Authors Note: Hey here's another chapter. I'm sorry I haven't updated in a few weeks. I've been busy with my other story and finals are next week and after that is a 3 week break for xmas so I might not be able to update again till I get back next semester. Anyways I should have another chapter finished by then so it'll work out Hope you enjoy this chapter. REVIEW!

"talking"

thinking

:communicating through a bond or telepathically:

dream or something happening within a dream

"talking within a dream"

something written/read like a sign or a note

Disclaimer: I don't own any DBZ.

Chapter Eighteen: Trouble in the H.F.I.L.
1 year later

Yamako leaned against the wall of the arcade and closed her eyes as she tried to drown out the noise of the several kids playing games. Yamako let her mind drift away for a moment as her sister and cousin played the various games in the arcade. Jasumin was busily playing an air fighter game and Kasaiko watched and cheered her on enthusiastically.

"Alright Jaz! Keep it up you're going to break the high-score!" Kasaiko cheered as she jumped up happily.

Just then a big teenager from the other side of the arcade came marching over with his slightly younger brother. He had heard what Kasaiko had said and wasn't going to allow it. His score was currently the high-score and he intended to keep it that way. He came over and roughly shoved Jasumin away causing her to lose the game.

"What do you think you're doing?! That's my game Runt! And no toddler is going to beat my score."

"Hey that's not fair! That game's for everybody not just you!" Jasumin scowled back.

"You want to make something of it Runt?" the teen growled as he stuck his face into Jasumin's.

Jasumin and Kasaiko growled slightly at him but didn't do anything. Even though both of them could kick this guy's ass without even trying Gohan and the others had expressed to them both about not using their powers to fight back ordinary people. They weren't supposed to fight unless the planet was at stake or they were training. Knowing this they lowered their heads and took a step back. The teen smirked and his brother grinned and crossed his arms over his chest behind him.

"Thought so… You'd better watch it Runts or you'll get hurt!"

"It's you who had better watch it!" Yamako stated cruelly as she walked over.

Yamako had heard the argument and felt the anger in her sister's mind. But once she saw that her sister and cousin weren't going to do anything about it she came over to investigate. She may not necessarily show affection towards her family but this was a matter of honor. No 1 insults her family and gets away with it.

"Back off and leave my sister and cousin alone!" Yamako growled.

The teen looked at Yamako for a moment. Even though he was about 2 or 3 inches taller than Yamako he was probably about 3 or 4 years younger than her; but since Saiyans age more slowly than humans he thought she was 2 or 3 years younger than him. He thought that even his younger brother (who was about an inch shorter than Yamako) was probably a year older than her.

"Oh and what are you going to do about it if I don't? …Little Girl." the teen asked cruelly with a wicked grin as he and his brother started laughing.

That was the last straw. It was bad enough that he had dared insult her family but NO ONE called her 'little' and got away with it. Growling, Yamako stepped forward and clenched her fists. The teen noticed this and foolishly thought that he could beat her. He smirked at his brother and then punched for Yamako. Yamako easily dodged and returned with a punch of her own. The boy flew across the room and crashed into the wall, creating a dent in it. He slid down the wall and lay there unconscious. His brother looked at him in shock and then back at Yamako in horror. All the kids in the arcade looked at Yamako in shock while Jasumin and Kasaiko smiled slightly and looked curiously at Yamako, amazed that she fought a normal human against the others' wishes in order to defend them. Yamako lowered her hand and scowled. She glanced at the brother for a second before turning around and heading for the exit.

"Move it Brats…let's go."

Jasumin and Kasaiko watched as people started to gather around the boy then glanced at Yamako and then back at the people before following Yamako out. Once Yamako saw that they were going to follow she left, leaving them to catch up with her. Yamako walked out of the arcade and into an alley between the arcade and another building. Yamako slowed her pace down and waited for Jasumin and Kasaiko to catch up with her. Jasumin and Kasaiko caught up with her and began walking on either side of her, smiling brightly at Yamako.

"Oh wow! That was so cool Yamako! You really-"the 2 girls chorused until they were cut off by Yamako's hands making contact with the back of their heads.

The 2 did a face plant and then gently shook their heads after rising to their hands and knees. They both turned and looked at Yamako in question.

"Ow… What was that for Yamako?!" Jasumin asked as she and Kasaiko stood up.

"For being cowards that's what! Both of you could have taken that guy easily and yet you just let him walk all over you! Both of you are Princesses of the Saiyan race and should have stood up to that pitiful weakling instead of just standing there and letting him get away with dishonoring our family!"

