Fear of what we do not understand

[Geurin]

Open to All, but I need one post from Nam, Zach, Carmine, Royd, Kris, and Ryota in order for this to Work


The two hooded figures made a speedy trip of the distance between between Satan City and the Lookout, and by the time they had finally arrived Zach would be nearly awakened by the healing process.

Landing abrubtly, not looking to see whom was there

Tenshu Arrived. Zach's injury, while no longer detrimental to his life, was still nasty, and would undoubtedly draw attention to it.

Meanwhile, one of the hooded figures, in what to those around would call a disturbing site, ran into the second figure, and then, inexplicably disappeared.

The hood of the second came flying off revealing an older looking Alien creature, to those in the know, this was Kami, to those who did not, it was still a mystery whom this individual was.

"Calm yourself"

He said to zach, as he continued the healing process. No doubt the boy was in pain, his organs practically had to be remade within his body, and this was not an easy process.

[Zach]

The red had gone away, replaced by black, at least for a little while. The battle had been such a strain and his defeat so crushing that Zach knew he had to be dead. The funny thing was what was stuck in his mind, he couldn’t remember if he’d screamed in those last moments or died quietly like a man. Of course with a wound like his no one could fault him for crying out, his guts had been destroyed by a monstrous beating and if the internal bleeding had been given time it likely would have killed him not much longer then it too the goring to.

Zach’s eyes shot open as the memory of getting impaled on that monster’s horn flashed in front of him. He clearly felt the sharp explosion of pain as the spike drove through his midsection, piercing ironically enough strait through his navel and burst out through his back just next to his spine. Then it was gone, replaced by the blurry and agonizing reality around him. Something was wrong, he was still in pain, a lot of it. If he was dead why did he still hurt? Zach couldn’t feel the sharp sting of torn skin any longer, but his insides still hurt as badly as they had when Suki was turning them into mush. There was also a strange feeling, almost like a cloud of contentment hovering in his mind, otherwise he probably would have been trying to move.

Outwardly Zach was a mess. True his powering up during the fight had sealed the small cuts and gashes he’d suffered and likely wouldn’t even leave scars and the Kami’s healing powers had done the same miraculous job to his stomach and back, but the boy had still obviously been completely trashed. He’d vomited such a quantity of blood that some had run up his face when he’d been hunched over Suki’s head, and thoroughly stained his hair. There was more blood spreading down from the middle of his midsection where he’d been impaled. And the top half of his pants were scorched almost to the point of falling apart from the ki blast he’d taken.

“What…” the boy asked, his vision trying to focus on the blurry green figure above him. No not above him, he could feel it now, arms were braced under his back and his legs. This guy was carrying him. He wasn’t dead after all, at least he hoped not. There was a voice but Zach couldn’t understand. He just tried to focus on the figure.

“What… Ung… Did… I… win?… Are… we… safe?” he asked, slurring his words badly as his brain was barely functioning with the amount of blood he had left in his body. Yes he’d remembered quite clearly a moment earlier the epic loss of the battle, but his mind could barely keep one thought strait and that memory had plunged back into the void the instant he tried to speak.

[Nam Reikonaga]

(I feel so uncomfortable with my writing right now… ><)

Nam was lying on the ground, his eyes closed. He couldn’t remember when he exactly fell asleep, nor how long he’s been sleeping; it sorta just happened. He waited for whomever Zach told him to, whomever the raven haired man was waiting for, waited to know whether the blond man had survived, and the time for his and Royd’s questions to be answered. The half-saiyan opened his eyes, which blurred for a moment and then cleared up, revealing the sky. He moved the strand of hair which was bothering his sight and stood up as he realized someone was approaching. If anything woke him up amongst all the silence, it had to be the presence of another entity –along with the familiar but weakened life force.

Nam quickly got on his feet as two hooded men landed on the ground, laying down the body of an injured man. One of them ran into the other and vanished out of thin air, which confused the half-saiyan, making his reaction delay further as he began to recognize the blond shirtless corpse which was resting on the polished tiled floors of the Lookout. The hood on the man standing over Zach fell back and revealed its green complexion. Memories flashed through his mind, back in the events of Central City. He remembered the image of a green man, whom was talking with a small, pink entity, Kyomi. Just what’s happening exactly? he thought to himself. He kept meeting up with people tied to the Meishi incident, what were their roles? How were they involved in all of this? Or perhaps, Nam is the one who became involved?

