Revelation Written By: Kitsune-chan (kitsune-chan@trust-me.com) Official Webpage: http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon/orG "Whoa..." "Wow..." "Awesome Dad..." Those were the comments that Brock, Misty and Ash (in that order) had come up with after seeing Giovanni's home. The large white mansion sat at the end of a long driveway. It was Greek-styled, including two guards at the entrace. They followe Giovanni as he led the way through the front door. Beyond it was a large foyer. There was a grand staircase that split into two on the way up, each turning into a balcony that spanned the walls. They didn't have time to stand and gape, for Giovanni led them up the staircase, turning onto the left side. After wandering through numerous corridors, they came to a small hallway. Giovanni turned in there and they saw three doors there. He then turned to them, "I think you would like it if you all were together. You may stay in these rooms. They all lead out to here." he explained, "You can leave your stuff in there for now." "Okay." Misty agreed and opened the door on the left. She stepped into it and put her backpack down. Brock did the same, but put his in the room on the left. "I guess I get the room at the end of the hall." Ash sighed and put his backpack in his room. He turned to his father who led them down to the foyer again. Suddenly the front doors flew open and three familiar figures bust in, out of breath. "There he is! The twerp!" Jessie shouted as she caught her breath. James stood up straight and pointed at Ash, "He's the one who we've been trying to steal the Pikachu from!" There was silence for a moment as what the Rocket members said began to sank in. Ash's face went pale and opened his mouth to speak, but Giovanni beat him to it. "What are you two doing here?" Giovanni asked, a glare on his face, "And why are you calling my son a twerp?" his voice was angry as he shouted at the Team Rocket members. "Go, Dad!" Ash cheered, recovering his composure. "Umm...uh..." Jessie stammered, then jumped behind James. Meowth clung to Jessie's leg, half behind her. "Uh, well, Boss, you, um, see..." James trailed off, his eyes darting around, looking for an excape route. "No, I don't see." Giovanni said, crossing his arms. "Hey!" Ash shouted indignatly. All eyes turned to him. "Why are you calling my dad your boss?" "He's our boss, not your dad!" Meowth shot back. "Nuh-uh, he's Ash's father." Misty chimed in. "He's our boss!" Jessie shouted, no longer cowering behind James. "Yeah." James nodded self-rightously, his arms crossed. "He is not! He's my father!" Ash shouted back angrily. "He's our boss!" the three Rocket members chimed together. "Dad!" "Boss!" "Dad!" "Boss!" "Dad!" "Boss!" "DAD!" "BOSS!" the shouting match continued. "SILENCE!!!" Giovanni roared. All eyes turned to the now VERY angry man. There was silence as they all stared. "Jessie, James, leave my son alone." "Yeah!" Ash exclaimed, sticking his tongue out at the embarassed Rocket members. "Stop it Ashton." he ordered his son. "Sorry dad." Ash whispered, staring down at his shoes. "Ash's dad is the..." Misty started to whisper, but trailed off. "You mean my dad is the boss of Team Rocket?" Ash wailed as he finally understood what was going on. His eyes bugged out, any wider and they would have fallen out of his head. "We've been trying to steal the boss's kid's Pikachu?" Meowth cried. Jessie and James clung to each other as the feline jumped behind them. "Who would've guessed?" Misty asked nervously as she glanced from Giovanni to Jessie and James then finally to Ash. "Interesting paradox." Brock mused. Jessie and James trembled nervously as Ash... ...Was freaking out. He was running around the room, yelling incomprehendable things. Pikachu was still on his shoulder, hanging on for dear life. "Piiikaaa!" he yelled as one of his paws slipped loose. Misty took a deep breath and walked over to Ash and slapped him. Immediatly he stopped. Pikachu breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks Misty." he whispered as he sunk to the ground. He fiddled with his gloves, then looked up at Giovanni, hurt evident in his eyes, "I want an explaination." "I should have known this was coming." Giovanni sighed. He glanced at Jessie and James who were still shivering with fear, "Oh, stop it. You two are so pathetic." he snapped in annoyance "Yes Sir, totally pathetic." Jessie and James agreed. Ash smiled slightly at their antics to get on the good side of his father. Then it immediately disappeared. "Do they