Hina Digger Chapter 11, a Love Hina + Gold Digger Crossover fanfic

Kudos to inuboy86, who's message requesting an update finally got me off my ass.

Several people have commented that Keitaro's rampage was like Riot of Blood or Orochi power, truth be told I hadn't considered the similarities, as I'm not so familliar with KOF, except for Geese Howard and his ridiculously overpowered boss combos...

Halibel: You're just weak.

Kyugan: Like he hasn't said that every time...and don't get me started on that nightmare Geese version...but enough bout how I suck at life, on with the show!

Chapter 11.

Theodore Diggers smiled at his daughter as she helped their bespectacled friend to his feet, noting with relief that the boy's aura had lost the sickening green and murderous red it had exhibited a few seconds ago and regained it's natural gentle gold.

As an aura mage, he could tell a lot about people by their auras, their mood, their profession, even their personality. Which is why he consented to allow Keitaro to live with Gina and Brittany unsupervised, the man's aura showed that he was as honorable and trustworthy as one could be without sprouting wings and a halo. A sharp contrast to his OTHER relatives.

'To think one of HER offspring could turn out so well.' The Archmage muttered, having had a few run-in's with the Ronin's grandmother over the years. One didn't go about solving paranormal mysteries and averting disasters without hearing of the infamous Urashima family somewhere along the line after all. More specifically, the rumours of the dark power certain members carried in their blood.

Still, thus far Keitaro had exhibited nothing but good intentions in his dealings with Theodore's family, even that last outburst, clearly brought on by trauma and emotional duress, had been in the mage's interest…sort of.

'I'll need to teach him some meditation techniques.' Theodore deduced, adding the finishing touches to Jetta's treatment, her healing factor could cover the rest ' That Stand of his is particularly violent as it is…the last thing he needs is having to reign it and THAT in at the same time.'

"Ow…" Jetta moaned, the battered female lycanthrope trying to stand, only to stumble as her legs trembled like a newborn foal's, sending her staggering into the arms of her husband "What…what hit me?"

"I warned you not to go off by yourself Jetta!" Thabian chastised his mate, though his arms around her were gentle, holding her close to him rather than chastising her "All of this could have been avoided were it not for your temper!"

"But…she took Pojo!" Jetta insisted, pointing at a confused Brittany, who merely shrugged as Keitaro looked to her in confusion "And that mage, clearly he's the one that helped her infiltrate our lair!"

"I keep telling you I don't know anything about your son!" Cheetah insisted, getting in the equally irate werewolf's face, heedless of Thabian's warning growls in her anger "And my dad isn't the type of guy that goes around kidnapping people!"

"True," Theodore agreed, separating the two females by interposing himself between them, shooting a warning look towards his daughter to calm down "Before coming here, Keitaro and myself encountered 'Brittany' in the Kryn palace, but her aura gave her away as an imposter." He frowned "I didn't glean enough from her mind to learn her identity, but what I DID learn was that she had sent both of you to the catacombs beneath her tower, no doubt to pit you against one another."

"But who'd do such a thing?" Keitaro wondered, looking sick to his stomach at the idea of using a mother's love in such a way, drawing a suspicious look from Jetta "How could anyone do that to a child?! What did Jetta-san and Thabian-san do to deserve this?!"

"Keitaro's got a point." Brittany agreed, crossing her arms angrily under her bosom, as Jetta and Thabian gaped at the human who'd, not two seconds ago, been pummeling Jetta into a pulp "I mean I can accept someone coming after me, Gina and I've made a few enemies out there. But last I checked you two'd never set foot outside the garden, so who could want to put you through this?"

"Doubtless someone who hates you enough not to care who else they antagonize." Thabian reasoned, releasing his wife as he held his chin in thought, shooting Keitaro an evaluating look as he did so. Jetta, growling at Cheetah from her mate's side, sent wary looks towards the bespectacled Ronin as well, her humiliation at being thrashed so easily offset by the concern in his eyes and the honest emotion in his face.

