A/N Well one and all yet another chapter for you all to read as we are getting just that much closer to the end of the Kyuubi saga then its onto the Trunks Saga something I'm looking forward in doing, and yes Sakura will show up with Goku.

As for Captain Ginyu, I will bring him back for the Resurrection of F events and it was hilarious to see how he was able to use Tagoma's body (even though Tagoma ends up stuck in the frog's body permanently in his place) against the Z-Fighters. Something I'll keep in this story to make up for having Ginyu killed off in Videl the Saiyan Warrior (and yes, I am gonna use the movie versions of Battle of Gods and Resurrection of F for that story while the Dragonball Super versions will be for this one).

This reminds me I have all seven Dragonballs and I promised my friend murderdeath21 that I would bring him back as he was killed in his story by Vegeta, I'm just that nice. Now come fourth eternal Dragon and grant me my wish.

Shenron: State your Wish and I shall grant it as long as it's within my power.

Yes I would like to bring back a very good friend of mine that was killed by Vegeta his name, murderdeath21 also know as Jerry, to be brought back to life but as a girl.

Shenron: It is done.

Chapter 52 hope will never die

Eriko watched as she saw what Gohan had just done to Vinegar and she couldn't help but smile at what she had seen the young Saiyan do, and the rage that Gohan had used on Vinegar. After all even she knew that attacking Videl was not the best or smartest idea that he did, and so Vinegar paid with that mistake with his life.

Yet she soon wondered how Spice was taking this lose after all the so called leader in her eyes had lost all of his men while Eriko had only lost Bruta. "I know this will be interesting." She thought with a smile as she looked up to make sure that the planet Naruto came from was coming here without fail.

Spice watched on with anger and rage across his face as he looked at what Gohan this simple child had done to his team. "Why that damn kid, I'm going to make sure that he pays for doing this." Spice thought knowing that he was going to make sure that he would kill Gohan.

Taking deep breaths of air, Gohan looked back to where Videl was and saw that she was not moving , which only caused him to get more worried that something was wrong. "Oh no Videl hold on!" Gohan cried out to the first friend he made that was his age and rushed over to her wanting to make sure not too badly hurt or worse killed.

Yet once he looked her over Gohan noticed that there was some blood that was on the back of her head, and was now more worried for her. "No Videl come on get up!" He thought looking down at her and holding her in his arms.

"Well looks like she is still alive but how long will she last with that head injury I wonder?" Eriko asked to herself as she looked at both Gohan and Videl seeing what was going on and knew that it was best not to get too close right now, or she would end up getting killed, and that was the last thing she wanted right now.

Naruto was now also worried for the girl as well and knew that he had to make sure she was alright since the poor child had been through a lot in just one day. "I would keep an eye on me and the fight that you're in right now Naruto, or it may just cost you your life." Eriko said in a calm tone as she looked at Naruto with a smile on her face.

Naruto knew that she was right he needed to make sure that Eriko didn't catch him of guard, yet all he did was looked back at Erick with a smile of his own. "Well I would say the same about you as well since you said you know so much about me." Naruto said at Eriko and soon charged towards her, and Eriko just got into her fighting stance.

"Now this should be fun." Eriko thought with a grin on her face knowing that she was going to enjoy fighting Naruto, and was going to see just what he could do as well.

Making sure to throw a first punch at the female demon and leader knowing full well it was going to be a hard fight for him, as he knew Eriko was going to make sure that Naruto didn't get the chance to do that much damage to her. "Come on Naruto you're going to need to do a lot better than that if you want to beat me."

Naruto smirked at this as he as not going to let Eriko get the best of him, as he knew what she was trying to pull and while this may have worked on either Sasuke or Vegeta he was not going to full for it. "Well as you can see I'm not close to being done just yet so come on and I'll show ya!"

"Then how about you show?" Eriko asked as she kept her eyes on him waiting to see what Naruto was going to do or what Naruto was going to try and use on her. "Well then Naruto let's see what you truly can do."

Naruto quickly formed some hand signs as soon a number of clones were formed next to him and they too were ready to face Eriko in a fight, after all the real Naruto it was not only best to outnumber her, but by using his clones he would get to see some of her moves that she may have not used yet.

"Oh look at this trying to outnumber me are you, I feel so hurt you know Naruto I mean I'm a girl after all didn't your mother teach you that is not a nice thing to do?" Eriko asked as she looked at him with a grin on her face and soon saw the look that Naruto was giving her. "Oh what's the matter was it something that I said Naruto?"

Eriko smiled once again at this after all Kurama told her and the others what had happened to Kushina and what he had done to her the day that Naruto was born. "Oh that's right I almost forgot she was killed by the Kyuubi wasn't she?" Eriko asked with a smirk forming on her face wanting just to see Naruto's reaction.

There was no reply from Naruto, and he was none too pleased by what Eriko had said to him about his mother Kushina and he knew that his mother was not too happy at this either. "Knowing mum she would kick her ass for saying that."


And he was right as the red headed Uzumaki was fuming in rage over what she had heard the demon girl say, since both she and Minato had watched the fighting that had been going on, and right now Kushina wanted nothing more than to tear apart Eriko. "Let me at her I'll teach that hussy a thing or two!"

Minato on the other hand was doing all that he could to hold her back, she had already punched King Kao on the head who tried to stop her, as he now had a large bump on his head from her wrath as Bubbles was simple pocking King Kai. "Kushina honey calm down!" he cried knowing it was best not to get her angrier than she was.

