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

[Mogtaki]

Krom had an idea to just destroy the alien, but that wasn’t going to help any of them. The alien was powerful and he did wonder where they got it from, but that power was being directed onto him and he really didn’t have the patience for trying to dodge those big claws. Having removed the alien from his vicinity he turned his attention back to Takeshi who was raring to go once more. Of course he was all angry over a quip like that, he probably hated the fact that his friend had managed to impress him and there he was getting thrown around as well. Smirking, Krom watched for where he might appear again before he had to throw off Takeshi’s attack, throwing his own hand up and blasting the Ki with his own. The attacks clashing generated a cloud of smoke and energy, but even that wasn’t enough to cloud his view of Takeshi. Determined not to let him get any good hits in he waited patiently until Takeshi decided to show himself, throwing out a sorry excuse for an ambush. Throwing his arm up to block the attack he was forced to turn around before he might fall off his feet, finding Takeshi’s attacks to be slightly stronger than before. “Well! You shouldn’t underestimate me either! You seem to do that much too often, even to your own allies!”

Shu didn’t know what was happening, feeling disorientated and unable to keep his head together. Looking around desperately for the others he soon caught sight of them, seeing them all crumpled up on the ground. He could see the twins trying to get up but pretty obviously hurt, his eyes quickly shifting to Haku who didn’t look like he had any desire to get up, then there was Kabocha too. Panicking, he looked around for Yumi but couldn’t find her anywhere. Feeling completely lost and confused he barely realised he was left with his father now, letting out a frightful gasp when he heard his voice.

Turning to face him, Shu slowly stepped back but found himself barely able to move. He wasn’t getting mad with his father’s words, but was more concerned with getting out of there without him seeing where he was trying to run. His father had hurt all his friends and for that he must pay, yet he found it so hard to make a move against him. Looking around slowly at the others around him he gasped when his father came right at him, the wind from the man’s movement almost causing him to fall over. Raising his arms up he kept his head down momentarily before looking up, staring directly at his father. “I-I-…why do we have to fight?? Why did you hurt my friends…? W-Why do you do bad things??” The more Shu thought about it the madder he became, but in his usual fashion instead of giving any thought into his actions he immediately went for Yamate’s legs, throwing his fists angrily at various areas.

[GambolMuse]

With T'charrl out of the picture, not to mention the others, it came down to him to beat Krom. The fact that the guy had so casually hurt his friend like that nearly drove Takeshi into one of his frenzies, yet somehow he managed to keep it together... Mostly. Now that he didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting a friend he could let loose more, and as such his attacks became more focused and powerful. Firing off a Ki blast near point-blank he frowned when a cloud was kicked up around them, fighting through it and following the Elite's energy to attack, slamming his fists into blocks once more. "We've beaten you twice already, we'll do it again," the Prince retorted plainly, growling as he gave a hard kick at Krom's side, backing off whether it landed or not, "I'll beat you again." Going back in for the attack he made a straight dash at Krom, using an after-image technique to fade through the Elite before reappearing in the same spot a second later, hoping it tricked the guy, probably expecting a flank, as he threw a hard strike at his stomach.

All it had taken was a moderate blast to beat those four, how pitiful. If they were ever going to make half-decent soldiers then they had much improvement to undergo, otherwise they'd just remain fodder to the wolves. Considering the opportunities afforded to them the only conclusion Yamate could reach was they had been neglecting their training, something which seemed quite silly given they were soldiers. Scoffing before shaking his head with disappointment he glanced back at Takeshi and Krom, not surprised to find the former's energy spiked again, out of rage no doubt; Shu's was bound to follow suit, perhaps now was a good a time as any to test the youngest boy. Glancing over at Shu, the King smiled and moved forward at a sudden burst of speed, coming to stand over his son. "We are Saiyans, fighting is our livelihood. And your view of what is good and bad is different than mine, not that I would expect you to understand such a thing, you're a child." Sure enough there was that spike in energy as he'd suspected, and a fairly large spike at that. Whether it was the limit of Shu's strength or not he couldn't quite tell, but it was making this a bit more interesting at least.

"Excellent... Let's see what you can do now." The King waited in anticipation for Shu's attacks, but he hadn't been prepared for the speed his son would demonstrate. He had only just seen the young Prince move in when the fists started flying, quickly back-stepping to avoid being struck. In just a fraction of a second the boy had gone from timid and helpless to a furious warrior, this was excellent; driven by emotions and made stronger for it, this was precisely what he wanted to see from his children. Breaking into a grin, Yamate let out a curt laugh, vanishing and reappearing directly behind Shu, trying to deliver a kick to his back to knock him away. "Good! Use that anger, grow stronger! Show me what your true power is!" he shouted excitably, "Give me a reason to call you my son!"

[Mogtaki]

Krom was a little fed up with playing around, just wanting to kick him into the dirt and be done with it; however, with the youngest only just now starting to fight he had to give Takeshi at least a chance to show off what he can do. Managing to fend off the blast he looked around for Takeshi, managing to spot him before his attack struck. Managing to just get out of the way in time he looked down quick before to Takeshi again, narrowing his eyes before having to get ready once more. He was definitely rather cocky and it was holding him back, even his actions were fairly predictable. He would always try to ambush and waste his time with after-images like they were his babies.

Watching his energy carefully he immediately spun around once Takeshi reappeared again, lifting a leg and kneeing the strike off course. “Are you done with your silly tricks or will I just get to blasting you instead??” Krom was getting pretty angry, but as he raised a hand to charge up energy he felt a presence behind him, turning around only to see a shimmering image of the environment before he felt a heavy force smack him in the head. Forced down to the ground he only managed to turn around a little bit before he was kicked heavily away, sliding across the ground. Growling in annoyance he quickly got back to his feet, seeing the bug once again had interfered. “Camouflage?? That was a dirty move, insect!”

