The sun glared down onto her but not once did she blink from the brightness of the sun. Her hand remained steady on the bow as she focused on her target; a small deer grazed below as she hid, perched up high in a tree. She released the arrow sending it swiftly through the air, the animal died instantly. Chichi was excellent with the bow and arrow, her weapon of choice, she dropped out from the high tree and landed on the floor, she rearranged her small white tunic and moved a piece of hair behind her ear as she walked slowly up to the dead animal.
Her aim had been true; she'd known where to hit the animal so it would feel as little pain as possible. She got a piece of rope and tied the animal's legs together and headed back to the temple.
Chichi was a Gallephan warrior and ancient warrior civilisation where only women were permitted to live. You had to be chosen to become a Gallephan warrior, either by courage, strength or by bloodline. If you were selected to become a Gallephan warrior it was a huge honour, unless you were born into the civilisation, like Chichi, Chichi was the princess of the Gallephans her mother, saffron, ruled with a firm yet gentle hand over her people. Yet Chichi still had to take a test to prove that she was a true Gallephan, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday she had been blindfolded and taken to a random part of the planet where she had to survive and find her way home. It was all the more important for Chichi to survive this test, as she was their princess.
Men were not allowed to live on the planet, if a child was born a boy it would be sent to a random planet where it was up to nature for it to survive. Chichi had ever only seen one man, her father, the ox king. But only up to her eighteenth birthday was he permitted to come to the planet and see his only child. She was now twenty years old and missed her father sorely.
She could plainly see that her mother and father loved one another dearly. She saw the pain in her mother's eyes when she had to say goodbye to her husband, never knowing when they would see one another again.
Chichi forced a smile on her lips, today was not a day to be feeling sad, today was a joyous occasion where the celebration of the great Goddess Athena had bestowed the Gallephans with this planet. That's why Chichi had been out hunting; tonight a massive feast was being prepared for the entire temple.
Once Chichi was closer to the temple she saw women training and practicing their fighting skills. Most used swords but few women had honed the skill of the bow and arrow. For the bow and arrows used by the Gallephans were special, they were made of gold and the arrows held powers, the arrows could be told to turn into anything the user commands. Chichi had been using the bow and arrow since she was eleven and was one of the best on her planet. On the eve of her sixteenth birthday her mother gave her the very special bow and arrow set.
Various women greeted chichi warmly, children ran up to her vying for her attention.
"Princess Chichi, look what I found!" A pretty blonde haired girl said showing an intensely purple flower. Chichi smiled warmly and knelt down to the girl's level.
"That's very beautiful Amara, do you know what this flower's called?" The small child shook her head. "Its called a snap dragon, because of the shape of the petals, see?"
Amara laughed gleefully as she saw the shape the flower made.
"You know there's a legend that goes with this flower, if a male ever gives you one of these then he's meant to be your true love."
"But mommy said men are bad."
"Yes sweetie but its only because of what happened to your mother that she distrusts them." The child cocked her head to one side, confused,
"You'll understand when you're older." Chichi said patting the girl's head. "I've got to be going now, we need to finish preparing for tonight."
The girl ran off, Chichi felt her throat tighten with emotion, would she ever be able to have children? Not if her mother had anything to do with it. Chichi loved her mother dearly but was beginning to get fed up with her no male rule. Maybe she'd change that once she becomes queen? Chichi walked slowly to the temple, letting her feet drag, her mind wander.
She reached the solitude of her room, where it was cooler, she lay down on her bed and let out a breath. She was bored. It was the same everyday, she was happy that it was peaceful but, God what she'd give for some adventure in her life.
It was then that a faint droning noise could be heard in the distance, disturbing her musings.
"What the hell is that?" She mumbled to herself, it was then the noise seemed to be coming closer and louder, Chichi quickly ran to her window in time to see what appeared to be a small metal ball go over the temple and head off into the distance.
Some of the women yelled allowed, worried, children ran to the comfort of their mothers. Chichi ran to get her bow and arrow and jumped down from her window, quickly noting where the metal ball was heading.
"What is it?" A woman asked nearby.
"It's those heathen males, they found where we are, and they've come to take us back!" One hysterical woman said.
"Calm down, no ones going to you away." Chichi said looking the women in the eyes holding her shoulders. "Someone go and warn my mother, tell her to send some warriors over to the Laguna waterfalls."
"Yes your highness but where are you going?" A woman questioned
"I'm going to find out what it is." With that Chichi secured her bows and ran in the direction of the mysterious metal ball.
"Nice landing." Bardock said sarcastically as he rubbed his head.
"Thanks dad!" Kakarotte smiled, completely missing the sarcastic comment. The door to the pod opened, the three saiyins were taken back by the scenery before them.
Lush tropical tress rose high above their heads, variously coloured flowers covered the ground with green grass.
"I've never seen anything like it!" Bardock said amazed.
"Its incredible." Radditz joined in,
"You going to write a poem about it." Bardock said fluttering his eyes making Radditz blush,
"Shut up father." Radditz said huffing his shoulders. Kakarotte climbed out of the pod and breathed in deeply the smells of he rainforest.
"Come on, I want to go and see it." The three saiyins walked off.
A few minutes later Chichi circled the area from above, in a tree. She saw a door had been opened but no sign of life was nearby. She went in for a closer look. She touched the cool metal surface, before looking inside to see three very empty chairs. She was somewhat disappointed; she was looking forward to seeing what species had invaded their planet.
Chichi searched in all directions wandering which way they had gone, it wasn't until she saw the remarkably huge footprints did she wander what the hell these things were? She bent down to study them closer, it was easy to decipher which direction they had one, broken twigs from a brushes were left behind.
"This is definitely turning out to be an entertaining day." She said to herself before walking off in the direction of the footprints.