Ash's Awakening, Sins Of A Father


Disclaimer:
Pokemon is owned by Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo and TV Tokyo


Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I am really happy and this inspired me to bring in the next chapter, and here we pick up where the last chapter left off, where Ash successfully captured a new Pokemon, but then trouble arises as another Pokemon is about to attack, and here Ren comes in to try taking down the wild Pokemon.

Well, read on below to see where this would lead to, and enjoy!


Ch. 9: A Decision to Make

"So what do you say, Dragredder?"

"..."

"Join me...I can make you stronger! And you won't have to hunt and hurt people!"

"..."

"I can train you! Just believe in me!"

"..."

"Dragredder!"

"..."

Yuri watches on and is worried at how things would turn out, believing that Dragredder would consume him without a second thought, and as she looks on, the dragon-like Pokemon glances at Ash from head to toe, and roared, but then nodded his head as he was seemingly swayed by Ash's words, as he is impressed at how the teen made an offer and is willing to be the trainer despite the hostility Dragredder showed him previously.

Seeing that he got through, activated the Pokeball and captured Dragredder, and after a few seconds, the Pokeball showed that the Pokemon has been secured, which Yuri was surprised at what she saw, and approached Ash and asks him how did he managed to tame such a powerful and wild Pokemon, which he said that he always does this when he meets a Pokemon that piqued his interest.

"...and that is how I did it..."

"But..."

"I'm okay now...thanks for giving me the means to capture this Pokemon."

"What will you do now?"

"I'm going after that spider-like Pokemon...and stop it from hurting people..."

"But...there is no need to..."

"Don't worry...I'll be fine..."

"Wait, kid...stop...!"

Yuri tries stop Ash as the 14-year old boy went towards the other side of the rooftop, where the scene shows that the armored Ren is fighting off Spidus, in which the battle appeared even, as he took out a rapier and began to slash the Pokemon's hide, but had little effect and Spidus swats him back which Ren backed away, but when he turn around he realized that he is near the edge and saw that he and the Pokemon are eight stories above the ground, and felt that he has to be careful knowing that the armor he is using has no assurances that would protect him from extreme height impact should he fall off.

"Damn…"

-x-

Meanwhile, the scene shifts to the town below, where Serena is window-shopping as she is looking at the latest trend in clothing, and as she is about to check out a set of clothes that caught her fancy, she can hear Clement and Bonnie bickering again, and Serena can guess why as she saw Clement sighing in annoyance as a group of teenage girls snickering after Bonnie asks them to go and ask Clement to take him on a date, and there you can see the siblings argue in a rather exaggerated form.

"Geez, Bonnie…would you please knock it off…?"

"Why not?"

"What you're doing is embarrassing!"

"It's not!"

"Come on, Clement…you'll stay a bachelor forever if you don't ask a girl out.."

"When the right time comes…!"

"Ohhh…scared of girls…?"

"Bonnie!"

Serena smiled seeing how lively they are, and by then she wondered what Ash is doing right now, but then she saw Pikachu running towards her and jumped in her arms, and Serena called Clement and Bonnie, which the two siblings stopped their bickering and they assembled in front of Serena as the trio listened to what Pikachu is telling them, and they were a bit alarmed when told about the situation, which Serena asks if Ash went there alone, in which Pikachu confirmed.

"Is Ash alone…?"

"Pika-pika!"

"Seriously?"

"Pika-pika!

"Goodness…what is he thinking?"

"Pika-pika!

"Do you know where he is?"

"Pika-pika!"

Hearing this made Serena worried, and there Clement and Bonnie asks Pikachu where Ash went, and after being told, he decided to try get help seeing that there us another wild Pokemon that is attacking humans, but then their conversation was interrupted after the body of the pregnant woman came crashing down, and Bonnie shrieked at the sight which Clement quickly covered her eyes, seeing that the corpse was drained of its body fluids and the corpse of the unborn child is seen being torn out from the stomach, which was a gruesome sight.

Serena mustered the courage to withstand such a gruesome sight, and as police came to cordon the area, Serena then had Pikachu lead her to where the scene is, and she ran off undetected, in which Clement and Bonnie are about to follow her but police blocked their paths as they cordoned the area despite the siblings' protests, as everyone else were being evacuated fearing that a wild Pokemon may be nearby.

"Sorry, you two…it's off limits."

"What?"

"But our friends…!"

"This is a crime scene now…civilians are being evacuated."

"We can't just leave our…"

"Sorry…that's an order."

"No…"

"Ash…Serena…"

-x-

Back at the rooftop, Ash arrived at the other side, where he saw Spidus attacking Ren, and as Ash summoned Greninja, he directed his Pokemon to try to get its attention so that they can lure Spidus at the center so that he can try summoning Dragredder and use the Pokemon's power to disable and subdue the spider-like Pokemon, which Greninja nodded, seeing the logic, and is getting ready to execute his actions as Ash is looking for the right moment to give the command.

"Okay, Geninja…"

"Geninja…"

"When I give the word…you know what to do…"

"Geninja…"

"And once the plan works…we can end it without killing that Pokemon…

"Geninja…"

"Okay…get ready…"

"Geninja…"

However, Spidus saw Ash and raised its front legs and fired needles, which were as big as a faucet, and Greninja jumped and grabbed Ash as they both moved out of the way to avoid it, and unfortunately, a security guard happened to came out, having heard noises, and as he came out of the door, the spike struck the guard, impaling his chest and he moaned as he fell to the ground, lying in a pool of blood which Ash stared wide-eyed in shock.

