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[Echo/Mason]

Echo followed behind Chi-Chi by a few steps. He stayed quiet for the trip, reflecting on the rationality of his decision. He had agreed to go to unfamiliar territory and lose all advantage if this woman decided to turn on him and attack. He quietly debated with himself in his mind. Although he would like to remain suspicious of the earth woman, he had a hard time doubting that she had an evil agenda. He chi was pure, by his senses, and the creature seemed to like her, although she didn't reciprocate it's affection.

He heard each twig snap under their feet, although did his best to avoid any larger branches that would make a loud crack. It wasn't a conscious act; it had become second nature to the Namekian to do his best at being silent while moving. His instincts kept his ears open to any foreign sounds that he didn't recognize. His eyes stayed low, only using his peripherals to take in his surroundings.

"How come you only drink water? It must be boring not being able to eat tasty foods."

Echo snapped out of his primitive senses and looked up. There was a pause before his response. He was replaying what she had said, or what he had thought she said. Once he comprehended it after a few seconds, [color="That's all the nourishment our people requires. If you think of us like plants, then it makes a little more sense." He thought about his last statement. His home world had 3 suns, and no night time. He always did feel more active during the day, compared to nights where he settles down for meditation.

"It's not like we would die if we ate food. We just don't have the need to." He smiled. "I knew Namekians that would eat fruit. They only did it once in awhile, though." Echo shrugged his shoulders. "It never seemed to harm them."

After his last statement, Echo saw the house threw a clearing. It was small, about the size of a house on Namek. Echo should see a river running besides the dome shaped house. Getting a better view after a few seconds, Echo had to admire the house. It had a certain charm to it. In a strange way, it reminded him of home. This brought a smile to the Nameks face, as he went threw nostalgia land for a few seconds.

"Nice home." The guardian of the forest said simply.

[princesschichi]

The dragon was prancing around the house he had been accustomed to living by because of Gohan. Chichi shook her head at the sight of this. Her son was the reason why this dragon hung around the house all the time. He was not a pet. He belonged in the wild like the rest of the creatures. Despite her annoyance, the Namek had managed to keep her at ease.

Echo keeping her at ease was a rare sight for anyone to do because she was a wild one. The reason he did was because he managed to compliment her home. Not just that, but she did not have to cook for him either. Most guests that came to her house wanted to eat because of her amazing cooking. It bothered her that no one ever cooked for her.

The house he complimented on was small, yet cozy. There were luxuries she had left behind in order to live in the middle of the forest. Being the jokester that she was, she glanced at Echo with a calm, yet mischievous look.

"You think this is a nice home. You should have seen the large castle I lived in before. Then you would be impressed." She was not the one to brag. In this case, she felt it was right for her to do so.

Once again she started to walk, Chichi led Echo to the house. She opened the door because it was never locked. There were not many people who knew they lived here so there was no reason to lock the door.

The moment she was inside she went to her room where the dragonball had been placed. She picked it up and walked back into the kitchen where most of her guests stayed. The four star ball was small and shiny. It was the only ball that Goku wished to keep because of the Grandpa who had raised him. She respected his wishes even though the dragonball brought dangers to their house.

"This is it. It's not very impressive though. It is said the dragon can grant any wish when seven of these are gathered. I am guessing you knew that since your peole make them...a better design could have helped spot these better though and saved us the trouble." Her shoulders shrugged while holding the ball in front of Echo so he could see it.

[Echo/Mason]

Creeping into the house, Echo surveyed his new surroundings like a hawk, before realizing how much cool stuff they had! A couch, a fridge, even the stove; all things Echo haven't seen before. He glanced around like a kid in a candy shop. He was left in the kitchen, not like he noticed her leaving in the first place. As soon as he stepped into this magical land, he was in his own world where curiosity reigned supreme.

