Jet Set Run! The Earthling Saiyan on the Snake Way

The Earthling Saiyan ran, feet kissing the land. Perhaps a little while ago he would have balked at the idea of running so far and fast, now he relished the prospect. A Saiyan’s body was born to put out as much power and stamina as possible with the most amazing results one could get, no matter what, despite the Saiyan could have as well used Bukujutsu and flew over it. He desired to test himself out and see how long it would have taken him to run about a million kilometers. Superhuman was nothing out of a Saiyan; even the weakest could bring out incredible results that’d leave the rest gaping but it was also true that the Saiyan had long since surpassed the typical Saiyan battle power.

He bolted down the path that looked just like a real snake, his breathing was steady, and while he was dead, he could still acknowledge feelings such as fatigue. Perhaps it was because he wasn’t all that used to it, plus he was pretty sure that Ki was still abundant in this place.

The man furrowed his brow, it wasn’t quite visible, but he was trying to connect his mind to the energies of the Living World, too bad there were none! The Kamesennin couldn’t feel the slightest bit of power he could recognize from Earth.

“Kabocha?... Hey, Kabo! Uhh.”

He couldn’t help but try to snatch a thought over to the people left in the Living World and perhaps try to feel how they’d be faring but he couldn’t quite reach out to them. His thoughts naturally dwelled in his mind with no success; it was kind of frustrating considering how easy he had learned to manage such feat. It was like death had tossed him into a different world without anything but barriers surrounding them. He had no idea how it all worked, but he was pretty sure that it was impossible or at least from where he was, but he was sure he’d have noticed if it were possible to sense the Living World from the Check-in Station.

After a short while, though, Cornatto suddenly halted in his tracks as he stood still and blinked. “Man. I forgot to tell Kabocha to get out of there!” - exclaimed the man to himself, expressing his concern in an almost comedy way but also show his caring father side.

The man rubbed the back of his neck before he let out a sigh. “Pretty sure she will get out of that blasted place. And hey, Cervez is there. Also that dog guy,” - he thought to himself before he clenched his fist and put his foot forward, he leaned forward ever so slightly. “I must do my best as of now, too!”

The color of his blue-colored outfit seemed almost to swap with the plan of existence as he burst through the air, his legs raising back and forth as he sprinted on the Snake Way. “Haha! Yeah, like this-- I’d go even faster if I were in the Super Saiyan form now!”

As soon as he had sprinted onwards on the Snake Way, he could almost feel a little sense of fatigue, Corn wasn’t exactly sure as to why it was happening, but he guessed that tiredness was still a thing after all. He had received his body, and he was capable of exercising his strength which was a great deal, but he had still thought of playing it nice and not rush it all the way through using his Super Saiyan power.

At the same time, though, he could feel his muscles warm up which was a pleasant sensation; it was just as if he were still alive and it relieved him. One of the things the Afterlife had hit him at first was the fact that he had turned into a soul without a body, which wasn’t something Corn-- a martial artist and warrior such as himself would have ever wanted.

The Earthling Saiyan had already experienced the lost of his fighting sense once, and it wasn’t something he was willing to feel once more; but now that he was dead, he’d probably have as much time as he needed to train and fight! He wondered if there were other warriors at Kaio-sama’s place!

After all, the ogress had told Cornatto that he was supposed to be some incredible martial mind! Every single dead martial artist would want to meet up with such a person, not to mention that Corn loved to train with other people! Sure, it didn’t mean he wouldn’t train by himself, but two is better than one!

“I don’t think I have seen anyone else with a body over there, though. I mean, those judge guys aside but they probably live here.”

The Turtle Hermit huffed, despite the fact that he was dead he was somewhat displeased with one thing in particular; Corn was not hungry, but he wanted to eat something! That was just beyond him, it wasn’t a matter of feeling thirsty or something, but that was just how the Saiyan was-- he loved to eat! Whatever was good, one could just throw anything at him, and he’d eat it: fruit, bread, steak, pizza, whatever!

“Man… I could sure do with a tropical pizza right now. Ham and pineapple. Hmm, super good!”

The man’s trail of thought were then interrupted by another small thought…

“I wonder if these taste good!”

Soon enough, Cornatto stopped and took off from the path beneath him as he reached out to the golden clouds, crouching forward as his hands began to tear apart parts of the cloud and shove them in his mouth, savoring them tastefully as he chewed the light-tasting food.

“Hrmn... Better than nothing!”

Shortly after, he floated back on the Snake Way as he let out a sigh and patted his stomach. “I ate so much, and I’m still starving to death, it’s crazy!” - exclaimed the Saiyan before he just huffed and resumed his run on the Snake Way.

The Earthling Saiyan pushed his legs up, both his arms rocked back and forth with his fists clenched as he tried to run faster than earlier as he tried to make this trip a tad shorter than what he had expected it to be. At least he had thought of getting a bite out of the golden-colored clouds which were pretty much everywhere-- they were pretty tasty, too.

