The Salga Saga
Chapter 13
Telew started intently at his new opponent Akira, he could feel there was something different about him. It was something that many other soldiers didn't have, an intense bloodlust.
'I've never felt such a strong bloodlust, not even Gallio had a desire this powerful. Not only that but his ki is over the roof. He's so much different from other soldiers I've fought over the years,' Telew then smirked. 'This is it, the kind of challenge I've been waiting for, for all these years!' Telew's smirk became a light chuckle, and then it turned into a full-blown fit of laughter. Akira raised an eyebrow.
"What so funny?" he asked.
"This is just what I wanted! An opponent who is worthy of my time! This is the true of test for my training!" Tei, who was watching from not too far off, gripped his sword tightly.
'No father, don't take this guy lightly! His aura is so much more different from any soldier Salga has sent so far. He's no ordinary boy!'
"Well then if you're so excited, let's begin," Akira said emotionlessly. Telew dropped into a stance with a smirk still on his face.
"All right, I'll play with you for a while."
"I won't go easy one you." Telew chuckled again.
"I was about to say the same thing!" With that, the Arsudu dashed towards the young boy, who folded his arms and waited for Telew to come. The older red haired man attacked with a strong punch only to have it blocked by a strong force. When he jumped back he saw a wall made from rock and stone form around the young man. Telew raised an eyebrow.
'What the hell is that? It just appeared out of nowhere. Oh well, looks I'll just have to bring it down,' Telew thought. The Arsudu attacked again with a series of powerful punches, but the wall of rock kept forming around Akira every time he threw a punch. Telew growled in frustration, and kept throwing rapid punches at the wall in hopes to bring it down. But the wall was harder than any normal rock on Earth.
"Hey, what the hell is that rock made of?" Telew asked when he jumped back.
"My ki," Akira replied simply.
'His ki, so then why haven't I sensed him use it since the fight started?' Telew wondered. 'Well then, I'll just blow the damn thing down.' The Arsudu jumped back and started to charge up ki blasts in both his hands. Telew thrust out both arms, firing countless ki blasts at the teenager, who had no look of worry or concern on his face. Smoke covered Akira as the blasts continued to fly, when they stopped, Telew smirked at his work.
"Not even his ki filled rock could have protected him from that onslaught. Well I feel better now," the man started to walk away, but he stopped when he felt the ki of Akira still behind him. "What! Impossible!" When the Arsudu turned around, and the smoke cleared, there was Akira. The ground he was standing on elevated so that he was as high as a mountain.
"Is that the best you can do?" he asked emotionlessly with his arms stilled folded. Telew growled as the elevated ground started to descend.
'When did he do it? I didn't even feel him use his ki!' he thought.
"This isn't your ordinary kid," Tei muttered as he watched. "Watch your back father, your in for a difficult battle." Telew dashed towards Akira and threw a strong punch, but once again a wall of rock formed around the teen stopping his attack. Telew growled, and started to pound at the rock with rapid punches, but not so much as a crack was forming. Akira closed his eyes and muttered,
"This is getting old." Suddenly Telew was thrown back two feet by a blast made of rock and stone that came from out of nowhere. But when he looked up he saw that it came out from the rock wall. Not one to give up easily, the Arsudu wiped the blood from his chin, and got to his feet. The red haired fighter smirked, and suddenly disappeared. Akira simply raised an eyebrow at this, but didn't move at all. The Arsudu reappeared behind the teenager, and immediately attacked with a fast jab, but once again the wall of rock shot up to protect Akira.
"What!" Telew exclaimed. "But he hasn't even turned around!" Akira turned his head, and glared at the shocked Arsudu. Then, in a flash, Telew was blasted into a cliff by a wave of stone and rock.
'What is this guy?' Tei wondered as he watched. 'Ever since this fight started, he hasn't raised a finger, but despite that he's still able to fight. Not only that but his ki hasn't raised or lowered either. Who is he?' Telew growled as he got to his feet.
"Damn brat," he growled. "I'm not even finished warming up yet!"
"Oh really? Then by all means, show me how you fight seriously," Akira said coldly.
"With pleasure!" Telew shouted as a purple aura formed around him. The Arsudu dashed towards the red haired teenager with his right fist glowing with ki.
"The same attack again? Not all that smart are you?" Telew smirked as he dashed towards him.
'If I'm right about his little rock defense, then I should be able to win this after all,' he thought. The older man attacked with his ki filled fist only to have it stopped once again by Akira's rock defense.
"Haven't you learned anything by now?" Akira asked coldly, and suddenly another wave of stone and rock blasted Telew away.
"Actually I have!" the Arsudu shouted from the air. Akira and Tei looked up and saw Telew in the air right above the teenager with two blasts charged in both hands.
