Gohan started into of the eyes of his new opponent, Salga, Gallio's brother. While Gohan had transformed into his Super Saiyan 2 form, Salga hadn't powered up at all. He was just standing there with a smirk on his face.
"Well are you going to make the first move or should I?" he asked calmly. Gohan decided not to take a chance, so he lunged towards the conqueror, and threw a fast punch. Salga chuckled softly, and merely dodged to the right. Gohan quickly stopped, and threw a fast back kick, but Salga just dodged it again. The young half Saiyan growled when Salga appeared behind him again. "Is that the best you can do?"
"I'm just getting started!" Gohan exclaimed, and attacked with a backfist. Salga chuckled again, and jumped back.
"Come, come, I know this isn't your full power. Show me the power you used to kill my brother. That is a power I'd like to see." Gohan growled, and charged again. As soon as he was close enough he threw fast kick, but once again Salga dodged it.
"Are you going to fight me, or just run away?" Gohan asked as he turned around.
"I don't like fighting opponents whose minds aren't on the battle," Salga replied.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Gohan asked.
"I know you're smarter than that. You figure it out."
"Sasami," he mumbled.
"Bingo. You win the prize," Salga said with a chuckle. Gohan on the other hand was lost in thought. His mind went back to only a few minutes ago when Sasami said that she hated him. He didn't blame her for hating him; he did just toss her aside to see Videl. But that was he supposed to do? Let them meet, argue, then have a catfight? He was sure Master Roshi, and Oolong would love that, but he wasn't that type of person. He didn't want Sasami and Videl to fight over him, but he knew if he didn't pick one of them soon, this would only get worse.
'I'll just have to make up with Sasami later. Right now this guy is my one and priority.'
"Have you made up your mind?" Salga asked.
"Get ready to be killed just like your brother," Gohan said as he went into a fighting stance. Salga just chuckled.
"Are you sure you wish to continue? Just so you know I can kill you anytime I wish."
"Sorry, but that's not going to happen. I'll make sure of it," Gohan replied.
"As you wish," Salga said simply. Suddenly in the blink of an eye he was nose to nose with Gohan. The young Saiyan suddenly gasped in pain when he felt a powerful blow hit his stomach. He looked down, and saw it was Salga's fist. The conqueror smirked, and knocked Gohan into a tree with a fast, and powerful punch to his chest. The black haired fighter quickly shot up from the rubble, and went back into his stance.
'Those two attacks were so strong, and fast. But he hasn't even powered up yet. Gallio had to use the powers of all three goddesses to have that kind of power,' Gohan thought.
"Having second thoughts?" Salga asked. Gohan shot forward and threw rapid punches at the conqueror. Salga just smirked, and dodged all of them as if they were nothing. Gohan growled, and threw another punch, but Salga stopped it with just his palm.
"No way!" Salga suddenly gave Gohan a swift kick to his stomach, as he hunched over the dark lord followed up with a powerful uppercut that sent Gohan to the ground.
"Do you still believe that you can defeat me?" he asked with a smirk.
'Such power,' Gohan thought as he got up. 'His speed is incredible too, I can barely touch him, and he hasn't even powered up yet.'
"Are you ready to give up? Because this is becoming quite boring for me," Salga said. Gohan growled, and rocketed towards the brother of Gallio. Salga easily dodged his punch, but Gohan quickly followed up with a swift round kick to his chest, knocking him back. While he was still recovering, Gohan went on the attack again. As soon as Salga looked up, he was met with a powerful right hook across his face. Seconds later, Gohan followed up with a fast left hook. Salga stumbled to regain his balance, but Gohan delivered a jab to his stomach before he could recover. While he was hunched over, Gohan gave his swift kick to his face, sending him flying into three trees.
'That has to slow him down,' Gohan thought as he panted. The young half Saiyan quickly went back into stance when he saw the trees start to shift. In an instant, Salga burst from the rubble of the tress and landed in front of Gohan with grace.
