The Blue Spirit

by silentplayermc03

A vision has been seen by Arceus; a world covered in darkness, corrupting both humans & pokemon alike but it also showed two heroes fighting against it. Plans are formed, old & new friends meet, relationships are made, emotions run high, secrets are revealed & an inevitable world war engulfs them all against the darkness…

58. Chapter 57 - Giovanni Sakaki

THE BLUE SPIRIT

CHAPTER 57 – GIOVANNI SAKAKI

"And with this new propulsion system, the rocket can cover more distance before using up all of its fuel," said the middle aged scientist, as he finished explaining his new invention to the young boy.

The boy listening to the scientist's explanation was no doubt interested since rockets and space ships had always intrigued him. Excitement to learn more filled him yet kept his outward demeanor calm. "Is that so?" he asked skeptically, knowing how to push the scientist's buttons.

Shaking his head, the scientist let out a disgruntled sound. "Damn it Gio, even you have to question your own father?" This scientist was one of the smartest in the world, having invented many new technologies and items regarding flight and space travel. However, due to his timid personality, along with his frail looking appearance, caused many to not respect him and doubt his words, even with all of the achievements under his belt.

Before his son could answer, a woman spoke up instead as she entered the room. "There you are!" she exclaimed loudly with an annoyed tone of voice towards the both of them, causing the two, one more so than the other, to flinch over her words. "I've been looking all over for you! Stop wasting time with Gio and get back to work! The other scientists need help back at the research lab so get to it!" she snapped at the older man.

Standing up at once and making his way out of the room, he spoke in a low voice with a slight tone of fear coating his words. "I apologize Madame Boss."

Crossing her arms over her chest, she let out a disgruntled sound. "Hmph. Whatever. Just get to it. And when you're done with those boneheads, get your ass to my office immediately. I need your assistance for some personal matters," she told him as he left the room.

"Yes ma'am," he replied back to her and hurried to his destination.

After he left, Madame Boss turned her gaze towards the boy. "Giovanni Sakaki, how many freakin times do I need to tell you to stop bothering him?!" she asked rhetorically.

Giovanni copied the woman's stance, crossing his arms over his chest and glared back at her with his black eyes pinned onto her, no fear on his face. "And I keep telling you that I can speak with my own dad whenever I damn want, Mother!"

The now revealed mother of the young Giovanni shook her head a few times as she kept her eyes on him, narrowing them onto him. "I swear to Mew, sometimes I just want to toss you into a cell, lock the door and throw away the key! If your father wasn't so obsessed with you and if you weren't finally about to leave to go on some stupid pokemon journey, I would've done it already!" she spat out angrily.

"You think I'd just let you? I may have a pushover for a dad, but don't think I'm the same as him!" retorted Giovanni with venom. "You can't control me and I'll never let you, you damn woman!"

Madame Boss grew angrier over that and slapped him at once, making him yelp from the pain and stumble back a few steps. "Watch who you're talking to like that you piece of shit! I may be your mom, but I'm still the leader and founder of the glorious Team Rocket! Now get the fuck out of my sight and go check on the old fart!" she commanded him before leaving the room.

Recomposing himself, Giovanni grumbled a bit as he stood up straight. "Fuckin bitch. I don't care that you're my mom. One of these days, I'm going to get you back for all the bullshit you've done to me." Leaving the room with a scowl on his face, he began making his way through the building to do as he was told, not knowing what else to do at the moment. It didn't take him to long to reach his destination but the time it took had allowed him to calm down from his most recent altercation with his mother. Standing in front of a door to a room, he knocked on the door twice and waited.

"Come in," said a raspy voice from inside. Opening the door and entering the room, Giovanni closed the door behind him before heading towards the twin bed in the middle of the room. Drawing up a chair next to the bed before sitting on it, the boy looked at the one laying on the bed in front him. "It's about time you came to visit your ole grandpa kid," said the elderly man with a smirk, yet the boy said nothing. "Hmm, gonna make me do all the talking huh?"

The boy grinned a bit. "Of course Grandpa, that's all you're good for anyway these days."

Giovanni's grandfather had his expression turn into that of astonishment over how he was spoken to like that before glaring at the boy. "How dare you speak to me like that! If I could use my legs, I'd kick your ass!" It went quiet between them for a few seconds before both of them burst out laughing. After a short time, they recovered and looked at one another. "That's my boy. So, how's everything?" he asked.

Leaning back in his chair, Giovanni crossed his arms again before speaking. "Had another go with her before she told me to come check on you. She's such a damn bitch. What's her fuckin problem with me talking to my own dad?!" he finished saying with anger and hate in his tone of voice.

Shaking his head, the old man let out a sigh. "You know how she is. Don't let it get to you."

"Yeah, more worried about money and her own personal matters than her son. What kind of mom functions like that?" vented Giovanni.

"Hmph. And you've been a perfect little boy for her have you?" asked his grandpa with a smirk.

"Please, I'm an angel compared to her!"

"Right. And which angel was it again that sabotaged her scientists' work and deliberately did the opposite of what she asked him to do?"

Giovanni's face turned red a bit, from both slight embarrassment and anger. "Oh shut up!" he snapped, causing the elderly man to chuckle a bit. "I was just a kid then! I didn't know what I was doing and I was bored! What else was I supposed to do, stuck in some organization's building with nothing to do?"

"Yeah yeah, whatever. Just remember that both of you were pieces of shit to each other. Maybe you should try to see things from her perspective and show at least a little respect towards her. And that might make her treat you better too," he suggested to his grandson.

Giovanni however just snorted. "Yeah, like that'll ever work. You just want things to get better between us so you can take credit for it and hope that'll be enough for you to get on her good side."

Smirking at him, the old man didn't deny it. "Well, if it'll help me get in her good graces, who knows what'll happen next. Maybe she'll finally spend the money on me to get me some new legs," he finished saying while patting his useless and unfeeling legs.

Bursting out in laughter, it took Giovanni a moment before he regained himself and spoke. "Please, you know how much she loves money. You have a better chance of convincing her to fuck you. Not that that'll ever happen when she constantly has your son, my dad, be her very own sexual slave too."

The old man nodded at that. "True. I wouldn't mind getting freaky with her either…" Giovanni's expression turned into that of disgust but his grandpa ignored it. "…but still, a man can dream can't he?" He chuckled at that before continuing on. "So what are they doing?"

The boy answered without care. "Dad's helping the other pathetic scientists while the bitch is probably back in her office. Then when he's done, he's supposed to go take care of her personal matters too. Probably gonna make him pleasure her again," he revealed with a mellow tone. He had known for a long time already what sex was and how his parents do it all the time. Or more accurately, how his mother basically dominates and commands his father.

His grandpa shook his head. "More like she's gonna be forcing him to do it." They both laughed a little at that before the older of the two had his expression go serious. "Now Gio, don't think that just because you're smarter than most your age, that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." Silence between the two until the older of the two spoke again. "And even though I tease my son and make fun of him sometimes, doesn't mean that I don't love him."

Giovanni didn't say anything for a moment before speaking. "I know that Grandpa and I love pops too, no matter how spineless he is."

"Good. But I have something else to tell you that's important, now that tomorrow you start your journey." Leaning forward a bit as curiosity took hold of him, the boy waited patiently for what he was going to say. "From what I remember, you want to become the best right?" A nod was his answer. "Alright. I'm going to tell you a secret that will help you reach that goal. You ready?" Another nod. "The secret is this…" Both of them leaned in closer towards each other a little more. "...never let anything hold you down, not even failures, people, places or things. Nothing, ever. All of it is replaceable. The only thing that isn't replaceable is your own dream. Your own spirit. Like a spaceship using fuel to get somewhere, that's what's going to keep you going to reach your goal. You understand?" he asked his grandson.

Sitting back again, the boy was silent for a moment before a genuine smile grew on his face. "I do."

Smiling himself, the elderly man relaxed back into a lying position. "Good. At least I don't have to worry over you like I did with your father."

Unable to help himself, Giovanni chuckled before responding back. "Please, I'm not like him. Well, I do have his brains, but I'm no fuckin pushover like his sorry ass."

"Thank Mew you're not. But remember you little shit; he's still your father who's one of the smartest in the world, so show him some respect," remarked his grandpa. Giovanni didn't apologize but nodded. "Good. But I do admit that if you turned out like him too, I would've killed myself." The two of them laughed a bit over that dark joke. "But good thing you're not. You may not like to hear this, but you're strong, shrewd and relentless like your beautiful monster of a mother…" He trailed off, as his imagination took hold of him while his grandson let out a scoff. "Ah, if only I was younger…what fun it would've been to win her over and get her in the saddle…"

The boy shook his head in disgust. "Hey, dumbass, I don't want to hear about your pointless wet dreams about my mom, who is your daughter in law you stupid fuck," insulted the boy.

Laughing out loud, the old man didn't care about the insults. "Good boy, you're not afraid to tell off your own grandpa, who can't do anything but lie here for the most part. Let's see you say that to your milf of a mom." Scowling at him, the boy said nothing as he crossed his arms. "Ah, don't get all butt hurt over it you little shit," chuckled his grandpa. "I hope you understand that though. Being able to act tough against someone who's inferior to you is easy. Being tough against someone stronger than you is much harder."

"I'm not stupid. I know that and you know that I've never backed down, not even from her! And I'll become so tough that no one will be able to say or do anything to me. Not even my bitch of a mom," commented Giovanni angrily but also with conviction.

"I know and I'm rooting for ya Gio. Otherwise I wouldn't be telling you all this." Sitting up a bit using his hands, the old man looked his grandson in the eyes before speaking again. "Listen, in all seriousness, you are the last hope for our family name to be respected once more. Though we are still well off, the name has gone down some because of what's happened the last few years. Especially because of all the rumors with Team Rocket and how weak my son turned out to be. You have brains. You have strength. You also have unnatural talent in training pokemon along with great charisma when you choose to utilize it. If you do things right, you will become great. You could even get to the point where you have others follow you and do as you tell them. Where many will both fear and respect you. You can reach all that. But only if you truly understand the secret I told you; don't let anything hold you down. Like your father allowing his spineless personality letting others control him. Or your strong, sexy mother letting her narrow minded and stubborn personality keep her from adapting and growing stronger. Nothing is as important as your dream and your spirit. You must use everything that you can to reach your dreams. Nothing is off limits when in pursuit of that. Understand?" he asked his grandson once more.

A short while passed with silence between them before the boy slowly nodded his head. "I understand Grandpa. I won't let anyone or anything keep me from achieving my dreams. My spirit will never be broken. I'll aim for the stars and I will reach them one day, just like a rocket!" said Giovanni with confidence, making the promise to both his grandpa and to himself.