Spidus then made another move as it spits out webbing, and Greninja stood in front of Ash to protect him, but ended up getting caught and he is now tied up in thick strands of web, and the Pokemon finds himself struggling to break free, and realized that Spidus is a very dangerous Pokemon, and way too dangerous to handle for a human alone, and tells Ash to fall back and avoid confronting Spidus, which Ash appeared conflicted as he did not want to ignore a Pokemon that just killed an innocent passerby.

"But…Geninja…"

"Geninja…"

"I can't just…"

"Geninja…"

"I'll think of a way!"

"Geninja…"

"No…I won't leave you alone!"

"Geninja…"

As Geninja and Ash argue, Spidus took the opportunity to go after the teen boy, intending to consume him but Ren sighed in dismay seeing Ash there and felt that he is more of a hindrance, so he jumped on the Pokemon's back and slashes it away, causing the Pokemon to scream in pain and tries to throw him off, but Ren held on and continued to stab Spidus with reckless abandon, intending to finish him no matter what.

However, Spidus managed to grab Ren and threw him back, which Ren managed to get up, but Spidus then fired its giant needles and Ren parried it with his rapier but the Pokemon increases the amount of projectile and Ren was forced to back away, but in doing so he accidentally fell off the edge and begins to fall down, which Ash watched in horror seeing that Ren is about to be killed.

"Darkwing!"

"SSSKKKRRREEE!"

Ren screamed for his Pokemon, in which the bat-Pokemon showed up and attaches itself onto the back of Ren's armor, and there Ren flew around the sphere-like structure of the building, prompting Spidus to follow them, and as the Pokemon followed them by walking by the building's outer windows, Ren used Darkwing's speed and went around until getting behind Spidus and rammed it, causing the spider-Pokemon to fall down, however, it landed on a ledge which is connected to the 4th floor, and as Spidus landed, so did Ren.

As Ren landed, Darkwing is still attached to Ren's armor, thus its bat wings turn into a cape, and Ren uses the cape as a shield, as Spidus fired its needles, and thus the cape deflected the spikes, providing protection from potential injuries, but Spidus kept on firing which forces Ren to be on the defensive as he looks around to find anything that would shift the tide in his favor and finish off the Pokemon once he finds an opportunity.

However, Spidus spits out its webbing and Ren finds himself tied up, and with Darkwing attached on his back, he could not direct his Pokemon to mount an offensive or a defensive, thus the two of them are trapped and seeing their situation, it would take several minutes for them to break free from the webbing, but with Spidus approaching them, they do not have enough time, and Ren thinks of something to get out of this predicament and orders Darkwing to try breaking free from the webbing.

"Darkwing!"

"Skkkrrree!"

"Try to break free!"

"Skkkrrree!"

"Hurry…or we'll both get killed!

"Skkkrrree!"

"Try it!"

"Skkkrrree!"

At the 8th floor, Ash looks on seeing that Ren is in danger, and yet he felt helpless as he could not do anything, and by then Yuri came and saw the scene, which she could only watch in worry as she too could not do anything much at this point, and wondered aloud if there is something she could do to help Ren, as she herself does not have a Pokemon to help Ren. Ash stared at her and he too can relate to her, and he wondered if there is something he can do to help rather than watch the scene unfold below, as he could not stand looking helpless.

By then a thought hit him as he took out the Pokeball that Yuri gave him, where he had captured Dragredder, then he stared at the scene below, and something hits him as he felt a glimmer of hope enveloping him emotionally, and this gives him the courage to try something out, and he is about to open the Pokeball when Yuri tries to dissuade him from acting recklessly, fearing for his safety and well-being having seen Dragredder in action before being captured by Ash.

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"Don't! We don't know if that Pokemon would obey you…!"

"It will be okay…"

"But…"

"I caught wild Pokemon in the past…so this should be okay."

"What if that Pokemon chooses to consume you? That is too risky!"

"…"

Ash saw the worried look on Yuri's face, and he slowly appreciates her concern and he smiled saying that he is grateful to her, but said that this is where his training as a Pokemon trainer comes in and said he is ready to face anything and he will take responsibility for it and made it clear that this is now or never as Ren's life is on the line and he will risk it all to stop Spidus from claiming any more victims, as well as to protect others from ending up in those kind if fates.

As Yuri stared in worry and disbelief, Ash nodded his head as he turn around and opened the Pokeball, where Dragredder came out, and roared aloud as he looked down and stared at Ash, and as the Pokemon hovered around Ash, the teen boy asks his newly-acquired Pokrmon if he is ready, in which Dragredder stared silently at the trainer, and Yuri is worried that Dragredder might only take advantage and consume Ash seeing that the dragon-Pokemon has not been trained and believes that Ash's inexperience may lead to his untimely death.

To Be Continued...


Hope you like this chapter, as Ash gets to see another death…and with Ren in danger of being killed, he makes the decision to go ahead and take a risk, despite the woman's warning that Dragredder might turn against Ash even when captured. Will Ash take the risk be able to get the Pokemon to help him save Ren? Or will Ash be the next to become Pokemon food?


Preview:

Dragredder takes the spotlight as Ash summons him to fight Spidus…but see what happens after…as something unexpected takes place…

See you in 2 to 3 weeks...

Reviews are welcomed...