"'Tendo'? Sounds like a family that would own a shrine," Ranma commented, scratching his head. "What would they want from ya?"
"Why wouldn't someone want something from me?!"
"Well, the way that I figure it, ya ain't exactly the sort ta contemplate your navel unless ya wanted ta fill what was behind it."
The elder Saotome gave off a loud snort. "Stupid boy! I happened to have gone looking for him."
"Ya did? Why?"
"It's really quite simple. You see, back where we came from, I trained under the most horrible Master alive. He was an awful goblin of a man who thought nothing of taking what he wanted."
"Oh, you is talking about same thief that robbed village Shampoo come from," the Amazon slavegirl remarked.
"My version of him, much as I despise having to admit it. But the thing was that I happened to have been training along side a man who became like a brother to me. The two of us suffered together under that horrible monster of a sensei, and when the chance came, we managed to free ourselves of him. However, what is important for you is the fact that Tendo and I made a promise that one day, when our children came of age, we'd marry my son to Tendo's daughter."
"WHAT?!" went master and slave.
"It's not that odd a situation."
"But ya just whip it out like it's somethin' that we do every day," the pigtailed boy muttered. "And you make it sound like we could just go and do this."
"Unfortunately, we can't marry you to the girl that we were going to."
"We can't?"
"Boy, may I remind you that my friend and his family are back where we came from," his father reminded him.
"Oh. Right. Well then, why are we gonna see this 'Tendo' person then?"
"It's really quite simple. When we came here, I went looking for Tendo, and found my friend. And we set a promise between ourselves."
"Then promise still there," Shampoo observed flatly. "No need for mention other world."
"I thought that it was needed."
"How nice for you."
Ranma nodded, and narrowed his eyes at his father. "Then you're going to drag us off to see your friend?"
"I don't have to."
"And why is that?"
"We're already here."
Shampoo and her Master looked over at where Genma was jerking his thumb, and saw a sign that included the word 'Tendo' on it. Both of them sighed, knowing that there was no avoiding what was coming. But they were also aware of the fact that they would likely be soon coming up with a good plan to repay the man in the white gi for trying to trick them like that.
In the mean time, a smiling man stepped out of the front door of the place, and held open his arms. "Welcome, Saotome."
"Glad to be here, Tendo," Genma replied, sharing a quick hug with the man. "This is my son Ranma, and his slave, Shampoo."
"'Slave'? I didn't know that your boy would already have one."
"He got her on our trip to China. Local village gave us a really good deal on her since they liked her so much."
"Is that so?"
"She was the Village Champion, or something like that," the large man revealed.
"Interesting. And it's good to have you here."
"I said that we would come."
"I knew that you would keep that word. Now it's time to fulfil the promise," Tendo said. "After all, we have:
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