Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Chapter 1: The Cell Games Begin
"Don't you want to eat something before you go?" Chichi pleaded with her husband and kids. She knew that food was their weakness. It was the day of the Cell Games. They were on their way out the door when she ran to them, begging them to stay. The nine days had gone by too quickly. She wanted to spend more time with them. Especially Goku. They never had enough time together anymore.
"Mom, we gotta go. Don't worry; we'll be back okay. Love ya!" Starlight said as the three jumped into the sky towards the arena. Tears formed in Chichi's eyes as she watched them disappear from sight. Alone, she walked back into the house.
"Dad, do you really think that we'll make it. I mean come back alive?" Gohan asked after five minutes of flying. Goku crossed his eyebrows in thought. He couldn't tell his kids what he really thought would happen. So he smiled reassuringly.
"We will make it. Trust me on that one." He said smiling at both his kids. Starlight sensed the uncertainty in her father's voice. Her stomach was in knots. She didn't want anything to happen to Gohan or her Dad. Or anyone else for that matter. There were only two Senzu beans left to split between all of the Z fighters. They had already discussed that one of them would be specially designated for Starlight when she ran out of power for seeing the future. It was such a useful attack, but it drained her of so much power to control it that it could only be used three times before she was too weak to move. They boosted their speed and got to the arena in less than fifteen minutes. They were the first ones there, with exception of Cell. He was standing in the middle of the arena smirking.
"Ahh Goku, so good of you to come. I look forward to our battle." He said. Goku smiled.
"Can't wait." He said grinning. He was scared, but he felt a fire inside him burning. He loved a good challenge. Even if it could kill him. Several minutes later Vegeta and Trunks arrived.
"Hey guys." Trunks said. His face was solemn. He didn't smile or show any emotion at all. Instead he turned and stared hard at Cell. As if staring could kill him. Vegeta turned his back to the others and scowled.
"Hey Vegeta." Starlight said, trying to be cheerful to keep everyone's spirits up, but also trying to not sound too happy as to get on Vegeta's nerves. Vegeta grunted a small hi, but not everyone heard it. Starlight smiled upon hearing that and walked over to Trunks. "What's the matter?" She asked putting her hands on his shoulders. Trunks turned around and looked at her.
"To tell you the truth, I'm scared. I'm scared of what might happen to us, or the world." He said emotionless. "I don't want to die here. I don't want you to die here. I don't want any of us to die, except maybe Cell..." He said crossing his eyebrows and clenching his fists. Starlight's heart twisted. He was normally optimistic about situations like this, but it seemed like lately he was taking the weight of the world on his shoulders. Starlight hugged him.
"Don't worry, we'll all make it out alive. I promise." She said trying to reassure him. By then everyone else was there: Krillin, Yamcha, Tein, Piccolo, and even Android 16. Cell smiled and walked over to the center of the arena.
"Welcome challengers." He sneered at them. "Who's first?" He said glaring at Goku. Goku smiled and was just about to say something when a helicopter appeared in the sky. Everyone turned their attention to the skies. Hercule, the man who claimed to be the strongest in the world jumped out smiling. A cameraman was right behind him, shooting the footage.
"Cell I'm a gonna take you down! Yep I'm the first to go. You'll be sorry you ever messed with earth!" He threatened. Cell got a strange look on his face and smiled.
"Okay, you know the rules..."
"Yeah yeah, come on!" Hercule teased getting into a fighting stance. Cell did nothing. Hercule grew angry and couldn't wait anymore. So he lunged at Cell. Cell never moved. Hercule clashed with Cell, smashing his fist on Cell's shoulder. "Owww!" He screamed. Then he quickly regained his posture. He tried again but this time Cell stuck out his arm, hitting Hercule in the face, making him fly out of the ring. Hercule was knocked out fair and square in less than five minutes flat. Cell turned his attention back to the Z fighters.
"So like I said, who's first?" He asked.
"Me." Goku said firmly, as he stepped into the ring. "Don't hold back anything." He said smiling as he powered up and became a Super Saiyan. Cell grinned.
"Of course not." He said thrusting towards Goku at a speed unimaginable. Goku jumped into the air and sent an energy beam towards him. Cell dodged and repeated Goku's attack right back at him. Goku was caught off guard and fell to the stage floor.
