《Reincarnated as a Team Rocket Member?!》


 Prologue

    Huh? Where am I?


    Ok....Let¡¯s take a step back, it¡¯s the 3<sup>rd</sup> of October 2017.....what else? Oh, and I was walking back to my apartment after I decided to purchase a new game in hopes of it being a better sequel. A generation newly made for every fan around the globe, of the one and only master of a game series that stands superior to the rest! That¡¯s right..... Pokemon!


    I¡¯m a very diligent 3<sup>rd</sup> year student from the University of Melbourne and come from a rich and loving family of five who¡¯s got a bright future ahead of him.


    Well that¡¯s what my facebook page says anyway..... Truth is though I¡¯m a NEET, but I prefer the term ¡®hardcore otaku and gamer¡¯. That¡¯s because I¡¯m not like your typical NEET that stays indoors! I actually like going outside for long walks, I mean how else am I supposed to play Pokeomn GO if I didn¡¯t?


    My family on the other hand is in fact extremely wealthy but their million dollar spending sprees were using the money I gave them.


    My family was very ordinary just like any other, but because of their constant nagging about my lifestyle as a hardcore otaku, I earned a fortune after my successful investments in the stock market.


    I offered them most of it considering I had no interest in money but as a result, my parents began to abuse me for more. It got to the point where everyday I¡¯d have to experience what they¡¯d like to call ¡°discipline¡± and some¡±tough love¡± that included beatings on the side as dessert.


    I ran away from home. Didn¡¯t really concern myself with the so called familial bonds my parents displayed in front of others. That was yesterday. Today I was finally going to give my all my time and effort into my favourite game, Pokemon. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    After the decline of interest I had in Pokemon after the sixth generation I took a break from it in hopes it would reproduce an amazing generation of Pokemon that wasn¡¯t becoming dry and dull.


    A friend of mine had convinced me to try out the newer versions, Sun and Moon, saying that I should give it a chance. In my excitement of wanting to rekindle my spirit, I was walking back to my apartment to grab my wallet while creating a new save for Pokemon Platinum for old times sake and then........


    Ah...... That¡¯s right.... I died.....


    It was a hit and run at a crossing. As my blood poured out I felt an indescribable chill coming over me, and in my last moments I thought to myself,


    ¡°Crap.... I won¡¯t be able to play Pokemon now will I? Maybe in the next life? Not like there is an afterlife though..... If only I could make a fresh start just like the game.¡±


    ¡¾.....Interesting.....¡¿


    ¡¾Do you wish to start a new game?¡¿


    hmm? What¡¯s this? Oh, is this one of those things where your conscience asks about your regrets during death?


    Of course I would! ....I wish I could, but it¡¯s not like that¡¯ll happen. Maybe I¡¯ll be reborn as a pokemon trainer!


    *sigh


    ......No.... wouldn¡¯t that be boring? Just walking aimlessly as a normal trainer would probably get old fast if it were realistic..... but maybe..... taking over the world might be a thrill though. Haha, that¡¯s a good one...


    ¡¾Confirmed. Now starting a new game.¡¿


    ¡¾Welcome to the wolrd of Pokemon.¡¿


    .......Eh?

 Chapter 1 - A New World

    I died. Yep... definitely did, but there¡¯s one problem. I¡¯m not dead.


    After being run over by some jerk driving his car through a red light, the idiot, then I wouldn¡¯t be here.


    Just as my mind was slipping away into the dark abyss, I somehow regained my senses and found myself not only alive but in the arms of a stranger, a woman, holding me gently in her arms as she embraced me. My mind started to become a blur and in the midst of my panic attack as I struggled to think straight.


    ¡°Giant! Why is there a giant? No wait, giants don¡¯t exist moron! Then just what the heck is this?!¡±


    But as I speak I can¡¯t hear my own words form themselves properly, and all I can hear is a high pitched cry of a baby...... wait, a baby?


    Right as I start to question my sanity, a soft gentle voice begins to comfort my worries.


    ¡°There, there sweety. Mummy¡¯s here for you, so don¡¯t cry, I¡¯m right here.¡±


    Ahh~ that explains it. I¡¯ve apparently been reborn, and she¡¯s obviously my mother. Ok, I need to gather my thoughts. Good. Now that I¡¯m calm let¡¯s just think about this. I remember hearing a dull and toneless voice in the last few moments of my death,¡¾Welcome to the world of Pokemon¡¿, I¡¯m positive that¡¯s what they said.


