Ash's Awakening: Sins of a Father


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Pokemon is owned by Satoshi Tajiri


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 goes forward following last chapter's cliffhanger as Ash is about to get embroiled in a new situation, as another Poke-Fighter makes his debut that would bring more trouble to Ash

And possibly may cause Ash to face this new entrant should the opportunity knocked itself towards our hero

Well, enjoy!


Ch. 24: Sūpā bengoshi

Ash watched in awe and worry as the scene before him unfolds, where the gangsters summoned their Pokemon to attack the armored entrant who intend to stop them from committing their next crime spree, in which he appeared to handicapped as he is facing about eight Pokemon who appeared to be brawler and melee-types.

However, the armored entrant took out his submachine gun and gunned down the Pokemon as if it were nothing, and the Pokemon are sprawled to the ground, lying on their own pool of blood, which Ash stared wide-eyed, as he never thought he would see someone kill a Pokemon like that.

The gangsters were surprised at this and the leader asked the entrant if he is crazy, pointing out that he just murdered two Pokemon, but the entrant said nothing, as he aimed his weapon at him. The leader refused to be intimidated and took out more Pokeball, unleashing several Pokemon, and about four Registeel and three Aagon emerged and the gangster leader ordered them to kill the intruder.

"Okay...you guys go and beat up that guy!"

"Registeel..."

"Aagon..."

"Registeel..."

"Aagon..."

"And I don't care how you do it...and I don't want excuses...just beat him up to death!"

"Registeel..."

"Aagon..."

Ash braced himself as he realized that things are about to get ugly, but then the green/silver armored entrant was unnerved as he took out a Pokeball and summoned his Pokemon, which turn out that it was also a steel-type. Ash stared wide-eyed in surprise at seeing the Pokemon that the armored entrant summoned, which was also colored green, and is about over nine-feet tall, and it resembled a Minotaur, where it also resembled a human-like mecha.

The gangsters stared wide-eyed at seeing this and they asked their boss what are they going to do, but the boss told his posse to stop acting like chickens and assured to them that they are getting away clean and sweep.

"Stop acting like faggots, you noobs! It's just special effects!"

"But...but..."

"You saw what that guy did to your Pokemon..."

"That freak is armed with a fucking machine gun!"

"What do we do?"

"Stop acting like drag queens and keep it together! My steel Pokemon will take care of that asshole!"

"Against a huge bull-like Pokemon?"

"Er...can I bail out of this...?"

The gangster leader was pissed and used his authority to rally his men, urging them to be a man and not get spooked by some Pokemon that looked like a 10-foot toy robot, and showed them that the Pokemon that the armored person summoned has not made a move, showing that it was too slow, and he assured to them that Registeel and Aagon will knock the huge Pokemon down and the intruder will be done for in a matter of minutes.

This raised the gangsters' morale seeing that the mecha-looking Pokemon, which resembled a metallic Minotaur, just stood there and is doing nothing, and their confidence were slowly building up.

"The boss is right..."

"That Pokemon isn't moving..."

"Maybe we can beat that guy..."

"Looks like we are safe!"

"We can do this!"

"Right on!"

"Makes me wanna beat that intruder!"

"Let me at him!"

The gangsters are now pumped up as the leader summoned more of his steel-type Pokemon in a bid to psych out the intruder into making him feel pressured about his Pokemon being outnumbered, and Ash watches on as he wondered what would happen next, but seeing that the gangsters might end up getting hurt, as well as seeing that the armored entrant was quite brutal, Ash decided to enter the fray by summoning Dragredder and uses him to knock down the gangsters without using too much brute force. However, before Ash could summon his Pokemon, the armored entrant made his move.

"Magnugiga...attack."

"RRROOAARR!"

The mecha-Minotaur-like Pokemon, now identified as Magnugiga, roared and raised its arms, where you can see that instead of hands, each were weapon-like, such as the right hand visually resembled a nozzle of a Gatling gun, and his right hand resembled that of a cannon, and there you can see that both arms glowed and started to charge up some energy, and the gangsters were slowly getting terrified at what they are seeing.

In an effort to keep his men from acting like chickens the leader ordered his steel-type Pokemon to act as a shield and charge Magnugiga, which the Pokemon did, forming a huge shield-like object and went towards Magnugiga, but the mecha-looking Pokemon just roared and fired away.

