Dragonball Z: Garlic Jr. Saga [4]

THE BATTLE OF THE STRONGEST

Krillen takes on his opponent, and shows outstanding fighting prowess, blocking a series of punches, then catching the leg of his enemy. He is hit down to the floor before he can get a shot in though. He recovers, and charges at his opponent, and the two start a brawl.

Gohan takes on the strongest of the Spice Boys - their leader. The two are fairly evenly matches until the evil one gets behind Gohan, and wraps his hair round the kid’s neck. Gohan starts to go blue, gasping for breath. His arms drop by his side, as he is rendered unconscious. He manages to regain a little bit of energy though, and can open his eyes slightly. He sees Krillen getting beat up quite badly, and knows that he must help. Gohan explodes with energy, driving his opponent backwards. He then goes down to Krillen, who is on the floor. Krillen's opponent charges in at them, and Gohan blasts him with a Masenko, catching him off guard, and sending him into the wall. He is hurt badly, and unable to get up. The leader of the Spice Boys then comes towards them, and mocks Gohan, but Krillen charges in, and hits him in the stomach. While the Spice Boy is bent over in pain, Gohan goes up to him, and delivers an uppercut, which sends him right into the wall. Gohan and Krillen try to catch their breath, as they look on, watching Piccolo fight.

The Namek charges up a bit, and he and Garlic Jr exchange blasts. Piccolo uses his special beam cannon (Which he can now charge up to full power in a second) but it is dodged. Garlic Jr uses eye lasers, but none of them can hit Piccolo.

Piccolo uses his extending limb trick to chase Garlic with his arms, but he can’t catch him up. The two of them end up going back into hand-to-hand, with Piccolo becoming the obvious victor, knocking a bloody Garlic Jr down to the floor, then demanding that he gives up. Garlic Jr just laughs at him though, and staggers up to his feet. Piccolo is worried by this, and Garlic turns to face him. He tells Piccolo that the red star in the air is the source of his immense power, and with it, he is way stronger than he has ever been before.

GARLIC JR STEPS IT UP A NOTCH

He then holds out his arms, and the whole lookout starts to rock, shaking violently from side to side. Garlic Jr is surrounded in an aura of energy, and he laughs as he becomes more and more powerful. Piccolo realizes that Garlic Jr is transforming into his most powerful state, and shouts at Gohan and Krillen to get out of the place, otherwise they will be dead meat. The two run away obediently, but they can’t escape the mammoth blast that Garlic creates when he manages to fully transform into his strongest state. The blast destroys the whole place, bringing it down in ruins. Standing up through the whole thing though, was Garlic Jr. He laughs as Krillen and Gohan struggle to their feet, then Piccolo breaks out from under the heaps of ruble.

As al this has been going on, the two remaining Spice Boys had been rejuvenated by the red star, making them even more powerful than ever, and looking for revenge on the two that defeated them. Garlic advances on Piccolo in his new state, and knocks down a small pillar in one swipe. The Namek looks worried, as do Gohan and Krillen as they all create a circle, standing back-to-back, preparing to battle the oncoming group. Garlic Jr looks incredibly strong now, and the heroes look on, hoping that they can win this battle, despite the power up that every one of the enemies have received from the red star.

Before anymore fighting takes place, the two remaining Spice Boys jumps backwards, and look towards the red star. They give off cries of pain as they power up. They become totally different people appearance-wise. They are now far more muscular, and far more powerful. They look towards Gohan and Krillen, and get ready for round two of the battle.

Piccolo and Garlic Jr go at it, with neither one able to do a lot of damage to the other. They swing at each other for a while, and come to a bit of a stalemate.

Gohan and Krillen fight their opponents at a definite loss. Krillen is slammed through pillar after pillar, and Gohan tries to counter the leaders moves, but he is unsuccessful, and is easily beaten up. Krillen is getting destroyed, and has an amazingly little amount left. Gohan sees his suffering, and is very upset by it. Krillen is smacked down to the ground, and his enemy follows it through, by stamping on his chest. Krillen is stamped down into the ground, slowly losing his consciousness. Gohan tries to escape his fight to help Krillen out, but he is too busy holding off his own opponent.