    After spending some time pondering about who that voice was from I decided to postpone my investigation since just speculating about it won¡¯t get me anywhere. On the other hand though I found out that my new name is Red. I¡¯m not sure if my parents found that funny or not but I never thought that people would actually name their kids after a colou-, never mind I just realised that there are a fair few common names such as Jade and Violet. Oops, getting off track here.


    In any case, I start to take my time in observing the new world around me and take in the scenery of my new home. The room is covered in wood, the ceiling, the walls, the floor, and it''s filled with toys and furniture, I can even see the thick forest out the window where my mother is sitting. It¡¯s an amazing experience for a hardcore otaku such as myself to witness, and I finally understood. I really am in a world of pokemon. From the bushes to the treetops and even as high as the sky, everywhere I looked I could see pokemon roaming freely around the outdoors. My little heart fan boy heart can¡¯t take any more of this!


    I breathe in slowly to hold back my excitement and begin to take notice of my family. My father seems to be a scientist, from his choice of clothing it¡¯s as clear as day, and from the look of his short, black, and spiky hair it seems he doesn¡¯t really get much sleep because of his research. Compared to him, my mother appears as a charming woman with long straight hair and clean looks.


    Well, it seems that this time around, I¡¯ll actually have a normal family. As I grasp a sense of familial belonging, my feelings shaped themselves into my face.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    ¡°Oh honey, take a look! Our cute son is smiling.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s have a look at him. Haha, one day he¡¯s going to be just like me!¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be so pushy, he might turn out to be like me instead of following his fathers footsteps.¡±


    ¡°Well in any case, he¡¯s sure to make us proud one day. You think the organisation will let him in with open arms? I mean, even if he is our son, won¡¯t he get rejected by the other kids?¡±


    Huh? Organisation?


    ¡°Don¡¯t be silly dear. Of course he¡¯ll be fine. Just think of how much he¡¯ll grow up some day.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re right. Soon, he¡¯ll be a proud member of Team Rocket!¡±


    .....Eh? Eeeehhhh?! My parents are a part of Team Rocket?! Lies! I actually get reborn into a pokemon wonderland, and after escaping my money hungry family I¡¯m reborn into a family of criminals?! What kind of irony is this! Why did this happen?


    ¡¾Answer. This was a result of an evaluation based on your last desires upon your death.¡¿


    What evaluation? And who are you?


    ¡¾Answer. I am the entity that has brought you to this world, where you may live as you had wished for in your previous life. It was upon hearing your desire to ¡°take over the world¡± that I took the privilege to place you under the household of the organisation known as Team Rocket, who seeks to lead the world under their own ruling.¡¿


    That¡¯s why? *sigh I can¡¯t believe it. Well since that¡¯s the case I guess it can¡¯t be helped. I suppose it¡¯s my own idiocy that brought this on me isn¡¯t it?


    ¡¾.............¡¿


    Oi, oi at least deny it. But, if it¡¯s starting to turn out this way then, I might as well go through with it. So what now? Are you going to stalk me wherever I go?


    ¡¾Negative. This will be one of the few interactions I will have with you, and I will take my leave after introducing you to this world. Firstly I have to advise you of a few changes this world has compared to the ¡®games¡¯ you remember. This world¡¯s culture is just as your ¡®games¡¯ had depicted and as such the Pokemon League is the main attraction to most citizens in this world. However, this world you are in is not a game, it is reality. And to help you understand this, I¡¯ve already taken action to provide you with a sense of ¡®realism¡¯.¡¿


    What¡¯s that suppo-


    My thoughts get cut off as I hear a loud crash. As I turn my head all I can see is a beam of light suddenly pierce through my window and destroy the wall across the room. It¡¯s Hyper Beam!


    In that next moment a few men in suits enter the building, one charges forward and throws a punch towards my mother. Suddenly my father grabs the man¡¯s wrist and throws him towards the wall using his momentum to do so with ease. As the man flies through the air he recovers and takes on a fighting stance, like the ones I used to see in anime and manga. But before he had another chance to strike, dad already entered his blind spot, while sweeping his leg skilfully, knocking the big muscled man down in one swift move, and he even called out a Blaziken to deal with the Tyranitar that destroyed our house at the same time.


    Speechless at the situation unfolding before me, I had my eyes wide open and realised that not only does this world have pokemon, but also has martial arts, and that these men assaulting us had an immense killing intent circulating around them.

 Chapter 2 - Despair

    Stunned. Shocked. Paralysed. You name it, I¡¯ve just experienced it all.


