Author Note: Welcome! This is an imaginary story (Quoting Alan Moore, "aren't they all?") where I try to write a backstory for Cabba, the young Saiyan from Universe 6. I took some liberties with it, taking cues from both the anime and manga (Which kind of contradict themselves), along Xenoverse 2. I hope to read your opinions about it.

Sadala Chronicles

I'll become an Elite Hero!

The Saiyan and the fruit

I

The great hero held the kid in his arms while the cameras were capturing the moment for the history of the planet. The child was excited, with a great smile on his face. It wasn't every day the Emperor of the Universe personally visited Sadala and interacted with its citizens – as he usually came just for reunions with the king.

This time though, he was with the small children and their parents – celebrating another victory in the war against the space pirates.

"My, my, what a charming little kid. " Frost said, with a jovial smile on his face looking at the parents of the child. "I bet his parents are very proud, I'm sure."

"Y-Yes, your highness! It's an honor!" said the mother of the child. "He always says how he hopes to be a great hero just like you!"

"Is that so? Well, I'm flattered!" the emperor put the child on the floor. The child was cheerful, but rather shy too, as he was having trouble finding what to say to the emperor. "Don't worry young one, I'm not going to do anything to you. Tell me: what is your name?"

"Cabba, sir!"

…

"You should have seen him, Master Renso!" Cabba said delightfully while evading some small robots shooting at him.

Renso smiled at his young student's energy. They were in his home backyard, training as Cabba's weekly studies took part in that day. While he was rather young to be part of the Sadala Defense Force, Cabba's parents wanted to be sure he was properly trained as it was a family tradition for the eldest child to be a soldier. Captain Renso was made his personal teacher, with some difficulty however.

"Nice to hear that, Cabba. I never managed to see Frost that close before, I'm quite envious myself."

"What's so great about that wimpy-looking freak?"

A girl the same age as Cabba walked out of the house. She had a spiky hair and pink clothes, with an annoyed look on her face. Cabba was so offended by that comment about his hero that one of the robots managed to shoot him in the back. It hurt him with a small shock.

"Caulifla! Frost is a great hero!" Cabba said in a nerdy fury, "He has saved countless planets from pirates! I have all of his books! He even signed my copy of Frost Tales: Junior Edition today! When I grow up, I'm going to become as great as he is!"

"Big deal." Caulifla said with a smirk. "I'm only 8 years old and I already consider myself better than him. You will have to surpass me first."

"What?! How can you say that?! You aren't even training to be part of the Sadala Defense Force, the greatest army in the universe!"

"If the army is the greatest in the universe," Caulifla smirked, "then their standards are as low as the Galactic Patrol's effectiveness."

"What!? You're calling both the Galactic Patrol and the Sadala army wimps?!"

"Well, yeah." Caulifla kept smirking. "I'm saying that."

"Well you two, calm down." Renso decided to intervene and put his hand on her shoulder. "Caulifla, please leave, Cabba needs to train."

"You promised me you would train me today, bro."

"Oh? Oh, right, I forgot." Renso touched his face in embarrassment. He usually trains Caulifla, depending on her mood, but forgot due to Cabba's training. Can't be blamed, he makes some extra credits doing so. "Sorry, Caulifla. Can we do it on another day?"

"No! I want to be strong enough to defeat you now!"

"Didn't you say you were already better than Frost?" Cabba said with a grin on his face. It was highly unusual for him to be arrogant. Caulifla grew annoyed at him.

"What? You want to fight pipsqueak!? If you really want to train, how about with my fists on your face?"

"Caulifla, calm down!" Renso held her to avoid unnecessary fighting between the two brats. "I'm sorry I forgot I had to train you today, but…"

"Master Renso, let me fight her, please".

Renso had a look of shock on his face, while Caulifla was simply confused. The young boy put himself in the battle position his teacher taught him, albeit an awkward one as he couldn't still put his legs in the right position. Renso wasn't really sure of making them fight, but Caulifla was more than happy to brawl.

"Heh! I see the pipsqueak has the right attitude! Come on bro, I'll end it in a minute!"

"Cabba," Renso asked in a serious tone "are you sure about this?"

Cabba nodded.

