A/N: Hey people! This is my first fanfic, so try to be nice please. As you can tell by my username, I am a HUGE DBZ lover. Just a little bit of info about me: I don't do Yaoi, Yuri, or lemons. No offense to any people who love these, but they're just nasty. Also, I am a big fan of odd couples. So in some stories I may not always use the canon couples. So anyway, on with the story!

I do NOT own DBZ. DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama.

Chapter 1

Son Gohan stood there, completely motionless. Horrifying images plagued his mind. The images brought burning tears to his eyes. He collapsed on his knees. "Why? Why did it have to come to this?" he asked himself. That one question bounced around in his head: Why? All of the Z Fighters had witnessed it as well. Kuririn felt upset himself, but he thought that he couldn't even begin to imagine what Gohan felt. Piccolo wasn't shocked. His face was just like stone. "Just what I'd expect of you, Son Goku." he thought. And of course, while everyone else was mourning, Vegeta was the one that wasn't. "Curse you Kakarot. I was supposed to be the one to end Cell. Then you come in, show off, then kill yourself. And put all the blame on the brat. You're such an idiot." he thought. Gohan couldn't help it. He cried. They were real tears. Not just the average tears of a crying child; they were tears of true pain. Kuririn came to his side. "You did great, Gohan." he said softly.

"No. This is all wrong! I did this! This is all my fault! Cell, Dad, everything!" he said, more tears pouring down his face.

"Why are you putting the blame on yourself? Your father wanted this. He knew what he had to do." he said, putting a comforting hand on Gohan's shoulder.

"But... you mean... he wanted this?" he asked.

"Not to die, no. But he did want the world to be safe. And that was the only way. Now, get up. We should get to the Lookout. We need to summon the dragon." Kuririn said, trying to be realistic.

"Okay." Gohan said, fighting the urge to just run away. "Goodbye, Dad. I'll never let go." he whispered. Just before he was about to fly away, he heard that same evil, twisted, demonic laugh. Gohan froze in place. He slowly turned to see Cell standing, not harmed in any way. A yellow laser came from the puff of smoke, which passed everyone and went straight through Trunks. Gohan and everyone else turned in shock. Vegeta was the one the most shocked, the angriest. It was like a switch went on inside of him. A caring sense. Gohan whirled back around in anger, his hair firing back up to a Super Saiyan two.

"A very noble effort by your father, kid. But I'm afraid that not even a Super Saiyan can withstand perfection." Cell said.

"Oh really? I'm glad you're back. I'd give anything to do all of this over again, and now I finally get the chance to prove myself by destroying you. And this time, it's for my father." Gohan said, smirking in the same, cocky way that his father did it.

"Hmmm. This much power. It feels great. Before we continue this mess, I guess I owe enough to you to explain. You see, when your father took me to the Kai planet, I honestly thought I was finished. But a small particle in my skull survived. Call it a nucleus, if you will. The nucleus reproduced me, and in my perfect form. I also got some added power, and I picked up Son Goku's Instant Transmission ability, which explains how I got here so quickly. So, based off of how much power I gained, I'd say the chances of you winning are none." he explained, cracking his knuckles.

"I doubt you've gained anything serious. This fight will be over in five minutes tops. If I decide to let you live that long." Gohan growled in a low voice.

"Hmph. You're stubborn, just like your father."

That made Gohan flinch. His stubbornness caused this mess. If he'd only listened...

He snapped himself out of his thoughts and decided to start. He charged at Cell, powering up and going at him with everything he had. Just before Gohan tried to punch, Cell vanished. Gohan turned, then felt his ki right behind him, and then punched Cell before he could move again. Cell rubbed the side of his face, and he spat out blood, which continued to pour down out of his mouth. "Excellent. Now let's see how you fare against my true strength!" he snapped, and he landed a kick onto Gohan's side, which caused him to fall to the ground. Before Gohan could compose himself, Cell punched him straight in the face. The impact caused Gohan's face to bleed all over. "Now, after all of that talk, you can't defend yourself?" Cell retorted. "Pathetic." he said, then punched Gohan in the stomach. He felt like the breath in his body had been taken out of him. He clutched his aching stomach. That's when he began to feel weak, helpless. What could he do? As he thought more about it, what was the point? He caused his father's death, so he deserved to join him. But, should he doom the whole Earth because of something he caused? At that point, he missed his father so badly that he didn't care what happened to him or anyone else. He hung his head down. "I'm done." he said.