Shu didn’t care that he was still being seen as a child, it wasn’t his fault that he was small and appeared immature. He tried hard to hold his own and was already on his way to showing what he could do, even if he was still terrified while trying to show his strength. Throwing all he could at the King in his fit of anger he tried to smack his legs, his throws and punches being more animal-like than anyone else’s. It was like he didn’t know how to fight properly and yet his attacks were definitely ones to avoid if possible. Dashing after Yamate with every dodge made he threw his fists around until he vanished, looking around for only a second before feeling a strong force smack him in the back.

Tumbling away Shu soon skidded to a halt, landing on his front. Shu felt like a failure to his friends, cowering for so long while they all fought his father. He would’ve been able to change the tide of battle and save his friends some pain if he just joined in. Slowly pushing his chest off the ground he stared down at his hands, flinching when his father shouted at him before holding his head. “You’re not my father! You hurt my friends! You hurt me!” he shouted, shaking his head as he pulled at his hair, “Why always hurt?? Why…why I different?? Why I-..I no-…! No!!” Very quickly Shu’s gibberish was turning into angry growling hisses before he let out a sudden angry screech, his fists pounding only once on the ground before his eyes turned a vicious red and he bared his growing fangs. Unable to control himself he started growing increasingly hairier, his limbs lengthening and a long toothy snout sprouted. Turning towards his father his fingernails lengthened into sharp claws before he simply teared away his top in anger and jumped at his father, immediately trying to viciously maul him without any thought.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi hadn't quite snapped just yet, though he was certainly growing furious over all of his friends being hurt. Coupled with the fact that he now knew Shu to be in danger propelled him further to try and finish off Krom. There was a slight hitch in that plan though, he wasn't willing to outright kill the man; he had to be a good person for Shu, and even if they were the enemy he should try just beating them, shouldn't he? That's what the good guys did or whatever. Watching as T'charrl actually managed to knock the guy down, Takeshi rushed back in immediately after Krom had gotten back to his feet. "Don't ignore me you bastard!" Moving in he reeled back the right side of his body to feign a punch, instead however making a quick jab with his left. Landing on his left foot he then swung his body around and tried drilling a knee into Krom's gut, hoping to make him at least stagger before attempting a two-handed, over the head strike to smash the Elite into the ground.

"I hurt you because you are weak. If you were half the warrior I wished you were then you'd be fine," Yamate said plainly, frowning as he looked at Shu with disapproval, "Show me some strength, give your father a reason not to be ashamed of you." Ah, there was that surge in energy again, perhaps now things would become interesting; the battle did take a turn for the more interesting, albeit not in the way the King had imagined. In a very abrupt shift, Shu had taken on that abnormal Oozaru form of his, going promptly into a rampage thereafter. The increase was honestly impressive, Yamate could understand how Krom had lost to the boy before. As imposing as this new strength might be however it meant nothing without control, and sure enough Shu came at him without any inhibition whatsoever. With speed still on his side the King darted back and forth to avoid the furious swipes, smirking as he even struck out and smacked Shu on his nose to antagonize him. "You're pathetic until you change, and even when you do you've no control. You're nothing but an unpredictable, helpless little mess, hardly fit to be a warrior!"

[Mogtaki]

T’charrl had plenty of strength to keep fighting, even if he was being tossed around like a ragdoll. He wasn’t going down and out so easily and if Krom thought he was weak then he had another thing coming. Managing to ambush the Saiyan he had clasped his claws together and hammered the man’s head down, subsequently throwing a leg around and striking the man with a vicious kick. Hissing viciously at the Saiyan he turned to watch Takeshi rush in once more, hardly seeing a reason to interfere just yet. Watching Takeshi fight again his eyes lowered briefly before they went elsewhere as a sudden surge of energy was felt that seemed to go ignored by the pair, seeing the source and immediately becoming alerted. Shu was letting off an unnatural amount of anger as he changed with his power, watching the young boy turn into that monster he had become before on that desert planet. T’charrl could feel the anger and energy immediately, finding it immediately overwhelming. Taking hold of his head briefly he tried to shake it off before the worst happened, but it was already too late. The energy from the battle had been manageable before the sudden increase and what was worse was he didn’t expect it quick enough to prevent it. Removing his claws from his head he collapsed onto all six, his body straining as he started to grow larger fairly quickly, his features mutating into more of a monster.

Shu didn’t know how to control his form and without being able to prevent it Shu was already changed despite how painful it was. He always tried to stop it but always failed to understand how to control it at the same time, losing himself time and again. In a flying rage he jumped straight at his father, trying to tear him to shreds but getting nowhere as Yamate continued to dodge his attacks, his teeth snapping at him as well before he was subsequently struck on the nose for missing. Raising his claws he hastily rubbed his nose, his fur shimmering before he turned to Yamate again with a vicious snarl. Yamate’s words were doing nothing but angering him more, his energy rippling in violent sparks before he simply flew off the handle once more and jumped in with angry pounding fists as if believing he could crush Yamate with them. With very little warning Shu’s energy was gathering rapidly in his mouth before rapidly being blasted out as a beam of uncontrollable energy that barely appeared controlled to hit the King.

