"inferno Retribution Wave!" I shouted, firing a white hot beam of fire in my Super Sai-yan form.
"Anarchy Cannon!" Super Saiyan Erika shouted, firing a green and black kamehameha from one hand.
"Dumplin's Last Blast!" Dumplin shouted, firing his version of the Final Flash towards our attack, creating one massive beam that easily brought down the Great Ape Vegeta. "Yeah! Get Dumped!" Dumplin cheered.
"Good job, guys. We're getting a lot stronger. Yes, it was a combined attack, but still, that's the fastest we've EVER brought down a Great Ape." I congratulated my team as we all returned to base form.
"Still could've been dealt with faster if you ask me." Erika said, rubbing her right arm, as she had received a painful right hook from the massive monkey just before our big finish.
"My advice, you should've either went Super Saiyan before the fight or cut your hair so it's, you know, NOT BLOCKING YOUR EYE." I advised.
She growled at this, flying in and grabbing me. "Oh, yeah?! Well..." She said, starting out angry, but realizing I was right. "Well... Maybe I'll see about fixing that at some point." She said, before flying away.
I sighed at this. "I don't get it, Dumplin. I'm trying to be her friend and get closer to her, but everything I do usually just makes her mad." I said.
To this, he floated high enough to put an arm around my shoulder before doing so. "Don't worry about it, buddy. Relationships in general are hard. And I should know, I'm Omnisexual! But Saiyans are tough nuts to crack. But you ARE gettin' closer to her." He said, holding his other arm out in front of us and making it extend upward,as well as expanding the holes in his arm. "Soon enough, you'll be making friendly contact, like pats on the back, or shoulders and high-fives, but before you know it, you'll move on to more intimate stuff, like hugs and arms around the shoulder." He explained, moving up to the next hole in his arm, then to the next one. "Then, you'll get even further, like kissing, going on dates, making each other food and even living together." Dumplin said, moving the the second to last hole.
"We already live together. I moved in with her and her sisters." I corrected him.
"Then sleeping in the same room." He corrected his speech.
"I see. And what about level 10?" I asked, pointing to the last hole in his arm just before his wrist.
"You stay away from that!" He said sternly, pointing a finger in my face. "DO NOT DO LEVEL 10!" He repeated.
"Okay, got it." I said awkwardly, putting my hands in the air.
"Good. For now, you need a new mission to get your mind off of her." He said.
"Yeah, good idea." I said as we returned to our time machines. As soon as we landed back in Tokitoki city, Trunks was already waiting with a glowing scroll in his hand. "I was just thinking I was ready for the next scroll." I said.
"I sure hope so." Trunks said, leading me back to the Time Nest. There, he opened the scroll and we witnessed the drastic changes... to the Cell Saga.
Gohan and Cell were in the middle of a great Kamehameha power struggle which Gohan was clearly on the losing side of, seriously injured and struggling to hold back Cell for all he was worth, while the genetic monster was in perfect condition, laughing as he was easily overpowering the child. Meanwhile, merely 2 Cell Jr.'s had defeated the Z warriors and flew back to join Cell. Goku pounded his fist on the ground in anger in his defeat. "No... It... It wasn't supposed to..." He struggled to say, while behind him, a hulking, muscular figure with an afro behind him laughed as dark energy swirled around him.
"So, you refuse to show off your power..." Cell said as a Cell Jr. landed to either side of him. "That's too bad." He said as the evil energy corrupted him and his eyes flashed red. Then, the Cell Jr.'s added to the kamehameha, their combined strength easily overpowering Gohan and engulfing him in the deadly beam.
"I got this." I said with a nod, grabbing the scroll.
"You're not leaving without us!" Sumai said, suddenly entering the room.
"Are you sure you guys are up for this?" I asked.
"My father is in this timeline and he could be in danger. You're not convincing me to back off here." She said.
"And she kinda forces me to go wherever she goes." Krad admitted.
"Wait, you're coming along to help? Isn't that an oxymoron?" I asked.
Krad owned count: 9
"Oh, come on! I'm as much a warrior as you!" He snapped.
The entire room burst out laughing at this, but I recovered first. "Okay, we'll see about that. You guys can come, but hang back at first. Jump in if it looks like I need back up." I told them.
