As the trio's ship traveled across another field of stars, Gine slowly started to regain consciousness.
"What...happened?", thought the Saiyan as she rubbed her head and sat up.
"Well, look who's finally awake!", happily exclaimed Supai.
Gine's eyes widened in shock, and she sputtered out,"S-Supai?! You're ok?!"
Supai chuckled,"Yep! My head injury healed up after a few minutes! How exactly? 'Cause my race is just capable of that!"
Amazed by this, Gine said,"I had no idea..."
Bisuk added,"And I had no idea either! Supai, why didn't you tell me?"
Supai rolled her eyes and replied,"Bisuk, you never asked, even when we were little kids. All those times my parents and I went over to your planet to hang out, not one time did you say to me, 'Hey Supai, can I come over to your planet'?"
Bisuk nervously rubbed his head and sighed, "Supai, you have to remember that I was really shy back then, and I was kinda scared of traveling off world."
"Yeah, well, even now...you're still kind of a shy debbie-downer to me.", said Supai.
Bisuk shot a quick glare at her in response.
Gine then asked, "Supai, I wonder, how can—"
"You're wondering how I can actually fight good?", interrupted Supai.
"U-Um...yes."
"I'll tell you everything, but first, we gotta eat something! I'm starving!"
She turned off the auto-pilot feature, and turned the ship towards a new destination.
"And I know just the place!", said Supai with a smirk.
The ship landed near a space diner, which was located on a small planet.
Supai pulled out a tiny green cube from her pocket, and opened it up, taking out five credits from it.
"This should be enough.", she muttered.
She then placed the cube back inside her pocket.
Confused by the sudden appearance of the cube, Gine asked, "Um, Supai, where did you get that device?"
Supai turned to the Saiyan, "Hm? Oh! This thing! You see, after I was done washing my face in one of the mall's restrooms, I walked out, saw it at some random lost-and-found section...and I stole it."
Bisuk yelled,"YOU WHAT?!"
Gine exclaimed,"Why would you even do that?!"
Supai explained, "I just thought it looked cool, so I took it, I opened it up, and there was a bunch of credits in there!"
"Just exactly how many?", asked Bisuk through gritted teeth.
"Like around...100 credits. I just ended up taking ten of them to pay for the clothes, and saved the rest for later. It's pretty cool how this little cube can store so much stuff!"
Bisuk angrily shouted,"SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM?!"
Supai replied,"Uh, yeah."
Bisuk angrily facepalmed himself, while Gine merely sighed.
Gine calmly said,"Supai...you can't just steal random credits. Do you know how wrong that is?"
The Fumian growled, "Hey, we needed some money for clothes, and I didn't have any, so that was the best option! Plus, I can easily bring it back after we eat!"
She let out an irritated sigh,"Now we're done with the exposition, can we just go inside? Please?!"
Bisuk rolled his eyes, and opened up the ship's glass dome.
As the group proceeded to walk out, Gine immediately realized that her tail was missing.
"My tail! Where did-? Oh...right. I probably went on a massive rampage as an Oozaru, so I assume Bisuk and Supai were forced to cut my tail off."
Gine sighed deeply and held open the door for her two companions.
She followed the two of them inside.
Inside the diner, there were various space folk sitting around in various booths, such as aliens, ship workers, or cyborgs. Some were either idly chatting about random events in their lives, while others were happily munching down on whatever kind of food they ordered.
As the song "Dare" by Stan Bush played in the background, Supai smelled the warm, delicious aroma and happily said,"It's good to be back."
The group walked over to a unused booth and sat down. Supai and Bisuk sat on one side, while Gine sat on the other.
Gine asked,"Supai, you've been here before?"
The Fumian nodded, "Yeah! Both of us went here a couple of times. The food here is SO GOOD! Ain't that right, Bisuk?"
Bisuk happily nodded and replied,"I wholeheartedly agree!"
A waitress came up to the group, and asked for their orders.
Supai ordered for her usual, a "Fumian style" meal (which was a cheeseburger with onion rings stuffed inside, along with a side of fries).
Meanwhile, Bisuk ordered for a bowl of salad, and Gine ordered for a simple cold cut sandwich.
Several minutes had passed, and their orders had arrived.
"Oohoohoo, yeah!", exclaimed Supai as she excitedly rubbed her hands together, "Here we go!"
She began wildly munching into her meal, causing grease stains, and various pieces of onion rings, to fall on the table.
Bisuk slowly backed away a bit, muttering,"Seriously?!"
Gine looked on with wide eyes and thought,"Even though she's not a Saiyan, she definitely has the appetite of one..."
After a while, the three of them each finished their respective meals, and sighed in relief.
"That...was good.",said Supai, who let out a small burp.
Bisuk smirked at his friend,"You certainly enjoyed it."
The Fumian happily chuckled,"Yeah I did!"
She cracked her knuckles and said, "Alright. Now I'll tell you both everything."
Gine and Bisuk listened intently as Supai explained,
"See, my dad is a martial artist and works at a dojo, and my mom works as a ship pilot for space travel. When I was little, I was amazed by both of these things, and so on the weekends, when my homework was done, my dad trained me to fight as a means of self defense. It was utter heck for me, trying to get down all of those intense strikes and manuevers, but I managed to nail them in the end."