The speechless saiyan glanced back at Captain Eris and back at the pair that had arrived, within moments he began to run towards them. He waited until they were in speaking distance, shaking off the sudden inexplicable nervousness. “Hey!” he called. As he arrived, he observed the broken down man lying on the ground. “What… happened to him?”

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Royd was relaxing as comfortably as he could manage under the Earth’s oppressive gravitational pull. Just sitting upright had his heart pounding harder then normal to force his blood up and down his body. Still it was better then standing. He wasn’t sure about the exact passage of time himself, somewhere on the order of about a half hour to an hour he reckoned without looking at his suit’s video display. Nam was snoozing by now, not a surprise, he wasn’t the best conversationalist when there was nothing to talk about. Then two figures in robes carrying the shirtless boy flew in, practically right over their heads and landed near the entrance to the building on the bowl shaped platform.

Alarmed to say the least, Royd started to rise, gripping his cane and followed slowly behind Nam. The boy was off like a shot when he recognized Zach and there was no way Royd could keep up with that kind of speed. He wanted to know what was going on as he hovelled his way along, so did what any good telepath would, he used his talents. Casting his mental abilities ahead, Royd decided it best to touch the mind that would know more about what was going in and so directed his power towards the green skinned figure. ‘What a moment, weren’t there two of them?’ Royd wondered, having missed their fusion while he was rising to his feet.

“Excuse me sir. Is that young man Zach. What happened to him?” the telepath asked, projecting his immaterial voice into the Kami’s head.

[Geurin]

Kami's hands were glowing with the bright green Ki for a few more moments before he finally stopped, putting one hand on the ground to support his crouching position, and the other in his pocket, pulling out a pouch of water.
He slowly began to pour the water over zach's forehead, washing away the blood with his other hand. This water would also help sooth zach from the Fever he would have recently experienced.

Meanwhile their arrival had drawn the attention of two other fighters, whom were not regulars on the lookout, one even attempting to communicate via telepathy.

"Captain Eris there is no need for telepathy here, you may speak openly and without secret."

Kami slowly helped to elevate zach's back, in order to get him to sit up, although the pain would be intense, his body was fixed, baring a few minor shifts of his liver and gal bladder. He needed to get zach to focus, and get him speaking on the subject.

"Zach here went and fought Touketsuki Yakedo, Im sure you are both familiar, but if your not the short way of describing him, would be the strongest creature in the universe"

Slightly adding insult to injury Kami said this in a slightly scolding manner, although zach had been beaten within an inch of his life, Kami wanted to make sure that he didnt attempt anything so asinine ever again

The voice sounded familiar to both of the men, To royd it would be the elder whom spoke to him on mt Paozu, and for Nam, the one who stopped Meishi's rampage at central, and gave ample time for help to arrive.

Turning back to zach with the same stern, yet somehow caring tone he spoke once more.
"Zach it is important that you tell us about Touketsuki, we need to know, we cannot defend against a power we do not understand"

The kami knew much about the world around him, but his knowledge of things outside of the earth was fairly poor, he knew only what the Kai's granted he know, and that is simply put, Suki is evil, and stronger than we can imagine

[Toshio Katsuo]

Toshio’s pearl white Aura wrapped around him as he flew in pursuit of the three people he saw pick up the blond haired kid. He had a feeling they were taking him to someplace secure and safe to heal him back to full health. Toshio knew he wasn’t dead, he could feel the kid’s power level. It was barely there, but it was there. He would help in any way he could, he would have even stepped in and helped the boy if he had not be so pre-occupied with something else. He felt somewhat responsible; he could have made it on time if he had been faster. He should have sensed the two high power levels sooner, especially when he had a bad feeling about one. Toshio continued to keep pace with the three hooded figures as they zoomed throughout the land. He knew that they knew he was following them, and if they hadn’t done anything by now then that means he was welcome to follow. Of course, Toshio was going to follow whether they approved of it or not. He had an inkling to care for young ones. He watched as the figures reached what look like a tower, however he couldn’t see the top. He had heard a rumor about a tower like this. The rumor went to go on to explain that at the top of the tower was holy water and whoever drank it would gain incredible strength. He didn’t care about that; all he cared about was the health of the young shirtless one.