"This is getting us nowhere." Dr. Diggers stated, drawing all eyes back to him "As a parent, I can relate to your pain, Thabian, Jetta." He nodded at the wolves, his features gentle "The mere thought of using a child as a tool disgusts me utterly, even if it isn't one of my own." He turned to them all, eyes glowing ominously "I propose a truce until we rescue little Pojo and bring our 'host' to rights for this charade." He frowned "Unfortunately, she's seen ahead enough to cast wards that prevent me from calling upon my higher magic, like teleportation, without putting young Pojo at risk, so we must traverse these caverns by foot."

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Up in her lair, high priestess Tanya of the Kryn could only seethe at this latest predicament. Not only was the Skank (cheetah) still alive, but the meddlesome mage (Dr. Diggers) had convinced the two fleabags (Jetta and Thabian) to work with them to get to her. 'Then there's that…Monster!' she shivered, recalling the cold, merciless eyes of the young man she'd brushed off as a nerd, a tag-a-long sidekick, the 'extra' type that usually got killed somewhere along the line and no-one made a fuss about.

That had changed the second he'd torn into the werewolf, one of the finest fighters she'd seen, like she was a puppy that had done a nasty on the carpet.

'I could've sworn his eyes were gold then…' she muttered, eyeing the bespectacled man warily through her crystal ball, only to see his chocolate orbs for what they were 'Hm…must've been a trick of the light…' she reasoned, leaning back on her chair with a sigh, giving an order to her marble golem to set up the 'welcome mat' for her victims, before shooting a sniffling Pojo a glare "What're YOU staring at?" she demanded, only to blanch as the were-pup crossed it's eyes and let out a large, pungent smell from it's wrappings "Oh…oh GOD! What the hell have they been feeding you?!"

Needless to say, Tanya was too busy to spy on her 'guests' with her crystal ball for some time.

"O-RAAA!"

A blow from Star platinum punched a hole right through the catacombs and into what appeared to be a more man-made structure, namely the golden tiled walls and floors that could only be found in a Kryn-made dwelling. "We're through!' Keitaro yelled back, pulling himself up and offering a hand to Thabian, who ignored it and pulled himself through the hole with a grunt, before reaching in to help Jetta through.

"-Sniff- smells like the man-cat's people were here." The male lycanthrope noted, a suspicious scowl on his face as he recalled Stripe's scent from the last time they'd met "One of them anyway…a female." He turned to look at Dr Diggers, who had levitated himself out of the hole "Is there any way to tell where we are, mage?"

"There is indeed Thabian." Theodore assured the large warrior, touching down gently and placing his hands to his head "I can observe the mystic energies of the tower to compose a map in my mind…it shouldn't take a moment."

Keitaro, intrigued yet again by the prowess of Gina's father, blinked as Cheetah let out an enraged yelp, looking round to see she and Jetta had broken into another argument, the tenth in as many minutes. "Ano…don't you think you should stop?" he asked, drawing enraged looks from the two females that made him flinch "It's just…whoever's got Pojo-kun could be watching us right now…"

Jetta growled, but said nothing, taking a step away from Cheetah, pointedly not looking at the were-cat as she leant against the wall. While she didn't like the fact the bespectacled man had beaten her so soundly, she couldn't refute his logic…and his scent showed he was quite honest in his desire to rescue Pojo. The sound of footsteps caused her to looked up to see him coming towards her, she bared her teeth and let out a warning growl, stopping him at least five feet away. "What is it, human?" she demanded, eyeing him warily in case he pulled his spirit on her again.

She didn't expect him to bow at the waist, his neck wide open, well within reach for her to snap it like a twig.

"I'm sorry, Jetta-san." Keitaro offered, his tone the epitome of humbleness, "I…when I saw Dr. Diggers go down…the blood, the way you acted so callous about it…I just…snapped." He bowed lower, if that was even possible without bending his knees "I know that doesn't excuse what I did to you, I just…had I known you were doing this for your son, against your will…" he trembled slightly "If…if there's anything I can do, to set things right…just let me know." He bowed lower "I'm really, truly sorry."