The sink was the first thing to get his attention, he looked at it with confusion wondering what it's purpose was. 'One of the dials on the side should answer that question.' He thought to himself and reached for the knob without hesitation and turning it. Water poured quickly from the faucet. Echo jumped back a little in awe, letting a small grunt escape his mouth as he watched the water pour into the drain. He slowly crept back up to the sink and put his hand in the water, and took a sip of it. His eyes opened dramatically. This was some good water.

After his fifth sip, he looked to his left and saw some pots and pans. He picked the items up as if they were made of glass. 'What kind of weapons are these?' He inspected the foreign objects, a skillet and a pot, in his left and right hands. Obviously they ere meant to deal blunt force trauma to the body, and judging from their weight they could cause a great deal of damage if used properly.

Figuring that testing the weapons in this environment as safe, he swung the pot upwards, then downwards, stopping right before he hit the counter. He smiled a bit. These were good weapons! Maybe Chi-Chi had so many of them because she was a master that took on pupils! But Echo liked fighting hand-to-hand too much to consider using a weapon. Getting bolder, he did a few elaborate swings with the pot and skillet and after he finished, stopped in a pose he thought looked cool.

The handles of the kitchen utensils pointing to the roof, his back turned to the hall way, and his head pointed down.

When he heard Chi-Chi speak, it spooked him a bit and caused him to drop the pot and toss the skillet to the sink. The resonating clang of metal on the stainless steel sink caused a sharp pain in Echo's ear, which he showed by growling and reaching for his ear. Once the pained subsided, he looked at Chi-Chi as if he was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

He immediately took notice of the dragon ball, however, and became focused on it. He stared at it intently, realizing that the earth dragon balls were a lot smaller than his home world.

"Well, on our planet you need both arms to carry 2." He said about her remark about them being easier to find on his planet. "Thats funny." He didn't mean 'haha' funny. But the 'that's weird' funny. He had only seen a glimpse of a Namekian dragon ball, but he could easily tell the difference.

[princesschichi]

One aspect of Chichi is that she hated messes of all kinds. Unfortunately for Echo, he would see the bad side of her. As she was getting the dragon ball, she heard clattering. It was a terrible sound. Her family tended to break silverware and the table all the time. However, this sound was louder than anything they could do.

When she heard the sound, she walked into the kitchen to see that her pot was on the ground. Look at the mess! Echo had just caused himself HFIL to pay. Someone once told her that taking deep breaths could relieve anger. She tried it for about two seconds, but it did not work. Nothing worked for her rage...absolutely nothing. Her eyes narrowed in anger as her fist began to shake. The dragon ball she had in her hand was placed near the stove. Anything that Echo had said went through one ear and out the other.

Operation rage Chichi commenced in ;

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“LOOK AT THE MESS YOU MADE YOU………….. ARGHHH!” It took all her will power not to call him a bad name. She had her fist clenched while shaking it at him.

“ DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOME KIND OF TOY?” She grabbed the pot, but then reached for a pan that Echo had not touched at all. The pot in her hand was placed on the counter while the pan remained in her opposite hand. If he wanted to play around with her pots/pans to make a mess, she would make him “pay.”

“DODGE!” Her hand swung the pan right at Echo’s head in the attempt to scare him. If he thought it was some kind of weapon, well right now it was used as one. She wanted to test his durability too. In her mind, she had a sense that he may have wanted to see what the pots/pans were for. Then, rather then stopping at his head with the first strike she attempted, she swung the pan around and attempted to ram it into his stomach. The strike was hard enough to make him remember not to mess with her or dirtying her house, yet soft enough not to severely hurt him.

[Echo/Mason]

Echo's child like curiosity had completely vanished and was replaced with one of shock and confusion. Obviously she didn't like him using her weapons without her permission. He looked around him and noticed the mess that his demonstration had created. Echo wouldn't mind cleaning up after himself. After all, it wouldn't take that long to tidy up. Echo turned to the raged woman, and before he could speak,

“DODGE!” Uh oh...