As the three figures reached the tower they shot straight up, as did Toshio. The tower seemed to go on forever but this left Toshio with time to think. He thought about what might happened if and when they got to the top. What would be at the top? That was a question he would have to wait for it to be answered. For what seemed like days, which was only a few minutes, the half-breed Saiyan finally got a glimpse of what looked like a small building. He was starting to slow his speed down when he noticed that the three figures didn’t and flew straight past the building. He was caught at odds for a few seconds but thought it best to follow the others. He could make out a rather small pole that seemed to lead up even further into the clouds above. Soon another building came into view. It was quite a bit larger that the last and he assumed that this was where the flight ended. He watched as the three figures went up and over the large floating building. They then landed soft and smooth on the surface. Toshio stopped in the air, his aura disappearing and looked the area over. There were what looked like palm trees scattered around and then there was what looked like a temple of sorts near the other end of the building. It looked to him that the thing was a lookout. It’s what he would call it to the best of his description. His eyes then reverted back to the three figures. He watched as one of the figures simple ran into the other. It seemed to Toshio that an absorption of sorts just happened. He then watched as the two that fused together disappeared. While quite puzzled at this, he didn’t have time to dwell on that. His focus was the kid.

He watched the third figure pulled his hood down and he saw that it was a Namekian. He watched as the green alien used what looked like a healing ki technique on the young blonde haired boy. He then began to lower toward the lookout silently. He didn’t want to make a ruckus and draw attention to himself. He lowered himself to within earshot of the Namekian so he could hear what he would say. He continued to watch the Namekian as he poured water onto the young warrior’s head. He then heard him mention a name. Captain Eris. This proposed him to look around good, he had been so concentrated on the Namekian and yellowed hair boy that he didn’t bother to recognize any other power levels. He noticed two other power levels and people on the lookout. Plus, now that he had the time to sense power levels he felt several more off in the distance that were going quite fast and he assumed they were headed here as well. What is this? A gathering of sorts? Did they know about the kid too? He would ask those and more later when there was time. He then continued to listen to the Namekian he told of what happened to Zach, and that he went and fought some person named Touketsuki Yakedo. He didn’t know of that person, but he had seen them leave. He couldn’t make out anything more than a very tall figure with horns. Something that couldn’t be nice. He then heard the alien mention that the creature was the most powerful being in the universe. This took back Toshio quite a bit although he remained quite and continued to focus on the Namekian.

He watched as the green alien turned his attention to the blond haired kid and spoke. Toshio learned of the kid’s name, Zach. He listened as the Namekian beckoned to Zach that he should tell them about the creature. Information was a good place to start. Toshio had not even noticed that he had moved forward to where he was quit near the others and nearly touching the tiles that lay upon the surface. He landed with a soft thud that was barely hearable and watched and waited for the young boy known as Zach to speak.

[cerealciller]

Yoko being her normal carefree self was doing what she called fun, which was flying high in the sky watching the scenery change. The dark green grass that was far beneath her slowly changed to a forest of tall trees. As she flew she let her hands hang downward, but when ever she saw something out of place or different she pointed at it and say "Spotted!". This brought back memories of when she used to play this game with her father, however when they placed spotted he was usually attacking her trying to teach her how to keep her eyes open and be ready for anything. Yoko was having so much fun doing this time after time for what seemed to be miles. Her smile was huge she exposed every tooth she possibly could, The eighteen year old Blue-banged girl was just like a little child when it came to anything outside of training.

