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A Twist of Fate

Chapter 3

Nero felt numb as his body flew through space and time, the image of his father Vegeta broken and beaten at the hands of that monster Cell. Nero shut his eyes as the sting of tears flowed from his eyes, vowing over and over in his mind that he would avenge Gohan and his father if it were the last thing he ever did. "Ok Nero, get ahold of yourself. You need to be at full alert when you confront the Cell of this timeline." He thought as he wiped the tears away and closed his eyes, waiting for the machine to finish the journey. "I justhope my SSJ2 form is enough to beat him." He thought as he drifted off into sleep.

Nero dreamt as he traveled though time. It was odd because he normally never really dreamed, as most nights he was too exhausted to do anything other then collapse on his bed. He dreamt that he was back home with his father and Gohan and Chi Chi. They were all gathered around and eating slices of cake that had a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY on it. He was 10 years old and it was one of the happiest days of his life. It was the day his dad gave him his sword. They joy Nero had just about overtook his entire face.

Flashback

"Oh thank you father! I love it!" Nero said joyfully. Vegeta chuckled and ruffled his son's hair. "Glad you like it." He said, smiling. "You know how I got the sword?" Nero shook his head. "It was many years ago. So long ago that it was before Cell showed up." Vegeta said, watching as his son's eyes grew as wide as dinner plates. "A man named Tapion arrived on earth to ask for our help. This was when all of our friends were still alive mind you. Anyway, Tapoin said that a monster named Hirudegarn was on his way to find and destroy him, along with the earth. We agreed to help Tapion and we trained until the day the monster arrived. Now around this time your mother was pregnat with you and we offered Tapoin a place to stay until Hirudegarn was defeted. Well we fought and spareing you the bloody details, we won. Before Tapion left of world to return to his, he gave us his sword as a sign of thanks and respect. As he gave us the sword he told me to give it to you when the time was right as he knew you would be a great warrior someday." Vegeta finished. "Wow dad. That sounds awsome!" Nero jumped up with a smile on his face, the sword now on his back in it's sheath. Vegeta laughed and led his son back to the training room to start working on mastering the sword work.

End Flashback

Nero jolted awake a while later, vaguely aware of where he was as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. His time machine had landed in a desert area from the looks of it and Nero was sure he was feeling living energy all around him. "Good. Looks like I made it. Now to find Cell." He thought as he closed his eyes and focused on the energy all around him. Then he felt it. A significant power level. No wait, power levels" A lot of them by the feel of it but he couldn't make out Cell's. "Oh well." He thought. "Guess I'm going to find out anyway." He made sure his sword was still on his back and his ki blocking watch was still activated. After confirming both he got out of the time machine, capsuled it and flew off in the direction of the power levels.

Goku stood panting as he looked at Cell above him. He and Cell did have one incredible fight to say the least but he knew he couldn't beat Cell. He was just to strong. "What is that all?" Cell yelled down in a mocking tone. "I was hoping you would have more energy then this." He was right. Goku was tired and both knew it. He powered down and let his arms fall back to his sides. He then spoke two words that shocked everyone. "I forfeit." Gohan and Krillen gasped while Vegeta didn't let the surprise show on his face. Every one else did. "What? Dad no!" Gohan shouted to his father. "Your the only one who can beat him!" Goku turned and walked up to his son and kneeled down to him. "No I'm not Gohan. You can too. There is great power stored within you and you just need to unlock it in order to beat him. I know you can do it." Gohan looked at Goku and nodded, his respect for his father far outwaying his logic. Just as Gohan started to step up to the arena, he stopped and looked up. As did everyone else who could sense power levels. There in the sky above Cell was a kid no older than Gohan. He had a sword on his back and a tail flowing behind him in the wind.

5 minutes earlier

Nero made it to the battle grounds in no time flat but decided to observe before he announced his presence. He saw a man with messy golden hair fight with a green huminoid bug thing. Nero reconized both of them. The golden haired man was Goku as Chi Chi had shown Nero a pitcure of him a couple years back. Nero also reconized Cell but it took him a little longer. Nero was used to seeing Cell as a bug man thing with a swinging tail. But this Cell was almost human in appearance and he had no tail. "Better keep hidden until this fight is over." Nero thought as he acended higher up into the sky. Luckly no one saw him.

