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Children of Destiny
Chapter 1: The Early Years
By: Raven Star

~Viridian City - Seven years later~

"Shinobi Giovanni, don't you dare do that or else I'll tell your father that you've been--Aiieee!!"

Crash!!

SLAM!

A loud shriek can be heard throughout the Viridian City Gym, along with the sound of something crashing against a wall, followed by a door slamming as a young woman in a matronly outfit, runs through the halls like as if the Hounds of Hell were after her as she tried to make distance from the room she had just exited.

Inside the room sat a small boy with long brown hair tied in a short ponytail, who was surrounded by flying objects that floated around the room. In one corner of the room, a puppet theater did a show for him where the puppets danced and played without the help of anyone working the strings.

Near the door are several broken (and formerly valuable) pieces of art that littered the floor. Shin glanced around the room lazily as he looked for something else to do now that the woman was gone.

At the sound of returning footsteps everything stopped and returned to their original places, as Shin turns towards the door to see who was going to come through, with a slight frown crossing his young features.

When the door opened, the frown disappeared when he saw who it was that was standing at the other side. He quickly gets to his feet and runs towards the figure. "PAPA!!" he squealed as he leaped into his father's arms. "Your back!"

Giovanni returned his sons affection for a few moments, a smile on his face as he held his wiggling sons body, before it was instantly replaced by a frown as he set Shin down.

"Shin, I don't know what I'm going to do with you." He said in an annoyed tone, as he frowned down at his son, "I almost got run over in the hallway by your latest governess, as she made her way out of the building with her bags packed saying that she quit." he reprimand as he turned his stern gaze at Shin who was now looking sheepishly at the floor. "What am I going to do with you?" he asked, closing his eyes and shaking his head.

Giovanni took in the room and his look became angrier as he saw the destruction. "And I can see why. What did you do?" he demanded harshly.

Shin was busy keeping all of his attention to his feet, like there was something more interesting there, before he finally answered. "I didn't like her. She was mean and wouldn't let me play with my toys, just because I wouldn't eat the veggies." he said solemnly.

Giovanni just shook his head as he frowned down at his son, a frown approaching the corners of his mouth. "Well you could have waited awhile until I came back from my trip before scaring her off like that." he said with a scowl. "Do you realize how hard it is to someone willing to come look after you?!"

Shinobi simply crossed his arms across his chest as he gave his father a defiant look for a few moments, before he became contrite looking, and bent his head down, to look at the floor in silence.

He sighs, rubbing his temples before he reached into his pockets to pull out 3 Poké Balls. Two of the Poké Balls were the normal standard red and white balls, but the last one was a Master Ball.

"I brought something for you. We captured these three out in the wild. I think it's time for you to get your first Pokémon to start training with. You have a choice between these three." he said as he tossed the balls into the air where they opened releasing the Pokémon within.

The first ball released a sleeping Abra, a psychic Pokémon. The second ball released Drowzee who simply sat on the floor staring at the two humans before it. But what caught Shin's attention was when the master ball opened up, releasing a…

"A Mew!!" Shin cried out as he stared at the flying cat-like Pokémon in awe.

"Mew?" Mew asked as she looked up at Shin with curious eyes. "Yes, A mew. I see that you've been keeping up on your studies, Shin." Giovanni said as he looked down at Shin, seeing the interest in his son's eyes as they rested on Mew. "I see that you are interested in Mew. Do you want it?"

"Yes!" Shin cried as he slowly moved towards Mew.

Mew eyed him warily, floating away from the small human, as she sent out warning squeaks at him.

"Shin what have I been teaching you about dealing with Psychic-type Pokémon?" Giovanni demanded, his voice stern as he watched what was happening, "Remember *how* you need to try talk to it first."

"I know, papa, I just forgot," Shin said sheepishly, as he glanced at his father for a moment, as he sat down on the cold floor, and started to focus on the young Mew, and started speaking to it in it's own language. *I won't hurt you. I just want to be friends.*

Mew let out a startled squeak when she suddenly heard the young human's voice in his head, as she stared at Shin for a few moments, in silence, *How are you able to speak with me like this? No humans should be able to understand the pokémon language.*

*I've always done it before with pokémon,* Shin said simply, giggling as Mew flew in closer to him, poking him with her tail, *That tickles,* he said, as he reached out with one hand forward to scratch her under the chin, which she allows, letting out a purring squeak as he does so. *I'm Shinobi, but everyone calls me Shin for short. So do you want to be friends?*

Mew cocked her head to one side, as she floated around the small boy curiously, shooting cautious looks at the adult in the room, before coming to a decision. She could sense something inside the human child before her, something special, that seemed call out to her, as she looked into his eyes, searching for a sign.

