A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back with an update to this story! Wow... It feels like forever since I last posted a chapter for any of my stories. The reason is that for the last couple of chapters I posted in total, I had to type and sometimes edit the chapters through my phone which was a very long and frustrating process. Because of it, I decided to take a break from everything until I had a much better method which unfortunately wasn't until a few months later. By that time I was not used to writing anymore and to be honest I was kinda lazy to have gotten back into the habit. Fortunately! after a surge of motivation from reading my stories and all of your comments I'm finally back and very excited for it. For the readers who follow my other stories as well, You all can expect an update to "Lone Memories" and "Let's be friends" soon.

Now, about this story. This chapter is the second to last chapter for this arc. I'm very excited since I have so many ideas to where Bra's character can go. I assure everyone that this story will only get better from here. Now that I kept you waiting long enough, on with the chapter

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Shattered Future Chapter 10

Several months had passed since both Vegeta and Bra first entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Ever since day one, both fighters have trained harder and harder to become stronger and improve upon their super-saiyan transformation. Unfortunately, the best that they were able to reach was a bulky form that Vegeta quickly deemed useless since it significantly lowers the speed of the user. A form that Bra wasn't completely ready to give up on just yet. Approximately two months remained before both of them had no choice but to exit the room.

Currently, Vegeta was out in the open shadow-sparring in his super-saiyan transformation, while Bra was in a separate area training in her newly acquired super-saiyan bulk form. She would constantly alternate between her two forms, testing and taking mental notes of each transformation's key attributes. In her bulky form, she was noting the speed of her punches in comparison to her speed while in her regular super-saiyan form. After several more punches, the demi-saiyan smiled as she finally reached a conclusion. 'Got it! Now to test out the physical impact of each form.'

For the next hour, Vegeta had been trying to exceed his limits and reach the true stage past super-saiyan. He would occasionally grow angry every time he watched his daughter trying to master a form he long considered useless and a waste of time. He wanted to spar with her since he was honestly tired of shadow-sparring with himself. Unfortunately for him, Bra was not interested in sparring more than once a week. After seeing her revert back to the original form after just a few shadow punches, he finally snapped, "Would you quit that?!" he asked grabbing her attention.

Bra turned to him in confusion, "Quit what?"

"Quit that habit where you alternate between one form and the other," responded the full-blooded saiyan.

"What's wrong with that?"

"It's annoying. I don't even know why you're so intent on using that form. It's useless."

The blue-haired demi-saiyan rolled her eyes, "Whether it annoys you or not, that doesn't really sound like my problem."

Vegeta could feel a vein beginning to pop, "Why must you be so…" he clenched his right fist as he couldn't find the right words to describe her. "I can't stand you anymore. We're supposed to be training in order to crush those walking toasters and you're over there wasting everyone's time with such a worthless form."

Bra didn't flinch from his outburst, "Gohan always said that every technique has its advantages and I am determined to find those advantages for the bulk form."

"If you really believe that then prove it. Let's spar right now."

After hearing his challenge, Bra chuckled as she returned to what she was doing, "Did you forget? One spar per week."

Vegeta could feel his anger rising, "What is wrong with you…? A true warrior always wants to prove that they are superior by defeating everyone in their path. Whether it is a spar or not, it doesn't matter."

Bra returned his glare, "I already told you. Sparring too much can cause more damage than good in the long run. If we were to spar every day than we would eventually memorize each other's moves. If we limit our sparring sessions then each spar will be as unpredictable as the next. Your victories will be based on skills and strategies, not by how well we know each other. Now if you will excuse me, I would like to meditate right now."

With a frustrating look, Vegeta turned back around and continued his shadow-sparring session.

The blue-haired demi-saiyan took in a deep breath as she got into a lotus position. Once she exhaled, she loosened her body and relaxed. "Alright," she gently whispered as she focused her energy and began to meditate. Within moments, everything physical around her began to feel distant. Vegeta's rages and power-ups sounded mute even though he was still shadow sparring a couple feet away.

Peace and serenity… Factors that she always dreamed for her timeline but always grew further away with every pummeling she received from the androids. Her concentration was quickly subsiding as images of her home repeatedly came to her. The invasion of West City… Krillin's assassination… and her mentor, Gohan. Her body began to tremble as the idea of failing once again and seeing everyone around her die in front of her quickly took over. It wasn't long till her composure suddenly collapsed and she started to silently weep.

