Gohan let out a loud cry as he dodged a Double Sunday from Radiz, and a Bomber DX from Nappa. The Saiyan teenager quickly dove into a group of bushes as the two full Saiyans passed over.
"That was a close one," he sighed. "I could take them out easily, but with this armor I won't be fast enough to dodge their attacks. But the good news is I'm pretty close to that mountain." It had been close to over two weeks since Bardock dropped Gohan in this test, and just like when Piccolo left him in the wilderness for a year, he began to adapt pretty fast. In only a couple of days he master how to move with the heavy armor on, and was able to read the movements of most of his opponents. Now the mountain was only a two days walk from his current position.
"Nappa! I found him!" his evil uncle exclaimed.
"Oh no," Gohan groaned as he quickly looked over Radiz. 'Okay first he'll fire his normal Double Sunday attack, while Nappa comes in from behind.'
"Now take this! Double Sunday!" Gohan smirked and jumped back, and just as he thought Nappa came in from behind with a Bomber DX charged up in his right hand.
"Time to finish you! Bomber DX!" Gohan just smirked, and quickly flipped over the big man.
"My turn! Soaring Dragon Strike!" (One of his moves from Budokai 3. Just FYI) Gohan connected four ki charged punches into Nappa's back, and sent him flying into Radiz with a sudden uppercut.
"Watch it you moron!" Radiz exclaimed.
"Now to finish this! Ka Me Ha Me HA!" In a matter of seconds Nappa and Radiz were nothing but dust. "Well that was easier than I thought," he chuckled. Elsewhere on top of the mountain, Bardock and an old man in orange monk robes were watching via a crystal ball.
"He seems to have adapted well in only a matter of days," the old man said as he watched.
"What did you expect, he is my grandson after all," Bardock smiled proudly.
"Yes but remember Bardock, this is only the first test after all. Compared to the others, this is nothing. Also, are you even sure that he can withstand the second test?" Bardock nodded.
"Yeah I'm sure. It maybe tough, and extremely dangerous, but he can do it. I'm positive."
"Well if you're sure," the old man shrugged. Back in the forest Gohan was walking when a figure appeared in front of him suddenly. It was a figure that Gohan would recognize anywhere, it was Gallio. The Saiyan teen jumped back and sunk into a stance ready to fight at any given moment.
"Hello, Gallio," Gohan greeted slowly.
"Hey there kid. It's been a while, you sure have grown," the dark lord replied. "I hope you're ready to wander throughout the reaches of limbo, because that's just where I'm sending you!"
"Some how, I highly doubt that." Their eyes met for a split second before the two forces dashed towards each other and collided.
OOOOO
"I grow bored Ginju," Salga groaned as he sat in his chair, sipping wine. "Space can be so incredibly boring."
"Sir, why do you not just start the invasion?" Ginju wondered. Salga just turned around, and gave him a light glare.
"Fool. Taking over a planet such as Earth would be no fun if all the others weren't there."
"So you are waiting for the rest of them? But that could take weeks!" The conqueror just groaned.
"I know."
"What shall I do to entertain you sir?" Ginju asked nervously, there was no telling what Salga would make him do for entertainment. But much to his surprise, Salga just got up, and walked towards the bridge. "Where are you going?"
"Preemptive Strike," he said simply. "Now where are Melanie and the others stationed?"
"Coordinates 5399."
"All right. Don't wait up." And with that Salga walked out of the room.
"Sometimes I just don't get him at all," Ginju sighed.
OOOOO
"Come on Vegeta!" Goku pleaded on the Lookout.
"Absolutely not Kakarot!" the Saiyan prince yelled.
"But it's the only way to insure that we'll win, besides we'll be in the time chamber the whole time! No one will see us!"
"I refuse to do something so degrading!" Goku let out a groan of frustration and slapped his forehead.
"Come on please Vegeta! Trunks and Goten do it all the time! What's the big deal if we do it too Vegeta!"
"Uh….you know guys," Krillin interrupted. "If you don't be more specific people will get the wrong idea of what you're talking about." Goku just gave the short man his look of pure confusion.
"Huh? What do you mean Krillin."
