Here it is, people. I've spent months writing this sucker, just
because I liked it so much. I think most of it is character development
(I hope). Draws upon a lot of history I wrote in unposted fics, but if
you just read the Plot Points you'll get the idea what's different.
The main focuses in this story are Nabiki, Kodachi, Shampoo, Mousse,
and Ukyo.
It only got this long because I liked it so.
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Doco in the Battle of the Bands
(a.k.a. Ranma 1/2 the Musical)
Written by Razorclaw X (spiceoflife@hotmail.com)
http://www.crosswinds.net/anaheim/~slythe/ranma/ranff.html
Disclaimer: Ranma 1/2 and characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. And
all that other good stuff. Proper licenses belong to respective
properties and characters.
This file can be freely distributed so long as it appears in its
complete form and proper credit. No part may be reproduced for monetary
gain without permission from the author. (to which the answer is
probably "no")
As of yet, this is the Ranma fic I'm most proud of writing. It only
got this long because of that. :)
Author's note: This series takes place after the final manga story,
Vol.38, starting a few weeks after the wedding fiasco. It somewhat
follows after my previous fics, "Aftermath" "Team Ranma vs. the Orochi
Assassins," "End of the Beginning," "Where We Go From Here," "The Heart
Screams From Within," and "Change of Cologne." This particular story
focuses primarily on Nabiki, of all people; don't ask why, that's just
how things turned out. Knowledge of the previous stories
helps in understanding the minor details of the story (see "Plot Points"
below).
Personal bias says that this story has almost nothing to do with Ranma
or Akane, but instead the people around them. Story basis mainly follows
the manga, with anime details on the side. Ling-ling and Lung-lung exist
soley because the author likes the characters :)
Simple but important facts you have to know: If you were wondering why
Kodachi and Ukyo don't sing, well, here's the answer in short: Ukyo
wasn't around when the group formed, and Kodachi (at the time) was
considered a minor character. (Of course some people interpret as this:
the VA for Kodachi wasn't 'good' enough for the group; by the gods I
hope my interpretation is right, otherwise this was a glaring insult.)
BTW: onna-Ranma = Girl-type Ranma (I'm being lazy)
Plot Points (from previous stories)
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1. Ranma and Akane are married. Only Shampoo contests this marriage now.
2. Mousse and Ukyo have been dating, but recently broke up when Shampoo
returned from China. Mousse still wants Shampoo, but this leaves Ukyo in
the dust. Both feel guilty over a sham relationship (it was based on
desparation).
3. The so-called 'Kiss of Death' law has been forcibly-repealed by
Cologne.
4. Mousse is now an outsider of his tribe (banished by Cologne). He's
now living at and works at Ucchan's, since Cologne's still mad at him
for defying traditions.
5. Ryoga is looking for his mother to get permission to marry Akari.
6. Kodachi and Tatewaki have reached an understanding. That is, they
recognize the fact (openly) that they can't bear to live without each
other and viciously defend one another from harm. Tatewaki is
practically the father figure for Kodachi.
7. After being possessed by a malevolent spirit, Ukyo discovers she has
'untapped potential' to manipulate chi to heights greater than Ranma. As
of yet she's reluctant to use it as she's afraid she might hurt someone.
8. Ling-ling and Lung-lung work as draw girls at Nekohatten. That is,
they stand just outside the door to attract men inside :)
9. Both Kunos know that Ranma and the pig-tailed girl are the same
person. While Kodachi accepts this, Kuno's hatred of Ranma was
intensified, since the sorcerer Ranma toyed with his fragile heart.
Kodachi sees the curse as an 'added incentive' to give up on Ranma and
look for 'more perfect' guys.
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Opening: Don't Cry Anymore (a.k.a. Ukyo's song; read lyrics to find why)
The street casts
a lonely silhouette, that's me.
The good-bye speech-- now,
I can't believe what I heard.
My heart beats like a drum,
even a klaxon.
Starting to invite tears, a lullaby.
