The Salga Saga
Chapter 12
The air was silent, and the only sound that could be heard was Mr. Popo humming as he watered the plants. The two groups stared awkwardly at each other silence, both waiting for each other to make the first move. Piccolo slapped his forehead silently wishing Sasami hadn't used this tactic, introductions just wasn't his forte. Vegeta's cold eyes scanned all of them, secretly examining their power levels to see if they were actually useful, and so far he was not impressed. The powers he sensed were nowhere near the power level he thought would help them the most. But his eyes stopped at the red haired one.
His blue eyes clashed with his cold ebony, and they locked in a silent glare down, with neither backing down, or looking away. Vegeta quickly examined his power only to find that it was very similar to his. As soon as he sensed this, Vegeta powered up slightly to show just how powerful he was. The red haired one called his bluff and powered up slightly himself. Vegeta growled quietly and powered up even more, but this didn't stop the red haired one at all, he powered up more as well. The two kept powering up until their auras were visible. Goku and the others sweatdropped at how similar they were.
"Wow who would have thought there was someone just like Vegeta out there!" Goku laughed.
"Goku you have no idea," Piccolo muttered.
"Hey could someone explain what's going on?" Ryoko asked.
"We should be asking you the same thing lady!" Krillin exclaimed. "How do we know you're not with Salga?" Ryoko just raised an eyebrow.
"Who the hell is Salga?" the space pirate replied.
"Well that answers that question," Yamcha said.
"Yeah, but opens up a lot more," Tien added. "Like just where did these guys come from? I mean people don't just appear out of no where."
"Good point," Yamcha agreed.
"Washu, what's going on?" Tenchi asked the scientist. "I mean how did we just appear here. Where are we, and who are these guys? The only one we know is Piccolo."
"My guess Gohan, and Piccolo's friends and family. As for where we are, and how we got here, well I gave Sasami a button to press when she was in trouble and it automatically brought us here."
"And just where is here exactly?" Ayeka asked.
"Gohan and Piccolo's dimension."
"Say what!" Tenchi exclaimed. "What are we doing here!"
"I think I can answer that," Piccolo said suddenly. "And everyone you might want to sit down, this going to be one hell of a long explanation."
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Gohan cocked his head to the side at his grandfather's sudden outburst. He didn't expect that kind of reaction when he reveled how much he loved Sasami.
"What's wrong grandpa?"
"You're in love with a Juraian!" the older Saiyan exclaimed. Gohan just raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, so?" Bardock just slapped his forehead, and groaned.
"Foolish boy. Saiyans and Juraians are like cats and dogs. They always fight, and hardly ever get along, let alone love each other! Do you know how much this would disgrace your Saiyan heritage!"
"Come on grandpa. That had to be years ago! All most all the Saiyans are dead anyway so how can I disgrace my heritage? Besides what's the matter with Juraians?"
"They're the exact opposite of Saiyans! Weak, merciful, and too caught up in their own traditions! Any type of relationship between a Saiyan and a Juraian could never work out! There's just no way!"
"Come on grandpa that's what Vegeta said about humans and looked how he turned out. He's had a child with a human woman, and settled down on Earth. Well if you call training every minute of the day settled. Besides it doesn't matter how strong someone is. I love her for who she is. Her smile, her kindness, her eyes, everything."
"It doesn't matter who they are or what they are like. In the end if it goes against your heritage it never works out!" Bardock exclaimed. Gohan raised an eyebrow.
"And just how would you know grandpa?" the half Saiyan asked. Bardock froze, and looked away.
"Just forget I said anything," he suddenly whispered. "Come on, let's start your training." Gohan noticed his sudden change of mood.
'Did something like that happen to him before? That would answer a lot of questions hanging in the air.'
"Kid, from this point on your little love problem is only your last priority. Focus only on getting strong so you can save your world all right?" Gohan nodded.
"R-right."
"Now follow me," Bardock ordered and flew off. Gohan hesitated for a second before following his grandfather, but questions filled his head.
'Was grandpa in a taboo relationship?'
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"And that's the situation," Piccolo finished, leaving his audience, the Tenchi-clan mostly, with dropped jaws, and shocked expressions.
