The Long Awaited Sequel – Angel of Misery

Hello, I'm back and with an update no less! If any of you actually read my profile, I said I'd update in July...so I'm actually updating before the deadline I set for myself, score! ...by a few days. But anyway, I've actually had this completed for awhile, but I don't know, I guess maybe I'm not confident writing this story as much as I used to be. I worry whether this sounds right or whether the fans will think that's bad...so, I hope you all like it. Let me know what you think, and I'll do my best to change it according to your wishes! I haven't written Cell and Sariell in awhile, so I try and keep everyone in character...

Anyway, I also changed the chapter name, but I will not explain why, because that would give it away before you even start reading. I'll just say that I felt this chapter revolved around more than just Sumina, and she only gets one line. Next chapter perhaps.

And finally, sorry for the long waits. I'm going to try and update faster in the future, but...I love this story, but I wrote the first one so many years ago, so I guess it's getting harder for me to write this one. Oh well. Enjoy!

I do not own Dragon Ball Z, but Sariell and Sumina are copyright to me. Any likeness they have to other people, I swear on pain of death, I did not steal from you!

"Talking"

thinking/sounds/sarcasm/something significant/telepathy/blinding rage and so on.

Chapter 9: A Life for a Life

Cell's mind wandered as he returned to where Goku and the others were last hiding, as threatened violently by Sariell; I have little doubt that Bulma will take the upmost care with both Sariell and the child...but complications could arise. From the little I know of humans, having their own spawn is difficult enough, but for Sariell to have mine? What if the worst were to happen?

He slowed his speed once he could sense Goku's familiar energy, murmuring to himself, "Sariell is in the best place she can possibly be, and knowing her persistent nature, I am certain that she won't relent until my child is safely in her arms. Besides, I need to focus on what's ahead, and fight to the best of my abilities, to protect them both now..."

"Cell!" Goku waved him down once he spotted him, grinning widely, "you came back! You were worried about us, weren't you?"

"Of course not!" He scowled, his magenta eyes narrowing, "Sariell ordered me back!"

"Ha!" A rough voice to the side snorted; the android turned slowly to see the leering Saiyan prince Vegeta himself, "what sort of evil android takes orders from a woman?"

"Don't start." Piccolo, who also seemed to have joined them all, warned the black haired Saiyan, but Cell growled in response, taking a step forward threateningly, "you could never understand the relationship between Sariell and I! Furthermore, you are extremely fortunate that I haven't killed you on the spot!"

"And why haven't you?" Vegeta sneered, hand on his hip and leaning forward rather cockily, "because your precious little half-blood ordered you not to kill? You're pathetic! I can't believe it took us so long to destroy a pansy like you!"

"Oh, believe me." Cell shook his head, "one more threatening act against the life of either Sariell or my child, and I will kill you. Her word or not."

"Now that that's all settled!" Goku interrupted, getting in between them with an exasperated grin, "Cell, even if Sariell asked you to, are you alright to be here? Can you be away from her right now?"

"It's what she wants." The android shrugged, turning his back on Vegeta rudely, "and the bond between Sariell and myself is strong. I will know, should her condition become grave."

"Besides, she's got Trunks there with her." Vegeta added sarcastically, "why would she need Cell?"

"Trunks is with Sariell?!" Cell spun around once again, eyes blazing and his tail suddenly extended out, the needle point glinting dangerously in the sun, "WHY is he with her?!"

"Cell!" Goku and Piccolo hissed simultaneously, while the Supreme Kai glanced over the rock worriedly, "we've been spotted…"

"I'm here protecting you all for her! Protecting the likes of YOU, who would have had me destroyed!" Cell bellowed, his power level rocketing, the yellowish energy around him going positively nuts, "and in my place you sent that love-stricken, purple haired, futuristic pretty boy brat of yours?! I won't stand for that!"

"I didn't send him anywhere! Do you think I want my bloodline to be with that wench, when she gives birth to that monster of yours?!" Vegeta spat in response.

Before Cell could brutally mutilate the Saiyan prince for the continued insults about his love, the demon lord Dabura suddenly leapt into the middle of them, smiling ominously, "and what do we have here?"

Meanwhile…

"Come on Sariell, you need to push harder!" Bulma ordered, consulting the computer to her left, keeping a constant feed of the half-Saiyan's vitals.

"If you tell me to push one more time, I'm going to push you, woman – right through a wall!" Sariell snarled through gritted teeth, "whattya think I'm trying to do, you blue haired idiot?! I'm not having a picnic here!"

