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

[Mogtaki]

Shu wasn’t too sure about that idea, it seemed a little odd to have to steal something when he had been told it was wrong to do that before. He didn’t know what else to suggest, he probably would have had a better time asking the General how they were going to get food. Scratching his head, he looked around to try and get an idea on what he should do before he looked up to Takeshi, “Whatabout the rock, though? We got that rock, so maybe we can still use it to get money…?” he asked curiously, tilting his head a little, “I don’t know what other use can come out of it…do you know? What were we supposed to do with it, anyway? Unless you know how to steal food, but I don’t want to hurt people…”

Viral couldn’t help but feel a little bit suspicious with Yumi willingly agreeing to what he wanted to do, especially when she had been the type to usually try and suggest something else instead. Giving her a fairly suspicious look he looked towards the door before making a slow walk after her as she began to head on out, “Yeah, yeah. Heard it all before”, he mumbled, knowing she wouldn’t use all of her strength in the first place considering how frail he was. It was truly a horrible feeling, he was just glad he would never know what old age felt like. Moving out the door with her, he slowly looked around as if checking to see who might be spying on them if there was ever going to be one, “…Hmph, did this with Vegeta this morning…he was hardly happy with me”, he spoke, shaking his head, “He quickly abandoned it after he punched me in the stomach. I wasn’t finished with him, I hope you’re not going to back out…”

[GambolMuse]

"We could sell it I suppose... If we really wanted to. I just find it weird they'd give you a random rock, there's got to be something to it." If they really needed to sell it though then they would, as he'd rather have a full stomach then some cool rock as a souvenir. Takeshi had no plans on hurting anyone as Shu suggested, he figured he could steal without anyone having to even notice. At his brother's behest against it though he opted not to do it. That is, until they happened upon an opportunity to get some food with very little guilt involved. Down the road he could see a group of soldiers, the very same that just the other day had been rather rude to other people. Surely stealing from them was justified, yeah? Takeshi grinned thoughtfully, putting out an arm to his side to keep his brother back as he looked back at Shu. "Hey, go on over towards that alleyway," he explained, gesturing to one just down to their left, "I'm going to get us some food. I'll take it from those soldiers, they're jerks anyways."

Yumi was honestly a bit excited to try this, as she and Viral very rarely ever sparred anymore. The last time was years ago, and even in his tired state she was confident he could keep her busy. Whilst waiting on him to get out she started to stretch, raising her arms up over her head and folding one behind the other to add pressure. When he came out she was crouched, one leg stretched out to the side. Smiling up at him happily she hopped to her feet, cocking her head as Viral spoke about Vegeta. "I'm not going to be hitting hard anyways, it's a sparring match. So don't worry about me walking off on you," Yumi assured, smiling as she stood upright and lifted a hand to scratch at one of her ears. "So whenever you're ready, we can start. I really want to try this."

[Mogtaki]

Shu smiled a little, giving him a nod, “Uh huh, she did say we should sell it since it’s apparently valuable”, he said quickly, looking around just incase others were listening in, “She gave it to us with the fruit for…you know, saving her son from the evil people. I think it was the General who took him, honestly, since I don’t see others around here who would want someone like that? Then again…he wanted you to kill everyone, right? They kept the guy alive instead”. He was rather confused, the only people who would order someone like a Prince to be kept prisoner would be someone with high authority and that pointed towards the General, but saying to kill everyone was contradicting them wanting the Prince to be kept alive. Tilting his head in confusion, he looked off to Takeshi again and tilted his head, his eyes quickly going off to the alleyway, “Oohh…uhhh, o-okay! Be careful…” The thought of stealing from anyone here was rather risky, he didn’t know how it was supposed to be accomplished either. Running off to the alleyway, he looked around slowly as he headed further in, feeling a little enclosed but otherwise good to stay here for even a short time.

Viral would probably take it easy on Yumi as well, he didn’t want to end up using his claws on her when she could be caught unprepared by them. He remembered tearing open Korian’s chest fairly easily when he was battling for his life, the thought fairly fresh in his memory even though he could barely make him out during the battle. He was a killing machine, there was nothing protector-like about him which definitely did make him confused over his true purpose. Looking up to Yumi again, he watched her carefully for a second before he cracked his knuckles, “Still, don’t be afraid to tell me I hurt you, or something”, he spoke, slowly moving into a suitable position that wasn’t too painful for him to hold, “I don’t even know how well you’d heal up if I hit you too hard because I had a flashback or something stupid”. Sure enough he was quickly moving again, throwing punches at her with sore limbs in hope that they would quickly become relieved through the variety of stretching it provided.

