Grave's New Life

Part Two

Disclaimer: I don't own Gold Digger, Fred Perry does. I don't own Ranma 1/2, Rumiko Takahashi does.

This is an A.U. fic. It happens before the start of the Ranma 1/2 manga and during issue 47 of Volume 2 of the Black and White series of Gold Digger.

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Ranma frowned as he and Grave walked in an eastern direction. Grave sighed. "Ranma, it's not so bad. No one's perfect, especially when fighting."

Ranma nodded. "I know. I know, but yet, I still can't help but get angry that I was nearly taken out by a stupid rock." He sighed. "And with what you said, it was like I wasn't even there when I fought them."

Grave looked concerned. "Ranma, just what was that?"

Ranma shook his head. "Trust me Grave, you don't want to know."

"It can't be that bad, can it?"

Ranma sighed. "It's, it's not something I like talking about, you know. But if you must know, it was a training accident that I've been working on to correct for the past few months."

Grave sighed and walked in front of him. "Now listen here! I told you just how I came to be, the least you can do is tell me about what that was."

Ranma stopped and looked at her eyes, he could tell she was serious about knowing. "You really want to know?" Grave nodded and Ranma sighed. "Well, what that was, was something known as Neko-Ken, or Cat-Fist."

Grave blinked. "Sounds interesting."

Ranma smirked a bit sadly as he walked past her, Grave walked right beside him. "Kinda. The training, when complete, is supposed to make a person unbeatable by normal fighters. Heck, the Neko-Ken is supposed to be invincible. But the training is bad."

Grave blinked. "How bad?"

Ranma sighed. "Have you ever been savagely attacked by a wild animal? One that wouldn't stop, no matter what?"

Grave shivered, the memories she had of Jetta nearly killing her, even though it was Britanny that the Werewolf had nearly killed, was bad enough. "Kinda."

Ranma nodded. "Well, imagine being six years old and getting attacked like that over and over and over." Ranma started shaking. "The pain, oh gods the pain, you just can't imagine what it's like." He hugged himself as he shivered and shook. "Gods! It's like nearly dieing several times over. I just . . .don't like talking about it, that's all."

Grave sighed. "I guess not."

After a bit, Ranma frowned and stopped shaking. "I still can't believe I got my butt handed to me."

"No you didn't! If you hadn't been there, they might've done something horrible to me!"

Ranma turned to look at Grave as she shivered. "No, I said I'd protect you, and I will. What I'm mad about was the fact that I didn't do a good job."

Ranma growled a bit as he thought about what those bandits nearly did to him and Grave, he turned and punched a boulder that was sitting by the road, shattering in with ease. "I was so stupid and careless!"

Grave blinked, she knew that Britanny and Brianna could do that, as Britanny had magically enhanced strength, and Brianna had roughly half of that, but she had never met a human who could do that before, well, one without having a magical or a technological enhancement.

"How'd you do that? I know Werecreatures can, but I've never seen a normal human do that before."

Ranma shrugged. "Just martial arts, last I checked I could shatter a one ton boulder." [1]

Grave looked at him. "Then why didn't you beat those thugs with ease?"

Ranma shook his head and sighed. "It's not that simple, I don't go around hitting people with my full strength, I could easily hurt them, but when we were fighting those thugs, they hit me with a rock that had to weigh at least one hundred pounds, not to mention that they threw it and it hit me right below the neck. Then when they picked me up, they held my limbs in a way that I couldn't use my strength."

"Maybe you shouldn't hold back against people. There are people who can take hits like one ton of force and shrug it off."

Ranma looked at her. "You're kidding!"

Grave shook her head. "Nope! Not long before I was 'born' Britanny and Gina got into a fight with a couple of Werewolves by the name of Jetta and Thabian. Britanny, at the time, could lift roughly five tons easily. She could throw punches at over three hundred miles an hour and yet Jetta took all that and shrugged it off for the most part and hit Britanny a lot harder than she was hitting Jetta."

Grave then sighed. "As for Gina, well, she shot Thabian with enough force that he should've been nothing but a liquid, instead all he had was a bruise on his arm-pit.

Ranma goggled. "They were that tough?!" Grave just nodded. Ranma nodded and walked forward, just thinking about that. Grave shrugged and followed him as they walked, she didn't have anywhere to go, neither did Ranma, so they really had all the time in the world, at least until Brianna and whoever was with her caught up to Grave.

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In an office building in Seer's Hamlet, there were seven people mulling about. The first was an eight-foot tall, powerfully built man with orangish hair, with brown fur covering his body. He was wearing a gray traveling robe, he had orangish eyes, and his name was Onoli, a Werelion and the leader of a peacekeeping group known as the Northern Edge Guard.