    From what I can gather, this world indulges itself in the ways of martial arts as a common practice. Either that or it might only apply to those who live in the underworld. My first impression of these three men in suits is that they¡¯re professionals at fighting, and that heavily applies to my dad even more than them. Considering how he was able to easily lift and throw a man almost two times bigger in terms of muscle mass, and not only that but to execute those fast like reflexes in a matter of seconds is no ordinary thing, at least in modern day society it wasn¡¯t. If I had to compare it to anything, I¡¯d say it¡¯s like watching that the level of my fathers martial art is on a completely different level to an Olympic champion. The level between Heaven and Earth.


    Putting that aside for now, how am I supposed to survive in this chaos? Not that I can do anything though, I¡¯m just a helpless, newborn, baby. Suddenly a second man joined the fray and aided his partner in confronting dad, and his Blaziken locked hands with the rampant Tyranitar.


    ¡°What are you waiting for?! Run, get as far away as you can!¡±


    ¡°No! I¡¯ll help, we just need to wait fo-¡°


    ¡°GO! Our son is in the utmost of danger so forget me and just go!¡±


    With tears in her eyes and a strained look on her face, my mother grabbed the backpack near her feet, turned around and ran into the woods, fleeing with all her might. I try to look back in hopes to see my father come with us. But all I do is listen to the sounds of a brutal fistfight as I¡¯m held tightly to my mum¡¯s chest. As I hear the sounds fade into the distance I can feel a chill run down spine, a cold and fierce killing intent was directed at us. It felt like a starved beast was hunting for it¡¯s meal. It was the third attacker. He was gaining fast on the back of an Arcanine and was restlessly releasing a sea of flames from it¡¯s mouth.


    ¡°Give up! Just surrender yourself and we¡¯ll guarantee the boy''s life! Hand over the data and it can all end.¡±


    ¡°You have the nerve to say that even now? Do you even know what that data¡¯s for?¡±This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    ¡°I only take orders.¡±


    ¡°You blinded dog!¡±


    Upon the exchange of words had ended, mother called forth an Empoleon and Golem.


    ¡°Stall them!¡±


    With a burst of groans from her pokemon they engaged in combat. Empolean blasted out ¡®Hydro Pump¡¯ towards the man in pursuit, and with a quick jump to the side Golem followed up with ¡®Rollout¡¯ and only grazed Arcanine¡¯s foot. Although not much damage was dealt, the hit connected, and in that instance we were able to put some distance between us.


    A steep cliff appears in front of our path as we left the shrubbery. A dead end. I stare into my mother¡¯s eyes, they were filled with both determination and desperation. The determination to keep me alive, while having the desperation of leaving her husband behind. She brought out her third pokemon, Staravia, and with an unsteady tone she began to speak.


    ¡°Staravia, take my son and bring him to Giovanni, he¡¯ll be safe with him.¡±


    With great haste she hurriedly placed me firmly inside the bag and made sure I was secured in place. Streams of tears roll down her pink cheeks as she cries with immense sorrow.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry baby, *sniff* you¡¯ll be safe. Mummy will protect you *sob*. So promise me. Promise me you¡¯ll listen to Uncle Giovanni. *sniff* Promise me, that you¡¯ll live a proud life, and remember that whatever happens I¡¯ll always love you.¡±


    With a light smile she embraces me with all her heart and turns back to the forest. Seconds later, Staravia picked my up with it¡¯s claws, making sure it wouldn¡¯t drop the bag and quickly takes off.


    .....Useless.....I¡¯m completely useless.....What kind of cruelty is this? I¡¯m USELESS!


    Bursting with rage I curse the fate that has been placed upon my family. I cursed those men in their suits. I loathed them. I loathed the organisation they belonged to with all my heart. But most of all, I loathed myself. My powerlessness to do anything for my parents. My father turned himself into a scapegoat for us. My mother sacrificed herself to stall them for me. I did nothing for them. They faced off against those creeps with all their might, even in the face of that overwhelming blood lust they gave. They were out for blood, for death.


    My parents truly loved me to the very core of their souls. They truly felt like family to me. So I sat in that bag, crying helplessly, staring at the forest that I spent such a short time in. The place that I called home, and I watched it burn to ashes.


    .....So this is what despair feels like..... how bitter.

 Chapter 3 - Options and Theories

    Stronger. Stronger. I have to get stronger. I have to find out who those goons were working for and exact vengeance on them. I don¡¯t care if I didn¡¯t know them for long, nor do I care that they¡¯re a part of Team Rocket, what I do care about is finding the degenerates that dared to touch my family.


