A/N well guys another chapter is here and we are getting closer to the end of the Kyuubi arc as well after that we move on the Trunk Saga and the return of Goku and Sakura as well, the arc may be a little longer then what we saw in canon. And sorry it too a while been needed to go to the doctors a lot as sadly as it turns out I have rheumatoid arthritis.
Oh and I decided I will use the Dragonball Super version of Battle of Gods and Resurrection of F for this story while Videl the Saiyan Warrior will use the movie versions of BoG and RoF both will use the Champa Saga of Dragonball Super after the RoF events are concluded. It will be a while before I even get to the BoG, RoF or even the Champa arc itself in both stories but hey, it also gives me time to properly plan things out before I even actually get there, especially with Super continuing past the Champa saga as confirmed by Akira Toriyama himself and a new villain will be introduced to boot.
Hell, there might be a chance that Future Trunks may make an appearance in Super yet it hasn't been confirmed.
Chapter 51 Earth's salvation
Eriko gave a deep frown as she felt Bruta death, and she was not at all please with what was going on right now and she knew that the same was for her master as well. "Damn it seems Bruta got cocky, that fool should have just ended it."
Garlic Jr on the other hand was looking over to his last two men and then Eriko and saw the look that she had on her face and knew that something bad had happened to one of his partners men, but he was not worried Kurama and he still had their army. "Besides, time is slowly running out for the ones down below."
Eriko looked over to Garlic Jr and his two men as she frowned at them both. "Well I hope you're ready as we need to stop them and stop Kami as well!" She yelled with slight rage in her voice at the situation they were now in.
Yet all Spice and Vinegar did was look at Eriko with a smile. "It doesn't matter now Eriko." Spice said as he smiled and the crossed his arms over his chest at what they two were trying to do right now knowing they will lose. "It's not like they will get there in time anyway and if they do get there time would have run out for everyone."
Piccolo and Naruto both knew that Kami and Mr Popo needed to be fast and they knew that they would, all they had to do was stop Eriko from going after the two and keep her here fighting so that she can't stop them from saving everyone.
Naruto quickly looked over to Piccolo and gave a node to the Namekian at what was going to happen as Piccolo saw this and gave a node of his own at what Naruto was going to do. "I just hope I can stop her as fast as I can I still need to stop the Kyuubi after all."
Even Gohan and Krillin were both ready to fight as well knowing full well that this needed to end and now before it were too late. "Let's just hope they can do it." Krillin thought as he knew that they had to deal with both remaining Spice boys Eriko and Garlic Jr himself.
Gohan was stand next to Videl as he was also going to do all that he could to keep his new friend safe, he just looked at her and gave a smile to the girl. "Don't worry soon everyone on Earth will be back to normal."
Videl looked over to Gohan once she heard him say this as she gave him a smile, knowing that her parents and even her friends will all be saved from what was done to them. And she was happy that she had been saved as well from meeting the fate that her mother and so many others had meet with the mist.
Eriko however seeing this just laughed at the two young children and what she had heard from them as well. "You think that you're safe?" She asked as her eyes soon turned to Gohan as a smile crept on her face as she moved her eyes towards Videl. "I mean you think that you can keep her little Saiyan sooner or later she will die."
Neither Gohan nor Videl liked this as they looked at each other with Gohan stepping in front of Videl determined to keep her safe from Eriko and anyone else as well. "I will not let that happen to her or any of my friends."
"Oh little kid you can't save everyone you know but right now I have to deal Naruto first, but once I have dealt with him then and only then will I fight you." Eriko said as she looked over to Naruto knowing that he wanted to fight her and Naruto was going to give her what she wanted.
Both Spice boys gave dark smiles as they looked over to Krillin and Gohan knowing they wanted to get back for losing two of their members.
Gohan on the other hand, had an idea that can work but he will need to be able to make sure that he can time in right because it was something that Naruto taught him sometime before the damned situation with Garlic Jr even took place. "Krillin, I may have an idea but I need to be certain that it would work against these guys" he informed Krillin with a stern expression on his face.
"Oh" wondered Krillin, somewhat confused by the fact that Gohan wanted to try something against the remaining two Spice Boys, yet he wanted to know what this idea is. "What exactly did you have in mind? It's just out of curiosity Gohan?"
"You'll see…
"Well, would you look at that?" mocked Spice, finding it rather amusing that Gohan wants to try and protect the girl from them when it's clear that the eventually outcome will end in defeat for him and those Z-Fighters which includes the fact Garlic Jr is immortal, a sign that nothing and nobody can kill him no matter how hard they try. "You really think that you will be able to hurt us? We know about that Solar Flare and we are better prepared for it."
"That's right, it may have worked against others but we are not like those who fell victim of it!" added Vinegar, though they failed to notice a slight grin forming on the raven-haired young man's face because while he doesn't know the Solar Flare unlike Tien and Krillin, he at least has a technique that may be beneficial to their survival in a way.
"Who says that I am going to do a Solar Flare?" responded Gohan, more so as he prepared himself for the technique but needed to time this right before the two surviving Spice Boys can make their move otherwise they would be in a whole hell of a lot of trouble. This better work…
The two surviving Spice Boys remained silent as they watched Gohan performing the necessary hand-signs while Naruto was the first to realize what his friend is going to do but is unable to say anything as the younger Saiyan was now prepared. "Transform!" he yelled, a puff of white smoke surrounded his entire body after saying the words.
"What the hell?!" exclaimed Spice, both he and Vinegar were shocked that Gohan was resorting to something like this and had no clue on what he's planning while the Z-Fighters were in silent as they wondered what kind of plan Gohan had in mind though they needed to wait until the smoke completely dissipated before they can confirm what the plan is.
As the smoke cleared, instead of Gohan standing before everyone, it was now a young girl with long straight black hair and a lighter skin color with an outfit that consisted of a blue bikini, pink gloves and boots, a green cape and a pink helmet. Needless to say, everyone except Naruto was pretty shocked by this while Videl is currently at a loss of words at the sight of Gohan turning into a girl with a few hand signs. "Is that you Gohan?" she asked the now female Gohan, yet she had to admit that he did make a cute girl.
"Yeah it's me, though it does kind of feels strange that my female form is actually my mother from her childhood" she replied back to Videl with a slightly embarrassed expression but at least she can see if it will have any effect on the final two Spice Boys because it does have an effort on certain males in question. "Okay, let's give this a try!"
Eriko just shrugged it off as she was not impressed by this and gave a snort at what Gohan was trying to do. "Nice try kid but I've been told everything that Naruto can do, and I had a feeling that he might teach you."
Naruto was worried at this but he saw that both Spice boys were still shocked at what had just happened in front of them, which was good news since this would give all three the time they needed to attack the two members and catch them off guard as well.
With a look over to Piccolo, Naruto nodded at the Namekian Warrior who had a feeling that Naruto came up with this and knew what he was doing. "Get ready Eriko as I'm coming for you!"! Naruto yelled at the girl who just gave a smirk as she looked at Naruto.
