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

[GambolMuse]

"N-No! You're like human! That's what makes you different from any other animal, especially the ones that make you up. You've got traits of them, but you're a lot more human than you are any individual animal." Oh this wasn't going right at all. Yumi knew precisely what she wanted to say, but actually getting it out was proving to be one heck of a hassle. All she wanted to tell Viral was that he wasn't just some animal or creature, and for that reason they saw him more human than anything. "I do think it's different! Because... Well it couldn't raise two children like you could. For all intents and purposes you were a father to me and Vegeta, and that's something any animal can't do for us. And you're right, I didn't see it. But just because you've got a form that might make you more like an animal doesn't make you one, or a monster for that matter. Shu isn't a monster for having his Oozaru, and T'charrl isn't a monster for what he is now." She wasn't getting anywhere with this and she knew it. Oh what a headache, if only this were easier. Sighing softly Yumi rubbed at her temples with her fingers, closing her eyes and trying to think things through. If she could only get the right words then maybe she could help settle the Beastman down.

"You act more human than anything most of the time, with or without your animal traits. And I'm not saying all animals are bad, I love most animals, any kind really. But there are some things that are just bad, and from how the others were talking about it this thing sounded bad. Look... I was wrong what I said about animals. But let me say this then. Animals, like people, can be bad and good, okay? I don't think they're as intelligent as we are, but I do believe they can know right from wrong, to some degree. So by that logic there's good and bad animals, right?" Yumi smiled nervously, figuring she was getting into dangerous territory with this conversation. Pressing her fingers together uneasily she shifted in her spot, rolling her legs out from beneath herself before crossing them and sitting down. "Well, if that's the case then you're good. One bad moment doesn't change that, you've always been good and you always will be. So yeah, you're an animal, you can even say you're like that creature if you'd like. But you're not a monster, okay? You've never done anything to make any of us think of you that way. We all know you're a good man, that's why we're standing by you. It's why we stood with you when Korian went nuts, and it's why we're trying to help get you better. We wouldn't be going through all that trouble if you were a monster, or evil, would we?"

Truth be told Takeshi had utterly no clue where he was running off to. The edge of the plateaus were bound to have something, though chances were it was just more endless fields. Even so, it was worth checking out if only for curiosity's sake. They might be technically doing a job right now, but the Saiyan was enjoying himself, glad to be able to wander around like this at last. With all the traveling they had done there had never really been a time he'd just walked about and enjoyed the view. Of course the world he finally did get the chance was pretty much empty, but it was nice nonetheless. Landing on one of the flat peaks Takeshi eased himself to a stop, not even bothering to go all the way to the edge. From where he was, a few hundred meters off, he could already see the seas of grass peeking up from the edge of the rock face. That was a bummer, he was hoping for a little something more to see than just grass. Snapping his fingers before putting his hands on his hips the Saiyan sighed, looking around himself again. The plateau stretched off a little more to the right, not so much to the left, where he could already see there was just more grass. Odd that this place was randomly sitting in the middle of some fields, he wondered why that was. Shrugging his shoulders Takeshi looked down at his feet, wrinkling his nose before kicking a small rock, watching as it tumbled down into the crevice before him. Hopefully Shu and T'charrl found something, he'd keep looking in the meantime. With no other way to go he cut off to the right, running along once more.

[Mogtaki]

Viral was feeling pretty annoyed, he didn’t even like being referred to as human and she knew that just as much as the fact that he called himself a Beastman instead. It made him a little bummed out that he didn’t have much of an identity of his own, but at least Yumi was trying to go about it in her own apologetic way while also still calling him more human than anything he was made of. He’d show her that he wasn’t and shouldn’t be considered a human, even if it meant he would have to advance his powers to do that. He knew he had a lot of potential in him, he just didn’t know what or how he was supposed to bring that out with his mentality bringing him down. Everything counted on his mind functioning correctly and with the constant tiredness and aching yet sickening hunger, it was going to take a while for any power to show itself.

“Animals can raise children, all in their own way! You know as well as Takeshi does that Shu was raised by beasts considering how the child acts”, he spoke defensively, “Oozaru is completely natural, even if his is mostly dwarfed and reeks of monkey, we have yet to see what that bug is like…but why do I not know what I turn into? The entire time I’ve been able to change into that and I don’t even know what it is, they know what their problem is! I bet if you found out you could change into a big cat you would call yourself a monster”. She was terribly naïve with the subject, but then again he was just as clueless and needed to find answers himself and just why he turned into a giant lizard creature with an intense bloodlust.

Letting out a low grumble as he backed off a little more, he stared at her before he let out a huff, folding his arms. She really didn’t understand animals from the sounds of it, such a shame too considering she had animal genes mixed with hers now too. He was just moody now with these thoughts, his mind not finding any real calm as she continued to dig a deeper hole for herself, “No, you wouldn’t try to help me, but you still question my morals and grew up with me so you still have an uneasy yet biased point of view. Everyone else who meets me calls me out for what I am, so just accept it as I have as the truth. Now…should we keep going on this wild goose chase or have I made you too fed up to continue…”

Shu and T’charrl both didn’t know what they were supposed to be doing right now, everything was just left to them and with the two not being very good at being independent it left them at a bit of a downward cliff-face where all they could do was look down and wonder where they were going now. Wandering around on the plateau was all they could really do with T’charrl watching Shu from a distance as he too felt unsure to what he was supposed to be looking for. He could see really far off the edge of the plateau, the scenery beautiful in its own little way with the primitive life blossoming before his eyes, all while Shu bounced around and sniffed to try and find something useful or edible.

There were a lot of rocks and plant life, which was about it. Shu was trying to have as much fun with it as he could without making himself dizzy and keeping low to the ground was fair working in his favour. Wandering around and sniffing about, he looked around calmly with some level of curiosity to what smells he was picking up. He didn’t know how to identify them, he wasn’t sure what was in this world either to try and decide whether the smells were creatures or just his own mixed in with the plant life. Slowly moving around before bouncing, he jumped around to try and speed up his searching; however, with one quick bounce off towards a mass of grass, the grass ate him up and he fell straight through it, letting out a strange mix of excited and scared squeal as he slid all the way down this sudden hole, raising his arms above his head before he came to a stop in the strange unknown.

T’charrl was searching on his own by the time he heard Shu let out that strange noise, only for him to immediately turn around and see him disappear into the ground, “Ah! Shu!” he gasped, immediately jumping over to it with a great spring before trying to force himself down the hole. Almost immediately upon trying to get down the hole, his shoulders got stuck leaving only his head and one arm reaching down into the hole. It was tight and even with his lanky arms he couldn’t reach, the grass preventing him from getting down the hole, “Shu! Shu?? Where’d you go??” he asked out only to push himself out of the hole, banging his claw against his scouter to try and make it work, “Takeshi?? Hey! I wasn’t told how this works!”

[GambolMuse]

Yumi didn't have a clue what to say at this point, as clearly nothing was working in her favor. Calling Viral human seemed like a safe bet, since maybe there were things humans had that he didn't which he may want. Apparently not, since all it served to do was further upset him. Everything she tried to offer in terms of reassurance was blowing up in her face big time. "I wouldn't think I was a monster... I might be a little frightened at first, but I know I'm not a monster. It would just be... A new part of me, another version I guess. Just like your transformation is still you. The only ones that have called you a monster are the people who are afraid of you. Those who know you better than that, like us, we know you're not a monster. And you changing doesn't make that any different. The creature you turn into is still you as far as we're concerned. Just like we don't consider Shu a monster for the Oozaru we don't feel that you're a monster for your change. So... Please stop calling yourself that. It's not true Viral, it isn't."

