Sadla

Once out of the throne room, Nion's first thought was to dash out to find some foo for her oh-so-hungry stomach and then cme back to challenge Beat once more. But when she spotted the emotionally unstable child launching herself out of the room, even someone as... Nion could see this spell trouble. That brat is only going to piss somone off without anybody there, and we'll get the blame for it While Nion usually didn't care about getting into trouble, she did not lie the idea of any wrong doings possiably resulting in her being unable to go off and fight (The last three times this had happened had been excrusiating).

With a groan, and a short wave to Taao Nion rushed after the child. "I'm going to grab the brat, get some grub and... Kick her ass or somthing. Child abuse ain't a thing around here, right?"

Damn. Even the name sounds cool.

As Pikruel's Galick Gun collided with Dashade's Celedon Cannon, it unleashed shockwave. The ground shook as dust filled the air. The water receded and created violent waves below. The beams formed an imperfect sphere of violet and emerald green. As she struggled, a thought suddenly came to her head.

Wait a minute. What do I do if I lose? This is going to hurt one of us a lot. Well, it's not going to be me!

Pikruel did her best to push back against Dashade's attack, but the line of violet and green wouldn't give, just bouncing slightly back and forth between them. After a few moments, Pikruel could feel her muscles tense. The Celedon Canon slowly started to overcome her Galick Gun. Despite her efforts to push back, it was no use. All the Fake-Out Mirages and Galick Guns before left her with less energy to spare than Dashade.

Well then...

Dashade's attack overcame the Galick Gun, and Pikruel held her hands out in front of her to catch it. After hitting her, it sent her flying back. After a few seconds of struggling to recover, it was a mountain that caught her. There was a big explosion, and rocks from the mountain fell and buried Pikruel in the crater.

As the beams clashed both Pikruel and Dashade along with the environment surrounding them were drowned in a hue of their respective colours, cracks spreading like a disease across the flesh of the area due to the impact of their blasts. Dashade could feel the pressure piling on. She's putting up one hell of a fight, but she's weakening. I must of used less ki in the fight Both had the opposite advantage in this fight, while Pikruel had wasted away a lot of her ki, Dashade had used up plenty of stamina. Pikruel didn't have the power to overcome his move, but he didn't have the energy to keep it up.

This was made even worse as a new pain entered his body, a pan that brought one leg down to kneel while he pushed against Pikruel's galick gun. To his horror his own attack was starting to spread some of it's power back on him. When attempting to add his other hand to the mix he was only met with a sharp shock to his left arm, the pressure of his attack beginning to loosen due to Pikruel's Galick Gun fading.

When the purple was swallowed whole by his emerald blast, hitting Pikruel dead on, it also blasted Dashade down on his back as if he was a human hit by a stray bullet in a shoot out. For a few moments he was completely unable to move, his left arm going completely numb as the emerald electricity coursed through the left side of his body, at best he could twitch as if he had undergone a stroke. "ARRRRRRRG!"

I must of done it wrong, when pushing against Pikruel... This wasn't the first time this new move had backfired on him, but this was only the second time he successfully used it; first time with so much power behind it. Guiding electricity through your body in an unnatural fashion spells a world of pain when one wrong, when he had developed the move the worst was a brief shock, but this time he had put much more power into it - And he was paying for it tenfold.

It was only a minute later when he could finally move, though his left arm remained lifeless, and would be as such for some time; At least, that's what he hoped. He moved slowly towards the crater made by Pikruel's impact, his right arm getting to work on casting aside rocks. "Are you okay under there? If this is like what you pulled under the lake, there's no need for trickery. I think this battle is over"

"You brought a sign of peace?" The King narrowed his eyes towards the creature that obviously lacked any common curtesy, his mind still on the strange fruit that Soil had shown up with. There had been a fair few guesses to what the item was, and one of them was very likely, but the King had to make sure.

"A sign of peace? No" The Saiyans kept their eyes stuck to the warrior as he pulled out the small box yet again, opening the lid to reveal the crimson fruit in a quilt of fabric. When their eyes took in the fruit, a strange feeling would take off in the back of their minds, drowned out screams just a few inches away from their ears, a hunger developing within them. "Of Companionship"

"Xellori wishes for an alliance?"

"The Boss is still a Saiyan at heart, and would prefer it if Heeta didn't kill you all off. Almost sentimental for her" The King already found this suspicious, Xellori already had other Saiyans with her of her own tribe, and she was never the type of person who cared much for the Saiyans of Sadla. There must be another reason, could Heeta be troubling her as well? "I take it you already know what this fruit is? The fabled fruit of the Kais. Plucked from the Tree of Might"

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After rushing out of the palace, Kazam flew off over the near by city, not caring much for what direction she was going in. The small amount of thoughts she could process were all dedicated to understanding what happened minutes before. She didn't even notice Nion rushing up behind her. "Taao might not like me, but he's smart. So he wouldn't be wrong, right?"

