It was becoming increasingly easier to follow Viral's path; the trail of blood in the water may have something to do with that. Even when diluted with the water Yumi could pick up the scent well enough and track it, which given her poor eyesight in the murky depths that was good. Kicking her legs harder and harder she tried to catch up to her friend, not at all certain what she might find dragging him away. It had to be strong to get him like this, and probably a predator. Letting out a throaty growl she flexed her hands in anticipation of fighting the creature; it wasn't going to be the most dangerous down here for long. The further in she went the stronger the scent of blood became meaning Viral had to be close. Focusing her eyes as best she could at last the silhouette of the Beastman and his attacker became visible. She could scarcely tell what the creature was here, or how large it may be, but that hardly mattered; regardless of size or what it was Yumi was going to see it dead. Soon enough she was within striking distance and she wasted little time in attacking, reaching out and swiping through the water with her sharpened nails, managing to rake across what must be the tail end of the creature. Before her hand came off she gripped onto it, pulling herself forward and digging her other hand into it as well. If it didn't let go of Viral she would began tearing it apart, or whatever it took to free her friend. 

"Apologize? Don't be ridiculous, I don't have anything to apologize for. I knew we had good money and she refused me, I don't see how I was at fault there. If anything she'll be apologizing to us after we spend some of this at her stall." Wouldn't she look the fool, having the very boy she denied come back and spend a healthy sum at her place of business. If that didn't make her seem like an idiot for rejecting Kabocha's demand earlier he didn't know what else might. Kai was sounding awfully confident in his own abilities, and for the fun of it he decided to humor his friend. Sure, he could take the money, but he had best be able to put up and actually score them a good meal. Otherwise he would get to enjoy listening to his friend admit that he had been wrong. "Does it matter much where we eat? There were a few tables around the stalls, we can even sit there and relax. Or we can go find a place, whatever, I don't really care either way," Kabocha said, lifting his arms up above his head in a stretch. "Or... If we can find him, track down Vegeta and have him show us around? We've got the money to spend, and I'd bet he knows a bit more of the city than we do. Maybe he can help point out some interesting shops?"

Perhaps asking Shu to use his scouter was a bit much; it was a miracle the little guy could get his own shoes on sometimes. Right, so they were basically winging this impromptu search party then, no big deal; how hard could it be to find a lumbering Kaesstrian? Not to be mean but T'charrl was pretty darn big, and so long as he wasn't camouflaged it should be easy spotting him. "Again, you're asking me things I don't know Shu... I won't know any of that until we find him," the older boy said, letting out a sigh, "We just have to keep looking, that's all. Keep listening and looking, we're bound to find something." Their best bet right now was hopefully getting some kind of hint as to where their friend was. Be it actually spotting him, finding some kind of trail or finally hearing from him; they wouldn't be able to find him without a bit of help right now. The chances of actually getting something however had to be slim, and that was certainly a disheartening thought to have. Ducking beneath a branch as they moved along Takeshi very nearly came to a sudden halt when a not so distant clanging sound caught his attention, and he turned his head in the direction only to hear a second sound. That sounded like someone was fighting, or at the very least smacking some metal together; given they were in the middle of a forest he sincerely doubted it was the latter. "Did you two hear that...?" Takeshi asked, finally coming to a stop. There was silence for a moment again, and then a third sound carried their way. It wasn't metal hitting metal but rather a voice, and one that sounded vaguely like a friend of theirs. 

It couldn't be helped, action had to be taken. The fact that this Kaesstrian was willing to threaten him implied he could threaten innocent civilians as well, and that was not something any self-respecting soldier could allow. Shame it had come down to this; one of them would likely be dead before long and L'esta had no intentions of that person being him. Raising up his sword he brought it down swift and hard, using only a single arm to strike. With a quick reflex T'charrl managed to block it, and the Captain was a bit agitated to find that those odd protrusions were solid enough to stop his weapon. A high class sword no less, one that was forged out of strong metals and tempered to cut almost anything. "If you do not want to fight then you should have submitted earlier!" L'esta snapped, raising his sword again and taking another swing. Once more it smacked into one of the bony-structures and ricocheted off, causing the sword to vibrate slightly in his grip. Frowning in disdain the Captain moved back a bit, reaching into his pouch and withdrawing two throwing knives. If he couldn't strike head on then maybe a bit of ranged combat would work. Figuring his attacks may still be blocked however he stretched his wings to full length before dashing down into the thick fauna on the ground, moving around in it to try and confuse his opponent before attacking.