Jasumin and Kasaiko shrank away from Yamako a little bit. They knew that Yamako wouldn't really hurt them, at least not seriously outside a sparring match, but still she was definitely intimidating.

"But Grandpa Gohan says we shouldn't use our powers to fight back against people…"

"Yeah well you know what…? Grandpa Gohan isn't always right. Not when it comes to the honor of the Saiyan royal family. What would Grandpa Vegeta say if he'd seen you 2 in there?"

Jasumin and Kasaiko both shrank even more. They lowered their heads slightly and didn't dare look Yamako in the eye.

"But…" Jasumin started.

"Whatever! I'm outta here. …Just go home. See ya later Brats." Yamako rolled her eyes and waved them off as she took off into the sky.

Jasumin and Kasaiko watched her go and sighed. Yamako was extremely powerful but was way too absorbed in titles that didn't hold any importance anymore, anywhere; let alone on Earth. They knew that about her but were still saddened that she seemed so disappointed in them and that their titles seemed to matter more to her than their feelings.

Yamako flew through the air and landed at Bikawa Falls. Yamako brushed her hair behind her ear and jumped over to the ledge behind the waterfall. She looked up to the top of the waterfall from underneath and smirked at how well concealed the cave was. It was hidden by a hologram of a rock wall. Walking through it she walked into the cave until she came to the end of the cave. Once there she put her hand on a rock that was jutting out of the cave wall. The rock glowed red and scanned her palm. Once it had identified her, the computer let out quiet sounds that indicated that it was processing the information and was waiting for Yamako's voice command.

"Nepo, yb eht dnammoc fo eht Sayyin Ssecnirp." Yamako stated her password quietly in the ancient Saiyan language.

(You can read it as you go along by reading each word backwards, apostrophes are taken out, and single letter words like 'a' and 'I' are at the beginning of the word following it. Example: 'who I am' would become 'ohw ima' get it? Names/races are simply spelled in the way they are pronounced. If you still can't decode it then here's the translation: "Open, by the command of the Saiyan Princess.")

The computer beeped quietly for a second before the door (it looked like the wall of the cave) slowly started to creep open. Once the door was completely open the force field behind it shutdown and allowed her to enter. The force field severed 2 purposes: it shielded her from being detected by the others and it protected her lair from being destroyed or entered by anyone besides her and Kumori. Yamako walked into the cavern and looked around. The roof of the cavern was now concealed with a similar hologram to the 1 blocking the entrance. The hologram allowed light to seep through but gave the appearance of a solid mountain. However, the hologram also allowed Yamako to look through it and see the sky as well as anyone who might be floating above the mountain. The force field protecting the cavern's roof was specially programmed to allow Yamako and Kumori to pass through it. The frequency of the electric waves making up the force field for the cavern roof was specifically toned to her and Kumori's DNA. This allowed them to pass through the force field as though it weren't even there. Yamako walked in and slowly walked over the small bridge crossing the river, which ran from the far wall down through the middle of the cavern and then curved up slightly towards the far wall as it neared the right end of the cavern to create a sort of isolated island area for the Gravity Chamber. The entrance to the smaller cavern was also gone. The force field also blocked the entrances underwater but didn't hinder the water flow (or anything smaller than 50 lbs). Yamako quickly went over to the Holo-Gravity Chamber she installed. Changing from her battle clothes into her training clothes (she wears her battle clothes almost all the time unless she is told to wear her regular clothes for a family event) she opened the door and walked in. Yamako had developed a program that allowed her to combine the programming for the Gravity Chamber and the programming for the Hologram Room into 1 system a few years back but had never installed it at Capsule Corp. because that would have required shutting down the Gravity Chamber for a good week in order to add the necessary components and she knew that Vegeta would never stand for that, even if it would give him a better training environment. The operating system was also much more advanced than the 1 at Capsule Corp. because it was voice automated.

"Computer…set gravity to level 3…environment 4… Activate battle sequence 2…opponent level 1."

"Initializing…gravity…starting environment 4… Battle sequence 2 engaged…setting opponent level 1…" the electronic voice digitally responded.

