Under his own power, he flew over the crowded Metro-Tokyo area. Crowded sidewalks and congested streets were neatly bypassed.
He knew what his story would be like - he'd gone through a lot of it once before. He also saw no reason to repeat it, but the idea of regular meals and a roof over his head DID have some appeal.
Landing on a street corner, he debated the choice with himself. On the plus side, he knew what was going on there. Kasumi WAS a good cook, and the dojo was fairly nice and the place was clean. Which wasn't a big consideration but he had to admit that it was better than camping out all the time. Also - Kasumi was very very unlikely to sneeze and go all bipolar on him. Lunch, the girl from the Dragonball world and not the meal, was a bit odd like that.
Akane could be cute when she smiled, but exposure to various girls over the years had dulled his own response to that somewhat. There were plenty of cute girls, some strong and practicing their own Art, who didn't fly off the handle that often.
Nabiki, well, he wasn't inclined to put up with her manipulations so much. Bulma could be more manipulative but was less money-oriented.
Besides, the look on Mister Tendo's face when he saw how young Genma's son was - that could be priceless.
On the other side was that he HAD done this before. Sometimes it had been fun, sometimes it had been a pain. He had a feeling that at some point, his ability to tolerate Tatewaki Kuno would be at an end. Then there might be a squished Kuno.
There had been that one guy who wouldn't leave Vegeta alone. Some Yakuza-type felt he had to push the little guy's buttons. Vegeta had put up with it for about a day for Bulma's sake. Vegeta had waited until that guy was alone and then, well, there was most likely a short violent response from the short violent guy.
Nobody ever did find the body.
Somehow Vegeta had managed to take over at least some of that guy's network, or at least it seemed that way. Considering that Vegeta was about as subtle as carpet bombing, Ranma thought he had a pretty good idea how he'd managed it.
Ranma was pretty sure he could Shout Kuno into little pieces. Annoying as the little bludger was, Ranma didn't want to kill him.
A ki signature got his attention away from the decision. Powerful. More powerful than he would have expected from the Nerima crowd. Not as powerful as himself, of course. Not hostile either.
Cocking his head as he noticed it was heading for him and NOT showing signs of hostility, Ranma decided to wait for it. It was certainly unusual, breaking a pattern he'd noticed.
Go to strange area, find powerful ki, get into massive fight, destroy surroundings, etcetera. Sometimes you stuck around and helped clean up the mess you'd left behind. Other times it was beyond cleaning up.
Since he was only a dozen meters or so away from the Tendo Dojo, maybe it was better that they not have a major fight.
When he got a good look at the owner of the ki signature, Ranma was surprised to see:
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