Krom was rather pissed off at the alien, but he didn’t have time to worry about that now as Takeshi came swinging at him without much of a break. Getting up again he readied himself to block Takeshi’s attacks, getting annoyed when one was just a fake which made him step over his own feet and managing to get clipped by it. “You arrogant kid! The world doesn’t revolve around you!” Immediately going into an aggressive stance he combatted Takeshi’s own attacks with his own, throwing up his knee when Takeshi tried to do the same causing a rather unsavoury clash of bone. Pulling back he glared at the kid and sidestepped, backing off from him immediately. “You think I’ll fall for that twice??” Speaking of falling for something twice, out of the corner of his eye he spotted the alien having what looked like an internal struggle before it became clear what was happening. The alien was changing again, or at least trying to behind his back. Growling angrily, he threw his hand up and charged a blast of Ki, throwing it immediately. With no defences on T’charrl’s part the blast of Ki only managed to knock him back as he continued to change, but what happened after was completely unexpected. Out of nowhere another blast was fired but this time it was a beam of sparking energy that struck T’charrl as he was pushed into it, causing the alien to be blasted away by the beam and into a nearby building that practically exploded, splitting in half and crumbling to the ground.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi couldn't fight his father right now and that pissed him off: he couldn't fight any of the other creeps who had hurt his friends, and that pissed him off: Shu was no in trouble too and that only served to piss him off even more. How he was holding it together he didn't know, but he was getting dangerously close to his breaking point. Throwing some vicious strikes at Krom he winced when they slammed their legs into one another, continuing up the attack right up until Krom backed off from him. There was a brief pause in the fighting when both Shu and T'charrl began to morph, causing Takeshi's heart to sink at the sight of it; they had been trying to avoid this, and now with all of their friends down he was supposed to somehow beat these two and keep his brother and friend under control. Trying to focus back on the fight at hand he scowled when Krom blasted T'charrl, getting ready to attack for that sleazy move until another blast went screaming by him, smashing into his Kaesstrian friend and sending the kid tumbling into a building, tearing it to shreds in the process. Was that his father's attack? It had to be, he doubted Shu had intentionally just aimed at their friend, even in his state. "You bastards... I'll kill you for that!" Takeshi screamed, his own energy beginning to rise quite rapidly as he tensed up on the spot. "For hurting our friends, for hurting my brother, I'll make you both pay!" Vanishing abruptly on the spot he reappeared right before Krom, letting out a shout of anger as he swung a hand out at the guy, Ki gathered in the palm as he tried to make contact and then release it simultaneously.

"This is grand... So you do have power! Shame we can't tap into it!" Yamate laughed, stepping to the side to avoid the erratic blast. Though he was acutely aware of what was happening behind him, and the fact Takeshi too was now rampant, he was too focused on Shu at the moment to look into it. Krom would have to deal with it himself, and so long as he didn't do anything stupid he'd be fine. Watching his son come at him with claws swinging once more he reached out and caught both wrists, and with a slight exertion of strength he lifted the now larger fighter up and slammed him down onto his back, taking up into the air and gathering a blast of Ki, aiming it down at Takeshi. If he perhaps eliminated the eldest boy first then maybe Shu might achieve an even higher level of strength, then maybe they'd have something worth fighting. With energy gathered he aimed it directly at his son and Krom, letting the blast fly with no regard for his own man. To Yamate's slight surprise Takeshi was quick to react, coming at the blast and smashing it away with a strike of his own, sending the energy careening off into an adjacent building and obliterating it. With a slightly amused smirk he watched as his son went back at the Elite, leaving the King once more to contend with Shu. "To think... If your brother wasn't such a helpless moron then none of this would be happening," Yamate mused, grinning as he looked at Shu, "It's his fault you were taken, it's his fault your friends lie broken and beaten. And it's his fault you're afraid and powerless. I tried to help you Shu, it's your beloved brother who's the cause for harm."

[Mogtaki]

Krom was pretty annoyed so seeing the bug alien try to transform again made him increasingly fed up, trying to knock it out of battle before it could. Throwing the Ki ball had already proved to be successful, but another blast out from the other side of the battlefield had instead sent T’charrl riding the blast into a building. He didn’t mean for that to happen, he simply meant to knock them out before they could complete their transformation. Looking to the source of it the attack was definitely not made by the King but instead by Shu who still had a smoking mouth after it. Growling in anger he looked back to Takeshi, just seeing him even angrier than before of course. This was certainly expected to happen and he had been prepared, raising his own energy. “You’re reckless, kid! You and your brother!”

Getting prepared for the kid brother’s quick frenzy he raised his arm and took the swing with the Ki, staggering back momentarily from the blast before glaring at Takeshi as he went on the aggressive side instead. Throwing punches and kicks to combat Takeshi he kept an eye on what was going on with Yamate and Shu, hardly agreeing to the King’s methods to get close to that thing. He still remembered when he was surprised by the kid first transforming and seeing it again made him rather nervous. As he threw in his own strikes he was put off by the energy that was gathering from Yamate and Shu’s direction, looking and hoping it wasn’t Shu but was still angered when he found out who it was instead. Yamate saw fit to attack the pair of them just for Takeshi, but without having to combat it himself Takeshi instead took care of it. Yamate would just recklessly attack them both and that pissed Krom off, glaring at the King before having to watch out for Takeshi once more. Deciding to go defensive he quickly moved around erratically, moving out of the way of the attacks before he started firing Ki blasts rapidly.

Shu didn’t realise what he did nor did he see T’charrl fall into that until the last moment when he saw his brief image, but even then he didn’t have the mind to comprehend it. Suddenly letting out a variety of angry screams he went straight after Yamate again, seeing him as the point of blame but was immediately shut down when his swipes were prevented and he was lifted off his feet, his body instead thrown viciously into the concrete. Letting out an angry screech he flailed for a moment before managing to find the sense to roll over and get back onto his hands and feet, his eyes going to Yamate with piercing anger. Snarling as Yamate spoke he seemed to listen to him, pausing for a moment before letting out a screech and throwing his fists to the floor with a loud bang. His words were only serving to anger Shu more and with that his energy quickly began to rise. Shaking as it continued to spark viciously from his body he strained as he tried to control the power, instead letting out a roar as he grew more unhinged. With his eyes glowing viciously his energy increasing caused his body to grow larger, his muscles gaining bulk and his fur only getting wilder before he bolted after his father again. With vicious claws he threw down more powerful attacks, his speed not being hindered by his doubled size.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi wasn't even going to waste his breath arguing with Krom, he was much too livid to bother. All he wanted to do was hurt this man, and do so in the most painful and violent way possible. All of his friends being hurt, this whole war, it was all the fault of these two men. Maybe he couldn't get to his father this second, but he'd make due and take everything out on Krom instead. Trying to slam an orb of Ki into Krom's side he narrowed his eyes when the strike was diverted, gritting his teeth and continuing to throw punch after punch, meeting the Elite in a clash of blows. His arms and legs were beginning to sting from the repeated hits, but he was hardly going to back off because of some soreness. When Krom began firing blasts away at him Takeshi moved in, swatting aside the energy as he flew in to close the distance. Once close enough to actually strike the guy he reached out like he was going to strike, instead pushing off of his shoulder and flipping up, using his Ki then to try and drive his shoulder down into the man's back.

