[IC] Dragon Ball: Legacy (Mogtaki and Vena Sera)

[Mogtaki]

Shu looked up at Takeshi and gave a struggled smile before he lowered his head again, letting out a little sigh. It was a fair struggle to feel happy right now, there was just so much riding on what they were doing and it was getting to him pretty bad. Feeling a little lost for words, he gave a little look when Takeshi spoke about something about a thing called a bike, but without even knowing what that was he felt a little lost. Scratching his ear a little as he gave a nod at Takeshi’s words, he felt a little enclosed when Takeshi came closer to him, staring at him in the eyes. Looking to Takeshi’s hand, he frowned a little and kept quiet, not looking fairly happy that he was having to reveal what was bothering him. He knew he had told Takeshi yesterday that he’d tell him if things were bothering him, but he wanted to see how everything would play out. Keeping his eyes off Takeshi, he rubbed his arm slowly, keeping his voice low, “…I’m just…scared of this going wrong”, he muttered, giving his head a little shake, “I had a dream and we saw the guy…even if he was different in real life…people found him when we went away and then he died and the others died and we all failed! I don’t want that to happen, it was scary…and almost real a-and now you think it’ll happen so now it will happen!”

Kai did wonder what the Earth was like with him only seeing what the city was like when trying to catch a strong human, he didn’t know what it was like completely but obviously fine enough for Saiyans to live there considering what Vegeta told him about others living there before. Giving his back a scratch, he looked away from Vegeta as he contemplated what could be done, “Kabocha might want to…but he also might want to go his own way. He’s quite the determined warrior”, he sighed, “The one thing I noticed about Earth was the people were odd and the technology was odd”. Slowly standing up again, he stretched a little as he rubbed the back of his neck, following after Vegeta, “Hmm I guess so. I don’t think I could change diets from meat to fruit all day, especially considering Saiyans are primarily meat eaters…”

Choi shrugged a little, giving a nervous smile, “Aww I’m pretty light…I’m pretty happy”, he spoke, letting out a sigh as he looked away embarrassed. It was pretty hard to do something like mellow out during a training session when it typically meant being punished if you goofed off during it, but now he didn’t have to worry about that and could laugh at his mistakes. Feeling a lot more relaxed as compared to earlier, he smiled at Yumi before giving a little nod, “Yeah, I can see how it is…I mean, the others have been peering out of the window at us for ages and then you get the ex-Commander sitting on the roof probably listening to us”, he said quickly, looking around at everything to see if he could find Kabocha, “There are a lot of planets out there that are used as training grounds, at least ones that are suitable for breathing. I guess the only problem now is finding a planet that isn’t used by the King to train his armies…then again; you have a ship now, right? Otherwise you would have never been able to get here to check that it wasn’t one under rule, right?”

[GambolMuse]

So he had been right, in a way, Shu was worried about people being hurt. He hadn't helped the situation much either, what with being the older brother and all. Pressing for time since he had worried about people being killed as a result had been an awful thing to do in front of his impressionable little brother. "Oh... Well how often am I right anyways? Heck, you saw no one else there with Katas, right? And I didn't either. Besides, he's been there for who knows how long, I'm sure he knows what he's doing. Our little visit couldn't have jeopardized him." Hopefully not at any rate. Takeshi wanted to believe that if things did fall apart that everyone would have a means to get themselves safe, as he and his brother couldn't keep everyone safe. It really was an unnerving prospect, there was a lot riding on their ability to do this right. Biting the inside of his cheek in thought an idea came to mind, though whether Shu would take to it or not was uncertain. "If you're worried about him... Why don't you stay with him while I go ask the other people about things?" he suggested, rubbing Shu's shoulder. "Then you'd know for sure he would be safe, and we can still get things done. Plus if he's a friend of the Queen we know he can be trusted, so think of it as staying with a friend... " Takeshi explained, chuckling before smiling slightly, "Or your crazy uncle..."

"I might have been able to be a bit more serious too if we didn't have an audience," Yumi added, casting a glance in Kabocha and Vegeta's directions respectively. "And Viral? Well if he's listening then that's fine, it's not like any harm could come of that. I'm actually glad if he's relaxing, it's about time he got to." Goodness knows he'd been to hell and back, since then likely not having very much time to himself. She herself was guilty of that, having been like a thorn in his side trying to help. Perking up at the back door opening up the Beastman smiled at her friend's coming out, walking over to him with her hands folded behind her back. "Vegeta? I've got a question! Do you know any planets these three and their families could settle on? I don't know how well this one is going to work, finding them a different place might be a good idea."

Vegeta was a bit taken aback for a second when Yumi approached them, though pleasantly surprised at her question. "Kai and I were just talking about that actually, and I might have a place in mind," he answered, "But it'd have to be okay with you and the others. I figured as long as the king is still out there and Earth might be in danger, why not bring them home with us? I figure that gives them a nice place to stay, and if need be the planet has a few more able fighters." It wasn't as though their planet was alien to having Saiyans on its shores or constant threats from outer-space. Frankly that had become par for the course in the last few decades or so, which hopefully meant this plan wouldn't cause too many problems. "Finding them a home would be easy enough, plenty of room for them out where Takeshi's house is. Just... Don't tell him he might be getting neighbors."

"Woah woah woah... Wait a minute. We might be moving to Earth?" Kabocha quipped, looking at the group in surprise from where he was on the wall. "Why would we go that far away? I thought you were planning on beating the king eventually, so why don't we go back to Kortal? Stay here for now, go home when it's over." Earth seemed too... Cushy for his liking. Frankly he just couldn't imagine there being anything to even do on that planet, much less fight. If the twins had been discussing it already though then that might very well mean it'd be their next course of action, so long as the parents agreed too. Still not totally buying into the deal Kabocha glanced up towards the roof, knocking on the wall to stir Viral. "I'm willing to bet you don't want us there, huh Viral? Tell them how you feel about us coming home with you." Maybe a protest from one of their own would kick that plan in its rear.