Sitting next to him was a seven-foot-one Werepanther by the name of Thropan. He was a Werecat with dark purple, almost black, fur on him; he was wearing an orange Gi tied at the waist with brown boots. Technically he was bald, but since he was in hybrid form, he had a layer of dark purple fur on his head. He had brown eyes surrounded by green.

Standing in a corner was a seven-foot-two Weretiger by the name of Tirga, he had light-red fur with black stripes on his body, although his face was covered in white fur with two black stripes on both cheeks his eyes were the color of blue. The Weretiger had short hair, but long bangs, he was wearing a sleeveless black leather body suit, black leather boots, and three black leather belts, one atop the other, staring at the wait line, and going up to cover his stomach, just ending underneath the chest. His name was Tirga, a rather well known playboy to the women of Jade and the Retreat.

Sitting across from Onoli was a Werecat that was seven feet and half an inch tall, he was a Jagwere, or Werejaguar, his name was Gar and he had long, tan hair with rings in it, his eyes were brown. The fur on his back, tail, arms, save the forearms, and on the sides of his legs was brown with black rings. The inside of his legs was white, and face, save for a black stripe on each cheek. His forearms and hands were covered in white fur. He was wearing a dark green cloth shirt with dark brown sleeveless leather vest over it, dark brown leather pants, he has bandages over his hands and feet for covering, and a dark green bandana to cover his forehead.

Sitting on a small couch were three females. The first one is a Jagwere, who has long tan hair with rings in it that went down to her shoulders; she also has rather long bangs as well. But unlike the others who were tall, she was rather short and petite. Thanks to a birth defect this Jagwere, who was named Sheila, Gar's younger sister, was only five-foot-five, she was wearing a light blue cloth one piece, with a blue cotton shirt over it, and a pair of blue lyre leggings. The leggings went all the way up to above her knees, however, she had cut holes in the knee area, the toes, the heels, and the back of the leg where it bends, to allow for more flexibility and traction while fighting.

Sitting next to her is a girl with bronze skin and silverish hair that went to her shoulders. She had rather long and pointed ears as well as horns that pointed backwards. She had dark purplish eyes; she was wearing a light blue one-piece dress and brown shoes, all of which was suitable for traveling. Her name was Genn, a Raksasha or shape-shifter who had recently lost some of her abilities to change, she stood about five-foot-eleven, and she was a buxom looking girl.

The final girl had blonde hair that went to the middle of her back, pale green eyes. She had long bangs that framed her face and reached down to her rather generous chest. She was about six-foot-ten. She was wearing a green tank top and black shorts with white high-top sneakers. Her name was Brianna Diggers.

Thropan rubbed his forehead, normally he was a rather calm and collected individual, but the mess involving Grave Digger, Brianna being thrown in jail and then released to stop a Demi-Golem and bring a Werecheetah named Raphiel to life, plus the death of their mentor Gaja had his patience pushed to the limits. [2] Fortunately he took a few deep breaths before continuing. "Okay, so because of a blunder that was made, there's a powerful and potentially unstable magical Werecat running around?"

Everyone nodded and some winced, Brianna spoke up. "Actually, she's half-Werecat, my other half."

Tirga blinked. "You're Dark Side?" [3] Brianna nodded.

Onoli nodded. "Still. . . How dangerous is she?"

Sheila shrugged her shoulders. "She. . . Just seemed to want to live."

Genn shuddered. "Yeah. But that's the scary thing, what if she feels threatened and cornered?"

Sheila glanced at her. "... A fight is going to break out."

Brianna shivered. "If she acts anything like the time when we were merged, then I fear for whoever she attacks."

Onoli frowned. "Great, so I guess we'll have to go after her then."

Gar had been silent up until this point and looked at Onoli. "I suppose so."

Thropan raised an eyebrow. "You don't seem so convinced Gar, what's up with that?"

Gar just shook his head. "Just a thought, don't worry about it."

Sheila hummed. "Maybe, since, she wants to live, she'll be afraid of us coming after her. And if she sees us, and I mean any of us she'll freak."

Tirga smirked. "Well, we'll have to put that bad kitty down, won't we?"

Brianna looked at him. "She'll rip you apart if you try and attack her."

Tirga chuckled. "Who said anything about attacking her? Once she rides the "Tiger Tumble", she'll be calmed down enough to put away."

Sheila growled and got up and walked up to Tirga. "Oh Tirga?" She said sweetly.

"Uh, yes?"