"That's right... If you wish to take your anger out on someone, take it out on Takeshi," Yamate said, smirking as he gestured back to the elder brother. There was a brief moment where his goading almost seemed to work, yet with another ear-piercing shriek Shu lost it again. In another shocking increase in power and size alike, the youngest Saiyan was now fairly intimidating looking, and he had not lost any speed despite his size. Things were beginning to get a bit more serious now, this was some sizable power they were dealing with. The King's smirk gave way to a frown, and he began dodging to either side and ducking beneath blows, watching how Shu's claws tore through concrete and stone without any problem. Certainly a lot of power there, shame he had to go into this uncontrollable, frantic state to use it. Reaching up as one arm swiped down at him he managed to catch it, though he was pushed back slightly from the force. Seeing the other arm coming in from the opposite side Yamate had to dodge, vanishing and coming in behind Shu. The first thing he did upon reappearing was try to knock the boy's legs out from under him with a sweep, and should that work he'd grab whatever limb was closest and begin spinning him, having the intent to throw him into Krom and Takeshi; it was time to see just how unruly Shu was in this state, whether he could differentiate friend from foe.

[Mogtaki]

Krom didn’t even want to fight Takeshi like this, he didn’t even want his friend to be blasted away like that when he was supposed to disable them like Yamate did. It was Shu’s doing and yet Takeshi was pointing all that anger at him for something that was out of his control. He didn’t know if his alien friend was still alive and it was probably something Takeshi should be looking for, yet the kid was completely distracted and more focused on letting out his anger on him. Throwing in his own attacks he became annoyed not too soon into this nonsense and started throwing Ki blasts instead, but Takeshi simply whacked them away and came right for him. This was getting out of hand and what was worse was Yamate wasn’t even paying attention to how Takeshi was doing, just the youngest who was in a complete frenzy. That man really loved experimenting on his youngest, it seemed. “Would you pay attention to what’s going on for once??” he shouted angrily before Takeshi instead decided it was best to go in for more attacks and completely disregarding his words, sending him to the ground with a fair forceful shove.

Shu just had no control left in him and was furious to the point of becoming a complete monster without limits. He wanted Yamate dead and with his power increasing with his fury his body had changed to reflect that power. Beyond his senses he was near enough seeing red, the figures not mattering anymore as his mind was lost to his rage. Trying desperately to tear the King apart, Shu threw his claws his claws down with every movement Yamate made, snarling and roaring constantly. Throwing an arm down at Yamate, Shu grunted when his arm was instead stopped and threw his other arm down in retaliation; however, Yamate disappeared before he could finish his attack. Snarling as he turned a little he was knocked off his feet, falling on his front before he was grabbed once more by the tail and viciously swung away. With Krom down on the floor after Takeshi smacking him down, Shu was thrown straight into Takeshi. Wasting no time his anger sent him into a furious rage and instead of going straight back to Yamate he was instead trying to viciously attack Takeshi, throwing his claws around carelessly as if believing Takeshi was his target.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi would pay attention to everything else, but only once he'd beaten Krom. There was no way he could stop this fight without leaving the Elite in a heap, especially not if the guy was going to come back at them again anyways. This beating was long overdue and he was only too happy to hand deliver it, if he could that is. In trying to throw some variety into his attacks he went in for another strike, instead using Krom as a base as he vaulted up, sending himself back down and slamming the man to the ground. It might have been just the opening he wanted were it not for someone's interference; given the energy coming off of them he thought it was his father at first, yet to his shock turned out to be Shu. Looking at his brother astonished he ducked hastily under a massive claw, pushing back off the ground to avoid a smash that probably would have torn him in two.

"Shu, relax! It's me, Takeshi!" the older boy shouted, gasping as he narrowly dodged getting ripped into by one of the claws. Damn it, he knew Shu had changed but when had he gotten so far along? Last time he'd gotten this bad he'd lost his tail, albeit his power hadn't been nearly what it was now back then. How was he supposed to stop the little guy anyway? Yumi was out so he couldn't rely on her, and now Takeshi was worried that their father or Krom might get into the fight. Wanting nothing less than to hit Shu, the older boy had to keep on the defensive, finding it rather difficult to avoid all of these fast strikes coming in. At one point he would trip over his own feet, cussing loudly and raising his arms to block an incoming swipe, being batted away like an insect as Shu's blow connected, sending him flying away as he only just caught himself before smashing into a building. Damn it he hit like a truck and he was fast, this was going to get bad very fast. Hoping that perhaps Shu might be too out of it to really think, the older boy vanished and moved to an adjacent rooftop, sitting down behind a small duct as he tried to come up with a plan. "Shu, you have to calm down! I don't want to hurt you!" Yeah right, if he even could. Feeling a warmness on his shoulder Takeshi reached back and found blood, not having realized his brother caught him with his claws earlier. Well that was a fine mess, he really had to try and figure this out quick.

