AN: Here we are. My first chapter. Please note that most things will be different from the original because I feel as if when written like this, it will be stronger and better overall. Anyhow I don't have much to say except for the fact that I think it will turn out better than the original and enjoy.

Also just for reference, please be aware that Ash will be able to use Aura in the story and will be much stronger than he was in Best Wishes.

Chapter 1: Ambitions

To say that Giovanni was angry would be an understatement. He was far from angry. He was downright furious.

He could not believe the stupidity of some people. He had given the bumbling trio of idiots one simple job. That job was simply to acquire a mere Pikachu from a stupid and talentless child. It should not be that hard. Then again, this was the same boy who had successfully meddled in all of his plans. Maybe those idiots did have a valid reason for failing him.

At that moment, Giovanni's thoughts was interrupted by his secretary, Matori entering the room.

At this Giovanni raised an eyebrow. Despite the fact that Matori was his assistant, normally any visitors would have to let him know before hand via the telecom, and yet here she was in his office without any form of notification.

Sighing, Giovanni looked downwards and stroked his Persian gently, yet firm at the same time. After a few moments, he came to two conclusions that were both plausible. It was either that his secretary was becoming clumsy or something important had happened. If the first conclusion was true, then he might have to find himself a new secretary. Mistakes didn't bode well with him because they shouldn't have happened in the first place. If the second one was true and if he found the so called 'important' reason worth his time, then he might just let her off with a slap on the wrist.

After Giovanni finished his final thoughts, he looked up for the first time ever since his secretary had entered the room. "Matori what is the occasion?"

Matori glanced at Giovanni with a genuinely confused expression. "Sir…?"

Giovanni's eyes narrowed down on Matori's confused expression, reading her face like a book before replying. "You forgot to inform me of your entrance, so I suspect that there's a good reason for your behavior?"

Upon hearing the man's stern and fierce voice, Matori gasped and her face turned crimson. "Oh… I'm so sorry. Please-"

Giovanni dismissed her with a wave of his hand. "Too late. What's done is done. But right now you should be explaining why you are wasting my time."

"R-Right, Matori stuttered as she tried to maintain her usual calm posture. You see, I just simply wanted to inform you that Agent Tobias is back from his mission in Sinnoh."

"I see, murmured Giovanni as he stroked his beloved and spoiled Persian. Was the mission a success?"

Matori nodded. "While he wasn't able to beat Cynthia and gain the champion title, he did however, manage to defeat all members of the elite four using his elite team of Pokemon. For that reason, they are considering making him a member of the elite 4 and-"

"What?!, interrupted Giovanni. He failed? How?! How could he fail with his team containing several of Team Rocket's strongest Pokemon, and several legendary Pokemon? While I must admit, making it that far is admirable, an elite four member is nowhere near as influential as the Champion…" Giovanni narrowed his eyes. "What does he have to say about this. What is his excuse for failing me?"

Matori took a deep breath. "He says while he won't be able to obtain the same level of influence as a champion, he claims that he will still influence the champion's actions to a decent level."

"Not good enough," seethed Giovanni in anger as he began to stroke his Persian with more ferociousness. At this, his spoiled cat let out a cry at the slight pinch he had felt. "We need total control over her actions."

"Sir. If you want I can bring him here," suggested Matori.

Giovanni smiled, his anger fading. "That would be good of you Matori. Bring him to me."

With a wave of Giovanni's hand, Matori was about to leave the room until Giovanni stopped?

"Sir?," asked Matori.

"Matori, said Giovanni calmly. Please don't make the same mistake twice. Am I clear? You know that I don't tolerate any form of failure, even if its only 'minor.'"

The secretary gulped. "Yes sir."

"Good. You may be off," said Giovanni as he glanced at the window as if he expected something to happen.

Matori then left the room for good this time.

As his secretary left the room, Giovanni sighed and leaned back in his chair. " Never again. When the capture of Lugia was cut short... When we captured Celebi successfully, but... When one of the strongest agents in the organization brutally failed to get a portion of Sinnoh under our control... They're all failures!"

