Ranma walked out of the house, and after a couple minutes, he took to the roof tops roof hopping for a while before landing back on the streets of Nerima. The reason for this was he didn't want Nabiki or her crew following him so they could sell his location to the fiancees and or rivals. After he landed back on the street and he figured out where he was, he then started walking in a non-spcificte direction allowing himself to become lost in thought trying to figure out some solutions to some of, if not all of, his problems.

He had been walking around the streets for a while before he entered the park. He was heading towards the duck pond when his danger sense went off allowing him to dodge out of the way as a huge fist impacted the spot where he had been just standing. Ranma looked up at the wielder which happened to be a minataur with octopus tentacals.

"Taro, let me guess. You want to know where the old freak is, right?"

"Moooo mooomoo"

"He said "Your right Femboy" a young woman said as she walked into view.

"Oh hey Rouge, you can understand him when he's in his cursed form?"

"Yes, it's the only abilitiy that I can use in my non-cursed form."

"Mooo moo moooo"

Rouge pulled out a thermos and dumped it's containts of hot water on him triggering the transformation and turning him back into his human form.

"Alright Femboy, where's the old man?"

"Look-it Beef Sushi. I don't know where the old freak is. I haven't seen him since his last stunt and frankly I'll be glad if I never see him again. Since I know he'll unfortunately return at some point, if you want to give me your number, I'll call you once he's back."

"Alright Femboy, here." He wrote down his and Rouge's phone number." But for now I'll pummel you."

"You know what Beef Sushi, just bring it on."

It was with that that the two of them went at it in a semi friendly spar instead of an all out fight. It was getting late when Ranma started heading back home as he neared the vacant lot, which was a few blocks up from the Tendo's, the air distorted for a few seconds, then a blue vortex appeared. This grabbed Ranma's attention. but it was because his danger sense didn't go off which caused his curiosity to get the better of him that he decided to wait and see what would happen. As he moved behind a nearby tree he gave a mental groan.

"Oh man I hope I don't regret this!"

A few second had passed before a tall man came out of the vortex landing face first in the dirt. As he started to get up, another guy shot out of the vortex knocking the first back to the ground landing him on his back.. They rolled apart as another guy, followed by a girl, came out of the vortex. This guy landed on his back and the girl landed on his stomach. It took a moment for them to get up, dusting themselves off. Then one of the guys adjusted his glasses and looked at a weird looking remote and started punching buttons. He looked at the others with a smile.

"Guys, I think this is it.. We're home."

The other three looked at each other then hugged looking quite relieved at that bit of news. Ranma noticed that they were human and they were all Japanese and between their early to late twenties so he decided to greet them. As he approached them, he said

"Hey there, who are you guys?"

"Uhh, Hi I'm Taichi, this is Shun, Hideki and Misaki. We are travelers." pointing to each in turn, the first man out of the vortex answered. Ranma nodded slowly "Yeah, I saw you arrive. So when and/or where are you guys from?" Misaki frowned and put a slender hand on Taichi's arm." Are you sure we're in the right mension?" He pushed buttons on the remote. "Yeah, the numbers match.. This is the right place."

"Don't let my lack of a reaction worry you. The reason that I'm acting as if this is normal is because I've seen a lot of weird stuff, and this, surprisingly, by far is the least weird thing that has happened." They looked at him. "It's the truth." "So what are the others dimensions like?"

"Well, as we were told, each Earth you go to has the same year and your the same person, but everything else is different. In other words they are just like this one except the 'what-ifs' did happen."

"It's not that simple, Taichi." Hideki interrupted. as he turned to Ranma. "You see, it's like this..."

Ranma raised a hand to stop him." I get it. Either the dinosaurs didn't go extinct, or Shakespeare wrote music instead of plays, or someone that you know, who has died is alive, right?" All four nodded and he shrugged.

"That's not really weird. Can I try"?

"Not weird?" Shun said. "Not weird? You haven't seen it, pal! It's inhuman, I tell you! Inhuman!"

"It can't be any weirder than a guy who turns into a girl with cold water, has four fiancees, has about five guys trying to kill him daily, has destroyed two mountains. One in a fight with a dragon prince, and the other in a fight with a Phoenix God. So I ask you again. Can I try?"

Taichi looked at the remote, looked at Ranma, at the others then at Ranma again." Well, do we stay or do we go?" The four friends looked at each other, and after about three minutes they decided to stay. Taichi turned to Ranma. "If you want it, you can have it, but you need a few explanations." Hideki approached Ranma taking the remote from Taichi and showed him the remote up close.

"This is the timer. It counts down the time until the next time portal. If you don't slide when it opens it's 29.7 years until the next portal. Now then this timer, unlike it's predecessors, can store the numbers of the Earth you are on. You can also select which universe by entering the numbers of destination. Okay?" Ranma nodded.

