Ranma Boy By Kalio Halos
Disclaimer: I do not own Ranma ½ or the arrangement of the song "Danny Boy" that I have used. Don't sue me- I'm not making any Moola on this. Trust me.
A/n: This is a song fic to "Danny Boy", if you hadn't guessed. The song is of a father saying goodbye to his son, who's going off to war, not a girlfriend to her boyfriend, despite popular belief. So, I have adopted the song and used it how everyone seems to think its used. As a girl saying goodbye to her sweetheart. It's a really haunting song, but it might not look like that on paper. My apologies if you've never heard the song.
A quick lesson in Japanese out of request: -gumi: referring to a group. Sumanu: I'm sorry. Kawaiikune: uncute Doomo arigato (gozaimasu): thank you Aishiteru: I love you. Onegai: please Owari: End, close If I missed something, lemme know, also, if you know for a fact that I translated something way off, then let me know, as well.
Warning: Spoilers for Volume 37 of the manga (I don't know the anime episode. I've only seen one tape, but read all but three pages of the manga.). It is also a Ranma and Akane story, so if you don't like the pairing, leave. Now. You all are entitled to think what you want, but I don't want to be flamed because you don't agree with me. Anyway, this is when Ranma is going to China before the battle with Saffron. It's just my thoughts as to what might have happened before Ranma-gumi left. I've been told that it's sad, but I guess if you read on in the series, it would make a little bit of sense...anyhoo...read!
Soloist: Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountain side, the summer's gone and all the roses falling, it's you it's you must go and I must bide.
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Akane sat in her desk chair, staring, unseeing, out the window. 'China,' she thought, 'He's going to China.' Akane was trying to put on a brave face, and trying not to care, but somehow, it wasn't working.
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Whole choir comes in: Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountain side, the summer's gone and all the roses falling, it's you it's you must go and I must bide.
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He was leaving without her. Refusing to take her with him. But he was taking Shampoo and the others. She knew he was only taking Shampoo so she could be rid of her inner cat, but it still bothered her. Worse yet, was that she had a terrible feeling that the whole trip would fail, and that someone would get hurt. As much as she hated to admit it, she was worried about the lunk-head. What if he did something rash or stupid? Well...more rash and stupid than normal... Akane winced at the thought of what perils awaited Ranma and the others.
Akane closed her eyes. 'I wish I could go with him,' she thought, 'I wish...I wish...' She did not allow that thought to continue on its tracks. She opened her eyes, only to find an embarrassed looking Ranma, hanging, upside-down, from the roof, just outside of her widow. 'GAH!'
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But come ye back when summer's in the meadow, or when the valley's hushed and white with snow. ''Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow, oh Danny Boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.
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Ranma stepped onto Akane's desk, and into her room. 'Sumanu. I didn't mean to startle you.'
Akane flushed, but nodded. 'S'alright. I was just thinking too hard.'
Ranma sat on her bed. 'Anyway, I just wanted to let you know, that when I come home, I'll be a full man again...if all goes well...'
'I'm glad.' Akane looked at her floor. 'I wish I could be there to see it.'
Ranma fidgeted a little. 'You know that if it weren't so dangerous, that I'd drag you along, whether you wanted to go or not, but I...I...' He trailed off, not quite sure what he wanted to say.
'Yeah. I know,' she said quietly. 'You don't want to have to defend a kawaiikune tomboy from danger.' Akane looked up and grinned at a startled Ranma. 'Whatever happens, just know that I'll be here when you get back.'
Ranma stood. 'Doomo, Akane. I have to get packed now, but...Doomo arigato.' He swung out Akane's window, and onto the roof.
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But when ye come and all the flow'rs are dying, if I am dead, as dead I well may be. Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying, and kneel and say an Ave there for me.
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Akane watched him leave, and tried to hold back her tears, but to no avail. What if he came back, and she had died of a broken heart? Would he care? Would he visit her grave? Her shrine? Would he say a small prayer for her soul?
She flung herself on her bed and muffled her crying with her pillow. Her fiancé was leaving her in search of a cure. To China and back, for who-knows-how-long. She was sure that she would not last that long. Sure that she would die without him. Would he even care about the kawaiikune tomboy? Soft sobs wracked her frame.
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And I shall hear though soft you tread above me, and all my grave will warmer sweeter be, for you will bend and tell me that you love me, and I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
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If she were to truly die of a broken heart, she could only hope that he would come and say goodbye to her. Only the soft sound of his Tai-Chi shoes on the ground would bring her comfort. His presence would bring her happiness. Akane let her emotions run rampant as she longed for those words from his mouth, 'Aishiteru, Akane.' It was all she ever wanted, needed. If she had those, she would wait for him in peace.
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Oh, Danny Boy, I love you so!
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Akane cried into her pillow, loudly, now. 'Oh, Ranma, I love you so!' The pillow deadened most of her shout, but it did not mask the words completely. 'Please don't go! Onegai!'
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I love you so!
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Akane continued to cry uncontrollably on her bed, oblivious to the sounds above her.
'Aishiteru, Akane.... aishiteru...'Quiet footsteps led away from her room, on the roof; the shaky footsteps of a man, who, suddenly, didn't want a cure quite so badly anymore...
*~Owari~*
A/n: I know, it's really bad, but review and tell me your thoughts anyway. It's kind of OOC, but since the whole of volume 37 and 38 were OOC in this sort of way, I thought it would be ok. Anyway, what are you waiting for? Press the button!!!