"What?" Cell asked, this time very curious.

"I'm done. What's the point in fighting you? At first, I was so angry. I wanted revenge so badly. But now, I realize that I'm the one that caused my father to do what he did. I deserve to join him." he said solemnly.

"Awwww, giving up already? That's a shame. I was really looking forward to seeing what you can do. Very well. If you're in such a hurry to meet your doom, then I certainly won't be the one to hold you back. Ka...me..." he began, charging a blue ball of energy in his hands. Suddenly, from behind, Vegeta came charging in. "Your blood will be on my hands by the time I'm done with you!" he snapped. He charged at him. Effortlessly, Cell swatted him away. Vegeta went flying behind Gohan, and he landed on the ground. "Now, to finish you off before you become a burden." Cell said, and he charged up a bright yellow ki blast. Just before it hit him, Gohan jumped in front of it, taking the hit directly on his arm, which broke it. The pain was worse than before. He slowly made his way back to the battle area. "Gohan, I'm... sorry." Vegeta choked. "Vegeta just apologized! He never apologizes! He must realize it's over too!" Gohan thought to himself.

"Just hurry up and do it already." Gohan urged. He closed his eyes. As Cell continued to charge it, Gohan heard a voice in his head. "Gohan? Gohan! Can you hear me?" the voice asked. That voice was none other than his father.

"Dad? Dad is that you? Where are you?" he rambled, relief covering his voice.

"Up here in Otherworld with King Kai." he said. Gohan's hopes of his father being alive were destroyed then.

"He's letting me talk to you telepathically. Anyways, why are you giving up? The whole world depends on you right now!" he urged.

"But Dad, there's no point in continuing on. I caused your death, so I deserve to join you. I wanted to get revenge, but I figured that that wasn't going to change the fact that you were still gone. Besides, even if I wanted to, I couldn't. My left arm hurts so bad that I can barely move it." Gohan explained, putting as much meaning into it as he could. He knew that this might be the last communication he'd have with his father forever.

"Gohan, that's not true. That sacrifice was not because of you. It was to save the world. But, apparently, things didn't work out that way. I know you're stronger than that. I know you have it in you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have trained you as hard as I did. You can do this." he reassured.

"But Dad! I'm not like you! I'm not a hero! I'm still the same, whiny baby I've always been!" he fired back.

"No son! You're not! You're still holding back! I know it! Let everything you're feeling take control! All the pain he's caused; the tears, the anger... let it all out! Avenge me!" he urged once more.

Gohan's eyes widened, and at that moment, it was like a fire had been ignited. His confidence was refueled, and the real rage of the Super Saiyan was finally being displayed. He placed both hands in front of him. He began to charge a Kamehameha wave as well. He charged it until he let it out. Everything that he was feeling was packed into it.

"Oh, finally getting back in the game, are we? Still, you are no match for me." Cell said, chuckling.

Gohan kept pushing forward, trying hard not to give in.

"I can feel you slipping away, boy!" Cell cried excitedly, feeling himself overpower Gohan.

"It's not enough son! You have to push yourself!" Goku's voice rang around Gohan.

"I'm trying! This is all I've got!" he said, trying not to let talking distract him.

"Gohan! If you're holding back because you're afraid Earth will take too much damage, don't worry! We can use the Dragon balls to fix it!" he said.

Gohan's eyes widened. Suddenly, he saw everyone rushing forward to help. Piccolo, Tien, Kuririn, and Yamcha were all firing ki blasts, trying to distract Cell so Gohan could overpower him. But it just wasn't enough. No one was strong enough to distract Cell. That is, until one final ki blast struck Cell. Both Gohan and Cell looked up to see Vegeta floating in the air, just after firing the Gallick gun.

"Gohan! Now!" Goku cried.

Gohan jumped on the chance, and finished it. The blue ki blast overpowered Cell's, and it went right through him, then completely obliterated him.

Cell was gone.

The screaming, the tears, the pain, all gone.

At least, for now.

A/N: So, how was it? I'm not terrible, right? Just to let all of you know, I accept flames because I respect everyone's opinion, even if I don't agree with it. Anyway, reviews are appreciated!

~dbzforever21