Jetta honestly didn't know what to say. The sight of the young man bowing to her, his voice laden with so much sorrow and regret, sparked something in her fledgling instincts as a mother. She wanted nothing more than to pat him on the head like she'd do with Pojo, to croon in his ear and let him know it was all right.

For the fleetest of moments, she saw Pojo's face superimposed over Keitaro's, the man's chocolate brown eyes holding the same innocence as her infant son's. Then the reality of the situation came to her and she shook herself, turning away with a flush on her cheeks that only Thabian and Dr Diggers noticed "A-apology accepted." She muttered, crossing her arms and turning away from the Ronin "Just help me get my baby back and we'll call it quits."

As Brittany shook her head at the Ronin's dramatics, calling him a drama queen, much to Keitaro's displeasure, Thabian was regarding the young man with a calculating expression in his eyes.

While Jetta, as the eldest of her bloodline, was leader of their clan of werewolves, Thabian was notably wiser and stronger than her, so much so that there was much talk that he should challenge her for leadership. Not that he would, he had been friends with Jetta when they were pups, and had fought beside her during the wars. He might be her better in regards to wisdom and strength, but nobody loved their clan, had as much PRIDE in their clan, as Jetta did. So he stood at her side, providing wisdom to temper her decisions, a foundation for her to stand on.

As such, he understood the full importance of Keitaro's apology, even if the Ronin himself didn't. Jetta was a warrior, true, but she was also a mother, and leader of the entire Werewolf clan. By attacking her, admittedly out of anger, Keitaro could have provoked a retaliatory strike against anyone associated with him. But he'd bared his neck to her in submission, without a worry for himself, and honestly apologized for his transgressions, even going so far as to offer his servitude to atone.

In Thabian's eyes, this more than anything proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Brittany was NOT the one to kidnap their child. He could not imagine someone like Keitaro associating with kidnappers, at least not knowingly, and the mere fact that Dr. Diggers had healed Jetta, rather than finishing them both off while he had the chance proved HIS innocence too. Racial prejudice and war-memories aside, he and Jetta had nothing against Brittany either…but some scars ran far too deep to be forgotten.

The group was shaken from their silence by a rumbling in the floor, turning as one to gape as the golden floors morphed, golems rising from all sides, their eyes glowing with magical light. "We got company!" Thabian snarled, lashing out at one of the creatures and cursing as he damn near shattered his hands "DAMN! What are these things made of?!"

"HALP!" Keitaro yelped, thrashing around desperately as one of the golems dragged him underground, Star Platinum's blows to it's skull doing nothing more than driving it into the ground faster, taking the Ronin with it.

"Hmm…they're forged from enchanted rock…" Dr, Diggers noted, his eyes glowing with power as he read the ethereal flow of energy from their assailants "Impervious to harm…" his eyes flashed with power "unless I destroy the enchantment!"

Thabian grunted, lashing out just as the Archmage finished his spell, grinning ferally as his opponent shattered under his blow "It worked! They're no longer invulnerable!"

"ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-ORA-!!! Star Platinum bellowed, lashing out at the ground, shattering everything in the path of it's fist as it pulled it's master from the grip of the destroyed golem, taking out a few that had snuck up around the Ronin in the process.

"Atta boy Keitaro!" Cheetah called out, grabbing one of the stragglers and hurling it at a cluster of it's comrades, taking out four in one shot as she whooped in victory "Alright! Beat that Fido!"

"With pleasure Pussycat!" Jetta snapped back, sweeping the feet out from under a golem, only to punch it straight into its fellows "There! Four-All, these things aren't so tough!"

"They don't have to be!" Theodore countered, pointing own the hallway at a group of golems that were, literally, bringing the house down, pounding away at the walls until they began to fracture.

"YOIKS!" Cheetah yelped, grabbing Keitaro by the scruff of his neck and dragging him along after her, even as she noticed Jetta squaring off against another one "Hey Jetta! HAUL ASS!"

