Ryme knew as soon as his brother loomed in the sky that his assessment was correct. He'd wait for him to scold, then he knew that the hard part was coming. On one hand, monkeys were disgusting, on the other hand, this one knew his place and gave free delicious treats. Though he did have a smart-ass answer when he asked if he was a fan. Expecting intelligence from a monkey was still too much. No one ever said family was easy, sometimes the sweetest gifts can turn rancid with one look. So begrudgingly, Ryme wouldn't take one more lick, he'd throw the ice cream on the ground. Even from the trash, that was a tasty treat. I'll have to grab some at a fancy restaurant later. Time to see what brother wants to do, I knew free ice cream was too good to be true.

"Brother how true I was so excited to try the ice cream I decided to overlook that flaw."

While the brothers talked, Lirai would start to gulp her cones down. Ryme couldn't blame her, they were pretty good cones. If only he was capable of such savagery. He wouldn't engage in it like Liari, better to save it for the more important foods. Like chicken wings, that's one food he might forget his manners for. The humans that were slowly inching closer to their space would all flee at his brother's righteous anger. The monkey would actually confront his brother. Even he had to recognize how nice his shirt was, but why did he not comment on Ryme's. He would take this out on the fashion lady at the store. Watching Callion, he'd try to levy accusations at Zero. Ryme wasn't particularly interested in beating up a monkey on the beach. Especially since they were supposed to be vacationing from training. He'd see if he could deescalate the situation with words. Ryme knew that lower beings liked to solve their fights through words instead of physically fighting so he'd attempt that first.

Monkey, how do you know they didn't run from the Majin, it's you who the real racist here. How dare you impune my brother and me after our attempt to fit into such a low-level society. Why, if it wasn't for the food, I think this planet would be worthy of being destroyed by the PTO. Even you acknowledged the nicety of our dress, yet you can't look past your monkey primal rage to allow bygones can you? We are just trying to when in Rome, and you're out here setting us up for failure. Truly monkey madness."

Ryme spoke clearly and loud so that some of the earthlings leaving could hear. He had learned this move on one of earth's most popular political channels. They always turned every accusation back at the accuser. It had to be effective if they were one of the top channels. He'd show this monkey that the changelings were capable of more than just violence on the physical. He could verbally assault with all the best, a challenge he had prepared for with his pop culture absorption program. This monkey had no idea what he was in store for.

Ryme also knew that by sparring verbally, there was a chance the earthlings would come back. They loved verbal spars, and if your exchange was strong enough you could go something they called viral. Then the whole planet would sit around their living areas judging who was in the right or wrong. It was a very popular ritual, even the news channels would cover some of the viral videos if they were popular enough. Ryme would start thinking of possible responses to whatever this monkey would utter next. The music was still playing in the background, which was perfect another element of virality. There had to be background music, Ryme never fully understood why, but all the best videos had background music. He might need to move fast and try to teleport behind or close to Callion depending on his answer. He'd seen the earthling call these transitions and effects, they were such a simple folk instead of recognizing the power of the poster they'd call it special effects. Though Ryme did wonder sometimes why all these folks who could use special effects didn't seem interested in fighting. He had assumed enough money was made off being viral that fighting others didn't interest them. Better to use their incredible speed to create better opportunities for themselves.

Ryme also hoped that if he drew in enough humans that the ice cream man's van would come back for business interest. Then he could just purchase his own delicious treat. The chocolate was enjoyable, what flavor would he try next. As Ryme learned more about Earthling culture he learned why they were so weak. With so many distractions, and being told you were safe no wonder so few sought to be strong. A culture like this couldn't breed warriors, that's why they were such an oddity on the planet. Ryme figured they'd be able to find few fighters capable of serving their goals. At least they had found Liari so far, he hadn't asked his brother if he'd been successful in finding any others.

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Zero looked to Liari first and his lips parted as he looked at her sharply. Even though his attention was focused on her he spoke to Ryme. "Yes, I can see the logic there. Still, you know how quick the saiyans are to volt against one of out kind without even talking about anything. If this one was smart enough to not attack us when we did not see him, then he might be strong enough to try and take us out through other means. " He took a dramatic blink before refocusing on the Majin. " No, a fish did not bite me, for it it had I would be feasting on it. Remember that Liari, I will eat whatever attacks me if it has no use." Zero could tell right away he and Ryme had struck a never with the Majin, he facial expression betraying her and something odd even happed with her eyes. She apparently did not like that they had more room.

