#dad!ash!au

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Son Of The Chosen.

Ash was 25 when he met his son, created in a lab of all things. A clone of Ash himself. He wasn’t even ment to find the poor thing, Aah was after some evil gang of scientists that were trying to forcibly change Pokémon’s DNA to make them more inclined to kill humans. It wasn’t his fault he stumbled into the room during the battle and saw the weird incubator crib that held a sobbing baby of all things.

The poor little thing was wailing, frightened by the fighting and sounds of agony around him. Every evil scientists were dead or taken in by now, Looker breathed next to him as the Officer Jenny of that city had to back out of the room to throw up. His little fists curling as sobs rocked the baby’s body.

“Oh sweet thing.” Ash breathed and reached out. Looker grunted in objection but refused to move from his spot a little ways from Ash. The Chosen One presses against the damaged control plate, thankfully it opened the glass dome over the Baby’s crib without demanding finger prints.

The baby blinked up at Ash, it’s sobs tapering off before coming back full force. Louder now that the thick bullet proof glass wasn’t blocking the sounds. It’s little arms trying to flail about but it’s body was in the way.

“I know,” Ash whispered, reaching out and  tentatively brushed one of his non-bloodied knuckles against the soft baby skin, “I know.” He repeated. This time carefully moving around the weird crib to pick the baby up. “I got you, it’s going to be okay. Hush now.” The Chosen One gently shifted back and forth. Trying to calm the baby’s fit, in the process Ash’s eyes caught Looker’s and Officer Jenny who had come back into the destroyed lab room.

Officer Jenny’s face twisted into a painful grimace as Ash purposeful stepped on a dead scientists arm. The sound of bones snapping thankfully didn’t set the baby in Ash’s arms off again. “What are we going to do?” She asked hesitantly, looking over to Looker since he is the main person leading this break in along with the Chosen One. “With the baby and all? It does have your DNA Mr. Ketchum.” Jenny clarified.

Both Looker and Ash breathed out in tandem. Giving each other looks and glares, a whole nonverbal conversation the Officer couldn’t follow.

Looked suddenly reached out and clapped a heavy hand on Ash’s least unwounded shoulder. “Whelp!” Looker coughed slightly into a curled fist, “looks like your a dad now, Ash.” With that Looker swept out of the room, his voice booming for some Officer to bring him some adoption papers and if they have any birth certificate in the patrolling cars.

Ash paled. He was to young to be a dad! And what about his other responsibilities? He can’t have a baby when the Gods are constantly coming and stealing him away in their time of need. A baby would complicate everything. And yet...

He looked down, his panic slowly dissipated at the sight of the sleeping baby. His little chubby hands were curled into Ash’s tattered shirt that was more wrags than anything now from the fight. The baby’s cheek was even more pushed out from where it was leaning into Ash’s chest. The more he thought about it, the more Ash realized that he can’t give this baby up and away to some random couple. If he’s just like him, being a clone and all, then the baby would have Ash’s natural aura as well as everything else when he was this age.

God dammit, Ash doesn’t have the time for this! He’s already late to that stupid Christmas holiday get away thing the Council has made. Using his property no less. And now he’s going to have to bring a damn baby along and explain everything that happened!

Ash is so not ready for this.

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more dad ash pls

Ash doesn’t even know what to name the fucking baby? Like there’s to many options to pick from, and every time someone brought up a name. It feels like it fits perfectly wit the baby.

“What about Charcoal?” Paul’s sarcasms was cut off by Dawns hand slapping the back of his head.

“There’s Lawrence!” May suggest, both Ash and the Baby frowned at the same time. No one mentioned how the baby’s eyes did the same down turn around the edges like Ash’s own eyes.

“Or how about Jackson?” Gary spoke up tiredly. Leaning more into Ash’s side as a big yawn tore its way out of his mouth.

“No...” Ash hesitated. Mind flashing to one of his old middle school bullies with the same name. “There’s gotta be a good name for you.” Ash mumbled, absentmindedly bouncing the giggling Baby in his arms.

Raihan soon entered the large living room Ash and some of his friends were laying around in. The Galar gym leader grunted as he stepped over Barry’s unconscious form, the blonde had passed out from a sugar high and a sandal straight to the face from Dawn.

“What’s the big discussion now?” Raihan asked, hissing slightly as he sunk down next to Ash’s other side. Half of his attention went to the Baby in the Alolan Champion’s arms. “Still stuck on names?”

Ash hummed in agreement, shifting slightly so he can lean into Raihans side since the gym leader had thrown right arm over the back of the couch. Gary shines at the shift but Ash didn’t care. “We haven’t found a good name yet.”

“More like everyone keeps vetoing everyone else.” Zoey lifted her head from being face down in Dawns lap. Though it didn’t last long as she dropped her head back down with a groan.

“Essential.” Ash muttered tiredly. A yawn much like Gary’s got him hard. “How was training with Lance and Drayden?” He asked, humming as Raihan must have propped the hand he had thrown behind the couch backing to where the Galar gym leader could easily scratch at Ash’s hair.

“Good,” Raihan sighed, his other hand coming up to rub at his sore eyes, “though they wouldn’t stop flirting together. Was surprised Drayden didn’t push Lance up against a wall and snog him silly right then and there.”

Giggles and laughter soon filled the room. The dragon tamer could hear Gary and Ash’s tried chuckle through the vibrations of Ashs body pressing to his own.

May was the first one to sober up first. “But seriously,” she stated with a slightly hard look in her eyes, “this Baby needs a name.”

“Scooter!” Paul yelled out, back arching up and off the bean back as he tried popping his back from laying on his stomach for a long time.

“No!” The majority of them called out, sans Barry who was still knocked o it cold and drooling on the carpet a little.

“Absolutely fucking not!” Dawn had yelled. Leaning over Zoey, making the woman whine loudly, and jabbed her fingers into Paul’s bare side under his ribs. The action made Paul shriek like a little kid, making the rest fall it o another round of laughter. 

The laughter teetered off. A comfortable silence fell over the group of young adults, or they were just tired and didn’t have that much energy to talk.

“How ‘bout Eli?” Raihan suggested after a few minutes of silence. “It sound good, in my opinion. But also more unique that Jackson or Lawrence.”

“Eli...” Ash tested the name out. Looking down to the baby who stared back up at Ash. Tiny teal eyes gazed back with curiosity and Ash couldn’t help but smile.

“I’m taking that smile as a ‘yes’.” Raihan grunted. moving his hand carding through Ash’s hair over to Gary, who purred while Ash whines from the loss.

The rest chuckled, looking between the three on the couch.

Dawn threw her hands up in the air, “the it’s settled!”

“Someone just needs to inform Looker.” Gary grumbled.

The room fell back into silence at the thought. No one really wanted to move away from the living room they chose to go search out for the international spy. Plus he’s probably talking with all the older people like Kabu and Kahuna Nanu, and probably about something super dumb and boring.

“After a nap?” Raihan perposed. Purposely wiggling back more into the couch and leaning towards Ash and Eli.

Everyone grumbled their agreement, a nap sounded really good. Especially with the heavy rain that’s falling right now.