't want anything to do with me and always ignored my commands but when we got attacked by a flock of Spearow and I was protecting Pikachu he used one huge Thunder to take them all out and for us to escape. After that our bond grew and we became the best of buddies. Right Pikachu?" Ash asked as Pikachu squeaked happily.

"Yep. My son's dreams of becoming Pokemon Master which is someone who won a region's Pokemon League and becomes Champion. He's wants to catch every different type of Pokemon out there. He fought in a ton of leagues but was always close to winning before getting beaten by a stronger trainer. He did win the Battle Frontier and was given the chance to create his own Battle Facility. He's a talented boy and he has faith in his Pokemon and they do with him." Delia explained as she held my hand and I accepted it. "I'm pretty impressed with that. That shows that you're strong fighter and believe me I can help you get even stronger." I answered with a small smile on my face. After a bit we arrived at a huge facility beside a large windmill and with a large fence next to it revealing tons of different kinds of Pokemon roaming around in the pen.

"We're at Professor Oak's lab! I've got to warn you that the Professor has a Rotom who tends to pull pranks on people but is overly nice." Ash explained as I remembered he telling me that Rotom was a Ghost/Electric Type that looked like a spirit with an orange compass needle like body and lightning bolt appendages but a knack for messing with electrical appliances. I nodded my head in agreement as we opened the door. The lab was slightly large with different kinds of machinery around like monitors and variety of different devices and amongst it was an old man 2 ft and 3 inches shorter than me with light tan skin, faded brown gray hair and brown eyes wearing a red shirt, gray pants, black shoes and a white long lab coat. My guess that must have been Professor Oak and by the looks of what was behind him it was definitely Rotom trying to surprise me.

"Hey Ash, Alexa and Delia! Have you come to see the Pokemon? Hm? My apologizes, I didn't notice you sir. I am Professor Samuel Oak and you are?" Professor Oak asked as Ash decided to butt in before I could answer. "That's my dad Asura, Professor!" Ash shouted happily as Oak turned white as a sheet. "You mean...G...gg.g.g GHOST!" Oak screamed as he collapsed on the ground unconscious while I sweatdropped. An hour later we managed to wake up the Professor and filled him in on what happened. "I see. Sorry for freaking out like that Mr. Ketchum but I can't believe I'm talking to an actual Demigod and also Ash is a demigod as well! It's pretty incredible!" Oak explained as we were currently sitting on a couch. "I'm pretty much used to human praise over the hundreds of thousands of years I've been alive." I flat out stated as Alexa looked at me shocked.

"What?! You're that old?! But you look like you're 29!" Alexa stated completely surprised. "Demigods can live for a very long time and takes very long to age as well. I may look 29 but I'm way older than that. It's going to be the same thing with Ash since he's half Demigod as well but yet to awaken his power." I explained as Ash looked shocked from the statement. "Hm...I've got an idea. Why don't we see if we can help Ash tap into some of powers by the two of you having a little competition. We can measure your speed, strength and durability with the assistance of some of his Pokemon. It'll easily help Ash uncover what strength he has now and how to unlock the others." Oak explained as Ash and I looked at each other surprised before looking at each other determined. "That sounds great! I would love to see what I can but see what Dad is packing as well!" Ash shouted with a determined look in his eyes all pumped up.

"It'll also be a good start for my son's training and might as well test his skills! Let's see how things go." I answered as I got up from the couch and cracked my knuckles. "Then follow me ladies and gentlemen." Oak answered as we followed him outside to what seemed to be a training area with a battlefield and track standing there but there were also a few Pokemon there as well. One of them was a large giant beast with a blue and light peach underbelly, massive arms with sharp claws, two fangs sticking out of his bottom jaw, two spike like cat ears on his head, short stubby feet and a relaxed look on his face with squinted eyes that was at least 20 ft tall, a red and black striped crocodile that stood on its legs with black stripes and marks around his body, razor sharp fangs, black spikes going down his tail, black membrane around his eyes, a white belly, sharp white claws and wearing a pair of black with red rimmed sunglasses a 2 shorter than me, and a huge dark brown and gray raptor like bird with a white face, red feathers slanted in front of its head, star like sides on its cheeks, bright yellow eyes, razor sharp claws and big wings were standing at the battlefield.

