Hah! How was Viral going to take to being splashed, she wondered. It was a bit childish and very unusual for him to do but it was fun, and hopefully something to help him relax some more. Their whole purpose of being on Kaesstra was for everyone to take a load off, and so far Viral was the only one not doing that. Teasing him over getting wet she quickly dove under the water, swimming a bit cautiously due to the murkiness as she moved some ways away before resurfacing again. "Of course I think! But you don't have to think everything through when you're having fun!" she called back, smiling as she shook herself off some. When Viral dipped under the water as she had Yumi beamed excitably; he was going to play along after all! Bearing in mind the fact that he could swim quite fast she looked around to try and spot him out. Between the water's dark color and the fact she couldn't really smell him because of it keeping track of her friend was proving to be very tricky. The most she could try to do was mind the surface and use that to determine where he might be next. Perhaps a bit paranoid, Yumi felt water moving by her leg and immediately jumped away, blinking owlishly as she saw it was a small fish that had swam by her. So that wasn't Viral, where was he?

Kai might be all happy and proud he was getting things done but in the back Kabocha was anything but. He was silently fuming, watching as his friend managed to do what he hadn't done. It wouldn't be so bad if they had only gotten chump change for their coins, then the exchange would be near moot and Kai wouldn't have room to brag; the words "shy of a house" however told him they were getting a small fortune in turn. It was good in a way as they could get food, and perhaps some other goodies while they were here on Kaesstra, but was it really enough to overlook his pride being shot? Nope, he was going to be properly sour over being shown up probably for a while now. As the exchange was finished and the teller dismissed them Kabocha stared at his friend annoyed, trying to reach out and snatch the money away from him. "Good job, but it's [i]my[/i] money, since we exchanged some of my family's wealth! So hand it over, I'm in charge of the money," he snapped, frowning. Kai could brag about doing what he couldn't all he wanted; they had used Kabocha's money and that meant by all rights this new bag of coins was his in turn.

"N-Never mind how long I took! You were probably moving around so I couldn't find you," Takeshi huffed, sniffing before shaking his head, "I would have found you eventually, I was probably almost there too before you started throwing rocks." Whatever, the game was over as far as he was concerned. They should be looking into getting a bit of food at this point as he was certain everyone was probably a bit hungry by now; they probably needed to either go into town or double back to the ship, unless they planned on hunting. Waving Shu down off the tree he expected his brother to fly over, but instead yelped in surprise and watched wide-eyed as Shu flung himself off and jumped onto him. Finding the little guy's arms and legs wrapping around him Takeshi couldn't do much else but hover there, his arms bound at his sides as he smiled away slightly. "I don't know, Shu, that's what we're going to find out..." he replied, squirming slightly as he tried to get free of his brother's grip. "You've got to get off of me though so I can fly. Get on my back if you've got to, but I really can't do much with you on me like this, you know? Makes even hovering awkward."

Okay, sitting around was getting really old now. Look around as much as he might Haku was unable to spot Takeshi anywhere, coming to the conclusion that the Prince in fact had no idea where he was. If he were to sit here for another half hour and still not be found he may well go ballistic, so it was for his sake that he should move. Actually his stomach had begun to grumble as of recent too so if he was found and lost oh well, his concern was becoming what he was going to eat now more than winning some silly game. Slowly rising up as not to prick himself with branches he parted the ones in front of him, stepping out of the foliage carefully and brushing himself down of leaves and dirt. Leaving his hiding spot was fine and all, that wasn't so much the problem anymore; Haku didn't have the slightest idea where Takeshi or anyone else might be. He knew the direction he'd gone in from the start, should he just double back then? Having no better recourse he decided to do just that, going right on ahead and flying to boot. No use in walking when he wasn't worried about being spotted, flying was faster and would keep him from becoming some random wildlife's plaything.

They may have camouflaged themselves but L'esta was anything but deterred, he was going to find this person. No way would he give up only to have the stranger cause problems later on, he could never forgive himself if his failure resulted in someone being harmed. As powerful as their people's hiding ability was there were faults to it, faults he was all too familiar with. If you moved it did little to stifle sound, you were as audible as you might be if you were visible. To top that off it could create an odd shimmering effect if you were in the sunlight and it made you painfully obvious to spot out; air didn't typically sparkle and shimmer as it did. Putting away his weapon as a show of good faith he continued to look around, hoping that by showing he meant no harm he could coax the stranger out of hiding. Since it was nigh impossible to see whoever he was chasing now it became more a game of listening than looking, and to do so L'esta closed his eyes and tried to focus on what was around him. The effort paid off as shortly thereafter he heard someone moving; opening his eyes he turned in the direction to look, not wholly sure if he was actually looking at anyone or not. "I'm giving you the chance to explain yourself, don't squander it. Who are you and why are you sneaking around?"