You think love is so easy,
So easy that you can brush it away and save it for later
Well you're wrong
You should cherish love
Like you cherish martial arts
You should cherish love
Like you cherish your pride
All I could ever think about was you
And how much I wanted to be with you
But then the thoughts
Those haunting, terrible thoughts
Started to float in
All the people who I would crush
All the hope of my many suitors
All the determination of your fiancées
Would be crushed if I told you
I've never felt this way about anyone before
And I hate it
I never blushed at the slightest compliment
And I despise it
I never liked boys before you came along
And I hate and you for it
How dare you!
How dare you make me feel so small
How dare you talk down to me
How dare you knock me down
Whenever I get the courage to fight
And say that care about me so much
That you're willing to take a bullet for me
This thing that I'm writing for you, but never to you
doesn't rhyme, it doesn't have a beat
It doesn't give you Goosebumps like the real poets do
But its my only my chance to escape
Into a world of feeling that even the kami cant translate for me
I've never felt loved
My eldest sister looks down upon me
With a fake smile
My second elder sister looks down upon me
With a twisted evil smirk
Because she knows everyone of my secrets and lies
My father looks down upon me as if I'm his only way
Of keeping our family honour
My mother, kami rest her soul, looks down upon me
From beyond what any mortal can see.
That thought makes me cry at night
As I don't know whether she looks upon me
With pride or disagree
Then you came along and try to relate to me
You try so hard to be my friend
To help through this pain
And I push you away with good intentions
Your first fiancée is an Amazon warrior
A small fish in a big pond
She has rules to follow
Your engagement with her is a joke
Its been created by one belief of many
But it isn't love if it isn't real
Your second fiancée is slightly crazy
And one of my biggest enemies
She hates me with all her energy
But her food is the one thing she has over you
Your engagement with her was never official
Yet you haven't decided to break it
But it isn't real love if its superficial
You third fiancée is your best friend
You two grew up together and you are now reunited
But she has fallen in love with someone who you used to be
You hadn't an idea how she felt about you
And now you know - what's stopping you?
She's perfect in every way
Your engagement with her seems the more realistic
But it isn't real love if you felt it from the start
Now your forth fiancée is different
She different is different
She's what you call uncut and macho
You say you wouldn't marry her if
She was the last woman on earth
But you keep leading her on and then
Breaking her fragile heart with your harsh words
It only makes her stronger
Your engagement with me is unlike any other-
Its forced and reluctant at the same time
Because our parents are insensitive toward our feelings and need for freedom
We have our good and bad times
But…it isn't real love until we're
Finally ready to admit it to ourselves
Not just each other
Authors note:
Why did I do this?
I wanted to tell Akane's side of the story whilst trying to embellish everything that Akane's been through: being in secret rivalry with Kasumi, having a scheming sister, her mother dying; never really feeling loved or accepted . Whereas I find in the show sometimes we get to see a deeper side of Akane, a more sensitive side. The love between Ranma and Akane is obviously there, its just a matter of bringing it out…