Vegeta let out a mighty roar as he powered up to his max and pushed as far as he could. Once he reached his peak, he immediately reverted back to his base form. He fell to his knees and began to pant in exhaustion. Anger filled his eyes as he realized that he hadn't improved much since last month. He got up and headed towards the kitchen area where he could get water. It was in that moment that he noticed the time-traveler crying. He scoffed at the sight and continued his way. 'What a worthless brat,' he thought. As he began to drink down his water, he couldn't help but feel somewhat bad for the demi-saiyan. He knew how hard it must've been for someone to have so much pressure on your shoulders that you just crack. Even he had to respect what she was doing for this timeline. He finished his bottle of water and was ready to get back to training. While walking back towards the training area, he grabbed a towel and threw it towards Bra who jumped in surprise. "Dry your tears," he advised once she turned to him. "This isn't the time to start crying."

Bra did as she was told. Admittedly, she was somewhat ashamed that her father caught her weeping. She always wanted to show off a tough persona around him, but today had just been a long day. "Yes sir," she finally responded as she began to refocus her attention on the present.

Days have passed and the training only intensified as the time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber shortened. Vegeta was doing some warm-ups as he was promised a spar by Bra for today. "Are you ready?" he asked in an annoyed tone.

"Not yet," responded Bra as she meditated. She thought of all the details and info she observed from the bulky form in comparison to her normal super-saiyan form. 'How would Gohan take advantage of the form?' she asked herself. The pros of the bulky form were a greater physical impact, improved defensive posture when it comes to taking hits, and improved strength. The biggest con is a tremendous loss of speed and evasiveness. The demi-saiyan thought long and hard of strategies that she could use to exploit the positives but cloud the negatives. "I got it!" she yelled out grabbing the Saiyan's attention. "I think I finally thought of a way that I can use the bulky form?"

"Oh really?" asked Vegeta with a raised eyebrow. "Do tell."

Bra stood up with a smile, "How about I show you," she said in a confident tone.

"Now we're talking," responded the Prince of all Saiyan's. Both fighters stood a couple feet apart before getting into their battle stances. Without any warning, both lunged towards each other to start the spar.

Outside of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Goku and Gohan waited for the father and daughter to step out. "Any minute…" commented Goku. He knew that they needed to enter as soon as possible before Gohan loses his patience again from the scene below.

The demi-saiyan wanted nothing more than to fly back down and save Piccolo, but he knew it would be suicidal in his part. Just then, they noticed the doors to the time chamber open. It wasn't long before Vegeta and Bra walked out to meet them.

"Wow, Vegeta… You've gotten incredibly strong," commented Goku.

Vegeta couldn't help but grin in arrogance, "That's right Kakarot. I feel like I could take down those worthless androids on my own."

"Well don't go fighting them before we get back," responded the Saiyan jokingly. "Bra, I must say. You look completely different ."

"Thanks," responded Bra with a small blush. "It's probably the hair," she said referring to her shortened blue hair that she had to cut off because it reached down to her knees. Admittedly, it was her father that highly recommended her to cut it neck length.

"You look great!" commented Gohan innocently. "I can tell you've gotten stronger."

After hearing this, Goku turned towards his son, "Imagine how strong you will get, Gohan."

"Do you really think I can get stronger?" asked the young demi-saiyan as he turned to his father.

"Of course," responded Bra. "If you're anything like the Gohan in my timeline, I know you will be insanely strong."

Gohan couldn't really believe what both figures were saying. Does he really have that much potential? "Alright dad, I'm ready," he announced with a determined look.

"That's my boy," commented Goku with a proud look as they quickly walked towards the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and entered.

Once the doors were closed, Bra took a deep breath as she had missed seeing the sky. So peaceful and mesmerizing. She walked towards the edge of the lookout and took a seat. For some reason, she felt… amazing. The fact that she knew she was now strong enough to defeat the androids in her timeline made her feel anxious to return home. Once Cell was defeated, she will immediately go back and free her people from those monsters. 'Strange,' she thought. For years she had trained endlessly to be this strong and now that she has finally achieved it… it just felt surreal. She was snapped away from her thoughts when she heard a commotion behind her. She turned back and saw that Vegeta blasted off leaving the lookout with Mr. Popo running behind trying to stop him. Alarmed, Bra immediately stood up and walked towards Mr. Popo, "What's going on?" she asked.

"Vegeta flew off to confront Cell," quickly responded Mr. Popo with a worried expression.

Bra was somewhat confused. Not by her father's decision to meet Cell, but by Popo's concern. "How is that a bad thing?" she asked. It may be blind but she was confident that her father was strong enough to even take down this new threat. The quicker this timeline was safe, the quicker she could head home and take down the androids.