"Good." Lying back down, the boy's grandfather genuinely smiled. "I'm glad. I hope to be able to live until that day to see it. But if not, I'll see it from the other side."

"Ah, cut the crap. You'll probably outlive us all you undying shit." They both laughed at that before the boy stood up afterwards. "Alright, I gotta go sleep so I can wake up in time for tomorrow so I can finally leave this hell hole," he said as he began walking towards the door. "I'll come back though one final time to say bye to you tomorrow after I get my starter before I'm outta here."

"Alright. And hey, do me a favor..." started his grandpa when the boy reached the door. He stopped and turned his head to look at him to indicate he was listening. "…when on your journey, make sure you have fun with as many hot girls as you can. And when you do, send me some photos and videos of all the gorgeous gals you meet."

"You really think I'm gonna do that?" asked Giovanni with a deadpan look.

"What? You're not gonna have some fun with girls? I thought you were mature for your age? Or…wait, are you batting for the other team?!" asked his grandpa with mock surprise.

"No, I'm not and shut up you old bastard! You know I'm talking about sending you that stuff!" His grandpa started laughing heartedly at his words and Giovanni glared at him. "You're a sick ole fuck aren't you?" asked the boy rhetorically, turning away and grabbing hold of the door handle.

His grandpa stopped laughing and said something that made his grandson stop. "I'll reward you."

"Yeah? With what? You don't have anything I want or need," said the boy, glancing back at him.

"Ah c'mon, I'm stuck here bored out of my goddamn mind. I'm going crazy. And I'm sure I'll think of something to be good enough in exchange."

The boy rolled his eyes before facing the door. "Yeah, right." He began turning the handle.

"Gio!"

"What?!" he yelled out, snapping his gaze back to the old man with anger.

"I'll convince your pops to send you as much money as he can to your account."

Calming down and thinking it over, Giovanni thought it wasn't a bad deal since his dad did have an even softer spot for his grandpa since he was old and couldn't move around anymore. His father probably could be convinced in that particular situation. And he was planning on having some fun throughout his journey anyways. But he also wanted more in the deal. "That doesn't sound bad at all. But I don't feel like doing all that work to take pictures and videos for just money."

"Okay, fine, I'll sweeten the deal. You do that plus one other thing, and I'll tell him where to find one of the best ground types in Kanto to send to you within a few weeks of your journey's start. How's that?"

That caught his interest since he liked ground types a lot. "That sounds promising. But what's the other thing?" he asked, already dreading the answer, knowing how crazy it can be.

His grandpa formed a lecherous grin on his face. "The other thing is either you get pictures or video of your smokin hot mother naked or convince her to show me one last good time!"

Giovanni's eyes widened at that since his request was damn suicidal. "You damn sicko! You have a deal for the first part! I'll find my own ground types! Fuck that and fuck you!" answered the boy before storming out of the room while slamming the door shut behind him on his grandpa, who was laughing hysterically.

After reaching and entering his room, the young boy changed into his pajamas and climbed into bed. Lying down and lifting the bed covers over him, he laid there with his sight fixed onto the room's ceiling with his hands behind his head. He kept thinking about tomorrow and how his journey would soon begin and he would finally be able to leave this stupid place. Filled with excitement, he just couldn't stop imagining all the things he would finally be able to do. After thinking about all that a bit, he thought about what he just talked about with his grandpa, which led him to think about his parents. I'll be smarter than dad and stronger than her. I swear it. I will become more important and successful than she could ever dream to be. I'll show her who's the better person and I'll be the strongest trainer ever! No one will be able to stand in front of my might! Giovanni kept thinking about all that until sleep finally came to him some time later but his smile never left his face as he slept.

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A red beam of energy collided against its target, enveloping it in a bright red glow before it all retreated back into the red and white spherical device that was held in the trainer's right hand. A smug smile was plastered on the trainer's face, seeing his opponent in utter disbelief on the other side of the devastated field. His feeble pokemon, a Tangela, stood no chance against his own sublime pokemon, a Rhyhorn, even with the type advantage.

Falling to his knees in front of his battered and broken grass type with his eyes locked onto its unconscious form, he couldn't believe it. "H-How?" asked the defeated trainer in a low tone of voice. His Tangela was trained well and had been undefeated facing against those it had a type advantage over. But this ground type he battled…it was completely different than all others he had come across over his long time of training and traveling. Just one word wasn't enough to describe it but if he had to pick...a 'monster' would be the most appropriate term for it.

The smug trainer didn't answer at all to the question, even though he heard it clearly enough. Without even saying parting words, he turned and left the field, leaving behind the distraught trainer. Pathetic. Even after being on the road for so long, aren't there any real trainers? It's all just too easy. Walking along the dirt path, he tossed the poke ball in his right hand up into the air several inches before catching it. He did that several more times as he continued his thinking. Then again, it has always been too easy for me. Since day one, I've had no problems and it will continue. I have great plans for the future. For nothing except the absolute best is good enough for me. His smile somehow turned even smugger as he caught sight of a small building appearing in the distance while clipping the poke ball onto his belt. Perfect. We didn't go far away from the center at all. Time to claim my reward.

Entering the pokemon center after composing himself when he reached it, he scanned its occupants to find the one who owed him. He found her quick enough, sitting in a booth in the corner, next to another booth that was filled with a small group of people who were also waiting for him but for a different reason compared to the lone female.

The moment she saw him she couldn't help but smile since she felt a little better in seeing him alright. Her eyes glued onto him as he gracefully strode over to her, her heart began beating faster. After he sat down opposite her in the booth, she stammered a bit. "S-So, is everything o-ok?" she asked him.

Smiling charmingly at her, he leaned back against the cushion on the booth wall. "Of course. There's no way I'd lose, especially against someone like that. You can rest easy now as he'll never bother you again," he told her with sincerity.

Letting out a sigh of relief, the girl felt so much better. "Thank you Giovanni for helping me with this. I was just so shocked to find out what he did that I didn't know what to do. But thank Mew we ran into you and your friends a few days ago. I guess Mew is looking out for me," she said with a smile.

"It's alright Jessica. I'm just glad I was in the right place at the right time to find out," he replied back. Especially since it made planting the evidence so much easier, he thought to himself. "Hopefully this will teach him not to do that anymore."

"Yeah…" Jessica hung her head.

"Hey." Hearing the soft way he spoke, made her look up at him. "It's alright. Things will get better."

"How do you know that?" she asked him quietly. "I thought he truly loved me, but finding out that he was cheating on me all this time and that he was going to steal my…my…it's just heartbreaking…" She went quiet for a moment and Giovanni formed a sullen expression on his face. "…am…am I not good enough? I thought…"

"Stop," he said at once, cutting her off with a strong but kind tone of voice. She went silent at once. Standing up out of the booth, he made his way around it before sitting down next to her while keeping his eyes locked onto hers. Noticing her face becoming redder with each passing second, he smirked inwardly. For he knew that he was a handsome man with brains and used that, along with his 'charming' personality, to make people around him, especially those of the opposite gender, to easily become captivated by him. "Don't talk down on yourself. You're much more than good enough," he told her quietly as if sharing a secret between the two.

Subconsciously moving closer to him even though she could hear him fine, she began speaking again. "But then what else could it be?!" she asked him. "He said…"

She was not able to talk anymore as he had placed his right index finger against her lips, shushing her. He could feel how soft her lips were and imagined them being used more extensively than just talking for a moment. It could very well go that way. He refocused, removed his finger, noticing the slight reaction by her and spoke. "You're wrong Jessica. You are a beautiful girl who has a great heart. That's hard to come by these days. He's the one who messed up. He's the one who's not good enough, especially for an angel like you. Understand?" he told her in a soothing, passionate tone of voice.

Feeling his finger against her lips made Jessica blush madly, with her heart beating like mad and when he removed it, she let out a slight gasp but paid attention to his words. Hearing such wonderful words about her coming from an absolute stud like him, was enough to make her melt. At the end, she just couldn't help herself anymore and wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in to kiss him.

Right before their lips were about to meet, an angry and shocked tone of voice was heard. "Jessica?! What the hell are you doing?!"

Both Giovanni and Jessica turned to look at their uninvited guest. Before he could speak, the girl beat him to it, gaining some confidence from the words spoken to her recently. "Whatever I want George! You can't tell me what to do anymore! You don't deserve me and I never want to see you again!" she yelled angrily at him.

George was about to say something when the people in the booth next to theirs stood up and positioned themselves in between him and the couple in the booth. "You heard her. It's none of your business anymore. Now beat it," said one from the group.

George had his face flush with color as he stared at the group in front of him before looking at Jessica and Giovanni in the booth. Seeing her look of hatred on him made his heart break. And the way she was holding on to this man who they barely met a few days ago and being so close with him was maddening to him. He just couldn't believe it. Everything was fine between him and his girlfriend until recently. But now, because of some stupid letter that he didn't even write, which was found in his backpack by his girlfriend of two years that made her suspect him of cheating on her and part of some stupid plan to steal her moonstone for another girl. Shifting his sight onto the man next to Jessica, he saw the smirk that was plastered all over his smug face and that made the wheels in his head turn. It was then that he realized that it must've been him who caused all this. He must've planted the letter and framed him. Thinking that made him snap and reacted angrily, moving forward towards him. "You son of a bitch! You did all this, didn't you?!" he asked him while yelling.

The group in between him and the couple in the booth intercepted him and grabbed hold of him, while Jessica let out a scream of fright. Giovanni however remained calm and let go of the girl before standing up. "Let him go," he told his friends, who immediately did as he said.

Right after, George launched himself at Giovanni who swiftly evaded his punch before countering with his own strike that landed against his opponent's stomach. Doubling over in pain, George couldn't believe how strongly he was hit. Before he could even think of something else to do, he was made to stand straight by the other people and forced to look at Giovanni. "Now listen here punk," started Giovanni, moving close to George and looked him right in the eyes. "I'm not going to stand here and argue with you. You've been caught red handed and beaten twice already so own up to it like a man. Now I'm gonna give you one chance to leave here with some dignity. If you keep pursuing this, I'll make your life a living hell. Now leave, and don't ever bother Jessica or me again or you will face the consequences. Am I understood?" he asked him with a calm but serious tone of voice, making his opponent become both scared and angry over his situation. Jessica was looking at the back of Giovanni with a look of awe over what she just witnessed.

Before he could answer, another female voice was heard. "What is going on here?!" asked the pink haired nurse of the center while walking up to them.