Echo looked up to see a pan coming straight for his dome. His instincts screamed for him to duck, and he instinctively bent his knees slightly, just so the pan would go right above his head. He had a calm look as this happened, examining how she stood, when she pivoted, and how her shoulders were when she swung. She had more force behind it than Echo expected- the wind behind the swing moved Echo's antennae to the left slightly. That could definitely hurt if she had landed a successful hit. And his head was the most vital spot for most species. Was she trying to kill him!

After the initial swing, she jabbed at his stomach with a pot. From the shape of it, the damage wouldn't spread as effectively as Echo would've liked. But still, the namek hopped slightly to the left, getting out of the path of the cooking utensil.

However Echo, in a momentary lapse, forgot the law out of the kitchen, and stumbled over the counter, knocking everything on it off and onto the floor in a montage of sounds. Echo lay on the other side, shoulders on the ground, arms spread, and one foot on the counter.

He groaned lowly from the pain. He was covered with several utensils the miraculously fallen off the counter after his initial dive. He moved his hand and rubbed the back of his head. The way it throbbed, he would think his heart had found it's way into his brain. He eventually got into a sitting position, still rubbing his head though, not taking in the damage that he had caused.

Maybe these weapons were more dangerous than he thought. Maybe Chi-Chi was more dangerous than he thought.

[princesschichi]

Echo's manuevers did not surprise her. Piccolo displayed the same powers as well. She disliked Piccolo, but there was no denying that the green men were powerful. Once he had dodged all her attacks, she also put the pan on the counter. To her dismay, Echo had fallen over and had knocked everything over.

Her eyes narrowed in anger. She was furious right now that he had made such a terrible mess. Both her fists clenched together as she held them up like a boxer. It was not that she was going to attack him, but she had to show how frustrated she was.

"Why can't aliens know how to be clean? Seriously, would it hurt your parents to teach you some manners! Ughhhhhhhhhhhh. I am not cleaning this mess..no way!" The angrier she got the more things on the ground started to shake. Every single time her dishes, plates, and everything else was broken she had to clean or fix it. Enough was enough.

However, as much as her power level was starting to increase and her energy, she suddenly felt tired. {What is wrong with me these days? Why does this keep happening? I could be in danger if I fall here. I have to keep myself up.} She did not want to show Echo any weakness. It was hard for her to keep her thoughts straight even with her determination. The red aura that had come around her dissipated completely. She had been panting the whole time while her hand pressed on the counter to keep herself from falling.

The anger she had displayed towards Echo had disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Chichi often had these mood swings, but nothing like this. The fact that she felt winded from something like that was troublesome. Her training as a martial artist had prepared her to face more than this. She looked over at Echo with a sincere look on her face. She could tell he probably was thinking bad of her. She was not the one to apologize because of her pride, but she had to be polite about her situation.

"You must excuse me Echo. I am not feeling too well." She kept her hand against the counter to keep herself up. It was hard for her to keep on her two feet. Her eyes tried to focus on Echo, but everything started to get blurry. The room began to spin. She pushed herself off the counter in the attempt to stand on her own two feet, but it made the situation worse. Her head bobbled as she began to go in and out of consciousness. With all her might, she tried to stay awake.

"Wh..." She fell to the ground with a thud. Her eyes had rolled back just before she had fainted. For the moment, she was out cold.

Outside the son family house there was a disturbance. Pilaf and his two henchmen were on the mission of seeking out the dragonballs. They were outside in the woods.

"There is a DRAGONBALL UP AHEAD shoo. We have to make sure we get it! This time I will wish for all the riches of the world so I can rule it!" Pilaf laughed his sinister laugh. His two henchmen shoo and mai payd close attention.

Mai: The dragonball is up ahead sir. It seems to be over there

She pointed in the directino of the son family house. They had no idea it was Goku's house or anyone familiar.

[Echo/Mason]

Echo only half heard Chi-Chi. His ears were still ringing from the loud sounds being amplified by the namek's ears. He made out a few of her words, just enough to get that she was angry. He opened an eye and looked around him. He realized that maybe, just maybe, this room wasn't made for combat.