[GambolMuse]

"We can decide what to do with the rock later, yeah? Figure we should all vote what to do, since it doesn't belong to just one of us. Because what will we do with money on this planet once we leave?" Maybe they could buy one more thing before departing, perhaps a sword for himself. Takeshi got a bit excited at that prospect, rather eager still to have something akin to what the General had. Hearing that the aforementioned Kaesstrian might have stolen the Prince away he gave Shu a curious look, lifting a hand to scratch at his head. It seemed like that, he would admit, but it didn't seem likely. Why catch someone only to send essentially a hit squad after them later? It didn't make a lot of sense, and it didn't change the opinion of the General. They had him as a potential suspect, but not a likely one. Intent on getting some food from the less-than-favorable soldiers Takeshi urged his sibling to go hide down an adjacent alleyway, smiling mischeviously. "Of course I'll be careful, don't worry." He'd be in and out well before anyone even knew what happened, he was sure of that.

Once Shu was well out of sight Takeshi looked back at the soldiers, feeling disdain as he stared them down. This ought to knock them down a notch or two, he mused, smiling as he started to walk towards a crowd. He had to be outside of their field of view to do this, otherwise they might suspect something. As he was engrossed in a crowd of civilians. It was fairly easy to get out of view, and once he was confident he was hidden the Saiyan made his move. Assuming these people were rather slow by comparison he used as much speed as he could, vanishing from the crowd in a blink and racing towards the table. They'd feel a bit of a gust as he sped past, but with no hint of his presence Takeshi snatched up a platter of seared fruit and a large loaf filled with various goodies. Dashing right into the alleyway the older boy had a bright grin on his face, chuckling triumphantly while offering both foods over to his sibling. "Told you! What one do you want buddy?"

"Give me a little credit Viral, I'm not a porcelain doll." Yumi replied, smiling as she readied herself. "If I can't keep going believe me, I'll say, but it'll take a lot to bring me to that point. After all, I did have one of the best teachers growing up." Her eyes focused solely on her friend she immediately went into action as soon as his body budged, following his movements as best she could. At the first punch she threw one of her own to block, deflecting the second with her forearm. A third was easily dodged by craning her head to the side, but the final in the flurry came in a bit unexpectedly quick, knicking her jaw and making her eyes widen in surprise, stumbling backwards before smirking. "You hit a girl!" she teased, rushing in and responding with a few attempted punches of her own.

[Mogtaki]

Shu ran on into the alleyway pretty deep, feeling pretty unsure to what could possibly happen when it came to getting food. He was trying to figure out just how Takeshi was going to get the food without any of them finding out, but it was always hard to work out problems and possibilities like that when he had never seen them successfully pulled off. He wasn’t someone who hadn’t stolen before, he didn’t know it was bad when he was hungry and looking for food. Waiting in the alleyway for Takeshi he looked around, his eyes on the walls of the buildings for a little longer than he wanted to stare. It was fair intimidating, it felt as if they were closing in on him and yet he wasn’t moving. He didn’t like it, every second he was staring at the walls all he could think about was being trapped in that cage back at the palace, the tight constricting shackles being placed on him again as he slowly squatted down, holding his tail right up until he heard the sound of Takeshi approaching. Quickly letting go of his tail and making a short rush towards the end of the alleyway, Shu bounced right on over to Takeshi, giving him a big smile, “Ooh! Ooh! What’s that, what’s that??” he asked him quickly, taking a look at the fruit curiously, “Ooohhhh…what if we had half and half…?”

Viral gave her a suspicious look as if her suggestion that she had a good teacher meant she had been going off and finding somebody else to teach her. Grumbling a little, he threw out his attacks with the hopes that he would be able to find himself being able to do something that would further his healing. He was definitely low on energy, the sunshine only keeping him active when he had no food to help recovery. Managing to get a hit close to her face, he watched her carefully but was rendered confused at her claim, not actually sure to what she meant, “What…? What does that-“ Before he could even question it, Yumi had made her move to which he didn’t really have the concentration for blocking them. Taking the first one, he stumbled back a little with another punch knocking him off balance and instead kicked up as he fell on his back with a thud.

[GambolMuse]

That had worked almost too well, Takeshi couldn't believe how easily he'd pulled one over on those men. They were jerks anyways, so if they had to go and steal some more themselves then oh well. Nearly laughing as he hurried over to where Shu was hidden he slowed as he entered the alleyway, flashing his brother a bright smile whilst brandishing his goods. "Told you! Now which do you want?" he asked cheerfully, offering both up. "I've got no idea what they are really, but they look good. Figured there's here enough for a meal for each of us." Shu opted to split the food right down the middle, and that was a perfectly fine idea. However Takeshi had another one as he looked at his smaller sibling, and without prompt he first handed over the platter to Shu. After that he broke the bread in two, handing half of that over as well. "You're still growing, so you need more than me," he said, smiling before plopping down onto his backside and crossing his legs. This bread was at least enough to hold him over for a bit longer, and it certainly smelled tasty enough. Taking a bite out of it a smile spread across his face, delighted by how flaky and buttery the bread tasted, and the fruit mixed in made it even better. "Eat up Shu!"