When he sensed Goku's energy drop, he investegated. What he was was a arena nearly destroyed by some intense fight. He saw Cell up in the air but still below him and he saw Goku power down and revert back to his base form. Goku walked over to a kid no older than himself and say a couple things. Nero sensed his power level and thought "This kid can't beat Cell in his curent state. Though this Cell is more weak then the one from my timeline, I still think this kid won't beat him." Nero unwraped his tail from around his waist and deactivated his ki blocking watch. He then decended down to Cell's level.

"Ah who is this?" Cell spoke, asking everyone's question. "A new challenger perhaps? Ah and I see you have a tail so you must be a saiyan. Well you have me interested to say the least." Cell said as he dropped back down to the ground. The boy was silent as he touched down as well. "Thats.. That's my sword." Trunks thought as he gazed on this stranger's sword. "Well," Cell spoke with an air of confidence around him. "You must have the ability to become a SSJ. I mean the only real chance you would have against me is if you were a SSJ." "I am." Nero spoke. "But I also have mastered that form at the age of seven and now after four years of intense training, I have acended past that level. Let me show you." He said with a voice filled with no emotion. Everyone raised an eyebrow at his words. Cell just scoffed. Nero smirked at the sight of Cell. He easly powered up into his SSJ form with out even so much as a thought.

"I come from an alternet timeline were you absorbed all these fighters. You were at least twenty times more powerful in my time but I still would like to give an example of true power before you die." He said. He then got into his fighting position and started to power up even more. "HA!" He yelled as the ground around him started to split and crumble. The earth shook as the amount of power Nero displayed was incredible. Cell stood wide eyed, surpise evident in his face. The Z fighters all took a step back as the winds started to blow violently. A bliding light over took the area before dieing down. When Cell and the Z fighters look at Nero, they all gasped. Nero stood in the same spot but he looked totally different. His hair that looked exactly like Vegeta's was golden as it was in his previous form but it was longer then before. The golden arua surronding him was now jagged and was more bright then before. The most notable difference how ever was the sparks of electricity that surrounded the arua and himself. Cell took a step back and gaped in surpise. His power was amazing. He wasn't anywhere near that level. The Z fighters were thinking the same thing only they were thankful as well that Nero was fighting Cell. Most however noticed the similarities between him and Vegeta. Vegeta was gritting his teeth. How could a child like that surpass the prince of all saiyans? And he had a tail. Who was the kid? Vegeta was pulled out of his thoughts as the battle began.

Nero wasted no time in launching an attack on Cell, punching and kicking the creature with no mercy. Cell tried to counter with a hit of his own but it was either dodged or blocked by Nero. Nero then flew up into the air and fired off an energy blast at Cell before fazing behind him to deliver a swift knee to the side. "That's for all the people you killed!" He shouted as the blow connected. As Cell turned around, clutching his side in pain, Nero landed a hard punch right on his face. Cell flew from the air and down to the ground. Nero landed close by and smirked. "What is that all?" he said mockingly. "I was hoping you would have more then that seeing how you are the "ultimate" lifeform." Cell seethed with rage at this. Getting the crap kicked out of you by a 11 year old then being mocked by said 11 year old was rather humiliating. "I'll show you!" He shouted in rage.

He cupped his hands together at his waist and started to gather his energy. "KA-ME-HA-ME" He chanted as blue energy gathered in his hands. Nero saw what he was doing and got into a defensive stance. "What's he doing?!" Krillen shouted. "He'll get hit strait on!" "Perhaps that's part his plan." Piccolo said, his eyes never leaving the battlefield. Krillen looked at Piccolo then back to Nero then back to Piccolo. "What do you mean?" Piccolo never got a chance to anwser as Cell finished chanting and yelled "HA!" before thrusting his hands forword and shooting the beam towards Nero. Nero mentally prepared himself before doing the same as Cell and catching the beam in his hands. "What!?" Cell shouted. "This can't be!" He continued to push more power into his attack but no matter what, the mystery kid was still holding fast. Nero clenched his teeth, holding off the blast was putting a lot of strain on his body. He needed to deflect it away from the area. Gritting his teeth, Nero shifted his feet and backed up an inch before begining to move his hands that were still out in front of him to the side. The beam of energy began to shift and curve. With one final shout of effort, Nero curved the beam away from him and everyone else and into the sky. Nero looked up into the sky and saw the energy wave explode harmlessly in the air. Cell took advantage of Nero momentary distraction and lunged at the young warrior, landing a punch strait into his abdomin. Nero, taken by surprise at Cell's speed, coughed up some spit before Cell smashed his left shoulder with a roundhouse kick. Nero flew to the side and was kicked in the ribs by Cell before he could even get up. "AH!" Nero yelled as he felt at least 3 ribs shatter on contact.

