Inside Ranma's dojo, Naruto didn't seem all that impressed.
  "This dojo looks like any other dojo," Naruto said, "Didn't you say your world 
was technologically superior to our own?"
  Ranma laughed, "It is. It's just that my house and dojo are not like the rest 
of the world. It's an old traditional style Japanese house. I'm kind of old 
fashion,"



  
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  Ranma waited at the front of his house for everyone's arrival. It was Friday 
night and that mean 'Friday Dinner' a weekly dinner get-together where everyone 
met up at Ranma's house and enjoy each other's company. 
  A car pulled up to the house that Ranma didn't recognize.
  Two doors opened up and out stepped Madigan and Jun. 
  "Well, I'll be," Ranma smiled, "I wasn't expected you to come all the way down 
for Friday Dinner, what with you guys living so far away and all,"
  Unlike most of the people Ranma had befriend, Madigan, Carper, and Jun lived 
far up North, having moved there not too long ago. Carper and Madigan both got 
very prestigious jobs and had to relocate. As much as Jun didn't appreciate 
having to move to a new school and making new friends, she was a very outgoing 
young girl and could make friends wherever she went. 
  "Well, we heard you were back and wanted to pay you a visit," Madigan smiled 
warmly, giving Ranma a warm embrace, "Friday Dinner seemed to be the perfect 
occasion for it since it means we can meet everyone else,"
  "That's a good idea," Ranma said.
  "Hi, Ranma!" Jun smiled happily at Ranma, giving him a hug.
  "Hey, Jun," Ranma smiled warmly, "Wow, it's been a while since I've last seen 
you. You're really growing up to be a beautiful young lady,"
  Jun was a bundle of joy and looked to be around thirteen. She had a long 
flowing mane of chocolate brown hair and a smile that looked like it could light 
up a room. 
  Jun giggled, "Thank you,"
  Carper, finished parking the car, approached Ranma.
  "Carper, long time no see," Ranma grinned. 
  "It's nice to see you, Ranma," Carper said.
  The three new arrivals cast Shizune, Naruto, and Ton-Ton a glance.
  "Oh, I forgot, these are a few friends of mine," Ranma gestured toward Shizune 
and the others, "This is Shizune, Naruto, and Ton-Ton,"
  "Aw, what a cute pig," Jun bent down and proceeded to pet Ton-Ton. The pig 
didn't seem to mind the attention one bit, squealing happily.
  "I was on a different world before I came here," Ranma said, "They decided to 
pay my world a visit,"
  Madigan cast Shizune a smirked, "Let me guess, you're here because you're in 
love with Ranma,"
  "What?!" Shizune blushed a deep shade of red, shocked at this woman's 
statement. She had affection for Ranma, yes, perhaps even attracted to him, but 
she wasn't in love with him or anything.
  Madigan shrugged, "Well, considering how every female he knows seems to be 
secretly in love with him, I guess it was naturally to assume that it would be 
the case with Shizune as well,"
  Ranma made a shooing motion toward Madigan as he said, "Why dontcha head 
inside and say hi to Akane,"
  Madigan smirked before she took her cue, "All right. I'll meet you guys 
inside. It's been nice meeting you. Jun, honey, leave Ton-Ton alone. Let's head 
in,"
  "All right," Jun seemed sad as she stopped petting Ton-Ton before following 
after her mother and father.
  Carper followed closely behind Madigan. 
  Shizune turned toward Ranma, wondering who Madigan was and how she seemed 
rather friendly with Ranma.
  "Madigan and Carper I knew from well over ten years ago," Ranma seemed to read 
her mind, "Remember how I told you about my past, about how I lost my friends 
and family to boomers? They both worked at the company that created those 
boomers, Genom,"
  "You mean they're responsible for what happened to you in your past?" Shizune 
asked, "Wouldn't you harbor some kind of great animosity if that was the case?"