Giovanni sat in his chair, and began to possessively pet his Persian, his fingers dancing along the outer edge of the spoiled cat's neck. "But still... this time we won't fail. My agents won't let me down again! They won't. Right Persian? We'll succeed after trial and error.

Persian purred in agreement as he eagerly awaited for his master's hand silently to silently stroke his back.

Matori brushed off the beads of sweat on her forehead as she leaned against the wall. Phew. That had been a close one. She really did need to be more careful or else she would…

She shook her head quickly and began to clear all negative thoughts from her mind. She should really find Tobias right now. She had to. She had to remain useful to Giovanni or…

The secretary shivered and glanced down the hallways, clearing all second thoughts. If she could recall, she was pretty sure that Tobias told her that he was going to his room. Last time she checked, she was pretty sure that the Chosen Executives' quarters was down this hallway. This was to ensure the leader's the need to keep some of Team Rocket's strongest agents to protect him in case of a league or ranger infiltration.

Matori sighed and glanced at her wristwatch as she walked down the hallway. "I hope I'm not too late…"

As the secretary passed by through the hallway, she began to hear some rather loud and familiar arguing left of the Chosen Executives' quarters.

"I should be the one to tell the boss about our success in Sinnoh!," screeched a familiar feminine voice from afar.

"Hey that's not fair, whined a familiar male voice. Why should you be the one to tell the boss about our roles in defeating Team Galactic?"

"And why should ya say anything?, asked familiar western accent. Why should ya say anything when I did all the work for you?"

The following said prompted angry and loud growls to be heard from a distance before the troublesome trio continued their childish arguing.

Matori groaned. She would have mulled over the idiots' attempt at a 'civil' conversation, but she was late on time. Maybe another time though. But for now, she hoped that they wouldn't go to the boss. He had enough on his plate.

After a few moments, Matori came to a halt in front of the door leading to Tobias's room or also known as room A-96.

Taking a deep breath, she rang the doorbell and followed Giovanni's orders. She didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

After a few minutes of silence, Matori frowned. It wasn't like Tobias to ignore her. If anything Tobias was always a quick and fast person. He was never ever late.

Matori sighed for the millionth time today and opened the door to reveal Tobias watching something with headphones. Faint echoes of a cacophony and static what bounced throughout the room and an illuminated desktop screen.

Matori coughed. "Sir?"

Tobias didn't respond.

"Sir?" called Matori a little louder.

This prompted a groan from Tobias as he removed his headphones and spun around in his chair, revealing his attire. Unlike his civilian clothes, he no longer wore a red cloak. He wore a gray cloak with a small bright red R the back of the cloak.

Underneath the cloak was the standard Team Rocket uniform that all grunts had. On his waist one could see a gray combat belt that led down to black pants and combat boots. On his belt, one could see six 'normal' pokeballs disguised as Rocket Balls and various gadgets.

Rocket Balls were a unique and illegal kind of pokeball used from Elite Officer to Boss. They were pokeballs that was painted black all over with a dark purple X in the center. On the top, there was a bright red and bulging R. Rocket Balls filled the Pokemon's head with Team Rocket propaganda, making them loyal to the user. It was a horrifying thing thought Matori. Then again it wasn't like she could actually do anything about it.

Tobias snapped his fingers. "Why did you interrupt me and forget to ring the doorbell? You know that you have to notify me first."

Matori looked at Tobias's mature face and tried to maintain a calm look. "Sir with due respect, you wouldn't answer. So I grew worried."

Tobias gave the secretary's response some thought for a second before laughing.

"Sir?," asked Matori, confused by her superior's outburst.

"Let me get this straight, said Tobias as he tried to maintain his composition. You actually thought that someone could have defeated me that easily? Actually?"

Matori gasped, realizing her mistake. "Oh please forgive-"

Tobias chuckled. "Never mind that. Despite the fact that you are acting quite strange today, I'll listen to what you have to say. Does the boss want me for something?"

Matori nodded. "He wanted to talk to you about your performance in the Sinnoh League."

Tobias's face darkened and all of his laughter faded away before returning to his usual mature tone. "I see. You are dismissed for the night. You may head to your quarters now."

Before Matori could question Tobias on whether or not, he had the right to dismiss her for the night, the man had already left.

