Krillin smiled and waved at Yamcha as he landed outside the Kame house. Yamcha was another soul that shared his pain. Yamcha had always been strong but he'd never made too much of a name for himself. In every fight he'd been in he'd almost always end up getting hurt, killed, or beaten in some way. Krillin was about to ask him what was going on when Yamcha grabbed him by the shoulders and said, "Krillin this is our chance!"
Krillin looked surprised as Yamcha started grinning at him. Krillin laughed a little and said, "What are you talking about?"
Yamcha laughed and said, "All the strongest guys are gone in space to help some strange planet out in the East Galaxy and we have a situation here on Earth!"
Krillin's heart leaped as he heard this. "Wh-Why is that a good thing?!?"
Yamcha turned back to Krillin and said, "Someone's attacking the planet and you haven't even sensed their ki yet right? Well Tien is fighting this guy right now and he's been kicking butt! Whoever this guy is he's a total wuss! We'll be heroes again if we take him out!"
Krillin liked the sound of that. If it was only for a moment, he wanted to be back in that spotlight. He flew up into the air, Yamcha right behind him and said, "Where to?"
Yamcha turned and said, "Follow me!"
It only took about fifteen minutes of flying to reach the city where the attack was being held. Tien was indeed already there and fighting what appeared to be a small man wearing a tank on his back. He was currently getting his butt handed to him by Tien. Yamcha and Krillin landed just behind Tien who turned around and said, "I can handle this guy on my own you guys."
Yamcha snorted and said, "Not likely! This is all of our chances, not just yours!"
As Yamcha and Tien argued, the man got to his feet, a little shakily, and said, "Now I finally have you where I want you! I've waited years for this moment when the World's Strongest fighters would be gone for me to attack. Now the Dragonballs will be mine and the world will be mine!"
Krillin glanced at the guy and said, "You're still out of your league here little guy. Once we're done talking you're going to get hurt so you might want to surrender."
The man stomped his feet angrily and said, "No, no no! You three will die right now! Prepare to taste by poison developed from the world's most lethal animals!"
A needle suddenly darted out of the tank and stabbed Krillin in the arm. Before he could react Tien and Yamcha were also stabbed. A strange burning green liquid was injected into them causing them all to wince in pain. The man giggled insanely and said, "In a few seconds you'll all be dead and no one will stand in my way! I'll be an all powerful, immortal king!"
Minutes ticked by and nothing seemed to happen.The man started looking worried. When ten minutes had passed and no one had done or said anything (and no one was dead) Yamcha laughed and said, "Your poison sucks little man!"
The man growled in anger again and said, "Then lets up the dosage!"
Several more needles darted out of the tank, stabbing the three humans all over their bodies, injecting them with more and more poison. Soon, the large tanks on the man's back was empty. And still neither of the humans were dead. The man fell to his knees and said, "Why isn't my poison working? This isn't how it was supposed to go!"
He pulled out a piece of paper and muttered, "Maybe I mistook the formula. Perhaps if I changed this..."
A small ki blast destroyed his plans causing him to cry out in sadness. Before he could even look up from the ashes, Yamcha landed a punch square on his head knocking him out. It took all of ten minutes to put the man in jail without his now empty tanks. Yamcha put an arm behind his head and said, "Well, maybe this wasn't the fight that'll put us back on the map after all."
Krillin sighed and said, "Thank you for a colossal waste of time. I'll see you guys later."
Krillin then flew home, not noticing a strange tightening in his clothes.