The Salga Saga
Chapter 18
Gotenks let out a loud cocky laugh as he stood with his arms on his hips, and his golden aura flaring around him. He had transformed into his Super Saiyan 3 form, and was absolutely confident that he could beat Salga.
"HA! Now that I'm in this form, I can totally beat you!" Salga just yawned as he watched the young boy. He had already seen this trick twice, and beaten the fighters who opposed him with it.
"How boring," the conqueror said as he yawned again. A vein popped on Gotenks' head.
"You don't even know the kind of awesome powers I have in this form!"
"Well then, by all means show me."
"All right, I will!" the fused fighter exclaimed, and dashed towards Salga with a punch ready. Salga merely sidestepped the little boy, and grabbed his long hair.
"I don't see how growing longer hair gives you more power," the older man said, and threw him into a pillar. Within seconds, Gotenks was up, and fired rapid blasts at his opponent. The conqueror closed his eyes, and began to dodge them with the slightest motions.
"Goku, I'll ask you again, are you sure he can do it?" Tenchi asked the older man. Goku nodded.
"I hope he can at least."
"Well it's not a good idea to bet it all when you don't know your opponents full hand," Ryoko stated.
"And I bet you would know so much about that, wouldn't you Ms. Ryoko," Ayeka remarked.
"Shut up you snotty princes!"
"Not now you two," Piccolo interrupted.
"Yes, can't the children behave for one moment?" Vegeta mockingly asked. This caused veins to pop on Ryoko and Ayeka's heads.
"What did you call us!" they exclaimed in unison, but Tenchi quickly shushed them.
"But still, Ryoko does bring up a good point. How can we really be sure Gotenks can win? We haven't even seen a quarter of Salga's full power yet," Kiyone said. "We should at least have a plan B."
"We don't have time right now. The only thing we can do now is put our trust in Gotenks," Goku replied. "If he can use his power wisely then he can win."
"I just hope your right Goku," Kiyone said, and turned her head back to the fight. Gotenks fired a powerful blast that Salga simply slapped away in the other direction. The fused fighter let out a growl of frustration, and dashed towards his opponent.
"I'm gonna wipe that smirk right off your ugly face!" he declared. The conqueror titled his head to the right, evading the punch, and sent the boy flying with a fast front kick to his chin. Gotenks back flipped in mid-air to regain his balance, and fired his Buster Cannon. The blast collided with the enemy, but when the smoke cleared, Salga was gone. "What the-!"
"Is this the awesome power you were talking about?" the older man whispered from behind him. Before Gotenks could react, he was slammed into the ground with Salga's weight on top of him. Gotenks let out a loud cry, and exploded from underneath the ground. Salga jumped back just to see what he was up to. The fused boy flared up his golden aura, and charged. When he was close enough, Salga went in for a kick only to have Gotenks disappear a second before the impact. Salga raised an eyebrow, but before he could look for his small opponent, Gotenks came down on his head with a strong elbow strike. Salga simply let out a grunt, and threw up his arms to get the child off of him. Gotenks quickly flipped off of his shoulders, and sent the older man flying. In the blink of an eye, Gotenks was above the conqueror and slammed him into the ground with fast punch.
Just as he was about to get up, the young boy fired rapid ki blasts covering the entire area in smoke, making it almost impossible to see his opponent. Gotenks growled at himself for making it harder for him to see Salga.
"Damn it! Where is he!" he shouted at the smoke. The boy instantly stepped back into a stance the second he saw a shadow move amongst the smoke. The second he saw it again, Gotenks fired a powerful blast but the shadow disappeared.
"Too slow," the conqueror whispered quickly in Gotenks' ear, then sent the young boy skidding across ground with a strong kick. Gotenks got up with a growl, and fired rapid ki blasts at Salga who once again dodged them with ease. Gotenks began to up the intensity and speed of his blasts, but Salga kept on dodging them. Frustrated the young boy took to the air and reeled his head back.
"All right that's it! Take this ugly! Victory Cannon!" A very powerful blast shot out from the fused warrior's mouth and looked as if Salga couldn't dodge this one. There was a fierce explosion when the blast hit its target, making smoke fly out in every direction.
"What an attack!" Tenchi exclaimed as he covered his eyes from the smoke.
"Did it get him?" Ryoko wondered, struggling to see through the smoke.
