Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma or Dragonball characters. Enjoy, RR.
As another beautiful summer sunrise rose over Nerima, Ranma and Genma stood outside the Tendo Dojo with their traveling packs on their backs. "Please…" Soun said to Genma. "Win the tournament. Otherwise we'll lose our dojo." "Yeah, don't worry about it" said Ranma. "If pops here doesn't get it, then I will." Genma turned to bop Ranma over the head. "Anyway" he continued as Ranma rubbed his head. "We'll be seeing you soon. Hey…" his eyes narrowed. "Where's Akane?" "Right here! Wait! Don't leave with out me!" Akane came running out the main gate to the Tendo dojo with a pack comparable in size to the Saotomes.
"W-wait!" exclaimed Soun. "You're not going with them are you?" "Well of course I am!" she said. "The more of us that enter, the better chance of us winning. Don't worry Dad, I can take care of myself." "Hang on a second here." Ranma spoke up. "There's no room for a tomboy like you with us, we're gonna be moving all day! You'll slow us down." He was immediately given another whack over the head, this time from his fiance. "I can take care of myself you little pervert!" Akane yelled at her fiancé. "It's my family's dojo, I can compete for the money if I want to. Any objections!" she said, glaring at Genma. "N-no" he stuttered. "None at all!" "Then lets get moving!" she said with a huff, heading down the street. As Ranma picked himself up and ran to catch up, he muttered to himself "Aww great. This is gonna be the worst trip ever…"
In the disturbance caused by the sudden addition to the party, nobody noticed the unknown watcher. Despite the fact that he was a complete klutz, the ninja known as Sasuke was very good at being hidden. Watching the scene below from the tree he had spent the night in, combined with what he had seen happen the previous day, he decided this was definitely something Master Kuno would want to hear about. In his haste to exit the tree (which ended with him landing headfirst into a garbage can) he didn't notice a strange cat with purple streaks in its fur and small ornaments around its ears.
Later that day….
Since Akane wasn't in much of a mood to speak to Ranma, the trip had gone smoothly so far. They had reached the city outskirts, and were following a main highway towards Kyushu. From there they could catch a ferry to Papaya Island. As they stopped to rest for dinner in the shade of some trees, Ranma noticed something. Akane's pack was moving. He hadn't noticed it before, since the motion of their running had obscured it. "Hey, Akane, you didn't bring that little swine along with you, did you?" he asked. "No, I didn't!" replied Akane, slightly irked at Ranma's casual reference to her darling P-chan. "Then why is your pack moving?" He asked, pointing to it. "Huh? What in the…" she went over to her pack and opened it.
"Oh how sweet!" as soon as the bag was open, several pairs of Akanes panties went flying as a wrinkled old man jumped out, wearing one of her bras on his head. "This has got to be the best trip ever!" he exclaimed to himself. His joy didn't last for long as three elbows connected with his head, driving him into the ground with X'ed out eyes. "Oh jeez, when did the old goat get in there!" groaned Ranma as Genma quickly bound the ancient pervert with a length of rope. "I don't know Ranma" Akane replied, rubbing her eyes. This trip had just gotten a lot more interesting, and not at all in a good way.
The arrival of Happosai slowed them down considerably. After tying him up and trussing him to the back of Genmas pack (He is YOUR master, Ranma pointed out) and continuing on their journey, they had to endure a string of obscenities forged over a hundred years. When resting, they let him go and fed him, but kept him on a leash. There was no way they wanted a vengeful Happosai on the loose. They had a particularly hard time restraining him whenever Akane had to duck into the woods to relieve herself, and he almost broke free when they found a stream to wash in and Akane moved down river to have some privacy. Luckily, he had been deprived of contact with Akane or her undergarments over the past days, so he was weak enough for Genma to overpower while Ranma quickly took his turn.
Back in Nerima…
Ko Long just shook her head as her great-granddaughter packed. "Xian Pu, I do not believe that this is the best course of action. Taking on Ranma head on is foolish. He is much stronger than you are" she chided. "I care not," proclaimed Xian Pu. "besides, I not need to fight Ranma. Only need to take out stupid tomboy fiancé. With Tendo gone, Ranma will be mine!" With that, she exited the room with a full back, mounted her bicycle and took of at break-neck speed. Ko Long stood at the doorway of the Neko Café, watching the receding cloud of dust. "Don't make a fool of yourself, granddaughter." she said to no one in particular.