always agree with him?" Brock whispered to Misty. "It sure seems like it." Misty whispered back. "Can I have my explaination now?" Ash piped up. Misty glanced at him and almost laughed. He looked so eager to hear the stoy about how these events had come to happen. But there was also pain and hurt mixed in his face. "Fine." Giovani sighed, "I'll explain it in my study." he started to walk away. Ash jumped up and scurried after him, Misty, Brock and Pikachu not far behind. Jessie and James glanced at each other, then hurried to follow the rest. They followed Giovanni silently through a hallway and they stopped in front of a large wooden door. Jessie and James knew this door well. It was where they had been yelled at, oh, at least thiry times since they had joined Team Rocket. Giovanni turned the handle and they all filed into the office. Ash immediately made a beeline for the chair opposite his fathers desk and settled himself in it. Giovanni smiled slightly as he took the chair behind the desk. Jessie, James and Meowth sort of hovered in the doorway, half in the office and half in the hall. Pikachu had hopped up on Ash's shoulder while Togepi had somehow managed to climb up to Giovanni's desk. Misty had a hand on the back of Ash's chair and Brock just stood there, unsure of what to do. "Well...?" Ash broke the akward silence after a few moments. "Well what?" Giovanni asked. He knew full well what his son wanted, but was not that anxious to tell him about it. "Can I have my expaination now? You promised." Ash almost whined. "Let's see..." Giovanni mused to himself. Then he sighed, "Well, here goes nothing. Ash, when I was your age, I was alway jealous of another boy my age. his name was George Oak and-" "Is he related to Gary Oak?" Ash cut in. "Ash, do you want to hear his explaination or not?" Misty asked. "It's all right." Giovanni assured his son, "Now, his father was a Pokémon professor and gave him a Pokémon. Of course, I was very jealous, like most boys would have been-" "Just like Ash is jealous of Gary!" Misty pointed out with a smile. "I am not! I'm ten times better than that snob!" Ash shouted indignatly. "See, I told you." Misty said. Ash slumped in the chair and scowled. "As, I was saying, I was jealous. So one day when he wasn't looking, I took the Pokéball with his Pokémon in it and ran into the forest to see what it was. It was a Meowth." Giovanni glanced down at the Persian who was lapping up a bowl of milk, "In fact, the very Meowth that this Persian evolved into." "So, you've had that Persian for a long time." Brock commented. "Yes, I have, Brock. Now, I realized that I couldn't go back to Pallet after stealing the Meowth. So I wandered about for a few days until I met a member of Team Rocket. He was very nice to me and asked me to join. Seeing no other option, I joined. And you know the rest." Giovanni finished, "Or, well, at least Ashton does." "No I don't!" Ash protested from his chair. "Pika." Pikachu nodded his agreement from Ash's shoulder. Giovanni sighed. "Well, after a few years, I met your mother and we got married. I also quit Team Rocket for awhile. Unfortunately they managed to track me down again. They told me to either rejoin Team Rocket or they would hurt you," he guestured to Ash, "and your mother." "So you rejoined so they wouldn't hurt Ash and his mom." Brock finished, assuming that was what had happened. "That's right Brock." Giovanni replied. He glanced over at the door where Jesse, James and Meowth were still hovering, "You know you can come into the office." he said with sarcasm. "Yes Sir, right away Sir." they sputtered as they quickly scrambled into the office closing the door behind them. "What was that thing flying away from the Rocket base after it exploded?" Misty wondered. "Mewtwo, the rarest pokémon around." Giovanni replied, a thoughtful expression on his face. He looked at Ash who was pressing buttons on his Pokédex, "You won't find it in there. That brat who was at the gym before you tried and he couldn't get it on his Pokédex." "Are you refering to Gary?" Ash asked hopefully. "Yes." Giovanni replied. Ash continued to press buttons then stopped suddenly and studied the picture. "This looks a little like what we saw, only without the mechanical armor." he said, holding it up for inspection. "You're righ Ash, it does." Misty replied, getting a closer look. "I'm gonna catch it and train it just like-" Ash began, but Misty cut in before he could finish, "Just like Charizard?" "Oohhh." Ash groaned and fell off the chair and Misty laughed.