The group let go of George while Giovanni had a charming smile appear on his face. "Oh nothing Nurse Joy, just a little chat here with my friend. He gets overly excited about pokemon you see and sometimes he just gets too boisterous for his own good so we kind of have to reign him in if you catch my drift," he said with a cheery tone, with his group smiling to go along with it.

Glancing at them, Nurse Joy then looked at George who looked red in the face and then over at Jessica who said nothing. Believing everything was fine, she let out a sigh. "Alright, just behave yourselves since it looked like you lot were getting out of hand. I don't want any trouble here, alright?" she told them with a kind but stern voice.

Giovanni smiled at her. "Of course Nurse Joy." With no one else saying anything, she left them and went back to her duties. As soon as she was out of earshot, Giovanni locked his eyes onto George once more. "Be happy I didn't say anything to her or she would've called the police on you. Now's your chance. Leave and never come back."

Not knowing what else to do at the moment, George glanced at his now ex-girlfriend Jessica. Seeing her still giving him a look of hate, he let out a defeated sigh before he spoke. "I guess I have no choice with no way to prove that I didn't do anything wrong. Jessica, I just want to say that I can't believe you won't even hear me out or try to think of other things that could've happened. I hope you never regret this but that day will come. And when it does, don't come looking for me." He gave her one last look before glancing at Giovanni with a spiteful expression on his face. After that, he turned around and quickly left the center as he exited through the building's door.

Giovanni turned around and looked at Jessica. "There, it's all over now," he told her, while extending out a hand to her.

She took it, blushing a bit and stood up. "Thanks Giovanni. I don't know what would've happened if you weren't here to expose his lies and deceit."

Smiling at her, he nodded as he spoke. "Of course. Don't worry about it. Just be a little more careful in the future okay?" he told her.

Nodding back at him, she smiled before hugging him tightly. "I will." A moment later, she lifted her gaze, leaned in and gave him a kiss. It lasted for a few seconds before she moved away. "Thank you," she said in a whisper while turning red.

"Thank you too," he told her with a charming smile, making her redden even more. She turned back to the booth and dug into her traveling pack. She took out an item from it and turned back to face him while extending out her hand with it to him. "Are you sure Jessica?" he asked her.

"Yes, it was part of the deal and honestly, you deserve it far more than he does after helping me. Plus you can use this for your Nidorino to evolve into a Nidoking like you were talking about earlier," she told him. He took it from her and placed it into his pocket. She turned around again and took out two more items from her pack. Using the piece of paper and pen, she wrote onto it before giving it to him. "And here, if you're ever in my hometown, give me a call. I'd like to hear about your travels and show you around," she told him.

Giovanni smiled back and took that as well. "I will Jessica. And who knows, it might be sooner than later," he told her with a wink, making her blush madly. Glancing at his watch, his eyes widened. "Oh damn, it's late." He faced her before continuing. "I'm sorry but we gotta go or we'll be late for our appointment in the next city." She hugged him at that and he hugged her back. "Take care of yourself and I'll see you around."

"You too Giovanni. And thank you again." Separating, the two said their farewells before he and his group left the center with Jessica watching him and his group leave before going up to stay in her room.

After walking for a few minutes, Giovanni pulled out the moonstone from his pocket and looked at it. "Finally, you got it boss! Your plan succeeded!" said one from the group with excitement.

"Now you can get that Nidoking!" said another from the group, this one female.

A smug expression formed on their leader's face. "Yes, as I always do Petral. And Nidorino has reached his peak so it's time for him to get stronger so yes, I can finally evolve him into Nidoking Ariana. I'm getting closer to making my dream a reality," remarked Giovanni happily. He thought for a moment before saying something else. "I can't believe that went so smoothly though. People are so easy to manipulate."

His posse voiced their agreements before one spoke some more. "Well, since you were the one who orchestrated it, of course it went smoothly. I don't think any one of us could do what you just did so perfectly," he said, complimenting him.

A chuckle was let out by Giovanni while placing the moonstone back into his pocket. "True Proton but all of you also played your parts well. I'm impressed." Hearing their leader say that made each person from the group become happy that they were able to do well enough to be praised by him. He turned his gaze towards one of his followers. "Make sure our contact is ready earlier since we finished here earlier than expected Archer."

"Already done boss," replied Archer.

"Good," replied Giovanni with a nod before facing forward again. "Now, let's get to our next destination." And with that, Giovanni and his group of followers made their way to the next city.

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A middle aged woman was sitting at her desk, going over important documents that pertained to her organization's research after having looked over some other papers. Though she was stressed out from her long hours of going through them, she wasn't tired and told herself she would finish it that night. Normally she would've had her only trusted person do this for her but unfortunately she had gone away on a mission for her and hadn't heard from her for so long. Letting out a sigh as she finished reading the report in front of her, she placed the paper down on her desk and leaned back against her chair while closing her eyes. Damn it, that accident has caused far more damage than what I expected. Not only that, but several of the key scientists were lost too. It's going to take a long time to get that study back on track. If only Miyamoto could be found and brought back, especially with some news about Mew's whereabouts or some relic pertaining to it, than all of our issues will be over as we can make a lot of money from that. That would definitely help us out of this unexpected hole. Thinking about all that was making her become stressed out and after a while, she shook her head a bit to clear her mind and moved forward in her seat. Deciding there was no point in dwelling and daydreaming, she decided to get back to work and at least finish going over the reports and taking notes before going to sleep.

Continuing with her task, only a few minutes passed before she was paged on her phone. "Madame Boss, you have some visitors," said her secretary through the intercom.

Without stopping her work, she replied back. "At this time? Who the hell is it?" she asked with annoyance.

"Umm…one of them says he's your son?"

Madame Boss froze after hearing that. She hadn't seen her son for so many years after he left for his journey and though she was happy at first over that, she came to realize that she did miss the little shit from time to time. But she would never admit it however. Except to one person; Miyamoto, who was both her best friend and her most trusted worker in the entire organization. Since both of them had kids and they would talk about them to one another in secret, she felt she was the only one she could open up to about that. And she was slightly jealous of her friend since she seemed to have a better relationship with her daughter than she did with her son, even after leaving her at an orphanage.

But why would he come back now, after all these years? And was it really him? She remembered him saying that he wasn't going to come back ever again unless he had to. Maybe something happened to him? Or did he perhaps hear what had happened? She felt slight fear fill her over that. No, it's not possible. Calming herself, Madame Boss rationalized that it wasn't possible for him to know. And now, after relaxing, curiosity was taking hold of her, wanting to see if this person was really her son and if he was, how he had changed over the years and what he could possibly want. Pressing a button on her telephone on the desk, she spoke into it. "Send in the one who claims to be my son only."

A moment later, the double door to her office was opened from the right door and she looked at the person who entered. Astonishment formed on her face as she took in the sight of the tall and well built man who was walking gracefully towards her. "Hello Mother. It's been a while, hasn't it? Or should I call you Madame Boss?" said the man calmly.

Her eyes widened after hearing him. Though his voice had changed over the years, she could tell it was him but still asked since she was so surprised. "Gio?!"

A smile formed on his face. "Yes, it's me," he said as he sat down on one of the couch's opposite her. "So, how have you been?" he asked her genuinely.

Silent for a moment, Madame Boss was looking at her now grown son with amazement. She couldn't believe how much he had grown and how handsome he had become. And speaking with her so calmly and without a hint of anger was unnerving her somewhat. But she quickly recovered and answered within a split second. She wasn't the leader of Team Rocket for nothing. "I've been excellent and looks like you've been doing great yourself," she commented and he smiled a bit. "I bet you've gone through a lot," she said, with him nodding. He was about to speak when she cut him off. "Look, I'm surprised you're here and I don't know the reason why but if something has happened and you're here to ask for help, then I'm-"

"No, no, that's not why I'm here," interrupted Giovanni with a wave of his hand.

Tilting her head to one side, she became confused. "Then, why are you here?"

He chuckled a bit. "What, I can't just want to see my Mother every now and then?" he asked her.

She snorted at that. "Really? C'mon, who are you trying to bullshit here with that?"

Giovanni nodded his head a bit. "True, with our past history together, I can't fault you with that kind of thinking. I would too. But in all seriousness, I am here to see how you're doing and to see if I can help with anything." She gave him a glare with narrowed eyes in response to his words. He chuckled again. "I'm telling you the truth. I've been through a lot these past years and experienced many things. Even accomplished many things and reached new heights in my life. All that has helped me learn many things. And one of the things I've learned is that family is important. And so, I've come back to help out the family and get our name back on top." Giovanni finished speaking and just waited silently and patiently for his words to sink in.

Surprised over his words yet keeping her composure, Madame Boss didn't move or make a sound for a moment as she thought about what he said. "Do you really want to come back and help out?" she asked him calmly. She was answered with a slight nod. "Then if that's what you really want, how about I give you a test to see just how serious you are about all this. What to do you say?" she asked him.

Giovanni had one corner of his mouth curl upwards. "I would say I'm not surprised at all. And honestly, I would've been suspicious had you not done something of the sort," he finished saying with a chuckle.

Madame Boss had a small smile appear on her face. "I guess there's a lot to be repaired between us then. But at least now, we can start over. Stick around for a bit at the living quarters with your friends and I'll let you know of what you can do tomorrow."

Nodding at his mother, Giovanni allowed himself to smile a bit. "Looks like it and alright. I'm glad for the opportunity." He stood up and began making his way out before stopping after a few steps and turned back around to face her. "By the way, how's Father and grandpa doing? Haven't heard from them in a while," he told her.

His sudden question made her heart beat faster and she panicked slightly inside but was able to keep her outward appearance calm. She couldn't let him know what just happened regarding his father. Thinking quickly of something, she answered him calmly. "I hate to say it but that old fart has passed away a couple of months ago. And your father is on an important business trip to meet with another region's scientists to learn how to replicate some of their technological advances because of the losses we experienced in the past," she told him.

Silence filled the room for a moment and she was filling up with dread, not knowing how he was going to react. Giovanni had felt some sadness at hearing that but it didn't affect him too much since he knew his time was coming up. Until he let out a sigh and shook his head some. "That sucks about grandpa. Though he was annoying as hell sometimes, he was still family. How did Father handle that? And how come no one called me about that? Not even him?" he asked her.

Letting out a breath that she was holding in as a sigh, Madame Boss shook her head a bit. "As well as you think he would. He was a wreck for a while until he got past it. And your father didn't want you to know so you can not worry about it during your travels," she told him truthfully. She was feeling slightly relieved that he wasn't really pushing for answers.