"Oh I'll calm down," she began as she looked at Minato sweetly, almost too sweetly as the now dead forth Hokage knew that this was a bad sign. Just then her red hair began to move upwards as the smile that she had soon turned in to a dark smirk that was now on her face one that Minato knew all too well. "I'm just goanna to tear the head from her body is all!?"

Minato only gave a deep sigh at this knowing that Kushina was very pissed right now at Eriko and was thankful that she couldn't go down to Earth. "Still it's best not to let her go knowing Kushina I think that she would find away to head down to Earth."

"Come on Minato let me go so that I can kick her ass for what she said to me Dattebane and what she is doing to my son as well!" Kushina yelled once more knowing she was not going to just stand here with all that was going on.

"Kushina you know that we can't do anything." Minato said knowing it was true there was nothing they could do but just watch and hope that Naruto and the others could stop this.

"Fine but once this Eriko is killed I want to kick her ass before she is sent to hell, heck I may want to go and put her up while she is down there!" Kushina yelled as she soon calmed down but still had her hand in a fist.


With nothing to say Naruto went on the attack and Eriko knew that Naruto was going to do all he could to land a hit on her, yet she still couldn't help but smile knowing that fighting Naruto was going to be tone of fun and will help her master as well in the long run.

Eriko knew that she would have to deal with Naruto's clones first, once they had been dealt with she would make sure to bring on the pain to Naruto. "But just because you out number me doesn't mean that you have the advantage."

Naruto knew that she had a point so he too needed to think of something to trick her or at least to trap her, the trouble was he was not the smartest when it came to coming up with a battle plan, as he liked to just head right in there.

Seeing that Naruto didn't have an answer Eriko quickly took out her own sword as she looked at it then she looked at Naruto and smiled. "I hope that you like this sword Naruto its one of two the other belongs to Bruta, yet the one I have is far stronger, than his."

Naruto on the other hand looked at the weapon that Eriko had and knew she was right something felt very off about it and dark as well. The sword was unlike Naruto had never seen before as the blade was a blood red colour and was glowing as well, with Naruto knowing that he needed to make sure he stayed away from it.

"Well then how about I give you a taste of just what my blade can do then." Eriko said with a grin on her face as with one swish movement, a powerful energy wave came out from the blade with Naruto and his clones looking on in shock at this.

Naruto seeing this knew he needed to get out the way as he jumped out the way into the air and out of the oncoming attack. The two clones on the other hand didn't make it in time as both were destroyed by the attack, and Naruto felt just what the blade attack had done to his two clones.

"Hope you liked that Naruto that is just one of many attacks that I can do with my lovely blade." Eriko said with a smile as she looked at Naruto knowing he would now have to come up with something.

"Damn what am I going to do now?" Naruto thought as he looked down at Eriko seeing her weapon and knew he would need to get it away from her first before attacking her head on. "Maybe if I can get that sword away from her I might the chance I need."

Without any second thought in mind Naruto rushed towards Eriko while forming his hand signs in order to make even more shadow clones. "Oh come on more clones, really I thought you would at least try to come up with something new."

Naruto however knew that this was the best chance that her hand so get behind Eriko as she was unable to see thanks to the many clones that Naruto had made. This would give him a chance at least while the clones all attacked from the front he would go up from behind and try to get her sword at the right moment.

One of the clones looked back at Naruto with a smile knowing the time was now. "Alright boss now's your chance." The clone said grinning with Naruto nodding, as he made his way to Eriko making sure to keep his power low.

Eriko on the other hand was taking out the clones that were coming towards her, many of the clones she had disposed of she had done so by using her sword on them. This was either done by stabbing them blowing them up or slicing a few of their heads off, some of which just made her smirk as she wish that they didn't turn into smoke.

The real Naruto continued to move closer to Eriko as he watched three of his clones jump at her each one had a Rasengan in their hands. "You can't beat all of us!" the clones cried at her as the three attacking ones got all the more closer to hear.

"That's good just keep her busy as well." Naruto thought as he worked his way around, until he was behind Eriko and looked at her sword. "Okay it now or never." Naruto thought knowing he had to make sure he kept his power low still.

Once he was in the right position and seeing that Eriko was busy dealing with the clones to even notice him which Naruto was thankful for right now. Without another thought Naruto quickly attacked knocking the sword out from her hand and grabbed it so he could use it on her.

Eriko on the other hand seeing this was at first shocked that she lost her sword but when she saw that Naruto was holding it that all changed, as she soon began to laugh at this while Naruto looked on as he was now confused as to why she was laughing.

"What's so funny anyway?" Naruto asked as he was about to use Eriko's own sword against her.

Still laugh Eriko just looked at Naruto with a smile on her face as she wondered if she should tell him what she knew on the sword that he had and why she was laughing as well. "Oh you want to know why?" She asked with a grin. "Okay I'll tell you Naruto, but I would drop that sword if I was you."

Naruto just looked at her knowing that this was a trick or she was trying to do something else, what it was he didn't know, but he was not going to do what she wanted. Before he knew it Naruto cried out in pain as his hand was now bleeding, while the sword he had been holding dropped to the ground.

He looked up and over to Eriko in shock, as he held his hand. "I see that you're in shock at this, so let me explain Naruto just pay attention okay?" Eriko asked with a frown knowing that she had no time to repeat everything to Naruto.