Both fighters were already in their fighting stance, while at the same time Krillin and Piccolo were also ready to attack the two shocked Spice boys who were looking at Gohan wondering just how he had changed into a girl. "How the hell did he do that?" Spice asked as he looked over to Eriko for an answer.
"Naruto must have taught him how to transform, but don't let it..." Eriko said but she was unable to finish what she was going to say as Naruto was already on the attack as the first punch he landed was on her face, and she was none too pleased by this as she looked over to Naruto with pure anger and rage on her face. "Oh you're going to pay for doing that!"
However all he did to respond was give Eriko a smirk. "What I thought we were fighting not talking?" Naruto asked the woman giving her a smile that just caused her to become angrier at the blonde.
"So he wants a fight, fine I'll give him one." Eriko thought as she soon cracked her neck to the side and looked Naruto into the eyes.
The two soon went charging at each other with full force, the moment that they had got close to each other both soon locked hands preventing the other from using their fists to try and strike at each other.
Naruto had a frown on his face as he could feel the power that Eriko had and knew that there was a reason why she was the leader out of the damn Fox's four henchmen. "I can't waste too much time with her I still need to deal with the Kyuubi afterwards."
Eriko however looked up into the sky and smiled knowing it was all going to plan, well her master's plan that is. "Well Naruto won't be long before you home planet is here in this universe and once it is we shall attack Konoha."
Naruto couldn't help but curse at this knowing that she was right as time was running out and he was not going to be able to stop the Kyuubi in time. "What am I going to do?" he thought, but knew he needed to worry about Eriko first once she was dealt with then he can think of away to save his home.
Knowing that Naruto quickly began to attack Eriko throwing a punch at her, to which she ducked down swiping her legs at his trying to knock him to the ground. Naruto however seeing this quickly jumped into the air and took flight while Eriko took after him. "This is not over yet Naruto!" Eriko yelled as she fired a Ki blast at the blonde.
"I couldn't agree more." Naruto added as he dodged the Ki attacks and sent a few back towards Eriko who just deflected them towards the sly and away from her.
Both fighters once again charged at each other neither wanting to let the other win or give the other an advantage either. "Eat this!" Naruto yelled as he formed the Rasengan in his hand and dived towards Eriko who just gave a smile at the attack that she saw was coming.
"Don't tell me that this is the best you have to offer?" asked Eriko, dodging the attack with ease as she wasn't going to fall that easily to cheap tricks like that especially as she is also aware of another thing he usually relies on to aid him in battle. "Also don't bother using that Shadow Clone Jutsu of yours either, I am prepared for that too!"
"Oh really?" remarked Naruto with a scowl on his face, not exactly thrilled with the fact that Eriko was aware of his abilities and suspected that it must have been Kurama that told him but he will need to wait till later to confirm or deny it. "How is it that you are aware of that?"
"Let's just say that I have my source but you will never find out who." responded Eriko, giving a small shrug as she dodged a few more punches that were thrown at her and kicked Naruto in the face with sheer power.
As Naruto managed to get back up, he wiped a small drop of blood from his mouth and from the way that kick felt it showed that Eriko wasn't going to fuck around. "Nice shot, I have to admit that it nicked me a bit," he remarked, somewhat impressed though it is a shame that the two of them had to be enemies. "Still, what makes you think that Kurama and Garlic Jr would even keep their Alliance intact even if you manage to successfully get rid of us?"
Remaining silent, Eriko decided not to bother with a verbal response as she went back onto the offensive with Naruto doing what he can to use his speed to dodge the punches and kicks thrown at him fortunately he learned that putting some chakra into his feet can help increase his speed against faster opponents. "Okay, I gotta think of something fast." he muttered to himself, more so as Eriko was powerful but like Bruta before her, she had yet to reveal the true extent of her powers plus there was not enough time to waste because the effects of what happened to the Earth will be permanent unless they can undo the damage.
"I have you now!" yelled Eriko, charging at Naruto and he countered by using a smoke ball that he threw onto the ground in order to help get some distance between them plus he prayed that the others will be able to handle themselves especially against the remaining two Spice a boys but hey, he was kind of impressed that Gohan had it in him to perform the technique that was taught to him ever since the defeat of Frieza. "Damn!"
While his Jutsu's would be almost completely useless due to Eriko having knowledge on how they were used beforehand he needed to at least carefully plan things out in order to use them more effectively than usual. "That was close…" he said to himself, mentally cursing and wished Kakashi was around to help, unfortunately that wasn't the case.
The good news was Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan were at least doing their part in taking on the remaining Spice Boys though the bigger problem comes from Garlic Jr and Kurama, the former was indeed immortal because of the Dragonballs which means nothing can kill him. "Fighting Garlic Jr later is one thing but both him and Kurama… That is definitely going to make things more difficult but we can't give up now!"
As this was happening, Eriko blew away the smoke and looked around to see where Naruto was and a grin formed in her face as she saw him not too far from where they were previously fighting. "I have you now!" she said before using her speed and punched through Naruto's chest, believing she has won only to see that he disappeared out of thing-air. "What in the hell was that?!"
"Surprise!" said a familiar voice as Naruto managed strike back from behind using his Rasengan which managed to deal damage to Eriko for the first time and glad that he managed to get that Shadow Clone ready before his opponent managed to catch on to that trick. "Well, it looks like one of the oldest tricks helps against the likes of you!"
"Why you little shit!" Eriko yelled in anger at the blonde hair ninja wanting to end the blonde ninja for what he had just done.
However with a smile on his face Naruto just continued to look over at her knowing that she was not going to win or he was not going to let her. "What the matter?" Naruto asked with a smile on his face as he looked at Eriko seeing how mad she was getting right now.
Soon Eriko's battle cry filled the air as she unleashed a continuous barrage of energy spheres at her target, peppering it with powerful shots that clouded the air with countless large explosions. But as her attack started to rip apart the parts of the lookout surrounding Naruto, she quickly saw that it was having no effect on him whatsoever, as every one of her blasts were being blocked or deflected away.
After a couple of minutes of incessant firing, Eriko pulled her hands away and stopped, narrowing her eyes when she saw her target emerge from the smog. "Well I must say you're a lot stronger than I thought, more than the Uchiha it seems." Eriko said as she began Powering up once again, a blood red aura blasted off of her body and cracked the ground. She then began focusing all of her energy to the front of her body, where she intended to make her next assault. "Brace yourself Naruto."
Naruto only nodded at this knowing that Eriko like he was still holding back, which was something that he was going to need to keep an eye out for. "Not sure if she is playing games with me, still I need to see what she can do." Naruto thought and was thankful for the tips that Piccolo and his dad had giving him, since he knew this was no time for games.
Eriko saw what Naruto was doing and gave a smile and light laughed. "Well I must say this is not like you from what the Kyuubi has told me you're nothing more than a load mouthy who thinks he is all big, so why aren't you acting all tough?"
However Naruto said nothing as he lowered his head at this having a feeling she was not even close to being done. "I mean this is all thanks to you really." She said with a smirk crossing over her face. "I mean it was only thanks to you that you and your Team are here in the first place, that Sakura is lost out in space. And now, well Naruto just look up." She said as she pointed to the still forming Planet that Naruto called home.