Suddenly, he noticed the pots and pans begin to shake and rumble as Chi-Chi continued to scold him. He had no problem with tidying up a bit. After all, this was kind of his fault. Curiosity had gave him a pretty bad headache. He looked too Chi-Chi and saw her aura rising, alongside her anger. But suddenly, as soon as it came, it ended. The rumbling stopped and everything fell silent.

Echo looked around him again. It didn't surprise him that she was this powerful. If she was indeed a princess, by his logic, she had to be incredibly powerful. She was the Ox King's daughter after all. But she seemed to have exhausted herself during her display. Echo slowly got back to his feet, the pain subsiding from his head.

"You must excuse me Echo. I am not feeling too well."

Echo simply stood there, with a blank expression. He knew what this was. She just overexerted herself. All she needed to do was the rest for a little...and that's what she did...right onto the floor.

Echo quickly felt an awkwardness fall over him. Here he, the monster of the forest, was in a strangers house with said stranger currently passed out. If this didn't look bad he didn't know what did. These were the exact situations he tried to avoid. Not to mention he had no idea what to do.

Luckily for Echo, he could see the living room from where he stood. All he needed to see was the couch before he knew what to do. He lifted Chi-Chi up from the floor, bridal style, and placed her on the couch. It looked a lot more comfortable than wooden flooring.

The namek turned around, with full intentions of leaving, before he saw the mess from a far. Pots and pans scattered, chairs knocked over, and just complete disorder. Echo wasn't a clean freak by any means. but he wasn't going to leave her with his mess. So Echo began to straighten up a bit, going off of his memory of where to put things.

When he picked up a pot, under it was the 4-star Dragonball. Echo had almost forgotten about the mystical orb. It was the reason he came back to the house! He stopped and stared at the ball, then sat on the floor in front of it. He reached out for it and held it in the palm of his hand. Now that he had a better view of it, it was kind of puny. But he knew that it was foolish to judge it's capabilities from it's size. After all, his people made them for a reason. But why where they made on Earth?

Finally snapping from his thoughts, Echo placed the ball on the counter and and finished his cleaning. It wasn't the best job, but it was a lot better than scattered utensils on the floor. He stood and went over everything with a gaze, scanning the room. After finding everything to be okay, Echo left the house.

It wasn't until that he was outside did he notice that the dragon had followed him out. Echo stopped and smiled at the creature, crouching to one knee to be on it's level. He said nothing, simply resting a hand on top of it's head. There were no hard feelings to be had. Echo just felt it was an appropriate time to leave.

But as he was saying his farewells, his ears picked up on several twigs snapping nearby. Echo became alert, and naturally showed his canines towards the direction. The collective chi was negative, which was never good. Standing, he placed his hood over his head and waited. He used one of his hands to signal the dragon away.

[princesschichi]

A loud, snoozing type sound was heard as she was placed on the couch. Chichi had passed out from the over exertion. These symptoms occurred often. At the moment, she could not see, feel, or hear anything. She was out of this world.

The dragon (Ickerus) had been peaking through the window the whole time. He worried when he saw Chichi fall and wanted to help her. However, he remembered he was not allowed in the house. The person that was in there with her helped her and he sent a light growl to show his appreciation.

When Echo walked out, the dragon wagged its tail. The happines the dragon felt would disappear as soon as he too heard a twig. He started to growl protectively, but Echo had stepped in front of him. The dragon would protect the house if need be.

Pilaf, Mai, and Shu were closing in on the house where the dragonball had been. For so long, they have tried to find the dragonballs, but had always failed. Mai took her binoculars and began to scan the area for anyone present at the house. Mai thought she saw a figure and advised pilaf it would be better if they split up.

"Sir I feeland see there is someone close by. I think we should split up and have someone go to the back door." She advised Pilaf. Pilaf nodded and ordered Shu to go ninja style to sneak through the back door/window.

Shu did just that as Mai and Pilaf were now in robotic suits of armor heading towards the house. They had to be prepared for anything. So far they had managed to gather two dragonballs.