Naruto just nodded at her but gave a growl at her waiting to hear what Eriko had to say on the sword he tried to use. "Good you may be wondering why only I can use that sword." She asked as she saw the blonde ninja node his head. "Well it's because it chooses who it want to be with well mine does at least, only ones that are worthy may use it, and you are not worthy it seems."


Piccolo on the other hand watched this and knew that he too needed to deal with Garlic Jr and was thankful that Spice was the only member that was left of to deal with right now. "I just hope the others are dealing with the Kyuubi's men alright."

Garlic Jr was also looking at what was going on and he was none too happy with this since three of his men have been killed so far and all he had now was Spice. "You might think that your winning Piccolo, but I will make sure that you will all die before I lose to the likes of you fools!"

"Well then it seems that our old home is here at last, that fool Naruto should be thanking me for doing this." Kurama said as he smiled once more.


Yet back on Konoha everyone that Naruto and the others knew were all in a meeting on what they were seeing, as right now Tsunade was frowning over this. "We all need to calm down I know that everyone is worried with what is going on and what we are all seeing." She said while still a keeping calm tone in her voice.

All the others in the room nodded as they too had seen how the people of Konoha were acting since this Planet showed up. "From what we can tell it's not a Genjutsu as many others are seeing this too." Shikamaru said as his mind was already working on what was going on.

Ino nodded as she looked at Shikamaru and then out the window with said Planet that could cause them all to die. "It's just a good thing that Naruto and the others are not here to see this." Ino said knowing that she wished she could see Sakura one last time and make up with her.

"Hey we still don't know if they are really dead Ino, I mean you hear what Tazuna said all four got sucked into some kind of portal." Choji said with a smile at his team-mate knowing that Ino was missing Sakura right now.

"Choji is right Ino, but right now we need to keep everyone calm so that nobody panics." Asuma said as he took a puff from his cigarette that he was smocking right now.

Even Gai knew this to be true as people were getting scared and everyone was doing all they could to keep them safe but knew that sooner or later that would all come down on them. "We must do all that we can to make sure the people are safe then find out what's going on."

Kiba gave a scoff wanting to know how or what could even do this. "It won't do us any good if we have no idea on what's making this happen!" Kiba yelled as he was none too happy with this.

"But Kiba kun…" Hinata began as she looked down at the ground still upset with what she had heard happened to Team 7, and wondered like many others in the room if they were truly dead.

"Look, I know we all want to know what is going on but we all need to not go crazy here and work this out." Tsunade said in a calm tone as she looked up to her ninja. "Until then we need to help keep everyone calm."

All the ninja in the room nodded at this as they left the room and went to keep the people safe and calm as well. "This is far too much for me to handle." She said with a sigh knowing that she needed a drink right now.

"Well Lady Tsunade I know that we can work this out." Shizune said as she handed Tsunade some paper work as all she could do was give a sigh at this.


At the Haruno home Sakura's mother and unlike everyone else on Konoha she could feel that there were high powers levels on the Planet. "It's a good thing that I learnt how to sense power levels so that I no longer have to use my scouter." She said but she had a frown on her face at what she was sensing on the Planet.

Her husband soon went by her side and while he could not feel what was going on, he knew that his wife could tell what was going on. "This is not good at all." She muttered with a frown still on her face.

"So you know what's going on then?" he asked as he held onto her hand, but noticed that his wife was not saying much else.

All she did was node her head. "Yeah I can feel what's going on, and it's not good." She told him and was not sure what she should do now.

"Well I think that we need to know who or what they are and if they are even friendly." He said and knew there was a lot more going on than he or his wife knew at the time.

"All I can tell is right now there are two sides fighting right now I just wish I knew who they were," She said as she could feel the powers. "I mean this should be harder for me to sense another person on a Planet, so that means that something bad is going on."

The two Haruno's looked at each other and then they looked back up to the Planet as they hoped that this was not a bad sign.


Back on Earth Naruto throw a punch at Eriko as the demon girl quickly ducked from Naruto's attack and launched a counter attack of her own. "That was a good try Naruto, but as I said before you're going to need to do a lot better than that."

"Don't worry I've still got a lot more coming!" Naruto cried out as he charged towards Eriko as he fired multiple Ki blasts at her.

Yet with grin of her own Eriko deflected the Ki blasts that were sent at her and even fired a few of her own too which a number of hit Naruto's.

"Well my dear Naruto, why don't you show me then?" Eriko asked with a smirk and ready to start the next round in fighting Naruto.

With nothing else to say both fighters went to charge at each other and like before the two throw both punches and kicks at one another, but when they did this either Naruto or Eriko blocked the others attack.

"I'm not done yet ya' know so how about you eat this Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he formed his attack and headed right for Eriko, who was just smiling at Naruto.

"What a fool attacking me head on like this he should know better after all, it's only going to get him into trouble and will get him killed too." Eriko thought as she gave a smirk.

However Naruto had a smirk of his own knowing what she was doing as this is just what Naruto wanted from Eriko. "Come on then just get a little closer to me." Naruto thought knowing that this trap was needed and hoped that is would work.

Eriko went in for the attack with a high speeddash to Naruto but she knew that he was going to try something to her she just had no idea what it was going to be. "Little fool thinks that he can trick me does he."

Eriko only smiled as she dashed upwards into the sky as she looked down at Naruto and took a deep breath, as she was doing this she could see that Naruto was looking up at her. "What is she doing? I thought that she would attack me head on."

"Well I hope that he enjoys this attack." Eriko thought as she only wished that she could smirk of laugh at Naruto.

