Subject: [FFML] Songfic 02 (Ranma 1/2) Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (Beta)
From: azatlan
Date: 8/17/1998, 4:30 AM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

Here's the 2nd Songfic I wrote.

 SongFic #2:

"Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday"
by Boyz II Men

2nd Songfic by Azatlan

The scene begins at a... cemetary.....

As the camera pans towards the only crowd there, the music begins...

[How do I say good-bye
To What We Had?]

We see the familiar faces of the Ranma 1/2.  This time however,
they are dressed in funeral clothing and we can hear everyone there
crying...Especially Ryouga...

[The Good Time That Made Us Laugh
All way back.]

The camera focuses in on Ryouga, who has totally lost it and is
crying a river.  His mind thinks back to the time when he first
met Akari.  And her reaction when she found out about his curse.

[Thought we had Forever,
But forever's gone away.]

We see his thoughts change to the day he proposed to Akari, which
was one of the happiest days in his life...

[It's So hard,
To Say Goodbye,
to Yesterday.]

We see Ryouga and Akari finally getting married.  Although he's
very nervous, Ryouga manages to finish his wedding vow.  He
removes Akari's veil and his breath is taken away by her incredible
beauty and his love for her.

[I don't know where the road
Is going to lead.
All I know is where we've been
And what we've been through.]

We see the newlywed couple on the road, trying to get back to
the Pig Farm.  However, Akari let Ryouga lead the way and like always,
they got lost.  We then see scenes of China, Paris, London, and Rome;
the places they went to on their way back to the Farm.

[If we get,
To See tomorrow,
I hope it's worth all the pain.]

We see Ryouga and Akari running from villagers who want to carve
up Katsunishiki for food.  Then we see Akari badly injuring herself
rescuing P-Chan from falling off a cliff.

[It's So hard,
To Say Goodbye,
to Yesterday.]

The camera fades back to the Cemetary.  The service is over and
the crowd offer Ryouga their condolences.  Thunder and lightning
can be heard and seen in the distance...

[And I'll take With Me
The Memory,
To Be My Sunshine
After the Rain.]

Ryouga's thoughts go back to last week...

[It's So hard,
To Say Goodbye,
to Yesterday.]

We see Ryouga and Akari at a park in Nermia, enjoying themselves
and not a care in the world.  Then out of nowhere, a masked gunman
appears out of the bushes and demands their money.  Ryouga disarms 
the gunman but not before the gunman manages to fire a shot.  The
shot strikes Akari in the heart.  Ryouga screams out Akari's name and
barely manages to catch her before she hit the ground...

[And I'll take With Me
The Memory,
To Be My Sunshine
After the Rain.]

Ryouga is holding Akari's barely conscious body and he is able to hear her
say to him with her last breath,

"I'm sorry...Ryouga-sama f...f...for failing to...l...live up to my part of
our wedding
vows.  Know this...I will always love you.  And one day...we will be together
again."

Akari closes her eyes for the last time as the last bit of breath leaves
her body.  Ryouga screams out "NO!" and we can  see tears streaming
out of his eyes.  His Chi begins to flare-up as his anguish turns into
anger towards the gunman.  The gunman, sensing that his life is about
to be over soon, drops the gun and flees.  Ryouga sends off a Chi Blast
in the gunman's direction, killing him...

The camera fades back to the cemetary and we see that the others
have already left, leaving P-Chan alone, at Akari's grave.

<Camera fades to black>

Notes:

Need help with the part prior to the end.  Thanks folks! ^_^