"Well, I must say that was a nice surprise. I had no idea you could tap into your power so quickly," Salga said as he adjusted his neck with a loud crack! Gohan's eyes widened when he saw the bruises and cuts on his face slowly close, and heal.
"No way," Gohan exclaimed softly.
"Surprised? Unlike my brother, my healing abilities come naturally. I don't have to steal the powers of others to become stronger like he did."
'Great,' Gohan thought with a light growl. 'This'll be harder than I thought.'
OOOOO
Tears rolled down Sasami's face like a river as she sat in front of the lake. She just wanted to disappear. Find a place where no one could find her, and just suffer in peace. As she stared into the water she saw the images of Gohan embracing, and kissing the other girl being played like a movie. Sasami threw a rock into the water trying to stop it, but her mind just refused to forget about it. This only made another batch of tears roll down her cheeks.
'How could he. How could he,' she thought. Everything she had ever hopped for was shattered in that one moment. She had pushed away every suitor her father had offered her, and did her best not to forget Gohan, not matter how much time had passed. But it was obvious that over the seven years they were apart, Gohan had forgotten about her.
'There's place for me in his heart anymore,' the heartbroken girl thought sadly. 'I might as well just go back. There's no point in me staying here any longer.' Sasami reached into her pocket to look for the remote, but then she remembered when she went out with Gohan after lunch, she left it on the table. With a heavy sigh Sasami took to the air, and flew back to the house.
OOOOO
Piccolo, who had flew off to find the powerful energy he felt, landed in front of a large crater. It had looked like a Saiyan ship had landed, but Piccolo knew that couldn't be it since there was no ship in the large crater.
'No doubt about,' he thought. 'The energy I'm looking for has been here. Whoever it was must be powerful if they could create a crater like this. But I don't understand, they would have to power up at least a little to create an attack to cause this. And if they powered up I would have sensed them, but I didn't feel anything for a while. Just what the hell is going on around here?' Piccolo suddenly felt Gohan's energy skyrocket all of a sudden. 'There's no way he could be sparring at that level. He must be fighting whoever did this. And if they are as powerful as I think they are, Gohan's in trouble. I have to get over there!' With that the namek flew off. But unknown to him, something started to move within the crater.
OOOOO
Gohan rocketed forward, and threw a powerful jab towards the conqueror. Salga easily dodged, and countered with a swift blow to his stomach. Gohan jumped back, and fired eight ki blasts that collided head on with the dark lord. But when the smoke cleared Salga was standing there as if nothing had happened. Gohan gasped, but in a matter of seconds, Salga was in front of him.
"Too slow," he said with a smirk, and gave Gohan a powerful blow that sent him into a cliff. Gohan groaned, but quickly flew high into the air.
"Dodge this!" the half Saiyan shouted, and fired a rain of ki blasts at the conqueror.
"Is that best you can do?" Salga said with a quiet chuckle. In an instant the blasts hit their mark, and a small cloud of smoke covered the area. Gohan grunted, and fired more just to be sure.
'I'm not sure if that did anything, but now that he can't see, I can go get some help,' Gohan thought, and flew off. As he flew his thoughts wandered back to when Sasami found out about him and Videl.
"Leave me alone. I hate you." Her words were filled with misery, and pain. Gohan sighed; he had no idea what to do. No matter who he chose, one would be heartbroken. It was just like when he had to choose between staying with Sasami, and going home to his mother, he hated choices like that. He wished there was some way to get out of this situation without hurting anybody, but he knew that was impossible.
"A lot on your mind?" a cold smooth voice asked from behind him. Gohan froze. "Did you actually think that your little ki storm could stop me?" The young Saiyan suddenly spun around, and attacked with a fast kick, but Salga teleported behind him.
"How did he move so fast!" he exclaimed as he spun around. As soon as he did he was met with a sliver blur coming down towards him. Gohan gasped as he fell from the sky with his blood falling with him. The young half Saiyan hit the ground with a loud thud, with the blood from two long and thin slash marks oozing out.