She let out a confident laugh and continued, "As for the piloting, it was surprisingly easy! I just had to learn a few flight patterns, as well as a few buttons and switches. Especially the auto-pilot button. I remember my mom telling me that there will always be an auto-pilot button on ANY ship in the galaxy. Makes talking to people easier that way."
Gine smiled, "That's good to know, Supai."
The Fumian then playfully nudged Bisuk, who turned to her and inquired, "What is it?"
"Talk about your backstory!"
Bisuk frowned,"Dude, you already know about it."
Supai chuckled,"I meant, tell Gine about your backstory."
"O-Oh! Whoops! Sorry Gine!", stammered Bisuk.
Gine let out a small laugh and responded,"It's alright."
Bisuk began, "I grew up in a family of vegetable farmers, and we made a decent profit selling to various buyers. It wasn't until I turned 15 that we moved to the city, since my father managed to find a new job as a nurse."
"Which I thought was kind of a weird transition.", added Supai, "I mean, first a farmer, then a nurse?"
Bisuk sighed,"He was getting tired of the farmer lifestyle, and wanted to do something else."
He continued,"Anyways, a few years later, after I graduated high school, I decided to join the-"
"Wait a minute," interrupted Gine,"What was that attack you used on Mugiko?"
"You mean the Heating Hands of Pesutori?"
Supai exclaimed, "Well, duh! That's what she means, doofus!"
Bisuk ignored his friend's insult and explained,"The Heating Hands of Pesutori is a technique passed down from generation to generation. And it will only be passed down to those who are pure of heart. Currently, I am one of many users that have this technique."
Gine's eyes widened in suprise.
A technique that is passed down from generation to generation?!
That's unheard of, even for a Saiyan!
To Gine, this sounded incredible!
"Also, about Mugiko...sorry if my fiery attack came out of nowhere. I really don't like fighting, but I was kind of forced to use the technique as a distraction." said Bisuk as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
Gine smiled, "It's okay, Bisuk. You did the right thing by distracting Mugiko. It actually gave me the right amount of time to transform into a Oozaru!"
Supai spoke up,"Oh, dude, remember when we were joining the Frieza Force for the first time?"
Bisuk chuckled,"I remember!"
Gine inquired,"Oh yeah, why did you two even join the Frieza Force?"
"Bisuk here said he felt that he was gonna do 'something great for the galaxy' by joining them!", replied Supai.
Bisuk exclaimed,"I absolutely believed that I was going to do something great! And I felt that I was achieving that goal by following the Frieza Force's rules!"
"Oh, you mean by guarding the ship?", questioned Supai with a smug grin.
"Yes!"
Supai then laughed mockingly at Bisuk, prompting the Peutorian to let out a frustrated sigh.
"Okay Supai, so why did you join the Force then?", questioned Bisuk, "You never told me your reason."
Supai's grin instantly disappeared, and the Fumian nervously darted her eyes around the rest of the diner, trying to avoid spilling the beans.
She looked back at Bisuk, who now sported his own smug grin.
Supai angrily responded,"Alright, fine! It's because I was thinking of the same goal! And I just wasted it away!"
Bisuk laughed, "I knew it!"
"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up.", said an angry Supai, "For all I know, my parents might never want to see me again."
She pulled out the small green cube from her pocket, pulled out ten credits, and dumped them on the table.
"Let's get out of this freakin' place already...", growled the Fumian as she stomped her way out of the diner's entrance.
Gine worriedly asked, "Is she going to be alright?"
An unsure Bisuk replied, "I...I don't know..."
The duo got up, and proceeded to head out of the diner's entrance as well.
By the time they walked over to their ship, Supai was waiting for them.
She opened the ship's glass dome, and they all got inside.
Bisuk stared at Supai, who still had an angry expression on her face.
He sighed deeply and said,"Alright, Supai. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked in the first place."
Supai looked back at Bisuk, "No, dude, it's fine. It's just that I promised myself I would do great things in the Frieza Force, and that promise never happened. My parents have these awesome jobs back on Fumia, and I got strapped with guarding the entrance of a ship. They might see me as a full on loser, and want to cast me out!"
She let out a sigh, "Bottom line is that...I'm just kind of scared of visiting my home planet again."
Gine smiled, "Supai, let me tell you something about Saiyans."
Supai rolled her eyes, "I already know what Saiyans are, Gine."
"Yes, but this little lesson relates to your situation."
"Not sure how that helps, but...okay."
Gine explained, "The Saiyans were the most vicious beings in the galaxy. They trained and battled many opponents as a means of excitement. In contrast, I was a mere butcher who worked at a meat distribution center. And yet, the Saiyans still accepted me, and my life choices."
Supai raised an eyebrow, "And your point is?"
Gine placed a hand on the Fumian's shoulder, "I doubt that your parents will hate you, Supai. If anything, they'll probably encourage you to find a new, better job."
"Gine's right, Supai.", added Bisuk, "It's never too late to try again."
Supai looked at both of her companions, and smiled warmly, "You're right. Thanks, dudes."
The Fumian turned her attention to the controls, "Now let's head back to that lost-and-found section!"
She pulled the lever, and the ship quickly left the small planet's atmosphere.
