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o 0 O -Naruto- O 0 o

Breakfast went fairly well. He muses as he sits at the desk in Doc Tofu's clinic with a text book and a note book open as well as the doctor's appointment book. He flickers the pen between his fingers as he glances out the window of the clinic, waiting for something to happen.

His clones were doing fairly well even though most of the jobs they're able to find were manual labor. After all, none of his clones' identities have any references or higher schooling. He's just happy that his clones have been able to rent mail boxes since none of them have any real place of residents or need for such a place since many of his clones have managed to get where they're needed within a two hour trip on the subway to the various wards.

Up to making twenty-six clones a morning with four in the afternoon and fourteen in the evening. He muse to himself as he considers just how many other jobs he's working besides this one at Doc Tofu's clinic. Only reason I'm not creating clones to go to the library for reading is I don't want to overload my brain.

Finally, he just sighs and glances back at the open text book while beginning to tap the end of the pen on his open note book while his chin rests on the palm of his other hand. The text book is a math book and he's still trying to work through these word problems while resisting the urge to flip to the back of the book to find the answer. He frowns as he stares down at his note book and muses, "Maybe I should use a pencil..."

The open page features various formulas that also been scratched out. "Need a hint?" Doc Tofu asks from behind his chair. He just sighs, he's grown use to the good doctor's ability to sneak up on people. Heck, by now, he's more then a little concern when Doc Tofu doesn't do it.

"Would you mind?" He in relief as he holds the pen for his employer to write down the formula. He's not disappointed as Doc Tofu moves to his right while also beginning to explain how to puzzle out the words which point out which formula he needs to use for it.

It's times like these that cause him to remember a certain academe teacher. Guilt flares up at the fact that he never paid Iruka half as much attention as he does to Kasumi and Doctor Tofu before he reminds himself that unlike his time in the academe, he's not in a classroom setting, giving leave for more one-on-one teaching then one-on-class fill with hyper active ninja-wanna-bees.

"You alright?" Doc Tofu asks while he recalls those private moments when it was just Iruka and himself. He flushes slightly, but isn't willing to say what really bothers him.

"Not sure, actually. Do you know anything about Chinese Amazons?" He asks the good doctor who's got a pretty big crush on the eldest Tendo sister. Might as well see if I can't get more info about them, after all, it's been almost three months since I've read any of those books about them.

"Chinese Amazons?" The good doctor repeats, clearly thrown slightly by the subject. He nods as he waits for the man to say something that wasn't an echoing of his question.

"I know they've got some rare herbal lore and have dabbled in magic." Doc Tofu says slowly with his arms crossed over his chest. He blinks at the mention of magic.

"Well, the magic isn't that big of a surprise since they do live next to a valley filled with cursed springs." He admits in a bemused sort of way.

"Ah yes, Jusenkyo." Tofu muses with a thoughtful look. He could only imagine that the doctor is thinking about Ranma's curse at this particular moment.

"Any idea if they know of a cure to said curse?" He asks in a curious fashion, after all, he's fairly happy with his dragon curse and wouldn't want to encounter something that causes it to be cured. I'm sure the others would be thrilled with the idea of a cure though.

"I would assume they're familiar with those curses but knowing a cure beyond using the right spring? I wouldn't know. They do prefer to isolate themselves from the rest of the world." Tofu explains and he frowns slightly.

"Guess that explains Shampoo's lack of familiarity with the Japanese language..." He muses thoughtfully. Not really caring that he pretty much gave out said information for free since the teen will likely be hanging around Nerima for undetermined amount of time. Likely trying to get Kakashi to return to China with her.

"You know an Amazon?" Tofu asks and he nods. Tofu seems to sigh. "Any idea why this... Shampoo is here for?" Tofu adds.

"Well, she did come here chasing a demonic dog-girl and troop of trained animals and her blond, fiendish assistant." He says in a dry tone. He could see that within seconds the good doctor made the connection.

"I did manage to keep Ranma from accepting Shampoo's challenge and then the girl comes down off the log to begin threatening something concerning the 'animals' of the group. I had my hands full trying to keep Ranma from attacking Shampoo while she begins to threaten to eat Mr Saotome." He says, he had known about he little marriage rule the Amazons had going and had hoped to keep the girl from following them in order to kill Ranma.

"Things happened before I had a thought to demand for somebody who spoke Japanese better then the Guide. One moment Shampoo is waving these mace like things around and a second later, Sasuke bites down on her wrist, causing Shampoo to drop one of her weapons." He continues, in his mind eye he can see the events as they unfold.

