"Another hour if we're lucky, two if we're not." Replied the changeling, it's basic heavily accented as he shrugged against the wind, continuing the quick, jogging pace he'd led the young man on. With orders not to have the boy out after dark, the scout had done an expert job of bringing them across the sprawling wastes that acted as an oversized moat, keeping most unwanted visitors from the ice palace.

In a good 90 minutes the pair arrived, coming out of the swirling snowstorm into the clear air that surrounded the palace, leaving the saiyan to gape at the wondrous building, a true work of art towering into the sky. His eyes spread wide, taking in the full beauty of it, sparkling in the brilliant reddish light of the fast approaching sunset. Despite a great many unanticipated hardships, the changeling had brought him through with time to spare.

"Thanks alot for helping me, without you I couldn't make the......trip?" he turned, thanking the changeling scout, only to find the strange creature had already disappeared into the white of the blizzard. "Not very friendly either" he chuckled, grateful to be through that nightmare out there at last, hiked his pack up on his shoulders, and began once more towards the grand entryway, committed to the task of finding his brother. "I am home Hachi."

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With the saiyan’s announcement, Hachi had gone to the main hall and opened the gate, showing him in quickly “I’m glad to see your trip went without a hitch, this far out we don’t have to deal with many things bothering us here” the daemon noted and closed the main gate when his brother was inside. “I hope you’ve been training hard in my absence Ryder…because I’ve learned a lot in this last year”

The daemon spoke of a number of things, of Freeze Flash and his training, of his job acquiring money, of the brutal self-inflicted training which recently allowed him great strides in power, even as he spoke casually, he had been wearing his weighted clothing, and had been passively since he bought them. “we’ll have things set up here for great training brother…we will always have enough money to live by” he smiled warmly to his brother, always seemingly caring and nice to his brother, but things needed to change with their training, things needed to get tougher.

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As he stood there, grinning happily, the boy caught sight of the serious look on Hachi's caring face. "I listened to all of it, about Freeze Flash's training and ice move, your mysterious job, and about the hardcore training you've been doing here without me.. I know you still think me a child, but I can handle whatever you have to throw at me Hachi, I promise. Bring it on. Let me show you what I can do bro."

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“show me the extent of your training, show me the that you’re no longer a child but a warrior” the daemon said and watched his brothers movements, with both of them wearing their weights it would have been an even playing field, and Hachi was sure his brother would find the difference staggering. The daemon couldn’t quite take credit for being stronger, at least not on behalf of skill, Hachi was nearly two hundred years old while Ryder was still a teenager, the daemon literally being ten times older than his younger brother.

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~Just like old times, Hachi never changes. Every time we meet he's got more things to discuss, more questions to ask and probes to make. You know, it's probably his fault I ask so many questions to begin with, but for now, the time for words is over, now it's time for action. I am going to make him proud of me this time, I swear I will.~

Suddenly, in a blur of movement Ryder lunged forwards, throwing a telegraphed faking jab with the left, following it with a hard, suddenly snapped right hook towards the elder warrior's jaw. ~Always keep your opponent guessing, always fight three steps ahead. Fight strong and fight hard, and never let up until your adversary is defeated. I've remembered and mastered everything you've taught me big brother. Your going to be proud of me Hachi, I'll show you my power.~

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“I have to tell you, you’ve gotten a lot stronger since last time” Hachi said and returned to his stance before closing the gap between them and delivering a few solid punches for the saiyan to try and block or dodge, trying to keep his strength and speed to match Ryders.

And follow it did. Even as Ryder loosened into the stance, a punch flew swiftly, aimed at his chest. A smooth twist of his left arm deflected the blow, firmly gripping the wrist as he ducked down under the second blow, using the momentum of the assault to yank Hachi in the direction he'd been going, rising violently up towards his midsection, his free arm gripping towards one of the unprotected thighs.

If all went according to plan, the teenage warrior would use his shoulder as a fulcrum against Hachi's stomach, flipping him up over himself and slamming him painfully back first into the hard, icy floor, scratched deep to provide traction, leveraging the full weight of both warriors into the blow.

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Once Hachi was up, with surprising speed, he closed the gap between him and his brother once more, this time doing his own form of feint attack; a strong looking punch that was the same speed as he had been attacking at before but this time pulled back and another punch that was going much faster, at the edge of where he figured Ryder could see. It was Hachi’s intention to push Ryder hard, to slowly increase his attacks speed and strength until the saiyan couldn’t keep up.

OOC: 120 words/ Using Submission Lock, I managed to minimize the impact of the first blow, up to you whether the second hit and where, but from my profile now I'm guessing if it does hit, it would probably be my shoulder but it's your call.

“not going to work brother” his muscles flexed and stopped him from directly attacking, but to his defense he kept himself strong, along with being able to talk. Hachi smiled “it didn’t come up before, but I want you to think about your home world, what you may have noticed. You already know we’re not brothers by blood, but of necessity.” He paused “I don’t have a tail, brother” waiting to see the reaction.

Seeing the other listening to him respond, Ryder took advantage of the opportunity to release the grip with one hand, slamming an elbow the eight or so inches towards his brother's face before spinning around, using the grip on the remaining wrist to throw the warrior off balance and allow himself to safely gain a defensive posture. "My guess, you aren't saiyan, or at least not a pure one. But your still family Hachi, so go on, hit me with your best shot. What are you, brother?"

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Hachi cracked his knuckles by making a fist and closing the gap again, this time pushing the very outer limits of his opponent abilities delivering a powerful sweeping kick, aiming to knock him down and deliver and over hand smash with his fists.

~Prothian huh. That explains some things Hachi. Things make more sense now, but don't think I'm done with you bro, I have more questions for you later. Like what happened to their home world that would have you wandering the galaxy. But for now, I have a match to win.~

OOC: 125 words / I figure you probably went through on the overhand smash, but a hit like that can throw an attack like that out of form, so I'm leaving it up to you.

His bones were moving under his skin, forming a tube from the bone that poked out at the wrist and over the back of his hand, with it he aimed and shot a bone needle at his helpless brother, though all it had power to do was crack the ice.