"What's this?" Akira asked calmly as if nothing was happening.
'I was right. His rock defense only protects him from frontal attacks. So if I'm in the air there's no way his rocks would reach me. He's one big target now.' "Get ready to die kid! Double Blast Attack!" There was a large explosion as the powerful blue blast connected with its target. Telew floated to the ground, and smirked at his work.
'Nice one dad!' Tei exclaimed in his mind. 'When he was blasted by Akira's wave he made a clone of himself to attack while he gathered power for his Double Blast attack from above. And it looked like it was a direct hit too. There's no way he survived.'
"HA! I didn't even have to use my demon form. Oh well, it was a nice workout," Telew said as he surveyed the damage as the smoke started to clear. As the smoke started to disperse, the Arsudu spotted something round; he squinted to get a better look. When the smoke was completely cleared the round object was a boulder, a strangely round boulder. Telew raised an eyebrow when it started to crack. The cracks started to fill the large rock until it broke it pieces, to revel Akira standing with his arms still folded.
"Was that it?" he asked simply. Telew's eyes nearly bulged out from his head.
"WHAT THE HELL!" he bellowed.
'There's just no way! How did he do it!' Tei thought.
"Don't tell me you really expect that to defeat me did you?" Akira asked as he stared at Telew.
'What in kami's name is this kid! No matter what I do his stupid rocks get in the way!' Telew thought as he looked around him, trying to figure out how to defeat Akira. Then it hit him like a ton of bricks. 'Duh! You are in a canyon! There's rock everywhere! Idiot! You should have figured it out before!'
"What's the matter? Don't tell your fear and shock have petrified you." Telew just laughed.
"Me afraid! Give me a break! Now eat this!" the Arsudu shouted, and fired a ki blast at the teen, but the rock wall stopped it. When it went down, Akira caught the sight of Telew flying off.
"Coward," he muttered, and flew off after him. Tei caught chills as Akira passed where he was watching.
'I've never felt someone so cold or empty before. It's like all he knows is how to kill. If this is true, then father must be fight a…oh no! Father!' Tei soon rocketed after them. 'If I'm right, then father has no chance of winning at all!'
OOOOO
Sasami giggled as she watched Goten, Trunks, and Tei arguing again, this time about who could fly faster. She laughed quietly to herself when she imagined them becoming the best of friends a few years down the road.
"Well they say you're the toughest on the ones you care about," she said to herself. She then turned to see Ryoko and Ayeka arguing yet again, and Tenchi caught in the middle again, trying to calm them down. The younger Juraian princess giggled when she saw Ryoko embrace Tenchi, making Ayeka fume with anger. She then saw Tien looking at Miyoshi awkwardly, who was staring stupidly at his third eye.
"Hey, is this real?" she asked, and poked it.
"OW!" Tien yelled. "Yes it's real! What did you think! You crazy girl!"
"I thought it was some weird tattoo or something, but I guess it's not. So how did you get it? Can I get one too? Did it hurt when you got it? Do other people have it too? Does it help you when you fight? Oh can you do cool attacks with it?" Miyoshi was asking question after question with hardy any space between her words, and Tien's head was spinning because of it. Luckily Kiyone came and dragged the blonde away before Tien seriously lost it.
"What's the matter with you? You don't go up to people and poke them in the eye! And you don't ask a million questions per second either!"
"I'm sorry Kiyone," Miyoshi wined. "I was just curious."
"You're curiosity can kill other people!" Tien and Chiaotzu stared at the two girls.
"They're weird don't you think Tien?"
"Even weirder than Launch," Tien replied remembering the strange girl.
"And that's saying something." Sasami had to resist the urge to laugh out loud when she saw the entire scene. When she turned around she saw Master Roshi and Nobayuki trading their magazines with each other.
"That one I got from East City," Roshi said as Nobayuki looked through it.
"My god! I've never seen such exotic beauties! You don't get girls like this in the magazines back home!" Nobayuki exclaimed as he flipped through it. He suddenly stopped at a page. "Oh my….such big….."
"Yeah I know that one is my absolute favorite! I wish they had a poster of this one. I'd be a happy man if she was the last thing I saw before I went to bed." Sasami turned back at Goten, Trunks and Tei when she heard them yelling.
"I'm telling you I can do five loop de loops in a row!" Trunks exclaimed.
"No you can't Trunks! I know you can only do three!" Goten said.
"When was the last time you were over Goten?"
"Just yesterday."
"Yeah well thanks to my dad's training I can do five!"
"No you can't!"
"Yes I can!"
"No you can't!"
"How many can you do then?"
"Two," Goten said proudly. Trunks just laughed, then turned to Tei.
"How about you?"
"I can barely do one," Tei admitted. Trunks laughed again.
"HA! So I'm better than you guys!"