"I am disappointed. If my brother was truly killed by you, then he deserved his fate," Salga said as he descended to the ground. Gohan held his chest, and started to slowly get to his feet.
"Salga….this….isn't….over yet," he replied.
"Oh really? Then how intend on continuing? Those slashes I gave you are so deep you can barely move. How is this not over yet? I could kill you right now if I wanted to."
"This isn't over…because….I still have…a couple more tricks up my sleeve," Gohan said as he tore off his shirt.
"Oh really. Then by all means, show them to me. This might not be so boring after all."
"With pleasure," Gohan replied, and started to power up. The golden aura around started to get bigger, and more wild. The ground started to shake, and trees began to fall over. Rocks flew into the air, and some started to circle around the transforming Saiyan. Gohan's voice started to become fierce, and his hair started to grow. His muscles became six times large than they usually were, and his eyebrows started to fade away. Gohan reeled his head back, and let out one final yell before his transformation ended. His wild golden aura went down, and everything seemed to calm down.
"I see," Salga said as he looked over Gohan. "This battle has suddenly gotten interesting. I would like see if this truly is the power you used to kill my brother." Gohan went into a fighting stance, and gave Salga a smirk.
"Then I won't hold back."
"Nor will I. Now come."
OOOOO
Goku suddenly stopped his stretching warm ups, and turned around.
'That energy. It's Gohan, but he's in his Super Saiyan 3 form. Why would he go that far?' Goku wondered. 'I can barely sense anyone else besides him, and it can't be Goten. Even if they were sparring, Gohan wouldn't go that far.'
"What is it Kakarot?" Vegeta asked. "I thought you came here to spar, not look up at the clouds."
"I know, but something's wrong," Goku replied.
"Maybe you should go check it out. No use wondering about it," Bulma said as he walked outside. Goku nodded, and got ready to use Instant Transmission. But after a couple of minutes he groaned in frustration.
"Something's wrong. I can sense Gohan's ki easily, but I just can't get to it! Something's blocking it."
"Like what?" Bulma wondered.
"I don't know, but I need to find out," Goku replied, and in a flash he was in the air.
"Kakarot! What about our spar!" Vegeta shouted.
"Jeez Vegeta, can't you see he's worried about his son. You'd probably forget about sparring if you sensed that Trunks was in trouble."
"I would not! He can take care of himself!"
"Sure, whatever you say Vegeta."
OOOOO
Sasami froze as she floated in the air. She had suddenly felt a cold chill pass through her. When it passed, she suddenly could feel Gohan's ki without even trying. Which meant something was wrong. She was about to go see what it was, but the picture of him and the other girl suddenly flashed in her mind.
"Why should I care?" she said out loud, and turned around. "That other girl can take care of him." Sasami then flew off in the opposite direction without a second thought.
OOOOO
A loud shockwave echoed through the forest as Gohan and Salga collided. Trees fell over, and the ground shook as the two fought. Gohan fired five powerful blasts, but Salga easily dodged them, and leaped into the air. Gohan followed him, and fired two powerful blasts at him. Salga smirked again, and slapped them away as if they were nothing. Gohan shot forward, and gave Salga a powerful right hook across his face. The dark lord countered with a fast knee to the half Saiyan's chest, knocking him back. Salga smirked, and teleported behind him. Gohan felt him from behind, and quickly flew to the side.
"Take this!" the teenager shouted and fired four blasts. Salga slapped them all away as he was shooting towards the young Saiyan.
"You'll have to better than that!" he exclaimed as he threw a punch.
"Don't worry I'm just getting started!" Gohan replied, and threw a punch of his own. Their two powerful fists collided with a loud BANG! Nearby cliffs, and trees were knocked over, or turned into rubble. The two pulled back, and charged at each other again. Another loud shockwave echoed through the sky as their punches and kicks flew at amazing speed. Gohan managed to land a strong jab to Salga's chest, but the conqueror countered with a fast elbow strike across Gohan's face. The young Saiyan grabbed his arm, and pulled him into a swift knee strike to his ribs. Salga just grunted, and sent Gohan into the ground with a powerful kick.