"Haul it yourself! I'm coming!" the werewolf yelled, anoyed at being ordered around by the were-cat she still suspected of being invovled in this mess, only to yelp as a falling boulder trapped her legs under it's crushing weight "FUCK!"

"Jetta-san!" Keitaro yelled, squirming free of Cheetah's grip and dashing back down the cavern to help the stricken werewolf, much to Cheetah's horror and his own shock "Hang on! We'll get you out!"

"Just get going!" Jetta yelled, her teeth clenched in agony as she tried to pull herself out, only to collapse bonlessly on the floor, her strength giving out from the sheer weight and agony "I can't feel my legs! Go!"

"Not a chance!" Keitaro yelled, gritting his teeth as Star Platinum began lifting the massive slab of ceiling off her, even the tempermental guardian's strength seeming to have trouble with it "We're not leaving you here!"

"Just go dammit!" Jetta snarled, subconsciously switching partially into her wolf form, snapping at the Ronin to get him to go, honestly unwilling to let him get hurt despite the thrashing he'd given her earlier "Save Pojo!"

"What's the point of saving him if he loses his mother?!" Keitaro shot back, startling the werewolf with the intensity of his words, adding the strength of his own arms to his Stand's effort to raise the slab "No child should grow up without his mother! I'm not going to let Pojo go through the same thing I had to!"

Even as Jetta looked on in amazement, Star Platinum let out a loud, gut-filled 'ORAAAA-!', hoisting the gargantuan stone off her legs and HURLING it down the corridor at a pack of golems that had decided to take a crack at them. The Ronin grabbed her under the arms, wincing under her weight as he held her shoulder over his, helping her walk down the corridor at an agonizing pace.

Cheetah, at that moment, came blazing back down the tunnel like greased lightning, grabbing the Ronin under her arm and tossing Jetta over her shoulders like a sack of potatoes, before hauling spotted, shapely ass back the way she came, lunging through the exit just as Thabian released his grip on it, the tunnel collapsing behind them.

"I don't freaking believe this!" Tanya muttered, actually seething in annoyance as she glared at her foe "How on earth could something so small leave something like THAT in it's diaper?!"

Pojo giggled, clapping his hands in the safety of his pouch as he watched the angry lady haul his diaper away at arms length, her free hand covering her mouth. The were-pup let out a squeal of delight as the crystal ball shined, revealing the faces of his parents, Thabian hugging Jetta in his arms despite her feeble protests.

Neither priestess or pup noticed a striped head of hair creep back up the window, a troubled Kryn prince having seen more than he'd ever wanted to see in the last few minutes.

'This situation MUST be defused.' He muttered, shocked to his core that someone he'd known for so long would let jealousy drive her to such ends 'I just need to wait for the right moment…'

"And if you EVER scare me like that again I'll wring your scrawny little neck!" Cheetah snapped, glaring down at a thoroughly chastised Keitaro with her hands on her hips, her face partially shifted to her true cheetah form in her ire.

"S-sumimasen…" the Ronin offered, looking down at the ground in embarrassment as he knelt there in the seiza position, feeling like the times his mother had pulled a riot act for his stubbornness "But I couldn't just leave Jetta-san there to die!"

"Honestly Keitaro…" Cheetah sighed, shaking her head at the Ronin's naiveté. But she just couldn't stay mad at the idiot. He was like a big scruffy puppy, the type that stared up at you from a cardboard box in the rain, you just COULDN'T stay angry at it, even after it'd chewed up your $500.00 sneakers.

"I'm afraid I agree with Brittany on this one Keitaro." Dr. Diggers stated, to the surprise of both figures "Not in the context, but regarding your recklessness. Cheetah could have easily hauled Jetta out of there without putting your life at risk as well." He smiled at the Ronin "Still, that was very brave of you."

"It was." Thabian agreed, startling the Ronin as he loomed over them, Jetta held in his arms as she rested, her healing factor at work "It takes a special type of man to come to the aid of ones he has fought in the past…I thank you."

Keitaro blushed at the sincerity in the giant wolf-man's eyes, scratching his head in embarrassment as he did so. "I…only did what I thought was right…" he muttered, looking at the ground in embarrassment "No child should be without his mother…that's my opinion."