"Never mind Goku." The orange clad Saiyan gave the short man a strange look, then turned back to his task, convince Vegeta to be his fusion dance partner. He thought by experiencing their fusion as Vegito would open Vegeta's mind to other kinds of fusion, but much to his dismay the Saiyan prince didn't want to have anything to do with fusion.
"I will defeat this foe with my own power! And my own power alone!" he would always tell Goku when he would ask. Goku was beginning to grow frustrated with Vegeta's attitude. They needed all the strength and power they could find if they even hoped to stand a chance against Salga. He was about to give up and look for someone else to fuse with. But no one else was really close to his power for the fusion to work properly, except for Buu, but Goku didn't even want to think about how that would turn out. A fusion with him and Vegeta was their only shot, besides Gotenks, but Goku wanted to save them for a last resort. He wasn't going to risk losing his other son to this monster.
"Please Vegeta!" he pleaded.
"Get away from me you worthless clown!" the prince exclaimed.
"I don't know which is more annoying, Goku's pathetic begging, or Vegeta's attitude," Ryoko said as she watched the whole scene.
"Both can get pretty annoying after a while," Bulma replied. The blue haired woman let out a yell of pure frustration. "Damn it Vegeta, if you don't fuse with Goku you won't be getting any dinner for a month!" The Saiyan literally cringed at those words.
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Just try me! Keep refusing and see what happens!" Vegeta growled, and turned to Goku.
"All right fine Kakarot! I'll fuse with you, just this one time!" Goku just gave Vegeta his normal Son grin.
"Great! You won't regret this Vegeta!"
"Yes I will." Meanwhile deeper in the Lookout, young Tei sat at his father's bedside waiting for him to wake up as Sasami walked into the room.
"He's still unconscious?" she asked the young boy, who just nodded. "Don't worry Tei-kun, I'm sure he'll wake eventually. You're dad's really strong."
"But…what if he doesn't?" Sasami just gave him a smile and rubbed his head gently like a mother would.
"He will, trust me. Have I ever steered you wrong?" Tei shook his head again. "See there you go. So take my word for it, he'll wake up. Now will you promise me that you'll cheer up?" Tei wiped the corners of his eyes and turned to Sasami with a smile on his face.
"Yes I promise."
"Good boy."
OOOOO
"Goddamn it I'm so bored," Shakaku groaned as he rolled over on his side. It had been about two days since Akira had wondered off, and there was still no signal from Salga. "Did Master Salga even tell you what kind of signal to expect? For all we know he could have sent it to us already."
"He said that we would know when we see it," Melanie replied as she formed a water ball in her hands. "And since I haven't seen anything that hasn't stuck out yet, that means he hasn't sent it to us yet."
"Damn it! What the hell is that bastard waiting for! You know what I bet he's just scared!" Shakaku declared.
"Scared of what?" Haouro asked as he lay on a cliff. "Master Salga is the most powerful being in the universe you idiot. Why would he be scared of a small planet like this when all the inhabitants are wimps?"
"I don't know! He never makes any sense to me at all! For all we know he could be afraid of Akira! I mean who isn't!"
"So afraid of Akira am I?" a cool voice said from behind Shakaku, which made him freeze.
"Master Salga!" All three of the soldiers exclaimed in shock. The conqueror looked directly at Shakaku his face was hard and impossible to read.
"So…" he started slowly. "You think I'm afraid of one of my own men?" Shakaku instantly began to shake in fear.
"N….No sir….I….didn't mean it….like that!"
"But that's what you said isn't it? That I was afraid of Akira?" The electric fighter's shaking increased while the others were frozen in their spots. None of them knew what Salga was going to do as he stepped closer to Shakaku. But much to their surprise the conqueror just reeled his back and let out a loud laugh. Needless to say the soldiers in front of him were stunned.
"Sir….?"
"That's what I like about you Shakaku! You're not afraid to speak your mind!" Salga laughed. "Now where is Akira anyway?" He asked after he calmed down.
"In his ship. I told him not to come out until I say. He wandered off again," Melanie replied. "Uh…sir. If I may, just what are you doing here anyway?"