As this was going on Piccolo, Krillin and Gohan were already attacking Spice and Vinegar, since they were still shocked at what they had just seen. But once Piccolo saw Naruto head into battle with Eriko, and stopping her from telling Spice and Vinegar anything and give them the chance that they needed as well.
Without saying another word the three quickly attacked the two remaining Spice Boys while they could do so, Gohan even undone his transformation that Naruto had taught him too.
Piccolo was the first to attack already heading towards the leader, Spice and he delivered a powerful kick to his face which sent him flying backwards into the lookout building. Soon Piccolo had gone in after the leader knowing that Gohan and Krillin would be fine dealing with the other guy, he just hoped that the little girl would be fine.
Once the Namekian was inside he began looking around for Spice knowing that he would need to end him quickly before Garlic Jr decided to get involved in the fight, as this would just make the situation all the more deadly.
"You think that you and your little band of friends have one don't you?" The voice of Spice asked from the shadows as Piccolo looked all around for where it was coming from.
Yet hearing this from Spice only caused Piccolo to smirk. "Well if I remember you have had two of your friends killed since this all started if I recall, so I think we can call it a tie right now don't you?"
With a low growl from where he was hiding and making sure to keep his power low so that Piccolo could see where he was Spice knew he needed to get some payback from the death that he had suffered at their hands.
"I can't sense him, must be hiding his power level so that I can't find him." Piccolo thought with a deep frown now forming on his face, knowing that this was just wasting time that they could use to stop the Kyuubi.
Spice seeing the look that Piccolo had on his face just laughed as he began to speak once again. "I know what you and your group are hoping to do I will say this we shall not let you stop the big Fox, even I can tell that you're not going to stop him from bringing the ninja's home to this dimension." Spice said laughing even more at what they would do to all the people on the planet above them.
"Oh?" asked Piccolo, while shocked at the fact that the Nine-Tailed Fox was planning to bring Naruto's home to their dimension, he didn't show it but this would cause even more problems since they needed the Sacred Water to undo the effects of the Mist. "Is there a reason for why he intends to do so?"
"Well unfortunately even Vinegar and I don't know all the details," responded Spice, however the demonic partner of Garlic Jr will get what's coming to him because their master only sees Kurama as an obstacle to his own conquest. "No matter, we will deal with him later once we are done with you!"
Remaining silent, Piccolo had a feeling that they needed to act fast especially with Gohan holding his own against Vinegar, or should he say her own due to fighting while in the form of a female but decided against asking, then again like Eriko, Vinegar and Spice were most likely hiding their true power. "You can try but you can fail besides two of your allies are dead!" he remarked to Spice, knowing there is more than one way to skin a cat. 'Gohan, can you hear me?'
As her was fighting Vinegar, Gohan managed to hear Piccolo's words as she knew that her mentor wanted to speak with her on something. 'Yes Piccolo, what is it?' He mentally asked hopefully there would be some good news coming from his mentor unfortunately it was anything but good news as there is a chance that they need to fight even harder to save Earth.
'Seems that we might have a lot more on our plate than we realized!' informed Piccolo, using what he learned to warn the young girl that he had befriended with during their conflict against Vegeta and Nappa a year ago. 'Apparently Kurama is planning to bring Naruto's home into this dimension and use the mist to infect everyone in it like it has done to almost everyone here!'
Hearing this Gohan's eyes widened in complete horror because now they have a whole lot of trouble if they don't stop Kurama and Garlic Jr soon but they gotta kill Eriko, Spice and Vinegar before they can confront the two demons in a fight. 'Does Naruto know about this?' he mentally asked his teacher. 'I mean he think they are out to kill them all.'
'Unfortunately no, at least not that I know of… However he has the right to be aware of this.' Piccolo said knowing that Naruto thought the Kyuubi was going to do something to his home he just didn't know what it was nor did Piccolo for that matter.
'I see well thanks for letting me know Piccolo.' Said Gohan, mentally appreciating what the Namekian Warrior told him and the fact that he had to keep Videl safe would make it more hellish than it already was but wanted to make good on doing so no matter what the risks were. 'Unfortunately, I wish things were easier on my end as that creep is hiding his power level so I won't be able to sense him.'
'Yeah, I am having the same problem with the Spice Boy that I am facing.' commented Piccolo with a stern expression on his face, however there was one thing that came to his mind which he wanted to ask of Gohan before he forgets. 'How exactly did you turn yourself into a girl, I had a feeling that Naruto may have had something to do with it.'
'It's a long story but I think we should save that for when we save Earth or at least until we take down those remaining three demons.' responded Gohan, his cheeks flushing pink at what he had been asked after all Naruto said it was helpful though he might consider using this form to give Videl some time to spend with another girl her age. 'Let's be careful when facing them though.'
Piccolo just continued to look for Spice, until he decided to attack Piccolo, but thanks to his hearing and quickly grabbed Spice's arm and then throw him to the ground, and was ready to strike. But before he could do so Spice head butted Piccolo, who stumbled backwards slightly but soon regained his footing as well and looked over to Spice, who was already getting ready to attack Piccolo once more.
"Not this time." Piccolo thought with a grin on his face as he decided to use an old trick he hadn't used in a while well not since he fight with Goku that is.
Once Spice began flying towards Piccolo, the Namekian saw this and quickly extended his arm out at Spice which soon wrapped around him. "What the hell is this?" He asked as he looked up to Piccolo wondering why he had done this move.
Once he had looked up he saw Piccolo charging at him and fist at the ready as well, Spice could only smirk at this think that Piccolo had lost it and was just about to duck, when Piccolo retracted his arm back towards his body.
"Stay right where you are!" Piccolo shouted, powering up ready to blast at Spice and killing him before he could get free.
Spice however only gave a smirk at this knowing that it was now time to stop holding back as he had a feeling the Makyo star giving all three remaining Makyans to change and gain power.
Gohan and Krillin meanwhile were both dealing with Vinegar, who right now was still able to hold his own against the two Z-fighters. "There's no way I'm letting two little runts like you beat me!"
Gohan and Krillin looked at each other as they nodded at each other. "Alright then on the count of three Gohan we give it all we can." Krillin said as he looked at Gohan who was ready.
Videl on the other hand was watching this knowing that there was not much that she could really do. "After all what can I do?" she thought sadly as she saw the two attacking together as a team, and wondered what their plan was as well.
She soon turned over towards Garlic Jr and the transformed demon that had once been human. And wondered why neither of them were doing anything all either one was doing was just watching, almost waiting.
Naruto's, aura crackling brightly around him, launched himself from his spot and rocketed towards Eriko, who also flew at him in kind. However, when the pair opened up with simultaneous punches, it was Naruto who landed first, as he held the advantage in both speed and power. The blow landed against Eriko's skull with a deafening 'clap' as he sent her spiralling out of the hole and further into the sky. Naruto just gave chase, drawing his Kunai with the intent of slicing through his foe and ending their battle quickly.
