I walked in cautiously and saw a rather dark room, it's only source of light being the skylight window I'm the ceiling. On either side of a rather large desk were a filled bookcase with a variety of books, and sitting behind the desk was Giovanni, who looked quite a lot like I expected him too. Not far from him was a large Persian looking at me with a bored expression. After a moment to take in my surroundings I asked, "You wanted to see me Boss?"

Giovanni just stared at me for a bit before he said in a flat tone of voice, "Yes. Your performance as a trainee had been noted, and I have a mission I wanted to send you on. However, I'm not convinced you are right for the job. Tell me, what do you think about Team Rocket, and be honest Persian will know."

"I think it's pathetic. For a supposed criminal organization, it's made up of a bunch of idiots and common thugs. However, I also think the organization has potential. Right now, it's just a giant organization helping fools break laws for little to no gain. They need a direction beyond just the occasional mission."

At my words Giovanni's right eyebrow Rose in surprise and he asked, "Oh? And what direction would you give them?"

I just shrugged and said, "Hell if I know. However, I'd probably start with taking over the league. Shouldn't be too difficult with Team Rocket's resources. You would just need a few skilled trainers, with at least one of them becoming the Champion."

At my words Giovanni smirked and said, "Yes it would, but that requires a single team capable of beating the entire Elite Four, and the Champion without rest. Something not even I can do."

I smiled at that and said, "Ah, but that's because you're too set in your ways. Your best bet is to take a talented trainee, give them the resources and time to grow, and then set them on the league."

"You've obviously thought about it. Say I told you to become the champion, how would you do it?"

Rather than immediately answer I thought about it for a bit and said, "The first thing I would do is figure out all 5 Pokemon of each member of the Elite Four. Then I'd decide on the Pokemon I would want to bring to fight each one. Assuming, I'd have Team Rocket's resources behind me, I would use them to get me an egg of the 6 Pokemon I decide to have on my team. Of course, there might be some requirements regarding the parents of those Pokemon, after all egg moves are very useful when used properly. Once I had them I'd train them until I decided they were battle ready before heading out to complete the circuit as fast as possible. With the completion of the circuit I could then get back to training my team without interruptions. Assuming all goes well, then I should have a team specifically created to deal with the Elite Four and Champion."

"What Pokemon would you use?"

"Well, that would depend. Assuming the breeders know what they're doing and can get the egg moves I would want, then to beat Lorelei I would use a Scrafty or a Pangoro. Most of her pokemon are weak to fighting type attacks, and those that aren't are weak to dark type attacks. Both of those pokemon are naturally Fighting and Dark type pokemon which gives them a big advantage against her. Against Bruno, there are a ton more variations simply because not all of his pokemon are fighting type. I would have to choose between three, a Primarina, Whimsicott, or a Claydol. All 3 have the type advantage, against his team. Against Agatha, I would probably use a Claydol. Claydol's typing is just too good of an advantage over her Gengars. Against Lance, my preferred pokemon is probably not much of an option, but I would prefer an Ampharos, however that would require me to take a trip to Kalos or Hoenn to see if I can find the item an Ampharos would need to fully counter Lance's team. Then there is the Champion, the best single pokemon I can think of to deal with him would be an Aurorus typing wise. With an open slot on my team I'd round it out with a Corviknight for transport and coverage."

Giovanni folded his hands together in front of his face as he thought about what I said. I just stood there waiting for what felt like 20 minutes before he finally unfolded his hands and stood up. He reached out his hand and said, "Congratulations on your promotion, Agent Jeff. Your first mission is to become the new champion of Kanto. You have two days to give me the specifics of the pokemon you want to be your starter. The next League Circuit is in 2 years, with the next League Conference in 3 years. You will participate and win."

I stared at Giovanni in shock at the sudden promotion, before I smiled and shook his hand while I said, "Thanks Boss, however I hope you realize this is going to be expensive if you want me to raise my team to be the best they can be."

Giovanni just sighed and said, "We can discuss your budget later, for now, go gather your things from the barracks. I'll send someone to meet you there to lead you to your new room."

I just nodded and left as I decided which pokemon to start with.

Two days later I had settled into my new suite and worked out my plan. I had gone over some pokemon research and compared it to my own knowledge of pokemon from the games, and realized there were some differences because this wasn't just a game but real life. Simple things like Potions only last for 2 weeks after buying them from a Mart, or that freshly picked berries last only a day or so. Another big one was that Pokemon had to eat, it hadn't actually occurred to me yet since other than the Boss' Persian I had yet to actually see a pokemon.

