Dragonball Z: Garlic Jr. Saga [3]

FRIEND VS. FRIEND

One of Garlic’s minions offers to take on Gohan, and Spice tells him to save some, so that he can have a play. The Spice Boy walks forward, but Spice, the small groups leader, can’t hold onto Piccolo any more, and accidentally lets go. The Namek walks forward, and stands face to face with Gohan. The kid looks up at his trainer and best friend, and powers down, looking helpless. Gohan says Piccolo’s name, but is greeted only with a mammoth uppercut to the jaw, sending him back flipping onto the floor. Garlic Jr laughs, as do his followers, as Gohan hits the concrete slabs of Kami’s lookout. He gets up, but doesn’t want to fight his friend. He is clear that this isn’t the real Piccolo though, as there is drool coming from his mouth, and evil purple eyes glinting in the sun. Piccolo gives off a little roar, and wraps his hands round Gohan’s neck, preparing to choke him out. Despite Gohan’s pleads, Piccolo continues to apply the pressure.

On another planet, Vegeta lands, and he is hard at work, putting all his energy into training to become a super saiyan. He lets off a great blast, which destroys the majority of the planet surface, as he wonders why he can’t do what his arch rival ‘Kakarot’ did. After his blast had been fired, he sees rocks heading his way. After shielding himself from the first few, he senses a huge power, and sees another planet, where the rocks are coming from. He quickly flies over, thinking that Goku is there. He sees a figure shooting rocks out of the planets atmosphere, with a golden aura around him. Vegeta assumes it must be Goku, due to the appearance and power level, so he swoops down to try to learn the secret from him. He is about to get there, when an absolutely epic rock appears. Vegeta has to come to a halt to be able to do anything about it, so he stops, and fires a KI blast, destroying the rock easily. He then flies down to the ground where he thought Goku was, but he had gone. Vegeta seems to realize something though, and claims that he will soon be a super saiyan, as he now knows the secret.

Piccolo relentlessly continues the punishment on Gohan, using his superior speed to get the better of the kid. The Namek keeps on putting a beating on Gohan by using kicks, punches and axehandle smashes. Gohan is attacked to such an extent that he is unable to block properly anymore, as he gets thrown around the place. Krillen is somehow getting up, covered in bruises, and he quickly runs up to a pillar, and hides behind it, as Garlic Jr patiently watches the fight. Krillen sees the bottle with Kami in, and makes a run to try to get it, but Garlic Jr is protected by some kind of force field, which sends Krillen flying back, holding his body. Garlic laughs at Krillen’s futile efforts and walks towards him. He holds out his hand to blast him, and starts to build up energy as Krillen struggles to his feet.

Meanwhile, Piccolo is strangling Gohan, holding him up against a pillar, and choking the life out of him. Gohan is fast getting angry now, but Piccolo just wont stop. After a short while, Gohan sees that Krillen is about to be blasted, and uses a massive force to blow Piccolo off him, into the path of the fire.

Krillen gets to his feet just as Garlic Jr releases his energy ball. Piccolo goes shooting in front of it, and takes the blast. Krillen is grateful towards Gohan for knocking Piccolo in front of the energy. Gohan thinks that he is finished, and walks up to him. Garlic Jr is eager to see what happens, as the kid steps towards him. Piccolo starts to shake a little, but Gohan thinks that he is cured. He walks up to him, and Piccolo gets to his feet. The saiyan is overjoyed at Piccolo still being alive after that epic blast. Krillen sees what is happening, and runs towards Gohan, pushing him out of the way after seeing Piccolo charge. Gohan hits the floor hard, but Piccolo grabs Krillen, and decides to take him out now, so he can’t get in the way anymore. Piccolo lifts Krillen up by his arms, facing outwards, and starts to squeeze. Gohan pleads with him to stop, but Piccolo carries on. He then starts to sink his teeth into Krillen’s neck, to make him one of them. Gohan has given up pleading, and is now ordering Piccolo to stop. After two warning, and Krillen passing out after the bite, Piccolo throws him to the floor, and turns to Gohan. The saiyan kid runs to Krillen to find out if he is ok, and starts shaking him to try and revive him. He is unsuccessful though, and Krillen can’t move. It looks like it is all up to Gohan now.

Sensing a large power, Gohan quickly turns round, to see Piccolo throwing a powerful ball of energy at him. He tries to use his own attack to block it, but his energy is just eaten up by Piccolo’s, which continues to travel towards him. Gohan manages to block it with his hands, but is struggling to keep it away from him, as his arms are straightened out, and shaking under the extreme pressure of Piccolo’s beam. A bit more power is put into it by the Namek, and Gohan is driven backwards, getting himself put through a wall, then crashing into a pillar, as he continues to block the intense energy. After a while, Gohan focus’s a great amount of his power on the energy that he is struggling to maintain in blocking, and he barely manages to direct it skywards away from him. A gigantic explosion proceeds as Gohan pants, out of breath from all of the physical force that he put into surviving that blast.