Eriko just looked at Naruto as she gave a smile. "I have to say you're not that bad a fighter, and here I thought that you were just going to screw around." She said with a grin on her face. "You know it's just a shame that you're not my type."
"Well you're my type either as my heart already belongs to someone else," responded Naruto, knowing that sooner or later the girl he fell in love with and Goku will be returning home, he doesn't know when or how but prayed that she is doing well with the pure-hearted Saiyan Warrior out there in space. "There's no way in hell I am going to let her return to see the Earth being corrupted!"
"Oh is that really true little Naruto? Just who, might this girl be exactly?" asked Eriko, having a feeling that Naruto was in love with someone and her response was Naruto's usual cocky smile.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I afraid I can't tell you because I doubt you'll be getting the chance to meet her anyway!"
Eriko shook her head, knowing that this is going to get her nowhere so the only other option is to end the battle swiftly. "I see, what a pity… guess I will figure it out once I defeat you and trust me, you'll most likely hate my true power." she replied, feeling there is a chance she will need to reveal her real abilities in order to win.
"Not if I can help it, besides you tried to take a girl that Gohan is starting to take a liking to just so you know!" said Naruto, suspecting that Gohan is starting to develop feelings for Videl but it's too soon to tell and not the right time to ask him directly since they got a huge situation already. "If you think you can beat me with your true power then go ahead and show it to me!"
"So unwise of you to say that!" yelled Eriko, getting ready to power up and show what her true power is capable of… Yet at the same time, she knew better than to make the same mistake that Bruta made against their enemies but she isn't like that idiot at all and will show it by taking no chances when it comes to her foe. "Aaaaahhhh!"
With that said, Eriko was being surrounded by a blood red aura which, along with the ground beginning to shake, was a sign that her true power is starting to be unveiled…Naruto was at a loss of words as he felt that he may have made a huge mistake. "Me and my big mouth…" he said, wishing he never told her to do what she's going right now.
Unfortunately it was too late, so all he can do now was prepare for the worse and hopefully it'll give him enough time for a counter attack. "Hope Gohan and Piccolo are having better luck than I am…" he thought, praying that they've managed to defeat Spice and Vinegar by now so they can help against Eriko before something else went wrong.
Needless to say, everyone else in the battle could feel this themselves with Spice and Vinegar grinning as it seemed that they would finally be able to tell how strong Eriko truly was. "So… Eriko decides to show her true power…" he said to himself, being the leader of the Spice Boys he too knew that revealing such power would be a risky move but is necessary when backed into a corner. "That can only mean the boy she's fighting must be giving her a hard time."
"Vinegar, I hope you are listening because it's time we stopped playing around and fight more seriously."
Piccolo on the other-hand mentally cursed at the fact that Eriko is powering up as the energy he felt is pure evil. "Damn, I should have seen this coming!" he muttered, meaning that he and Gohan had to take down Spice and Vinegar quickly before they too decided to power themselves up.
Both sides just watched the two remaining members began to transform, and all Gohan and Krillin could do was watch Vinegar grow in size, while Piccolo was watching the same thing happen to Spice.
"What is this?" Videl asked in shock seeing the Makyan change and grew in size as well, and Eriko noticed this from where she was as well and just gave a smirk.
Naruto too watched this as well and like with the others could sense their power growing as Videl was getting worried and soon looked up and saw something else as well. "What's that?" She asked as she saw the red, what she was seeing was the Makyo star and soon looked towards Vinegar.
"Damn it this is not good." Naruto said as he looked over to the smiling Eriko and the Garlic Jr who was none too pleased with how things had gone.
"Well it seems that your friends will not last that long, not like they had a chance to start with as we are all out of your league after all." Eriko said to Naruto as she began to rush forward at Naruto since he was distracted by what was going on.
Naruto however let out a growl as he soon turned to look at her only for Eriko to knee him right in the face and she didn't stop there either, as she took the chance to also grab hold of Naruto's hair with her right hand before she sent him flying away from her.
Flying backwards across the sky, Naruto drew his hand back and swung it through the air, firing a spray of golden beams at his enemy. This shotgun attack flew towards Eriko and bombarded her relentlessly, puncturing holes across her chest and torso. Riddled with holes and noticeably winded from the damage, the demon fighter glared up and, cracking open her mouth, unleashed a massive pink energy wave that charged towards Naruto with the intent of incinerating him in one shot.
However, Naruto was ready for it, throwing out his hands and catching it, before throwing into space. "Damn that was a close one." he said taking in deep breaths of much needed air, as he soon looked over to Eriko and saw her wounds healing up.
Which confused him as to how she did that but knew it must have been thanks to the Kyuubi somehow, he then charged towards his foe with blinding speed and threw a kick across his opponent's face. The blow, sending Eriko crashing into Kami's home as even more of the building was destroyed from the fight, but this just caused the demon woman to be more angered. "You know kid you're starting to piss me off!" She yelled with anger as she stopped and tried to calm down knowing she needed to keep her head on or she would end up being killed.
"Well it's not like I've hear that one before, but I want to know how you could survived that attack?" Naruto asked buying the time that he needed for Kami and Mr Popo.
Eriko simple smile at this as she landed on the ground and crossed her arms over her chest. "Well it's thanks to my master that I wasn't killed, if I was still a human then I would dead."
Hearing this from her made Naruto think as he looked at her and what she had said. "So she used to be human then..."
"You know as well as I do what this means, Piccolo." Spice said as he lowered his head and cast a foreboding shadow across his gaze. "Your friends have failed… and we've won."
Piccolo however soon gave a hardened glare to the Makyan. "Not yet." he said, as he soon charges towards Spice.
Spice on the other hand laughed as he knew that none of them could win if Garlic Jr or the Kyuubi decided to take part in the fight, and he knew that Garlic Jr would be joining and once he did it would be the end for the Z-Fighter.
"I think we it's time we take it to the next level don't you think Piccolo, unless you're too weak to take me on, besides this is your last chance to join us as well." Spice began with a smirk crossing on his face.
Yet Piccolo just gave a smirk of his own and looked at Spice and shook his head. "Yeah no thanks, besides I will not let you invade my students' home."
"Oh really, from the way things are going it is going to be sooner than we hoped" remarked Spice, more so as his grin turned even wider because he had a feeling that Piccolo would decline the offer since it would work to their advantage. "Very well, a pity that Kami and Mr. Popo will have to die soon plus if he perishes then so will you!"
Piccolo but his lower lip as he always had a feeling Kurama and Garlic Jr planned to kill Kami sooner or later since the latter was already immortal so there would be no need for him to the Dragonballs anymore. "So you're giving me the silent treatment huh? No matter, we will be saving our master the trouble of finishing you off himself" he continued to the Namekian Warrior while shaking his head. "If Nicky, Sansho and Ginger were still alive then they would have loved to exact revenge on you, Krillin, Goku and Gohan... Now that I think of it, Goku isn't even with you guys… Where are you hiding him?"
"Why should I tell you?" asked Piccolo, showing a darkened expression on his face the moment Spice not only revealed that Kurama and Garlic Jr were planning to kill Kami and Mr. Popo but also knew that Goku isn't with the others at all due to still being in space at this point. "Besides, we aren't dependant on Goku to help us win against you…"
"Is that so? What makes you think that?"
