Collection Chapter 1: At Last, a ranma fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma nor do I own the songs used.

At Last

Ryoga/Ukyo

Ukyo had to leave the party, it was too much. Akane and Ranma reached a new level in their relationship where they actually enjoyed their company. She watched them across the room as they laughed at their own jokes and stories, a special glow surrounded them. In a room full of people she felt so lonely, the loneliest she had ever felt. She tried to bite back her tears and ignore what lay before her eyes, the truth. She gulped down the punch and walked over to Ranma and hoped that he would notice her.
"And then she turns to me with this huge fist-" Ranma stopped his story and looked over at Ukyo. "What?" He asked almost impatiently, Ukyo felt foolish to approach him and forgot what she was going to say. Her mouth hung open and she shut it quickly then gave them an embarrassed smile.
"I'm going out for a breath of fresh air." Ranma gave an uninterested shrug and continued his story without any more time spent on her.
"She punches me, I swear I could have landed on the moon..." Ukyo closed the door, muting Ranma's voice. The tears that she bit back earlier found their was back but she couldn't hold them in any longer. She took five steps in the snow and stopped. She sniffled as soft as she could while wiping away the never-ending fountain of tears. How could Ranma brush her off as he did? She fooled herself to think she meant more than she actually did. She meant nothing to him.

Ryoga also had to leave the party. He saw the interaction between Ukyo and Ranma. He almost hated Ranma more for the fact that he could only hurt those besides Akane. Ryoga stood up wanted to hurt Ranma to make up for the pain he caused everyone, including him. But as much as Ryoga wanted to, he stopped himself and made his way to the door. He wanted to check on Ukyo, he saw the pain in her eyes and he understood that "I'm going out for a breath of fresh air" meant "Ranma, if you really love me, say something." He opened the door and with the blast of cold air, he heard her sniffling causing his own heart to break inside his chest. He felt pity for the girl because her pain was just like his. He felt pity that she set herself up to be hurt, she fell in love with Ranma who could never appreciate everything she had to offer.
"Ukyo, are you ok?" He felt foolish for asking, of course she wasn't. She was crying, why else would she be crying?
"Leabe me alone!" She cried with a clogged nose from crying.
"Listen, crying out in the cold is not going to help!" Ryoga raised his voice, annoyed with the childish way she was acting. He regretted being so harsh. He walked up to her and placed his hand on her back.

At last my love has come along

My lonely days are over

And life is like a song

At last

The skies above are blue

My heart was wrapped up in clover

The night I looked at you

"You'll be fine. I promise." He whispered and Ukyo looked up to him with her green eyes sparkling in fresh tears. He gave her a reassuring smile. Ukyo never knew warmth like this from anyone else. Like a thunderbolt, she realized that her heart was never meant for Ranma.

I found a dream, that I could speak to

A dream that I can call my own

I found a thrill to press my cheek to

A thrill that I have never known

You smile, you smile

Oh and then the spell was cast

And here we are in heaven

For you are mine at last

"Ryoga?" She asked him and he felt the pain in his own heart leave him. He was startled by the power she held over him. When she spoke his voice, he felt the void in his chest fill up. "Wanna get out of here?" He nodded and she gave him a warm smile.