"You don't understand," responded Popo. "Cell absorbed one of the two androids and reached a semi-perfect form. As we speak, he is searching for the final android that will complete his so-called perfect form!"

"Oh…" commented Bra still not catching on with why it's so bad.

"Oh?" he questioned. "Your mother invented a device that will be able to destroy the final android before Cell has a chance to absorb her and become even more powerful. Tien is distracting him while Krillin is searching for the androids with the device."

"They know where the androids are?"

"Yes, everyone including Cell has located them; but I fear that Vegeta may interrupt the plan?"

"How…? Wouldn't it be better if Vegeta fought Cell so Tien and Krillin could find and kill the other android?"

"If only," responded Popo. "Do you really believe that Vegeta will stop Cell from reaching his perfect form?"

"Oh…" repeated Bra but this time fully aware of where this was going. If anything, she wouldn't be surprised if her father helped him become stronger just to get a better challenge. "Alright, I'm heading there too," and with that said, Bra blasted off into the direction her father went leaving Mr. Popo in the lookout who was yelling something.

Miles away from the lookout in a chain of islands. The skies rumbled as Vegeta and Cell raged in a fight that was being all but dominated by the Prince of all Saiyans.

Cell grew frustrated the more his punches were blocked and the more strikes he received. He felt his body shake in agony when he felt a fist in his upper abdomen. "Im…Impossi-ble," he cried out as he fell to the ground. He tried to stand back up but was immediately halted by Vegeta who landed inches away from him.

"Any last words?" coldly asked the Super-saiyan with a smirk.

The green bug-like android did his best to stand up and face his opponent but the pain was unbearable as he continued to cough out blood. "It's not fair!" he yelled out. "This isn't supposed to end like this… I'm so close."

Vegeta couldn't help but laugh at his opponent's defeat. "You sound even more pathetic than I would've imagined. How pitiful, I expected more from you."

"Wait Vegeta," pleaded the android. "I know you… You thrive on receiving the best challenge possible… How-"

At that moment, both fighters were interrupted by a familiar voice that was a couple of feet away. "What are you waiting for?" yelled the blonde android as she was struggling to hold up Android 16. "Kill him!"

"Shut it!" responded Vegeta in pure anger. "Once I'm done with this garbage, I'll go after you."

18 was truly stressed about this situation. She needed to flee but with 16 in terrible shape, her only options were either to leave him or stay and hope for the best. She clenched her teeth as she tried to reason with the Saiyan. "Don't you get it?" she asked. "Cell is the threat here! If he absorbs me like he did 17 then he will be far too strong for anyone to defeat…"

Admittedly Vegeta stopped paying attention the moment she mentioned the potential of Cell becoming even stronger than he is. "Too Strong?"

"That's right," answered Cell grabbing his attention. "How can you say you truly defeated me if I was never able to reach my full potential… allow me to absorb 18 and I will give you the fight you desire." Feeling better now, Cell finally stood up and looked at 18 with a look of hunger. "What do y-" He wasn't able to finish his questioned when was suddenly kicked several feet from where he previously was. After recovering a little, he turned to see the time-traveler standing next to her father.

"Remember me?" she asked confidently.

"You?" hissed the green android. "Why must you ruin everything?!"

Bra ignored his question as she turned to her left and spotted the female android glaring at her. "How the fuck are you still alive?" she questioned. She wondered where in the world Krillin and Tien were… could they have been killed? She was snapped from her thoughts when she was pulled back by her father who had an annoyed expression.

"What are you doing here you worthless brat?"

"What does it look like?" responded the demi-saiyan. "I'm finishing this once and for all."

"How dare you?" questioned the saiyan. "Mind your own business and get the hell out of here. I will deal with this?"

Bra rolled her eyes and turned to him, "And how exactly were you planning to do that?" she asked as she turned back and focused her attention on Cell who was starting to get up. "You wouldn't happen to have struck a deal with Cell allowing him to absorb 18?"

Vegeta chuckled as he heard this, "My aren't you a clever one."

Admittedly, Bra quickly grew livid hearing the confirmation of her dad. "Well too bad," she stated. "Unlike you, I'm not stupid enough to let this trash live for any longer than necessary."

Vegeta was quickly alarmed from her statement. "Woman I swear if you get in the way of him absorbing that pile of bolt-" he turned towards where the female android was and quickly stopped talking when he realized that she was gone.

Cell noticed it and quickly realized what was going on. "Where is she?!" he yelled out. Seeing as there was no time to lose he immediately sped off to where 18 might've fled.