Cheer up, don't cry any more.
When tomorrow comes,
everything will change.
Cheer up, don't cry any more.
Face the new wind and
Smile again!
I had felt like I
was totally cool.
In the car that's driving away,
a lovely kiss scene.
You and your girlfriend--
it's no mistake!
Cheer up, don't cry any more
because nothing but bad things
won't continue.
Cheer up, don't cry any more.
The sky I look up at embraces me.
Smile again!
Cheer up, don't cry any more.
When tomorrow comes,
everything will change.
Cheer up, don't cry any more.
Face the new wind and
Smile again!
* * * * *
If it has the words 'martial arts' in it, Ranma could do it easily.
And wipe the floor with the opponent at it, too. Well, most of the time,
if you counted combat with Pantyhose Taro, Cologne, Happosai, and
sometimes Ryoga got lucky.... But when it really mattered, Ranma came
out on top.
Of course, that didn't apply to activities that didn't involve martial
arts of some form. Playing musical instruments was one of them.
The microphone screeched as Mousse sang off-key, with Ranma, Ryoga,
and Kuno trying to play instruments in which they had no skill in using.
DUCK, as Mousse liked to call his 'band,' never left the walls of the
Tendo dojo.
"...don't you knoooow-oh it's luuuuu-uhhhve...." sang Mousse
pathetically.
Ranma threw down the electric guitar. "I've had it, Mousse! Not only
can't we play these things, you can't sing either!"
Kuno waved his drumsticks menacingly at Mousse. Fortunately for
Mousse, the drumsticks were nowhere near as long as a bokken. "Had you
asked me to use something I could play, then we wouldn't sound so
terrible!"
Ryoga set his guitar down as well. "If you're done wasting my time, I
still have some traveling to do."
All four men bickered when Akane and Nabiki entered the room.
"What's it about this time?" asked Akane.
"Looks like they're discovering music," muttered Nabiki.
Ranma pointed at Mousse accusingly. "It's HIS idea."
"Umm, Mousse?" Akane started, staring at the equipment in the room,
"What are you doing?"
Mousse produced a flyer from his sleeves, handing it to Akane. "It's a
battle of the bands. Sponsored by the Tokuyama Agency, who are looking
for talented bands. Grand prize is an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii
for two weeks and a recording contract."
Akane read the flyer over. "Hawaii, huh."
All-expenses paid wringed in Nabiki. "Mousse, Mousse, Mousse... I can
help you get to Hawaii, if for some small favors."
"Name them!" replied Mousse, excited.
"One: don't sing. Two: when you win, I'm going along."
"Nabiki," Akane said, "the flyer says the entire band gets to go."
Nabiki smiled slyly, then wrapped her arm around Akane's waist. "Now
let's talk business, Akane. Do you want to go to Hawaii?"
"Well, yeah, it would be nice."
"I've got an idea."
The two sisters walked out of the training room and to the kitchen,
where Kasumi was washing dishes.
"Hey, Kasumi," greeted Nabiki.
"Hi Nabiki!" answered Kasumi cheerily, as usual.
"Tell me, when was the last time you went on vacation?"
"Oh my, I don't know. I've been working so hard that I've never
thought about it. Why?"
"How would you like to take a vacation to Hawaii?"
"If this involves hurting someone, then the answer is 'no.'"
"Nothing of the sort, dear Sister," Nabiki replied coolly. Akane
handed the flyer over to Nabiki, who in turn showed it to Kasumi. "It's
a battle of the bands, grand prize gets an all-expenses paid trip to
Hawaii. Interested?"
Kasumi nodded, understanding the meaning. "Wonderful! It'll be like
old times again...."
"No way, I'm not going to do it!" Ranma said fiercely.
Ranma stood defiantly in the middle of the Tendo dojo, his back to
Akane and Nabiki. Try as they might, the Tendo sisters couldn't convince
Ranma to cooperate with them. Yet.
"Oh come on, Ranma," Nabiki persisted, "even Shampoo agreed. Why don't
you? We can't do this without you."
