A/N: Yay! I've finally updated! (Let's celebrate… just kidding lol) This is a bit more Ash/Misty centered but there's still some May/Drew stuff. I hope you enjoy chapter 7.

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Chapter 7

"Staryu! Aim a water gun at the water!"

The starfish shaped pokemon emerged out of its poke ball and Misty jumped onto its back. Staryu did as it was told, and as it and Misty were spiraling downwards toward the ocean, a jet of water sprayed out, and hit the waves. Misty did this only because she knew that she had a better chance to survive the hit if one of her pokemon slowed the fall downward. She closed her eyes and prepared herself to hit the ocean.

Misty blinked and saw that she was now fully in the water and below the waves. She clung to Staryu and then pointed in one direction so that it would go there; hopefully it would lead her to where Ash was.

She looked around in the water desperately. He had to be somewhere, but she didn't know where to even begin searching for him. However, she wouldn't give up, because there was no point to her life if it wasn't with Ash, especially after all of the years it took for them to reveal their true feelings for each other. Misty had now been underwater for a long time, and she started to become dizzy, her vision becoming cloudy so that she could barely make out the motionless body entangled in the seaweed.

Her senses awakened immediately and she directed Staryu towards Ash. When she neared him, Misty quickly let go of her pokemon and headed for Ash. His eyes were closed and his mouth was open slightly, his body was motionless and Misty feared the worst, but she tried endlessly to get him out of the entanglement. After a few minutes, she managed to get Ash free and out of the seaweed. Misty swam with Ash at her side, back towards Staryu. Now that she had Ash with her again, relief flooded her insides, and her senses started to weaken again. No longer was she fully awake, but instead her eyes began to droop, and her grip on Ash loosened just a bit. Staryu tried to wake up its master, but it was no use. Misty was now in the same situation as Ash was. Staryu recalled itself back into its poke ball, since it knew that it could do nothing more.

Somewhere in the wide depths of the ocean, something stirred and it awakened from a long sleep.

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May was pacing back and forth, peering over the edge of the cliff for any signs of Misty and Ash. It was growing nearly pitch dark and Misty had been gone for a long time. She was so wrapped up in being worried, that when a hand touched her shoulder, she jumped.

"What did you do that for?"

"Nothing. Is it a crime to tap someone on the shoulder?"

"No, but that was rude of you," May said in a snotty tone, "so what do you want?"

"Well, first of all you seem really uptight, and second, don't you think that we should be concerned with that guy over there?" He pointed behind him towards the edge of the woods to where Gary was still blubbering on the grass.

"No way! So what if he's a bit mental? Don't you realize that Ash could die?"

"Yes, I'm perfectly aware of that. But are you aware of the fact that Misty is in the same danger as he is? She jumped in there, risking her life to save him! But no, all you worry about is Ash…"

Drew turned away so that May wouldn't see the sadness in his face. He knew that she liked Ash, she was always speaking so highly of him, and worrying about him all of the time. That was why he knew that he didn't have any kind of chance to be with her. All of a sudden he jumped, when someone put a hand on his shoulder.

"Drew, I'm sorry if I seemed so focused on Ash, but I'm not. I didn't mean for it to sound like all I was worried about was Ash; it just happened that way because he's been in there longer than she has… And I'm worried about both of them…"

He faced her again, smirked, and then flipped his hair.

"Well, you should be worried about both of them. Otherwise, I could say that you possibly had feelings for Ash, you know, since you worried about him so much, but since you say that your worried about both of them, well, then I can't say that, can I?"

Drew peered at her through one eye, but to his surprise he saw a stricken faced May, just standing there, stiff and numb. He had said something, and something big, because in May's eyes, he saw hurt and sadness. Immediately, he regretted saying what he had said.

"I'm sorry May… I didn't mean to say something that I shouldn't have said…"

"No, you said enough!" May yelled.

Tears were now streaming down her face, and she was about to run away, but at that instance, there was a huge wave of water and an enormous water pokemon jumped out of the ocean. Drew and May looked at it with awe, as it hovered in the air at the edge of the cliff. After calming down from seeing this, May saw that on the pokemon's back was a motionless Ash and a motionless Misty. She hurried towards them, Drew following suit. As May neared the spectacle, Misty began to cough up water and awaken. She immediately turned her attention towards Ash, who was still not breathing.

"Misty! Misty, are you okay?" yelled May from the cliff.

"Yes, I'm fine, but Ash isn't! He needs help right away!"

The water pokemon dropped its fin so that May and Drew could climb aboard it. May was afraid, as she looked down below and saw the waves crashing into the rocks below. Drew rolled his eyes, and pushed her along. When they reached the pokemon's back, Drew helped Misty pick up Ash and carry him down towards the cliff. They laid him on the grass and underneath the moonlight; she couldn't lose him. Quickly, she went to work, giving Ash C.P.R. She pinched his nose shut, and then breathed in for him. Afterwards, she put her hands together, and pressed them into his chest five times. She repeated this procedure a numerous amount of times, so many in fact, that the water on her body wasn't from the ocean, but it was her own sweat. Finally, after countless attempts, May ushered Misty away from the body, but Misty couldn't take no for an answer. She ran back to her dear Ash, but May held her out of reach so that she wouldn't exhaust herself.

"Misty, you can't… you can't do this to yourself… he's… he's gone, he was in there for too long…" May said gently, with tears running down her face.

Misty growled at May, but then her expression eased into sadness and she broke down. She whimpered and the tears poured down her face without end.

