Author's notes: Let's see,
I have no idea if this song has been done before or not, but I thought it would
be a good idea. Or by the stares that you guys are probably giving me I guess I
was wrong.
Disclaimer: Don't you think
that if I owned Ranma ½, Ranma and Akane would of ended up together a looong
time ago??
Oh and the song "If I am"
doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Nine Days. I just like a lot.
Ranma stared absent-mindedly
at the ceiling of his room. Not technically his, he shared it with his dad who
was now snoring like a vacuum cleaner. He had been thinking about it all day.
Oh how he wished that they would just take a break, one month a week,
anything!! But no, he knew his little world was anything but normal to say the
least.. But he kept wishing for it all the same, there wasn't a month that went
by when Akane wasn't kidnapped, or almost eaten or cursed..
Unknown to anyone else but
himself, he actually liked rescuing her, being her hero in white shining armor.
But today had been different, she seemed almost reluctant to being rescued by
him. He remembered it all too perfectly..
Flashback….
So you're standing on a ledge
It looks like you might
fall
So far down
Or maybe you were just
thinking about jumping
He called to her "Akane!!
Are you okay??
"Ranma what are you doing
here?"
"Oh, I was just in the
neighborhood, what do you think?!! I'm here to get you, you tomboy"
But something different had happened;
she didn't insult him back, or at least made an effort to do so. When he tried
to untie her she just squirmed away. What was wrong with her??
"What are you doing, do you
want to get yourself killed?!"
"Would you care!" She
screamed at him, but this had been like no other scream before, this one hurt
too much.
Now you could have it all
If you learned a little
patience
For though I cannot fly
I'm not content to crawl
Was it rue, she had no idea
how much she meant to him. But wasn't it obvious. All those times he had risked
his neck to save her, all those times he had been there for her. But that
wasn't entirely true, he knew she didn't have it easy either, but what he
didn't know was that she felt the same way every time some girl would go up to
him and glomp him.
"What are you talking
about?"
"Why don't you just answer
the question?" But he didn't answer the question; he couldn't answer it out
loud.
"I knew it Ranma" When he
tried to get to her again she pushed off even harder.
"What is wrong with you
Akane?"
"Why are you even here if t
you don't care?"
Why was he there?? For the
same reason he had always been there, for her…
So give me a little credit
Have in me a little faith
I want to be with you
forever
If tomorrow's not too
late
"That's it, they probably
poisoned or drugged you or something" Was she serious, did she actually want to
stay here.
"Fine, whatever you want"
This time she let him cut
down the rope and set her free. After he was done she didn't even look at him.
It all went the same the way home. She didn't even say a word to him. Its
almost as if he wasn't even there, he wanted so something, anything…even a slap
from her seemed very tempting right now.
That went on all night and
through the next day, she was killing him slowly.
"Listen Akane, about that
question yesterday…I mean…er.." She looked intently at him, first time she had
even bothered to look at him since yesterday. He was hooked on her soft brown
eyes and he found that yet again words failed him.
"Never mind about that
question, I'm not even sure I would like to know" And with that she walked off
again. At least she talked, though not exactly the way she wanted her too.
Akane spent the whole day in
her room. He could hear her crying. But Ranma still had no idea what was going
on.
But its always too late when you've got
nothing
So you say
But you should never let
the sun set on tomorrow
Before the sun rises
today
If I am
Another waste of
everything you dreamed of
I will let you down
If I am
Only there to watch you
as you suffer
I will let you down
End of the very long flashback…
He woke up and opened the
window. With an effortless movement he jumped on the roof. He loved it up
there, it was the only place where he could think straight, and besides, his
dad's snoring didn't help either.
But it sounded again, she
was crying. He wondered if she had ever stopped all day. He turned to look at
her through the window, if she found him she'd probably kill him but that
didn't matter right now.
She was lying in her bed
clutching to one of her pillow, which was now fully tear stained. He didn't
think about it twice and he leapt inside her room. Strange enough she didn't
even seem to notice until he sat down beside her.
"Ranma, do you have nay idea
what time it is?" She said to him between sobs.
"I don't really care, I just
wanna know if you're all right?"
She wiped the tears of her
face and tried to control her sobbing. "I have no idea what you're talking
about"
"I can see right through
you" He stared at her
"So??"
"I do care"
"What?"
"I do, care about you Akane"
He took her in his arms and
held her; to his amazement she didn't let go and didn't hint the slightest idea
that she wanted to. He loved her like this and he knew she felt the same way
about him.
So you're walking on the edge
And you wait your turn to
fall
But you're so far gone
That you don't see
The hands upheld to catch
you
As he lay there with her in
his arms he noticed she had fallen asleep. Words were unnecessary now and he
knew that Akane was more like him than he had ever imagined. He softly laid her
on her bed again and before he stepped off the window again he took one last
look at her calm, beautiful features.
"Goodnight Akane-chan"
And you could find a fault
In the hearth that you've
been handed
For though you cannot fly
You're not content to
crawl
If I am
Another waste of
everything you dreamed of
I will let you down
If I am
Only there to watch you
as you suffer
I will let you down
He made up his mind; these
last two days have been the weirdest he had ever gone through. He laughed to
himself, maybe normal, to him, is weird after all. But he would just have to
wait until tomorrow.
I will not ever leave you
I will not let you down
See, now I have made up my
mind, this is the weirdest thing I have ever written. It's surprising what
sugar high can do to you. I have no idea if this story had a point or not,
lately, my stories have seemed to get a mind of their own.
Gud-bai
TK's Angel