For someone who was going on that he was weakened that punch sure had been solid. Not enough to knock her off of her feet, but certainly hard enough to make Yumi reel a bit. Smiling happily at the fact Viral had strength still enough to do that much she moved in for her turn, doing as he did and throwing a series of quick punches. Expecting some blocks or dodges she instead hit with both her strikes, ultimately sending the Beastman flat on his back. Blinking in surprise she hesitated briefly before going over to him, offering a hand while smiling apologetically. "Round one goes to me I guess?" she asked, hoping she hadn't really hurt Viral. "If you're up for another go I am. Though if you land enough hits like that I'm going to end up on my back pretty soon too."

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know what any of that food tasted like or how his stomach might handle it, but he still wanted it in him and really wanted to know what it tasted like as he consumed its goodness. Sniffing the air around the food curiously, he looked up to Takeshi as he was offered part of the food. Taking hold of the platter curiously, he looked back up at Takeshi and smiled a little, still feeling guilty nevertheless, “You sure? I don’t want to be taking for the sake of it”, he sighed, moving closer to Takeshi and properly sitting down with the food in his lap, “Okay! I will!” Picking up his food he munched into it, his eyes going to the alleyway’s walls every so often. After talking to Takeshi before, he probably should tell him how he felt right now and the scare he had before he arrived with the food. Shuffling a little on the spot, he swallowed what he had and lowered his head a little, “Umm…when you were gone…this place was scaring me”, he spoke, his voice quiet, “It felt like it was closing in, like the place the Saiyans kept me in. I didn’t like it…but I feel better now that I’m with you…”

Viral let out a groan as he slowly shifted his arms down and pushed his back off the ground, feeling pretty bad right now for having a rather bad fall after that hit. Looking up at her hand, he huffed as he took hold of her hand and slowly pulled himself up, “…I guess…” he mumbled, managing to get back to his feet. Giving his head a rub, he stared at her as if she had managed to properly humiliate him just with that hit, but sure enough he went back into a stance as he tried to focus on getting back into the game, “Enough playing around…that’s not happening again”. Moving immediately after her again he began to punch out, moving forward with each hit as if to try and overwhelm her before she could do anything about it.

[GambolMuse]

With food aplenty for both himself and Shu the two boys took a seat, ready to dig into their "borrowed" meal. Takeshi opted to give more to his brother for the time being, figuring he needed it a little more. After all, he'd gone near over a year probably eating next to nothing, and the few weeks since then had likely not undone the damage. He could skip a meal if it meant Shu got back to his old self again. Munching on his portion of the loaf contentedly the two ate in relative silence for a few moments. Eventually Shu spoke up, catching his elder sibling in mid-bite as he did so. Turning his eyes to glance over Takeshi kept quiet as Shu told him about how he had felt, chewing thoughtfully for a second afterwards. Offering a small smile in reassurance he moved a bit closer, holding his meal in one hand and wrapping his free arm around his brother's shoulders like before. "Not a fan of tight spaces? I'll keep that in mind, but sorry for leaving you in a place like this. If I had known I'd have told you to go somewhere else." It was nice that he could remedy the situation, but that didn't make the issue go away. "Are you okay to eat, Shu? We could save it for later if you're feeling down."

"You can still win the next one, so don't get down on yourself yet!" Yumi urged, smiling as she helped Viral to his feet. Once he was good and steady she backed off a bit, holding up her fists and starting to bounce slightly on her feet, old fighting habits kicking in. From behind her arms she giggled softly, peeking up over her hands and giving a wink. "But I like playing!" Hardly a second after she had answered to that the Beastman was on the offensive again, driving her back as she hastily blocked another flurry of punches. He was still fast too, given his injuries, and she had to be attentive to watch where his strikes were going. Backpedaling and throwing up her guard Yumi was unaware of a small dip in the yard, heading right towards it. As soon as her back foot landed in it she stumbled, one of Viral's punches going through and catching her in the shoulder, spinning her sideways slightly. A second hit her in the upper arm, making her stumble until a final one hit her in the cheek, knocking her off her feet and onto her backside. "Ouch!" she mumbled, though still smiling as she gave her cheek a rubbing, looking up at Viral happily. "And you said you're weak..."

