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 the story reaches its climax as Ash confronts Sudden, and this will result in a rather climatic battle between the two, and whether Ash is willing to stoop on Sudden's level or not. This may be Ash's moment to shine, unless…

Either way, this chapter will close up the Pincer Knight arc.

Well, enjoy!


Ch. 21: Uragiri ni yotte ochiru

Outside, the scene shifts to a nearby park where Sudden is running but the two investigators are pursuing him until the chase leads to a nearby building where Sudden is cornered, and the two investigators slowly approached him as they urge him to surrender and answer the charges levied against him, saying that the evidence is quite strong that Sudden must answer them.

Sudden appeared to be desperate until he gave a sinister smirk, and the two investigators wondered if he is bucking under pressure, yet they approached cautiously as they anticipate that he may be armed with a weapon.

Suddenly, Volcancer emerged from a thick bush and dragged them in, where the two detectives can be heard screaming as they are being consumed by the hungry Pokemon.

"AAAAIIIEEEE!"

"GGGGYYYAAHHH!""

"MUNCH! MUNCH!"

"AAAAIIIEEEE!"

"GGGGYYYAAHHH!"

"AAAAIIIEEEE!"

"GGGGYYYAAHHH!""

"MUNCH! MUNCH!"

You can see blood spurting and splattering and Sudden sighed in relief as he can now make his next move, but stopped as he saw a glaring Ash standing before him, and the two began a tense stare-off as a battle is about to commence.

As the two stare off, the scene shows that Cassidy and Siam are watching in secret, surprised to see Sudden wielding a Pokemon that just consumed two persons, and this made Cassidy worried as she realized that Sudden cannot be trusted at all, and Siam is in disbelief upon witnessing that a Pokemon is capable of eating people, which is normally impossible for a normal Pokemon.

"…"

"…"

"Did you…saw that…?"

"Yeah…as a Pokemon…there is no way I could do something like eating a human…"

"Are you sure…?"

"Hey, I'm just surprised as you are."

"That Sudden…just what is he…where did he…?"

"We better tail him, Cassidy…"

Cassidy and Siam then saw Sudden walking off, with a glaring Ash following him, in which they are heading towards a nearby park, and Cassidy told Siam to prepare the video-cam as they will record everything that they saw so as to show Giovanni what she and Siam discovered about Sudden, which the Siamese-cat Pokemon nodded, saying that this is one discovery he would not afford to miss.

"Siam…you got the video-cam?"

"Right here."

"Start filming…we got to show the boss what kind of guy Sudden is."

"My thoughts exactly. That guy must be exposed to the boss…"

"Right."

"So what next?"

"Depends on the outcome, Siam."

"Right."

-x-

The scene shifts at the tea restaurant where Ren carried Yuri to her room and puts her to bed, and he is relieved to see that she wasn't harmed, and he mentally sighed in annoyance that Ash did something foolish and reckless, and as he is about to leave, Yuri slowly woke up, and called out Ren, which he turn around, seeing that she is awake.

Yuri apologized if she caused him trouble which he said she did nothing wrong, and there she told him what happened, and by then she asked him if the police detective is a Poke-Fighter, in which Ren is hesitant to reply, until he lied by saying he is not, but Yuri can tell that Sudden is, given that he knows about Sherman.

"You don't have to hide it, Ren."

"…"

"Mosley Sudden…he's a Poke-fighter…just like you and Ash."

"…"

"He knows about me and you…because my brother…he made him into one."

"…"

"Are you…going to…?"

"…"

Ren just stared at her as he did not respond to her queries as he walked off, leaving Yuri silent as she felt that she may be a pawn in this given that her brother is approaching anyone and made them Poke-Fighters for reasons unknown, and wished that there is a way to stop this without any bloodshed, recalling that Ash feels the same thing.

Outside, Ren clenched his fists as he is pissed that Sudden is willing to use anyone for his own purpose, and that he just used Yuri as a hostage, and mentally decided to face him off, not only because Sudden kidnap Yuri and use her as a hostage, but also for sending Volcancer to indirectly kill him on the streets earlier.

He then boarded his motorcycle and is about to speed off when Yuri came out and asks him if he intends to kill Sudden, which he just stared at her in response, which made her more worried than before, seeing that he intend to settle things with Sudden no matter what.

"Wait!"

"…"

"Are you…going to face Sudden…?"

