Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokémon series, I do not have any rights to the Pokémon series and I do not make any money from writing these fics.
A/N: Written for the Ultimate Prompt Challenge, One Million Words Added Competition, As Much As You Can Write Challenge, the Mega-Prompt Challenge, Camp NaNoWriMo July 2014, the 100 prompts up to 100 MC's challenge,
Prompts: Family, 100,000 words or over, Shark (because Giovanni reminds me of one at times).
Chapter 26
Delia, glancing quickly at the still frozen Giovanni answered. "Well you see N, I know what my husband really does for a living. I know that he is a...and Ash, could you go and start packing for the beach for me?"
"What?! Why?!" Ash said with an angry scowl as he glared at his mother. "I want to know what Dad does for a living! You were about to say it!"
"You already know all of the truth Ash, just like your mother does," Giovanni said quickly, his eyes flashing in worry. Please Ash, listen to your mother and I, it is not time yet, if ever, for you to lose your innocence and be introduced into the darker side of the world.
"Really?" Ash asked with a suspicious expression on his face as his attention floated between his mother, father and new big brother. "I do not want to be left out..."
"If...whatever our parents tell me I promise to tell you," N said kindly while secretly promising himself to only tell Ash small parts. "Besides, if it is alright with you can you pick some things for me to take to the beach too? I have never been to the beach before."
Delia and Giovanni watched with bated breaths at the play between the two boys. Giovanni watched closely, ready to intervene if needed only to find himself letting out a sigh of relief, which was echoed only a second later by his wife. With a relived smile on his face Giovanni gave N a large true smile shocking the green haired child.
"Thank you, even though Ash knows about the company I run and how I have to work away from home a lot he is still innocent in a lot of ways, which is how I would prefer to keep it. He is too young to know about the darker side of the world and what I really do for my job," Giovanni said honestly before turning his attention to Delia. "What was you going to say before? Do you really know..."
"That Team Rocket is really a criminal organisation? And that my husband is the big boss running the show?" Delia said harshly as she stood up and folded her arms over her chest. "Oh do you not worry dear, I know a lot of things that you thought I did not, like how you keep that fully loaded gun in the draw besides your side of the bed or how that nice young lady in the local shop is really one of your employees, or how about all of those phone calls I get when you are here asking for a 'Boss Giovanni' or 'The Boss'? Would you like me to go on? Because over the years I have had plenty of experiences that has clearly given me the answer."
Giovanni gulped nervously as he turned deadly pale. "Y-You knew? How l-long for? D-Do you want me to...do you want a d-d-"
"Of course not you fool! I do not want a divorce and if you even tried I would just say no and throw it back in your face!" Delia said as she rounded on Giovanni, both she and her husband ignoring N who was watching them both with an amused expression on his face. "I have known since before we were married, before Ash was born. If I did not truly love you then I would not of got married to you or had a child together or stayed with you for so long. I would not of welcomed you home in such a way as I did yesterday either."
Wow, my new mum is nothing like the women I have seen before, it is like she is sitting in the middle of a set of scales instead of leaning to one side. N watched on with wide curious eyes as he read the conversation between his parents with knowledge that he had gained from his less than perfect childhood so far.
"Really?" Giovanni asked as relief flooded him as colour began to return to him, when Delia nodded her head Giovanni let out a small short shaky laugh and pulled his wife into a tight but loving hug. "Oh my dear...you have no idea how much this means to me! I have spent the last several years worrying about your reaction and what you would do if you ever found out."
"I have to admit that there were times that I came very close to taking Ash and leaving you, especially after seeing reports on the TV and in the newspaper..." Delia said softly, she hugged her husband back only to feel the tension grow in Giovanni's body at her words. "But I know you, I can see the real you though all of the information and I could picture what was going though your head at the time...it is what kept me from leaving you...along with the fact that you are a very handsome and sexy man, who is all mine, and I love you very much!"
"Oh Delia, my little firecracker, my strong beautiful wife," Giovanni said softly as N watched on with a look of disgust on his face. "You are really too good for the likes of me, you are sexy, beautiful, strong in both mind and spirit. You are so good to me!"