"Hey, Brat!" Nion yelled after the young girl before shooting right past her, grabbing her by the tip of her right ear and pulling both of them upwards. "Where do you think you're going? You're not on some random planet anymore, you're on Saiyan soil. Which means you've got to be supervised"

''Hu- OWIE OWIE OWIE!" The girl cried out in pain as her most vulnerable and soft ear was pulled on with the force of an angry Saiyan, violently yanking Kazam forward. "LETGOLETGOLETGOLETGO! PLEEEEEEASE!" Soon, she was dragged to face Nion's glare, against the Saiyan's marvellous lung capacity.

"Where do you think you're going? You're not on some random planet anymore, you're on Saiyan soil. Which means you've got to be supervised"

"I- Ow- Was just- OW- Looking to cl... STOP TUGGING ON MY EAR, YOU OLD HAG!"

Pikruel was out cold. When she finally started to come back to consciousness, she heard Dashade's voice, but it sounded too mumbled to understand. When she tried to get up, she realized she had a pile of rocks holding her down. With her senses back, the rocks felt very uncomfortable. She tried to call out to Dashade to tell him to move, but it was hard to breathe with the weight on her chest. So she started to do her thing and hope that Dashade would get out of the way in time.

Surrounding herself in a purple light, Pikruel pushed the rocks away from her with her remaining energy, showering them down the mountain. With the weight lifted off of her, she'd very slowly prop herself up to a sitting position.

"Well..." she said, between heavy breaths. "You didn't kill me. I'd call that a success."

As the rocks began to shift on their own Dashade instinctively jumped back, expecting the Saiyan to suddenly lunge at him, but was only met with the sight of Pikruel attempting to continue breathing. "You didn't kill me. I'd call that a success." To which he slightly chuckled at, floating back towards her as his working hand grpped his non-responsive arm.

"That would of been awkward, all things considered. If it's any comfort, I didn't leave undamaged" He paused to allow her heavy breathing to continue, loosening his grip of his arm and pushing his hand forward in a polite gesture. "Do you... Need any help? Because I don't think I'll be able to fight back if you decide to continue our spar"

"Continue?" Pikruel replied. "Ha. I can barely move. I don't think I could stand to be seen letting you carry me around, though. If only the green man were here, he could heal us both up. Oh well..."

Pikruel took Dashade's hand and lifted herself to her feet, shielding her eyes from the sunlight.

"I'll just have to deal with it for now."

Suddenly, Pikruel jumped up like she'd remembered something.

"Oh, crap. It's getting late. I have to get inside."

"Ha. I can barely move. I don't think I could stand to be seen letting you carry me around, though. If only the green man were here, he could heal us both up. Oh well..."

"I guess it would look suspicious for me to be carrying you around..." Dashade replied as he helped the woman to her feet, giving her a quick nod. When she suddenly began to worry about the darkening sky, Dashade was met with confusion. "Something wrong? You have a curfew or something your mother will hate for you to break?" Slightly joking.

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Nion yanked on the girl's ear again, not caring for her repeated pleas. "You're treading a thin line, brat! So learn to respect your middle-aged, non-withering betters!" Soon Nion began to drag Kazaam down back into the Saiyan city, earning her a few strange looks, and a few rolling eyes. "Now, you're going to explain to me what the hell you were thinking while we get something to eat"

"Sort of," Pikruel answered. "Let's just say it's a really bad idea for me to be out at night. I don't want to find out if tonight is a full moon night. But I also can't be seen letting you carry me around. Nion would hold that over my head forever. Hmm..."

Pikruel took a moment to think, while the sun set between the mountains and over the lake. Her eyes rested on a plant with long leaves.

"Got it!"

Floating over carefully and slowly, Pikruel plucked a leaf off of the plant, folded it over her eyes, and tied it at the back of her head.

"There. That should do it."

"Let's just say it's a really bad idea for me to be out at night. I don't want to find out if tonight is a full moon night. But I also can't be seen letting you carry me around. Nion would hold that over my head forever. Hmm..." The Arcosian did have to admit that hearing Nions voice filled with more condescension and smugness then usual could prove torturous.

Dashade stood in confusion as he bore witness to Pikruel's musings and movements, watching as she moved on towards a plant that held leaves of rather worrying size. When the saiyan had wrapped the leaves around her head to form a blind fold Dashade could only tilt his head akwardly ''I'm... Not understanding your plan here''

While Nion pulled Kazam forward, the child simply scrunched up her face and dug the tips of her feet into the ground, leaving a trail and lightly dug ground behind her. Soon she had come to a complete stop when the dirt in front had gathered to form a mini-hill that reached her knees. "No! I wanna think an' stuff, it's important!" This resulted in her ear stretching out at Nion's grip. Wait, am I denying food?