The controller at the far end of the chamber glowed and the gravity indicator began to rise until it reached 3000 times the normal gravity. As Yamako felt the strain on her body she quickly jumped into Super Saiyan level 2 immediately after the gravity activated. The walls of the chamber also began to glow dark red and started to fade. Soon Yamako was standing in a desert/open plain landscape with all the sounds and smells that go along with it. A few seconds after the environment was in place 10 figures digitally materialized in front of her and got into fighting positions. The figures had no true identity so their faces were always hidden in shadow. The shape of their bodies was that of a normal fairly well built person and they had no distinguishing features what so ever. Each of the warriors had a ki of about 10 million and together they were a fairly decent match against Yamako in level 2. Yamako smirked and got down into a fighting position. They all attacked at once and Yamako quickly sprung into action. She spun around and simultaneously dodged attacks aimed for her legs as well as her head. She did this by leaping into the air and spinning while aliening her body parallel with the ground. Yamako continued countering and blocking their attacks not quite managing to evade all of them. Yamako trained like this for a few hours before her watch beeped. She stopped and flipped a few feet away before she ordered the computer to freeze the battle program. She brushed some sweat from her forehead and let out a breath. She raised her wrist to her mouth and pressed a small blue button on her watch to activate the communicator.

"Yeah?" Yamako asked aggravated and annoyed.

"Yamako…it's time for the party get over here. Oh…and stop by the Lookout and get Piccolo, Dende, and Mr. Popo too." Bulma's voice answered over the intercom.

Yamako groaned but knew that there was no getting out of it. Even though they didn't know where her lair was she would still be in huge trouble if she didn't go. If she didn't go she would have to face Gohan in front of everyone and get her Saiyan princess ass royally kicked.

"Right…be there in 20." Yamako stated emotionlessly as she cut off the communicator link.

Yamako lowered her wrist and ordered the computer to shut down. The desert landscape faded away and she was once again in the Holo-Gravity Chamber. She closed her eyes and concentrated. Her eyes then shot open and her eyes glowed blue. A blue aura emitted around her body as she opened a Universal Space Gateway around herself using Universal Teleportation and she soon vanished. She reappeared at the Lookout in the same room as the 1 Piccolo was meditating in. She looked around and quickly found Piccolo floating in the middle of the room a few feet above the ground in a deep meditation. Smirking Yamako decided that there was enough time for a quick mental spar with Piccolo before she brought them to the party. Lowering to the ground she crossed her legs and arms and closed her eyes. She concentrated, rising into the air slightly, and soon penetrated Piccolo's subconscious. She walked around the blackness until she saw Piccolo battling himself off in the distance. Yamako smirked and stuck her hands in her pockets before walking over to him.

"Don't you get bored battling your double?" Yamako stated with a minuscule amount of humor.

Piccolo stopped battling himself and literally pulled himself together. He looked at Yamako and smirked.

"Didn't your parents teach you that it's rude to enter people's minds without their permission?" Piccolo responded with the same sense of humor.

Yamako's smirk broadened. "I'm sure they would have tried if they knew I could enter minds."

Piccolo's smirk also broadened. "So what brings you here?"

Yamako shrugged. "Thought you might want a good spar. Oh…and to get you, Dende, and Mr. Popo for Grandma Bulma's annual party. That can wait though. Right now I want a piece of you."

Yamako lowered into a fighting position and transformed into a Super Saiyan. Piccolo shook his head gently and also lowered into a fighting position. The 2 lunged for each other and matched each other blow for blow. After about 10 minutes Yamako distantly heard 2 voices. She concentrated on them until she identified them as King Kai and Dende's voices. She was intercepting a telepathic conversation between the 2. But since she was focusing so much on the conversation she wasn't paying attention to the spar and she was soon expelled from Piccolo's subconscious. Her eyes snapped open and she panted for a second before narrowing her eyes and focusing on the telepathic conversation again. Piccolo woke up and floated down to the ground before standing up. He took a few steps towards Yamako and looked at her with confusion.

"What's wrong Yamako? It's not like you to get so distracted during a-"

"Shhh…!" Yamako stated harshly.

Yamako couldn't concentrate as well with Piccolo asking her questions. Piccolo remained silent and looked at her with curiosity. He didn't know what Yamako was so focused on but for her to get so engrossed in it meant that it had to be important. Yamako listened carefully to the entire conversation while Piccolo watched her closely.

:You must inform them at once! It's a war zone in the H.F.I.L.! Garlic Jr. and his lackeys are running wild down there. The Saiyans that are there are doing their best to keep them at bay but they aren't fairing too well!: King Kai's panicked voice rang out.

:Of course King Kai I'll inform them immediately! Using Instant Transmission they should be there momentarily. I'll let Piccolo know as well so he can fly down and teleport with the others.: Dende's voice answered back.

:Very well. But please hurry! Garlic Jr. must be stopped as soon as possible.:

The link was severed and Yamako walked out of the room and towards Dende. Piccolo watched her go for a second before following her. Piccolo and Yamako were within 50ft of Dende when he turned around and called for Piccolo. When Dende saw that Piccolo and Yamako were already almost there he ran over to meet them.