Laughing out loud, she started to spin and twirl in the air. It was strange she was so far form home, stranded on a different planet far far away from her own with no family alive to speak of. Yet she felt at peace; Maybe it was the way the sun beat down on the back of her neck, or maybe the fact that she was able to get to see these beautiful sites. Whatever it was she had no negative thoughts run through her mind at all. The blue banged girl them closed her eyes while still flying forward taking a deep breath, the air tunneled into her nostrils as she then exhaled blowing all the air out her mouth. This is so relaxing she thought as she started to rise making sure she did not run into anything while she was flying with her eye closed.

Pow

The Blue bang girl had ran into some sort hard wall. Her eye opened wide as she looked a head to see that it was a huge tower in front of her. She then looked downward to see how far she was from the ground. It shocked her to see that she was higher than before and still ran into something. Yoko then looked up to see where the top was. When she looked up she saw nothing but sky and clouds, she was now curious to see where it stopped. she quickly rubbed the top of her head before hastily flying upward as close to the tower as she could.

The tower seemed to go on for quite some time before she noticed it started to open up forming a ball like shape. The first thing that came to her mind was that it was a super big ball like stadium where the biggest and coolest things happen. She couldn't wait to see what was happening up there. Then she felt it, a few different power levels all gathered in one area. she wanted to know what was going on but she didn't know if she would be welcome. As she landed on the top of the tower now seeing that it was flat, for the most part she quickly hid behind the closest thing that could hide her 5'9 thin female frame behind. Sightly poking her head out she looked on at the people who where standing around some green guy and a yellow haired guy without a shirt. Yoko then re-hid herself as she start to blush a little. "Should I have looked at at him... he was almost....almost naked!" she then started to bite her lip still hiding but listening ot everything that was being said from that point on.

[Zach]

In spite of the remarkable repairs to his boy, Zach was still intensely disoriented by his depleted condition and the continued pain from his hastily reassembled organs. Between every labored breath the boy elicited a muted groan and was clenching his eyes shut again. He wasn’t unconscious, just in too much discomfort to do anything else. He heard voices again, one was familiar, then something cool and wet on his face and maybe a hand brushing over his forehead. It was difficult to tell what was going on through the intense pain raging through his body. Another factor that kept Zach from fully understanding what was going on was that he wasn’t on the lookout, at least not in his mind.

Zach was back at home, on the farm with familiar things all around. He must have been sit or injured because he felt terrible. His father was there, sitting beside him, at least it looked like his father, except for the curious way his skin changed back and forth between pink and green and antennae sprouted from his head. But that was normal wasn’t it? His mother wasn’t anywhere to be seen, she was probably downstairs making lunch… Or was it breakfast? It was still to bright outside for it to be near dinner time. ‘Wait a minute, how did I get outside? And when did the farm get palm trees?’ Everything was so right and yet completely wrong. And then the Earth began to shake, or rather tilt. And explosion of new pain erupted within him and his beautiful escape was ruined.

“Errrr!” Zach cringed and couldn’t help but scream as the Kami sat him up. “What’s going on? Where’s the farm?” he asked, the disorientation still lingering but diminished. “Suki, that guy from school, he blew up the town…” he continued and lifted a hand, gripping the first limb he could get a hold of, ostensibly the Kami’s arm. It took a few more moments for Zach’s mind to clear and sort out what was real and what wasn’t. He wasn’t on the farm. Suki wasn’t a school bully, and as much a it felt like it at the moment, the green man holding on to him was not his father.

“Ung…” Zach groaned, another pang of agony shooting though his innards as he tried to sit up completely under his own power. That however required the use of his abdominal muscles which were still very much the consistency of a wet sponge. “Nam? Hey… Looks like I didn’t do too well eh?” he tried to joke, looking up at his friend. He then lolled his head in another direction, catching sight of that guy in the space suit and another man he didn’t recognize before setting eyes on Tenshu.

“I… Remember most of it… What do you want to know?” the boy responded as the green man’s question now finally registered in his mind.

