The Salga Saga
Chapter 17
Gohan let out a loud cry as he avoided another blast from the mighty dragon Saioyoshi. He dashed through the canyons, and leaped on top of a cliff in order to avoid another blast. He could feel his heart racing felt the powerful dragon gain on him. Saioyoshi fired another blast that demolished the entire cliff in seconds, but when the smoke cleared, Gohan was gone. The dragon just let out a grunt.
"You're fast I'll give you that. But there's no way you can slay me puny human!"
'Man, he's right!' Gohan thought as he hid behind a cliff outside of Saioyoshi field of vision. 'This dragon is way too powerful for me to slay. What the hell was grandpa thinking when he gave me this training, if you want to call it that!'
"Come out human! Let me put you out of your misery!" Saioyoshi shouted as he destroyed four sets of cliffs with one blast.
'Damn it, not only is his skin harder than any metal I know, but with my broken arm it'll be impossible for me to attack with full power! Great, right now, the only thing I can do is hide.' Suddenly the cliff he was hiding behind was blown to bits, and the young Saiyan hurled through the air.
"There you are!" the dragon laughed as he opened his mouth for another attack.
"Well forget that hiding idea!" Gohan exclaimed as he quickly dodged the massive blasts. The aftershock of the explosion hurled him through two cliffs, but he quickly did a back flip to regain his balance.
"You can't escape!" Saioyoshi yelled, firing another blast. Gohan took to air to avoid it, only to be thrown back into the ground by a slash from Saioyoshi claws. In an act of desperation, Gohan fired four blasts at the monstrous dragon, but the blasts did absolutely nothing, but to make the dragon angrier. Gohan, seeing this, made a dash for where he entered with ground exploding from behind him. He could feel the intense heat from the blasts gain on him even as he ran as fast as he could. The rocks from the blasts flew out from the ground and collided with his back a number of times.
Saioyoshi fired a powerful blue beam in front of Gohan, sending him flying backwards, and into another blast from behind. The young Saiyan hurled through the air again, colliding face first into the ground. His gi was nothing but rags now, and the bottom part of his pants were gone as well. The teenager struggled to get to his feet, but the dragon fired another blast that made him slide through the ground.
"Give up yet? If you do I'll destroy your body quickly. Then maybe your soul as well!"
"Damn it," Gohan muttered. The dragon chuckled evilly, and slammed the teenager into a cliff, then onto the ground with its grand weight on top of him. Blood flew out of Gohan's mouth once he hit the ground, but Saioyoshi wasn't finished. Gohan was tossed into the air then knocked into the ground, making a large hole in it by Saioyoshi massive tail. The monstrous dragon circled around the hole waiting for Gohan to emerge. Suddenly the young half Saiyan exploded from the small crater in his Super Saiyan three form, and gave the monster a powerful uppercut below his jaw, but it had no effect on the powerful creature. Before Gohan could pull back he was caught by one of Saioyoshi's arms.
The first son of Goku yelled out in pain as his ribs were completely crushed along with the rest of his already broken arm. Gohan struggled to power up and to break out of the grip, but it was two strong, and the pain was too much for him. The dragon's eyes glowed with a dark red glow as he laughed.
"Enjoying yourself? Well I admit you're pretty fast, but lets see you dodge this!" with that Saioyoshi opened his wide, and started to charge up a blast that was strong enough to reduce Gohan to nothing but a wondering sprit.
'No way, will it…. Really end here?' Gohan thought fearfully as he watched the blast charging helplessly. 'No I have to do something! If I get killed here, everyone on Earth will die! Mom, Dad, Goten, Videl! And…. Sasami… I have to protect them. I will protect them!'
"Now die!" And the powerful blast was unleashed upon the young half Saiyan, who was completely engulfed in the powerful blast.
OOOOO
The Lookout was silent as Gotenks, and Salga stared each other down. A light wind passed through, and neither made move. The victor of this one match would decide the fate of the entire Earth, and possible the whole galaxy. After two minutes of silence and stillness, Gotenks scoffed, and charged towards the conqueror. However, before he could land a punch, Salga just held up his hand.
"Hold on kid," he said, and turned over to Goku. "I have one more condition."
"What is it?" Goku asked seriously.
