Stranded together

I do not own Pokémon

A/N: in this story Ash and May are sixteen.

Ash Ketchum and May Maple were longtime friends. They first met six years ago while traveling the Hoeen Region. May was new to Pokémon training and Ash served as her mentor and eventually became her best friend. Several years later they went their separate ways, much to their dismay and sadness. Since then several more years have passed and the two friends have crossed paths once again and decided to reunite on another journey. They boarded a fairy that would take them to the Kanto region. The bay was unusually stormy and thick gray clouds could be seen on the horizon. But being the courageous guy that he is, Ash was unfazed by the ominous weather. May on the other hand was nervous. He reassured her everything's gonna be fine. That night, when they went to sleep in their cabin, they could hear thunder in the distance. While they were sound asleep they were woken up by a large thud and the next thing they knew, they were lying on the cabin wall and everything went dark. Then the smoke came. Ash groaned in pain as he searched for his friend. He found her lying beside him unconscious. He placed two finger at the bottom of her neck and was relived to find out she still has a pulse. Realizing the ferry was sinking, he wrapped his arms around her and started crawling to the door with her on his back as she the ship started sinking while lying on its side. He pushed the cabin door open and the next thing he knew, his cabin was being flooded with sea water. May coughed as the sea water reached her. He began to swim his way out, while not losing his grip on May. He made his way to the other side of the ship and got onto the deck. On top, were panicking people, some of which were badly injured. He looked at the rough seas that sounded them. The waves were high, it was raining and there was thunder. He knew the ship was sinking so he had to find a solution fast. The waves have thrown the ship to its side and a strike of lightning made it catch fire. It wouldn't be long before it sank into the abyss. He looked at the stormy water below. In the water floated an inflatable rubber life boat. Feeling bad about leaving these other people behind but realizing he has no choice, he jumped about forty feet down into the water. With unusual luck, he landed right next to the boat with May falling right into it, but he himself fell into the water and sliced his leg on a piece of debris. He screamed in pain as he tried to pull himself onto the boat. With enormous pain he was in it and looked at his bleeding leg. The shrapnel was still inside it. Knowing it was dangerous to remove it, he did his best to stop the bleeding. When it did, he sighed with some relief as he watched the ferry sink into the Kanto Sea as the survivors' screams for help were slowly drowned by increasing storm. He sighed heavily and placed his head on the wall of the rubber boat and passed out, as it took them to an unknown destination…

Time passes…

Ash could vaguely feel a soft thud but could barely register it. After a while a strong light penetrated through his eyelids. Then a voice came.

"Ash",

"Ash…"

"Come on Ash wake up! Say something…" said the voice and shook him. He opened his eyes and was blinded by the bright sun. Above him hovered a brunette figure with sapphire blue eyes and a red outfit. Slowly his vision came into focus and he recognized her.

"May…" he said weakly. She sighed with relief and brought him into a hug.

"Oh thank goodness… I thought I lost you there…"

"I thought I lost you…" he said and looked around. They have seemed to reach land but were surrounded by water. The sand on the island was almost as yellow as the sun and sky has never been clearer. But alas they were alone, and stranded on a deserted island.

"Where are we?" he asked.

"I don't know. Last thing I remember is being thrown off in the boat and the next thing I know I'm here",

Ash sighed and placed his hand on his head.

"Oh Lord… please tell me this is just a dream…"

"What do you mean Ash?"

He sighed again.

"May I hate to say this but I think we became castaways…"

"Castaway? I can't be a castaway. I have my whole life ahead of me",

"So do I but I'm afraid were stuck here",

"But how did we even get here?"

Ash sighed once more.

"When we got thrown off you blacked out so I carried you to the other side of the ship. There was a lifeboat in the water so I jumped in and put us on board. Shortly afterwards I passed out",

Then the horror hit him.

"Oh no. Pikachu? Pikachu!" he yelled and tried to get up and was pulled back by the crippling pain in his thigh.

"Pika!" cried the little mouse as he ran towards him and leapt into his arms and started crying.

"Pika pi…" said the frightened mouse.

Ash embraced his little friend with much care.

"I know. I'm sorry little buddy…" he said and then groaned in pain again and fell to his back as the pain hit him again. Only then did May see the nasty wound on his left thigh.

"Oh my God Ash, what happened to you?"

In between groans Ash managed to say.

"While I jumped into the water to put us in the lifeboat… I landed on a piece of shrapnel… and sliced my leg open…"

Her expression going from worried to sympathetic May embraced him in a hug. She whispered in his ear.

"Thanks Ash. I'll take it from here…" she said and pulled him by his shirt onto the sand and began treating his wound. She carefully removed the piece of metal as the blood started to flow freely again. Once it was removed clear, she rinsed Ash's leg with sea water to clean and sterilize it as much as she could. She then dragged him into the shade beneath a bunch of trees. He sighed heavily and thanked her.

"So now what do you we do?" he asked.

"Now we wait for someone to rescue us…" she said and he nodded and laid on his head back down and tried to get some rest…

To be continued…

So this is me doing something I sore I'd never do which is write a castaway story. But I decided to do it anyway due to personal motives. Anyway I hope you liked it and the new change of pace. If you'd leave a review down below I would very much appreciate it, and I'll see you in the next chapter…

Peace out guys…