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Chapter 7: The Games Begin

With the two tapes in hand, Videl hurried down to her room. She was finally going to find out this secret apparently only her dad and Gohan know about the Cell Games. 'This had better be worth it! I am tired of having so many secrets being kept from me, and now I can finally find out what might be a major one.'

She remembered her dad leaving to go fight. She didn't want him to go, but at the time, she believed, like most of the people of the Earth, that he was the strongest man alive and the best chance they had. It broke her heart that he did go to fight Cell, especially after seeing what Cell did with what seemed like no effort at all (destroying the military). Even she, someone who had witnessed her father's abilities many times, wasn't sure if this was one of his smarter ideas. Cell just seemed way out of his league. Hercule Satan may not have been a great father to his daughter, but she still cared for him immensely. Her life would never be the same without him.

Now, she knew better than that. First off, she knew that all the "tricks" and "smoke and mirrors" stuff that her dad said were all just made up to conceal his own naivety. Second, she could care less for her father now; he had become a worse father after the Cell Games and started hanging around lots of women, even though he said that he loved his mother. Even though she died a bit before the whole ordeal, it was still rude to do what he did. And even without that, the fame went to his head. He become rich and famous after the games and started to love the press. Videl hated it and tried to avoid it as much as possible.

One of the biggest mistakes that she made, even though she hadn't even realized it, was thinking that Cell was extremely weak compared to her father. Another one was actually believing everything he had said during and before the games. Things like "it's a trick!" and "I defeated Cell and saved the Earth!" were two of them. She had lived her whole life believing those lies, and now she would realize the truth.

Videl closed the door to her room and put part one into the VCR in her room. It required a bit of rewinding, so she let it rewind while pondered what the secret could possibly be. It finished rewinding after a few minutes and she lay down on her bed and pressed play.

The screen flickered to life, showing the logo for ZTV, the television station that taped the Games. The station is no longer running, but its name is famous because of that day.

The logo vanished and the video changed to a frame of Cell inside of his arena. The arena was much different than the World Tournament one that she knew; it was slightly larger and had four pillar-like things at each corner. Cell just stood there, waiting.

The reporter started speaking. "Well folks, it appears that there are no spectators coming in case this gets out of hand. In fact, no one is even here, not even our Champ, Mr. Satan! With twenty minutes left, where could he be?" She sighed. She remembered watching this broadcast as a kid. She didn't remember it well, but she remembered that she found this guy to be extremely annoying. He spoke again. "Could it be? It is! Mr. Satan has arrived, folks!" She saw the black car with "Satan" written on the sides pull up and her father walk out. From what she could see, it appeared like her dad was trash talking Cell. The reporter came on again. "Ooh, and another verbal jab by the champ! And Cell is chill as a cucumber. He clearly has no idea what he is up against."

Her father walked into the ring, and then beckoned towards the camera crew to come down. "He wants us?" He shook his head. "Well folks, it appears that we are given a once in a lifetime opportunity! Mr. Satan is asking us to take front row seats to his victory!"

The group then moved in closer to the ring, and then stopped. Mr. Satan was showing off like usual. 'Well, I guess dad really hasn't changed much since then.' She then noticed that Cell turned his head and started speaking to himself. The news crew followed him. She noticed something in the distance, but she couldn't make it out. The thing, whatever it was, came down in an arc and landed to show himself, someone who Videl immediately recognized as Vegeta. The reporter announced the person's coming. "It appears we have an observer, who apparently flew here. Any idea how that works, champ?"

"It's just another one of those tricks!" Hercule said with a smile.

"Well, this person must be a die-hard fan of you to come all the way here to watch." He turned towards Vegeta. "Stand aside so you can see Mr. Satan destroy this monster!" His response was a scowl and a glare. Cell turned again, and another figure appeared, and Videl did not recognize him. He wore a black shirt underneath his lime green armor-like clothing. He had a red Mohawk for hair and an ear piercing, and appeared to be quite strong. Only Cell and Vegeta recognized him. Vegeta seemed a bit agitated.

Cell spoke to him. "Well Sixteen, you're back, and fully repaired, I see."