"Star!" Goku yelled a few minutes after he got up. Starlight generated one third of her energy to her index finger and placed it on a pressure point on the back of her neck. Her eyes closed and she saw a vision of Cell grabbing her father by the throat and choking him until he was black and blue.
Cell began to go for Goku's throat with out him knowing. "Dad! Behind you! Cover your neck!" She yelled. Goku turned around kicking Cell in the stomach. Cell lost his breath and doubled over in the air. Starlight began slightly panting. She used up most of her energy with just that one attack. She could only do it two more times before she was too drained to lift a finger. Goku was being tossed around like a rag doll but he never let his guard down. Cell was getting frustrated after almost falling out of the ring twice. So he flew up into the sky and blasted it to pieces.
"Now," he panted, "Let's finish this thing, rule free." He said. Goku nodded, panting himself.
"Have it your way." Goku replied cupping his hands and bringing his wrists together behind him. "Ka......Me.....Ha....." He began. Cell smirked and did the same. "Me......" They said in unison, "HAAAA!" They both fired huge blue blasts at each other. Starlight figured that now was the perfect time to look into the future so she did the same ritual as last time. She saw her father's blast over coming Cell's and blasting his entire upper half to pieces. She smiled, but collapsed. Trunks caught her in his arms.
"You okay? That vision better had been worth it." He said.
"It was..." She breathed, "I think that my dad's gonna win this one....but then again I have a bad feeling about this." She panted looking at the blasts. Her vision came true and Cell's lower body stood there squirming. Goku panted, breathing hard. His hands were still poised the way they had been earlier.
"Starlight I think this battle is over, why don't you see what we're gonna do next?" Krillin asked. Starlight thought, sure why not? What have I got to lose? She did the steps, generating every last ounce of her power and focusing it to her finger, and then she saw a vision. Cell's lower body kept squirming back and forth, then it bulged, his body expanded and he came back to life. Starlight came out of her vision, shocked, and almost too weak to move. Trunks, noticing the look on Starlight's face, looked into her eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asked as she began trembling.
"The horror won't end." She whispered, and then she gathered what strength she had left and screamed, "DAD FINISH HIM NOW! OR ELSE HE'LL REGENERATE!" She lost all energy. She was just dead weight in Trunks's arms. Goku got a scared look on his face, and slowly turned to look at Cell. It was too late. The bottom half was bulging, then Cell's upper body came back. He got an evil look on his face.
"I hate that. How stupid are you? I do have Piccolo's cells in me; you knew that I could regenerate. Did your pride cloud your vision? Heh, don't worry, remember I am also part Saiyan...I get stronger after each near death experience." He smiled. Goku's eyes widened. He was done. That last blast used up most of his energy. Then he got an idea.
"I forfeit." He said powering down, "And I choose to bring in Gohan as my counterpart." He smiled, walking over to Gohan. Gohan was shocked; he didn't want to fight Cell. What was his father thinking? Starlight looked at her stunned brother.
"Gohan...." She whispered, there wasn't even enough energy to talk, "You can do it......I know you can....." She said, her head dropped. She managed to bring it up to look at him. "Kill him." She said. By now she was too weak to move, all she could do was blink and breathe. Trunks looked at her and motioned for the Senzu beans from Krillin. Krillin tossed the two remaining beans to Trunks, who fed one to Starlight. She regained her strength and stood up. Gohan was still paralyzed with fear for what his father wanted him to do. Starlight walked over to Gohan and put a hand on his shoulder. "I know you can do it. Remember my motto, 'Don't think, just do'. Good Luck." She said patting him on the back, breaking the thin layer of fear.
"Don't think, just do. Don't think, just do." He kept mumbling under his breath as he walked over to Cell. Goku stepped back with the others. Trunks offered him the last Senzu bean, but Goku refused, telling them that they shouldn't waste it on him. Gohan stared hard at Cell. Immediately they began fighting. Punch after punch. Kick after kick. Starlight and the others watched on as Cell began losing. Starlight used her powers twice, getting nothing. The first one she saw a vision of Cell kicking Gohan in the stomach, but he dodged it. Then she saw a shocking second one. Android 16 was latched onto Cell, announcing that he was going to self-destruct. Starlight kept her mouth shut; for two reasons, one that she used up more than half her energy and it would weaken her to talk, and two she knew that keeping her mouth shut about it was probably for the best. Soon after seeing it, her vision came true. 16 jumped up to Cell and wrapped his arms around him.
