Chayote rubbed the back of her head. The stiffness that she still felt over her entire body did not help to fall down in a dignified way. Despite the big stumble from heaven transpiring just a handful of moments earlier, the Saiyan could not recall if she hit the ground with the front of back of her head. With a tremble in her knees, the teen rose on her feet and looked around.
The Saiyan was in a place surrounded by thick trees with a little creek running by her side, without a care in the world. Chayote had seen trees on Planet Vegeta before, she could comprehend the nature of these strange and tall plants despite not having had the chance to traverse the universe yet. Perhaps that could still be mended if she cleaned this planet nicely by the time Lord Frieza came down.
"As long as I do it in the right order, weakest to strongest, I should both eradicate all life on the planet and get stronger in the process…" Chayote pondered to herself. The thought of obliterating a Saibamen, no, whole four Saibamen all at once in front of Lord Frieza and the smile it would put on the emperor's face… She would still make her King proud. None of that Gods and angels and afterlife thing made any sense but the life of a soldier was still there for her.
The teenage Saiyan was so deep in her thoughts that she could not feel the ground rumbling from under her. It was only when something loud roared behind her that the Saiyan noticed the massive as it was thick, three-horned dinosaur behind her.
"You look strong… Wonder if I'm up on this level yet…" Chayote pondered. Without hesitation, she charged onward, determined to move the immovable beast. Her fist sent deafening shockwaves that bent the trees around the clashing pair. The tri-horned herbivore leaned its head down and blocked the Saiyan's fist with its forehead. Or so it thought before deep sleep claimed it.
"Hmmm… I see, so this Earth is a planet of these creatures. Strong, but nothing to worry about, just like Whis said." The Saiyan nodded to herself. "Look yummy too. A steak of this would quash the stiffness in my muscles right off."
"Whoa!" a voice behind her made Chayote turn around only to meet a handful of walking pigs, not too different from the massive dinosaur she had just slain. "You straight out iced this dino. Look at that, its brains are leaking from its ears, you must have crushed its skull…"
"You're like… Smaller… Dino… Was it?" Chayote tried putting the twos on top of twos as she pointed at the pig armed with a sword and its firearms totting pals. These creatures wore leather vests, jackets, and bandanas of different, intricate patterns. This was something – it was intelligent life that Chayote was having business with. Intelligent, yet clearly weaker than this dino thing, as emphasized by the puny muscle structure of these buffoons compared to the massive dino-creature.
"Whoa… Missy, not that I don't like the no-pants situation you have going on here but… If you would please surrender the gun you're packing that can kill these dinosaurs, we'll be on our way." The anthropomorphic pig with the scimitar stepped up closer to the Saiyan, even going as far as to extend its hand where Chayote was supposed to put said weapon when she chose to surrender it.
"Hmmm… I see…" Chayote leaned up to the blade of the man's sword. "A crude tool but I like it."
The rest of the hogs opened their jaws after they saw the teenage Saiyan outright blitz to them and examine the barrels of their guns from up close as if she experienced no fear at all.
"Hmph. These seem like primitive versions of the arm cannons from back home. Too primitive…" Chayote dismissed the apparently too uncivilized gun for her with a disapproving shake of her head.
"Hey, didn't you hear it, kid? Gimmie your gun, now!" the scimitar-wielding hog swung its scimitar, trying to intimidate the Saiyan girl. The blade of his sword separated a handful of Chayote's hair and touched her cheek but stopped there. The girl just smiled. It was like the sword moved at a turtle's pace as far as she was concerned.
"Gun? I don't have a gun. I came to Earth completely unarmed and half-naked. That leather jacket on you looks mighty fine. It'll serve me until I can find a proper local soldier uniform to wear, at least." Chayote spoke with glee as she pressed against the hog's shoulder, the sword-wielding bandit squeaked as he dropped his scimitar in fear of this young lady dashing about the place at speeds beyond that which his eye could comprehend.
"Th-Then h-how?" the pig-man croaked.
"How did I kill the dino?" Chayote completed the sentence. "Good, old this!" she raised her fist up making the pigs almost rip the clothes off of their bodies all at once and run away into the wilderness. The Saiyan leaned down to pick up a loose, brown shirt that one of the bandits left behind and adopt some of the fine leather wear of these bandits.
"I wonder what they needed that gun for? Maybe this place hosts a treasure worth stealing?" the Saiyan looked around. She decided to follow the creek back to the bottom of the tower she had just fallen off of. The sole star of this planet's system appeared to be positioned somewhere in the center of its rotation, dark would come before long.
