Title: An Open Mind
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #25, Mind Reading

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, het, AU after book 7

 

            Lance can read minds with her Viridian Power. Of course, she knows that Yellow and Giovanni boast the same ability, but hers is the most developed. She can brainwash wild Pokemon if she wishes, though she tries not to use it too much. But Lance is vicious. She picks up enough information from Yellow’s Pikachu during their battle to know that Pika’s original trainer is actually Red, and Yellow has a crush on him.

            She can use this…

            A smile curves her lips, because although she can fight like a man, she can fight like a woman as well, and intrigue and seduction can work much better than bloody battle. He is a prize, as well. Champion…

            Red is a naïve child, though much of that innocence has been lost. But it’s all right. She will take what’s left.

            Lance can be very charming, and within days, Red is unashamedly, head over heels infatuated with her. Perhaps the Dragon Master feels slightly guilty, but it’s doubtful.

 

            The redheaded woman isn’t quite sure where to go from here. Her initial plan involved revealing her true self and shattering the Pallet Trainer, but what if that failed?

            Red’s quite alluring in his own way, a child with too-old eyes, and Lance – Lance doesn’t like giving up her things easily. So she keeps Red close, and kisses him, and takes him, and never releases her grip.

            From this, one might conclude that Lance is sentimental, but that’s a lie. She is just triumphant, and she is not letting the proof slip out from between her fingers.

            Pika is horrified when he finds out, but by then, it’s too late for Red.

 

End Fic

Completed 9/1/07

Edited 11/16/09

Ooh… this theme seems so evil, ne? Might do an RP off it sometime…