"You, you, you mean!" Tenchi stuttered. "You mean Gohan's dead!"
"Damn it! That kid just had to go and get himself killed didn't he!" Ryoko growled. Telew on the other wasn't taking the news of Gohan's death well either. His teeth were clenched, and his fists were tight on his sides.
"Damn him. He's just running away from our battle!" he growled with his ki slowly flaring up. "He knew he couldn't win so he took death as his escape route!"
"And this Salga guy is the brother of some guy who almost killed you and Gohan seven years ago!" Krillin exclaimed. Piccolo nodded.
"And you need us to team up with them to stop him from completely taking over the world?" Kiyone asked. Piccolo nodded again.
"But what can we do?" Ayeka wondered. "I mean we could barely beat Gallio, and these men sound much stronger."
"What if we combine our powers together or fusion or something? That should be enough to take him down," Yamcha suggested.
"No Yamcha, I'm afraid fusion won't work this time," Goku said. "I fought one of them, and had to go Super Saiyan 3 to beat him, and the ones coming are according to him much stronger than he was."
"So what are we supposed to do?" Bulma wondered. "Fusion and Super Saiyan 3 have always been our aces in the hole, but if these guys are strong enough to stop that what can we do?" There was silence for a while as the two groups tried to think of ways out of this situation.
"Washu do you guys still have the Dragonballs we got from Gallio?" Piccolo asked.
"Huh? Gallio had Dragonballs?" Goku wondered.
"Yeah we do," the scientist replied.
"That's perfect!" Bulma exclaimed. "We can use them to wish Gohan back to life!"
"Yeah that'll work won't it?" Krllin said.
"They're in my lab, at home," Washu stated bringing down the other's sprits.
"But can't you go get them with that remote Sasami has?" Piccolo wondered.
"I guess I could," Washu mumbled.
"Yeah that would work!" Tenchi exclaimed.
"No it wouldn't," Dende said suddenly. "I'm not sure what kind of eternal dragon Gallio used, but I know for a fact that eternal dragons can't grant wishes that interfere with other dimensions."
"What do you mean Dende?" Bulma asked.
"I'm saying the only way that wish would work would be if Gohan was born in that dimension." The blue haired scientist just sighed.
"There goes that idea." There was another moment of silence as the two groups tried to come up with another plan for this situation. Washu had to admit this was a stumper, but she refused to admit that she, the greatest scientist in the universe, couldn't think of a way out of this mess. Her eyes wandered around the lookout as she thought hard, and they suddenly stopped at the power limiter on Telew's wrist. Her mind went back to how many times she had to upgrade it because he kept on getting stronger, too strong for the limiter to handle without the upgrade. And once it was off his power would skyrocket through the roof. Washu's eyes suddenly widened as an idea came to her.
"Power limiters," she mumbled.
"What was that Washu?" Tenchi asked.
"What is it mama?" chibi Tei wondered.
"Power limiters! That's the answer to this problem." Vegeta raised an eyebrow.
"And just how the hell will limiting our powers help us! Sound like it'll do more harm than good!"
"Shut up Vegeta! Let her finish it could be a good idea!" Bulma shouted silencing the Saiyan prince.
"Well as I was saying, it's as bad as it sounds. You guys were these power limiters, and then you train until you're up to the level you were without them. And when you take them off you're power will double," Washu explained.
"Well that does sound like a good idea," Piccolo said.
"That's great, then let's do it," Tenchi replied.
"But, there are still two problems. One where are you going to get the materials you need to make them? And two, time. We have no idea how long it'll take to get our powers back to where they originally were without the limiters, plus during our training Salga might make a major attack."
"That's a good point," Kiyone mumbled.
"Man, that really sounded like it was going to work too," Yamcha groaned.
"We can't give up, we have to figure something out," Krillin said.
"Hey why's everyone getting so down?" Washu asked. "Don't worry I can make limiters out of just about anything, all I need is a lab. Now who has a lab here?" Everyone on the Z team pointed to Bulma.
"Why's everyone pointing at me!" the blue haired genius exclaimed.
"Let's face it Bulma you are the only technological genius in this group. Besides your dad's lab is huge he has to have the stuff she needs," Krllin said. Bulma just groaned.
