The Salga Saga
Chapter 5
Gohan's eyes were widened so much it was as if they would pop out of his head. His breath quickened, and so did his heartbeat. There, right in front of him, was the girl he had fallen in love with as a boy. He had to leave her after a while, but now after seven long years, there she was standing in his doorway. She had of course gotten taller, and her face had lost its childhood roundness. Her body was so full of curves that Gohan couldn't take his eyes off of her. Her blue pigtails were still there, only they had gotten slightly longer than he had remembered.
'This has to be a dream,' he thought. His hand shook as it slowly stroked Sasami's cheek. The Juraian girl smiled, and held Gohan's hand tightly as if trying to hold on to him.
"Gohan," she whispered. The shaking in Gohan's hands stopped, and the young half Saiyan embraced her tightly.
"Sasami," he said back.
"It seems we have a pair of long lost lovers Goku," Chi-Chi whispered to Goku. A sneeze from Goten snapped Gohan out of the little world he and Sasami were in. He mentally slapped himself; his parents and his little brother were watching the whole time!!
"So who's your friend Gohan?" Goku asked with his normal cheerful smile. Gohan groaned softly, this would take a while.
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Tei's hand hovered over the hilt of his sword as he faced the assassin Imumura. In one motion, the assassin reached into his belt and threw four swift shrikens. Tei quickly leaped into the air, and landed on a tree branch. He was on the alert when he saw that Imumura was gone.
"Where are you?" Tei whispered as he looked around. Suddenly a long blade attached to a chain shot towards the young man from behind. Tei's sharp hearing picked up the loud rustle of the trees, and in an instant he leaped into the air, dodging the weapon. As he hovered over the trees, Imumura shot out from the trees behind him, armed with a staff that had two openings on the end. A blade was on the end, and in the front, the chain with the blade attached retracted back into the staff so that the other blade was out.
"Take this!" Imumura exclaimed, and shot the blade out again. Tei quickly spun through the air avoid the blade, and landed gracefully on another branch. The young man jumped to another tree branch when the blade came from behind again.
"Don't you know any other tricks?" Tei said as he flipped through the air.
"Like this one?" Imumura replied suddenly from behind him, and threw four kunai at Tei. The young swordsman jumped to the ground, just barely avoiding the projectiles. When Tei looked up he saw Imumura looking down on him from the tree branch he was just standing on. "Are you wondering how I can move so fast?" Tei scoffed.
"Not really, and to tell you the truth, I could care less." Imumura smirked, and pulled out his staff again.
"Good then I won't waste my time." The assassin leaped from the tree branch, and shot towards Tei. One of the blades from Imumura shot towards him as he made his way towards his target. In flash Tei drew his sword knocking back the blade. The young man quickly jumped into the air, and brought down his sword towards the assassin's head. Imumura swiftly turned around in the air, and blocked Tei's attack with the wood of his staff. The two suddenly leaped backwards back onto trees branches for a quick rest.
"Why are you here? And what the hell do you want with me?" Tei asked. Imumura smirked.
"I thought you'd never ask. I was sent to observe Dirk and his foolish comrades, to make sure they didn't do anything stupid. And in my opinion, getting themselves killed by a brat like you is very stupid. So Lord Salga told me to kill anyone who got in the way of this mission," the assassin replied.
"What does Salga want with Gohan?" Tei asked. "Why does he want to kill him?" He had never heard Salga mention Gohan before in his time. Why now? Was it because of his interference?
"That's for me to know, and for you to never find out. Now I believe this talking session is over. Get ready to lose your head!" Imumura suddenly leaped towards Tei ready to jam his blade into his heart.
"I have a feeling it's going to be you who loses their head!" Tei exclaimed as he leaped towards Imumura.
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To say Gohan was at a loss of words as he stared into his parents and little brother's eyes would be an extremely huge understatement. They had just seen him give probably the most loving embrace they'd seen to someone they didn't even know. Gohan took a deep breath, while Sasami gave his hand a quick squeeze, then gave him a look that said, "It'll be okay." The young Saiyan smiled at her, and then faced his family.
"So who's this Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked suspiciously. She had never seen her son give anyone such a loving embrace before, not even to Videl.
"Yeah is she your girlfriend or something?" Goten asked innocently. Gohan blushed deeply, and instantly became defensive.
"No guys it's nothing like that…I mean she's kinda....well no…I mean…" Gohan groaned loudly, and started to scratch his head, trying to find the right words. Fortunately before he suffered a total meltdown, Sasami decided to take matters in her own hands.