"Right." They agreed, both placing a hand on my shoulder as I focused on the scroll.
We appeared in some bushes on top of a large hill near the arena as the "World Champion" Hercule rushed up to Cell. "YEAH!" He shouted, delivering a flying kick to Cell's face, which the android didn't even feel, followed by several other attacks that didn't even disturb the monster, merely leaving Hercule weak and tired on all 4's at Cell's feet. "Die!" Cell said, raising a hand to chop down on Hercule.
"Daddy!" Sumai said worriedly.
"I got this!" I said reassuringly, rushing in and kicking Hercule, sending him flying into one of the corner posts of the ring, Cell slowing his attack and registering the new opponent. "Here comes a new challenger." He said, taking his stance.
Hercule popped up just outside of the ring, holding his face. "Oww... Hey! What's that for?! I almost had him! Cell was already saying his prayers!" He said.
"Um... Sir, I get you think you're pretty tough, but you might want to sit this one out." I suggested.
"What?! Who do you think you are?! Stop trying to show me up!" He snapped.
"Okay, I guess we're doing this now." I said, moving in between him and Cell.
Background Music: "Not Gonna Die" by Skillet
"Well, might as well have some fun with you before the real battle begins." Cell said, rushing in, but I did a quadruple backflip to gain distance, before flinging a beach ball-sized fireball at him, managing to send him skidding back a bit. "Ooh, I actually felt that. This will be fun." He said , rushing in again and throwing punches and kicks I managed to block or dodge, but just barely with absolutely NO time to counter.
"Taaaaaake THIS!" Hercule said, rushing in and punching Cell in the back of the head, but once again, dealing no damage.
Cell merely laughed at this. "Really? Do you really think you're worthy of such a flamboyant entrance?" He asked, turning his back to me in favor of Hercule.
"Of course! I'm the world Champion! Number One!"Hercule boasted.
"Never turn your back on a threat!" I said, flipping and doing an axe kick to send Cell to the ground. He recovered in time to land in a kneeling position, but sending huge cracks all through the ring and putting a small crater in it where Cell landed.
"Hey! I told you not to stand out more than me!" Hercule snapped at me.
I sighed at this. (Could it really be so bad if he deep 6'd it?) I thought. "You know what, go get him." I said.
"About time you realize who the boss is!" Hercule said, dropping back down to the ring.
Cell looked at the damage to his ring and glared at me. "Do you have... ANY idea... How many times it took me to get this thing right?!" He demanded.
I tilted my head a bit at this. "By your reaction, I'm guessing more than twice." I said.
"AT LEAST!" He snapped.
"It's time to finish it!" Hercule shouted, rushing in. Buuuut...
"Be quiet." Cell grumbled, bitch-slapping Hercule into the cliff we were hiding behind.
End music
"Wow... That actually worked out..." I said, surprised my inaction didn't have bigger consequences, before flying down to check on him. He was alive, merely holding his nose in pain, rolling back and forth.
[Oh, good. He's alive. Next up is...] Trunks narrated over the earpiece.
Suddenly, however, Hercule just stopped rolling and stood up as if nothing was wrong. But something was indeed wrong. He was now purple and his eyes were red. "What. In the heck. Are you?" He demanded. "All of you! Stop getting in my WAY!" He shouted, powering up to a level strong enough to match Frieza.
[What?!] Trunks demanded.
Hercule then flew back into the ring. Cell looked over at him, barely paying attention, but then Goku stepped into the ring. Cell tapped his head a few times and the battle began. [What's happening?! There's no way Hercule can fly!] Trunks said as Hercule suddenly flew after me.
Background Music: "I'm Still Standing" by Jess Willard
"Really?! Well, it looks like he's flying to me!" I said, defending against his attacks and managing to throw a kick to his head, but I was blasted back when he released the Spirit Explosion. "I hate that attack!" I said as I went flying.
"Let's see how you like this!" Hercule said, suddenly engulfing himself in a sphere of intense evil energy.
