Sometime ago, I had wanted to ask you whether this story took place before or after Ranma owed up to his mother about being cursed. Guess you just answered it. Judging by what she told Ryo, I gather the shift has affected her too.

Ryoga had somehow learned the Shishi Hokodan.

Hmm.... Ranma shouldn't have been too startled to see him use this move. Even if this Ryoga was from an alternate that didn't know it.

	Ranko didn't know the Moukou Takabisha.

You'd think that Ranma would have thought her _some_ ki moves. Maybe he just hadn't yet....

Ranko wanted to match Ranma's skill more than anything else in the world.

Like father like daugther, heh heh....

 "Ranma once mentioned a 'Tendo Dojo.'  Do you know anything about that?"

Wouldn't it be easier to just walk over to the Dojo? It's closer to Ukyou's shop than Nodoka's place is (at least it should be, judging from the evidence in the manga).

_I can't stay.  Every time I turn around I find a new lead to 

chase, and I'm running out of time.  I need to find a way home.  I need 
to find that purple-haired Amazon and pay her back.  I need to find out 
why Mom didn't recognize Ucchan's.  I need to get back to Bell-chan!_<<

This kid needs to get his priorties straightened out. You've showed his confusion quite well. What should he down next? Calm down, do what seems to be most possible and easy to accomplish under the current curcumstances. Granted none of them are any easier than the others but....
I can't wait to see what happens next, good job, just like all your previous chapters. Oh, and that problem you were worried about- too many groups at once?- you could try joining some of them together, that would reduce the number of groups operating at the same time. What do you think?