"I can't accept the truth if it's false Viral, I'm sorry. So maybe we can say you're an animal, I guess that's true in part. You're made up of them, so it's wrong to say you're not an animal. You're smarter than most animals though, yeah? I mean... How many animals can fly a spaceship? How many can teach humans and Saiyans? If you're going to say you're just an animal then fine, I'll agree with it. But only if you agree you're a special kind, and you're more than just some simple animal. I don't want to hear you devaluing yourself like that, because you're so much more!" Tears weren't going to fall this time, but Yumi was beginning to stress quite a bit again. Viral had to see himself how they saw him. As it was he thought so little of himself and viewed himself in the worst possible light. "Everyone has a bad side, but that doesn't define them, right? So maybe you do get violent as that creature, but we don't consider you to be that all the time. Until you accept that you're not just a monster, that you're a good person, I can't just 'get fed up' or stop trying, I'm sorry, but I can't."

Takeshi wasn't able to find anything on the far right side of things either. So this plateau really was just in the middle of nowhere, well darn. It was looking more and more like they'd chosen to land on the wrong side of this world. Sighing once more he turned about to see how his brother and T'charrl were doing, hopeful they'd made a little more progress. Just as he spotted the Kaesstrian did he see him pulling himself up out of the ground, and not a second later his scouter came to life with intermittent words. It sounded like his friend was pressing the button repeatedly as his utterances were coming in and out, but he understood the gist of it. Something had him panicked, and judging by the absence of Shu it was fair clear what the issue was. Immediately rushing over to the Kaesstrian to try and spot out his brother he noticed the fair large hole before him, apparently having been covered up by grass. Frowning he stood at the edge of the hole, kneeling down and putting his hands on either side and glancing down in the hole worriedly. "Shu...? Hey, can you hear me? Shu?"

Shu had ended up down in a little burrow beneath the grass, a relatively small room hollowed out among the rock. With the exception of a few dim burning wicks hanging from the walls and the sunlight coming from the hole there was no light, and visibility was very short as a result. No doubt he'd be disoriented, and probably utterly unaware of whatever else was lurking in the room. One creature had seen the Saiyan fall into the room and was currently hidden along the dark wall, wary of the alien being in his home. A child himself he was fair meek right now, having been left at the home as his parents went out to gather food. Worried he may be hunted the creature began to try and pad to a nearby tunnel, his claws lightly scraping along the dirt as it walked. At the strange sound of someone shouting indistinctly however it froze, letting out a meek yelp as it figured it was corner now. With a tiny whimper the creature instantly curled up into a ball, using its protective scaling along its back to keep it safe. All it had to do was stay like this until its mother and father got home, then it would be okay.

[Mogtaki]

Viral didn’t like where it was going with Yumi, seeing as how she had a lot of faith in humanity compared to him so calling him close to human was her way of trying to make him feel better. He didn’t want to be known as a human, he didn’t want anything to do with them and being known as a monster and an abomination was way better than that. Looking to Yumi when she spoke before away again, he let out a sigh and folded his arms, “It was better before all of this, before all the experimenting. I’m changing everytime I get stronger, I never did know of this problem until I was tested on. Just what will I become when I get stronger? I was able to hide that form for so long from all of you, but it wasn’t such an integral part of me then”.

Yumi was very stubborn, but then again she’s been that way since she was little. He couldn’t change her mind, he knew that much and knew it was a pointless exhibition to even try and do that in the first place. He was definitely barely able to keep up with her arguments, but mainly because he didn’t have much of a say in the end when she would only turn it around and say he is wrong and shouldn’t feel that way upon every argument. Frowning at her choice of argument, he let out a huff and shook his head, “My creators gave me a high ability to learn! If you gave a monkey a spaceship they’d probably learn how to fly pretty quickly too”, he spoke, looking back to her, “I still find it amusing you still insist on calling me a ‘creature’…you know, I am not going to be able to convince you otherwise unless I’m drooling in your face with the intention to eat you. It’s all just pointless…”

T’charrl was more than a little panicky upon the disappearance of Shu down a mysterious hole, he couldn’t even reach him to pull him back out. Takeshi wasn’t really responding to his distress signal, but then again he was probably doing it incorrectly and simply making a fool of himself. Giving the button a fair whack to try and get in contact with him, he jumped a little when Takeshi finally came over before he quickly stepped back from the hole, staring down it anxiously, “I-I only looked away for a moment! I didn’t think he’d fall down, I swear…” he spoke quickly, frowning, “I didn’t even know that was there…”

Shu felt a little dizzy upon hitting the bottom, his head not really coping very well with the sudden change of elevation. He didn’t know where he was now, his eyes looking around curiously to try and get an idea to where he was. Slowly rubbing his head in quiet contemplation, he looked around slowly before giving his eyes a quick rub, trying to adjust them to the darkness before he gasped, looking up the hole, “I-I’m okay! I-…huh?” looking away elsewhere towards the source of a very strange noise. He didn’t know what it was, he couldn’t really understand what was making it, but he felt compelled to try and follow the strange noise. Slowly moving to his feet underneath himself and pushing up, he slowly moved towards the strange noise, tilting his head, “W-Who’s there…? I hope I didn’t squish you…”

[GambolMuse]

There had to be some kind of bright side to all of this, something good that came of Viral's changes. It was awfully difficult to be optimistic about something that was so clearly negative, and every lead Yumi tried to chase only ended up making things work. Maybe she would relent then, if only for now, not wanting to push things too much and only upset her friend further. "Well... It's still not an integral part of you. When did you last change, almost a week ago? And before then I bet you hadn't changed with the boys. It's not as big a part of you as you say it is... I don't think so anyways. It's definitely not the dominant part, or the part that makes you who you are. After all, if it was then wouldn't I be talking to your other half right now?" Perhaps it was just easier for him to put stock in his transformations, it was an explanation for his grief she supposed. If that was the case though then she wondered why telling him the contrary wasn't doing any good. This PTSD business was well beyond her, that much was evident the more and more she tried to help it.

"Then you're just a Beastman, how's that? I won't call you an animal, or a creature, and definitely not a monster, because those aren't what you are. You're a Beastman, and your form is a part of being a Beastman." He had said that his alternative form was integral, but Yumi doubted that. Viral certainly had that side of him, she couldn't deny that much, but it was just another part of him, and certainly not a key component. Managing a faint smile at the mention of drooling she giggled lightly, hiding her mouth behind her hand before shaking her head. "I'm sorry... But I imagined you drooling over me, and I know it's serious, but the image I got was funny. Please don't think I'm making fun of you." This would have to do for the time being, they couldn't well keep talking like this an expect to get anything done. Pushing herself up to her feet Yumi dusted off her knees, smiling down at Viral hopefully. "How about we keep going now? Not as monsters, or humans, but as a pair of Beastman? I could use a tutor after all."

Takeshi breathed a slight sigh of relief hearing his brother's response, albeit not being able to see him left some nerves. Shaking his head a little the Saiyan looked back at T'charrl, smiling slightly. "I know, I'm not blaming you for what happened. And I bet he didn't know it was there either." Well now this was a little mess, they had to find a way to get Shu out. He supposed it would be easy enough to blow open the rock and fish Shu out that way. Somehow he figured that wouldn't sit well with the natives if they went about blowing apart the countryside. Seeing no other way then Takeshi turned himself over, easing his feet into the hole to try and get down. He managed to get as far as his torso until his arms stopped him, a bit of an oversight. Feeling very little room to maneuver he pulled himself back up out of the hole, looking at it uncertainly. "Shu? Remember how to fly? You're going to have to fly up out of the hole, we can't get down to you."

The alien kept curled up securely in its ball, very frightened by the sudden intruder in its home. Expecting an attack was imminent it remained where it was, trembling inside its little shell as the seconds passed by. Whatever the visitor was saying it couldn't understand, nor could it even recognize its tone to tell if it was friendly or not. When no attack came the small creature tentatively unrolled itself, looking at Shu through the dark with its small beady eyes. Whatever this new being was it didn't recognize him, he was certainly from somewhere else. And for some reason he smelled quite a bit like fruit. Not knowing it was actually the wash that Shu had used on the ship and thinking it was food the young creature padded over, half-expecting to be fed now. Its parents had been gone for a while now after all, it was more than hungry at this point. In the light Shu would see what resembled an armadillo, and a young one at that. Overcoming its uncertainty at the promise of food the animal stopped when it reached Shu, and a bit unbalanced it got to his feet, grasping at the boy's pantleg to stay upright. With a soft whimpering noise it nuzzled at Shu's leg, hoping to get a piece of what it was smelling.

