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Ah-- [instead of protest or tell her to let him go, he listens yet again. that grin of his was almost completely gone now. she was frightened in a sense... was that what he was feeling? was this what the world had done to beings like her and Vegeta? for some reason it's enough to make him tremble too. not out of the gravity of the situation, but of the challenge being presented before him. never before was there a challenge he couldn't face. not until Lord Bills humbled him. but Goku knew that when there was far more on the line, with hope in his eyes and fire in his heart, he couldn't lose]

Saori...

[his gaze settles on his arm where she had clutched him so tightly, as if contemplating something]