Little Fishing for Relaxation (OPEN)

...He did ask for something, but he doesn't really think about what would happened next. Well, it was unexpected honestly. At first, he isn't really concentrating, but the moment he feel ki signature that's a bit different from what he used to feel, he jerked and looked toward... a boy older than him, probably by some years, probably not. Looking at the guy, he looks quite well built. Beat looked at his own body and grumbled... If only he's that gifted in the built department. Tomina did said that he'll be popular if he grow older and built some muscles. Allu also said that, which made it even more of a sensitive point for him. He guess that's part of the reason why he's training. A complex for having such scrawny body.

...But if he train, he'll get earful from that pink lady. Not only that, he was told to not go too far. He only can train under her watchful eyes. Oh well, not that he mind, but he seriously agonizing that he can't train right now. He's still recovering!

But that didn't stop right there. The guy somehow gone right away dived to the green water! Yuck! The water splashed on him too! Well, it felt just like earth water, but now that he think of it, it's probably not as bad as earth's seawater... or so he hope. He has purposely closed his mouth when the water splashed. But you know what, that's not important. What's more important is now that he's wet. He grumbled louder at that. Honestly, what stopped him from goes "fuck it all" is that the guy doesn't even notice that he's here, or at least, he felt so. What, is he really that much of a plebeian that he's so under the radar? He'll so give the guy piece of his mind once he got stronger, as strong as him... no, stronger!

"...Yeah, so I said, but that not gonna work as long as I'm like this," he muttered. "...Well, let's go back to the fishi---IIING!?"

Before he knew it, something dragged him underwater. What caused it? It was too sudden and too out of random that he didn't even have the chance to prepare himself for self defense. He saw the other guy somewhere a bit away from his position and then he noticed something gnawing on what usually not there. Yep, his tail. When the water splashed him, his tail accidentally gone to the water. With both him and the tail being wet, he's did not notice that it was sticking on the water like a good lure. The blond colored appendage was not like Saiyan's usual tail, which is brown. Not only that, it's fluffier than their own. He have no idea why, but his ended up differently. On the near end of that tail, he wore a golden ring.

...The very same object that dragged him down to the sea. Furry tail apparently far more captivating treat than Namekian Fly. Not helping that his golden ring made it shine further, Mental note to self: don't fish with tail from now on, or even think about it. The fish that dragged him down is probably the biggest fish he ever seen. It's big enough that it's as huge as him. The ugly thing got green scales, making itself a silent killer in the green water. It camouflaged it perfectly

He tried to struggle, but it was impossible. It's hard to let free when his tail is his weak spot. He felt his ki dropping, and even more problem considering he's already having a seal on top of limitation set for is recovery. Not good enough? He's wearing heavy weighted clothes. What does that spells? Death. Why oh whyyyy must he be in this sort of situation? With no choices, in panic, and honestly not ready to die yet and become some fish food... ki starting to build up on his hand. The fish has yet noticed it as a danger, mainly because he's not aiming for his tail, but the ground below.

Kami, make sure my tail is strong enough for this...

Beat understood that if his tail snapped, then seriously, gone all his power. He'll probably die bleeding or something else... The ki build up more and more. By now, it's enough for him to shoot out his signature technique, Blast Stream... but as he is, it's not enough. More, he need to build up more. The blue color getting deeper and the center glowing brighter until it's bright enough to be something... noticeable. More than this, his Ki gonna be gone completely, and then he'll be out of oxygen...

NOW!

The sphere exploded into stream of energy, aimed at the ground. The explosion was noticeable, but Beat was completely frustrated that it was nothing compared to his real potential. He was at least pleased that it rocketed him to the sky, though, enough for him to muster his last ki to free dive to the ground and slammed the fish to nearest rock, albeit he swore his tail nearly pulled off completely from the fish's weight. Amazing how it's still attached, and not even broken or dislocated... but just sore. Sore and slightly bleeding from the teeth, but nothing he can't fix.

"...Of all thing I've nearly died for... NEARLY KILLED BY FISH is FUCKING IDIOTIC!"

Now he seriously hope that guy not going to mind, he's trying to save his skin here... Will it scares the fish away, or will it call in some sea monster? Whatever it is, he hoped the best.