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know how he was supposed to deal with all these insecurities and bad memories popping up all the time, all he did was keep quiet about it before except for his outburst when they were practising for the people after they caught the big sea monster. While he didn’t mean for that to happen and just put it down as something else, he felt he needed to tell Takeshi about these sorts of things now that he knew it was okay to speak up about it. Looking to Takeshi as he wrapped his arm around his shoulders he gave a little nod, already feeling better with his act of comfort. He didn’t really feel the need to move anywhere to eat and wasn’t feeling depressed enough to stop eating, especially when he was rather hungry still, “I’m okay, it’s just…back in the palace, we were held in tight places that stopped Ki from damaging it…except Mister Viral; he was held all the time by someone. I couldn’t see what they were doing, but it sounded awful. He kept yelling and screaming…I think that was the worst part about staying there”.

Viral didn’t want to give up quite yet, but he was hoping that he wasn’t going to end up using up all his energy just from throwing out a few punches. If he was to say he was struggling at all, it was staying standing up. His legs were a little weak as all his energy was focused up into his fists just so he could prove to be a tiny challenge to Yumi. Watching Yumi as he threw out the hits, he watched her go down and immediately he backed off, giving her a bit of space as he stared down at her. He didn’t know how much he might had hurt her if he had put a little more strength into his hits, but despite hitting hard he didn’t feel as if he could manage trying to pick her up again while his legs were feeling weak, “You have no idea…” he mumbled, looking to his hands before tightening them again, “I can’t help you up unless you want me falling on you…so c’mon, let’s go again. I shouldn’t had hit your face…”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi almost wanted to ask just what had gone on while in captivity, but even Shu's basic recounting told him it was better left unsaid. He'd never known it had quite been that bad, for his brother or Viral. Constant torture... It was no wonder the Beastman was the way he was now. That made the Saiyan feel pretty bad for being so impatient with his problems, especially now that he had a better idea of just how severe they might be. "You're never going back to that place, not as a prisoner anyways," Takeshi said gently, smiling as he gave a half-hearted hug to Shu. For a moment he just went back to nursing his meal, nibbling at hit slowly while he watched people walk by the mouth of the alley. Some looked their way, but most went on without a care in the world. It was odd, but in a way he kind of liked this, being out away from the world in a way. "Now... I figure we go talk to some of the politicians or some of these "benefactors" of the General's, see what they know. Want to come along, or do you want to go home while I do it?"

Yumi was abashed to have landed on her bottom like that, feeling moderately foolish for tripping herself up. Smiling sheepishly she got back to her feet, dusting herself off and giving Viral a hard look. "Oh come on, I can take a hit you know." she replied, wiping her cheek and taking a stance again. "If I'm going to be hitting you then you're going to hit me, that's how it works. So no apologizing, okay? Let's just spar and have fun with it." With emphasis on the "fun" part Yumi gave a soft snarl, her ears folding back as she got down on all fours, dashing at Viral in such a manner. It was easier to move like this more than ever, and while still unusual for her she did enjoy it. When she got close enough she straightened up, rather than going for a strike trying to essentially 'glomp' Viral, giggling as she threw herself at him. "Come here and give me a hug Viral!"

[Mogtaki]

Shu still had the problem of struggling to keep his mind together, but he was still going to put up with it and keep happy while he could appreciate his freedom. Giving Takeshi a little nod, he smiled at him calmly, looking down to his food again, "Uh huh, it will be nice when we free everybody else too...and your friend's families too", he nodded, going back to his food when he was all but done feeling bad about his situation he had been in before in the past. The food was great, it was definitely taking his mind off everything and with Takeshi being there it couldn’t had been better. Letting out a sigh as he patted his chest, he looked to Takeshi as he spoke up again, giving a little nod, “Uh huh…I guess so. What if they get the idea that we’re doing some of that investigating stuff?” he asked curiously, preferably not wanting to think about it but it was inevitable, “I mean, what if the General gets mad? We would be better making a trap, or something…”

Viral was fairly ready to defend himself against Yumi’s possible attacks, feeling gradually like he was getting into the spirit of fighting again. He just needed a little bit of time, that’s all. If he was going to get into fighting properly and being able to get back into the spirit of things, he would probably need to do this and get onto going up against real opponents. Watching Yumi carefully, he felt a little confused as Yumi went into a crouch before dashing, trying to jump at him with the demand that he’d hug her. Panicked a little, he made a sudden jump to the side, landing on the ground with a hard thump just to get away from her, “Agh! What are you doing??” he asked out, immediately trying to get up but struggling to do so, “I’m not giving you anything!”