"Cause Goku and I are from different planets after all, which makes us more otherworldly than you realize," responded Piccolo, his confident expression returning as he felt that he needed to step his game up a bit if he is going to emerge victorious. "Too bad you won't get your chance to fight Goku anyway!"
Feeling unthreatened, Spice felt that Piccolo was simply giving him an empty threat, not realizing his opponent was actually being serious on what he said. "You think that being from another planet would shake me up?" he commented with a shrug and an unintimidated look. "I am at my full power and you are nothing compared to me!"
"That's because I haven't yet revealed my true power as a Namekian Warrior myself while Gohan will soon be showing his true power as a Half-Saiyan," Piccolo replied to Spice and he's determined to show that even a Namek as well as a Half-Saiyan can surpass two of the remaining Demons. "You better be ready, because you're going to regret underestimating me!"
Without anything more to say, Piccolo started to power himself up to his maximum which somewhat surprised to see that he's making good on his word. "Damn, I never would have expected to see him stronger than we thought" he cursed, knowing that it will be a more difficult fight even with his own true power unleashed. "Still, even with your hidden surprise unveiled, it still won't be enough to save you!"
"Yeah, well why don't you come here and show what you can when I fight seriously." said Piccolo getting into a fighting stance again then got ready to prove that his Namekian Fusion with Nail combined with his training has helped him become much more powerful than when he and Goku first fought against Garlic Jr.
Having heard enough, Spice charged in at Piccolo and prepared to deliver a powerful punch to the face with the intention of eliminating one of the threats to his master as swiftly as possible. "Prepare to die!" he yelled, sending the punch right in the direction of the Namekian himself.
Gohan and Krillin were no finding it a lot harder to deal with Vinegar, since he had transformed and grow in power both knew that they had to not only make sure they were not killed but also keep Videl safe as well.
As Videl was hiding from the fight that was ongoing but she was looking at the red star that was now above them. "There has to be something I can do to help." She said as she looked over to Gohan and Krillin seeing both were having a hard time right now.
Grabbing both of their heads Vinegar quickly smashed their heads together all the while laughing at the two and the pain that they were now in. "You think that you both can still win don't you? Well I think that you and your friends need to think again, as thanks to the Makyo star we have all grown stronger!"
"That's it..." Videl said with a whisper as she looked up and knew that if that was taken out then maybe it would weaken the others to the point that they could win, but she also knew that she had to wait till Gohan was next to her as she knew running out there would get her killed.
"Once I'm done with you that little girl is going to die in the most painful way that I can think of." Vinegar said as he looked over first to Gohan and then over to Videl who was doing her best to keep away from him and out of sight as well. "Maybe after her I'll pay your dear mother a visit as well how does that sound kid?"
Gohan heard this as he didn't want to lose the first friend he had that was his age to a monster like him nor his mother, and he knew that Videl had been through enough already, plus hearing Vinegar's laughter just made the young half Saiyan feel more angered. "No, I won't let you hurt anyone else!"
"Oh that's funny kid face it there's nothing that you can do that will stop us!" Vinegar yelled as he charged towards Gohan and began throwing punches at the young Saiyan who was dodging all the punches being thrown at him.
Garlic Jr on the other hand was gritting his teeth with anger as he watched all that had transpired, and soon heard a dark laugh coming from behind. "Seems that not all is going as we had hoped for?" Kurama asked as he too was none pleased and had felt Bruta's death.
"Your right rotten brats getting in my way, they shall all pay with their lives for this." Garlic Jr said looking at the fights that were going on, but gave a tiny smile. "It seems that your plan at least has turned out well."
Kurama couldn't help but laugh at this knowing that his partner was right Naruto's home planet was here above them. "True but it's still a deadly time if anything goes wrong then the planet will could be set anyway far from Earth."
Garlic Jr nodded at this but he was tired of waiting and was not going to let them continues to get in his was. "Well they all want to play hero then fine I will deal with them starting with Piccolo."
Once he had said this Kurama simple watched as Garlic Jr himself began to grow as he simple laughed while the others all stopped what they were doing, as both Spice and Vinegar simple watched with a smile. Piccolo however was getting worried as he had seen this before as he watched his skin turn a much darker shade of green and his muscles grow bigger as well.
Once he was done Garlic Jr looked over to Spice. "Spice I will handle Piccolo from here on out, I want you to deal with the pint size duo."
"Yes as you wish lord Garlic." Spice answered with a bow as his eyes turned towards Gohan and Krillin, before charging at the two fighters.
The two looked over to see Spice coming towards them and Krillin couldn't help but frown at the luck they were having right now. "This isn't looking good for us right now Gohan."
Bulma and Chi-chi meanwhile were worried with what was going on as they both looked over to Korin, they could tell he knew something and the wise master was not telling them much. "So, are you going to tell us how they are doing?" Bulma asked first as she gave a frown at the cat and looked over to Yajirobe who was playing cards with Krillin's girlfriend.
Remaining silent Korin just looked out from his tower and into the sky, which made it hard to tell just what he was thinking since he was a cat after all. "It's hard to say, I can feel Garlic is getting despite right now to end things as quickly as he can."
Both Bulma and Chi-chi looked at each other and then moved closer to Korin knowing that he might be able to tell them more. "So that means that they have saved Kami and Mr Popo right."
Yet all Korin did was remain silent at this knowing it was not over yet. "I wish I could say it was over, but I have a dark feeling that something worse is soon to come."
Chi-chi gave a frowning knowing full well what this was. "You're talking about the Kyuubi that was once inside Naruto?" She asked as Korin lightly nodded.
All this did now was make Bulma and Chi-chi more worried then they were before knowing just how deadly the Kyuubi might be since he could have learned Ki since he had been set free. As they were thinking on what might happen if the Kyuubi did decide to fight their thoughts were cut off as they heard the cries of Yajirobe he had lost his game.
Back on Kami's Lookout Garlic Jr was now laughing as he looked at Piccolo. "Well Piccolo are you ready, because I know I am, and don't worry I plan to make your death very painful."
Piccolo only answer was a grunt as he got into a fighting stance, just as Garlic Jr went charging in for an attack, and as the collision happened so did a shockwave. And Piccolo knew that this was not going to be an easy fight but he knew that they needed to buy time for Kami to save the people of Earth below.
"I have no intention of dying…" responded the Namekian Warrior, knowing that it was time he started to prepare himself for the worse against the immortal tyrant. "Besides, I beat you before and you will be certain I can do it again!"
"You only beat me with Goku's help as alone you didn't stand a chance against me," commented Garlic Jr, an evil grin forming on his face as he remembered when he first fought Piccolo, Goku and Krillin after the death of his three original minions Nicky, Sansho and Ginger. "Plus if memory serves, it was Gohan who sent me to the Dead Zone when I tried to suck you into the portal!"
