Ash's Awakening, Sins Of A Father
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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 you will get to see the story advancing as the new character has been INTRODUCED and this is where Ash gets another situation on what to do given the sudden turn of events.
Well, enjoy!
Ch. 17:Kani no kōgeki-sha
As Ash directs Pikachu to escort the woman to safety which he nodded and leads the pregnant woman away, Ash uses the chance to take out his Pokedex to study the attacker and the device spoke and identified the Pokemon and what type it is.
Pokedex: "VOLCANCER...A WATER AND ROCK HYBRID-TYPE POKEMON...KNOWN FOR HAVING A TOUGH SHELL ANDNIS ARMED WITHNA SET OF PINCERS...AN ABLE FIGHTER THAT IS CAPABLE OF SNAPPING OBJECTS WITH ITS PINCERS..."
The attacking Pokemon is identified as Volcancer, and is a hybrid type of water and rock, in which it resembled a humanoid-looking crab, and is armed with a pair of crab pincers, and seeing that he has no other Pokemon at the moment, and feeling that Dragredder should be used only as a last resort, Ash took out his belt buckle and fasten it around his waist before pressing the button, where he in his armored form, red inner armor with gray outer armor, and Ash began to fight off Volcancer, where he finds out that its shell is somewhat tough.
"Whoa!"
"..."
"Thus Pokemon's tough!"
"..."
"Just like a real crab...!"
"Rrr..."
"Darn...I can't just use Dragredder recklessly...!"
"Rrr..."
However, someone arrived, and Volcancer stopped attacking, in which Ash turn around to see who arrived, and saw that the entrant is wearing an armor similar to his, in which its inner armor is black, but his outer armor is brown, matching the color of Volcancer. Moreover, the entrant's outer armor resembled a crab's shell and his helmet resembled a crab's head, and you can see a shears-like device attached to the entrant's left forearm.
Ash glanced at him and at Volcancer, and began to suspect that the entrant may be behind the attacks and demanded an explanation from him.
"Hey you!"
"..."
"Are you the owner of that Pokemon?"
"..."
"Are you responsible for the series of killings?"
"..."
"Answer me!"
"..."
The entrant said nothing and began to attack Ash, and while he did block the attacks, the armored entrant appeared to be a good fighter and continued to assault Ash, just as Volcancer joins in and did a two-on-one attack on Ash.
The armored Ash was starting to get overwhelmed due to his seemingly reluctance to fight the armored attacker as he seemed to focus his attention on Volcancer. There the armored attacker made a sneak attack on the armored Ash and soon the two began to pin down Ash, and are poised to deliver a death blow and are about to advance when Dark Wing came and executed a Sonic Wave, and the sound causes the two to get dizzy and back away, where Ren, in his armored form, shows up, wielding the Wing Lancer and struck Volcancer, but narrowly misses the other guy.
Ash was bewildered and asks Ren what is going on here, asking why the entrant has the same belt as his and Ren.
"What are you doing? Why do you hesitate?"
"Ren!"
"Fight back if you want to stay alive"
"That guy…he has an armor.. and uses the same belt buckle like mine!"
"I know…he's like us!"
"What?"
"He's Pincer Knight!"
"Huh?"
Ren identifies the attacker as Pincer Knight, and said that he is behind the series of attacks that left several victims disemboweled, and that Volcancer is the culprit, with Pincer Knight giving the orders, making him an indirect murderer, which shocked Ash, as Pincer Knight stares at the two, and for some reason, he appeared to halt his aggression and is starting to back away feeling that he is outmatched against the two seeing that it is possible that he could be overwhelmed should they summon their Pokemon.
"So…you have an ally…we'll settle this later."
Pincer Knight ordered Volcancer to cover their escape and fired explosive bubbles which Ren dodges while Ash was hit squarely and is thrown against the wall, and by then Pincer Knight had already escaped. Ash deactivated his belt with Ren doing the same, and there he chastises Ash for being too soft, telling him that he will die so early if he keeps holding back and not fight at full force once he encounter Pincer Knight again.
Ash is baffled and asks Ren why there was another person having the same belt and if Volcancer is partnered with the attacker, and there Ren said that is it is likely the one who gave him and Ash the belt buckles is the one who gave the attacker the means, hence he is able to catch and made a partner out of Volcancer.
Ash then asks Ren if the person he is referring to is the same guy he encountered several days ago, giving the description, and Ren stared in surprise and accidentally revealed the person's name in question - Sherman Clandestine.