"All right, all right." She reached into her pocket, pulled out a capsule plane, and threw it. Washu just rubbed her chin when she saw the plane pop up. "Hop in."
"I have a faster way," Washu said simply.
"Oh boy," Tenchi groaned, and slapped his forehead.
"And what's that?" Bulma wondered. Washu just smirked, and held out her hands so her computer would show up.
"Whoa! How'd she do that!" Krillin exclaimed. Washu just chuckled.
"It's easy for the greatest scientific mind in the universe kid."
"Who you calling kid?" Krillin grumbled.
"Let's now where is this lab of yours?" the pink haired woman asked.
"West City," Bulma replied.
"West City, West City…." Washu mumbled as she typed faster than any normal human on her computer. "The city with a huge yellow dome that says Capsule Corp on it?"
"Yeah that's it."
"Okay then, come here," she instructed. "Everyone stand back." Bulma went over to Washu's side, and the scientist pushed a button, and in a flash they were gone.
"Whoa!" Yamcha exclaimed.
"She can rival your instant transmission Goku," Tien chuckled.
"So just what are we supposed to do as those two geniuses work?" Tenchi wondered. Ryoko suddenly came up from behind him.
"I can think of couple of things Tenchi…" she said seductively.
"Anything but that," he whined.
"Ryoko can't you see Lord Tenchi is not in the mood for this!" Ayeka exclaimed. Ryoko just shrugged.
"Men just hate to show what they really feel. Once you get going that's when the real fun begins."
"Can you be anymore improper!"
"Come on princess you mean to tell you weren't thinking the exact same thing as me?" Ayeka blushed. "Ah ha! Who's improper now?"
"I would never think of such things!"
"Oh really then how come I've seen you take a few peeks at Nobayuki's comics eh?" Ryoko wondered with a sly grin on her face. Ayeka growled, and formed her cylinder logs around Ryoko.
"Oh boy," Piccolo mumbled.
"So that's how you want it!" Ryoko exclaimed and formed a ki ball.
"Please not here!" Tenchi pleaded. "There are plenty of other places for you to fight!" But the two girls just ignored the pleas of the young boy and fired both of their attacks, meanwhile the Z team just sweatdropped.
"Just what the heck do they think they're doing? Aren't they on the same side?" Videl wondered.
"That's just the way they are," Sasami answered. "No matter where they are or what's going on Ayeka and Ryoko never stop fighting." Videl turned to face Sasami and saw a feeling of loneliness, and anguish. The raven-haired girl then remembered her words she spoke a couple of minutes ago. (Last chapter)
"You really have no idea. When I saw that I felt like my heart was shattered to pieces. And it was shattered again when he died in my arms. You have no idea how it feels to find the one person you love the most in the arms of another girl! And not only that but to have him die right in your arms! The pain is just too unbearable! And even though Chi-Chi told me how Videl helped Gohan get through a depression was going through when he came back, I still can't help but feel resentment towards her. When all of this is over, and they wish Gohan back, he'll only rush to her side, and leave me background. I don't belong here at all, I should just go home, but…I can't."
Videl looked down as if ashamed of herself for putting her through that kind of pain.
"Hey, Sasami," she started.
"Huh? What is it?" the blue-haired girl asked.
"Uh….well….it's nothing, never mind," Videl said with a sigh.
"Well, all right."
Elsewhere on the Lookout two certain small half Saiyans were chasing a certain cabbit.
"I'm telling you it's a rabbit!" Trunks shouted at his friend.
"No it's a cat!" Goten yelled back.
"How is it a cat? It has long ears like a rabbit, and feet like a rabbit too! How much more proof do you need!"
"Well it meows like a cat!"
"That's a not meow that's more a miya!"
"No I heard it meow!"
"How can a rabbit meow Goten!"
"It's not a rabbit it's a cat Trunks!"
"You're both wrong," a small voice suddenly said. Ryo-Oki can to little Tei's arms. "According to my mom, Ryo-Oki is a cabbit."
"Wow a cabbit! I've never heard of something like that! It's not even in my brother's books!" Goten exclaimed.
"That's because they don't exist moron," Trunks said. "And what would your mom know anyway?"
"Well she made Ryo-Oki," Tei replied.