"Why did you do this to me Ash Ketchum? Why did I fall in love with you? Why did you leave me?" Misty yelled through grinded teeth.

At the sound of those words, someone at the edge of the forest had stopped blubbering and rocking back and forth. He stood up, concentrated and alert, and walked over to the pair of crying mourners. At the sight of him, Misty glared but he put up a hand up as May restrained her from committing murder.

"YOU FILTHY ROTTEN SCUMBAG! YOU'RE THE REASON WHY ASH ISN'T BREATHING! YOU'RE THE REASON WHY…"

Gary pulled out a poke ball and a psychic pokemon came out of it.

"Alakazam, please use Psychic on Ash."

The pokemon concentrated on its target, and soon a stream of glowing water was coming out of Ash's mouth. When the last bit of water was pulled out of Ash, he started to cough and gasp for air. Misty stared at him while the tears on her cheeks began to dry.

"The reason why Ash is alive…" Misty finished her sentence.

"Alakazam, return."

Misty embraced Ash with a fierce hug. New tears had formed, but these were tears of joy.

"Ash! Ash! You're okay! I thought… I thought you were…"

She couldn't bring herself to say it, now that Ash was alive again. Misty looked into those chocolate colored eyes she loved so much, and Ash wiped away her tears.

"Misty, I'd never leave you. Never in a million years would I leave the woman that I loved."

She couldn't believe it. Ash had really gotten his memory back, even after being in the ocean for so long. Everything was too great for her to handle, so she gave in and the two kissed each other passionately. Everyone stood there watching, but Drew turned his attention towards May. He discreetly looked at her and saw that she was smiling, but for some reason, he could see a tear slide down her cheek. Why would she be sad that Ash was alive? It didn't make any-. That was when it dawned upon him. He looked back at Ash and Misty, and knew the reason why. May must surely have feelings for him, but they didn't matter because Ash didn't return them. He loved Misty, and she loved him, and May had to deal with that. Drew was now wondering if he ever really had a chance with her. This was too much to bear; he made up his mind. He would leave right away, and never talk to her again.

Ash and Misty separated from each other as they got up and off of the ground. Misty turned to Gary and gave him a hug. This shocked him, but he returned the embrace. They parted and then Misty smiled at him.

"Thank you so much Gary. You saved Ash's life! I owe you everything."

"No Misty. You don't. It was my fault that Ash lost his memory, and it was my fault that he ended up in the ocean. I'm sorry Ash, I really am. I don't know what overcame me, I guess I felt that if I couldn't have Misty for myself, then neither should you."

Ash gaped at him but didn't say anything.

"I've changed though. After seeing you fall over the cliff, and Misty go in after you, I realized what a terrible mistake I had made. I hope that you can forgive me."

Gary put his head down, but surprisingly, Misty picked it up and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Gary, you saved Ash, and that's all that matters. As for anything that happened, it happened, and now we're past all of that. Right Ash?"

"Uh… yeah I guess… thanks Gary."

The three of them smiled and laughed as the tension between them died away forever.

"Well, I guess I should go."

"No! Gary! We just got on the right terms! You can't leave now, with Ash's upcoming league challenge, you can't just go!" Misty protested.

"No Misty, it's alright. I have to get back to Pallet Town anyway. I wish you all of the best of luck Ash! Win it for me!"

Ash and Gary, old time rivals, shook hands and grinned at each other.

"I'll do that Gary, I'll do that."

Gary waved good-bye to everyone and left towards the path in the forest.

"I should go as well."

"W-what?" May stammered.

"Well, what is there for me to do here?"

Drew flipped his hair, and waved a measly good-bye to Ash and Misty. He then turned towards May who was trying to look anywhere but at him. May became really fidgety and was biting her lip to keep the tears from forming in her eyes again. When she finally gave in and looked at him, he could see that for some reason, they were somewhat sad, and not happy and rejoiced like he thought they would be.

"Bye May."

She chuckled half heartedly, and waved at him.

"Good-bye… Drew."

And with that he turned away from them all and walked in the same direction as Gary had done a few minutes ago. When May could no longer see his figure, she turned back towards Ash and Misty who were smiling at each other, happiness filled in their hearts. That was when she realized something, something that strangely, no one had cared to notice before.

"Uh, guys? What about… that?"

She pointed out towards the ocean to where the water pokemon was still patiently hovering in place. Ash and Misty turned around and the knowledge that this creature had saved them, finally dawned into their heads. Misty walked up to it and stroked the pokemon on its side. Ash was nearing them, when suddenly the pokemon drew Misty towards it.

"Misty!"

Ash made a run for it, and then he jumped off of the cliff and onto the winged water pokemon, just as the three of them hit the surface of the water. May ran after them, but stopped at the edge of the cliff and backed away.

"Noooo! Not again!"

From somewhere in the forest, someone stopped in their tracks and looked back towards the ocean.

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Ash and Misty climbed off of the pokemon and into the cave. The mysterious pokemon had taken them into the ocean, and through the wall of rocks, into a strange cave. There was sand everywhere and the walls of the cave formed a circle, with no way out, except for the water. As Ash and Misty inspected the cave, Misty came upon a strange, yet familiar drawing on the rocks of the wall. Suddenly, they heard an eerie voice come from the pokemon that took them here.

"Welcome home, Guardian Princess."

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A/N: Boy, do I know how to leave a cliffhanger or what? LOL I'd like to thank you for reading this, and I do hope you take the time to review this as well, because it helps me understand what my readers think of my writing, or what they want from my writing. I would greatly appreciate it if you could review! Other than that, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!