*I'll be your friend if that's what you truly want, Shin.* she said, floating closer to him, she let herself drop down into his now open hands, landing on her back, as she started to purr contently.

*Thank you, Mew* Shin jumped with glee, as he gently cradled Mew to his chest, listening to her purr, a moment before a sudden thought came to him, as he glanced at her, *Do you have a name, besides Mew? Or can I give you one?*

*I already have one* Mew chirped, opening her eyes to stare into Shin's violet ones, as a mischievous look appeared on her feline features, *My name is Oracle.*

"Daddy, look! Mew wants to be my friend!" he said cheerfully as he turned towards his father, grinning broadly a moment before he ran off to play. "I didn't think he'd be able to win over that Mew so easily," Giovanni said to shadowed figure standing across from him, as they watched Shin running around the room in a game of tag with Oracle.

"He's doing very well after all these years, Jareth," the figure said, from behind Giovanni, as he watched Shin play with his new Pokémon. "I'm quite pleased with his progress."

"He's a Giovanni, it's in his blood," Giovanni said matter of factly, not turning around to face the figure that stepped out of the shadows, taking a few moments to watch Shin, before finally turning around to face the intruder, "What brings you back to headquarters, mother?"

"What? Can't a grandmother come and see her favorite grandson every once and awhile?" she asked innocently, as she frowned at Giovanni a moment before a frown replaced it.

"Well, seeing how it's almost been almost an entire year since we last saw you, I have to wonder," Giovanni countered back as he returned, "What brings the all famous Boss Rocket back to the old homestead?"

"I just bet," Giovanni muttered under his breath, then flinched when his mothers gaze became even sterner, as she glared at him.

"I heard that." She said sarcastically, putting her hands on her hips as she frowned at him. "I see that you still haven't retrieved my other grandson from that harpy of a mother of his." Katrina said disapprovingly as she glared at her son, causing him to cringe under her gaze, "When will I have news that you've retrieved him, from that woman?"

"I have agents working on it, mother," Giovanni said simply, as he frowned at the older woman in irritation, before continuing, "But it's almost as if she completely dropped off the face of the planet. She's gone into hiding with my other son and..."

"Grandma!" Shin cried out, as he came running over, Oracle right behind him, as he finaly spotted his grandmother speaking to his father. Jumping into her outstretched arms, he hugged her, "Look what daddy gave me! This is Oracle."

"That's good, my little darling, Katrina said as her features softened a bit, as she turned toward her grandson, and patted him gently on the head, as she stared at Oracle as she stayed away from adults. "So you named her already have you?"

"No, I didn't name her. That's what her name is," Shin said, shaking his head enthusiastically, then seeing the confused looks on both adults faces, he quickly continued, "I asked her if she wanted me to give her a name, or if she already had one of her own, and she told me, what it is."

"That's nice." Katrina said, as she glanced at her son for a moment from above Shin's head. "Why don't you go back and play with... Oracle, then? Your daddy and I have some things to talk about."

"Okay! But wait a second" Shin said, just before he ran over to his father, and before Giovanni could react, Shin had lifted the two pokeballs containing Abra and Drowsey from his pockets, and got out of the way before Giovanni could grab him.

"Hey! Shin, give those back." Giovann demanded, as he started to stand up to go after him.

"I want to keep Drowsey and Abra, too. So they won't feel left out, because I chose Oracle." Shin called back as he ran off, clutching the two pokéballs to his chest, he disappeared around the corner.

"That boy, when I get my hands on him," Giovanni began only to stop when he felt his mother's hand grip his arm, and he turned to scowl at her. "What is it mother?"

"Just let him keep those two. I'm sure you must have more where they came from." Katrina said, shaking her head as she motioned him to sent back down, which he did after hesitating for a few seconds. "We have a lot of things to discuss."

To Be Continued...

Author's Notes:
I know, I know. It's been a LONG time since I last updated this fic. But I've been busy, and have for the most part lost interest in this story for awhile, and started moving on to writing other stories.

But now I'm going to try and get back on track with some of my older stories, before they get too old.

How do you guys like my introduction of Madame Boss Rocket? The former leader and founder of Team Rocket before Giovanni took over. I hope I got her down right...