"He gave it to you?"
"Yes…he did."
"So…Sherman Clandestine is really serious…"
"Huh? Sherman Clandestine? Who is he?"
"Did you approached him? Did you demanded that you get a belt buckle from him?"
"Wait…I don't know that guy…he just appeared and threw the buckle at me and disappeared."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Ash blinked his eyes as he had no idea that the person who gave him the belt buckle had a name, and told Ren he do not know the guy, and seeing that Ash is telling the truth, Ren decided to leave, but Ash stops him, and asks him how he know about the attacker's name, and there he told Ash that he encountered Pincer Knight a few days ago, and he suspected that Pincer Knight could be the guy at a nearby shop.
As Ren left, he heads towards the nearest shop, which is a pawn shop, where he noticed the door was slightly opened, and entered it, with Ash following, where they saw Serena slumped on the ground, unconscious, which caused Ash to get frantic and tries to wake her up, but noticed that her left temple is bruised and Ren wondered if Pincer Knight did this as Ash tries to wake Serena up, to no avail, as she remained unconscious.
By then a police detective came and entered the scene, showing his badge and asks Ren what is going on as he heard Ash screaming, and the police detective identifies himself as Mosley Sudden, and there Ren made an alibi saying that they saw the pawn shop's door was opened and found Serena unconscious. There Sudden said that a series of murders was happening here for the past few days, and he is investigating it, where he said that the pawn shop's owner, identified only as Chumlee, may be the culprit as he is missing since the murders occurred, which a suspicious Ren asks if he suspect a Pokemon is involved or not.
"So then…did a Pokemon do all of that?"
"Sorry?"
"Do you think a Pokemon is responsible for those killings?"
"What proof do you have?"
"…"
"I think this is what the suspect want us to think."
"Seriously?"
"That's what I believe."
Sudden said that there is no proof that a Pokemon did this, and if a Pokemon is involved, then it would have terrorize the place and there would be eyewitness accounts, and he concluded that this is what Chumlee wanted to make the crime look like - a Pokemon attack.
As Ren is unsure about what he is told, Ash began carrying Serena in his arms and went out, intending to take her to a hospital, and there Sudden told Ash that he will investigate who attacked Serena, which Ash nodded in gratitude and left, as Ren took his leave as well, seeing that having a detective around might hinder him, and as the two have left, Sudden began to look around and began investigating, as he wanted to know if there is a connection or not.
-x-
Several minutes later, the scene shifts at the hospital where Clement and Bonnie arrived, and there they were told by Ash about what happened, and they could not believe what they are hearing, and there Ash asks them to look after Serena as he is going out somewhere to do some investigation, which Clement tells Ash to be careful, which Ash nodded and promised that he will be careful in his journey and said that he will be back tonight.
"Ash…"
"Yeah?"
"Be careful."
"I will."
"Take Pikachu with you. You can't use that dragon Pokemon so suddenly."
"I know. I'll be back tonight."
"Okay, we'll look after Serena."
"Thanks."
Outside, Ash is leaving the hospital, and he is being watched by the police detective, who turns out to be Mosley Sudden, and after watching him leave, Sudden glanced at the hospital but then decided to go somewhere else, and leaves the vicinity without notice.
About an hour later, Ash is seen resting at a snack bar where he saw Yuri approaching him, and there she began talking to him, saying that she heard from Ren that he got a belt buckle from Sherman Clandestine, which Ash confirms it and there Yuri began telling him her full name as Yuri Clandestine, and that she is Sherman's younger sister, which Ash stared in surprise, and asks her what she knows about Sherman and why he gives the belt buckle to random persons.
Yuri sadly said that she has no idea herself other than what Ren told her, saying that Sherman was a caring older sibling who looks out for her, but about ten months ago he disappeared without warning, and the last time she talked to him was several weeks before his disappearance, and said that he will definitely be back and will protect her and will be by her side no matter what, and since then she has not heard from him.
However, she started to make investigations of her own six months ago when she found Ren, who happened to be sprawling on the ground one day after fighting and defeating a Pokemon and saw him having difficulty in taming Dark Wing, and since taking him to her place she learned that her brother somewhat resurfaced, and gave Ren a belt buckle and a Pokeball that led Ren to capturing Dark Wing and became what Ren stated to be a Poke-Fighter, and that he must defeat other Poke-Fighters to win and gain an ULTIMATE POWER to grant one's desire…or wish.