"What is it Dende?" Piccolo asked upon seeing Dende's distressed look.

"Garlic Jr. is running wild in the H.F.I.L. and they need someone to take care of it. …I got it covered. Don't worry about it." Yamako responded smugly as she turned and began to walk away.

Piccolo and Dende looked at each other in shock and then back at her. Piccolo took a step to get her attention.

"Yamako you can't just go and fight Garlic Jr.! He's not like the enemies you've faced in the past…he's immortal. He also has a habit of adapting to a person's fighting style. He's a difficult foe to beat even if you DO know about him!"

"Relax Piccolo. I can handle it." Yamako stated confidently as she stopped and turned around.

Piccolo looked at her skeptically. Yamako sighed and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Look Piccolo I know what I'm doing. I know all about Garlic Jr. from you, Grandpa Gohan, Grandpa Goku, and Krillin. I know how to take care of him. All I have to do is get him to open a doorway to the Dead Zone and force him through it."

"It's not that simple Yamako. You also have to keep from getting sucked into the Dead Zone yourself and Garlic Jr. won't open a doorway to the Dead Zone unless he has no other choice. Especially after his last defeat."

"I know that Piccolo but don't forget who you're dealing with. I'm the Princess of all Saiyans and if necessary I can go level 3 to beat him and force him into the Dead Zone."

"But Yamako…" Piccolo and Dende protested.

Before they got any further Yamako had turned her back and closed her eyes. She concentrated and a second later she teleported to the H.F.I.L.. When she got there she found the H.F.I.L. in chaos. Many of the residents were running or stumbling away from some kind of danger. Yamako's head shot up when she heard the sound of ki blasts. She saw 2 beings fighting in the air. She scanned their kis and 1 of their kis was familiar. She narrowed her eyes and looked at them closer. She then noticed 1 of them was wearing Saiyan armor and had a tail. The armor appeared to be that of a first class fighter and the other warrior was identified as 1 of Garlic Jr.'s lackeys from Gohan's memories. Ducking down she leaped into the air and just as the pink-skinned warrior was about to punch the Saiyan Yamako appeared between them and kicked him away. The Saiyan looked at her in shock and she turned her head towards him slightly, looking at him sternly in the eye. The Saiyan looked at her curiously and Yamako quickly turned around and zoomed towards the other warrior. Yamako went Super Saiyan ½ way there and the other Saiyan gasped in shock. He quickly flew away to find King Vegeta and tell him about this mystery Saiyan.

Yamako kneed the pink-skinned warrior in the stomach and then brought both fists down on his back. She then extended her hand and blasted him into oblivion. Yamako knew it would be a minute or so before he was back so she quickly went to intercept him. He appeared within moments and Yamako quickly knocked him out. Yamako then moved on to a yellow-skinned spiky monster that was doing battle with Fausha (1 of Bardock's crew) and flew over to intervene. Flying between them she punched him away and eliminated him. When he came back she knocked him out as well. Fausha saw all of this in complete shock before flying off to ask Bardock about this girl. The third of Garlic Jr.'s lackeys was a small red-skinned muscular warrior that was doing battle with a dark-skinned Saiyan that had very long hair and by the look of his armor appeared to be a Second-Class fighter. Yamako stepped in and promptly killed the small beast before knocking him out and leaving him with the other 2. Yamako then heard a laugh from behind her and slowly turned around. Her eyes were narrowed and she was alert for any attack. She was facing Garlic Jr. who had an evil smile plastered on his face and was snickering evilly at her. Yamako growled at him and bared her teeth.

"Well, well…looks like the new Saiyan on Earth has come to me. So Little-Girl I guess it's just you and me. I don't know who you are but you picked the wrong guy to mess with. Prepare to die!" Garlic Jr. laughed loudly.

Yamako bent down and lowered into a fighting position. She growled and gripped her fists tighter at the sound of his stupid laugh.

The First Class Saiyan soon arrived at the throne built between 2 cliffs for King Vegeta. The Saiyan got down on 1 knee and bowed before him. After a moment he lifted his head and waited for a sign from King Vegeta to speak. King Vegeta nodded slightly and signaled for the Saiyan to continue. The Saiyan then slowly rose to his feet.

"Your Majesty…a mysterious girl has appeared out of nowhere and went Super Saiyan right before my eyes. She then completely destroyed the enemy with ease that an entire Elite team would have difficulty with."

"Are you absolutely sure that this girl is a Saiyan?"