[Mogtaki]

Shu frowned at his brother’s words, but he knew he was trying to make him feel better. If the goal was to make him feel better, it wasn’t really working especially when he knew he could be sneaked up on by anyone with the knowhow. Letting out a brief sigh, he kept his eyes to the ground with a fair guilty feeling that he just ruined their plans. With the silence settling in and Shu only feeling guilty as a response, he looked elsewhere as Takeshi spoke again, playing with his finger for a moment before he looked back up at him, “Stay with him…? But…but I don’t know him very well”, he spoke, giving a little frown, “I’d feel nervous and you wanted to do things with me…and we have stuff to do…and it’s important stuff so it would be lazy of me to not do that! It’s not that I don’t like him, it’s just…I’m still really nervous around strangers and he was still a stranger…even if he was a little strange…”

Choi gave a quick nod before looking back to the house, feeling a little nervous about the Beastman being around in the open. There was nothing stopping the guy jumping on him for getting all friendly with Yumi, it was definitely a concern for him and his general health. Not quite noticing Vegeta and Kai come out of the house, he turned to face them quickly to see what either of them had to say about the matter and Yumi’s question only to get an unexpected reply in return. At first he didn’t believe they really had been talking about the same subject, but eventually he was curious when the subject took an odd turn. To live on Earth felt like a huge step, he barely knew what the place was like and not to mention in was in a system that was primitive and mostly barren. Feeling a little conflicted he scratched his hair, trying to think about it, “Uhhh well, I guess if Kai wants to…” he spoke, but sure enough Kabocha was quick to protest. It was odd, he had been hiding away for long enough but when it came to making decisions he just seemed to pop right back into the picture.

Viral had been trying to ignore everything that had been going on while he had been trying to find some quiet time of his own, it just seemed impossible whenever he tried. He had barely any energy to put up a fight and he was just feeling the annoyances of life coming to him all at once, especially when all he got was dirty looks and shifty glances. When Vegeta came out speaking about the Saiyan’s future possibility of living on Earth, he couldn’t help but turn a little but make no effort to get up himself. He couldn’t help feel angry at that idea, even if it meant they’d be relatively peaceful it still meant he would have competition over who was stronger. Trying his best to be forgotten about and ignore, he was soon dragged into the conversation by Kabocha much to his annoyance. Slowly getting up and moving slightly, he growled lowly before jumping off the roof, landing lightly on his feet, “I don’t want YOU there…I don’t care about those body-doubles”, he spoke coldly, approaching him, “You’re unstable and a menace, just like any other snobbish temper-driven kid. Since when are you good at making decisions like that, anyway…? Maybe it’s the only place to satisfy your bloodthirsty ways and you know it…”

[GambolMuse]

"You're right..." Takeshi mumbled, smiling sadly as he lowered his gaze. "Sorry, bad idea. Well... Crap..." Shu didn't seem keen on going through with what they were doing, nor did he seem enthusiastic about... Well anything else. Given he was starting to feel worn down quite a bit too, having been essentially going nonstop for quite some time now. Any breaks they'd had as of late were brief and few inbetween. Sighing dismally Takeshi scratched at his head before scuffing his boot against the street, looking at Shu apologetically. "I don't want to place you in any more stress than you already are in. And I don't think you're being lazy by not wanting to do this. Hell, I really don't want to do it either. But... We started it, and we should see it through, at least if we want to help that Prince." He supposed it was feasible that they could just leave, after all they had the identities of the people running the show, or close enough to it. The Queen could go after them herself and they wouldn't need to dirty their hands. Granted if they did that then their welcome back should they return would likely be less than warm. "We can head back to the house...?" Takeshi tried, taking a shot in the dark. "Go see our friends before we keep going maybe, tell them what's going on."

Kabocha had hoped for some helpful input from Viral, and in a way he got some. The Beastman wasn't keen with having visitors on his home world, though it seemed like Kabocha was the only one in particular he minded. Watching the former Commander leap down and approach him the Saiyan smiled faintly, holding his ground despite feeling a bit unnerved. "Unstable...? Why, because I have an attitude?" he quipped, sneering as he crossed his arms. "I might be a Saiyan, but I'm not a mindless killer. Yeah I like fighting, but I know right from wrong. So don't treat me like I'm just another of the king's mindless drones." Seriously, him a menace? What in the hell had he possibly done that the twins hadn't to earn him that? As far as Viral knew they'd all been part of the same operations, so if he was a menace then so should they. Being called bloodthirsty really ticked him off, and Kabocha stepped forward until he was nearly breathing down Viral's neck, glaring at him. "The only blood I want to see is that damn king's. Whatever preconceived notion you've got about us Saiyans, you're wrong. Not all of us are manic killers. I love fighting, but I hate killing. Until you get over yourself and your prejudices I don't expect you to realize that though."

[Mogtaki]

Shu let out a sigh, drooping his head a little. He didn’t mean to ruin all the ideas, he was just trying to get this aching feeling off his chest. Everything just seemed like a bad idea right now, he’d be alright getting some food and seeing how things went from there as well if it had to be that way. Scratching the back of his neck, he frowned a little before looking back up to Takeshi as he spoke. He really did want to help his friend, he couldn’t stand the thought of letting him down when it was just a few steps away from either freedom or death, “…I do want to help him…” It was hard, maybe they should just keep going and see what happens and he would just have to deal with the stress like a grown up. Frowning a touch, he looked back to Takeshi at his suggestion, not quite sure what he should make of it, “Back…? Maybe…but then we’d be going backwards”, he sighed, scratching his ear, “Whatabout food…? Do we get some after…? What if going to the people goes badly because we relaxed with our friends? I’m kind of scared…”

Viral stared down at Kabocha as he spoke, his expression hardly changing as the kid tried to do some imposing himself. He would have to prove a lot to him if he was to ever hand over his trust to ever stay on Earth, but it wasn’t only that which was bugging him. Kabocha was a warrior at heart and they always sought to get stronger, the same with the twins but it was this guy who got on his nerves with his dirty looks and desire to fight or to start them. He was already a threat to him right now and that was the hardest part to admit, making him feel angry and sour towards him, “I didn’t see you not enjoying harming other people, now did I…?” Kabocha approaching him and coming ever so close was just raising the hostility meter with Viral, it was hard to believe the guy had any sort of self-awareness with how little he was defending his point. Hardly backing down, Viral stared at him as he spoke, hardly convinced, “Is that so…? How can that be when every Saiyan I’ve come across lusts for blood, even the little kid when pushed far enough. When you’re free, your only desire is to continue fighting. You’ll fight until your body is broken and weary all to get stronger…and for what? Do you fear those who are stronger than you like that damn King?”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi gave his brother a clueless look, if only because he was absolutely out of ideas. Shu didn't want to proceed, but now he did but he was scared. Doing anything but going ahead with their plans seemed to unnerve him, and yet so did doing precisely that. There really was no easing his brother's nerves, not anyway he looked at it at least. "Being scared is okay buddy, I'm scared too. But... You know what? It's normal to feel scared, heck I bet Goku was scared of plenty of things at our age. If you want to get some food after we do this then we can. The best thing we can do right now is go on and get it over with, then we won't have to worry anymore, right?" Moving his hand to Shu's head he ruffled his brother's hair gently before looking in the direction of Katas' building and to their temporary home in turn. "What if we asked someone at home to stay with Katas? Then we can do our thing and he's safe." That seemed a touch better to him. They could have someone like Vegeta, or even Viral if he was up to it, keep the Kaesstrian safe. There was no knowing really if they had been found out or not, as much as Takeshi liked to think they hadn't been. "What do you say, little brother? Want to go ask Mister Viral or Vegeta if they can keep an eye on Katas? Would that help?"