Before Naruto knew it Eriko fired a powerful Ki blast at him from her mouth, yet anyone who was watching saw that there was something different from the normal Ki blast as it was a combo of red and orange almost like it was on fire.

"What? You didn't think that I wouldn't have tricks up my sleeve did you?"

"Crap!" muttered Naruto, having barely evaded it though his shoulder got burned in the process which was a sign that whatever attack it was, it proved powerful enough to kill him if he was too careless. "If I had been slower then it would've been over for me!"

"Well don't worry, it will all be over soon enough…" responded Eriko, wanting to enjoy taking Naruto down and intending to tear him apart piece by painful piece in an effort to save her master the trouble of dealing with him personally. "Unfortunately, I have other surprises in store for you."

"What does that mean?" asked Naruto, moments before noticing what appeared to be a thin, whip-like strand of blood-red energy coming from her fingertips. At first he thought it wouldn't be that big of a deal, however he had learned time and time again that appearances can be deceiving so he needed to be ready for what it was capable of.

"Take this!" yelled Eriko, using her whip and lashing it out in Naruto's direction though he managed to get a kunai out which he used to parry the weapon each time it was used against him. "Not bad, but still even you have your share of weaknesses and once that happens, you won't be surviving this."

Naruto remained silent and knew she was right, he can't out last her forever especially with her own share of extreme speed compared to his. "She's right, which means I gotta think smart when facing someone like her… I know!" he brought out a smoke bomb and threw it onto the ground in order to create a smoke cloud of some sort.

"Oh really, that is the best you have for me?" asked Eriko, who was not amused by the boy's attempt in putting up a good fight and then saw him coming at her attempting to strike her with three Kunais in his hand, she easily jumped over them then used her whip to slice through his flesh. "Gotcha!"

All of a sudden, both halves disappeared in a puff of smoke which made her realize that it was a Shadow Clone that her whip burned through, not the boy himself. "I should've known, you always rely on your Shadow Clones in order to save you at tight spots but not this time!" she responded, knowing she would find the real Naruto. "I'll just have to make you come out!"

She spun around along with the whip in her possession, causing a whirlwind to form and blew away the smoke then saw nothing. "Clever, but not good enough!" she yelled, causing her claws to release acidic poison. "You'll never beat me if you keep using those moves, why don't you try something different?"

Hiding at a distance, Naruto knew that Eriko was right and wondered how she can be this powerful and he had to be better ready to make his next move count. "What the?!" he muttered as he all of a sudden saw Eriko disappear and he wondered where she could've gone, not realizing that she reappeared right behind him with the intention of finding him right here and there.


Piccolo right now was trading blows with Garlic Jr as Piccolo, eyes lighting up with determination, shifted his weight forward and took aim at his foe, his aura intensifying tenfold.

However, just as he was readying to attack, Garlic Jr, sensing his intent with split-second accuracy and foresight, suddenly dashed towards his enemy in a blur of motion and skidded to a stop directly in front of him, making it appear as though he'd teleported.

His sudden charge had Gohan freeze up in shock, as he instantly found himself looking directly into the eyes of his assailant hovering just a few inches in front of his face.

The sheer intensity he felt radiating off of Garlic Jr in that moment of pause was enough to have Piccolo stop dead in his tracks and a bead of sweat to trickle down his face. "What you don't think that I did nothing while I was trapped in that hell did you, even when I was freed at last I made sure that I would be ready to face you and Goku one more."

Without any warning, Garlic Jr fired his left fist straight towards Piccolo's face at breakneck speed. Reacting in alarm, the Namekian threw his arms up to block. The instant Garlic Jr knuckles struck his forearms, a deafening shockwave rang out as a force equivalent to a comet travelling through space struck the Piccolo head-on and sent his body skidding across the ring. Expression reflecting nothing but pure astonishment, he barely had enough time to react to the second jab that followed immediately afterwards, which slammed into his arms and blew his guard wide open. Feet digging two identical trenches through the floor, he eventually stopped on the other side of the courtyard, where he then found himself gaping at his opponent, whom he could see was standing in a basic fighting stance with a fierce glare fixated upon his person.

The expression he was now wearing was almost identical to that of a wild tiger staring down a helpless mammal. It was a sight that had Piccolo literally shaking in his boots. "This is bad I never knew that Garlic Jr would have gotten even stronger, not to mention with the wish he made will make it impossible to kill him."

The fact that smoke was wafting off of his right forearm where an imprint of Garlic Jr fist could be seen didn't help the matter either. Piccolo slowly shifted back, his arms up and a nervous look on his face. Making sure he wasn't backing up into the main building or what was left of it, he moved further out into the open. Once he'd gotten some more space, Garlic Jr was once again standing a few feet away from him, where he could practically feel his eyes boring into him like knives.

"This is not good." He then took a deep breath to try and compose himself, "Not only is the pressure from him intense, but his jabs… they're ridiculously heavy. My arms were knocked away from only two hits." When he saw Garlic Jr step even closer, he began analyzing his form to get a bead on his defences. Taking careful note of the positions of his arms as well as his wide feet, knowing he needed to find an opening for an attack.

Before he could begin thinking up some sort of strategy to get around his opponent's guard, Piccolo suddenly saw Garlic Jr dart forward and swing at him with a right hook. Telegraphing his motion, Piccolo brought his arm up and blocked it, before a string of even more punches began raining down on him. Shockwaves then rattled the lookout as Piccolo's body was hammered by a lightning fast salvo of ludicrously powerful blows, with hooks and kicks beginning to slam into his body left and right, as if he were some kind of punching bag.

