Takeshi wasn't going to go down in one or two hits, not matter how hard Viral was swinging. He had as much to prove to himself here as he did the Beastman; he wanted so badly to be able to beat Viral, to say that now he didn't need to be saved like before. Back on Earth he'd needed Viral to help him a few times, and for someone with an awful lot of pride that was inexcusable. Perhaps more than that now though he was wanting to see his friend strong again, finding it painful to know a guy, once so powerful, had been sick and weak. After taking a blow to the gut he answered with an overhead swing that knocked Viral to the ground, refraining from hitting him while down as he backed off. "Heh... Sorry for knocking you in the head, but you left it wide open," Takeshi said with a smirk, finding that breathing was a bit painful from being struck. Going right back in to keep things rolling he pushed off again with his right foot, cocking back his right arm and putting power behind the first punch, after which he threw a left hook and finally a spinning kick with his right, just trying to keep Viral on the defensive and unable to attack. If he kept getting hit he'd end up losing pretty quickly.

"It's not that they won't listen to you, I'm sure they would if you tried," Yumi reassured, watching as the pair broke it off briefly before Takeshi went back to it. So far it was surprisingly civil, and the lack of banter back and forth was unusual for them. "I probably can't stop them unless I physically get between them, and even then I don't know if I'd be able to. Worst case scenario we both might have to step in, but they seem to be okay so far." How long that might last was anyone's guess, and the fact they were doing well so far didn't help everyone relax. June was stiff as a board as she watched the fight unfold, probably worried sick that Viral would end up hurt somehow from it. With Shu helping to shed some light on the match though it put things in perspective for everyone, and maybe made it a little less intimidating for June. "When we're done here you could always try some new things, I'm sure your brother wouldn't mind," Yumi replied, smiling at Shu before turning her gaze back to the fight, "If you have the day free then that's lots of time to try out new things, right?"