    ¡¾Greetings. I¡¯m positive you now understand how things work in this world.¡¿


    Why did you have to do that?! You¡¯re the one who caused that mess right? Couldn¡¯t you have used a different method to make me understand?


    ¡¾Correction. I was not the direct cause of this incident since I am unable to modify anything that may lead to a significant backlash to the world. All I did was guide your pursuers towards your location. It was an inevitable encounter so I just sped up the process.¡¿


    Even so.... forget it. There¡¯s no point in going further into this conversation. If there¡¯s nothing else you wanna say then just leave me be for now.


    ¡¾Answer. I will conclude our contact with each other after providing you with some advice as compensation for your troubles. First, you are able to access a special menu that will assist you in your travels and with the lack of fighting capabilities you poses. Second, you may find it interesting to know that there are many ¡®theories¡¯ that are indeed a fact in reality. Good luck.¡¿


    .....Well it seems I¡¯m on my own for now..... Menu.


    In an instant, a game like window screen appears in front of me out of thin air.


    [Pokedex]


    [Map]


    [Store]


    Although I did imagine there¡¯d be a pokedex and map, I¡¯m fairly disappointed that there¡¯s no bag to carry my items. In the game it was able to hold everything a person would want to carry, like a dimension storage sort of thing. It¡¯s indeed upsetting but I¡¯m more intrigued by the [Store].


    I open up the [Store] and to my surprise there¡¯s almost no poke wares at all, but instead it contained Human Enduring Pill, Human Strengthening Pill, Human Agility Pill, Human Recovery Pill, Master Ball x1, Legendary Map x1 and Roulette x1.


    The Legendary Map and Roulette are brought to my attention, they seem to be quite important if I can only purchase one of each. But why a map? It might reveal a secret location that can¡¯t be found, or possibly to some hidden item. Who knows. Then there¡¯s the Roulette which seems to be more of a mystery to me than the map. I just can¡¯t figure out the purpose behind it is.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    I shouldn¡¯t really concern myself over that for now anyway, it costs 100,000 points and I¡¯ve only got 250, probably just as some starting funds Cortana gave me. Well, I¡¯ll deal with that later.


    I spend some time to look at the [Pokedex] and [Map] and it seems that just like the game, the map has the same layout and markers for everything, as well as my current coordinates. I¡¯m apparently in the Kanto region near route 22. Soon I¡¯ll be in Viridian City, and Staravia¡¯s probably going to enter the Gym where Giovanni is. As for the Pokedex, it displays all the information I could possibly need, such as the areas I can commonly find them and some general information on their characteristics and evolutions, most of which I know off by heart. I am a hardcore otaku after all. The Pokedex¡¯s registry shows pokemon up to the fourth generation, meaning that the pokemon available only goes up to the Sinnoh region. Is this because I was playing Pokemon Platinum when I died? That¡¯s probably the case.


    The menu system seems like it¡¯ll be very useful to me in the future, and it¡¯s probably not going to be used any time soon since I don¡¯t have much points and don¡¯t know how to earn them, though I have some vague ideas. Putting the system aside, Cortana¡¯s second note probably refers to the fan made theories the community made about the pokemon series.


    Oh, Cortana¡¯s the super serious mean robot lady voice that dragged me into this world, not that I don¡¯t like it here. I just thought I¡¯d be inconvenient to just say ¡®entity¡¯ or ¡®you¡¯, so I just decided to call her Cortana, since she sort of reminds me of the A.I. Cortana from Halo.


    Anyway, one such famous theory is the ¡®Pokemon War¡¯ theory, which states that the lack of middle-aged men in the series is due to a great war between the Kanto and Johto regions. This theory holds a great importance to me right now. In the games there was no mention of the war at all other than from the Vermillion City Gym leader LT. Surge.


    The only reason I can think of why no one speaks of it is because the Government placed restrictions on the topic, and if that¡¯s the case then I need to find out the reason why. It¡¯s of utmost importance. It¡¯s crucial. That¡¯s because, I¡¯ve had an epiphany. Out of all the criminal organisations in pokemon, not a single one of them has their members wear formal black suits. The only exceptions to not wearing standard issued uniforms are researchers and higher ranking officers, and I didn¡¯t recognise a single one of those guys in suits.


    Bringing it down to one suspect. The Government. All of which does make sense if one thinks about it carefully, and to top it off, the only person who dared to mention the war was LT. Surge. All Gym leaders are presumed to have some social standing with those in the Government since they were obviously established by them, hence why Surge mentioned it so casually in the games.