"Hey! It's Snorlax, Staraptor and Krookodile! It's great to see you guys again!" Ash shouted happily as the three of them greeted us happily. "So they are your Pokemon? They sure seem strong son." I stated looking at the three and can feel their power radiate from them. "Yep. And they'll be helping us with our contest. Snorlax will test your strength, Staraptor will test your speed and finally Krookodile will test your endurance. We'll first test your speed since it's much safer for Ash to begin with." Oak explained as we followed him and Staraptor to the track field which was 2 miles long and perfect for a race. "For this first contest is that each of you will race against Ash's Staraptor. You have to beat Staraptor to the finish line and we'll time you for how long it takes. If Staraptor beats you to the finish line then you won't get the bonus for accomplishing the task. We'll start with Ash first then Asura." Oak explained as Ash looked at me. "Good luck dad! My Staraptor is going to give you one heck of a race!" Ash shouted as Staraptor cried out in agreement.

"We'll see about that." I answered with a smug grin on my face as Ash and Staraptor got to the starting lines. Alexa had the stopwatch in her hands that also seemed to be a Speedometer too. "On your marks, get set, Go!" Oak shouted as the two of them took off. Staraptor had some impressive speed as he was ahead of Ash but Ash didn't seem like a slouch either while he was keeping up to the giant bird. Ash began to gain up and get the lead on Staraptor before Staraptor glowed white and doubled its speed zooming past the kid and made it across the finish line as Ash was last. "And Staraptor wins the race! You did a good job you two." Oak stated as he gave Ash a bottle of water. "You're definitely faster than a normal human so I'll help hone your speed and allow you to tap into more of it. Now it's my turn." I stated as I got the starting line with Staraptor. "Ash was able to run at 55 miles per hour which is incredibly fast under 30 seconds. Now let's see how fast Ash's dad is." Alexa stated as they watched from the sidelines.

"Go!" Oak shouted as both me and Staraptor were off and this time Staraptor had decided to use Quick Attack at the beginning to get a league. "Looks like Staraptor isn't going to let your dad...win?" Oak stated as they all gasped at what they saw. In less than a second I had ran past Staraptor with an incredible sonic boom leaving the bird far from me. Staraptor looked completely shocked before he decided to pick up the pace but I had crossed the finish line before it got started. I had cracked my knuckles and looked at Staraptor with a smile on my face as the Pokemon landed next to me panting before looking at me with admiration. Delia gasped as she looked at the stopwatch. "Asura crossed the finish line in 2 seconds and was running at 3,300 miles per hour! That's incredible!" Delia shouted as everyone gasped before looking at me. "And that wasn't me at top speed." I stated as Ash had a grin on his face knowing this was going to be a fun challenge.

Next up was strength where we headed back to the battlefield this time facing Ash's Snorlax. "Alright. The next step of this competition is the strength challenge. It's simple really, whoever can lift Snorlax for 40 seconds wins but you got to watch out that Snorlax weighs around 50 tons so brace yourself for a muscle fight." Oak explained as Snorlax just stretched his arms looking ready for the challenge. "I'll start first." I answered as I approached Snorlax. Snorlax leapt high into the air despite its weight and came down on me but I held my ground and used one of my hands to catch the giant and held him tight with no signs of faltering. "Whoa! He caught Snorlax in just one hand! Alexa shouted surprised as everyone watching were in awe. 40 seconds passed and I placed Snorlax down on the ground only to be hugged by the big giant.