…

The three of them were in the front yard for this fight. While Cabba was warming up his body in his training uniform, Caulifla merely stood still impatiently waiting for him to finish while wearing her casual clothes.

"Caulifla, aren't you going to warm up?" Renso asked.

"Why should I? For me, fighting against this pipsqueak is the warming up, big bro."

Renso was rather annoyed at her attitude, but decided to not respond. Her attitude wasn't anything new.

"All right, listen well you two. This is just a practice between you two. Remember that, Caulifla. The first to knock down the adversary wins, okay? I will not allow any energy attacks. I don't want my house to be destroyed. Again."

"I told you it was an accident, bro!"

"As I was saying: I want a clean fight. The first to knock down the adversary wins, alright?"

Cabba took the same position as before as he was trained to do by his teacher, with his arms raised and a slightly crouched position, while Caulifla merely raised her arms and started to jump impatiently. The wind blew during the seconds the two of them waited for them to strike the first hit on their adversary.

Caulifla thought to herself that this was an easy fight. Cabba, however, wanted to defend the honor of his hero while to also impress his teacher in how much he practiced to become a soldier like him.

"Start!"

Caulifla quickly went against Cabba in the fight, jumping right through where he was, however, Cabba managed to grab her arm and throw her to the ground.

"Hey, I did it!" Cabba happily remarked.

"Like hell you did!" Caulifla quickly went and started to punch Cabba repeatedly. The speed of her fists was remarkable, as Cabba couldn't avoid many of them striking him in the face. He didn't try to fight back.

"What's wrong, pipsqueak? Won't defend yourself?" Caulifla asked while still punching him.

Cabba then punched her in the face, which visibly hurt her. He was visibly worried.

"Oh my god, sorry! I didn't try to hurt you that…" Cabba tried to finish the sentence, but Caulifla took his arm and threw him down to the ground. She then put her feet on his head while stretching his arm. Cabba was in pain.

"Come on! Give up! "Caulifla kept stretching his arm. He didn't want to keep fighting.

"I give, I give!" Cabba screamed out of frustration.

"You two, stop! That is enough!" Renso went and stopped them from fighting any more. He was visibly disappointed in the two of them, which made Cabba feel bad for himself for not showing him what he wanted to do.

"I'm not asking you two to stop because of the fight," said Renso. Cabba and Caulifla were confused over that statement "I'm stopping you because we have a visitor. You two, greet our guest".

Right in front of them, there was a woman wearing a gray armor of the Sadala Forces watching the fight with delight on her face. The wind was blowing again, with her spiky hair going along with it, as she was amused by the fight of the kids. Once she saw her, Caulifla screamed in complete happiness.

"Aunt Taura!" Caulifla jumped right into her big arms, with returning the smile.

"Heya, kid. I see you're getting stronger every day, huh? Are you planning on taking my spot as the strongest in the force?"

"Na-ah" Caulifla said, "I'm planning on becoming the strongest Saiyan, the Sadala Elite will never top me!"

Both of them laughed very hard, while Cabba was getting up, ashamed of himself for losing in such an embarrassing way.

"Hey Renso, your student needs to learn how to strike a girl if he wants to truly be a soldier. There is no shame in that!"

"I noticed," Renso said in a subtle voice. "He is good at defending, but has a hard time hitting anyone."

"I guess the new generation of Saiyans isn't worth the time".

Cabba felt terrible. Not only was he blushing out of shame, but a member of the Sadala Elite just called him useless. And to think he thought of himself as having the best day of his life after meeting Frost, but he guessed he was wrong.

"But, what about me?!" Caulifla asked as she was visibly offended.

"You are becoming stronger, but you have a lame position, kid. He managed to dodge some of your attacks, right?"

Caulifla, for the first time in a while, didn't reply, and merely stood quiet.

"Well, well. Anyway, Taura, what brings you to my humble home? Do the Elite need me right now?"

"Captain Renso, sir. We need to speak in private. "

...

Renso and Taura went inside the house to talk privately and asked Cabba and Caulifla to wait outside for the moment. Caulifla, however, couldn't wait any moment and decided to listen to the conversation between the two soldiers. She went behind the house in order to find a window, but Renso was careful and closed them. Caulifla was annoyed.