"Hmm." Giovanni looked down at the floor. Sounds like him. Father always cares more about others than himself. Grandpa better have been able to use those pictures and videos to good use before the end. "I'm gonna miss that old prick." He chuckled a bit, making his mom look at him funnily. He looked up and noticed her expression. "Sorry, but I was just remembering how we used to talk and some of the last things he told me." He chuckled a bit again. Turning towards the door, he made his way out while talking. "I'll take my leave then. Just have father call me as soon as he can. Goodnight."

And with that, Madame Boss's son left her office and she was feeling on edge. She didn't know how things are going to turn out. On one hand, it looked like he had grown up and changed. On the other hand, she didn't tell him about what happened to his father. And if she was being honest with herself, she didn't know how to tell him that wouldn't make him explode. Or at least somehow shift the blame away from her. Placing her elbows onto the desk and holding her head in her hands, Madame Boss closed her eyes and thought about that for a while. Have to make sure that he never finds out in such a way that it makes it look like my fault or we will have trouble. After thinking a little longer, she decided to go sleep and continue her work the next day. Getting up and moving out of her office, she opened the door, turned off the lights and shut the door after stepping out.

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Initially she thought that things could become problematic because of her son returning, especially with trying to keep him from finding out what happened to his father. But that worry had gone away after the first week passed with everything going smoothly. And also because she found a way to keep him in the dark; by contacting him via emails from his father's old account and informing him of how he could only communicate this way once in a while because of the restrictions at the lab. She was able to personify his father because of how she remembered their interactions in the past and what she read through their emails sent between one another. If she had to be honest with herself, she couldn't believe how easy it was. And as a bonus, she gathered that Giovanni hadn't shown any indication that he was going to do something to ruin her or Team Rocket from the emails. As time went on after that first week, her worries had vanished and instead focused on what was more important; making money.

A few months had passed now after Giovanni had returned to his mother's organization. Within that small time frame, he had completed several assignments with ease without any complaints of what he was given to do. At the same time, his small group of admirers and followers had also gained some fame since they were with Giovanni during his missions, standing out as well. As their popularity grew within the organization, more and more were beginning to look up to them and revered them. Soon enough, it became worrisome because of other reasons for the leader of the organization itself; Madame Boss.

As time went on with him completing more assignments and his sphere of influence growing, it was then that Madame Boss's worries began to creep back into her mind. She could tell that there were people who already worshipped him and despised her. She had even overheard some conversations between some members, including several high ranking ones, of what they thought about her and how she wasn't doing anything anymore for the organization. Frankly, it unnerved her so much that she decided that for the good of her security and peace of mind that her son would have to go.

And the way to do that would be to send him on a mission that she knew was impossible to complete but to also make it look like he failed because of his own incompetence. That way, no one would point fingers at her and everything would go back to the way they were. She just had to make sure that there would be no way that it could be traced back to her. And she knew exactly how to do that after thinking about everything.

Madame Boss was now in her office and awaiting her son's arrival. Placed in front of her on the desk was a simple manila folder that contained the mission details she would be sending him on. Glancing at the clock on the wall, she saw that he was running a bit late. Odd. He's never been late before. Shrugging it off, she figured he would be there any moment now. As soon as she thought that, there was a knock on her door. Composing herself by letting out a quiet breath, she answered afterwards. "Come in."

The door opened and in walked Giovanni. "Apologies for my tardiness. You requested me?" he asked her.

"Yes," she replied back, gesturing for him to sit on the chair in front of her and he did. "I have another task for you to get done. A very important one." Picking up the folder, she then extended it out to him with her left hand and he grasped it with his right hand.

"Important huh?" he mused as he opened the folder and looked at the details. It only took a few seconds for him to go over it for him to realize what it regarded and his eyes slightly widened. This is the same mission that was given to MIyamota. Looks like she may have other reasons for giving me this. "So it is." He was quiet for a moment as he quickly thought some things before he looked up at her. "Why have me do this? Wasn't there already someone who was working on this? Surely there are other high ranking members who would love to do this? And would they not think that you are showing favoritism by having me do this?" questioned Giovanni.

Knowing he would ask some things of the sort, Madame Boss already had her answers ready. "There was one who was given that task but she…had failed. You have earned the right to get such a job because of all of your accomplishments in such a short amount of time. No one can say anything. And besides, many respect you and already admire you," she said, with a hint of jealousy coating her words that she didn't mean to display.

Unfortunately, her son noticed. "Why Mother, are you jealous?" he asked quietly with a slight smirk.

"Don't start," she warned him seriously and he chuckled. She let out a sigh. "I hate to admit it, but you have done so much in a short while that many are looking up to you now."

Giovanni thought about her words a bit before nodding. "True. But I'm just another Rocket, following our glorious leader's orders." His words made her scoff and shake her head. "Anyways, I'm off to get this started on."

She nodded at him and he stood up. "Good luck." He headed towards the door and left. Madame Boss let out a sigh again and leaned backwards against her chair. Step one done. Hopefully everything else goes as smoothly. Sucks that things had to go this way. I was actually starting to like things between us now. But business is business. I'm sorry to say, but I hope he gets lost somewhere and if I'm lucky enough, he won't come back just like her.

When Giovanni left his mother's office, he was already in deep thought. Looks like this may be my ticket. She doesn't know that I have found some information about all of this already during my travels. And it's only a matter of time before I find out all the secrets that this organization is hiding. Once I do, it'll be easy to take control, like how easy it is to seduce a whore. Shame, I was beginning to actually like things between us. Maybe she would just step down herself if…nah, as if. Smiling smugly, he barely took a few steps when he received a message on his cell phone. Taking it out from his pocket, he read the message sent to him from his group of four. As he read, more and more messages kept showing up and as he continued, his eyes kept narrowing until they were almost slits. After the last message was read, he could barely contain his anger that had filled him. Glancing at the folder in his other hand, it was then that he realized what it really was. That fuckin bitch! I should've known better! She's been lying to me the whole time and this mission is her way of getting rid of me! His anger boiling, he barely kept himself from losing control so he could think. Deciding that it was time to push his plans on quicker than expected, he responded back to the senders before facing the door he just went through. Moving swiftly forward, he opened the office door without knocking and entered the office once more.

His mother started speaking with anger as she raised her gaze from the report on the desk. "Who dares enter without kno…Gio? Why are you still here?" she asked him with surprise at the end. He didn't answer immediately. Instead he closed the door behind him and locked it. Hearing the clicking sounds of the locks, Madame Boss stood up as both fear and anger filled her. "Why are you locking the door?" she asked him as calmly and as seriously as she could.

Giovanni faced his mother with a blank expression, no emotions showing even though he was filled with rage. "Sit." The way that one word was spoken with such a tone that fear spread through her body and the leader of Team Rocket acted without thinking as she sat back down. Eyeing her son who moved steadily closer, she kept her sight on him as he stood right at the edge of her desk. Dropping the folder onto the desk, he then placed his palms onto it and leaned in closer to her, eyes locked onto hers. Nothing was said for a moment, with her filling up with fear at his imposing figure and his anger boiling with every passing second. Until finally he opened his mouth and spoke. "You just made the biggest mistake of your life. I know everything. You're finished."

Him speaking those words made her come out of her trance. "What did you just say?" she asked with some anger. Though she was scared, hearing those words made her remember who she was.

"You heard me but I'll say it again; you're finished," he repeated angrily. "I know everything you fucking bitch!" he added afterwards.

Her eyes widened and she stood up abruptly before slapping him. Or she attempted to but her strike was caught by him. Without hesitation, Giovanni pulled his mother from the arm over the desk and in one fluid motion, tossed her across the room. With a scream she crashed onto the floor hard yet she was able to recover somewhat quickly and got back up while speaking, her arm bruised since she used it to cushion the impact from the rough landing. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" she shot while glaring daggers at him. "How dare you hit me! I'm Madame Boss and your mother! Get the fuck out and never return if you value your life!" she shouted vehemently at him.

His face contorting with fury, Giovanni didn't listen and moved towards her. "You think you can trick me or lie to me and get away with it?!" he said, causing her to think a million things. She was about to talk when he cut her off. "I know what this mission really is. It's a way for you get rid of me! And you lied to me about Father! I know he died in a lab accident caused by your carelessness and that you've been the one sending me emails!"

Her heart hammered, realizing that her son had somehow found out the truth but couldn't believe it. Backing away towards the wall away from the door, she spoke. "Giovanni, listen to me. I don't know where you got this from or who's been lying to you, but that's not what happened. Your father is still alive! I told you he's busy in another region. And how could I use his email? I never knew his password! And this mission isn't for that! You have been fooled by someone else! Stop this and you must believe me! We'll work together to find out who's responsible for all this!" she told him. Her back hit the wall and she stayed pressed against it while moving sideways towards the corner. The same corner where she had one of her hidden guns in a corner table's drawer and ready to use…

"You lying fuckin bitch," he hissed at her again as he continued moving slowly towards her. "Even when caught red handed, even when I have proof of your treachery and betrayals, you still continue to lie through your teeth. You're a disgusting snake who doesn't deserve anything," he told her vehemently, his neck's veins popping and him shaking slightly from his anger.

Madame Boss was shaking as well, but not from anger. Fear had completely filled her. She glanced towards the corner she was moving towards and saw that she was close. Looking back at her son, she began talking, trying to buy some time. "Okay, you're right and I'm sorry I lied! But Giovanni, please, calm down and stop this. I know that things weren't good between us in the past and when that happened to your Father, I knew if I had told you then you would be angry. I only tried to spare you pain. And I gave you that mission because I knew you can complete it and I was hoping that you could at least find out what happened to Miyamota! That's all, I swear! I didn't want this. I want us to be on good terms. I want us to actually be mother and son," she told him desperately and with very convincing tone behind it.

Giovanni heard her words but it didn't stop him. Instead, he just snarled and continued his slow advance. "You're good, I'll give you that but your words don't fool me. They never have and never will. I merely went along with what you said and did the tasks you asked me to do so I can further my agenda," he said to her and she had a surprised expression form on her face. "You know, I hate to admit it, but after these few months, I thought that maybe I was wrong after things were going somewhat well between us. I thought that perhaps things could be different. That you, I and Father could lead Team Rocket and our family name to higher levels. But no, I was wrong after finding out just now from my followers of what you did and didn't do. Even if they didn't find out for me, I would've still found out sooner or later. Even as a child, I knew you only cared about yourself. You ignored Father when he warned you about the dangers. You never even looked for your most trusted agent and so called friend Miyamota after she wasn't heard from again after sending her on this exact same mission you just assigned to me. I'm disgusted and disappointed in myself that I even let such thoughts enter my head," he told her, closing the distance between them. His hands clenched into fists and he was shaking with his angered gaze on her. "Never again will you order me around or talk down to me. You're no mother and you're not the leader of Team Rocket anymore! You're done!" he shouted at her with rage.

