FIGHTERS OF EARTH

At the Capital of The Earth, a man from a village nearby brings Piccolo a dragon ball.

'S-S-See? I brought you one. So will you let me and my family go, please?" The man begs.

Piccolo stares at the dragon ball for a moment, soon crushing it with his finger tips.

"You think you could fool me with a poorly designed replica?" Piccolo asks with a grin.

The man starts to tremble with fear, soon getting on his knees and begging.

"I'm sorry, I had no choice! Please do whatever you want with me, but I'm begging you, don't hurt my family! They don't have anything to do with this!" The man begs, with tears in his eyes.

Piccolo stares at the man for a moment, soon turning his back to him.

"Get out of my sight before I change my mind and kill you." Piccolo says.

The man nods and runs out, as Piccolo stands there in frustration at how long its taking for someone to either bring him a dragon ball or Roshi. At that moment, the evil Namakian hears music outside. He looks out a window and sees a skinny man with long black hair and a mustache standing outside with a stereo system behind him.

"Get out here Piccolo, and face me like a man! I, the great Hercule, am gonna take you down!"

Piccolo scoffs.

"What a fool. His power doesn't even come close to challenging me. Well, I might as well greet him. I've been terribly board lately anyway."

Piccolo jumps out of the window and flies down as Hercule laughs, not knowing the danger he's really in.

"The names Mark! And I'm the future world champion of Martial-Arts! I'd ask you to give me a good fight, but you'll be lucky if you last a minute!"

Piccolo smirks.

"Funny, I was gonna say the same to you."

The cocky fighter then pulls out four blocks of wood. He throws them up, jumps in the air and splits them all in half with strikes.

"You see these blocks of wood Piccolo? This is exactly what you'll look like, one minute from now."

The clueless fighter takes a fighting stance, while Piccolo continues to laugh at him.

"I'm gonna send you to hell."

Hercule charges at Piccolo for an attack, but Piccolo easily swats him away and into a wall, knocking him out.

"Well, that was enjoyable for a minute."

At that moment the Capsule Corp helicopter comes down infront of Piccolo. Yamcha and Krillin jump out, but when Roshi slowly walks out, Piccolo smiles.

"Finally. I was afraid you heard my message and ran off. But here you are, gifted to me by fate. Ready to die at my feet." Piccolo says, laughing.

"Like we'd ever let that happen, elf ears! You ready Krillin!" Yamcha asks.

"Yeah, let's show this guy what the turtle hermit school is made of!" Krillin says.

They both run at the Namakian, coming at him from both sides. As the two leap into the air to attack, Piccolo blasts them both with energy blasts from his eyes, sending them flying back.

"Yamcha! Krillin!" Bulma yells.

Piccolo scowls at Roshi who hasn't moved an inch.

"Are you just going to stand there old man?!"

Roshi takes off his sunglasses, drops his staff and prepares himself for a fight. Both Krillin and Yamcha can barely sit up, watching helplessly from the ground. Piccolo charges at Roshi, throwing a punch, but Roshi barely dodges. Piccolo goes for a low kick but Roshi jumps in the air to avoid it. The old master then goes for kick in mid air, but Piccolo blocks and punches Roshi in the gut, sending him flying into a few rocks.

"Master Roshi!" Krillin yells.

Roshi slowly gets up, clutching his right arm, as Piccolo continues to laugh.

"I'm glad you got up from that, a quick death is too good for you." The Namakian says.

Piccolo charges at Roshi again, but this time Krillin intercepts him, punching him in the face. Piccolo gets angry and goes for a ki blast, while Krillin blocks, but Yamcha kicks him away. Piccolo grits his fangs, annoyed by these two, while Yamcha runs at him.

"That's it, I'm ending this right now!" Yamcha yells.

Yamcha imitates the characteristics of a wolf.

"WOLF FANG FIST!"

Yamcha throws a kick, that Piccolo easily blocks with one arm. He throws many more strikes that Piccolo continues to block with one hand. As the evil Namakian smiles, he lands a solid punch right to Yamcha's gut, causing him to cough up blood. Krillin, Bulma, and Roshi watch in horror as Piccolo enjoys Yamcha's pain.