[Mogtaki]

Viral’s own abilities greatly confused him, his knowledge on how they work was definitely something he was confused about and just why he had such strange abilities was unclear. He didn’t know where he got his abilities from or to what extent they might grow to. He knew he was designed to be a weapon of sorts, but to be able to create them was only something he managed to do one time during testing after experimentation. The extent of his abilities was unknown to him and if he grew to become drunk with power like the King, then they might as well put him down before that happened, “I wouldn’t know how much time has passed since then, I doubt it was a week ago unless I was unconscious for a very long time…or I don’t remember how long a week is to you after so long”, he spoke, feeling a little discouraged by that thought, “That’s a thought…how do I know what part of me is talking? Why did you have to go and say something like that…”

Slowly rubbing his head, he looked to Yumi only to let out a fed-up sigh, staring at her as she gave her little explanation on what he was. That was just a fair bit general of her to say that, he was not seeing any real light in that when he knew he was one, but that didn’t change the fact of what he could potentially be. He was probably the first Beastman created and if that was the case, then he was very much potentially all of those things put together. Staring at her with little energy, he sighed as he made a move to get up and going, his attention going elsewhere, “You know fine well you’d make fun of me if you weren’t afraid of me turning into a sad sack of misery”, he sighed, looking off into the distance, “There is nowhere to go, anyway. Have you even looked around? There is nothing out here, it’s pointless…”

T’charrl felt a little sad, he had one responsibility and even then he couldn’t hold onto it and actually fulfil it all the way through. Feeling naturally worried, he watched Takeshi as he tried to deal with the situation as best as he could. He didn’t think Shu was in any danger, but if he had banged his head then he might come out of the hole and immediately faint. Slowly sitting down as he watched Takeshi, he frowned a little and tilted his head, “You sure he should try and fly? If he does what he did before, then the ground might collapse and he’d become trapped”.

Shu wasn’t really sure what he was supposed to do. He could turn around and try to fly out of the tunnel, but he was a little scared of trying that and might end up hitting his head on the wall of the tunnel and hurt himself. Looking back to the hole, he turned a little when the light dimmed with Takeshi trying to get down, tilting his head when it came back again, “Fly…? But I might hurt myself…” he sighed, feeling a little concerned by the possibility, “I found an alien, though!” Feeling all sorts of curious he turned towards the alien, seeing it a little better as it came over to him and into the light a bit more. Tilting his head a little, he watched as it pulled at his trousers before he gave a little smile, lowering himself a little. He gave the alien a little sniff of curiosity, he really wasn’t sure what it was or even what it might resemble, “Ooh ooh ooh…little creature…”

[GambolMuse]

"Well... The real you is talking... Or the part of you that we know better. Because wouldn't the other part be trying to eat me?" Yumi suggested hopefully, trying to help calm things. Viral himself had said his other half would try to devour her, and obviously that wasn't happening right now, meaning he was in control. "And maybe it wasn't that long, I don't really know. After all I've only been around for a short while haven't I? So it's kind of a guess I suppose." Even when he had changed it hadn't been all that difficult to bring him down from that high and get him back to normal. It had been her fault for being hit that caused the change in the first place, and it had been her that Viral had seen and transformed back. That put a terrible weight on her shoulders, it meant she could both cause his pain and stop it, and the latter wasn't proving to be nearly as easy as she might have liked.

Yumi let out a soft sigh as Viral rose, putting her hands on her hips and giving him an incredulous look. "Well of course I'm not going to make fun of you Viral. You're already not happy, I'm not going to kick you when you're down, that would be just plain mean. And besides, you don't deserve it. I've usually got Takeshi or someone to do something stupid that deserve it much more, so you don't have to worry about that." She wanted to contest the idea that there was nothing out here and it was a waste of time, but it was sure looking that way. The direction they were moving into were more or less endless plains, hardly anything worth noting in sight. With a slightly sneaky smirk Yumi turned to Viral, gesturing behind him towards where the ships were. "Well the way I see it we've got two options. We can go back there with the rebels, and Korian, and help them out. Or we can wander around a bit more and see if there's really not anything out here." Given those choices she was sure what Viral was going to choose, and it was what she wanted. A bit underhanded, but being out and about may just do the Beastman some good.

T'charrl had a fair point, Shu flying was probably not the best option. How were they to get him out of the hole then? Blowing it apart was too risky, and neither of them could easily fit down there. Even if Takeshi did manage to get in it wasn't like both he and his brother would fit on the way up anyways. Looking around the area he bit his lip, trying to find something that might give them a hand here. If they just had some kind of rope or something then they could help Shu out of there, but there wasn't a single thing up here that would do the trick. Looking back down the hole at his brother's news Takeshi blinked a bit, surprised that something else was down there. There was a little worry it could be dangerous, yet judging by the Saiyan's tone he wasn't exactly feeling in danger, more curious than anything. Kneeling before the hole he scratched at his head, debating on how to save his sibling. "Just be careful, you don't know what it is yet!"

This strange visitor smelled very strongly of fruit, making the little critter's stomach grumble in response. In its mind it had to have some kind of fruit on it, which meant a meal if this thing was nice enough. Sniffling at Shu for a moment the alien again shirked back when he moved, watching tensely as he crouched down and got closer. Curious still was when it was sniffed, lifting its small head and returning the sniffing in turn at the Saiyan. Again it made some strange noises, not readily recognizing them at all. He... Sounded nice though, if this thing was indeed male. He certainly didn't come across as a threat, even if he was strange. After scratching at itself for a moment it turned around, padding into the darkness for a moment and checking the tunnel that led out of its home. It was larger than the one it used itself, and wider than what this alien had fallen through, seeing as its parents were roughly his size. Squeaking softly to try and get Shu's attention he got up on his hind legs, trying to make the alien follow. Maybe if he helped it get out then the visitor would get him food.

[Mogtaki]

Viral still didn’t know whether that was the truth, especially considering how many changes he had gone through and so many different personas that were everything but his own. The control the collar held over him was pretty intense, it took a lot more to get him under control than Shu. Shu was easier, his mind could be eliminated and his brain put under full command, but Viral had to be tested constantly to try and keep his consciousness while keeping him loyal to the King. He still had those voices in his head sometimes, the ones that would try and force him into believing in the King. Yumi would never know what it’s like, her collar was already fully tested and it was a lot easier to get her equipped, but he had to go through all the testing phases and have his brain battered and beaten with all these strange thoughts and problems, “I could be simply be masking my true self from you. The collar could have easily changed me enough to turn me into a sleeper agent for the King”.

Viral was pretty fed up with himself, he could understand why the others would be too considering he complained a lot. It felt like the only thing he could do now while everything was on his mind in an attempt to clear his mind, but everyone was bothered by it and not wanting to hear about it too much without just telling him it was okay. He was increasingly unsettled and it wasn’t fair, his body and mind all becoming worse for wear. Looking back towards the ships with Yumi’s signal, he let out a grumble and turned away again, preferring to continue onwards than even think about going anywhere near that bunch, “This place is just empty, that’s all there is to it. I barely feel like going back to that ship at all”, he spoke, looking to the ground as if contemplating on stopping altogether, “This whole place is entirely pointless, anyway. Stupid creature could had easily been some mutant fungus gone out of control with the way it vanished like that. If there was even a tiny bit of sense with coming out here, I would gladly welcome it about now before I go back and punch Vegeta in the mouth…”

Shu wasn’t sure what he was supposed to do at this point. He could easily bounce back up the hole, Takeshi was really doubting him on that part and T’charrl just didn’t know better. Falling down a hole was no big deal for him and meeting someone down there that appeared pretty friendly was just another plus. Giving the creature a sniff to try and figure out what he was, he tilted his head a little to try and understand what they were wanting from him. He didn’t have much of a clue, the creature was strange enough without him coming along and making it interested in him. Squeaking a little as he sniffed, he moved up a little to look around. He didn’t know where he had fallen, but as his attention went elsewhere he missed the part where the little creature moved a little more, signalling for him to come along. Smiling a little, he looked back to the hole, “I’m going to follow it, okay!” he called up before making a quick bounce towards it, moving after it curiously.