Mai and Pilaf stepped closer to the front door of the house. They could hear a dragon roaring, but were not concerned. Pilaf kicked at the dragon to shoo away.

Shu had managed to get to the back window of the house because it did not have a back door. He made sure to take a peak before climbing in. When he looked in, he saw the dragonball counter. His eyes glowed with victory. He started to climb through the window and had succesfully been able to get inside. However, once inside, he noticed there was a woman laying on the couch unconcious. She looked familiar, but regardless, he ignored her. If she was asleep, that was her problem. It would be better for him anyway. He slowly made his way to the ball and was inches from grabbing with his hand.

"Pilaf will be most pleased!" Shu said with excitement. He heard the woman breathing loudly in the background. What was her issue? His hands grabbed the dragonball and was now about to make his gateway.

[Echo/Mason]

What a waste. Echo had ran off to see the disturbance, not realizing Pilaf and his cohorts closing in on the house. He was already gone by time they got there. What he found was a lone hunter. He shot at Echo, and the namekian easily dodged the bullet easily, and took the hunter out. Of course, he only knocked him out and broke his gun. Echo used some nearby vines to tie up the evil man and left him there, making a mental note to come back for him later.

Echo caught himself walking back to the Son house. He sniffed the air like an animal, and sensed the area, finding three more ki signatures at the house that wasn't there before. Echo quickly leaped into a sprint, and slid to a halt behind a bush. He peeked threw it and saw two robots. One of them was a great deal shorter than the other, but still could be a major threat. That one was the one that had kicked the dragon. And that immediately told Echo one thing.

These things weren't friendly.

The namekian quietly ran threw scenarios in his mind. He needed to keep the element of surprise on them. And he didn't have a vast repertoire of ki techniques he could use. He had to think outside the box for this one.

Echo quietly retreated back further to behind a tree and crouched. He jabbed his arm into the ground. Hopefully, this worked. Echo stretched his arm towards the house underground. Echo peeked from the side of the tree to have a visual. Once his arm was close enough, His wrist popped in front of the taller one, and shot a shining yellow light directly towards it.

If he managed to isolate the smaller one, he would have a better shot at taking them both out with little difficulty. He would then move on inside to check on Chi-Chi.

[princesschichi]

Shu climbed out of the window with the dragonball in hand all while Chichi was passed out. He started to head towards where he had left his companions when he noticed his friend Mai get blasted by something. Pilaf started to wave his arms frantically because he did not want to die. In typical fashion, he refused to help Mai and only cared about himself.

Shu, being the loyal subject of Pilaf, rushed to Pilaf with the dragonball in hand.

Pilaf: Shu lets get out of here! Did you get the dragonball?
Shu: I did sire, but what happened to mai?
Pilaf: Don't worry about her. We gotta get out of here!

Shu and Pilaf looked at each other. Those blasts seemed familiar to the ones they used to encounter when they were up against the likes of Goku. If it was him, they were not about to let him foil their plans.

As for mai, she was knocked out, but not killed. She did not hear what Pilaf or Shu said about leaving here there.

Pilaf decided the best plan for attack was to escape. It is when he threw a capsule of smoke onto the ground. As the smoke came around them, they headed through the forest. Shu had managed to get himself in his mechanical armor too. He had the dragonball in his hand. Unfortunately for Pilaf and Shu, they were about to be met with someone else who wanted the dragonball.

Chichi's breathing was extremely loud. She was completely exhausted from her ordeal. She had not noticed that someone had taken the dragonball, but if she had found out, there would be HFIL to pay. The four star ball was precious to Goku and her family. It was Goku's grandpa's ball. It is why he had taken care of it for so long. The fact that someone had taken the ball would cause Chichi to be upset. At the moment though, she had no clue what had just happened.

