Dragonball Z: Garlic Jr. Saga [5]

Meanwhile, Gohan has given chase to Krillen’s falling body, and just about manages to catch it. He floats up, drops Krillen on the floor, and is delighted that Piccolo is ok. Piccolo waits for the smoke to clear, and Garlic Jr has gotten up, looking very weak.

Kami and Mr Popo are still running from the guardian, and they are nearing the end. Kami gets to a hole, leaps over it, but is met by a series of tentacle-like bits of spirit energy, which entwine themselves round him. His body slowly starts to fade away, starting with his legs. He struggles to get free, but it appears to be of no use.

Piccolo is affected by Kami’s loss of body, as he can’t move at all, and is thrown around the floor by Garlic Jr. The evil son of Garlic powers up an energy blast on his hand, and prepares to finish Piccolo off. Krillen tells Gohan that Piccolo is becoming weakened by all the things that have been happening to Kami, and that he needs to save him. Gohan realizes this, and he dives in, and catches Garlic Jr’s hand as he goes for a punch, then blasts it back. Garlic Jr is enraged by this, and he look on at Gohan angrily, as the kid protects Piccolo.

Kami finally escapes from the grasp of the grabbing spirits, and continues to run, the question is, will he be able to get to the winds in time? Piccolo gets his full body back, but can’t fight due to the risk of the same thing happening again, which would put him out of the battle.

Gohan prepares to battle, so he tells Garlic Jr that it is about to end, and runs in at him, clobbering him in the stomach. Gohan pulgs away, after taking Garlic by surprise, and actually harms the big guy a little. After a short while, Garlic Jr manages to recover, and swipes at the kids head. Gohan is too fast for him though, and dodges out of the way. He then jumps backwards, and runs in again, kicking the evil monster in the face, and knocking him down to the floor. Gohan thinks it’s over, but Garlic Jr gets up without much trouble. Gohan is surprised, but willing to continue. He runs straight at Garlic, and goes straight through the immortal giant, ripped a huge whole through his stomach. Garlic falls to the floor, and Gohan thinks that it’s over. Piccolo warns him that it isn’t though, so Gohan charges up a Masenko and throws it at him. There is a fairly big explosion, where Garlic Jr is on the floor, but once the smoke clears, he somehow manages to get up, making Gohan and Krillen tremble with fear. Piccolo reminds them that Garlic is immortal, and then they realize that their chance of winning are very small. Garlic Jr regenerates the wound in his stomach, then looks up to the red star (The macchio star) and his muscles increase in size. He laughs, then floats towards the shivering Gohan. The kid is too scared to fire anything at Garlic Jr, but before he can be attacked, Piccolo comes to save the day, kicking Garlic down to the ground. He charges at him to hit him again, but as he swings, his punch goes right through the monster. Kami is in trouble.

Kami and Mr Popo are fighting to stay alive in the passage that they are in, with the former guardians surrounding them, and ordering Kami to stay. There can be no more running now, and Kami tells them that he will not give up and be doomed to suffer the same fight as them. He tells them that he doesn’t want to become stubborn and evil like them, and will die if he has to in order to save the Earth. The guardians are surprised by this, and continue the punishment on him. Kami is rendering Piccolo helpless due to the beating that he is taking. Kami orders Mr Popo to take the bottle of sacred water to the end of the passage, where the winds flow. Mr Popo doesn’t want to leave his master at first, but in the end he does, very reluctantly. Mr Popo arrives at the source of the wind, and tips the bottle of sacred water over the small bottle which contains all the winds. The water tips down it, and is released underneath the tower, flowing freely across the world, and curing everyone before sunrise, meaning that the effects of the black mist are nullified. Kami continues to get destroyed by the guardians however. He is very close to death now.

Krillen charges at Garlic Jr, but is knocked right back down. Gohan then tries his luck, but he is hit into one of the few remaining pillars. It crashes down, landing on top of him. There is no sign of Gohan, and Piccolo and Krillen are on the floor, barely able to lift a finger. Garlic Jr advances on the two, laughing to himself as he does so. Garlic Jr is about to finish them both off, when Krillen comes up with a plan. He tells Piccolo to rest and regain his stregth, as Kami will be safe soon. Until then though, Krillen shall distract Garlic Jr. Piccolo agrees, then Krillen dives up, and goes back flipping towards Garlic Jr, then knocking him back with a kick, that took the big guy by surprise. Garlic Jr gets up, and taunts Krillen, but the bald headed guy isn’t intimidated. He charges up a KameHameHa, and shoots it at Garlic Jr. Before it hits the guy though, he pulls it upwards, then slams it down on his head, drilling him into ground. Smoke fills the sky, and Krillen thinks that it may finally be over, but Garlic Jr emerges from the smoke, looking fresh as ever. He advances on Krillen, and grabs him by the neck, lifting him up, and strangling him. Krillen is slowly fading away, with his eyes half shut. Piccolo wants to do something, but he is too weak. Garlic Jr continues to destroy Krillen, until Piccolo gets up, and demands that it stops. He runs at Garlic, and hammers him in the stomach, but can’t dent him. He looks at his hand, and sees that it is disappearing, because of the beating that Kami is getting. Garlic Jr capitalizes on this, and grabs the Nameks head, the begins crushing it, along with choking Krillen. The two are close to death until Gohan shouts for it to stop, temporarily distracting Garlic Jr, allowing for Piccolo and Krillen to kick him in the stomach and escape his grasp. Krillen then takes the big mans leg, and Piccolo grabs hold of his head. Garlic Jr can’t move, and Piccolo orders Gohan to fire his best shot at him. Gohan doesn’t think he can do it though, and stands there for a while. Eventually, he charges up a Masenko, but Kami is getting hurt again, meaning Piccolo’s arms disappear, and Garlic Jr escapes, then kicks Krillen off his foot, and ducks down to the floor, narrowly avoiding the blast. He is angry now, and starts to power up. Gohan goes over to his friends to help them out.

THE DEAD ZONE

Garlic Jr finishes charging up, then a huge hole is ripped through the sky, with a swirling vortex pulling everything towards it. Piccolo and Krillen recognize is straight away as being the dead zone – A portal which warps you to a small, dark container which bares no escape. It begins to suck everything in, uprooting trees, and making the rubble shoot in. The heroes stand there, having to put their all into staying on the ground. Gohan forms a KI shield around them all, to help them resist it.

Garlic Jr puts more strength into the dead zone, knowing that Gohan can’t hold it much longer. The kid continues to maintain the shield, but he knows that he can’t hold it forever. Piccolo sees the star, and realizes that Garlic Jr is getting all his power from it, so he orders Gohan to destroy it. The kid doesn’t want to though, because his friends would be suffering a high risk of plunging into the dead zone. He tells the fading Piccolo that he can’t let his friends suffer the chance of dieing, so he continues to increase the power of the shield that he has created, hoping that it will do the trick for them all. Garlic Jr laughs incessantly as the dead zone gains power, making it harder for Gohan to keep the shield up around them.

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