"Like I said, I enjoy fighting. And if that means hurting someone in the process then yeah, I like that too. It's in my blood." Kabocha answered back, frowning up at Viral. "But that still doesn't mean I'm going to kill anyone. I've only ever killed one person before, and it was with the king breathing down my neck. I still hate to think about it, and I never want to do it again. Still think I'm such a bad guy?" This was infuriating, the Beastman just refused to see it any other way. Himself and the twins were much better than the Elites were, and in reality many Saiyans were not as bloodthirsty as made out to be. Yes they loved to fight, but unless explicitly told otherwise by the king many just did it for sport or amusement. Sometimes it was seen as cruel, especially against weaker opponents, but such was their nature. Groaning in aggravation Kabocha threw his hands up, stepping back for a moment before coming right back and near yelling in Viral's face. "Listen to you! Do you mean to tell me you're better than we are? Because this holier-than-thou crap is getting real old. So the little prince goes for blood when pushed, guess what, everyone does! Everyone's got their breaking point where they'll snap, and that includes you. That's NO justification for calling us all killers!" Gritting his teeth together Kabocha gestured to Vegeta, glaring at Viral. "He's a Saiyan, is he like all of us? Or does he get to be an exception?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know what he was supposed to do, he was probably just succeeding in making Takeshi confused above everything else. He really didn’t mean to, he just wanted to try and decide what was the best decision to make for his friends and their lives. If he could he would just get the information and immediately sort the problem out so everyone could be happy, but he didn’t even know what they were going to say to the person when they found them. They would probably be in trouble if they talked to them immediately without getting any true information as to why they should be talking to them in the first place. Listening to Takeshi when he mentioned Goku, he tried to imagine what he must had been like if he was ever scared of something but seeing what Goku was like when they first met, “Ohhh…I can’t imagine that…” he sighed, scratching his ribs, “But…I guess so…ohhh, it makes me feel so confused…” He had to just trust what Takeshi thought was best, he couldn’t make very good decisions and was just feeling worse the more he thought about it, “Maybe…but Mister Viral would get really annoyed and Vegeta doesn’t really like strangers. If he’s told us all we need to know, does he need to be where he is anymore…?”

Viral didn’t find any sort of enjoyment in talking down to Kabocha, his bitterness really had caught up with him and he was just tearing into Kabocha for the hell of it. Staring down at Kabocha as the kid got increasingly angry, he narrowed his gaze before letting out a grunt, “Just a thug then…and that’s supposed to make you sound a lot better than the others?” He spoke coldly, but when Kabocha began to get really angry he just continued to stare at him, letting him speak his angry words. There he was throwing out claims that he was only saying all this to make him feel better, but Viral just took it all in and hardly made a reaction until he stopped his yelling and actually let him speak, “Him? Hardly an exception, he shares the same thirst for blood like you do”, he spoke, hardly changing his expression, “And you should listen to yourself! First you make up excuses to not go to Earth, but now that I’m saying you definitely shouldn’t because you are trouble you are suddenly protesting? Then again, you want nothing more than to fight me, don’t you? You really want to beat me into a pulp, you’ve just been dying to do it since yesterday. Then why don’t you then? Is it because people are watching or because you’re desperately trying to fight against your true nature?”

[GambolMuse]

"I mean Goku was a kid at one point too, you don't think he was ever afraid of anything? Or that he never worried? I'm just saying don't feel bad for worrying, that's all." If they went and tried to talk to those people now then it'd be tricky with Shu being so jumpy. That could easily enough be blamed on his shyness, but then again his sibling did have a point. What were they even going to say? Katas hadn't been very helpful in that regard, only mentioning he wanted to see S'uma and Ka'shra in his office. They had been basically left to their own devices, which for reasons that seemed fairly obvious to Takeshi wasn't a good idea. The proposal to ask one of their friends to remain with Katas did seem like a poor idea in hindsight, which meant one of two things. Either one of them had to stay behind or they'd have to have faith that the man would be okay. Shu brought up a fair point though, one that might just hold some merit. "You know... I don't imagine that Katas does need to be there." Takeshi mused, "And he's got to have some kind of escape plan for dangerous situations, right? So he has a way to safety, we don't need to worry, right? Does that help at all?"

"Who the hell are you calling a thug?!" Kabocha snapped, clearly angry now. "I'm a noble for your information, and even if that means nothing I'm still no killer! You can't clump me together with the others just because I'm a Saiyan too! That's like calling all those humans weak and pathetic, but I know first hand there are some strong ones. You're just being an ignorant jerk and refusing to accept that just *maybe* you might be wrong about me!" If he wasn't so livid maybe he could get his point across, but with Viral acting so sure of himself on the subject he couldn't keep his head on straight. Just who in the hell did he think he was labelling people like that? "I'm only protesting because you seem to think I'm some kind of brute! I'm the same age as Takeshi, and I'm not a monster! I'm arguing because you seem to think I'm some fricken serial killer or something!" When Viral brought up fighting he hit the nail right on the head. He was likely still weak due to recovering, maybe fighting him wouldn't go too poorly. Then again with his friends right there it may quickly devolve into a 3 on 1, he didn't expect the twins to step in to help him. Instead he smiled bitterly, shaking his head and pushing Viral in the chest. "You're not even worth fighting in your sorry state. I'd rather to beat on a tree, that'd put up more of a fight than you. Hell I'm surprised you can stand right now."