Madame Boss reached the corner table at that moment and without even looking, pulled the drawer open and reached for the gun. Realizing what she was about to do, Giovanni reacted by immediately jumping over the desk and taking cover as his hand reached into the inside of his jacket. A couple shots were fired, missing him and hitting the wall and desk instead. "Bastard! C'mon out and we'll finish this! Where's mister tough guy now you little piece of shit?!" she shrieked at him, gun pointed in his direction. "Son or not, you dare come in here, insult me and assault me?! I am Madame Boss, the leader of the glorious Team Rocket! I will not be taken down by anyone, not even you! You hear me Giovanni?! Not even my so called son can do me in! I should've drowned you at birth if I knew how much of a pain in the ass you would become! But let me tell you this; you're no son of mine and you will never be in charge of Team Rocket you piece of shit! I built it! It's mine!" she shouted towards him angrily.

A mad laughter was heard coming from behind the desk that caused the woman to have a slight shill go down her spine until he spoke. "Good Mother, good. This is how we truly are, especially to one another. We were never parent and child. Let out your true feelings. It's now or never. Because after this, you will never be able to let out what you've been holding in. I promise you that, you damn lying whore. And Team Rocket will be mine!" Finding what he was looking for, Giovanni pulled out the red and white metal sphere from his jacket.

"Fuck you, you fucking bastard! When I'm through with you, you'll be begging for death! But I'll keep you around as a warning to those who dare think about going against me!" she shouted at him, firing off another round, which dug into the desk, causing him to duck instinctively while cursing at her. "You are nothing! You will never be able to-AAAHHHHHH!" A bright white light blinded her and she fired blindly into the light at random spots a few times. When she could see again, her heart leapt into her throat and she let out a frightened sound. For in front of her was a monstrous thing, a bipedal grey rhino with a large spiral horn on its head along with a long sturdy tail. Screaming again, she shot at the beast and yet the bullets just bounced harmlessly off its armored body, ricocheting off the beast and hitting the walls instead. She shot her gun more yet it did absolutely nothing. "What the hell is that thing?!" she yelped after emptying her gun's magazine on it and nothing happened.

Giovanni moved into sight from behind the large rhino. "That would be a pokemon. A Rhydon to be exact. A rock and ground type. You should know what those are at least shouldn't you? Or is that even beneath you?" he jested at her. No response came from her and he moved swiftly before she could come out of it. Pushing the gun out of the way, Giovanni then grabbed his mother by the throat and slammed her against the wall, causing her to scream in pain and fear, dropping the gun in the process.

"Stop this! I order you!" she cried as he began choking her. "M-My Rockets will come a-and t-then you'll be done f-for!" she told him, trying to scare him off.

But it didn't work. Instead he just smiled evilly. "I doubt that. You were right you know. Many are looking to me to lead them now." Madame Boss's eyes widened at that. "But I guess we should be safe. Rhydon, guard the entrance." Without a sound made, his large pokemon went towards the door, opened it even with it being locked, breaking it and went outside the office and then closed it. Seeing that happen made her let out a tiny sound that he took as shock. "Surprised?" asked Giovanni with a smirk. "You wouldn't be if you didn't see pokemon as merely money. That single pokemon is as powerful as an entire soldier's battalion and his intelligence is equal to that of your average human. You would've known that had you actually cared to know. And you wouldn't be in this position either. That's one of the reasons why you will never get anywhere truly great. And the main reason…well, let's just say that instead of me convincing you to step down after a while, I'm just going to take over right now cause you don't deserve to be in charge anymore." He tightened his grip on her throat.

Letting out choking sounds, Madame Boss struggled against his hold as much as she could. Even kneeing him in the body and punching him in the face with the little energy she had left. And yet he didn't budge. "S-Stop…" His grip tightened even more, causing her to lose energy fast and she felt herself losing consciousness. Until suddenly she was thrown with such force that she collided against the opposite wall and she screamed out in pain. Groaning while trying to regain her bearings, she wasn't allowed to recover since she was suddenly kicked hard against her side, causing her to spit out blood. "S-Stop…" Madame Boss coughed out, trying to get some air back into her lungs.

Giovanni grabbed her from her hair and pulled her up, causing her to scream. "I'm not done with you yet, you good for nothing whore!" A punch silenced her and she was sent wobbling backwards. Barely gathering her feet, she stood up in time to receive another punch that sent her stumbling onto the desk. Crashing against it, she felt extreme pain from everything but also saw something that she could use. Adrenaline spread through her body courtesy of her heart beating faster and she acted on impulse. She grabbed the metal item and the instant that she felt her arm grabbed, she spun around and shoved the object towards his lower body. "AHH!" shouted Giovanni, getting his thigh pierced by the small but sharp knife; a letter opener. She pulled it out and struck again, hitting him in his lower abdomen area. She went for a third strike but he struck her first in the chest, sending her backwards as he found his footing. "Bitch!" he snarled at her.

Gaining some confidence from that, Madame Boss let out an evil laugh. "I'm not gonna let you just take what's mine! And I'm not done yet either. Not until I cut off your dick and feed it to you!" she screamed and rushed him with the sharp metal. At the last second, Giovanni dodged the strike and grabbed her arm holding the makeshift weapon. Using her arm against her, he pulled it behind her back and she cried out in pain over the forced position. Wrenching the small blade out of her hand, he then pushed her into the wall. She slammed into it head first and fell down, dazed from the impact. "Ugh…" she groaned out.

Seeing his mother hurt and in pain did not soften his stone heart. Instead his anger rose even more at what she just did to him and what she threatened to do to him. In that moment, something snapped inside of him and another beast took over him. Moving towards the downed woman, he knelt down beside her, grabbed her head and then slammed it into the floor. Her nose broke and blood gushed out, splattering the floor. In massive pain from the strike and coughing, Madame Boss was disorientated for the moment, with her heart beating madly from fright and adrenaline being pumped throughout her body yet she could not utilize it at all.

Noticing his mother being in such a pitiful and vulnerable position did nothing to make Giovanni second guess his actions. Instead, he wanted to cause her more pain. More suffering. More despair. Glancing at the letter opener still in his hand, his eyes hardened and he snarled. "You want to cut my dick off? If you want it that much, I'll give you a taste!" While she was unable to do anything at the moment, he went to work, cutting her clothes with the cutter in his hand, now wanting to assert his complete dominance over her in the most humiliating way possible.

It took a moment for her to realize what he was doing, coming out of her disoriented state. As soon as she did, she struggled against it while yelling. "S-Stop! You c-can't do this! I'm your mother! Get a-away! You can't! You're my son! Stop!" No matter what she said or how much she struggled, it was no use. Giovanni was consumed in his anger, his hate and this beast that had overtaken him was no longer worried about such things as morality while also ignoring his own wounds. All he knew was that this woman in front of him, even if blood related, had wronged him and she deserved no mercy. After cutting her clothes, he tossed the letter opener away and grabbed hold of the woman. Slamming her head against the floor once more, she stopped struggling for the moment. Grasping the cut areas against her clothes, he used his strength to tear them apart and revealed his target. Quickly undoing his belt and pants, he lowered them just enough to be able to let out his shaft, repositioned her so her rear faced him before ramming into her forcefully.

Pain coursed through her body at once and Madame Boss let out a shrill scream. She could feel him pounding into her over and over again with no remorse. She couldn't believe it. Of all the things that he had done, this was the absolute worst thing. Her son, her own flesh and blood, was raping her! And it was this action that caused her to break. Her eyes filled with water and hot, rapid tears fell down her cheeks. She raised her gaze a bit to look at him the best she could and saw her son with a demonic expression on his face. "P-Please…s-stop…I'll l-leave…please!" Instead of answering her back, she felt his hand on the back of her head before pressure was applied to force her head back down onto the floor.

"Too late for that and you don't tell me what to do anymore," he told her with contempt as he continued pumping his shaft into her, making her cry out. "You have treated me unfairly all my life and prevented me from having a normal childhood. You took everything from me without giving anything back. You wanted to hurt me, disfigure me and you plotted to kill me. You are the cause of all of this since day one and you are no mother to me. You reap what you sow so this is your punishment you stupid slut!" he yelled at her with rage.

Hearing him say all that while broken made her think if she really was at fault for all this. If her being cruel and selfish to her own flesh and blood was what made him into this person that was currently raping her. Is…is this truly my fault? Did…Did I turn my son into this…this…monster?! She couldn't think anymore and instead she just cried and cried because of the pain and humiliation while begging him to stop. But he didn't stop, not until a long time later. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity to her, he stopped and pulled out of her after finishing. She felt so sore, so disgusted of what just happened, so broken, that she wanted it all to just end as she lay against the ground covered in blood and other marks.

Giovanni stood back up and buckled his pants. Looking down at his handiwork, the battered and violated form of the woman who he didn't view as his mother anymore was barely moving while letting out whizzed breaths from her crying. After a moment, he simply just walked away from her towards the door and exited the office. Immediately he saw his Rhydon still guarding the door along with four of his followers. "Is it done?" he questioned them rather calmly.

"Yes," answered the four together.

"Good. Any problems?" he asked them. They shook their head and informed him that Team Rocket was fully under his control now. "Good." They asked him if he was alright. "I'm fine and I'm done here as well. Go clean up the office. You can have some…fun…before getting rid of the bitch," he told them and the four shared glances at his words.

Before any of them could say anything else, they heard someone shouting. "Giovanni!" The five of them turned towards the one who suddenly called out to him and saw Madame Boss in torn, bloody clothes covered with bruises while leaning against the door frame to keep her upright with another gun held in her hand. In her despair, she had gone mad and wanted to get revenge for what she was just put through. Finding another gun that she took from another hidden spot, she steeled herself to do what needed to be done.