[GambolMuse]

"I doubt you're a sleeper agent. I mean the only control he had on you was that collar, and that's gone. Your chip is gone, which means that won't do anything either." Frowning in realization Yumi lifted a hand and felt the skin along the back of her neck, her fingertips grazing a faint scar where her own chip had been inserted. They had still yet to remove it, a rather large oversight considering what it could cause them. In lieu of trying to help Viral she had utterly forgotten her own problems, and this was certainly something that needed to be sorted out soon. Not wanting to bring it up now however she looked again to her friend, managing a small smile for him. "And look at it this way. This is the you we knew well before the Saiyans ever happened. You're a bit more sad now as of late, but the way you act is the same. So any idea of those jerks altering you isn't true, because they didn't. You're still you Viral, they didn't change you. And once we find out how to cheer you up you'll realize that." The damage they had done wouldn't disappear, there was the mental and emotional aspect, both of which were causing him grief right now. But given time, and hopefully a nice trip to Earth, and he'd be as good as new.

A fungus was perhaps the most creative theory that anyone had suggested thus far for the creature. Then again it didn't seem too likely, what kind of fungus moved around and could be called a monster? Space had some pretty strange things after all, but that was really pushing the boundaries. The idea of punching Vegeta made Yumi roll her eyes, and she walked over to Viral and stuck a finger in his face, looking at him sternly yet suppressing a smile. "Hey now, no hitting our friends. I'll hit you back, and trust me mister I've been bottling up a lot of aggression as of late. Now that you're beginning to heal I'm sure you can take a punch or two anyways." In fact that just may well be their answer to pass the time, now that she mused it over. If he was indeed better, physically anyways, then surely he could handle an innocent sparring session with her? "We can train a little if you want, now that we've got time and the space to do so. No funny business like last time, I promise. Feel up to a little tussle?"

Takeshi sat back onto his backside, letting out a soft groan hearing Shu call up to them. "Okay...! Just be sure to call us with your scouter if anything happens!" he shouted back, looking at the hole before rubbing his head. Rising back up onto his feet he debated on trying to fit down the pit one more time, thinking better of it and instead turning to face T'charrl. "Well he's off on a little adventure, with goodness knows what he found down there. I can follow his Ki signature, mind tagging along in case we run into something nasty?" It didn't seem likely they were going to find any sort of real enemy here, as he'd figured they would have drawn more than enough attention to be attacked at this point. His brother wouldn't be too difficult to find at least, nothing on this world made reading energy funny like it had on Kaesstra. Looking down at the dirt beneath their feet he could almost 'see' Shu moving along, wondering just where in the world he was going. Confused he began to follow his movements, walking slowly across to see just where they were off to.

The creature glanced over its shoulder to see if the alien was following, happy to find he indeed was. This one could find it food, and then it wouldn't feel hungry. Perhaps it could even play with him, if the alien was truly friendly enough. With no sisters or brothers it often had to play with a parent or alone, and with both of them now busy hunting for the tribe it had to play by itself. The idea of a playmate then was an elating one, it couldn't wait. Into the fairly wide tunnel it went, scraping along the hardened ground below. The path they were taking extended for quite a few dozen meters, and by the end of it all they would be let out into the fields below. At the base of the plateaus, hidden in the shade were a few bushes which grew fruits, and instinct alone told the critter that they were ready to be eaten this time of year. The notion of a meal excited it, and with a few squeaks it began to hurry along at a quicker pace, giddy now.

[Mogtaki]

Viral gave her a quick look before letting out a sigh, shaking his head. She probably didn’t know much, it was a very complicated subject and it was already known that he was fully capable of killing so long as he was pushed over the line just enough. He didn’t have much of a care when it came to killing, he knew where they went after they passed on from this world, but with that lack of care came a possibility that he’d want to destroy his friends just because he was given secondary thoughts about them. He could probably take out the rebel leader in a final battle between the pair and that would be it; the King would succeed and there would be no army to stand in his way. Shaking his head a little, he folded his arms as he continued to walk on, “Don’t call me ‘sad’…” he grumbled, shaking his head a little, “And what would you know? Anything could have happened, they even decided it would be fun to launch me into the air to see what happens…”

Feeling pretty annoyed, he just wanted to find somewhere to sit around and wait before Yumi made a point to go around in front of him and shove her finger at his face, halting him in his tracks. Staring at the finger for a second, he looked to her and grumbled, not taking the hint all that well. He didn’t care if she hit back, he’d still get to deliver a punch in return to let out his frustrations, “You wouldn’t dare hit me”, he huffed, shaking his head. Feeling properly annoyed, the question to spar with him had him a little interested, looking to her suspiciously. He didn’t know how much strength he had, but maybe he could test that out on her seeing as how she was healthy and he’d be able to find out whether he still carried the same strength as before, “Fine…I’ll train for now, but I’ll know if you try to go easy on me!”

T’charrl was rather confused, he didn’t know why Shu didn’t want to come back up but if that was his decision then he was just going to let it happen and hope there was no reason to panic. Frowning a little, he looked to Takeshi when he turned around, staring at him as he spoke. He didn’t know what he meant by a Ki signature, but it must be handy if it meant knowing where Shu was going, “O-Okay…if you think that’s best”, he spoke, standing up again, “I don’t know what you mean, but it sounds pretty handy. Is it like pheromones…?” Following after him, he stared at his expression, trying to figure out what he was doing and how that was tracking Shu underground or whether he could see him right through the ground.

Shu was pretty happy to follow the alien, even if he was going into the near blackness and beyond. His eyes were adjusting pretty quickly and he could faintly see where he was going, the cave system proving to be pretty interesting to him right now. He was just the right height for it whether that was coincidence or he really was that small. Looking around a little bit before back to the alien, he smiled and moved forward with a few bounces, rubbing his head a little at the same time. Making his own little noises as he moved along, he was suddenly struck by a bright light that was only daytime once more, shielding his eyes a moment as he tried to see what was beyond the glaring brightness. He could smell food, something that definitely made him even more anxious to get his sight restored before he bounced forward, his eyes on the fruit immediately, “Wow! What is this? What is…? Ooh ooh! Food?” he spoke, wandering after the alien to try and catch up. He didn’t know why it had lead him out here, but he was quite happy that it did upon seeing the fact that he might get fed out of it.

[GambolMuse]

"I suppose I don't know after all, I'm just trying to offer some insight," Yumi replied, lifting her shoulders in a shrug. "I just want to make it clear that no matter what did happen there we're here to undo it and make things right, no matter what it takes. I know I say it a lot, but it's just because that doesn't seem to have driven home yet. We're always going to be here to help, I promise that." It was a redundant message at this point, yet that didn't diminish the sincerity of it. As Viral walked along once more so did she, smiling as she folded her hands behind her back. With that little episode behind them now perhaps they could get back to doing something positive, something that they could perhaps lighten the Beastman's mood with. As delicate as things were it would have to be something he enjoyed, something that almost could not fail. And Yumi was fair certain she knew what that something was. But first she had to drive a point home about not fighting with their friends, something that Viral was awfully quick to brush off.