"I must say this has been exciting. You have impressed me, I can understand why my brother could be killed by you kid," Salga said as he floated over the hole Gohan made when he hit the ground.
"Ka Me Ha Me HA!" Salga just barely managed to evade the wave, but Gohan suddenly appeared behind him, and fired a blast that sent him through two cliffs. Gohan took this chance to take a breather, but his break was short lived since in matter of seconds Salga was out of cliffs.
"Oh look my arm," the lord said with a smirk as he felt his arm. "It's broken. I think you might have broken three of my ribs as well." Gohan was caught off guard when he said all of this as though it was nothing. As soon as he felt that Salga was healing himself, he cupped his hands together.
"Take this! Ka me ha me HA!" When the wave hit its target Gohan fired more ki blasts into the smoke to stop him. When the smoke cleared, Salga was gone. "Where'd he go!"
"Did you really think that would work?" As soon as Gohan heard that voice, he spun around, and threw a fast punch. Salga easily dodged, and jabbed him in his stomach. Gohan gasped in pain, but managed to give Salga a strong hook across his face. While he was recovering, Gohan threw rapid punches at his stomach. When Gohan heard him cough out some blood, he laced his fingers together, and slammed him into the ground. Once he hit the ground, Gohan raised his arms in the air, and gathered a large amount of ki.
"Take this!" he shouted, and fired countless ki blasts at the fallen lord. Gohan flew to the ground, and went into a fighting stance when he saw the smoke clearing. When the smoke was gone, it reveled Salga in a deep hole with dirt, and some blood covering him.
"I must say, that was quite the attack," Salga said suddenly. The conqueror slowly rose from the hole with his smirk still on his face. Gohan was amazed when he saw him. Salga's right arm was broken, and blood was coming down his forehead and chin. His robes were burned away reveling four large cuts with blood oozing out slowly. Suddenly before Gohan could blink, Salga started to heal himself. In seconds Salga was fully healed.
"There's no way!" Gohan exclaimed.
"Surprised? I am able to heal ten times faster than my weak brother. And I also have news for you. Your little ki burst has persuaded me to actually take you seriously." Gohan's eyes widened when he heard those words.
"You've only been playing with me this whole time!" he exclaimed. Salga just chuckled.
"But of course my foolish friend. Even since this fight has started I have been fighting at only my base power level."
'There's no way!' Gohan thought in shock, and awe. 'I had to power up twice to get to his level! And this is just his base power level! If he powers up, can I take him?'
"Now get ready feel my power when I am serious," Salga said as started to power up. A dark purple aura started to surround him, and the ground started to rumble. As soon as Gohan felt Salga's power rise, he froze. This whole time Salga had a power equal to Super Buu after had absorbed Gohan, but in a matter of seconds he had enough power to kill Kid Buu without fully trying.
'This isn't good.'
OOOOO
Goku had been flying towards Gohan's ki for a while now, and he was still puzzled why his son had gone as far as Super Saiyan 3. But as soon as he felt a powerful dark ki he understood completely. Goku could find no words to describe just how powerful this ki was, only that it could destroy this whole galaxy with one major blast.
'Hang in there son. I'm on my way,' Goku thought. He knew that he couldn't defeat this ki on his own, but he knew if he fought with his son, whoever it was couldn't handle two Super Saiyan 3s.
OOOOO
Sasami landed in front of the Son house, and knocked. Chi-Chi answered it, and without saying a word, Sasami walked inside.
"Hello Sasami, why are you back so soon? Where's Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked. The second Juraian princess hesitated before she spoke.
"He's….with someone else," she whispered. It took all her strength not to break down in tears as she spoke those words.
"What do you mean with someone else?" Chi-Chi asked getting curious. She had a feeling who it was, but she was hoping she wasn't right.