"What…? A Poke-Fighter..?"
"Yes."
"So then…Ren and I…"
"Yes…Ren is one…and if what he told me about you is true…then you have become one…"
"…"
"I'm sorry, Ash…that you got embroiled in this…"
"Why did Ren become one?"
"Well…"
According to Yuri, while she has no full idea what motivated Ren to do this, she can tell that he is not doing this for selfish gains, but something important, as well as not using it to hurt other innocent people, and there she told Ash about Ren's designated name - Poke-Fighter Dark Knight. Yuri then told Ash because he was given a belt buckle by Sherman and having captured Dragredder, he is also given a designated name too - Poke-Fighter Drago-Knight.
Ash stared wide-eyed at hearing this and glanced at the Pokeball he is holding where Dragredder is stored, and then glanced at Yuri, as she gives him a worried look and said she is now worried now that she now has met two Poke-Fighters, and a third one have surfaced, Ren would get reckless and seek out to fight either one of them, and while Ren's actions may be reasonable given that Pincer Knight may be responsible for the series of killings, taking a life without hesitation might drive Ren to the edge may end up becoming an involuntary killer.
Ash clenched his fists as he sensed that this may be the reason why Ren attacked him after he captured Drgaredder a few weeks ago, and believing that Pincer Knight may be reasoned with, Ash said he will try to reason with Pincer Knight and see if he could persuade him to stop his foolish actions, which Yuri tried to caution the younger boy, worried that they are not sure if Pincer Knight intend to listen to anyone, but Ash assured that he could succeed if given the right approach.
"But Ash…from what Ren told me…the third one may be a criminal…and even attacked you…"
"I know…but I might persuade him to listen…"
"Can you…?"
"I know I can."
"But…"
"Don't worry. I know I can do it."
"Ash…"
"I'll be fine."
However, Ren showed up and confronted Ash, grabbing the younger boy by his collar and told him to stop acting childish and foolish, reminding him that he is now in a WAR, and said that other potential entrants have no intention of doing THAT once they are chosen to become one, which Ash resented it and told Ren that anything is possible and believe that he can persuade Pincer Knight to stop his actions and try to stop this BATTLE, which Ren scoffs at Ash's foolish remark.
"I know I can do it!"
"Are you really stupid, kid?"
"What was that?"
"You saw what happened earlier…Pincer Knight sent a Pokemon to eat victims…and even tried to kill you. How can you say that he would listen to the likes of you?"
"Because I believe I can do it! Violence is not always the answer!"
"In Pokemon battles…anything goes…and negotiations are out of the battlefield!"
"You won't know unless you try!"
"You fucking idiot!"
As Yuri stood up and tries to pry the two apart, this caused a particular scene where other customers took notice and felt that the two may be siblings or relatives of sorts, and they felt that they should take their arguments elsewhere as their antics is disrupting the peace of the snack bar, and some of the elderly customers sighed seeing and believing that the youth today are more brazen than the ones in their generation.
"Oh my…"
"Goodness…"
"Look at that…"
"So immature and uncultured…"
"Youngsters these days…"
"They are more brazen that the youth of yesteryears…"
"What rude customers…"
"Someone call the bouncers…"
Not far, a pair of eyes is seen watching the scene where Ren and Ash are physically bickering with Yuri praying the two apart, and the unseen person left the scene as the person seemed to have a plan that would deal with the two aforementioned targets.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as it is filled with action, yet it ended abruptly as the attacker retreated out of fear of being overwhelmed by numbers given that Ren and Ash have their Pokemon while he only has one.
Ash is seemingly facing another situation, as he is unwittingly put in a situation where he must face other possible entrants who have belt buckles and summon armor and Pokemon. He is now a Poke-Fighter and is told to face others which also means that he may have to fight Ren as well in addition to Pincer Knight and his Volcancer.
And the mysterious person whom Ash encountered at the hotel is identified, as Sherman Clandestine, who gave Ash the belt buckle and now Yuri seemingly feels worried that Ash might get into bigger trouble if he is dragged in to this mess.
Preview:
Ash decides to try reasoning with Pincer Knight in the hopes of gaining an ally and make him see the errors of his ways, while Ren is being targeted by someone, so expect more action to appear…
See you in 3 to 4 weeks…
Reviews are welcomed...
