Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Pokemon, otherwise I wouldn't be so much of a screw-up and probably not so much of a neurotic.

Ages: (at the beginning of this fic) Ash:18 Misty:18 Brock:24 Marin:18 Talon:40

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Chapter 1

Ash watches as Misty approaches the altar. She looks more beautiful than Ash can remember. As she slowly walks down to him in her wedding gown, he thinks back on all the times that they had together especially the many times that they had a dispute over some small thing. She gets to the altar before Ash realizes it and they both turn to the minister.

When Ash and Misty both say, "I do." They both kiss as they are married.

At the party later that evening, Ash and Misty are both talking about what they plan on doing. They both have agreed on living in Pallet town. Near where Ash can get a steady job with Professor Oak in finding new information about Pokemon through battles. Ash has been the Pokemon Master for three years going. As they both cut the cake together, Brock pulls Ash aside to talk with him about where they plan on going for their honeymoon.

"Well, we both decided on first taking a cruise from either Olivine city or Vermilion city."

"After that, then where are you going?"

"I don't think that we've decided on what we'll do after that."
*Meanwhile*
"Misty, so when do you plan on going on your honeymoon?" one of the guests asked.

"Well, Ash and I were planning on leaving sometime tomorrow."

"Where will you go?" another guest asked.

"We plan on first taking a cruise from either Olivine city or Vermilion city and Ash doesn't know this, but when we're done with the cruise, we'll be going to a resort somewhere around Cinnabar Island."

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In the morning Ash and Misty begin packing. Misty was staying over at his mother's house for the time before the wedding, where Ash already owned his own home right across the street. Ash wanted Misty to stay at his house, but his mother blackmailed him with yet another embarrassing story that she had yet to tell. With that thought in mind Ash gave in quickly.

Brock was helping Ash pack and commented, "I think that there are plans already made for after your cruise."

Ash looked up at Brock after putting all his essential traveling gear in a bag "What did you say?"

"I think that Misty has made plans for after your cruise."

"I think that I would know if Misty had made plans already. I mean, when have I not noticed something like that?"

Brock sweatdropped while responding, "Do you want to know all the times?"

"I don't know what you are talking about Brock. I'm the most observant person around!" Ash cried, triumphantly.

Brock sighed and finished making certain that there was enough emergency food in case something happened to Ash and Misty while they were on the cruise. Brock figured that Ash wouldn't even think about anything that could go wrong while he and Misty are on their honeymoon. They even somehow managed to get Team Rocket to not follow them while they were on their honeymoon. Though, even Brock was still having difficulty remembering what they did to get Team Rocket to agree with that.

*Meanwhile*

Misty was packing all of her essential traveling gear in a bag as well, though this bag was definitely bigger as she wanted to take Togepi with her and not have to trust that Togepi would be all right with someone else instead of Misty. Misty also figured that Ash would bring along Pikachu as well. Yet, she also wanted to have at least one romantic time each night of the cruise and so was packing a few dresses that she had bought right before the wedding. Misty also wanted to pack her things without any help and had a little difficult time getting Ash's mom to let her do it herself.

Misty breathed a sigh of relief when she was finished with her packing. Misty just wanted to be on the honeymoon, afraid that she would wake up and find this all just a dream. Misty then used one of her trusty mallets on herself just to make certain that it wasn't a dream. When Misty was certain that it wasn't a dream, she then took the bag out to Brock's car as he was going to drive them to the nearest port city so they could get on the cruise. Misty was glad that Ash had made her agree to having the wedding in Pallet town as she had a glorious view of the ocean, which she could easily see plenty of water pokemon doing well.

Shortly after she put her bag in the back of Brock's car, Ash came out with his own bag and Pikachu was right behind him. Brock brought out a bag that Misty assumed contained a first aid kit as well as emergency food if something happened that no one expected. Misty ran quickly back in to get Togepi and returned to the car. Soon they were driving off in the early afternoon.