"I highly doubt that," Washu replied. After a few minutes the smoke cleared reveling Salga still standing, and it looked as if he had side stepped the whole blast at the last minute. Now there was a large gapping hole from where the blast hit.
"No way! How did he dodge it! It was only inches away from him!" Gotenks exclaimed in disbelief. Salga turned to Goku.
"This fighter is beginning to bore me," he said to spiky haired fighter. "You said that he would be able to defeat me." Goku made a tight fist, and looked up to Gotenks.
"Gotenks! You have to quit playing around! This is serious!"
"Who's playing around?" Gotenks muttered to himself. "I've been throwing my best moves at him, and he's just dodging them or countering them like they're nothing! No matter! I just gotta keep trying that's all!" Gotenks swooped down from the sky, and began to throw rapid punches at his opponent, who had a bored expression on his face as he dodged them.
Salga caught one of the fused fighter's punches, and pulled him into a knee to his gut. But instead of doubling over in pain, Gotenks used his knees as a springboard to flip over the older man. As soon as he turned around, Gotenks kicked him into the air. Seconds later he appeared above him in the air, and punched him through the ceiling of the temple on the lookout. Salga burst out only to be hit by one of Gotenks' Victory Cannons, which made Salga go flying again. Gotenks appeared nose to nose with man, with big grin on his face.
"Now take this! Super Ghost Kamikaze attack!" A look of shock crossed Salga's face as he watched Gotenks use such a strong attack at this close range. The second the ghost was fully out of his mouth, Gotenks quickly teleported to the ground, and a huge explosion rocked the sky. "Got him!"
"Nice one Gotenks! Using your ghost attack at point blank range, there's no way he could have dodged that!" Krillin exclaimed.
"Yeah! There's no way that jerk could of dodge that!" Gotenks laughed. The boy was taken aback by the sudden looks of shock and fear on his friends' faces. "Hey what's wrong?" But he got his answer when a sword was placed inches away from his neck.
"Now, what jerk were you talking about?" Salga asked with a chuckle.
"There's no way! How in the hell were you able to dodge that!" Gotenks yelled. Salga just laughed.
"The minute your little ghost touched me, that's when I dodged. I applaud you. I actually had to use a portion of my full power to dodge the explosion."
'Gotenks' Ghost Kamikaze attack triggers a powerful explosion the second it touches anything solid. For Salga to dodge the actual the blast, he must have the speed of a god! And that was only a fraction of his full speed!' Piccolo thought as he shook in fear. 'What is this guy?'
'If that was only a portion of his full speed, then at full speed, he would be able to circle around the entire universe in 30 seconds!' Washu thought, and then inwardly sighed. 'If wasn't so evil, I would have loved to have him as a test subject!'
"It's not over yet!" Gotenks declared, and teleported into the air. He raised his hands over his head, and fired countless powerful blasts. Salga just yawned.
"This again? How many times must I show you? Such attacks won't work!" With that said, the conqueror swung his sword at the approaching blasts, and deflected them back their sender. The blasts came in with such speed that it was impossible for Gotenks to get away. A few moments later he was hit with his own blasts.
"Oh no! Gotenks!" Goku cried. Salga just laughed.
"He should have known better. No way he could have gotten away."
"Oh I beg to differ!" a voice cried from behind him. Salga turned around, only to be blown away by Gotenks' Victory Cannon. "You aren't the only one with speed you know!" By now Salga was nothing but a pair of bloody legs, and the young boy let out a cocky laugh.
"D-d-did he get him?" Hercule asked from behind Buu. "I mean, he isn't getting up right? He's just a pair of legs. So the kid got him right?" But when the legs suddenly shot up, Hercule let out a loud girlish cry. The legs took to the air, and started to spin around like a twister. In a few minutes, Salga was completely reconstructed.
"Ah! I never get tired of that!" he laughed. "Hey kid, you're blast hit me so fast I couldn't feel it. Pity. I would have loved to feel it tearing my body apart!"
"Is this guy crazy!" Yamcha commented. "What kind of guys actually wants to feel himself being torn apart!" A blast suddenly came straight for the former bandit, which made him jump into the arms of someone.
"Watch your mouth, you pathetic human," Salga said. When he turned around, Yamcha let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew that was close!"
"Get off of me you disgusting human!" Unfortunately for Yamcha, the person who's arms he jumped into, was Vegeta. The angered prince dropped Yamcha to the ground and just huffed.
"Oh come on Vegeta. If you didn't like, why did you hold him for so long?" Krillin teased.