The reporter then spoke, taking note of the conversation going on. "It appears that these two know each other…" Cell, Vegeta, and Sixteen turned again, in the direction where Vegeta came from, and Videl could see seven more things coming, most likely people. They all landed and she recognized almost all of them. Yamcha was there, so was Tien, Krillin also, even Piccolo. The other three, she could not recognize: one had shoulder-length lavender hair and was wearing something similar to Vegeta, one had tall, spiky, gold hair and was wearing an orange gi bearing the sign of the Turtle, and the last one was surprisingly young, had blonde hair, and wore similar clothes to Piccolo's, minus the turban. 'Those last two look familiar. And if I'm not mistaken, they're in their super saiyan form. Gohan said that there were four people there that were either part saiyan or full saiyan, and these two must be two of them. Vegeta is one, and I'm pretty sure the others that I recognize aren't, so the lavender-haired one must be one also.'

Cell spoke to them when they arrived. "Nice of you to join us, Goku. I see you brought your friends." 'Goku. That means that that is Gohan's dad!'

The annoying reporter spoke again, much to the annoyance of everyone else. "How is it physically possible for all of them to fly?!" He turned to her dad.

"It must be a popular trick these days…" he said, baffled at their abilities.

Cell finally decided that it was time. "Alright, now who will be the first to fight me? Will it be Goku? Or perhaps Vegeta?"

Goku spoke up. "I'll be fighting you first, Cell."

Hercule was apparently angered by this statement. "No! I will be fighting Cell first!"

"It's nice to see you try to help out here, but you won't be able to do anything here. He is way out of your league, whoever you are. If you fight him, Cell will kill you." Goku said concernedly.

Laughter could be heard in the background at this statement, and the camera zoomed in onto Goku's face. The reporter's voice could be heard again, much to her dismay. "This man just said that our Champ, Hercule Satan, was no match for Cell, and that he would die if he fought him! He apparently has no idea who he is. He even went as far to say that the World Champion of Martial Arts is out his league! I think it is the other way around! Mr. Satan is way out of Cell's league is what I say!" Videl knew that Goku was right. If she learned anything from Gohan's talks, it was that humans are quite weak compared to other beings in the universe, and that Goku was definitely one person to put your trust into when it came to a battle. She knew for a fact that everyone else that was there was stronger than her father by far.

Krillin and Goku were talking, and they decided to let Hercule fight first. He stepped up, but then a helicopter appeared out of nowhere. 'Damnit! Not these guys!' She remembered this part. Her father's two apprentices, Caroni and Piroski, came to help and were easily defeated.

She watched with amusement as the two were taken down easily and then as her father took to the stage again. 'This isn't gonna be pretty…' He brought out some tiles and stacked them on top of each other; it was obviously another attempt to show off. He then broke all of the tiles except for one of them, leaving shock on all of the fighter's faces and amazement on the reporter's. "Wow! Mr. Satan has just broken fourteen tiles and left the crowd speechless!" They were speechless alright, but not in amazement, but at his incredibly weak power and the annoying group. She couldn't blame them.

Videl laughed during her father's fight. He gave it his all, and Cell didn't try to block, dodge, flinch, or seem to feel a thing. In what appeared to be no effort at all, Cell simply smack the man into a mountain several hundred feet behind the arena. She was slightly angry, but glad that her father learned his lesson, as much as he denied it still to this day. Then the real fight began as Goku stepped into the ring. It would be the first time she would watch Goku fight for real since that one Tournament tape. Needless to say, she was eager to see a real fight.

At first, it appeared to be a good fight, but then the two disappeared from view. 'Either these guys are moving too fast, or these camera guys are so stupid that they don't look up.' Unknown to her, it was a bit of both. They both reappeared on the screen moments afterwards.

As time progressed, the two seemed evenly matched. Then, she realized that this was just the warm-up, and everyone else was a bit shocked because of it.

The two warriors seemed to glow in the next few seconds, causing her eyes to hurt a bit, but the glow subsided. They still had an aura around them, but the glow was much less irritable.

She continued watching, attempting to watch every move, but even she couldn't do so. From what she did see, they still seemed even. That's when it looked like it got much worse for Goku.

Cell started performing several moves, each of which Videl had seen before in both the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament and the fight with the Saiyans. They all seemed incredibly powerful, enough to completely annihilate anybody, yet Goku was able to dodge each attack, and even counter a bit. 'I thought those moves were moves used only by their creators and students. Why would Cell be able to master and use them without even knowing either?' It was another question to ask Gohan the next time he explained stuff to her.