Feeling a roundhouse kick bury into his left arm and bend his body over, a desperately defensive Piccolo gritted his teeth as he quickly blocked a right punch, which had him stumble back across the quad. He didn't have any time to catch his breath, as his opponent was right on top of him once again, driving even more punches into his guard.

"There… oof… may not be any… augh… openings…" Piccolo grunted between blocking punches and kicks, "But guarding alone… oof… won't get me anywhere!" Taking several straight punches to the upper body, which he barely blocked with his forearms, as Piccolo growled. "I need to hit back! At this range, my punches can definitely reach him!" The instant he deflected an uppercut, Piccolo saw a gap in his opponent's assault and dove for it. "THERE!" He then threw a left corkscrew blow into Garlic Jr face.

A thunderclap rang out when his jab drilled into the woman's cheek. However, instead of knocking him back like he expected, Garlic Jr appeared completely unfazed by the blow, and simply pushed through it, shoving his fist off of him with a careless shove.

The sight had Piccolo recoil in shock. "Damn, this is not good his not stopping?!"

Before he knew it, his arms were once again nailed by a barrage of heavy punches, which battered him over and over, before a powerful right smashed through his guard and nailed him in the face. The blow shook the ground and had Piccolo fly back across the lookout, where he landed several meters away in a cloud of dust. Legs shaking, the bruised fighter looked up to see Garlic Jr dashing at him once again.

Both Gohan and Krillin saw this knowing this was not good and Piccolo was in need of help, the two looked at each other and nodded as Gohan gave a look down at Videl seeing she was still out cold.

"How's she doing?" asked Krillin, curious to know how Videl is doing right now as he saw the concerned expression on the half-Saiyan's face.

"She's alright, she isn't too banged up at least…" he replied to the bald-headed human, glad that Videl will be okay, though she'll need to be looked after so he can properly help his Namekian Mentor against the evil immortal. "Listen, will you be able to look after her for me?"

"Uh, sure…" began Krillin, and then realized what Gohan was planning to do next which made his expression darken at the thought. "You're not thinking about dealing with Garlic Jr head on are you?!"

"I have no choice, remember if Piccolo dies then so will Kami and we won't have any Dragonballs to bring anyone back to life!"

"You had to bring that up…" muttered Krillin, mentally cursing since Piccolo and Kami already died before when the former took the Bomber DX in order to protect Gohan from dying at the hands of Nappa. "Still, you don't know who you're up against... Garlic Jr is the same guy who kidnapped you and took the Four Star Dragonball so he could get the immortality he has now."

"Don't you think I know that!" snapped Gohan, getting ready to head off into action before Krillin could attempt to stop him and soon enough, the half-Saiyan placed his hands together for one powerful blast. "Ka...me…ha...me…ha!"

Without a thought, he fired a Kamehameha right at Garlic Jr and he didn't bother to dodge the blast as he allowed himself to take the hit from the blast. "Gohan?" wondered Piccolo, shocked at seeing the young boy joining the fray. "What are you doing?"

"Saving your life!" responded Gohan, being aware that Garlic Jr would survive anything regardless of how powerful they were due to being immortal and it'll take all their might in order to defeat him, though they'll also need to ensure Kami and Mr. Popo recover the Sacred Water in order to cure everyone on the planet before the effects become irreversible. "In the worse case, we might need to use the Dragonballs which requires you and Kami being alive."

Piccolo remained silent, while he was grateful that Gohan managed to save him much like during the battle against Frieza but times had changed. "Even so, we're dealing with an immortal not against an ordinary opponent… Goku, Krillin, Kami and I had a difficult time fighting him the first time and it hasn't changed even now," he spoke to the young boy with a frown on his face. "You were only lucky due to your hidden powers being unleashed when he tried to send us to the Dead Zone but I doubt it would save us this time."

"We have to keep fighting; we'll find a way to stop him and the Kyuubi," said Gohan, his determination mirrored that of Goku's and even Piccolo's during battles against powerful opponents despite the odds being stacked against them at this point. "After what he tried to do to Videl and what happened to her parents along with everyone else on Earth that were infected, we can't give up now!"

Piccolo nodded as he looked over to Garlic Jr and gave a frown not sure on what they could do to stop him. But the two heard laughter coming from as both fighters looked over to him with a frown on their faces. "Oh you really think that you're going to stop me? Because I will tell you this I will make sure that you all suffer for this!" he yelled and soon charged forward at Gohan.

Avoiding his right hook, Gohan dove into the Garlic Jr range and landed the mother of all haymakers across his face. The impact of the blow cracked the ground and caused a shockwave that rattled the surrounding buildings, sending Garlic Jr sliding over the cobblestone surface. When he stopped several meters away, he immediately hunched forward, his eyes glazed over and a surprised look slapped across his face.

"Alright! Now it's my turn!" Leaning over, he then charged towards his enemy. "This is for all that you have done!" Gohan yelled with a little anger in his voice.

The moment Gohan launched himself from his place, a jerk from Garlic Jr shoulders and a gasp of shock signalled him returning to the land of the living. Blinking away his stupor as he gazed through a blurred vision and ringing ears, the Makyan warrior spotted his adversary approaching him. "Come on! Give it to me… give me everything you've got, so I can tear it down and rip you apart!"