"Are you ready to again shorty!"
"Hey! I am not short! I've grown over the years!" Krillin replied proudly. Vegeta just scoffed.
"About what? An inch?"
"No!" Krillin yelled. "More like three…"
"What was that?"
"Nothing! Just watch the fight!"
"Are you ready to begin again?" Salga asked. He received his answer when Gotenks shot towards him with a strong punch ready to plow through his stomach. Salga side stepped him, and kicked them through the temple wall. When Gotenks flew out of the other side, Salga appeared behind him, and kicked him through the same holes he made. The fused fighter jumped to his feet, and threw a fast punch only to have it caught, and hurled towards the edge of the Lookout. Before he could regain his balance, Salga knocked him off with a sudden punch that looked like a blur. As he fell, Gotenks let out a Victory Cannon that destroyed the part of the Lookout Salga was standing on, making him fall as well. When the two were close enough, they became blurs that intertwined with each other as they fought in the air.
Salga dodged a swift kick from his small opponent, and countered with a fierce right hook that sent Gotenks crashing through four trees.
"Ready to give up yet?" the conqueror asked as he descended to the ground. Gotenks replied by firing a strong ki blast at the man, who just slapped it away. The fused fighter suddenly charged, and attacked with a strong punch, only to have Salga dodge it, and give him a swift boot to his chin.
"All right," Gotenks spat. "I wanted to save this move for my big finish, but looks like you're making me." Salga's eyebrows raised in interest at what the boy said.
"Really? Show it to me then." Gotenks let out a laugh.
"All right but you're going to regret it!"
OOOOOGohan jumped away from another blast from the dragon Saioyoshi, and slashed the dragon across his body with his new sword that seemed to come out of nowhere. The mighty dragon let out a loud cry before firing another blast that leveled an entire area of the canyon they were fighting in. Gohan came in from the side, and attacked with a downward slash, but was knocked into a cliff by one of the dragon's massive claws.
"I don't know where that sword came from, or how it received the power to defeat me, but sword or no sword I will make you into nothing but a spirit!" Saioyoshi declared, firing another blast. Gohan jumped out from the cliff and took to the air.
'I don't know where this sword came from either. This is just like when I fought Gallio,' Gohan thought. 'Wait! Why am I remembering that fight now? That was seven years ago!' The half Saiyan's thoughts were cut off by another blast that he just barely managed to dodge. As a counter, Gohan came down, and stabbed Saioyoshi through his side. The dragon knocked Gohan to the ground with his tail. Gohan could tell from the amount of blood Saioyoshi was losing, he was on his last legs, and he knew that the dragon sensed it too.
"I will destroy you!" Saioyoshi declared, and began to power up one final blast. Gohan sensed this and landed on a cliff not too far away.
'How will he come at me?' the half Saiyan thought. His question was answered when a powerful blue aura began to surround the dragon, he charged towards Gohan.
"Die!" The young half Saiyan could tell that this was the dragon's most powerful attack because of the fierce aura around it. Gohan gripped his new sword tighter as he prepared himself for the worst.
'What kind of attack will it be?' the teenaged half Saiyan asked himself. The fierce blue aura began to grow into the air, and it was starting to make the entire canyon shake. A cold powerful wind that felt like little knives slashing him all over, was raging through the great canyon. Gohan dug his feet into the ground to keep himself from being blown away, even though that what he would prefer to do. He wanted to get away from this monster as soon as possible, but he had to finish. He had to get stronger.
"I SHALL ELMINATE YOU AND EVERYTHING AROUND YOU!" The dragon bellowed, as he made his aura even larger.
'I should have known that it was that kind of attack,' Gohan thought. 'How do I counter this?'
All around Other World everyone was feeling the massive shaking of Saioyoshi's attack, and they all feared the worst. The dragon's rising could be seen even from Earth's check in station. And obviously, King Yema wasn't assumed.
"Oh no! I thought Saioyoshi was dormant! Who could have awakened him!" the red king exclaimed, as he tried to keep his paperwork on his big table.
"It's Son Gohan," Baba replied, floating on her crystal ball.
"What! Goku's son! Damn it! He's just as troublesome as his father! Doesn't he realize the danger we're all in now! If that attack hits, we'll all become sprits floating about in endless limbo!"
"I have a feeling he was aware of the risk. And he'll pull through, he is the Son of Goku after all. Oh and one more thing," Baba began.
"What! More bad news!"
