Chapter 10-Garlic's Plan:

A few years have passed, and King Piccolo has yet to return. Piccolo Junior had spent the years training heavily, and made a huge amount of progress. Today, Piccolo Junior was out in a wasteland near the palace, completely absorbed in his training. So absorbed, in fact, that he didn't sense the three ki signatures until it was too late.

Piccolo Junior's body went crashing through a rock structure, causing it to collapse on top of him. An energy blast was fired after him, causing a big explosion. "Hehehe, no surviving that one," said one of the three odd beings. He was a green skinned figure that resembled some sort of goblin or demon.

"Alright, let's head back to Garlic then," another said, this one an unintimidating figure with spiky, white hair.

"I'm sure he'll be pleased with us for that," said the largest of the group, with large muscles and pointy bumps dotting his body.

As the odd trio turned to leave, Piccolo Junior came bursting out of the rubble, seemingly unharmed but rather agitated instead. "Who are you three, and why did you attack me? Answer me, or I'll just kill you now!" Piccolo Junior shouted as he floated upwards, brushing dust from his body.

"Oh, you survived that? That's a little bit of a surprise, but it doesn't matter since you'll be dead soon anyways. Nicky, Sansho, go on ahead. I'll deal with this guy and head over when I'm done," the goblin looking one said.

"Better not take too long, Ginger, or you'll miss the event of the century," said Nicky as he turned. Soon, Nicky and Sansho were out of sight.

Ginger turned to face Piccolo Junior, a smirk on his face. "Let's get this over with fast, I have more important things to do," Ginger jeered.

Piccolo Junior grunted at Ginger's remark. "Fool, I could have taken all three of you on at once. You're about to realize your mistake soon enough," Piccolo Junior said.

"Enough talk, prepare to die!" Ginger shouted. With that, Ginger rushed forward and proceeded to swing a swift and powerful chop in a downwards arc at Piccolo Junior's face. To Ginger's surprise, Piccolo Junior's hand shot up much faster and caught him by the wrist. Piccolo Junior tossed Ginger away with ease, sending Ginger sailing away. Piccolo Junior quickly thrust his arm out and fired an orange energy blast after his opponent, completely destroying his opponent.

Piccolo Junior grunted and reached out with his mind, searching for the energy of Nicky and Sansho. He found their energy moving quickly. Piccolo Junior took off, heading towards the two energies. Soon, the two energies stopped and remained in one place with a third power that was quite a ways above the others, but was still not up to the same strength as Piccolo's power.

A few minutes later...

The seven dragon balls lay gathered together, gleaming in the sun. Three people stood around the dragon balls; the two from earlier, and another short person. The short one, apparently the leader of the group, stepped forward. "Dragon, come forth and gra-" a boot firmly planted itself into the side of the speaker's head, launching him away.

Piccolo floated in the air, a scowl on his face. "I don't know who you are, but you're going to pay for attacking me, scum."

"My name...is Garlic...Junior," the short one said as he pulled himself to his feet. Turning to his henchmen, then back at Piccolo he asked, "Why are you still alive?"

Piccolo grunted and said, "You think that just one weakling would be enough to finish me off? Why did you attack me?"

Garlic sneered and explained. "A long time ago, my father was competing against Kami for the title of Guardian. Now, I shall get my revenge for Kami winning the position of guardian over my father. And for that, I needed you out of the way!"

Garlic turned to his minions and began shouting commands at them. "Attack him, you incompetent fools! And this time, make sure you kill him!"

The two remaining henchmen burst forth, aiming to appease their master. Piccolo Junior swiveled in and out of the two henchmen's attacks, slowly walking backwards as he did so. The two were clearly agitated, neither of them able to land a hit. Piccolo Junior sidestepped a heavy blow from Sansho, planting his fist into his gut and crushing his internal organs. Blood flew out the ugly brute's mouth, dripping down his chin.

Piccolo Junior kicked the dying enemy away and spun around to face Nicky, who was charging forward with a sword in his hand. Piccolo Junior caught the blade and squeezed it lightly, shattering it into fragments. An energy beam tore through Nicky's torso and killed him, his dead body falling to the ground. Garlic backed up in shock. "T-that's not how that was supposed to go..."

Piccolo Junior turned his attention to the seething Garlic. "D-damn you, I guess I'll have to take care of you myself!"