  Ranma said, "Not at all. They started working for the company well after what 
happened to me so they had no play in what happened to me. They worked at the 
Genom during the time when I came back after Genom seeking revenge,"
  "So that means they thought you were the bad guy, so to speak," Shizune 
stated.
  Ranma nodded, "Yes. They tried to kill me. Don't worry about it, almost 
everyone I've met seemed to initially wanna kill me when they first meet me. I 
guess it's because I don't make good first impressions. Most people don't like 
me when they first meet me but I guess I grow on them,"
  Shizune said nothing. If she thought about it, she didn't particularly like 
Ranma but had to admit that he did grow on her,"
  "W-who was that?" Naruto asked.
  "Huh?" Ranma asked.
  "That girl," Naruto had a big blush on his cheeks.
  "Oh, you mean Jun? That's their daughter," Ranma said. He then grinned when he 
noticed Naruto's blush, "Awww, how cute, it seems like Naruto seems to have 
developed some kinda crush on Jun. Could this be love at first sight?"
  "I-I don't know what you're talking about!" Naruto shouted at Ranma, "I don't 
even know who she is!"
  Ranma decided not to press on and continue teasing Naruto. 
  "If you want, I'll introduce you to her," Ranma nudged the young boy, "I'll 
tell her about all the heroic stuff you've done,"
  "You will?" Naruto seemed helpful.
  "Don't worry, I won't tell them about the time you tried to steal Shizune's 
and Tsunade's panties," Ranma grinned.
  "You told me is was a part of my training!" Naruto shouted.
  Shizune glared at Ranma, "Oh yeah! I completely forgot about that stunt you 
pulled back then in the bathhouse!"
  Ranma gave a meek smile, "Say, the weather's awfully nice out tonight, huh?"
  "Don't go changing the subject!" Shizune said.
  Ton-Ton squealed.
  Ranma turned toward Ton-Ton, "What? Shizune was flattered when she found out?"
  "What?!?" Shizune shouted loudly.
  Ton-Ton squealed again.
  "Really? You overheard Shizune talking to Tsunade about how she found it 
flattering?" Ranma stated.
  "Ton-Ton, I can't believe you're telling him that!" Shizune shouted, "What I 
said was supposed to be in confidence between you, me, and Tsunade!"
  Ranma turned toward Shizune, his eyes wide open, "What?! You really were 
flattered?!"
  "Huh?" Shizune was momentarily confused.
  "Oh my God! I was just making a guess!" Ranma started laughing, "Oh man, I 
can't believe it turned out to be true!"
  Shizune turned a deep shade of red from the embarrassment.
  From out of the front door came a massive mallet flew through the air where it 
hit Ranma in the side of the head. Ranma yelped in pain as he rubbed at his head 
furiously.
  "Enough of your teasing!" came Akane's voice from the kitchen in side the 
house.
  "How the Hell did you manage to hit me?!" Ranma shouted, "You're in the damn 
kitchen! How'd you manage to throw a mallet through the house from the kitchen 
at hit me?! There are corners between the kitchen and the front entrance!"
  











  Shizune took in her surroundings, surprised at how different Ranma's home was 
from the rest of the world.
  Ranma's home resided deep within a residential area of MegaTokyo. MegaTokyo 
was a technologically advanced city, yet Ranma's home possessed no indications 
of such technology, not even conveniences such as automatic doors and windows. 
Little did Shizune know that Ranma was an old-fashioned person by that world's 
standards, preferring to live in a house that reminded him of when he was young.
  Even though Ranma preferred living in an old-fashioned house, there were some 
more modern aspects to the home that was not a part of the home he used to live 
in back when he was young, like the fact that it had a garage and a basement. 
  As Shizune walked across the backyard, she came across the garage, a small 
attachment to the dojo. She had no real idea what it was but noticed a paved 
driveway leading from the front of the garage and around the side of the house 
to the front.
  There were tiny windows in the front of the garage door and her curiosity made 
her look in.