"Wh-what the hell are you doing?" Cell screamed in complete terror when he realized that he couldn't move.
"I am equipped with a self destructing device! I'm gonna kill you!" He yelled. Gohan screamed.
"NO! DON'T DO IT! I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO DIE!" Gohan was infuriated. 16 just smiled.
"Goodbye Gohan." He said. Then he began glowing, like he was going to explode. But nothing happened. Krillin's eyes bugged out.
"B-B-B-Bulma t-took it out! S-she said it w-was too dangerous!" He stuttered. Android 16 got a look of surprise on his face and his grip on Cell loosened.
"No." He said with a look of defeat. Cell, seeing his opportunity wriggled out of 16's arms and grabbed him by the throat, smiling. Then, forcefully, he threw him down on the floor and blasted him to pieces. His head was the only thing left. It landed right in front of Gohan.
"Goodbye..." He said, then Cell walked over to him and stepped on his head.
"Stupid trash." He said. Gohan fell to his knees and stared at the pile of broken head.
"Y-you monster." He said, "YOU MONSTER!" He screamed, lunging at Cell. They resumed their fighting. Then, about an hour later Cell got desperate. He stopped several yards away from Gohan, panting.
"That's it, now you've pushed me too far..." He said. Then he began screaming. The hole at the end of his tail opened up and eight black shapes popped out. When they took form everyone saw that they were mini- cells! Cell began laughing. "Hahaha, how do you like my cell Jrs?" He laughed. The Z fighters all got scared looks on their faces. Not thinking, Krillin took out the last Senzu bean to give it to Goku. But once Cell saw the brown bag appear into sight he blasted it away with the point of a finger. They were horrified. Cell began laughing even harder. "Hahaha! Now you have nothing to heal yourselves with. Oh and did I mention that all my little Cell Jrs. has the same attack strength as me! Muahaha...ATTACK!" The mini-Cells flew towards the Z fighters, who were all powering up, making the match evenly spread out, one on one.
Chapter 1: The Cell Games Begin
"Don't you want to eat something before you go?" Chichi pleaded with her husband and kids. She knew that food was their weakness. It was the day of the Cell Games. They were on their way out the door when she ran to them, begging them to stay. The nine days had gone by too quickly. She wanted to spend more time with them. Especially Goku. They never had enough time together anymore.
"Mom, we gotta go. Don't worry; we'll be back okay. Love ya!" Starlight said as the three jumped into the sky towards the arena. Tears formed in Chichi's eyes as she watched them disappear from sight. Alone, she walked back into the house.
"Dad, do you really think that we'll make it. I mean come back alive?" Gohan asked after five minutes of flying. Goku crossed his eyebrows in thought. He couldn't tell his kids what he really thought would happen. So he smiled reassuringly.
"We will make it. Trust me on that one." He said smiling at both his kids. Starlight sensed the uncertainty in her father's voice. Her stomach was in knots. She didn't want anything to happen to Gohan or her Dad. Or anyone else for that matter. There were only two Senzu beans left to split between all of the Z fighters. They had already discussed that one of them would be specially designated for Starlight when she ran out of power for seeing the future. It was such a useful attack, but it drained her of so much power to control it that it could only be used three times before she was too weak to move. They boosted their speed and got to the arena in less than fifteen minutes. They were the first ones there, with exception of Cell. He was standing in the middle of the arena smirking.
"Ahh Goku, so good of you to come. I look forward to our battle." He said. Goku smiled.
"Can't wait." He said grinning. He was scared, but he felt a fire inside him burning. He loved a good challenge. Even if it could kill him. Several minutes later Vegeta and Trunks arrived.
"Hey guys." Trunks said. His face was solemn. He didn't smile or show any emotion at all. Instead he turned and stared hard at Cell. As if staring could kill him. Vegeta turned his back to the others and scowled.
"Hey Vegeta." Starlight said, trying to be cheerful to keep everyone's spirits up, but also trying to not sound too happy as to get on Vegeta's nerves. Vegeta grunted a small hi, but not everyone heard it. Starlight smiled upon hearing that and walked over to Trunks. "What's the matter?" She asked putting her hands on his shoulders. Trunks turned around and looked at her.