[GambolMuse]

"Yeah... It will be nice..." Takeshi mumbled, smiling slightly. Leaning back against the stone he glanced up above them, staring at the crack of sky visible to them from the alleyway. If their plan worked then his squad would be perfectly safe from their father's wrath. But what about everyone else they had met and helped so far? There was a lot that needed to be done, and it all seemed to be far too much for them to take on. Sighing to himself he finished the final few bites of his bread, wiping his mouth with his hand as Shu spoke up again. "Trap who, the politicians? Don't you think that'd end badly though, especially if they end up being innocent? If we trap a good guy then it might make things worse for us, and we'll need friends if we're going to find whoever is responsible. Though... Maybe we can find someone that isn't supporting the war." Takeshi got to his feet, a partial smile tugging on the corners of his lips. "What if we found someone higher up who was against the war? They might know names and could point us in the right direction. We can definitely ask who is against it."

Yumi expected Viral to let her have her fun, but was very quickly rejected instead. Yelping as he dodged to the side she landed flat on her front, her face sliding slightly along the grass in the process. For a moment she laid like that before pushing herself off the ground and into a sitting position, blinking confused through some grass that hung to her visage. "I was trying to give you a hug! Why is that so bad?" Lifting a hand to wipe her face clean she quirked an eyebrow in reply to Viral, not getting his aversion. Sighing to herself she got up onto her feet, helping Viral to his by grabbing his arm and giving a small tug. "Sorry, I won't try that again, I promise," Yumi apologized, smiling meekly as she dusted herself off. Exhaling a bit to relax hereself she straightened out her posture, looking at her friend curiously as they simply stood there. "Do you want to keep training? I got that out of my system, I'm really ready now."

[Mogtaki]

Shu finished off his food quite happily and wiped down his front, feeling pretty content with their stolen food haul. He didn’t mind it if the food came from somewhere that could be easily replaced, but if Takeshi took the food from somebody who was needing it or didn’t deserve it to be taken then he was going to oppose the actions taken. Feeling pretty content except for the fact of where they were, Shu looked up to Takeshi curiously as he talked about the plan but his side of the plan, tilting his head as he tried to think to where he might end up finding somebody who opposed the war. It seemed as if the citizens weren’t exactly aware with how they walked along without a care, they would need to search pretty deep for someone who might oppose the war, “Okay…how do we find them? I don’t know anybody who would be…then again, I don’t know anybody here”, he said quickly, shaking his head, “Except you-know-who and his family…and the Captain…and the doctor, sorta…”

Viral let out a groan as he lay on the ground, his hand going to his ribs for a moment as he stared up into the sky. He didn’t know why she had decided to do that, all it did was put his health in danger. He was fairly worn down already just from those frights, it’s as if she wanted him to be too worn down. Looking up to her as she approached and pulled him up by the arm, he grumbled as he was brought back to his feet, shifting them slightly as he gave his head a rub, “You’re too big for that stuff! If you rammed into me like that, you probably would had knocked me out”, he grumbled, rubbing the back of his neck, “I would rather I kept training…but now you’re just making me really dizzy…”

[GambolMuse]

"Then I guess we're going back there, aren't we?" Or rather, Shu was going back. They needed to find a means of learning who took what side without arousing suspicion. If this Prince or the Queen could direct them then that'd bypass a whole load of troubles, and they could possily get off of this planet sooner than they thought. He didn't know who the Captain or doctor were, someone else that his brother had met earlier most likely. "Do you remember how to get back to that place? Or should we go back and ask Yumi for directions?" It might be a long shot, but it seemed reasonable to think there was at least one spy in the city working for the other side, that's just how war tended to go. Either way they had to get out of the alleyway, and so grabbing Shu's hand in his he lead his brother out onto the street, releasing it now that the kid wouldn't feel quite so claustrophobic. "And I'm going to let you do the talking when we do get there," Takeshi whispered, keeping close to be heard over the crowd. "They don't know me, so it's probably best you ask."

"Sorry... I just figured it'd be funny..." Yumi mumbled, pressing her fingers together and glancing down at her feet. It had been quite a while since that had been done, she supposed, years in fact. She could clearly recall doing it before though as a child, and how happy Viral had been when she did it. Clearly that idea wasn't going to work anymore, which was a sore disappointment. She had hoped to spark some of that joy he used to have and cheer him up when all it did was surprise and anger him. "If you want to take a breather for a few seconds we can keep training? I can go get you a glass of water or something and we could sit for a few minutes. U-Unless of course you just want to start right away?" So long as he wasn't trying to go off and hide somewhere she figured they were making good progress. Yumi would gladly keep this up all day if it meant soon having their friend back to the way he was.

