Disclaimer: I make no claim to owning either Naruto or Ranma ½. This is written for fun no profits are being claimed and any resemblance to pre existing ideas or people is purely coincidence.

For the purpose of this fiction

Ki- body energy

Rei-Ki spirit energy

Chakra- combined body and spirit energy

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demon speech"

'Demon thoughts'

Forest

Looming ancient trees covered the ground in shadows. Twisted branches forming broad highways for the native inhabitants to travel upon. A new inhabitant was walking through the underbrush, searching for his next campsite.

'Its been months maybe a year or more and still no sign of human life' Ranma stopped looking around for the water he heard earlier. 'Ill just have to continue then' moving in the general direction of the sound of the water he herd earlier. Retraining the body was nothing new to Ranma. He had the unfortunate experience of being in a body cast a few times. 'Dam it pops was a good trainer but he did things that were beyond stupid sometimes' thinking of all the strange methods his father used. Spotting a clearing next to a small lake he moved to scout out the site.

Searching the clearing Ranma discovered a decent amount of forage to go with the dried dear meat he had left from his last hunt. Looking up at the sky and estimating how much time till nightfall he decided to make camp in the clearing. Moving to gather wood for his campfire Ranma tried to figure out his next step. Thanks to the training trip Ranma had the skills to survive in the forest. The hunting here was good especially since the animals were not afraid of him. Looking down at the roughly made deer skin vest and pants he silently thanked whatever drove his father.

Genma would not let anything that would make him money slip through his greedy fingers. So Ranma had learned how to care for and tan hides. After long stints in the woods his father would usually sell the hides for sake money. The skills he had learned were now used to cloth and shelter him.

He was not expecting to run into giant animals again though. He had seen weirder and the experience at Ryuzengawa had sorta prepared him for it. He was just glad he had not found another Orochi the snake that was six feet around was enough for him.

'As much as I hate to admit it I owe some of the credit of my survival to my rivals' their techniques had proven to be very helpful. 'That iron cloth of Ryoga's is really helpful' the fact that it was so useful in the wild was most likely why Ryoga learned it. Being able to turn a simple strip of leather into a weapon sharper that most swords was useful in dense undergrowth.

Unfortunately his Ki was still unstable or something. It was the best explanation that he could come up with since he had never had troubles like this. Most of the time accessing his internal energy was easy even though his reserves were nothing like what they once were. Every so often he would try to do something and it would backfire like when he was trying to do the iron cloth and suddenly had the hide strip explode in his face.

That lead to another discovery his already amazing healing factor had increased due to his rebirth, as he now thought of it. The bruising and burns from the explosion had healed in a few hours rather than the day or two he would have needed before

Having a life time of experience in setting up camps, it did not take long for him to finish and Ranma turned to retraining his body. Taking a few deep breaths Ranma launched into a mid level kata. It was an interesting experience to know his kata's by memory but not have the reflexes ingrained in his body. There were times when he would forget about his body and try to do advanced moves only to find himself stumbling like a white belt. Frustrating did not describe what he felt at this.

About half way through the series Ranma stumbled as his center of balance changed along with his gender

Yes despite dying he still had the stubborn gender bending curse, though water was no longer the trigger. He still wasn't sure what the trigger was now it seemed random and the change had tripped him up more than once.

Just another obstacle for him to overcome.

Sighing Ranma absently adjusted his cloths and returned to his training.

Konoha

Naruto, now seven, left his apartment first thing in the morning thinking about the strange dreams that he had last night. In them he was happy people were nice to him he was stronger than all of them.

And then that figure came.

It was as strong as he was but it had no form a mere imitation of a body covered in strange energy that sent chills down his spine. It attacked everyone who liked him destroyed everything around him all the people who tried to help him died horribly. Naruto finally fought the thing unlike the rest he could hurt it but it could hurt him to. Strike after strike were exchanged no techniques were used they weren't needed as blast after blast of raw power flew from his opponents hands and his as well.

In the end Naruto was the one to falter first, falling to a blast through the stomach. Laying in the flaming ruins of Konoha sounded by corpses a single voice boomed out "YOU MUST GROW STRONG."

He woke up screaming.

Training sounded good today yes that would take his mind off these dreams and the really scary voice in them. 'Now who can I ask for help' a certain conversation with the old man came back to him and he immediately left for the Hokage tower.

Narutos mind

Deep in Naruto's mind Kyuubi was panting from mental strain. 'When I see Death I must congratulate him on making such an effective seal.' 'It took two years just to plant that dream in his subconscious and I couldn't even alter anything about him.' Kyuubi chuckled then broke out in roaring laughter "A challenge then," booming laughter sending ripples through the water on the cave floor "Send your worst I, no WE, will still survive."

Forest edge

Ranma was running as fast as he, currently she, could. She had no idea how long she had been in the forest but it must have been a two or three years. Two days ago she had spotted smoke on the horizon and took off, hoping that she had found people.

Skidding to a stop at a cliff edge Ranma looked over the first sign of human life she had encountered since the rebirth. Sighing in relief she spoke, "finally people."

Author's notes

Yo, Soul Ice here sorry for the long wait and short chapter but things have been bad for me lately I should have the next installment up in a couple of days. To all my reviewers thank you. Next up Naruto's training and Ranma meets ninjas

Godai- thanks for the support I honestly have no opinion or plan on parings as of yet but Ranma wouldn't be Ranma without some girls fighting over him so suggest away. Also Ranma is two years older than Naruto.

Imageisnothing- more of Saffron's traits will show up as Ranma matures. Unlike Saffron, Ranma dose not possess a magically rich hot spring to do this. As for being a threat to Kyuubi, Ranma killed a demigod despite being severely outclassed in power now make Ranma a demigod. This makes him a threat to more powerful beings.