Title: Letters from War
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: None

Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #40, Mail
Rating: G
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: Fluff

Red ran to the mailbox, scattering wild Rattata and Pidgey as he bounded through the field. Some ancestor who had built this village years ago had decided it would be funny to put a mailbox right smack in the middle of nowhere – to test the power of the postal system, it was rumored he had said with a wink and a snigger.

Opening the slot assigned to them, Red found a package wrapped in white paper and a letter for his mom. He carried them both home, left the letter on the kitchen table, and ran upstairs to his room to unwrap his prize.

Once he had torn all of the paper off excitedly, he found a letter tucked inside, along with a hefty square of chocolate-coated caramel and a stuffed Pichu doll.

Hello Red,

I hope you’re doing fine. I’m coming home from Orre soon. Its terrible here – dry and dusty, with no wild pokémon! But Team Snagem is almost undone, and I will be home before your birthday.

Please take care of your mother. Remember, you’re the man of the house now.

Lots of hugs and kisses,

Your Father,
Giovanni.

Red sighed as he folded up the letter and put it in the cookie tin he put all his precious possessions in, as he started counting the days to his birthday. He un-wrapped the chocolate and it was gone in a few bites, and hugged the Pichu doll.

The things were nice, but he hoped Father would come home soon, and hug and kiss him for real.

End Fic

Completed 8/20/06

More family fluff, no pairing unless you squint!