"You've got some grip too! I see my son trained you very well!" I stated with a smile on my face as the giant put me down before facing Ash. "Alright start!" Oak shouted as Snorlax leapt into the air and landed on Ash. Ash used both of his hands as the giant landed on him causing him to crouch down trying to keep Snorlax from flattening him. "Whoa! Ash sure got some strength but it looks like he's breaking." Oak stated as 20 seconds had passed but in the next 5 Ash couldn't hold Snorlax and was flattened by him. "AAAAH!" Ash screamed as I quickly picked up the giant Pokemon and put him next to my son and helped him up. "You're definitely much better with strength than speed since you were able to hold him for 25 seconds. Now let's see how good your endurance is." I stated as Ash looked at me with a brave face while we faced down on Krookodile. We didn't know that we were being watched from above.

"This is going to be the last part of our competition. For this you guys must take blows from Krookodile for 2 minutes. Krookodile will dish out his most powerful attacks on you while standing your ground and withstand the punishment until the two minutes are up. The person with the most stamina wins." Oak explained as Krookodile pounded his claws in ready for a fight. "I'll go first. I want to see how strong your Krookodile is at first hand." I stated as I stepped up to the plate and got into a stance with both of my arms spread to my sides. "Bring it!" I howled loudly as the challenge begun. Krookodile's claws began to glow white as he started to slash at me with incredible strength and power but I held my ground and didn't budge from the flurry of attacks.

Krookodile jumped back before creating a ring of stones around him before firing them at me and these stones hit much harder than his slashes but I stood my ground and still didn't budge from the assault. I did have some wounds appear on my body but I didn't even flinch from it. With one last shot Krookodile focused a rotating spirals of dark purple energy before firing a volley at me. I took it headed on as it created an explosion but emerged from the smoke with more scratches and a bruise but still didn't budge. This Krookodile sure packed power but I've been hit with stronger attacks. "Time's up!" Oak stated as Krookodile stopped attacking before shaking my hand with admiration. "Your attacks packed a punch and I love that fighting spirit of yours. My son chose well." I stated as Krookodile laughed before getting ready for Ash though his turn didn't come.

Multiple gray and silver cubes came flying down from the sky as it slammed into me enveloping me in a big green energy cube while the others snared Pikachu, Snorlax, Staraptor, Krookodile, Oak, Alexa, Helioptile and Delia but Ash managed to jump out of the way in time. "What the?! Who dares do this?!" I howled in rage before we heard laughter and looked at the skies above us. "TEAM ROCKET!" Ash shouted staring at the air as there was balloon with a green basket being held by a strange cat Pokemon head shaped balloon with small cat paws and whiskers with 4 people in it.

Ash's Point of View

My dad and I were in the middle of our contest and just when it was my turn for the final challenge my family and friends were snared in glowing traps as we looked to the 4 laughing figures in the Meowth Balloon. It was none other than Team Rocket but mainly the team that has been after my Pikachu for years. It consisted of Jesse, a light peach skin woman with long red hair that curled at the end and green eyes around my mother's height wearing a white shirt with red R on it, black bra, black gloves, green earrings, white skirt and long black boots, James that was around Oak's height with short blue hair, green eyes and light peach skin wearing a white shirt with a red R on it, white pants, black gloves and black boots, Meowth the cat Pokemon that was a feline but stood on his back paws, light tan fur, purple eyes, 4 long whiskers, black striped cat ears, a gold coin on his forehead, cat like fangs, a light tan cat tail with a brown spiral curve to it, brown bottom tip paws and pink paw pads and their Pokemon Wobbuffet who was 2 the size of Meowth looking like a light blue punching bag with square arms and a short black tail with two eyes markings at the end.

"Prepare for trouble at the mention of our name. (Jessie) For pure genius nothing else is the same. (James) To protect the world from devastation! (Jessie) To unite all people within our nation! (James) To denounce the evils of truth and love. (Jessie) To extend our reach to the stars above. (James) It's Jessie! (Jessie) And James! (James) Team Rocket's roaming the regions at the speed of light! (James) Surrender now or prepare for one well-traveled fight. (Everyone) Meowth, that's right! (Meowth)" The 4 stated their usual motto while Dad looked at them like they were crazy. "Um son. Who are these weirdos?" Asura asked puzzled trying to think whether to be threatened or laugh annoyed. "They're Team Rocket! A group of criminals that try to steal everyone's Pokemon! They've been attacking me and my friends for years going after my Pikachu!" I explained as my dad glared at Team Rocket.