Raising the gun and pointing it at her so called son, Madame Boss was about to shoot him when Rhydon intervened. Smacking her arm with his large armored paw, the pokemon shattered her forearm that caused her to drop the gun and scream in pain while falling to the floor. Giovanni moved back towards her, picking up the gun in the process and stood over her while she was on the ground, screaming in agony. While still shaking from pain and though her vision was slightly blurry from the tears rolling down her face, she saw him raise the gun and point it at her. I will not die like some fuckin scared whore! Gathering her remaining resolve, she spoke through gritted teeth. "I-I curse you Giovanni Sakaki! Y-You will never…a-achieve greatness! You will n-never fully win! N-No matter how much you g-gain, you will never m-make your d-dreams come true! You will a-always be th-thwarted in the e-end! R-Remember this for this c-curse I p-place on you will never f-fade!" Kneeling down beside her on the ground, Giovanni placed the end of the gun's barrel against her forehead. Her heart beating so rapidly that she felt as if she was going to pop out of her chest, she made sure to stay defiant to the end. "Fu-"

BANG! The bullet tore through her skull and brain. Instantly she was dead. Looking at his dead mother, violated, beaten and killed by his own hands, did not cause him to feel anything. Standing up, he let the gun drop to the floor and faced the four who, even though were slightly shocked at what he just did, had blank expressions on their faces. Without a word, he returned his pokemon and made his way through the area. Near the exit, he called out to them. "I guess no fun. Make sure everything is cleaned up by tomorrow. I'm gonna go get my injuries checked out." And with that, Giovanni Sakaki kept on walking; no feeling at all over what he just did while leaving the area and his troubled family past, behind him.

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Some time passed with Giovanni as the leader of the infamous Team Rocket. Having taken over the organization from his mother's hands, he didn't just continue running things the same way. Being there as a child for years and working among the Rockets under his mother for some months had allowed him to see what worked and what didn't. He implemented changes to help strengthen the foundation of Team Rocket while getting rid of unnecessary things that only hindered progress or had very little worth. For he knew that if he was to achieve greatness, everything had to be checked again to see if they would be part of the building blocks along with the new additions he planned for his new empire. And so he had gathered all of the members of Team Rocket to a mandatory meeting where he let them all know of the new regime and what was going to happen.

One such change was a new hierarchy with rankings in the organization that portrayed members' level of strength, intelligence and how much power they were given based on their results. Each new level brought with it a higher salary, more options in pokemon choices provided to carry with them as well as their carry limit increased, certain amount of authority over lower ranked members, increased access to certain areas in the headquarters, better equipment to use and much more. In this way, it gave the incentives as the members set goals to strive for and to increase their productivity as their experience grew.

But in order to have this ranking system be incorporated and followed, Giovanni had to test all members, from field agents to lab scientists as well as portray his own power so that no one would even think that they could beat him or that he wasn't capable of destroying them at any moment. He had learned that respect and fear are both very powerful tools if used the right way during his travels. And he put it to use by utterly destroying every single member in pokemon battles to instill his might onto them, making them fear his power. Luckily for him, it didn't take too long to do so. Since even though Team Rocket was around for a long time, the organization was still rather small for its age with few being actual trainers with multiple pokemon while most just had a pokemon for the hell of it.

And that wasn't the only type of battles they had. Few had challenged the new leader of the organization in personal fights and Giovanni was happy to oblige, just so he could demolish them with his bare hands. Witnessing their leader's skill in hand to hand fighting as well, it only took a few matches for the rest to understand that their leader wasn't one to engage in that type of fighting either.

After plowing through everyone, Giovanni made notes while doing so and figured who belonged in which level of ranking. Though his rankings were only numbered, from one being the lowest to five being the highest, the members had come to give certain ranks nicknames and it stuck. The lowest members, rank one, were called 'grunts' and the highest members, rank five, were called 'executives'. With rankings done and the hierarchy in place with him at the very top, Giovanni was satisfied over finishing that project but disappointed at the lack of power the members had. Yet he continued on with his plans, figuring that their strength would increase over time with the new changes.

One other change that Giovanni implemented was making sure all Rockets had, at the very least, learned the basics of pokemon compared to the past where only certain ones were taught so that they can be better prepared in all aspects of their jobs. Protecting themselves from wild pokemon attacks, knowing what certain common pokemon can be used for in many dire situations, battling against trainers who got in the way of their missions, knowing how to handle stronger pokemon, protecting their headquarters and forward operating bases and more was all necessary in order to achieve success in the long run. Besides the disappointment he felt from his members' low strength, just the sheer number of reports of members failing their missions because of lack of knowledge of pokemon in the past was astounding and Giovanni knew that was a mistake that he could not allow to continue to happen, especially on his watch.

Those were just a couple of the changes, along with many others, made to Team Rocket. As time went on, the organization began to grow at an unprecedented rate, spreading its influence far and wide. It came to the point where everyone in both Kanto and Johto regions knew who Team Rocket was and what they were capable of thanks to the plans of Giovanni in just a few short years. Yet nobody knew he was the leader of the organization since he kept to the shadows, never allowing his name to be associated with the organization in anyway. For even though they had come far, in order to achieve the rest of his dreams since this was only the beginning of them, he couldn't go after them as leader of the infamous Team Rocket, the reason behind him sticking to the shadows.

For his next part of his dreams to come true, he needed recognition in a positive light. And for that, he needed to spread his name. Sure, he had traveled for years as a trainer, but that did nothing to enhance his name to the point of many knowing who he is. At first he thought that becoming an elite member or even a champion would help him in that regard. But when he learned of the amount of responsibilities they carried and how almost every single move of theirs was being watched, both from the public and the Pokemon League, he decided that something a little lower would be what he needed to further his agenda. And the position that would help him the most would be that of a gym leader of a major town.

The town and gym that he had come to chose to be his next stepping stone would be none other than Viridian. For it was near the Pokemon League to get updates and information on them while far enough away that he wouldn't need to worry about prying eyes. Giovanni only had one slight problem, which was that the city already had a gym and a gym leader. Sure, he could get rid of him easily enough but that would raise questions and cause suspicion. Another option was to build his own gym and compete against the older one to gain the city's favor. He would win that with no doubt in his mind over time but he didn't want to take that route because he didn't want to wait that long. As a result, the only option left would be to show the league that the gym leader was incompetent and needed to be replaced. And so, with the next phase of his plans set into motion, he headed towards Viridian City.

When Giovanni arrived at Viridian, he made his way to the city gym while he reminisced a bit about his time here when he was younger. The amount of battles he won while steamrolling over his opponents. Having some fun with females he crossed paths with while checking out the city. A small smile spread on his face as he continued walking towards the building with the red roof in the distance. This place brings back memories. I remember I had many of my firsts in this city. And I'm going to have another first made here again soon if all goes according to plan. Continuing with his thoughts, Giovanni didn't realize he had reached the gym until he was standing in front of the doors. Shaking his head to clear his mind, he then attempted to open the door but it wouldn't budge. What the… Looking around, he saw no notice or anything of the sort. Odd. It's supposed to be open. Thinking for a moment, he turned around and headed towards the pokemon center since he believed that the local nurse should have an idea of what's going on.

As soon as he arrived to the center, Giovanni strode inside and went right up to the nurse who was sitting at the reception counter. "Good afternoon, can you help me with something?" he asked.

The nurse faced him as he started speaking and nodded. "Of course and good afternoon to you as well. What can I do for you?"

"I was wondering if perhaps you knew where the gym leader is, because his gym doors are closed."

The nurse's expression turned sullen. "Oh, that." She let out a sigh before continuing on. "The gym leader has unfortunately gotten ill and cannot perform his duties anymore until he's better."

Putting on a concerned expression, Giovanni spoke. "Oh, that's unfortunate. When did this happen? Will he recover soon?"

Shaking her head, the nurse replied back. "He mentioned being outside in the rain a couple of weeks ago as he made some renovations to his gym's roof. I think he caught a bad cold because of that. No idea when he'll recover though since it's pretty bad and he's been in the hospital since then," she informed him.

"I see. That is awful. Thank you for telling me." He was about to leave when the nurse stopped him. "Yes?"

"Did you come here to battle him?" she asked.

He thought for a quick moment before replying back. "Well yes, but not for a badge. It was just a rematch since we're friends and it's been a while since I've seen him," he said, fabricating the lie on the spot.

Nodding her head, the nurse understood. "I see. I'm sorry that you found out like this. But I'm afraid there's more bad news..."

His eyebrows rose and he gave his best concerned tone. "What do you mean?" he asked her.

"Well, if he doesn't get better soon, then the league will send someone to replace him as gym leader until he does get better or until he finds a replacement," she explained to him.

His eyes widened. This is perfect! "Thank you for telling me this. I'm gonna go see him at the hospital and check on him."

Smiling a bit, the nurse nodded her head once more. "Of course. I'm glad I was able to help with something. And when you do see him, can you let him know that I said hello? I would go myself but I'm pretty much stuck here," she told him shyly.

Smiling a bit, Giovanni replied back. "Of course, it would be no problem. Farewell." Turning around and heading towards the exit, the leader of Team Rocket left the center and headed towards the hospital as a new plan formed in his mind. This just may be my ticket. If I can convince him to just make me his replacement, then everything will be done sooner. Reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone, he called one of his executives. "Proton, find out everything about the Viridian's gym leader. I need that information as soon as possible."

"On it boss! You'll have it within fifteen minutes!" came Proton's voice from the other end of the line. Giovanni didn't reply back, merely hanging up afterwards and made his way to the hospital since it would take him some time to get there.

Giovanni stood outside the room in front of the door where the current Viridian gym leader was in. Knocking on the door twice, he waited for an answer. Not getting one after a couple of seconds, Giovanni moved to open the door when it suddenly opened abruptly and he came face to face with a Pokemon League official. "Good evening. May I help you?" asked the representative of the league.

Though he was slightly surprised and a bit irritated that there was already an official from the league there, Giovanni was able to keep his demeanor in check. "Oh, hello. I didn't think anyone was here since no one answered. I came to see the gym leader after hearing about his illness," he answered, while thinking a mile a minute as he began to converse with this person.

Not reacting for a moment, the official then let a small smile form on his face. "That's kind of you." The smile then faded away before he spoke again. "Unfortunately, I hate to say it but the gym leader has passed away just recently."

An expression of sadness and shock formed on Giovanni's face as he heard that while his mind already began formulating a new plan. "Oh, that's awful. I wish I came sooner to see him. May I come in and pay my respects?" he asked the official.

Letting out a sigh, the official once again shook his head. "I'm sorry but you cannot. The hospital staff have already removed him from here. I was merely getting his belongings to send to his last of kin who live faraway," he explained, getting ready to leave and finish up this, in his mind, pointless conversation.

"I see. I missed my chance then to visit him like I promised a long time ago" he remarked sadly.

That caught the official's attention. "You knew him?" asked the official with curiosity.

"Kind of," replied Giovanni before he clarified. "I'm a trainer who traveled around for a while and we had a battle together in the past. He said I had potential and once I get stronger, I should come back so he can have me take over his gym," he finished explaining his short story.

Nodding in understanding, the official thought for a bit over this new information. "I see. Well, that does make some things easier. One candidate for sure at the very least," he remarked, mostly to himself.

Giovanni gave a confused look. "Candidate?" he repeated.

