Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon's Series ❯ Happy birthday, Lance-chan! ( Chapter 16 )

Part 14 of Dragon's Love! What do you think? *Wink*

Disclaimer: Shadow does not legally own pokemon. Shadow pulls out a pendant and begins swinging it back and forth, chanting 'I own pokemon, Nintendo does not'.

Notes: <> indicates telepathic communication, ** indicates thoughts, and italics indicates translated pokemon speech. Lance is referred to as a boy when its from Ash's POV, but she's still a girl.

Yay! I got book 7 of pokemon adventure in Chinese! *Smirk* anyways, here's some more proof that Lance is actually a girl (and/or has magical powers).

1.) Girls are a lot more flexible than guys, has to do with the center of balance. Well, considering all the flipping, jumping, and aerial acrobatic maneuvers Lance is required to do in this book, it's safer to guess that Lance is a girl. The partial explanation is that Lance has magic powers so he can float /levitate, teleport, and make himself invisible.

2.) Lance has a better figure than Lorelei. Sad but true. Also, the way they draw him in the manga (and they never specify that he's a guy!), is really suggestive…

3.) In the scene when Lance takes off his cloak, you get a kind of a side view profile and… he has slight cleavage. O_O

4.) There is NO WAY a guy would be caught in the same pose Lance is in when Yellow and Blaine first run into him. Seriously.

5.) Lance is drawn like a girl, with those long legs common to manga.

6.) Not a proof, but a point of interest. Did a different animator draw Lance and his pokemon in book 7, or have they been dieting? Because seriously, a lot of time must have passed because both Lance and his dragons look taller and thinner. Hmm… would a guy go on a diet at a time like this?

7.) Lance is sneaky and probably the best actor. Sorry, but girls are infinitely better at this than guys are… and they're manipulative.

8.) Lance talks a lot. Okay, I know that members of the male gender talk, but girls are always chattering, and Lance and Yellow are talking a LOT.

9.) There are a lot of scenes in books 5,6, and 7. Mostly side profile shots of Lance, but he seriously looks like a girl. No kidding. I don't know what the artist(s) was thinking…

10.) In the VS Metapod episode, Lance is crouched down. Now, I know that it would be exceedingly painful for a guy to hold that pose for more than a few seconds, and Lance spends a good amount of time talking!

11.) Why did Giovanni run off when Lugia appears? Maybe it's because only girls can talk to the legendary pokemon? Hmm… after all, it would kind of make sense.

12.) Oh, some other noteworthy stuff. Viz translated pokemon into English, right? Well, for some reason, they changed some of the content. For example 1, yellow says 'The jagged points of Mewtwo's spoon are flying at Lance's poke balls!', but in Chinese, she says "Mewtwo's spoon turns into a fork to destroy lance's poke balls.' Secondly, Lance is more polite in Chinese… And thirdly, they translated Flareon's Chinese name into 'Booster' in Book 7, the Japanese name for Flareon. Odd. I think that Viz is really trying to portray Lance an evil, soulless person, because for one, he's more polite in the Chinese version, 2, Dragonite refers to him as 'Lance', not 'Master', three, Lance actually smiles nicely… four, instead of Yellow saying to Dragonite "Lance is taking advantage of your feelings', she says "Lance is the embodiment of the pokemon's emotions who portrays them, so I can understand why Lance is showing these emotions for you." Yellow also seems to be more polite in the Chinese version. Hmm… are American people just ruder?

13.) There's no reason Lance wouldn't be cross-dressing, after all, since Yellow is a girl disguised as a boy…

14.) The Elite Four never refer to Lance as 'He' or 'Him' in the Chinese version. Just 'Lance'. Hmm…

15.) How are his poke balls staying on anyways? With the way they're on his back and only connected to his belt on one side, there must be another band higher up on his chest, right? And, well, you sort of need breasts to hold something like that up…

Ranma - Hi! Heh, you're catching on to what I'm doing. The next chapter will begin the darkness. *Cackles* Too familiar with my writing style, eh?

Nikki Wind and Crystal Wind - Ah, I see. Oh well. I'm not that mad. *Shrugs as angry Arcanine appears*

Tmp - So… hey, I like that method! And as long as Ash doesn't know, it's fine. *Cackles* Did you read the other ways? One was… bouchu magic, like Soi from Fushigi Yuugi (DEFINITELY NOT), and the healing shouldn't be used on humans generally. Ash is not Destiny. Just because he has hidden power… but he's not a normal kid either, Hehehehe… Yes, Lance ran away from all that money! Remember who they wanted her to marry a few chapters back? I think that's a good enough reason.