[Mogtaki]

Shu tilted his head, not entirely sure to what Takeshi meant when he said that, “Ooh? Back? Where?” he questioned him, eventually looking away and giving his head a scratch, “Oohhh, I guess you mean back to where I was before…? I-I guess…” He wasn’t too sure as to whether the people there would accept his brother, he had been working for the city here and they might had met him at one time or saw him flying around. Slowly standing with Takeshi, he took hold of his hand as they moved out of the alleyway, Shu keeping close to him as he made a quick rush onto the street. He really didn’t like that at all, but at least his brother was there to comfort him. As he let go of his brother’s hand, he looked up to him for answers to what they might end up doing, moving closer to him so he could hear what he was saying, “Oooh? Uh huh…uhhh, I might know the way, but maybe Yumi knows better?” he asked up, moving away a little, “Are you sure that would be okay? They might not like you going anywhere near them because they don’t know you”.

Viral looked to Yumi but looked away again, slowly folding his arms. He had only managed to make Yumi upset again, it seemed to be something he often did lately. He seemed to manage to do that all the time lately, everybody was just getting angry or fed up with him and all he felt he was doing was managing to pull down everybody’s moods. He didn’t know if he wanted to train anymore, he’d probably just upset her some more and through the tone of voice she was giving him it was all sounding a little forced. Looking back to her with a quick glance, he let out a sigh and just rubbed his wrists, “We can stop now, I don’t think I can progress anymore, anyway”, he spoke calmly, not letting her get any wrong ideas, “If you want, you can get something to eat. You’ve been out most of the morning doing who knows what and all I’ve done is manage to get lost and be picked up by Saiyans instead”.

[GambolMuse]

The best course of action seemed to be going to the Queen and asking for her help. Takeshi thought so at least, but clearly Shu wasn't entirely sure himself. As they stood at the edge of the street discussing their next move his sibling was proving to be a little difficult. "They're probably our best bet for finding who we can trust in this place," the elder boy stated plainly, frowning a bit as he thought hard over what Shu had to say. "But if you think I won't be welcome, what if you and Yumi go back? I'll stay with Viral while you two go, and then if it's not too late you and I can go meet whoever they have here, how does that sound?" It was certainly something he'd rather do with Shu than without, but if the Queen wasn't going to have him then pushing himself wasn't doing them any good. Starting to walk back towards the house he made certain his brother was close, not wanting to raise his voice too much. "Whoever is going we should do it sooner rather than later, yeah?"

Yumi frowned when Viral opted out of training, confused as to why he was keeping their session so short. "If you insist on stopping... I'm not tired or hungry, not much anyways. If you want to keep going we can." Worried that her hugging had ruined the training session her ears folded back sadly, keeping her eyes down as she sulked towards the house. "I'm sorry for trying to hug you. Maybe if you're not too mad with me we can do something inside? Something relaxing if you want." It wasn't so much pity for his condition driving her to want to be with him anymore. Rather Yumi was just having fun with Viral, enough so that she was hopeful to stay with him for a bit longer. "I was... Well, that was fun, even if it was brief," Yumi mumbled, smiling as she opened up the door and held it for the Beastman. "So I want to keep having fun, if it's okay."

[Mogtaki]

Shu didn’t know whether it would work but it was worth trying, they probably weren’t going to find much here anyway. While the city was interesting and packed with people, he still didn’t see who they would be looking for and what type of person they had to keep an eye out for. Looking to Takeshi as he brought up suggestions, he’d probably need a little guidance if they were going to do that, “If Yumi and I went…how will I know who to look for? What if she didn’t know what to look for? Maybe if we all went…uhhh, then again, Mister Viral would be by himself until the others got back. I don’t think he’d like meeting people”, he sighed, scratching his ear, “I guess we should, I mean…we really should do it now, maybe it would be okay if it was just us two who went. Maybe I can remember where we came from, but there were people who were out there too guarding the place. Maybe we should ask Yumi what to do?”

Viral had completely blown it, it seemed. Yumi was upset again and it was his fault, he didn’t mean to either. Everything was just going to pot for him, he was probably going to lose everyone eventually. Maybe that would be for the better; after all he had been forgotten about completely by Takeshi until it was too late for him. Letting out a sigh he looked elsewhere, off down into the forests for a moment before he made his way towards Yumi as she walked along, his legs feeling particularly wobbly and drained as he pressed onwards. Shaking his head a little, he looked back at her with a fairly neutral expression, “I don’t see why you have to be sorry for simply trying to show affection, anybody else wouldn’t had moved away”, he spoke, not feeling entirely sure to what he wanted to do now. He felt it was probably best to be left alone at this stage, he didn’t want to upset Yumi more and ruin her entire day. Scratching at his chest, he stared at the door calmly, only taking it himself as he moved into the house, “Maybe Shu will be back soon with Takeshi, then I’m sure you two can play and hug all you want to your heart’s desire”.