Thabian said nothing, merely nodded and went back to seeing to his wife, Cheetah gazing after them in confusion, even as Dr. Diggers gazed down at the Ronin sadly. 'Just how deep do your scars run, Keitaro?' the Archmage wondered, not wanting to pry too deeply into the mind of one of his daughters' friends, someone he was coming to regard as one of his own and a potential student…and perhaps even something more if things played out right.

Jetta awoke after a while, grumpy and protesting at Thabian's fussing, but a lot more subdued than she had been. She didn't even rise to Cheetah's quips, something that startled the were-cat a great deal, and spent a lot of time watching Keitaro's back, an action she shared with her husband, who went out of his way to make sure the Ronin didn't fall into the glaringly obvious booby-traps that littered the tunnels. Finally, after several near incidents, they came to the top of the tower, only for Dr. Diggers to pull up short.

"I sense a trap behind that door…" he muttered eyes flashing with power as he read the ethereal streams "Back up a bit…time for one of my secret weapons."

"Secret weapons?" Keitaro repeated, looking curiously at the mage as Cheetah pestered her father for details, only to blink as Thabian picked him up by the collar and deposited him gently, but firmly, next to Jetta and himself.

"When a mage tells you to step back, you do it." the giant warrior instructed, his tone oddly similar to Keitaro's old martial arts instructor, but with a more familiar ring, rather than the aloof dislike the man had exhibited.

Keitaro nodded numbly, honestly a little confused by the werewolves actions lately, they'd been at their throats not too long ago after all, only to yelp as several spectral beings, grotesque, bestial renditions of the wolves and Cheetah, tore the door off it's hinges whilst Dr. Digger's voice ordered them to rend whoever was lurking behind the door limb from limb.

"I'm not that hairy…" Jetta muttered in annoyance, a little miffed that she hadn't been allowed to do so for real, only to blink as the spectral images vaporized under the light emitted from a giant crystal embedded just inside the entryway.

"Keitaro? If you would?" Dr. Diggers asked, nodding towards several shards of stone door that had fallen near them. The Ronin blinked, before nodding, stepping away from Thabian as he summoned Star Platinum, the Stand grabbing several smaller chunks the size of bowling balls and hefted them like baseballs.

"OOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"

The first shot smashed into the crystal like a meteor, reducing the giant, death-dealing gem to so much shattered shards and dust. The second barreled through the doorway with equal force, crashing into the marble golem that had been skulking in the shadows, knocking it off it's feet and reducing it's face to so much tile.

"HEY! Do you know how expensive those things are?!" a voice screamed from inside, the group rushing in to find an irate, but steadily growing more nervous, Tanya in the workroom, holding Pojo in her arms.

"So you're the one behind all this!" Jetta hissed, glaring at the black and white Kryn with hatred in her eyes, only Thabian's massive bulk standing between her and the priestess's throat.

"You couldn't just kill Brittany and be done with it could you?" Tanya muttered, looking annoyed "You had to try and put the dots together, had to use your brains instead of your fists. If you'd just did as you were supposed to you'd have gotten the brat back, no questions asked."

"Sorceress…" Thabian growled, a deep rumbling sound that reminded everyone else in the room that he was a Ten-Foot tall mountain of lupine muscle, impervious to virtually anything outside of magic, silver, and his own kind, and one VERY pissed off parent "I'm only going to ask you one…UNHAND my son."

Tanya stepped back, more than a little unnerved without her golem to back her up. The others she could handle, Jetta was still injured and targeting Brittany would ensure the mage was busy warding her against harm, but Thabian had enough brute force to support a collapsing tunnel, and without her Golem, which she'd attuned to feed off the Lycan's energy, she was defenseless.

"Heh…you think you've got it all figured out…" she muttered, stepping back towards the sole window in the tower "You corner me and think you can make me surrender, you forget I'm with one with the Aces!"

