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 it picks up where the last chapter left, and this time Ash gets to show a side of himself where he would overcome anything, and is attempting to put a stop to the senseless fighting, but he would soon learn that his actions may have a price, should he choose the wrong person to make a deal with…
Read on to see if Ash can succeed or not.
Well, enjoy!
Ch. 19: Machibuse
As Ash is pondering his next move, he is startled when his cellphone rang and he answered it, where he stepped out of the shop to get a better signal, and Ash stared wide-eyed as the caller turn out to be Pincer Knight himself, and he asks Ash why is he going through all the trouble just to get his attention and wanting to make peace with him. Pincer Knight even asks Ash if he is really willing to make peace with him and if he can convince him to stop fighting, and Ash said he is willing if Pincer Knight willingly stop his attack on every random civilians.
"Are you sure about this, Mr. Ketchum?"
"Yeah…if you're willing to stop the attacks…"
"…"
"Hello…?"
"I don't know…if I stop fighting…my Pokemon might try to eat me…I had no choice…the Pokemon is so hungry that he forced me to find victims…I'm not sure I…"
"Don't worry! I'll help you!"
"Can I really trust you?"
"Yeah…you can trust me!"
Ash sees a glimmer of hope when Pincer Knight said that his reason why he let Volcancer attack anyone is because he is forced to and is unable to prevent his Pokemon from halting its hunger and said that the woman he saw at the shop might be an enemy, as well as the man who argued with Ash at the snack bar earlier, and Ash unintentionally revealed Ren and Yuri's full names, assuring to Pincer Knight that they are not enemies, but allies.
"Really?"
"Yeah, Ren and Yuri are not bad persons!"
"…"
"Please believe me!"
"…"
"Can you hear me?"
"Can we…meet somewhere…I wish to meet you in person…"
"Sure!"
Pincer Knight then told Ash that he wants to meet with him at a specified place so that they can talk privately and discuss how to put a stop to the battle, which Ash readily accepted, and as the line was cut, Ash hurried out of the tea shop to meet with Pincer Knight. As Yuri came out, she is baffled and wondered where Ash went, unaware that he is set to meet with Pincer Knight as he is hoping to gain an ally in putting a stop to the senseless fight and killing.
"Where did Ash go…?"
Yuri sighed as she decided to clean up the table and remind Ash to pay up once he shows up at the tea shop again, and wondered what Ren is up to as she has not heard from him for a few hours til now. She hoped that Ren is not doing anything foolish such as picking a fight with Ash, as she has seen what Ren is capable of.
By then, a customer came in and Yuri accommodate him as she offered him a cup of tea, which the customer accepted, and as he drank the tea, he gave her the payment and there he spoke to Yuri, in which the customer is revealed to be Mosley Sudden, as he showed her his badge, and asks her if she is Yuri, in which she nodded, and Sudden said that he is conducting an investigation over the disappearance of Sherman Clandestine and he asks her if she is related to Sherman.
This gauges her reaction as she too is investigating Sherman's disappearance and told Sudden that she is Sherman's younger sibling and asks Sudden if he is really searching for him and if he found any lead that would lead to his current whereabouts.
"Eh? Did you say you found leads relating to my missing brother?"
"Sort of…and though I can't say I found a breakthrough, the clues I gathered so far might help me lead to where he might be hiding…"
"Really…?"
"Well…"
"Please…tell me…"
"Um…if you would come with me…I might show you the clues which you might recognize…and if you do recognize them…it might help in my investigation…"
"…"
"If you wish to find Sherman…"
Sudden said that he managed to piece together some clues on where Sherman might be staying and invited her to come along at the police station so that she can see the clues, which Yuri obliges, as she thank him for coming all the way here must to tell her about Sherman, in which Sudden said it is nothing as he is just doing his job.
"Thank you, sir…for coming all the way here…"
"Ah…no, it's…"
"It really mean a lot to me…"
"Please…I'm just doing my job…"
"Please lead the way, sir."
"Okay."
"Sherman…my brother…"
"…"
-x-
Meanwhile, the scene shifts at a road where Ren is riding his motorcycle and is heading for the pawnshop where Serena was found unconscious, as he has a feeling that he may have overlooked something, and as he is driving, Volcancer suddenly showed up and uses his pincers to grab the lower part of the motorcycle which caused Ren to be thrown off and fell onto the road, and since he is wearing a helmet, he escaped potential head injury.
As Ren got up, he saw Volcancer, and there the Pokemon fired scores of bubbles that are the size of baseballs, and instinctively, Ren evaded them, just as the bubbles exploded, and the impact sends Ren to the opposite lane, where a passing truck honked as the truck is about to ram him. Ren managed to get out of the way, and narrowly survived from being run over as the truck and his assistant shouted at Ren for doing such a stupid stunt.
"Hey!"
"Are you crazy?"
"Are you trying to commit suicide?"
"Kill yourself somewhere else!"
"Don't drag us down in your stupidity!"
"Crazy pedestrian!"
"Go home and whack off!"
"Stupid suicide fan!"
Ren turn around and sees that Volcancer is already gone, and after a minute he slowly guessed that Pincer Knight has figured out Ren's identity as Dark Knight, and wondered how his identity is discovered, as he never told anyone about it.
Heading for the pawnshop, Ren went inside and looked around, and there he noticed something near the wall and saw a small crack beside the portion if the wall that was covered in cement. Sensing that something is amiss, Ren grabbed a nearby hammer and began banging on the cracked wall and after 85 seconds he managed to bore a hole and found a hand inside.
"What the…?"
Ren then pulled the body out where a chubby man is stored, and his body is starting to decompose and this caused Ren to make a startling discovery, and he went outside and called the attention of a passing policeman and the rest of the events began to play out.