Animekid - Um, let me think *Counts on fingers* Pokemon Adventure, Pokemon Handbook, Electric Tale of Pikachu, Magic pokemon theatre, Pokemon (Can't tell) I think at least 5 different manga. Personally, Pokemon adventure is my favorite.

Severus' Potion Mistress - Yes, that pink hair was part of the idea. Poor little Ash. Oh well…

Part 14: Happy Birthday, Lance-chan!

Lance yawned as she woke up. Then, she noticed the calendar. Today was her sixteenth birthday.

"Sweet sixteen…" Lance said softly. "Well, I've never been kissed before, not that I'd want anybody to kiss me."

< What about Ash? > Charmander asked in a playful tone.

"He doesn't count."

< Aw, really? I'm sure he would be disappointed. >

"Charmander please cut it out." Lance said, deadly calm in her voice. "Don't bring this up again. He's too young, and he thinks I'm a boy. Will you guys quit the matchmaking schemes and leave me alone?"

< But its fun! >

"Sigh."

< Well, it is! > Charmander said defensively as he jumped up and down.

"Charmander, it's three in the morning. I'm going back to sleep." Lance pulled the covers over her head and was soon asleep again.

After about two hours, Ash woke up. "Come on, let's decorate the cave for Lance's party." He said to his pokemon, who all nodded.

Spearow and Beedrill flew around, putting up the pretty red and blue streamers Ash had purchased with some of his money. Poli filled a pool with water so they could play bobbing for apples, and made some little dragon-shaped ice sculptures to put around the cave. Chikki helped Ash rearrange the furniture so they would have room to play. Lightning watched the cake that was baking in the oven and used its power to send some harmless sparkles of electricity through the cave so that it would be prettier.

After about an hour and a half, the preparations were all done.

Ash smiled and hugged his pokemon. "Okay, you guys can go back to bed. I want to surprise Lance-chan."

The pokemon nodded and headed back to their poke balls for a nice, long nap.

"Happy birthday, Lance-chan!"

Lance blinked as she woke up. The clock read eight o'clock. "Ash?"

"Surprised?" Ash asked. He was holding a cake and some wrapped presents, and the cave was brightly decorated.

"Wow. Ash, how long did it take you to do this?" Lance asked as she climbed out of bed and headed for the bathroom.

"Not too long. I made a cake for breakfast!" Ash said cheerfully. Lance paused and hugged him briefly before vanishing into the room.

Ash smiled happily. * Yay! I did something right! I'm so happy! *

< I think he likes you. >

Lance nearly swallowed her toothbrush whole. < Dragonair, please quit bringing this up. You're getting on my nerves. >

< But it's true! >

< Dragonair, I woke up at three in the morning and Charmander immediately suggested that I kiss Ash. Please. I'll deal with this myself. > Lance said as she continued brushing her teeth.

Dragonair winked. < All right. >

Lance sighed as she finished spiking her hair up into its custom style. The dye had worn off long ago anyways. Then, she made sure that the bandages on her chest were still in place before going outside.

Ash was waiting by the cake, with the candles already lit. "It's your favorite flavor! Chocolate! Blow out the candles and make a wish!"

Lance smiled as she sat down and faced the cake. * All right then… I hope I pass the test for Dragon Mastery when the time comes, and I wish that Ash will not have to leave before its predestined… *

Lance blew the candles out. Ash clapped. "All right! Open the presents next!"

"After I cut the cake." Lance reminded him as she sliced pieces for them and the pokemon.

Ash dug into the chocolate cake eagerly. "Wow, this is good. Who knew cake mix could taste so good?"

Lance smiled as she cut her piece into smaller chunks. "You did an extremely good job, Ash. It's really delicious. You've come quite a long way from the egg incident."
Ash blushed at the compliment.

After they finished, Lance turned to the presents.

"I hope you like it." Ash said nervously as Lance unwrapped the green wrapping paper. "It took me a long time."
Lance smiled at the tiny statue of herself and Dragonair. "It's really pretty, Ash."

Ash smiled. "I'm glad you liked it."

After they finished eating, they went outside to play.

End Part 14!

Short chapter, so I'm putting up 15 too.