"Man, what a pain!" Caulifla was kicking her feet to the ground repeatedly, "It's not every day I can hear two Elites talking between themselves! "

"I-I guess so! But, we shouldn't be listening, Caulifla." Cabba replied, embarrassed.

"If that's the case, why are you here, pipsqueak?" Cabba knew what he was doing, and couldn't think of a nice response to say to her face, so he simply stood quiet. "Say, do you even know who Taura is?"

Cabba looked at her with an enthusiastic look on his face and answered like a parrot.

"She is a famous war hero who saved many planets alongside Frost! She has been in countless wars and is considered the pride for the Saiyans by winning the Hero recognition from Frost and King Sadala himself!"

"You talk like an encyclopedia, pipsqueak," Caulifla replied with an annoyed look on her face. "But, you're right! I will surpass her as the strongest Saiyan around!"

"But you don't want to join the Sadala Defense Force, Caulifla."

"You're right, I won't join them. I don't believe I need some annoying rules to become the best. I'll find my own way, pipsqueak." Caulifla said while still looking for a way to look inside the house.

"R-Right" Cabba replied, while still embarrassed. "But, could you please stop calling me pipsqueak? My name is Cabba."

"Look. If you want me to acknowledge you, you will have to beat me first. At this point, you're just a bamboo whiner to me."

Caulifla making fun of his figure made him quite annoyed, but he couldn't think of a good response. He was trying to tell her to stop looking, but as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat, and Cabba was also quite interested in what a great heroine like Taura could be talking with Renso.

"Hey, look" Caulifla whispered right in his face. "I think I found a hole there. Do you know how to fly?"

"Y-Yes! "Cabba replied in his normal voice, to which Caulifla shushed him. "Yes. I know how to fly, a little anyway."

"Good. Then I won't have to go alone."

Caulifla then floated through the air without any issue and went to the roof. Cabba then decided to follow her, but with some difficulty. Above the roof, both kids noticed there wasn't smoke on the chimney. Caulifla then looked at him straight to the face real close.

"We'll fly and stay inside the chimney for a while to hear the conversation, do you understand?" Caulifla said. Cabba was worried. While he was able to fly for short periods, staying afloat for long a while was something he hasn't done before as part of his training. He nodded in response, as he gently flew down inside the chimney, with Caulifla following him.

The voices of Renso and Taura could be heard perfectly.

"… As I was saying, the captain from Planet Sweetz brought me up this delicious food while we were on Planet Cinnam. "Taura was commenting while laughing. "It was the most delicious thing I ever tasted in my life, Renso, I tell you! It was like, a waterfall of honey in my mouth!"

"I'm impressed you managed to eat all of that. As I understand, Planet Cinnam's atmosphere is hard for us Saiyans unless you wear a mask." Renso replied while chuckling. "Last time I went, I had to endure some terrible pills for two days. I missed eating solid meat."

Taura laughed in response. Caulifla, who was above Cabba, grunted in annoyance.

"What?!" She quietly screamed. "It was only a greeting? That's lame!"

"Yeah, but that's part of working with the Frost empire. You experience new things, including the disappearance of a planet."

"A planet?!" Renso raised his voice in surprise. Cabba never heard him that worried before, but he too was surprised. "Why do you think it happened?"

"Beats me," Taura replied with a calm tone. Cabba noticed Caulifla wasn't grunting, but instead flying closer to him in order to listen better. "Frost wanted to go to Planet Yardrat for a while, but by the time we arrived, the planet was simply gone." Taura remained quiet after saying that, Cabba could hear her walking around the room. He got scared of being found but couldn't fly upwards.

However, Taura continued.

"There was no witness to the destruction of the planet around the neighboring planets, and the Galactic Patrol never noticed anything unusual. It was like the planet simply disappeared, and no members of the Yardrats are found in the Galaxy as far as the Galactic Intel can tell. I'm worried. "

"Yeah, I don't judge you," Renso replied. "I met some members of the planet years ago; they had unusual techniques but are harmless.. What could have happened to them?"

"That's not why I came here, though." Even without watching them, both Caulifla and Cabba somehow knew she was smiling. "You see, we actually found something possibly related to this case. Look at this."

Cabba and Caulifla couldn't look at the object from their position, but they heard the sound of an object falling on the table.

"What is this?"

"It appears to be a fruit."

