Hello everyone. Another update! I am a lucky person! We had a snow day of Thursday, and a super intendent's day today! Four day weekend! Finally, our first snow day, I've only been waiting all winter! But anyway, enjoy this chapter, a little rising action in Ash's part.
There was a deadly silence between the two Rockets. Madame Boss stared disbelievingly at Giovanni. The woman had never been more caught off guard in her life. Giovanni waited quietly for his mother's response. She sat down in one of the other chairs, completely in shock. For once, she was rendered speechless.
Giovanni decided to take action. He grabbed the picture he had been looking at, and handed it over to his mother. She looked over the picture silently. Giovanni could tell that she focused in on Ash, recognizing him as her grandson, and his son. After all, he did have the same features of him, Delia and Madame Boss.
She said to him, "How long have you known?"
"Just recently." Persian supported his master by rubbing against his leg. Giovanni genuinely loved his Persian. To him, Persian was the only Pokemon that was not a weapon, but a friend. When he was a young man, he met Persian as a Meowth. He was on one of his first missions for Team Rocket, and a Meowth tried to steal some of their food. Giovanni, seeing its potential, took the opportunity and caught it.
Their relationship developed into a powerful friendship and alliance. Now, Persian didn't even go into the pokeball. Giovanni scratched his ears, before turning back to his mother.
Madame Boss seemed to have found her tongue again. She said, "Well, do you plan to tell me about him?" Giovanni told her as much about Ash as he knew. He obviously left out the part where Ash helped Mewtwo and Mew. He couldn't bear the reaction of his mother, without rage involved.
She smiled back, "And why is Ash not here?"
Giovanni clenched his fists, "He escaped from me." Once again, he left out Mewtwo and Mew.
"Really Giovanni? You couldn't manage to capture a child?" she shook her head in disappointment, "And here I thought that you were actually succeeding in life."
He replied dangerously, "He will not get away again. I will make sure of it." He despised his mother, especially when she doubted his abilities.
Madame Boss continued, "How about I help you find your run-away son?"
Giovanni exclaimed, "Mother, I don't need your help! I am perfectly capable of finding the boy by myself!" The truth was that Giovanni had no idea of where Ash went with Mew and Mewtwo. He had assigned Jessie, James and Meowth to keep watch for them in Unova, since that was where Ash was on his journey. Unfortunately for the Rocket boss, there haven't been any signs of them since they escaped. He wondered if Ash was still even in Unova.
His mother replied, "Come now! Do you take me for a fool? I know that you have no idea where to start looking!" Giovanni said nothing, as Madame Boss looked at him triumphantly. She closed her aged eyes in deep thought.
Finally she said, "If you want to know my opinion, I think that Ashton is hiding somewhere isolated."
Giovanni snapped, "Oh really? If so, do tell me how he managed to disappear so quickly!" In reality, Giovanni really did know how he got away.
Madame Boss was silent for another moment, until her eyes lit up. She said, "Does he have some sort of psychic Pokemon?" Giovanni almost burst out into uncharacteristic laughter at that moment. If only she knew. All of a sudden, he was hit with an idea. If he told his mother that Ash had Mewtwo and Mew, she would be even more motivated to find them. After all, she was obsessed with Mew, and it could work in his favor. If he managed to find Mew, she would finally stop doubting his competence as the leader of Team Rocket.
Smirking, Giovanni slyly said, "In fact, he does. Ash has stolen Mewtwo and Mew from me."
Like her son, Madame Boss also got easily enraged. She yelled, "And you're telling me now? Do you realize how long I've spent looking for Mew, boy?" Standing up, Madame Boss tossed the picture of Ash back on Giovanni's desk.
Before she stormed out of Giovanni's office, she said, "I'll help you find your brat! But I want that Mew!" Giovanni didn't think it would be this easy. His mother was very desperate to find Mew. As Giovanni thought about it, he decided he would give Mew to his mother. After all, it would prove her wrong, and he had the more powerful Mewtwo anyway.
He walked his mother out, while the grunts were careful to avoid her. They could tell the former Team Rocket boss was fuming, and didn't want to be on the receiving end of that anger. Giovanni was quite surprised to see how fast his mother walked. Some people at that age slowed down, but definitely not her.
When they arrived on the outside of the HQ, Giovanni saw a black jet waiting for her. Even though she was no longer a large part of Team Rocket, Madame Boss was still extremely well-connected.
Before she boarded the jet, Madame Boss said to Giovanni, "I will check other regions for Ash. I expect Mew when you capture it." With that, Madame Boss left her son to himself, as her jet flew off and disappeared.
Once again, Giovanni's communicator rang. On the other line was Dr. Zeger.
The scientist said, "Sir. I suggest we start to capture more legendary Pokemon. They seem to be moving apart from each other. A team with Cassidy and Butch has located one. They are waiting for your command to catch…"
Giovanni interrupted, "Fine! But I cannot go along. I am very busy." Giovanni was too preoccupied with his hunt for Ash to worry about other legendaries at the moment. When he found his son, he would then continue.
Zeger replied, "Yes. I will give them your answer. They will bring it back to the HQ."
"Very good," Giovanni said, as he hung up the communicator.
It was late afternoon when Ash had finally stopped his "training" with Mew. They had races as Pokemon in the sky, land and sea. Mew had beaten him in flying, no matter how many different flying types he had transformed into. In fact, Mew had beaten him in most of the races, except when he had transformed into a Golduck to take victory in one of the water races. No matter, Ash had a lot of fun, and it was quite easy for him to change. He figured it was the aura Mewtwo talked about.
