A/N: Just so you know, I'll be moving away from the movie plot. The rest of this, I'm flying solo with my own plot for the rest of the chapters.

A couple of couples

Misty's POV

"Misty! Drew! Kidd! Lucario! Where are you?"

"That's Ash!" I exclaimed.

"Meowth!"

"It's Jessie and James," Meowth exclaimed. I bent down to pick up Roserade. She batted my hands away and stared intently at Drew.

"Guess she wants to spend a little time alone," Kidd said, "We should find the others."

"Right." I said. I walked out, following Kidd. Aaron and Lucario looked at each other for a moment before following.

"We have to introduce you to our friends," I said. I finally came out into the open air. I looked up to see Ash, Max, May, Brock, Jessie and James.

"I guess from now on we're opposites," I said to Meowth.

"Maybe," Meowth said, "I don't tink I could go back ta stealing from you so easily. We might be quittin Team Rocket soon anyway."

"Why?" I asked.

"I'll let Jessie and James tell ya," Meowth said. I smiled at Ash. He waved at me and blushed. I ran up the hill.

"Ash!" I called. I hugged him tightly.

"Hey Misty," he said. He pulled away and blushed. Ahh, he hadn't forgotten his words. Well good, neither had I.

"Hey Ash, I got something to say," I said.

"What?" he asked.

"I love you," I whispered in his ear.

"You do?" he questioned, looking more shocked than disbelieving.

"I do," I confirmed, "you were just too dense to realize it." He scratched the back of his head, laughing nervously.

"What do I do now?" he asked.

"Oh you know, ask me to be your girlfriend or something," I said sarcastically.

"Right. Misty, do you want to be my girlfriend," he said confidently.

"Of course," I said. He frowned for a moment.

"Is there something else I'm missing?" he asked, "I feel like there's something else I should be doing." I rolled my eyes.

"Let me show you," I said. I leaned up and gave him a quick kiss.

"Oh, that's it," he said.

"You guys," Max groaned, "please save all lovey stuff til later."

"Wow," Brock said, "is that Sir Aaron?"

"Please, there's no need for formality," Aaron laughed, "just call me Aaron."

"How are you alive?" Ash burst out.

"Drew brought me back," Aaron explained, "you see, I knew once I saved the tree with my aura, that I could recover, but it would take time and I would suffer severe amounts of pain and possible loss of memory. So I asked Mew to help me. Mew took my aura and protected my memories. It was supposed to be that my aura would be given to a boy sometime in the future. Then he would, with Mew's help, bring me back after Mew lured him to this place. So Drew did."

"Where is Drew?" May asked. I looked at Kidd and Aaron then Lucario.

"He said to thank you for everything," I said quietly.

"You aren't answering me," May said, "Where is he?"

He gave a tremendous amount of aura away.

"What does that mean?" May asked, "Why can't you just tell me? Where is Drew?"

"He's still in there," I said, pointing. I don't understand why Drew had wanted May to find out so harshly.

"Well, what are we standing here for?" Ash asked, "Let's go get him."

"He said, he'd just want May," I said, stopping Ash, "she needs to go alone."

May's POV

I shot Misty a wary look. Why wasn't everyone acting so weirdly? I walked passed them to go find Drew. Why didn't he just come out? Did he find Roserade? Maybe they were having a reunion. I wouldn't want to interrupt that. But he had asked for me. I shook my head. I walked through the tunnel that Misty pointed to. I saw him. My heart stopped. He was lying on the ground, unmoving. His eyes were closed tightly. I ran over to him and knelt down. Please let this be a nightmare. I went to take his hand, but stopped. It was bloody, bruised and I could see the bones in his fingers sticking out at an odd angle. I could see the white of his bones through the scraped off skin. What had he done to his hand? Roserade nudged me. I looked at her. She handed me a red rose.

"From Drew right?" I asked, my voice breaking in the middle. Roserade nodded. I felt like crying then and there. All I could do though was stare at his hand. The one that had all the blood on it.

"Drew," I whispered softly, "What did you do?"

"I brought Aaron back."

"Great, do I miss him so much that I'm hearing his voice?" I asked Roserade. She giggled and put her rose hands over her mouth.

"Figures none of you would check for a pulse or anything," he said. I frowned. Why would I do that?

"You idiot May," he said, "Look at me."

"I am," I hissed, "get out of my head."

"May…Look at my face," he said. I leaned over him. I gasped, seeing his emerald eyes lock onto me.

"What?" I exclaimed, "Aren't you dead?" He chuckled.

"They just assumed," he said, "I was just resting, letting my aura recover."

"What happened?" I asked.

"I saved the tree of beginning and I brought Aaron back," he said, "they thought I'd kill myself doing it, but I somehow knew I wouldn't. I'm not that easily destructible."

"Why didn't you tell them?" I asked, "They all think you're dead."