The scene shifts at the corner of the alley, where things appeared silent until a loud explosion is heard, and there you can see Ash being thrown back due to the impact, knocking him down, and smoke emanated as you can see a lone gangster member came running out, terrified as the scene zoomed inside the alley, where you can see the dismembered bodies of the gangsters, its body parts scattered, and lying in their own pool of blood.

The armored entrant took out his Pokeball and summoned back his Pokemon before taking his leave, feeling content at the turn of events, and did not look back at the corpses being laid, and the scene shifts back at the streets where the gangster member, who is the sole survivor, removed his gangster uniform and hid it at a trash bin, and puts on a casual shirt to hide his identity, and there he made a ruckus, attracting a passing policeman, and there, thinking fast as he do not want to be exposed, made it appear that Ash attacked his clients with a Pokemon and other forms of alibi.

The policeman glanced at Ash, who slowly sat up, and seeing that there is probable cause, approached the shaken-looking Ash and told him that he is deemed a suspect after seeing the smoke from the alley, and his policeman partner took a peek and is horrified at what he saw, and told his partner about it, which further gave the cops to believe the surviving gangster's alibi and lies.

They began to handcuff Ash and told him he is under arrest, which the teen boy protested, but the cops read him his rights as they hauled him away.

"Okay, kid...you are under arrest."

"And you have the right to remain silent."

"What? You can't do that! What is your basis?"

"You're suspected of mass murder."

"And a lone survivor pointed you as the culprit."

"That's a lie! I did not do that!"

"Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court if law..."

"You have the right to an attorney...if you can't afford one, we will give you one free of charge...asduming if he/she is willing to represent a murderer like you..."

As several people showed up after hearing the blast, they peeked at the alley and saw the carnage, and they shrieked at seeing how gruesome the scene it showed, which started to sow panic believing that a monster is behind this, others believe there is a serial killer, and some claimed that terrorists have arrived at Lumiose.

"We're under attack!"

"Monsters!"

"Pokemon!"

"It's the work of terrorists!"

"Lumiose is being besieged!"

"What shall we do?"

"Someone save us!"

"Mommy!"

At this point, Pikachu arrived, with Serena, Bonnie and Clement joining him, along with a few policemen, and there Serena saw Ash being hauled away and she confronted the arresting policeman why is Ash being arrested, and after being told, she protested, but was told that there is probable cause and until there is proof that Ash is innocent, the boy will be treated as a suspect.

As Ash was taken away inside a police car, his friends became worried and Clement stated that they will need a lawyer to help, and they wondered who to approach, as they have no idea who to turn to, given that they are strangers here in Lumiose, until someone came and passed by, and he approached Serena after hearing her saying that they need a lawyer.

The person, a man in his mid-20's, approached Serena and asks why would she need a lawyer, and when told, the man rubbed his chin and is pondering on whether to help or not, yet several passerby became awed at seeing the man, and made audible comments which caused Serena and Clement to stare at the man upon hearing the comments from several people.

The man smiled in an extravagant way as if he is a celebrity of sorts.

"Look..."

"It's him..."

"Is he...?"

"It is him!"

"The Super Lawyer!"

"So cool..."

"So handsome..."

"He's a lawyer..."

The man in question is identified as Sullivan Kikemoutahir, who is well-known as the so-called "super lawyer", a lawyer who won several cases and never lost a single one, and as Kikemoutahir rubbed his chin as he is considering his options, Serena offered to pay him any amount just to help Ash, but then he asks a police officer who is surveying the alley and asks him for details, and after being told, Kikemoutahir said to Serena and Clement that he will have to think about it before giving his answer, and then he left the scene.

Not far, Ren Atkinson was watching, as he arrived moments after the blast at the alley, and he is intrigued at the situation, believing that Ash has WOKE UP and used Dragredder to fight a wild Pokemon, and he boarded his motorcycle to head to the police station to get answers from Ash to see if he is the cause of the alley explosion.

-x-

About several minutes later, the scene shows that Ash underwent a mug shot, fingerprinting, and strict interrogation, where they still believe that he is the culprit, which the teen boy vehemently deny the charges, telling them what he saw, yet the investigators dismissed his claims, saying that the lone witness said that he saw Ash used a wild Pokemon to kill some businessmen.