[Echo/Mason]

Echo smirked at the direct hit. He had successfully knocked out the taller mech and retracted his arm. He moved from his position and sprinted towards Pilaf and a newcomer. But before Echo could get close enough, smoke suddenly appeared. Echo ran into the smoke, but found nothing inside of it. As the smoke began to clear, Echo looked around frantically for the two robots. When he realized that he had somehow lost them, he let out a loud roar that could be heard from miles around.

After letting his frustration show, Echo looked down at the mech he had managed to hit. To his surprise, there was a human in there. Echo scanned over the entire mech before ripping the front off, with some difficulty, and pulling Mai out of the wreckage. He hoisted her up over his shoulder and headed for inside the house. He wasn't going to leave her by herself. She had information that he needed.

Entering the house, Echo noticed a breeze that wasn't there before, but ignored it for now. He took Mai into the room with Chi-chi and placed her on the floor. He didn't know if Chi-Chi minded strangers on the couch. Besides, Echo needed to check to see if anything was missing.

The kitchen looked untouched enough. His shoddy clean-up was still pretty much intact. Nothing seemed out of order. Echo ran his hand over the counter and placed a hand behind his head. Maybe they didn't take anything. Maybe he scared them off.

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'The Dragonball!' Echo turned back to the Counter and saw that the mystical orb wasn't where he left it. He looked to the floor, hoping that it just fell off. But when he didn't find it, he snarled. Those men must have stole the Dragonball! Echo began to panic; he was the last one who had the Dragonball! It was his responsibility to make sure it was safe until Chi-Chi woke up!

Echo looked towards the room and saw Mai, still unconscious on the floor. He made his way to her and grabbed her by the cuffs of her shirt.

"Hey! Wake up!" He shouted, teeth showing. "Where did your partners go?!"

[princesschichi]

Shu and Pilaf had started their gateway from in the forest to a desert like location where Pilaf's castle stood. It had been a long time ago that his castle had been destroyed by a giant monkey monster, but he had managed to salvage it and have people rebuild it. Right now both Shu and Pilaf were beyond excited about getting the dragonball.

Shu: This is great boss. Your dream of becoming ruler of Earth will come true!...but....we forgot Mai

Pilaf laughed evilly and proudly of his accomplishment. When Shu mentioned Mai, Pilaf's facial expression turned to a serious one.

Pilaf: Don't worry about her. She will be fine. Her sacrifice was important for the greater cause.

Shu looked at Pilaf with a confused look, but decided not to go against Pilaf's word. Instead, he started to celebrate at the fact that the had one more dragonball in their collection.

The knocked out Chichi had started to come around. Her eyes started to flutter open. It took a few moments for her to open her eyes. Once she had, she had looked into the light. She squinted her eyes as if there was sun shining directly in them. There she saw Echo and a woman. Echo was yelling at a woman. What had happened while Chichi was knocked out? She sat up and held the back of her head from the pulsating she felt.

"W...w..what is going on Echo?" Her eyes then focused on the woman. The headache she had caused her to be more sensative to the situation than normal.

"Who is she?" Right now she gave Echo the benefit of the doubt. Normally, she would yell at someone for bringing some random girl into her house. Something had happened it was clear.

Mai had been knocked out as well. Unlike Chichi, she didn't have the time to recover from her unconciousness. She felt her collar get grabbed. Her eyes too opened. She saw a green man staring at her. She started to yell at the sight of him. Was it the dreaded King Piccolo? When he asked her where the dragonball was, she had glanced around. Where were her companions? They must have been looking for her or waiting for her. She remembered her oath to Pilaf and could break it. She was his loyal subject even if this King Piccolo would destroy her.

"I...I don't know. My master Pilaf has many locations where he could have gone." She struggled to talk because she was suffering from the effects of her machine being blown up.

[Echo/Mason]

The namek never took his focus off of Mai. He kept his grip tight and stayed poised over the woman. He still snarled at the woman, and probably would until she gave up the info he needed. But when Chi-Chi spoke, Echo glanced to her for a quick second then back to Mai. He looked once more to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"Your dragonball..." Echo began, still looking at Mai, "her and her cohorts took it! It was here when I left, and after they show up, it's gone!"