"I see Cell's charming language is starting to rub off on you." Bulma responded dryly, "and I'm trying to help you here; the least you could do is not bite my head off!"

"Ugh, sorry…" Sariell groaned as pain coursed up her spine, "but honestly…even the pain I had…in that scientific nut house…seemed gentle compared to this!"

"You're doing very well, considering what you're giving birth to." Bulma assured, looking to Trunks, who was white as a ghost, "Trunks, sweetie? You holding up alright over there?"

"God, you make him sound the father." Sariell grumbled, "why…is he even here!?"

"He wanted to do something to excuse Vegeta's…appalling behaviour." Bulma's face darkened for a moment in memory, before grinning innocently, "and, it's always good to have another set of hands here, right?"

"If Cell finds out…he's going to be so...pissed off..." Sariell mumbled, rolling her eyes to the purple haired boy, forcing a smile, "though…I guess it is…kind of sweet of you…"

"Aren't you worried?" Trunks asked quietly, slowly coming closer to her, "that by sending Cell out, he might get hurt? That this new evil might do something terrible to him?"

"Cell's perfect, remember? What could happen?" Sariell snorted, gripping the sides of the table so hard, a few fingernails snapped as the pain intensified tenfold, "ughk…and I think I've got enough…to worry about here!"

Back to the others…

"Dabura!" The Supreme Kai gasped in surprise.

"We could have avoided this if you two could just grow up and stop arguing!" Piccolo snarled angrily at Cell and Vegeta.

"I knew you were here the whole time." Dabura replied calmly, his merciless eyes locking onto Cell, "it was only when your new friend here joined that I thought you might be a problem to Babidi."

As Vegeta raged about being portrayed as incompetent, Cell replied cockily, "so what are you going to do about it? Destroy me? I'd like to see you try!"

Dabura just chuckled darkly and before anyone could do or say anything, appeared before Kibito and defeated him with a single glowing punch through the stomach, impassively allowing him to collapse to the ground.

"Damn it!" Goku cried, instantly turning Super Saiyan and throwing a punch, but Dabura easily dodged and began advancing on the Supreme Kai, "come now, Kai. With your wealth of knowledge, you must know that it is futile to fight me. I'm stronger than all of you."

The Supreme Kai only gritted his teeth in response, obviously not going to deny it; besides, if they were strong enough to take down Dabura, wouldn't they have done it when they first arrived?

But Cell now moved in between the two fighters, shielding the Supreme Kai for the moment, "you may be stronger than the others around us, Dabura, but I see no evidence that you have the strength to defeat me, the ultimate perfect being! Furthermore, you would be wise to leave the Supreme Kai out of this."

"Now he's protecting a Kai?" Vegeta laughed scornfully, "soon he'll be as soft in the head as Kakarot!"

"I swore to Sariell, that I would protect her friends while she was out of action!" Cell hissed, keeping his burning pink eyes on the demon lord alone, "and seeing as I'm an android of my word, and I wouldn't dare break a promise to her, I plan to do just that!"

Thus, the android lunged forward and went to strike Dabura, but once again he dodged, smirking, "then you will be the first to fall."

Back to Sariell…

"What's wrong with her?!" Trunks demanded as Sariell began to shake uncontrollably as if having a stroke, "is this normal?!"

"It can be, sometimes. People react differently to birth." Bulma answered tensely, "but she's going to hurt herself! Seeing as she's not conscious, you'll have to hold her down!"

"Uh…sure." Trunks scratched the back of his head, before awkwardly applying force to Sariell's upper chest, trying to keep her flat against the table (A/N: -snaps a picture of that to show Cell later-), "umn…how long do I have to do this…?"

"It shouldn't be too long now, theoretically." Bulma bit her lip nervously, using her own effort to keep Sariell's legs flat and apart, "sure you're not going to pass out again, Trunks?"

"I'll try not to." Trunks murmured, blushing a little as he glanced at Sariell's face; she was indeed unconscious, but sweating profusely and obviously in a lot of pain, "…I can't believe Cell would do this to her in the first place…who knows what sort of damage this half human child is doing to her?"

"It's about time you realized, Trunks – it doesn't matter what sort of damage it'll do, they would have done this all the same!" Bulma snapped irritably, making the purple-haired boy start, surprised by the sudden attitude change, "while I've only met Cell once or twice, it's obvious to see…he's not the evil android he once was. Their love for each other is selfless….and Sariell adores Cell so much that she would willingly die for the chance to bring his child into the world! So stop complaining, deal with it and make sure she doesn't break her back!"