"Eh….I'm not sure. Right now on Earth, Gotenks is battling Salga. I figured that you'd want to watch it on your big screen TV. But it is Pay-Per-View." King Yema just growled.
"All this shaking will probably only interfere with my reception anyway!" The big red king let out a sigh. "So Gohan is facing one of the most powerful beings in Other World, while his brother and his friend are fighting one of the most powerful beings in the universe! Arg! Why does Goku's family always get involved with things like this!"
"Natural born heroes I guess. Now which fight do you wish to watch?" Baba asked, getting her crystal ball ready.
"Gohan and Saioyoshi. The sooner this shaking stops the better!" King Yema replied. Baba nodded, and chanted the necessary spell, and soon everyone in the check-in station was watching. Meanwhile on a hill not too far away from the canyon, Bardock was watching, along with the old man that was with him before.
"Do you have any idea what you have just done? He cannot defeat Saioyoshi!" the old man exclaimed. Bardock just smirked.
"I think he can. He has Saiyan blood flowing through his veins after all." The old man sighed.
"If we all become sprits wandering in limbo, I can't wait to see what you say then."
Gohan could tell that Saioyoshi's attack was finished charging because of the fact that most of the massive aura had shifted to his mouth. Blue rays of ki were seeping out of his mouth as if this attack was too much for even him. Gohan wondered if his sword would be enough to stop such a powerful move. Preparing for the worst, he quickly transformed into Super Saiyan 3, and went into a ready stance. The cliffs were being demolished by the intense shaking the dragon was creating, and the ground was being split into two. When the half Saiyan looked up, he saw that Saioyoshi's pupils had rolled back into his skull, and a massive ki ball was forming.
"NOW DIE! DRAGON HELLBLAST!" With that the dragon unleashed the mighty attack. The blast was probably as big as he was, and as wide as the entire canyon. There was no room for Gohan to dodge it, it too big.
'If I can dodge, I'll just go through it!' The teen placed his new sword on the ground, and cupped his hands together, preparing himself for his biggest Kame me ha wave since Cell.
"KA….ME….HA…..ME….HA!" The blue wave collided with the massive blue blast, and everything around Gohan became white as the two blasts struggled against each other. Gohan put even ki into his attack, but it wasn't enough to push Saioyoshi's attack up even an inch. The dragon laughed at Gohan's attempt to stop his blast, and only added more power to it, making the half Saiyan slide back. Gohan dug his foot into the ground, and added more ki into his wave, and succeeded in moving the dragon's attack up, only to have it push down on his wave even more.
'It's not enough! He's too powerful!' he yelled in his mind. His wave was slowly being overpowered, and it only a few minutes he would be nothing but a sprit floating around with no hope of revival.
"Is that the best you can do boy! HA! You might as well just give up now!" Saioyoshi laughed, and added even more ki to his blast. By now the dragon's attack was only two feet away from Gohan, his wave close to being completely overrun. His feet were slowly being pushed off the cliff and his wave was rapidly losing power. In a few seconds he and everyone else in Other World would be nothing, but non-existing sprits trapped in eternal limbo. At that moment, the wind from the blast blew Gohan's sword towards him. Without thinking, he quickly grabbed it, leaving his kame me ha wave one handed. As soon as he grabbed the weapon something inside of him just him to swing it. Thinking he didn't have much of a choice anyway, Gohan swung the sword, unleashing a powerful blast that twisted around his wave, making it into a golden spiral that was engulfing the dragon's blast.
"WHAT! WHAT IS THIS!" The golden spiral completely swallowed the dragon, and Gohan could hear him being ripped to pieces by it. After a few minutes, everything died down, and all was calm. When he uncovered his eyes, he saw the mighty dragon in a pile of pieces, and the sword was gone. Remembering his other task, he jumped down from the cliff, and approached the head.
"All this trouble for one little fang?" Gohan said to himself as he took the fang, and examined it. Sure it was large, probably twice the size of his index finger, but it didn't look any special. He had to wonder, just what his grandfather had in mind. "Oh well I guess I'll find out eventually." With that said, Gohan flew off, his second task in this strange training program was complete.
OOOOO
Salga dodged another round of fast punches from Gotenks, who flipped backwards, and fired two strong ki blasts. The conqueror simply sidestepped it, and dodged another punch.
"So what's this special technique you were telling me about? I actually want to see it," Salga said.
