Liek’s day had been like so many other since meeting Zaks and deciding to spread his proverbial wings, see more of the world and use the whole planet as a potential training ground. He’d awoken early and headed out into the forest to hunt for his breakfast, moving swiftly and carefully through the woods, his speed keeping from the sight of the wildlife, and cautiously to ensure he didn’t make unnecessary noise as he went. He’d calmed his thoughts and cleared his mind, allowing the flow of nature and energy of life around to wash over him, reaching out with his senses to eventually sing out his prey for the day; a rabbit, the flow of it’s ki telling the boy that the creature was old and had already seen many summers, and as many broods.

It was carved up ready to cook before it even knew it was dead.

After his breakfast he’d headed out for the day and done what he had been doing for hours now; pushing the limits of his speed and agility. First he’d headed east, into the mountains and sped between the valleys as fast as he could before doubling back and doing it all over again. Then he’d continued east, racing across the ocean at super sonic speeds, stopping briefly to scout a particular part of the ocean, diving into the depths and allowing the water to pound his body as he carved through it.

After seeing what he wanted he raced along the sea floor for some distance before erupting out of the ocean and continuing east until he reached the western region. There he dived near the ground and raced through Korin’s forest before cutting to the south, eventually reaching where he was now, racing just above the water, carving up a massive set of waves in his wake as he moved faster then sound.

But as he flew between islands his senses picked up something strange, something unlike anything he’d felt before. There where two weak signals, regular humans based on how the energies washed over his senses. What really drew him in was the third energy he felt. It’s very nature was not only alien but oppositional to what the young man had learned was how energy should feel. It had some of the same texture as the Dark Power he could call on from within, but this was different, more total and complete. While his own Dark Power he would describe with the same black and purple and blue, his purples and blues shone brightly, while this energy was more pallid.

And the two human energies emanated what felt like distress…

The young man abruptly changed directions and accelerated towards the Dark Energy he was sense with all his haste. It didn’t take him long to reach the island the energy was coming from once he reached his decision, coming to a complete stop just as suddenly as he’d arrived. He hovered a few feet off the ground with his arms at his side, ready to react to anything as the water he’d sucked along with his speed caught up and crashed over him from behind. His azure eyes took in the scene and assessed to the best of his abilities.

The Dark Energy was coming from a woman in a swimsuit lounging around on a towel, with a coconut and a cigarette.

Human energies where in the bushes.

The towels and umbrella where set up for more then one person.

It didn’t take a genius to figure out something shady was up.

The young man didn’t act right away, but he did tense a little, ready for a fight. But, even so, he was hoping he could resolve this by talking. The greatest battles you can ever fight are the ones you avoid, as his Grandmother would say.

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WC: 641
PL: 4,087
Zeni: 2,419
Boneses: Looters (-25% due to racial)

The young hybrid did the best he could to maintain his nerves as he observed the woman. She was attractive by the standards of almost any man one may think to ask and clad in a one-piece swimsuit that left little to the imagination in terms of the shape of her body. Her hair was long and silver with equally silvery eyes. What truly drew the young man’s attention where the black horns that framed her face. You did not see those everyday, even someone who had lived in seclusion as long as Liek had knew that wasn’t common for otherwise human looking people.

Coupled with the way her energy felt he couldn’t help but wonder, was this woman a Demon… just like…

He could see her circling him, appraising him with a glint in her eye and manner to her step not unlike a predator sizing up it’s prey. Her stride looked casual at a glance but the boy had been trained since childhood to always watch potential threats closely, and he could see the subtle hints of her anticipation to fight, while at the same time he could tell it wasn’t her first choice of interactions.

Good. The young man allowed himself to relax a little, but didn’t drop his guard.

Most other men his age might have been captivated by her appearance, over come by hormones and primal instincts to impress and win her affections. But his Grandmother had been prepared for that and had trained him thoroughly, running him through drills and exercises to resist temptation and maintain focus.

...Finding out his favourite picture of a girl in a swimsuit was actually his Grandmother in her teens definitely helped build that resistance…

“No, thank you.” Liek replied carefully, “...are you a Demon?” He blurted out. He couldn’t help it, his curiosity being too strong. He’d met another half-saiyan in the form of Zaks which had helped to temper his curiosity about his genetic heritage on that front, and he intended to visit her caravan soon to meet more hybrids and even some full-bloods soon. But meeting a Demon? On Earth? The young man hadn’t thought it even in the realm of possibility.

Not after reading about how his father had to escape an entirely different Realm through a near randomly occurring tearing in Space/Time. After that the young man had just assumed he’d need to dedicate months or years to figuring out how to predict another tear in order to make the trip himself.

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WC: 429
TWC: 1,070

Her theatrics at his calling her out for being a demon and acting offended did actually catch the young man by surprise. Not in a way that would have made him think for a moment that he’d been entirely off base, but more that she would say something like that. Didn’t she realise that the alternative, that she was an alien, would have had him comparing her to a goat? What else was he to compare those horns to? She was either a Demon or some kind of Goat Alien. And he was fairly certain she would find being compared to a mammalian spider to be far less flattering then being called a demon outright.

Add the fact her energy was clearly not anything like anything else he’d sensed on Earth, and that included various aliens. No, her energy felt like the same power dwelling deep within, and he knew that to be of demonic origin. So it wasn’t an assumption so much as a request for confirmation.

Which she soon volunteered. Confirmation that she was indeed a full blooded demon. “Real thing?” Liek mused. His thoughts turning to what he knew of his mother and where his father said she resided. He couldn’t help but wonder if this woman came from the same place and, perhaps, she even knew of a way to reach his mother. Not that he was ready to reveal quite that much just yet, “So… does that mean you hail from the Demon Realm?” he asked, careful to not allow the hint of hope into his voice.

“I am part Demon.” He confirmed, “On my mother’s side.” This time there was a hint of something in how he spoke, the hint that he knew more of his mother then that she merely existed, but with a distant enough tone that the observant could note the lack of familiarity. He then shrugged, “I guess I got lucky, Saiyan and Demon making me look nearly human.” Except for the tail wrapped around his waist, at least.

His eyes narrowed knowing the question wasn’t just a hypothetical. He could still sense the two humans nearby and so he considered how he intended to respond. After a moment of consideration he replied, “I would not kill them. That would be wasteful. Saving them has several benefits. While the morality of multiple species would consider saving them the moral thing to do, there are more practical benefits as well. An immediate reward could be gained as compensation, or the long game could be played, by not taking an immediate reward you cultivate good will. Garner enough good will and the people are more likely to accommodate you asking for favours later that can result in a greater pay out later.” Normally his response wouldn’t be so cold or calculated, but right now he was letting his demon side take the reigns.

And while it had the same views about things as he normally did, it was more impersonal in how it reached those same conclusions.

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WC: 513
TWC: 1,583