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'

Konoha

Naruto ran up to the Hokage tower ignoring the looks that were now common place. Going through the door he approached the secretary's desk.

"Hey the old man busy I need to talk to him," inquired Naruto.

She smiled gently he really was a good boy it was to bad that so few saw that, "Hold on I'll ask if he is available."

"Thanks," Naruto replied smiling broadly moving to sit down as the secretary picked up the phone. A few short minutes later he was being sent in to the office

"Naruto what can I do for you," Sarutorbi asked from his desk pipe in mouth. Standing net to him was a brown haired man with a scar across is nose.

"I wanted to ask if there was some one who could help me train," Was the reply.

"Really," Sarutobi muttered puffing on his pipe a few times, "Why do you want to train so badly Naruto it will be a few years yet before you can enter the academy?"

Naruto slumped down into a chair a tired look crossing his face, "I've been having bad dreams lately, they go away when I'm exhausted though, so I may as well improve my ninja skills at the same time and I'm asking for help so I don't do anything wrong."

"Hmmm," sitting back into his chair the Hokage pondered the request, "well Iruka here is one of our academy teachers if he has the time he can help, well Iruka?"

Iruka scratched the top of his head while answering, "I couldn't show up every day, maybe every other day for an hour or so, but I can show you what to do and you can practice on your own… that ok?"

"THAT WOULD BE GREAT can we start now Iruka-sensei huh can wee pleeeeeeeeeeease." The now jumping and hyper Naruto responded.

Sarutobi chuckled as he watched Naruto prance around the now panicky school teacher, "I appreciate you helping him Iruka."

"Uhh sure thing Hokage-sama,"

Sarutobi laughed as Naruto dragged the slightly scared schoolteacher out the door ranting about all the cool jutsu's he was going to learn.

Frontier town

Ranma walked down to the small town he had found. It resembled many that he had come across in his travels through the back woods of China. The homes were made roughly from split and pealed logs and the walls that surrounded the place looked much like the walls of the Amazon village, probably for protection from the giant animals.

Walking to the gates Ranma noticed the guards confused looks, probably because a little kid was walking alone in such a dangerous area.

"Scuse me mister," asked the once again male Ranma putting on a innocent expression, "Can you tell me where I can sell these hides?"

"Uhhhh, yeah just down the street and two the right." The guard said pointing down the lane.

"Thanks mister" and Ranma was off down the street.

One guard turned to the other "who would send a kid to sell stuff there are to many bandits and even a few missing-nins"

"Who knows not our place to interfere," and with that both turned back to their posts

The chime of a bell rang through the air as Ranma walked through the door of the local general store. Looking around Ranma was surprised to see that along with the usual supplies, packs of shuriken and kunai and even the occasional sword displayed on racks. Feeling a presence enter the room Ranma turned to see a gruff looking old man enter the room.

"well ma' boy what can I do for you," he asked with a deep gravely voice.

"I herd I could sell some hides here from the guards at the gate," returned Ranma

"That's the truth good quality leather is usually in good demand at them shinobi villages," moving behind the counter as he spoke, "Well boy pull out your goods and I'll check them over."

'shinobi villages? Well that's new' blinking in surprise at the information as he opened the rough sack on his back and absently pulled out a stack of hides almost fore feet in height. The shocked gasp of the shopkeeper brought him back to the real world. "Something the matter?"

Staring dumbly and wondering how the hell the kid put all that in that pack of his the old shopkeeper just had to as, "you from a shinobi village kid?"

"Nope," said Ranma wondering just why he had been asked that.

"No reason," was the slightly distant reply as the old man was going through the pile. Hmm nice quality well cared for maybe the kid was working for a ninja or a forester for spending money. "Got some good stuff here, so just cash or you trading for stuff to?"

A short time later Ranma exited the shop with supplies, clothes, a pack, and surprisingly several packs of shuriken and a few braces of kunai. While not as fond of long range weapons as Mousse he could use them it would make hunting easier. It would have been nice to have his old silk standards back but the store had nothing like them in stock so he ended up improvising. He was currently wearing a pair of baggy forest green pants that he had tied off at the ankles with a loose blue gray shirt that had sleeves that went to his mid forearm.

Heading out the same gate the same gate he entered with a quick thanks to the guard Ranma was on his way out.

Outside Town

"So, that's the kid you saw in town" said a shadowed figure watching Ranma walk down the rode looking over a map.

"Yep, the him," replied another figure above the first

"I don't like this," a third figure spoke, "It reeks of a trap, who would be stupid enough to send a kid from so far with all the bandits and such on the frontier?"

"There's no one around and he's not using a henge to change his appearance I was a ninja once," The first figure spoke again. A muttered not much of one earned him a swat on the head. "Now lets go."

Ranma

He knew he was being followed. The memories of his battles and challenges as well as being hunted by the forest animals had honed his senses to a fine edge. It was not that they could not be improved further it was just that he would need more physical maturity first.

'les see, three opponents one somewhat skilled the other two feel like brawlers.' Ranma continued his idle pace using his aura sense to feel the first opponent again. 'I've never seen an aura like that wonder what it is.'

Smirking as his followers dropped out of the canopy around him he muttered, "well lets see where I rank."

"Drop your stuff kid and well let you leave kid," smirked thug one believing his target to be easy prey, overlooking the feral smirk on Ranma's face.

Slipping off his pack and taking the time to assess their threat levels Ranma moved. With a heave thug one received a heavy pack to the face. Thug two suddenly felt immense pain looking down to find the supposedly "easy target" with a leg buried in his stomach.

Ranma smiled satisfied when thug two fell down unconscious and turned to the last bandit.

"YOU LITTLE SHIT," yelled the final member of the gang pulling a dagger as he charged slashing out at the kid's throat.

Only to have it avoided.

"STAY STILL AND DIE."

"Now why should I."

"ARRGGGG," charging and wildly slashing he saw the kid slide through his legs, followed by being violently propelled into a tree and out of the waking world.

"Hmm, I'm about as strong as I was when I was fourteen and a little faster, probably 'cause I can use ki," Ranma mused then he giggled a little giddy at how strong he would be when he was eighteen again.

"Suiton: water bullet no jutsu"

Snapping his head to the sound of the, voice Ranma was surprised to see a sphere of water hit him head on and send him skidding back five feet.

'The hell was that' Ranma thought rolling to his feet again and jumping back to avoid the blade is opponent was using. Taking a stance the two faced off. The thug lunged, Ranma twisted and grabbed the thugs wrist and pulled him into a back fist.

The thug dropped out cold.

Panting from the exertion of the fight Ranma searched and "liberated" is opponents of weapons and supplies. Finding rope in there stuff he hog tied them and was on his way deep in thought.

'What was that energy that that guy used it felt like ki but at the same time different. Second ki users a rare on my world if he was so skilled that he could use water that way I should a gotten my ass kicked.' Running the encounter in his head again looking over the actions of the would be bandits he came to a conclusion. ' They weren't even close to skilled enough to be ki users it comes back to that strange energy…wait didn't that old man at the shop mention shinobi villages?'

Warrior villages meant new moves and styles and if there was one thing Ranma loved it was a new fighting technique. Grinning widely he reached for his map.

AN: well here it is chapter two. Ranma seems to be dominating my attention right now primarily because we now Naruto but Ranma needs to experience the world for him to work for what I have planed. Next up Naruto's trials and hidden villages.