"Preemptive Strike," Salga said simply. "Shakaku, follow me." And with that the conqueror flew off. Shakaku shrugged and followed his leader to wherever he was going to lead him.
OOOOO
Trees crumbled to the ground, and loud shockwaves blasted through the air as Gohan and Gallio engaged each other in deep combat. The Saiyan teen had powered up to Super Saiyan three while Gallio activated his Shadow Wings. Gohan quickly jumped to the side avoiding a blast of lighting from the dark lord. Gohan countered with four strong blasts only to have Gallio teleport out of the way. Gohan instantly scanned the area and found him behind him.
"Typical!" the teen exclaimed and landed a strong blow to Gallio's face, knocking him back four feet. In an instant Gohan was nose to nose with the dark lord and gave him another strong punch that sent him flying into a group of trees. The half Saiyan smirked as he stood in front of the debris.
'This is great! I'll finish him in no time!' Gohan thought to himself as Gallio emerged.
"Not bad. However this only the beginning!" the dark monster chuckled and blasted towards Gohan. The teen quickly dodged a fierce punch and countered with a swift jab to Gallio's stomach, but he fought back with a rising palm strike, knocking Gohan back. "Now Shadow Dragons!"
Gohan put up his guard only to be knocked back further by the attack. Before the teen collided with trees, Gallio appeared behind him, and sent him flying upwards with a powerful kick. Gallio teleported in front of the teen with his fingers laced together ready to slam Gohan into the ground, when the teen teleported behind him. Before the dark warrior could blink he was sent into the ground with a powerful blast.
'Whoa!' Gohan thought. 'I never would have thought he was this weak. Oh yeah this is before he uses the power of goddesses. But since they aren't around, this will be easier than I thought.'
"Take this, Lighting Strom!" Dark clouds rolled in and countless blots of lighting rained down on the teenager. Gohan quickly maneuvered between as many as he could, but a stray bolt zapped him out of the sky and into a blow into his stomach that cracked his armor. Gallio smirked and slammed him into the ground with his knee on top.
'Okay scratch my last thought. This might take a little longer than I thought.'
OOOOO
"So…just where are we going master Salga?" Shakaku asked the conqueror as they flew over the ocean. Salga just stayed silent until they were over an active city island.
"There," Salga replied and floated down to the center of the city. The citizens of the city stared at the two figures strangely as they passed by. Shakaku was about ask what they were doing there when Salga formed a powerful ki ball in his right arm. The conqueror suddenly hurled the ball deeper into the city, and five seconds later a massive explosion rocked the city. "And that's just the beginning." Salga raised his arm and fired blast that reduced another area of the city into nothing but smoke and dust.
By now everyone was running and screaming, and the police rushed to the scene.
"You hands above your head now!" Salga just smirked and looked to a confused Shakaku.
"It looks like these men what us to put our hands up, how about you do what they say Shakaku." The teenager smirked when he realized what his master meant. He looked towards the officers that surrounded them, and raised his arms in the air. At that moment countless wires from below streets shot up and wrapped around the officers shocking them until they could cry out in pain no more.
"How was that?" he asked his lord.
"Not bad. Now come let us have some fun with this place."
"Goku! We have a problem!" Dende exclaimed on the Lookout.
"Yeah I know," the orange clad Saiyan replied. "It's that ki. The ki I sensed Gohan was fighting when he died."
"I'd know that ki anywhere. It's Salga," Future Tei growled.
"This is perfect!" Ryoko exclaimed. "Now let's go down there and take the bastard out!"
"Don't you think? This guy was strong enough to kill Gohan! Do you think we would stand a chance even if we did attack at once?" Washu scolded.
"Washu's right, we wouldn't stand a chance," Bulma agreed.
"So what are supposed to do just let him destroy that city, and kill all those innocent people!" Videl exclaimed. Goku curled his hand into a fist not sure what to do. Even if the people could be revived with the Dragonballs it was still hard to bear watching all those people die. He wanted to do something, anything, he wasn't sure if could stand just waiting on the Lookout anymore. Eventually the Saiyan placed two fingers on his forehead.
