Title: Rationalization
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #21, Rationalization
Rating: PG-13
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. Special-verse

Warnings: AU, Fanon, Character Death, insanity, het

Really, it was lucky that their plan at Cerise Island had failed, because otherwise, her precious one might be dead by her hand, and dear Lugia she did not want that, did she? No, it was better this way, so that he could forget her and move on, for living in the past did nothing to help the present.

Her slim fingers danced over the piano keys as the wind howled outside the windows, and only a very sharp eye would have seen the control bracelets embedded in her wrists underneath her long, black sleeves. Drops of blood covered the black and white keys, but she paid them no heed as she continued to play.

Even the fallen needed a requiem…

When Red found out about Lance’s death, he had his own rationalizations to make. Really, it was lucky that no one had known, because he was League Champion and he had a reputation to keep up, and since everyone believed him innocent he could marry Yellow and everything would be fine, but…

It. Still. Hurt.

She was dead, and there was no bringing her back, no matter what excuses he tried. And, would he really be happy, spending the rest of his life with someone he didn’t love, all the while living a lie?

No, he did not think he could do that.

Eventually, he had his own dirge to plan.

End Fic

Completed 12/8/06

Edited 7/3/09

Come on, it’s the crazy psychology list. How could I not use insanity? And ‘Rationalization’ is one of the defense mechanisms we studied in Chapter 13…