[Nam Reikonaga]

The green man began to speak, and as he did, there was no doubt in Nam’s mind that he was in fact the same green man he saw in Central City. Nam had never seen one before, but the man seemed like a Namekian to him. What was he doing on earth? Earth seemed to have been transforming into some gathering place for all races in the universe. There was so much variety in this planet, humans, domesticated animals, saiyans, and a part from the alleged Namek there wasn’t really any other race the half-saiyan was familiar with –but it still seemed like a lot for one planet. There was also that being he saw in the jar, the one whose power was felt across the entire planet.

“Touketsuki Yakedo…” Nam repeated softly to himself, after being informed by the green man of the entity’s name. Nam never saw this being, but every time he thought about it; he imagined that short thing with white tough armor-like skin with the purple orb, horns, and its repulsive tail –the thing he saw in the jar back in Korin’s Tower, after Nam had deducted that each told the present, past, and future respectively.

Zach began to groan as the green man helped him sit up straight. Nam quickly got on his knees; he was tempted to help, but he was afraid he might cause more harm than good –and so decided to hold off. From the corner of his eye, he thought to have seen someone in the back ground, but wrenched the thought off and returned his attention to the now delusional man sitting at eye level to the half-saiyan. Moments after Nam heard an almost inaudible tap, but it was so quiet he was able to hear it. As he realized there was an unknown man along came the power level. Nam looked at him from below his crouched position, observing his facial expression with his own neutral exterior as he analyzed the man in the green tunic.

Nam concluded the man didn’t pose a threat or danger and shifted his attention back at Zach as he detected the sudden movement of his limbs from his peripheral vision. It seemed the blond man had regained his consciousness and along with it, reason. The half-saiyan smirked at his friend after his failed attempt to make a joke. The shirtless wonder then shifted his attention to the green man in the robe. There was so much Nam was meaning to ask, but he just couldn’t seem to find the right moment to ask. Who was this alleged Namek? Who exactly is Royd? What about the stranger wearing the green tunic? How did any of them fit into this? How did Nam fit into this? Why was Nam asked to come here? Who was Touketsuki Yakedo, and just how strong is he?

A few moments ago Zach was standing in front of Nam, emitting his new found power which seemed to slap Nam across the face. He was glowing with energy and power that baffled the half-saiyan. How’d he get so powerful? Now he was lying before him, totally wrecked, and possibly dead if it weren’t for the green man. Nam found himself looking at the floor as he thought about all of this, and he immediately returned his attention at Zach.

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Royd was still hovelling his way along when he received a reply from the green skinned man in the process of helping the blonde boy to sit up. Royd winced at the sound of the kid suffering and stopped about ten feet from the group to avoid being accidentally knocked over by anyone. This was his third trip between the saucer shaped landing craft and the structure on top of the lookout under the earth’s pull and is was starting to exhaust him, so much so that he’d turned the temperature control unit of his space suit on to keep cool.

“I do not mean to offend or be secretive, but I was more then thirty feet away when I addressed you and did not wish to shout. You may not be aware of my physical condition as I have only been on the planet in person once before. Simply walking from my craft to this building is extremely difficult for me and I did not see the reason in making the additional exertion of yelling to ask a simple question. Not to mention it would have been rude.” Royd sent to the Kami, the entire message taking only a moment as it was faster to think in some cases then to actually speak.

“If you wish to have a vocal conversation I must sit somewhere, and I apologize in advance if my infirmity is in any way inconvenient. You can imagine how being under sixteen times what I consider normal gravity feels like. But don’t let me distract you any further, tend to the boy.” Royd added and terminated his telepathic link to Kami’s mind. He stood silently, leaning heavily on his cane and watched the green man prop the boy up and ask him to describe the battle. To Royd it seemed a little harsh, pressing the teenager after just barely pulling him back from death, but perhaps this green man knew more about physiology then Royd did and knew Zach would be fine, he’d not had enough contact with the other’s mind to know for certain.

[Geurin]

Kami knelt back down to Zach's level, handing him the satchel of water in his hand. He figured the entire ordeal would have left zach dehydrated, and would lead to even greater confusion. It wasnt surprising that Zach had intertwined his battle with suki into his terrible past, those being the two most traumatic experiences of his life.