But at any rate, time to cook. He has gotten some fresh herbs and seasoning, all that he have to do for now is to remove the scales and everything... oh, bloodletting first. How silly. He forgotten that. He quickly cut the fish's tail and hang it on a makeshift fish hanger he made. Now with this, it should be good... for now. Question is, should he goes back in? Or should he not? He shouldn't be concerned with the other guy but at the same time...

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...Sea monster might be accurate, he never seen one that big before... and if he have, that one would be the one that ate him this time. Beat just can't believe how the guy could easily fishes something of that size out... It filled him with both sense of admiration that someone's just slightly older than him could be this strong and powerful. He wanted to be like that. How long would it take? At first he's used to idolize the kid that slightly older than him back in earth for being such a hero figure to him... but this guy... yeah, talk about getting far more than just simply outclassed. At any rate, lesson learned. Beat took off the top of his gi and set it aside. It fell with a nice "thud" to it.

"...Just how heavy is this again?" he muttered to nobody in particular. He always wondered how on earth it somehow gets heavier the stronger he is. The feel is constant, but by having that constant feeling, that means the clothes does indeed follow his strength growth. For extra measure, he took off his wristbands too. Now  he's feeling better with his arms lighter than ever. He gathered some twigs from nearby tree and make a bonfire after carefully placing some rocks to act as makeshift stove. He was about to make a makeshift knife too, ki gathering on his hand and all, when the other boy somehow wondering where he is?

"Hm? Are you talking about me there, Nii-san?"

What, he already got a prey! He's not going to ask him to share right? But eh, well, whatever. For now, seasoning came first... Hopefully there is something that he can season it with...

...Or so he thought, but Namek is unexpectedly bare, isn't it? He has seen animals and tree, but he haven't seen any food before... maybe that's why the older boy hunted for fish instead...
...Would the fish tastes nice bland though?

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WC: 330
Rensu

"Well, lesson learned, keep your tail close to you," Beat answered to Rensu's quip about his misfortune. Yeah, he seriously would die if he didn't act quicker to build up his ki, or haven't really found a way to master stronger ki blast, he would really die... Either that or make the older Saiyan forced to save him, but he won't count on it. Speaking about tail reminded him wave the tail some more to dry it. It's a weird feeling, being wet where there's usually nothing. He even often forgot that it's there and often surprised when it touched something. "I can't really control these just yet," he added. Beat proved his point by trying to wrap his tail around his waist, but he didn't even came close to it. The tail just weakly coiled about halfway, nothing more. Speaking simply, the tail is stiff, no wonder he gone limp when the fish bite on it.

"...Well there you go."

The comment about same with him made him interested though. Oh, maybe the guy got a tail too? He didn't notice... particularly due to the far more impressive size of the game the older boy is carrying. "Oh? Nii-chan, are you one of those Saiyans?" from the way he said "those", he probably someone who just knew his heritage. Though, Rensu's friendliness seem to melt Beat's initial wariness as his body seem to relax more. "Me, well... I'm from Earth. Beat's the name." He remembered his faux pas when dealing with new people. With strong people, his mouth somehow let loose of his circumstances, either from excitement that someone strong took interest on him or admiration, or mix of both. He'll try to reveal just a little about himself... and when it's necessary.

Rensu seem to be interested on his tail. "Hmn? Is there is something wrong about my tail, Nii-chan?" to make his point, he wags it gently. Now that it's mostly dried off, the fluffiness has returned and the darker color from it being wet slowly lightens back to its dirty gold color. "Or is it the ring?" Beat took it off as easily as putting it on. When you're doing it yourself, the pain just tolerable enough. "It's just a family memento really. My father probably the one who used to wear it... or maybe my grandparents, I never really asked him. Hell, I just knew that he's a Saiyan few days ago..."

...Is it even right to tell him about this? Did he, in his motor mouth moment, accidentally revealed too much? But then again... Now that he think of it, he never seen night in Namek before. Is it really days? Or is it just hour?

"...By the way, is this planet moving slowly...?"

