Hungry Hungry Saiyan [INV ONLY | GIRA]

Gira had decided to pay a visit to East City after getting back home from Arcose. She had enjoyed her time there, but after everything that happened on Namek, she had found herself becoming more and more attached to her home planet. There truly was no place like home. The young hero had been all over the galaxy, but she always felt more at ease on Planet Earth. Of course, after coming home, Gira's first order of business was to find something to eat. She had been recommended a restaurant by the locals, and she was determined to check it out! After stacking her table high with empty plates, Gira settled her bill and cheerfully bade her waitress farewell, beginning to exit the establishment.

However, it seemed that trouble was brewing at this place. Turning her head after hearing some kind of commotion, she saw a young waiter collapse to his knees after being dealt a heavy blow by one of the restaurant's patrons. From what she was able to hear, it seemed that he had refused to pay for his meal. That was one thing, but to escalate it by hurting a powerless innocent... Gira wasn't about to let him get away with that. Turning on her heels, she faced the troublemaker and moved quickly, vanishing from where she stood at placing herself directly in his way. Normally, she would do this kind of hero work as her heroic alter ego, the Great Saiyagirl, but there was no time to waste. 

"Hey, you! That wasn't very nice!" Gira reached into her pocket and produced her wallet, pulling out enough Zeni to cover the other Saiyan's meal and then some. Slapping it onto the table, she glared at the violent warrior.

"Let's see how you like being bullied by someone stronger than you!" Vanishing again from her place in front of the Saiyan, she extended her hand and attempted to make contact with the middle of his back. With a brief shout, Gira's palm produced a shockwave that aimed to send Lotuce crashing outside the establishment while causing as little damage to the place itself as possible. At this point, Gira would walk outside to meet him.

"The name's Gira. I'm a Saiyan, but I was raised by an Earthling on this very planet." She crossed her arms. 

"And if there's one thing I can't stand, it's villains and bullies." Her expression dropped into a scowl as her violet aura flared around her.

"Why don't you pick on me instead? If you can." Gira's treatment of villains had been much harsher lately. After what she had done in not turning her friends from their villainous path, she decided that the time of giving quarter to evil was over. 

Gira frowned at the other Saiyan's response to her words. It seemed he was intent on fighting. That being the case, she would have to take care to make sure he didn't die. Still, she wanted him to learn his lesson... so she would fight if that was what he wanted.

"Awright then! Let's DO THIS!!!" Gira's aura flared even higher as she kicked off the ground, breaking the pavement as she rocketed towards the ball of energy that was making its way towards her. The young hero wound up a punch, her expression focused as she threw it at the attack. The other Saiyan's technique deformed briefly as Gira's fist smashed into it. Then, it would dissipate in a burst of energy particles. Gira continued her trajectory towards Lotuce, but once she was a mere ten feet away from him, she vanished from view, an afterimage blowing right through the other Saiyan. She would then reappear above him, positioning herself behind him a few dozen feet away.

"JUSTICE SMASH!!!" Gira spun like a top, closing the diminutive distance between the two of them in almost an instant. She lashed out with a powerful roundhouse kick aimed for the back of her opponent's neck, aiming to send him to the ground. 

"Feel free to give up at any time. Or we can kick this up a notch. Up to you." Gira crossed her arms. Regardless of the success of her attack, she was confident in her ability to take whatever he could throw at her.

The other Saiyan appeared to be able to fight still despite taking Gira's boot right to the back of his neck. Despite his earlier antics, the young hero couldn't help but find herself impressed. Still, even though that was the case, she wasn't about to just let him off easy. She had been letting villains do as they please for far too long. From now on, she'd be giving evil no quarter... and that included stopping small-time criminals before they became big-time ones. 

Speaking of, it appeared that Lotuce had already made his choice when it came to whether or not to continue their battle. When he mentioned that what Gira did wasn't very nice, her frown deepened. 

"Yeah, maybe it wasn't. Sucks, doesn't it? When someone stronger than you exerts their power over you and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it. What you're feeling now; that's what those people you frightened were feeling. Power isn't for pushing innocent people around." Gira crossed her arms, gazing down at her opponent with a stone cold expression. However, Lotuce moved to continue his assault, aiming a ball of energy in Gira's direction. 

"That won't work on me!" Gira swept her hands in a circular motion before bringing her wrists together, aiming her palms in the direction of Lotuce and his attack before cupping her hands at her side.

"Kamehame..." A swirl of blue and white energy formed into a sphere between Gira's palms. Without hesitation, she threw her hands forward.

"HAAAA!!!" The sphere of energy in her hands extended into a beam that snaked through the air, aiming for the ball of energy that Lotuce had fired in her direction. The beam clashed against the ball, but it wouldn't be able to hold back Gira's power for long. Her Kamehameha lanced completely through the ball, rocketing towards Lotuce!

