Know Yourself (Open)

[Shun]

Shun the Saiyan Bunny enters Mt. Paozu forests, in his graduation outfit and his sling pack. He was sent off to school months prior to get a proper education by Ethar. The woods is a pleasant place to be for once in a hot summer, a cool place. Strolling himself to one of the clearings, He now returns home as he is more so wandering around.. lost in thought.

Last month was an insane occupied time in my life.. the sort of month I used to pride myself on in light of the fact that I could take a gander at my achievements — all that I had accomplished toward the finish of the month: Finished schooling, did some self reflection, improved my over all marks by 10 or so, and got three honors! on top of my ordinary every day assignments. In any case, toward the finish of the month, rather than feeling glad, I felt desolate.. rather than feeling fulfilled, I felt exhausted and overwhelmed. At the end of the day, I had made a decent showing with regards to showing every other person how to ace the final exams and be buddy buddy, that I neglected to Be myself..

The wind blows a couple of free leaves from their separate trees to the ground, dropping gradually as the bunny is making his stride.

I look at my life.. and at my objectives — individually.. sooner or later.. Also, this is the one thing that I made the most sense of while in school: Yes, I worked so hard that I won three honors in school. Ethar would be so proud of me.. Probably even make me a life time supply of steaks... However, while I am glad for my achievements, they accompanied incredible expenses... In getting my needs met, in winding up through school work, I additionally lost myself and what training I thought I knew.. By and by I let another person's desires characterize my identity and what I do as well.. Doing people's work, trying to solve others woes and relationship issues.. I overlooked that I was a man of worth since I'm me.. What's more, I was disheartened to train. Since I have been in a fight before going into school and trained slightly; I thought I knew better. Since I fell into my very own trap making by and by.. Living and yet.. not training.

A tender breeze caresses Shun's cheek, blowing the tall pieces of grass along with turf and tidy from the soil. The aroma of pines and bloomed blossoms kept the air smelling heavenly. The slight stirring of the branches and trees were like music to Shun's ears. Rodents and their bigger kinfolk hastened about the woodland floor, rummaging whatever sustenance and safe house they could find. Every thing about the woods of Paozu was the very soul of serenity..

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Shun comes upon a lake and a large tree, canvassed in low hedges. He takes a deep breath, hanging his graduation hat on a hanging tree branch, letting his bunny ears floof out.  He then laid his sling pack into one of the side of the tree trunks. The bunny drops down, keeping his back up against the tree and sighs. He begins to try and meditate.. Something he has never thought to do on his own really.. Even as Shun is doing it now.. It appears to be unusual and somewhat troublesome to him on the outside..

"The one fight worth battling each and every day is the war against your desires. I need to be as natural as I can in all things.. " Shun mutters to himself. He remembers that saying from one of his lectures back in school.

A lot of the things that I thought I knew about myself are being challenged, and i'm finding myself making a lot of silly mistakes and bad judgement calls.. I need to get a grip....

The bunnys ears perk up.. "A grip!" The bunny decided he should do some push ups! Shun gets down on the ground, setting his hands at a separation that is marginally more extensive than shoulder-width separated alongside his feet. For him, his hands are set up with his center finger pointing straight away from him, his feet together.

This would have been hard because Shun has not worked out genuinely in months... He suppose he should begin attempting now though... He brought down his body close to the ground and started the battle to go up! He clenched his teeth and grunted as he gradually ascended, pushing himself, going as far as possible up from the ground, sweat trickling from his temples.

Presently, he would do a couple of a greater amount of them. He would let himself down, battling somewhat not as much as last time as he backpedaled up. As he continued doing it, it would turn out to be less and less unpleasant.

"1..101....  10..2!!!... 3!!! I.. need to.. phew.."

he stood up and took his graduation robes off, discarding them onto the ground and becoming just shirtless. He was sweating profusely from the extraordinary warmth and over exertion. He realized that this will be significantly harder than he envisioned.. And without another second to waste, he gets back on that ground and continues to hit the push ups!