"A fruit?" Renso asked. "Just a fruit? I never saw any fruit this spiky."

"Not just any mere fruit. We don't have any data on this kind of fruit, but we found it on Planet Cinnam from a merchant. It took me a while, but I managed to find that this woman was on Planet Yardrat just some weeks ago and that this fruit was planted on that same planet. "

"What does that mean? It's just a fruit, isn't it?"

"Well, I asked this woman to eat it."

"And?"

"Her power grew ten times fold."

"You're joking."

"I wish I was."

Cabba was starting to feel pressure on his body. He wasn't used to flying yet, but he didn't want to retire, and neither was Caulifla who was pressing her body against his back trying to listen to the conversation. He never heard of any sort of power booster before, only read about Frost Assault form in Frost Tales.

"Something that could increase your power," Caulifla said to his ear. "That sounds cool!"

"And what happened?" Renso asked after a brief pause. He was possibly touching the fruit himself.

"We arrested her for illegal substances after I kicked her ass, no sweat, and interrogated her about what happened to the planet. "

"So you only have a clue, but don't know what happened."

"Yeah, it is frustrating." She kept walking a little closer, as the kids could hear her steps getting closer to the chimney. "I will keep this fruit in order to further investigate it, and just wanted to tell you about it. I could possibly need your help in the future."

"You can always count on me. Let's hope we find out what happened."

"Yeah, let's hope so. By the way…"

Taura punched the chimney with enough force to make it crumble. An exhausted Cabba fell to the bottom of the chimney, while Caulifla managed to escape undetected. Taura grabbed him by the hair.

"Well, we have a cute troublemaker." She looked him directly in the eyes. Her attitude reminded him a lot of Caulifla, and that scared him to death. "How much did you hear, boy?"

"N-Nothing! I swear!" Cabba was crying, as he was afraid of her.

"Jeez kid, is not a big deal, but I guess I shouldn't expect less from a Saiyan born from non-combatants." And then she threw him to the ground. She walked directly to the table and grabbed the fruit, although Cabba couldn't see what it looked like. "Renso, teach him some manners for me, will ya? I need to get going. Don't let what I told you to get out of the Saiyan Elite and this crybaby".

"Yes, I understand." Taura left the house, with Renso visibly disappointed. He went directly to him and helped him stand up. "This is very unusual for you to do, Cabba. I'm not angry, but, a future lesson, you can't listen to private conversations. You need to learn that as a future soldier."

Cabba did a salute to his teacher, trying to hold back his tears.

After finishing his training for the day, Cabba went home by nightfall. He didn't see Caulifla on the way. It was better that way, after having such a great moment meeting Frost, Caulifla simply ruined the rest of the day for him, and he didn't want to see her again, at least for now. He greeted his parents and went directly to his room. He fell to his bed, trying to sleep.

His room had many posters of the Emperor of the Universe, and behind one of them there was a copy of his favorite (and only) book not related to Frost.

"I hope I can be as good as a hero as you are", Cabba spoke to the posters. He felt silly doing so. He wondered about the fruit Taura spoke about with Renso, as it seemed to be important. Renso told him to not tell anybody about it, not even his parents. It was alright, he knew for sure the news about the fruit will come out one day and he will have the first edition of the book containing such story.

Before falling asleep, the words Caulifla said to him started to sound inside his head. "If you want me to acknowledge you, you will have to beat me first. At this point, you're just a bamboo whiner to me."

"I'm not a whiner." Cabba thought to himself. "You will call me by my name. I swear I'll make you acknowledge me."

...

Author Note: Planet Cinnam is the made-up name for the place where Hit was during his mini-arc, where the citizens wore a weird mask. I really like the setting and mood of that mini-arc!

Update 27/11/2018: Greetings! I changed a few words here and there. I took out the word "holidays" and changed it to "for another victory in the war against the Space Pirates", and added a line describing Cabba's family as non-combatant Saiyans. I also changed the name of the story to "Sadala Chronicles" since I thought it would be more fitting. I hope you don't mind!

Update 17/03/2019: I want to thank Kagari for being my editor, as she helped me fix a lot of mistakes in this chapter when it comes to grammar. I also changed the title of the chapter so it could refer more than one character, and added a line foreshadowing future events.