"And today we'll succeed! We were watching you when your dumb little contest began and waited for the white haired powerhouse to exhaust a lot of his strength before we take Pikachu and all the Pokemon here!" Jessie laughed as I growled at her. "I won't let you do it!" I shouted angrily holding my ground. "Hahaha! You've got to be crazy to go against us without any Pokemon, you little twerp!" James laughed as I only glared at them more. "Let's teach this twerp a lesson about being stupid when powerless!" Meowth shouted as James and Jessie took out Pokeballs before tossing them out. "Frillish! Yamask! Come teach these twerps a lesson!" Jessie and James shouted as two bolts of light came from the Pokeballs transforming into a small black Egyptian like ghost with slightly long arms, red eyes that had tears to the side of them, a slightly pointed nose and head and a tail holding a small Egyptian mask while the other was a pink and light pink frill jellyfish like ghost with bright red eyes, jellyfish like ghostly body, long pink arms with light pink tentacles, and light pink frills at the end of its dress like tentacle body.

"Yamask!" The mask Pokemon shouted. "Frillish!" Frillish giggled with a malevolent voice. "Frillish use Shadow Ball! Yamask use Dark Pulse!" Jessie and James shouted as Frillish fired a huge sphere of dark purple energy while Yamask attacked me with a huge Dark Pulse causing both attacks to slam into me pushing me back and doing serious damage but I refused to budge. "ASH! YOU COWARDS!" Asura howled in rage as he began to go berserk in the green energy prison slamming into it hard. "I won't go down!" I howled in determination as Team Rocket continued the onslaught of attacks but I bared them all and was still standing. "Pika!" Pikachu cried as I was covered in scorch marks and bruises but didn't dare yield.

"That twerp sure is stubborn! Let's see how tough he is when we put a few bruises in that Pikachu of his!" Meowth snickered as then something snapped in my mind. "What did you just say…?!" I shouted in rage as I looked at Team Rocket dead in the eye. "You can hurt me as many times as you want but I'll take it! But if you dare...DARE threaten to harm my Pokemon then you'll regret it!" I howled in rage as I looked at them with rage in my eyes. "Hahaha! How can a little twerp like you make us pay?!" Jessie laughed as her friends laughed with her. "My Pokemon had always stood there by my side through the thick and thin! They've helped me and protected me so this is my time to help and protect them! I am Ash Ketchum…! AND I'LL PROTECT MY FRIENDS!" I howled with all my might as a burst of red energy erupted from body in a huge wave that knocked everything with its immense power.

"What's going on?! What's that twerp doing?!" Meowth screeched in surprise and terror. Everyone watched as I had began to change with the red energy. My hair turned pure white as some of it stood up with energy, my eyes went from brown to a bright blood red, dark brown runes similar to Asura's emerged on my body and face, I grew a ft and 4 inches taller as my muscles grew and were stern and tough but not as buff as Asura's while my skin became as tan as Asura's, gold armor covered my entire arms and I looked a bit older than I was. The red energy dissipated as I had completely transformed into someone else. "That's...Demigod Mode." Asura stated stunned at my sudden transformation. "Look at Ash! He's completely changed like he's a brand new person and I can feel so much power coming from him!" Alexa stated. "Pika…" Pikachu stated looking at me.

"Since when did the twerp learn how to do that?!" James asked freaked out. "I won't let you get away with this Team Rocket! And I'll prove it too!" I shouted as my voice sounded more rough than it usually was. "Says you! Frillish use Shadow Ball!" Jessie shouted as Frillish fired another dark energy sphere straight at me. I immediately jumped 60 ft into the air dodging Frillish's attack before vanishing and reappearing behind Frillish. "Fist of Rage!" I howled in anger as bright red energy enveloped my fist while I delivered a fierce punch to Frillish's back sending it flying into the ground hard with a loud crash. "What incredible power and all from one punch!" Oak shouted shocked. "Yamask use Hex on that twerp!" James shouted as Yamask began to charge up energy before I faced him with glowing red energy surrounding my fist.

