My mom and I are training again in the same place. We've went through what I have learned yesterday and now, I am going to try again on trying to increase my power level.

For the first time on the second day, I try to focus and then again, nothing happens.

"Okay, okay, I can do this," I tell myself, "Even if to will take ten days or ten years, I will still try, no matter what."

I keep my patience together and then, I try again. This time, however, I feel something different. I continue to focus and then, the ground started to shake. I also see a lot of small rock particles going up in the air. I keep doing this until the power level increase stops.

My mom's smile goes very big and then, I realize that I might have gotten it. I am really really happy about this too.

"You did it! I knew you could do it!" My mom exclaims and then she says, "Let me check your power level." My mom checks on her scouter and then she says, smiling, "Wow! You have a power level of 11,438." Wow, that's amazing!

"Wow, is that really my power level?" I ask and my mom nods.

I stay humble and then I say, "All because you've helped me." I smile. I lower my power level back to my base power level.

"I can't take all the credit. You know that, Kassava," my mom replies, smiling, "Hey, you know how to fly, right?"

"Yes, I haven't done it in a long time," I reply. Luckily enough, I am still able to fly.

"Okay, that's awesome," my mom says, "I was wondering we can review what I have learned from you."

"Of course," I reply. Back when we were on the space travelling machine, she also asked me if she can learn a few things from me. We practiced on martial arts only since we didn't want to damage the equipment with the weapons I had and she was able to learn it after watching me demonstrate only one time.

"Alright," my mom says. She goes for the punch to my face and then, I stop it with my hand wrapped around the front of her knuckle. My free hand that is now turned into a fist gets really close to the face since I didn't want to hurt her. That was also how I practiced with Gabriel.

She then tries to kick me on the side of my head, but then I grab her foot with my right hand. She now throws a series of punches and I dodge the punches very quickly.

Now, I try to throw a series of punches and then she dodges very quickly. She is even quicker than me, of course. As I try to kick her on the stomach, she quickly blocks the opening with one of her arms.

We continue to practice fighting until we decide to move on to practicing how to use weapons.

"Okay, which weapon do you want to learn how to use first?" I ask.

"How about the sword?" My mom replies.

"Alright," I say, pulling out two swords from one of the bags we brought from home. I pass one to my mom and she thanks me.

I reply, "You're welcome."

She learns all the skills really quickly. She is a really skilled fighter, of course.

"Hey, Bianca," Tabitha greets me by the door of my room. I had been practicing playing the drums after my family and I ate dinner.

"Hey, Tabitha," I reply, smiling. She sits on my bed. She plays the bass guitar and I play the drums. We don't have a band, but we really love rock and metal music.

"How're you doing?"

"I'm good, thank you, and how are you?"

"I'm good too, thank you."

"No problem."

"Did you learn to play any new songs?" Tabitha asks me.

"I just learned how to play Iron Man," I reply.

"Man, Black Sabbath rocks!"

"I agree! Have you learned how to play any songs, Tabitha?"

"Yeah, I've learned how to play Holy Diver."

"Dio, yes!" I reply.

"Oh yeah! Say, I have a girlfriend."

"Awwww, who is it?" I ask.

"Her name is Carly. She didn't go to our high school, but she does live next to me."

"Awwww, that's awesome to hear, Tabitha! Congratulations!"

"Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Bianca, is there someone you like?" My best friend asks me, wiggling her eyebrows at me.

"Haha, no," I laugh, "Love is neutral for me. Like it wouldn't matter to me if I like someone or not."

"That's amazing, Bianca. I like the fact that you don't need a man to feel safety or you don't need a man to be happy."

"I've been thinking about this over the years and I used to feel pressurized that I needed love to be happy. But then, I've been seeing breakups and those make me really sad. Other things have made me happy and I can also defend myself. Why is it that a person has to swoop in and fight for me? Although that would be very nice and I would be very thankful, I am not a damsel in distress. I'll love someone for who they are and I will love that person because I want to be with that person and because we have romantic feelings for each other. Also, I probably keep saying this, but if a person doesn't like me for who I am then they don't really need to be in my life."

"You have like the best speeches ever. You know, Bianca. People like you inspire me everyday to live and I am very glad to call you my best friend."

"Awwww, thank you, Tabitha. That really means a lot to me."

"You're very welcome. I should be the one to thank you."

"You're very welcome." I smile, "You inspire me everyday to live too."

"Awwww, thank you. That means a lot to me."

"You're welcome. Hey, Tabitha, there is another secret that I must tell you, but only the closest of the closest can know this," I say, "I'm now glad that I didn't tell this the other day when Ally, you, and I were at the café."

"Sure, Bianca. You can tell me anything and I mean anything."

"Okay. I'm an assassin that kills the bad people that poses threats to people."

"Oh my gosh, really? That is so cool," Tabitha replies, "So how long have you been doing this?"

"Since I was nine."

"What? That takes true dedication. What kind of weapons do you use?"

"I use guns, swords, katanas, knives, and other stuff like that."

"Woah. I'm also glad that Ally doesn't know about this, but it's really unfortunate that she also knows that you are a Saiyan. Who knows what she would do?"

"Yeah I know," I say, "Let's always hope for the best."

"Yeah," Tabitha replies, "Hey, once again, I hope you have the best time in Japan."

"Thank you very much and I will bring something back for you, I promise."

"Noooo, you don't have to bring me anything, but if you insist, surprise me with anything."

"I definitely will," I reply, smiling.

"Thank you so much, Bianca!" Tabitha says, hugging me.

I hug her back and then I say, "You're always welcome, best friend in the whole wide world," I say.

My best friend, Tabitha, giggles and then she says, "Hey, is your real name Bianca?"

I smile, "No, it's actually Kassava, as in cassava the vegetable," I then laugh, "We Saiyans have names that are puns for vegetables."

"Oh really? Haha that's funny."

"I know right?"

A/N: I'm really sorry if I'm going slow in this story, but I promise that I will bring in some action in the future chapters. I hope you all have a wonderful day! ^_^