"Oh, I wouldn't hit you? You'd be surprised." Yumi mused, her lips pulling into a devious smirk. "We can train if you think I won't hit you then, though I don't know how exciting it would be like that." She'd be a punching bag for him more or less, that hardly sounded exciting. Baiting him with the promise of a spar she was a little surprised he did in fact agree, unable to hide the grin of delight. "Great! And I won't hold back unless there's good reason to. After all I haven't seen what I can do myself yet, so I'm curious." Eager to test her own strength she gave Viral's nose a playful tap, walking back a few meters to put space between them. This was going to be fun, as this time she fully intended to treat this like a proper fight. Albeit she wasn't going to seriously try injuring her friend, but it wasn't going to be all jokes and hugs this time around. Figuring she'd show a little respect before starting she balled one hand into a fist, clasping her other over it and bowing down politely before assuming a ready stance. "I'm excited to see what my teacher can do, so whenever you're ready let's get this started."

Wherever Shu was heading off to it was a fair ways away from where he had fallen in. Takeshi couldn't figure out for the life of him how his brother was getting around down there, with the absence of light and all. It had to be that little thing he was crawling about with, curious that it was taking him somewhere else. If it happened to turn violent by some chance he was confident Shu would be okay, though not being able to see or help was distressing nonetheless. So busy was he in tracking his sibling the Saiyan hardly heard T'charrl, not taking his eyes from the ground as he spoke. "Huh? Pheromones...? Nah, it's more like... Well it's complicated. I can feel other people's Ki, or energy. I guess its like how you can sense animals, or the planet that you're on, but for me its people. Most of the time we block it out, because otherwise we'd be overwhelmed. But you can focus on a single person and track them, and that's what I'm doing."

The creature was near jittery with excitement as it emerged from the cave, taking a second to let its eyes adjust. Even in the shade of the cliff above it was fair bright out, and pleasantly cool with a nice breeze rippling through the plains around them. Seeing the bush it immediately rushed over, sitting at the base before getting up on its hind legs, reaching for the berries on the plant. Due to its tiny size the fruit was well out of reach however, and the animal showed its disappointment with a soft whimper. Lowering its claws slightly he turned his head to Shu, trying to relay it wanted the fruit, reaching up once again. The fruits themselves looked a lot like blackberries, though their flavor was curiously more akin to something like tangerine, fair citrus and juicy. Trying to jump a little bit for the food the animal quickly fell down, awkwardly landing and falling on its back before rolling over, glancing at the bush then Shu hopefully again.

[Mogtaki]

Viral shook his head, letting out a grumble. He didn’t have enough belief in himself or his own mind to know what was going on and feeling worried that he was the one causing a lot of the problems on their trip. They had diverted a lot during their original course so he knew he was holding them back by just as much, whether for good or for bad. He was definitely concerned about where he was leading them all this time, knowing he pulled them out of the rebel’s fight that they probably enjoyed when getting close to fighting the King. They might have been able to take down the King already if it wasn’t for him. He did wonder what he would do once his mind was properly straightened out and fixed up, whether he would go after the King himself to ease his guilt.

Feeling like all he could do for now was amuse Yumi with some training, at least giving him a chance to test his power. Yumi should be strong enough to be a worthy opponent, he just hoped she wouldn’t pull any punches because she was afraid of hurting him, “I don’t see how that is possible anyway…what, you’d just stand there while I throw punches at you? What would Vegeta think if you came back beaten up and me with your on my knuckles? Or your…little boyfriend…whatever twin that is”, he grumbled, rubbing his hands together slowly, “That could only be considered a great inconvenience for me, I’m sure…”

Rolling his shoulders a bit, he stared at her as she gave him a steady bow, not really feeling up to doing the same when it was nothing honourable but instead just for practice. Letting out a sigh he shifted his feet into position, staring at Yumi, “You already know most of what I can do”, he spoke, shifting his feet, “I don’t feel like pulling any punches, so you shouldn’t either”. With a quick spring forward, Viral threw his fists down at Yumi swiftly. He didn’t want to end up utterly destroying her, but he was willing to try hard to be victorious in the training session, even if it was just for ‘fun’.

T’charrl felt confused, he didn’t know how Takeshi was doing any of that and him putting down his suggestion made him think that he definitely wasn’t going to get an answer. Tilting his head a little, he followed onwards with the intent to try and understand what was happening, feeling a little lost as they continued on, “That sounds handy. Even with my abilities, tracking people would be considered having a gift”, he spoke, watching the ground, “I wonder, do you think you could teach me? Ki sounds very interesting”.

Shu didn’t even know such a place existed, but here it was and that was definitely something pretty pleasant to encounter along with an alien. Bouncing a little as he went, he looked around the strange place, sniffing the air as the smell of the fruit became pretty strong. This was definitely a pleasant encounter, he hoped they were delicious. Squeaking as he moved along, he looked to the alien as it gestured to him, Shu tilting his head as it tried to reach up for the fruit but couldn’t quite make it. Feeling curious, he reached over to the fruit, pulling them off the shrub and handing them down to the strange little alien to see how it would react.

[GambolMuse]

"Well yeah, how else would I throw a fight? I'd be a punching bag more or less. Though I don't plan on letting that happen." Nope, if Viral was really wanting to train then she was going to make him work for it. Presumably she was faster now than before, and what better time to test it out then now. Bouncing slightly on her left foot she drew up her hands, balling them into fists and throwing a few punches to loosen herself up. Vegeta certainly wouldn't be ecstatic if she returned black and blue, and no doubt neither would Choi. The way that her friend spoke the Saiyans name though made Yumi feel uneasy, frowning as she stood flat on her feet, lowering her arms slightly. "You really don't like him... Do you?" she asked, feeling a bit worried. She had been concerned how this might be taken, with Viral's rejection of the idea being a worst case scenario, and that's what had happened. Well that was terrible, she hadn't wanted to upset him at all. The only quick fix for that problem was to break up with the boy she had only just began dating, and she wasn't very keen on hurting him either. So how was she to find a happy medium?

Viral wasn't going to be holding back, that was good. It meant at least he was seeing this as worthwhile and putting forth the effort to do it. "Trust me, I won't be." Yumi replied, smirking as she prepared herself again. Once in her stance the Beastman initiated the spar, leaping in and throwing a few strong punches almost immediately to kick things off. Watching his paws' movements she blocked the first, then the second, and the third. Keeping up with him was relatively easy, though he still hit like a runaway train. Her palms were absorbing most of the hits, becoming a little red from the constant impacts as she blocked each attack. With the punches coming down she began to backpedal slowly, also using her forearms to block the occasional hit. On the final punch she ducked under him, dropping to a crouch and putting a hand to her side on the dirt, and swinging her right leg forward she tried to sweep Viral's feet out from under him or at least get him to back off so she could get her own attacks going. Either way once she had gone through the motion she planned on getting to her feet, going after Viral with her own punches.

Takeshi stopped once they had reached the edge of the cliff, a bit confused as to where Shu had gotten to. Kneeling down at the edge he leaned over, peeking down to spot his brother and some creature he could hardly make out emerging from a tunnel below. Relieved his sibling was okay the Saiyan plopped onto his backside, hanging his legs over the edge with a faint smile. At T'charrl's behest the older boy glanced over his shoulder, shrugging before patting the spot beside him, looking down once again. "I don't see why not, though Ki is tricky to teach someone. I mean you've got to have it to start with, then you need to learn how to recognize it. And the thing with Ki is everything has its own little signature, its own feel. So even once you learn how to recognize Ki you'd need to learn everyone's just to have any clue who you were tracking." With a smile Takeshi laid back onto the grass, arms splayed out to either side as he stared up at the sky. "But I'd be happy to teach you, as long as you're okay with the fact it might take you a while to get."

The promise of fruit being near at hand had him delighted, and the creature could hardly contain his excitement. There was the small predicament of being unable to reach the food, yet that was easily enough remedied with the alien's help. Young though it may be even the critter could figure out that the taller being was its means of getting the fruit, and sure enough with some simple pleading soon it was being handed a few of the berries. Taking as many as it could hold in its paws the creature sat down on the grass, and with a cheerful squeak began to nibble away quickly at the fruit. Its small snout became caked in a gooey purple substance as it munched through the berries, quickly going through its little meal. After the third or so berry the creature paused, looking up at Shu curiously for a second. Perhaps the alien was hungry too? Wrinkling its nose and licking some goo from its snout the armadillo grabbed a berry, holding it up for the alien to take if he so chose to. Fair was fair after all.