The demi-Saiyan's punch slammed into the Makyan guard with concussive force. As soon as it impacted, a fierce storm of punches then rained down upon Garlic Jr without pause or hesitation, shaking his forearms and tearing into his muscles bit by bit. Eventually, in the midst of the planet crushing bombardment, a hook managed to sneak around the Makyan warrior's guard and slam into his temple, causing Garlic Jr to drop his arms and leave himself wide open for Gohan's assault. Punches and hooks then battered his body left and right, knocking his head about like a piñata, while a swift shot to the body caused his entire form to lurch forward sharply and blood to splatter across the floor.

Gohan, pressing home his advantage, grabbed the Makyan by the arm twisting it and drilled his head with three direct punches to the face, before finishing it with a swift hook to the nose. Upon hearing the crunch of his fist smashing into his skull, he then proceeded to hammer his opponent across the courtyard with another swift combo, filling the air with the sounds of dull thuds and titanic shockwaves.

Piccolo was watching this and was amazed by this, and how much Gohan has grown since he first met him. "That is Gohan just keep it up." Piccolo said to himself knowing that they would still need a plan.

Spice however was not going to let this stand no longer as he gave a smile and looked over to where Krillin and Videl who was unconscious. As he intended to make sure that neither of the two human would make it out of this alive, soon the surviving member charged at the two laughing at the pain he was going to cause them both.

Both Gohan and Piccolo saw this and the two fighters knew that they needed to do something and stop Spice before he could hurt their friends. "Hey leave them alone!" Gohan yelled and he was about to charge over and stop Spice when Garlic Jr got in his way.

"Sorry kid but your mine." He said with a dark laugh as he looked from Gohan to both Krillin and Videl. "But don't worry where they're going you'll soon join them with all your other friends."

"Don't worry Gohan I'll deal with him just focus on Garlic Jr for now!" Piccolo ordered Gohan as he went to deal with Spice with the intent to end his life once and for all.

"Oh, you'll deal with me?" asked Spice, the leader of the Spice Boys, rather intrigued to see how the Namekian Warrior intends to deal with him. "You better not take me lightly; I'm much more powerful than my fellow Spice Boys!"

"I'm already aware of that… however, I have become a lot stronger since the first time I fought your master," Piccolo replied to the demon in front of him, then both fighters got into their fighting stances. "So you better not take me lightly either."

"I have no intention to…" remarked Spice, moments before he and Piccolo went all out against one another… the leader of the Spice Boys was hell-bent on killing one of the strongest Z-Fighters that ever existed. "Die!"

A Ki blast came right at Piccolo only for the Namek to deflect it away with ease, and Spice was determined to use the power of the Makyo Star to tear his enemy apart piece by painful piece. "Destructive Wave!" yelled Piccolo, using the blast he tried to take Raditz down with and Spice evaded the attack.

"Too slow!" countered Spice, growing his hair extremely long in order to strike the Namekian Warrior down if not strangle his enemy… suddenly, Piccolo created a clone of himself in order to avoid being strangled by the white hair. "Damn…"

"Sorry to disappoint you, but you'll have to do better than that!"

Spice gritted his teeth; he refused to be made a fool of against the Namek. "Mark my words, this will be the last fight you'll ever have!" he yelled, engaging against the two Piccolos in another confrontation. "Once I'm done with you, you'll be taking a one way trip to the afterlife!"

"Been there, done that!" one of the Piccolos grabbed Spice by then arm and then slammed him onto the ground below, then they merged back into a single Piccolo as he preferred to have this be a fair fight, contemplating on many things to do in order to end the fight. "Rest assured I have not intention of dying again."

Eventually Spice managed to get back up after a few seconds or so, his anger was barely contained by the fact Piccolo is able to last this long against him. "Damn you, damn you!" he lashed, wanting to prepare himself for some powerful attack… one to end this.

With a smirk on Piccolo's face, he soon went on the attack knowing that it was time to end Spice's life ending at least one threat then all that he would have to deal with is the Kyuubi and his men and Garlic Jr himself.

However Spice now looked at Piccolo while he gritted his teeth in anger he was not going to lose, nor was he going to let Piccolo win. So Piccolo taking a deep breath got into his fighting stance and looked at Spice knowing now was the time.

Soon Piccolo pressed on with his attacks as he throw punches and kicks at Spice who was blocking his attempts, but he swiftly drive punches into his opponent like there was no tomorrow. Despite the amount of power he was exerting.

Spice however despite what was going on and knowing that he might be killed only laughed at this as Piccolo jumped away and looked at him. "And what's so funny?"

"Nothing much as you will find out soon enough." Spice answered with a smirk on his face as he soon went on the attack knowing that he was going to take Piccolo down with him if he had to, and if not then he knew his master would make sure no one would leave here alive.

His fist then shot out like a bullet, corkscrewing through the air towards his enemy's face. In slow motion, he watched his knuckles bury into Spice's cheek and begin distorting his skull. But then, all of a sudden, there was a flash of blinding red light, which was instantly followed by a clap of thunder. Before Piccolo knew it, his head had been sent reeling skywards and a spray of blood clouded the air above him, as from out of nowhere Spice managed to land a devastating punch directly between his eyes.

All Piccolo did was let out a growl as he stopped himself in the air and began to fire a multiple Ki blasts down at Spice, as the later was deflecting them away from him while keeping an eye on what else was going on around him.

Seeing and already thinking of a plan, Piccolo hopped that this would work as he fired a Ki blast down to where Spice was and quickly moved away while he was distracted to get a good shot at him. "I hope that this works." Piccolo thought as he placed two fingers on his forehead.