Drawn to the ground by a sky-splitting kick that shattered its lower leg, the massive, two-legged dinosaur collapsed on the ground with its eyes rolled back and its tongue sticking out. A peculiar signal for a creature's demise that Chayote found to be all too common on this planet. She could not believe how much of a sweat she had worked up slaying these mighty-looking yet more bark than bite "dinos".
The teen extended her hand towards a pile of wood she had placed on the ground and focused her "inner strength" just like instructor Yuca used to show it to her. A poof of smoke burst forth from Chayote's hand, just like it always did when she tried blasting from her hand without the use of an arm cannon.
"Maybe I should have taken some of these primitive hand cannons with me after all. Perhaps they generate enough heat to light a fire…" Chayote sighed before turning at the mound of dead meat she had accumulated and dragged over to the fire. Her eyes turned to a rustling bunch of leaves. As if whoever stalked the Saiyan girl had realized it was found, he burst from the bush and ran forth at Chayote.
It was a peculiar little creature. Similar to a Saiyan yet lacking a tail. Short like a little pea but hair long enough to wear in a braid. Head adorned with a trophy of a kill this midget had earned – a fluffy, white and red thing that may have been a patch of something's skin. Chayote had noticed flocks of odd, pint-sized flying creatures with sharp beaks before, ones lacking aggression and too bothersome to chase around. Perhaps this dwarf had managed to catch and kill one of these things?
The little native boy ran up to Chayote's lousy camp and put a black stone to it, striking it with his other sharp stone that appeared to be even more primitive version of the blade that the Saiyan saw local bandits carrying. This one was not made from steel but from sharpened stone and minerals. Sparks spread from the white stone once the primal tool touched its edges, lighting the branches on fire.
"Why would you do that if you know I will kill you?" Chayote smiled at the boy as if she had not just threatened his life. The tiny thing took a pair of steps back in fear, it extended and clutched his knife at Chayote. "Although… Do you think you will grow stronger?"
"Y-Yes! I'll become tall and strong like my daddy!" the little one yelled out at Chayote, chest full of bravado that the Saiyan could appreciate.
"Great." Chayote extended her fist for a bump. "I'll kill you once you're large and strong so that killing you would hone my body more. The stronger creatures I kill, the more capable I'll be in serving my King when he picks me up from this rock."
"I… I helped you because I thought you were a nice person. You made all those bandits back there run away. Mean men just like them tread across these sacred grounds every day like they were looking for something!" the little boy yelled out. "You're… You're not nice like I thought. Nice people don't threaten to kill other people after just meeting them."
"Say, boy, I'll trade some of my dino meat for that black stone that sparks a fire." Chayote extended a thigh that was at least six times the size of the boy. It seemed like a waste but Chayote could eat that much when she was his size.
The boy sat up closer to Chayote and looked at her. "You should not be here either. If my dad sees you around here, he'll kill you too."
"I see. Your father is tall and strong, right?" Chayote rubbed her chin.
"The tallest and the strongest! Well… Maybe not as strong as the God that sits atop of the Korin Tower. My name's Upa, what is yours?" the tiny native wondered.
"Oh, so you've met Kami then? Your father is that strong, huh? I might need to eat up and regain my old strength before I eliminate him." Chayote pondered. "I'm Chayote."
"That's not nice! You shouldn't talk that way to people!" Upa yelled out while pointing his finger with an accusatory fashion at the female Saiyan.
"Oh? I see…" Chayote waved her hand in dismissal. "Say, what is this place anyway, why did those bandits back then wanted me to give them a powerful weapon and not money, food or gear?"
"How can you not know?" little Upa shrieked out. "This is the Sacred Land of Korin! The tower right there is the Korin Tower. What did God up above call it? How come he hasn't told you that?"
"I don't know, we didn't talk that much about that. He wanted to feed me, I think, but that bastard Mr. Popo kicked me down." Chayote turned grim for a moment, imagining the glee when she would eventually kill Mr. Popo and Kami. She would likely do them in last, they were the Guardian and the attendant of this planet, after all. It was more than likely that they were the strongest creatures around.
"So you were cast down from God's tower for being a real diva, it seems!" Upa smacked his little cheek with one hand and then pointed at Chayote in an accusatory manner. "How do you plan to get back on God's good side?"
"I don't care about Kami." Chayote dismissed Upa's question. "I need to rest a bit and regain my strength, retrain my body from this stiffness I feel. Then I will need to get to work."
