November Rain
By Lady Une-chan and Mr.
Raberba 04
Disclaimer:
We don't own Ranma ˝. We wish we did. :-(
We also do not own the Ranma song "November Rain" and we got
the translation from Anime Lyrics.com.
"Ranma no baka!" shouted
Akane. And with that, she slapped Ranma and ran out into the rain.
"A-Akane," called out
Ranma in despair. Why did he have to always make her mad?
/machi
chuu ga namida sa
hoho
o tsutau ame ni
nijimu
omae/
(All
over the town, there are tears,
The
rain running down my cheeks
You
are blurred by)
The cold rain water splashed onto
Ranma, turning him into his female form, Ranma-chan. Not wanting to go back
inside to face his father and Akane's family, and not wanting to chase Akane,
Ranma-chan began to wander down the street.
/korogatta
ANBURERA
sashikakeru
hito mo
inai
kara/
(Because
the person over whom
I
held the umbrella that rolled away
Is
not here)
Akane stopped in her tracks. She
knew that she needed to go back and apologize to Ranma, so she ran back to the
Tendo Dojo.
When she finally got there, she
hastily slid the shoji door open.
"Ranma! Ranma!" called
Akane.
"Is that you Akane?" asked
Kasumi.
"Where's Ranma?" asked
Akane.
"We thought he was with
you," said Nabiki.
"No, I ah, well I went on walk
by myself!" Akane defended herself.
"In the rain?" asked
Genma.
Akane nodded.
"Hmm," said Soun,
"Ranma hasn't come back since you two went outside."
"Are you sure?" asked
Akane, anxiously.
The members of Tendo Dojo nodded.
"I'm sure he'll show up
sometime," said Kasumi, "Now let's go to bed."
/sou
sunao ja naitte
wakatte
te mo
kotoba
ni daseya shinai no sa/
(I'm
not being true to myself,
Yes,
I know but,
I
can't say those words.)
But Akane couldn't sleep. She was
too worried about her Ranma. She prayed for him to come back soon. However, her
prayers were unanswered. The next
morning, Genma found a letter on the porch labeled "Akane."
Akane tore open the note. "Dear
Akane," it stated, "I am sorry for the pain that I have caused
you. I won't be a burden to you any
longer. Please tell my father and your family good-bye and tell Ryoga and Kuno
and I won't be there to beat them up anymore.
Just let Shampoo figure out that I'm gone. Sayonara watashi no
tomodachi, Ranma."
/TENDER
RAIN
samusa
de kogoesou na ame demo
kokoro
yori atatakai NOVEMBER RAIN
namida
kiasaru made yamanai de/
(Tender
rain,
Even
rain that's about to freeze from cold
Is warmer
than my heart. November rain,
Until
my tears vanish, don't stop)
Ranma was back to being just plain
Ranma Saotome, and was wandering down a lonely street when he heard a dog bark.
Ranma turned around to find a little puppy sitting on the side of the road.
"Oh, hello little fellow,"
said Ranma, as he bent down to pet the animal. Then he continued down the road.
However, the puppy followed him.
"Okay, you can come with
me," he said, and the two went off.
/ASUFARUTO
hajiita
ame
no machi ha totmo
kanahi
geda ne/
([The
rain] snapped on the asphalt.
The
rainy town has
A
touch of sadness, doesn't it?)
Akane put her head in hands and
started to cry. "Why? Why, Ranma?"
Ryoga sat down next to her and
patted her on the back, trying to comfort her. "Now, now, Akane. I'm sure
Ranma will show up. And if he doesn't, you'll know what I'll do to him!"
Akane just shook her head. "If
Ranma doesn't come back," she whispered, "Then you can't beat him
up."
This made Ryoga chuckle. "You
know, Akane, I think I'm going to find Ranma."
"You will? Thank you,
Ryoga!" exclaimed Akane, hugging him.
"Anything for you, Akane."
/sakamichi
de hirotta
bisho
nure no koinu
dakishimete/
(I'm
holding
A
wet puppy that
I
picked up on a hill road.)
Ryoga started out on his quest to
find Ranma. He first seached the entire
town. Unfortunately, he ran into Shampoo.
"Nani! Shampoo's Ranma is gone!
What is Shampoo to do?" cried Shampoo when Ryoga asked her if she had seen
Ranma. "Why didn't any one tell Shampoo her Ranma was gone?"
