by Ranma Inverse.
A Moving On side story. ^_^
-Ranma as a pop star!-
Sunday, afternoon.
Hikaru sighed. Ranma had gone off saying Genma had forced him into another thing, but he hoped to see her again...that was when they were sixteen...and now they were twenty, and he still hadn't come back! He could have at least tried to come back or tried to call, or something.
She picked through her mail, most of it was trash, but since she was bored she decided to look through one of the magazines on pop stars.
page one...nothing of interest.
page two...nothing...
page three...boring.
page four-seven...even more boring.
page eight--?!
Hikaru stared at the pages of eight and nine. "Ranma Saotome, the multi-talented...singer?!" She read it aloud.
"After much effort, the crew that works so hard to get interviews in with the rich and famous for you, has managed to get backstage and behind the scene..."
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Hikaru smiled a little. Cotton candy? Oh, that was a nice thing to say. She read on.
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Crew: So exactly what is her importance to you?
Ranma: That's none of your business.
Crew: Right. So, when are you going to be releasing that new album
everyone is waiting for? You said it was called 'One'.
Ranma: Yeah, it'll be coming out soon. This week, I think.
After this, Ranma tried to walk away from us, we let him go, but not after getting many pictures of him!
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Monday, morning.
The phone rang, and Hikaru ran to get it before Akane could. Akane read the magazines they got from the mail all the time, so why hadn't Akane ever told her?! She was angry with the youngest sister of the Tendo's, and so decided ignoring her today would be best. "Hello, Tendo residence! Hikaru Shidou speaking!"
"Hikaru! You HAVE to get over here! I just found
out where Ranma honey is, and I bought a CD that you HAVE to hear!"
It was Ukyou's voice.
"Okay, Ukyou! I'll get over now!" They had become
friends over the time Ranma had left. Ukyou had begun to deal with not
being able to marry Ranma, and somehow, she and Mousse had began to get
closer to eachother.
Akane looked at Hikaru questioningly as she hung up the phone, but Hikaru ignored it, and left. When she got to Ukyou's home the door opened and a happy Ukyou grabbed her hand, pulled her into the place, shut and locked the door, dragged Hikaru upstairs to her room, sat her down and pressed play on a CD player.
A familiar, but more matured voice came through the speakers, singing.
"Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you.
Deep within my rusted memories,
I feel like you cried out to me,
just as if our very cells yearn for each other.
When two souls that have shed their loneliness
embrace and melt into one,
from out of loneliness, love is born
Burst into flame, distress that blocks the way.
I want to burn the darkness of the past.
Our hearts are, yes, endless.
A real miracle is right here with us.
If by chance we're ever separated,
I'll probably be a mere shell of who I was,
like a swan whose wings have completely floundered.
It's OK to show you can bare your loneliness,
healing the pain with your lips
until a rose blooms in your heart.
Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you.
When souls that were born along with loneliness
are brought together by fate, and melt into one,
eternity begins to flow.
Burst into flame, distress that blocks the way.
I want to burn the darkness of the past.
Our hearts are, yes, endless.
A real miracle is right here with us.
Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you."
Hikaru sighed. "He sounds wonderful...I'm a little glad Genma-san made that agreement with the music company." Ukyou looked at her, and narrowed her eyes.
"You knew?"
"No, Ukyou, I just read a magazine on it today.
Akane reads it all the time though, so I am wondering why she didn't tell
anyone."
"...I know what i'm going to do to talk to him again."
Hikaru said after a moment of silence.
"Huh? What's that?" Ukyou asked.
"I'm going to become a singer too. If I do
that...then...maybe i'll get to talk to him again."
"Well, I support you!"
Hikaru blinked and looked at the smiling Ukyou.
"You don't love Ranma anymore, do you."
"No...I thought I loved him. But he was really just
a close friend. I think I'm...in love...with someone else now." A
blush ran across Ukyou's cheeks for a moment, then faded. She looked
back to Hikaru. "I think you're the only one of us that really
loves him. Akane beat him when he was here, Kodachi just wanted him because
of his looks...I think. Shampoo only wanted him because of that amazon
law, and I thought I was in love with him but I wasn't."
