Disclaimer:POKEMON NOT LEGACY'S!!!

The Cycle


Dear Misty,

	It's been four weeks since you've left and gone back to Cerulean. Yeah, 
yeah, I know you can stop cheering now. It's funny for the longest time, I've 
greatly anticipated your departure. Hell, I even secretly was making plans to 
have a big celebration too. I thought I would be so happy......I'm not.

Ummm...Let me explain.

Well, everyday for the last four years, we both had this cycle.

	I. Usually brag and boast about my last feat of skill or something.
	II. You make a smart comment.
	III. We fight.
	IV. Brock, breaks us up. Or my buddy Pikachu just fries us all.

	You know it's weird...I can laugh about it now really. Cause even though I 
groaned about it all the time, I secretly kinda liked the relationship we had. I 
mean there were good times and some bad ones. But I kinda liked our cycle.

	But now, since your gone and all. Things are so different. Our cycle. Me. 
I am different. Like I don't have anyone to argue with anymore. I don't have 
anyone to yell at me for getting us lost. Or deflate my sometimes immense ego. I 
don't have anyone to beat some sense into me. Although lately your blows seemed 
to have held less strength, since when we first met. I don't know if you were 
starting to hold back or maybe I just grew stronger... 

I don't know....

	I just..I want my life back! I want the cycle back! I want our cycle back! 
No scratch that....I want you back. 

	I need you. Things are so different without you here, with me. Talking to 
me, yelling at me, slapping me, holding me. Everyday seems to drag on. And every 
night seems to be endless. Every cloud is dull, the skies seem gray. All that is 
ever on my mind is you. I don't eat, I can't sleep, I don't train. All I do is 
think about you. I don't know if it's love or not. All I can think about is 
melodious sound of your voice. The gentle flow of your soft red hair. The 
delicate feel of your touch. Even though half the time it's used to smack me 
upside the head. 

	But I can bare that. I could probably bare a lot of things. But the one 
thing, the only thing I can't bare is not having you in my life. I don't care if 
I'm just your Pokeball Caddy. Your paperboy...or even your personal manservant. 
I just want to be near you. You have been such a big part of my life, I can't go 
back to anything else anymore. 

You've ruined me. I meet you...and got to know you. Now I can't function without 
you. My whole cycle is gone. My life is gone....

No... 

	That's not true. My life is in Cerulean City. My life is conversating with 
her sisters about the latest Water Pokemon techniques. My life is defending her 
Gym and going back to her Cerulean City school. 

Look....I'm not asking you to give up all that. To be honest I don't even know 
why I even started to write this stupid thing. You probably wouldn't even want 
to see me again. I couldn't blame you. I guess I just wanted to at least try 
once and tell you how I felt. I don't expect you to share my feelings. I mean 
how could you. 

I'm very selfish and arrogant. I act first and think later. I totally got on 
your nerves all the time. Half the time I don't even know how you put up with 
me. Maybe that's your gift. To be able to put up with me.

I don't know. 

I guess, I should end this now. Brock looks like he's about to wake up. And it's 
my turn to get the firewood for breakfast. So I guess I have to wrap this up and 
mail it when he's busy gawking at Officer Jenny or a Nurse Joy. 

All I want to say is....

I want you Misty...I need you..and I love you...

					Ash,





I wipe my eyes away as I read the remainder of the words. A voice startles me 
from my thoughts.
"Hey Misty, Whatcha doing?" My husband asks as he comes up besides me. 

I know my cheeks are flushed red, as I desperately try to hide the letter. 
"Ummm..Nothing Honey...." I said to him. While holding it behind my back.

Ash could see over my shoulder. His eyes focused on the small piece of mangled 
paper. "Oh your looking at that old thing again." He commented, a small smirk 
was on his face.
 
I smiled. "Why yes....It was probably one of the sweetest letters you've ever 
wrote to me...."
I admitted. Over the years sometime he found it was quite hard to tell me what 
was on his mind. But he could always find the right thing to say in his letters.

He frowned after what I said. "Yeah, who would have thought, that would have 
brought you back into my life." He playfully muttered to himself. "I've been 
regretting it ever since..." He tried to keep a straight face. But he could 
never hold it for long. It was the kid in him I think.

I playfully nudging his shoulder after his comment. "Why you!!!!"

Laughing my husband but his strong arms around me. Gently caressing my face he 
placed a soft kiss on my lips. I closed my eyes slowly after his gesture. Every 
movement seemed so special to me.

He hugged me tighter as I looked up to him. "You know....The kids are away, at 
Tracey's this evening." He said. "And I heard there was going to be a meteor 
shower tonight. If...you wanted to watch with me?"

I thought about it for a minute. I didn't have any plans for the day and it 
would be nice to have the house to ourselves for once. I turned to him and 
smiled. "Yeah sure thing." I answered. "Let me just put this away..." I stated 
while I was still firmly holding on to his letter.

Ash nodded a turned and started to walk into the living room.

"Umm...Ash..." I called him back.

His strong brown eyes were cast on me. "Yes misty?"

There has always been something I wanted to tell him. But I've never seemed to 
get around to it in the past. This was the one time I knew I had to say it or I 
would burst. I walk over to him and put my arms around him. "Thank you..." I 
whisper to him.

Ash returned my embrace and smiled. "Umm...your welcome." He greeted. "Might I 
ask what for..?"

I sighed. "Well, I never told you this before but...You know when you sent this 
letter, I was feeling the same way. Being away from you those couple of weeks 
was like hell. Nothing was the same anymore." 

I held him closer as I said the next part. "I thought you didn't want me back 
and was glad I was gone. So I convinced myself that I was going to try to forget 
you, no matter how hard that was going to be..." 

A few tears fell from my eyes. "Then you letter came. And everything seemed to 
come to life again. The things you said, how you felt. I don't think I could 
have ever wrote something like that." I smiled. "You were so honest about how 
you feelings...It gave me another reason after so many to fall in love with 
you."

I smiled brightly. "So thank you for the letters and the things you said. And I 
must say." Now I was looking directly into his chocolate brown eyes. "Thank you 
for loving me."

He smiled and took me into arms again. After the many years of marriage we've 
had, he's always told me how much he loved me and how much I meant to him. There 
also hadn't been a day when he didn't complimented me on beauty. To think after 
all these years he could still say that little scrawny me was the most precious 
thing in his life. Filled my heart with some much joy.

He held me in his arms and kissed me again. This kiss was different from the 
usual smooches he would give me. This was so much more passionate. The type that 
always left a slight shiver down my spine. 

"Thanks for having me." He finally said, while resting his forehead on mine.

"No regrets?" I innocently asked him.

Ash thought about what I said for a few seconds, then he smiled. "No regrets..." 
He gave me a gentle hug, then walked to the next room.

I looked back at the small letter, who's appearance was starting to yellow do to 
age. I hugged the small piece of paper close to my heart. Taking one finally 
look at it I carefully put it away, back into it's box. Always ready for the 
next time I visited. 

 
The End