"Alright." Trunks agreed quietly, returning to silently holding the half-Saiyan while Bulma simultaneously checked the computer and Sariell's progression; suddenly, Sariell's consciousness returned with full force, punching Trunks straight in the face as she cried out in pain, "uuuugh! Auughn, gnnnhn!"

"It's alright, Sariell, you're getting there, it'll soon be over!" Bulma tried to reassure her, looking to the again passed out Trunks on the floor, "well, that's helpful! You just punched out the only other help I've got around here!"

"Sorry…" Sariell spat out through clenched teeth, before falling backwards, unable to sit up through the pain, her chest rising and falling as she desperately tried to breathe, "gaaah, it hurts!!!"

"Oh, something's coming!" Bulma blinked in surprise, abandoning the computer and pushing her swivel chair to Sariell's legs, "that's the way, Sariell! A few more pushes ought to do it!"

"If it's not out after that, you can just go ahead and kill me!" Sariell moaned, shuddering and slamming her fists right through the table material, "I swear, if I live through this…I'll tear Cell's tail off so he can't do this to me again, that bastard!"

Bulma tried to ignore the death-threats as best she could, replying encouragingly, "it's alright Sariell, it's nearly over; one more big one, come on!"

Sariell responded by screaming loud enough to wake up the stupefied Trunks, her hair flickering from yellow to brown continuously as she forced all of her energy towards one last shove, before collapsing, exhausted and feeling extremely nauseous.

"Well done, Sariell. Good job." Bulma replied softly, patting her on the head, "you can have a good long nap now."

"Not…whoa, dizzy...not just yet..." Sariell forced down the feeling of wanting to up-chuck as she pulled herself up into a sitting position, "where is it? My…my child?"

All eyes focused on the end of the table, where a green speckled egg, much like the egg Cell came out of in the time machine only light green in colour, sat covered in blood and mucus.

"You gave birth to an egg?!" Trunks said at last, his eyes just about popping out of his skull, "and look at the size of that monster! You gave birth to that?! It's a wonder you didn't explode!"

"Trunks, can you do me an enormous favour?" Sariell responded, smiling sweetly, "could you possibly shut up?"

With that, she downed a jug of water beside her and scooted closer to her egg, tapping it experimentally, "this is...rather unexpected. I suppose this must have something to do with Cell's bio-mechanics...do I have to wait till this hatches now?"

At her words, the egg suddenly started vibrating as well as making a low, humming sound; Trunks and Bulma backed up nervously, but Sariell found herself rooted to the spot, more out of curiosity than fear.

With a loud pop, the egg shells split open and sitting in the middle of their split halves was a small, female child; her hair was a rich, vibrant green that matched the later parts of Cell's armour, and the very ends of her hair seemed to be a bright blue. Her eyes were just a tad darker green than her hair, but had no irises or pupils as of yet, and her skin was a very pale pink. Finally, the most noticeable thing was her small tail extending from her back to curl around her hunched up knees, looking exactly like the first form Cell's tail, only with colours that matched the perfect form.

She looked up to Sariell's face, head cocked to the side and squeaked, "squee?"

Back to Cell and Dabura…

"Cell, be careful!" The Supreme Kai called, watching the fight grimly, "you mustn't let Dabura spit on you!"

"I mustn't let him what?!" Cell blinked at the absurdity of what was said, before hissing angrily as the red-skinned warrior slugged him in the chest, "you dare to lay a hand on my perfect body?! You'll pay for that!"

"Woo boy, there goes the perfectionist in all his glory." Goku rubbed his forehead, smiling wryly despite the situation; he and the others had tried to assist Cell, for three on one would have made much more sense (discounting Vegeta, who didn't want to help), but the android had flatly told them he didn't need their interference, "Supreme Kai, what did you mean by that, by Dabura spitting?"

"Dabura has the ability to turn any living thing to stone, simply if his saliva makes contact with it!" The Supreme Kai explained quickly (A/N: and since Sariell's not here to say it – must be murder on his love life!).

"Are you serious?!" Piccolo exclaimed, "how can someone have an ability like that?!"