"Um….my name is Sasami. And I'm sorry for what happened earlier. We just haven't seen each other in a while," Sasami said as she bowed. Goten looked at Sasami up and down until he gasped in surprise and excitement.
"I know you!" he exclaimed. Everyone looked at Goten in confusion.
"Goten are you sure you aren't thinking of someone else?" Goku asked his youngest son.
"I know her. Gohan always tells me stories about a princess with blue hair in two pigtails, a small mark on her forehead, and according to him, and the most beautiful eyes he's ever seen!" Goten said. Gohan turned as red as a tomato.
'Note to self, Teach Goten not to repeat every word I say!' Gohan thought.
"Wow Gohan you said all of that! Man, and here I thought you didn't know the first thing about love," Goku said with a sly grin on his face.
"Dad it's nothing like that okay!!" Gohan shouted, his face was now pure red with embarrassment. Before his parents could interrogate him even more, Goku's stomach suddenly went off.
"Whoops, hey Chi-Chi-" Goku began.
"I know Goku, I'll get started on lunch," Chi-Chi said. To her surprise Sasami offered to help. Chi-Chi smiled slightly knowing this would be a good chance to learn more about her. Gohan sighed as he sat down on their couch, with Goku and Goten bombarding him with questions. The young man sighed, this was going to be a long day.
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CLANG!!!! That loud sound echoed through the woods as Tei and Imumura collided in the air. Tei pushed the assassin back with his sword, but Imumura flipped backwards and landed swiftly on a tree branch. The red haired fighter brought down his sword with a loud yell, but Imumura jumped back, shot his blade towards him. Tei slashed it away with ease, and fired a ki blast as he leaped at Imumura. The assassin quickly retracted his blade, and back flipped away just in time to avoid the blast. The two fighters paused for a few minutes trying to catch their breath.
"I must say this has been quite enjoyable, however I have a schedule to keep. So must end this fight," Imumura said, and shot his blade towards Tei. The red haired fighter swiftly dodged, and fired two strong ki blasts at the assassin. Imumura leaped in the air, and threw four kunai. Tei quickly teleported behind Imumura, and raised his sword.
"Gotcha!" he exclaimed as he brought down his sword. Imumura suddenly burst into countless leaves that fell to the ground. "A doppelganger!" Tei eyes widened when he felt a blade go right through his stomach. The red haired fighter fell to the ground with a loud thud!
"Did you really think you were only the one who knew the doppelganger technique?" Imumura asked as he stood over Tei, who was clutching his stomach. The assassin smirked, and raised his blade over Tei. "This'll all be over soon boy."
"You're right it will!" Tei exclaimed, and glared at Imumura. His eyes flashed blue, and in an instant the black haired assassin was pinned to a tree by a blue aura.
"A binding attack, clever boy. However, this kind of attack takes up much of your energy doesn't it," Imumura said with a smirk. The flashing in Tei's eyes told him all he needed to know. Imumura laughed softly, and broke the bind.
"Damn it!" Tei growled, and grabbed his sword. Imumura reached into his pocket, and pulled out a single shriken.
"I grow tired of this game. I shall finish you with one of my favorite techniques."
"And what would that be?" Tei asked as he got into a guarding stance.
"Ki Shriken!" the shriken in between his fingers started to glow light blue, in a matter of seconds the shriken was ten times its normal size. Its blades were sharper than ever, and it was now much faster than it usually was.
"Oh perfect," Tei muttered. Imumura smirked again, and threw the large weapon towards the red haired fighter.
"Go! Slice him in two!" Tei quickly leaped over the large weapon, but it suddenly turned in the air and head straight for him again.
"Damn it!" Tei cursed and started to run. Imumura laughed as he watched Tei trying to escape from the weapon.
"Run all you like, but you can't escape! Once it locks onto a ki, it doesn't stop pursuing it until the target is dead."
'Not good!'
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As soon as Chi-Chi and Sasami said that lunch was ready, the three Son males rushed to the table, and started to chow down. Sasami laughed at how the three males were so much alike; not only in looks, but in the way they eat as well.
"Goku, Goten, Gohan! Don't you three have any table manners at all?!" Chi-Chi yelled. "We have a guest for goodness sake!"
"No it's okay Mrs. Son I'm used to it," Sasami said with a laugh.
"You are?" Chi-Chi asked in surprise. Sasami nodded.
"I used to cook for Gohan all the time a couple of years ago, and he ate the exact same way."
"So just how did you two meet anyway?" Goku asked with his mouth filled with noodles.