"What do you mean?" Upa wondered.
"In a dozen years, I need to kill every single human alive for when the Saiyans find this planet so I can become Lord Frieza's soldier again." Chayote replied with a serious look on her face.
Upa cried and ran away for a decent distance before pulling out an arrow almost the size of his entire body and fired it from the tiniest bow. The arrow stuck a pair of millimeters of its tip into Chayote's head.
"You're a monster! That's why God of Korin Tower kicked you down!" Upa yelled out into Chayote's twitching head. The Saiyan reached for the arrow and removed it, given how it was flapping up and down already.
A massive man burst forth from over the pile of dead dinosaurs. In an impressive feat of acrobatics and skill, the man rolled forward and scooped up the little boy and then placed him atop his shoulder. The man then gave Chayote a dead-serious glare and then changed his eyes to beacons of softness once he turned to Upa.
"Upa, did this girl hurt you?" the native powerhouse spoke softly even though he possessed the proper vocal capabilities of a mighty warrior.
"Not really…" Upa admitted while scratching his head. "But she's a really terrible person! She said she wants to kill everybody in the world!"
"That so? As the protector of the Sacred Land of Korin, I cannot allow such a foul presence onto these grounds. Leave now or I will be forced to force you out." The tall man declared, blowing out his chest in a rather impressive display of strength. After a few moments of silence, interpreted as Chayote's defiance to the declaration of war from the protector of the Sacred Land of Korin, the man placed his son onto the ground and encouraged him to go hide while he himself removed the immense spear he wielded off of his back and pointed it at Chayote's direction.
"Out, now, I will not repeat it!" the native warrior growled with the full might of his voice now. Truth be told, Chayote somewhat liked him for all of his impressive display of might and his voice that could change from being soft to mighty in a brink of a moment.
"Well… Perhaps a proper stretch of this tired body is in order." Chayote shrugged before taking a pair of mocking hops and cracking her knuckles about.
"I will not let you besmirch these hallowed grounds!" the man declared while charging madly at Chayote. With near effortless grace, the teenage Saiyan evaded every spear strike. Truthfully, she could have punched a hole through the buff chest of this massive man already, however, mere murder was not the proper purpose of this battle, it was to stretch her body out.
"Arrogant!" the native warrior taunted the teen Saiyan while he swept the other end of his spear but Chayote hopped over the sweep with grace that almost mocked the warrior's effort.
"Be careful, father! This girl has been trained by the God of Korin Tower!" Upa yelled out.
"W-What!?" Chayote's opponent turned back to his son with a perplexed face that burst forth with sweat. The grim war-paint on the man's body and face became muddy and chaotic, sending streaks over the face of Upa's father. When the noble spearman turned back at his opponent, still quivering with disbelief, he found Chayote standing up in his face with her fist frozen just a centimeter from his face.
"Don't drop your guard…" Chayote taunted her opponent while the man broke his fighting stance and bowed his body up to his waist.
"Huh?" Chayote wondered.
"Please forgive me for attacking you. It was foolish of me to question God's plan!" the man apologized while bowing. "Please join me and my son for dinner tonight. You don't appear to have a place to sleep."
"I mean… If you're insisting, I guess I am going to need a place to rest in while I cleanse this planet. If you would be willing to host me, I guess we could have a deal that I would kill you two next to last." Chayote shrugged, ready to follow the native man and his son to the ends of the Earth if need be.
"My name is Bora. I believe you have met my son Upa already. Please, our home is this way, right at the bottom of the tower. This place is a frequent crash zone of aircraft. I believe that the top of the tower is large and round, which is why aircraft crashes so far from the bottom of the tower in a ring pattern." Bora nodded. He did not look at all pleased by Chayote's words but he let the girl follow him and his son all the way to his tent.
The teen Saiyan appreciated the hospitality of this Earthling. He looked the most powerful of all earthly creatures she had met so far, he might just be a worthy ally in her training, serving as her landlord of sorts… Yes. A landlord who provided food and shelter for the duration, all the way until the Saiyans or Lord Frieza took her back in.
"You are quite fast but are you sure that you have been trained by God himself?" Bora wondered, digging into a thigh of the deceased dinosaur. Chayote was okay with providing meat for the bunch while she herself dug into the cooking animal that Bora had slain. It was a peaceful exchange, a ritual of a mutual promise of not murdering each other. It was a useful Earthling ritual, perhaps the Saiyans could adopt it in certain situations. The only time Saiyans exchanged food was during the mating rituals...
Chayote was 78% sure that Bora was not attempting to court her.