At Karin’s tower, Marron, Yajirobe, and the wise cat himself are playing poker. Marron is easily winning, and Yajirobe has had to start forfeiting his clothes, as he is only wearing pants. Karin no longer has his walking stick, and literally half of the things on the whole tower are in a pile next to Marron, signaling her winnings. Yajirobe asks Karin why he isn’t reading her mind, and he is told that Marron doesn’t even have one though in her head, which is why there is nothing to read. They carry on playing, and Marron loses yet again. Karin is tricking her into thinking that regular items will help get her into heaven, as he has nothing left that is worth betting. The game goes on, as the fight on top of Kami’s lookout continues….

Gohan takes a rest against the pillar, incessantly looking for Piccolo. Eventually, he spots a shady figure charging through the darkness. The figure seems to disappear, but Gohan sensed something come next to him, and when he turns round, he is met with a fist to the face from Piccolo, sending him soaring through the air. Piccolo then catches up with him, and starts hammering away at him in the stomach, destroying him. Gohan is flung to the floor, but he manages to get up, relatively unscathed. Gohan runs at Piccolo, but again gets his head kicked in, and is sent through another wall. Gohan is irate now, and when Piccolo charges at him, he manages to block all of the punches, but the final one had such force that it sent him through yet another wall. Again though, Gohan gets up, still full of energy. Piccolo runs at him, but Gohan blocks a few, and launches himself into the Nameks stomach. Piccolo is temporarily dazed by this, but he recovers quickly, and grabs hold of Gohan, throwing him into the air, then hammering him back to the ground. Gohan is up again though, and Piccolo is starting to struggle. He resorts to a special move, where he splits up into three. At first, Gohan is scared by this, but when Piccolo charges, he manages to block most of the punches. Gohan kept blocking two of the Piccolo’s, but the third one kept on getting the shot on him when he couldn’t defend himself. Gohan was sent through the ceiling after a bit of this happening, and he landed near Garlic Jr. He was on the floor, and was getting taunted by Garlic. He struggled to his hands and knees, and looked up. He saw Krillen! But Krillen was looking different after that bite he received off Piccolo. He kicked Gohan in the face, sending him across the floor. Just then, Piccolo burst through the door. Garlic tells his minions to finish Gohan off, but Piccolo and Krillen get there first, and continue to lay down the punishment on Gohan by hitting him repeatedly in the stomach. Piccolo knocks him down, then grabs him by the scruff off the neck, ready to deliver the final blow. His hand is caught in mid-air by Garlic Jr though, as he says that he has decided hat he will finish Gohan off.

THE PLAN IS REVEALED....

Piccolo actually speaks now, then grabs the small bottles containing Mr Popo and Kami, from out of Garlic’s pocket. He throws them to Krillen, then is blown backwards a little by Garlic’s power. Realizing that Piccolo was no longer on his team, Garlic turned to Krillen, who broke off the bottle tops, releasing the two people living on Kami’s lookout. They soar out of the bottles, and are relieved to be back to normal form. Confused at what was going on, Garlic Jr orders his minions to destroy Piccolo and Krillen, because he was sure that they were no longer on his team. Krillen is worried about Gohan, but Piccolo assures him that he will be fine, and he is, as he struggles to his feet, to see that his friends are somehow back to normal. Piccolo looks at Garlic and his minions, and prepares to fight.

They all pair off against someone. Gohan takes the Spice Boys leader, Krillen takes the muscular member of the Spice Boys, and Piccolo takes on Garlic Jr. Kami and Mr Popo take the sacred water, and try to think of a way to save the world. Garlic Jr tells them that there isn’t enough time anymore, and that everyone is doomed to abide by him for the rest of their lives. Mr Popo informs Kami of a secret passage, which takes them to the 7 winds, and if they can get the sacred water here, then it will quickly be blown all the way around the world. They nod, and set off. Mr Popo pulls out his magic carpet, and throws it onto the floor. They jump onto it, and are on their way. Garlic doesn’t want to let them go, so he tries to blast them. He misses, and hits the wall, making a huge gust of wind come in. Garlic tries again, and this time the shot is homing in towards its target. Piccolo appears though, and smacks the ball of energy away, mocking Garlic for the weak blast. Another shot comes in at him, and Piccolo easily deflects it away again. He then charges in at Garlic Jr, and the two go into a fist fight, with Garlic coming off better than the Namek. Piccolo is hit backwards, but he manages to land on his feet, with Garlic Jr out of breath. Piccolo thinks that he can win this fight.

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