"Singing is not a guy thing," returned Ranma. Especially considering
how well Mousse was doing only hours before....
"I can fix that!" shouted Akane, throwing a bucket of water on Ranma.
"Hey!" yelled onna-Ranma.
"Problem solved," concluded Nabiki. "Really, Ranma, you don't have a
choice anymore. We want to go to Hawaii."
"Well, thanks a lot," replied onna-Ranma sarcastically. My dignity for
Hawaii. What else could go wrong?
All at once, several figures broke their way through to the Tendo
training hall: Mousse, Kuno, Kodachi, Ukyo, and Ryoga.
Of course, how Ryoga found his way there was a mystery....
"Hey!" they shouted in unison, "We want to go to Hawaii too!"
Ranma sank to the floor in frustration. NOW what?
Kuno waved his bokken menacingly. "To think that the vile scourge,
Nabiki Tendo would conspire with the cretinous sorcerer, Ranma Saotome,
in order to spirit off to Hawaii with the flower of rare beauty that is
Akane Tendo, without my approval or chaperone...."
"Oh, shut up," Kodachi snapped at her brother. "The commoner Nabiki
Tendo fails to understand her proper station in respect to us Kunos."
Whipping out a ribbon, she cried to Nabiki, "And soon you'll learn your
place! Soon you'll wish you studied your father's martial arts!"
"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have known about the contest in
the first place!" complained Mousse, digging through his robes for
blades. Any would do.
"Yeah!" agreed Ryoga, waving his umbrella. "Mousse was generous enough
to let me hook up with his band, but you...."
"Not fair playing favorites," argued Ukyo. "Mark my words, Tendo: this
will be the last time I'll be looked over by your little 'gentleman's
club' you call a singing group you've got running here." She unstrapped
her combat spatula, twirling it in the air and catching it. "I'll make
sure that you're 'full of memories,' full of memories of me hurting you!
Any last words before you die?"
Ranma looked at Nabiki nervously. "Nabiki... I can't take all _five_
of them at once...." Well, Kuno wasn't too much of a problem, but then
there was both Ryoga and Mousse, unless he got rid of Mousse's
glasses... then there was Kodachi and Ukyo... wait a minute, could I
hurt my best friend?
"Oh, come now," Nabiki started, addressing the five aggressive teens,
"don't you think I have everything planned out already?"
All five shouted at Nabiki angrily. All at once, trying to yell over
the others to make themselves heard. Nabiki calmly ignored them, as if
her life wasn't in jeopardy. "Well, if you guys would settle down and
listen, you'd know that the entire band gets to go."
They stopped. All attention was on Nabiki.
Kodachi narrowed her eyes in suspicion, barely restraining herself.
"We're listening," Ukyo hissed, gripping her spatula harder.
"I've taken into account what we have here," she said. "Without a
shadow of a doubt, Akane, Kasumi, Ranma, Shampoo, and I will sing, after
all, people like us. We've enough singers, but nobody to play
instruments. So what do you say?"
Ranma slapped herself in the face. What in the world was Nabiki doing?
"Just about anything but drums," commented Kuno. "The Kuno tradition
dictates a proficiency in the instruments of the reeds and winds, as
they yield the most pleasant tunes."
"Well," Ukyo started, "I learned how to play a piano when I was
younger. Sort of." Then, strapping her spatula, she added, "I can sing
too, you know."
"Well, I have something to say to you about that: no," answered Nabiki
coldly. She glared at Kodachi, who looked just about ready to protest
herself. "I don't know how well any of you can sing, but I'm not willing
to put Hawaii on the line to find out."
"Just give me something," Kodachi said. "All I want is Hawaii."
"I'll help if Akari can come along," Ryoga said.
"And what am I supposed to do?" Mousse said. "I mean it, I WANT to do
something important this time. If I have to do lights again, which is
NOT important, I swear someone is going to...."
"You'll all see," Nabiki answered.