"Simple," Pikruel replied. "It doesn't matter if it's night time if I can't see the moon. Now come on. Let's go find the others."

Pikruel ascended into the sky, then floated there motionless for a few seconds before turning back in the general direction of Dashade.

"Uhh... Which way are they again?"

Dashade felt the overwhelming need to rub his palm over is temple at the display, Pikruel moving up into the air wiht the blindfold on, heading forward... And immediately coming back. "You have no sense of direction in the sky if you can't see around you" He stated simply as she landed.

"Uhh... Which way are they again?"

He sighed "Do you need me to lead you by hand? Or can you follow me on your own?"

"Your hand?" Pikruel replied. "That might be worse than letting you carry me. Uhh... I'll just...follow you. I'll follow the sounds you make. Just be sure to move very slowly."

She slowly floated back in the direction of Dashade's voice, but overshot him and hit her head on a tree and fell to the ground.

"Ouch... I'm fine!"

"Your hand?" Pikruel replied. "That might be worse than letting you carry me. Uhh... I'll just...follow you. I'll follow the sounds you make. Just be sure to move very slowly."

Dashade tilted his head, confused. "What's wrong with interlocking hands? The only error that could come with that if it was with one who is below me, and I think I've fallen rather far to actually consider you a lower being" His voice came off as if what he said was simply basic fact. When Pikruel's body flew passed Dashade and into a tree, he ould only shrug by this point, before moving over and using his active arm to take hold of Pikruel's hand and pull her upwards. "You know, maybe if I threw you into the city you'd improve''

Pikruel took Dashade's hand just to help herself stand, then pulled it away. "Just no hands, please. It would just be weird."

"You know," said Dashade, "maybe if I threw you into the city you'd improve."

"You mean toss me from here to the city? No thanks. I really wouldn't be able to move after that. But now that I think about it... Hmm... Maybe I can hold onto something other than your hands, like your ankles. Yeah, that's do that."

"Hands are strange, yet ankles are not? You're acting very weirdly" He rose in the air above her and tapped her with his foot so she could know where to hold on. "I'm not diseased or anything, am I?" He questioned when she finally got a grip, before he took off into the sky and towards the city.

"No! I wanna think an' stuff, it's important!" Nion could only groan yet again, paying no attention to the stretched out ear, tugging on the stretchy material once more before seeing that it was pointless. Not content with letting the whining child roam freely, Nion went back over and decided to grab Kazaam by her shirt this time (Hopefully it was not as elastic), before dragging her again.

"Behave, or I'm introducing you to a Saiyan that has an addiction to bubblegum!"

"Diseased?" Pikruel repeated. "I wouldn't know. You're so weird to me, I wouldn't be surprised if you glow in the dark when you're sick."

Pikruel recoiled after being being tapped with Dashade's foot, but gripped his ankles as planned.

"I hope these don't smell too bad. Otherwise, I'm going back to the other plan and flying blind."

"I wouldn't know. You're so weird to me, I wouldn't be surprised if you glow in the dark when you're sick"

"Glow in the dark? Don't be ridiculous'' When her hands firmly gripped his ankles he took off into the sky, his arm crossed as he headed towards the city. "What colour would I glow? Gold?"

"I hope these don't smell too bad. Otherwise, I'm going back to the other plan and flying blind."

He found himself looking down at the woman when he snorted, despite her being blindfolded. "I come from a long line of nobles and failures, I keep myself clean. And with the shower incident, I hope that proves that you monkies don't find the concept of bathing rare either''

"Glow in the dark? Don't be ridiculous," said Dashade. "What color would I glow? Gold?"

Pikruel shrugged, forgetting that Dashade couldn't see her. "I wouldn't know. It'd be pretty cool if you glowed green, though. Hey. I wonder if there's a way we can make your armor do that. It would make it hard to hide, but it would be pretty cool."

"I come from a long line of nobles and failures, I keep myself clean. And with the shower incident, I hope that proves that you monkeys don't find the concept of bathing rare either."

"Of course we bathe," said Pikruel. "I try to take a bath every week. It helps if the enemy can't smell us coming."

"Behave, or I'm introducing you to a Saiyan that has an addiction to bubblegum!" Kazam didn't really understand the threat (She was more rubbery in her opinion), but she didn't feel like pissing off the Saiyan more, so she instead decided sulk a bit less so that she could move... But she made sure to stay silent as she followed Nion.

"Is this a kidnapping?"