Liari wandered the mountainous regions of the island looking for someone to punch... It had been DAYS since she had someone strong to fight and this was AFTER she nearly doubled her power! She had her weights on... she had her power flared up to max... She was READY to go, a beacon of strength draw all the weirdos that could sense it.... And nothing came... For entire days she climbed rocks, hopped over boulders and scaled cliffs with only her tentacles for the challenge more than anything else and after all that time, nobody had the inclination to challenge her to a fight! It wasn't happy-making to say the least...

One morning, however, she came across somebody flopped out in the grass asleep, someone she recognized from that night where she got to eat criminal candy! Why, it was Hikari, passed out in the middle of nowhere like a former cop hobo or something! He held significantly less authority when he was passed out like this, all the way out here without a shred of protection from the elements. Well... THAT wouldn't do! It was so chilly up here in the mountains... or so she was told, and the poor guy must've been freezing his butt off! She needed to find him a blanket! Liari's silver eyes began dotting around the darkness for something warm... Leaves? No... they were itchy. Dirt? Probably... but so many people were afraid of being buried... wood? Not soft enough... Liari immediately shot down to what she was wearing... Waaaaay too small to cover him up... All she had left... was herself.

Well! She knew he was warm and stuff so why not! Besides, wouldn't it be such a nice surprise to wake up to an old acquaintance? Walking over to Hikari, the little blue majin was careful in laying herself across his chest, wrapping her arms around him as she rested her cheek against his breast, her eyes very quickly fluttering shut as his natural body-heat flowed into her, making it all snuggly.....

"Mmmmh..." She hummed, a tiny smile flickering across her lips. "Comfy..."

Hikari would wake up to Lairi's face a mere inch or two from his, her silver eyes staring deep into his soul as she squatted over him. Her expression would break into a WIDE grin once she realized he was coming around.

"Hiya, sleepy-head! Remember me? It's me, Liari!"  She giggled softly before hopping to the side a little bit, giving him room to sit up. "You were asleep for a while!"

"I was walking around and I found ya, silly!" Liari giggled, amused by his surprise! How else was someone found?  She didn't have a magical 'find sleeping guys' compass on her, did she? The question was almost annoying with how obvious the answer was! Nobody followed and stalked people around anymore! What kinda weirdo did he thinks he was? She would've almost felt offended if it just wasn't so funny! The little blue majin just snickered and giggled as Hikari explained that he heard of a cave where riches uncountable await! While the little blue Majin had little use for money beyond buying herself the occasional treat, she could always just dump her share off with her siblings when she got home! After all, they were the ones that needed it more than she! The life of a fighter was one of very simple wants and needs and money was not one of those.

"Sure! Sounds like fun!" Liari giggled! It really didn't... Going through boring rocky caves that were sometimes scary with all the darkness inside... But it was the rewards she wanted! SHe could honestly care less about a big whole in the ground that was full of nothing but darkness but Hikari had promised her money and money she would get! Oh, she could see it now... Piles and piles of Zeni... Like a little bank vault with maybe a few cob-webs hanging from them or something cavey like that!

And so she followed Hikari for what felt like HOURS, Liari's attitude slowly whithering with each passing minute. Whaaaat!? He didn't know where it waaaas??? Then how did he know there was money in there!? She grumbled softly to herself but kept her mouth shut for the most part, the promises of compensation being too much for the little Majin girl to control! Best way to get a kid to do what you want: Bribe them! And that was what Hikari was doing!

Eventually, they came to a cave entrance that apparently fit the legend Hikari was talking about. Good thing too because Liari was growing so frustrated, she was getting ready to blast her OWN way into the caves below at this rate! Oh... Goodie....

It was good that he found it but... it was really dark down there... And in the darkness, there were very scary things... This was one of those times she wished she'd listened to her older sister and took on a more balanced approach to fighting! If she had, maybe she would've been able to sense power by now! Swallowing a lump that had formed in her throat the little blue majin allowed her own aura to explode around her too, providing a little more light for them along side her companion's, Liari's hand shooting up to take Hikari's in hers. Each step down into the abyss was another away from the sun... from the surface... she needed him close if she was gonna keep calm....

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Liari smiled as Hikari approved of her idea, the two of them making their way into the depths of the cave. It was a long, diagonal tunnel down with very few holes in the walls for the little blue majin to be paranoid of but that didn't make the darkness any more comforting... She was constantly TRYING to reach out and sense Ki, trying to awaken the ability for the first time under pressure but for some reason she just... couldn't... DO IT! Anxiety and frustration were two volatile emotions one did not want to see mixed with a Majin at the helm... it was only her companion's almost fatherly calmness that kept Liari's nerves from fraying to the breaking point, her heart from pumping a near toxic amount of adrenaline to her brain. He was acting like this was just a camping trip or something, like it was no big deal at all! She admired him for that... How he could NOT see this abyss as utterly and completely terrifying was BEYOND her... Well not completely seeing as he could probably SENSE ENERGY and detect no threats but still! His calm was something she had to assimilate herself...

With Liari stuck to Hikari's arm like a majin to a sucker the size of her head, the two came into a BIG almost theater sized chamber, their tunnel breaking off at the entrance to a BIG pit filled with spikes down at the very bottom! It seemed to encompass most of the floor, that pit and on the other side was a metal door! Well SURELY this would be a puzzle for those weak, squishy humans up top but for fighters like them, it would be an easy task! Hikari thought so too, musing that they would simply fly across... When they didn't move, the little blue majin tilted her head, confused.... Nothing again a second later. She was channeling her ki! She could feel it moving out through her, even supposedly pushing her in a direction but she didn't move! What's going ON here!?

"...Well then... Why don't we just jump across...?" Liari asked once Hikari proposed his..."plan" of walking on spikes. "I mean... even if we can't fly.... with how strong we are, we should be able to hop across no problem, right?"

"And another thing... Why don't I just stretch my arm out and grab the key... then stretch over to the other side and grab YOU over? That way we don't stab ourselves if we mess up and stuff!" AH! The Majin insight! Liari tilted her head a little more as the gears in her brain began a-turnin' once again, an even more perplexed expression on her face.