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Rensu

"Training that?" he looked back at his tail and swings it idly, left, right, left, right... yeah, the pain is no longer there, but it's an outrageous thought still... or better said, his thoughts about "training" the tail is outrageous. Does tail training means you have to lift weights with it? Let it get pulled? Fight with it? What? How? Once again Beat's mind gone to outrageous thing. Rensu's tail ain't muscular, so... training won't make your tail looks odd, right? He sure would love to pack more on his body, but NOT on his TAIL. That gonna be creepy as heck! Beat shuddered.

"So... how exactly do you train it?" he asked, mentally preparing himself for some outrageous training method for a limb that he never knew he would have. "Honestly, mine just sprouted a day ago, and apparently my father said I was born with one, but he cut it to hide me. Some problem about if I get discovered I'll get conscripted to battle or something apparently... he might be paranoid, but I'm glad he is. Apparently lot of Earthling hates Saiyan..." his mind drifted off to a certain blond haired girl who shouted about all aliens should leave and leave Earth alone. He hope that she won't attract so many problems by herself. "...Ah well, at the same time if all Saiyan are as nice as you, then it will be great, though, Nii-chan! That reminds me..."

His mind now drifted off to two Saiyans he met in the Earth. "I've only ever met two Saiyans so far. One is a full Saiyan named Durzo. He's apparently Earth raised, so he might not be the best example of a Saiyan, but... uh... another one, if I remember it right, declared herself to be... what's the position, ummm... Commander? Of the Saiyan Galactic Kingdom or something. Her name is... Tomina, I guess? I didn't see any tail, so I never thought much about it, but she did said she is a half breed... Did somehow in your planet they discriminate against halfbreed Saiyans?" he asked curiously. "If what she said was true--well, she does indeed say she was..." and from how she acted, how she have that sort of mindset, he can seriously attest to this being right, considering that he himself starting to have the same view. However... at the same time, it's just scary to think about that.

From the words about Carva, he kind of wondered who that guy is. "Is this Carva guy like one of your friend or something, Nii-san?" Beat asked curiously. "Is he nice? Maybe I'd love to meet him if he's nice. At this point I'm just pretty much trying to find out my other half of the lineage. What is Saiyan, how do they behave? Why are they hated? Why Saiyans have mindset of law of the jungle? It all keep swirling in my mind, and I want to find out somehow. I want to be proud of my other half too. I want to make it part of me for real instead of just thinking that I'm a half alien to my own planet."

He said name of something that he don't really understand, but the boy just grinned and fistbumped the older Saiyan. "Well, I dunno my origin either, so all I know is that I'm an Earthborn half Saiyan. Hmmm, come to think of it, my father said that he was part of "Empire"... his parents were "Elites"..."

Hearing training, that made the boy's tail perked up. It's fun how easy it is to read the kid's mood based on his tail. "Hey, Nii-chan--iya, Ren-nii!" he apparently settled at giving Rensu a nickname after all. "At the moment I'm really weak and is under restriction by a benefactor that I only can use half of my Ki on top of most of it being sealed... But... I want to see how other Saiyan fight!" in the end, the half-saiyan's attitude is more to Saiyan than a human in term of thirst for training and good battle. The kid is also an adrenaline junkie after all. "It'd be great if you could give me a pointer or two!"

...That is good and all, until suddenly his stomach growled.... worse, it's an audible growl. "...Ah, b-but, I guess after this..." he pointed at the fish behind him, blushing red from forgetting about his hunger in excitement. He quickly returned to his dismantling work before the chat. "Would you like to join? Well, you got far bigger catch than me anyway, so probably mine only would be snack for you, heh..." The half Saiyan resumed what he was doing and sharpened a rock into a knife and began quite skilled fish dismantling. At any rate, now that his clothes is dried up, he can wear it back, and that's what he done. The amount of weight that forced on his body was rather pleasant. He's satisfied with this. It just felt right somehow, to be reminded that he'll get much stronger when he's done with this training.

He picked up a sizeable rock, then make it flat enough to be used for grilling the meat. He took several fillets and seasons it using sea water, then covered it with grass. Oh, he remember that while he doesn't have any herbs, he got wasabi and shoyu... yeah, those could do as seasoning. For now, it's time to wait.