All questions were answered, and a few more were raised when Nabiki
gathered all band members to the rented auditorium: onna-Ranma, Akane,
Kasumi, Shampoo, and Nabiki were singers. In percussion were Mousse,
Ling-ling and Lung-lung (they would've gotten mad otherwise if Shampoo
were in and they weren't, but Nabiki wouldn't let them sing either);
Mousse having a set of drums and the twins with the rest, including
cymbals, xylophones, and triangles. Ukyo was given a set of keyboards.
Wood, wind, and brass instruments were given to Kuno and Ryoga. String
instruments were given to Akari (at Ryoga's insistence), Kodachi, and
Konatsu (who wanted to stay with Ukyo). Well, fourteen people wasn't so
bad, the more the merrier, Nabiki thought.
Now if only she could get them to work together.
Soun, Genma, Nodoka, and Cologne sat in the midst of empty seating in
the auditorium, watching the teens practice. Soun couldn't help but cry,
spouting words about his daughters growing up, words to which Genma paid
no attention.
Nodoka smiled warmly at Cologne. "So you're Shampoo's
great-grandmother? She's such a sweet girl!"
Cologne nodded. "Most men covet her beauty," she said, careful not to
bring up anything related to her son-in-law. After all, this was his
mother. Some things you just can't talk about with certain people.
Mousse and Ryoga were among the first to complain, but Nabiki gave
them a stern look, and reminded them of Hawaii. She sighed, realizing
that was the only thing keeping all of them in check. It wouldn't look
pretty if the group they called 'Doco' didn't win first place.
In times before Doco was primarily a singing group, grown to
popularity beyond what any of its members imagined. A back-up band was
hired to play the background music, very professional they were. After a
few concerts the five singers thought it best to disband, much to the
disappointment to the fans. The biggest reason was exhaustion, among
other things. The last time the five sang together was at the last
Christmas party.
From what Nabiki could remember, that was the last time any of them
worked on the same side. Referring to the uncooperative Kuno, Mousse,
Ryoga, Kodachi, Ukyo, and Shampoo, that is.
And now today, the beginning of summer, the group was back together,
with others along for the ride. Vacation in Hawaii never sounded so good
in Nabiki's life. Especially after Exam Hell. All-expenses paid trip hit
the spot.
The preliminaries wouldn't be for another three weeks, not a lot of
time for the band to shape up, admittantly, but not impossible. At least
they knew the basics of music, now all they had to do was play it
together.
"Okay, everybody, listen up," Nabiki said, raising her voice as to
catch everybody's attention. "We've only three weeks to practice. Revel
in the fact that the other bands only have that long as well. But we're
going to work at this, day and night, for the next three weeks, until we
get our routine down perfectly. Your trip to Hawaii depends on it.
Understand?"
The others nodded.
"Okay, you all read over the notes, so lets get started."
About five seconds later the band played to their own hearts' content,
which bothered Nabiki. The racket they made was unbearable to the
audiences' ears, as one-by-one the adults ran for the doors.
This was going to take a while.
It was late in the evening when Nabiki agreed to quit for the day.
Weary, the friends filed into a nearby sushi restaurant, as they were
too tired and exhausted to cook their own meals. Even Kasumi, with her
usual optimistic, energetic, cheery attitude, was exhausted. Being out
of practice didn't help any of them one bit. Not to mention some of them
never read music in their life.
"I wonder how the other bands are doing," wondered Akane.
"Probably not as bad as we're doing," replied onna-Ranma.
"I still plan on going to Hawaii," announced Mousse, with a
slightly-renewed determination.
Strangely enough, Shampoo and Ukyo sat at the same table, Ranma
noticed. And not a word passed between them, as if neither existed.
Unable to help himself, Ranma got up and sat at their table.
"Heya, Ranchan," Ukyo greeted.
"Nihao, Ranma," Shampoo greeted.
"I couldn't help but notice you two stopped fighting," Ranma began. "I
mean, thinking back over the past year, I can't think of one instance
where the two of you weren't at each other's throats."