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t have any sense to his actions and was just going wild at Takeshi, not even seeing how completely wrong he was with his target. He was angry at Yamate and yet everything that was extreme anger was being pointed directly at Takeshi now that he was close. He was unable to find sense in what he was doing and had little sense of direction, his arms just flailing to try and claw his target. Throwing his arms down at Takeshi he snarled when he wasn’t there, his eyes immediately looking around before finally spotting him thanks to him calling out like that. Roaring angrily he threw his claws down at him with great fury, jumping to get closer to Takeshi each time before swinging his arms around and managing to strike Takeshi again. Watching as he was batted away he jumped after him, hastily climbing up the building with relative ease and jumping onto the rooftop. Snarling, Shu looked around hastily for where Takeshi might be, hearing his voice nearby but not recognising it. Jumping towards the source of it he looked around, but soon his patience had vanished and he was immediately throwing his fists down on the roof of the building and causing it to shake violently. Jumping around he tried to smash it enough to find Takeshi but soon he caught the scent of blood, instead immediately heading towards Takeshi’s location.

Krom had managed to avoid Shu’s wrath by being lower than Takeshi, luckily for him. Immediately dashing away from the pair he turned around, watching Shu try to tear into his own brother. Looking to Yamate he found it hard to believe that he had purposely tried to avoid throwing Shu into him instead, especially knowing him. Watching as Takeshi made a desperate route to escape his brother he looked to Yamate, narrowing his eyes. “I thought you were going to test Shu, not have him pit against your own son!” he spoke sharply, looking back in their direction, “What are you planning? You know I will have to split them up if it gets too intense. We could lose this war if we don’t have both of them after Shu tears his brother to shreds!”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi wasn't sure how badly he'd been struck, though he could move his arm still with relatively minor pain. Probably just a superficial wound, albeit it sucked to get hit like that by his brother. Hoping to get a moment to think he took to one of the nearby rooftops, hiding behind a ventilation system for cover. There had to be some way of making Shu stop, whether that was through talking him down or forcing him; if he went all out then maybe he could stop Shu, but did he really want to do that to his brother? "Come on... Think!" Placing a hand over his bloodied shoulder he immediately clammed up once his little brother came up onto the roof, slowly easing to the corner of the system to see where he was. Damn it, the kid was really after him wasn't he? Part of him had hoped once he vanished Shu would go back to their father, evidently he wasn't so lucky. Figuring himself still safe he paled some when Shu bolted for him abruptly, diving out of the way as the vent was smashed under his brother's claws. Gritting his teeth in frustration Takeshi moved up into the air in hopes of keeping out of reach, wondering what his chances were again of fighting Shu. "I won't say it again buddy, calm down already!" he shouted, frowning as he added under his breath, "Cuz I really don't want to fight you..."

As expected, Shu was more looking for just an outlet for his anger. It didn't matter who it was it seemed, so long as he had something to release that frustration on. The fact that the younger Prince was so willing to attack his brother proved the point Yamate had been making all along; Shu had a lot of power but absolutely no control, rendering all that strength of his useless. Per usual Krom seemed to find fault with his plans, which while annoying was not fully unexpected. "This is a test, don't you see that? Is Takeshi strong enough to fight Shu like this, or will he? Is Shu so vicious he'd tear his dear brother to bits? I'm planning to see what comes of this, that's all. And if it gets too intense I'll split them up," the King said casually, glancing over at Krom, "As things stand he might be able to kill you, and I'm not letting that happen. You've still a duty to fulfill, or did you forget?" Up above he could hear Takeshi shouting to Shu, trying to reason with a beast for whatever unfathomable reason. Such a futile effort, it was clear the second he swung at the older boy that Shu was beyond reason now. "You do remember your job here, don't you? This is where we'll be parting ways."

[Mogtaki]

Shu wasn’t thinking through his actions, he couldn’t see through the anger and distraught he was feeling to even try and listen to Takeshi. Seeing nothing but hatred and anger he tore his way through the vent and saw Takeshi once again try to flee from him, his eyes following him up. Letting out an angry roar in response he grabbed the smashed vent and tore it right off, throwing it up at Takeshi. He didn’t appear to know how to fly or remember how to when he was rampant, but instead of showing any signs of calming down he started firing mouth beams erratically, both trying to hit Takeshi and trying to destroy everything around him. Parts of buildings were being torn to shreds and it was soon looking like the building that he stood on would soon be going down in his rage.

Krom didn’t see how setting Shu on Takeshi was going to solve any problems the pair had, especially when it barely gave Yamate any chance to see how strong his own sons were. To have Shu change into that form was just bad news all around, especially considering he was a tiny ball of destruction, or rather at least he was usually in that form smaller than that. He was quite large there, almost as if he had powered up and that’s what happened when he did. Sometimes he wondered if Takeshi and Shu came from the same mother at this rate, but it wasn’t as if Yamate was going to give him that information when it was hardly important other than knowing the fact they were both half-Saiyans. Looking to Yamate as he spoke he stared in silence, disregarding what was happening up above even as Shu started firing erratically. “I remember my duty, I just don’t know what we’ll do if the youngest tears his brother apart. You’ve yet to tell me why he’s capable of that too so I can do something about it in the future”. Looking up at the pair he frowned at Yamate’s last words, glancing to him calmly. “If you think they’re ready. Those rebels might see to imprison me even if I save Takeshi here, though…unless you believe Takeshi can possibly combat Shu on his own”.