"YAMCHA!" Bulma yells from inside of the helicopter.

Yamcha drops to his knees, then gets kicked in the face and to the ground. Piccolo then turns to Krillin, who can't stop trembling.

"Are you next, little man?" Piccolo asks.

Krillin is stunned for a moment, then grits his teeth. The young martial artist leaps at Piccolo, throwing multiple punches and kicks that are easily avoided. The Namakian then charges ki to his hand and punches Krillin across the jaw, and through multiple trees.

"Krillin!" Roshi yells.

Piccolo then turns to the old master.

"Looks like it's just you and me now, old man." Piccolo says while Roshi is frustrated.

At that moment an injured Krillin comes from the woods, rushing at a surprised Piccolo. Krillin throws a punch, but Piccolo dodges kicking him in the gut and into the air. The evil half of God then jumps up above him and knocks him back into the ground. As Piccolo lands back on the ground, laughing at both Krillin and Yamcha.

"Pathetic. You really thought you could stand between me and my revenge?"

At that moment, a flashing light appears behind him. Piccolo turns around and sees Roshi charging up a Kamehameha wave. Piccolo smirks, staring at the old man. Roshi then fires off the Kamehameha, hitting Piccolo dead on.

"H-he got em." Yamcha says, from the ground.

As the smoke and dust clears, everyone is shocked to see that Piccolo hasn't taken any damage.

"No way." Bulma says.

"How- is he- still standing?" Krillin says.

Roshi then drops to his knees, running out of energy. As Piccolo walks towards the defenseless Roshi, Bulma looks around and sees that both Krillin and Yamcha can't get up. She then grabs the bag of dragon balls and runs outside. Piccolo grins devilishly and shocks Roshi with an energy blast.

"You know. I was hoping the Saiyan would be here, he was the only one that could offer me an actual challenge. But I'm just fine, achieving my revenge this easily." Piccolo says, as Roshi screams out in pain.

"I'm sorry, Master." Roshi thinks to himself.

"Hey!" Bulma yells.

Piccolo stops torturing Roshi and turns to Bulma with an amused look on his face.

"So you're the one who was hiding all this time." Piccolo says.

Bulma glares at the evil Namakian.

"That's right, and I have an offer for you. I have the other six dragon balls right here, just let them go and their yours."

"N-No- Bulma." Roshi says from the ground.

At that moment, Piccolo moves faster than Bulma can see and he appears behind her.

"This isn't up for debate, little girl. I'm taking those dragon balls and I'm killing that old fool."

Bulma starts to tremble when she hears his voice behind her. At that moment, a kick comes out of no where, pushing Piccolo back.

"What?" He says, looking over and seeing it was Hercule who kicked him.

"Young lady, hurry and get somewhere safe now."

Bulma is confused but does as she's told. Piccolo charges at Hercule, but Hercule catches his hand and sends him up in the air with a kiai attack, confusing Piccolo even more.

"Trying to conquer the Earth again, my dear Piccolo? Such a predictable thought as always." Hercule says.

Piccolo then makes a realization.

"You."

"That's right. Hatred and selfishness are your tools. Kindness and Benevolence are Kami's." Hercule replies.

Bulma hears this and is confused.

"Wait, that guys Kami? The way Shallot described him, I thought he'd be different." Bulma says to herself.

Piccolo then laughs at the Guardian while flying back to the ground.

"So what? You're gonna use this fools body to defeat me?" Piccolo sarcastically asks.

Kami smirks.

"No. I was just buying some more time."

Piccolo is confused.

"More time for what?"

At that moment, Shallot finally arrives, landing infront of everyone.

"Shallot! Alright, now it's on!" Bulma yells.

Both Yamcha and Krillin smile from the ground.

"Bout time he made it, that jerk." Krillin says.

Roshi even smiles.

"Nice timing, my boy."

The Saiyan turns to face the Namakian, who chuckles.

"Nice of you to make it." Piccolo says.

Shallot smirks.

"Sorry, got stuck in traffic."

The two stare each other down, ready to test each other's abilities.