"Burning Aura Shot!" I howled as I threw a punch firing a huge fist shape red energy attack at Yamask blasting it and sending it flying into the balloon hard breaking Team Rocket's remote that held the restraints freeing them but not before Asura broke his prison with one punch and stared at the evildoers with pure rage. "I think we're in trouble!" Meowth howled in fear as both Pokemon returned to them. "You want to see real power? Then have a taste of this! Raging Blast!" Asura howled with fury as he fired a gigantic blast of red energy from his hands straight at Team Rocket while I followed up with another Burning Aura Shot. Both attacks slammed into them and the balloon creating a huge explosion sending them fly. "Team Rocket is blasting off again!" All of them screamed as they were far out of sight.

I had managed to calm down before facing my friends, Pokemon and family. "Are...you guys alright?" I managed to choke out but my mom had ran up to me and hugged me tightly crying. "Oh Ash! I'm so glad you're okay! I thought I was going to lose you there!" Mom cried as I took my arms and comfort her but being careful not to hurt her. "Pika Pikachu?" Pikachu asked looking puzzled at me. "Yeah. I'm fine buddy just feel very different is all. I'm just glad you guys are okay." I answered as my mom let go of me only for me to get tackled by my Pokemon in a big hug. "Haha! Stop! That tickles!" I began to laugh as I started to shrink until I returned back to my normal self. "It looks like Ash turned back to normal. I guess the switch was temporary but it was still incredible. Ash, you're truly one of a kind! I would like to get better understandings of your powers or any new developments while you are on any of your journeys." Oak explained as I smiled at him but my Pokemon stepped back when Asura approached me and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"That definitely proves you are my son not just because of your powers but your sense of right and wrong. I want to make up the time for not being with you. Your mother told me that you're planning a journey to the Kalos region so I'm thinking of coming with you." Asura stated as I looked at him surprised. "Really?!" I asked with stars in my eyes. "Yes. I want to be there for you every step of the way but also see what this world has to offer so I'm planning to become a Pokemon Trainer when I get to Kalos. That doesn't mean you'll be skipping out of training though." Asura answered with a smug grin on his face. "You know it!" I shouted delivering a determined look back at him. "If that's the case, then I'll pack you some stuff and a change of clothes for you Asura but you at least contact me whenever you can while looking out for our son!" Mom stated as my dad smiled at her before following us back home saying goodbye to the Pokemon. The next morning at the Airport…

My mom, Oak, Pikachu, Alexa, Helioptile and I were at the airport in front of our plane that was going to take us to Kalos but there was no sign of my dad anywhere. "Hey...Where's Asura? Didn't he say he was coming with us?" Alexa asked a little puzzled since we noticed we were a demigod father short. "Yeah. Where is he? I guess Ash inherited his lateness from his dad." My mom chuckled but then a fierce gust swept past before we heard a voice from behind us. "You looking for someone?" Asura's voice ranged as we turned to face him in a new outfit. He was now wearing a blue and red flame pattern rimmed opened vest that revealed his abs and golden arms, a brown belt with some of his sash sewed around its edges but also holders for any Pokeballs he was going to carry, his black pants were sewn as good as new and had 2 pockets on the side but he wasn't wearing anything special for his feet and had a black and red cloud bandanna around his neck and he had a black backpack with a red Pokeball emblem and flames on it..

"Doesn't he look dashing?" Mom answered with her sweet voice. "You look awesome dad! That look suits you!" I shouted as Pikachu agreed with me. "Thanks son. Are you ready for our first adventure together?" Asura asked with his arms folded. "You bet! Bye Mom and Oak! We'll see you soon!" I shouted as we got on the plane. "We'll see you soon and you guys have a safe journey!" Mom shouted with Oak as they waved goodbye as the plane door closed and took off into the sky. We're heading out to a brand new region on a new adventure. I wonder how things will go?