"So what! At least we're honest about it! Unlike some people!"
"And how do you know for sure that I'm lying?" Trunks asked the youngest Son. Tei suddenly grabbed Trunks' arm for a second, then let go.
"You're lying," he said simply.
"How would you know?" the son of Vegeta asked.
"Your pulse and heart rate increased slightly, and I could feel some sweat on your arm. You were lying, no doubt about it," Tei replied. Trunks and Goten looked at him with widened eyes. "What?"
"How'd you do that?" Goten asked.
"It's something my mom taught me. So how many can you really do Trunks?" Tei asked.
"Three," Trunks muttered.
"HA! I knew you were lying!" Goten laughed.
"So what! I can still do more than you can!" Sasami laughed as she watched them continue they're little fight.
"Jeez it's like all they do is argue," Videl said suddenly as she sat next to Sasami.
"I know, but it's like watch little puppies you know?"
"Yeah I guess," Videl agreed. The two sat in silence for a while before Videl whispered, "I'm sorry."
"Huh? Did you say something?" Sasami asked. Videl shook her head.
"No it's nothing, forget it."
OOOOO
Gohan followed his grandfather to a deep forest with a valley of mountains overlooking it. The two Saiyans landed in the center of it, and Gohan waited for Bardock to start the training.
"What are we doing here grandpa?" Gohan asked. "What is this place anyway?"
"Well first off, it about a month or two the Other World tournament is being held. And you're going to enter. I think the prize will interest you," Bardock said simply.
"But grandpa I don't have time for a tournament! I have to get to King Kai, and get my training done to save the Earth! There's no telling when Salga will attack!" Gohan exclaimed.
"What did I tell you before? From now on your only focus is your training and getting stronger. How can you train properly if your mind is so out of focus?" Gohan nodded.
"Right. So what are we doing here? Is this training for the tournament?" Bardock smirked.
"Something like that. Now put these on," the older Saiyan tossed Gohan some Saiyan armor.
"What do I need these for?" the younger Saiyan asked.
"They're for your training. Now put them on." Gohan simply nodded, and took off his gi. When he put on the Saiyan armor, he literally fell to his knees.
"How heavy is this armor!" Gohan exclaimed.
"About two tons," Bardock said simply.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Gohan asked as he struggled to get to his feet.
"You're already dead, remember. Now the first part of your training is to get to the top of that mountain in oh three weeks," Bardock stated, and pointed to the tallest mountain. "And you can't fly either."
"I don't see how anyone can fly with this on!" Gohan exclaimed.
"And be careful. This forest scans your memories and sends out your past enemies to attack you. And they are just as powerful when you fought them when you were alive."
"You gotta be kidding!" the teenager shouted. "How can I fight them with this armor on! And if I can fly I can't get away! How am I supposed to survive this!" Bardock just chuckled.
"That's the training kid," the older Saiyan said as he floated into the air.
"Hey! Don't you leave me here! If I die here that's it for me, I can never go back to Earth! And it'll be doomed!"
"Then I guess you shouldn't die then," Bardock replied simply. "I'll see you in three weeks."
"Hey come back!" Gohan yelled, and tried to chase after his grandfather, but it was no use, he was long gone. "Aw man, this is just like when I first trained with Piccolo." The teenager fell to his knees because of the weight. "But I survived that, I can survive this!"
"Admirable words for a monkey," a cold voice said from behind him.
"Gohan, is that you? You certainly have grown since the last time I saw you," another voice chuckled. Gohan turned around and saw Frieza and Cell standing behind him with evil smirks on their faces.
"It looks like monkey boy is too weighted down to run away. Well Cell it looks like we can have some fun."
"Yes I agree." As they came closer, Gohan uttered a word that his mother would kill him for saying.
"Oh….shit…"
OOOO
Telew looked behind him to see Akira trailing behind. By now they were far from the canyons and were now flying over a deep forest. The Arsudu smirked as he looked at his new surroundings.
'This will be prefect,' he thought as he started to land. Not soon after did Telew land, did Akira follow not too far behind. When the two landed, Telew went into a fighting stance while Akira just folded his arms again.
"Did you need a change of scenery for your death?" he asked. Telew just chuckled.
"No, this isn't for my death. It's for yours! Here there are no rocks for you to control! No more rock defense, so now your just one big target."
"Fool," Akira said simply. Telew frowned, and dashed towards the soldier. Akira stepped to the side, and kneed the older man in the center of stomach. Telew gasped for breath as he gripped his stomach, and stepped back.
"What…. the…."
"I can kill you with or without rocks around me," the young soldier stated coldly.
"We'll see about that!" the Arsudu exclaimed and attacked with fast punches. But Akira dodged his attacks with hardly effort at all.