[GambolMuse]

Shu raised a good point, forcing Takeshi to rethink again. Folding his arms across his chest as they walked he chewed on his lower lip, tossing ideas back and forth in his mind. "If Yumi can point us in the right direction then I don't see why we wouldn't be able to go ourselves. Just remember though if you go with me there's a good chance you're going into the city alone. Unless the guards have a stroke of generosity I doubt they'll let me in." An unfortunate side effect of cooperating with the General, who at the moment wasn't looking to be in the best of light. If his brother couldn't sway opinion in his favor then he'd have to wait outside, which really wasn't that big of a deal. "We'll ask Yumi for directions there, then go ahead and head out to... Wherever it is." Takeshi figured that the others were probably still wandering around the city, so they had some time until they all met up and went over what they had learned. "By the way... Where did you leave the staff? I'm thinking you should bring it with you. If anyone does catch wind of us we'll need a way to fend off everyone without hitting them too hard, and that staff would do the trick."

"I know how you are with open affection though, you don't always like it. So I'm sorry for trying to force it on you." Viral had a history of shirking away from hugs and the likes, even when they were kids he sometimes backed off from them, though in a far more gentle manner. Yumi understood she had been a bit presumptuous in her actions, thinking that just because she wanted him to be cheerful he would be. Back inside the house she turned about to look back at her friend, smiling kindly and folding her hands behind her back. "It's okay, really. Neither of us should be apologizing, it was just a little miscommunication. And they can play with eachother, like I said I want to have fun with you. Or just spend time with you. We haven't gotten to do that in a while." With no enemies knocking on the front door at the moment they finally had a moment to enjoy themselves a bit. Even if Viral just wanted to sit down she would be content with that. Yumi stood to the side of the entryway while waiting for an answer, not moving so much as an inch... Besides her nose twitching. A familiar scent caught her attention, two in fact, and one that she was not overly thrilled to detect.

"I don't know where else we can look, we've looked everywhere." a voice came from outside, Kabocha's by the sound of it. He was the first to the door, grabbing the handle and tugging the door open. "What do we tell them when we meet up? That we came up empty handed?"

"No, we lie and say we found the one we want," Vegeta replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes as he walked in as well. Needless to say their efforts had gone unrewarded. Sighing to himself he shut the door, a bit surprised to see both Yumi and Viral standing at the other end of the room. "Hey you two, we weren't interrupting were we?"
Yumi, not overly thrilled to see one of the Saiyans, managed a small smile for Vegeta's sake. "Nope, we were just coming in to take a break. I hear the search didn't go too well? How come you're back so soon?"

"Kabocha decided to be not so discreet and attract attention to us. So rather than get half the city hunting for his head we came back here. I don't imagine anyone's going to talk to us about anything now." Vegeta shot the other boy an accusatory glance as he sat on the couch, sighing and running a hand through his hair. "Any word from the others yet?"

"No, you're the first ones to get back." Yumi replied, watching Kabocha take the arm chair and settle himself in. It was painful to have him here like this, but they had little choice in the manner. "Everyone should be back pretty soon, which is good. We've got to find out what we're doing for dinner."

[Mogtaki]

Shu gave a little nod, finding it was probably best to go with that plan and see where it leads them. If Yumi knew what they could do then there would be no problem with her coming along with him to try and see what’s they could find out about all of this, he did know they’d probably freely pass on information and find out why this war was happening. Smiling a little, he stared up at his brother before going back to watching where he was going, bouncing a few steps along the way, “It was like a hole, kind of like one we were told to look at but had guards and stuff”, he spoke, giving a quick look around before making another hop, “It was a lot prettier and less smelly, though! The Prince was really well hidden, so maybe the guards might be too so that would be something to watch out for. When asked about his staff he turned to Takeshi again, feeling curious over what he had to say, “Oooh? I left it in my room because I didn’t think I’d need it! So I guess we can go back for that”, he said, giving his cheek a scratch, “I’ll bring it with me! I can’t wait to use it, even if it might be against someone else…I still won’t hurt them very much”.

Viral looked to her, only giving a little shake of his head when she tried to apologise. It wasn’t her fault for trying, anybody else probably would have been happy to get hugged after what they’ve been through but he really didn’t think he deserved it. Moving into the house felt like a fairly big step back in progress, he should had stayed outside in the sun and tried to get better but instead he was forced inside by his own guilt. When she spoke to him again he slowly folded his arms, his eyes diverted elsewhere, “It’s been a while because I was away for a year, it’s no big deal”, he spoke, but just when he thought he was going to be able to relax a little more in the house he could sense the arrival of others, his gaze moving to the door as the sound of muffled voices could be heard before it opened.