The secretary blinked and then sighed. "What is wrong with me? What's making me feel so apprehensive and nervous? Is something bad going to happen?"

She then glanced at the watch on the wall and sighed. "I should probably get ready for a new day."

Tobias slammed the door shut and began to walk throughout the hallway. "Time to get this over with."

The man would have progressed if he hadn't seen a certain trio bickering in the hallway.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I deserve the credit!," screeched a red haired woman.

"Now look here Jessie-," began the purple haired man before being interrupted.

"Shut up James!," growled Jessie.

"All right guys, began a Meowth. We gonna have ta settle this fair and square. It's da only solution!"

Normally Tobias would have ignored the conversation and carried on to see his boss, but this time he didn't. He couldn't resist laughing at the trio's stupidity and childish tendencies.

As a result, the trio's attention was directly adverted to the source of the laughter.

"What's so funny?," asked James, cluelessly.

"Yeah!," added Meowth as he pondered in confusion.

Jessie grit her teeth in anger. "Alright who the hell do you think you are twerp?!"

Despite, Jessie's outburst, Tobias still retained his calm and calculated expression. It was almost as if Jessie's words had no effect on him whatsoever. He wasn't even surprised by that outburst. He had expected it.

"Is that any way to talk to your surperior? Is that any way to talk to one of Team Rocket's Chosen Executives?"

"Chosen Executive?," asked James before the truth dawned upon him. When realizing the truth, his entire composition changed. His body began to shake in fear as an expression of pure horror formed on his face. "N-No. It can't be true. You aren't one of them…"

"James what are you talking about?," asked Jessie.

"Yeah, Meowth added. I don't see anything special about him…"

"James why don't you explain what a Chosen Executive is and explain the ranks properly to them to ensure that they don't make the same mistakes again," suggested Tobias coolly.

James gulped in response before facing his two partners. "Y-Yes sir… Well anyways the ranks are known as : Grunt, Top Agent, Officer, Elite Officer, Executive, Chosen Executive, and lastly Leader. Our current rank is the Top Agent rank."

"Not that you deserve it though," sneered Tobias. You deserve an even lower rank than Grunt."

"Why you little-," began Jessie angrily before James shushed her.

"Jessie. Please be quiet and let me explain," said James angrily.

"Fine," huffed Jessie in annoyance.

James coughed. "Ahem. So basically, the Grunt rank is the lowest rank. They are constantly used as fodder for higher ranks and do petty chores such as stealing pokemon from trainers. The next rank is Top Agent. This is a more valuable rank than Grunt. Top agents tend to do more serious operations such as Pokemon Center heists or poaching from pokemon from large areas. This rank also includes assisting the Officers' division in their jobs."

"Officer rank?," questioned Meowth.

James nodded. "Right. That rank is beneath the Elite Officer rank. They are more valuable than Top Agent rank and can station an area of of the mission and is left in charge with big missions. They sometimes cooperate with the Elite Officers in various missions. Elite Officers take high ranking missions and sometimes act as admins or leaders in place of an Executive or Chosen Executive. This rank as you can see is very important, but not as important as the Chosen Executive or Executive Rank."

"So… what is so special about the next two ranks?," asked Jessie.

"Well basically the executives can spearhead missions given to them from the boss. They are also pared sometimes with the Chosen Executives. And they can also do things without the boss's permission such as firing a Team Rocket member. But, the Chosen Executives come second to the boss himself. The special thing about this rank is like the Executive Rank, there is only a few members in this rank. The Chosen Executive rank is an extension the the Executive rank. These executives are right under the Boss Rank. What separates them from the regular Executive rank is that these are chosen directly by Giovanni, so they have powers that regular executives wouldn't have, such as being able to start an operation without the boss's permission. They also act as the boss's council," explained James.

As soon as James finished his explanation, Jessie and Meowth's faces were written all over with horror. Before them was a Chosen Executive, a man who could kill them off silently whenever he wanted simply because he felt like it. Here was a man who could erase them from existence. Here was a man that could do anything to them.