"Tell us everything you remember, from the begining, anything strange that stood out to you, anything that set this creature apart. How you were feeling at the time. All of these things will help us"


He said encouragingly to the young man before him. Truth be told, Tenshu already knew much about the creature, and had seen zach's fight with Suki, however it would do tenshu no good to spout out the details to those around him now, it would have a much greater effect if explained by the very man to experience it.

Nam appeared troubled by this, it was not surprising. Nam never did have the self confidence he needed, this was the reason he would be so valuable, He did not know it yet, but Nam would be an existentialist part of the future plans the Kami had laid out.

[Toshio Katsuo]

Toshio noticed one of the power level’s he sensed earlier had arrived. His eyes shifted ever so slowly to see who it was; he smiled as he recognized who it was. He could spot that girl out of a crowd of 1,000. Her hair was by far the easiest thing to spot. It was Miss Youkou. He uttered a small smile as he watched as she tried to hide herself. The smile disappeared as his attention snapped back to the young blond haired boy. He watched as He screamed in agony when the Namekian sat him up. Toshio listened as the young boy started to ask questions. To Toshio the part about the farm didn’t make any sense to him, however he continued to listen.

The boy talked about how Suki was a guy from school and seemed to have blown up the town, however it was much intact the last he had seen of it except for a rockslide that damaged a few stuff but nothing majorly serious. He heard someone mutter under their breath, but he couldn’t make out what they said or who it was for that matter, he was so concentrated on the young boy. Toshio watched as the young shirtless fellow moaned in agony once more as he tried to sit up on his own. He then looked on as the boy looked at another person that looked about the same age as him and made a little joke. This brought a smile to Toshio; it was good to still have a sense of humor after getting beat to a pulp. He watched as the shirtless blonde rolled his head and eyes around to get a look at him and the other guy in the space suit. His eyes landed back on the green alien and he spoke once more saying that he would tell them all they wanted to know.

Toshio watched as the Namekian handed him the satchel he had used earlier and then spoke. The half-Saiyan listened on as the Namekian asked about the monster that had did this, the questions seemed to cover anything and everything. After the Namekian finished speaking, everyone seemed so focused in, waiting for a reply from Zach.

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Ryota's eyebrow raised as the Galleon came into range of the "Lookout' it was a rather... odd looking place. It was like some sort of really well kept temple... in the sky. Sure he'd seen things that were just as if not more strange than this but Earth had remained rather 'bland' by comparison. Though perhaps it wasn't TOO odd, Guardians were tied to the Kai's and the Kaioshin much like the Makaioshin always had a flare for the exotic that managed to incorporate itself into pretty much everything they did.

Ryota had to wonder if the Guardian even knew he was a Makaioshin, sure it wasn't entirely impossible for the Shin-Jin to work alongside one another against a common enemy and this Kami may not even have a true connection with the Kaio of his sector which could explain his willingness to work with a Makaioshin. As well perhaps Kami simply wasn't as simple minded as much of the Kaio underlings.

Pulling the Galleon up as close to the Lookout as possible Ryota grinned to Kris and Carmine. "Last stop, 'God's house" everybody off." He said with a chuckle as he removed his hand from the wheel of the ship causing the flow of energy to break, as the flow broke however a number of gangplanks would jut out from the ship and rest against the floor of the Lookout. Ryota chuckled as he headed past Carmine and Kris and with a bit more speed than he normally moved walked across one of the gangplanks and onto the Lookout. There was no actual 'need' to use them to exit the ship, they simply served to allow those without flight to do so. Ryota however simply wished to not waste energy on flight.

Senseing the gathering of energy signatures Ryota began a brisk paced walk towards the signatures, as he made his way towards the group Ryota noticed something rather.. odd a young woman seemed to be spying on the gathering. "You know most of them can probably sense your presence." Ryota said giving the woman a friendly grin as he passed by without stopping. Once he was closer to the group Ryota saw Zach and the state that the young warrior was in and let out an audible groan.