[Mogtaki]

Viral was definitely a little more than fed up already with all this talk, finding it all pointless since they were just going to fight anyway. If they were both bruised up then it would be okay, but having one in a worse shape than the other would always spark some sort of worry with the others. It was somewhat annoying too, seeing as how everyone all got worried when he was a little bit beaten up. He didn’t like it when people wore sad faces around him whenever he was injured; it made him feel like a little kid who got beaten up by some big kids. Giving Yumi an annoyed look when she shifted uneasily, he let out a huff in response, “I don’t like anyone! Why should it matter??”

With them finally starting their little spar he managed to throw out a good few hard hits, all of them blocked pretty quickly by Yumi. He wasn’t holding back too much, he really didn’t see the need to when they needed to stay strong and holding back was not very productive of him. He couldn’t say he wasn’t a little distracted, it was hard not to be when there was little he could do right now that wouldn’t be looked at as something against his condition. Throwing out his punches, when one missed he almost toppled forward, her foot scraping against his shin before she came in with her own punches after a quick jump up. With one punch hitting his forearm, he growled and moved his fists up to counter hers, taking them straight in the knuckles before he simply tried to throw his fists at her again, trying to push her backwards.

T’charrl followed on along to the edge of the cliff as well, nearly walking off it but managed to stop himself and step back, staring down at the sight below. He was indeed curious to what was going on, managing to spot Shu down there without too much of a problem before his eyes went to Takeshi, giving him a smile when he offered him a seat. Slowly wandering down towards him, he sat down beside him while giving a little smile, feelingly fairly comfortable, “How do you know if you have it? Can you feel it off me?” he asked, tilting his head slightly, “It might just be handy though, I mean…my abilities might be like Ki too and if I can learn how to use that, then maybe it’ll make it easier for me to learn how to use my own abilities. I don’t even know where I’m going to start with them, and if I lose myself…then what?”

Shu was pretty happy to give the little alien the berries, watching as it took them all and went to have a munch on them. He didn’t know what the berries were, but they must had been tasty considering how much it was enjoying eating just one. Slowly bending down to stare, he tilted his head slightly before squeaking a little when it held out one of the berries for him. Cautiously taking it from the alien, he sat down and nibbled at the berry, trying to decide his verdict on the taste before he continued to eat it. It was definitely pretty yummy, he definitely didn’t expect this kind of flavour when he first saw it. Feeling pretty happy, he smiled away as he enjoyed the flavour, his tail wagging a little.

[GambolMuse]

"Well you like me, don't you?" Yumi teased, resisting the urge to stick out her tongue. "So you do like some people!" Might as well have some fun before they got going, psyche herself up a little. Viral was prompt to initiate the fight, jumping right in quite literally and throwing a series of punches. She was quick to begin blocking, pleasantly surprised to find she was having to try just to keep up with him. The healing in the tank had definitely helped, this was more of what she'd expect out of him. Making use of her new speed the Beastman managed to duck under a strong left hook, trying to trip up her friend and capitalize on his unsteady feet with some punches of her own. Even with the little surprise on her part she couldn't get anything in edgewise, every hit being blocked and her own punches met by Viral's. This was wonderful, it was fair evident that they were going to be at this for a little while if this was how things were going to go. Just as well, she had a ton of energy to burn.

As bone met bone and their fists collided Yumi gritted her teeth, the force of the hit being pretty darn strong. Seeing a second fist flying in at her she had to take a quick step back, narrowly avoid being clocked in the side of the head as the tip of one of Viral's knuckles barely brushed the tip of her nose. Blinking in surprise she was made then to back away constantly, ducking or pushing away incoming hits that threatened to nail her. Yep, definitely feeling better, no doubt about it. Pushing aside a fist as it raced in she was caught off guard by another, craning her head just enough to avoid taking it in the jaw, but not enough to dodge it as her shoulder was struck, spinning her around on her feet. While turned around another fist clipped her in the back, knocking her forward and off her feet. Managing to catch herself with her hands as she fell Yumi pushed herself up, turning around in mid air and smiling down at Viral excitedly. Using some Ki to push herself down to the ground swiftly she then lunged forward, answering once more with a flurry of punches of her own, hoping to get in a luck hit herself.

As it had become abundantly clear Shu was in no real danger Takeshi allowed himself to relax some. Already laid back in the grass with his feet dangling over the edge the Saiyan watched clouds roll by, taking as much time as he could to just enjoy himself. They really should keep looking around instead of playing with some animal, but everything seemed just so distant right now that he couldn't be bothered. At T'charrl's request he closed his eyes, trying to fade everything else out and focus in on the Kaesstrian to see if there was any sort of energy. "Well... Something is definitely there, I can tell that much. It kind of feels like Ki, but it's... Different at the same time. Similar enough that its familiar but still alien." Curious, maybe there were different kinds of Ki. Albeit with all the knowledge that their predecessors had, not to mention the other Saiyans that were around now he'd think that there would be some knowledge of that if it were the case. With Kaesstra never having been touched before it was possible though, Takeshi reflected, figuring now it may well be the case that there was a second form of the universal energy.

Pushing himself up into a sitting position Takeshi pulled in his legs, sitting cross-legged as he looked out over the plains below. "I'd bet we can give you the same kind of training that we use, yeah. I mean if it's the same sort of energy then I don't see why it wouldn't work. You wouldn't really need to learn to fly, seeing as you've got wings, but energy attacks could be handy." Flight by Ki would be a little redundant, and Ki blasts could be dangerous if not trained, Shu was a testament to that. Even so, if T'charrl wanted to learn then they'd teach him. Turning his head and smiling Takeshi reached over, giving his friend's shoulder a small, light punch before looking away again. "You won't lose yourself if you don't let it happen. Just got to always remember you're in control, and nothing's going to change that. Of course... Easy for me to say, but when I used to turn into an Oozaru it wasn't that simple. But worth trying to live that way. Just do your best and it'll pay off, gotta be optimistic right?"

This was a very unexpected yet pleasant turn of events. Whereas a meal might have been an hour off the creature was now enjoying a delightful meal of berries, with a new friend it seemed like. He didn't know where the alien had come from, or what it's purpose was, yet at the moment it hardly cared about those things. All it knew was there was a meal in front of it and it was hungry. After nibbling on a few berries the animal opted to share, hoping its new companion might like the fruit as well. Judging by how quickly he ate it and the smile Shu did indeed enjoy it, that was nice. They could sit here for as long as they'd like to gorge themselves, so long as his parents didn't return and scold him for eating too much. Hopefully this alien could keep it safe, as normally it didn't leave the den on its own. While nibbling away on the fruits and offering the Saiyan one now and again the creature caught trace of a familiar scent on the wind, immediately making it stop what it was doing. Turning its head towards the grass it watched as some of the taller blades parted signaling an approach, squeaking excitedly and getting to its feet. Setting down the berries where it had sat it waddled to the edge of the safety of the cliff, squeaking excitedly as two larger members of his race emerged, his parents.

The mother and father really didn't quite know what to make of the scene they had returned to. Noting a strange scent near their child they had come back quickly, fearing a predator had attacked their home. What they found left them confused, seeing Shu sitting there near the entrance with some berries in front of him. As the former gathered her son in her hold the father moved forward, getting on his hind legs and growling throatily. Whoever this was could potentially be dangerous, and he was dangerously close to their home. "You... Who you...?" he growled, narrowing his eyes as he stared down the Saiyan. On his hind legs he came perhaps to Shu's stomach, but he was fair bulky and it was clear his claws were pretty sharp. "Our home... My child. What do you want?"