"I'm going to check this out," he said simply, but Vegeta suddenly spoke up.
"You aren't leaving without me! If we're going to fuse I'd want to take a good look at my opponent." Goku simply nodded. Even if he was going just to check out Salga's powers and abilities he would still need all the help he could get in case the conqueror attacked. In the blink of an eye the two powerful Saiyans were gone.
OOOOO
Gohan quickly dodged another one of Gallio's Shadow Dragon attacks, and countered with a fierce blast that sent the dark fighter flying into some trees. Seconds late Gallio blasted out of the trees, and slammed his elbow into Gohan's stomach. The blonde haired teen gave Gallio a fierce front kick to his face knocking him back.
"Take this Lighting ball!"
"Ka Me Ha Me HA!" The blue wave blasted through the ball and collided with the dark lord who quickly recovered and fired two strong blasts. Gohan back flipped out of the way, but Gallio suddenly appeared behind him, and drew his sword. The Saiyan teenager dove to the ground, avoiding the slash, and countered with a powerful jab to Gallio's stomach. But the dark lord countered with a fierce blast that blew Gohan back.
"This has been fun kid, but this is where it must end," Gallio chuckled and rose into the air while charging up a powerful green ki ball. Within seconds the green ball was at a massive size and had enough power to destroy the entire forest.
"Man isn't this familiar," Gohan chuckled to himself. 'It's too wide for me to dodge, and he's too far away for me to teleport behind him. Besides this armor is still weighing me down.'
"Now die!" the dark lord shouted and hurled the ball towards the teen.
'If I could reach him I would be able to finish him with a Ka Me Ha Me Ha since he's weak now. But he's too far.' Gohan looked at the approaching blast and suddenly an idea came to him. 'I know!'
"Ka Me Ha Me…..!" Gohan started, and suddenly dashed towards the green ball.
"Have you gone crazy boy! You'll never survive!"
"I beg to differ!" Gohan shot back, and leaped into the air just as the ball passed just barely under his feet. Just as he was about to go down, Gohan pushed off of the ball, and hurled himself towards Gallio.
"Fool! Shadow Dragons!" Gohan just smirked teleported behind him. "What!"
"HA!" In seconds Gallio, just like the forest was reduced to nothing but dust. "All right!" Gohan cheered. "Well the forest was destroyed so I guess I have to fly the rest of way." Gohan chuckled to himself and flew off.
OOOOO
Salga chuckled as Shakaku shocked another set of people to their deaths. The evil conqueror fired a blast that destroyed ten buildings at once. The city was in absolute ruin. The smoke rose in the air and covered the rays of the sun with the flames of the buildings giving off a sharp heat. The few people that remained alive hid behind anything they could find. Mothers clutching their children hoping they would make it out alive. Salga laughed as he blew up another tower with a set of buildings along with it. The dark warrior was about to move on to a group of people cowering in the corner when a strong voice called out to him.
"Salga stop!" Said fighter and Shakaku turned around to see an enraged Goku with Vegeta standing behind him. "How could you attack these defenseless people?" Salga just chuckled.
"I was bored," he replied nonchalantly. Goku made a tight fist and powered up.
"Well then, how about I deprive you of your boredom!" Salga smirked as he sensed Goku's power rise.
"Sure this could be fun."
"Kakarot you fool!" Vegeta scolded. "We didn't come here to fight! Just to scout out his power." But it seemed that Goku didn't hear what Vegeta said at all. It was true fighting Salga was not the reason he came here, but watching him kill so many people and seeing all those dead bodies reminded Goku of Gohan. And all the anger he had built up since then decided to release itself. By now Goku was already in his Super Saiyan 3 state, but his aura kept going.
"This will truly be fun. I hope you won't disappoint me like the last one I fought that went in that form."
"Don't worry I won't!" With those words Goku blasted off the roof and straight towards Salga with pure rage as his only expression. The conqueror easily dodged his first punch, and went to counter when Goku suddenly spun around and delivered a fierce back kick that sent him flying into a building.