  Looking into the garage, she saw the silhouette of Asuka's car, a convertible 
she had fancied a few weeks ago and had been seen gazing at admiringly through 
the window of a car dealership. Actually, the car wasn't necessarily Asuka's 
since it belonged to Ranma, but since Ranma never drove and preferred to walk, 
everyone considered it Asuka's car instead.
  "What a strange contraption?" Shizune said to herself, "Waitaminute, could 
that possibly be-"
  "Whatcha up to?" came Naruto's voice as the young boy could be seen emerging 
from the house.
  "Hey, Naruto," Shizune smirked, "What happened? You gave up when you realized 
you couldn't beat Ranma?"
  "Hmph!" Naruto muttered.
  Shinji liked playing video games and had left his game console system plugged 
into the livingroom television. When Ranma was showing Naruto parts of the house 
and Ranma had noticed the game console out, the tour of the house was suddenly 
cut short as Ranma simply sat down and proceeded to play whatever fighting games 
was loaded in the console. Naruto, fascinated with the game, picked up the 
second controller and tried to play against Ranma.
  Ranma's skill in fighting games seemed ungodly. This wasn't because of skill 
or in-depth knowledge of playing a particular genre of video games. It was 
because his reflexes were lightning fast that as soon as he recognized the 
frames of animations of a particular move, he knew how to make his character 
block and counter attack. 
  "I think Ranma was cheating or something," Naruto complained, "I couldn't even 
touch him,"
  Naruto stood on his tip-toes and peeked into the garage through the same small 
windows he had seen Shizune peering through.
  "So, whatcha checking out?" Naruto asked, noticing the silhouette of Asuka's 
car, "What the heck is that?"
  "I think that's what we would call a car on our world," Shizune stated, "It 
has some striking similarities to that of a car but I'm not too sure,"
  "A car?!" Naruto's eyes widened in shock, "That's a car?!"
  "I think so," Shizune said, not all that positive, "I've never actually seen a 
car before, but I've read about them and've seen pictures of one before,"
  "Wow! A car!" Naruto said in delight, "If that's really a car in there, then I 
can't believe Ranma owns a car!"
  "It might be possible," Shizune said, "Keep in mind Ranma's world is very much 
different from that of our own,"
  Naruto nodded, "I know, but still, a car....wow! I never figured I'd actually 
see one, let alone know see one up close and personal,"
  Cars were considered technological marvels on Naruto's world. In many 
instances, Naruto's world would be considered technologically primitive compared 
to Ranma's world. However, there are instances where Naruto's world seemed 
almost on par with Ranma's world in terms of technology. There are also 
instances where trying to figure out why one technology existed but another 
didn't exist would gave Ranma headaches to the point that he stopped trying to 
figure it out.
  "Whatcha guys looking at?" Ranma called out as he emerged from the house.
  "Ranma," Naruto asked hurriedly, "Do you own a car?"
  "A car? Yeah, why?" Ranma asked.
  "Wow! That's amazing! A car!" Naruto said in complete awe.
  Ranma paused for a moment, a bit confused. After a moment, he put the pieces 
together.
  "Oh, I forgot, you come from a primitive world," Ranma chuckled.
  "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Shizune felt offended.
  Ranma said, "What, you don't think otherwise?"
  "Granted, your world is technologically advanced," Shizune said, "But to 
consider our world primitive when compared to this one seems downright 
insulting,"
  Ranma chuckled, "Wow, you really don't know how big of a difference there is 
in technology between our worlds, huh?"
  "Care to give a few examples?" Shizune asked.
  "Sure, I'll name one technology," Ranma said, "Guns,"
  "Guns?" Naruto and Shizune asked.
  "Ninjitsu is extremely versatile and deadly, but to become adept in the art of 
ninjitsu takes years and years of practice, sometimes even decades," Ranma said, 
"However, if someone possesses a gun, the person that has a gun can kill someone 
without any form of training whatsoever. All they need to do is point the gun 
toward someone and pull the trigger,"
  "Exactly what is this 'gun' that you speak of?" Naruto asked.