    This means that if I want revenge, then it¡¯d be in my best interest to support Team Rocket after all. Not that I was really against it anyway. Heh, after crying for so long I¡¯m finally starting to cheer up. Who wouldn¡¯t be able to if they were me? I mean, my revenge plan on the Government might as well be equivalent world domination.


    It really is, a funny joke.

 Chapter 4 - Giovanni and the Trio

    [Viridian City Discovered]


    [You received 10,000 points]


    Hmm, this is very good. To think that I¡¯d get so much points just from finding Viridian City. On a side note it seems as though that the city looks similar to the anime version rather than the video game, which makes more sense considering that in the game the number of buildings didn¡¯t even pass double digits. As for the points, I¡¯ll take a look at them in the store later on and see what I can purchase with them, but first it¡¯s time to meet Giovanni.


    Staravia makes a slow descent in front of the Gym and walked inside, with me in the bag still. At first it looks like a regular Pokemon Gym from it¡¯s appearance. A big open battle field with a plain ground with only painted white lines to show the outlines of the field and some seats for spectators to watch from. Very plain. Staravia heads towards a hidden elevator at the back of the room, hidden behind a big statue of the Viridian Gym Badge. After a few minutes of waiting inside it started to move automatically. It¡¯s probably done manually by some Team Rocket grunt acting as surveillance. Once the doors slide open, I was encountered by a very metallic looking hallway with a glossy floor and armed to the teeth with people in uniforms everywhere, either on patrol duty or getting to where they need to be.


    Staravia continued to march on through to the end of the hallway where we were met with another elevator, not automatic this time. It wasn¡¯t long until we reached the bottom level. This time though instead of meta, it was stone, a stone hallway with statues of various people all lined up against the wall with a red carpet in the middle. It gave off a mysterious vibe, like I was about to enter the depths of the earth.


    Soon enough Staravia had already pushed open the wooden door into an office like room with a man calmly sitting in a black leather chair behind his big wooden desk and a Persian at his side, and was wearing a formal black suit. It¡¯s Giavanni. At his side there were two others. One was wearing the standard black uniform with some slight differences and had blue hair, and the other had red wavy hair and a white one-piece dress that looked similar to a suit, I have no idea I¡¯m not a fashion designer. They were Team Rocket executives Proton and Ariana.


    ¡°Sir! Mr and Mrs Quill¡¯s Staravia has arrived with a package!¡±


    The grunt that escorted us said Quill. Are those my parents?


    ¡°You¡¯re dismissed for now.¡± (Proton)


    ¡°Sir!¡±


    ¡°Seems that they¡¯ve finally sent us an update.¡± (Ariana)


    ¡°Well, they sent it so it¡¯s a well and good isn¡¯t it? They¡¯re under a lot of pressure, being under the eyes of the Government and all. Just be grateful we have any data.¡± (Proton)


    So my theory was right after all. My parents were assaulted by the Government. Not that I¡¯m deterred from my revenge plan or anything.


    ¡°Let¡¯s take a look in the bag shall..... uuhh.¡± (Proton)You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    Giovanni¡¯s once calm look turns sour with furrowed brows, staring intensely at me as I was taken out of the bag. Scary~. Please don¡¯t look at me like that, I can¡¯t control myself in this baby state. At this rate my body¡¯s gonna start crying.


    And just like that, i started bawling my eyes out.


    ¡°The heck is a kid doing here?! Do they take us for fools!¡± (Ariana)


    ¡°I actually have to agree with you on this.¡± (Proton)


    ¡°Sir, we should just get rid of the chi-¡± (Ariana)


    ¡°Enough.¡± (Giavanni)


    With a deep voice Giovanni silenced the whole room. Not with a loud voice, but one that seemed to be authoritative and commanding, making those who hear it follow and obey on reflex. The signs of a great and powerful leader.


    ¡°The child belongs to the Quill family, the boy¡¯s name is Red Quill.¡± (Giovanni)


    ¡°¡±What?!¡±¡± (Proton & Ariana)


    ¡°I was informed of his birth earlier this month, he¡¯s only 6 months of age right now. For them to send him to us means that they¡¯ve been compromised.¡± (Giovanni)


    ¡±....There appears to be a USB and some floppy disks still in the bag. What should we do boss?¡± (Proton)


    ¡°Proton, you¡¯ll gather a search and rescue team with Staravia and return to where The Quill¡¯s were last seen. Ariana, you¡¯ll bring the data to the others and start looking through what we have to work with. As for the child.... we¡¯ll need t raise him ourselves, I¡¯m willing to bring him in as my own son if necessary. If he were to go to an orphanage and was somehow found by the officials then who knows what they¡¯d do considering his family background.¡± (Giovanni)


    ¡°Sir, though I¡¯m not against you raising the child. However, we¡¯ve got our hands full at the moment and need you to attend to a lot of internal matters within the organisation before anything.¡± (Ariana)


    ¡°How about we get someone else to raise him?¡± (Proton)


    ¡°Who do have in mind?¡± (Ariana)


    ..............No......no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.......not them.