[Mogtaki]

Viral just gave her a sharp look when she spoke, not willing to answer her all that much. She was going to turn that into some kind of strange argument on her part if he was going to give any mention to that, so he just kept quiet about it. He wouldn’t be able to explain it anyway, describing a dislike when compared to generally not wanting to be associated with human likes and dislikes would only prove to upset in one way or another no matter what way he tried to describe it. For now, he had a spar he had to worry about rather than contemplating who he liked and what not. Watching her attacks carefully as he threw his own, he made a point to hit right on hers all while trying to use it as a form of practice to meet her own to test his senses to make sure he could still keep up.

With each hit there was a bounce-back force as their knuckles collided, more so with Yumi’s considering her smaller hands. He could easily grab her hands and they’d go missing in his grip. Watching her attacks as he threw in his own, he was soon managing to get passed her own attacks and nearly striking her down with the first only to hit with the next and send her to the ground. Coming to a halt, he stared down at her to give her a chance, watching as she made a spin before using that break to throw in another, hoping to disorientate her with a hit for her back before she fell to the ground; however, it wasn’t long before she was back up again and in the air no less. Growling at her, he watched as she suddenly came straight for him with speed as she threw a series of punches straight for him. Taking a few of them out of pure frustration, growling lowly before he simply pushed himself forward, throwing his arms out to push her back with a great deal of pressure behind the attacks. He was a fair bit annoyed with her use of Ki, seeing it as unfair considering he wasn’t using his own abilities.

T’charrl was pretty excited about this, seeing as how the energy seemed fairly universe wide and somewhat similar to his own since they too could feel things and fire the energy off. He did hope he had something somewhere, even with his own energy. He didn’t want power, but knowing he could find control would definitely be one of the handiest things about learning about it. If he could learn more about it then keeping his powers in check would definitely become a lot easier to understand. Keeping still when he gave him a check over, he frowned a little until Takeshi spoke again, giving him a little smile, “Really? Heh, ‘alien’…I can call myself an alien now”, he spoke, feeling a little giddy over the thought, “This is still so weird…I-I mean, I never thought of myself as an alien, but wow…uhhh, I-I mean, I’m glad. If I can learn about that too, I should be able to train my own energy in the same way…”

That was definitely a good thing, he was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to find someone who could help him with his powers and becoming stuck in the process, but knowing there was some way to link Ki and his own powers together made him a little more confident. Nodding at Takeshi before staring down into the moorland as well, he let out a sigh, giving a quick glance back to his wings, “That’s true, I mean…even if my wings get torn apart, we Kaesstrians can regenerate our wings after a cycle”, he spoke, rubbing his neck a little. Feeling just a little anxious, he gasped a little when Takeshi gave him a punch, rubbing his shoulder as he listened to his words, “…O-Of course. I certainly try to, I mean…I nearly ate my mother”, he spoke, sighing a little, “Oozaru? I’m not sure what that is…but, you’re right. I don’t want to lose myself and I’m confident that I won’t. I don’t want to be evil because I will myself not to be evil. That’s the right way to go, right…?”

Shu was pretty happy with the little alien, enjoying the sticky berries with it. He didn’t know what kind of food this was but it sure was tasty, probably why the alien had lead him out here just so he could get a treat. He didn’t know what he was going to do next with it, seeing as how he didn’t expect to meet something in that hole. Wiping his face clean of the juices before grooming himself for a moment, he noticed when the alien moved quickly to the cliff face. Tilting his head, he spotted the larger aliens pop out of the cave system, staring at them for a moment before squeaking as one came straight for him. Keeping his ground, he sniffed a little as he tried to suss out what was happening, not understanding its aggressiveness when he didn’t know what its vocalisations meant, “Ooh ooh? My name is Shu! I got lost down the hole”, he spoke, crouching down onto his knuckles, “I’m an alien, I was on an adventure…ooh, do you live here?”

[GambolMuse]

So Viral could hit pretty hard still, that was going to be kept well in Yumi's thoughts. It wouldn't take a ton of punches like that to hurt her, inadvertently or otherwise, so she had to be careful. Losing her balance after only two good strikes she had to recover hastily, springing up into the air to take a brief second of reprieve from the fight. Not even thinking twice about it the Beastman then used Ki to push herself towards the ground, using the speed and force of it to throw a flurry of blows of her own. Slowly settling onto the ground she didn't relent, continuing to throw rapid punches to keep her sparring partner well on edge and unable to retaliate. A good few hit, but comparatively they did little to harm Viral, his strike a fair bit stronger. As one punch landed on his chest Yumi was startled as Viral abruptly surged forward, all but ignoring her strikes. With a faint yelp she then took one punch, then another, and a third. Hastily putting up her guard she crossed her arms over her head, stepping back once more as she tried to avoid taking big blows. A good strike to her side made her lean over, and another hit alongside her head nearly knocked her clean off her feet. In a slight daze from that she dropped her guard, taking another big hit that got her right in the sternum, knocking her off her feet and onto her back.

Winded for a moment Yumi laid where she was, staring up at the sky in silent surprise. Where in the world had that come from? She'd had Viral on the ropes, and somehow he had come around and decked her like it was nothing. Lifting her head to look at the Beastman she debated on going on, wondering what point there was in doing so. Scarcely out of the fight and with nothing else to do Yumi ultimately decided to keep going, opting to see just how long either of them could hold out. Putting her hands to either side of her head she rolled back, pushing herself up and away on her hands from her friend. Once on her feet she rushed across the ground, and when close enough she made a small jump, swinging her body around and sending a hard roundhouse kick in Viral's direction. If she landed from that she'd try a kick to the midsection, and continue with quick strikes with her legs, figuring she might have more luck then.

Takeshi didn't quite get the whole delight over being called an 'alien'. In his experience it had always had a negative connotation, coming from people that either hated you or feared you, often times both. T'charrl couldn't possibly know how that was, he'd never been anywhere but here so far. Sooner or later the Kaesstrian was going to be exposed to the bad side of space travel, it definitely was not all fun and games. He might be willing to join them now for example, but that could quite drastically change upon their first encounter with a Saiyan. Offering up a few words of encouragement the Saiyan smiled, glad to hear his friend was getting the gist of what he was being told. "Yeah, you got it T'charrl," Takeshi said, giving his friend a thumbs up, "Mind over matter. A big part of control after all is mental, and being able to think through things. You've got to have a sharp focus to properly control your power. And everyone gives me flak for being dim or thick-skulled. I'm not either of those..." Frowning to himself the Saiyan sat up once more, looking over the edge of the cliff. Unable to really see Shu any longer he sighed, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouting down. "Shu? What are you doing down there?"

"Sh... Shu? Alien...?" the creature repeated uncertainly, cocking its head in question. What was this thing? Alien... That word sounded familiar, those other visitors had used it to refer to him and his kin. This one looked like the others had too, which might well mean he was a threat. The ones before had been awfully frightening and strong, and a few of their people had disappeared because of those brutes. This one didn't seem as intense or menacing however, he shouldn't be too hard to deal with. Feeling the need to protect his family the male stepped forward again, stretching his claws and raising his shoulders slightly, trying to look menacing. "We live here... Our home. Not your home, don't belong here. Hurt my son...? I hurt you..." Growling softly the creature advanced again, however he soon stopped at a soft squeaking sound, looking back over his shoulder to see his child run from the mother, past him and to Shu where he clung to his pant leg once more.

"Friend! Friend! Get food, not mean!" the child said, nuzzling up to Shu's leg defensively. Looking up at the Saiyan he smiled, gesturing to the berry bush as he looked back to his parents. "In home, no hurt me. Help me eat, keep me safe, I know. Friend Shu, not mean Shu."

[Mogtaki]

Viral was fair annoyed at the fact that she used Ki as a part of their brawl, the fact that she’s purposely give herself a speed advantage that made him fairly angry. He wouldn’t had been able to do that, he wouldn’t had been able to stop himself in the air either and would had just gone flying but instead she refused to accept her loss with that round. She was too used to using Ki, just like all the rest. Throwing in a good few punches her way fuelled by his frustration, they managed to land fairly well and off she was with a sudden forceful barrage, knocking her straight off her feet and onto the ground. Even with her advantage with Ki, he could still throw down massive attacks if he let his anger control him.