"This is strictly a battle between this kid and I. No interference from you or your friends. If you do…" Salga charged up a small ball of ki in his right hand and aimed it towards Bulma and the others, who were, needless to say, petrified with fear. "I'll kill them. Then destroy this entire tower. You understand?"
Goku growled and made a tight fist, he didn't have a choice.
"You coward!" Ryoko exclaimed. "You know you can't win if all gang up on you, so your using them as hostages!" Salga stared at the cyan haired space pirate and laughed, like it was the funniest joke on Earth.
"Foolish woman. Even if you all came at me at once, I'd still be able to kill you all, just by using 20 of my power. But that would be boring. This one on one match up sounds more fun, and I want to keep it that way that's all. Now what do you say?"
"Fine," Goku spat. "One-on-one." Salga discharged the blast, and smiled at Goku.
"So glad you saw it my way." By now Gotenks was extremely annoyed,
"Hey pal are you here to talk to my dad or are you here to get your assed kicked by me!" he shouted with confidence. Salga just smirked.
"You're quite sure of yourself. Do you actually think you can kill me?"
"Hell yeah! Now enough this stupid talking! Let's get down to business!" With that the fused warrior dashed towards the conqueror with a huge smirk on his face as if he thought he could finish this in one blow.
"You're quite eager to die aren't you?" Salga muttered with a smirk on his face as well. The battle began with Gotenks throwing a fast punch, and Salga merely sidestepping it. Gotenks spun around and attacked with a round kick, but once again Salga sidestepped it. Frustrated, Gotenks ran towards conqueror and threw rapid attacks that were a blur to the eye.
"Let's see you dodge this! My Multiple Riceball Assault!" (Remember, most of Gotenks' attacks are named after food, because Goten and Trunks were hungry.) Unfortunately for the young warrior Salga was dodging all his attacks with no effort at all. After he evaded a right punch, Salga lifted his leg, and kicked Gotenks into a pillar like a soccer ball.
"Stupid kid," he muttered. In no time all, Gotenks shot up from the rubble obviously mad.
"That was just a lucky hit you asshole! I'll be ready this time!" By now the rest of the team sweatdropped at Gotenks' obnoxious antics.
"Goku, are you sure he can beat Salga, because it seems to me he's just playing around," Tenchi whispered.
"He's behavior reminds me of a certain someone we all know," Krillin said looking over to Hercule.
"He can do it. You didn't see him fight Evil Buu. He would have destroyed him if his fusion time didn't run out," Goku replied.
"I don't know, I can't help but have my doubts," Kiyone said. Piccolo chuckled.
"Don't worry, knowing Gotenks, he's probably saving his best tricks for last." Said fused fighter attacked with a strong kick, but Salga just dodged again.
"Would you hold you still so I can pound the crap out of you!" The conqueror jumped back, and folded his arms.
"All right kid. One free hit," he said with a smirk. Gotenks smirked as well and dashed towards his opponent with a punch ready.
"One hit will be all that I need to beat you pal!" Seconds later, the fused warrior's fist collided with Salga's chest and the impact echoed throughout the Lookout. But Salga looked as if nothing happened at all. "What the-!"
"Did you attack already?" he asked with a yawn. Gotenks jumped up, and gave the man a swift kick to his neck in response, but just like all his punch, it did nothing. Salga's response to this, was another kick to Gotenks' chest, sending him flying
"Damn it," he muttered, standing up. Salga turned to Goku and the others once again with a look of disappointment and boredom.
"Is this the fighter you promised that could defeat me? He's nothing but an experienced child! Why don't you fight me yourself?" Goku ignored Salga, and turned to Gotenks.
"Hey Gotenks, you can't win as you are, you have to go to Super Saiyan 3!" However, Gotenks just waved it off.
"I'll save that for later," he said simply and walked towards his opponent. 'A little more playing around like this, and he'll think he has me whipped. That's when I show him my true power.' Gotenks smirked at his plan, and went into another stance. Before Salga could blink, Gotenks dashed towards him, and gave him a strong boot to his face, but besides a small bruise it did nothing. In response to this the dark fighter punched Gotenks to the ground with more force than his attacks before.
"I grow with you," he said annoyingly, and pointed a charged up blast towards him. "I'll just kill you right now." While everyone else had looks of fear, and concern, Gotenks just smirked.
