Ruby Love: Sorry it's taken me so long to update this. But, at least it's updated, right? ^_^

Kawaiipikachu: Thanks.

togepi4eva: Sorry, but I've already decided on who Misty's parent's will be, but I will have another Togepi in this, but the Togetic that she left in the Hoenn region won't be making an appearance, sorry.

Author's Notes: Well, I've finally updated this. It took quite a while because something was wrong (and is still wrong) with the disk that I had started this chapter on. So, I've decided to just start this chapter over and here's the result! ^_^

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Packing didn't take too long and neither did the farewell they had with Ash's mother. Brock had agreed to come, even though Misty wasn't certain that he'd be much help if they needed to get out of town before her sisters obligated them to do something. Misty had been depressed by the fact that she had had to leave her Togetic in Hoenn when she visited there, but she was sent an egg that hatched into another Togepi to replace the one that had chosen to stay in the mirage kingdom. Even though the Togepi that she was currently holding wasn't her original Togepi; she loved this one just the same.

They didn't have too much trouble on their journey to Cerulean city, mostly because Misty wouldn't let Ash lead the way. Ash wasn't too pleased with the idea of not being able to choose which way they went, but he wasn't going to argue with Misty about it; especially since every time he tried to bring it up, she would attack him for even mentioning it. They stopped when the sun was at its zenith (about noon) for a lunch break. When they sat in the shade, eating the sandwiches Brock had made, Ash sat at a safe distance from Misty. Misty smiled to herself. She probably was a little too mean to him when he wanted to lead. The lumps that she could see on his head from her mallet looked painful.

Before too long they were back on the road. That was pretty much how their travels were for the three days that it took them to make the trek to Cerulean city. Misty has in her mind how she wants to enter Cerulean city. By avoiding places that her sisters were likely to be at this time, which could alert them to her presence and ruin a lot of possible chances for escape. If they walked around a bit, they might learn about what her sisters were planning and if they were actually planning anything, or if they weren't planning anything at all. Misty found the latter hard to believe, but Brock insisted that that was possible.

They didn't learn anything as what her sisters were planning, which made Misty a little irritated just because she wanted to know why her sisters had called her and didn't want to get stuck being obligated into doing something that she really didn't want to do again. They decided to just head to the gym and see what her sisters wanted with her. As they passed the Cerulean cemetery, Misty looked and saw something that surprised her a little. A man was standing over her grandmother's grave. Misty didn't recognize him, but she knew that she hadn't seen him around before. Misty just ignored it and figured that it was just an old friend of her grandmother's. He obviously looked old enough to be a friend of hers.

When they arrived at the gym, Misty was surprised to see a sign that said, 'Temporarily closed.' Misty had no clue as to when the last time the gym was actually closed. Misty opened the door and stepped in, followed by Ash and Brock. "This is weird," Misty murmured, then in a louder voice, "Even if it was closed, I would think that there would be lights on."

They walked over to the pool, near the entrance to the gym and all the water pokemon in the pool swam over to Misty. Her Seadra, which evolved while Ash was in the Hoenn region, her Starmie, and her recently acquired Dratini. Misty had sent her Dratini over to the gym because of how she wanted it to be able to swim regularly. Misty gave a bit of attention to her pokemon who were eager to see her. While she was doing this, though, her sisters walked into the pool area.

"Finally!" Lily called out. "It like took you long enough."

Misty turned to see her sisters running over to her. "Well, I had to walk, because I left my bike here," Misty defended herself.

Misty's sisters just ignored this, if they actually heard it at all. "We need to talk with you about something," Daisy told Misty.

"Um," Ash said tentatively, "Why is the gym closed and with the lights out?"

"Oh, we just had like a small problem that should be fixed soon enough," Violet answers.

"What do you need to talk with me about?" Misty asks as they lead her to the living quarters of the gym. "It isn't anything like last time you called, is it?"

"Oh no!" Daisy reassures Misty. Misty gets even more uneasy with that response. "We like wanted you to meet someone."

"Who?" Misty asks. Apparently Ash and Brock were already forgotten.

"He should be back soon. He just stepped out for a minute," Daisy answered.

Misty groaned. "If you wanted me to come back her to meet another of your boyfriends..." Misty stops as her sisters burst out laughing. "What's so funny!?" Misty demanded.