"You're mom can make animals! Awesome! What else can she make?"
"Well a lot of stuff. Like robot clones or herself, dimensional tunnels, multiplying TVs, she can even connect one dimension to another. She says it's easy."
"Wow, your mom sounds awesome!" Goten said. "She even sounds smarter than your mom Trunks!" The son of Vegeta just scoffed.
"Yeah no one is smarter than my mom. She's the smartest person on Earth."
"My mom says she's the greatest scientific mind in the universe," Tei said.
"Oh gotcha on that one Trunks!" Goten laughed with the traditional Son grin on his face.
"Oh yeah, well I bet my dad could beat up your dad!" Trunks exclaimed. "In fact I bet my dad could beat up both your dads!"
"Yeah right Trunks! You know my dad has Super Saiyan 3 and Sprit Bomb! There's no way your dad could win!" Trunks just laughed.
"HA! What makes you so sure? Dad's been train three times harder since Buu! There's no way he could lose! And your dad doesn't look like he's that strong, so he'd be a cake walk for my dad!" Trunks declared pointing a Telew.
"My dad isn't weak at all. I bet he could beat your dad with one tied behind his back," Tei said quietly.
"I doubt it!" As the three boys continued to argue, and as the two groups started to get to know each other better, interesting events were occurring in space.
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Deep within the mountains of Earth, far from any life or civilization, four pods crash-landed on the surface. Dust flew up into the sky, blocking out the sun for a few minutes before it dispersed. There was a brief moment of silence before the four pods opened with a loud hiss. Emerging from them were four figures, whose detailed features were covered by darkness.
"So this is Earth eh? Doesn't look like much to me," the first one said as he looked around.
"Well for one reason or another, Lord Salga wants to add this planet to his collection," the second figure replied.
"I don't see why this place is a dump!" the third figure exclaimed.
"That's because we're in the mountains idiot!" the second figure growled.
"Well, at any rate I don't think I can get used to this atmosphere. The air offends my nostrils," the fourth figure said suddenly, silencing the other three.
"It's you," the first figure mumbled. "I didn't know you were coming."
"Then you need to pay attention to the orders Master Salga gives," the fourth said as he took to the air.
"Where do you think you're going!" the second shouted. "We have been given no orders to start the attack yet!"
"I'm not attacking, I'm just having a look around," the fourth replied.
"No, I do not except this!" the second shouted. "I order you back here at once!" The fourth figure froze in mid-air, and glared at the second.
"What did I tell you about giving me orders?" he asked coldly with an ice-cold glare. "You're lucky I don't kill you all right here. But I'm in a good mood so if you want to live, keep it that way." With that the fourth figure flew off.
"How did we get stuck with a guy like that," the first figure whispered to the second.
"Now not only are the Earthlings lives in danger, but ours as well," the third said.
'To think I'd be afraid of my own younger brother,' the second thought.
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Back at the Lookout, Piccolo looked down on the Earth with concern in his eyes. He turned around and looked at the two teams. He knew that they all were powerful in their own way, but his mind went back to how powerful Gallio was. He remembered at how close were to death when he used all three of the goddesses' power. If hadn't been for Telew's last minute attack, Gohan's final attack never would have hit, and they all would have been dead.
'But Salga is different!' the namek thought. 'He killed Gohan and he was the strongest out of all of us! Even with Washu's idea, will it be enough? Damn it!'
"Hey Piccolo, why do you look so gloomy?" Goku asked. Piccolo just sighed.
"It's just this whole situation Goku. I mean Tenchi's family, Gohan, and I barely beat his younger brother. And if we could just barely beat him what chance do we have against Salga who's stronger?"
"I know it looks impossible, but like I always say, where there's a will there's a way. There is a way to beat this guy Piccolo. Even….even without Gohan," Goku whispered. Piccolo could tell, despite his friend's cheerful exterior he was just as worried as he was, and was still mourning the loss of his son.
"Well if all else fails we could try the fusion. Gotenks could be strong enough to beat him with the proper training."
"I'm not sure if I want Goten to fight this one," Goku muttered. Piccolo raised an eyebrow.
"Did I just hear you right? You're starting to sound like your wife Goku."