'That's it!'
"Die."' With that Salga fired the blast that completely engulfed Gotenks. The dark warrior then turned to the rest of the gang, who were sending him deadly glares. "Oh, so now you all want to fight?"
"You bastard! I'll tear you're frggin' head off!" Ryoko shouted.
"Well then, by all means come." But before Ryoko could, Gotenks leaped out of the smoke, and made Salga across the ground with a strong and sudden punch.
"HA! Got Ya! Thought you got me didn't you! Well I was just messing around with you before! Now I'm serious!"
"Well, if your serious, then come." Gotenks chuckled.
"You're going to regret those words pal!" As the fused warrior charged, Salga wrapped his fingers around his sword hilt. Just as Gotenks was about throw a strong punch, Salga drew his sword at such a speed it was practically impossible to see. But Gotenks managed to see it, and teleported into the air at the last second.
"Not bad," the conqueror mumbled. Gotenks replied with a cocky laugh.
"You're going have to be faster than that if you want to hit me with that thing!"
"What if I was?" Gotenks just raised eyebrow at this. Then, unexpectedly a slash cut formed on his stomach.
"What the-!" Videl exclaimed when she saw it. "How did he get cut? I didn't see the sword touch him."
"It was the air of the sword," Piccolo replied. "Salga drew his sword so fast that he cut the very air in front of him."
'That was just the air of his sword,' Gotenks thought. 'Better not get close enough to feel the real thing.'
"What's the matter kid? Are you going to stay up there?"
"Take this ugly!" Gotenks fired countless ki blasts at the dark fighter, but no look of concern crossed his face.
"No Gotenks, that isn't going to work!" Goku exclaimed.
"What?" Goku's statement was proven true to the young fused warrior when Salga slashed all the blasts back at the sender. "No way!" Gotenks started to dart all around the air, trying to avoid his own ki blasts. When he managed to dodge them all, Gotenks looked down, only to find his opponent gone. "Damn it, now where is he!"
"Hey Gotenks, behind you!" Tenchi exclaimed. Gotenks looked behind him, only to be knocked into the ground by a strong boot to his face.
"If you say that you weren't expecting, then you're even more inexperienced than I thought." Gotenks growled as he emerged from the new hole in the Lookout.
"Hey you bastard! That's no fair!"
"What stupid kid," Salga muttered to himself with the same smirk on his face.
"Well two can play at that game!" With that, Gotenks suddenly disappeared. The conqueror had no look of concern on his face. He simply spun around, and kicked Gotenks into the temple of the Lookout, just as he was reappearing. The fused warrior burst out of the rubble, and dashed towards Salga with a look of pure anger and annoyance on his face.
'So he's going to try another frontal assault eh? That's so predictable. This is going to be another boring fight for me,' Salga thought to himself. When Gotenks was about to throw a punch, he suddenly flipped over his opponent. Taken aback by this, Salga spun around, only to be kicked high in the air, by a sudden double back kick. Gotenks used a blast of ki to hurl himself into the air, and to deliver another kick to the older man.
"Now for one of my favorite attacks! Galactic Doughnuts!" Two ki rings appeared above Salga, who had never seen such an attack before, and suddenly wrapped around him. They suddenly got tighter as Gotenks placed his two fists together.
"I see. You knew I would be expecting a frontal attack from you, so you only pretended, just to set me up for this attack," Salga figured. The young fighter let out loud laugh.
"HA! That's ugly. Now hold still, this attack isn't over yet! Ka Me Ha Me HA! The dark warrior was engulfed in the blue wave, and when it faded, he fell to the ground.
"That was a nice move," Kiyone commented.
"Yeah, but can he pull another one. I have this feeling that Salga isn't finished yet," Yamcha said.
"Let's see you get up after that!" Gotenks laughed again, but was cut short, by Salga's joyful laughter. When he got to his feet, there were no marks or cuts to show he had received Gotenks's wave at all.
"Man," Yamcha groaned. "I hate it when I'm right."
"How can he not have a scratch after taking the full blast of my Kame ha me ha wave!" Gotenks exclaimed.
"That was a strong blast you have there, I actually felt that a one. A little bit anyway," Salga chuckled.