Remaining silent for a moment, Piccolo knew that Garlic Jr made a good point on the matter though times had changed since he used to be evil until the events with the Saiyans and Frieza. "Well Gohan, Krillin and I have gotten much stronger and I intend to prove it too" he replied to Garlic Jr, even with be training it may not be enough.
"You may have gotten stronger but I have immortality so even if you defeat me, I can't die!" Garlic Jr responded back, though like Spice before him, he knew something was off about this as none of the battles included Goku anywhere and he wanted to make the pure-hearted Saiyan Warrior suffer next. "A pity that Goku has not come to your aid, yet even with his help… It won't save you this time!"
"You think that we're always gonna depend on Goku to help us win?" asked Piccolo, having a feeling that Garlic Jr would ask about Goku much like Spice did, but like before he decided against telling his opponent where the Namekian Warrior's former rival is let alone the fact that there is a chance he won't get to face him. "Well I hate to break it to you but we will be fending for ourselves for once and show we can win without him."
Hearing this remark, Garlic Jr started to laugh. "Oh? Says the one who needed Goku to save you because he knew that your death would kill Kami as well and vice-versa" he began, knowing that he will be able to handle facing Piccolo even despite the Namek not wearing his cape and hat. "You caught me by surprise before, however now I am better prepared to deal with you."
"I have a few hidden surprises of my own… Just you wait and see…" said Piccolo, referring to the technique that he, Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha were taught back on King Kai's planet, the same one that Goku used on Earth and on Namek, as that was something he was more than willing to learn from him but never used it against Frieza because of the risks so he best save it for the right moment. "Destructive Wave!"
He fired a powerful blast at Garlic Jr, which happened to be the same attack he used against Raditz but like with Goku's evil brother, it had no effect on his opponent. "Is that the best you've got?" remarked Garlic Jr, not having a single scratch on his body nor was he impressed with the strike that was used against him… Then saw Piccolo coming at him with a punch to the face as the Destructive Wave was nothing more than a distraction to keep him distracted from the real strike.
"Damn…" he cursed, before he and his opponent went head to head against one another as it's clear that Piccolo was more resourceful than he realized however, he intended to prove that his advantage will aide him to the very end. "To think that this was the second time I was caught with my guard down, I won't make that mistake again!"
While it was gonna be more difficult than the battle against Frieza himself, Piccolo knew that this will show that even those who aren't as strong as Goku can protect the Earth from threats like Garlic Jr and Kurama. "Well just be thankful you're not Emperor Pilaf or any of his two cronies as this would have been over faster than it should be" he countered back, referring to Goku's childhood enemies the Pilaf Gang led by Emperor Pilaf who wanted nothing more than to get his hand on all seven Dragonballs and wish for world domination but it always ended with failure.
Soon without saying another word to each other the two fighters were silent once more before getting ready to fight each other, Kurama just sat back and watched with a smile on his fox like face knowing that this was going to be fun.
He could already see the damage that had been done on the lookout as the building that once stood here was now in ruins. "Well, I know it will take some time to rebuild all this once again." Kurama said with a dark chuckle.
He eyes looked over to where Naruto was fighting Eriko and he knew full well that Naruto but still have some of his chakra inside of him, but that wouldn't help his former jailer forever. All he had to do was simple wait for Eriko to get him tired, once she had done that he would make his move if needed and take his revenge on Naruto.
Looking over he could see that the young half Saiyan and the human Krillin were also having a hard time with the last to members of Garlic Jr men but that mattered little to him as long as they didn't get in his way they ne won't kill them. "Soon it will be over."
Spice and Vinegar were both smiling as they had both Gohan and Krillin right where they wanted them to be. "Face it kid you are going to die right here!" Spice yelled at Gohan as he delivered a deadly punch right in Gohan's face sending the young boy crashing into one of the still standing pillars.
"No Gohan!" Krillin yelled as he saw the young boy crash landing right next to Videl with blood on his forehead. "Hold on buddy I'm coming!" Krillin yelled, but just as he was about to head towards Gohan he was stopped by both Spice and Vinegar.
The two continued to smile at Krillin knowing full well that they were not going to give him the chance to help Gohan. "Sorry short stuff but you're not going anywhere!" Vinegar yelled getting ready to attack Krillin.
Krillin tried his best to put up a defence but Vinegar was too fast as he broke the defence that Krillin had as Vinegar was not going to stop any of his attacks until he knew Krillin was dead.
Spice on the other hand was making sure that Gohan didn't get the chance to help Krillin. "Sorry kid but all your going to be doing is watching your friend there die a painful death."
"NO!" Gohan yelled as he stood to his feet weakly, only for Spice to knee him in the stomach while Videl cried out for her friend as she was about to rush over and help him when Spice noticed this and fired a weak Ki blast in her direction. "I wouldn't try it little girl, unless you want to die with him."
Videl soon stopped in fear at the power that they had as she heard Kurama laugh at the young human girl as she looked over to him. "Well it seems that your little friend is in trouble now." Kurama said with a smile as his eyes moved all over the place watching the fights that were taking place.
"Shut up you stupid dumb fox!" Videl yelled as she clenched her fists and looked straight into the demons eyes.
Kurama however just laughed as he looked at the young human. "You must be either very brave, or your very stupid very giving me that look girl."
Soon Kurama walked to the edge of the loot and looked down below with a smile on his face, before looking above. "Yes this is the day the human race dies you should be honored little one."
Little did any of them know was that at that very moment both Kami and Mr Popo had at last reached where they needed to be in order to save the Earth from the Kyuubi and Garlic Jr. "We've made it Kami now let's hurry we only have a few minutes left."
Kami nodded but he knew that by doing this, it would mean that Garlic Jr wouldn't be pleased if his plans were to be stopped. Which would mean he would come up with one last resort to deal with Piccolo and the others that had stopped him and Kami just hopped that it didn't come to that after all the Dead Zone was deadly.
"I really hope the others are doing alright up there." Kami said with a frown on his face at how the others were doing right now.
"So do I, plus in the worse case… Piccolo could use the Evil Containment Wave against Garlic Jr," remarked Mr. Popo, while normally the Evil Containment Wave was only used as a last resort since it would immediately kill the user when used regardless of wether or not it is successful in imprisoning the demon it is used on… Kami was a special case because he tried to use it against Piccolo during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament and he lived through it. "Besides, Piccolo would want to save it for the right moment because Garlic Jr is immortal."
Kami remained silent, he felt that Mr. Popo made a very valid point on the matter since he all but forgotten about that technique, the same technique that killed Master Roshi when he tried to use it on King Piccolo years ago. "Now I am starting to realize that I would have saved Goku, Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin a lot of trouble if I had used it in Garlic Jr myself the first time he threatened the Earth" he commented to himself, knowing even he overlooked stuff like this.
"Well at the time you were so busy trying to stop him before that it never crossed your mind."