[Mogtaki]

Shu nodded a little at Takeshi, feeling a little bit better that Goku was possibly not the bravest kid out there. While it was all still a possibility, he didn’t really know what Goku could had been worried about and what would had made him feel that sensation of doubt at all. The guy couldn’t had possibly needed to deal with things like this, so that couldn’t had been it. Looking up to Takeshi, he frowned a little at their predicament, just hoping he might have the answers they really needed as silence fell between the two. He was rather shaky, he didn’t know how he was supposed to cope so much as try and use Goku to make himself feel a little better. Looking away again, he gave a little nod when Takeshi reassured him that Katas was going to be safe, “Maybe…I hope you’re right. I’d hate it if it all went wrong now…” he mumbled, looking up to Takeshi with a sad expression, “Maybe we can just keep going…? I’m pretty worried right now and standing here is just making it worse…”

Viral stared at Kabocha as he viciously tried to defend himself, making him seem like a little spoiled brat when he brought up nobility. That wouldn’t even matter once he was free, the very fact that Vegeta was descended from a Prince didn’t make him big headed about it as an example and yet he was made to believe that it was something special. What he said about the humans was hardly anything special too, as if it truly mattered to involve them in the conversation, “Humans? Tch, says you who invaded their homes just so you could live another day in your ‘nobility’”, he spoke, hardly at all impressed, “You think comparing yourself to Takeshi is going to make you sound less like a brute? Please, especially when it’s his little brother that’s stopping him from killing”. When Kabocha went on to move back towards him, his push was enough to get Viral to change expressions as he gave him a fair good glaring at. His claims of weakness was fair pushing it, his eyes dead on his in a cold glare before suddenly throwing a strong punch straight for Kabocha’s head in a vicious attempt to prove him wrong about his weakness.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi wasn't sure if Shu would buy into his claims or not, though thankfully it looked like he would. It wasn't a lie persay, after all someone in Katas' position would naturally have an escape plan. It was taking too much upon themselves to be expected to sort everything out and keep that man safe anyways, even if both boys agreed they didn't want harm befalling him. Still, seeing Shu upset made it difficult to be glad about anything, and it was probably for the best that they just get this over with. "You'll feel better once we're done, I promise," Takeshi urged, gently snatching up his brother's hand per usual. "We'll be done before you know it, and once we are we'll go see the Prince again. You two could play if you wanted, how would that sound?" While he helped see to getting his squad's family safe Shu could enjoy himself, that seemed fair enough. Given that if T'charrl was the one who'd help with the relocating then it'd be a touch difficult for Shu to play with him.

"He killed because he had to, not because he wanted to! You're acting like you think you know us but you don't. You have no idea what it's like to have loved ones on the line if you don't do what you're told, so quit pretending like you get it!" Seriously, where was this jerk getting off claiming he knew how he felt? He hardly knew Takeshi if he still thought the boy a killer, and he certainly didn't know Kabocha or the twins. Having a tough time at holding back his anger the Saiyan settled to shove the Beastman back, trying to vent a bit. His push was rather quickly replied to with a punch, one that Kabocha simply took. It came harder than he'd have thought, near well being knocked off of his feet as a result, stumbling to catch his ground. "There... Feel better...?" he mumbled, standing upright and smirking faintly, lifting a hand to rub at his sore head. "Like I said... Weak. You're not worth fighting, and hell, you're not even worth getting angry over. So are we done, or does the big man need to hit some more to feel better about himself?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu stared up at Takeshi, putting full trust into what he was saying as he slowly looked down to his hand as it was taken. He really was trying to think of a way Katas could get out of a sticky situation before it all ended in his death, but hopefully if things went alright and he was able to keep Takeshi from going straight to the people they needed to see. He didn’t even know if the people would have others watching over them, like soldiers or somebody even higher in the corruption line. Giving Takeshi a little nod he soon looked away, letting out a sigh, “I would like that, I’ll miss him when we go…especially when we won’t really be able to go back easily…” he mumbled, feeling a little sad about that still, “I really like this planet, it’s so good for me and I have friends…but, there’s so many other planets too and we might get lost or decide to never go here anymore…”

Kabocha was just pushing him a little too far, he asked for his opinion and he gave it only to get insulted and raged at in a series of protests. He was trying hard to not let this guy get to him, but it was fair difficult to not get angry at this thug. Giving him a hard glare, he kept his fist tightened, “Who are you to think I have no idea what it’s like? Is that an attack against my existence?” he asked rhetorically, just to call him out on it. It was always the same, it was just everyone saying he had no clue over and over again. Watching Kabocha as he slowly recovered from the hit, he growled lowly when he brushed it off like it was nothing, calling him weak in the process with a disgusting little smirk on his face. That really did anger him, he was not weak and was worth fighting; that couldn’t had been anymore untrue. Letting out an angry snarl, it hardly seemed Viral was done when his mind suddenly took a turn in the wrong direction as he made a grab at Kabocha’s clothes to force him into his fist in an angry and vicious spurt, “I am NOT weak!! Who are you to say I don’t know what it’s like?!”

[GambolMuse]

"We'll come back here, I promise. Maybe not right away, but this won't be the last time we come to Kaesstra." Takeshi recognized how good a friend Shu had already made in the Prince, and from what he gathered his brother was the best if not the only friend of T'charrl. It'd be unfair to both of them to never come back, though he did hope they'd have a faster means of traveling next time around. Thankfully Shu seemed consoled about Katas' safety, willing to move along once more. "I want to see what happens after the war is ended, so we'll definitely return. And next time you'll get to play with T'charrl all you want." Taking a ship back was bound to take a few days, so they'd have to plan the trip in advance. Shame, it would be a nice surprise to bring Shu out here after they had been gone. Since they were good to go once again Takeshi had to take a moment to regain his bearings, putting together where they were relative to their destinations. Seeing as they were still close enough to Katas' place their first stop would be S'uma, just up the road. They'd likely have to check a home or two to find the right one, but nothing wrong with that.

Kabocha simply couldn't be bothered to care about Viral hitting him right now. Sure he had felt it and it hurt a bit, but now that he was seeing the Beastman get frustrated it was too amusing to start. Again Viral came for him, this time getting a secure hold of the Saiyan as he hit him a few times in anger. Coughing during a pause in the beating he looked up at Viral, turning his head to spit some blood away before smiling. "You couldn't fight us earlier, and you can't now. If it wasn't for your friends doing us a favor I'd beat you right here and now." Kabocha teased, grabbing Viral's wrist and releasing himself from the man's grasp. Wiping at his own mouth the Saiyan looked to the twins for a moment, his smile changing to a scowl. "If you want to settle down and turn soft then fine, but count me out. My parents and I will find somewhere else to go." Before he decided to walk off he gave Viral one final look, satisfied at how angry the Beastman seemed. Chuckling to himself the Saiyan started to walk off towards to the city, hoping to find something to occupy himself on this boring planet.

