"I must be getting close to him..." a shadowy warrior thought aloud. "He's really powerful, now... Someone is fighting against him! And... he's losing! I'm coming, little brother!" And the figure shot off to the combating ki signatures...
I'm coming, Rik!
Meanwhile...
"You're getting good, kiddo!" Paare complimented, narrowly dodging a right cross. He then threw a palm thrust which Rik blocked with his forearm. Rik then threw a ki blast, which was evaded by his purple mentor leaning back; Paare's feet caught Rik flush on the chin, and the boy was sent flying. Rik flipped over to face Paare midair, as the amphibian completed his backflip.
"Thanks! But I see you actually 'bending backwards' for me!" Rik replied wittily. And he laughed, as everyone around (minus Kray) fell down.
"I don't get it..." Kray admitted innocently.
'That was truly awful...' Paare thought.
'Is he serious?' Sugeran mused, grunting.
'I don't get it...' Kray thought.
'I really butchered that... I gotta say something well thought out...' Rik thought hastily, feeling embarrassed.
Rik blanked out, rubbed the back of his head, and then said: "Oops!" Everyone but Kray once again fell down, leaving the poor six year old confused.
"Hm?" the figure thought, halting his pursuit of the kis. 'The fighting's stopped. What's going on? Are they just sparring?' He continued his rock leaping. 'I must know what's going on here! What's happening, brother?' The figure bolted to the area at a faster rate.
"Hey... can I trade in my spandex garb for something like my old outfit?" Rik asked Opalius, who chuckled.
"Sure, kid. If it's alright with Shuggernaut over there," Opalius replied, grinning, and pointed to Shugeran with his thumb.
'And they think my jokes are bad...' Rik thought while looking at the white salamander with an "are you kidding me?" smile.
"What the hell did you just call me?" Shugeran asked, a sweatdrop forming on his head. "Fine... I'll do it."
Shugeran walked up to Rik until he was an arm's length away, and pointed a finger at Rik's mahogany spandex, and it soon reformed into a blueish, sleeveless training gi, with a white belt, and red armbands. Rik looked surprised. "How's that?"
"Perfect! Thanks!" Rik exclaimed, balling his fists and hunching down, his arms held in front of him. He smiled big.
"Here," Shugeran added, mending Kray's clothes to be a light turquoise, sleeveless training gi, with white armbands and a white belt.
Kray didn't expect a change in clothes, but registered what happened soon, and looked at himself with a big, fat smile on his face. "Wow, Mr. Shugeran! Thanks a lot!"
"Whatever, kid. I'm heading in the ship to rest. Don't bother me... Anyone!" Shugeran growled, retreating to the ship.
"That's odd," Rik commented. "It's mid afternoon. And he was being a spectator... What got him so tired?"
"I dunno," Kray replied nonchalantly.
As Shugeran walked through the door, he had felt a strange power. And he had an odd feeling about what it was... it seemed familiar to someone training just outside...
