Title: Starlight’s Bridge
Fandom: Future Card Buddyfight/Ace
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Ranma and I share a lot of moments together. Growing up, we played together. We studied together…sort of. We had the RanGa channel. But, we’re in High School now. We have separate classes. He was in a more advanced class, surrounded by people just as smart as he was, excelling in the world of media and video. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve hung out properly. So I’ve been hanging out with Masato and Subaru. But it isn’t the same without Ranma. Ranma is the light that shines through the rain clouds. I’m not sure if I’m the same for him, however.
Ever since the time with Vile Ranma and Vanity Husk Destroyer, Ranma hasn’t been the same. He’s been trying so hard to be the old Ranma he used to be. Cheerful and kind, yet powerful. I wanted the same. To forget the past and move on together. But, you can’t forget the past. Ranma was depressed. I made him depressed over my actions. I understand that now. He was hurting and became Vile Ranma to show his hurt. He hurt others because he was hurting. He wanted me to understand his pain by defeating me and climbing to the top without me. I did the same but in a different way. I had a buddy monster. I made tons of friends. I climbed the ranks. He stayed on the sidelines, cheering me on in envy and jealousy. I was, in retrospect, leaving him behind. I never intended to do that, but Ranma saw it that way, and in turn, he began to overthink, and his thoughts escalated into a darkness of its own.