Yumi scowled as Kabocha left them, rather glad he had chosen to do so before she got involved in his smacking. "Seriously, how'd you get stuck with a moron like that?" she asked, directing the question towards Kai and Choi. Giving a shake of her head she walked over to Viral, smiling as she gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "You put him in his place I think. See how quickly he lost the will to fight you? It's because he knows you're stronger." Whether that was the case or not Yumi felt it was the best thing to say given her friend's recent crisis. He did actually seem to be feeling better though, he could stand pretty well and didn't look as ragged as he had. Laying out in the sun the last few hours may just well have done him some good then. "Don't worry about him anymore, he's just an idiot. Some brat who wants to toot his own horn."

[Mogtaki]

Shu felt a little bit happier about that thought, he’d hate to leave his friends behind or never see them again. If there was one thing about his life that made him sad it was that it was short and he couldn’t truly do everything he wanted to so getting to do what he could do was always a top priority. Sniffling a little as he wiped his nose, he looked up at Takeshi and gave a little nod in response, “I’d like that a lot…yeah”, he smiled a little, cheering up slightly, “I hope things go okay with that and you’re not just saying that, I would really miss my friends if I never got to see them again. Do you like it here…? Do you like the fruit…? Do you just pretend to like the fruit…?”

Seeing the hit hardly doing anything to Kabocha just confused and infuriated him, especially when he had put a lot into that hit. Looking to his wrist as he was forced to remove his claws from Kabocha’s clothes, he pulled his wrist away angrily and gave him a hard glare as he spoke before taking his leave. He was left pretty distraught yet his expression barely changed, he couldn’t even make the guy flinch apart from a little bit of blood. He was right, everyone was surpassing him and that was just it for him. He felt fine, yet he was weak. Clenching his fist, he stared down at his hand before Yumi suddenly spoke up, his eyes turning to her instead. She was playing it off as something he had won, that was hardly winning when the guy was walking off with a smirk. She was trying to fool him into believing he had won, taking pity on him for his failure. Growling lowly as his entire purpose disappeared quicker than running water, he looked up to Yumi before giving a quick glance to the twins. All of them were stronger than him now; that was all that there was to it.

Pushing away Yumi’s hand, he turned around and walked away from all of them without another word, just wanting to go back to being alone. They were all going to return to Earth, the twins heading over there to relax but they were still strong enough to defend it. It was all so stupid, he didn’t understand why everything was turning into a complete lie just because he was unable to function properly for a few days. He didn’t want to be around anyone right now, he couldn’t face his embarrassment and obvious baiting into showing off his weakness to everyone.

The twins were just looking between the pair when they were arguing, letting it happen rather than trying to stop or convince Kabocha otherwise. It wasn’t their business to butt into, both were stubborn but Kabocha was just wanting to make the Beastman snap at him. It did happen, but not as expected as Viral was just unable to do much at all. It was kind of surprising to see such a thing happen, especially when he had been so ferocious when under the King’s control. Looking between each other, the twins both looked to Yumi as she interjected only for Viral to reject her completely and walk off. It was a strange situation, neither of them really knowing how they were supposed to react or whether they should try and help.

[GambolMuse]

"I really mean it, we'll come back. Come on now, would I make a promise to you and not keep it?" Intentional never, Takeshi told himself, but in the year since they'd last really been together it was likely he'd forgotten something. Getting a smile out of Shu was a big relief, it in turn picking up his own spirits and settling some nerves. "Yeah I like the fruit well enough, but I miss a lot of the stuff on Earth," he continued, smiling thoughtfully as his free hand rubbed his stomach. "Potatoes with butter... Salmon... Calamari, cornbread, steak. There's a ton of food that's not here that I want, but I definitely wouldn't mind coming back!" Shu was the only one with friends here, Takeshi didn't really consider anyone he'd met particularly close. A means to an end really, that's what everyone here was to him. It didn't necessarily mean he thought poorly of them, save the general who he was biased against. Chuckling he gave his and Shu's arm a swing, leaning over and bumping into his brother playfully next. "Maybe we'll come back without telling anyone and surprise T'charrl. How does that sound?"

"Good... Maybe he'll lose some of his attitude if he leaves," Yumi grumbled, staring at Kabocha's back as he walked off. Things were going just fine until Kabocha had to be an idiot, his departing was the best thing that could happen right now. She sided with Viral on that little argument obviously, and yet when she tried to show it he skulked off just as Kabocha had. What was he so upset about? That kid was just a punk, a thug like he'd said, nothing that he had told Viral meant anything. It looked like it had though, just maybe. Frowning to herself Yumi turned to the twins, giving them an expectant glare as she placed her hands on her hips. "And why didn't you two shut your resident idiot up?" she asked, "Because of him now we've got more problems. Why don't one or both of you go drag him back here so he can apologize like an adult?"

Kabocha could scarcely believe how willingly those moronic twins were with going to Earth. Figuring what they and their kin had done it seemed like the last place they'd want to be found, and they were all for it. Besides, that damn Beastman had a point, they all liked to fight. Where on that barren rock were they going to find an outlet? Cussing under his breath he then groaned in discomfort, gingerly rubbing at the side of his head. He'd played off Viral's hits in the heat of the moment, but now that he was calming down the realization that they'd hurt like hell set in. Even if that guy was weak he was still a damn strong hitter. With that kind of power behind him he had to wonder just what he was complaining about. "Stupid Beastman... I'm not a fricken killer..."

[Mogtaki]

Shu tilted his head a little, curious to what Takeshi had to say about the food of the planet. He didn’t really know whether he would miss such things because he didn’t actually know what they were. Some of the food sounded like fish, he knew what steak was and cornbread must had been something dry. Feeling a little confused considering they had steak yesterday and this morning, he scratched his head as if forcing his head to try and figure it all out before he was suddenly almost sent flying as his arm was swung and he nearly fell off his feet as Takeshi came in close to him. Feeling confused for a brief moment, he tilted his head slightly away from Takeshi as he spoke, he gasped before giving Takeshi’s arm a quick pull, “Okay! That would be nice! I’d like that a lot! I hope everything goes okay so we can do that…because if things go wrong…”

Keeping fairly quiet wasn’t exactly going to help all that much, especially when Yumi had immediately turned around and began to put the blame game on the pair. The twins both kept fairly quiet with the same expression, it was impossible to tell them apart if only for the dirt that was on Choi’s clothes and face because of his fighting with Yumi. Neither of them really wanted to talk to Kabocha, once the guy had made up his mind that was usually it for the conversation. Eventually letting out an annoyed sigh, Kai gave a look to Choi before making a brief flight over in the direction Kabocha had begun to set off in. It was annoying, but it all probably had to be done if they were all going to be remain happy with each other and not end up fighting for stupid reasons like this.