Glaring down at Yumi, he kept his fists clenched pretty hard as he slowly moved towards her, his eyes staring down at her with increasing anger before as if through the flip of a switch his attitude changed once again. He had been showing a lot of rage and frustration towards Yumi of all people over something as little as using Ki, as if he was properly jealous over her ability to do that. That wasn’t right, he knew they were all capable of doing it with the exception of himself for so many years. Staring at her for a moment, he barely realised she was back on her feet and immediately going in for an attack, turning himself around only to get a pretty solid kick to his gut, reeling a bit before he was hit a few more times, stumbling backwards with each hit before he fell on the ground. He had let his anger distract him and now he was pretty winded, slowly pushing his back off the ground with his paw over his stomach.

T’charrl didn’t know where he would start with his training, he hoped there was going to be somewhere to train where he’d not hurt anyone and able to try calming his abilities down. Pressing his claws together a little, he smiled at Takeshi and gave a little nod, “Yeah, it really is…I mean, uhh, I-I don’t think you’re dim either!” he spoke quickly, rubbing his chest a little, “I think I ended up like this because I lost my mind, I thought I could hold all that energy because I was confident I was stronger than the General since his was artificial, but…I couldn’t. That was pretty stupid of me, but he would had destroyed the city and if I released it there would had been huge fallout”. Feeling a little down for a moment, he hardly realised Shu had been mobbed by some more of the creatures, this time a slightly bigger one was trying to show him up. Looking to Takeshi before down to the scene, he tilted his head as he tried to make sense to what he was hearing from what was being talked about.

Shu felt a little confused, but he wasn’t threatened by the little creature trying to defend his child. He wasn’t going to hurt the child and it would be absurd if there was any thought towards that at all. Tilting his head to the side as he stared at the creature, he gave a quick nod before shooting a quick glance up at Takeshi, giving him a wave. There was nothing of concern going on down here, his eyes looking back to the alien, feeling a little confused over the aggression being shown, “Ooh? I have a home”, he spoke, but soon the child ran right up to him, grabbing onto his trousers. Giving a little nod, he smiled, rubbing his head, “I fell down”, he spoke, scratching his fingers through his hair, “I wouldn’t hurt anybody, I only hurt bad people who hurt good people. I came from the sky…”

[GambolMuse]

Yumi was quick to get back on the offensive after being knocked away, springing right up and answering Viral's punches with a flurry of kicks. Thanks to her extensive training with martial arts she was just as adept with kicks as anything else, and could deliver them in quick succession. The first one surprisingly enough connected, and from there she continued her little barrage. With a good many successful hits it didn't take long to overwhelm her friend, ultimately knocking him down onto the ground as a result. As soon as Viral had fallen she stopped, standing before him and bouncing lightly on the balls of her feet, holding her fists up at the ready. The Beastman took a moment to rise back up to his feet, and when he did he was holding his stomach, worrying Yumi a little. Lowering her fists she stopped moving about, standing steady footed and biting down on her lower lip uncertainly. "Are you okay...? I didn't agitate a wound did I?" she asked, immediately looking for some trace of blood beneath Viral's paw. "Should we stop?"

"Nah, you're not stupid. You made a mistake, everyone does. Hell, I made a bigger mistake than you did about a year ago, and I'm still paying for it. So... Really aside from you changing your mistake isn't all that bad. I mean everything worked out in the end right? The General was arrested, your people are going to be all the better for it. And you're out here with us, traveling around and seeing new worlds. I'd hardly call that a mistake." Plus once they trained T'charrl to control his powers they could see about getting him back to his old self. Once that happened, and it was going to one way or another, there would be literally no downside to what was done. Still watching his brother he spotted the new aliens, immediately noting how protective they were of the smaller animal. Must be their parents, Takeshi mused, smiling happily at the thought. Leaning over he rested his arms across his knees, watching Shu handle the situation below. It was doubtful there was a need for them to become involved, these creatures certainly weren't what they were looking for and hardly seemed imposing at all.

The father wasn't very thrilled at having his son with the alien, this one simply couldn't be trusted. There was no way of knowing who he was or if he was with those visitors from before, or he could be completely unrelated. Hearing Shu's reply about not harming them didn't totally settle his nerves, but the alien was going to have to take what he could get for now. Having his child becoming affectionate towards this thing in their home certainly complicated things. "Sky...? From sky like enemy, or from sky like gods?" There were an awful lot of things coming from the sky as of late, things they had never seen before. Why did there have to be so many strange beings coming into their homes and lives now? The gods were fine, they were helpful, but all these visitors were just plain annoying. "If you have home, go home. Not our home, not yours."

"He friend father! Friend! No hurt us, promise! Nice!" the child argued, tugging on Shu's leg again before finally letting him go and waddling over to the berries. Picking one up he smiled cheerfully, offering one up to the young Saiyan. "Friend, he's nice. We show him god, they agree. Yes?"

"If god say he good, then he good. If not, god kill him." They were not the right ones to pass judgment, regardless of what they thought. If he killed this alien and the gods did not approve then it would be just as bad as those other aliens returning, perhaps even worse. The gods helped them, but could be violent towards those who opposed them, so it was crucial they remain in their favor. "You, alien. Alone? Others? Tell me."

[Mogtaki]

Viral was in quite a bit of discomfort, it was especially painful when he wasn’t able to stand up straight after that. He was having a pretty hard time hiding his frustration over what happened, his eyes staring down at first before Yumi started showing concern towards him. He didn’t like the fact that she was showing any at all, especially considering they were training in the first place and would have to get hurt like that to improve. Backing off a little, he growled lowly, removing his paw, “I’m fine! There is no wound, only weakness…” he spoke, looking at his paw as if checking for himself, “You shouldn’t need to stop just because you exploited a weakness! You should have continued…”

Feeling a whole new annoyance over his pain, he growled as he moved back into a fighting stance, simply ignoring the winded feeling for now. He didn’t need to put up with that, he wasn’t one to be pitied just because he was injured. She shouldn’t need to feel bad about it, he was the one who failed to block that move just because he wasn’t all there in his head, “Well?? Learn to exploit an enemy’s weakness! It doesn’t matter if it’s me!” Moving in after her, he threw in a load of punches at her, trying to use her moment of concern against her as if trying to make himself feel better about getting struck down.

T’charrl still couldn’t help but feel very stupid, despite everything he had done to save the city. He should had thought it through better, he should had been trying to train his energy more and concentrating on better ways to disperse a lot of energy before any of this could had happened. While he was taking in Takeshi’s words, he still felt a little depressed that he had allowed his life to go in this direction, “I guess that’s true…but, would you had even brought me with you if I couldn’t…you know, heal wounds and injuries…?” he asked, lowering his head a little, “I mean, I don’t mean to be rude…but…I guess I just feel scared of being alone with this. You can be honest with me, I won’t get mad…”

Shu was trying his best, but he just didn’t know how to handle other people let alone aliens who spoke with great difficulty. He could see that they were saying other words as well from their mouth movements, but the scouter was only able to translate the most simple of words. He felt like he was talking to himself from a few years back when he first tried speaking the Earthen language, his eyes staring down at the creature. Smiling a little, he tilted his head at the mention of ‘gods’, he himself not being very familiar with that word, “Ooh? Like adventurer! I don’t want to hurt nice people”, he spoke, giving a nod, “I was looking for some monsters and evil things to get rid of. I would like home too…”

Squeaking a little when the small alien tugged his trousers again, he turned slightly when it went over to the berries, picking one up for him and handing it over to him. Smiling delightfully, he took the berry, nibbling on it quite happily. At least the little one was nice, but the bigger one was definitely a little harder to reason with. They were going on about that ‘god’ thing again, Shu not feeling terribly concerned with the meaning of it all, “Oooh? Why would god do that?” he questioned him, tilting his head before he looked up to his brother, “No, my brother and friend are up there! They’re nice too, wanted to enjoy planet”.