Chapter 4

Gohan was really screwed up, everything hurt. Moreover he couldn't understand why Piccolo would try to save his father's killer.

Drifting in and out of consciousness made his perception dulled.

After he woke up he was more concerned with the missed school days than with Cell.

His mother wouldn't forgive him if he missed any more days, no matter what was wrong with him.

Cell could be dealt with later, for now he needed to go to school.

Videl currently had a map laid out and was talking with a very interested Sharpener. Videl had clips of the cell games, with pictures of all present and, a few posters of cell himself. Along with this she had news reports of the androids and, some of the monster that drained people (which heavily resembled Cell). Now she had even more data, the pictures of Cell vs Saiyaman and, the pictures taken after the defeat of Saiyaman.

She also managed to find some pictures of King Piccolo from 20 some years ago.

Along with Sharpener she now had a make-shift map of events.

"So, we can conclude the man in the cell games who saved Cell was indeed Piccolo right?" Said Videl.

Sharpener agreed.

He knew Videl was a skeptic of her father but, never saw this much evidence pointing to someone else killing Cell.

"The fighter that saved Saiyaman," Videl went on, "he is this man who appeared in the Cell games as well."

Sharpener interjected. "Yeah, but Piccolo and, the gold guy were on the same side during the Cell games. Why are they enemies now?"

That one stumped Videl. She just couldn't put two and two together… If only Gohan were here

Gohan…..

And with that the entire thing was realized.

Sharpener, Gohan's best friend knew that he was weaker than Gohan and, knew that Gohan could pull off incredible feats of martial arts but, was he Saiyaman?

That was impossible.

Saiyaman could bench-press a planet, and when his helmet came off it was revealed he was blonde. Saiyaman couldn't be Gohan.

Gohan wasn't at the Cell games, was he?

Now that she had everything out of the way with Sharpener Videl went to talk with her father about the events of 7 years prior.

Mr. Satan was all but expecting his daughter. After Saiyaman was defeated he knew it was only a matter of time until she realized he wasn't as strong as he went on about. Hercule had done enough research on his own and, knew the identities of almost all those present at the Cell games. Despite this, the only ones he knew from the events of last night was Piccolo and the golden guy. Even Cell looked different to Hercule.

When his daughter barged in he realized that the jig was up. It was time to tell his daughter about what really happened. He would tell her everything he knew.

Videl was surprised to see that Hercule was ready to tell her what happened. She expected a lot more resistance than what she got. It turned out she was correct, her father didn't defeat cell. He told her honestly that he didn't know who saiyaman was and, he thought that one of the golden fighters already killed cell. There was no explanation for the events of last night.

Saiyaman was still a mystery.

Every lead Videl found turned up nothing.

Gohan was finally back to school three days later. VIdel's questions couldn't come fast enough, if he was Saiyaman then he would know if it was indeed Cell. He should know everything.

Sadly though, her questions would have to wait until after Sharpener's training session, which was after school. Videl, now curious decided to secretly attend the lesson as well.

The lesson that day was Sharpener's introduction to ki control. The bursts of energy Sharpener experienced in the matches now had a name. Sharpener was enthusiastic, he now knew how Gohan was so much stronger than he was.

Videl watched in awe as Gohan proceeded to punch through a tree and, cause a rock to explode feet away. She already knew that those weren't tricks (courtesy of her father) but was still very surprised to see how damaging they could be.

Over the course of the lesson Sharpener tapped into his ki, and by the end of it he was able to punch many times harder than before.

No time to lose either, the finals of the Ace of A's was upon the two. Sharpener finally had his trump card, there was no way he could lose now.

After celebrating a little Sharpener asked Gohan for the time, grabbing his wrist watch playfully. A SHUMP noise was heard, and Gohan was replaced with his alter-ego. Saiyaman's secret identity was now revealed.

Videl gasped before running over to them. This was perfect, she finally would get answers that made sense.

Sharpener was just in awe, his trainer was Saiyaman. He was the luckiest guy in the world.

Gohan just sighed before shrugging. It was going to be a long day.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW!?

Videl was at her limit. Saiyaman didn't even know how Cell was alive. He was reportedly blindsided and had been unconscious for the last few days.

Still, Videl was in awe with her friend. Gohan was able to prove he was indeed Saiyaman, he could fly, and was scolded until he turned super saiyan, showing how he had golden hair after all.

Videl was starting to see Gohan differently, her life was thrown upside down and, nothing was making sense, but at least she knew her friends were honest with her.

The next week was Sharpener's semi-final match. Perhaps she would go there and see one of the other sides of Gohan. She was already familiar with Saiyaman and nerdy Gohan. Now she was going to see Gohan in full instructor mode.

*Ding Ding*

Sharpener walked out of his corner, this was it, round 6. For this tournament it marked the last round.

Sharpener had played a little too conservative this fight, and by Gohan's calculation was behind on points. It was time for the secret weapon. It was time to infuse some ki.

Sharpener started by throwing some weak jabs in order to line up his punch, the opponent, a 23 year old was experienced enough to dodge all of them. Sharpener wasn't perturbed and started going harder. His engine was fully warmed up, it was time to see what he was made of.

From his corner he heard Gohan "Power it up."

That was the key-word. Sharpener powered up. Due to his limited experience with ki he could only power up for around 3 minutes, which is why he saved it for the final round.

It only took 2 ki infused punches to put the older man down for the count. Sharpener was more impressed with his results than anyone else. Only one more fight until he was the national champion.

Gohan couldn't be more proud of his friend, on raw power alone the latest opponent was ahead of Sharpener yet his friend still pulled off a spectacular K.O.

Videl couldn't help but smile. She liked this side of Gohan as well… Who would have guessed it.

Cell was finally at peace. He had finally done it, his biggest motivation in life was complete. He was able to beat Gohan, handily as well. If not for Vegeta's intervention Gohan would be in much worse shape or even dead.

As it was Cell had proven he was a force to be reckoned with.

Of course Vegeta's intervention left him in a bad state, it took him almost a day to recover completely from the fight.

During the course of the day Vegeta was filled in by Piccolo. After all was settled Vegeta understood that Cell was much like himself, wanting to defeat someone. Now that Cell had crushed Gohan, his goals would be much more peaceful.

WIth a smirk he agreed to not slaughter the android, but warned him about Trunks.

Trunks had a similar grudge, the Cell in his timeline was the reason that he had no mother. Unlike himself, Trunks wouldn't stop for questions when he was on a warpath. Anything in his way was getting destroyed.

Trunks was currently busy preparing for said fight.

Cell decided that some preparation wasn't out of the question, now that he didn't have a set goal he wanted to find some new purpose for living other than revenge.

Power levels:

Cell Jr: 400,000,000

Piccolo: 200,000,000

Gohan: 350,000,000

Videl: 30 (three times stronger than the average human)

Sharpener: 80 (slight ki control)

Semi-finalist: 85, slow but bulky and powerful (Mr. Satan could beat him in a fight, as could Videl)

Vegeta: 450,000,000

Trunks: 420,000,000 (harsh training after finding out Cell had beaten Gohan)

Mr Satan: 27 (slightly weaker than videl)