Piccolo and Garlic Jr continue to go at it, with Piccolo losing out. He is knocked down to the floor, and then slammed into a pillar. It looks as though he is finished, and Garlic Jr certainly thinks so too, as he approaches the pile of rubble immersing the Namek.

Kami and Mr Popo are on their way to their destination, where the wind blows over the Earth, but they meet an unexpected obstacle. The spirit of a past guardian of the Earth. Mr Popo recognizes him as the previous guardian, who was in power before Kami. The spirit of the guardian charges at Kami, and knocks him down. The Namek gets to his feet, and is very groggy. He points out how sleepy he is, but Mr Popo tells him that he will never be able to return if he snoozes off now. Kami knows this, and manages to fight this off. The guardian shoots bals of energy at the two, but they manage to dodge it every time. Mr Popo explains to Kami how stubborn the guardian is, so Kami comes up with a plan worthy of a genius – Run. The two of them charge past the guardian, managing to outrun all of his blasts. After a short time, they run into some sort of glass wall. Mr Popo tells him that they can’t pass without the guardians permission. Kami refuses to give up now, and is blasted by some sort of electrocution attack from behind, making him fall to one knee. He knows that he mustn’t give up though, so he puts his hand on the wall, and starts to shout some sort of high pitched note, which shatters the wall. The two of them run on, but the ground disappears underneath their feet, making them fall slightly. Mr Popo manages to get out, but Kami is caught in the hold, which is sucking him in. The previous Earth’s guardian fires at Kami, but Mr Popo dives in the way. He is toasted, and Kami manages to get out of the vortex. Mr Popo tells him to go on, and they resume their running, smashing another of the glass walls as they run on.

Krillen is picked up by his enemy, and is thrown off the side of the tower. He is too badly hurt to retain his flight, so he plunges into the depths of the cloud-filled sky. Gohan elbows his opponent away, and dives towards Krillen. He is blocked by the two Spice Boys though, and he shouts out his friends name. The Spice Boys start plugging away at him, but they can’t seem to make contact. Gohan shouts out Krillen’s name a few more times, then loses control of his anger, and shoots out two Masenko’s to his sides, killing the remaining two Spice Boys. They are shocked by Gohan’s sudden power increase, as they are surrounded by the blast, eventually dying.

Garlic Jr continues to laugh, thinking that Piccolo is dead, but then the rubble starts to move. Out comes Piccolo, looking very mad. Garlic Jr is pleasantly surprised that Piccolo has been such competition for him. The Namek is angry now, and he uses a trick which gets him up to Garlic Jr’s size. He then runs at Garlic, and smashes him into a wall. He informs the evil being that he has put too much of his energy into power, and that his own speed will finish him off. Piccolo dives in, hitting Garlic Jr with all that he has got.

Meanwhile, Kami and Popo are venturing deeper and deeper into the dark passageway. Kami falls to one knee all of a sudden, and looks to be in massive pain. Mr Popo sees what’s wrong, and notices that Kami’s hand is disappearing. The same thing is happening to Piccolo, as his punch goes right through Garlic Jr. Kami then gets up, and manages to get his hand back to solid form. Piccolo resumes the beating that he was giving to Garlic Jr, but gets rooted to the spot when Kami’s legs start to disappear. Garlic Jr sees his chance, and gets off the wall, and attacks Piccolo. He gives him a beating in the short time that they are fighting, but Kami manages to use his willpower to overcome his problem, and his legs reappear, and Piccolo can move again.

Garlic Jr is putting a beating on Piccolo, but the good Namek manages to dodge a shot, and resumes roughing Garlic Jr up, now that he has movement in his legs. It seems obvious that Piccolo is far stronger than Garlic Jr. He flies above the ground and fires many energy beams at his enemy, taking a great deal out of the evil one.

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