Both girls giggled. "Things have changed, Ranchan," Ukyo said.
"We decide on truce," explained Shampoo. "There no reason to fight one
another." Not to mention Spatula-girl no challenge for Shampoo, she
thought. "Only pervert girl in Shampoo's way to marry Ranma now."
"Fat chance," Ranma replied.
"Shampoo," Ukyo began, "why don't you get together with Mousse?"
"Shampoo no like Mousse!" Shampoo replied, a bit too quickly.
"Uh-huh," Ukyo said. She thought about Mousse-- what a guy he was.
Ukyo found it in her heart to love such a man, but his heart was still
set on Shampoo, no matter what. It was a shame, her lot in life, really.
Mousse did care about Ukyo, but not the same way as Shampoo, whom he
truly loved.
Nope, no denying it Ukyo, Mousse can't be yours.
Then there was Konatsu. Ukyo couldn't bring herself to think of the
male kunoichi the same way she saw a man like in Ranma. Only time would
tell.
Ukyo produced a pocket calendar, and flipped through several pages,
and sighed. "If this is how the next three weeks are going to be, my
business will be ruined. I can only keep the shop open at very limited
hours now."
"Great-grandmother's restaurant have no such problem," Shampoo said.
Nabiki threw a wad of yen on the table before her. Until then nobody
at the table noticed the middle Tendo sister approach. "Should be enough
to cover rent and profit loss for a month."
Ukyo counted the money, then looked up at Nabiki suspiciously. "Just
where did you get this from?" No way could she have this much money.
"Oh, I have my sources," Nabiki replied coolly, sparing a glance at
Kuno.
Ranma couldn't imagine how Nabiki conned Kuno out of his money this
time, especially since he stopped buying photos of the 'pig-tailed
girl.' Oh, how those lost days were yearned for, as Kuno redoubled his
efforts to hurt Ranma after 'discovering' that his 'pig-tailed girl' was
in fact Ranma. No doubt a broken heart fueled his anger.
Ukyo got up. "Nabiki, may I have a word with you?"
Shrugging, Nabiki followed Ukyo to the opposite end of the dining
room. "What's on your mind?"
"Why are you helping me?" asked Ukyo. "You don't help anyone for
free."
"Because I know you'll pay me back," answered Nabiki, then added,
"with an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii."
Somehow Ukyo could tell that wasn't the real answer. "I know you don't
need me, and I know you know you don't need me, so why are you helping
me?" Ukyo persisted.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Nabiki replied.
Ukyo stared back with a 'try me' look.
"Okay, it goes like this," explained Nabiki, feeling that her show was
over. "If you weren't going to Hawaii, what would you do?"
Ukyo thought for a moment. "Tag along?"
"That, or try to stop us from going," Nabiki finished. "I'd rather
keep everyone in one place where I can see them. I mean to go to Hawaii
for my summer vacation, after all." Especially after passing the Exams--
barely. Nabiki intended to have some real fun in her life before
college.
Ukyo wasn't satisfied. "There's something else, but you won't tell
me."
"Nope. Not even your money can unzip these lips."
The next day at the Nekohatten Ling-ling and Lung-lung were hard at
work. Doing nothing. They were bored.
It was morning. For the Chinese restaurant there was no such thing as
the 'morning rush.' It was the twins' job to attract young men inside
for a bite to eat; they were beautiful young girls, after all. This
morning was unusually quiet; then again, it was summer.
Ling-ling grabbed some empty bowls from a nearby table, tossing some
to her sister.
* * * * *
Ouen-teki SHANPUU-anego (Helpful older sister Shampoo)
Ling-ling, Lung-lung
The rescuing Nekohantten
Ling-ling, Lung-lung
Helpful older sister Shampoo!
Supreme cooking, speedy delivery,
relaxing price, beautiful draw girls (btw, they mean themselves)
Satiated Ranma, annoying Mousse,
comforting o-baba, delightful older sister Shampoo
We two acting as one,
splendidly spinning porcelain bowls in the air!
