It was late at night, when Ranma alighted upon a darkened roof. She looked around nervously as she shuffled her feet. A flash of light made her look to her right. She readied herself for a fight as a figure stepped from the shadows. She relaxed upon seeing Mousse.
"I didn't think you'd come." She stated with a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.
"Your invitation left it hard for me to decline." He smiled down at her.
"Does Shampoo..."
"No, she doesn't care about what I do, much as I hate to admit."
"Give it time Mu Tsu. One day she'll see what she is missing."
"Enough about her, what did you need to see me for?"
"There was something I had to know, before I left."
"You're leaving? Wh... Never mind. I should have seen this coming. What was it you needed to know?"
"I needed to know..." She closed the distance between herself and Mu Tsu. She looked up, into his eyes before coming up on her toes to give him a passionate kiss. After a moment she separated from him. "I needed to know if you could love me, as you do Shampoo."
"I... Shampoo... What's the use!" He finally screamed. He threw his arms around the small redhead before giving her a passionate kiss of his own. She responded immediately entwining his tongue with hers. It was a long moment before they separated for air. "I could easily love you, as you are now. But I..."
"I know Mu Tsu. I could never ask that of you. I abandoned my family, before they could do the same to me. My curse is gone Mu Tsu. I've done away with it completely. What you see before you is all that I am. Ranma Saotome is dead, before you is a nameless girl who seeks solace in your embrace and in your heart."
"I thought my heart had long been given away, but I see now that it was never accepted. My heart is still mine to give, and I give it to you freely. Everything that I found alluring in Shampoo I find also within you. My thoughts of what could have been have fled me, now there are thoughts of you and what could be. I'm not saying that we will be the perfect match, or we can share anything more than a few days, perhaps months, or even years. We may share that time, but it may not be in love."
"I'm not thinking that far ahead, Mu Tsu. Right here, right now, I'm in love with you. You've proven to me that you can return that love. I have no expectations for our future. We'll take things one day at a time, if only to see where we can go from there."
"I am ready to go, wherever the wind..."
"Not the wind Mu Tsu. We should follow our hearts. Is there anything you need from the Neko..."
"You forget who you are talking to. Everything I need is at my fingertips."
"I'd feel flattered if I thought you were referring to me, but then I would be mistaken."
"I don't know, maybe someday I can say such about you. We'll have to see where our hearts take us."
"If that's the case..." She left her thought unfinished as she dashed toward the edge of the building and leapt off the edge.
Mu Tsu stared after her for a moment. "Still as impulsive as ever." He followed after once he saw her leap onto the adjacent building, her traveling pack upon her back.