Needless to say, Spice was not exactly thrilled with Piccolo's attempt to take him out and swatted the Ki Blast away. "Pitiful, all you are doing is delaying the inevitable" he informed, not realizing what Piccolo was planning at first though wondered what he was up to then suspected something's off.

Suddenly, a Destructo Disc came his way and he jumped over it and saw that the one who sent that attack was none other than Krillin. "That bald-headed human again!" he muttered, seeing that the human decided to get himself involved and felt that it was a bad move on his part.

"Huh, Krillin?" wondered Piccolo, noticing his fellow Z-Fighter has decided to intervene which could be a noble gesture or a rather foolish one since his opponent was more powerful than they ever imagined.

"You want a piece of me, don't you?" asked Krillin, deciding to buy Piccolo some time to get his Special Beam Cannon ready much like how they tried to do their best in giving Goku the time needed to complete his large Spirit Bomb to use against Frieza back on Planet Namek. "If you want me then come and get me!"

"Oh, I will and soon you'll be dead!" yelled Spice coming at him and Krillin didn't even attempt to evade the attack wanting his opponent to make the first move so he can make his plan work. "Prepare to die!"

"I don't think so!" said Krillin, getting his plan into motion and before Spice could even react, the bald-headed human unleashed a blinding bright light from his body. "Solar Flare!"

"What the?!" exclaimed Spice, becoming momentarily blinded by the technique Krillin used against him then the human Z-Fighter flew up towards Piccolo as it should be enough to allow the Namekian to finish his Special Beam Cannon.

"How much longer till the Special Beam Cannon is ready?" Krillin asked as she looked at Piccolo and then back to Spice.

"It should be done soon Krillin." informed Piccolo, thanks to Krillin, he could use this as a chance to fire it and end Spice's life which will leave Kurama and Garlic Jr left to deal with as well as restoring Earth to its normal state before they can truly relax.

"Good, when you have that clear shot, make sure you make it count because the effects of the Solar Flare won't last forever," reminded Krillin as he's well aware of the limits the Solar Flare had and that once Spice is able to see again, it could mean trouble if he dodges the attack. "Odds are that demon will regain his sight fairly soon."

Krillin nodded at what Piccolo was saying as he gave a weak laugh, showing that he was worried. "Yeah your right, but we still need to do this."

"True even if we beat him Krillin, we still have to worry about the Kyuubi and his men." Piccolo added as he looked up to where Eriko was and knew that Naruto was dealing with her that just left the others that he was unsure of right now.

"Well I know they can handle it." Krillin said with a smile on his face as he looked back over to where Spice was and saw his sight was starting to come back. "Let's just win this okay man."

Piccolo nodded as he only needed a little more time. "Oh you think that they are so safe huh?" A voice asked as the fighters looked over and saw it was Nark smiling down at them.

Eriko from where she was smiled as she too saw that Nark had arrived. "Well it seems that you dealt with the Uchiha then?" Eriko asked with a smile on her face as she saw Nark node his head.

"Yes, I have to admit it was fun to beat his ass," Nark said as he smirked and looked at what had happened since he left but also knew that the mist that Kurama had used to change the people of Earth had failed. "I mean he thought he was the most powerful one on this weak Planet."

Piccolo however knew this was a good thing as this was giving him the chance that he needed to charge his attack. "Just a little longer…" Piccolo thought as Spice was looking at the two members that belong to the Kyuubi.

"Well good to see you're alive I heard from Eriko that you have lost one member of your team." Spice said with a satisfied grin, as he didn't like the four members.

"True Bruta is dead that leave just us three, but our masters plans are coming along nicely all the same." Eriko said as she looked at Naruto and then up at the Planet. "All we need to do is kill Naruto."

"Fine you do what you want but I will kill the others for what they have done!" Spice yelled as he soon remembered what he was doing and who he was in the middle of fighting and looked over to where Piccolo and Krillin was.

"Oh damn I think he spotted up Piccolo." Krillin said as he saw Spice was now looking over at them, he just hopped that Piccolo was now ready.

"No I need a little more time." Piccolo said as he looked over to Krillin and saw the short man and long time friend of Goku nodded his head at what he was saying.

"Okay Piccolo just leave it to me, just please try not to hit me okay man as being killed for a second time is something I don't want." Krillin said as he gave a nervous laugh, while Piccolo just looked at Krillin with a smirk in his green face.

Knowing what was needed Krillin charged towards Spice, he knew that he didn't stand a chance but still he was going to give Piccolo the time he needed, he could already see that Spice was smiling knowing that he would win in a head to head.

So Krillin had to use his head for this after all if there was one thing that he has learned from hanging out with Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi, it was sometimes power was not everything it was who was smarter would win a fight, and Krillin was going to use his smarts. Okay, just gotta be careful when fighting this guy… he said to himself with a frown on his face

"You are a fool for getting in my way!" yelled Spice, feeling that Krillin will be the first one to die as a result and could tell that the bald-headed human was somewhat afraid of his sheer might.

"Well, better than being a mindless slave!" snapped Krillin, while it is true that he was afraid but he has been through much worse than this and he has gotten stronger along the way plus deep down, he had hoped he would've gotten a shot against Demon King Piccolo during his and Goku's childhood days following the 22nd World Tournament but his death at the hands of Tambourine prior to learning who King Piccolo was did motivate Goku into stopping the evil Namekian. "If you think you can defeat me then prove it!"

