… On a completely unrelated note, I think Mahaado is Isis/Hathor and Yami is Horus. YGO ^^

Title: Because
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #21, Release
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, Character Death, het

“You have no honor!” Red shouts. His face is red and his fists are clenched and he’s’ shaking, and the moonlight catches a glimpse of gold on his wrists. Lightning flashes, and if it’s his, who knows?

“If you say so,” Lance makes no mood to defend her actions. Her arms are crossed and the bracelets on her wrists are winking. They’re silversteel and quite pretty and have draconic designs on them, but that isn’t the point.

“You let Clair die!” He accuses.

“Twice in a row, not bad,” She sounds sarcastic instead of sorrowful, which ruins the effect. Of course, when one’s friend acts like a witless fool, there is no other way to deal with it.

Wasting sympathy on the feeble-minded is absurd.

“I don’t understand.” Red repeats, and suddenly, there are tears running down his face. “She’s your cousin, Lance. How can you not feel anything? Don’t you love anyone at all?”

He does not want to hear the answer, but at the same time, he needs to know. What has he gotten himself into?

Who else will fall by the wayside?

“Of course I love,” She repeats, and before Red knows it, he’s been pulled into a hug. “But it’s not safe to love anyone but you. To save the earth, sacrifices have to be made. That is the way our duty has always been. She is not the first to fall either. Why does it make you so upset?”

“I wish we could save them all.” He sniffles. “I wish no one had to die.”

“I know,” Lance says, and then he lets go of himself, and cries.

It’s not fair…

End Fic

Completed 8/28/06

Edited 10/4/09

… Cheap, I know! I can’t write brilliantly all the time.

Inspired by watching countless Sailor Moon (subtitled Japanese, yay!) episodes on Youtube