Below the Surface

by arcadejunkie

WARNING: READ THIS WARNING: This fic is rated R for events that will happen in future chapters. There will
be major charachter deaths, and implied m/m rape. Don't read this and flame me if you are just going to
flame me.

Authors Note: This fic is told from the point of view of an original
charachter, but it is not a original trainer fic or anything like that.

Prologue

Miss Freeman POV

It was the 25th of May when my ordered life came to a standstill.

The shaker of my life had arrived with the aid of his own Pijeot, and he held a book in his small arms.
His large eyes were affixed to the ground, but that didn't hide the desperation that he ovciously felt.

Behind him, a large man stood, probably about six feet and siz inches tall. He towered over me, and I
actually had to tilt my head up to look at him in the face. His hair was slicked back, and he had a
confident smile, that showed an attitude of a buissnessman. He looked like he was twice the boy's height,
but I'm sure that I must be exaggerating. His broad shoulders seemed to add to this man's vast hugeness.

"I'm sorry we're late, but we just came from out of town." he said politely in a deep voice.

I smiled, nooding, "It's okay, I won't penalize anyone for being late on the first day..." I kneeled down
to my new student's level, suprised at how small he was for a fifth grader, especially considering the
size of his father. "Why don't you go up front and introduce yourself to the class?" I suggested.

He shook his head softly. "'don't wanna..." he whispered in a voice I could barely hear.

I was about to let the issue go, because of how scared the boy looked, but the man frowned. "Don't want
to.." he said, correcting the boys grammer.

I sighed, but I expected what he was going to do. "How about I introduce you instead." I told him in a
comforting voice.

He didn't say anything; only nodded.

"What is your name?"

"A-" I think I heard him start, but I must have heard wrong, because his father quickly interupted him.
"Satoshi." he told me coolly.

I looked at him in confusion.

"He has a nickname at home" the man explained.

I waited for more of an explanation, but recieved none. I finally stood up again while the man shook my
hand.

Even his hands were huge! I felt like a china doll with his hand clasped in his firm grip. "My name is
Giovanni Rocket" he said, smiling again. I nodded at him and he left the room.

I gasped when I recognized the name. He was a gymleader! I didn't know he had a son.

It didn't take me long to snap out of my thoughts about Giovanni before I concentrated on Satoshi again.
Now I was certain that he was absolutely miserable. After I introduced him, he quietly crept to a seat in
the back of the room.

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Yeah, I know it's short, but it's just a prologue. I will get chapter one typed up tommorow.

And, yes, I know the title sucks.