Ryoga shrugged and ran away. He
heard Mousse ask Shampoo, "If Ranma's gone, will you go out with me?"
He then heard Shampoo slug Mousse and heard him fall to the ground.
Ryoga managed to not run into Ukyo
or insane Kodachi, but he was sure that they would hear the news sooner or
later, and the Tendo Dojo will have some visitors.
/sou
warukatta yotte
otokorashiku
iereba
egaso
mireta no ni/
("I
was bad."
If
I could have said [that] like a man,
I
could have seen your smiling face.)
Ranma continued down the road with
his new found friend, the little puppy dog.
He was getting tried, and decided to go back to the town that he had
sent the letter from, because the next town was even further, plus it was
getting close to nighttime. The puppy barked as Ranma turned around on the
path.
"Come on, Koinu-chan," he
said, calling to the puppy.
/TENDER
RAIN
yuuki
ga sukoshi tarinai dake de
omae
made kizutsuketa NOVEMBER RAIN
subete
arai nagase kanashimi o/
(Tender
rain
Because
I lacked enough courage,
I
hurt your feelings. November rain,
Wash
away all the sadness.)
Ryoga decided to go the town that
Ranma had sent the letter from. He had
written it down from the envelope, because Akane would not let go of the
letter. As Ryoga left Nerima, he thought he heard people calling
"Ranma."
He continued down the path, set on
finding Ranma for Akane. Besides, Ryoga need someone to get in a fight with and
if Ranma was gone who would fill his spot?
It was nighttime when Ryoga got to
the town, however, he was still able to make out the shape of what looked like
Ranma and a dog.
"Ranma!" called Ryoga. The
Ranma-like shape stopped and the dog-shape barked.
"Ryoga?" questioned a
voice that sounded like Ranma's.
"Yeah, it's me," Ryoga
said and headed over to Ranma. Finally he became visible.
Ranma just started a Ryoga.
"Why did you come to find me?"
"Because Akane is upset, Ranma.
She misses you. Heck, we all missed you," admited Ryoga.
"Really?" asked Ranma. The
puppy begin to whine.
"Yeah. So come back,
Ranma."
Ranma bent over to pick up the
puppy. "Does Akane really want me back?"
"Yea, Ranma. She really
does," said Ryoga.
Ranma held the puppy close to him
and smiled. "Then let's go back!"
Ryoga smiled back. "We'll hit
the trail first thing in the morning!"
/aa
yasashiku dekinai
akai
ito ga
hotsureta
mama de aruiteru/
(Ah,
I can't be tender.
[With]
the red thread
Loose
[as it is], we are walking.)
Akane begin to worry even more when
Ryoga didn't come home.
"He probably went to the town
Ranma sent the letter from," said Soun.
Akane nodded feebly.
"They'll be back tomorrow, I'll
bet," said Nabiki.
They all went to bed except Akane,
who sat there waiting for Ranma and Ryoga. Finally, she too fell asleep.
Early in the morning, the shoji door
slide open, but Akane still slept. Ranma knelt down beside her and shook her
softly.
"Akane," he called.
"Ranma!" Akane bolted
awake and hugged her fiancé.
"I'm sorry, Akane for running
away. I just thought--"
"No, I'm the one who should be
sorry. I'm the one who made you run away," interrupted Akane.
"I guess we are even,
then," said Ranma.
Ryoga cleared his throat.
"Oh, and thank you,
Ryoga," said Akane.
"Your welcome," Ryoga
mumbled as he left the room.
"Okay, Cheese-Puff, what's for
breakfast?" asked Ranma teasingly.
"Ranma!"
/TENDER
RAIN
samusa
de kogoesou na ame demo
kokoro
yori atatakai NOVEMBER RAIN
namida
kiasaru made yamanai de
RAIN/
(Tender
rain,
Even
rain that's about to freeze from cold
Is
warmer than my heart. November rain,
Until
my tears vanish, don't stop.
Rain.)
Owari
~
I
hope you liked it! My brother (Mr. Raberba 04) came up with this idea for a fic
when we were listening to one of my Ranma CDs.
I hope I got all of the facts straight; I haven't watched Ranma ˝ in a
long time. (After watching over 80 anime shows, they start to run together. I
think I need to borrow my friend's Ranma tapes!) ~ Lady Une-chan