[Aiyaa!]
[Customer, catch it, please!] [Please!]
* * * * *
Cologne and Shampoo stepped into the dining room, wondering at all the
commotion. Ling-ling and Lung-lung cowered, trying a cute look. The two
elder amazons surveyed the shattered porcelain bowls across the floor.
"This is why you don't sing when you work," Cologne said.
Shampoo merely smiled, standing behind Cologne where she couldn't see
her. Those girls had potential, now if only they could do two things at
once. Their style and personality relied on a focus to get by, and that
was why they were such excellent fighters, if a bit unorthodoxed. Take
away the focus, or disturb it, and they fell apart.
Which was one reason why they weren't singing.
A week passed, and the band was improving, Nabiki thought. More than
once members tried to back out of the group, but Nabiki's slick tongue
kept them in. After all, she did need them to get to Hawaii.
After Ukyo was Ryoga, who wanted to find his mother to ask permission
to marry Akari. Nabiki stopped him just in time.
"Look," Nabiki argued, "you'd get just as lost as your mother, so how
much better a chance do you have of finding her if you're both lost?"
Ryoga couldn't argue with that logic. She also promised to look into
locating her, and made sure to give Ryoga a beeper, just in case he did
run off. Ryoga was satisfied. He also harbored thoughts of marrying
Akari in Hawaii....
Akari wanted to leave the same time as Ryoga, but his decision to stay
made her stay as well. Two birds with one stone, after all.
Both Kunos had desires to leave, but Nabiki played both like a fiddle.
To Kuno she argued, "Don't you want to help make your little sister
happy?" To Kodachi she argued, "Don't you think your brother deserves a
well-spent vacation in Hawaii? Especially after the grueling Exams?" Of
course, both remembered what happened to their father when he returned
from Hawaii, but appealing to their siblinghood worked, for the moment.
Nabiki was the glue that kept them together and in focus.
Especially with the all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii as an incentive.
One night Nabiki lay in her futon, staring at the ceiling of her room.
She thought over the past week, over the band's progress, over her own
behavior toward the band members, and one particular confrontation with
a suspicious Akane.
It was earlier that evening when Akane confronted Nabiki. The younger
Tendo had asked, "Why are you helping everybody?"
To which Nabiki replied, "You know me Akane. Hawaii is all I want."
Akane couldn't help but push the matter further. "Nabiki, you could
just as easily have hired a backup band instead. It would be just us,
Kasumi, Ranma, and Shampoo." Then realization dawned upon her. "You've
got a soft spot under that cold exterior."
Nabiki turned to her sister in shock. "Perish the thought! It wouldn't
do if it were known that Nabiki Tendo helped others for free. Everybody
knows that whatever Nabiki Tendo wants, she gets. I want Hawaii."
At that point the discussion was dropped.
Nabiki sighed as she lay under her covers in her room. Summer often
gave the middle Tendo sister a lot of time to think.
Am I getting soft? she wondered. Or was I always this way?
Nabiki Tendo was known for her cold, mercenary attitude about matters,
most prominently the wedding fiasco. She didn't mean for it to turn out
the way it did; after all, Nabiki wanted to see her sister happily
married. And getting some extra cash on the side wouldn't have hurt,
Nabiki reasoned, so she sent out extra invitations, hoping to turn a
profit. Unfortunately, the extra invitations attracted some unwanted
attention, and an unwanted result in the end. Of course that didn't stop
Nabiki from taking the guests' yen.
Nabiki was glad that everyone was okay, especially Ranma, who'd been
pounded and blown-up during the wedding. Why did she care about Ranma?
Of course, he did turn quite a profit for her, but Nabiki knew there was
the other reason too: she really did care what happened to him. Not in
the same way as Akane, but as a person, someone you know, someone who
you don't want to see harm to. Ranma always bought her cold exterior
feelings, what a dense man he was!