He would breathe quicker and deeper, his heart pumping speedier than before.. His muscles strain themselves, with his vitality and ki bailing him out of collapsing. Before long, his battle to do decent push ups was at long last over. He can do them with slight ease, again and again until he showed signs of improvement at it!  He even began to do it with one hand, which was very troublesome before.. He would have taken a stab at doing them with his tail, however he would spare that for some other time or session.. Likewise, he here and there bounced as he went up, sometimes clapping.

"901. 902. 903 ........   ..... .... 953! 954! 955!" Shun continues this until he reaches one thousand push ups... Once the bunny boy reaches one thousand, he feels that was sufficient training for him for the moment. He would scratch his neck and body as it began to itch from the sweat. He would need to clean up surely after this.. he would wipe sweat from his brow, and lean back up against the big tree.. he closes his eyes and breathes loudly, taking in the aroma of the forest and the nearby lake.. his arms definitely feel like noodles now.

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[Astra Luxun]

Shun wasn't alone at the lake as he was undergoing his endurance training.

Astra Luxun was nearby, enjoying the sunrays on her face when she heard a voice off in the distance. Shielding her eyes against the bright sun, she tried to look around to see who was making the sounds, but when she figured out the direction of the sound, there was a bit of a bush blocking her path.

Standing up, Astra brushed forest debris off of her attire before she walked over to the bush, and peered over it.

By this time, Shun had finished his workout and was sweating considerably.

Astra had no idea who this young man was, but seeing his ears tried to trip some memories in her mind. She had somewhat known this individual in her time, but she couldnt put her finger on it. Working up some courage to say something, Astra spoke as she said "Um, Hello there...". She had expected the young bunny boy to jump half way out of his clothes to suddenly get spooked like he was going to be...

[Shun]

Shun is still in his thoughts.. laying against the tree.. He doesnt notice he has company just yet..

The world here is abnormal, you showed me to be cautious and watch out for what individuals really mean for me... In the event that I had not had you as my instructor and.. father, my life would be unfathomably diverse.. I'm not saying it would be awful – but rather you opened my eyes to what I could be" Shun sighs and smiles softly. what I could do, in a way that I've never thought conceivable..The bunny balls his fist. You took a child from poverty.. and made him need to see the world.. Shun looks at his graduation robe.

Regardless I recollect that one lesson where you educated me concerning your expectations for your future when you were my age.. You know.. i never knew how old you exactly were.. but I think you were intended to discuss science, yet it changed, and sort of turned into an rant.. You educated me concerning the Training, your thoughts, and your victories, and for reasons unknown, everything impacted me, and I began to understand that anything truly is conceivable... Shun feels his ki rise..

You have changed my entire viewpoint on my learning by sending me to school and.. I wouldn't be the place I am today without you, Father.. Ethar.. Your support and constancy has shown me that I am my identity, and to get to the top, it's all down to me.. I am able, yet it will take diligent work and heaps of commitm-

"Um, Hello there..."

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  Shun hears a voice
It's sweet as angels singing

"Eth...... ar-llo!... uhh Hello!" His eyes widen as he struggles up to his feet, keeping a hand on the tree for support. "You look... oddly.. familiar. Have we met before? Im Shun.. most of my friends just call me bun! erm.." The social awkwardness starts to kick in. I can promise you that you will never observe shun bringing his hand up in class. Why? It's a blend of a great deal of stuff. One being the greater part of all eyes on him. In the event that he get approached like right now, the main thing going through his mind is "OH MY GOD WHAT DO I DO!?" if a teacher asked what two plus two is, he still wouldn't answer. Because what if he accidentally say five instead of four? social uneasiness. Goodness. My. Gosh. No. Simply get me out of there. If you don't mind and bless your heart.


Shun wears his smile and tries to hide his nervousness.

[Astra Luxun]

Astra couldnt help herself to giggling a little bit as she did indeed spook the bunny boy. The way the young man was behaving around her was quite amusing, even though her mind was still trying to place where she had seen him before. "You look... oddly.. familiar. Have we met before? Im Shun.. most of my friends just call me bun! erm.." He said, introducing himself as Shun.

