In a dark stinky alleyway filled with trash and dumpsters, there was young girl digging through one of the full dumpsters. Dirt, muck, and grime was all over her body as she riffled through the mountain of rot and decay. She minded none of it as she had more important things to worry about. It was daylight out but, in this alleyway, it was hard to even notice it.

“Damn it!” She cursed in annoyance.

Chou has been searching through these dumpsters all morning for either something to fill her belly or something that she can sell for money. So far, her luck has not been good. Only worthless junk and rotten food that’ll give her the shits again if she ate it. If worse came to worst and she had to rely on that fat pig Dou and his henchmen again, her debt to them would only go up.

And Chou knew what happened to girls that couldn’t pay that piggy’s debt back. Becoming one of those pitiful prostitutes forced to serve men throughout the night until they could repay back their debt. So, no matter what, Chou had to find something of value to pay this month’s debt. As it stood now, it looked like all hope was lost but Chou refused to give up and searched all the way from the top of the dumpster to the bottom of the dumpster.

A foul disgusting stench clung to her body like a constricting snake but this horrible smell was worth it in the end. Chou’s eyes widened as she grabbed hold of a Beast Egg like it was a treasure that could grant endless life. Her small frail arms empowered by her joy easily allowed her to heft the Beast Egg out of the dumpster. Once she made it out of the dumpster with it, she didn’t immediately return home.

If anyone saw her with this Beast Egg from the slum, Chou could say goodbye to seeing the light of day ever again. She’d be murdered and robbed so fast, she wouldn’t even get to curse the person who killed her. Because of this, she took the Beast Egg and hid in the darkest part of the alleyway with the egg. Grabbing some of the rotten food in a small pile and putting it in front of the egg for it to eat once she hatches it. Chou then hugged the egg with all her strength as she tried infusing some of her qi into the egg.

Sadly, Chou had no idea how to manipulate qi. All she knew was that everyone had qi in them. But maybe if she tried really damn hard, it would be possible. Because this Beast Egg was her only chance of surviving and giving herself a better life in the slums. If it was a really strong Beast, then she’d have nothing to worry about ever again! That fat pig Dou and his ugly henchmen would become her Beast’s dinner if they wanted to mess with her! Well, if it ate meat anyway.

But Chou knew that all Beasts were dangerous and could kill humans with ease at a certain point. Some could kill even when they were just born. Others had to mature. Chou wished that this Beast she was holding was strong enough to hurt adult men because if it couldn’t, she was fucked. Taking care of this thing in secret would be impossible and keeping others from snatching it from her was also impossible!

This was because she didn’t have a Crystal of Servitude to make a pact with the Beast! A Crystal of Servitude was how humans made pacts with Beasts and turned into Tamers! Becoming a Tamer was the goal of everyone with common sense! Once you were a Tamer, life instantly became great for you. But Chou refused to believe that she needed a Crystal of Servitude to tame this Beast Egg. She could only believe and do everything she could to get on the good side of whatever Beast is in this egg to befriend it.

That was why she separated the rotting and thrown out food into different piles so that it had various choices of what it wanted to eat. Hopefully it didn’t want milk because Chou couldn’t make any milk yet...

When it hatched, it had the option of fruit with a healthy selection of apples, bananas, oranges, and a half-eaten watermelon. Some vegetables, old packaged meat, and other foods like donuts, bread, yogurt.

Hours went by with Chou treating the huge white egg like her child. Petting the top of its shell, rocking and cradling it like a baby, whispering sweet nothings to it, and speaking to it about her dreams for the future.

“I’m going to become one of the richest women in the world. I’m not going to share it with anyone but you and me because no rich person ever shared their money with me. Selfish assholes...”

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“If you’re really really strong then I guess I can become a god-like Tamer or something. Tamers are some of the richest people in the world. Plus, what if you don’t have some ability that can make me rich? Then we’ll have to hunt Beasts and sell their insides and stuff to get rich. Please don’t be weak Eggy.”

“You know, I'd be okay with you even if you were the weakest Beast but if you are, then it would’ve been better if I hadn’t found you... Because I won’t be able to keep you if you are. Unless...”

“Don’t worry Eggy. As long as you’re strong, everything will turn out fine! So please be strong. Please please please...”

The moon now rose high into the sky and shined its rays on the slums from above. Chou was dozing off in the corner of the alleyway with the Beast Egg held with a death grip in her arms. Her arms began to shake as a small crack sounded out inside the alley. As seconds went by, the shaking only intensified and this soon woke up Chou who quickly whipped out a small knife and shook it back and forth.

“I’ll cut your!” Her dangerous threat was soon caught in her throat as excitement overtook her once she noticed the Beast Egg was hatching.

She watched with suppressed glee as the shell completely shattered and the Beast inside revealed itself to the world.

“Ruff? Ruff?” It barked in a high-pitched tone.

“Over here, Chompy.” She whispered pointing at the piles of food she stacked for it.

It looked over in her direction with its big innocent eyes before focusing in on all the food in front of it. Wasting no time at all in getting to the food, it first went to the bad meat and devoured it with relish. Chou’s eyes were shining as if she was looking at a priceless creature. None of the food piles were spared by Chompy and during the middle of its eating Chou quickly tried to make it friends with her by gently petting it while it was eating.

The first few times it growled at her as it thought she was about to steal its food but eventually it allowed her to touch it once it realized that she wasn’t a threat or trying to steal from it. After Chompy finished eating all the food piles and then hopping into the dumpster almost emptying the dumpster, Chou could finally let out a restrained excited squeal as it came over to her. She petted Chompy as gently and as carefully as she possibly could. It's hard cold metal-like body felt the same as if she was petting the soft coat of an expensive Beast!

Chompy was made of pure gold! Bright shining gold that could definitely blind her if she stared at him in daytime probably! He was also like metal? He didn’t look like a living creature but like a metal one because his whole body was practically metal! Except for his two big round white eyes and big sharp ferocious teeth. Besides that, his body was shaped like a ball with a chain attached to the back end of his body that seemed like a tail.

Chou was starving as she hasn’t eaten all day but when Chompy came over to her without growling and fell asleep in her lap, her hunger completely disappeared! Her legs did hurt though, Chompy was made of metal and was pretty heavy. She didn’t understand how she could lift his egg so easily if he was inside. She also didn’t understand how Chou came from an egg when it was made of metal. Even when she looked inside its mouth, she didn’t see a tongue or anything but more gold. So, where did all that trash it ate earlier go? Chou didn’t have a clue!

So, despite it slightly crushing her legs and making them go numb, Chou hugged and rubbed the Beast till she fell asleep along with it.

[Status]

[Name: Chompy]

[Sex: Female]

[Atk: 2]

[Def: 3]

[Agl: 2]

[S.Atk: 0]

[S.Def: 3]

[Skills: 3]

[Bite Lv1]

[Sleep Lv1]

[Chase Lv1]

When morning came, Chompy was a lot more loving than it was when he first hatched. He excitedly bounced around barking his little heart out when she woke up. It took her a couple minutes before she could wake up her legs. Chompy was even happier when she helped him inside another dumpster by using all the strength in her little body to pick him up and toss him in. Once he started barking nonstop, she figured he was done eating and hopped inside to grab his chain and pull him out.

“First set of business Chompy! We’re going to pay Dou a little visit!” Chou announced with Chompy’s chain wrapped around her hand.