"To tell you the truth, I'm scared. I'm scared of what might happen to us, or the world." He said emotionless. "I don't want to die here. I don't want you to die here. I don't want any of us to die, except maybe Cell..." He said crossing his eyebrows and clenching his fists. Starlight's heart twisted. He was normally optimistic about situations like this, but it seemed like lately he was taking the weight of the world on his shoulders. Starlight hugged him.
"Don't worry, we'll all make it out alive. I promise." She said trying to reassure him. By then everyone else was there: Krillin, Yamcha, Tein, Piccolo, and even Android 16. Cell smiled and walked over to the center of the arena.
"Welcome challengers." He sneered at them. "Who's first?" He said glaring at Goku. Goku smiled and was just about to say something when a helicopter appeared in the sky. Everyone turned their attention to the skies. Hercule, the man who claimed to be the strongest in the world jumped out smiling. A cameraman was right behind him, shooting the footage.
"Cell I'm a gonna take you down! Yep I'm the first to go. You'll be sorry you ever messed with earth!" He threatened. Cell got a strange look on his face and smiled.
"Okay, you know the rules..."
"Yeah yeah, come on!" Hercule teased getting into a fighting stance. Cell did nothing. Hercule grew angry and couldn't wait anymore. So he lunged at Cell. Cell never moved. Hercule clashed with Cell, smashing his fist on Cell's shoulder. "Owww!" He screamed. Then he quickly regained his posture. He tried again but this time Cell stuck out his arm, hitting Hercule in the face, making him fly out of the ring. Hercule was knocked out fair and square in less than five minutes flat. Cell turned his attention back to the Z fighters.
"So like I said, who's first?" He asked.
"Me." Goku said firmly, as he stepped into the ring. "Don't hold back anything." He said smiling as he powered up and became a Super Saiyan. Cell grinned.
"Of course not." He said thrusting towards Goku at a speed unimaginable. Goku jumped into the air and sent an energy beam towards him. Cell dodged and repeated Goku's attack right back at him. Goku was caught off guard and fell to the stage floor.
"Star!" Goku yelled a few minutes after he got up. Starlight generated one third of her energy to her index finger and placed it on a pressure point on the back of her neck. Her eyes closed and she saw a vision of Cell grabbing her father by the throat and choking him until he was black and blue.
Cell began to go for Goku's throat with out him knowing. "Dad! Behind you! Cover your neck!" She yelled. Goku turned around kicking Cell in the stomach. Cell lost his breath and doubled over in the air. Starlight began slightly panting. She used up most of her energy with just that one attack. She could only do it two more times before she was too drained to lift a finger. Goku was being tossed around like a rag doll but he never let his guard down. Cell was getting frustrated after almost falling out of the ring twice. So he flew up into the sky and blasted it to pieces.
"Now," he panted, "Let's finish this thing, rule free." He said. Goku nodded, panting himself.
"Have it your way." Goku replied cupping his hands and bringing his wrists together behind him. "Ka......Me.....Ha....." He began. Cell smirked and did the same. "Me......" They said in unison, "HAAAA!" They both fired huge blue blasts at each other. Starlight figured that now was the perfect time to look into the future so she did the same ritual as last time. She saw her father's blast over coming Cell's and blasting his entire upper half to pieces. She smiled, but collapsed. Trunks caught her in his arms.
"You okay? That vision better had been worth it." He said.
"It was..." She breathed, "I think that my dad's gonna win this one....but then again I have a bad feeling about this." She panted looking at the blasts. Her vision came true and Cell's lower body stood there squirming. Goku panted, breathing hard. His hands were still poised the way they had been earlier.
"Starlight I think this battle is over, why don't you see what we're gonna do next?" Krillin asked. Starlight thought, sure why not? What have I got to lose? She did the steps, generating every last ounce of her power and focusing it to her finger, and then she saw a vision. Cell's lower body kept squirming back and forth, then it bulged, his body expanded and he came back to life. Starlight came out of her vision, shocked, and almost too weak to move. Trunks, noticing the look on Starlight's face, looked into her eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asked as she began trembling.