Seeing this, Bra immediately got ready to attack, "Hey, come back h-" Suddenly, she was grabbed by her leg and tossed in the direction of the ocean.

She quickly regained her composure and elevated herself avoiding the sea. She looked up to see Vegeta blocking her way. "What are you doing?" she asked in complete anger.

"didn't you hear me?" questioned Vegeta. "I said mind your own business and leave this to me."

Not bothering to respond, Bra immediately transformed and attacked Vegeta. If she was going to stop Cell, she had to deal with her own father first.

For approximately five minutes, Cell had been searching for the missing android. He clutched his abdomen as he was still feeling the effects of his encounter with Vegeta. 'Where is she!'

On the other side of the island, fairly hidden from anyone, 18 kept watch as Android 16 rested on the ground trying to somewhat fix himself in order to escape without being a burden. They both knew time was scarce and it wouldn't take Cell that much longer to find them. "How's it going?" asked 18 as she turned to 16.

"Not good," responded the android. "I'm afraid I don't have enough time to repair myself. You must leave while you still have the chance. It's you he wants."

"I can't leave you here," she said as she kneeled next to him. "Think of what he'll do to you once he gets here and I'm gone."

"That is of no importance," he quickly responded. "What he does to me is minimal to what he can due to this world if he absorbs you."

18 was silent at the moment. It was hard arguing with him mainly because he was right. She clenched her fist as she never felt so useless and afraid in her life. "That's not an option," she finally responded. "I just can't leave you here." Before anything else could be said, they heard a twig snap nearby. Without hesitation, 18 turned towards the origin of the sound and immediately fired a heavy ki-blast. The attack went miles off the island before exploding in a rather secluded area. 18 scanned her surroundings searching for the culprit. It was in that moment that she saw the bald fighter come out from hiding with a device in hand. "You?" She asked in confusion.

"Yeah… It's me…" responded Krillin as his body trembled.

18 focused her attention on the device he was holding and wondered what it was for. "What are you doing here?"

"I…I…" the former monk couldn't find the right words to respond. With his arm still shaking, he raised the device and pointed it to her. "I'm… sorry…"

The female android quickly became alarmed as she had no idea what he was doing. She wanted to stop him before he pushed the button, but for some reason, she just stood there with fear in her eyes as she waited to see what was going to happen. 'Could that button kill me?' she asked herself. She watched as he struggled to press the button. She didn't know what to say at this point. It was in that moment that he dropped the device to the ground.

"I… can't," commented the fighter with a regretful expression. "I can't kill you… not like this…" he smashed the device with his foot as he made his decision not thinking of the consequences. "You have to go!" he advised.

18 was silent for a moment. He could have killed her… yet he allowed her to live. Whether it is a blessing or a curse is still undecided. "I can't leave 16 here," she responded as she turned back to her friend.

Krillin immediately ran towards the two and tried to pick 16 up. "It's ok, I'll get him out of here, but you have to go now before he finds you."

18 couldn't believe that he was helping them after what she and her brother had done to his group. She considered his advice and decided that it was the best option available. "Right…" she said as she prepared to flee the island. She turned to 16 whom was also urging her to leave, "I'll come back for you 16…" she was about to blast off when she suddenly heard a voice that sent a wave of fear down her spine.

"Leaving so soon…?" asked Cell as he stepped in front of them. He had his entire focus on 18 as he was smirking quite confidently. He was done playing games, "You have something that I want darling…" He started to chuckle quite sadistically. "…You"

Once the fight between her and Vegeta was over. Bra immediately started searching for Cell or the androids with her father right behind her.

"Get back here brat," he ordered. "We're not finished." Admittedly, he knew that Bra was going easy on him just like he was going easy on her. He wanted to save his energy for the stronger Cell. He was unsure if he was able to keep Bra occupied long enough for him to absorb the android, but his doubts were quickly answered as a smile formed on his lips. Both he and Bra arrived just in time to see Cell absorbing 18 and transforming into his ultimate form. "Well, this is about to get interesting."

A/N: And that's it for this chapter. Hope everyone enjoyed. I'm hoping that once I get back into the habit, I'll be able to start pumping out new chapters for all my stories during my free time. Thanks to all of you for giving my stories a chance and I will do my best to make these stories as awesome as I can. As always, reviews are accepted and greatly appreciated although I kinda hope you go easy on me haha. Oh! and before the day ends I will be posting a couple of new stories (What can I say, I love writing new pairings). I am about done with all the females in Dragon Ball Z and it won't be long before I start including characters from Dragon Ball Super and even Xenoverse. All of you are awesome! Take care.