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A couple days later, they were trying to find a bridge to cross over a gorge. Brock had them abandon the car saying that they shouldn't need it before they got to Vermilion city. Dark clouds had been gathering the day before and this day. They soon found a rope and wood bridge crossing the gorge, but when they got to the bridge, the sky broke and a light rain began coming down. None of them wanted to cross the bridge in the rain in case it began to really come down or in case they slipped. Ash looked down the gorge at the rushing river that was at the bottom of the gorge for the hundredth time since they came to the gorge. They all agreed on waiting until the storm subsides before trying to cross the bridge.

However, when they had fully set up camp, a Kangaskhan came by on the far side of the gorge. They didn't notice it until a strong wind blew, breaking off a limp branch swinging into Kangaskhan. The smaller Kangaskhan fell out and fell down the gorge. Without thinking Ash dove down the gorge into the river to rescue the Kangaskhan from the now raging river. Ash quickly grabs hold of the Kangaskhan and holds it close. The small Kangaskhan is panicking in Ash's arms, but Ash is able to keep hold of it. Ash sees a rock coming up and braces himself to hit it.

Ash's feet come in contact with the rock first and Ash pushes off the rock into the air so he can throw the small Kangaskhan to the bigger one much easier than he otherwise would be able to. Though, when Ash reenters the river, he begins to have difficulty as he lands in another current than the one he had been in before. Ash tries to swim to the side, but in doing so, he is swung around in the current causing him to strike a rock on the side of his head, causing him to black out.

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Misty watches in horror as Ash runs into the rock and visibly falls unconscious. Then Misty can not turn away as she sees Ash run into rock after rock as he goes with the current. All she can feel is a great emptiness within her begin to open up as her beloved is taken away from her by his own selfless act. When Ash is no longer in sight, she falls to her knees, her tears mingling with the rain on her face. She looks up to the Kangaskhan only to find a happy reunion. This makes the loss of Ash all the more unbearable she begins to run away aimlessly from the gorge and into a nearby forest, tripping over a root several feet into the forest, laying there on the soaked ground unable to get up, crying her heart out from the pain.

In the morning, all they could find was Ash's hat, which got stuck on the first rock his head hit and his pokebelt. Brock had to help Misty walk, as she was so distraught that she had trouble focusing at all. When Brock tried to talk to Misty all she could say was, "Why Ash? Why? Why did this have to happen now?" Brock knew that she would be one of the ones to take it the hardest that Ash wasn't around and may never come back. Yet, he knew that they would need to get back to Pallet town and let Ash's mother know what happened. Professor Oak would also want to know what had happened. Brock liked to do many of things, but being the bearer of news this bad was more close to the list of things that he hated doing. And Brock knew that this was a new item that was being added to that list.

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Out where the river meets the ocean, there was a small motor boat that held a father and his daughter. The father's name was Talon and his daughter's name was Marin. They were in a rush and the motor stopped for some reason. Talon was fixing it as quickly as he could. Marin was looking around, as she couldn't think of anything else to do, as she couldn't fix any machinery. She was more proficient at catching water pokemon without fishing for them, but rather luring them to the surface with different techniques. Suddenly, she notices something coming out of the tributary. As she focuses, she can see that it's someone who somehow ended up in the river. The person appeared to be a boy that was almost a young man. He also didn't seem to be moving, but rather just floating. She gets her father's attention and points out the boy. He nods and throws out a pokeball calling out, "Squirtle! Bring him over here!"

The squirtle that came out then begins to swim over to the boy and reached him just as he began to sink under the water. The squirtle then begins to swim back to the boat. When the Squirtle gets to the boat Talon and Marin both help get the boy out of the water. Soon, Talon gets the motorboat running again after a few good kicks and plenty of slaps and they begin heading for the hospital near where they live. As Talon steers, Marin begins to take care of the numerous injuries the boy had. She was surprised to find that he was still alive after the beating that he took. What she didn't know was that it would be a few years before the boy would wake up unable to remember anything even his own name. Yet, she vowed to herself that she would look after him for as long as she could. She thought that he was really cute.

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Author's notes: How was that? I wonder what should happen to Ash. Did anyone expect that to happen? If you're interested, let me know if I should continue this story or not.