Dragonball Z: Garlic Jr. Saga [2]

THE MIST TAKES EFFECT....

Back at Roshi’s house, the gang are finally facing up to their punishment. Krillen explains to Chi-Chi that it was his fault that Gohan came, and he’s sorry. Chi-Chi has a mean look in her eyes though, and small fangs. She walks towards them like a zombie, and then slaps Gohan in the face, knocking him to the floor. The poor kid doesn’t understand what’s wrong, as Chi-Chi goes to attack again. She follows him all round the house, trying to hit him, until he eventually is forced to fight back, throwing Chi-Chi off the roof. He feels really guilty, but when he goes to check on her, she gets up, and swipes at him again. Krillen is having the same problem, but with Yamcha and Bulma. He narrowly avoids a kick from Yamcha, but is soon thrown through the wall of Roshi’s hut, near Gohan. Marron has Roshi himself to deal with, and tries to stop him by throwing everything he can at him. It doesn’t work though. He continues to advance. Krillen tells Gohan that something is wrong (DUH!) and that they have got to fight back. He runs at Roshi, and kicks him away from Marron, saving her. As it looks like the three have got some hope after all, four demon creatures land. They tell Gohan, Krillen and Marron that the purple cloud was what bought out the evil in their friends, which is why they are attacking them. They tell them (In true Bond style) that the only way to stop it is to get the sacred water from Kami’s lookout, where Garlic Jr is. Gohan remembers this name, and staggers back, pondering a way out of this situation. He decides to fight, threatening them to change his mother back, before running at them all. They all use an attack which paralyzes Gohan in mid air. It looks like it is over for the kid until a blast soars down, knocking all the demons back The demons are the minions of Garlic Jr that were seen earlier, that fact is clear now. The origination of the blast came from on top of Roshi’s hut. There stands Piccolo, his cape blowing in the wind. Gohan is delighted to finally see him again, as a wide grin spreads across his face. The minions recognize Piccolo, and tell him that Garlic Jr can kill Piccolo any time he wishes, as he has Kami held captive (If Kami dies, so does Piccolo, and vice versa). This shocks Piccolo slightly, but he keeps a cool look about him, as the minions circle him, along with all of the possessed good guys. It looks as if Gohan, Krillen, Marron and Piccolo are the only ones who haven’t been affected by this cloud. Piccolo gets ready to fight, as everyone surrounds him.

Piccolo asks how an idiot like Garlic Jr could have escaped from the dead zone, so Spice takes the liberty of explaining. A star came into alignment with the planets, but this star was a special star. When it was into the correct alignment, it lets all evil run amok over the universe, as it is at its strongest point when this happens. It happens only once every 1,200 years, which meant that this was Garlic Jr’s only chance to escape. He charged up to his full extent, and managed to shatter the dead zone which held him captive. After this, he went up to Kami’s, and assaulted him, imprisoning him in the bottle.

Gohan and Krillen look on curiously, as they see Piccolo preparing to fight the ones named ‘The Spice Boys’. He runs in, and goes to chop one, but the attack is easily dodged, as the defender appears behind him. Piccolo turns round, and prepares to go all out. Before he can attack again though, he is hit in the back by a blast. Standing behind him is Yamcha, giggling incessantly. Piccolo turns to him, and is forced to fight. He charges, at they exchange blows for a while with neither man able to get a shot in, until Piccolo kicks Yamcha to the ground. He states that the real Yamcha would have put up a far better challenge. The Namek turns to the ‘Spice Boys’, and prepares to attack once again, but for the second time, zombie Yamcha attacks him from behind, this time smashing him down to the sea, with Piccolo managing to stop himself just in time. Yamcha flies back onto the island, and gives an evil smile. Piccolo lowers his head, then goes down to join everyone on Kame’s island. He holds out his hand, and apologizes to everyone for what he is about to do. He charges up an energy blow, when two hands come from out of the ground and grab his heels. Gohan looks on in horror, wanting to do something, but knowing that he is helpless against them. Piccolo is rooted to the spot, as Yamcha runs in, and uses the fangs that he grew when turning evil, to bite Piccolo on the neck, rather like a vampire. He sinks his teeth in, with the Namek in great pain. Yamcha dives off after having a nibble, but Piccolo is still not down. He is standing there, weak from the attack, and powerless to do an awful lot. Two of the ‘Spice Boys’ appear behind Piccolo, and grabs his arms, so that he can’t move at all now. The other two come out of the ground, and start laughing. In dive all of the people who had turns evil on the island, to have themselves a snack on Piccolo’s neck. Piccolo screams out in pain as they all bite him, with Gohan running in. Piccolo orders him to stay back, and to go get the sacred water. Spice informs them that their friends will be permanently like this after 24 hours, and not even the sacred water will be able to save them after that. Gohan reluctantly flies off to Kami’s tower, with tears running down his eyes, as Piccolo’s pain intensifies. Krillen goes with him, and Icarus picks up Marron, who insists on going. They all head off to Kami’s tower.

Piccolo charges up as much as he can, delivering such a force, that everyone goes flying backwards. He collapses onto the floor, after using up all his energy.