  "A gun is a projectile weapon," Ranma said.
  "Like a ki-blast?" Naruto asked.
  "No," Ranma said, "A ki-blast is basically the projectile. A gun is the 
instrument that shoots the projectile, just like your arm is the instrument that 
flings a shuriken toward a target,"
  "Ah," Naruto said, "I meant to say that,"
  "Think of how long you've been practicing throwing shuriken at a target," 
Ranma said to Naruto, "Now what would you think if I told there exists weapons 
on my world that is more accurate and deadly than a shuriken that is thrown by a 
Hokage?"
  "I'd think you were lying," Naruto said flatly.
  "Projectiles in your world are mostly human-powered," Ranma said, "They're 
thrown by the human arm. Granted, you have superior throwing arms than the 
people on my world, but that means there is an upper limit to have fast a 
projectile can go because of human strength,"
  "With the proper training, we can throw shurikens faster than the human eye 
can see," Shizune said, "In an instance like that, the human limitation of 
throwing speed is no longer an issue because it exceeds the human limit to 
detect the incoming projectile,"
  Ranma smiled, "That's a perfectly good argument. However, you need to 
understand that only with training, years and years, perhaps decades, of 
training could someone possibly reach such a level of development as to throw 
shurikens at that speed,"
  Shizune was quiet for a moment, "You do have a point there, but what does that 
have to do with technology of your world?"
  "Well, technology on my world bypasses the need for training," Ranma shrugged, 
"A gun basically makes you capable of 'throwing' a 'shuriken' faster and more 
accurate than anyone can possibly throw without the need to train. It's 
basically the end results of decades of training without having to undergo the 
training in the first place,"
  Shizune and Naruto said nothing.
  "Can you show us this 'gun'?" Shizune asked curiously, "I would very much like 
to see it and know more about it,"
  Ranma scratched the back of his head, "Actually, I really dunno if I should. 
If you actually see some of this world's technology in action, it can ruin you 
to the though of training and such on your world whenever you decide to head 
back,"
  "That'll never happen," Naruto said, "I'll never give up on my training,"
  Ranma burst out laughing, "Yeah right. Whatever you say. If you knew of how 
easy it is to shoot a gun, you'd never want to throw a shuriken ever again,"
  "Man, now I really want to see what a gun is," Naruto said eagerly.
  "Do yourself a favor and not," Ranma said seriously, "Training would seems 
downright pointless if you knew what a gun is,"
  "If that's the case, how come I sometimes see you doing katas and training as 
well?" Naruto asked, "If you know of such technology, then why do you do it?"
  "Because I train to be better than guns and such weapons," Ranma shrugged, "I 
train so it's hard to kill me not only on your world, but on my world,"





  "Does it ever bother you that there are Atheists that denounce the existence 
of God, that being you or better yet, what you used to be?" Shizune asked Ranma.
  Ranma thought about it for a moment before saying, "Not really. However, 
everyone in Heaven sure gets a good laugh when they die and show up in Heaven 
and suddenly realize that Heaven does exist,"
  "You don't harbor animosity?" Shizune asked.
  Ranma shook his head, "No. That's because no one really knows whether or not 
God exists and it's preferred that way. Funnily enough, the people that do know 
the truth about God don't even see God as God. Atheists don't really believe God 
exists. Religious fundamentalists believe God exists but their idea of who God 
is is so grossly misrepresented that they might as well be Atheists. Only a 
handful of people know the real God,"
  "But what do you mean by them not seeing God as God?" Shizune asked.
  At that point in time, Akane entered the room, "Hey, Ranma, there you are,"
  "Were you looking for me?" Ranma asked.
  "Go out and get some milk. We're out," Akane said.
  "Is that a request or a statement?" Ranma smirked, "It sure didn't sound like 
a request,"
  "Fine, then you go cook dinner for yourself," Akane snapped in reply before 
turning around and heading back into the kitchen.