[color=red did you truly enjoy sharing space with lesser life forms Liari? Perhaps I was wrong about you. Dear brother did you know that this creature can regrow limbs after they have been blasted? I wonder... I wonder if like a Star fish it you cut a limb off if they both would regrow. What an interesting idea. " He then smirked as she displayed her power almost as if she had forgotten what had occurred in her fights with Ryme and himself. He listened to his brother suggest the Majin had scared of the people and not himself. What a good brother he had. And really all this saiyan had to say for himself was "nice shirt." This was confusing for Zero as he was not wearing one.

"OH well there goes the theory of him being smart. He thinks I am wearing a shirt hahaha. Foolish monkey this is my natural armor. My first was taken off soon after we had arrived here, which means you have been a peeping tom. What a sick and disgusting man you are. Were you after this poor girl? That's it is it not? You though we were all children and you attempted to lore us in with Ice cream. I seen this on the news, these type of people are called Pedophiles, and were mostly wiped up on earth. It figures a Monkey would be one of them. Well I assure you sir, that I nor my brother are kids and have absoultly no intrest in you. Becarful Liari, this man if more vile than I could ever be. He is truly sick, just admit it saiyan!" Zero made sure to be loud, he was playing off his brother's stratergy. He purposely did not answer the question the saiyan asked only, used his words to point out that he had taken his shirt off since they had arrived to the beach.

As for the Majin girl, she ws really starting to work on his last nerver with all that disrespect. Did she forget who they were? Had she forgotten how he had left her there with no arms when they had first met? The arrogance of this creature. She should count herself lucky that he was intrested in her abilities. Even with the display of her emotions so outward and clearly the anger pointed at the two brothers Zero only chuckled as he lifted off the ground and floated backwards.

"I can see we have angeried you dear girl. Perhaps the two out you would like to settle this? If so then allow us to do so, though it would be fun to see you both fall tot he power Ryme and I share in combat, I detest fighting. So... Zero pointed his finger to the newly vacant volleyball net with a volleyball. "How about we settle this with a game of beacg volleyball."

In anticapation of them to accept Zero flew over towards the net and landed near the ball, usning his thre toed foot he stepped ontot he ball and gripped it befor spinning around and flinging it over his shoulder and catching it with his hands. "Now before we get started, let us be clear. Obviously we are all strong enough to use a truck for this game. So, let's make sure we are treating this ball with the same care we would if it was something somewhat to our liking and not over the top. We do not nee the ball to break apart on the first strike yes? Do you two think you can handle such a task? "

Truthfully, this was another task he designed to see if the majin would be able to hold back her anger and if she could learn when to use it or if she was much like a saiyan and let the anger control her. It would also be a good test to see if her mind would be one for stratergy or the simple and direct approach to things. Whichever way she thought, Zero knew he could help her improve and become the perfect tool for his plans. Of course Ryme would have a hand in it to, see Ryme was the tactical guy, and Zero was the direct, sop i did not matter. This excercise would allowed for greater understandling truly. As for the saiyan well, so far nothing had gotten a reaction out of him which was unlike the typical monkey. Though even if he did not spring into action and allowed Ryme Or Zero to damage his pride, he would at least get to deliver a deffeat in another way. It was that or be hunbled by the saiyan which he doubted very much. Zero had never met a monkey he could not best in any form of combat, this would be no different.

So, do you accept? Two on two and winner at 10 points. What do yall say?"

Zero had never played the game but he had obserbed it on a few online videos. It was a simple game, one person in the back served the ball into the air to the other team, the field made a Square and if the ball went out of the square the other team got the ball. You scoured by making the ball make impact with the opponent's side of the square either before or after they touched it. The main objective was to prevent the ball from hitting the ground on your side, and taking advantage of letting it og out of bounds. Like he though simple enough.

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Ryme would feel a little bad for Liari as she huffed and puffed for being implicated in the reason for humans leaving. She wasn't old enough to understand that he was spreading blame equally not pointing to one party in specific. He'd explain this kind of tactic to her when she was older, if he explained it now it wouldn't be as effective as a tactic. It wouldn't take much talking from Ryme for his brother to catch on to what was going on. He'd pick up speaking for both of them. He was worried that it would go into a sparring match, but his brother surprised everyone. He suggested a volleyball match. Ryme had watched a riveting children's cartoon they call anime about it. He'd listen to the monkey split them into the teams he assumed. Then the monkey would do the second wise thing since Ryme met him. He'd ask about Liari. A monkey with some consideration, must have been at a zoo instead of Vegeta. I wonder if he loses his monkey mind at a full moon. I should learn that secret someday."