"Remember when I disappeared for a year. Well I was with Sasami and her friends the whole time," Gohan replied. Chi-Chi raised an eyebrow.
"You disappeared for a year, and you were just someone's house!? Why couldn't you call? I was worrying to death over you, I thought you were in some cold dark place starving and suffering, and suffering, but the whole time you were just staying at another house!?"
"Mom….I was in a different dimension! It's not like I could just pick up a phone!"
"You could have at least tried!" Gohan sighed, and decided to give up; it wasn't like his mother was going to give up on this anytime soon. A short silence passed, and ended when Goten asked a simple question.
"Are you really a princess?" Goten asked. Sasami nodded. "Really, cool! I've never met a real princess before!"
"So what exactly are you princess of?" Chi-Chi asked.
"The Juraian Empire. My sister Ayeka is the first princess, I'm the second," Sasami explained. Sasami then started to explain Jurai's history, customs, and other things until there was nothing left on the table, and Goku, Gohan, and Goten were stuffed.
"Oh man! That was really good. You're a good cook Sasami," Goku complimented.
"Thank you Mr. Son."
"Ah call me Goku, I hate formalities."
"Okay, Goku then." Goten yawned and stood up.
"I'm going to take a nap."
"And I'm going to train, maybe I'll grab Vegeta, and Piccolo and we'll have a sparring match," Goku said as he got up. Sasami started to help Chi-Chi clear the table. When Sasami took some dishes to the sink, Chi-Chi went up to her son, and asked him a question.
"Do you love her Gohan?" she whispered. Gohan went completely red. "It's a simple question Gohan. Do you love Sasami?"
"Well mom….you see….I'm really…." Gohan stuttered
"And if you do what about that other girl, Videl? Just think about that for while then come back to me okay?" Gohan froze in his spot; his mother had brought up a good question,
What about Videl?
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Tei dove to left, just barely missing Imamura's ki charged shuriken. The weapon spun back around, and shot back towards him. The young man leaped over it, and started to run deeper in the forest with the blade not too far behind. In the treetops, Imumura was following him, and watching the whole thing.
"You're only delaying the inevitable! Why deny it? You and I both know, you are going to die!" the assassin said with a laugh. The young man swiftly dove into a thick brush of tall trees and bushes. He hid behind a tree, and started to catch his breath.
'Damn, how the hell can I stop that thing?' he thought as he sheathed his sword. 'It's practically unbeatable. What can I do?' Suddenly a loud swish, reached Tei's ears. When looked out from behind he saw the blade slice through two thick trees at once. It was like they weren't even there! The blade shot towards the tree he was hiding behind, and the weapon was too wide from him to dodge in this narrow space.
"Now I have you," Imumura said out loud with the same smirk on his face. Tei looked around for a way to escape, and saw a high tree branch. Suddenly he heard the blade slice through the tree in front of his. The young man braced himself for the jump. When he heard the tree fall, he leaped into the air, and into one jump he reached the tree branch. But then, the tree started to fall as well. The loud creaking of the tree told Tei he didn't have that much time left. The red haired fighter suddenly saw the blade shot up towards him. Seeing no other way, Tei leaped towards a tree branch that was close to the one he was currently on. As he jumped, the blade came up, ready to slice him in two. In a flash Tei drew his sword and he hit it against the shriken. That caused him to be in the right position to do a flip, and avoid the blade.
"That was a close one," he said when he landed on the branch. The blade didn't give up, and in an instant, Tei was on the run again.
"Stop denying it, and die already," Imumura said. Tei jumped from the tree, and landed gracefully on the ground. But as soon as he landed, the pain in his stomach returned, causing him to take a knee.
'Damn, why now!' he thought as he clutched his stomach. Imumura laughed from above.
"Now I have you!" The blade shot towards the young man at full speed. Ignoring the pain, Tei started to run, but his pace was slowing down, the wound in his stomach was catching up to him. He suddenly stopped when he saw he was heading straight for a cliff.
'Oh great!' he thought. The blade was only seconds away from making his head roll off the cliff. Tei closed his eyes, and jumped off the cliff, the blade followed close behind. Tei suddenly grabbed the ledge, and watched as the shriken hit the bottom.
"Hmmm, not bad, however, I told you once that shriken is locked on a ki; it keeps pursuing it until the ki is eliminated!" Imumura laughed. In an instant, the blade shot up from the bottom and headed straight for Tei!
"Oh no!"
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"WASHU!!!!!" Everyone in the Masaki household shouted. Washu stepped out from her lab.