[GambolMuse]

"Come on Shu, cut it out! This isn't funny!" Takeshi shouted, "Stop before I have to hurt you!" Up here in the air he ought to be safe from those claws at least, a small saving grace in this whole mess. Much to his alarm and surprise his little brother picked up the now savaged vent system, throwing it up at him without a second thought. Extending out his good arm he quickly gathered Ki and fired it off, blowing apart the metal easily enough. Not expecting the blasts of energy that came after he had to lean back to avoid catching a blast to the face, gritting his teeth and swatting away another two attacks. Damn it, if he kept this up he could destroy the city, and nevermind that he may accidentally hit one of their friends. There wasn't much way around it then, he needed to try and stop Shu by beating him. Tch, and there was his father and Krom too of course, both of them were just sitting by watching like this was some spectacle. Flying back down through the blasts he got in close and tried to do the only thing he could think of; somehow get a hold of Shu and move him away, somewhere that he wouldn't at least hit one of their friends in his rage. Once close enough he dodged a swipe and tried grabbing the offending arm, attempting to take off with his brother in tow.

It may be said that this was not the most direct way to gauge the boys' strength, but then Yamate rarely did things the direct way. While it may not be the most accurate gauge either; Takeshi fighting with inhibition and Shu gone rampant, at least they got a glimpse at the latter's strength. The display of blasts coming from his youngest child was interesting in only the fact it had no rhyme or reason to it; Shu was quite literally just firing off shots now. One such shot came hurtling their way and, as it happened, in the direction of their friends. Frowning in slight annoyance he swatted the energy skyward, raising an arm and blasting the energy well above their heads to be rid of it. "Shu is capable of that because his birth is unique. He's a half-breed, yes, but he's also a bit of an experiment. Takeshi is human and Saiyan by origin, Shu is not. I don't need to spell out what that means, do I?" The Princes, while both his sons, were not true brothers, at least not completely. They were likely too naive or dim to realize that, probably chalking it up to some other reason. "Ready or not, they're taking too long on their own, that much is clear. They need the instruction, and I leave that to you." Seeing Takeshi attempt to move Shu away the King frowned, looking over at Krom and nodding his head in their direction. "Go, make sure this ends well. Knocking Shu out will cause him to revert, just aim for the middle of his neck. I should be getting back, make certain Korian hasn't done anything rash. Report back as soon as you can, understood?"

[Mogtaki]

Shu wasn’t giving Takeshi a chance, he was quite ready to completely ready to try and destroy Takeshi if he even dared to get too close and was certainly ready to destroy everything around him too. He wasn’t able to think straight and was struggling to find any sort of centre if he could possibly try in the first place. Throwing all he could into his mouth blasts he tore through the landscape and into the sky as he took aim at Takeshi whenever he could. Snarling through forced breaths he didn’t really notice Takeshi had moved until he was close enough, turning towards him and trying to swipe Takeshi again, getting aggressive once again and only managing to get into trouble. Getting his arm grabbed he felt himself being lifted, but instead of trying to stop it he swung up and immediately tried to use his other set of claws to claw Takeshi, his tail trying to wrap around Takeshi for grip.

Krom was never sure about these sorts of tests, preferring if they kept it between them rather than have the pair fight against each other like this. It was as if he was wanting to scar the youngest considering their tests showed the boy remembered what happened other than the times he was under heavy mental control. Seeing Shu’s shots come close to destroying what little the boy’s had left he fired his own shot to redirect the massive beam while Yamate took care of the one that came flying at them. Feeling rather annoyed at how out of hand this was getting he turned back to Yamate as he decided to tell him what was up with the child, looking up to the pair. “I see. It seems neither of them even know or question it too. Is that why you decided to experiment on him so extensively?” he spoke before sighing. He didn’t know if it was right to try and train them when they probably had a lot of hatred towards him, but maybe it would eventually work out if he tried to help them first.

Sighing lightly he started to fly, looking back to Yamate as he gave him his final instructions. “Right. I’ll report where Korian has been as soon as I can too. Like these kids can fly off this planet like this, anyway…” Giving one last look to Yamate he soon turned around and immediately started flying up for Takeshi and Shu, seeing things start to get slightly more heated between the two; however, luckily for him Shu was in the right position to be disabled. Getting close to the pair he growled when Shu nearly swiped him before reaching over to his hair, grabbing a fistful. Shu let out an odd squeal in protest at having the back of his head grabbed like that, his claws trying to swipe back but not reaching in time for Krom forcing his fingers into the back of his thick scruff of a neck with one sharp prod. Letting out one quick and sharp screech Shu quickly became limp, his body decreasing in size and gradually turning back to normal.

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi didn't know if he could handle Shu right now, but he had to get the little guy away from the others at least. With his brother firing erratic blasts every which way it was only a matter of time until someone got hit, and with most everyone out for the count it'd only make things infinitely worse. Taking a gamble he had managed to grab onto one of Shu's arms, and with that he took off back into the air to distance themselves from the others. In hindsight perhaps grabbing an arm wasn't the best idea, it hardly limited Shu's mobility and left him plenty to attack with. The first sign that things were going wrong was when Takeshi felt the tail wrap around his midsection, unable to fend it off as he instead had to awkwardly reach back and hold Shu's other arm as well at bay. With all of this tossing about he was struggling to keep them steady, and once one of his brother's feet racked along his leg they plummeted a fair bit, Takeshi barely catching them as he fought to keep them from crashing. "Agh... Damn it Shu! It's me, stop!"

"That amongst other reasons. His unpredictable nature warranted the need for control, otherwise this will happen. Was it the kindest of methods? Admittedly no, but it made everyone around him far safer. Shu is too unpredictable, and he'll need your training and guidance to hone this strength of his. We need both of them for this war, and that means both have to be ready and able to fight." Takeshi wasn't so much difficult to control as he was a bit unpredictable, as he almost seemed to go off on random tangents at times. Both boys were going to require a fair bit of work, and the King was confident Krom was the right man for the job. "I highly doubt any of them will recover in due time, but it shouldn't be that difficult to handle. None of the others' wounds are serious, so moving them shouldn't be an issue. Don't let me down Krom, there's a lot riding on this." Clasping the man on the shoulder he turned to leave, taking one glance back when he heard a pained scream from Takeshi. Just as he'd thought, even his dear brother wasn't safe from Shu's fury. That boy was a hazard to everyone around him, this temper of his had to be brought under control. Shaking his head in disapproval he started away, taking off at a high speed back towards his own ship.

