"Yeah, like a trim, you know? Maybe so its short like mine," Takeshi said as he grabbed a lock and pulled it for Shu to see, "I got plenty of hair still, but mine doesn't clump up or get stuff in it like yours." If the little guy was always saying how different he felt then maybe that would make him feel more like them. Then again Aito had said something about making Shu more comfortable and maybe getting his brother to change himself wasn't the way to do that. Damn it, why did this stuff have to be so hard? Problems you could just punch were a lot easier to deal with than this. "Even if you were by yourself you would have helped him, I know you would have buddy. And you know... Maybe after this we can try and work on that? I... Don't know how we're gonna do it yet, but we can give it a shot. That way if you do change it won't be a problem anymore." Takeshi figured he needed to speak to someone else for that, he'd been able to control his Oozaru the one time he'd changed, albeit after a bit of a fit, and now he no longer had a tail to transform with. 

Yumi frowned and shook her head, casting her gaze downward with a sigh. "That's not what I meant and you know it. It just annoys me, feeling like I'm somehow inferior to all of you," she explained, "With how amazing you all are it almost feels like all the years I've trained are amounting to nothing. I just wish you wouldn't think of me as some helpless person is all, I'm perfectly capable of fighting too." Suggesting she could spar with Viral was more meant as a compliment to him too, it meant she thought he was strong and hoped to improve by practicing with him. Given how he'd reacted to her idea though Yumi didn't even bother explaining further, not wanting to agitate him any more. Besides Eris and Orion were here now, and with them came quite a few villagers too. That was an awful lot of lives to be responsible for and Yumi felt the pressure of it, not wanting to let even a single one of them be harmed. She'd like to be optimistic that things would work out but, as Viral said, they had no way of getting back still.

Astonishing, it looked like they were actually going to pull this off! Impressive that Haku had managed to track the energy source so keenly and even more impressive was T'charrl's ability to get a rift open. Vegeta watched as the air began to shimmer before there was an audible tearing noise, and what he could only describe as a window to another world began to form. It was small at first, barely a peephole, but soon it had expanded to a size large enough to fit a person. Feeling that more energy was needed he committed even more Ki to the process, watching as the opening grew in size until it was certainly large enough for a few people to fit through. "Great... Fantastic work..." Vegeta panted, smiling through the exertion as he scanned their limited view for any signs of their friends. Unable to spot anything he looked over to Takeshi and Shu for help, calling out for them to come over.

Takeshi wasn't sure what Vegeta wanted until he noticed the portal before them, having wondered what in the world the noise he'd heard had been. So they had really done it huh? And now the guy was wanting him and Shu to head over and help out... Why did he not love that idea? Still their friends needed them and like it or not he and Shu were the only ones not currently tied up with something else. Walking over to the portal he peered into it as if to get a better look, scratching his head as he tried wrapping his mind around how it worked. "So you want us to go get them huh...? I mean sure, no problem as long as you keep the portal open yeah?"