  "I was just joking," Ranma said, "I'll go get it,"
  Ranma got up off the couch and chuckled, "See what I mean? I used to be God, 
but no one seems to ever recall that. To everyone that knows me, I'm just some 
guy. 
  
  


  "You know a lot about girls, right?" Naruto asked Ranma from out of the blue.
  Ranma burst out laughing, "Me? You've gotta be kidding me if you think I know 
anything about girls,"
  Naruto seemed rather annoyed, as if he didn't find Ranma's joke all that 
funny.
  Ranma stopped laughing, wiping some tears from his eyes, "Why do you ask? What 
makes you think I know anything about 'em?"
  "Well, um, I was wondering, how do you get them to, y'know, like you?" Naruto 
asked quietly.
  Ranma thought about it for a moment, "Hm, actually, if I think about it, I 
really don't know. I've never actually tried to make a girl like me before. I 
just act myself,"
  "Isn't that cliché?" Naruto asked.
  Ranma shook his head, "Not really. It's actually the truth. I act no 
differently around a girl than I do around anyone else,"
  "Really?" Naruto asked, finding it to be news, "I always thought you need to 
act differently around a girl than you would a boy,"
  Ranma said, "Why?"
  "Why what?" Naruto asked.
  "Why should I act differently around them?" Ranma asked, "Dontcha realize that 
it's best to act like yourself around anyone? If you act differently, then 
you're not you. If you're not being yourself, then you'd most likely not be 
happy. From my point of view, it's best to act yourself. That way, you're happy 
with yourself. Who cares what other people think, even if it's a girl you like. 
To me, the most important thing is to be happy with yourself. If you're happy, 
then people will realize you're happy and want to be around you more since a 
happy person tends to make other people happy, thus, a better chance of a girl 
liking you because you being happy somehow makes her happy,"
  "Hm, I never thought of it that way before," Naruto scratched the back of his 
head.








  "You can't really use this world as a way to learn about women anyway," Ranma 
said, "The women on this world is different from the women of your world,"
  "What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
  "The women are generally the aggressors, meaning they're the ones that chase 
after the guys instead of the other way around," Ranma said matter-of-factly.
  "Really?" Naruto was shocked to hear that statement.
  "Yeah," Ranma said, "It's kinda annoying actually. Sometimes, a guy just wants 
to be left alone. It's kinda annoying when I'm, say, eating by myself at some 
restaurant and some girl tries to sit down next to me and hit on me,"
  Thoughts raced through Naruto's mind as he wondered how cool it would be to 
live in Ranma's world. 
  "Sometimes, it's nice that women are the aggressors," Ranma shrugged, "For 
instance, if I'm ever hungry, I can pretend I'm looking for a place to eat and 
women would usually take that as a clue and ask me to dinner or out to lunch or 
whatever,"
  "Really?" Naruto asked, "I-I can't even begin to picture how something like 
that could work out. Are you saying that the roles on your world is reversed, 
that the women basically chase guys like the way guys are supposed to chase 
girls on my world?"
  Ranma nodded.
  "Incredible," Naruto said, "So what would that mean to someone from my world? 
If someone from my world, who is used to chasing after a girl, comes to this 
world, and goes chasing after girls like he figures he's supposed to-"
  "They'd probably respond to him like, say, the way a guy would respond to a 
woman if a woman suddenly chases after a guy on your world," Ranma finished for 
Naruto.
  "You're not pulling my leg, are you?" Naruto said, realizing that Ranma did 
have a tendency of joking around at inappropriate times.
  "What, you don't believe me?" Ranma asked as if he were being challenged.
  "I dunno, it's kinda hard to believe," Naruto said.
  Ranma got up off his seat and headed for the door, "Fine, I'll show you. 
Follow me,"
  Naruto quickly followed after Ranma, "Where are we going?"