"If we wanted to do that, we like would have had you meet him over the phone. This is someone that you never got a chance to know, because he wasn't really around when you were old enough to remember," Lily said.

Misty just stared at her sisters for a moment before saying, "What are you talking about?"

Just then, the door to the gym opened. "That must be him!" Violet cried out.

Violet, Daisy, and Lily all went to see who it was at the door. Ash, Brock, and Misty watched as they ushered an elderly man into the room. "Like this is our grandfather, Ken!"

Ash and Brock were surprised, but Misty was dumbfounded. When Misty finally found her voice she snapped, "You never told me that we had a grandfather!"

"Well, like we didn't exactly remember ourselves," Daisy said. "But, when he came by, like a few days ago, we remembered."

"After a little reminding you of a few things," Ken said.

Daisy, Lily, Violet, and their grandfather laughed at that. Misty, Ash, and Brock stayed silent. It was clear that it was more of an inside joke than anything else. Just they couldn't help but feeling a little left out. When they finally stopped laughing, Misty asked, "So, where were you all of this time?"

Ken took a deep breath. Misty was surprised at how somber he had become where just a moment ago he had been laughing merrily. "It's been twenty years since it happened." Misty wasn't liking what was being said already. "I was sent to prison for the murder of your parents, Misty. I finally was released on parole," Ken told Misty.

"But, did you kill them?" Misty asked, knowing that she at least had to know this.

Ken shook his head. "No. I believe that I know who it was, but right now, I can't prove a thing. Anything that would have proved my innocence was either destroyed or somehow lost. When they were killed, that was when I was out with Lily, Violet, and Daisy at a restruant. Your grandmother was looking after you at our house, so you were spared because of that. Your parents were not found alone. Their pokemon were also killed with them," Ken said, a tear starting to slid from the corner of his eye, before he wiped it away. "The trial went on for two weeks and the resteraunt that I was at, at the time claimed that the security camera video tape was missing for that period of time. So, even though it was obviously not me, because of the fact that every fingerprint that was found that wasn't your parents, was someone else's completely, I was sent to jail. I was supposed to serve life, but I was finally able to get out on parole." Ken sighed. Misty understood how hard this was. She probably would be the same way if she was in that position. "I just wish I could prove that he had done it," Ken said, a little more forcefully than anything else he had said.

"Who?" Misty asked.

"My old friend," Ken said sarcastically. "One of the founders of Team Rocket."

"Team Rocket!?" Ash, Brock, and Misty cried simultaneously.

Ken nodded. "Though, I believe that I know who pressed him into it, because I don't believe that he would have done this on his own."

"Who was that?" Daisy asked. Apparently, this wasn't something that Ken had told his other three granddaughters.

"His wife. I never liked her, and he knew it. I didn't say much about him being married to her, but there was just something about her that I never really liked. She just seemed too power hungry for my likes. And it wasn't until they had a son that she really started to try to turn him against me. By then I was married to your grandmother and had your mother. But, unfortuneately, due to complications during your mother's birth, there wasn't any way that we could have more children. But, that's a completely different story. As soon as they had a healthy son, I felt that he was being drawn away from me. At first I thought it was my imagination, but eventually he started to hold secret meetings that I found out about only days later when other friends of mine, loyal friends, told me about them. Then it seemed as if he was trying to run things without me." Ken sighed again. "I could tell that things were spinning way out of control for me."

"Did you work at the same buisness as him?" Ash asked, a little confused.

"Sort of. I was the other founder of Team Rocket," Ken said, as a surprised gasp came from everyone. "When I helped start it, we both wanted to create an organization that would prevent an organization like how Team Rocket is now from existing."

"So, what are you planning on doing now?" Brock asked.

"I'm going to have my revenge on that woman who ruined my life and his. I'm going to kill Madame Boss from Team Rocket. Though the name that she used before I was framed was Miranda. She will feel every ounce of pain that she made both of us feel. She is doomed as of the time I was released from jail!"

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Author's notes: A little short, I know. But I just wanted to get something up and that seemed like an excellent time to end it. If anyone has any questions about this, please let me know. I have a rough figure of how this will go, but that's subject to change as long as it hasn't been posted. So, let me know if you have any thoughts on how I can do this better. So, please review, even if you're going to flame. I at least want to know that this was read. ^_^