Choi watched his brother fly off before he turned to look to Yumi again, giving his neck a quick scratch, “Uhh, you see what we have to deal with a lot…?” he spoke, as if attempting to try and start off an apology, “Honestly, I guess seeing and hearing him get backlash like that might had brought his ego down…but didn’t think Viral would give in so quickly to it. Uhh…why didn’t you support your friend, though?” She could had stepped in too or maybe even Vegeta, but both of them had kept quiet and Yumi only spoke after it was all over and the damage had been done. He didn’t really understand it, but he was sure Kai would be able to say something to Kabocha that would get him to change his mind and come back.

Kabocha didn’t really get all that far considering how he had decided to go about his business, heading on over to the city. It was a bit silly to go in that direction, especially when they were supposed to be keeping a low profile, “Kabocha, where are you going now?” he asked up pretty sternly, stopping off in front of him, “You know the Princes are that way doing secretive jobs, you’ll ruin it for them…besides; if Takeshi saw you, he’d be pissed and hit you ten times harder than the Beastman….then again, he’d probably do that anyway after what you did unless you don’t apologise for it”.

[GambolMuse]

Kai had taken off in pursuit of Kabocha, hopefully to talk some sense into him and drag him back. As annoying as he may be Yumi knew he needed to be here, if only for his own good. She would put up with him for a bit longer if it meant whatever the boys were taking care of went over smoothly. Turning her head in Choi's direction the Beastman smiled slightly, rolling her eyes. "Please, you think Takeshi was any different? I mean he's still a pain, but at least he doesn't storm off or sulk anymore." Asking why they didn't support Viral was a bit tricky, if only because she didn't want to put it the wrong way. "Viral is very... Prideful about himself and his abilities. If we stepped in and dealt with Kabocha he might see it as us thinking him incapable." Considering he was looking to be a bit healthier it would be a darn right shame if they ended up just demoralizing him now. With what that loudmouth had done it may already be too late to prevent even that. "I suppose I should go talk to him though. Mind waiting here for your brother?"

"You stay with Choi, I'm going to go talk to Viral," Vegeta interjected. "No offense Yumi but you sympathize with him too much and treat him like a child. I know you care but that's part of what bugs him. Let me have a chat first, okay?" He didn't want to even give his friend a chance to dispute that, stepping right past her and heading in the direction Viral had gone. He'd had a funny look on his face before he departed, and Vegeta worried just what might be going through his mind right now. Kabocha had been blowing of steam or running his mouth, none of what he'd said was sincere or held any merit. He knew that, but did Viral?

Kabocha should have expected not to be left alone, being caught giving his head a rubbing by Kai. Looking up from his feet he sneered at his squadmate before rolling his eyes a bit. "I'm going for a walk, what does it look like?" Was he going to be babysat now for trying to get some time on his own? Looking at Kai incredulously at the thought of apologizing the Saiyan laughed, stopping rather quickly at the aching in his head. "Apologize to him? He should be apologizing to me. That jerk has no business talking down to me or acting like he's better than us. Doesn't it piss you off that he's calling us all brutes and bloodthirsty?" Kabocha would sooner be caught kissing the king's boots than apologizing to Viral. More personally he held a grudge against the Beastman for getting the rank of Commander, a little known fact. He hated serving the king, sure, but his upbringing made him yearn for extravagance, and the perks of being a Commander were highly appealing. To have someone skip over him and get it by choice or not was a terrible affront. "Give me one good reason why I should apologize. I couldn't care less if Takeshi is mad at me, or Yumi or any of them."

"There's my little brother!" Takeshi exclaimed, laughing happily when his arm was given a tug. "As long as we're careful we'll be fine. Maybe when we come back we can even bring some gifts, something from Earth they don't have here. A present for your friend, yeah?" They'd finally gotten back into a regular swing of things for the most part. If Shu was happy then so was his older brother, and even with their nearing the first stop spirits had certainly improved. Smiling at Shu he used his free hand to itch at his nose, his cheeks flushing lightly. "And hey... Maybe if word gets out that we're handing out gifts then girls won't think I'm such a jerk..." Takeshi said, chuckling to himself and fidgeting a touch as he walked. Of course he wasn't looking for Kaesstrian girls, but maybe a nice Saiyan girl, or even someone on Earth. His smile stretched into a grin as he teased that thought, putting a small hop in his step. "I'll have a girlfriend soon!"

Enthusiasm and daydreams aside the brothers made it to their destination within a few more minutes. It was a fairly easy task of finding it, thankfully Katas' building was still in view, and the fact that there was only one fancy looking home in this area made it simpler. They'd found this S'uma woman's home, now the task of getting in somehow was presented to them. Approaching the building Takeshi let go of Shu's hand, stepping up to a set of gates and cocking his head as he examined them. No call box or anything of the sorts, and giving them a small nudge he found they creaked open slightly. "Do we just go in...?" he questioned rhetorically. Giving Shu a curious look he shrugged his shoulders, pushing open the gate and stepping onto the property. "Hello? Miss S'uma? Anyone?"

[Mogtaki]

Choi folded his arms, raising an eyebrow slightly at Yumi’s words. Just because he didn’t do it anymore didn’t mean Takeshi didn’t used to before time and time again, he had done that plenty of times when they were working with him. Tilting his head the other way, he frowned a little at her excuse before he looked off in Viral’s direction, “Hmm really? I would had thought being unable to beat up a simpleton like Kabocha would had been bad enough”, he spoke calmly, looking back to Yumi. He could see why she wouldn’t had wanted to, but the worst was what probably happened and now even the Commander had stormed off. Raising his head a little at her instruction, he quickly turned to Vegeta when he spoke up instead, feeling oddly unprepared for him actually talking. It seemed like a reasonable idea, his eyes quickly turning back to Yumi once Vegeta had walked off, “Well, I guess that’s that problem solved! It’ll be fine, I’m sure…unless you’re into spying, that is”.

Viral hadn’t really managed to get too far, but far enough to get away from the house and find himself in amongst the trees. He had tried to believe everything would go back to normal once he had recovered physically, but obviously not and he had been reduced to the weakest of all of them. He had heard Choi and Yumi training, you would had to have been deaf to not and even Yumi could take down one of the twins. He hadn’t been able to defend himself, he couldn’t do everything they could and would be outmatched eventually; he was just an obsolete tool of war. Taking refuge in the forest, he sat quietly in contemplation, staring at his hands as everything continued to flash through his mind as even his very purpose was questioned. Just how he would be able to pick himself up out of the mud after this, everyone had witnessed just how weak he was and it wasn’t as if they could wipe that away all easily without completely lying about it.