Delia giggled and battered her eyelashes. "Oh shhh you, N is watching us and Ash will be back any second knowing him."
"Then they can see me showing my love to my beautiful wife," Giovanni said with a shark like grin as he slowly lowered his head. "I should see if Professor Oak could take our two boys to the beach and-"
"And Ash should be back any time soon," N said suddenly causing Delia and Giovanni to freeze. "As much as it makes me happy to have two loving parents I do not want to see them mate like two Pokémon in heat."
"I...I should go and check on Ash," Delia said quickly, her face burning bright red as she stepped out of her husband's hold. "Knowing him Ash will pick all of the wrong things for a trip to the beach, I better go and help."
Giovanni groaned as he watched Delia quickly made her way out of the room. "Why did you have to say something like that for? And how do you know what Pokémon in heat look like?"
"My...my foster father liked to take me with him when he went on business trips," N said slowly as he carefully worded his sentence. "While travelling with him I saw a lot of different things. Some of the things I saw will never forget...though I wish I could."
"N...I am sorry," Giovanni said softly causing N to stare up at him in surprise and shock. "No child should of gone though what you and your sisters have gone though. If I could of I would of helped you sooner but we both know what he can be like and I did not want to risk losing any chance to save you."
"Thank you but it is alright, he never...you know...but he was not a kind man or a proper father," N said softly, his eyes suddenly finding the floor extremely interesting. "I knew that I had to grow up fast when he started to lock me up inside that room and how he told me of my destiny but..."
"But now you are far away from him and I am never going to let you return to him, willingly or unwillingly," Giovanni said with a fire burning inside of him. "Now, enough of this heavy talk, how about we go and find...your brother and mother and see what they have packed so far?"
N frowned slightly. "What do we need to take to the beach with us?"
"Towels, suntan lotion, a change of clothes, swimming clothes, beach toys, food, drink, sunglasses, umbrella's and wellingtons in case of sudden rain, a few books for me to read, one of Delia's cross stitching projects," Giovanni said out loud as he thought things over. "I think Ash will be taking almost everything in his bedroom, or at least trying to."
"Do you think Ash would not mind showing me what to do at the beach?" N asked as he tried to think of any beach activates. "The only time I went to the beach was with my...with him and even then I was forced to stay in the hotel rooms studying."
"Do not worry, knowing Ash he and Meowth will be over the moon," Giovanni said with a soft chuckle. "If you and Fletchling are anything like Ash and Meowth than the two of you will enjoy playing on the beach and trying to see if you see any Pokémon trainers travelling over or in the sea with their Pokémon before taking a long nap curled up together in the sun."
"That does sound fun," N admitted with a small smile. "I-"
"We got everything!" Ash's voice suddenly yelled out capturing Giovanni's and N's attention. "Well almost everything..."
"What did I tell you?" Giovanni said softly causing N to smile.
Both Giovanni and N turned around to face Ash only to find him standing in the doorway with his arms loaded with various beach toys and several towels. Next to him stood Meowth who had several beach towels on her back and a plastic bag full of various items hanging from her mouth. N looked between the two in shock, surprised that they would need so much for a trip to the beach.
"Do we really need all of this stuff?" N asked nervously, not wanting to upset his new little brother.
"We do, and this is only half of the important stuff, mum's going to take care of the food and drink," Ash replied only to pout. "And this is not everything...I wanted to take a lot more for your first time at the beach but mum would not let me!"
N found himself smiling, his heart fluttered with a warmth that it had been missing for the years he had been forced to stay with his foster father for. As he looked at his new little brother N found himself growing more and more attached to the young boy every moment. He could not wait until his sisters met their new mother and youngest brother.
To Be Continued...
I am afraid that I might have to make the chapters slightly shorter, this story WILL be a minimum of 100,000 words long but the chapter sizes for it is killing me. So unless I have a sudden shot of inspiration or a chapter goes on for a bit they will be smaller. But I WILL complete this story!