It was then her memory kicked in, and she remembered where she had seen this person before. Granted, he did look much older then he remembered, but this was indeed the person she remembered.... This Bunny boy was her big brother! Although, much younger then she would of guessed. When this realization struck Astra, she almost turned as white as a ghost as she started to get a vague idea on how far back into the past she had gone.

With her wits somewhat still about her, she tried to look normal herself, as she shook her head softly and replied "I don't think so, I have just come to this planet actually. Its a pleasure to meet you Shun, My name is Astra."

She was careful not to give out any unnecessary information, hoping to not damage the future she came from. Wondering why Shun was out in the middle of nowhere, she asked "Why are you out here Shun? Especially all by yourself..."

[Shun]

Muscle tightness and tension strikes the bun so he broadens his arm over his chest and hold his arm in that position for 15-30 seconds. His immediate knowledge of the meaning behind the name of this girl which oddly resembles Ethar kicks in and with that, the bunny begins to let his gift of gab flow now that he feels slightly more comfortable around Astra. "Astra.. I-I find it funny because in my school.. "from Astralis" which means.. from the stars which definitely compliment you greatly.. The word astra or astron means Star.. by the way.." Shun feels a nice burden lift from his chest and his breathing becomes steadier..


He Performs 3 repetitions of his stretch on each side. While he is standing, he keeps his knees somewhat bent and shoulders squared while doing this. His extended arm is held in high and low positions over his chest, and in addition the standard mid-chest position. He continues, "I.. in school, I have read that a person with this name.. They may have a profound inward longing for adoration and needing to belong.." Shun eyes meet Astras eyes. "And a need to work with others to accomplish peace and concordance.. Individuals with this name are energized by change, experience, and fervor.."

Shun looks into the sky as if he were trying to recall something and then snaps his fingers "AH! and They are dynamic, visionary and flexible, ready to make useful utilization of opportunity. They battle being limited by guidelines and traditions. They have a tendency to be optimistic, enthusiastic, insightful, and to make companions easily. Shun gives her a warm smile "They might be variable, eager, messy, and insubordinate as well hah.."

Shun stands on one leg and pulls the other foot up behind his bottom. He begins doing a standing quad stretch. "What am i doing out here by myself?" He looks around as he switched feet and shrugs. "Finding myself. I was sent to school by my father, Ethar.. longest months of my life.. now I am back.. I have learned a whole lot.. I really don’t know what to say. My life is changing drastically everyday.. These woods give me solace. I laugh; I cry; I sing; I dance. These last months and graduating have been the hardest.. I forgot how to fight and everything.. ive been finding me, and let me tell you, its not easy at all.. How about you.. what are you doing out here?.."

[Astra Luxun]

Astra listened to the boy, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for the young man. As she listened to him talk, she started to think that this Bunny boy was an Elder from Nor.

She climbed around the bush, revealing the rest of herself to the boy. And now with her in plain view, Shun would see that like him, Astra was also a saiyan. Her tail relaxed behind her, just dangling there almost. But she most definitely resembled Ethar strongly. Even the way she carried herself seemed familiar.

After listening to the boy ramble on, She heard him mention Ethars name. This made her more alert as she asked him "Ethar is your father? Ethar Luxun?" as she started to become more nervous then the bunny boy ever was. The boy then asked Astra what she was doing out in the forest, and she froze in her tracks before she could really freak out. "UM, I was just relaxing and just thinking stuff over..."

[Shun]

Too many months in the books made the bunny boy seem very dull now. He easily picked up on her emotion in her face. He cleared his throat and finished up his stretches. Shun took some deep, loose and relaxed breaths as he sat against the trunk of the tree. It was shocking exactly how straining these excersizes were.

Doing push ups was such a great lift in power though, and simply getting the blood pumping gave so much energy back, it was a ponder that Shun unexpectedly quit training.. Truth be told, he trained with Ohkara some time back and he felt weak.. And she had trained hard come to think of it. He asked himself why she wasn't at that point of the Queen of the Cosmos. Maybe she is.. He quickly thought about whether Ethan had turned out to be Godlike as well.

His look, and his contemplations, swung to the beautiful girl before him. It was late morning now. He pondered what Ethar would have been doing at this time.. Cooking perhaps.