The ‘Spice Boys’ start to talk about the effects of the bites, saying that the venom acted very quickly, and that Piccolo would soon be one of them. The bite from one of those zombies turn the others into zombies too. A short while after the conversation took place, Piccolo got up. He had that mad look in his eyes. It looks as if he has been possessed too!

Krillen and Gohan cautiously go into Karin’s tower, carefully treading, being as quiet as they can. They are worried that Karin may have inhaled the purple fog. Footsteps are heard, and Karin pops up. He greets them in his usual way, and everyone gives a sigh of relief. Yajirobe follows closely. Marron starts shouting and saying how cute Karin is. Yajirobe sees her, and asks who she is. When Gohan tells him that it is Krillen’s girlfriend, he flips. He starts blabbering on about how an ugly guy like Krillen doesn’t deserve a girlfriend. Karin reads Gohan and Krillen’s minds, and tells them that time is of the essence. Before he can say any more, the two young warriors are off, leaving Marron behind with the wise cat. Karin moans at him, then starts to get flustered when Marron strokes him.

THE SPICE BOYS VS. GOHAN AND KRILLEN

Krillen and Gohan land on Kami’s lookout, searching for Garlic Jr. He reveals himself from out of the shadows, and starts laughing manically. Gohan and Krillen know what they must do, and they charge at the little evil being. A blast is shot just in front of them though, and they jerk to a halt. Looking up, they can see Piccolo. Gohan is overjoyed at Piccolo being alive, and is about to go up to him when Krillen holds him back. He rightly says that Piccolo is different. The Namek has that look in his eyes, and is looking sinister, as he advances on the two of them. Gohan sees it too, and is confused on whether he should fight his best friend.

Piccolo isn’t required to fight just yet, and Spice holds him back, to prevent him from taking Gohan on just yet.

Garlic Jr walks up to Gohan, and starts to taunt him. He manages to anger him to the point where Gohan charges up, then charges at the little immortal symbol of evil. It appears as though Garlic Jr avoided it. The old Namek turns round (Yes, Garlic Jr is a Namek) and he walks past Gohan laughing. Once he steps past the kid, blood starts to come down his face. He wipes it off, and angrily tells his minions to beat him up a bit, but keep him alive so that Goku comes. He remembers what Gohan did to him before, and is slightly scared. He raises a throne from the floor, sits on it, and orders that the fight commences.

The one who steps forward to fight is a small, red Spice Boy. He decides that he will take on Gohan, and a tall demon, with horns decides to take on Krillen. This leaves the other two of the Spice Boys watching. Gohan looks at Piccolo, unable to understand what is wrong with him. The red Spice Boy tells Gohan to attack, but when he doesn’t, he does so himself. Gohan is caught out not concentrating, as he is slammed in the face, and knocked across Kami’s lookout. Gohan stops skidding right on the edge, looking badly hurt. Krillen runs over to him to help, but the demon taking him on easily catches him up, and hits him in the face, knocking him to the floor.

In Karin’s tower Marron is exercising, listening to a beat, and working hard. Yajirobe and Karin can’t believe how much she wants to exercise. She tells them both that they could do with losing a bit of weight themselves, making them go bright red. She wants something to eat, so the two of them dash down to the kitchen to make some grub. Yajirobe tells Karin that he doesn’t have a chance with her, as he fancies her, but Karin won’t listen. He finishes making the food, and runs up the stairs to give it to his guest.

Back on Kami’s lookout, Krillen is struggling badly. He tries to fight back, but his opponent is too fast (The demon with horns) and dodges every attack, before grabbing Krillen’s face, and constantly slamming it off his knee. Krillen falls down, in massive amounts of pain. He struggles to his feet, able to see Gohan getting up too. Gohan is knocked right down though, then stamped on multiple times by the red guy. Gohan is hurt seriously now, and he is having major trouble getting up. He eventually makes it to his feet, staggering a bit, with his back to his opponent. the red guy fires up an energy blast, and shoots it at Gohan. Using incredible speed, Krillen gets in the way. The red guy is surprised by this, so he fires a multitude of shots at him, with such intensity that the bald guys clothes are ripped right off. As soon as the blasts finish, Krillen drops to the floor, telling Gohan to beat them all for him, Chi-Chi, and Piccolo. The Spice Boys make a big mistake by laughing at Gohan, and taunting him. This only frustrates, and angers him. After a short while, Gohan looks up to them, with a look of hatred in his eyes. The aura around him is absolutely huge as he slowly advances on his enemies. They know that they can’t take him on individually, so they try to get their partner to go first, but in the end, they agree to double team. Forming a huge, purple ball of energy between them, they fire the blast at Gohan, with an enormous explosion occurring on impact. It fills the whole of Kami’s beautiful lookout, leaving only a small spot behind Gohan, where Krillen lies. The bald-headed former monk looks up, and thinks that it is all over. As the smoke clears, a massive smile forms across his face. Gohan is in a blocking pose, breathing heavily. Gohan looks up, and floats into the air. Giving an angry shout, he fires down a Masenko at the red Spice Boy, killing him easily. He then turns to the Demon, and gives him a blast too, destroying him also. Gohan then powers up even further, and flies over to Garlic Jr. He charges up a Masenko, and is about to blast his enemy with it, when Garlic Jr pulls out a small glass container, with Kami trapped inside. Reluctantly, Gohan gets rid of his energy and stands down.

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