Kai was already fed up with Kabocha just from that comment, however somebody could simply shrug off what happened like that was beyond him. Shaking his head a little, he waited for Kabocha to put up his side of the argument before he eventually let out a groaning sigh, “What are you talking about? He called you a thug and look at what you did; you forced him into hitting you just so you could call him weak”, he spoke, moving around him some more, “Doesn’t that remind you of a bully? What if you were in his boots? Wouldn’t you hate it if someone did that to you? I know I would…besides, isn’t this kind of…pointless? Wouldn’t your parents not want fighting to occur for the first time in their lives? Earth would give us the quiet we need after fighting in a war all our lives, don’t you want to have a break? Why would you want to come out of fighting just to go straight back into it again? Isn’t that kind of…brutish?”

Shu gave a quick nod to Takeshi, finding the idea of going on out and bringing back something special to be absolutely delightful, “Yeah! That would be nice, I’d like to do that…” he spoke, looking away for a second before quickly back to Takeshi, “I hope we don’t bring bad stuff, though…like things that would make them sick. That would be a bad idea, huh?” He seemed quite happy with that revelation; he would enjoy giving his friends something bad for being so hospitable and wanting to be his friend. Feeling a little confused at the girl comment, he simply tried to shrug it off until Takeshi suddenly jolted a little causing him to look up looking fairly confused. As they finally began to approach the building with their next alien, Shu coward only a little bit and stepped backwards when Takeshi let go of him, watching him go up to the gates. Tilting his head a little, he shrugged nervously at Takeshi’s question, only forcing himself to step forward when he pushed open the gate, “…Maybe there’s…nobody home…?” Shu questioned, but before he could go any further several Kaesstrians dropped out of the sky, pointing their weapons at the pair. They were dressed as security guards, seeing the pair as unwelcomed guests despite being the aliens under command of the general; they looked like the type who would let the mailman and family or friends in, but anyone else probably got jumped on.

[GambolMuse]

Yumi gave Choi a funny look before shaking her head, a light giggle escaping her lips. "Spy on Viral and Vegeta...? Um... No." she said plainly, putting her hands up. "They both value privacy on certain things way too much. If Vegeta volunteered to talk to Viral then that means he wants to do it alone, and I know better than to get in the middle of that. Of course... If you don't mind both of them being miffed then by all means, go ahead." Apart from just respecting them too much both men had something of a temper when pushed, and frankly she wanted none of that directed her way. Smiling ruefully Yumi moved herself towards the back door, clasping her hands behind her back as she walked. "Or... You can come inside and we can figure out what we're cooking for lunch! Since I'm sure people will be getting hungry soon, so it wouldn't hurt to get a head start on that."

"I'm the bully? Oh come on man! Sure maybe I said some things but he was trashing all of us. You honestly expect me to just sit there and take that? You mean to tell me if someone was calling you things and talking down to you like that you would just stand there and accept it?" Kabocha couldn't believe Kai was coming to the defense of Viral. They were a squad after all, and it was sad how quickly opinion had shifted against him despite that fact. Whether they liked it or not they had fought together for a while, that had to mean something. Having hoped to avoid the topic of his parents his friend wasted no time in bringing them up, getting an audible groan out of Kabocha. "I... I don't know okay? I mean seriously, we're Saiyans. What are we going to do, sit around planting flowers all day? Be realistic, we're fighters! We don't just settle down, that's not us." Earth seemed too cushy to him, that was all. Or so he figured anyways, maybe there was something else to it, he didn't know. "You mean to tell me you and Choi are going to be fine just sitting around all the time?"

Vegeta was having a hard time finding Viral now that he had sulked off into the woods. It wasn't a particularly wet area so there were no footprints, and so few leaves had fallen nothing was really disturbed. It was tricky to locate his friend and certainly took a while, but after a few minutes of poking his head behind trees he finally found the Beastman. Par for the course Viral didn't seem particularly thrilled at the moment, and after having to put up with that idiotic Saiyan who could blame him. Though the man likely wanted to be alone they needed to talk about his condition, and so Vegeta took a seat against the opposite side of the tree, pulling one knee up and draping an arm over it. "He looked like he was in some pain after you hit him," Vegeta began, smiling slightly as he turned his head to glance in Viral's direction. "How are you feeling anyways? You seem to be getting better."

"You've got a point Shu... I don't know how we'll figure out what they can and can't eat, though fruit seems like a safe bet, so we'll do that. You know, mangoes, bananas, cherries, maybe even a smoothie or two if we can store them." Despite having had more than a fair share of fruit as of late Takeshi was craving a smoothie right now. It had been such a long time since he'd gotten one, well over a year, and he certainly could go for a cherry one right now. Pouting slightly at his unfulfilled desire he got back to the task at hand when they approached a set of gates. At first he wasn't too sure what to do, gingerly pushing one open as he poked his head in to look for someone.

"Someone's got to be home, why would the gate be unlocked otherwise?" he mused, also questioning why people with the power of flight had a gate in the first place. Shrugging his shoulders the older boy pushed the gates wide open, slowly stepping onto the property. Bad idea apparently, as soon a handful of armed men descended upon them, not looking at all pleased.

"You two are trespassing, get off of this property now," one of the guards said, gesturing the boys away.

Takeshi looked between the guards and put his hands up in surrender, smiling sheepishly and chuckling a bit. "Hang on, we're here to see Miss S'uma," he replied, butchering the pronunciation a fair bit. "Mister Katas sent us here with a message for her, that's all."

"We can give her the message, you don't have to go anywhere near her," the same guard said, drawing his weapon and staring down the two boys. Protocol said keep anyone that wasn't formally announced beforehand out, and that included the general's latest pets. "So be a good little boy and tell us what you need to tell her, you've no business meeting her."

"Little boy...?" Takeshi mumbled, sounding properly irritated as his eyebrow twitched. Forcing a strained smile he shook his head, not winning any favors with his defiance. "Katas said it was only for her to hear, and to explicitly not tell her guards. If you don't want to let us in then I guess we can go back to him without saying anything. I'm sure he won't be angry with you guys at all." Fine, if they were going to be a pain he'd do the same in turn, being polite was getting old anyways.

The guard gave Takeshi a good hard stare when he made that little quip, it certainly sounding like a threat to him. As much as he hated it the kid was holding this over their head, as Katas had the authority to see them disciplined. It wasn't the most pleasant thing he'd ever done, but it looked like their wings were bound on this one. "Very well..." the guard said reluctantly, shooting both boys an angry look before turning to one of the others. "Go tell Miss S'uma she's got visitors and we're sending them in, will you? And be quick about it!"

