Wow, this is pretty good. Now, I can't review as well as Stolloss, but here's what I can give.

The story is well thought out so far, each chapter kind of flowing into the next one. I could use a little more detail on the surroundings, but that's just me.

...Yes, I'm a terrible reviewer. But I can't wait to see the next chapter.

That was a very good read. It's been a while since I've been able to follow a quality Rocket story, especially one that kept the characters both malicious and real. In addition, the pokemon maintain both their animalistic qualities and intelligence. For most writers, one is often emphasized over the other; the pokemon is made into either an animal of our world or a human in a different body, while the antagonist must choose between being bad and being somebody you could meet on the street. I think it is very important, and powerful, to be able to combine and balance the two in a single character, let alone several. This is not as common as it should be.

Your technical writing skill is very good. The piece was clean and visual, very easy to see. The story was peppered with similes which aided the writing instead of hindering it, and the story flowed smoothly, moving from one scene to the next without any feeling of abruptness, or disconnection.

So, on to the plot. The Tower scene was very well explained. The games never explained how the Marowak arrived at the Tower or died, beyond the fact that the Rockets were responsible, and this was done very believably. It set up the main character's, Dodger's, personality and mentality very well. In addition, as the ghost was a significant part of RBY, or at least one of the most memorable, I imagine Dodger is going to see the Marowak again. Fuji's reappearance only confirms this, to me, that this is one of the actions he will have to atone.

The Staryu gathering was an interesting scene. The methods by which it was accomplished made sense, as did those in the previous chapter, and also served to highlight Rocket's actions and policy. I do not think that was the purpose of this chapter, however. No, this chapter was about the Lapras killing. The Staryu/Starmie gatherings were important, but the main goal of this chapter was to introduce the Lapras as another sin for which Dodger must atone. Gathering the Staryu was cruel, but as the Ninetales stated about another action, that was not his cruelty, it was orders. The Lapras was unnecessary, and can be pinned on him. This also puts the scientist in Silph, that gives the main character a Lapras, in an entirely new light.

Now, we arrive at the final exposition chapter. Here, we go as deep into cruelty as Rocket is going, because forcing a trainer to kill their starter is one of the cruelest acts that they can perform. Even killing them in front of the trainer would be lesser, because they wouldn't be the ones doing it. You communicate the bond between the example trainer and his starter, a Sandslash, quickly and without losing any of the impact of the killing or the forced happiness at the act.

This is also where we see the main plot begin to pick up. This is the most common paradox regarding Ninetales, what happens if you touch a Ninetales' tail while attempting to help it? Most people, when dealing with a curse, lean towards transformations. In fact, it is so common that the transformation is not a result of the curse, the curse is a method to bring about the transformation. The mentality and flow of logic is completely different; few people even consider that a curse does not necessarily equate to a physical change. A mental curse could be much more harmful than a physical one, as shown by the Ninetales' use of his most hated memory. But I've gone off topic. The Ninetales offers an alternative to being cursed, which is to be killed. Not much of an improvement, but given what he just experienced, I think I would have chosen a quick death rather than killing a loved one and being killed unending for nearly a thousand years.

Dodger begins his work, slowly and ineffectually. He's taking steps, but apparently not quickly enough for the Ninetales. I imagine it is hard to abandon a life-long loyalty he killed his starter for, even if he is sick of it. Oddly, this seems to be motivating him even more to fight against them, to rebel against an authority that has controlled him for years. The knowledge that your actions won't be able to punish for more than a short period of time must be liberating, at least. It is an interesting dichotomy, at least, his resignation to his fate along with his enthusiasm at his time of resistance. The Ninetales' displeasure at his slow actions was expected, but I'm rather ashamed to say that the title of the story had completely slipped my mind until it made its demand as to what he do with his week.

I like all the small details that are put into this work. It is never mentioned that Dodger is a drinker, or to what extent he would do so (I imagine with a week to live, he will be doing more of that now), but that is revealed when the Ninetales jumps in and knocks over several cans, spilling them to the floor.

I have one question, though. When Dodger went out to retrieve the pokemon in the snare, why did he not bring any pokeballs with him? It is true that a pokeball may not have been able to contain the Ninetales, but it wasn't going anywhere, and capturing it in a pokeball would be the easiest way to simultaneously restrain it and remove it from the snare. It is also possible that Rocket has the ability to know when a grunt captures a pokemon, but that would be a stretch of their power, and its use. At the least, I think he would have considered it, even if only to reject it. When Elliot mentioned pokeballs, I took that to literally mean that he wanted Dodger to use a pokeball on it, so I'm rather confused as to why this was never brought up.

Aside from that, I have nothing but praise for this story. The storytelling was excellent, Dodger is a unique main character, and the plot is well thought out. Congratulations on an excellent story.