"Well, apart from being so exhausted that I couldn't move," he said, "I couldn't speak. I felt too weak. And I wanted to see you again alone."

"You wanted to see me?" I questioned.

"Of course," he said. He shifted and pushed himself to sit up, wincing as his injured hand moved.

"What did you do to your hand?" I asked.

"I punched a wall," he said, "A really jagged rocky wall."

"Why did you do that?" I asked.

"Kidd just told me you'd been eaten by one of those blood cell things," he said, "I thought I was never going to see you again. I needed something to redirect the pain from my chest. It hurt you know."

"You idiot," I said, shaking my head, "let's get out of here then. You need to get that attended to. Not to mention, everyone thinks you're dead."

"Ok then," he said. I got up. I offered my hand to him. He took it with his good hand and I yanked him to his feet. I found his arms around me in a hug.

"Thanks," he whispered.

"I didn't do anything," I said.

"No, but I needed you," he said.

"Hey guys," I called cheerfully.

"Hey May," Ash said. His eyes widened. He pointed to Drew. Everyone turned around.

"DREW!" everyone exclaimed. Lucario ran and tackled Drew to the ground.

"Ouch Lucario," Drew hissed, "hand." Lucario jumped away.

Sorry, I was happy to see you.

"You were dead though," Kidd said, looking confused.

"I was never dead," Drew said, crossing his arms, "you just never checked my pulse."

"But the flashing and stuff stopped," Misty said.

"Yes, and that was the end of the aura disruption," Drew said, "I started recovering after that."

"Glad you made it," Aaron said, "I was feeling horrible about you sacrificing yourself for me."

"I knew I wasn't going to die," Drew said.

How?

"Please tell me you had a little more faith in me," Drew said, pretending to look hurt, "you know I'm stronger than that." Drew picked himself off the ground, wincing again as his hand moved.

"Brock," I called, "can you help him?" I pointed to Drew's messy hand. Brock frowned.

"We need to get back to the car first," he said.

"You just can't stay away from injuries can you?" I whispered in his ear, "first your head, now your hand. Do you need someone to look after you to make sure you don't hurt yourself?"

"Are you offering?" he asked back.

"Maybe," I said, shrugging.

"Well, if your offering, I'll say yes," he said, "yes I do need someone to look after me."

"I guess I'm travelling with you then," I said, laughing.

"So Meowth," Misty said, "Are you going to tell me what you mean?"

"I said I'll let Jessie and James tell ya demselves," he said.

"Tell them what?" Jessie asked.

"You know," Meowth said, "bout maybe quitin Team Rocket for good."

"You guys are quitting?" Ash questioned, looking shocked.

"Well, we've made our decision Meowth," Jessie said.

"Decision for what?" Misty asked.

"You can tell her Meowth," James said, "we don't mind. Makes it a little easier for us."

"Jessie and James are getting hitched," Meowth exclaimed.

"Getting hitched," I repeated, "you mean you guys are..?"

"Yep," Jessie confirmed.

"Let me see," I said. She held out her hand for me to see. I gasped at the simple silver diamond ring on her finger.

"Aww, I'm so happy for you," Misty said, crowding next to me to see.

"Yeah, congratulations guys," I added.

"You girls are acting like you've known them for ages," Ash complained.

"Technically we have," Misty pointed out.

"No I mean, you guys are acting like you're best friends," Ash said.

"Well, engagement is a big part of a girl's life," I said, "It doesn't matter who it is."

"So you guys are quitting Team Rocket because of this?" Misty asked.

"Yeah," James said, "the pay is too unstable to support a family. And Giovanni wouldn't let us get married anyway."

"And you're taking Meowth?" Misty asked hopefully.

"Of course," Jessie snorted, "we wouldn't leave him behind. He's our pal."

"Wow you guys, I'm so excited for you," I said. I honestly was. I turned to look at Drew. He looked like he was in a lot of pain, cradling his hand with the other. That's right, he was still hurt. Why didn't he say anything?

"Um…Guys? Drew's still hurt," I said, "Can we head back now?"

"I wish we could," Jessie said, "but Regirock kinda destroyed your car." Mew hovered around us. He pushed us all together. There was a blink of white light. I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, I found myself in some sort of attic. I guess Mew had taken us back to the kingdom.

"Thanks Mew," I said. It nodded and soon, it disappeared again.

"Now, let's get you fixed up," I said to Drew.

A/N: Because you know I couldn't have them thinking Drew was dead when he actually wasn't. I'm sorry guys, but I never actually said Drew was dead. Like I said, Misty and stuff just assumed. Sorry. Hey, but at least he's alive right? And I know having Jessie and James get married seems a little random at this point, but I needed a reason to make them 'good'. I just couldn't let Meowth go back to being the 'bad guy' after all he'd gone through with Misty. It seemed inappropriate to make them on opposing teams again.