DISCLAIMER: The song, "I’ll Be There For You" by the Rembrandts, is the theme song for the TV show Friends. Ryouga, Ukyou, and all other Ranma 1/2 are the property of Rumiko Takahashi. All scenes used in this are actual scenes from the manga and the anime, with the exception of the opening and closing scenes.
The idea to use this particular song for our favorite lost-boy and "the cute fiancee" came to me soon after writing my first song fic, "I Won’t Say," with Akane. Ryouga and Ukyou are my two favorite characters and, while they may not be best friends in the series, they do have a lot in common and always seem to get paired up, one way or another, whenever the members of the Ranma 1/2 crew get split into pairs. If you want to know how many times they’re worked together to date to my knowledge? Write me, it would take to long to put here and this is long enough as it is. ^_~
Cast:
Ryouga & Ukyou, with appearances from Akane, Ranma, etc.
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*Ryouga and Ukyou are in the Ucchan's after hours. Ryouga is cleaning tables up front, Ukyou is washing dishes out back. They're having a conversation, laughing, and generally enjoying themselves.*
Ryouga’s Point of View (P.O.V) So no one told you life was going to be this way.
*Show Ryouga wandering through Ryugenzowa*
Your job's a joke, you're broke, you're love life's DOA.
*Show him trying to talk to Akane, but stumbling and stuttering*
It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
*Flashes of Ryouga fighting Ranma: their first fight, the fight after Ryouga learns the bakusai tenketsu, after he learns the Shishi Hokodan, etc.*
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
*Flashes of him getting lost, falling into Jusenkyo, getting water thrown on him*
CHORUS
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
*Show Ukyou and Ryouga plotting in the Cave of Lost Love*
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
*Show them back to back, fighting the ghosts*
Ukyou’s P.O.V
You're still in bed at ten, the work began at eight.
*Ukyou putting her sign out at the beginning of Movie one*
You've burned your breakfast, so far, things are going great.
*Show Shampoo wrecking her okonomiyaki at the Christmas party*
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these,
*Show her chasing after Ranma the day she first arrives*
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees.
*Flashes of her booting Tsubasa out, fighting the other girls for Ranma*
CHORUS
That, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
*Show Ryouga Shishi Hokodan'ing Sarutoro in Toma's palace*
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
*Show Ukyou helping Ryouga to walk after he wakes up*
BOTH
No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me.
*Show Ryouga running away in tears after he finds out about Ranma being Ryouga's "fiancee"*
Seems like you're the only one who knows what it's like to be me.
*Show flash of Ranma saying how great a friend Ukyou is and her sad expression, then show Akane saying the same sort of thing to Ryouga with similar results*
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the rest with,
*Show Ukyou at Ryouga’s "bed side" after he’s hit by the Hiryuu Shoten Ha*
Someone I'll always laugh with, even at my worst, I'm best with you.
*Show Ryouga and Ukyou beating the others in Martial Arts Obstacle Course*
FINAL CHORUS It's like you're always stuck in second gear,
*Show Ryouga running through Tokyo on his way to his duel with Ranma*
*Show Ukyou giving Ranma free food, tring to win him over*
Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year.
*Show Ryouga being helped by the "the love angels", and then hugged by "Yoiko" and "Fiancee"*
But, I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to pour.
*Show Ryouga walking throught the rain*
I'll be there for you, like I've been there before.
*Show flashes of Ukyou and Ryouga in episode where they first meet*
I'll be there for you, cause you're there for me too.
*Ryouga knocks the pail of cold wash-water onto himself, activating his curse. As he starts squealing, Ukyou comes up behind him and pours hot water on him, turning her back as he dresses. When he's done, the two face each other and grin, Ryouga with on hand behind his head, Ukyou holding the kettle in front of her, smiling cutely.*
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Special thanks to the members of the CHoRUS (CHurch of Ryouga and Ukyou-Sama) mailing list. When I ran out of scenes for the song, they helped me out a lot. Thanks, guys! ^_^ - "Matoko"