'I've never seen Kakarot move so fast!' Vegeta thought. 'I barely saw that last attack. I can also sense something deep within him emerging. Has his Saiyan side awakened after all this time?'
"This will be fun," Salga said with a smile. "I might even have to take you seriously. What's your name?"
"Goku, I'm Son Goku, and you killed my son!"
"Oh did I? I can't seem to remember. I've killed so many, and so many could have been your son. Tell me what was his name?" Goku growled. He couldn't believe Salga was talking as if he just accidentally pushed Gohan to the ground.
"His name was Gohan!"
"Oh yes I remember him. He was quite the disappointment. I hope his father won't be though." That only made the aura around Goku flare more. "It was fun for a little while though. But after a while he started to bore me."
"Salga…" Goku growled dangerously. "I'm going to make you pay!" With those words the orange clad Saiyan was on the attack again. Vegeta just scoffed as he watched.
"Kakarot you fool! You can't win alone!" The Saiyan prince was about to dive in to help but Shakaku suddenly appeared in front of him. "Out of my way boy!"
"If you wish to interfere with Master Salga's fight you'll have go through me." Vegeta just smirked.
"Fine with me. I'll make you regret getting in my way." With those words Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan 2 and went on the attack. "Let's see what you can do boy!"
"You'll find that I can do plenty!"
OOOOO
Gohan took a deep breath as he stood on the top of the mountain. From the peak he could the entire forest, or what was left of it after his last fight. He had to admit he had gotten better since he came here. He was starting believe dying was a blessing in disguise. He was able to read opponents movements fairly well, and he could up with way to defeat his opponents without using up too much power. At this rate by the time he got to King Kai's he would probably be strong enough to take on King Kai himself!
"I better not get too ahead of myself. I have to find grandpa first," he muttered to himself.
"You won't have to look far," Bardock said from behind him. "You made it with two days to spare. I'm impressed at how quickly you adapted with everything around you." Gohan just gave his grandfather the traditional Son grin.
"Well adapting fast has always been a strong suit of mine. So what's next?"
"First take off your armor." Gohan simply nodded, and without hesitation removed the heavy armor and put back on his old gi that Bardock had been holding for him. Needless to say, Gohan felt extremely light. He even felt a little off balanced as well.
"Man I feel as light as a feather!" he exclaimed as he made a light jump.
"Jump, as high as you can," Bardock ordered. Gohan nodded, and crouched down to gather power to his legs. When he made the jump he was literally soaring through the air like a bird. He shot through six clouds and could actually see almost all of the area around him from the point where he reached. The young teen hovered for a bit before coming down and landing in front of his grandfather.
"That was awesome!" he exclaimed like a hyperactive kid. "That was ten times as higher than I could go before!" Bardock just chuckled.
"Follow me." Gohan nodded, and took off after him.
"Whoa!" he exclaimed when he took off. "I'm a lot faster than before! I bet I could beat dad's Instant Transmission!"
"Instant Transmission?"
"Yeah. It's a teleportation technique. Even though according to Vegeta it is just super speed. With it you can travel to great distances in a second! So I guess I'm not fast enough to beat it yet. So where are we going anyway grandpa?" Bardock looked down and saw a long and deep canyon.
"There," he said simply and they landed a few yards away from it.
"If it's that canyon we're going to, why are we here?" Gohan wondered.
"At the end of that canyon is a powerful and legendary dragon. His power is so great that even the Supreme Kais stay away," Bardock explained.
"Okay. So what does that have to do with us?" Bardock chuckled.
"Gohan, your task is to slay this dragon, and steal one of his fangs."
"SAY WHAT!"
AN: Has Bardock gone insane? What is the purpose of this strange second test? And what of Goku and Vegeta? Will the two most powerful Saiyans be able to take down their opponents? You'll just have to find out in the next chapter of the Salga Saga. Oh and I got a couple of reviews saying that Akira are practically doubles of Gaara and his siblings. And I know that. I'm trying to give them their own identity which I'm hoping will shine through in the second part of fic, which is coming up soon. I'm really looking forward to that because I have a lot more intense fights and more character development planned for the second part, which will start hopefully in three or four chapters. Anyway please Read and Review. See ya!