Takeshi was thoroughly embarrassed for tripping up like that, and even more so for Vegeta's chastising. He'd gone and done precisely what he'd been told not to do hadn't he? Add on to the fact he was making Shu feel worse and he'd messed up fairly well. Sitting up in the dirt he let out a sigh before climbing to his feet, trying to brush the grass stain from his back before returning to where Shu was. "I know, I know. I was just having some fun, it was basically the last one," the older boy argued, frowning when Vegeta gave him an unamused stare, putting his hands up in defeat. He wasn't going to argue it, whether he should or shouldn't have been doing that wasn't a big deal anyways, not now that it was dead. "You haven't been real bad buddy, alright? If anyone's been bad it was me for dicking around, you know? You were fine, no problems here," Takeshi tried in reassurance as he gave Shu's hair a gentle ruffle, "No one thinks you did bad except maybe Vegeta, and he's got a stick up his butt so he's thinking everyone did bad." If the guy wanted to stand there and critique them fine, he'd take it, but he'd turn it around on the jerk for upsetting Shu.

"I never said he did poorly, I merely pointed out what could be done differently," Vegeta said patiently, "It's simply a fact. You're too quick to get into the fight, Takeshi, and Shu is too cautious. I don't expect you two to change overnight but you need to understand what you have to work on." It was more of a suggestion really, just one which lacked... Tact. Still not his strong suit. "Anyways we've done our job and contained the beasts over here, which is good. Assuming no other rift opens up we're to just wait here for the others to finish and pray they find a means of reopening one themselves." Which could take some time given just how many unknowns there were. What was the passage of time like on the other side? What were the creatures like? Were they able to even breathe, never mind fight? Having all of these unknowns was such a bother and it infuriated Vegeta to no end but getting out of shape over it all wouldn't change it, best to keep a level head and try and think it through. "Tell me... When you killed the creatures did you notice how their essence seemed to move? It didn't just dissipate like you'd expect smoke to, it almost seemed to move," Vegeta muttered as he cast a glance away, "I have to wonder... Is there another rift nearby? Or perhaps... The beginnings of one."

What a relief to be done with the fighting now, Haku couldn't believe they had managed without really getting harmed. He'd be lying if he didn't think they would have ended up seriously injured so this was a really pleasant surprise for them. It became a bit harder to enjoy their victory when T'charrl had been sprawled out on his back fending off a beast, but after taking care of that he was able to relax a little again. "W-Well... It's not like physical strength is all that matters..." the Saiyan pointed out, smiling slightly as he sat down as well, "Y-You have your blades, those could kill them, once you f-figure it out. And you're fast, and you can f-fly, so... Maybe... Speed? That's your thing." Soldiers were pretty standard in terms of abilities yet once you got into the Elites and the commanders you began to see some serious changes; incredible speed, strange alien abilities, unique Ki attacks, all kinds of things that made them different. "There were a lot of powerful, high ranked people in the military who weren't really strong either, but they had other things that made them good fighters still. So... J-just because you might not be super strong doesn't mean anything."

Yumi wasn't too sure how she'd keep this up, having to dodge so often and essentially hit and run was proving to be taxing. She couldn't fault Eris and Orion for running off to fight either since it took pressure off of Viral, she just had to find a way to hold up things on her end. Knocking one out of the fight was of small relief as two more set on her within seconds, leaping away and onto a rocky outcrop to avoid being pinned by them. Her vantage point allowed her some respite if only for a brief moment as an armored beast charged it down, smashing headlong into the structure and causing it to collapse beneath her feet. In mid fall she cocked back a leg and swung it at a larger rock, sending it into the creatures head and stunning it briefly. Trying to take advantage of that she kicked off the moment she landed and grabbed hold of its neck, shouting as she hoisted it up off its legs and leaned back, slamming it on its shell with an audible crack that split some of it apart. Injured but not dead she raised a leg almost to eye level before bringing it down like a guillotine on the creature's throat, smashing it in the process and promptly killing it as the light faded from its eyes.

Her small victory was short lived and quickly Yumi found herself in a bad position. No sooner had her leg made contact did another of the creatures set upon her, barreling into her back and winding her as she was tossed away. Rolling across the rough terrain she coughed and struggled to get up, wincing as one of the creatures batted her away yet again with its paw, suffering cuts to her arm and side from the hit. Again she tumbled and stopped only when she collided with some rocks, trying to ignore the pain as she fought back to her feet. When the nearest beast lunged at her she dashed to the side to avoid being bitten, growling as she made a quick slice along its side, drawing blood before kicking as hard as she could into the wound. Her injuries were minor really and yet she was beginning to feel uneasy, her head swimming and her body unusually hot. Trying to ignore the odd sensations she set her sights on another, preparing to take it on before a sharp pain wracked her body. Falling to a knee she tried to fight through it, letting out a breathless yell as it consumed her. Seeing perhaps an opening the beast roared and jumped for her, only to be torn in two in the blink of an eye. Yumi was back on her feet again, her hair wild and her eyes equally so as she raced from the corpse to another creature, spinning her body in almost a corkscrew and slashing several times along the length of it, creating several deep gashes and leaving it for dead.

Eris and Orion were managing to hold their own against the spined beast, albeit not without their share of troubles. Lacking something like Enki they had to fight a beast several times their own size, making many of their usual tactics obsolete. While Orion kept the beast's focus by smashing away at its head Eris worked on crippling it, cutting at its legs in an effort to take away its mobility. It seemed to go rather well for a while, they were leaving some nasty looking wounds and thoroughly giving the monster a run for its money. As Eris poised herself to take a cut at the beast's left leg however she noticed something unusual, the spine on its knee quivered oddly at her presence and almost seemed to grow. Only thanks to her reaction time did she avoid being skewered as it shot out from the beasts flesh like a projectile, cutting her cheek but otherwise causing no harm.

"Hm, Orion, watch the spines! It can use them as weapons!" Eris yelled above, dashing in at the offending limb to prevent a second attack. Snarling as her energy again formed around her arm she took a swipe at the spot the spine was growing out of, causing its growth to halt and the beast to release a roar of pain. Pushing off the leg then she inhaled and opened her mouth before yelling quite loudly, a blast of energy escaping her body and slamming into the wound itself, blasting it even wider open and tearing quite a bit of flesh away. It hadn't taken the limb but the creature suffered notable damage as it staggered from the blow, losing blood now from the attack quite steadily.