Gira's Kamehameha had done what she intended. The other Saiyan was beaten down and could no longer fight. Taking a deep breath to calm down from her battle high once it was clear that this bout was over, she descended from the sky and landed near Lotuce. His words struck a chord with Gira, and she couldn't help but feel a little pang of pity for Lotuce, especially in his defeated state. 

"Just because you don't have money doesn't mean you're entitled to steal food from a restaurant. I paid for your meal, so you don't have to worry about that, but maybe get a job or something. A strong guy like you could find all sorts of good, honest work." Gira crossed her arms as she berated the Saiyan like a disappointed parent. Crouching down next to her fallen foe, she reached into her pocket, pulling out a small bean. She then offered it to Lotuce.

"Eat this. It's a Senzu Bean. It'll help." One might question the wisdom of offering a Senzu Bean to a fallen foe, but Gira was confident in her ability to subdue the Saiyan again if he got out of control for a second time. 

"It's called a Senzu Bean. It heals your battle injuries and restores your stamina. I hear they used to be a lot more effective, but they're still pretty handy to keep around." Gira crossed her arms as she responded to the question from the Saiyan. She was a little surprised that he hadn't heard about it before. On Earth, these things were in the common knowledge and even outside of Earth, she knew that a lot of fighters still utilized them. Then again, they were quite expensive. She supposed that she shouldn't be that surprised in that case. After this, Lotuce brought up something that affected Gira herself for her entire life; the mandatory registration of those who showed any sort of aptitude with ki... and the inability of those who refuse to find honest work. Gira wasn't registered either, despite being a citizen of Earth her whole life.

She got lucky in the sense that she wasn't born on Earth and when her mother adopted her, she had some friends in the hospital whom she could call in favors from that could forge the necessary documents for her to live normally. Still, this was entirely dependent on her pretending like she was a normal Earthling; something she had done dutifully until about a year ago. She could understand why someone without her own advantages would have trouble existing on Earth. She could also understand the reluctance to putting oneself on any sort of government registry. Gira couldn't see something like that ending well for people like her. Still, the way Lotuce went about surviving wasn't doing him any favors.

"I get not wanting to sign up for that sort of thing. Registries like that just don't sit right with me. Still, you have to realize that going around and bullying waiters is just gonna get you a visit from the authorities, right? Then you'll be registered anyway. That is, if they don't imprison or deport you. Hey, far as I know, they'll do all three. If they don't kill ya for making yourself out to be a threat. Take it from me; if you're not strong enough to live peacefully and openly as a ki user, you've gotta be a little smarter about living here. I'm a Saiyan too, so I understand having the need to fight. So... maybe use your power for good. Wear a mask to hide your identity, beat up bad guys only, show people you can be a force for peace, and maybe if they found out who you are, they'll decide to skip you when the time comes to round up unregistered ki users. Its worked for me. So far, anyway." Though Gira did wonder how much of her ability to remain unregistered came from her good deeds. She had fought alongside the president in Central City, was dating the queen of Sadala, and even made friends with the Guru of Namek and the Emperor of the Arcosian Empire.

Someone looking in from the outside would probably say she had friends in high places and that was the reason she was able to remain free and unregistered so far. Gira herself honestly couldn't tell, though she wished she knew. As privileged as some might say she was, Gira didn't want that to be the reason that exceptions were made for her. Then... Lotuce said something concerning. He wished to topple the Earth government. While he said that it was to free the citizens of Earth from its corruption, Gira couldn't agree with this approach.

"Don't get ahead of yourself. All that killing a government leader would do is cause chaos. And even if you do succeed, are you gonna be strong enough to hold onto power? I know people a lot stronger than you are that have tried and failed to do something similar. Trust me. I've seen enough to know that your plan won't work. If you're really hell bent on rooting out corruption, I could get behind that, but not by killing people. Earth is a democracy, so maybe you should work to establish yourself on Earth as a pillar of the community. Then you can run for president. I'll admit... i've thought about going that route myself. I once tried to be the Saiyan queen, y'know. But then I met the current queen and... fell in love with her. Then I decided that she'd be way better at the job than I would be anyway. I didn't know if I could lead, but the more I see the world and follow my own path... my own Saiyan Way... the more I think that maybe I was just going about it the wrong way. Before we were friendly, she told me that I didn't understand real Saiyans because I didn't live among them. And she was right. She would probably word that a little differently today, but the core of what she was saying wasn't wrong. You've gotta know the people you want to govern, and do you know the people of Earth? Like, really know them? Their ways? Their hopes and dreams? Because you can't just expect to kill their leader and have them all bend the knee." Gira would soon be distracted though by what Lotuce asked her next; the technique she used on him that ended their fight.