"I know, but I don't want to lose another son Piccolo. If there isn't any other way, then yeah Goten has to fight. But as long as there are other options I'll take them." Piccolo looked at Goku for a while before lightly chuckling.
"And here I thought you'd never be able to take things so seriously." Goku chuckled back, and gave Piccolo his normal Son grin.
"Goku there's still one other thing that troubles me," the namek said.
"What is it?"
"Search the Earth for kis real quick."
"Why?"
"Just do it." Goku nodded uncertainly and quickly scanned the Earth, and found nothing that stuck out to him.
"There's nothing there."
"Exactly. Don't you remember what Baba said? Countless ships were heading for Earth. Those ships had to have landed by now. But I'm not sensing their kis. So either they haven't showed up yet…"
"Or they're masking their kis," Goku finished. "But why would they do that?"
"To get us to lower our guard?" Piccolo figured. "Well whatever the reason, it means it has given us more time to train. Once Washu and Bulma finish the power limiters we have to train until our eyes explode got it?" Goku nodded.
"And if all else fails there's always the Hyperbolic Time Chamber." As Goku and Piccolo talked over their battle plan, mirai Tei watched as his younger self argued with Goten and Trunks.
'Well it looks like there's a bright future for him. Once this danger passes anyway,' he thought. He then turned to his father, who had a deeper scowl on his face than usual. 'He must be taking the news of Gohan's death harder than I thought. Well mom did say he had a deep rivalry with Gohan.' The swordsmen of the future raised an eyebrow when he saw his father leave the Lookout. Mirai Tei decided to follow his father to see what he was up too.
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Telew flew far from the Lookout and into a valley that was surrounded with cliffs and mountains. Tei landed a few feet behind him, and hid behind a rock. He watched his father slowly gather his ki, and suddenly in a flash he exploded with power. The cliffs, and mountains all crumbled into nothing but rocks, and the ground split into two. As Tei struggled to keep his footing, he heard father yell at the clouds.
"YOU FOOL! YOU WEAK FOOL!" he bellowed at the sky. "HOW COULD YOU BE KILLED BY HIM! COWARD!" A grand purple aura surrounded Telew's body and the area around him. The Arsudu blasted into the sky, and fired rapid ki blasts at the area around him with no target in mind. The targets of the blasts were so random Tei had to fly farther away to make sure he wasn't hit by accident.
The red haired swordsman watched as his father created a grand light show in the sky, and made countless parking lots in the ground. After an entire hour, he felt his father's ki drop down to normal, and the older fighter slowly floated to the ground.
"Father," Tei mumbled.
"That…weak bastard," Telew said in between pants as he tired to get his breath back. When he felt slightly calmer he stood up, and was about to head back when he heard a calm, but cold voice behind him.
"That was some display of power just then. You attracted even me." Telew turned around and saw a young man, no older than seventeen. He wore a black cloak with a simple blue shirt underneath with dark pants. His cold brown eyes clashed with Telew's blue, but his red hair matched.
"Just who the hell are you?" Telew asked.
"My name is Akira. The top ranked Lieutenant in Lord Salga's army," the young man replied.
"So you're one of Salga's men eh?"
"And you're that traitor Telew. The one who assisted in Gallio death. Lord Salga wanted you alive, but I'll just have to bring you back dead." Telew just scoffed.
"And why's that?"
"Because anyone who cross my path, must die!" The Arsudu just smirked.
"Bring it on kid."
AN: What kind of power does Telew's newest opponent Akira have in store for him? What kind of training will Bardock put Gohan through? And what kind of relationship did Bardock have in the past? What does this mean for Gohan's origins? The answers to these questions and much more in the next chapter of the Salga Saga. Oh and ( bows deeply to readers.) I'M SO SORRY FOR THE LONG DELAY! I just temporarily lost the spark to write this fic. Not even Budokai 3 could bring that spark back. But since they started to show Dragonball Z Uncut here that spark is back. Oh and you can probably guess who I based Akira on. And if you can't you probably be able too once the fight starts. See if you can guess, not sure what I'll give if you get it right, but it'll be fun to see who can get it right. So see ya next chapter. Oh and P.S. since summer vacation started (well actually it started like two weeks ago for me) I'll try to update faster. See ya!