As his mind was somewhere out in dreamland, he see's the full figure of Astra and he is stricken.... He likewise observe's her tail. A saiyan like himself.. Furthermore, nearly by intuition the shirtless bunny kid goes and lays a deep kiss on her mouth.

[Astra Luxun]

Shock. Shock was all Astra experienced when the bunny boy made his move against her.

Her face went bright red when Shuns lips locked onto hers, and right at that moment, her instincts kicked in. And her instincts made her aura flare up as her energy level doubled in intensity as she then attempted to send a strong punch at the boys face. "DONT DO THAT!" She yelled.

If the punch hit its mark, it wouldnt do too much damage due to how close their powers were at that time. But if the punch did hit, it could quite easily send the bunny boy flying into the lake, maybe hoping to cool the boy off. "YOU PERVERT!" She yelled after telling him not to kiss her.

[Shun]

Shun lets out a yelp of shock as he goes flying directly towards the lake and the bunny was just about to zone-out completely from the driving force of Astras punch. His eyes widened as he seen his body soaring into the lake; his heart quickened — he was helpless as his face made contact with water. It wasn’t until he started to sink below that shun took action.

One eye half opened; brows furrowed. In one faltered breath, Shun began to push and swim himself back to the shore and hoist himself back onto the ground.. coughing and hacking up water.. he gets himself back to the tree and over to Astra, looking a wreck.

The youthful bunny before Astra seemed to tremble before reasserting a composed appearance once more.. The bunny straightened his lips with a gesture, "I.. deserved that." His hand trembles as he touches the spot in which he had been hit and sighs. He turned his eyes to the sky, making a decent attempt to keep his levelheadedness and turns away in utter shame. "I should have asked first.. can I perhaps make it up to you?.." He gives puppy eyes. "Please?.."

[Astra Luxun]

Growling a little bit under her breath, Astra was still shocked, and a bit angry at the boy for making such a bold move on her.

Closing her eyes and letting out a sigh as Shun dragged himself out of the water, She muttered to herself "Seems like my father hasn't taught him proper manners yet. I must really be off track here..."

Upon hearing Shun talk to her again, but much closer this time, she opened her eyes and saw the soaked bunny boy, and couldnt help but snicker a bit. He asked her how he could make it up to her, and that made her think. The gears of evil plotting creaked into action as a devious smirk crept across her face.

"How you can make it up to me eh? Hmm... Well first..." She said, stepping towards the bunny boy with the devious smirk on her face. "You have been watching the news yes? Were there any major events that happened in the last year or two?" She asked, her devious smirk slowly turning into a serious smirk.

[Shun]

Huffing a little at himself, he chuckles afterword and devilishly smiles back at her while combing his wet hair up. The wind also blew through his raven black hair as he began to recall the past events.. The bunny teen settled in for what he hoped would be quite the tale for Astra. "Before dad sent me off to college I was to help participate in a big battle.. I couldnt but I could only listen to it on my schools radio and even catch some footage on the news and as I hear it.. Earth was invaded by somebody reminiscent of a high-class prince?... They said he is or was.. extremely vain and he views himself as to be of the most elevated standard of beauty because of his experience and his great looks.. He even had a fanclub in my school.. He had extremely odd looking armor as well.

Shun pauses for a moment and then scratches his head. ... "And as I saw, Celeh really did the greater part of the heroics.. Ohkara and Ethar put in a great deal of work however you know the news.. they generally twist and turn things.. And in all in all honestly my dad was the saint, He cut down the animal known as Zarbon and spared many people.. there may have been setbacks however buuut i was not there to witness any of it.. Likewise I hear that Rascal.. gee.. uh.. she was.. well it doesn't matter.. be that as it may, i hear she has had a ton of fun heh.. anywho, i need some steak now! It is safe to say that you are hungry Astra? Is there anyway this humble bunny may be of service?"

The bunny boy took a moment to rub his eyes, feeling a slight stinging as he recalled that he was flung into the water earlier and is still drying off.. He then flashes a cheesy yet friendly smile, offering his hand out to her, "Lets start over, I am sorry we got off on the wrong foot Astra, but please dont be mad when I say that your lips taste like candy.."