Hideki took a pen from his pocket and wrote a very long string of numbers on the back of the remote. "That's this dimension's number. Don't lose it or damage it as you'll never come back here without the help of someone who knows sliding technology." Ranma nodded accepting the information without questioning it. He took the timer and said "Thanks." giving a nod towards the man.. "No problem. Good luck! You'll need it." Misaki said. As the group left, Ranma looked at the timer one more time before continuing to the dojo.

'I wanted something to change but leaving everyone...however, they would have no way of following me. He smiled slightly at this thought as he arrived and hopped the wall of the Tendo compound. He continued into the house he thinking why not? It'll be training, for my social skills. Besides, I might meet someone who can teach me a thing or two. He smiled. Plus meeting myself might be fun, too.

He entered his room placing the timer on the dresser. He got undressed and then lied down on his futon. He reached up grabbing the timer and placed it down beside him. If anyone asks I'll just tell them I'm going on a training trip, and if they try to push anyone on me, I'll slip into the Umisenken and leave without them. He took another look at the timer. A little over a eleven hours. He sighed and decided to get a good night's sleep.

A half hour passed and he was still awake so he decided to pack the last of his things in his always-ready before going downstairs for a snack. As he closed his door another one opened a little bit allowing the person behind him to whisper "Get a grip! Nothing makes you this nervous! Nothing!" As he disappeared down the stairs the door closed again.

"What are you up to? I guess I'll find out tomorrow even if I have to follow him all day."

Morning came as did the morning round of Beat the Panda, and once again, it didn't last long as Ranma knocked the Panda out. After a delicious breakfast, Ranma got up looked at Soun and spoke. "Mr. Tendo, my father has yet again proved to be useless in my training. Therefore, I'm going on a training trip on my own for a little while." Much to the surprise of everyone, Soun merely nodded. "Of course. wou " Ranma interrupted "Mr. Tendo, it's important that I go alone. Besides, this means that my father can now teach other students, so I volunteer Akane."

"Hey!"

"Very well.. As long as you promise to come back, you have my blessing."

"I promise. One way or another I ." Ranma then bowed to Soun and went upstairs to get his pack. He reached the outside door with Akane, who looked at him full of hope and sadness.

"You're really going, aren't you?" He nodded.

"I have to go to get away from everything here. When I get back, I'll put a stop to the fiancee mess." At that, Akane pulled back and crossed her arms.

"Yeah right, you are just running off with one of your other floozies." she snarled.

"No, I am going alone. That way I can work out my feelings. Especailly since I don't know what love is" he replied And, he added thoughtfully, "just in case you don't believe you have as much chances as the others..." he trailed off. as he guided her lips to meet his in a sweet kiss. Neither heard the camera click from inside the bushes.

After a moment Ranma broke the kiss. He felt happy, relieved, heart light, for finally it had happened. Akane was torn between Heaven and Hell.. Ranma was finally showing some feelings, and he was going away.. "Ranma, can't I go with you?" she pleaded softly, barely enough for him to hear.

He shook his head and said "This isn't goodbye my Tomboy, because I promise we will meet again." Then he walked away in a different direction than the school. Akane sighed and watched him go with a heavy heart, wondering why it always seemed to happen to her. After a moment, she went off to school, almost sulking.
About five minutes later, Ranma reached the vacant lot where he met the guys who gave him the timer. He placed his bag on the ground then leaned against the single tree. The sky was so clear, the air for once didn't have a smell of rain and Akane's lips were still fresh on his own. Ranma smiled and looked at the timer. Twenty-five minutes. "Damn," he mused to himself, "I didn't think it would be so hard to leave her behind." He put the timer in his pants pocket.

Behind a nearby wall, a figure stood watching Ranma while pretended to read a magazine. Time passed, ever so slowly. Then finally Ranma felt the timer give off a vibration and so he pulled it out of his pants pocket and looked at it. He put his backpack into his subspace pocket, then counted down the last few seconds, and as it hit zero, Ranma pointed it at nowhere and pressed the button. Two electrical arcs came out of the end and joined causing the air to ripple moments before it formed a blue portal. Ranma put the timer into his subspace pocket then jumped in. After he was gone, a figure ran upto the vortex reaching a hand out towards it catching it and pulled the figure in. As it closed a voice shouted

"DAMN"!

A/N:
1) Before anyone says he doesn't have a "Danger Sense" think about how when he's attacked from behind without notice or is being attacked by multiple people and he can still dodge the attacks .

2) Taro's cursed form can be described as a minataur but it's actually a Yeti riding a Bull carrying a Snake and Crane

3) Rouge is cursed with the Spring of the drowned Warrior Goddess Asura

4) "DAMN" is WWE Superstar Ron "Farrooq" Simmons Catchphrase