"Well, you can try," Piccolo Junior said. Piccolo Junior dashed forward and his leg shot out. Garlic swiftly raised his arm to block the kick, the attack jarring him. Garlic stepped back, narrowly avoiding another kick by just a hair. He quickly lunged forward, his small fist shooting up in an uppercut. Piccolo Junior caught his fist and countered with a punch to the stomach, making him gag violently as he was winded by the powerful blow.

Piccolo Junior cocked his arm back before throwing Garlic away. The small being was sent skidding across the ground, grunting as he hopped back onto his feet. "Seems like you were just making empty threats," Piccolo Junior said, smirking at his opponent.

Garlic dashed forward, swinging dozens of punches, but none of them met their mark. Growing bored, Piccolo blasted Garlic away and sent him crashing through his own castle. "Heh, too easy..." Piccolo turned his back and began walking away when he was suddenly taken off his feet by a blow to the head. He spun around to see Garlic Junior in what appeared to be a new form.

Garlic Junior has considerably grown in size, standing taller than even Piccolo himself. He had also grown considerably more muscular, and his skin has turned blue. "Now, prepare to face your doom!" Garlic sprinted forward, a fist cocked back. He threw his punch forward, which Piccolo Junior only barely dodged.

Garlic Junior's foot struck Piccolo Junior in the ribs, causing him to grunt as he was knocked back a step. However, he was quick to recover and smashed his left elbow into Garlic's stomach, causing him to hiss in pain. Piccolo Junior punched Garlic in the face, sending him flying through multiple walls of his castle. Garlic quickly threw out a punch, knocking Piccolo Junior away and sending him crashing against one of the walls. He grunted as he leapt out of the way to avoid an orb of ki, the attack obliterating the wall where he had been standing just moments before.

The two lunged at each other, trading rapid blows. Garlic blocked a punch, Piccolo Junior dodged a kick, Garlic deflected a ki blast, Piccolo Junior sidestepped Garlic's elbows; the two were fairly even at the moment. Garlic's knee suddenly drove into Piccolo Junior's stomach, causing the demon to retch in pain. Then, in the blink of an eye, Garlic's elbow slammed into the top of Piccolo Junior's head and sent him crashing through another wall.

Garlic quickly followed, attacking Piccolo Junior just as he was recovering. Garlic swung out a kick, but it passed through an after image. Piccolo appeared behind Garlic and slammed his knee into the back of Garlic's head, causing him to stagger forward. Garlic spun and fired a quick energy blast at Piccolo, but the demon spawn suddenly disappeared and reappeared behind Garlic. Expecting this, Garlic whipped around and slammed his elbow into Piccolo's chin, sending the demon tumbling away.

Garlic appeared in the Piccolo's path, his foot catching Piccolo in the brow, sending him rocketing upwards, before flying up and intercepting him with a punch to the jaw that sent him flying away. Garlic dashed at Piccolo again, swinging a punch at him. Piccolo swerved under the blow and rammed his elbow into Garlic's chest, and he went up to follow it up with a kick, but Garlic caught his foot and threw Piccolo away.

Piccolo Junior stopped himself in midair and lunged at Garlic, clashing with him. Piccolo managed to swerve to avoid Garlic's fist and drove his elbow into his foe's jaw, sending him hurtling downwards. Piccolo quickly gathered energy in his hand and aimed at Garlic just as he corrected himself from his fall. With a yell, he threw the ball of energy down at Garlic, illuminating the room they were fighting in. Garlic managed to avoid the blast, but it struck the area behind him and demolished a good portion of his castle.

Piccolo Junior leapt forwards, intercepting Garlic with a kick to the face. Garlic crash into the ground, forming a crater in the floor. Garlic slowly pulled himself up, glaring at Piccolo with pure malice. Garlic raised both arms, taking aim at Piccolo. A glowing orb of energy formed in his hands, his ki spiking upwards. Garlic released it with a mighty roar, firing the blast in a large energy wave. Piccolo's eyes widened as the beam barreled towards him, and barely managed to pull himself out of the attack's path, the beam barely brushing his side.

Garlic began throwing attack after attack, pushing Piccolo on the offensive. With a snarl, one of Garlic's punches broke through Piccolo's defenses and sent him flying through the castle's ceiling and up into the sky. Garlic bent his knees and jumped into the air, his head ramming into Piccolo's chest just as he recovered. The two began trading blows in the sky, but for every one hit Piccolo landed, Garlic hit him twice.