"Liari, sweety, if you beat us I'll let you get a free punch right on my jaw. Does that sound fair now to you? We can always get more ice cream another day."

He'd listen for Liari's answer before turning towards the monkey and addressing him. Liari was still very much like a child to Ryme. So the simpler of an answer that you gave the quicker the response. Hopefully, she'd find a free punch equivalent to however she had heard him call her ugly. He wouldn't call her pretty though, not unless he had to. The tone of his voice changed from soft and kind to dripping with negativity as Ryme spoke to the Sayian.

"Thank you so much for your opinion, on our friend who you've known for all of 30 seconds. Are you Dr. Donkey Kong and this is your professional opinion? Or can we get this volleyball show on the road?"

Ryme had no idea what he was doing but was confident in all things. That was the best way to prepare for any battle. The only time to appear unconfident was when you were sure to win. Stripping out hope was the most satisfying of all reactions. He knew the basics of volleyball, so he imagined he'd be fine. Unless one of the other two were sticklers for the rules they could play it mostly by ear.

He'd look over to his brother and see he was thinking similarly. Their first tactic would be to observe how the enemy team played their game. It didn't matter how they crushed them, just that they did. He imagined they wouldn't have too many volleyballs plays ready to go on such short notice. The monkey had no problem accepting now the brothers waited on Liari's approval for continuing. Ryme secretly hoped that she'd help the guest win. This would mean that Liari was worth more than her brother originally thought.

This game was about one of the founding concepts behind their transformations. Control, for the other races their transformations came as they gained power. For his race, it was as natural as breathing, just an expression of your power. You would drain yourself faster when fully unleashed, so typically most stayed in their most restrained form. He'd look over at the ball for the game. He'd have to restrain himself from hitting the ball too hard. The first person to break the ball would be the first loser, he didn't want to lose twice.

Ryme was proud of his brother he had found a medium strategy, one where they didn't fight, but still got to show their combat prowess. This would eventually bring in humans as they couldn't resist seeing entertainment in their inferiority. And if history was anything to go on it wouldn't be too much longer until the monkey embarrassed himself. As long as one of them kept him talking his baboon butt would show.

Hopefully, Liari wouldn't get too mad at any of the humans who weren't on her side. If she did kill one of them, he'd look forward to laughing as the Sayian switched sides again. It might be a good lesson for Liari, but no need to push it better to see how her anger worked itself out.

He knew in the future Ryme had once wanted an employee to capture all of his spontaneity on a cell phone. Of course, he realized that people could study the tapes so ultimately he decided against it for security reasons. He could see the cheesy opening music playing now made mostly of compilations of their following volleyball game. Though when he thought of the show's he watched he never remembered the volleyball episode.

Ryme planned on taking his rage out about having to trash his ice cream cone on this game. He couldn't blame his brother, though he did wish he had gotten just one more lick. Ryme would need to try and spike the ball at least once at the monkey. He knew that his brother would want the same honors, better to let him lead the charge. He secretly wondered if this was the monkey's plan all along. To get Ryme a taste of ice cream then dangle being a monkey to upset his brother. Thus setting Ryme up for a taste of ice cream; an interesting flavor of torture. Then again monkeys weren't typically that smart, but with how calm this one was there was the possibility. Ryme would have to watch this Callion carefully. If he was as smart as Ryme imagined they were in true danger. A monkey with brains might as well be a signal of a future super Sayian. They were pretty rare like monkeys with brains.

This was still an opportunity that could be spun if he could find a way to get the monkey to submit slavery was more valuable than a body with a story. His thoughts of finally training with Babidi lay beyond the horizon. Maybe he'd start a monkey army then, surely this monkey has got some hate in his heart. Ryme hadn't gained that vision yet.