    ¡°Prepare for trouble.¡±


    ¡°Make it double.¡±


    ¡°To protect the world from devastation.¡±


    ¡°To unite all peoples within our nation.¡±


    ¡°To denounce the evils of truth and love.¡±


    ¡°To extend our reach to the stars above.¡±


    ¡°Jessie!¡±


    ¡°James!¡±


    ¡°Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light.


    ¡°Surrender now or prepare to fight.¡±


    ¡°Meowth! That¡¯s right!¡±


    .........I¡¯m gonna cry for real.


    ¡°Boss! What are your orders?¡± (Jessie)


    ¡°Just tell us what ya want and we¡¯ll get it done for ya.¡± (Meowth)


    ¡°We are yours to command¡± (James)


    ¡±.... *ahem* The reason I called for you today is to appoint a special mission for you three.¡± (Giovanni)


    ¡°¡±¡±Ooohhh!~¡±¡±¡±¡±


    ¡°Just say the word boss!¡± (Meowth)


    ¡°You are to keep this child under your protection at all times. He is the son of some of the founding members of this organisation, unfortunately they¡¯ve gone missing and no one here is able to take care of him. So I¡¯ll be leaving him in your care. That is all, dismissed.¡±


    ¡°¡±¡±Eh?¡±¡±¡±


    And so began my life with the bumbling trio of Team Rocket.

 Update

    I apologise to those of you who are looking forward to more chapters but for personal reasons I''ll be very busy for the next month. If I do I happen to have some time to spare I will definately post more but I don''t expect to have that kind of free time.


    ALSO, I''ve been thinking but I can''t decide whether or not to do a time skip. Probably not a big one, just up until the mc can actually do stuff (walk, talk, train, etc as a CHILD, not really grown up much) instead of keeping him as a baby. And please do comment about your ideas about the story so far, I''m always open to listen to what you guys have to say.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    Once again I apologise and I hope you''ll all be back to check out new chapters in around a months time.


    Sorry, and see you later.

 Chapter 5 - Time Moves On

    ¡°I¡¯m not doing it.¡±


    ¡°Yes you are brat, if you want to become as fabulous like us then you¡¯d better get a move on.¡±


    ¡°Fabulous? Then that must mean that this world is doomed.¡±


    ¡°Jessie, I don¡¯t think the kid appreciates our efforts in raising him. I¡¯m hurt! Red, since when did you become so rebellious? I always thought of teaching you the ways of bottle cap collecting, but alas here we are and I don¡¯t even know what to live for anymore.¡±


    ¡°Keep ya head on straight James, we don¡¯t need another problem to deal wit¡¯ right now.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m still not doing it. No matter what you do or say, nothing is going to make me help you on another mission. Giovanni would want it that way. Besides, you three could at the very least attempt to do this one on your own.¡±


    ¡°Aww c¡¯mon squirt, if ya help us wit¡¯ this last mission we¡¯ll sign a transfer notice for you to join The Academy¡¯s elite class.¡±


    ¡°That would¡¯ve been a deal, if you actually had permission to do so.¡±


    ¡°Oh but we do! When you were assigned to us, the boss gave us some documents with the power to do so, only if we found you worthy enough to participate. So I¡¯d watch what I¡¯d say next if I were you brat!¡±


    ¡°Oh~? Seems interesting how you¡¯re only mentioning this opportunity now of all times. *knuckles cracking* Mind telling me why I didn¡¯t hear about it earlier?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s because you were, and still are, too young to enter The Academy. However if you aid us in the next heist then the boss has given us permission to allow you to claim a random reward for yourself from whatever we obtain as a bonus, you follow along kid?¡±


    ¡°*sigh*...Fine, but you better uphold the deal.¡±


    ¡°We never disobey the boss¡¯ orders.¡±


    ¡°Alright. So when do we break into the Pokemon Center?