Piccolo was sent crashing back into the castle by a double fist. Garlic cackled, and set down on the ground outside the castle. Suddenly, there was a flash and an explosion of ki as Piccolo completely destroyed the castle with a massive explosive wave. "I think it's time I got serious," Piccolo said. He threw his turban and cape down on the ground, each creating a small crater from their weight.

"Oooh, you took some of your clothes off, like that wi-" Garlic was cut off as a fist slammed into his gut. Garlic yelped in both surprise and pain, before hacking up a glob of spit and blood. An elbow to the face sent him reeling backwards, clutching his jaw. "W-why you-!" Garlic was prepared this time, dodging a kick from Piccolo.

Piccolo brought his knee up, but Garlic caught it and threw Piccolo off balance. Not wasting his opportunity, Garlic rammed an elbow into Piccolo's ribs and launched him through the air. Piccolo righted himself and ducked under a jab. Piccolo countered with one of his own, knocking Garlic back a few feet. The two lunged forward and began trading blows. Piccolo blocked and parried all of Garlic's blows, grinning at his opponent's apparent frustration with his failure to land a single blow on Piccolo.

A minute later, Piccolo sent Garlic crashing against the ground with a blow to the jaw, leaving a small trench as he skidded across the dirt. Garlic didn't have nearly as much fighting skill as Piccolo, not to mention that Piccolo's strength was already far above Garlic's. Piccolo landed and stared down at Garlic's battered body. Garlic leapt to his feet, suddenly firing two energy blasts from his eyes. Piccolo Junior leapt back in surprise, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Garlic panted, wiping blood off of his face. "Damn you! I will not fall here when I am so close to conquering this world for myself!" Garlic shouted in anger.

"You wont be able to take this world. It belongs to the Demon King Piccolo, and he alone can rule this world," Piccolo Junior said calmly.

"Well if he's so great, where is he then?" Garlic retorted.

Piccolo Junior realized that Garlic didn't know King Piccolo had left the planet, and thought of another way to further anger his opponent. "He deemed you unworthy of his time and let me take care of you," Piccolo lied.

Garlic's face contorted in anger. "Why you-! I'll show you that my power is not to be messed with! I'll send you to the Dead Zone!" Garlic cackled. Suddenly, heavy winds picked up, whipping at Piccolo Junior's clothing. He watched as the space behind Garlic turned black, and rubble was being sucked into it.

"I have the power to open a portal to the Dead Zone, an empty void that you'll never be able to leave," Garlic explained. Piccolo Junior felt his feet slide forward as the Dead Zone began to pull against him. Piccolo grinned as he aimed his palm at Garlic, whom was standing still as he maintained the opening to the Dead Zone.

"Your own technique will be your undoing!" Piccolo Junior declared as he fired a blast from his hand. Garlic's eyes widened as he realized what was about to happen, and only too late tried to avoid the blast. It struck him head on, carrying him off his feet and being sucked into the Dead Zone. The portal quickly dissipitated after.

"Well, he's taken care of," Piccolo Junior remarked, turning and floating up and off the ground. Piccolo almost flew off before remembering something. Materializing a small box, Piccolo walked over to the dragon balls and placed them each in the box. "That'll help...in more than one way, I'm sure," he said as he flew back to his palace.

Happy Easter! Short chapter about Garlic Junior. I won't reveal Piccolo Junior's power just yet, as we enter the Saiyan Saga next chapter. But just where is King Piccolo, and what is he doing?

Power levels:

Ginger-175

Sansho-150

Nicky-200

Garlic Junior-400

Super Garlic Junior-?

Piccolo Junior-?

Q and A:

Q:I did not expect for android number nine to be defeated so easily and I was right. He was holding back a significant amount but I don't think that it could've been a serious threat to the Z-Fighters if they worked together. This was very well done and I am certain that everyone's favorite mad scientist is going to be furious both at the intellect of his androids and the protectors of Earth. Piccolo JR did not seem to be that impressed with the outcome of the tournament. This increases my theory that he is a lot stronger than was originally led to believe. Keep up the amazing work and I cannot wait for the next update.

A:Yup, Piccolo Junior is definitely different in terms of strength, seen in this chapter.