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Rensu

Pulling and grabbing it, and smashing it at a rock? What sort of spartan training is that? He looked at his tail, then at Rensu again, at his tail again, then imagined he slammed a door like back then where he tried to pull out his baby tooth several years ago using the same method... only this time around the door closing on his tail. Beat winced and looked away. "..I-If you says so..." But slamming it on a rock feels martial artist like though. He might try to do that some time. The older boy suddenly getting curious about Tomina, hmmm. what should he say?

"...Let's see... Tomina-san... well... she, how to say this, she flirted around with me... Well, huh, that sounds like very strange out of context, so let's get in context. I met her when I gone to South City--well, maybe you don't know where is that, let's jsut imagine that as a city. I just learned to sense ki and there's this really massive ki when I feel it for the first time, It... honestly was scary, but my curiosity win me over... and there she was, drinking tea with a bald man that seem someone she just met few moments earlier than me. She beckoned me to come because I wasn't being too discreet about eavesdropping. And... well, so I came to her table. For some reason or another I ended up praising her without stopping, and she seem to be flattered... well, until she somehow..."

Beat stopped and scratched his cheek. He have no idea if it's normal for a kid of his age to know this sort of term "...promised a one night stand... if I could beat her mate and when I am older. It was unreasonable, hell, I'm not even interested in the... uh...you know!" the young half saiyan's face turned redder than tomato. "I'm more interested in k-ki-kissing... but she just have to pull me to that direction... Um... you seem to know her, did she promised the same thing to you or something? Is it, like a running offer with her or something...?"

This Carva guy is apparently not a good guy... dang. Don't tell him that there's something wrong with this people. If he's stronger huh? Sounds like a good deal. However for now, Rensu seem to agree to train him a bit after they eat and now is giving Beat his fish to be dismantled? Sounds about good.

"Well then, won't do with this little knife. Give me a bit."

Beat managed to find a nice looking rock and immediately started the usual primitive knife making... only this time ending up with real fish butchering knife... might as well as calling it sword honestly. A buster sword even. However, he know that he won't have the strength to lift the fish easily easily. So to do it... he need to grow stronger, even just for a bit.

"HAAA!!"

Ki flaring around the half Saiyan. Beat's sensed PL grows higher, closing in to 39000, with his own usable one reaching about 3750. 

It hurts, it huts it hurts it hurts! Especially after his body screaming in pain from the recent incidents... but even so, the boy understood if he don't do this he won't be able to behead the fish cleanly. While biting his lower lips, Beat tried to hold in the pain and focused the power inside of him. Slowly, the ghostly white ki flare turned red as he tried to summon the strength he called back in West City, until it settled like wisp of red mist around him. By this point, his PL skyrocketed to 195000 in reading, while Beat felt he could currently use about 18750. It was too measly and definitely not something that he could be proud of. However, this time around, he felt he'll have to take off his clothes in its entirely so it won't smells blood when he came home... With not much of a choice, he switched his gi to just his underwear to prevent lasting smell. Downside: Dignity gone down significantly. Upside: As expected, at power of 75000 this would be a piece of cake.

"Gh... alright you oversized beast... time to show you what I can do, eh..."

Beat took a pose like he's about to do an overhead slash. The ki he emitted gathered around his blade, creating a rather impressive sharp sword comparable to real butchering sword. "...Ittouryuu... ZAN.TET.SU.KEN!" with the swing of his fish butchering knife, the head flew away in an arc, back to the sea where it came from... The boy held the pose for a bit... but rather from thinking it looks cool, it's more because his face is getting redder from embarrassment.

"--Just kidding, teeheepero~" Despite he managed to decapitate the fish in one go, calling out skill name like that was really embarrassing! Beat honestly swore he could die if it wasn't because he's merely joking around in this situation. WHAT THE HELL WITH ZANTETSUKEN!? YOU THINK THAT'S A COOL NAME OR SOMETHING!? Beat can't help but to mentally scold himself for such an embarrassing joke. But at any rate, now he could dismantle the fish. He proceed by taking out any internal organ, although seriously it was messy with how big the fish was. While he tried to not bat an eye on this or close his heart, it still not scene best described in length. When he's done, he cut the meat to several sizable bits and laid it on some rock. Talk about a chore.