"You just wait! I'll show it to you when I'm ready!" Gotenks exclaimed, and fired another blast. When the smoke cleared, Salga was behind him with his sword at his neck.
"I think it would be in your best interest to show me now, while you still can." Gotenks just smirked, and whirled around.
"All right you asked for it!" The fused boy's hands glowed a bright yellow, and he fired it at the man, who was caught completely off guard. A bright white glow covered the entire area, and the onlookers on the Lookout grew concerned.
"What do you think is happening?" Kiyone wondered.
"Was Gotenks on the throwing end or the receiving end of that light?" Krillin asked no one in particular.
"Throwing end!" the fused boy shouted as he flew towards the large tower.
"Gotenks, where's Salga?" Tenchi asked. The boy just let out a large grin, and pulled out something from behind his back, a volleyball.
"Here he is!"
"A volleyball? He's a volleyball?" Videl said. Piccolo just slapped his forehead.
"This technique Gotenks!" he yelled.
"Come on it'll work!" Gotenks yelled back. "Now everyone, let's play volleyball!" With that said, Gotenks spiked the yellow ball to Piccolo, who just groaned, and bumped it over to Goku. The orange clad Saiyan knocked it to Washu, who let out a huge grin.
"I just love this game!" She spiked it, but instead of going to the closest person, it completely passed everyone, and was heading straight for the ground. "But I haven't played in a while." Gotenks panicked.
"Oh no! If it hits the ground, it'll explode and completely destroy the Lookout!"
"Thanks for telling us now!" Ryoko yelled. It seemed that the ball would hit, when Videl dove, and managed to bump it up. Sasami came up from behind, and set it up to Gotenks, who let out a huge grin.
"Now! Genkitotsu Buu Buu Volleyball!" Gotenks slammed the yellow ball towards the ground, and smirked when he saw it hit the ground. The second it did, a massive explosion rocked that area, leaving a large crater where it hit. "Oh yeah! I'd love to see him come back after that one!"
"What a technique," Kiyone said in amazement.
"Yes. It seems impossible for Salga to be alive after such a attack," Ayeka agreed.
"HA! I told you that you would regret it you bastard!" Gotenks yelled at the crater. "Now look at you dead! I am the greatest!" While Gotenks was still gloating, Sasami went over to Videl, and helped her up.
"That was a nice dive," she complemented.
"Yeah well I've always been the athletic type," Videl replied. "I was even voted, the most athletic in school." Sasami gave her an interested look.
"Really? To be honest, you don't look like the athletic type to me," she admitted. Videl let out a small laugh.
"I guess don't." Suddenly there was a strong rumbling coming from the ground below. Everyone looked over the edge to see Salga rise from the crater as if nothing had hit him.
"No way!" Gotenks shouted.
"Well that was enjoyable. Care to try again?" Salga asked with a slight chuckle. Gotenks let out a loud, frustrated growl.
'Damn it. What the hell is this guy? And how do I beat him?'
AN: Good question Gotenks. How can Gotenks defeat Salga now that he has survived one of his most powerful attacks? And what is the importance of Saioyoshi's fang to Gohan's training? To find out, you'll just have to read the next chapter of the Salga Saga. Okay, announcer role aside, I just want to say I'm really sorry for taking so long. It's just that I've been so damned DBZ deprived. They stopped showing it on weekdays, and only show it on Saturdays, and the worst part is, it's not even consistent. They would show a DBZ episode, then next week show some dumb live-action movie, even though it's supposed to be CARTOON network. And two weeks ago, I could have bought Broly: The Second Coming when I went to Best Buy with my dad, but no, I had to buy Madlax instead! It's still a good anime, but now I'm starting to rue getting it rather than getting The Second Coming instead. And so because of these factors I lost my DBZ inspiration for this fic for a while. (Sigh) I'm trying to get it back somehow, going on DBZ sites, watching it on Comcast On Demand, but it's never as good as watching it on TV every weeknight. I'm also trying to avoid discontinuing or putting it on hiatus. But since the next chapter is the last chapter of the Gotenks vs. Salga match, and the beginning of the second part of the fic, I am seriously hopping my inspiration will return, in some shape or form. Oh and on a side note, my Gohan/Sasami AU fic is almost done, and it's going to go in the DBZ section rather than Anime Crossovers, mostly because it does center on Gohan mostly, and only some of the Tenchi crew. So anyway, please read and review, and check out my AU fic, when it's up. So See ya next chapter!