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Just who did she think she was yelling at? Had she forgotten how outclassed she had been in their fight? It was true she had got in some good shots on him but that was because he was not aware of what her race was capable of, now he had an idea of what to expect. Though it seemed everything had gone to plan and Zero and Ryme would get to judge the Majin's abilities further and judge what this saiyan was capable of. Part of him was upset about how quick the Majin girl had lost her anger, and was confused as to why literal steam would be puffing out of her body. Was she some type of rubber kettle race? Just what were these Majins truly? Though it seemed she would eventually calm down and the teams were set. He had to admit he was also disappointed in the Saiyan's reactions to his class A insults. Poor Liari had no idea why Zero was being a jerk as she called him a meanie. Truly, Zero was not a bit angry about anything he was simply just annoyed his brother had done something so foolish. As if there was not an entire history of bad blood between the two races. It seemed Liari would be oblivious to this fact. Oh well, he would teach her the layers of races and why his race was at the top of the charts and the Saiyans were at the bottom. He would also have to teach her that she would be higher than them too and demand the proper respect she deserved, after of course she learned how to speak in complete and proper sentences. He was not sure if she was just that young of a child or if she was just dumb. That would have to come with further studying of the future vessel of his plans.

Good, good. Now being the superior species we will pick the side of the court we want, but in exchange to be fair, we will give you the ball first. " This would be an important step into his plans in evaluation of the two opposing the changeling brothers. Zero had no doubts in his mind that they would come out on top. That had too many things going in their favor. Number one, Zero and Ryme had been a team all their lives, in fact, Zero often thought of them as the same person. Number two, he was sure they were stronger than both of their opponents with a large gap of power. He knew for sure Ryme and himself had beaten down the Majin in their own fights with her. Liari's opponent was a bum-looking monkey just how strong could he be? Zero did not expect much from him though. his observations had hinted that there was something different about this Saiyan. Firstly his style of dress, secondly the mannerisms and the way he spoke. There was no pride or arrogance in any of his responses nor did he even so much as lift a brow in anger. Perhaps he was under the influence of something. Lastly, the third reason he was sure Ryme and himself would come out of his game victorious was simply that Liari would end up snapping and destroying the ball. While typically Zero would look to do anything to set that Saiyan off to watch him chimp out, Zero really wanted to see what was going to happen when he made Liari lose control of her anger. He could tell earlier she was ready to fight him. She had even made a fist.

"We play this game instead of fighting my dear because fighting is how the stupid settle everything. Now you are not stupid, are you? Before she could even answer Zero walked to their side of the court, which was where their backs faced the west, so once the sun would start to set it would not impede him or Ryme. It was now time to set the guidelines for this volleyball game. " No pay attention so you understand the rules, on top of the normal rules of volleyball, let us make sure we are not doing anything ridiculous. First off, no flying, do not hit the ball so hard that it pops, and now beams or telekinetic abilities. This will be a game of tactics and physical prowess. Whichever side breaks these rules forfeits instantly and loses the game. "

Zero then scooped the ball up with his tail and tossed it over the net so they may serve. "And none of that stretchy stuff either missy. " Zero stated with a firm look as he looked at Liari. Zero allowed Ryme to pick where he wished to start, either the back or front row, he was sure it would not matter which was picked, the two of them would have this in the bag. Now, all there was to it was to take his position in the boxed-out sand pit and take his stance bending at the knees as he waited for the first server to come over the net. He was eager to see just how bad these two would work with each other and how they would fumble over each other with every play. The best thing to do was to aim the ball in the center of the two of them each time and make them both move to react and then hesitate in their actions and either run into each other or let the ball touch the soft white sands under them all.
Zero knew that he and Ryme would have to handle it, the key was to split the box that was cut into two parts even smaller by cutting it into four parts. If he was in the rear then he had from the halfway point from the back line to the middle of the court that he had Ryme laid on and the reverse would be said for his brother.

The sounds of the waves crashing onto the beach could be heard as the match would soon begin and the winners of this game would be closer to being found out. There were no doubt clips of this would be going viral if anyone around them were to record the four alien creatures playing the human game. He was sure he would see something about things on ZSPN later on tonight or possibly even in the morning. It would probably even go so far that it would pop up on the News that Ryme enjoyed so much and that the people in the suits and big hair would talk about.