Now that his own fish is done cooking, he offered some to Rensu. "Here, Ren-nii, eat this first, the cooking this huge one going to be a pain. Here" he also passed two bottles. "The green stuff is wasabi. It's really hot. The black thing is shoyu, it's salty with hint of umami. Apply as you like."

Creating even bigger primitive stove wasn't the problem. it's the cooking that would be the problem. At the very least, after five minutes the fish should be about to be done cooking. This time, rather than grilling it on a stone stove though, Beat decided to puncture it with a stick, just like a barbecue. Come to think of it, he could probably dive for some seaweeds... And he does that exactly. After returning with some seaweeds, he decided to grill it on the smaller stove for the fish wrapping. This probably would taste better like this.

"And with that, guess we're ready to eat!"

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TWC: 4325
Rensu

"...Y-ya think so?" Beat muttered vaguely, still not completely on board with such training. Hmmm, to think that Saiyan tail is their weakness... and that people would most likely use that weakness... No wonder, he guessed.  Perhaps it's already very well known fact that a saiyan's power diminished when their tail is grabbed... considering that they're apparently kinda popular as a fighter race (not in good light though)? But... to think for trained Saiyan their tail won't have that sort of problem... Beat raised his tail absentmindedly, then... toward a small, yet sizable stone...

"...Nh!"

He swung his tail as hard as he can toward it! The stone broke, but...

"GYAAAAAH!?!?"

The amount of pain was also paralyzing! The red haired half Saiyan continued screaming and rolling on the grassy floor. Why, why is it so hurts!? It's just a small rock that he could probably crush with two fingers easily!? What the hell with this amount of pain!? Hell, probably it's even comparable to stubbing your little toe on a wardrobe!? Trying to keep himself from crying from the pain, the half saiyan listened more to what Rensu have to say. His eyes definitely moist though... it's almost like the dam just barely able to contain all those water.

"W-well, she doesn't tell me who her mate was..." Beat answered as he tried to dig his memory for name... yeah, he don't recall it. He also think that it was too much of a joke to be taken seriously, so why should he even ask? If he have to wait like five years to do that, might as well as do something more productive, he felt. And... she didn't make a promise like that!? The realization sinks in... wha... what sort of situation is he facing here? Well, he's glad that Tomina doesn't seem like a cougar, but at the same time, the feeling that she might be serious after all was a bit too much of a shock. He never treated it seriously, but when Rensu, the youngest person he ever knew that have the strongest potential at age so young were to say that, it sounded like he's special. The thought was entertaining and very flattering, ridiculously so, but at the same time he don't know what to think, making the red haired halfling face even redder, as if it's possible. Wait, wait, what the hell is he thinking?

"M-muh, Ren-nii! You're having too much fun at my expense here!" Beat protested.

Hmmmm.... so according to Rensu, Carva isn't a bad guy, only... 'super' Saiyan?" the boy tilted his head questioningly. Apparently, Saiyans are meant to be beefier than what he thought... Come to think of it, he only saw Rensu, Tomina and Durzo so far... Rensu probably the closest to what he felt as strongly built even though apparently he's younger than Durzo... Meanwhile this Carva guy was... stronger? Beefier? Rougher? For some reason he's thinking about a guy with mountain of muscles and lot of battle scars. Thinking that... Beat wondered if meeting this Carva guy would be wise...

"...Huh? Super...?" Beat parroted, tilting hs head "Super Saiyan...? Are you... telling me to get as huge as this guy? Uh... n-no, sounds impossible... I mean, I can temporarily bulk myself up, but... to get that big..." Many would probably question what the boy had in his mind of this Carva guy. Something potentially outrageous, its seems. The more he think about it, the more this Carva guy sounds like an alpha among saiyan...

...After cutting the head with the makeshift buster sword, the more he think about it, what would happened if he bulked up while doing it? There's a cool image of muscular fighter with buster sword in his mind, but... at the same time, his body already close to breaking when he powered up and tried to use his mastered power state. By the way, his power gone back to 1250 after he put on his clothes again, which his PL reading back to 22007 instead of 39000. Rensu praised him for his little show... Again, he blushed. Just how many times today that happened?

