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Misty woke up, the sun shining above her as she felt the warm sand underneath her, besides under her cheek. Her cheek was resting against something firm but soft to the touch, slowly she opened her eyes and came face to face with Ash's sleeping form, her head gently resting against his chest.

She sat up, thinking back to last night, running fingers through her long hair, sprinkling sand over Ash, worrying she'd wake him she quietly crawled away from him, feeling self-conscious as she went.

She nervously glanced round the beach, but luckily she and Ash seemed to be the only people for miles.

Pulling her knees up to her chest and hugging them close, she watched the waves lap against the shore while listening to sound of Ash's snuffling besides her, her mind racing.

She thought about Dawn, what would she think when she found out what happened last night? What would Ash think when he woke up? What would her sisters say after they'd specifically told her to avoid boys?

Subconsciously her hand travelled up to her necklace again, the thought still in the back of her mind that she should leave, everything would be better without her, even after last night. What Ash felt for her was just a phase, but with Dawn those feelings could last forever.

She reached over and grabbed Ash's jeans, rooting through his pockets and coming across a pen and an old receipt. She scribbled a note on the back of the receipt and placed it on his chest, covering it with his hand so it didn't blow away in the gentle breeze.

Bending over him, she took in all the details of his face, knowing this was the last time she'd ever see him, half of her wishing she could wake him up to see his eyes one last time but knowing she'd never leave if she did. Leaning down she softly placed her lips against his, pulling back to see a smile filling his sleeping face.

Scrambling to her feet, she grabbed her bikini top off the beach and placed it on. Walking along the sand she made her way into the sea until she was waist deep before removing the necklace. She saw a bright flash under the water before her tail returned and she was her true self once again.

She looked towards the necklace, having it would be too much temptation to return to Ash. Closing her eyes, she released it, only opening her eyes again when she heard the splash of the water. With one last glance towards Ash she dived into the sea and began her long swim home.

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"Ash?" Brock said, walking into his hotel room but seeing both the beds empty.

"He here?" Dawn asked, following him inside.

"No, it's deserted." Brock was beginning to worry, neither he nor Misty had showed up after last night's events.

"I'm sure they'll show up." Dawn shrugged, dropping herself onto a bed.

"We need to go looking for them."

"Why the sudden concern for them?" She asked. "They've probably just run off into the sunset together or something."

"Dawn, this is serious." He sighed.

"No it's not, I don't even remotely care what has happened to them. They could have god damn eloped for all I care!" She shouted.

"Look, I understand that you're upset about everything that's happened but that doesn't change the fact that they're your friends."

"Fine, you've guilted me into looking for them." She groaned, standing up.

Brock rolled his eyes at her immature behaviour before dragging her out the hotel room, Pikachu following after them.

"Where do you think they've gone?" He asked.

"I don't know, some place romantic no doubt." She scoffed.

"Helpful, thanks." Brock muttered.

They followed Pikachu around, hoping that he's be able to sense where his trainer was better than they could.

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Ash woke up to see no signs of Misty, sitting upright he hoped to see her close by but she was nowhere. In front of him he saw a receipt with writing scrawled over it. Picking up the receipt he read the note on the back.

Ash,

Last night was amazing, all the time I've spent with you has been amazing really, and no matter what happens I will never forget it. But it's time that I went home, I think it will be best for everyone involved. I'm sorry that I'm leaving like this and all I'm giving you is a note but I know you and I know you wouldn't let me go if I tried to do this to your face so I'm taking the easy way out and disappearing while you sleep.

Please don't hate me for that, I don't think I could live with myself if I knew you hated me, but what's done had to be done. Please apologise to Dawn for me too, I never meant to hurt her and I wish I hadn't. Don't think I regret everything though Ash because I don't, being with you has been incredible and for the rest of my life you'll be in my heart.

Goodbye, Misty.

Ash read the note over and over, trying to process what was written. Finally letting the information sink in Ash jumped to his feet and ran into the ocean.

"Misty!" He called out, hoping she was still close enough to hear him and come back, he couldn't lose her.

