Started 7/10/04
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Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon
talks
Title: Sundance
Summary: Heroes who fly too near the sun melt their wings of wax and fall to their death… but it is better to be a hero and die than to be a fake and live…
Alternate Universe
Red = Ash
Championshipping (Ash x Lance) Shonen-ai
Fic Timeline – post ‘Winter’s child’, and any other series where Lugia is Lance’s father.
Ages: Josephine is 13, Red is 15, and Lance is 19
Wai! I saw the cutest picture of Lance putting on sunglasses on Serebii.net today! ^-^ It was so cute…
Chapter 1
Josephine cheered as her Mewtwo successfully defeated Red’s Pikachu. Red remained impassive, switching for his Espeon.
That one was harder to defeat, but she managed. For the rest of his pokemon, she had Kyogre with Sheer Cold, and Latias with the same.
She won.
She cheered.
She was
champion now, wasn’t she? Ha! She had beaten the unbeatable Red who had held
onto the Championship for four years but now she was champion!
It felt great.
“I know you’re angry, aren’t you?”
“Oh yes I’m angry. I’m angry because she filled the air with Sweet Scent illegally while spraying on ‘perfume’, lowering my pokemon’s evade. I’m angry that her Kyogre is holding six Mystic waters to boost its attack level, and no one noticed. I’m angry that she used stolen Master Balls to catch her pokemon instead of doing it legally, but I can’t argue that to _her_. I’m angry that…”
“Just let it all out.”
He did.
The wind screamed outside the cabin as the elements struggled and fought. But at least it calmed him down.
“Gomen ne,
Aniki.”
“Do you think I blame you?”
The Dragon Master smiled, golden eyes sparkling. “Do you think I didn’t want to
tear her to pieces for what she did you, koi?”
“I-Iie…”
“I would not worry. Father promised he would fix it.”
“Demo, what if she catches him?”
“I will know… and I will make her pay for it.”
“Hai.”
And then everything would be just fine…
Josephine settled in quickly. She enjoyed flaunting her superiority at pokemon battles ‘round the clock. She enjoyed the fan mail. She enjoyed everything.
But there was one thing she couldn’t have, that she wanted very much… no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t catch anyone on the Elite Four’s eye.
Karen and Will spent all their time together.
Bruno was off training in the mountains.
As for Lance himself, he just wasn’t _there_. He was physically at the plateau, but mentally? Not likely.
“She likes you.”
“I know… it’s a good weapon to use, isn’t it?”
“Hai!”
“Love hurts if it’s rejected…”
“We both know that.” He smiled, giggled as he brushed a strand of hair out of his bright red eyes.
“So we do.” The other agreed.
They were two of a kind dancing in a world that was not theirs.
“I love you.”
“I know that, kawaii one.” Fingers brushed bangs of black hair out of the way, smiled. “I love you too.”
“I hate her.”
“I hate her also.”
“Can we kill her?”
“Where’s the fun in that? We’ll break her too, she deserves it.”
“Yes… but the balance!”
“The balance will not fall, do not worry… Kyogre-sama will escape.”
“Are you sure?’
“Hai. And then she will die.”
“I’m glad.”
“Latios will come save his sister from peril also… and as for Mewtwo, Mew will take care of him. They are already preparing.”
“But what if she has more Master Balls?”
“She won’t.”
“How can you be sure… oh?”
“Yes…”
“Well, than everything will be fine…”
“Ms. Josephine, what is your greatest wish?”
Josephine frowned slightly. It had only been a month since winning, but she felt… oddly empty.
Why?
Did she really want love?
Stupid question! Of course she did! Se would make him hers if she had to chain him to a lamppost!
He _would_ be hers!
Of course!
How she wanted to claim him…
“I want her to die.”
“It will be done.”
“All right then…”
Blood rain fell in a midnight sky.
End Chapter
Whee! Vagueness… ^-^
Completed 7/10/04