"Ah, Shouyu is like a condiment usually used to give fish mostly salty, but also acidic sort of crispiness! Umami is... like, something that triggers your appetite I guess? Like, without that taste, you'll find that salty food is just salty, basically. It naturally exist in many sort of food! And wasabi---" too late, Rensu already ate the wasabi... Did he... did he ate a bit too much of it? For someone trying wasabi for the first time, it might be ridiculously hot, so Beat winced. Bravery of a saiyan, he can't help but to admire it... And it looks like the way to get to a saiyan's good side is to win them from their stomach huh...

"I can make several more stuff you know... stuff even more delicious than this," Beat tried to play it cool, but his tail definitely showing that he's very pleased from the praise. "Well I can't get too carried away, though..." the half saiyan finally had the time for himself to eat his food. The grilled fish, added with crushed seaweed was something that he really likes. Yup, this would be really awesome with rice. Too bad he don't have ri--wait, he does! Beat rummaged his small bag and found a container of rice! Inside is... Rice balls! Well, it's completely empty, but the boy was already excited!

"Here, Ren-nii! This is called rice! It'll taste much better to eat fish with this rice!" unless Rensu is more to a bread person. But then again, he's not much of a bread person, so he doesn't pack any bread. That aside, Beat gave about five palm sized rice ball to Rensu, with another five for himself. After some serving grilled fish meat, he finally satisfied. Yeah, it's probably still not enough as it;s just half of his usual food, but at the very least, he was happy enough he could eat rice.

"Ahhh, that was a bliss... hmn?" Beat titled his head. "Oh, training!? Sure! Like I said, I might be weak for now, but I'll definitely not let you down if you give me chance! Tomina-san is stronger than you, but... you're probably the second strongest guy I ever met so far. That's really thrilling... and you're so young too! I really want to know your training secret seriously!"

However, he would have never thought that the other boy had gone on a life or death situation. Perhaps, that was what the red haired halfling lacked: Proper battle experience.

"...Hm? Oh, about my ki? Well... how to say this..." Beat scratched his cheek. "...Let's just say that my father put it on me... a seal. It's apparently designed to push my ki level down to certain level. For example, you might read my power level around... probably 20000? Now, for me myself, I read it as about 10000, which create a discrepancy between the reader and me myself. It was supposed to be the same on both party, but for some reason, the seal began to malfunction... As of why my father put it on me... He said he's afraid that... I might got pulled to war. Recruited, or something like that. Apparently I was born with really high level of ki... Well, I dunno the details to be honest.

As for... my pain before, that was because... I crashlanded." The boy's tone at the end was kind of deadpan and like someone recalling a trauma. "I don't think it got swollen, but I maybe got some bruises from it. It was awful... really awful. I crashed on this Majin lady's house and she was kind to me despite that. I'm currently living with her and helping her to fix her house. Hmmm, but anyway, that sure would be great. The majin lady did said that until I'm fully patched up, I'm only allowed to use half of my ki. But any rate... it would be great if you can help me breaking this seal! I need to get stronger after all! Hmmm, why don't we just try anyway?"

Beat once again took off his top and prepared himself. "...Here... goes!!"

White ki flared around him. Once again, he felt his body creaking from the pain assaulting his body from the sudden power spike. It gone up to 39000 again. And then... "HAAAAA!!" honing the ki further and calling his inner power as a halfling, Beat managed to raise that up to 195000... Just as he done that, on his stomach a tattoo start to form. It looked like a chained up sun. "Just... a bit... more..." this time around, he finally used the bulking tech. His muscles expanded to size he would feel ideal. He looked more like a saiyan now rather than the scrawny boy he was a moment ago. Now the ki level has gone up to 273000 in reading. Just when he thought he could go further...

"GOHO--!!"

Suddenly, he coughed and felt absurd amount of pain on his body, far worse than before. The seal... glowed and spread over to his body, slithering like a snake, tightly wrapping around his limbs and forced his bulking to undo itself. The boy laid sprawled on the grass, still conscious, but his body twitching as if someone just sucker punched him. Beat was lucky that he's not coughing blood, but... That pain was seriously like he just hit by a huge iron ball. It hurts... it was an experiment, but the bitter taste of forcefully stopped made him angry.

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TWC: 5936
Rensu