Viral wasn’t at all thrilled knowing who was back home, he would had preferred that it was the Princes, even if one of those who came back was Vegeta. Watching both Kabocha and Vegeta as they came wandering in with little care, he kept an especially sharp eye on Kabocha who came in and practically made himself a home. He had no right to just come in and flop down on the chair. Keeping his eyes on him, he eventually diverted to Yumi before to Kabocha again, moving over to him, “Howabout you go out and take care of that instead of making yourself a home?” he spoke up, his gaze fair focused, “You won’t bring any attention to yourself out in the forest, maybe you can even fly off somewhere else and make yourself useful? You still have to prove yourself along with your teammates…”

[GambolMuse]

Takeshi didn't like the idea of a hidden entrance, especially if neither he nor Shu had any idea how to get there. Yumi had best have a darn good memory or otherwise they'd be searching for quite a bit. "The guards should recognize you if you were just there earlier... So we shouldn't have any problems there anyways. So long as one of us can go in then we're fine," he reasoned, nodding to himself. With the very real chance of a fight impending he figured that it might be a good a time as any for Shu to try out his staff, seeing as conventional combat on their part was likely enough to serious hurt a Kaesstrian. Sending a sympathetic smile Shu's way the older boy reached over, patting his back to reassure him. "Hey, just think of them as the bad guys, okay? We've got to help everyone here, and obviously there's some bad people trying to cause trouble. So anyone who picks a fight while we're trying to help is a bad person, makes sense?" It was pretty generalized, Takeshi reflected, but if the shoe fit then they'd fight back.

Yumi was eager to continue her one on one time with Viral. Even if he wasn't smiling yet he seemed to be relaxing a little, and he had technically opened up, which was good. Progress may very well stall though as she noted two people coming up to the house, not overly thrilled by this turn of events. When Kabocha was the first instead she gave him a good glaring at, eyes only leaving the Saiyan when she addressed Vegeta. They hadn't found anything, which while disappointing wasn't overly surprising. Really they had no clue what they were looking for here, it would have been a miracle had they come across anything useful at all. It bothered Yumi a good bit as her former captor seemed to settle right in, wrinkling her nose in disgust at how invasive this moron was. "Viral didn't want to sit and relax or anything, please make yourself at home."

"I didn't see anything on the chair that said it was his," Kabocha retorted, smirking as he got an angry glance from both Earthlings. Sighing he got up from the seat, putting his hands up with a smirk. "Fine, I'll move. It's lumpy anyways, don't know why anyone would want to sit in it." Seriously, did these people expect him to suddenly be their friend? It was a convenience that their families were going to be saved through this, but to that he owed Takeshi, not these three. Getting a quip out of Viral in turn the Saiyan's smile widened into a grin, cocking an eyebrow mockingly. "You want me to be useful...? The man who can scarcely stand is giving orders to us able bodied people now?"

"Shut your damn mouth already!" Vegeta shouted, glaring up at the other boy furiously. He didn't make any move to get out of his seat, but his energy was starting to flare up, and a fight looked to be plausible with the way things were going. "Seriously, do you just enjoy hearing yourself speak? Or do you have some inferiority complex that demands you put people down to feel better? You've not stopped talking since we started this ridiculous search, and you're going to have your own damn feet shoved down your throat if I have to listen to you one more second!"

Kabocha really wasn't going to bite that one, not when both Vegeta and Yumi looked more than ready to bear down on him. He didn't feel a need to put people down, that was ridiculous, he was just bored. Smiling faintly he started to walk towards the front door, pausing as he got there and looked over his shoulder. "I'll let you take care of this little game of yours, then we save my parents. After that we're done." How in the hell did Takeshi put up with these morons? Rolling his eyes he opened the door, stepping out onto the front lawn for some fresh air.

The brothers were just up the street from the house, and with the building in sight Takeshi was a bit puzzled seeing Kabocha stepping out. He looked moderately annoyed, which for him wasn't anything new. When they got closer though his former squadmate only gave them a passing glance before walking towards and past them, heading down the road away from the house and the city. Where was he sulking off to now? No matter, he wasn't important, and it wasn't as if he'd be going anywhere anyways. Stopping mid-way through the yard Takeshi looked back to Shu, sliding his hands in his pockets and nodding towards the house. "Mind going to ask Yumi for directions? I'll wait out here, since if I'm guessing right I really don't want any of what she is right now."