"I've had enough of you boy." Cell said, kicking Nero so he lay on his back. "No one makes a fool out of me and lives!" He planted a foot on Nero's broken ribs and aimed his open hand at him. "Now DIE!" Before he could launch the beam, another voice yelled out. "Burning ATTACK!" A huge ball of energy flew towards Cell who scoffed at it and easyly smacked it away. "Nice try boy but I know all your tricks." Cell yelled at Trunks who was trying to catch his breath. Cell then fired an ki blast of his own and hit Trunks square in the chest. Nero used this blessed opportunity to faze out from under Cell and appear up in the air. "Thank you good sir." Nero thought as he powered up again, thrusting his arms up in the air while ignoring the pain in his chest. While Gohan and everyone else besides Piccolo and Vegeta went over to check on Trunks (Great father by the way.) Said two fighters watched as this mystery kid powered up an attack. "It can't be the spirit bomb." Piccolo thought. "Only Goku and Cell know that attack."

Nero focused his energy and felt two balls of ki form in his hands . He put them his hands together and shouted down to Cell who was still looking for him. "Hey Cell!" Cell and the Z Fighters all looked up at him. "Take this! DOUBLE FLASH!" He shouted before firing a massive ki wave. Cell put his arms up in front of his face and shouted "No! It can't be!" "Just look at that power!" Goku said, taken aback by how big the wave was. "I know dad. This thing will destroy Cell for good!" Gohan stated hopefully. "Don't count on it." Vegeta said. "Cell may be hit by that attack but don't forget about his regeneration." "Oh come on Vegeta." Krillen said. "Don't be such a downer." Vegeta grunted in response, his attention focused back on the fight. The blast hit Cell full force. "NO!" Cell shouted. "I WON'T BE DEFETED LIKE THIS!" Nero responded by pushing all his remaining strength into the blast. Cell's body disintegrated inside the blast, his shouts of pain and defeat following him shortly there after. Nero finished the attack and saw with great satsifaction that Cell was gone. He felt immediately exhausted and powered down to his base form, trying to fight off unconsciousness. He landed back on the ground shakily and then fell flat on his back, nearly unconscious. The Z fighters rushed over to Nero but stopped when they felt a familair power level. They turned over to where Cell was destroyed and were shocked to see the wind picking up and swirling around. A burst of energy and a flash of light revealed Cell, smirking and more powerful than before. Nero saw this and stood up, ignoring the looks of the Z fighters. "No. This is my fight." He said. Cell smirked once more and launched at Nero. The other warriors jumped away just in time to see Cell completly dominating the one sided fight. Nero barely even put up a dodge, to tired to do anything. Cell easly mopped the floor with him and once more held him under his foot. "Now no distractions this time. I will KILL YOU!" Cell shouted as he powered up an ki ball. Just as he was about to fire, Android 16 tackled hm from behind, holding him in a bear hug. "Gohan" He said. "Get this boy out of here." Gohan nodded and pulled an barely conscious and barely alive Nero back to the group. "Your reign of terror ends now Cell." 16 said. "I will activate my self destruct to kill you once and for all." 16 then tried to active his bomb but nothing happened. "What?" Was all he could say before he was blasted into pieces by Cell. His head rolled over to Gohan and said some final words. "Gohan, please stop him. You have the same power as the young man who just fought Cell. Please you must." His words were interupted by Cell's foot coming down and crushing the head. "Stupid thing talked way to much." (I'm going to skip the Gohan and Cell fight cause: 1, the fight goes exacly like it did in the show and 2, I'm to lazy to write it.)

Nero woke up later in a bed, reconizing it as a room from Kami's look out as he and his father had visited Mr. Popo from time to time in his timeline. As he tried to sit up, he heard Piccolo say from the doorway. "Rest some more. Your in no condition to move. Once your healed up, we have a lot of questions for you."

And that's where I will end this chapter.

I hope you all enjoyed it and pleaser review.

And for those who didn't get it, Nero is an original character and comes from a different timeline then Trunks.

See you guys later.

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