Ash angrily answered back, pointing out that the dead men at the alley were gangsters, which the investigator refused to believe and urged the boy to admit his guilt, but Ash stood his ground and said that the witness is the surviving gangster member who escaped the carnage.

However, the interrogators stick to their claims and foolishly refuted Ash's statements as "useless alibi".

"Look kid..."

"We're wasting time here."

"..."

"Just admit your crimes. That's all you need to know."

"And our problems will be over."

"No. I did not commit that crime. The lone witness you claim is one of the gangsters! If he's a witness then he should be here! By now he probably escaped and you let him!"

"You stinking brat!"

"You're pissing me off!"

Getting frustrated, the investigator ordered Ash be sent to his cell, and after 10 minutes, Ash was summoned as he had a visitor, and arriving at the visitor hall, he is surprised to see that Ren is there, and soon the two began talking, where Ren asked Ash if he really caused the ruckus at the alley, and a visibly annoyed Ash told Ren what he saw, which raised his eyebrow in curiosity at what he heard from Ash.

Ren became uncharacteristically interested when told that a new Poke-Fighter appeared, its details about him resembling an armored SWAT-looking person who would pass up as a Robocop rip-off, as well as having a Pokemon that is 9-feet tall, and resembling a mecha-looking Minotaur.

"And that's what you saw?"

"Yes."

"..."

"What?"

"You just watched and not even trying to interfere and do battle with this guy?"

"It happened too fast. His Pokemon packed a strong firepower."

"That's all?"

"Huh?"

Ren then asked Ash if he know where he can find this Poke-Fighter, which Ash sagged and face-palmed, seeing that Ren is only here to find this guy and not out of concern, and he told Ren to get lost, reasoning that he himself has no idea because it was the first time he saw a new Poke-Fighter in town, and told Ren that he might not win given that the newcomer's Pokemon is a steel-type and packed a lot of strong ammo.

Ren smirked and said that he won't be taken down so easily, and that Dark Wing will be enough to take the newcomer down. Ash was getting more irritated upon realizing that Ren only came here for infotmation and sensed that Ren would not try to bail him out, and tells him that he won't win, but Ren smugly say that he will defeat the newcomer once he finds him.

Ash was pissed off that he could not come up with a way to rebut Ren.

"No matter what you say, I'm going to beat this guy."

"..."

"Crab Knight is just a stepping stone. The new guy is next."

"..."

"Given what you told me, I doubt you could pull off an upset."

"..."

"So stop acting like a crybaby."

"..."

Ash became irritated at Ren and told him to get lost, seeing that he is only being used to pry some info and Ren replied that Ash is better off staying here so that he would REMAIN SAFE, stating that an idiot like Ash is not suited to be a Poke-Fighter and he should just play with his pets, causing Ash to lose his cool and grabbed Ren by his trench coat, but is restrained by the guards.

Ren sighed as he walked away while Ash shouted angry words as he was being escorted back to his cell, not noticing that the self-proclaimed super lawyer, Kikemoutahir, is there and he watched Ren walked away, and he soon approached the guard, telling him that he is here to see Ash, which the guard just nodded and by then Ash is rather surprised that another visitor wants to see him, and there Kikemoutahir spoke to Ash and asked him how and why he ended up here in jail.

Ash sighed and told him what he know, which Kikemoutahir appeared interested at the moment, until he seemingly loses interest and said that unless the lone survivor comes out and told the police what really happened, Ash has little chance to getting out, and informed him that because of the circumstances of the scene, it is likely that Ash will remain in police custody despite him being a minor.

Ash asked if there is any way for him to get out, maintaining his innocence, but Kikemoutahir said that until then, Ash has little chance, and he tells him that he will have to wait, and there the lawyer began to walked away, not looking back.

-x-

Several minutes later, the lone surviving gangster is seen in another alley, where he summoned the remaining gangsters in a secret meeting, informing them that their leader is killed by someone in an armor and that the intruder is controlling a massive-sized Pokemon. The surviving gangster told his fellow cohorts that he managed to trick the police into thinking that Ash is the culprit, and the others sighed in relief.

By then someone showed up, which turn out to be the police chief that arrested Ash, and it is revealed that the police chief is corrupted and has ties with the gangsters, and there he told the gangsters that they have to keep a low profile as he will keep Ash incarcerated as long as possible, so that the public will focus on Ash and not the gangsters, which the gangsters abided.