[Astra Luxun]

Listening to the boy, Astra's mind was at working trying to place together the even that he was describing to her.

She was well aware of what happened, since her father had told her of this event... nearly 30 years into Shuns own future. Her eyes shot open as she realized how far she was sent backwards in time. She originally tried to only go 4 years into the past, but the magic talisman that she tried to make sent her back 40 years instead. Shaking her head, she realized how much of a mess she was in.

When Shun mentioned food, however, her stomach growled. "Eheh, You could say that I guess. I havent eaten in..." She said, but she caught herself from saying anything that would give away who she really is. "Er....a long time." She said, looking a bit embarrassed.

When teh boy said that her lips had a candy like flavour to them, her face turned bright red once again. She slowly reached out, gently took his hand...then squeezed hard as she attempted to lift him into the air again, and throw him back into the lake. Hopefully, not causing any more harm this time...

[Shun]

Once again the bunny boy goes hurdling into the lake.. He was completely caught off guard and swims his way up and out of the water, completely soaked again. He drags himself over to the tree, out of breath and sighs, laying his back against the tree. He looks at Astra and rubs his eyes again, getting the water out of them.

"grr.. I didnt even touch you.." he says in a playful tone, he is clearly out of it and it ready to just go and get something good to feast on. He gathers his robe and graduation hat off of the forest floor and finally take his sack pack and slings it right up on over his shoulder again. He looks and scans around to make sure he isnt missing anything.

He then looks at Astra and sighs, blushing, "You're very strong. Oh.. and Ethar makes the beeeest steaks! You kinda look like him. hmm. uh oh well.. wanna go now? I havent seen him in months and he will be happy to see a new face.. so how about it??"

[Astra Luxun]

As Shun tried to dry himself off again after climbing out of the lake, He complimented her on his strength which made her smile.

But what he had said next made her turn as white as sheet. He was going to take her to her fathers house for food! She couldn't have that at all! Quickly getting her wits about her, she replied "T-To Ethars? Dont you.... Erm... Don't you know how to take a girl out on a date? You never take them to your parent's on a first d-date..." as her nervousness started to come out. As much as she didnt want to date her future older brother, atleast Shun wasnt the type to figure out people quickly. She believed that she could maintain her ruse better with Shun, then with her father, even though Ethar wasnt all that great with social skills in this age, but he was extremely book smart.

Putting her hands on her waist, she almost felt like scolding the bunny boy. "You just came out of school, and you dont even know how to treat a lady? What kind of school DID you go to?" She asked, as her hand accidentally bumped the hilt of the sword that hung on her waist. But Astra was quite surprised that the boy wanted her to go with him, and didn't even want to know more about the girl she had stolen a kiss from. If Astra wanted to court a girl herself, she would of atleast made the effort to know where she came from, what she did for fun, all the kind of things a boy should say to a girl when making conversation.

[Shun]

Shun scratched his head, pondering on in a calm tone, "Oh heck.. uhh cant take her to fathers.. uhh.."

The young lady before him was lovely, and was very regal-like.. He, on top of that, had seen this individual some place before, yet couldn't put a finger on it. This young girl, just tall enough to reach his chest really intrigued Shuns curiosity. She was strong yet gentle.. He asked her, becoming flushed somewhat red. "Well would you like to go meandering around til we discover something to eat? There is a caravan close-by that hosts yearly parties.. like.. A jubilee or.. OH! A Carnival yeah!" Shun begins packing his graduation robe into his pack as he tells her of the events he knew about before he was set off to schooling.

He then turned towards her, discovering it somewhat hard to look at her without flinching. He put his hands on his hips, as he attempted to put more clarification to thought. In the interim, he told her, "And.. perhaps we can go looking for new clothes to wear? You like clothes yes? Im more of a hungry-bunny type of individual yet I can be your tourist guide in the event that you will have me~." He proceeded with an inviting expression and a warming tone as he looked to her. He seems to be fairly dry at this point and his hair is like an unkempt bed head, it doesnt look out of place either. He blushes still at her and waits for a response.