    <hr>


    Mission ID #1575


    Objective: To act as a distraction for Mission ID #2069


    Side Objectives: Raid the Pokemon Center¡¯s Storage Facility and/or other useful items


    Danger Level: C


    Priority Level: A


    Reward: Claim on a single item from the loot obtained


    <hr>


    A premium ticket to the elite class of The Academy! This is the best I could ever ask for, and all I have to do is make some noise while grabbing some pokeballs. Like taking candy from a baby. Turns out that the PokeCenter¡¯s storage is holding a lot of pokemon belonging to a bunch of Government Officials gathering for an illegal transaction. All I¡¯ve heard about it is that the contents are all wrapped under covers, so much that our Support Team didn¡¯t have time to identify the details when the mission was assigned to us. Not that they cared though since it¡¯s being held by a bunch of grunts from the Government¡¯s lowest of their hierarchy. Anyway, time for me to focus.


    According to the plan, Jessie and James are to loot the storage until I set off the alarms with Meowth to help me navigate through the ventilation system, then once we¡¯re on the run we are to rendezvous at the pick up point where we¡¯ll use a getaway car to lose the cops. Or at least that¡¯s what Meowth¡¯s been telling me constantly.


    I yelled in a hushed voice, ¡±I get it already! Just get moving, someone might hear us. Keep moving straight, the control room is further ahead.¡±


    ¡°Once we¡¯re in we gotta make a big enough distraction for the others. Ideas?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re asking now?! I can¡¯t believe you, but I¡¯ve got an idea now.¡± I direct Meowth¡¯s attention to the room below us where a group of men in black suits are loitering around with a couple of black briefcases.


    ¡°I¡¯ll handle these guy¡¯s while you get to the control room and disable their cameras.¡±


    ¡°You serious squirt?¡±


    ¡°Just keep going, I¡¯m not going to just hand myself over. Besides, I need that ticket to The Academy.¡±


    Meowth gives a smirk and continued to crawl along the metal vents, while I soundlessly kept to the shadows in a corner of the room to observe the men before me. Whilst I observed the men in black, another group in white suits showed up and started to start up a conversation between the two factions, unfortunately I was too far away to catch onto any of it. After a good five minutes I received the signal for the operation to start, and without hesitation I threw some smoke grenades in the centre of the room and crept up behind the startled men and quickly applied some force into their pressure points, making them go down without a fight. I then ran out into the hallway and threw some more smoke grenades into some random rooms to raise the fire alarm, causing some panic amongst the staff and trainers nearby. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    I ran back into the warehouse looking room where those goons where striking a deal to grab the cash for future operations and supplies, plus I was curious as to why some low tiered grunts were handling a top secret mission. My first guess was that they did it to lead the Support team to believe that it was something that could easily be looked over, but I held onto my suspicions. Better safe than sorry, and it was indeed the best thing I¡¯ve ever done. The package the men in white were delivering was something I thought I¡¯d never see in this world, something that made my all muscles in my body to tense up and my heart race.


    ¡°What the Farfetch¡¯d?! It¡¯s a Snag Machine!¡±


    I remember this from Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness! It was a machine that could somehow redesign a pokeball to enable the capture of a trainer¡¯s pokemon as if they were a wild one instead, and I just happened to stumble upon it! Can my luck get any better?


    My mind suddenly snapped back to reality once I heard the others chatting over the radio about the mission status, and called in for a retreat. Running through the smoke out the back door I jumped into the car and we took off in a casual manner to blend in with others in traffic so as to not draw any attention to ourselves. It all seemed rather anti-climactic now that I think of it.


    ¡°We¡¯ve done it! Oh the boss is going to be so proud of us once he hears this!¡± Jessie squealed with excitement.


    ¡°Let¡¯s give him a report once we¡¯ve escaped. Then maybe we¡¯ll get a promotion.¡± Meowth grinned with delight at his own thoughts.


    ¡°Well kid, as promised we¡¯ll let you have a word with the boss when we hand in the report. Now, what do you want to claim as your bonus reward? We¡¯ll let you have first pick as our send off gift to you, after all we¡¯ve spent 8 years together. It¡¯s only right we give you something to take with you.¡± James gave me a bright smile.


    Although these three may be some of the biggest fools in the organisation, they¡¯re like family to me. Though they may be blunt, careless, stupid, and argue a lot they are also kind, caring, and lovable. They helped raise me up with a great amount of effort, they spent their low funds on my personal wellbeing and needs, and they gave me a place to call home. I know I¡¯ll miss them when I leave, but I¡¯ll see them again one day. No doubt about that, because if there¡¯s one thing they¡¯re good at it¡¯s making me pay the tab when they dine and dash. Eventually, I should take them out for a nice meal together.