Of course Kasumi never bought it; she always insisted that Nabiki were
kinder and humane than she let on. Kasumi was very perceptive, if a bit
'out of it' sometimes. Or was that a clever facade as well? And Akane,
heh, she didn't catch on until... just a few hours ago? Or did Akane
know all along? Well, Nabiki never could keep anything from her sisters
for long.
Bah, she thought, better to remain cold and ruthless than display such
weakness as kindness and emotion. Better to keep your distance in case
they left for good... like Mother. Reflecting, Nabiki thought, perhaps
that's why I turned out the way I did. What would Mother say?
Unlike her father, Soun, Nabiki kept her emotions in check. Privately
she still mourned her mother, lost so suddenly. Oh, how that day
affected them all! At least Kasumi and Akane could deal with it. Well,
*maybe* Kasumi could deal with it, considering her attitude nowadays
compared to years before. Yuck, the thought of it! How could she stand
being so bright and cheery all the time?!
I hate summer, Nabiki thought. Definitely too much time to think.
It was three days before the preliminary rounds of the contest. It was
then the band became intimately familiar with their instruments, some
going so far as to sleep night and day with them, in Konatsu's case.
To Nabiki's surprise, they could actually play _together_!
Thinking back to the previous week and days, they'd all pulled through
many days and nights to get the notes down right. The five singers
practiced away from the band, but this time they would sing and play
together. Well, no time like now to get it down.
"Okay, everybody," shouted Nabiki, catching the attention of all in
the auditorium. In that moment chatter ceased immediately. Wow, it felt
so good to be in control. "I think it's time we get our routine down
flat. You all know the notes. Just remember, we got to knock the socks
off the judges during the preliminaries, or we won't get a shot at the
finals."
All nodded. Mousse tapped his drumsticks together in beats. "One, two,
three, go!"
* * * * *
FUKUZATSUna Ryouomoi (Complex Two Thoughts)
(Shampoo, +All) Carrying one side of romance is a burden, isn't it?
(Shampoo, +All) Isn't there even a special connection to God?
(Shampoo) On purpose, you had unkind behavior, but
In my chest's heart, gentleness was being reached.
(Akane, +All) Also repelling your pushy way of doing things,
(Akane, +All) I must reflect that it is not good even if it's not you.
(Akane) Also after that quarrel that I was not disgusted with,
Wasn't it a gloomy street at night, I regret relying upon you?
(Kasumi) Entwined by a red thread,
We are connected here and there, aren't we?
(Nabiki) Drawing strongly together with each other
(Kasumi & Nabiki) Like a puppet that is being held.
(All) Complex two thoughts not docile, both of us
(Ranma) The letters "sorry" are vanishing from the dictionary.
(All) Complex two thoughts one plus one equals one half
Worrying about wanting to cry in the dark.
(Ranma, +All) For example, take me even if I'm a boy.
(Ranma, +All) For example, take you even if you're a girl.
(Ranma) In this way, it's not personalities that are similar.
And still, we can't associate with each other, right?
(Nabiki) I'll try to find a good bed.
I'll find one for you for about 100.
(Kasumi) Your show of courage is love inside-out
(Nabiki & Kasumi) The truth was let out long ago.
(All) Simple love is good. Digital formula two thoughts
(Shampoo) I want to make love and hate clear to you.
(All) Simple love is good. I want to meet your kiss to a degree.
I want to become that sort of adult.
(Akane) Complex two thoughts not docile, both of us
(Ranma) The letters "sorry" are vanishing from the dictionary.
(All) Simple love is good. I want to meet your kiss to a degree
I can say "sorry." I want to possess gentleness.
Complex two thoughts one plus one equals one half
Worrying about wanting to cry in the dark.
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(continued in part 2)
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"That's my story and I'm sticking to it."--JMS, creator of Babylon 5.
"If you go to Z'ha'dum, you will die."--Kosh, Babylon 5.
"Jump. Jump now!"--Kosh, Babylon 5, making some sense.
--Razorclaw X
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