  "I'll prove to you how women are the aggressors on this world," Ranma said, 
"I'll pretend I'm from your world and chase after a girl, and you'll see just 
how quickly a girl would respond positively to my switching roles and going 
after them instead,"
  "Man, I've gotta see this," Naruto said eagerly.
  "We'll head downtown where there are a lotta people," Ranma said, "I'll show 
you just how weird things will turn out when a guy tries to hit on a girl on my 
world since the roles are reversed on this world when compared to your world,"
  Ranma and Naruto exited the house where they walked down the street in the 
direction of town. Before long, they found themselves standing in front of a 
circular water fountain located in the center of town.
  "Just sit here by the water fountain and watch," Ranma said, "I'll just walk 
up to random girls and flirt with them. When you see just how many try to ask me 
out or such, you'll realize that the roles are reversed on my world. To make 
things seem even more incredible, I'll approach girls that most guys would 
consider unapproachable on your world,"
  Naruto sat down by the edge of the fountain, "Okay. I've got to see this,"
  Ranma stood around for a minute as people could be seen walking about, all of 
them on their way home from work. 
  Before long, Ranma spotted a beautiful woman with medium-length blond hair and 
decided to approach her and say something stupid.
  "Ugh, hungry," he said from out of the blue.
  The blond woman stopped and regarded Ranma for a moment.
  "Ranma?" the woman asked.
  "Huh?" Ranma was surprised the woman somehow knew his name, "Do I know you?"
  "I'm Melinda," the blond said, "Don't you remember? We've met at the book 
store a while back,"
  It took a moment before Ranma realized that Melinda was the model he met at 
the bookstore a while back when he was there with Shinji during the time Shinji 
was training in boxing. Because she was a popular and very beautiful model, she 
was in a lot of magazines and she liked to buy whatever magazines that had her 
photos for prosperity.
  Ranma snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah, now I remember. I feel like a fool for 
not recognizing you right away," He reached out and brushed the woman's bangs 
toward the side, "It's probably because you've cut your hair," 
  The woman smiled warmly, "Thanks. Did you know you're the first one to 
actually say that? I got my hair cut shorter about a week ago,"
  "Really?" Ranma scratched his head, "That seems strange,"  
  Melinda didn't comment for she knew the real reasons. She was indeed a 
beautiful woman that people viewed her as unapproachable so she rarely chit-chat 
with anyone, let alone some guy that had the courage to approach her and even 
realize she had cut her hair. Basically, while people were award of her change 
in appearance, the fact that no one ever really talked to her was why no one had 
ever commented about her haircut.
  "It looks nice," Ranma said, "I think I like your hair longer, but that's just 
me,"
  "Really? Do you really think so?" Melinda was surprised to hear. It was rather 
strange to hear because the only person that seemed comfortable enough to 
approach her in casual conversation seemed to have no problem actually making 
his opinions known, even if there was the chance that it might offend her.
  "Well, it was nice seeing you again," Ranma gave her a courteous nod, "Maybe 
we'll bump into each other again another day,"
  "Are you hungry?" Melinda asked after a short moment, surprised at what she 
was saying, "Would you like to get something to eat? There's a nice restaurant 
nearby that I've been meaning to try out and would love the company,"
  "Sorry," Ranma said, jerking a thumb in the direction of Naruto, "No can do. 
I'm kinda busy today showing a friend around town,"
  "Oh," Melinda said, "Okay, perhaps another day,"
  "Okay," Ranma said.
  "Take care," Melinda said, giving Ranma a very warm smile before walking off, 
eventually disappearing around a corner. He then turned toward Naruto, "Sorry, 
that encounter doesn't count. It turns out that I know her. I'll try and find 
someone that doesn't know me,"
  Naruto said nothing, seemingly already in a state of shock at the realization 
that the women on this world seemed to be the aggressor and the ones that chased 
after the men. It was as if Ranma displayed a small sign that he might be 
interested in that blond woman and the woman pounced at the chance to ask him 
out to dinner.
  Ranma people-watched for a minute, 
  




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