"KAPOWIE!" Sheila uppercutted Tirga in the chin, which sent him flying into the distance with a PING.

Sheila turned to the others, who all had sweat-drops on their foreheads. "Remember the only people in this room she doesn't know are Thropan and Onoli."

Thropan nodded. "So it's up to me and Onoli?"

Sheila nodded. "Yeah."

Genn frowned. "What scares me, is that every moment she spends out there is another moment in which she can be hurting someone."

Onoli frowned. "I just hope innocent civilians aren't getting hurt."

Sheila scratched her head. "I don't think so."

Everyone there looked at her, Brianna spoke up. "Just what do you mean?"

"Well, you see, she never attacked someone who didn't attack her, or she didn't feel was a threat."

Everyone blinked and Genn spoke up. "You've got to be kidding, she attacked everyone at the clinic."

Sheila shook her head. "No, listen, she never attacked G'Nolga, that guy, now a girl, that was with her, Tirga, or innocent civilians."

Gar just frowned and leaned back in his seat. Brianna looked at him. "What's wrong?"

Gar shook his head. "Nothing much." Privately he thought, 'How can I tell you that your mother, my sensei in the Martial Arts, blames me for what happened to you.' [4]

Genn looked at Onoli. "So, what are you're plans right now?"

Onoli shook his head. "I've contacted the Main Guard about the situation with Grave Digger, and they've contacted the Eastern, Western, and Southern Edge Guards as well. Everyone's keeping an eye out for a rather short Werecheetah."

Brianna slammed her hands onto a table that was in the room. "So that's it?! We just tell everyone to keep an eye out for her and hope they find her before she finds a way onto Earth?"

Genn looked at her friend and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry Brianna. There's not much more that can be done. We don't know where she went, all we do know is that she went south of here and that's it."

Sheila blinked. "Say, isn't the Dim Crag mountains south of here?"

Thropan nodded. "Yeah, they are. So are the Main Guard, the Observatory and a whole lot of other places."

Sheila shrugged. "I just think that Dim Crag would be the best place for her to go."

Onoli nodded. "True, there aren't a whole lot of Trolls in that area, but there are a lot of bandits however."

Gar shrugged. "Depending on where you go. Leep's School is also in that area."

Everyone blinked and Thropan nodded. "That's right, Weaponsmaster Leep."

Brianna and Genn blinked. "Huh? Who?" They asked at the same time.

Sheila shrugged. "Weaponsmaster Leep, one of the best fighters on Jade, not to mention the best Martial Arts instructor on Jade. He taught your mother Brianna."

Brianna blinked. "Oh, okay."

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[1] I figure that Ranma can shatter one-ton boulders at full strength right now. I can hit with the force of 350 pounds. And I'm an untrained person, I figure that Ranma can easily hit one ton.

[2] This is a reference to issues 48 and 50 of the Black and White Series. In them Gaja died because of a blow caused by G'Nolga. Who's Gaja you ask? He's a three hundred year old Jagwere Arch Mage; he's the one who split Grave and Brianna apart. He was the leader of the Northern Edge Guard as well as their mentor up to his death, where he passed on the leadership to Onoli.

As for the Demi Golem, well, that's a bit complicated, but here goes, shortly after Gaja's death and the Edge Guard were still mourning, Array, the Sheriff of Seer's Hamlet.

Who's Array? Well, she's a Super Villainess from Earth, who's special powers allow her to make as many bodies as she wants to, each with their own personality.

That's getting a little off track here, so anyway, Brianna was arrested and put on trial for bringing illegal technology to Jade. Array had her brought to trial where she was sentenced to 300 years imprisonment. Before she was sentenced, Brianna told them just why she was there. To resurrect a young Werecheetah by the name of Raphiel. Like her, he was born in a day, at an adult age, with no memories of his own up until that point. Array took pity on Brianna and busted her out of Jail.

Array had recreated Raphiel's body on the condition that Brianna and Raphiel stop Tirant, a Super Villain from Earth with the power to conduct lightning, from using a giant Demi Golem, who looked like Spelvis. (The Gold Digger spoof of Elvis.)

As for Tirant, he kind of looks a lot like Lex Luthor from Superman.

Brianna and Raphiel caused the Demi Golem to fall into a pit-trap, which stopped it.

[3] Reference to Star Wars.

[4] As for that, well, Julia arrived on Jade to judge the Tournament of Arms, and she happened to come upon Gar, Sheila, and Onoli when Brianna was being sprung out of jail by one of Array's multiple bodies, a Stone Giant who happens to be a criminal. Julia truly didn't blame Gar for what happened, but she was disappointed in him for letting this happen to her youngest daughter.