I had never thought of adding another chapter for this fic. I personally liked how it ended in the last chapter. But I received a request from Tomboybutercupsakaast to write a chapter focusing on Ash and Misty's feelings and I thought I'd try it. This didn't come out too bad but this is now definitely the LAST chapter! I'm done with this fic! I don't wanna ruin it by adding any more chapters. Lol. Well, enjoy and let me know what you all thought.

Chapter 3

Misty stared down at Ash in shock as he rubbed his head while glaring up at her irritably. She still couldn't believe that he was really alive!

"Y-you're alive?!" She stuttered.

"Of course I am!" Ash spat. "But I'm surprised that I survived you beating me to a pulp with your mallet. What did I do to get you so mad THIS TIME?"

"N-nothing…" Misty murmured. "I'm sorry Ash but I thought that you were a zombie. After all, you WERE dead!"

He blinked at her in confusion. "What are you talking about Misty? How could I be dead if I'm alive now?"

"Jirachi appeared and I wished for you to come back." Max piped up.

Ash looked over at Max and Jirachi. "Jirachi? But I thought-"

"The legendaries sent me here… But I have used all of my energy. I am… so sleepy." Jirachi murmured as its eyes started to get droopy.

"Wait! Jirachi!" Max cried and grabbed his 'brother'. "Please Jirachi! Now that I know how to really have you grant wishes… Misty!" He swiftly turned to the gym leader. "Please write on Jirachi's Wish Tag that you wish he could stay with me forever." Max's voice cracked slightly.

"I'm sorry Max." Jirachi's eyes were sympathetic. "But that is one wish that I can't grant. I must go."

"Jirachi! I don't want you to leave me again!" He cried out, tears starting to flood out of his eyes.

"I'm sorry Max but I will never forget you… You are my best, best friend and will be forever and ever." It said the parting words that it had said when they had to leave each other last time before using the last of its strength to teleport back to Farina to continue its hibernation.

When it had left, Max wiped the tears from his eyes and sniffled.

"Max," Ash put a hand on his shoulder. "He'll always be in your heart."

Max nodded solemnly. "Yeah… I know. I'll never forget him either." Max then turned and realized for the first time that they were alone with Ash still lying in the open casket; even Preacher had bailed. "Uhhhh…. You might wanna get home and explain what happened to everyone…" Max suggested. "I'm gonna go find May. She probably ran off somewhere with DREW." He rolled his eyes as he said the same name of her boyfriend before going off to find her.

Ash looked up at Misty awkwardly. "So…"

"You are such an IDIOT!" She screamed at him unexpectedly.

His hair blew back at her yelling and he noticed for the first time that his hat was gone. "Hey! How was I supposed to know that I was dead! Don't yell at me for THAT!"

Misty snorted. "I'm not," she turned her back on him. "I'm yelling at you for getting killed in the first place."

Ash rolled his eyes. "It's not like I WANTED to. It just happened. It's not MY fault."

"Yes it is!" Misty yelled at him. "You ALWAYS rush into situations head first without thinking it through and try to save EVERYONE! The legendaries had to bring you back due to your stupidity!"

"Hey! At least I saved people!" Ash retorted.

"But do you know how many people you killed today just by dying?!" Misty spat before biting her bottom lip sharply to stop any tears from flowing.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" He asked densely.

"IDIOT!" She screamed again, her wall breaking as tears started to come flowing out. "Do you have any idea who all showed up to your funeral?! Your mom was crying her heart out! All of your Pokemon looked like their world was over… even Charizard came all the way from the Charicific Valley for it! All of your friends and even PAUL showed up!" Misty cried out, making Ash flinch at her words.

"Do you have any idea what would happen to all of those people and Pokemon that you mean so much to?! They all need you!" She then looked down, tears pouring endlessly out of her eyes like a flood. "I need you…" She whispered, looking away.

"Mist…" Ash murmured sympathetically. "I had no idea I meant that much to everyone… Please don't cry." He begged softly.

"I'm not crying!" She sniffed stubbornly and kept her back turned on him to hide her tears.

"It's alright; you don't need to hide crying from me. You're my best friend. You can share anything with me." Ash soothed.

"You wouldn't understand…" Misty murmured before wiping her eyes swiftly to try and clear it of tears. But her efforts were futile as fresh tears replaced the ones that she cleared away.

Ash suddenly reached out and touched her arm gently, making her jump slightly in surprise as a blush overtakes her face. "I'm sorry Misty… I'll try to think before rushing into situations from now on." When Misty still didn't respond, he thought for a moment before asking, "so… what were you gonna tell me before I… erm, came back to life?"

This made Misty turn back to face him. "W-what?"

"You know, when you were talking to me a couple minutes ago and telling me all that stuff. You said that there was something that you 'never told me before', what was it that you never told me?"

Realization hit Misty and she turned away slightly with a blush. "Oh that? That was nothing really important…"

"It sure looked like it was… After all, you WERE crying." Ash pressed.

"I was crying because you were dead!" She snapped.

"Oh… right… Well still, can't you tell me what it was?"

Misty looked down. "…No."

"Do I have to die again for you to tell me?" Ash joked in exasperation.

"Don't you dare!" She threatened.

"Then tell me. It can't be that bad, can it?"

Misty stared at the ground. "You would hate me for it… I don't want to ruin the tight friendship that we have."

"Mist," he stared at her with intense eyes. "I swear, I would never hate you, no matter what you say."

"R-really?" She looked at him hesitantly.

"Of course," he grinned playfully at her. "Unless you were to say something like you've been secretly working with Team Rocket this whole time or something (Lol. Undercover in Unova joke. Kinda. xD)."

Misty giggled softly before sighing. "Fine… I…" She bit her lip.