"Not yet. I did not have the chance to train with God, I've met your God and the God of your God… Then some blue-skinned guy who's the boss of all sorts of Gods of other Gods." Chayote replied. "Why?"
"Your speed was incredible. You are a true prodigy of power and swiftness but your moves were sloppy. You could have avoided my attacks without a hitch but your lousy moves let me cut your legs." Bora noted with a cocky smile while he pointed at Chayote's torn leather pants she had taken off of one of the hog bandits.
"Oh…" it was only now that Chayote noticed that her leather pants were a mess. Not only were they stringy and uncomfortable, but they were now also covered with rips and holes. A few tiny cuts on her legs ached a little bit too.
"Upa, bring our guest a new pair of pants." Bora tapped the back of his son. The hand of the native warrior looked colossal enough to scoop the little booger up like shovel scooped sand.
"But the only pants her size would be my ritual clothes from when I finally become a warrior!" Upa pouted, puffing out his tiny cheeks. He then showed Chayote his tongue in a rather rude manner.
"You were supposed to sew those clothes all by yourself anyway. Plus, do you really think a true warrior would hog their trousers all to themselves like this?" Bora smiled.
"Okay…" Upa stood up and dragged his feet over to the tent. The little boy flipped over inside a large chest laying beside his sleeping plaid and searched for the pair of ritual warrior pants for his guest.
"You must be confused why I halted our battle back then?" Bora raised an eyebrow.
"It was because you realized how futile it was and how easy it would be for me to kill you." Chayote stated.
"I was going to say, it was because the God of the Korin Tower does not make mistakes. I have faith in whatever God saw inside you. You may speak like the devil and only wish darkness for the future, but I believe that you are meant for better things." Bora explained. The struggle against laughter after the man's words served as a nice time filler before Upa returned with the trousers. Much to the embarrassment of both the young and upcoming as well as the mighty and seasoned native warriors, the teen Saiyan felt obliged to change right in front of them and the fire.
"These are great. I appreciate you lending me the proper warrior attire of this planet." Chayote jumped about, beaming with excitement. She may not have had her Saiyan armor and gear with her but she had the next best thing. She almost felt a little bit humbled by just being given the proper warrior attire of this planet but then again, she did just prove her superiority against this planet's mightiest. Bora must have been the mightiest, he was quite proficient, after all, and Whis did state that this planet would be relatively safe for Chayote because of how weak its inhabitants were.
"Have you considered something, Chayote? A suggestion if you will?" Bora's face turned grim and serious as he brought this up. Chayote raised her ecstatic smile up to face the seasoned warrior. "You speak about killing every person on this planet eventually. Do you feel like maybe you could pick and choose who it is that you realize this goal of yours on?"
"Hmmm? What a stupid question, of course, I haven't killed you and I pushed back killing Kami and that asshole Mr. Popo until the very last. Might even blow that green guy's brains out in front of my rescuing party!" Chayote gave the two natives a "peace" gesture with her two extended fingers.
"Then, perhaps, you kill all the evil creatures on this planet first? Perhaps the reason why the God of the tower took you in was to make you the person that enacted his vengeance?" Bora wondered. "I am confused as to why else would the God bother with one as wicked inside as you…"
"Kill all the evil people? That would be pretty hard…" Chayote pondered on it hard with her finger almost rubbing out a wound on her lips and her forehead starting to hurt after a while of such intense concentration. "I mean how do I even know who exactly is evil or not?"
"I and Upa could show you. I may have blood on my hands, my own view might be tainted, but Upa here is the purest soul I have ever met. If you hung around him for a couple of days, he'd tip you on the nature of evil." Bora smiled. He evidently did not expect Chayote to be quite this malleable.
"Well, I suppose if I'm killing everybody anyway… May as well start from the bad guys. Seriously though? You would do that for me?" Chayote wondered with almost a bit of disbelief in her glare as she faced Upa who was truly beginning to seem confused by what was going on and how someone he was afraid would spell out the doom for mankind was almost now ready to slay all evil.
"Y-Yes!" Upa yelled out with his two little hands clutched together as he jumped up on his tiny feet, overjoyed with the face turn of this newly met girl.
"Okay, because you gave me these cool native warrior pants, I will honor your request and kill all the evil people first." Chayote nodded before returning to her food. The ecstasy of wearing the bottom wear of a true Earthling warrior was now far behind her spontaneously combusting and extinguishing mind.
Chayote slept too peacefully that night to notice the night of a crescent moon over her head.