Things were looking pretty bad, and if being mauled by Shu wasn't terrifying enough now it looked like Krom was coming back into the fray. Hoping to get just a second's reprieve from it all Takeshi released one of his brother's arms and tried to aim at the Elite, watching in surprise as Shu was the target instead. Despite being attacked by him he was still determined to protect his little sibling, trying and failing to fend off the Elite from his odd position. Struggling between the wounds he now had and the awkwardness of supporting someone as big as Shu, Takeshi was ready for the worst when his brother suddenly stopped, and shortly thereafter began changing to his regular form. Wait what, what had Krom just done to him? Looking at the older man bewildered and accusingly he struggled to keep Shu in his arms, falling down to a nearby rooftop with a thud, dropping Shu as he slammed into the surface and let out a pained groan. "Ack! Damn it... Don't you touch him..." Takeshi growled, sitting up and promptly charging Ki in his injured arm but losing focus when pain shot through the limb, quickly grabbing his shoulder, "Leave him alone!"

[Mogtaki]

Shu had been completely out of control and was probably on his way to permanently scarring Takeshi before Krom came around. Krom was fairly alright with taking care of Shu now that he knew how to and with the kid properly distracted it wasn’t hard grabbing hold of him and disabling him safely. Holding Shu’s head as he changed back he frowned when Takeshi decided it was best to instead drop down with the kid and get all defensive. This was just typical of Takeshi and what was worse was he was barely able to hold his brother and make sure he was okay after such a strenuous change. Lowering down to the rooftop with him he folded his arms as he watched him attempt an attack, staring at the Ki charging before dying away as Takeshi only proved to be too stupid to realise it wasn’t going to work.

“Are you seriously going to start this now? Really?” Krom sighed, shaking his head before pointing down at his half-naked unconscious brother, “I just saved you from your own kin and you’re going to try and attack me? You’re bleeding and your friends are all over the place. You want to get your priorities straight before you start endangering your friend’s lives?” Moving closer to Shu he kneeled down and picked him up, not caring for Takeshi’s protests as he rested Shu over his shoulder. Everything else other than Takeshi’s petty little anger issues mattered right now if he was going to fulfil his mission. “You want to wrap yourself up and help your friends? They’re probably going to need attention too considering the state your father and brother left them in…”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi had no idea what was going on, why Krom had done that or why his father had just suddenly vanished. Not a whole lot was making sense right now, but he knew he needed to protect his brother and friends. Now this creep was lecturing him about protecting his friends, ironic considering this guy was the one responsible for a lot of them getting hurt. Scowling up at Krom when his Ki failed to gather he gave a soft scoff, trying and failing to snatch Shu back when he was taken. "That's rich coming from you, you know! It's your fault we're even in this situation, ever since you took Viral everything's just gone to hell!" He didn't know what pissed him off more, the fact Krom was telling him what to do or the fact he knew the guy was right; everyone down below needed help getting back to the shuttle, and Shu was probably out for a good while after a change like that. Despite his minor wounds he was the only one really who could get the others back to the shuttle, just grand.

"Don't tell me what to do... I'll save them, you just... Don't do anything to my brother," Takeshi warned, glaring at Krom as he finally rose to his feet, using Ki to float up off of the roof and ease himself back down to street level. To his astonishment Yumi was up and about already, albeit she had a few cuts on her person and a decent bruise on her forehead from wherever she'd landed. She was already seeing to Haku who, though he'd been hit hard, was conscious if a bit sluggish. The nearest one to him then was T'charrl, someone who was buried in rubble of all things. Hurrying over to where he'd seen his friend land he began hastily throwing aside bricks and debris, managing to finally uncover the Kaesstrian after a panicked moment. He seemed to be out of it and pretty battered from the hit he took, but at the very least he'd changed back and would be easier to manage. Easing the last of the debris off of T'charrl he gingerly lifted his friend up, ignoring the pain in his shoulder as he walked towards Yumi and Haku. "Hey... Seen the others?"

Yumi's head felt like it was on fire, and the gashes on her body stung something fierce, but otherwise she considered herself fine. So long as she could move she would be alright, particularly now that the fighting was over. It was over... Right? She couldn't see Yamate any longer nor could she sense his energy, yet something was off. Holding Haku to her side she glanced up at a not-too-distant rooftop and saw Krom holding Shu, earnestly baffled by what she was witnessing. He was the enemy, so why was he here? Where had the King gone? No way had they defeated him, she found that a bit hard to believe. Getting called back to focus by Takeshi she looked over at him, giving a small nod of her head, "Yeah... They're just down the road," she answered, reaching up and gingerly nursing at the bruise over her right eye, "Ow... Why is Krom holding Shu...? Why'd the fighting stop...? What happened?"

"I don't know... My old man left, Krom's here, we're done," the Prince replied bluntly, sending a disdainful glance back in Krom's direction, "It looks like he's helping us now, but I don't buy it. We gotta get everyone back to the shuttle though, we'll worry about him later." There was no way he'd changed to their side, something was up here and he didn't like it one bit. With T'charrl in tow now he and Yumi went over to find the twins and Kabocha, all of which were awake now if a bit bruised and battered. It took a fair bit of effort to move everyone, but after some time they all managed to get back to the shuttle. It was awfully lousy of them to just leave the planet as they had, but at the very least they had, in a way, stopped the attacks. Having shared a few words of parting with the alien who they had saved earlier they'd left, and now everyone was carefully being loaded up into the shuttle for transport. It would be a long, agonizing flight back to Uuonoe, and no doubt there'd be a plethora of questions once they arrived.