Hikaru grabbed one of Ukyou's pillows and covered her face in it. "I do not!" She said, inspite of the coloring cheeks left seen to Ukyou.
"Alright, alright, you don't. I'll help you try to get into the music industry, though!"
And that's what they did.
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Another year later.
Ranma stared at the sky through a hotel window. In five minutes he would have to meet a new singer to make two duet songs with her. One would be a duet version of 'One' and the other would be a new song.
His manager said that he had picked the new singer to work with him for a reason, but Ranma hadn't been paying attention yesterday so didn't know exactly why.
Until he stepped through the door in the afternoon and saw a beautiful 21 year old girl standing there, smiling, wearing a sundress and a straw sunhat, talking to one of the musicians that would be playing the music to the song. She looked up from the chat Ranma couldn't hear and familiar blue eyes and red eyes met.
If people weren't in the room, he would have run over and embraced his old friend. His life had been so empty these years, so he had just consentrated on the thought that everything would end someday...but if Hikaru was going to be his singing partner for the rest of his singing career...he'd gladly take the job. He had missed his old friend, more than he had missed any of the others from the old memory of Nerima.
"Ranma Saotome, this is who you'll be singing with,
Hikaru Shidou."
"We've met." Hikaru's voice had gone from a high
perky pitch, to a slightly lower, but still cheerful and warm tone.
"Oh really? Wonderful, wonderful! Well, we only
have so much time in here, so let's get straight to the singing!" Said
the person who had introduced them.
The two stood next to eachother, each in front of a microphone, and sang in the places they were supposed to for the lyrics of 'One', duet form.
"Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you." They
sang together, for the intro, then took a break while an instrumental part
ran through.
"Deep within my rusted memories,
I feel like you cried out to me,
just as if our very cells yearn for each other." Ranma's voice
rang out.
"When two souls that have shed their loneliness
embrace and melt into one,
from out of loneliness, love is born." Hikaru's warm voice brought
in a lost feeling that Ranma never brought into a song.
"Burst into flame, distress that blocks the way.
I want to burn the darkness of the past.
Our hearts are, yes, endless.
A real miracle is right here with us." Ranma looked at Hikaru
from the corner of his eye while singing.
"If by chance we're ever separated,
I'll probably be a mere shell of who I was,
like a swan whose wings have completely floundered." Hikaru's
eyes stayed on the music they were singing.
"It's OK to show you can bare your loneliness,
healing the pain with your lips
until a rose blooms in your heart." Ranma looked away from her,
and again concentrated on the singing.
"Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you." The
two sang together, the words almost seeming to anyone who heard it, fully
meant by the singers.
The two rested their voices as another instrumental played and then, almost before their voice came to normal, their parts came.
"When souls that were born along with loneliness
are brought together by fate, and melt into one,
eternity begins to flow." Hikaru sang.
"Burst into flame, distress that blocks the way.
I want to burn the darkness of the past.
Our hearts are, yes, endless.
A real miracle is right here with us." Ranma sang, but for some
odd reason couldn't help but look at Hikaru, to see how she was reacting
to the music.
"Become a wind, unfathomable distress.
I'll hold back your loneliness.
The two of us are a bracing wind, oneness.
Even if this world comes to an end, I won't leave you." The
two sang, and the music continued playing for a bit, then ended.
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Later that day.
"Ranma! Wait up!" Hikaru ran after him, smiling.
"Hah! You're out of shape! You used to be able to keep up with me!"
Ranma grinned, but slowed down a bit. When she began to catch up,
he quickened pace again, causing Hikaru to run faster. He liked the
sight of the wind rushing through her hair...the idea that she only ran
to catch up with him.
And she kept running and smiling, and yelling for him to slow down for him to catch up. And he would always be just ahead of her.
--End--
Alright...So that's what I do..I try for a short fic and it turns out longer than I expected! ^-^;
So what if it was a corny-not-romantic-or-anything ending..@.@ I tried!
I know this stank. >.o;