Glancing at him, the official realized what he said and clarified. "Sorry, didn't mean to say that. But it's no harm for you to know I guess. Because of the leader's death, along with the fact that we don't have a replacement ready for a while, in a few days time we will be holding an open contest for qualified trainers to compete in to become this city's new gym leader. From what you stated earlier, if you're still interested, you should compete in that," informed the official.

"Oh, I see. Thank you for telling me," replied Giovanni calmly, keeping his sudden excited feelings within. "I'll do just that. But how would one be qualified to compete?"

Nodding with a slight smile, the official spoke. "Good. I'm sure he'll like that. As for the how, there will be a written test, a practical and then finally the top five scorers will compete against each other in a tournament." Giovanni nodded in understanding and was about to say something else when the official cut him off. "I apologize but I must be going. There's a lot I need to prepare to send to his family and I still have league business to conduct for the gym, now that there's no leader, before getting all of that started," said the official as he grabbed hold of a large bag near the door that was filled with the deceased leader's belongings.

"I understand. But when and where do we sign up for that?" he asked.

Speaking as he closed the door, the official answered his question. "We'll have the sign ups be conducted in the city's pokemon center starting in a couple of days. The tests will be administered in the city in one of the league authorized training halls and battles will be in the gym itself. So just stick around," advised the official as he began walking away. He then stopped and glanced back. "By the way, what was your name?" he asked.

"My name is Giovanni Sakaki."

A nod before he said his own name. "Jason Masters. See ya around." And with that, the Pokemon League official left the area to finish up his business. Giovanni watched him leave for a few seconds before he too left the area with many new plans and thoughts floating around in his head.

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"Hypno, use Psychic!" shouted a yellow haired female trainer angrily.

"Earthquake, Rhydon," countered a man with dark hair calmly. The yellowish humanoid psychic type was just about to let loose a telekinetic blast at the bipedal grey rhino when said rhino stomped his large foot on the ground. That action caused a massive tremor to rock the area, making the psychic type lose his concentration and stumbled around. The female trainer let out an angry sound while the male merely smirked, knowing he was going to win the battle and with it, the tournament to become the next gym leader. "Rhydon, use Horn Attack," he commanded without hesitation. With outstanding speed that was abnormal for its species, Rhydon charged towards his opponent with his head lowered so his horn could be in front.

Seeing this occur, the female trainer was momentarily stunned before gathering her wits. "Hypno, look out! Protect and then counter back with Hammer Arms!" At the last second her pokemon was able to summon a protective shield around him after stabilizing himself. Slamming into the shield, Rhydon was able to break it but became dazed as a result. Seizing the chance, the psychic began to swing his hand down hard onto the rhino with hard chopping attacks. Smiling at the result, the girl grinned over her pokemon's relentless attacks, relishing in it. Watching it go on for a couple of seconds, she shot a glance at her opponent, thinking he would be in a panic and wanted to see it. But what she saw made her stop smiling and became filled with astonishment instead.

Because instead of having an expression of concern, worry or even fear that she was hoping to see, the male trainer was smirking. Smirking! She couldn't believe it and a tremor went through her core, causing her heart to beat quickly. She was about to say something when he spoke, cutting her off. "Rhydon, enough games." Immediately after he said that, his pokemon reacted and caught the psychic's arm, causing both pokemon and trainer to have their eyes widen in shock. Then, Hypno was lifted up and slammed onto the ground by Rhydon several times, causing him to let out pained shouts. The girl screamed angrily for him to get free by using whatever means necessary but it was no use since he was prevented from doing so because of the vicious onslaught. Finishing up with a final slam that caused the ground to cave in around the body of his victim, the ground type then lifted up the psychic from its arm before head butting it against its skull, causing the psychic to lose consciousness because of it and went limp. Rhydon let go of Hypno who dropped to the floor in a broken heap.

The referee who was overseeing the match raised the red flag and lowered the green flag. "Hypno is unable to battle. Victory goes to Rhydon and his trainer Giovanni Sakaki!" The small crowd that was watching the battle in the gym erupted with cheers over his victory. The girl couldn't believe what just happened and was momentarily motionless until she locked her gaze against the man on the opposite end of the field once more. Seeing his victorious smirk over her brutal defeat made her feel many things. Coming to her senses a moment later, she returned her pokemon and quickly left the area. Giovanni returned his pokemon after watching the blonde girl leave and walked up to the referee standing on the sidelines but was looking at the other person standing beside him, who was the league official that was overseeing the tournament. "So, what happens next Mr. Masters?" he asked the official after drawing closer to him.

Jason Masters, the same official he met at the hospital a few days ago, was the one overseeing the tournament. "Next is this," replied the official before taking the microphone from the referee and began speaking. "Ladies and gentleman," he started, addressing the crowd who quieted down. "What a grand battle that was to finish up this tournament wasn't it?" he asked them and his reply was cheers from them. "I thought so. And now, I'm happy to say that we have found a worthy successor who will take his earned position within the week. Please, give a warm welcome to Giovanni Sakaki, the new Viridian Gym Leader for this great city!" he finished speaking and the small crowd roared its approval for him. They were astounded over his display of strength and happy that a strong trainer would be their new gym leader. Giovanni smiled and waved at everyone in the crowd for a bit before following after the official who motioned for him to do so. The people in the crowd began to leave the gym, heading out the doors.

After reaching the farthest wall away from the departing crowd, the official turned to face the winner. "Congratulations Giovanni. You're now the new gym leader and this gym is yours. However, there will be some paperwork and a few other chores that need to be taken cared of before you can move in but once that's done, you'll be officially entered into the league database as one of Kanto's gym leaders. Any questions?" he asked the dark haired man.

"No, not really Jason," replied Giovanni shortly after. "I understand what needs to be done. Just want to know where do I need to go to get that all done?" he asked.

Smiling a bit, Jason answered him. "Now that's the great part. You don't have to go anywhere. Another official will arrive within the next couple of days to give you the paperwork and tell you all the things that need to be done. He would've been here today but he was delayed because of complications caused with another city's gym leader," explained Jason. "Damn ninjas and there old school ways…" he muttered but was still heard.

Giovanni nodded in understanding while chuckling a bit. "Ah, the Anzu's. I heard they're very traditional with their ninja ways. Especially Koga."

Jason scoffed a bit. "You're telling me. Just trying to get them to do their yearly updates is a hassle. Hopefully with a promotion in the close future I won't have to deal with that anymore." Letting out a sigh, the official continued on. "Anyway, I would've given you the key for the gym now but there are still some personal items from the previous leader that needs to be moved out first. We should be done by the end of tomorrow. I have your number in the agreement you signed during the written test so I'll contact you once that's done. Sound good?" he asked.

"Sounds good. Thank you Jason. I shall take my leave then. See you around," said Giovanni. The two shook hands and the dark haired trainer made his way out of the gym. Watching him leave, Jason thought how the city was lucky to have such a strong trainer be their new gym leader. He had no clue whatsoever that he would be working with him in the future in more ways than one.

When Giovanni left the gym, he went for a walk around the city since he didn't want to return to his hotel room just yet. It was evening now but he had no fear as he strolled through the darkened streets. He was relishing in his victory, having taken one step closer to achieving his dreams. He thought about all the battles he had recently and scoffed. Too easy. Nobody stood a chance against me. Pity, it would've been nice to be able to find some possible new recruits. As soon as he thought that, he remembered the blonde girl he just battled. Hmm, she wasn't bad. Her pokemon were fairly strong and her Hypno was able to stop Rhydon's charge, though it wasn't full powered. Still, she has potential. What was her name again? He thought about her a little more, with her image sharpening in his mind, remembering how she looked. Ah, whatever. I'll remember eventually. Hmmm, she was beautiful too. She would definitely be a worthy catch. He smiled to himself as he continued walking while imagining all the things he would to do to her if given the chance.

"Hey asshole!"

Giovanni stopped and turned towards the direction the angered tone of voice came from. His expression was one of surprise at first for the one calling out to him was none other than the blonde girl he was just fantasizing about. She was standing a few feet away from him with an angry look on her face. She had waited for him to leave the gym and followed after him from a distance until she found the perfect spot to confront him. Clenching her hands into fists, she started shouting at him. "What the fuck was that?!"

Raising his eyebrows a bit, Giovanni lowered them before smirking a bit. "What the fuck was what?" he asked her back calmly.

She shook a bit with anger filling her. "You know damn well what I mean! How did you do that?! How did you beat me?! I've never lost until now!" she shot at him angrily.

His smile grew even more, finding her rather attractive in her angry state, causing her to become even angrier. "Well, there's always a first for everything," he remarked. She growled before launching herself at him suddenly, surprising Giovanni but was able to dodge her punch against his head at the last second. She stopped immediately afterwards and turned to face him who went on his guard. "Is someone angry?" he asked mockingly.

"You're gonna regret messing with me!" she stated before going on the offensive again. While attempting to strike him, the female was maneuvering in such a way that the male was pushed into a nearby alley as he dodged and deflected her strikes. "Hold still, damn it!" she yelled while continuing her attempts to try and hit him.

Hmm, she has good reflexes and technique. She's also making me go into the alley. Intentional? Part of a plan? If so, that's brilliant. I wonder where she learned all of this. Giovanni was impressed by her fighting ability but more so for her fearlessness in coming after him and picking a fight with him. During this fight, his heart had begun to beat quicker and he was starting to enjoy the altercation between them. Deciding to take a chance on something, he decided to actually fight back. Her next attack was a kick to his side that he allowed to connect so he can catch her leg. When he did so, he quickly followed up with a punch to her stomach, making her let out a cry of pain before he pushed her back with her leg. "Not bad but is that all you got?" he asked her with a smirk as she regained her composure, panting a bit. Her response was a growl while reaching behind her, grabbed something and brought it into view. Ah, so it was part of the plan after all. Yes, very smart. Hard to see someone get stabbed or slashed in the alley.

Seeing him still calm even though she brought out her knife made the feelings inside of her to intensify and her heart beat quickened. How is he not afraid?! And why am I feeling all of these different things?! Seeing him not reacting at all towards her weapon, she growled, steeling herself for what she wanted to do. "I'm gonna make you pay for humiliating me by beating me!" With that declaration, she continued her attacking.

Giovanni however was still able to evade her strikes for the moment. But soon he was starting to have difficulty since she was increasing her striking speed by becoming more and more reckless with each passing second. Where is this speed coming from?! Was she faking before?! His thoughts were interrupted when she was able to slash him against his arm. Though it was a minor cut, it caused him to grunt in pain and he took a step back subconsciously. Seeing him do this, the girl pressed her advantage and slashed at him again, this time causing a shallow cut across his stomach. "Ah!" He took a few more steps backwards before finding his footing and looked at the girl, who grinned evilly at him. "You actually cut me," he told her with slight anger, though the feelings inside of him grew stronger.