"I'm afraid I can't take credit for coming up with it, but that was a Kamehameha. It's a technique that came from one of Earth's martial arts schools. I like it. It's powerful and versatile. You can change up the technique any way you like. I've even been experimenting with some different variations; like one that bends and chases its target. It's also easy to learn once you get the stance down. I could even teach ya if you want." Gira finally cracked a smile at the other Saiyan. Perhaps taking this newcomer under her wing would give her an opportunity to smooth down his rougher edges.

Gira seemed oblivious to Lotuce's lack of interest in her speech on higher morals and the various ways he could improve his standing on Earth in ways that didn't involve armed revolution. Gira was prone to making speeches, especially to those whom she felt were on a dark path. The hero she was made it impossible for her to simply ignore that. Especially here lately, with so many people that she cared about going down paths she could not follow. She had seen what their journeys had wrought firsthand... and she refused to let such a thing happen on her watch again.

Once she was finally finished with her lecturing, the rough and tumble Saiyan did something surprising. He bowed to Gira respectfully, and humbly asked for her to train him. She let out an involuntary laugh. Not directed at the Saiyan herself, but rather what the situation reminded her of. It was rather ironic. She had asked for Gandigan to train her in much the same way. Her words and overall demeanor were different, but she couldn't help but draw parallels. Gira used to not think of herself as much of a teacher, but her young ward, Skivvy had shown her that she had a lot to offer less experienced fighters. The young hero crossed her arms, regarding Lotuce with a thoughtful expression.

"So, you want me to train ya, huh?" Her face appeared scrunched up in intense focus. If left alone, Gira was certain that he would continue down the path he was on now. If that was the case, he might go on to hurt people she cared about. Perhaps even getting killed himself. Her worries were settled by something that crossed her mind, however. It was her Saiyan Way; codified into her Tenets of the Hero. It was rule number one, because Gira considered it the most important rule of all. That rule was to be an inspiration. If she wanted to follow her Saiyan Way, then there was really only one response.

"Alright, sure." She grinned down at the Saiyan. She said it so casually, as if she hadn't been weighing her options moments before. Then came the high pitched whine of police sirens heading to their location. It seemed that a witness to Lotuce's crime, their battle, or both had alerted the authorities. Gira was used to this whole song and dance at this point. Drop in, do hero stuff, leave before the cops arrive. It was practically a routine at this pont. Gira jerked her thumb towards the north side of the city.

"Let's get this show on the road. Follow me and we'll start training. Get ready, though, cuz i'm gonna put you through the wringer!" Gira grinned proudly, speaking with authority in her best attempt at emulating her former sensei. With those instructions, Gira flew off towards the plains outside of East City and to the north.

After flying away from the city, Gira and Lotuce landed at a nearby wasteland far enough away from the city for them to really cut loose. The space was nice and open, allowing for a sufficiently large battlefield. As soon as they landed, Gira began to stretch her legs and arms, limbering up as she prepared to train Lotuce. When asked by her prospective student what came next, she grinned widely, cracking her neck before responding.

"Well, first, we're going to teach you the basics of the Kamehameha. Watch my movements closely. While it's pretty easy to learn, you've gotta be precise if you want it to work. After that, i'm gonna give you a lesson in Saiyan biology in the most practical way possible. The more our race gets beaten down, the more dangerous we become. I guess you could say that we're good at rising to meet a challenge. We'll see how you're able to handle an opponent that is way beyond your ability to defeat. First, though, the Kamehameha." Gira spread her stance out slightly, preparing for the demonstration.

"First, you'll want to gather your energy. Just like you would for any other attack." The young warrior let out a deep exhale, placing her hands out in front of her and slowly moving them around in a circular motion until the inside of her wrists met. She gave Lotuce a good view of the pose, moving slowly and deliberately so he could take in every detail.

"Next, cup your hands at your side like this." She moved her hands down just as she described, cupping them at her side.

"At this point, you'll want to focus your energy between your palms." As Gira continued to explain the technique, a blue spark of energy formed between her palms, soon growing into a sphere that was balanced perfectly in the center.

"Keep building it until it's ready to go, then once you feel it hit its peak.." With a grunt of effort, Gira threw her hands out in front of her, her wrists still together as she aimed it up at the sky. That now familiar beam of bluish-white energy extended from her palms, rocketing into the air before vanishing into the atmosphere. Once finished, Gira dusted herself off and placed her hands on her hips.

"That's pretty much all there is to it. You don't even have to say the attack name if you don't want to, but I prefer to. It gets me hyped up and I feel like it sometimes helps me focus." Shooting a grin in Lotuce's direction, she gave him a nod.

"Okay, now you try."