Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Dragon Ball Z Crossover

not quite human

Chapter 3: Not Quite Human

Gohan walked down the street deep in thought. It was night again, he was half looking for the girl, Buffy and half thinking about the odd set of events that lead him to be here. Life had been tough for the last few years, ever since he'd made the mistake of sadistic revenge over delivering justice that had lead to the death of his father. But it had been fathers selfish fear of responsibly, veiled by 'noble' self sacrifice than had lead to him not letting them wish him back. The only thing that stopped Gohans depression and hatred had been Goten's birth. But lately Gohan had felt those feelings rear there heads again, mostly when he was near anything that reminded him too much of his father, namely everything.

That must have been why Piccolo suggested what he did. Apparently there was some sort of prophecy, about a girl that was a Slayer, being killed and bringing Hell, or rather the Demon Realm, to earth. It was knowledge Piccolo gained from Kami. Apparently the prophecy was close to being fulfilled and Piccolo thought it was wise for someone to be there to prevent it. So he suggested Gohan go, much to his mothers and oddly enough Vegetas disapproval. But in Vegetas case it was mostly that he didn't want to lose his sparring partner. So now Gohan was here, in a strange country, far way from anything he knew and he loved it. Of cause Bulma was paying for everything, so he didn't have to worry about anything other then his goal. The only thing he was having difficultly with was High School, it was boring him. Most of the stuff he was 'learning', he'd been doing when he was seven. But that was a minor irritation. Even though she was still in Japan, his mother had made him promise to keep up with his studies and Gohan always kept his promises. Besides it was necessary in order to get closer to the Slayer. Gohan sighed as he passed a graveyard. That was one of the strange things about this town, there were too many graveyards for its size.

Suddenly his saiyan hearing picked up on the sounds of a fight, from the graveyard. His interest peaked, he jumped up and landed on the wall. He crouched there and watched the fight. There, fighting a couple of vampires, was the girl he met the night before and today. He now knew her to be Buffy. Her fighting style was sloppy and wasteful. She let the vampires get way to close to her and only just recovered in time from her mistakes. She had promise, but needed serious training. Her ki was quite impressive as well. That led Gohan to frown, there was something very odd about the vampires ki's, he'd noticed it last night, but didn't really think about it. But now, as they were fighting, he noticed it more. One of them had two ki's swirling with it and the other, Gohan's eyes widened at what he was feeling, it had four distinct ki's with in it. How in the name of Dende was that possible?

Gohan jumped down from the wall and used his saiyan speed to reach a tree near to where Buffy was, just as she staked her last opponent. Gohan watched in fascination at the vampire turned to dust. It was easily the strangest thing he'd ever seen and considering his life that was saying something. Buffy turned and headed in his direction, Gohan quickly hid behind the tree. He didn't want to reveal himself to her quite yet. After what he'd heard in the library, he was certain she was the Slayer and it had been made clear to him that he needed to learn more before he could trust her with the truth, if ever. She passed him, and Gohan shifted so he could watch her better. He then noticed another figure and mentally cursed. He'd been so focused on her that he hadn't felt for anyone else, but luckily it seemed he hadn't been seen. He studied the new person and realised that it was the librarian from school. What was he doing here?

"You could have done that much better, Buffy." Giles said.

"Yeah," Buffy said. "But I think they got the point." She held up the stake as she said that. Gile cleared his throat.

"Yes, I see." He said. Gohan watched them as they left, he waited for a moment to make sure they'd really gone then stepped out from behind to tree. He walked over to the nearest pile of dust, and crouched next to it. He reached out and touched the dust. He wasn't sure why he did that, it was just weird to think that, this dust had been a person moments before.

"Too strange." He muttered to himself. Then realised he wasn't alone. There was a ki, not too far away, it was so low that it could be an animal, but it was muddled alittle like the vampires, but not quite, he couldn't feel any hostility from it. He stood, and without looking in its direction said.

"You know it's not nice to spy on people." Their was a small flare in the ki. Gohan smirked and turned face the new person. But couldn't see anyone. Then someone stepped out from behind a tree. Gohan raised an eyebrow, had this guy been doing the same thing as he had. The man, had dark hair and eyes and was wearing a dark trench-coat.

"The same could be said to you as well." He said. Gohan shrugged.

"I had my reasons."

"So do I."

"You're a vampire." Gohan said matter-a-factly. The man took a small step back in surprise, then looked suspicious.

"How do you know that?" He asked.

"Your ki and your scent." Gohan said, watching his reaction, which was more worried now. "Why aren't you attacking me?"

"I have a soul." The vampire said. So that's why his ki is alittle more stable than the other vampires. Gohan smiled.

"I'm Gohan." He said, then mentally slapped himself, why did he just do that! The vampire seemed to relax a bit.

"Angel." He said simply, he seemed alittle more curious then suspicious now. "And your not human." He stated. Oh crap! Gohan thought how could he possible know that! His panic must have shown as Angel smirked. "Thought so, it's as you said your scent. What are you?" Gohan pulled himself together.

"My mother's human." He said to his defence. Angel didn't seem impressed.

"What about your father?" Gohan felt a flash of anger at the mention of his father and almost spat out his words.

"What my father was is not important." Oh crap! This is really not my night for keeping secrets! Gohan thought, then did the only sensible thing he could in that situation. He left, so fast that to Angel he must have simply disappeared.