"He's with someone else. It's that simple. He left me so that he could go embrace and kiss some black haired girl," Sasami replied. "And I hate to say it, but I don't think Gohan cares about me at all."
"Oh no," Chi-Chi whispered. "Sasami sit down, and have some tea."
"No, that's okay. I only came back to get something so I can go home. There really isn't a reason for me to stay here anymore," she replied with her eyes watering as she remembered Gohan kissing the black haired girl.
"Sasami, please sit down. I think it's time I explained some things to you," Chi-Chi said as she pulled out a chair. Sasami grabbed the remote, and decided to listen to what Chi-Chi had to say.
OOOOO
Gohan was frozen in his spot when Salga finished powering up. His dark purple aura was circling around him, but the man was still as calm as ever. His power had even caused cold dark clouds to cover the once blue sky.
"What's the matter? You used to be filled with some much will. Don't tell me you're afraid," Salga said with a chuckle. Gohan growled, but just couldn't bring himself to attack.
'What's he's capable of now?' Gohan thought as he looked over the conqueror, who just smirked.
"Looks like I have make the first move in this round." Gohan instantly went to into a guarding stance, but as soon he blinked Salga was in front him.
"No way!" Gohan exclaimed, but he was soon silenced with a swift jab to his stomach. The young half Saiyan gasped in pain, and doubled over clutching his stomach. Salga chuckled slightly when he saw Gohan cough out blood as he fell to his knees.
"All this just from one punch? Come now, I barely touched you." Gohan growled, and went on the attack. The young man threw a powerful punch that collided with Salga's face with ease, but the dark lord just laughed.
"W-what?" Gohan gasped when he saw his punch had no effected on Salga whatsoever.
"You call that a punch. Here, allow me to show you the proper technique." The punch was just one black blur that came out of nowhere, Gohan had absolutely no time to react at all. The golden haired Saiyan dug his foot into the ground to keep his balance, and as a counter fired a powerful blast. When the smoke covered everything, Gohan took the chance to fly off.
'I'm not sure if that worked or not, but still I had to something!' Gohan thought. He turned around and saw that smoke was still rising where he fired the blast, which meant he still had some time left to get some help. But as soon as he turned around, there was Salga with that same smirk on his face.
"Really now, did you really think that would work?" he asked. Gohan quickly flew back, and fired rapid ki blasts, but they were having no effect on Salga. The conqueror suddenly shot towards Gohan, and sent him crashing into a cliff with a swift kick. The young Saiyan shot out of the rubble, and delivered a strong punch to Salga's stomach. The dark lord grunted, and tried to counter, but Gohan didn't give him the chance. As soon as the Saiyan hybrid saw him make a fist, he slammed him into the ground with a fast elbow strike to the head.
'There's only one-way out of this. It's risky, but I have to do it,' Gohan thought as he flew higher in the air. "Here goes. KA ME HA ME HA!" As soon as he chanted those words, he fired a Kame ha me ha wave that would be enough to destroy any major city. As Salga started to get up, he smirked when he saw the powerful wave shoot towards him.
"Really is that the best you can do?" he muttered, and calmly got to his feet. As soon as the wave was close enough, Salga held out one hand, and stopped the wave completely!
"That's impossible!" Gohan shouted from above.
"Oh, but it's very possible boy," Salga replied, and pushed the wave back at Gohan. The young Saiyan quickly dodged, but Salga suddenly appeared in front of him. "Dragon Blast." In a flash Gohan was blown out of the sky with endless amounts of his blood escaping from his wounds. His waist length hair suddenly went back to his normal black hair. In a loud crash Gohan was face first in the ground, with rubble, and blood staining the ground. His forehead was cut open, his right leg and arm were broken, and his body was covered in deep cuts, and bruises. When he tried to open his eyes, everything was blurry, he could barely make out his hand in front of him, let alone where he was.
"Is….This…..really….it?" he muttered. Salga suddenly landed in front of him, and grabbed him by the hair.
"Yes this is it," he whispered in his ear, as he drew his sword. "Now say goodbye."