"And here I was expecting better," the soldier said in between dodges. "But now I know, this planet is just filled with weaklings!" He blocked a hook, and countered by attacking with a strong uppercut that sent Telew flying to the ground.
'What the hell is this kid! His strength is beyond imaginable! Well then looks like I have no choice,' the older man thought as he got to his feet. Once he was sure he had enough power, his hair started to sway as if it were in the wind. Akira raised an eyebrow when he saw Telew's red hair become white. After a few minutes of stillness the Arsudu suddenly spun around reveling his now demonic state, but Akira didn't seem afraid or shocked at all.
"Interesting," he said simply. Telew dashed towards the teenager, and attacked with a powerful slash of his claws, but instead of flesh, he slashed open bark. When he looked up he saw his opponent flipping over him with his arms still folded and still no expression on his face. The demonic Arsudu snarled and dashed towards the soldier again. His slashes were nothing but blurs to a normal human eye, but to Akira, he could see his attacks as plain as day. Telew attacked with a slash that brought down two full-grown trees, but his target was nowhere in sight.
"Damn!" the Arsudu snarled and turned around. When he dashed towards Akira again, the strange teen unfolded his arms, which made Telew raise an eyebrow.
"Playtime's over," he said coldly, and suddenly raised his arms in the air. In an instant the ground around Telew exploded and rose out from the earth like towers. Akira then brought down his arms and crossed them together. The rock towers broke apart into individual stones and attacked Telew.
"But how!" the Arsudu exclaimed as he dodged the rocks. "You're nowhere near rocks!"
"Fool. No matter where we go, we're still on Earth, and there is rock everywhere, even if you can see it." Another wave of rocks came out of nowhere and knocked Telew to the ground. More rock rose into the air as Akira raised his arms, and by now it seemed like the entire sky was covered in boulders and stones.
"No way!" Telew exclaimed.
"Any last words?" Akira asked.
"Yeah, take this! Prism of Power!" the Arsudu fired his signature move, but rocks instantly came up to protect his target. "No! Damn!"
"Now! Terra Rain!" Akira brought down his arms and all the rocks in the sky fell like rain drops. Telew got to his feet and tried to get away, but there were too many. In minutes the Arsudu was completely covered by rock. The pile was high enough for someone to spot it from the air even if they were miles away.
"FAHTER!" Tei bellowed as he landed and spotted the massive rock pile. "Father! Father!" The young man desperately dug through the rocks, but it was no use, Telew, his father, was dead. When he realized this, Tei fell to his knees pounded his fists on the ground.
"Your father eh? Too bad he was a weakling," Akira said coldly as he walked past him. Tei froze, and gripped his sword.
"Stop right there!" the young man growled with an anger he had never felt in a while. "You're gonna pay!" In a flash Tei drew his sword and dashed towards the teenager who didn't give him a second glance.
"Oh please," he said, and simply raised his arm in the air. Tei was suddenly hurled into the sky along with a couple rocks. Akira raised his other arm, and clapped his hands together. In an instant the rocks that were around Tei crashed into him, sending him lifelessly to the ground.
"Mama…." Tei muttered as his eyes started to close. A large rock started to float above Tei, and Akira chuckled.
"Father, and son together in death."
"Akira stop!" a female voice shouted. A soldier landed behind Akira. She had long blue hair in a low ponytail with pale blue eyes to match. A dark blue cloak was draped around her body with armor underneath. "We've received no orders for this! As your commanding officer, I order you back to the landing site!" Akira replied by raising his left arm slightly so rock surrounded her.
"What have I told you about ordering me around Melanie?" he said with an ice-cold glare.
"What have I told you about your attitude?" the girl known as Melanie asked with a just as cold glare. The two were frozen for a few minutes before Melanie spoke up again. "All right if you stop now I'll let you level an entire city without any back up okay?"
"…."
"All right two cities!" Akira lowered his arms in response, and folded them.
"You had better keep your promise or else…."
"I know! You'll kill me! I've heard that enough times during my life. Now come on, everyone's waiting."
"Fine, but do remember this dear older sister, one day I will kill you, and that bastard I call a brother. You are not siblings to me."
'And on that day I won't hesitate to kill you either,' Melanie thought as she and Akira took to the air.
AN: This one was two pages shorter of how much I usually write, but I'm kind of in a hurry. My family and I are going to the Caribbean and won't be back until August 3'rd so I'm trying to update the two fics I'm working on before I leave. So anyway, what is the source of Akira's strange powers? Are the other soldiers he came with just as powerful? And how will our heroes react to the news of Telew and Tei's deaths? And with the list of casualties rising our heroes need to get to training and fast! And will Gohan be able to survive the first part of his training? You'll just have to read the next chapter of the Salga Saga. Oh and I hope you can guess who I based Akira on by now See ya in three weeks!