[Mogtaki]

Krom saw no reason to make Takeshi feel too terrible for his actions, but he was the one at fault here. Here he was completely trying to show him up all while he was holding his brother which would only cause him injury. It was bad enough that he had transformed only to be ragdolled around because Takeshi couldn’t hold his temper back. Sighing when Takeshi decided to bring up the past he turned around, walking towards the end of the rooftop. “Viral came with us on his own free will. What happened after that was not my decision to make”, he spoke, looking back to him, “You should know that. Stop trying to find someone to blame”.

Watching as Takeshi finally decided to go ahead and sort out his friends he looked around at all the damage that had been done by simply Shu going nuts. This city was near enough destroyed all around the area because the kid decided to fire all that energy erratically so it was some sort of miracle that his friends were all being pulled out alive. He probably should’ve asked the King what he mated with to make the tiny ball of terror if that’s what he was capable of doing when angry, but then again maybe that would be taking it too far at the same time. It was his experiment and this whole process probably showed it to be a partial success if the fact the kid had no control was a little startling. It would be fine to throw him into battle without allies around, but otherwise that might endanger the kid too.

As Takeshi gathered his injured friends up Krom continued to hang back, watching quietly until they were about ready to get going. He did wonder if this battle would motivate them all to get training some more instead of doing the obvious slacking they had been up to before, but he’ll have to see to that once he was able to train with them. He didn’t know how well Korian would take to him being at their base, but he knew it would mean he would have to surrender himself first and show he was willing to join their ‘cause’ before he was allowed to do anything. Maybe they would imprison him for a time being, maybe they wouldn’t, but either way he probably had some explaining to do and give them his word that he wasn’t going to do them any harm or sabotage their base.

Once everyone was fine and definitely not going to attack him he too started to head towards their shuttle, feeling a little surprised they had taken such a crappy looking ship here. They’re lucky they parked it away from the battle because it definitely would never had survived. Shu and T’charrl were still unconscious, but Shu even less so as the stun would probably wear off soon. Their friend was much more injured and would probably need immediate attention when they got back but he figured maybe he would be fine. The fact that he seemed to be an alien similar to Frost Demons with all their different forms told him he would probably heal quick too and be able to come back from critical damage. Hanging back throughout the entire process he frowned when it was his turn with Shu, going to Takeshi for that. “You want to take care of your brother? He’s barely injured, anyway…” he spoke, giving barely a glance to the others, “I’ll fly the ship. Just you better keep that brother of yours calm before he manages to destroy the ship too”.

[GambolMuse]

"Tch... You expect me to believe that crap? Like hell Viral went to you willingly! Look what you did to him, who would want that?!" Takeshi snapped, glaring at Krom's back, "I remember you kidnapping him, I wouldn't call that willingly." Where did this guy get off trying to shrug blame? Okay, so maybe he wasn't the only one at fault, but he'd played a damn big part in it all. The one person who really had to answer for their crimes was his father, but with the guy having for whatever reason fled the scene there was only his lackey to vent to. Angry as he was Takeshi knew sitting here shouting at the man wasn't going to help them any, and his friends were in need of help right now. Though he was reluctant to leave Shu in Krom's care he didn't have much choice at the moment, and with that in mind he got off of the rooftop and began his search. With Yumi already about he could focus on getting T'charrl safe, and then the others in turn. It hadn't been pretty, but after a fair bit of trouble they managed to get everyone back to the shuttle, ready to get back to Uuonoe. There was going to be a lot of need for hospitals once they returned, albeit everyone save Shu and T'charrl were conscious by now.

Takeshi was finally bandaged up thanks to Krom, whom he didn't so much as look at during the process let alone thank afterwards. He still didn't buy this, he couldn't think of any reason why someone so close to his father had just suddenly defected like that, or why his father had let it happen. There had to be something more going on here, and until the Elite opened up and told them he wasn't going to give the guy so much as the time of day. Ignoring the guy was perfectly fine until Krom came over to speak with him, the Prince lifting his head and looking at the man with an emotionless glance. "You're not flying, this is our ship," he replied stiffly, looking over at his friends. No one else seemed really up to the task however, and he couldn't do it if he was going to be watching Shu. Though he loathed to do as asked he gave a stiff nod after a moment, looking over at his younger sibling as he moved closer. No sooner had he sat down did he let out a gasp, the briefest of images flashing through his mind; on the top of a cold mountain he could see Shu having changed again, and the sensation of being helplessly trapped and having his tail torn off came flooding back all at once. Why? He couldn't say, but it hit him quite abruptly and quite hard.

"N-No!" Falling off of the cot he moved away from Shu, a thin sheen on his face as he looked at the unconscious boys, eyes wide with fear, "H-He'll attack me again if I get too close!" He couldn't risk it, he'd probably lose something more than just a tail if Shu was to transform again on him. Despite the fact that the little guy was utterly harmless right now he found himself terrified of the kid, not wanting to be anywhere near him right now. Feeling several pairs of eyes on him, Takeshi slowly turned his head to see everyone else looking at him confused, with Yumi looking actually angry with him.

"That's your brother! What do you mean 'no'?" she asked annoyed, frowning as she walked over and pointed to Shu, "He's out anyways, you should be keeping an eye on him. Everyone else is exhausted, and I'm busy trying to help that, so that just leaves you." Honestly, why was she having to tell him to watch after his own brother? They were close as anything, something like this shouldn't be changing that, it didn't before. Reaching down to grab Takeshi and try moving him closer she raised her eyebrows when he pulled away from her, getting up and going to the back of the shuttle before sitting down alone. Unbelievable, was he actually that frightened by Shu? Someone had to look after the young boy, and with everyone else recuperating that just left her. Letting out a soft sigh she sat down on the cot by Shu, reaching out and lightly stroking his hair, glancing up at Krom. "I don't trust you either, but right now we don't have any other choice. I think the coordinates are in already, all you need to do is follow them."