Viral was not happy to hear Yumi dismiss his possible angry bouts so quickly, especially when they were dangerous and not something to not care about. He was just trying to warn her about a possible bout that may cause problems again, but she was intent on getting information out of him, “I can’t do anything! Not yet…” Feeling a little annoyed at himself and everything else that was going on he was soon sitting in the middle of his room in a bit of a sulk, not too happy with anything. He didn’t even like what sort of urges he was feeling like wanting to groom or claw at something, all sorts of things that would generally humiliate him in front of Yumi. Sighing, he slowly rubbed his head, generally ignoring Yumi’s comments until she decided to give him a scratch, his ear twitching, “I’m not a cat! Despite how I look”, he snapped, moving his head as if either trying to get more of the scratching or to get her to stop, “I can eat anything you can! If I couldn’t I’d be dead a long time ago…”

Shu was in a brief moment of panic, not knowing what to do in regards to T’charrl looking near enough normal. If he wanted to be honest, T’charrl didn’t look much different to what he was before and didn’t think it was a big deal, at least. Wanting to go to Takeshi but also stay with T’charrl he was somewhat relieved when Haku decided to go off to him; however, the reaction from Haku was hardly anything he wanted when he wanted Takeshi to be fast. Frowning when Takeshi instead banged against Haku he decided to turn his attention back to T’charrl, giving his head a little pat, “It’s okay, friend! No change until Takeshi see”, he spoke, wondering if this was just temporary or whether he truly was back to his old state. Moving his hands back to the sack of fruit he pulled it forward, putting his hand in to move the fruit around a little before letting out a squeak, his eyes going to Takeshi, “Ooh! You yelled and fell”, he spoke quickly, pulling his hand out the bag and giving T’charrl a quick petting again, “He was all big and evil! But now little”. It was a big deal, but it would be even better if T’charrl woke up. Moving away from him he looked up to Takeshi, frowning a little before back to T’charrl, “Ooh! Is he? I don’t know, that was really scary…and it’s dark!”

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Krom didn’t need reminding that he got beaten by those kids, especially under the circumstances surrounding their wins. It was that youngest one’s fault; it wasn’t as if he expected him to change like that and maul his face. Krom would like to see the King put up with that and see how he gets on with it. Sighing in annoyance he lowered his head a little, staring at Yamate as he gave him the answer he was somewhat looking for, “Maybe we have grown weaker due to our rather lazy lifestyle. We should send the Elites out more”, he spoke calmly, “Send them against your youngest and see how they come out. A trial to prove their worth…hmph, that’ll get them scared enough to desire further strength and stronger children like your own”.

All joking aside, even trying to get that little monster under their control was a job and a half. It was either there wasn’t enough drugs in him or they didn’t get the drugs administered in time. Then there was the eldest and having to keep him under a leash too, forcing him into a state of fear for his brother if he believed they had Shu under their complete control. While it was cruel what they did, it was still necessary for reasons Takeshi will only despise them for. The eldest was certainly powerful when he was angry and with him knowing Shu was locked up had him angry day and night, but even then that was not the primary reason. “They have not had a challenge in a long time. The greatest Saiyans that ever lived were constantly put through trials, but those two…” he paused, folding his arms, “I’m not sure how you plan on getting those two on your side”. There were too many questions lingering and none of them knew how to answer them, especially when the King seemed to want to do all that out of desperation. “We still have the Project on our side; it is going well but is under high risk right now. If we could get the Beastman and that girl back too…we might still stand a chance. Let the enemy toy with us, Your Majesty, for we can still keep them occupied while we gather further strength”.