Don't own Ranma or anything by Jack chalker. Characters are just borrowed.
Interlude
An old man and a woman of apparent middle age were standing in a garden watching the sunrise over an active volcano. The man was dressed in medieval European style clothing. He was fat. His, for want of a better term, beer gut hung out over spindly legs and his beard almost rested on his paunch. The woman had an ageless quality. Her figure, if revealed would be of a woman in excellent condition, but who had borne many children and appeared to be able to bear many more, if she chose. This was only hinted at in the way her earth brown and green trimmed kimono fit.
She spoke first, and night blooming flowers opened around them at the sound of her voice, "Well, Ruddygore-san, this is the second time that you have graced our realm with your presence within the last few heartbeats. How should I take your visit, the last time, long ago, proved to make for some interesting diversions."
Throckmorton P. Ruddygore took his time in answering. He bowed as low as his paunch would allow, "Boseiai-sama, recently two of my proteges were diverted here and one of them passed on a very untidy condition to an avatar of chaos. However, the form of the were at the transmission point was a kauri, a fairy that promotes order among men. The boy's name is Ranma and he had a previous application of some very powerful wild magic that will interact in unpredictable ways, ways that don't follow the rules where I come from."
Boseiai closed her eyes to search out the subject of their discussion. "I see where this is going. This poor child may be responsible for twisting the tails of several kami, if he or she is handled correctly. By the way, the future kauri of this world may not be limited to dealing with men's nightmares. Oh ho. He can be a true male kauri and not merely a satyr, as in your realm. I'll be glad to claim what serendipity has laid on my plate."
"Yes, the rules of magic here are not as codified as back home. I also trust you to keep the negative impacts to a minimum, since your domain balances chaos and order."
"Ruddygore-san, please excuse me, my new avatar needs me, he has run into an evil that he wasn't ready for."
"Very well, my lady, I need to go back to watch over my own 'children'. Fare well." With that, the two vanished. In the distance Mount Asama exploded, freeing lava to pour down the opposite face. The place of her new avatar's healing had to be prepared. Maybe there would be children someday for her to spoil. Visions of chibi kauri fairies whirled around her head as she translated into the Nerima district.
Happosai groaned quietly, mired in guilt, as memories from his entire life assaulted his mind.