"I think NOT, Tanya." A familiar voice called out, the priestess whipping round to gape at the sight of her Prince standing there, along with several members of his personal guard, a disappointed expression on his handsome face "I think it's time you saw sense and surrendered."

"P-prince Stripe I-!" the priestess stammered, looking from face to unsympathetic face, her world shattering around her as she backed towards the window, clutching the wailing Pojo to her chest "I…you weren't supposed to-!"

"I never would have thought you'd sink to this level…" Primus muttered, the aged Kryn advisor to the throne shaking his head wearily "I had such high hopes for you Tanya…but this is a treason as great as pointing a blade at the prince."

"I'd never!" Tanya exclaimed, only to yelp as Jetta's clawed hands swiped at her, trying to snatch Pojo free. To the horror of all present, the wailing pup flew from his pouch, Jetta stumbling over the falling priestess, gaping in horror as her baby flew right out the window.

Time seemed to slow down, Thabian, Stripe and Cheetah moving in slow motion, hands outstretched desperately towards the falling baby, the distance seemingly too far even for Cheetah speed, for Pojo had already cleared the sill.

SOMETHING sped past them, time speeding up again as all three gaped at the lunging form of Keitaro as the Ronin hurled himself out the window, grabbing the screaming baby in his arms as he fell.

"KEITARO!" Cheetah screamed, running to the sill with a horrified Thabian at her side, the two looking down in horror, expecting the worst, only to blink, their eyes reducing to little pupils at the sheer audacity of the sight before them.

Somehow, on the way down, Keitaro's foot had gotten stuck between the fork in the branches of an old, springy tree that was seemingly growing out of the tower wall, despite the fact the tower was carved from pure gold. The Ronin was dangling there like a scruffy piñata, his face a mask of absolute terror as he gazed up at them from his perch, a giggling Pojo patting the man's cheeks as the ronin foamed at the mouth, clearly having the time of his little life with the screaming man.

"I…am never going to understand that guy…" Cheetah stated, trailing off into bemused chuckles as Keitaro's pleas for rescue rose up to her from below, Thabian merely nodding his head, unable to comprehend the bespectacled man's luck any more now than he had earlier.

"Here you go Thabian." Dr. Diggers instructed, handing the larger werewolf a little remote control "Apparently Tanya stole a copy of my Gina's light-gate generator, most likely the reason she was able to find your home." He nodded as the wolf man looked it over "It should take you home, and to ensure this doesn't happen again, I'll ask Gina to remove the coordinates from the original."

"Cheetah…" Jetta called out, looking up from cuddling her baby, Pojo's joyous squeals making her appear years younger "I owe you and yours so much…if you and your family hadn't helped Thabian and I…" she lowered her head in a modest bow "Call on us if ever you are in need, for we are enemies no longer."

Thabian nodded his assent, before turning to regard Keitaro with kind eyes "The same goes for you, Keitaro." He stated, startling the Ronin with the formality in his tone "Twice now you have come to the aid of my family, twice at personal risk to your own life." He held up a hand as Keitaro made as if to protest "Any debt you feel you owe us is moot, if anything, Jetta and I owe you just as much as we owe Cheetah…" he bowed to the Ronin "You have my thanks, young one."

"Mine too…" Jetta offered, an honest smile on her face as she turned to regard the young man "I'd have lost Pojo today if you hadn't been here…twice now you kept that from happening." She smiled at the Ronin as Pojo reached out to him, squealing in that adorable manner babies could pull off "Take care of yourself, young pup…" she smirked playfully "try not to jump out any more windows."

"Well I'll be…" Cheetah muttered, a pleased smile on her face as the wolves departed for their home. She'd never thought she'd see the day she and JETTA, of all people, became friends!

"You have my utmost congratulations Brittany, and you Keitaro." Dr. Diggers complimented, beaming proudly at the two with his hands clasped behind his back "You've achieved the ultimate victory: Turning a deadly enemy into a valuable ally."

Keitaro chuckled and scratched the back of his neck, embarrassed to no end by the praise, even as Cheetah started snuggling up to an embarrassed Stripe. "By the way, what are we going to do about Tanya-san?" the Ronin asked the mage.