"…"

"You…intend to kill him…?"

"…"

"Ren!"

"…"

After that, Ren leaves the area as Yuri watches on as she is worried on what would happen next.

-x-

At the park, Sudden stopped as he saw Ash glaring at him as he demanded to know if what Ren said is true about killing the pawnshop owner and being Pincer Knight himself, which Sudden snickered as he admitted to that, and Ash asked why did he attacked Serena, in which Sudden just stared at him, but Ash persisted and demanded to know why Sudden lets his Pokemon attack innocent people, killing the pawnshop owner and attacking Serena.

Sudden just stared at him in an amoral way before explaining his actions, which started when he is hiding at the pawnshop to spend the night he did not want to spend his money to rent a hostel, which showed that he arrived here at Lumiose over a week ago, and as he is indulging himself, the pawnshop owner, identified as Chumlee, saw him and ordered him to leave.

Sudden did not like his tone and twists the man's neck which killed him on the spot and there Sudden decided to smash a portion of the wall and hide the body there using cement, and while he is at it, Sherman Clandestine showed up out of the blue, in which he gave Sudden an offer, and after hearing it, Sudden accepted, and he is given a Pokemon to control.

"You…"

"Huh?"

"You seemed to be an ideal candidate."

"What the…? How did you...when did you…?"

"I have a PERFECT GIFT for you…catch."

"Whoa…for me…? A Pokemon of my own…?"

"All you have to do…is fight."

"Really…? Thanks."

There Sudden commanded the Pokemon who turn out to be Volcancer, to help him bury the body and then left the pawnshop, in which he made it appeared that the pawnshop is closed as he intend to use it as a hideout while he continue his paid mission…to tail Ash and observe him.

Ash stared in surprise at hearing this and asks why Sudden would come all the way here from Pallet Town just to tail him, in which Sudden said that someone paid him just to observe Ash for reasons unknown, and while he finds it cumbersome and repetitively boring, he willingly put up with it because he was paid rather handsomely.

"…and that's that."

"…"

"You happy now, kid?"

"All this time…"

"Hmph."

"Who hired you?"

"Excuse me?"

"Who sent you to trail and observe me?"

Sudden, who owed Giovanni a favor for paying him, refused to divulge who sent him here, and instead said that ever since being given a Pokemon by Volcancer, he felt that he can only use him when he feel like it, and since he is unwilling to spend money to buy Pokemon food and berries, he instead made Volcancer go hungry and ordered the Pokemon to eat any random person, and with the Pokemon overly-hungry and nearly driven to compulsion due to hunger, Volcancer did as told, attacking and eating a random person, and there Volcancer started to crave for flesh and to Sudden's surprise, Volcancer significantly got strengthened by eating a human.

Since then Sudden would use Volcancer to perform random ambushes to any unsuspecting persons as long as there are no witnesses, and at the same time he continued to search for Ash until he came across Dark Knight and that is where they fought, and since he did not want to cause anybody get alerted by the fight, he would use Volcancer to cover his escape.

Things went well until he came across Ash, in which he was unaware that the teen boy is Drago-Knight, and after overhearing Ash's conversation with Yuri that he learned of Ash and Ren's identities. As for attacking Serena, Sudden admitted that he was taken by surprise when she entered, and out of reflex he struck her with a vase which knocked her down.

As Ash arrived there Sudden poses as a passing officer and the rest is history. However, Sudden revealed that at the last moment, which was before his cover was blown, he got a call from his employer, saying that Sudden must kill Ash right away so that he can collect his reward, and Ash was incensed at what Sudden did to the innocent people and attacking Serena just to cover his illegal activities.

"You…did…that…?"

"So? Got a problem?"

"Killing innocent people…then attacking Serena…"

"That's life, kid. Live with it."

"…"

"Law of survival…survival of the fittest. For me to survive…I have to kill…and that is what I'm doing."

"Damn…you!"

"…"

Not far, Cassidy and Siam recorded the conversation, and are baffled at hearing that someone from Team Rocket posing as Giovanni ordering Sudden to kill Ash when it was clear that Giovanni wants Ash monitored, and Siam said that they need to inform Giovanni that someone is using his name just to order Sudden to kill Ash without Giovanni's knowledge, which Cassidy agreed.