However, he couldn't see much ahead, literally anything as he set his gaze forward but he couldn’t catch a glimpse of anything other than more of the Snake Way’s road. “This might be one million kilometers for real,” - he said to himself. He was maybe getting a little impatient; the man was eager to meet Kaio-sama and train with him; Cornatto already had experienced before this when it came to training with a martial arts master, and they were just so incredible! It was true that the Kamesennin wasn’t that high regarding power level, but he wondered just how strong could Kaio-sama be-- it was supposed to be the Otherworld, right? That sounded a lot more exciting than it probably would if he were on Earth right now!

As a martial artist himself, Cornatto sought to improve himself continuously but also to test himself at full power against opponents just as strong, and he hoped Kaio-sama to be just that strong! Whether he was or not, he was still just excited to get the chance to train with him. It was funny how Cornatto was technically a martial arts master himself but yet, he was so happy to train with another, but he guessed he didn’t take the title that seriously. But he did of course care for the Turtle’s teachings, but he didn’t make himself a deal just because of the Kamesennin alias.

Kabocha herself would have probably had to look after possible students now that Cornatto was dead. Corn had grasped a strong sense of pride in his daughter; she had managed to unlock some extreme power-- she was stronger than Cornatto at her age, and he was sure that Kabocha would eventually become even more powerful than she currently was.

Last time he checked, people didn’t certainly come back to life out of nowhere-- there were the Dragon Balls but that aside, he guessed the only option for the Turtle teachings to go on would be for his spawn to take up the mantle? He hadn’t unfortunately managed to finish Galen’s training, plus he was pretty sure that someone else would eventually come and look for training.

He didn’t know much about it himself before he had met the Kamesennin but the Turtle School was supposedly a great deal, years ago and he was pretty sure some of the most dedicated martial artists would come and learn about the school, or even of the Kame House’s location. Galen had told him he had heard this from the previous Towerkeeper but the last thing he remembered of the Turtle School back from his time was Totoma and his style. Not to mention the school’s signature technique; the Kamehameha, that Totoma regularly used in combat. Corn was pretty sure that Karota used that attack a lot herself, or well, she did show it off during their last training in the training hall of the Soy School.

Cornatto had come to appreciate the Kamehameha and developed it himself to a stage he defined as Final Kamehameha as the man combined raw power with the energy attack’s technique. But he also considered Galen’s variations of the ki-based technique to be incredible! He called it Kamehameha Times Ten, and it was also red-colored, it looked very cool! It was strong, but he knew that the swordsman needed far more power to unleash its full potential, but Galen was probably the most powerful Human he had seen in ages!

It was no small achievement; Humans weren’t prone to the efforts that Saiyans would usually put into growing stronger or at least the Earthlings didn’t seem that interested in it at all. Most of their focus was into fabricating weapons and the like, which were pretty boring, in the Saiyan’s opinion but he guessed to each their own!

The Earthling Saiyan was kind to anyone but the ones he respected the most were the strong-- although he’d show that off by bothering them for a spar or something like that. He just couldn’t help it. That was also why he didn’t think twice before he joined Natto’s Alliance, not only his idea was very interesting, but his power only had already caught the Saiyan’s attention, and Natto was also one of the kindest Saiyans he had ever met in his life.

The Earthling Saiyan’s eyes widened for a short moment as he had just realized something; Natto and the others were technically supposed to be around here! He had no idea whether he was also at Kaio-sama’s place but he was pretty sure that if Cornatto was given this opportunity because of his heroic deeds, Natto should have gotten it too!

“Oh man, if he’s there, being dead is gonna be even better than what I imagined! Haha!”

His words, though, were matched by both hope and a slight sense of doubt as he couldn’t sense Natto’s energy signature at all and that would have been quite difficult to miss for Cornatto. It was both just that powerful and also he’d have recognized it even if he weren’t fighting at the moment. Maybe he was suppressing it? He didn’t know anything about what had unfolded in the realm of the Kaioshins, but nor did he ever see Natto and the others wander in the realm of the living; they had remained dead, so the only explanation to him was that they’d still be here.

“I’m starting to burn now!”

The track blurred below him as he felt a surge of adrenaline. The steady thump of his footsteps echoed in the whereabouts as his body moved so fast that it’d have been difficult for many beneath his power level to keep up with his speed.

As soon as the man burst with newfound speed over the Snake Way, the mere touch of his feet against the road lifted the dust off the path he had been running over for a while now.

He was legitimately surprised, but soon his amused expression became a far more serious one; the look in his eyes had changed as he looked a lot more serious; he wanted to get to the end of this way and the faster he went, the higher was the risk to fall accidentally.

But thankfully, a very long time later, he immediately halted in his tracks, panting ever so lightly before his gaze focused onto what looked like to be a snake's tail.

"...Huh. Is this...?"

The man blinked before his curious expression beamed up and brought his hands over the back of his head. "Haha! Finally, I did it! But hey, where is... Kaio-sama's place?" - he asked to himself as he looked around but could see nothing until he looked upwards and caught a glimpse of a dot in the sky. "That must be it!" - exclaimed the man as he smirked and lowered his knees ever so slightly before he jumped off and launched himself towards the dot.

Kaio-sama's planet.