"I...I don't know. My master Pilaf has many locations where he could have gone."

Echo growled again. This woman is turning out to be useless. This screw up was completely on Echo, he took it upon himself to get the Dragonball back. Why did he leave? He should have stuck around until she had came to. It didn't take that long, really. Echo had just been impatient.

Giving her another shake Echo said, between clinched teeth, "That's not good enough!" He moved in closer, as if being closer to the monster of the forest would frighten her. "I'm not a very patient man." He said lowly and slowly. "Where. Did. They. Go?"

[princesschichi]

Echo had mentioned that the dragonball was missing. Chichi glanced over at the table where she had left it. Her eyes widened at the fact that it was missing. She stood up and rushed over to the table as if it were some joke. If the dragonball had been stolen, Goku would be upset. She slapped her hands on the table in frustration. It was all her fault for allowing this to happen. She had not expected a random stranger like Echo to take care of her things.

She turned her attention to the woman who seemed responsible for the dragonball being stolen. The woman was familiar. It took Chichi a few moments to remember who she was.

"Not you goons again! I should have killed you the last time I saw you three. So pathetic." Chichi said in a bewildered tone until she whispered pathetic. It seemed Echo had his ways of negotiation. Chichi liked aggression. Aggression was how she let out most of her emotions. There were more moments she liked aggression, but she kept those thoughts to herself. The way Echo handled Mai had won a couple of points with Chichi. The only person's aggression Chichi did not like was Piccolo's. His aggression was usually used for evil.

Mai glanced over at Chichi despite Echo threatening her. THere was no doubt that Mai was scared, but she had been trained in these situations. She was not the type of person to give out information. The woman looked familiar too. When Chichi mentioned that she knew Mai, she had to give a second glance to her. Chichi's appearance and who she was did not register in her mind.

It was then that Echo shook her again and tried to use his monster-like appearance to frighten her.

"I ...really don...t know...?"

Chichi glared at Mai and at Echo. She was not mad at Echo, but she definitely wanted to hurt somebody for the dragonball being missing. There were other ways where they could find the dragonball.

"We don't need a cowardly, bimbo like her to tell us where the dragonball is. We just have to trace their energy signal. They couldn't have gone far....just wait until I put my hands on them. They are going to wish they never messed with me.." Chichi shook her fists violently. Rather then wait for Echo to continue talking to Mai, she walked outside the house to start the search for the two goons who had taken the dragonball.

Mai watched as Chichi walked out the door. She could not help but be curious as too who Chichi was. Echo's attempt to strike fear into Mai had not yet worked.

"That girl looks familiar...who is she?...as for you..aren't you king piccolo?"

Chichi was unsure if Echo would come along. Even if he didn't, she was prepared to retrieve the dragonball. She was more than enough for the two goons alone even at her current state.

[Echo/Mason]

Echo didn't break his gaze on Mai until Chi-Chi announced a better way of finding the men who took the Dragon Ball. Sensing their energies?....Well, yeah. You could do that. Echo had forgotten such a simple trick amid his panic and anger. Echo kept a firm grip on Mai's collar and watched as Chi-Chi left the house. He wasn't going to let her go on this journey by herself. Echo felt too guilty to simply walk away or wait.

"That girl looks familiar...who is she?...as for you..aren't you king piccolo?"

Echo heard the question, but kept silent. She refused to cooperate and expected the interrogator to answer her questions? Echo found it slightly comical. Echo only glanced at her, and with a mocking tone responded, "I...don't know?" He then got up, pulling her up with him and hoisted the woman over his shoulder. She wasn't going to stay at the house while him and Chi-Chi were away. He wasn't an idiot.

Stepping outside, Echo dropped Mai onto the ground as softly as one does from the height, and carelessness, that the monster of the forest had. He looked at Chi-Chi. "Find anything yet?" He was, of course, talking about sensing the energy of the two men. He had figured she would start on that immediately, seeing how she had suggested the option.