Her evil grin grew larger, the loud beating of her heart in her ears. "I never let anyway get away with messing with me. I always come out on top," she revealed to him. And with that, she renewed her assault.

After a few evaded strikes, Giovanni blocked another overheard slash before following up with a punch to her face. It connected, making her turn her gaze away from the hit while spitting out a little bit of blood. Before she could recover, he punched her again in the stomach while with his other hand relieved her of her knife. She staggered backwards but didn't fall down. Straightening out, she panted a bit with her gaze locked onto the man whose eyes were locked onto hers before reaching down her leg and pulled out another knife from within her high boots. "Another one? You must've done this before, haven't you?" he asked her, his interest in her growing with every second.

She didn't immediately answer him, since she was thinking a bit. He's still not afraid. He knows how to fight. And he's able to keep up with me. Nobody has been able to do that. Who is he? Taking in a breath, she then let it out slowly to try and control her growing infatuation with the man. "You don't need to know. For we'll never cross paths again after this," answered the blonde woman in order to keep herself focused on what she was here to do, even ignoring the slight feelings of fear she felt after saying those words.

"Hmmm. What a shame. If that's the case, let's finish this then," he told her with seriousness, surprising her slightly with his response but she quickly got over it.

Both man and woman readied themselves for what each believed to be the final exchange of attacks before one of them emerged victorious. A few seconds passed between them silently before both shot forward and began dueling against each other with the knives. Sharp clangs along with metallic grazing sounds shot out in the alley as their weapons made contact with one another repeatedly as their fighting grew feverish with hardly any time to think about their next attack. Everything seemed to be going on instinct and both combatants became so consumed with their fight that they didn't notice their hearts were beating maddeningly while filled with a mixture of emotions.

The two continued until they suddenly came to a standstill. Giovanni had his knife up against her neck while the girl had her knife against his own. Both were breathing hard, their hot breaths landing against each other's face, standing so close together. In that close proximity, they were able to hear the loud thumping of their hearts while their eyes bore into one another. They stayed like that for a moment or two until they both moved at the same time.

Letting go of the knives, Giovanni and the girl finally allowed themselves to act on their feelings. The two kissed with such ferocity that it looked like one was trying to eat the other's face off. While that continued, Giovanni steered the girl towards the alley wall and pushed her up against it, causing her to moan out loud in feeling the cold wall against her back with his warm body up against her. Without missing a beat, he went to work on removing her skirt with her panties following soon after while she did the same with his pants and boxers. Once clear, he lifted up her left leg with his left hand and using his right, guided his shaft to her slit and pushed into her, causing her to gasp into his mouth.

Since she was so turned on and wet, he was able to completely sheath his shaft into her without too much trouble. Continuing their fucking, her moaning and his grunting went unnoticed in the alley. And even if they were, the two cared for nothing else at that moment. It was just them, that alley, and their sudden hectic lovemaking that quickly turned into an animalistic fuck. After a couple more minutes of thrusting rapidly into her, Giovanni finished inside her and as a result, the girl felt herself finish as well, both of them letting out satisfied sounds of their climax.

Completely exhausted and drained, the two dropped to the floor, taking a couple quiet minutes to recover some energy and process what just happened. It was then that Giovanni realized three things. One was that there was a little bit of blood along the girl's inner thighs, surprising him that she was a virgin. The second thing was that he felt attracted to this girl even after she just tried to attack, hurt and kill him. And the third and final thing was that he saw the way she was looking at him with her eyes and knew that she felt the same towards him.

A moment later after his realizations, the girl spoke. "I never thought things would go this way. But truth be told, I'm glad it did. I knew there was something about you that made me feel something towards you." Her blunt words shocked Giovanni to the point where he wasn't able to control himself, and his eyes widened. That's exactly how he felt towards her as well. "You are the first and only man for me. I love you."

Those words brought him out of his shock and he spoke, remembering her name at that moment. "I'm glad to hear you say that Tanya. I-"

She silenced him by placing a finger against his mouth while shaking her head. "That's not my real name. I use that as an alias. My real name is Domino Williams," she said, giving him a real smile.

He smiled back with one of his rare genuine ones. "Giovanni Sakaki." And with that rather hostile and violent first interaction between the two, it signified the beginning of their twisted relationship. Of how she was the only human he would actually care about but still use her for his goals while she did anything and everything for him to help him achieve his dreams. They both knew of this and both of them wouldn't have it any other way.

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As the years passed, Giovanni Sakaki went through many triumphs and defeats and along the way, his potential increased as his experience grew with each trial. His plans, experiments, travels, business ventures, partnerships and much more involved anything and everything that would help him in any shape or form to achieve his dreams. From his almost successful attempts to capture and control legendary pokemon, to making money on farmable and stolen pokemon, to striking deals and partnerships with possible allies, Giovanni left no stone unturned in his exploits.

His control, information gathering and presence was established in both Kanto and Johto but he knew that wouldn't be enough and so expanded his sphere of influence greatly across the planet. It wasn't beneath him to even work with other organizations across the different regions of the world. In Hoenn, he sold resources to both Teams Agua and Magma, thriving from their constant warring with one another. In Sinnoh, he helped Team Galactic with their research by allowing cooperation with his scientists and researchers, for a good fee of course. Giovanni even personally worked with Team Plasma since he learned of Landorus and what he could achieve with that legendary pokemon. That ended din failure but he learned a great deal from it and used that to further his plans in new ways he never thought before. He didn't get involved with Team Flare much in Kalos, since he wasn't too interested in Lysandre's foolish plans of destroying the world, even with interest in the weapon he was told about. In the end, Giovanni decided it wasn't worth it and he could even be a threat to his own goals and had some his agents go undercover to aid in Lysandre's defeat.

The leader of Team Rocket learned a great deal with his interactions with those different groups and used it all in pursuit of his dream. Having made plans for other parts of the world, Giovanni would soon act on those in the near future as well. Always, he took something away from his endeavors, even when they ended in failure. He learned from his mistakes, making sure to never repeat them again.

The only exception was with giving a certain trio of bumbling idiots chance after chance after each of their failure but that was only due to a certain promise to a certain person who had saved his life. No matter what, he was and would always be a man of his word. He never told anyone his reason as to why he kept them around even with their constant failures, even though he was very tempted to do so. When they decided to leave the organization, which he allowed due to his promise, he felt utter relief in that. For he no longer had to worry about their useless endeavors that ended up hurting Team Rocket in more ways than one. Even with their successes, which were few and far in between, they were of no value to the organization. And so Giovanni, bid them farewell when they left, not telling anyone of the reason behind letting them stay for so long and letting them go. After finally cutting ties with those three, he was able to fully focus on everything else and not worry about their antics.

And so, after so many years…after so many setbacks and failures…after coming so far and reaching new heights…it was finally his time to take the next step to make his dream a reality. In regards to that, Giovanni Sakaki was ready to make his announcement as he stood on top of a raised platform while facing several hundred people lined up in front of him. Most were dressed in the black uniforms of Team Rocket while only a dozen or so wore the white versions, signifying them as the executives within the organization. Standing there quietly for a moment, Giovanni looked over his followers. Not a single soul moved or made a sound, waiting patiently for as long as it takes until their glorious leader spoke. After a few more seconds, Giovanni began speaking. "My Rockets…the time has finally come. After so long…after so many trails…it is now finally our time. By the end of the next 72 hours, we will make history as we emerge from the shadows and take our rightful place in the light! We will show the world that there is no might greater than that of Team Rocket's!" he exclaimed loudly, his followers letting out cheers and roars of approval. When silence grew after they quieted down, the dark haired man continued. "The plans are set. Everyone knows their role and executives, you have the authority to act as you see fit if required, agent double-oh-nine the only one who can override others. Make sure that everyone does their duties to the letter. There can be no mistakes. Now go, get into position and when the right moment comes up, strike hard, strike fast and show no mercy! FOR TEAM ROCKET!" he bellowed out the last few words while raising his right fist into the air, and every single member of the organization mirrored his action. Raising their right fists into the air, all of the Rocket personnel roared and cheered once more before they immediately began to move out of the facility.

Giovanni stood there, quietly watching his subordinates leaving the area to do as he commanded. When he was finally alone, he raised his gaze to the ceiling of the area and took in a long breath as a smile spread on his face. Almost. It's almost all mine. Just a few more days. And then, my reign will begin. That's when the fun really begins. He let out a light chuckle as he made his way out of the area.

After everything he had gone through that tested him and his resolve, Giovanni was once again about to cross another point in his life as he was now seated in his office with his loyal Persian lying down on the floor beside him. After remembering some of the things he had gone through in his life right before viewing the battle between the champions of the world and the winner of the tournament, Giovanni had a feeling. His feeling was telling him that today would be the day when he can finally take the next step towards his dream. No matter what happened or what he witnessed from the battling participants, he would make his debut to the world. For it was finally time for him to come out into the open once again and at the same time, displaying his power and showing everyone that it was useless to go against him.

Even when he viewed the battle between Ketchum and the elites on the previous day, he wasn't worried. Even when he watched the guardian go up against the champions just now, Giovanni was still calm and confident in his plans. But he had to admit that he was impressed with the guardian's pokemon just like during the stadium attack, though he would never admit it to anyone. However, the yellow rodent's abilities and powers was what really caught his eye. It made him realize that there were justifiable reasons why those three bumbling idiots went after that pokemon for so many years before quitting his organization. It was then at that moment a sudden desire for the electric type grew within him. He wanted that pokemon if possible and perhaps, have his best scientists and researchers run tests and experiments on it to see why such a pokemon from a species that were normally weak, strong enough to the point to combat five champion level pokemon at once. He thought it could help them in their mutations and if not, he would implant a mind controlling chip within the rodent to make him obey his commands. A win in either scenario he mused. And so, after sending a message to Domino stating that if possible, to retrieve the pokemon during the attack, he went back to watching the battle.

It didn't matter to him who won but he wanted to watch it regardless for several reasons. No matter who won the battle in the tournament however, he knew he would emerge the victor from the final altercation between himself and his enemies. There was no doubt in his mind. No hesitation and no fear. And so, as he watched the guardian and the champions gather in the middle of the field on the television hanging on his office wall, a large sinister smile spread on his face. It's time…time for you to witness my might! For you to fall, and for me to rise! He began laughing as he watched the live recording show his organization surrounding the stadium with the guardian and champions being among the first obstacles removed from his path of achieving his dreams.