"Yes Sire. I saw her transform with my own eyes. Her transformation was exactly like what the others have said. I think I saw her tail as well." the Saiyan said before the king waved him away and he disappeared into the crowd of Saiyans surrounding the throne.

King Vegeta brushed his hand through his beard and thought for a moment. He then turned to look at Bardock who stood behind his large throne.

"What do you say Bardock? What do you know about this girl? What have you seen?"

"All I know about her is that she possesses far more power than anyone here and she isn't dead. She's from Earth and is the only 1 here who can defeat Garlic Jr. She was called here by King Kai to do just that."

A murmur arose from the Saiyans at the sound that she came from Earth. The Saiyans all looked at each other in confusion while King Vegeta thought about what that meant. As King Vegeta calmed the crowd Fausha moved over towards Bardock.

"If this girl is as powerful as you say Bardock then she should have no difficulty defeating this Garlic Jr. and so I want you, Celera, to watch her actions. When the fight is over I want you to bring her to me immediately and then her identity shall be revealed." King Vegeta ordered forcibly as he pointed to a female Elite Saiyan near the throne at the front of the crowd of Elite Saiyans.

Celera walked out in front of the king and bowed before she ran off; quickly leaping into the air in order to find Yamako.

Yamako pushed off and zoomed towards Garlic Jr. with immense speed. Yamako aimed a punch for Garlic Jr. and he quickly blocked her attack. He then aimed a kick for Yamako's stomach and Yamako quickly dodged. The 2 traded blows for about ½ an hour until Yamako decided it was time to turn it up a notch. She jumped back and went level 2. Garlic Jr. was surprised by her power increase and momentarily lost his concentration. Yamako took this opportunity to kick him in the face hard. She sent him flying into a tree and quickly flew after him. When she got to him she quickly punched him in the jaw and he countered with a punch to her stomach. Yamako doubled over and barely managed to dodge Garlic Jr.'s kick aimed straight for her head. The 2 continued to trade blows for an hour or so with Yamako continuously gaining an advantage as the battle progressed. Finally Garlic Jr. had had enough and after kicking Yamako away for a moment he opened a small vortex leading to the Dead Zone. The vortex soon grew lager however, and soon had a diameter of 50ft. Garlic Jr. floated in front of the vortex and laughed cruelly as plants and rocks started to get sucked into the vortex. Yamako stood on the ground and struggled to remain there and not get sucked in. She gritted her teeth and focused all her energy on remaining on the ground. Upon seeing her struggle Garlic Jr. laughed even harder.

"You don't look so tough now Saiyan. AH HAHAHA!"

Yamako growled at him and then smirked. Garlic Jr. stopped laughing and looked at her confused. Yamako let out a battle cry and jumped into level 3 before disappearing and reappearing right in front of Garlic Jr. Garlic Jr.'s eyes widened in shock and before he could react Yamako launched a Kamehame-ha wave at him. Garlic Jr. cried out as got hit and began soaring back towards the vortex. He got 6ft before a strange white glow emitted from around his body and soon flashed suddenly before it vanished completely. Yamako cocked her head in confusion and narrowed her eyebrows in curiosity.

What the heck was that?

:Yamako!:

Yamako's head shot up. :King Kai?:

:Yes it's me. Now listen…the other Kais and I have managed to remove the energy that gave Garlic Jr. his immortality. He's mortal now and we're planning on using that energy to strengthen the barrier between this world and the Dead Zone.:

:Oh really…: Yamako said as a smirk spread across her face.

King Kai didn't like the sound of that. He concentrated on Yamako's thoughts and caught a quick flash of her plan before Yamako closed her mind to him so he couldn't interpret it.

:Yamako what are you…?:

Garlic Jr. interrupted his conversation by crying out to Yamako in fury.

"THIS ISN'T OVER GIRL! I'LL BE BACK!"

"We'll just see about that!" Yamako cried as she flew off after him.

:Yamako! NO!: King Kai cried as Yamako flew through the vortex and into the Dead Zone.

No sooner had she flown through the doorway than it closed behind her. Celera saw the whole battle from behind a rock and gasped in shock. She didn't know what that portal was but knew it was bad and didn't think that Yamako would return. However, she decided to stay for another 15 minutes and see if the girl returned or not.

Author's Note: Alright so Garlic Jr. has been battled once again and sent back to the Dead Zone but this time he's not immortal and Yamako's following him with the intention of finishing him off once and for all. Will she succeed? And if she does then will she get out of the Dead Zone? What about meeting King Vegeta? Find out the answers in the next chapter. Hope you liked it. Remember to review!