I was walking to Boss' office as I thought about that stuff, and with a knock on the door it opened and let me in. Rather nonchalantly I greeted the Boss with a slight wave and said, "Yo."

Giovanni just shook his head in disappointment before he gestured to a seat in front of him and asked, "Are you ready?"

I took the seat and replied, "Yup. I've decided that I want a Mareep as my starter." I took out a piece of paper from within my jacket and handed it over to Giovanni as I continued, "It needs to have the egg moves Electric Terrain, and Iron Tail."

Giovanni read through the official pokemon request form before he asked, "Why?"

"Ampharos is the linchpin to the team. It could theoretically single handedly take out Lorelei, Lance, and the Champion. Claydol would be the second pokemon I ask for since it will theoretically be able to deal with Agatha and Bruno. Between the 2 of them taking out the entire League top brass, I figured it would be best to bond with them as much as possible."

Giovanni looked thoughtful at my words before he said, "Fine. I will set my best breeder on the Mareep. You will have it when it's ready. While you wait I want you to draft up an estimate on the resources you might need to train it."

It took 4 days for Giovanni to send me a messenger asking me to come to his office. It was rather obvious that either the Mareep egg was ready or the breeder couldn't figure it out. Following the normal procedure of knocking on his door then entering when it automatically opened I saw a somewhat stressed out guy standing off to the side glancing nervously at me as I entered. Based on his clothes he looked like a rather stereotypical breeder, green overalls and all.

Rather than waiting for anyone to speak first I just came out right and asked Giovanni, "He couldn't figure out how to breed a Mareep with the 2 egg moves I asked for could he?"

Giovanni just shook his head so I turned to the breeder and said, "That, is very disappointing. Take a female member of the Mareep line and breed it with a male Manectric that knows Electric Terrain. Doing this will result in an egg that gives a Mareep with the egg move Electric Terrain. Do this until the egg hatches into a female Mareep. Then you breed that Mareep with a male member of the Aron line that knows Iron Tail, and you bring the resulting egg to me. It should have the Electric Terrain and Iron Tail egg moves. Oh, and make sure one of the parents is a timid pokemon and that it is holding an everstone while it is breeding."

After I finished telling the breeder how to do his job I turned back to Giovanni and said, "I thought I was coming here to get my starter, but since I'm not do you have time to go over my preferred expenses?"

Giovanni nodded at me and waved his hand at a chair in front of him, which I rather quickly sat down in. He then looked at the breeder and said, "Get his Mareep egg as soon as possible."

The breeder just nodded so much I was wondering if he was a prank or something and just a large lifelike bobblehead. Once he finished his bobbling he literally ran out of the room.

"Well that was disappointing, I'm going to have to give those instructions for every pokemon I want aren't I."

Giovanni just sighed and said, "Probably. Anyways, what are your expenses?"

The next hour and half was spent with Giovanni and I arguing over the expenses, in the end I won and he approved my nearly $600,000 monthly expense. Although he kept the right to cut it if his doubts regarding the necessity of it proved true.

It took another week, but the breeder finally brought me an egg. While he was here I informed him of the Baltoy the boss was going to approve for me at some point, the only requirement for it was a lax nature. He assured me he would have it for me in a month, because of Team Rocket's policy between being given pokemon. I just accepted that and took the Mareep egg in its incubator and started walking around the compound with it as I spoke to it. I figured it probably didn't matter how much I walked, but it's not like I had anything better to do, so I just walked and talked telling the Mareep everything I expected from it and that I would do for it once it hatched. Again, I don't think it mattered but the egg hatched after about 5 hours of walking. I, of course, immediately caught the newborn Mareep in the pokeball I had been given. I then swiftly ran to the private Executive Training Grounds, that Giovanni made an exception to let me use, signed myself into one and then sent out the Mareep.

Mareep and I just stared at each other for a while before, it, because I honestly have no idea how to tell which gender it is. After a couple minutes Mareep suddenly became shy and stopped looking at me. Seeing it back down I walked up to it and started petting it on its head, not afraid that it would shock me at all, because unlike normal pokeballs Giovanni has modified pokeballs that essentially brainwash any pokemon caught into obeying the catcher. Regardless, I spent the next several hours playing with Mareep and examining her, or at least I think it's a female.

