When Lum came to, she felt her body feel lighter. In excitement, she floated up in the air, doing flips and turns. She was at last back to her old self! Giggling with glee, she flew to her husband, but she couldn't find him at all. She looked all around the sacred tree, in the shrine, even checking if he sneaked in Kagome's house, but she couldn't find a trace of him. Panicking, she wondered if he was left back in the last universe.

"Darling!" Lum called out, but then stopped at hearing the sound of her own voice.

'My voice is, lower.' Lum thought, 'It couldn't be that we're in...'

"What?" Ataru groaned- not being a morning person at all.

Lum turned her head at the person who responded to her; a girl with messy hair, wide brown eyes, and wearing a loose boy's school uniform for Tomobiki High. She quickly flew over to the nearest mirror- which was in Kagome's room -and examined herself; Lum had a short boy's haircut, a slightly muscular body, her regular horns and sharp teeth, and was wearing her normal tiger striped bikini, which was very tight on her body and was obviously not meant for her.

She flew out Kagome's window, flying to the group, only to find out Ranma was missing, "But he traveled through with us…"

With Ranma

Ranma was sitting patiently in a ramen shop, waiting for his order to arrive. He asked the chef to just get him a pot of hot water, since when he woke up from the universe travel, he was somehow turned into a girl. Not thinking anything of it, he just assumed that somehow, he got wet. He waited for a few more minutes, then a pot of hot water was placed in front of him. Ranma thanked the chef, took the pot, and exited the ramen shop.

He was on his way back to Kagome's house, when suddenly a splash of cold water hit him. He looked where it came from, seeing an old lady. But then he realized that he turned into a boy this time, instead of usually turning into a girl. He froze, then lifted up the pot of hot water, pouring it on his head. Still frozen, he turned into a girl again. Ranma laughed nervously for a second, then ran all the way back to Kagome's house.

"AAAHHHHHHHH!" Ranma screamed.

"Ranma Honey what's wrong?" Ukyo got up automatically.

"Ranma! How you get wet so fast?" Shampoo asked.

"Shut up Ranma!" Akane yelled.

"But the curse is-" Ranma froze, again, at the sight of Akane, "You're a, you're a boy Akane!"

Akane looked down, seeing a totally different body. Although she recognized it from the last universe, she knew that they traveled out of that universe. She looked around, then found a window on Kagome's house. Running to it, she observed her reflection in the window. She definitely had the same body from the last universe. Then it clicked in her mind; Ranma's a girl, and she's a boy, their genders switched!

"But maybe the travel just didn't wo-" Akane began to say.

"What you say Akane?" Shampoo asked Akane, "Aiya! Akane, you still boy!"

Akane pointed at Shampoo, then the window. Shampoo looked, seeing her reflection. She had her long purple hair in her regular hair style, dark blue eyes, but instead of her normal body, she had a muscular body in her clothes, which were now tight and short on her; making her top look like a shirt and her pants tighter. Then the two of them looked at Ukyo, she looked a bit taller, but in the boy's school uniform for Furinkan High, the others couldn't tell. Ukyo had the same hairstyle and the same body type, so the two weren't surprised that no one else noticed.

"Ukyo, do you feel any, different?" Akane asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm a boy now." Ukyo answered simply.

"You not surprised?" Shampoo asked.

"Well I figured we traveled to another universe." Ukyo replied, "I mean I did press a random button."

"That's true!" Akane exclaimed, "So if we just stay put, we can just press the buttons one at a time until we get back home!"

"But where Ranma?" Shampoo wondered.

"Oh, Ranma?" a girl asked.

Ukyo, Shampoo, and Akane looked at the girl, wondering who she was. The girl had long black hair and bangs with chocolate brown eyes, wearing loose black pants, black shoes that didn't fit her feet, a yellow shirt, and a yellow bandana. Ukyo snapped her fingers and said the girl's name out loud; Ryoga! The other two examined the other girl closely, comparing her and Ryoga together.

"Ryoga?" Akane asked.

"What is it Akane?" Ryoga asked, tilting his head, slightly blushing.

"Have you seen Ranma?" Akane asked again.

Ryoga felt a pang through his chest, disappointed, "He left a while ago to Shampoo's restaurant."

"What?!" Shampoo, Ukyo, and Akane shouted.

With Ranma

"Hey you! Yoohoo~! Over here~!" Ranma shouted at cars passing by, in his girl form.

A car stopped in front of her, "You need a lift?"

'This piece of junk?' Ranma thought.

The car was small, and a bit rusty. The originally red color of the old car was faded, making a pinkish white color. Ranma could see that the seats in the car were ripped and stuffing was coming out of the back seat. One of the window's were duct taped to the car door, not to mention the car door was tied closed. The tires look like they were all flat, and Ranma knew that the ride back wasn't going to be a smooth one.

'But beggars can't be choosers.'

"Thanks a bunch, Mister!" Ranma jumped over the car, grabbing the edge of the roof, swinging through the window, and right into one of the seats, "Where's the seat belts?"

"The seat belts broke a few years ago." the driver replied, hitting the gas pedal, and Ranma clung onto the seat with both hands.

With Akane

"Honestly how could that idiot leave?!" Akane shouted.

"To be fair Akane, Ranma's not the brightest when it comes to this stuff." Ukyo sat next to Akane.

"But still! How could he just- UGH!"

Akane, Ukyo, and Shampoo were sitting by the sacred tree in front of Kagome's house. They were thinking of a way to catch up to Ranma. They all knew that Ranma would somehow use his girl form to get there quicker, but they couldn't move away from Kagome's house. Akane was a boy in a girl's school uniform, and Shampoo was wearing clothes so short and tight that she felt that they would break in any second.

"There's no way we could find a ride as quick as Ranma like this!" Akane crossed her arms frustrated.

"Well think of something stupid Akane!" Shampoo yelled.

"Don't call me stupid!" Akane shouted back.

While the two "girls" argued, Ryoga was in front of Kagome's house; staring at his reflection. The wind blew, long strands of black hair getting in his face. He shook his head, that not doing any better. He sighed and took off his bandana, tying his hair up in a ponytail. He smiled at his reflection, but then a wide amount of disappointment and frustration went over him. He's a girl now!

"Ranma!" Ryoga shouted, "I won't suffer this alone!"

Ryoga turned around and found the three girls staring at him, "Ryoga…"

Ryoga took a few steps back, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You help us get Ranma, yes?" Shampoo jumped in front of him.

"I don't want to be a girl forever so, yes." Ryoga replied.

"Would you do anything?" Ukyo asked, jumping in front of him.

"Um, yes?" Ryoga sweat dropped.

"Anything~?" the two girls stared at him.

'I think I'm going to regret this decision.' Ryoga thought.

The two- used to be -girls towered over him, watching his every move. Ryoga kept backing up until he hit the wall of Kagome's house. He swore that they were getting bigger and bigger, either that or he was shrinking. But then he didn't see Akane anywhere. He started to slide down the wall, Shampoo and Ukyo walking towards him; every one of their steps made him nervous. He knew that they had a plan in store for him.

Suddenly Akane popped out and Ryoga was returned into reality, "Akane!"

Akane got down on her knees, and grabbed his hand, "I knew you would help us!"

Ryoga blushed, "I would do anything for you, Akane."

Ukyo laughed, "This is gonna go perfectly."

"Better hope so." Shampoo added.

"I'm sure it will!" Akane got up.