"The horror won't end." She whispered, and then she gathered what strength she had left and screamed, "DAD FINISH HIM NOW! OR ELSE HE'LL REGENERATE!" She lost all energy. She was just dead weight in Trunks's arms. Goku got a scared look on his face, and slowly turned to look at Cell. It was too late. The bottom half was bulging, then Cell's upper body came back. He got an evil look on his face.
"I hate that. How stupid are you? I do have Piccolo's cells in me; you knew that I could regenerate. Did your pride cloud your vision? Heh, don't worry, remember I am also part Saiyan...I get stronger after each near death experience." He smiled. Goku's eyes widened. He was done. That last blast used up most of his energy. Then he got an idea.
"I forfeit." He said powering down, "And I choose to bring in Gohan as my counterpart." He smiled, walking over to Gohan. Gohan was shocked; he didn't want to fight Cell. What was his father thinking? Starlight looked at her stunned brother.
"Gohan...." She whispered, there wasn't even enough energy to talk, "You can do it......I know you can....." She said, her head dropped. She managed to bring it up to look at him. "Kill him." She said. By now she was too weak to move, all she could do was blink and breathe. Trunks looked at her and motioned for the Senzu beans from Krillin. Krillin tossed the two remaining beans to Trunks, who fed one to Starlight. She regained her strength and stood up. Gohan was still paralyzed with fear for what his father wanted him to do. Starlight walked over to Gohan and put a hand on his shoulder. "I know you can do it. Remember my motto, 'Don't think, just do'. Good Luck." She said patting him on the back, breaking the thin layer of fear.
"Don't think, just do. Don't think, just do." He kept mumbling under his breath as he walked over to Cell. Goku stepped back with the others. Trunks offered him the last Senzu bean, but Goku refused, telling them that they shouldn't waste it on him. Gohan stared hard at Cell. Immediately they began fighting. Punch after punch. Kick after kick. Starlight and the others watched on as Cell began losing. Starlight used her powers twice, getting nothing. The first one she saw a vision of Cell kicking Gohan in the stomach, but he dodged it. Then she saw a shocking second one. Android 16 was latched onto Cell, announcing that he was going to self-destruct. Starlight kept her mouth shut; for two reasons, one that she used up more than half her energy and it would weaken her to talk, and two she knew that keeping her mouth shut about it was probably for the best. Soon after seeing it, her vision came true. 16 jumped up to Cell and wrapped his arms around him.
"Wh-what the hell are you doing?" Cell screamed in complete terror when he realized that he couldn't move.
"I am equipped with a self destructing device! I'm gonna kill you!" He yelled. Gohan screamed.
"NO! DON'T DO IT! I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE TO DIE!" Gohan was infuriated. 16 just smiled.
"Goodbye Gohan." He said. Then he began glowing, like he was going to explode. But nothing happened. Krillin's eyes bugged out.
"B-B-B-Bulma t-took it out! S-she said it w-was too dangerous!" He stuttered. Android 16 got a look of surprise on his face and his grip on Cell loosened.
"No." He said with a look of defeat. Cell, seeing his opportunity wriggled out of 16's arms and grabbed him by the throat, smiling. Then, forcefully, he threw him down on the floor and blasted him to pieces. His head was the only thing left. It landed right in front of Gohan.
"Goodbye..." He said, then Cell walked over to him and stepped on his head.
"Stupid trash." He said. Gohan fell to his knees and stared at the pile of broken head.
"Y-you monster." He said, "YOU MONSTER!" He screamed, lunging at Cell. They resumed their fighting. Then, about an hour later Cell got desperate. He stopped several yards away from Gohan, panting.
"That's it, now you've pushed me too far..." He said. Then he began screaming. The hole at the end of his tail opened up and eight black shapes popped out. When they took form everyone saw that they were mini- cells! Cell began laughing. "Hahaha, how do you like my cell Jrs?" He laughed. The Z fighters all got scared looks on their faces. Not thinking, Krillin took out the last Senzu bean to give it to Goku. But once Cell saw the brown bag appear into sight he blasted it away with the point of a finger. They were horrified. Cell began laughing even harder. "Hahaha! Now you have nothing to heal yourselves with. Oh and did I mention that all my little Cell Jrs. has the same attack strength as me! Muahaha...ATTACK!" The mini-Cells flew towards the Z fighters, who were all powering up, making the match evenly spread out, one on one.