As the fight wore on, Cell eventually destroyed the arena, claiming that he wouldn't want anyone to lose on accident. The fight just seemed to get more intense after that. 'Man, these guys are in a different league completely! I know Goku competed in the World Tournament, and won, but still, this is…inhuman. Oh, wait, neither of these guys is human, so I guess that explains it.'

She looked in horror at the thing that was left after Goku's powerful Kamehameha wave hit Cell at Point-Blank range. Much to her surprise, he somehow regenerated his body. She jumped back in shock. 'Yep. Definitely not human! How does he do that?!'

After Cell's return, she was even more surprised to hear that Goku was giving up, and to hear that her father was supposed to fight next. 'He's giving up, after all of that?! Why? And how could my dad even stand a chance against Cell?'

To say that she was shocked after seeing the next bit was an understatement. A little boy, probably around her age at the time, with gold hair and teal eyes came up to fight Cell next; the reporter was calling him 'The Delivery Boy', thinking he was bringing them all food. Everybody was awestruck, even Cell. More questions entered her mind. 'Well, he appears to be a super saiyan, or whatever Gohan called it, but who is he? He's obviously saiyan, or part saiyan at least, and he must be stronger, or close to as strong, as Goku to be fighting next. Goku called him down to fight, so he must trust him, so I'm guessing he's stronger. This boy, he looks…familiar.'

The tape ended at this point, meaning she had to put in part two. She took out the first part and put in the second one, eager to watch the rest. 'This isn't as bad as that video with those Saiyans. I mean, people died there, yet it doesn't appear that anyone has been badly injured yet…'

The screen came on again, showing the ZTV logo once more before going into the actual video.

The boy went into his stance and prepared for the upcoming battle. 'His stance is flawless. It would be nice to learn a few things from these people.'

The boy seemed to be holding his own against Cell, but he was losing by a bit. As the fighting continued, the two fought harder than before. Cell managed to get in a devastating blow to the boy, causing him to fall into a mountain and be covered by the remains. Cell just laughed, thinking he had won already, everyone else there was either sad or angry. Videl gasped. 'He lost? I thought I remembered the fight dragging on a bit longer than this, so why is he finished now?'

Much to her relief, the rocks covering the boy rose into the air and boy walked towards Cell at a slow pace. He stopped a few feet away from Cell and started to talk to him. She obviously had no idea what they were talking about, but Cell smirked as soon as they finished. He started attacking him with more power than before. 'This is horrible! Someone has to help him!' No one did. They all stood there, some of them furious, others waiting patiently, but still slightly concerned.

She was disgusted when she saw Cell somehow give birth to seven mini versions of him. They looked exactly like him, but were about a third of the size he was, and were light blue instead of green. The boy just stood there watching as the seven of them took off in the direction of the people on the cliff, horrified with what was about to happen. All of the people on the cliff were struggling to survive, and only two of them seemed able to remotely hold their own against the Cell Jr.'s.

The boy looked furious. 'Man, he looks like he's about to explode with anger!' As if right on cue, the boy did explode with anger, causing a crater around him (still not Super Saiyan 2, just powering up). Cell just attacked him some more. The boy was doing a bit better, but was still losing.

She had really wanted to see more, but one of those beams of the light was shot at the ground near the camera crew. As it hit the ground, the force of the blast caused everyone to fall back and the camera to break. 'Damn. I guess that's as far as it goes. Well, now I have even more to think about now!'

She finished her homework quickly, deciding to leave plenty of thinking time before she went to bed. She crept into bed and started to think. 'I actually wish that the tape went on longer. Stupid mini-cells had to blow it up! Well, let's see what I found out. First, I know my dad didn't defeat Cell, but I still don't know who did. It could've been Goku, but he gave up. He could've stepped in later though and it just wasn't caught on tape.

It could have also been the boy, yet he appeared to be losing, even if by only a little. Who was he anyways? He was obviously a saiyan, or part saiyan, and there were four of those. Goku and Vegeta were the full-blooded ones, so that means that the little boy and the lavender-haired one were part saiyan. The only demi-saiyan that I know and have heard about so far is Gohan, but could the boy really be him? And even if he is, then who was the other one? Gohan didn't mention Vegeta having any kids, or his parents having another kid. If the little kid is Gohan, he would probably be eleven years old at the time, so it's possible. So many questions to ask Gohan tomorrow!'


I'm planning on getting the next chapter up sometime later this week. School is starting, so I'm gonna have less time to work on this story, but I'm gonna continue it.

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