'This guy,' Piccolo thought. 'He held himself as soon as he got with Gotenks's wave. He can heal himself much faster than Gallio can, and to top it all off, from what Goku tells me he can't feel any pain at all. How can Gotenks beat a guy like this?'
"Care to do that again? I really enjoyed it."
"No, but try this! Buster Cannon!" (Trunks's move Budokai. Just FYI) Salga merely slapped the blast away, but as he turned his head, he received a strong punch to his face, making him slide an inch. But before Gotenks could follow it up, the conqueror gave him a sudden knee to his stomach. While he was still stunned, Salga grabbed his head, and slammed him through the Lookout floor, making him fall from the Lookout itself.
"Gotenks!" Goku called. Everyone ran to the edge to see if the young boy was still falling, only to find him gone.
"Hey, where'd he go?" Tenchi wondered. They all wondered if he had hit the ground already when a familiar voice cried out,
"KA ME HA ME HA!" Salga looked behind him only to see a powerful wave shoot towards him from the air. But as usual Salga was not concerned. He simply put out his right palm.
"Dragon Blast." A red and orange blast shot towards the wave, and easily blasted through it, leaving everyone it a state of shock, especially Gotenks.
"How'd he do that?" With almost no time, Gotenks just barely managed to dodge the powerful blast, and shot towards his opponent. The brother of Gallio caught a fast punch, and pulled Gotenks into a powerful uppercut, that sent him flying across the ground. The fused warrior got to his feet again, and disappeared.
"This again," Salga groaned, with bored tone, and turned to punch Gotenks, only to find he wasn't there.
"Behind you pal!" The young fighter kicked the man in his back sending him to the other side of the Lookout, but as he was about to land, Gotenks appeared in front him, and kicked him into the air. When Salga opened one eye, he saw Gotenks in front of him again, and the little man, gave him a kick that sent him flying to the ground. Gotenks kept knocking Salga around the sky like a pinball for ten minutes until he finally let the man hit the ground. By that time, his face was covered in bruises and small cuts. And the fall broke three of his ribs as well.
"HA! Let's see you get up after that!"
"All right then," Salga replied suddenly, and got to his feet as if nothing happened.
"WHAT! NO WAY! YOU HAVE TO BE BLUFFING! I KNOCKED YOU AROUND THE FRIGGN' SKY FOR TEN WHOLE MINUTES HOW YOU CAN YOU GET UP SO SUDDENLY AFTER THAT!" Gotenks bellowed. Salga however completely ignored his annoyed opponent and healed himself.
"Are you done shouting?" he asked calmly. A large vein popped on Gotenks head, and he suddenly started to gather much ki.
"All right, I wanted to save this for later, but you leave me with no choice! Well at least it gives me an excuse to try out some of the new techniques I added to it!" Salga chuckled at this.
"Well then show me this technique of yours."
"Fine you asked for it! Take this! My, Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!"
"Super Ghost Kami-what?" Ryoko wondered. "What in the hell kind of attack is that?" Piccolo just slapped his forehead.
"Just see for yourself," he said simply. Gotenks took a deep breath and after a while he blew out what looked like visible air. But it soon took form of a ghostly Gotenks look alike, with a goofy grin on its face.
"Oh my…" Ayeka remarked.
"Doesn't look like much," Kiyone commented.
"I think it looks cute!" Miyoshi exclaimed.
"Only you would Miyoshi."
"Uh…..Piccolo….just what kind of attack is that?" Krillin wondered.
"Don't look at me! I didn't teach it to them!" the namek exclaimed. "It's nothing more than a childish game."
"Well if he was saving it for last, then it must be great, right?" Yamcha asked.
"Yeah it has its….advantages," Piccolo replied. Salga on the other hand, just laughed at the ghost. Who didn't take too kindly at being mocked.
"Do you honestly believe some…disfigured clone of yourself, will help you defeat me! You must be inexperienced. Either that, or trying to kill me with laughter! If you are then its working!" Gotenks just smirked.
"Hey ghost!" he called. "He's underestimating your power!"
"What!" the ghost exclaimed.
"Go in there, and show him what you got!" The ghost nodded, and blasted towards the still laughed conqueror.