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Ryme was surprised by Liari's sudden anger, he knew that she had a bad habit of letting her emotions get the best of her. Still, he just hadn't expected the meltdown from Ryme's implication or his brother's words. Ryme was still unsure how he felt about the monkey, he didn't seem to care about the same things most monkeys did. He was probably one of those wonky ones he'd hear about from time to time. That every once in a while a monkey was born without the needless aggression or monkey-like traits. Ryme had his theories on that being the true bloodline, the only way the monkeys could work together without a puppeteer. He wondered if any of them were trying to take back the planet as he spoke. Every day he waited to hear about the rebel sayians. Or maybe something else if they succeeded fast enough. Part of the Namek expansion had been about gaining more land. Another part was the effect it had on the USD's peace across the universe. Now others were seeing the folly of partnering together. If they were ever stupid enough to split it would make conquering them all the easier for the PTO.

He'd look over at the court that his brother had laid out as their coliseum. Ryme hadn't played volleyball before, now that he was in front of an actual court he was too excited to decide a position. He had seen such great plays from both the front and rear man. Ryme could see himself going in for a dive on the opposite's territory if it was too hard for the other brother. Doing a killer spike, that's when a thought would occur to Ryme. The monkey towered over both the brothers, and there was an easy remedy. Ryme would have to use his tail to extend his body's height to match the monkeys. Truly an ironic response to a problem, Ryme would chuckle as he imagined himself using it. Hopefully, it would trigger some laughs from the rest, he could tell the tension was higher than he expected. No matter how much he studied other races, he'd never understood their quickness to be offended. If changelings were offended as easily there'd be no galaxy to conquer.

Ryme would ultimately take the back position in volleyball, he expected that it would require more prediction than the front. Liari's anger had slowly morphed from anger to excitement. Ryme still hadn't been able to discern her exact age, but it was young. He wondered if the monkey was capable of understanding that. Maybe someone with a young mind is an adult one to them. Ryme couldn't be sure, one thing for sure, this would be a blast-off day for him. This sport would require a different posture than usual for Ryme. He'd practice while his brother and the monkey spoke. Repeating the correct posture to himself, Ryme squared his legs shoulder-width apart and slightly bent his knees. His arms were relaxed palms resting on his thighs, ready to transform into either position of hitting he'd seen. His tail was relaxed against the sand, ready to push off to give him that extra height. That's when the thought would hit Ryme in the face. This monkey is a calm one, but he still has a tail. That's what's been rubbing me wrong, I thought all the calm ones got snipped. Maybe they snipped off his monkey scrotum to reproduce the same effect.

His brother would pass off the ball over the net, and Ryme would watch to see who would serve first. He didn't have any expectations on who would serve. On one hand, monkeys liked to be the hero of their own stories, on the other Liari's childlike qualities might demand she hit it first. Either way, Ryme wanted to have a scrimmage going on the first serve. He'd rather not have a one-sided match on either side. That was part of the reason for not using full power, and the ball would have a hard time staying solid. Plus the audience was already starting to gather around them as they went to the volleyball court. Solving the problem in an earthling way was a creative way to continue to build their fame. He had been approached multiple times in cities now. Granted it was only 5 people total, but it was starting to slowly go to Ryme's head. The brothers were being approached to do jobs off-planet already.

Whoever took the ball first to serve, Ryme would give them a thumbs up and a smile. Though if it were the monkey, the smile would be pretentious. Ryme would stare down whoever was going to serve, watching every twitch on their body. He wasn't good enough to be able to predict where they'd serve. Still, he found observing his opponents helpful. He wondered which direction the serve would go.

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He figured Liari would protest, but she eventually agreed. With all parties in agreeance with the rules, it was time to start. Just as soon as it started it ended. As Liari punched the ball towards Callion. Zero watched it zoom towards the Saiyan and frowned. "No no no! One of you must serve the ball up and over the net, honestly, have you never watched ZSPN? " Was this not something everyone did or were he and Ryme the only ones who did research on cultures when they went places? Honestly, how were they supposed to play a proper game? Pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance he pointed towards Callion. "You there, Monk Mi-onkey stand in that corner there and serve it up. Honestly, how do you visit a planet and not know a single thing about it? " Zero looked at Ryme exasperated with this entire situation. Perhaps it would have been better to just fight, yes that idea was sounding so much better now.

As he waited for them to try it again, Zero wondered what was going to happen after he and his brother walked away with a victory. Would they finally get a reaction out of monkey see and monkey do that would entertain them? Perhaps not, so far Liari seemed to be the only one rearing to do anything. Which begged the question of what she would do if he pushed her to the edge a bit more? She boiled like a teapot but he wondered if she overflowed like one too? A possible outcome for sure. One he would have to test to see if she would indeed be worthy of becoming a soldier in their army.

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