-x-
Meanwhile, Ash is seen entering an abandoned parking space, he began to call out for someone, saying that he is here to negotiate and want to form an alliance, even offering to vouch for him should Ren asks questions.
"Hello! I'm here! You can come out! I want to talk to you!"
Suddenly, Pincer Knight appeared behind Ash and struck him on the side of his head, sending Ash careening towards a huge cart where Ash fell on top, and he is quite dazed but saw his attacker, and there Ash tries to persuade Pincer Knight that he is here to talk and not to fight, but his words fell on deaf ears as Pincer Knight cut a rope and a huge debris fell on top of the 14-year old boy, in which it turns out that it was a trap.
Pincer Knight watches on seeing that Ash would not survive the impact, and sneered at it seeing that he has won and eliminated one target. However, the debris exploded as Dragredder broke out and it is revealed that Ash activated his Poke-ball at the last minute and Dragredder shielded him just as Ash initiated his transformation into Drago-Knight.
Now Drago-Knight is pissed as he felt betrayed and confronted Pincer Knight, demanding an explanation on why he did that, yet Pincer Knignt said nothing as he has no intention of talking, and this made Ash angry at him.
"Hey!"
"…"
"What's the meaning of this?"
"…"
"I thought you said you wanted to talk so we can work this out?"
"…"
"Answer me!"
"…"
Pincer Knight said nothing as he charged toward his target and presses for an attack, which Drago-Knight backed away, trying to hold him off and tried to talk some sense into him, and even tried to reach through him verbally, reiterating that he is not here to fight, and only wanted to make a peaceful alliance, yet his efforts were in vain as Pincer Knight said nothing despite Ash's attempts to try calming him down which proved to be fruitless.
"Stop!"
"…"
"I said I'm not here to fight!"
"…"
"Please stop this!"
"…"
"I mean it!"
"…"
By then Volcancer showed up and struck Drago-Knight from behind, and there Pincer Knight finally spoke, as he gives his Pokemon a command which the Pokemon obliges, in which Drago-Knight was quite dazed to hear him speak.
"Volcancer…Claw cutter…"
Volcancer's body glowed and fired something from his body, in which Pincer Knight caught with his right arm, where you can see that his right forearm is covered in a gauntlet that resembled a rather huge weapon that resembled a crab's claw, and there he began to attack Drago-Knight and beats him up cruelly, with Volcancer joining the fray, and the two took turns in beating him up, which they slowly gain the upper hand, and there Pincer Knight gave his Pokemon the next command.
"Volcancer…Bubble Bombs…"
"Rrroooaarr…!"
Volcancer roared and spits out several ball-sized bubbles from its mouth which struck its target, producing strong explosions and the impact sends Drago-Knight back and struck a pillar. There Drago-Knight is slowly getting pissed and as he gets up, he screamed at Pincer Knight and demanded to know if he is really serious about this yet he got no response, which further infuriated him.
"You…!"
"…"
"Is this your idea of wanting to have a peaceful talk?"
"…"
"Then what you said earlier is just a lie?"
"…"
"Fine…have it your way!"
"…"
Seeing that this is getting nowhere, Drago-Knight took out his Pokeball just as Pincer Knight is about to hit him, and there Dragredder came out and used its tail to whip Pincer Knight aside, and as Pincer Knight was down, he was alert enough to see that the dragon-Pokemon is about to spit a fireball and he managed to dodge it which caused a huge hole on the concrete floor.
Drago-Knight then gets up and gives Dragredder a command which the Pokemon obliges.
"Dragreder…Drag Claw!"
"Rrrroooaarr!"
Dragreeder's body glowed and threw an object towards Drago-knight, which he caught it, and it was a gauntlet that resembled Dragredder's head, which turns out to be one of his weapons, the Drag Claw, and by then Dragredder went beside its master and Drago-Knight made a punching gesture, and the Drag Claw, glowed with flames, just as Dragreder is about to spit a huge fireball, and sensing that the situation is not good, Pincer Knight gives Volcancer a command.
"Volcancer…Shell Guard!"
As Volcancer's roared, his body glow and threw an object at Pincer Knight, which was a shield that resembled Volcancer's back, and Pincer Knight shields himself as Drago-Knight and Dragredder threw the fireballs at their target, and the impact was somewhat defected, yet it was still strong enough to send Pincer Knight back and collided with a car, and Pincer Knight saw that his shield was smoking hot, and realized that the shield might give in if struck again.
He then saw Drago-Knight and Dragredder approaching them, and seeing that he is at a disadvantage, Pincer Knight recalled his Pokemon back to his Pokeball and ran off, smashing a pillar which caused a portion of the roof to give in, and Dragredder uses its flame blasts to char the debris away, and as the smoke cleared, Drago-knight sees that Pincer Knight escaped, and he recalls Dragredder back to his Pokeball before deactivating his armor.
Ash was livid as he could not believe that Pincer Knight had betrayed him and played him for a fool, and recalling what Ren told him earlier, the younger boy refuse to accept that Ren is correct, and he is determined to prove him wrong as he leaves the parking area to head out to see what he can do to put a stop to this madness of a battle royal.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as Ash gets in to trouble after Pincer Knight seemingly tricked him into thinking that he wants a peaceful alliance, yet Ash somehow drives him away. He now realizes that there are people who would take advantage of his kindness yet Ash simply refuses to admit his own naiveté as being the reason why he got suckered into an ambush.
Ren found someone buried inside the pawnshop. What would this mean?
And would Yuri be able to find leads that would lead her to her missing brother?
Preview:
This arc reaches its conclusion as both Ash and Ren learn Pincer Knight's identity, and that Ash would discover something that he never thought would expect…
See you in 3 to 4 weeks…
Reviews are welcomed...