"Go on," Ash urged, "it's alright."

Misty swallowed, looked down and closed her eyes before muttering, "I like you…"

"Huh?"

"I like you." Misty repeated, louder this time.

"Like me?" He echoed in confusion.

"Yes, I really, really like you." Her face was bright red with a burning blush.

"I really like you too." Ash answered simply, making Misty look up sharply in shock.

"Really?!"

"Yeah, you and Pikachu and Brock and…"

"No, no." Misty interrupted him. "I mean that I REALLY… REALLY… LIKE YOU." She emphasized every word.

"Really, really like… Oh!" Ash finally realized what she meant and blushed. "Y-you like me…?"

"Actually…" Misty kept her eyes glued to the ground with a soft smile. "I might as well add while I'm at it that I… I like you more than a lot. I've actually come to love you."

"L-love me?" Ash stuttered.

"Yeah… Well, the truth's out. We're best friends and we had gotten so close that I actually started caring for you with all my heart. You probably hate me now, huh…?"

She was suddenly jerked down to the casket by Ash, making her heart skip a beat and her blush even more, if that was possible. Ash had pulled her down so that she was just inches from his face and grinned his trademark grin at her.

"Nah, I don't hate you Mist. Because I love you too."

She blinked rapidly. "R-really?! Then why did you always act so dense?!"

"Hey!" He retorted. "I did not!"

She chuckled. "Yeah, you did. You never got any of the many hints I dropped and hoped that you would catch on to."

"Huh? You dropped me hints?" He blinked.

"Yeah…" She rolled her eyes.

He scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Well, I was younger back then. And I guess that we were both hiding the fact that we liked each other for the same reason… But I didn't even really have these feelings until you left and I missed you like crazy."

"Yeah," she giggled softly. "I guess so…"

They stared into each other's eyes in silence for a moment, both forgetting that Ash was still in the casket with Misty leaning over it, held down by Ash's hand on her upper back.

"So…" Ash broke the silence. "We both love each other. Now what do we do about it?"

Misty smirked at him. "Gee Ash, haven't you ever been in a relationship or seen any romance movies?" She teased.

Ash shook his head.

"Well," she blushed, "I guess the first thing to do is… kiss."

"Oh yeah, I knew that." He said with a blush before scratching the back of his neck with his free hand again. "Ummm, how do we do that?"

"I guess just the way that it is in the movies…" Misty murmured before leaning in and shyly kissing him on the lips.

A spark went through the two. This had been what the two teens wanted for a long time.

Almost as soon as Misty had pulled away, Ash pulled her back in for a deeper kiss full of suppressed feelings. Misty gladly obliged and matched her feelings with his. Time was nonexistent for the two as they indulged in each other's company.

When they finally pulled away, breathless, they stared into each other's eyes again. Cerulean melted into chocolate brown.

"Wow…" Misty murmured. "For not knowing how to kiss, you did pretty well."

Ash shrugged with a blush. "I just let my instincts take over I guess… So, are we boyfriend and girlfriend now?"

Misty smiled and answered with a playful tone, "sure, why not?"

The two then went in for another kiss.

Meanwhile, a figure was coming up the hill toward the place where Ash's funeral was to be held. This figure was none other than Tracey. He was wearing black to fit the occasion and had taken his bandana off to prevent any disrespect that might be brought for it not being formal.

Professor Oak had sent him out on an errand that was in Vermillion City when he saw the news on TV. He rushed back to Pallet Town as soon as he could to find the lab empty with a note from Professor Oak stating that he had gone to Ash's funeral. So now Tracey was rushing to the funeral, hoping that he wasn't too late.

As he ran, he suddenly heard familiar voices. Stopping, he looked over at a bush and continued to hear the voices of what seemed like… Team Rocket?

He walked over to the bush silently to see the three crestfallen members moping.

"I still can't believe that the twerp is gone." James moaned.

"Yeah… After all 'dese years of following him, I've kinda grown attached to 'da kid." Meowth admitted miserably.

"Hey! Snap out of it you two!" Jessie snapped. "Now we can finally steal his Pikachu."

James looked up at Jessie sadly. "Ah come on Jess… It just doesn't feel right now. If we were to take his Pikachu it just…" He trailed off.

Jessie sighed. "You're right. With the twerp gone, we have no purpose anymore. We followed him for so many years that we've almost become a part of his adventures."

"Aw twiy'p! Why'dy'a have to go?!" Meowth wailed and the other two followed in their hysterical sobbing.

Tracey backed away slowly with a sweat drop. Even TEAM ROCKET had been affected by Ash's death.

Continuing toward the funeral ground, Tracey saw empty seating in a field ahead. 'Am I too late?' He wondered.

When he arrived, he saw that no one was in the seating, confirming his suspicions. But when he looked to the front of the ceremony, he saw someone leaning into the casket.

"Huh? Is that Misty?" Tracey mumbled and started walking forward to get a closer look. He was about to call out to her but then stopped in his tracks in disgusted horror as he saw what she was doing.

Misty was leaning in the casket, making out out with Ash, who was still laying in it. From where Tracey stood, he couldn't tell that Ash didn't look pale or that he was kissing back; it just looked like Misty was making out with his corpse.

"AHHHHH! I thought that she liked him but I never expected her to kiss his dead body!" Tracey yelled as he ran away from the scene as fast as he could.

The two broke away swiftly.

"Did you hear something?" Misty asked.

"Yeah… That sounded like Tracey." Ash answered.

Misty smiled at him. "We'd better go explain what happened to everybody."

Ash nodded and climbed out of the casket, taking Misty's hand in his. Together the new couple went to go tell the horrified townsfolk what happened before they started preparing for a Zombie Apocalypse.