"Yeah, now times have changed… Meaning we still have a chance to use it on Garlic Jr but only at the right moment" responded Kami, a serious expression formed on his face as there was the fact that it wasn't just the fact that it would normally kill the user instantly, Kami and Piccolo non-withstanding, but timing is also needed to ensure the useful use of the Evil Containment Wave on a powerful demon. "Master Roshi thought he had the right timing when he used it on King Piccolo but unfortunately the jar closed itself before it could suck him inside of it…"
Mr. Popo remained silent as he knew that Kami was right, because the Evil Containment Wave was never used again after the 23rd World Tournament and he doubt the technique would have worked against the Saiyans or Frieza anyway. "Hopefully the others will at least be able to hold off Kurama and Garlic Jr long enough for us to successfully save the Earth" he spoke after a few minutes of complete silence. "Otherwise, who knows what would happen…"
"They will succeed, I know they will because they haven't been training for nothing after all," said the Guardian of Earth, his eyes were closed as he knew that the Z-Fighters have fought tough battles before and this was no different, regardless of whether Goku's there to back them up or not. "Besides, they have allies even if it isn't Goku."
Mr. Popo silently nodded his head as he is aware of what Naruto was capable of, even though the girl he fell in love with is in space with Goku. "Yeah, you're right… For now we need to focus on the situation we have to solve ourselves" he replied, referring to the Sacred Holy Water that they will be hopefully recovering in time. "Odds are there might be more surprises in store for us."
"I don't blame you… Especially as the previous Guardians knew that the risks were high and that the Sacred Holy Water is only to be used in dangers such as this."
Remaining silent again, Mr. Popo understood where Kami was getting at so their only opinion was to continue forward as they have come to far just to give up at a time like this and even more so with the fate of the Earth resting in them succeeding. "We need to keep going, nothing is going to stop us from getting to our destination" said Kami, leading Mr. Popo down the path again. "There isn't much time to lose."
"Okay" Mr. Popo replied back, following Kami… He had just gotten his friend back when the Z-Fighters revived Piccolo via the Namekian Dragonballs and he would be damned if he and Piccolo were to die again due to the two Namekians being connected along with the fact that the Earth will need the Dragonballs should they ever need to bring people back to life.
With that in mind the two quickly got the Sacred Water out so that it can be used the two just looked at each other as they placed it in. "We've done it Kami we saved the Earth." Mr Popo said with a smile on his face as he watched the water enter the air waves.
Meanwhile no one was aware of what had just happened as they were all still busy fighting each other and in the case of Garlic Jr and his men were already thinking that they had won.
Krillin was still getting a beating from Vinegar who just continued to laugh as he made sure he tortured the human. "Oh come on at least beg, it's no fun if you don't beg." He said with a cruel laugh and he began to repeatedly punch Krillin in the face.
Yet through all this Krillin still didn't let up, no matter the pain that he was in right now he knew that they still need to save the Earth or at the very least by Kami and Mr Popo the time that they needed. "Come on Krillin you can't give up the Earth and all our friends are doing what they can."
"Oh it looks like you need a brake little man." Vinegar told Krillin as a smile formed on his face and he picked Krillin up higher, and in one quick motion Krillin's back soon meet with Vinegar knee, causing Krillin to cough up a lot of blood and cry out in pain.
With a snort Vinegar just throw Krillin's limp body near the edge of the lookout as both Gohan and Videl watched in shock at what had just happened. "No Krillin!" Gohan cried out as he rushed to help his friend, who was now close to failing over the edge of the lookout.
But just as he was about to dive off and help he heard another cry and looked over to see just what it was, and he was both shocked and angered by what he was seeing. Both Vinegar and Spice were holding onto Videl with a tight grip and he knew that they were hurting her since he saw the tears in her eyes. "Well kids look like you in a tight spot now aren't you?" Spice asked with a smile on his face as he pulled on Videl hair.
"A pity, our master wanted her to remain alive…" commented Vinegar with an evil grin on his face, though this in turn made Gohan angry as it wasn't enough to see Krillin badly banged up but now that Videl was being grabbed in a position that she can't get herself out of… He needed to do something. "Oh well, maybe he won't mind if we put her out of her misery!"
"No you wouldn't…" muttered Gohan, barely containing his anger at the thought of both Spice and Vinegar having plans to kill Videl right in front of them.
"Oh we would… However, we may let her go but it will be under one condition…" began Spice, seeing that they could make this work to their advantage in a way to regain their edge in the outcome of this entire conflict because it's been going on for far too long. "You must surrender yourself, otherwise… Well we will let you use your imagination."
Biting his lower lip, the young Half-Saiyan found himself backed into a corner especially as he didn't want serious harm to happen to the human girl. "Gohan, don't do it… Besides if I die then you could revive me with the Dragonballs!" pleaded Videl, still feeling the pain from the remaining two Spice Boys.
"Oh that's right, your death would be temporary… Unless of course either Piccolo or Kami get killed which would make your precious Dragonballs permanently unusable" remarked Vinegar, recalling that if one of the two Namek's were to die then the other will perish regardless of which of them were to meet that fate. "Our master would want nothing more than to keep you from using the Dragonballs by ending Piccolo's life slowly and painfully."
Gohan gritted his teeth in silent anger, it was just like when Goku was nearly killed by his evil brother Raditz as well as when he experienced seeing Piccolo killed saving him from Nappa's Bomber DX blast which hadn't gone unnoticed from Spice. "From the way I see it, you don't have a lot of options after all," he said, waiting for what Gohan's decision is going to be. "Will you stand down willingly or would you have this girl's blood added to your conscious as someone you failed to save…"
"Gohan…"
After another moment of silence, Gohan lowered his head and closed his eyes because there's no way in hell that he'd allow the Spice Boys to get their way to Videl or to another innocent life that didn't deserve to get involved in he mix. "Alright, I give up…" he replied much to the dismay of Videl while Spice and Vinegar grinned even wider at the answer.
"So even someone like you would immediately give in when there is a life on the line…" said the leader of the Spice Boys, finding it most definitely amusing when he sees that Gohan was admitting defeat and looked forward to informing Garlic Jr of the good news once this was finally over. "Just like your father, predictable…"
"You got what you wanted!" lashed Gohan, becoming tired of this game the two were playing and wanted them to make good on their own word when it came to the situation they made while Krillin couldn't believe that his friend was going through with this. "Let Videl go now!"
Even from her position Eriko just gave a laughed as she blocked another of Naruto's attacks as she looked over to the blonde ninja. "Well he must be learning from you Naruto, oh well won't matter in the end Gohan will still die."
Naruto gave a simple scowl at this and got ready to punch Eriko in the face, but he stopped as he soon noticed something was going on as he and Piccolo both gave a smile, while Eriko wondered what he was smiling at, and she was about to even ask until Naruto answered for her. "It seems that we are the ones who have won." He said as they all noticed that Kami and Mr Popo had done it.
"What the hell this can't be happening!" Spice yelled as he watched the plan that they had set up was now all coming down.
Vinegar noticed the smile on Gohan, Krillin and even Videl's face, even their master Garlic Jr was very angered by all his plans had now be ruined thanks to the earthling that had come here stop him as Garlic Jr clinched his fists in rage.
"Videl soon had tears of joy that her mother and all her friends were going to be saved from the fate that had be fallen them, yet these thoughts were soon stopped. "Fine you might have one but we shall make sure that you suffer for it!" Vinegar yelled as he tore Videl away from Spice and looked at the young human girl.