"Sure."

"Fine with me."

"We'll stay hidden."

"Don't want to get captured."

"Me too."

"Hope that brat stays in jail."

"Man, what a drag."

"Yeah, it's bad timing."

However, they soon caught wind of Bonnie, who followed the lone gangster survivor here and learned that the police chief is behind all this, and the police chief aimed a gun at her, intending to silence her so that Ash will remain incarcerated no matter what, and a defiant Bonnie, despite feeling a bit worried, said that the police chief won't get away with it, which he sneered in reply.

"You won't get away with this!"

"Really...?"

"Yes!"

"And what can you do?"

"I'll expose you!"

"Seriously? All by yourself...?"

"Um..."

"Bye-bye, brat."

As the corrupt police chief is ready to pull the trigger, a Pokemon came and swooped, knocking the gun off the police chief's hand. It was Dark Wing, and there Ren showed up and tells him that he is a fool to hook up with the gangsters, and Bonnie went to hide at a corner of the alley, and peeked as Ren is being confronted by the gangsters, as they revealed to have Pokemon to do their bidding, summoning several steel-type Pokemon and are ready to take the fight.

Ren did not appeared to be concerned, as if there is a reason why he is here. He then took out a Poke-ball, where a metallic belt appeared and fasten around his waist, and is getting ready. While initially not wanting to fight the gangsters as a Poke-Fighter, he decided to out of necessity as the gangsters are armed, and with the Pokemon that the gangsters have, it would be enough to have Dark Wing consume them to strengthen his own Pokemon.

However, someone appeared to crash the fight, and the lone gangster who survived the onslaught earlier became terrified as he told his fellow gangsters that the intruder who appeared just now is the one who killed their leader and having Magnugiga as his Pokemon, which the other stared in surprise at what they were told about, seeing that the intruder is the one who appeared earlier: a person clad in green armor and its outer armor had gray designs, and his helmet covered its face and makes the entrant look like a carbon copy of Robocop.

"That's him! That's thae guy who killed our boss!"

"Him?"

"Seriously?"

"I don't believe this..."

"What's with that get-up?"

"Is that a cosplayer?"

"He looked so lame..."

"What a goof...he's a poor Robocop rip-off..."

The entrant stood before the gangsters, and he is now identify as SWAT-Knight, and he began to open fire, shooting down the Pokemon and then at the gangsters, leaving only the lone gangster who survived earlier and the corrupt police chief, and the two men became worried now that they have no one to protect themselves.

Ren glanced at SWAT-Knight and saw the Poke-Ball on its belt, confirming that the intruder is indeed a Poke-Fighter, and he is pleased that his efforts paid off. It is revealed that he visited Ash earlier just to find out how he ended up in jail and tricked him into revealing the reason, and after confirming that a Poke-Fighter is involved, he commenced his search and found a suspicious character who turn out to be the surviving gangster, and began following him, and the rest is history.

As SWAT-Knight is about to shoot down the two remaining corrupt men, Ren confronted him and said that he is glad to see him, saying that he will take out all of the Poke-fighters he sees, which SWAT-Knight remained mum, not concerned at what he is being told about.

"Hey, you!"

"..."

"So you're a Poke-Fighter?"

"..."

"If do, I'll defeat you...just like what happened to Crab Knight!"

"..."

"What? Too intimidated to reply...?"

"..."

To Be Continued...


Hope you liked this chapter, and while there is no action showed here, other than a brief action from the new Poke-Fighter, things went well until Ren tricked Ash into revealing the reason why he got in jail in the first place

The new Poke-Fighter is finally revealedand his name is SWAT-Knight, though his identity is shrouded in mystery at this time

Looks like Bonnie just got into trouble as she intend to help Ash clear his name till she is caught, but Ren made the save, just as SWAT-Knight entered the fray, and there Ren is about to complicate matters by confronting SWAT-Knight, which may result in an unnecessary battle…


Preview:

The story arc continuesas Ash attempts to get out of jail, and might crash in the battle between the two Poke-Fightersso expect a three-way battle…

Giovanni learned of Ashs predicament and attempts to HELP OUT, though his intention may be questionable

See you in October

Reviews are welcome