"Well…" Dr. Diggers muttered, "I HAD thought of transporting her to the mage's council to face trial, I even imprisoned her in the cage she held young Pojo in." he looked behind him, quirking an eyebrow at the hook that had once supported Pojo's cage "But as you can see, the cage has gone."

"You think she had some magic left?" Stripe asked, concern for his beloved should the disgraced priestess strike again, only for Dr. Diggers to smile cryptically to himself.

"Perhaps…" the mage allotted, a knowing look creeping onto his face "but I think it more likely that the werewolves have obtained a very…INTERESTING pet for their den." He chuckled at the look on the younger folks' faces, before clearing his throat "Come now Keitaro, " he ordered, smiling at his daughter at her exclusion "Let's be heading back home before Gina gets worried about us." He nodded to Stripe, a look of understanding passing between the two men "Farewell, Lord Stripe, and I apologize most heartily for the trouble. Please take good care of Brittany while she's here."

Keitaro sighed in relief as he began to fade out, waving cheerfully in response to Cheetah and Stripe's farewells, wanting nothing more than to slip into a nice, soft bed after this latest adventure, wondering what Gina had been up to.

'Probably having the time of her life.' The Ronin reasoned, recalling her chatting to a giggling Brianna about some old tale or other.

Gina swallowed nervously, standing back to back with Penny as they stared down the barrels of air-force issue handguns and rifles, the stern looking men and women in flight suits glaring at them from behind the crosshairs. "This is all your fault." The two rivals muttered to one another, even as the sound of hammers cocking back filled the air.

Gee, ain't I a stinker?

Just to make things clear to some people: Lycanthropes will NOT recieve Stands, Brianna, being a composite of Brittany and Gina, does NOT qualify as a Lycanthrope, and so qualifies as a stand user.

Some of you seem to have already guessed as to the Stands I've bequeathed them, and Yes, Grave Digger will be recieving a Stand of her own, though it may be one of the Boss Stands from the series, as she's pretty much a boss character herself.

Here's Dr. Diggers' Stand!

Stand: Hermit Purple

User: Dr. Theodore Diggers

Power: D Speed: C Range: C

Staying: A Precision: D Learning: C

1- Manifests as a tangle of thorny vines that double as both a weapon and defense. Vines can also be used to rappel across long distances. (Like Spider-Man ^_^)

2- Enhances user's telapathic abilities, enabling them to sense and display far off events and thoughts on various forms of media, such as television or even photos. (This tends to damage machinery though...)

3- Capable of amplifying the effects of Aura Magic by channeling spells through the vines.

A: Very Good B: Good C: Average D: Bad E: Poor

And there you have it, Doctor Digger's Stand, which really should have been introduced first, but it took forever to pull up the stats.

Anyways, I had originally intended Hermit Purple to go to Gina, but figured that she deserved something with a little more attack power. Dr Diggers, however, is the most powerful Aura Mage on earth, and possibly anywhere, and seemed to click with the whole, 'Wise Teacher' motif.

I didn't hurt that his outfit from when he was younger (AKA the Indiana get-up he wore when he found Brittany) reminded me heavily of Joseph Joestar, whose Series 3 appearance was heavily influenced by Indianna Jones as well.

As to his learning, Joseph, even in his youth, had always been a slacker at heart, so even though he'd only awokened his Stand ability, his Learning was a D or E rank because he never pushed himself if he didn't have to.

I gave Dr. Diggers a C-rank because one: He's the type that'll examine all facets of something interesting until he knows it better than his own hand, and two: Because while Gina might not have inherrited his magical skill, she most certainly got her brains from her father, who even as a youth was considered a magical prodigy.

Not that I'm implying Julia Diggers is stupid. Far from it, she's possibly the only person, other than Mumsy Brigand, that can bring the good Doctor to heel with simply a well placed word or glare. It's simply that one doesn't become an Archmage without utilizing some serious brain power.

As it is, review to see what hijinks Gina's gotten herself into THIS time!