He felt something cold wrap around his fingers, he looked down and got ready to shake off the seaweed he assumed had tangled itself around him, he froze when he realised what was actually in his palm. Lifting his hand up he saw Misty's necklace weaving through his fingers, sparkling in the morning sunshine.

"Misty!" He called again, refusing to accept she'd really left him.

She couldn't have gone, not after last night. After everything that had happened between them she wouldn't leave him like this, she'd be back for him.

She had to be.

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Misty swam towards her underwater home, hoping she could sneak into her room without having to face her sisters first.

"Misty!" A voice called out as soon as she was inside her home. "Like, what are you doing here?" Daisy swam over to her, Violet and Lily following close behind her.

"I just thought I'd come home." Misty shrugged, praying her voice wouldn't break.

"But you've only be gone, like, three days." Lily said.

"What's your point?" Misty snapped.

"You were, like, so excited to go and now you're back early." Violet gave her a confused look.

"Yeah, what, like, happened up there?" Daisy asked.

"Nothing!" Misty shouted. "I went up there, had a look around and it wasn't as great as I thought it was going to be so I came home. God!"

"Did you, like, meet anyone while you were there?" Lily asked, Misty thoughts immediately returning to Ash.

"Yeah." She nodded.

"Like, any cute boys?" Violet giggled, Misty bit her lip slightly. "Oh my god! You, like, totally met a cutie!"

"Oh my god!" Lily shrieked. "What did he look like? What's his name? Tell us, like, everything!"

"Misty, like, where is the necklace?" Daisy asked, abruptly ending her sisters questioning.

"I... I lost it." Misty mumbled.

"What?" Daisy cried out, it was so unlike Misty to be so careless, especially with something so precious.

"I dropped it on my way home, sorry." She said sheepishly.

"But what if one of us, like, wanted to go up there?" Lily whined.

"Or if you wanted to go back and, like, see your little boyfriend." Violet teased.

"I won't want to go back believe me, and it's not worth you guys going either so who cares if I lost that stupid necklace!" Misty screamed, before swimming quickly towards her room.

Her three sisters watched the trail of bubbles left behind, sharing a confused look they swam into Misty's room. They saw her lying on her bed, face down in her pillow, her body gently shaking from her sobs.

"Misty, sweetie, what's wrong?" Daisy asked, sitting on the bed with her other sisters.

"Nothing." Came her muffled reply.

"That's not true, you, like, never cry." Lily said, gently stroking her hair.

"Sometimes I do." Misty said, head rising from her pillow.

"Did the boy, like, hurt you?" Violet asked. "I will literally kill him if he did!"

"How do you plan to do that?" Misty laughed slightly, trying to wipe her tears.

"Like, lure him into the sea of course." She said, a little too cheerily.

"Thanks for the offer but I think I'll pass."

"Is there, like, anything we can do for you?" Daisy asked.

"I just need to be alone, please." She said, before dropping her head back into the pillow.

With one final glance, the three sisters left Misty alone, hugging the pillow close imagining she was still with Ash. Still living on land, still feeling happiness. Rather than sad and alone under the sea.

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"Pikapi!" Pikachu cried out before running down the beach, Brock and Dawn struggling to keep up.

He ran until he reached a pile of Ash's clothes, turning slightly to see him stood in the sea.

"Pikapi!" He called, walking towards the sea and stopping as it reached under his chin. "Pikapi." He shouted again, hoping to get his trainers attention but to no avail.

Brock and Dawn finally reached Pikachu and followed his gaze, seeing Ash stood in the sea.

"Ash!" Dawn yelled. "What the hell are you doing?"

But he continued to stare out into the sea, never once acknowledging the other people with him.

"Excuse me! I'm talking to you." Dawn shouted, getting angry this time.

"I'll go get him." Brock said, wading out into the sea.

Dawn watched as Brock's clothes began to soak and stick to him, rolling her eyes at the circumstance the three of them had found themselves in all because of Misty.

Brock continued walking until he was next to Ash, gently reaching out and putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Hi." Ash croaked, not having spoken in hours.

"Hi." Brock responded. "What's going on?"

"She's really gone this time." Ash said. "I'm never getting her back."

"Misty?" Brock asked, Ash only nodding in response. "You can't be sure of that, who knows? Maybe you'll see her again."