"Shh! Tei's sleeping," she whispered.
"Washu, where's Sasami?" Ayeka asked.
"Yeah it's lunch time, and we're starving our asses off!!" Ryoko shouted. Washu folded her arms, and turned around.
"Sasami isn't here anymore, I sent her away," she said simply.
"Sent her away!? What does that mean Washu?" Tenchi asked.
"I sent Sasami to another dimension." Ayeka grabbed Washu by the collar and started to shake her like crazy.
"You killed my sister!!!! You little bitch!!! I'll kill you!!!!!" Tenchi, Kiyone, and Nobuyuki started to hold her back.
"Not that kind of dimension," Washu said dizzily with spirals in her eyes. "I sent her to Gohan's dimension." Everyone's eyes widened in surprise.
"YOU CAN DO THAT!!!!???"
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Gohan sighed as he walked with Sasami around the forest. The question his mother asked him kept bugging him. Did he love Sasami, and if he did, what about Videl? He could answer the first question right off the bat, of course he loved Sasami, but it was the other question that was bothering him.
'What about Videl?' he repeated in his head. They had been going out with each other ever since Buu was destroyed, so three months. When he was around Videl, he felt calmer, and all the past troubles he had before were gone. But when he was with Sasami, everything just seemed to disappear, like they were only two people in the world. Not only that, but he felt like he could tell anything to Sasami without being misunderstood. Gohan sighed again, this time it caught Sasami's attention.
"Gohan is something wrong?" she asked.
"What, no nothing's wrong," he said.
"Gohan, something's wrong I can feel it." That was another thing; they could feel each other so well. Gohan didn't have to concentrate at all to know where she was, it was like it was instinct.
"No really, nothing's wrong." Knowing he wasn't ready to tell her, Sasami decided to give up, and wait for Gohan to spill.
'I don't suppose I can have both of them,' Gohan thought. He saw it done once before, in that one show he watched with Goten and Trunks. It was with that guy in the red gi, and dog ears. He was in a situation like this, and he decided to have both.
'But then again,' Gohan thought. 'It never did work out, since that one girl in the school uniform always saw him that priestess, and that always caused more problems. So forget that idea.' There was no point in asking the others about this, they were all one woman guys. There was no point in asking his mother either; sure she had a crush on Yamcha for a while, but according to her once she saw his dad, she forgot all about him. Bulma? Maybe, she was in a love triangle with Vegeta and Yamcha, but then again no point in asking her either, since she was positive with her feelings for Vegeta.
"Gohan are you sure you're okay, it feels like your heart and mind are being torn in two," Sasami said.
"Oh, I'm wondering which path to take, the mountains, or the forest," Gohan replied with a nervous laugh. Sasami shrugged.
"If you say so."
"Hey Sasami?" Gohan asked.
"Yes?"
"Did you wait for me for seven years? You know like did you ever find someone else that could help you along?" Sasami shook her head.
"I always knew I would see you again someday, but the pain I was feeling was too much so for a while I just isolated myself from everyone else until it wasn't as strong as it used to be. Why?"
"Oh no reason!" he replied quickly. 'You mean she waited for me for seven years. Great, that only makes things harder.' Gohan was suddenly snapped out of his chain of thought when Sasami suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You have no idea how much this means to me," she whispered. "I've really missed you." Gohan was taken aback, but then he found himself wrapping his arms around her waist.
"I've missed you too." The space between them slowly closed, until their lips met in a soft, but long kiss. Unknown to Gohan though, a certain raven haired girl was flying overhead to his house.
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Tei growled the blade came closer towards him. The young man put his feet against the cliff, and used it as a push off to flip to the top. In an instant he started running again.
'I have to do something. Maybe I'll use that one technique, but that'll use too much energy,' he thought, but he suddenly changed his mind when he just barely dodged the blade. 'No choice.' Tei stopped running, closed his eyes, and started to wave his arms in odd positions.
"What's this? Are you giving up?" Imumura asked from above. The blade turned around and shot towards him again. Tei's snapped open his eyes, and shot out his hands.
"Ki extraction!" he shouted. A green wave of energy shot out of his hands, and surrounded the blade. The shriken stopped in mid-air, and the green aura started to take away the glow it once had.
"What! But how!" Imumura exclaimed. The blade started to shrink, until it was a normal shriken again. Tei looked up, and saw the assassin trying to get away. The young man growled, and jumped in the air in front of him.