[Mogtaki]

Choi shrugged a little, letting out a sigh as he gave her a cheeky smirk, “If you say so! It’s not like things could get any worse right now”, he said quickly, folding his arms, “It really is quite the predicament, though…I mean, I know Kai would be able to come back with Kabocha, but hell I don’t know a thing about the Commander”. It was a bit of a mystery knowing what may or may not happen with the Beastman, nobody ever got to be close to him when he was in the Elite squad so knowing how he functioned. Watching Yumi walk off, he turned to follow her as they both headed on off into the house, “Alright, I can do that! We do have enough food left for everyone right? Then again I didn’t see Viral eat anything, so that’s not too many we need to feed, I guess”.

Kai gave Kabocha a pretty strong glare, the guy knew he had done wrong and yet he was still trying to stand up for himself and say that what he did was right after all. It was hardly a fun thing to watch before and he didn’t see how Kabocha could had possibly seen it as something that was good or productive to anyone. Letting out a sigh he shook his head, looking away a little, “You realise it was your attitude he was talking about the most right? Not just because you have ‘stupid hair’ or because you were in the way…or being arrogant”, he spoke calmly, “You could had been adult about it instead of baiting him like that”. Hearing Kabocha get all confused and caught up about talking about his parents and future, he remained quiet as he kept his arms folded, looking displeased, “That’s funny, because I haven’t seen the Princes pick flowers and sit around all day since we got here and they’ve lived their entire lives on Earth”, he spoke, hardly looking impressed, “I’m tired of fighting continuously, I want to relax for a while before I think on moving onwards. You’re trying to defend yourself by saying you’re not bloodthirsty, but thinking you always have to go around and fight is blood thirst. It doesn’t have to involve killing, just the very notion of wanting to spill blood and what do you think fighting does? Why don’t you want to relax for a while instead of continuous fighting? Be realistic yourself. Your parents would want to know what true freedom is, don’t you?”

Viral was in fair deep contemplation about his life, his very existence on the line if he couldn’t pull it together. There was little he could do now, he was able to full function and yet he was still weak and probably would fail harder in a fight than he ever did before. Staring into his hand as he slowly clenched it, he lowered his head before there was a noise from behind. He knew it was one of the others, he was a little annoyed that he had been found with little time to himself to try and decide what to do with his life. Giving a pretty harsh glare at his clenched fist, he growled lowly as he looked away from Vegeta’s direction, already annoyed by the time he spoke up, “Don’t you dare lie to me”, he spoke lowly, “I feel fine…what does it matter to you? You’re only here because of what happened, why don’t you just go back?”

Shu really had no idea whether they’d like the kind of stuff there was on Earth, not unless it was fruit that would still be fine after all that time on the ship. Maybe there was other things they could eat besides fruit and the odd other types of items, it wasn’t as if there was a massive problem with asking what they ate either. Not feeling entirely sure how he was supposed to take the situation of fruit, he felt a little distracted when the guards suddenly dived down from the sky at them, pointing fairly nasty looking weapons as they went into questioning them. Feeling a little worried about their predicament, he let Takeshi do all the talking but was pretty unsure to where this was actually going. It wasn’t looking too good, the guards were fair reluctant to let them through and they shouldn’t need to power their way through either. Frowning a little, he slowly hid behind Takeshi to protect himself from the guards.

Just when things were getting a little sketchy, the doors of the house opened and out came a fairly large Kaesstrian with pink and purple colourings and a fair amount of gracefully groomed fur to match her large garments. It certainly seemed like females were larger than males in this race, but whether that meant anything in regards to how the Queen acted it probably meant something important, “Guards, that won’t be necessary”, she spoke gracefully, a slight crackle in her voice, “I have been wanting to see the aliens for myself…after all. Now, why are you here of all places…? You mentioned Sir Katas, did you not?”

[GambolMuse]

"Of course I want to stop fighting! I mean... I'm sick of working for the king." Kabocha didn't know what he wanted, he realized. Shaking his head angrily he glared back at Kai, reaching out and pushing him. "My parents can be free, but do you really think we ever will be? I mean come on, let's be realistic here. Even if they're safe the fact of the matter is that the king is still out there, and none of us are anywhere near strong enough to beat him." Even the two Princes paled in comparison to their father, as did that Korian guy. The latter was the strongest one probably and he still couldn't stand up to Yamate, so what hope did they have? "Don't you see what a suicide pact it is if we go to Earth? Sure, we can go there to live, but what's stopping the king from coming after us? What do we do when he does, since we sure can't fight him. That's my problem with this, we're not solving anything! We're only delaying him getting to us!"

Vegeta hardly expected a pleasant conversation and wasn't shocked to find Viral in a grumpy state. Frowning at being called a liar the Saiyan sighed, shaking his head. "Who said I was lying? He was trying to get to you, don't you see that? By sulking like this you're just letting him win." Pushing himself up to his feet Vegeta walked around the base of the tree, standing before Viral and squatting down. Wordlessly he looked over the Beastman for a moment, scrutinizing every inch that he could see not hidden by clothing. With a small smile he nodded to himself, running a hand through his hair. "Because I'm essentially your doctor, and doctors try to take care of their patients?" he pointed out, looking at Viral, "And you definitely seem to be healthier. Physically anyways, which leads me to my next question. Tell me what's on your mind?"

Takeshi really kind of expected to be ushered off the grounds still, especially after his remark about going to Katas. The guards finally agreed to let them see S'uma, albeit reluctantly. A tad relieved he looked back behind him at Shu, smiling reassuringly. "Don't worry, everything is going fine. They're not as stubborn as I am." he whispered, reaching back and patting Shu's shoulder. The guard never got to the door before the woman in question made herself known. She was flashy if nothing else, and her voice mildly irritating to listen to. Thankfully they had the right place and the right person, now they just needed to play their cards safe.

"We're here to deliver a message, miss." Takeshi replied, smiling politely. "He wants to meet you in his office whenever is convenient for you, if you wouldn't mind. He... Uh..." Pausing, the Saiyan looked between the guards before walking closer to S'uma, frowning as he was rather swiftly blocked by the men. Sighing to himself the older boy looked at the woman, gesturing to her men. "He had some important things for you, I'll put it that way. Since he's caught up in work and couldn't come here himself he asked us to stop by for him. And, between you and me..." This time Takeshi simply ducked under the extended arms of the guards, smirking at them as he was a fair bit closer to S'uma now, and he could speak in a hushed tone. "I'm really curious about certain... Projects that you're involved with. Katas mentioned them a bit, and I think the Saiyans could find them interesting. So... If you'd be so kind I was really hoping to learn a bit."