Author's Note: Okay, I don't have much to say. Really, I don't. Camille Waterflower and Eli Reynolds belong to me; so does the storyline. As for Todd Helms, he sorta does, sorta doesn't. He's Sabrina's father and they never named him in the anime, so I just gave him a name. Enjoy the revised version of chapter 8.
Chapter 8: Giovanni's Meowth/Persian
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, anyone can see that Persian is Giovanni's most trusted Pokémon. Was Persian his starter? No, a Machop and Geodude were. He received them simultaneously. One day, he was driving his Ford Mustang to a meeting in Kanto. What kind of meeting? Ah, the meetings. There are meetings for Gym Leaders, Elite 4 members, Frontier Brains and Champions. Yes, Champions of the Elite 4 (of whatever region) meet with the other champions and they discuss a variety of things. Gym Leader meetings are usually hosted in whatever city has the first opening. The duration of each meeting varies. For now, (Yes, a mid-story author's note: Kanto, for now has 8 gym leaders and Lance is still the Kanto/Johto champion. Like I said, for now), that meant the 8 gym leaders of the 8 gyms. Flint Harrison of the Pewter Gym, Camille Waterflower of the Cerulean Gym, Lt. Surge of the Vermilion Gym, Todd Helms of the Saffron Gym, Eli Reynolds of the Celadon Gym, Koga Asaki of the Fuchsia Gym, Blaine Thompson of the Cinnabar Gym and Alexander and Isabel Matthews of the Viridian Gym. Attending the meeting on behalf of his twin brother (Alexander is the youngest Matthews, but he is in fact Giovanni's twin brother. Giovanni is older by 5 seconds) but not his sister-in-law is Giovanni. Aside Felina, Rachel, Professor Oak, Professor Aurea Juniper, Professor Cedric Juniper and her parents, Giovanni is the only adult that is allowed to call her "Isabel." Some will say "Samantha", "Sam" or a variant of "Isabel" such as "Izzy" or "Is" (by a few of her nephews), well, you get the gist.
He knew each gym leader and paid attention fairly well. Leading the meetings are the Elite 4 and Champion. The Kanto Elite 4 consists of Prima Grand, Bruno Morikawa, Agatha Rannells, and champion Lance Grayson. The meeting had just ended, and Lance and Bruno were the first ones out, as per usual. This was due to the fact that they both hold positions in the Johto Elite 4. Lance Grayson was born in Blackthorn City, but spent a good deal of his life in Vermilion City. Bruno Morikawa was born in Saffron City and built the Fighting Dojo. However, his parents ended up divorcing when he was a teenager. His father would go to his hometown of Cianwood City and his mother would stay in Saffron City. He and Lance (along with others) hold a dual citizenship. Giovanni preferred not to talk at these meetings, unless prompted. His sister-in-law was different.
At this meeting, he learned that Lt. Surge's eldest son is currently in Hoenn intent on doing what he likes and that his other kids are settling down. He learned that Koga's wife had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and that one of his students is new. He learned that Todd's only child would soon be taking over the Saffron Gym. He'd talk to Flint occasionally, about marriage and the similarities of Rock and Ground-types. Camille was out early, talking to Samantha. Eli would talk to everyone about random things. Today's announcement was random, well, to Giovanni anyway. Eli proudly announced that Celadon University would be opening its doors and that he was an inheritor of the school. Blaine would update the status of having a gym on an island with an active volcano.
As he was heading out with his sister-in-law, they were walking along when Samantha noticed an egg wasn't in its container. The egg was off-white, perhaps ivory in color. At the top, it had a slight bit of gold to it. Closer to the bottom, a light shade of brown. Giovanni picked up the egg and went to the already busy Pokémon Center in Viridian City. The egg began to glow and they picked up their pace. Why wasn't Samantha holding the egg? She was holding two of her one-year-olds; namely, Evan and Liana. While talking to Camille about battling strategies, her husband called saying that he was taking their youngest to the pediatrician. She had found out through a psychic message that her husband had Teleported them on Arcanine's back to his wife's location and also, she had Arcanine's ball, which she hadn't noticed until Liana began to fuss; she decided to return Arcanine after thanking him. She got a call at the center as the egg was glowing. The call regarded her youngest triplet who was being rushed to the hospital. Things were chaotic and Officer Jenny pulled in on her motorcycle, to make sure she had gotten this news. One of the Nurse Joys offered to take Evan, whereas Officer Jenny's sister offered to take Liana to the hospital. Giovanni's request from his sister was to know that his youngest niece would make it. The egg finally hatched, after Samantha had left. She had guessed it to be a Meowth and she in fact, guessed correctly. Meowth, however, wouldn't open his eyes. Giovanni called his wife, who would be coming to Kanto. If anything ever went hectic or wrong with any of Alex's children, his in-laws and brothers would stop whatever they were doing, just to make sure that things would be okay. Once Meowth opened his eyes, Giovanni was the first person to make eye contact. Meowth had to stay overnight and would worry when Giovanni left.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Giovanni he used the phone. He obviously didn't dial Alex, Isabel or Palmer. He dialed Darach, who was in Sinnoh on a date. Oddly, in the harshest, tensest, and chaotic moments, Darach was able to stay calm, a trait he had picked up from his mother. Darach agreed to keep his brother posted. Hours into the late night, Giovanni and Meowth got visitors. Namely, his sons. Rachel, Felina and Isabel are extremely close, so Giovanni didn't expect to see his wife. When Meowth was taking a nap, Giovanni took some time with Reggie and Paul. Paul, however, didn't want to stay. Argenta took Paul back to the hospital, whereas Kenneth stayed with Giovanni, Reggie and Meowth. (To be clear, Paul was 2 when this had happened; see chapter 3 for Reggie's age.) Meowth survived the ordeal, but due to the circumstances, Meowth wouldn't be able to battle for the first two years of his life. Giovanni didn't care. As long as Meowth could battle and evolve into Persian, that's all that would matter. Reggie and Paul last saw their father's partner as the divorce was going on. For now, Giovanni had two major things on his mind: the survival of his niece and the survival of a new teammate.
Date of revision: 6/21/15
Number of revisions: 5
What was revised: I said "along with other characters"; "along with others" just sounded better. 2 I added that the youngest (Eileen) was being rushed to the pediatrician. I figured if it just said she was rushed to the hospital right away, it wouldn't make any sense.
I said "or whatever region" instead of "of whatever region."
I said "along with other characters"; "along with others" just sounded better.
I added that the youngest (Eileen) was being rushed to the pediatrician. I figured if it just said she was rushed to the hospital right away, it wouldn't make any sense.
I revealed how Liana and Evan got in their mothers' arms.
I removed the conversation before the A/N. I will explain it below.
Explanations I feel I owe you for this chapter: Arcanine can legally learn Teleport. You were probably wondering (if you have read the original, that is) how they got to Viridian City. Plus, me saying that Viridian City was already busy doesn't count as a revision. Why? When I originally typed this up, "already" was whited out. The same thing happened when I was editing Misty's mom's name and the E4 surnames the first time around. I edited their last names because I knew I could do better than what I did.
As for what happened to Eileen, she stopped breathing after suffering her first asthma attack. She wasn't diagnosed with asthma until she turned two, but was born with it.
A/N: So, now you know what's up, if you're just beginning with this story. If you're not, now things make sense. Read, review, follow, fave, vote and ask! Bye!