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    ¡°Jessie, James, Meowth, and Red reporting in sir!¡± With a confident salute I step forward.


    ¡°Report.¡± Giovanni calmly said in a monotone voice. I swear he never changes.


    ¡±Mission ID #1575 was a success, all our tracks were erased and the police won¡¯t be able to pinpoint the incident on us.¡±


    ¡°Very well, you are dismissed.¡±


    ¡°Sir, permission to speak?¡±


    ¡°Go on Jessie.¡±


    ¡°Right. I believe that Red Quill should be transferred to the elite class of The Academy.¡±


    Giovanni raised one of his eyebrows while staring deeply into Jessie¡¯s, ¡°Is that so? Elaborate.¡±


    ¡°Sir, it¡¯s clear that the bra-, child has high intelligence for someone of his age and is also very capable in hand-to-hand combat already at the young age of 8. On top of that, he was able to knockout around nine Government Official grunts without any resistance or help. I believe that the boy is ready despite his age.¡± Jessie then stepped back in line with the rest of us and waited for the boss¡¯ response.


    After a minute of silence Giovanni finally spoke again, ¡°So be it. Red Quill, you are to pack your belongings and live in The Academy¡¯s dormitory for elite students. However, once your class is to graduate you will remain there and aid the teachers and tutor the other students until you are allowed to leave The Academy, is that understood?¡±


    ¡°Yes sir!¡±


    ¡°You may now leave.¡±


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    ¡°*Sob* *Sniff*, hey brat..m-make sure to give all those snobby kids a good thrashing when you get to The Academy.¡± Jessie showing signs going into a breakdown any second.


    ¡°I can¡¯t believe you¡¯re growing up so quickly! I¡¯ll miss you kid. Make sure to give us a call w-won¡¯t you? Be sure to eat your meals, get plenty of sleep, and live a healthy life every day.¡± Tears streaming down Jame¡¯s face like a waterfall like in an anime. I didn¡¯t think that was possible, and somehow I feel as though Jessie and James just reversed the mother and father roles.


    ¡°Get goin¡¯ kid, be sure to come out on top and show em¡¯ who¡¯s in charge, just like the boss would want you to do.¡± Meowth struggling to keep his composure.


    ¡°You three worry too much. I¡¯ll be sure to call you guys everyday if that¡¯s what you want, and besides it¡¯s not like I can get rid of you.¡± I said with a mischievous smirk. But as soon as I was about to leave they had to surprise me once again by crushing me in a big Ursaring hug... damn... I¡¯m such a loser for cracking a pun that pitiful.


    With our last goodbyes I left to sign up for The Academy, I had to take the underground train to get there. It¡¯s supposedly hidden so well that only Giovanni and the Principal, along with a few higher-ups that have jurisdiction over the train, know of it¡¯s true location, it¡¯s impossible to map out where the tunnel leads after all because of how it¡¯s always moving. Sounds strange but the reason for it is because of the many rock and ground type pokemon used to change specific intersections randomly, even the staff don¡¯t know where it leads because each person stationed at each intersection is only instructed of the changes made within a certain area to prevent any spies leaking information.


    Seems a bit over the top at first but Team Rocket is in need of good recruits to raise with their own beliefs and principles being for a world free of corruption and to also resist the brainwashing the Government applies onto the younger generations, which they do in order to suppress any threat to their reign by keeping a close watch on those who are possibly dangerous to their own cause before they can grow and mature.


    Well, enough of the depressing thoughts for now and time to look towards the future. Until I graduate, my revenge will simply have to wait. It¡¯s not that big of an issue, because regardless of what type of predator is doing the hunting they all share one thing in common. Patience, and when the time comes to take action... I¡¯ll be sure to deliver the finishing blow.

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    Soooo yeah.... I know I promised more chapters but after writing a fair few more chapters (that aren''t posted. Wanted to stack them up a bit for regular release) and I''ve come to a decision. I quit. THERE''S A REASON!!! I keep reading and planing and reviewing my story and I honestly think it''s not really going well. Even the last chapter I uploaded I''m not happy with at all because of how fast I flew through character development and it''s only the start of the story. It''s mostly my fault for not really thinking this entirely through when I first started (this was my first fanfic after all).Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.


    So I think I''m going to drop this story, I might pick it up again after I improve or feel like I can make the story work better than what I initially planned. I''m VERY sorry about this because I know there some of you who have been enjoying it so far even with how little amount of the story I''ve written. I CANNOT promise I will pick this up again so please don''t wait on it.


    Again I''m sorry and thank you for reading, any questions you have just leave a comment and I answer all I can.