Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction ❯ Love Me For What I am ❯ Love Me For What I Am ( Prologue )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Love Me For What I Am
A songfic by Tsukino Kage Spectre based on the song of the same title performed by the Carpenters, with some lyrics changed to fit the situations.
Ranma is owned by Rumiko Takahashi.

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(Opens on the first meeting between Ranma and the Tendos, as Ranma just finishes explaining the curse and Akane insults him after they've been forced together.)
We fought each other, on the first night that we met
(Akane clocks Ranma with the table and he is waylaid groaning to the ground.)
Together we've been miserable, I have many regrets
The ordinary problems, have been too hard to face
(A collage of similar incidents appears, the movement is only until Ranma is hit by something then it freezes in that pose before moving off screen.)
And very little changes have been slowly taking place
(Fades back to one such incident after the Saffron incident...)
You're always finding something, is wrong in what I do
(... Ranma is being berated by an angry Akane as he is groaning on the ground...)
But you can't rearrange my life, because it pleases you
(... then gets punted through the roof after a frustrated scream from his violent fiance.)

You've got to love me for what I am, for simply being me
(He lands through the roof of Ucchan's, moaning on a crashed table, as Ukyo cries out.)
Don't love me for what you intend or hope that I will be
(She's by his side immediately and tries to feel his head for bumps...)
And if you're only using me, to feed your fantasy
(... then Ryoga shows up, with Kuno in tow screaming at him.)
You're really not in love, so let me go
(They rush him and a punch by Ryoga sends Ranma back into the sky...)
I must be free
(... as Ukyo bashes them both over the head.)

If what you want, isn't natural for me
(Meanwhile, back at the Tendo's, Akane is still in a full, seething rage...)
I won't pretend to keep you, what I am I have to be
(...stomping to the dojo...)
The picture of perfection, is only in your mind
(... she proceeds to demolish a dummy with a clip-on pigtail...)
For all your expectations, love can never be designed
(... and get taunted by Nabiki, at whom she screams back at...)
We now hate each other, for everything we are
(... she thinks of Ranma as a ghostly image of him floats before her...)
Let's leave this life we've made behind, and make another start
(... and screams some more out of rage.)

You've got to love me for what I am, for simply being me
(Ranma, meanwhile, lands at the Nekohanten, and is glomped by Xian Pu...)
Don't love me for what you intend or hope that I will be
(... after sputtering around, Mu Tsu attacks in a rage...)
And if you're only using me, to feed your fantasy
(... only to get Ku Lon's staff at the back and fall over paralyzed...)
You're really not in love, so let me go
(... Ku Lon chuckles and directs Xian Pu to the back...)
I must be free
(Ranma is simply limp, as they leave him on a bed somewhere.)

(instrumental)
(Once everyone was gone, Ranma sneaks out of the room back to the Tendo's but is seen by Xian Pu who gives chase. The chase attracks the Kuno siblings and Ryoga, then Ukyo.)

And if you're only using me, to feed your fantasies
(He ducks into the dojo and clings to the roof...)
You're really not in love, so let me go
(... the others pass by below, missing him...)
I must be free
(... when they're gone, he sighs and drops to the floor...)

You're really not in love, so let me go
(... only to get smacked from behind by Akane...)
I must be free
(... and she delivers a real beat down as the camera fades to her screams of anger, and his of pain.)