'What a simple attack this is. It has absolutely no strategy involved,' Salga thought as the ghost came closer. When it was close enough, Salga slapped it to the ground, but the ghost, rather than looking shocked, smirked. About a nanosecond later, a major explosion rocked the Lookout, destroying everything near it.
"He blew himself up!" Tenchi exclaimed coving his eyes from the powerful blast.
"Yeah, why else do you think it has Kamikaze in it?" Piccolo replied.
"What an explosion!" Krillin commented. "Who would have thought such a little guy packed that much of a punch!"
"I bet Salga was the most surprised!" Goku remarked.
"And stay down you bastard!" Gotenks shouted at the explosion. When it finally faded, and the smoke cleared, it revealed Salga still standing, barely however. The entire right side of his body was completely blown away, and horrible third degree burns scarred his face, or what was left of it. A part of his left leg was away as well, along with some of his stomach. To Gotenks, he was on his last legs, and was about to deliver the final blast, but the conqueror was laughing as if he had enjoyed it.
"He's….laughing?" Ayeka said shocked, and appalled.
"What kind of person is he?" Videl wondered.
"Obviously not the friendly type," Hercule said as he cowered behind Buu. As his healing powers began to take effect, Salga still continued to laugh, which continued to completely freak out Gotenks.
"That…..hurt……" he laughed. "That actually hurt! Now that was enjoyable!"
'That freak! He actually enjoyed it!' Gotenks thought.
"Care to use that attack again. It was truly invigorating." The fused warrior spat, and started to power up.
"All right, you seem to like pain, then I'm going to show you a world worth of pain!" After a few minutes, Gotenks was in his Super Saiyan three form, and went into a stance to show he was ready.
"That trick again? Can all of you do this, because it's getting old and fast," Salga groaned. Gotenks just grinned.
"Don't worry, I'll make it really exciting for you. Now let's go!" With those words, Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks charged towards the dark conqueror Salga.
OOOOO
Saioyoshi laughed as he watched his powerful blast engulf the half Saiyan. Seeing the fight finished, the mighty dragon went off to cave to get back to sleep, but a golden light caught his eye. It rose out of the hole his last blast created, and it looked to be a golden shield. Much to his surprise, Gohan was creating it!
"What! Where do you get such power!" the dragon shouted. Gohan was just as perplexed. The shield just suddenly appeared around him as if it had a mind of its own.
'What the heck is happening?' he asked himself.
"Take this!" Another powerful blast was shot his way, and Gohan thought he was done for, but after the attack hit, the shield was still standing. As it continued to protect him, he could also feel it healing his broken arm, and giving him more energy.
'This is awesome! This shield is so powerful it can hold off his attacks! But I wonder if it can attack too?' The shield suddenly started to fade, but the golden light was concentrated into Gohan's right palm. Confused, the half Saiyan made a fist, and out of nowhere, the light formed into a sword.
"You think a sword can stop me! What a joke!" Saioyoshi laughed, and fired another blast. Gohan dodged and dashed towards the dragon with his new speed.
'Let's see how sharp you are!' he thought, and leaped towards the dragon. Before it could fire another blast, Gohan ran his new sword across Saioyoshi snake like body, creating a deep, and blood filled slash that made the powerful dragon cry out in pain.
"You bastard! What kind of sword is that!" The half Saiyan looked down with a confused expression at the sword.
"I don't know. But with it, I know I'm going to slay you. Now let's go!"
AN: (Sigh) Another chapter done, and it took me forever. Sorry about the delay, again, I've just been swamped with homework, and projects. It's even worse than it was last year. Man I really hate High School. Anyway, can Gotenks and Gohan be able to defeat such powerful opponents? Will Gohan figure out the mysteries behind his Dragon Wings by defeating Saioyoshi? Can Gotenks overcome all odds, and defeat Salga? You'll just have to find out in the next chapter of The Salga Saga. Oh and two other things, the Gotenks vs. Salga fight will most likely only be like two more chapters then the second part of the fic. And I know I've been mentioning this a lot lately, but once you see what I have planned for it, you'll see why it's such a big deal to me. And the first chapter of my AU Gohan/Sasami fic is almost done, I may post it along with the next chapter of this fic, whenever that may be. So anyway read and review. See ya!