"Oh I will, then I'll deal with Piccolo afterwards…" commented Spice, coming after Krillin and he lured the demon away from the area though Eriko shook her head, suspecting there might be more to what Krillin's plan than he expected.


"Fool, now where is Naruto?" she asked herself, deciding to search for Naruto and the blonde-haired male ninja needed to be careful because Eriko proved to be a very formidable foe indeed. "A pity, I was hoping that you'd put up a fight and so far it's not good enough."

Naruto bit his lower lip, feeling that he will have to be extra careful in order to provide a major dent against his opponent. "Okay, just be careful… this isn't like with Frieza because if I die again, there's no way I would be revived," he thought to himself because Shenron had managed to revive him once before. "Still, I wonder how she is this powerful."

As he contemplated that, Eriko glanced at the whip she had in her possession, secretly wishing that her previous demonic master was here to see this though deep down, her fellow demon that fell after his sword's power failed him did come from the same era that she and her previous master did. "I refuse to make the same mistake that idiot made…" she said to herself, knowing her former master would've agreed with her on the matter of not falling for the tricks that cost her partner his life. "Then again, the raven-haired brat being a hybrid reminds me of my former master's half brother."

While she was surprised when she first learned of Gohan being a half-Saiyan, she reflected on how her previous master mentioned having a half brother, which was a mere half-demon due to his mother being human. "I'm starting to really hate half-breeds right now…" she said to herself again, understanding how her previous master from many years ago felt when having once clashed with his brother though her partner did base his main weapon off the one that was used against her former master.

However, now wasn't the time to think like that because she still had a mission she needed to accomplish. "Fool, you think I can't hear you from right behind me?" she asked, jumping over the kunais thrown at her and sliced through Naruto with her whip but saw it was just a Shadow Clone again.

Soon, more Naruto's come at here and performed a technique that he had been training with for some time now he only hoped that it would work. "Na.. ru… to…" he yelled, sending her into the air with his clones via a series of kicks then he himself kicked her in the face and watched her going down to the ground. "…Uzumaki barrage!"

"Got her!" he yelled, though Eriko proved that she isn't going to be taken down that easily as she managed to get back onto her feet, causing his expression to darken the moment he saw his combination failing despite managing to damage her when she least expected it. "Oh come on!"

All Eriko did was smile wiping a little blood away. "But, hey don't look so down I'll make sure your death is quick." She said with a smile on her face.


Piccolo however was smiling a little as his attack was now ready and he looked over to where Spice was and knew he needed to tell Krillin that the time was now. "Hey Krillin hurry and move out the way!" Piccolo yelled towards Krillin who understood what was going to happen.

With a quick a swift kick to the stomach and then the crouch Krillin backed away from Spice who was hold his stomach in pain. "You little bald bustard you're going to pay for that."

Spice was then about to attack when he felt a heard Piccolo yelled at. "Too late Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo cried out as he fired his attack towards Spice who eyes just went wiped as he felt the attack rip right through his stomach, and began to cough up a tone of purple blood.

Yet despite all this Spice was still standing and was very much still alive. "You think… that this will stop…. Me?" Spice asked as he looked over to Piccolo and began to laugh while stopping the blood as best as he could. "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you Piccolo but I'm not going any…"

However just as he was saying this he was cut off as Krillin had fired his Destructo disc, which had torn right through Spice's chest leaving him in two, and wide eyes knowing what had just happened and how he was killed.

Both Krillin and Piccolo smiled this knowing that they are now just one step closer to ending this threat to Earth and its people.

Garlic Jr on the other hand saw what happened and he was far from happy with this outcome as he looked over to Gohan with rage on his face. "I will not allow you fools to get away with this insult!" He yelled with rage as everyone around him looked at what was going on. "You shall all pay for making a fool of me Lord Garlic Jr master of this Planet!" as he knew just what he was going to do to show them the price for getting in his way.


On King Kai's planet the people on the tiny planet both Minato and Kushina wondered what Garlic Jr was talking about and knew that this was nothing good that was for sure, all they could do was ask King Kai.

"King Kai what is he talking about?" Kushina asked with a frown on her face, as he saw that he was very worried and knew what was going on.

"It's nothing good Kushina, nothing good at all. Garlic Jr is going to open the dead zone and once he does I fear it will all be over." King Kai said as he looked down at the ground and then over to both Minato and Kushina with a sorrowful expression now on his face. "I'm sorry you two, but I fear both the Earth and your home are doomed." He said with a weak voice as the two long dead ninja looked at each other.

Both were now worried at what this meant and if the others on earth could find away to stop Garlic Jr, but from the look that King Kai had there was a very slim chance that there was a way to stop this Dead Zone he was talking about. All they could do now was just have hope that this would not be the end.

"None of us can think like that King Kai I mean we all need to keep hope alive as long as we can do that then it can never die." Minato said with a smile on his face as he looked at Kushina and then King Kai and smiled at the two.


A/N well that is another chapter done as it's slowly coming to a close as you can tell that but there is still a lot to come in the last chapters of this arc, I mean Naruto as you all know and have asked for will fight Kurama.

And as I said before the Trunks saga will be next with Goku coming back alone with Sakura as well, anyway I will end it here for now guys and girls so let me know what you think of the chapter and how I did with the fights in the chapter as some took a while to get right.

I do wonder how murderdeath21 will like it now that he is a girl, oh well Vegeta will have fun with this, I just need to deal with his clone is all, god I love being evil, and you can all count on many evil moments to come later.