Tobias let out a cry of cruel laughter as he walked away. "You really are pathetic as you are now. But… you do have potential. If the rumors are true about the time you infiltrated a Team Galactic base then you might just have a chance."

Tobias continued walking away with a smug smirk covering most of his features as the trio was left behind and baffled.

It was only a matter of minutes before Tobias appeared in front of the door leading to the boss's office. Taking a deep breath he maintained his calm and straight posture and range the doorbell.

Within seconds after the doorbell was rung, a stern voice boomed over the telecom. "Took her long enough. You may enter Tobias."

Tobias nodded and opened the door, revealing the leader of Team Rocket sitting in his chair, stroking his Persian.

"Sir I can explain why I failed," said Tobias confidently, wearing his regular monotone straight face that he put on when dealing with his boss. This action was not of choice, but of consequence from that one time where he spoke up against his boss and was severely punished for it. So for now all he could do was hide his scowl from behind his face, the anger that he felt against the Rocket leader's perfectionist tendencies. He had won the Sinnoh League and was almost on par with Cynthia Shirona and that was something that most trainers could only dream of doing. If it hadn't been for that annoying surprise, then he would have won.

Giovanni raised an eyebrow at Tobias's confidence. "Well go ahead then."

Tobias nodded, doing his best to maintain his confidence in the intimidating presence of the man before him. "As you know, I managed to defeat all members of the elite four, but I wasn't able to defeat Cynthia."

Giovanni nodded in response and gestured for him to carry on with his explanation.

"I was very close to winning," began Tobias as he observed his boss's facial expression for any form of disappointment or anger, but he only found a neutral expression. "I had one Pokemon left and she only had one pokemon left. At this point in time I had only used Latios and I was confident in my Darkrai's power. However, when she sent out her last Pokemon Garchomp and I sent out my Darkrai, she did something completely unexpected."

"And what would this unexpected move happen to be," Giovanni frowned. It wasn't like Tobias to be thrown off so easily. Ever since a young age, he had been a prodigy at Pokemon battles. Ever since a young age, he was able to calculate and predict everything in battling. Tobias was undefeated.

"She did something with a unique stone, said Tobias. She said something about the stone resembling her bond with Garchomp. I believe that she called it a keystone or something along those lines. Then her Garchomp took on a different form of some sort."

Upon hearing the word 'keystone,' Giovanni's eyes widened. "Impossible. That's only myth!"

Tobias raised an eyebrow. "What's so special about this 'keystone?' How is it a myth?"

Giovanni leaned back in his chair and glanced at Tobias. "In the far off Kalos Region there is a myth about Pokemon taking on another form. It was said that this would happen between the strong bonds between trainer and Pokemon and through the use of two stones. The stone that the trainer uses is known as a 'keystone' and the stone that the Pokemon carries is known as a 'mega stone.' This process is known as 'Mega Evolution.' Mega Evolution hasn't been seen for thousands of years, so that's why it is regarded as a myth." Giovanni paused for a second, mulling over his thoughts. "However, I might be wrong now. I'll have to get a few agents to look into this…"

Tobias nodded. "I see. Was that an acceptable explanation?"

"I find that acceptable, considering the fact that we know almost nothing about Mega Evolution, stated the leader of Team Rocket. But, we'll need to know more about this, should it pose a threat in our next major operation," said Giovanni, pulling out a folder from under his desk.

"What does the folder entail?," asked Tobias curiously.

"It entails our next major operation," explained Giovanni. "Our next operation is known as Operation Tempest. The basic synopsis of the operation is the complete takeover of the Unova Region. Should we succeed, then this will be a boon to our plans. What do you think?"

"I'd have to look at it with my partner, but otherwise I think that this is a good plan. Unova is unlike other regions. Unova is pretty isolated and not in any union unlike Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh."

"Excellent, said Giovanni with a voice full of glee. Unova will soon be ours."

"Yes, grinned Tobias. Team Rocket will finally take it's fist steps to rise again."

AN: So yeah. This is my first chapter. I think it turned out fine. Anyways be sure to leave a review if you enjoyed the chapter or point out what you liked or didn't like about the story so far.

P.S- As a side note, I know Matori seems out of character, but there's a reason for that. After all she did tempt fate.