He was sweating when he graciously took the lemonade that Cilan was handing out to him. Who knew transforming was so much work? As he enjoyed the lunch that his green-haired friend made, he vowed to himself that he would train with Mewtwo next. He saw him lounging by the shore, a little distanced from the rest of them. Ever since Ash had made an impression of him, he had ignored them all. He felt bad.
After lunch was over, Ash started to walk over to his friend. He was having so much fun with Mew, that he didn't realize he was still sore from the transformation into the Legend Master. He winced as some remnants of pain went through him.
Ignoring it, he said to Mewtwo, "Hey, are you still up for training?"
Mewtwo replied, "Are you sure? You do not wish to waste more time?" Ash felt a little hurt at his words. He still felt that transforming would come in handy. Of course, Mewtwo had a right to be a little upset.
"Hey, I'm sorry for turning into you. It was just a joke. And I don't think transformation is wasting time."
"No matter, it is my responsibility to train you, so let us begin." Just as before, Mewtwo instructed Ash to focus his mind. However, this time, Ash found he could do it. Mewtwo told Ash that he believed that he could generate shadow balls, just as he did. This was interesting for Ash, because when he transformed into Pokemon, he could not use any of their moves.
He said to him, "Good. Now imagine your hands containing spheres of pure energy." Ash had his eyes closed, so Mewtwo had to watch for any signs of the spheres appearing. Ash focused as much as he possibly could, but felt nothing.
Opening his eyes, he set his gaze on his hand. He stared at it, pleading for the dark blue energy to appear. Finally, the tiniest shadow ball showed itself. Ash saw it levitating in his palm, and it was tinier than his thumb. Needless to say, he was quite disappointed. It seemed he was not as gifted as he was in transforming.
Mewtwo said, "We can start with this. Now, do as I do." Mewtwo generated a similar shadow ball, only bigger. He thrust his arm in the direction of the forest, and the shadow ball crashed into the jumble of trees. When Ash repeated the action, the small sphere made it only halfway. Mewtwo told him to never give up. They practiced over and over, but Ash seemed to be getting nowhere.
Frustrated, the boy sat on the ground and huffed. Pikachu ran over, trying to help.
Mewtwo said, "Do not worry. You will get it." Pikachu agreed with Mewtwo, trying to motivate Ash to keep trying.
Before he could say anything, Ash was plagued with the worst headache he had ever experienced.
As he screamed, Iris and Cilan worriedly cried out, "Ash!" Ash felt his head spinning, and he could no longer see his friends. He saw black, and then saw a familiar scene.
Ash found himself looking at the streets of Eindoak Town. Not very long ago, he, Cilan and Iris, had come here for a tournament, before continuing on to Nimbasa City. He had stopped the plans of a misguided Damon, who had disrupted the balance of the Dragon Force. He had been the Hero of Ideals, and teamed up with Zekrom. He also had befriended Victini, a small fire legendary. He recalled that the streets were often filled with happy people, who went about their daily business.
However, Ash saw that no one was on the streets. They were completely bare.
Suddenly, he saw a mother and her little girl running. The mom said, "Come on, hurry! There's nothing we can do! Those horrible people…" He noticed there were tears streaming down both of their faces. They reached a small home and bolted indoors.
"Someone, please help!" Ash heard this voice, and it sounded like a young boy's voice. He turned to the source of the sound, and found himself looking at Victini. He tried to call out to his friend, but could not speak.
Victini looked exhausted, and Ash wondered what could make him this way. He got his answer when he saw several Rocket grunts, chasing after the poor legendary, along with many Pokemon. With them, he saw two familiar faces. The woman had blonde hair, pulled back into two, long ponytails. The man had short, blue hair. It was Cassidy! And…Botch? Ash could never remember the other man's name, and he didn't care.
As Victini dodged the nets being thrown at him, he cried out, "Leave me alone!" Ash could tell Victini was too tired out to use any attacks. He had to help him!
Before Ash knew it, he was back looking at the concerned faces of his friends.
Iris jokingly said, "I hope this isn't going to happen too often Ash." Horrified, Ash leapt up, and started raving like a madman.
Mewtwo said, "Slow down. What happened?"
Holding back tears, Ash replied, "It's Victini!"
Poor Victini! And Giovanni is torn. He hates his mother, but he also wants to prove himself capable to her! While Ash has daddy issues, Gio has mommy issues. Haha. Anyway, I didn't do the ages of Cassidy and Butch because they are not officially introduced until next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!
Ash: No! Not Victini! I hope Cilan has more macaroons.
Larxa: I wonder, why does he pronounce it (MAC-A-RONS)? I always thought it was (MAC-A-ROONS).
Ash:... It's Cilan.
Larxa: True.
Ash: Yeah. Cilan does everything weird.
Cilan: AHEM! This weird person always feeds you!
Larxa: Aw Cilan, weird doesn't mean we don't like you! You're not as awesome as Brock, but you're still pretty cool.
Cilan: Thanks...
Ash: Yeah Cilan! You have green hair...
Larxa: Which means all arguments are invalid!
Cilan:... Okay?
Larxa: Sorry, been spending WAY too much time on the Internet.
Ash: Yeah, anyway, see you next time guys!