Back at the park, Ash confronted Sudden and said that he will not forgive him for what he did and challenged him to a fight, which Sudden scoffed, saying that Ash does not have what it take to do it, and even taunted him for holding back when they fought at the basement parking lot, but Ash said he is willing to fight Sudden in his own turf, and in his own terms, which Ash said that he is willing to kill if that is what it would take to put a stop to Sudden's selfish and murderous intent.

"Seriously, Mr. Ketchum?"

"You heard me!"

"If I recall…you weren't serious when we fought at the basement parking…"

"That was before! I'm willing to stoop to your level!"

"You're bluffing."

"I'm not! Let's fight right now!"

"Oh?"

"…"

Out from Cassidy's view, Ash took out a black-colored Poke-Ball and is pressing himself against Sudden's, as if he is urging him to accept the challenge, and though he finds Ash as a mere nuisance, he began to smirk, seeing that Ash appeared to be willing to go BLOODTHIRSTY, and felt that this might be an interesting battle, and is willing to accept the challenge, so he took out his black-colored Poke-Ball and is about to tell Ash that he is accepting the challenge, but then someone came and both looked to their side, where Ren approached them.

Sudden sighed as he sees another obstacle coming to him, and to his surprise, Ren tells Ash to back off as he will challenge sudden to a battle, which Ash seemingly unwilling to comply as he wanted to fight Sudden, but for some reason, Ren does not want Ash to fight Sudden, seeing that the younger boy is slowly acting out of control morally.

"Back off, kid. That guy's mine."

"No, I'm facing him!"

"You can't. and you can't do it."

"Why not?"

"You want to fight him because you're so pissed off, and that would lead to your defeat. You should fight him only because you're a Poke-Fighter."

"But…"

"Now back off and watch…maybe you can learn a thing or two…"

"…"

Sudden sighed seeing that Ren wants to go ahead first, and decided to accept it, and shoved Ash aside as he made it clear that this will be a one-on-one battle, but told Ash to be patient as he will kill Ren and Ash will be next, in which Ren brought out his black-colored Poke-Ball and displayed it to Sudden, and the two are staring off as they held their Poke-Ball in front of each other, where a metallic belt appeared and fastened around their waists, and chanted their phrases in preparation for the battle.

"Poke-Ride!"

"Poke-Ride"

Doing their transformation poses, the two men are encased in their armors, where they became Pincer Knight and Dark Night respectively, and there the two armored Poke-Fighters began to brawl, in which it became quite intense and violent. And there Cassidy and Siam stared wide-eyed in surprise, as this was the first time they saw anything like this.

Moreover, they are now convinced that Sudden cannot be trusted and they decided to continue recording the scene so as to let Giovanni know about what they discovered as well as to know what the secret lie in this battle.

"Did you get that, Siam?"

"Yes."

"Keep on recording. The boss need to see this."

"Yeah…and what Sudden is capable of…"

"That guy…I knew he can't be trusted."

"Looks like the boss is going to regret ever hiring that guy."

"And how did Sudden managed to get those stuff?"

"Let's watch and observe."

By then the two Poke-Fighters summoned their Pokemon, and each of them commanded their Pokemon to provide them weapons.

"Dark Wing…Wing Lancer!"

"Volcancer…Claw Cutter!"

Volcancer's body glowed and Pincer Knight is fitted with a huge crab pincer while Dark Wing swooped across them and dropped the Wing Lancer and Dark Knight went into battle, where they clashed their weapons at each other, determined to get an opening, and soon Pincer Knight uses the crab pincer to pin his opponent to the ground, and there Dark Knight gives his Pokemon a command.

"Dark Wing…Sonic Wave!"

"SSSKKKRREEE!"

Dark Wing swoops down and did a sonic shriek, causing Pincer Knight to feel dizzy and back off, which Dark Knight gets up and tries to get an opening, and while at it, Ash is forced to watch, where he realized that Ren may have indirectly stopped him from facing Pincer Knight, as the 14-year old boy would have lost himself and ended up becoming a ruthless person like Sudden.

Back at the battle, Dark Knight knelt down as he is again being pinned by Pincer Knight's pincer, but he uses his arm to protect himself and uses the Wing Lancer to stab his opponent on the abdomen, which caused Pincer Knight to back away at a considerable distance, and there Dark Knight gives his Pokemon a command.

"Dark Knight…Death Drill!"