"You moron!" He shouted, it didn't take particularly much for Ryota to piece together that Zach had likely fought Touketsuki, the fact that everyone else in the room seemed to be completely fine and as well nobody else seemed significantly stronger than Zach left that as the most likely outcome. "I can't believe you actually went and did it. The second that other kid told me you'd be here I knew something bad was going to happen." Ryota said with a sigh. Then Ryota noted something important, the fact that Zach was most definitely alive and that the fight against Touketsuki was supposed to have been a fight to the death. So that either meant that Touketsuki allowed the payment in exchange for Zach's survival... or that Zach had beaten Touketsuki meaning that Ryota had entirely overestimated the alien... and quite underestimated Zach.

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Carmine took in the Lookout with a calculating fascination. A structure like this would be nearly impossible to build by the laws of physics and architecture. Then again, unassisted flight and the use of ki techniques had once been believed impossible as well. New things were discovered all the time, and Carmine would have loved to study the construction of this place.

Now, however, was not the time. More important matters needed to be discussed, with a mysterious figure calling himself 'Kami'. Carmine had heard stories here and there about such a figure, but many of them had been conflicting, and he'd believed it to just be a myth. His surprise at it all turning out to be real was palpable, despite the number of odd things he'd seen since meeting Ryota.

As the Galleon pulled up to the Lookout, Carmine knew exactly why Ryota had engaged the gangplanks - to assist him in getting off the ship. He knew the Captain didn't mean anything personal by it, but their relationship had always been one of mutual pranking and showmanship, and that dynamic drove him to simply leap off of the ship, rather than walk alongside the Makaioshin. When he landed, he gave the Captain a smirk and fell in line with him.

Carmine didn't know any of the people gathered, though he recognized Zach from the banquet. The man looked to be in truly miserable shape, and Ryota's reaction indicated a real possibility that he'd nearly thrown his life away. He, like the Captain, suddenly wondered if perhaps Zach had managed to defeat the alien menace, and save the world.

"If the Captain and I are right, Zach, and you did fight that alien bastard...did you win? You're alive after all, if only barely. Was this all a lot of worry over an alien with a slightly above average power level?"

He looked at the rest, their faces showing various forms of concern.

"Or did you just narrowly escape the caress of Death? Something tells me it's the latter...but even an Android can hope, apparently."

He idly thumbed the bells on his sword, their high-pitched chirp tinkling against the walls of the Lookout.

[matrixwarsz]

Kris grinned as the lookout came into view. He leaned over the handrails to get a better look at the structure, glad to be back home. He had been up in space for a couple of hours, and it felt good to be back. Then, however, he sensed several power levels within the lookout's temple. Could they belong to the fighters Kami summoned? A few of the energy signals were familiar to Kris... Without waiting for Ryota to lower the boarding planks, Kris leaped over the rails and flew a short distance to the lookout's main platform. His feet clapped against the cool tiles that lined the floor of the structure as he began running into the main temple to see who was there, and what was going on.

Along the way, Kris sensed another power level outside of the temple. He noticed a rather young woman peeking out as if she were spying on the group inside. Kris payed no attention to her as he dashed inside, eager to see who was here.

Upon entering the main hall of the temple, Kris saw several newcomers inside the room. Kami was tending to a young man, who seemed greatly wounded. He recognized the man from the banquet, and assumed it was Zach, since Captain Ryota was the only other fighter at the feast that he knew (Besides Carmine). Another figure he recognized was Nam, the fighter from the battle at Central City. Though Kris knew his face, he didn't know his name or the fact that he was a Half-Saiyan. Kris had grown from time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, so Nam likely wouldn't recognize him right away. Another figure Kris noticed was that of Toshio. His power level was considerably low compared to the others, but Kris knew that he would grow strong under Kami's training, just as Kris had. Kris also saw Royd, who was sitting in the corner of the room. He seemed somewhat disabled, and had a somewhat low power level as well.

After observing the different fighters, Kris ran towards Kami and kneeled beside him, observing Zach. He greeted Kami with a simple glance. Soon, Captain Ryota and Carmine Cypress walked in. Ryota started yelling at Zach, and soon Carmine joined in with the scolding. This confirmed Zach's identity, but raised the question of whether or not Zach actually WON the fight against Suki... Kris waited for Zach to answer these questions, though Kris was sure he had lost...