"If that's the case, we can't let Cell fight the likes of Dabura alone, forget his pride." Goku replied solemnly, taking off up to the fight and tapping Cell on the shoulder, "hey, Cell – I need to tell you…"

"What are you doing?!" Cell smacked him away, turning to face him with a scowl, "don't you Saiyans have some sort of a fighting code where you don't interrupt? I'm just starting to enjoy myself!"

"But this is important! Just listen to me for a second!" Goku protested, trying to explain himself, but Cell shook his head and crossed his arms impatiently, "listen, Goku - I'm going to be perfectly honest, I still despise you for trying to separate Sariell and I, but all the same, I will fight Dabura alone to save you all the trouble, because she asked me to. Had she not...I honestly don't know if I would intervene to save a single one of y..."

"Look out!" Goku yelped, cutting him off and tackling Cell hard in the side, arms around his waist and knocking him back as Dabura went to spit at him; the baffled and slightly embarrassed android snarled, "Goku, what is the meaning of this?! Kindly get your hands off me, this is highly inappro...Goku?"

The Saiyan hero did as asked, releasing Cell as the stone spell quickly swept up his body, wearing a concerned expression as it solidified his limbs, "are you alright, Cell? None of it got on you, did it?"

"Goku!" Cell replied incredulously, now understanding the Supreme Kai's warning, "you…why would you…"

"Oh, good. You're alright." Goku sighed with relief, "and as for why I did it, you're going to be a father now, Cell! You can't go getting turned into stone! Besides, I'm hoping this is enough for you to forgive me, for everything I've done to you over the years. Just as much as you've changed, Cell - so have I." Goku winked, his voice faltering as his whole body was inches away from becoming concrete, "look after...the others for me...and tell Sariell, I really...did come to...see her as a dau...ter..."

"Goku..." Cell repeated softly, catching the stone image of the Saiyan and safely setting it on the ground, staring at it with an unreadable expression, having conflicted emotions; ...I can't stand that self-righteous fool of a Saiyan, but...he has a family of his own, yet he sacrificed himself so I...I would be able to see mine...

"None of this would have happened if you hadn't been so arrogant, Cell!" Piccolo roared furiously, "we tried to help you, but you didn't listen to us or the Supreme Kai! Now Goku has been turned to stone, and he was the strongest one among us!"

"Supreme Kai." Cell replied in a monotone voice, the sheer coldness of it causing Piccolo to quieten, "would I be correct in assuming that Goku would return to normal by Dabura's death?"

"Yes, that is the only way." The Supreme Kai agreed, glancing from the stone Goku to the smirking Dabura worriedly.

"Then rest assured..." Cell spun around, eyes blazing with a new fire, "I will destroy Dabura! Goku, despite all his shortcomings, took care of Sariell in my absence! I will not have him silenced by anyone else but myself! Piccolo and Vegeta! I expect that you will assist me this time in defeating Dabura, and I will not hear a word of argument!"

"Finally, he sees the benefits of working as a team. Just a little too late." Piccolo muttered, but smiled ruefully all the same, "fine. The sooner this is reversed, the better. Understand that, Vegeta?"

"It's just as that hunk of bolts said; no one shall defeat Kakarot but me!" Vegeta snarled, powering up to Super Saiyan, "that demon lord is as good as dead!"

I will reverse this. I must. Cell gritted his teeth as he stared down Dabura, who smiled cockily as if this was what he had planned all along; Sariell will never forgive me if I don't…

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And, it's over. Honestly, this really did take me so long to get up. I edited, frowned, rewrote, wondered if that was the right way to phrase something, rewrote some more...you get the idea. Goku's turned to stone, what a twist! It's like I'm taking the Majin saga and tearing it in all sorts of directions! Initially, I was just going to have Piccolo turned to stone...but I think this is more dramatic. And it makes Cell feel bad about being a jerk to Goku, so win win! What else to add...I put in more about Cell's view of him being perfect for some reason - I figure that's usually toned down a bit when Sariell's around because she doesn't like it. XD And finally...Sumina is born! God, I hope you all like the pregnancy scene. I do NOT want to have to rewrite that; it was hard enough the first time! Sumina can only say 'squee' at the moment, but that'll soon change! Wonder if, like when animals are born, she'll see Trunks and immediately assume he's the dominant father? For the sake of Cell, let's hope not! Hope you liked, next one should be a little while...I have to remember what happens next. A couple of weeks, at the most. Oh, and I haven't thought of a name for chapter 10 yet, but when I do, I'll add it to the bottom of the page, as per usual. Review, tell me if you like or hate it! Adieu!