"Shampoo strikes Sasuke in the head, Sakura see this and kicks Shampoo into Genma. This sends them onto one of the benches, the village laughs and Shampoo stands up to begin beating the pig within an inch of his life but Genma wasn't going to take that." He muses while shaking his head.

"Genma dodges Shampoo's attacks, which furthers embarrasses the girl as this causes the crowd to laugh harder, which cause Shampoo to grow more enraged leaving room for a lot of error." He says, pausing for a few seconds to recall what happens next.

"Shampoo gets thrown onto Kakashi and as Kakashi scratches her to get to his book, she opens it and takes a look at what's in it." He states, even now he shivers at how swiftly Shampoo's face goes from confusion, then to embarrassment, and then into pervert destroyer.

"Kakashi did manage to save the book before Shampoo would shred it by biting her hand. Once our instructor had his book, he then leaps onto Genma and digs in his heels. I'm not sure how but Ranma manages to get Sasuke before hauling me onto Sakura's back and then we ride off on Sakura with Kakashi riding Genma." He finishes, he can almost still hear the laughter of the rest of the village as they rode out of the village, leaving the Guide behind.

"And she's been chasing you ever since?" Tofu asks and he nods. He hears Tofu just sigh. He knew that the tale sounded pretty unbelievable but that's how he remembered it happening. "And you wonder why she's after you?" Tofu mutters and he just sighs.

"I'm fairly sure we knew why she's after us. After all, she did suffer a huge embarrassment because of our various actions. It's just that we really didn't want to find out what her reaction would be if she learns that those 'animals' were really people." He says, which in a round about way explains why he's got red and black hair.

"Although the only reason she's 'living' at the Tendos is because her 'husband' is there." He explains. "It seems that if you knock her out and you are an outsider male, she becomes your wife."

"And who is her 'husband'?" Tofu asks and before he can reply a familiar shout of 'Shampoo kill!' sounds out, causing the both of them to stare out onto the street as Shampoo chases after a silver furred monkey. A monkey who's doing a very commendable job dodging Shampoo's strikes.

"Kakashi knocked her out." He says once the chase is gone from their view. "It seems they have more then a few issues to deal with though before they think of having kids though." He adds, wondering how long it'll take before they spot a reversal with Shampoo arriving with an exhausted Kakashi in human form.

o 0 O -Sakura- O 0 o

I do believe I can see myself hating school. She thinks as she walks down the street while carrying her book bag in her mouth. I am not going to allow myself to be ridden by any of those kids, no matter how many carrots and sugar cubes they're offering me. I Am Not a Horse, Damn It!

I'm just cursed to transform into one, that's all. She adds as she finally enters into the Tendo's property. She moves to go around back since the back part is usual open.

"Oh my. I'll go get the kettle." Kasumi says as the nineteen year old gets up off the floor to fetch said item. Neither of the fathers did more then grunt a greet since they seem to be very engaged in their game.

Setting her book bag down, she begins to stretch and shake her head while only snorting softly and tossing her tail around. She sighs as Kasumi arrives with a blanket and the kettle. The blanket gets tossed about her shoulders before Kasumi pours some of the slightly warmer then she would like water on her head.

"Thanks." She says as she hugs the blanket about her body. Kasumi smiles in reply as she steps up onto the porch and moves behind Soun so she can head upsides to shower and then get dress.

Dinner

"So... where's Kakashi and Shampoo?" Ranma asks as Naruto comes into the room with the final bowls containing the remainder of the food they're going to eat. She didn't know why Ranma's asking, after all, it gives them a chance to relax and not worry about her reaction to seeing them transform before said Amazon's very eyes.

"On a date perhaps? After all, they are husband and wife." She says in a waspish tone as she takes what she can from a plate before passing it on.

"Last I saw of the two, Shampoo was trying to kill our monkey of an instructor." Naruto informs them. She just sighs and hopes that Kakashi hasn't spilled the beans about their curses.

"I do hope Kakashi will find something suitable to wear on their date." Kasumi says and that kind of ended that conversation, for now at least.

"Did you guys know that Chinese Amazons are said to have valuable herbal lore? At least that's what Doc Tofu told me when the subject about Shampoo came up." Naruto says and she found herself not capable of caring about this.

"Fat load that does us." She murmurs darkly while Sasuke just grunts softly in a dismissive manner. Its not like anything they know will help us cure our curses... She tells herself.

"I did not know that." Kasumi says in a manner that seems to say that the eldest daughter hadn't heard her remark at all. Or she's ignoring it... I would bet on the latter. She muses sourly as she eats her meal in a mechanical fashion.

