"I see... Well then we'd best pray they're still nearby, otherwise this is going to become far more complicated." Even now Vegeta was thinking, trying to come up with some alternative method of tracking their friends. Without Yumi's Ki signature to follow he didn't know what other means they might have, none of the Beastmen had any energy they could detect and he doubted any of the villagers would either, not that they could recognize them anyways. It was disconcerting, if they couldn't succeed here then it could be some time until they found another option. Furrowing his brow when asked if he noticed anything more Vegeta tried to reach out further, still only managing to find faint traces of Yumi's energy, nothing concrete. Looking even further he still was unable to detect anything, gritting his teeth in frustration before letting out a sigh. "Nothing... There's traces but I can't sense her, no matter how far I dig," he remarked, opening his eyes slightly and glancing towards the energy trail itself, "This is very bothersome..."

"I-I think I found her..." Haku spoke up, eyes still closed and his head turned slightly towards the right now, "It's... Far, but I can kind of sense her... She's moving too..." Could he dig even further than this? Already he was straining just to get the slight sense he had OF HER. When trying to focus more intensely on her he was able to begin and get a picture of her in his mind, and with a bit more effort he even had some kind of sense of the area she was in. Sweat was visibly trickling down his face now as he tried to maintain the image that he had, biting his lip and reflexively tightening his grip a little on T'charrl's shoulders. "I found her, she's t-there..." he mumbled, hoping the others could pick up the Ki like he had, "I t-think that's her..."

"Alright, alright, no haircut buddy, you got it," Takeshi said quickly, putting up his hands with a slight smile, "And I mean... It wouldn't be super weird if you had a little shorter hair, it's not like I wanna shave you bald, you know?" It would certainly make cleaning Shu a lot easier and make his head a LOT less likely to be home for creepy crawlies. Plus he couldn't force the little guy to get one if he didn't want one either much as he might like it to happen. "Oh really? So you keeping Viral from getting even more hurt was... Just an accident then, huh?" Takeshi asked with an arched brow, smirking as he reached over and prodded Shu in the arm, "Or back when we were on New Namek, you didn't help set Viral up to kill that thing, did you? Seems to me like you're way more helpful than you think buddy. And hell I feel safe around you, I wanted you to fight with me didn't I? It's because I know I can trust you and rely on you, and everything worked out just fine. So I don't get what you mean we're not safe around you?"

Yumi had a good idea of how Viral must be feeling right now and was slightly bothered when he tried to walk on his own. He could try and play it off all he wanted but she knew he was worn out and exhausted, the look on his face gave it all away. Why couldn't he just rely on her a little bit? She didn't mind, in fact she minded more that he wasn't letting her help. "Defenseless? When we get home I'll kick your butt without Ki if you want to see how 'defenseless' I really am," Yumi taunted with a wink and smile, becoming a little more serious at Viral's uneasy expression. "There's security as long as you're with friends you can trust. You don't have to worry, if one of those things come after us I'll take care of it." Nothing else was going to harm Viral, she'd tear anything to pieces that tried to so much as lay a claw on him. Just to be sure they weren't being followed she lifted her head and sniffed at the air, smiling when a familiar scent was found nearby. Just around a bend came Orion, followed closely behind by quite a few of the villagers and Eris bringing up the rear. Apparently they hadn't been all that far off at all!

"Ah... And there's our commander and his woman," Orion pointed out with a smile, ignoring the shout of discontent from Eris as he waved to Yumi and Viral. Indeed the villagers hadn't been too far off, merely a moment's walk from the battlefield stashed away in the cave. He wondered if perhaps they had been meant as bait and to lure them into an enclosed space, somewhere that the overwhelming number of beasts they had fought would have been impossible to deal with. Thankfully they had come along before that had happened otherwise they may not be celebrating their victory right now. Stopping before Viral he nodded before gesturing back to the near two dozen villagers they had with them, smiling slightly at their find. "They say only two were killed in a fight when they were taken, otherwise this is everyone. We've good fortune finding so many still alive, have we had any luck on opening the portal?"