Title: Someday (Part VI)
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Ash/Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #6, Traveling Abroad
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: Shonen-ai, incest, shouta

When Red finds out that they have to take the twins along for a weeklong trip to Cosmos Island, he almost throws a temper tantrum. Almost. Instead, he goes outside and fights wild pokémon until he is bruised and shaking. When Lance brings him back, he’s covered with blood and his eyes are red – well, redder than usual, but his Father says nothing as he gently washes him and kisses him and takes him out for dinner at Red’s favorite restaurant.

Cosmos Island is pretty, though the plane ride was torture with the twins behind him kicking his seat, and Father looks exhausted as he ushers them through a million security checkpoints.

They almost get thrown in jail because Dudley thought it would be funny to sneak a vial of dilute Hydrochloric Acid from their chemistry set onto the plane!

But the flight attendants coo, and pat his spiky blonde head, while Red inwardly seethes at the unfairness of it all.

Lance finally finishes talking to the custom officers, and he’s angry.

Red understands. His Father works hard to be taken seriously, since he’s the Champion of the Johto League, though he no longer lives at Indigo Plateau.

He’s glad Father chose to live with him somewhere far away from all the hustle and bustle.

Now, Father looks stressed, and Red pulls a chocolate bar out of his backpack, holding it out as a peace offering.

His Father sighs, and for a moment, he almost looks old. Then it disappears, and they walk on.

The twins pay no attention and continue squabbling in the backseat of their limo as the driver takes them to their destination.

Their tour guide isn’t really a guide at all. She’s the Champion of the Cosmos League, and Red instantly likes her. She’s like the big sister he never had, and she lets her staff of maids watch the twins while she takes his Father – and him by extension – on a grand tour of Cosmos’s spectacular sights that would be too dangerous for children.

It is dangerous, and he hangs on tight to Father’s waist as they fly through a narrow canyon. But it’s worth it, because as it ends, they see a valley full of pokémon, some of which he’s never seen before!
Charlotte explains this is untouched wilderness, and for a long time, they just observe. Then, she takes them to the best chocolateir’s in Moonstone City, and they sip hot chocolate and sample tiny bites of fruit covered in dripping cocoa syrup.

Dudley and Daniel get taken to an amusement park, and so they spend their week completely apart, and Red is very glad for it.

When they go home, Charlotte waves good-bye, and Red promises they’ll visit again. Father seems a bit preoccupied, but he snaps out of it when Red kisses him, and Red doesn’t think about the strange light in his eyes for long.

End Fic

Completed 9/8/06

Red’s selfish, isn’t he? ^^ Oh, look! A potential cliffhanger!

Yay! I got to write Charlotte in~!