It was exactly 4 weeks after I was given Mareep that the breeder showed up again with another egg, he told me it was the Baltoy I wanted. This time I didn't walk around and talk with it, although I kept it on my person at all times. It was a few days later during my daily early morning jog that Baltoy hatched. After catching it I went to Giovanni regarding an increase in my budget since I now had a second pokemon. We argued for a while before he eventually led me to a lab where I brought out Mareep who was then subjected to several hours of test, only for the results to surprise both Giovanni and I. Apparently the rather excessive expenditure spent on raising Mareep has her well above the normal strength of a month old Mareep. So much so that Mareep is actually stronger, statwise, than most if not all Flaaffys that can be found in the wild. I was surprised because I honestly expected all the vitamins to decrease in effect or become completely useless by now, however it seems the difference between game and reality hits again. The expensive vitamins I give to Mareep every day have in fact been increasing Mareep's EVs, however because it is real life and not a game there is no predefined cap, it might also have to do with the fact I only give Mareep one of each vitamin a day and then have her train for the entire day. Regardless of the reason, the results show for themselves and now Giovanni has given me approval for an unlimited budget, provided I give him a report with everything I did and will do once I think my training method is complete. With that I waited a week to bond properly with Baltoy then had a chopper take me to the Johto Battle Frontier and had the Move Tutors there teach Mareep Shock Wave and Magnet Rise, and the Baltoy Gravity. I should probably mention that I have Team Rocket's scientists currently working on creating an item that will duplicate the effects of all the power items, like the Power Bracer and the Power Anklet that help train a pokemon's EVs. Basically, even if it's a lesser effect I want them to take whatever is making those work so well and create a single item that affects all stats. I have high hopes for them, but in the meantime I have 1 of each item on Mareep and Baltoy to supplement their training, when you include Baltoy's control over gravity making training even more effective then I think it's safe to say my pokemon will be monsters in the future.

Once again I found myself standing in front of Giovanni's door, it's been a year since I first woke up as Jeff the Team Rocket grunt, and I can honestly say that being a part of a criminal organization has its benefits. The lack of morals made it easy to find some stress relief, for little more than me calling the breeder and telling him what I wanted. Seriously, it's amazing what people are willing to do to get what they want. Even besides that no one has given me much trouble, and if they even tried Baltoy would freeze them with massively increased Gravity and Flaaffy would shock them into unconsciousness. They're a bit protective of me. Anyways, I knocked as per usual and entered Giovanni's now very familiar office since I spent almost a day every week inside it as he taught me more about how Team Rocket operated, and we discussed the training of my pokemon.

Upon seeing it was me Giovanni smiled and said, "Jeff, this is an unexpected surprise. We still have several days before we are supposed to meet."

I honestly smiled at the genuine warmth in his voice and replied, "Yes, but I'm here to tell you that I want to get my last pokemon egg and that I will be leaving a month after it hatches. Flaaffy is so close to evolving, but needs that final push a good battle will give, plus I want to see if I can find the item I initially spoke about. There are 3 places I want to check for it, the abandoned power plant south of Rt. 10, New Mauville, and if neither of those places pan out then a trip to Kalos to see if the rumor I've heard about an old man having an item that sounds like what I'm looking for is true."

I watched as the smile on Giovanni's face dropped and turned into a frown as I continued to speak. Once I was done he asked, "Who were you thinking of challenging for the battle to evolve Flaaffy?"

I actually had to pause and think about it for a second before I answered, "I was thinking about challenging Erica. Her pokemon should be around a similar strength level, and with no real type advantage one way or the other it should push Flaaffy enough to evolve. The Circuit doesn't start for almost another year, but gym leaders still accept challenges during the off time."

Giovanni sighed before he said, "Fine, pass on your order to the breeder. I'm not going to force you to stay here or or return within a specified time limit, just make sure you keep me updated on your progress."

Knowing our talk was over I stood up and went to leave, however, just as I reached the door and walked through I turned back and said, "Thanks Boss, I honestly expected my time in Team Rocket to be shitty, and be worth little more than a paycheck, but I can honestly say that because of your willingness to believe in me and support me practically unconditionally, you don't need to worry about me cutting ties, just don't expect me to abuse my pokemon." I then continued to walk through the door and left before he could respond.