OOOOO
Sasami suddenly felt an extremely cold feeling pass through her body. For second she thought she was in the artic. Her heart started to beat rapidly, and her breath became shallow and rapid. Her hands started to shake as she held the cup Chi-Chi gave her, she even started to wonder if she was even holding it anymore, her hands were becoming numb as well.
"Sasami is something wrong?" Chi-Chi asked. "Are you sick?"
"I-I-I'm not sure," she whispered as she panted. 'What's wrong with me? It feel like there's a part of my body that's…' Her eyes suddenly widened when her mind flashed her an image of Gohan, bloody, and ragged. She tried to reach out and touch him, but he suddenly just vanished into nothing but dust.
"Sasami?" Chi-Chi asked again. The blue haired girl suddenly got up, and rushed to the door.
"I'm sorry Chi-Chi, but I have to check on something," she said, and flew off. "Gohan, please be all right."
OOOOO
Sasami landed in the forest where the cold feeling in her body was at its worst. The image of Gohan's ragged body was flashing before her eyes as she ran through the forest. The dark gray clouds had finally exploded with the rain that was slowly building up in them. The water fell hard, and fast like the sky itself was crying. Sasami sprinted through the trees searching for him, hoping that he was okay, and that what she was seeing was nothing but a dream.
"Gohan!" she exclaimed as she tore through every bush, and looked up every tree. "Gohan!" She could barely see where she was going, but she could still make out the outline of the trees as she rushed through them. The young girl stopped in a clearing, and looked all around her, but she was having no luck. She was about to go back, and get Chi-Chi to help her, but she suddenly heard a weak, and raspy voice call her.
"Sasami." The second Juraian princess slowly turned around, and at first she saw nothing, but suddenly lighting flashed across the sky, and she saw everything. Her eyes widened when she saw him. Gohan was sitting against a tree with his head down with dry and fresh blood on his chest. His right eye was swollen shut with blood running down from it. His arm was in a position that automatically told her that it was broken, along with his leg. His right arm was close to covered with the red substance, and the puddle that his hand was in was now completely red. He was everything Sasami had feared that he would be.
"Gohan!" The young girl rushed to his side, and held him in her arms like a newborn.
"Sasami….you're….here…" he whispered weakly as he opened his one eye.
"Don't talk," she said as she stroked his cheek.
"I'm….sorry….."
"Don't say that Gohan. I don't blame you for moving on. Not anymore," Sasami replied calmly. "Your mom told me how lonely, and distant you were when came back. And when you met Videl you became yourself again. I could never blame you for that."
"Could you….hum that song you did…when I slept on your lap that one time?" Gohan asked. Sasami just smiled, and started to hum the song. Gohan's eye started to drop as she continued. He didn't even think about all his wounds, or the fact that it was pouring on them, all he thought about was Sasami's soft touch, and warm hands as she stroked his cheek. When the song ended Sasami looked at Gohan who had his eyes closed, and a slow breath.
"Gohan? Wake up, let's go home," she said softly, but he didn't get up she started to shake him. "Gohan!" When she touched his cheek it was as cold as ice, and his heart was slowly stopping. Tears started to form in her eyes as she shook him harder. "Gohan wake up! Gohan!" But it was no use, Gohan was dead. When Sasami realized this, she held him close, and cried her heart and soul out as the rain continued to pour.
AN: (Laughs Nervously) I am going to get so many bad reviews for this. But look on the bright side, at least I let him die peacefully. You should have seen my other ideas for Gohan's death. But anyway, with Gohan gone who can stand against Salga? And with both Gohan and Tei out of the picture who else is Salga's hit list? Will he go to Tenchi's world next? You'll just have to read the next chapter of the Salga Saga. Oh and sorry about the delay, I temporally lost the feel for fic, but after playing Budokai 3 for a few hours, and watching my new Legend of Broly DVD I got back into it. Hopefully it won't take me as long to get out the next chapter. Well anyway, RR See ya! (Runs away from enraged Gohan fans)