Title: Death Note (Part IX)
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red/Ash)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #69, Come
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: AU, shoujo-ai

After a few minutes, Red grinned at Wataru. “You really are cute, Kira. I’m glad I met you.”

“How did you tell?”

“Oh. You haven’t made the eye trade, but I have. When you meet another Death Note holder, you can see their name but not their lifespan.” Red grinned.

“I see…”

Wait a minute… if Red saw her name…

Red nodded. “Don’t worry. I have no interest in killing you, Wataru-san! Your name is so pretty. It’s too bad…”

Her real name as Wataru was written with different characters. She smiled.

Red took the opportunity to hug her again.

The student raised an eyebrow. “Red-san… you do know I’m a girl.”

“Yes, so?” Red smiled. “You’re handsome! And now that I know you’re Kira, I’ll help you!”

“… You’ll help me?” Wataru echoed feeling a bit dumbfounded.

“Yes! I’ll be your eyes. I know that you are having trouble with S, but if I see him, then I can tell you his name or write it in the Death Note myself.” She patted her notebook, and Wataru frowned.

“You say it all so simply… why are you doing this?”

Red sighed, her bubbly air becoming more subdued. “A burglar killed my parents. When I got the Death Note from Mikuri, I wanted to kill him, but that would make me a murderer… I was so happy when Kira punished him…”

She flung herself into Wataru’s arms, as Daigo hooted with laughter and Mikuri shook his head.

“So I decided I would help Kira build his perfect world. Because… if there are no more bad people, than no one will get hurt again, and…”

Wataru patted her comfortingly on the back while Red sniffled. The girl didn’t seem to be lying, and her eyes would be very useful…

“All right, Red-san. I’ll believe you.”

“Yay! I knew you were a good person, Wataru-san!” She said with a smile. “So will you be my boyfriend?”

Wataru blinked at her, stunned. “But I’m not a boy…”

“So? You’re pretty. And I don’t like boys.”

Wataru coughed; pink tinting her cheeks. She had never quite been in this situation before. It was easy to play the seducer, but Red was so earnest it was heartwarming.

“All right.”

Mikuri’s jaw dropped, and he stared at Red in abject horror, as Daigo continued to laugh.

Red smiled brightly. “Great! I don’t really need it, so you can keep my Death Note for me.”

Wataru shook her head, gazing into crimson eyes with fascination. “I trust you... besides, mine may be taken or destroyed, so it would be useful to have a backup.”

Daigo made gagging motions in the background, and waved his fingers in front of Mikuri’s face. Mikuri looked like he was still in shock.

He did want Red to be happy, but this was too strange for his tastes…

After making a little more small talk, Wataru’s mother came and called that the trains would stop running at eleven thirty, so Wataru walked Red to the station and waved goodbye to her.

Fascinating how things worked out…

End Fic

Completed 1/1/07

Red: ^^
Lance: Well, it’s interesting enough…

Red: *Hugs Lance*