Soon Videl was able to look at Vinegar in the eyes as she saw the wicked smile that he had on his face and she was not going to let this monster or the other no longer get the pleasure from seeing her in fear. "I'm not going to be scared of you anymore!" Videl yelled out as she proceeded to spite into Vinegar face.
"You dirty little human!" Vinegar yelled as he wrapped his hand around Videl's neck. "Your dear mother may have been saved but I intend that you never see her again, well at least in this life that is!"
Down below the transformed people of Earth were all slowly starting to change back, and for some it was a little painful. When it was over many just stood there, confused at what had happened while many others had passed out from the pain of changing back to human all still in torn clothes.
From his tower, Korin was relieved that the Z-Fighters were able to find a cure for everyone who was infected by that Black Water Mist and a smile formed on his face the moment he saw the Sacred Holy Water doing its job. "Who would have thought they would be able to save Earth without Goku's help." he said to himself, though there was still the matter of stopping Kurama and Garlic Jr. before they can see it being truly over.
"Big deal, if it were me then I would have given those creeps a thing or two!"
Hearing Yajirobe's voice, he turned his head to see the male humanity question behind him with a somewhat annoyed expression on his face. "A pity that you hid when the Saiyans came to Earth and the only meaningful things you did against Vegeta was slice off his tail and damage his Battle Armor while his back was turned," the white-furred cat replied while remembering that Yajirobe never once aided the Z-Fighters in the conflict against Vegeta and Nappa otherwise it would have lessened the deaths. "If you couldn't defeat Vegeta even in his weakened state then I doubt you would have been able to win against Garlic Jr or Kurama."
"You had to bring that up did you?!" muttered Yajirobe, not pleased with the fact Korin was reminding him of that event let alone the fact that he is glad that he was complimented for saving Goku from being crushed to death. "Well if I recall, Garlic Jr was a threat to the Earth before the Saiyans were even a problem…"
"Yes he was but he is Immortal now thanks to the wish he made with the Dragonballs the first time he threatened the Earth and I assume he has become much stronger since escaping from the Dead Zone," said Korin, not in the mood to argue with Yajirobe any longer because they need to hope for the best that the Z-Fighters can defeat their enemies. "To make matters worse, Kurama is assisting him… For how long I don't know but as long as Piccolo or Kami don't get killed then we should be fine."
Yajirobe remained silent, knowing that Piccolo and Kami died before so it would be best to keep them from dying again in case they needed to bring anyone back to life with the Dragonballs, not counting those who were already revived by Shenron as well as those who were dead for too long. "How are the Senzu Beans doing? Odds are we might need them should the others get too banged up from this." he spoke to the human.
"They're doing fine, just glad the Black Water Mist didn't cause them to die out," responded Yajirobe, both he and Korin knew that they needed to ensure nothing bad happens to the Senzu Beans during this dire situation because they will have to heal the Z-Fighters if it gets too much for them. "They should be ready pretty soon."
"Good, I will have you go up but just don't do anything reckless or get yourself killed."
Typical… thought Yajirobe, feeling more like an errand boy than a skilled warrior but it couldn't be helped because all he'd be doing is get in the way if he drew too much unwanted attention if Garlic Jr was stronger than ever which made him dread the thought of how powerful Kurama is. "Well I will go once everything is safe, don't want to risk being infected by any leftover mist unless we know for certain the Sacred Holy Water did its job on the entire planet."
"You worry too much, besides the Z-Fighters know what they are doing so they would be more than ready for any hidden surprises those two have in store," said Korin, looking back out as he felt that soon there might be a chance Garlic Jr would use his last resort but this time, he will not want Gohan to send him there. "Even without Goku, they should be able to save Earth if they give it everything they got."
Bulma and Chi-chi looked over to the conversation that they could hear both were happy that as all they had to do now was wait for the Kyuubi and Garlic Jr to be dealt with. "At least we know the Earth has been saved." Bulma said as she looked over the edge knowing many people were going to be shocked over what had happened to them.
Just above them Videl was finding it harder to breath as vinegar laughed at her, Krillin tried to stand but he found it hopeless as he was just to hurt right now. "Damn it not good." He said as he knew Naruto and Piccolo were both busy and couldn't help the young girl either.
Gohan however was in anger by this as he saw what was being done to her and he just felt powerless. "No stop it, leave her alone!" Gohan yelled with rage as Vinegar only smiled at what he had just heard from the young Saiyan.
"Sorry kid but she had this coming." Vinegar answered as he grabbed hold of her shirt and gave a dark smile. "Even thou I want you to suffer I'm going to end this quickly so I can deal with the brat."
Everyone present knew what was going to happen and Gohan's eyes went wide with rage at what he knew was about to happen and he was not going to let it happen, he had already seen so much.
The rage just continued to build inside Gohan as he watched what Vinegar was about to do unfold in front of his very own eyes, until it exploded and Gohan had only one thing mind. Vinegar was surprised when suddenly and without warning a fist collides with his skull with enough force to split the skin, fracture the bone and send him flying across the lookout. Stopping his head long flight Vinegar landed back on his feet crouching down and looking up to see who interrupted his fun.
"Oh mad I see?" Vinegar asked with a wicked grin on his face while Eriko over heard what was going on and knew what was going to happen to this fool.
Gohan on the other hand said nothing to Vinegar, mainly as he didn't want to give him the satisfaction he knew he wanted to get from him. So instead he once again went charging towards Vinegar determined to get Videl free from Vinegar's hands no matter the cost.
"Like I'm going to let a punk kid like you beat me!" Vinegar yelled not wanting to be beaten by Gohan like many others of his race had been this day, so he throw Videl away only in this case she had crashed into a pillar smacking her head hard enough that she not only blacked out but there was blood coming out from her head as well.
"NO VIDEL!" Gohan yelled in more rage then what he was already in and all he could hear as he looked at Videl's prone form was Vinegar's laughter in his ears.
"Well I guess she is dead, with a hit like that on her head even if she lived there's no way she will live." Out of the corner of his eye Vinegar saw the being that suddenly filled him with dread disappear. Suddenly feeling a hot breath on his ear Vinegar only heard one mangled word. "Die." With that one word said Gohan had swiftly blasted Vinegar's head clean off.
A/N well everyone after much pain both doing the chapter and with my body being in pain I am happy to say that this chapter is done and I hope that you all liked the chapter that you have all read more so with what Gohan did at the end wanted to end this off in a dark way after all, since I know also Gohan fans like Gohan to be a bad ass and trust me on this he will.
As Garlic Jr and Kurama's plans have now all come apart thanks to Kami and Mr Popo that is, but just remember not all people were saved the first person that was changed is still on the lookout and waiting for orders from Kurama or Eriko, but sadly not all has gone well as Videl has been badly hurt thanks to Vinegar and Gohan has tapped into his rage as well.
So to end this off please leave me a review and let me know what you think as we are coming close to the end of this arc and once it's over we shall be moving onto the Trunks Saga which is something I know that you will all enjoy.