"I won't." He shook his head. "Never again."

Brock looked towards his friend in sympathy, his body shaking from the cold of the sea, his eyes broken, a look Brock had never seen on him before, the excited smile that was usually always on his face long gone.

"We should head back now." Brock said.

"I need to stay, if she comes back I need to be waiting for her."

"If she comes back she'll know where to find you." Brock said, turning Ash around by his shoulders.

Pushing slightly, Brock lead Ash out of the water towards Dawn on the shore with his clothes. She looked away when the water became shallow enough to no longer cover him, and held his clothes out.

Slowly Ash got dressed and followed Dawn and Brock back to the hotel, Pikachu sat on his shoulder and occasionally nuzzling his cheek, but he didn't respond. His head and his heart were still with Misty.

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"Has he had some sort of mental breakdown?" Dawn hissed, glancing nervously at Ash who was sat on the bed and staring into his hands.

"He's just upset about her leaving." Brock defended.

"Well I've been upset about people's leaving before but I didn't strip naked and go stand in the sea while I waited for them to get back."

"He's just a little sensitive right now and needs out support, not our judgement." He said, giving her a stern look.

"Alright, support. I can do support."

"Can you really?"

"Of course I can!" Dawn exclaimed before walking over to Ash. "Hey Ash." But he didn't look up. "What you got there?" She asked, but he continued to ignore her.

She looked towards Brock who gave her an encouraging look, with a sigh she turned back to Ash and attempted another conversation.

"Mind I take a look?" When he still didn't respond Dawn bent down and looked into his hands. "Misty's necklace?" She asked, ripping it from his hands.

"Give it back!" Ash cried, eyes going wide.

"How did you get this?" Dawn moved away so he couldn't make a grab for it.

"She gave it to me." He lied. "Now give it back!"

"What did you do to her?"

"Nothing, you're the one who did something to her."

"What are you talking about?" Dawn asked, turning back towards him, while she was distracted Ash made a grab for the necklace and placed it in his pocket.

"You got to her, filled her head with your stories and she ran."

"My stories? And what stories were those exactly?" Dawn crossed her arms.

"That we were in love!" Ash shouted, Dawn's eyes widening.

"She said what?" Brock asked, contributing to the conversation for the first time.

"She told me Dawn said she loves me so she ran away. Why did you fill her head with your lies?"

"Maybe she wasn't lying." Brock suggested, Dawn giving him a look.

"Of course she was! Don't you think I'd know by now if she was in love with me?" Ash shouted. "Why did you do this to me Dawn?"

"Do what to you? I haven't done anything wrong."

"Yes you did. Misty's gone and it's all thanks to you."

"You know what Ash? Believe what you want to believe because I don't even give a shit anymore!" Dawn shouted, Brock went to intervene but she didn't stop. "Ever since Misty showed up you've been different, you've turned against your friends, and you don't care about Pikachu anymore. I hate who you've become, so blame me for all this if you want but I'm done with you." She turned on her heel and walked out of the room.

"Dawn, wait." Brock shouted, running after her.

"Leave me alone!" She called, not turning round.

"Stop for just one second!" He reached out and grabbed her wrist, turning her to face him, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"What? What do you want from me?"

"Dawn, don't leave like this."

"Why the hell not? You heard him in there, the only way he'd accept me loving him was if it was a lie, some kind of joke." She laughed bitterly, the tears still pouring. "I can't believe I was stupid enough to think he'd actually like me back, I'm pathetic."

"You're not, there's a lot of tension flying around right now but if we all just sleep on it we can sort this out in the morning." Brock said.

"I don't think that we can, I don't want anything to do with him anymore and by the looks of it the feeling is mutual."

"But you…" Brock started but Dawn cut him off.

"Just save it." She shook her head sadly. "I'm going to bed." She turned and walked back to her room.

Brock stood watching her go before turning towards his room. Dawn was stronger, she could handle this but Ash needed support. Hesitantly he walked back towards his room, sitting in silence with Ash but feeling happy that he was there is needed.

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So Misty either has tiny hand writing or that was the most massive receipt in the world she found in his pocket :p oh well

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