Dark Knight ran towards his opponent as Dark Wing swoops down and attaches itself onto its master's back, and the bat wings turned into a cloak that was flapping behind, and this in turn prompted Pincer Knight to give his Pokemon a command which Volcancer willingly obliges.

"Volcancer…Springboard Assault!"

As Volcancer stood behind its master, Dark Knight jumped high in the air, and then descends, where the cape wrapped around him and formed a spinning drill-like spear, and Pincer Knight jumped onto Volcancer's arms and jumped, then curled his body and he looked like a ball and spins upward where he and Dark Knight collided, where an explosion occurred, and there Pincer Knight landed on his feet, seemingly unharmed, while Dark Knight landed badly as Dark Wing is laid on the ground, stunned.

Pincer Knight gloated that he achieved victory, and said that he has won the fight and is glancing at Ash, where he told him that he is next.

"Looks like I won. Ash Ketchum…brace yourself."

"…"

"You're next."

"You…"

"What's wrong? Weren't you pumped up and hyped a while ago?"

"I…"

"Don't tell me you got cold feet…."

"…"

However, the Poke-Ball on his belt shattered and fell to the ground, thus his armor dissipated and he is unarmed, which baffled Sudden. Unknown to him, Dark Knight struck Sudden's abdomen earlier in the fight, which slowly caused a crack on his belt, and the collision they did earlier finally caused the Poke-Ball to crack further until it became too damaged beyond repair.

Sudden is not pleased, yet he is confident that he can still command Volcancer and ordered him to eat Ash alive, but then the Pokemon did not seem to respond as it showed that it is getting more hungry and is salivating is front of Sudden.

"Volcancer! Eat that boy…then eat this guy!"

"Rrr…"

"What?"

"Rrr…"

"Aren't you listening to me? I order you to eat that boy!"

"Rrr…"

"Are you disobeying me now?"

"Rrr…!"

As Sudden tries to assert his authority over Volcancer and orders him to attack the unarmed Ash, the Pokemon instead grabbed Sudden, and began to rip off his flesh, exposing his internal organs and began to bite him by the neck, causing Sudden to scream out in pain as the Pokemon began to eat him alive, ignoring the screams of Sudden as he is being consumed, where his head was severed and fell to the ground as the crab Pokemon continued to eat off the body's organs.

Cassidy and Siam stared in shock as they get to see it up close, and they never thought something like this would really happen, and Siam commented that he is glad that he did not have cravings of eating a person, and Cassidy said that Giovanni must be informed about this at once.

"Damn!"

"Geez!"

"I can't believe we're seeing this!"

"Blast it! There's no way I'm going to do that!"

"Are you serious, Siam?"

"Do I look like a cannibal to you, Cassidy?"

"Definitely…the boss must know about this!"

"No argument from me!"

Ash stared in horror while Dark Knight looked away, as both were stunned at seeing Sudden's shocking death by betrayal, and Ash wondered why this happened, and there Dark Knight explained that Sudden's foolishness is the reason for his SUDDEN DEATH – lack of team work with his Pokemon. He explained to Ash that after being given a Pokemon, Sudden began commanding it without even forming a bond, as if he uses the Pokemon as a mere tool, and since he only uses it sparingly, the Pokemon did not develop a loyalty to is master.

And because he forced the Pokemon to try and consume human flesh to the point of starving it, Volcancer developed a huge appetite and thus is driven by a hungry compulsion and that is what led to this. Dark Knight then went ahead and attempts to strike the Pokemon down with his lance, but Volcancer, slightly powered up after eating Sudden, fired bubble bombs which sends him back, and the rest of the bubbles struck near where Cassidy and Siam are hiding.

They narrowly escaped injury and they opted to leave right away fearing that they might be the next to be eaten alive.

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, as Sudden got what he deserved, as his foolishness led o his death because he starves his Pokemon to the point of being driven nearly insane, which in turn caused Volcancer to get overly hungry and developed a craving for human flesh…

And what's more, this kind of Pokemon, for reasons unknown, becomes stronger every time he eats a person, and it seems that Sherman Clandestine may be involved in this.

Either way, this arc ended, but in a climax as Volcancer is still up and ready to fight.


Preview:

The next chapter opens a new arc, in which Ash tries to move on after the Mosley Sudden affair, and how this incident would make him wonder how to deal with his captured Pokemon should Dragredder craves for human flesh…and whether he could control it…

See you in 3 to 4 weeks…

Reviews are welcomed...