"So... how was your first day of school Sakura?" Naruto inquires after a few minutes of silence. She gives the former blond her best Death Glare before returning to her meal.

There wasn't much in the way of small talk until she finally managed to excuse herself from the table to head upstairs to the room she shares with Akane to change into some old cloths to practice out in the dojo. It wasn't long before Ranma joins her and after a few minutes, the pig-tail teen begins his own katas.

Most of the taijutsu she knows are things the academe taught. She hadn't bothered to practice her taijutsu after team seven formed but ever since arriving in this strange world, she practiced because it helped take her mind off of the surrealism of everything around her. It hadn't taken long for her to also bug the Jonin enough once a week to get him to at least watch on practice session so he can help correct her form.

It wasn't long before she's repeated her katas at least four times. With that done, she moves off to the side to make room for the usual sparring match between Sasuke and Ranma. Watching the two spar always makes her realize that she's got a long way to go before she's as capable fighter as they were.

She would love to spar with either of them but knew that they wouldn't gain anything from sparring with her. Should I ask Akane for a spar? She wonders not for the first time since she arrived at the dojo but kept discarding the idea since she rather not see how the youngest Tendo would react to losing to somebody younger then her.

Well, there's always Naruto. She muses as she considers the idea of sparring with her other team-mate. It helped that Naruto is the only one that didn't have to attend school and he would go easy on her because of the crush he has on her. I mean, I have gotten better, haven't I? But Sasuke keeps saying how much better Naruto is... Why not spar with him?

'And when we trash that blond's ass, Sasuke will have to admit that I'm better then Naruto!' Her innerself points out and with a slight smile, she gets up to head to the house to ask Naruto for a spar.

"Naruto?" She calls out as she enters the kitchen to find only Kasumi finishing a few things. "Have you seen Naruto, Kasumi? I wanted to ask him something." She says to the eldest Tendo daughter.

"I believe he went up stairs for a soak." Kasumi tells her and she smiles as she says, "Thanks, Kasumi!"

It didn't take long before she's knocking on the bathroom door. "Naruto? You in there?" She asks while standing in the hallway.

"Eh? Sakura? You want something?" Naruto asks, likely shouting pretty loudly in the bathroom.

"I'm just wondering if you'd want to spar sometime." She explains as she continues to stand before the door.

"Really? I would have thought you'd ask Sasuke to spar with you." Naruto remarks and she sighs.

"I rather spar with somebody closer to my skill level." She decides to say in a diplomatic way. "So, how does tomorrow after supper sound?" She adds.

"Sounds great, Sakura!" Naruto chirps back and with that, she says, "See you later then."

"Bye Sakura." Naruto returns before she leaves the door of the bathroom. That was surprisingly simple. She muses with a slight smile on her face.

Morning

o 0 O -Ranma- O 0 o

Huh, must have come in really late last night since I don't recall hearing him arrive. He muses as he stares at Kakashi's sleeping form after waking the the siren call of nature. Shaking his head, he slips out of his blankets and heads to go use the washroom.

As he returns to the guest room, he encounters Sasuke as the moody preteen heads for the washroom. He watches as the door of the washroom closes before heading for his pack to get a change of cloths. His father's snorts continue to fill the silence of the room and once he has his clean cloths on, he heads down stairs and finds Sakura yawning tiredly at the table.

"Mornin' Sakura." He says and Sakura just nods. As he takes his usual seat at the table, Sasuke comes down followed by Nabiki and Mr Tendo. By the time Kasumi arrives with a tea tray, his pops and Akane have made it to the table, which causes him to glance around for the familiar ex-blond. I wonder if Shampoo is here to help out with breakfast...

"Is Shampoo helping with breakfast again?" Sakura asks, likely waiting for Naruto arrive. He shrugs, after all, if Kakashi is in the house why not Shampoo as well?

"I wonder if Kakashi and Shampoo spent the night at a motel? I mean, they are newly weds..." Nabiki muses and he catches sight of Akane digesting this before growling out 'Perverts'.

Both of Kakashi's students look a bit stunned at the idea before Sasuke just snorts before saying, "Before I came down, I saw our teacher in the room. No sign of Shampoo though."

He's kind of surprised that Sasuke even volunteered that bit of information since the Uchiha usually doesn't feel the need to join in the conversation. Will other then grunting here and there... He muses as Naruto finally arrives with the beginnings of breakfast.

I wonder what other surprises are waiting today.