"You aren't going anywhere!" He shouted, and in flash drew his sword. Imumura pulled out his staff, and shot the blade towards Tei again. The red haired fighter knocked back the attack with his sword and raised his katana over his head. In an instant Tei slashed Imumura across his stomach and chest. The blacked haired assassin fell to the ground with his blood staining the dirt. Tei stood over him his sword ready to deliver the final blow. Imumura quickly got on his knees.
"Please spare me," he said with a cough that was full of blood. "I'm finished. I won't come after you anymore."
"So," Tei said coldly. "You'll just go back to Salga, get fixed, and kill more people. No I'm going to end it here."
"You can't do this!" Imumura shouted. "I mean you're some kind of hero right? And heroes don't kill." Tei smirked coldly.
"And who says that?" he asked, and brought down his sword. A loud cry rang through the forest as Imumura's blood sprayed through the air. When he finally hit the ground there was a long, and thin slash mark that went from his forehead down. Tei looked at the body, and just scoffed. He shook the blood off his sword before he sheathed it. Then without a second glance, he walked back to his time machine.
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Meanwhile back in space, a ship was orbiting around the earth. Inside Salga was sitting at the bridge with a wine glass in his hands. A soldier nervously went up to him.
"Lord Salga, both your capture squad and Imumura have all been killed."
"Really?" Salga said calmly as he sipped his wine. "By whom?"
"Well according to the cameras on them, a red haired boy with a powerful sword." Salga smirked and took another sip.
"I never did like them. Those guys were nothing but freeloaders with hardly any skill. That boy just did me a favor."
"What is your next move my lord? Should I send another assassin after the boy, or this Gohan character?"
"No, that won't be necessary," Salga said and stood up. "I think it's time for me to stretch my legs a little, and introduce myself to our new foes."
"Sir are you sure? Don't you want back up? What if they defeat you?" Salga scoffed, and walked towards their teleport machine.
"They won't defeat me. I'm just going to play with them. If they die they're weaker than I thought. Besides, it gets boring watching someone else fight," Salga replied.
"But sir! What if they injure you beyond repair!? Or kill you!?"
"They won't do either. Please try and remember, I am not my brother," Salga said, and went to the machine.
"But sir!"
"Hold down the ship until I get back," Salga said, and when he imputed the right data, he was gone.
'That's right, I'm not like you brother. I am not weak like you, Gallio,' Salga thought as he made his way towards Earth.
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Tei went inside of his time machine, and started to punch in a few numbers on his computer. The screen suddenly came up, and showed Washu in a small house, typing, and watching TV.
"Hey mom," Tei said shyly. Washu turned around, and saw her son on her main computer.
"Hey Tei, so how did it go?" she asked. Tei smiled.
"It went well, better than I thought. But Gohan says he not sure if he can beat Salga." Washu scoffed.
"That kid was always modest. Don't honey, he'll come through," Washu said calmly.
"I'm about to come back," Tei announced.
"No, Tei," Washu said sternly. "They need you there. If you go now, the past might repeat itself. I know you aren't all that powerful as Gohan, but you know more about Salga than they do, you can be their advantage."
"But mom, you need me there don't you? What about Salga there?"
"Don't worry I have a powerful barrier around here, besides its deep underground, they won't find me for a while. So Tei, take care of yourself honey, and be extra careful, one screw up could change the entire time stream."
"But isn't that what I just did by warning Gohan and the others?"
"I mean in a bad way. Anyway be good, and be careful." With that the call was ended. Tei sighed, and hopped out of the time machine. Suddenly a blast shot out from no where. Tei quickly jumped out of the way.
"You must be the one who killed my capture force, and Imumura aren't you?" Salga asked. Tei growled, and flipped up his sword.
"And so what if I am?" Salga smirked, and drew his sword.
"Then I would like to play with you if you don't mind. I hope you are a worthy opponent, otherwise I might kill you by accident." Tei growled, and charged.
"Don't worry I am!" Tei drew his sword, and attacked with a powerful slash, but Salga blocked, and knocked him away. The other man smirked when he saw his sword vibrating.
"Excellent this will be fun."
AN: A pretty long chapter, but I hope you guys liked it. I would have gotten it out yesterday, but since it was Christmas I was really busy. Oh and I got Dragonball Z Budokai 3!!!! It is an awesome game! Plus I got the first Inuyasha Movie!!!!! I haven't watched it yet, but I hope it's good. Anyway, what will be Videl's reaction when she sees Gohan and Sasami? Just how bad will this love triangle be? And will Tei stand a chance against Salga? You'll just have to read the next chapter of The Salga Saga! See ya!!!