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In Love With Your Ghost

*Musical intro*

  [Ranma stands in front of his desk, we watch him in the reflection of the mirror a tear falls over his cheek and we circle around to face the real boy then follow the tear to splash on a crumpled piece of paper.]

There's a letter on the desk top
that I dug out of a drawer
the last truce we ever came to in our adolescent war

  [He runs his thumb over the smudged writing and the paper blurs, the ink pools into the shadows of Ranma and Ryoga fighting as usual, but when Ryoga pins Ranma down both boys are laughing. Just a game. They dissolved back into the letter and we seen it's a birthday invitation from sixth grade. Ranma shuts it back up in the drawer and turns away]

then I start to feel a fever
from the warm air through the screen
you come regular like seasons shattering my dreams

  [The scene darkens to Ranma's room at night. The pigtailed boy is tossing on his mat in the thrall of a nightmare. He bolts upright in bed and Ryoga's voice seems to echo through the room. A left over phantom from the dream world.]

Well the Mississippi's mighty
but it starts in Minnesota
at a place that you could walk across with five steps down

  [Ranma jumps over the river on a few large stones. He is followed by Ryoga who misses his mark, slips and falls in. Ranma jumps to his rescue and pulls a black piglet to shore. Both are coughing and wet. Ranma chuckles and the camera pans into his smile.]

and I guess that's how you started
like a pinprick to my heart
but at this point you rush right through me and I start to drown

  [Pan out to a full body shot in tones of white on a black background. Various pictures of Ryoga, cut out of time speed by him in shades of clear yellow mist. They are pleasant at first but the build up getting more angry until A large photo of Ryoga screaming at him slams into the background. Ranma slids to his knees and hides his face.]

and there's not enough room in this world for my pain

  [Ryoga trudges through the woods, trying to get away, but the world is to small. He always ends up back with Ranma.]

signals cross and love gets lost and time pass makes it plain

  [The two of them spar until Ryoga gets lost again and Ranma watches the horizon like he always does, awaiting his return.]

of all my demon spirits I need you the most

  [An image of Ryoga dances gracefully around Ranma, teasing the pigtailed boy until Ranma catches him in his arms. The image fades like smoke, Ranma cries out at the loss.]

I'm in love with your ghost
I'm in love with your ghost

  [Ryoga walks down a forgotten road. A shade of Ranma seems to be following a step behind him. Never leaving him.]

Dark and dangerous like a secret
that gets whispered in a hush
when I wake the things I dreamt about you last night makes me blush

  [Ryoga moans and twists in his tent. His lips part in a needy whisper. "Ranma." The lost boy looks at his reflection in a pond while he's washing up. He remembers his dream. Remembers Ranma's hands on his body, and his blushes brightly.]

when you kiss me like a lover

  [A new scene Ranma bends to kiss a very surprised Ryoga.]

when you sting me like a viper

  [Ryoga punches him and Ranma Wakes abruptly then slips out the window.]

I will go down to the river play your memory like the piper

  [Another fade out and in on Ranma sitting beside the river skipping stones. Trying to forget.]

and I feel it like a sickness how this love is killing me

  [As they spar Ranma continually lets Ryoga hit him finally his falls to the ground and spits up blood]

but I'd walk into the fingers of your fire willingly

  [He looks up at Ryoga and stands up to take more. Not caring anymore as long as the other boy touches him. Even if it is to hurt him.]

I dance the edge of sanity, I've never been this close

  [Ranma's eyes glitter and he walks right into Ryoga's blast. He falls and Ryoga stares disbelieving.]

In love with your ghost

    [Pan in, Ryoga's shock eyes are flooded by memories of Ranma falling over and over, pan out as he takes a step forward.]

Unknowing captor
You'll never know how much of you
is my spirit but I can't touch you

  [Ryoga kneels by the other boy and hesitates, Reaching out to smooth his hair then pulling back unsure. He chokes on his tears and finally runs his fingers over Ranma's hair before he runs away.]

Can you hear it my cry to be free
I'm forever under lock and key
As you pass through me

  [Ranma's eyes flutter open just in time to see Ryoga leave. He reaches out for the lost boy but his voice won't obey him enough to call out. The background goes black and scene skips back over Ryoga's retreating form like a broken record and Ranma curls in on himself. Alone.]

Now I see your face before me
that would launch a thousand ships
 

  [Ryoga runs toward the sunset but superimposed on the beautiful colors is Ranma as he was last time Ryoga saw him.]

I bring your heart back to my island as the sand beneath me slips

  [The lost boy clutches at the image and falls, rolling down a sand dune and sprawling at the bottom]

As I burn up in your presence
and I know now how it feels

  [The fire of the Shishihokoden surrounds Ryoga as he releases his pain on one huge blast.]

to be weakened like Achilles with you always at my heels

  [As he falls, spent, to the sand, an image of Ranma still follows him down and sits, watching him sleep. Both slowly fade into Nerima, Ryoga is walking down the street.]
 

And my bitter pill to swallow is the silence that I keep

  [He searches for Ranma but for some reason he can't call out for him.]

It poisons me I can't swim free the river is too deep

  [He slips into the river but this time Ranma isn't there to drag him to safety.]

Though I'm baptized by your touch I am no worst than most

  [An angel with Ranma's face stands before the gates of heaven. He reaches out to touch the lost boy but his hand passes right through him.]

In love with your ghost

  [Ryoga tries to hold on to the angel but he can't. He is falling. Just as he hits the ground he wakes up screaming and reaches out toward the phantom that lingers before him.]

You are shadowing my dreams

  [This time the shadow is real! Ryoga's eyes widen as Ranma holds him tight. Comforting.]

In love with your ghost

  [Zoom in on their first real kiss and fade into black.]

In love with your ghost
 
 

~Owari~