"That might hurt if it hits me." I said worriedly, flinging several fireballs at the massive swirl of darkness approaching me. Fortunately, the darkness stopped and Hercule released a small burst of ki, but he was too far from anyone to hurt them. "Alright, then. Let's finish this!" I shouted, flying into Hercule and driving my knee into his stomach, doubling him over, at which point I grabbed his afro and flung him down into the ground. "There. That should take care of that." I said.
Unfortunately, Cell had other plans. "I honestly didn't expect this to be so much fun!" He laughed, before aiming his hand and a ki blast down at the ring. "Alright, there will be no more out of bounds." He said, loosing the blast to destroy the ring.
"Of course, I could be wrong!" I said urgently, going Super Sai-yan and flying into Hercule to clear both of us from the blast range. I looked back and was shocked to see the 20 foot deep crater Cell had left, before him and Goku began fighting again. I prepared to rejoin the fight against Cell, but Hercule suddenly got back up and grabbed my arm, pulling me in and punching me in the face, launching me back, but I rolled in mid-air, landing on my hands and pushing off to land back on my feet. "Trunks! He's getting back up!" I told him.
[This is bad! It... It has to be Mira, It must be his doing. A lot of power is being sent to him. Just stall Hercule a while longer. I'll try to find Towa and Mira] He said.
"Can do!" I said, rolling under a flying kick from Hercule, getting into a kneeling position and slamming my hand into the ground, sending jets of fire bursting from the ground, sending Hercule into the air, where I met him with an axe kick, knocking him back to the ground, grabbing him and executing my laming flurry kicks (basically Chun-Li's lightning legs on fire), before spinning and delivering a powerful rear kick to knock him back down.
End music
"There... That oughta do it. Now for Cell." I said, flying into the air.
"I give up." Goku said.
"What?!" Everyone asked at once.
"Gohan. It's your turn, son!" He said.
"Me?! Against Cell?!" Gohan asked worriedly.
"Oh, you have got to be joking. Of all the people, you choose Gohan?" Cell said, as if trying not to laugh.
"You can do it, Gohan. Beat him and bring peace back to our world. You wanna grow up and be a scholar, right?" Goku asked.
"Yeah! And scholars don't fuck people up!" I said, doing the anime arm flail thing.
"Okay, I'll try." Gohan said, stepping up.
I prepared to fight again, but Goku decided to do something else stupid. "Hey, Cell! Catch!" Goku said, tossing Cell a Senzu bean. My jaw hit the ground at this. Keep in mind, I'm 10 feet up in the air above a 20 foot deep whole in the ground. THAT'S how much Goku's stupidity made my jaw drop.
Gohan and Cell appeared to have some kind of conversation I missed, since I was keeping an eye on Hercule in case he woke up, but when I looked back, Cell was smirking with his back turned while there were 12 smaller blue versions of him. "Okay. I've lost my patience." I said, turning back to the hill. Underoos!" I called. Sumai and Krad were by my sides in an instant, before we rushed the Cell Jr.'s charging at us.
"Background Music: "This War Is Ours" by Escape the Fate
2 Cell Jr.'s flew at Yamcha and Tien, the two struggling to hold their own. 3 of them flew at me and attacked as I went on the defensive. 2 of them attacked Sumai and she managed to hold her own, defending herself while landing a few attacks of her own and the remaining 5 surrounded Krad, who looked terrified. He flew at one and kicked it away, but then one jumped on his head and started scratching at his face.
"Aah! Nope! Nope-nope-nope-nope NOPE!" He shouted, flying in circles, trying to get it off.
Sumai knocked away the Cell Jr.'s attacking us and watched the unfolding spectacle. "Bet ya he will." I said, knowing Krad's favorite attack that is both perfect for this situation and horrible to try at the same time.
"Come on, have faith in him. He's not THAT much of an idiot." She said.
"Getitoff,getitoff,getitoff,getitoff,getitoff!" He screamed while still flying in circles, the Cell Jr.'s not attacking him rolling in the air in laughter.
"He's gonna..." I said.
"Maybe not?" She said doubtfully.
"Ultimate Technique, don't fail me now!" He said, creating a powerful yellow ball of ki in his hands. "Scatter Kamehameha!" He shouted, firing the beam into the air, that split apart and came down towards all the Cell Jr.'s around him... including the one ON HIS HEAD. "Oh, shit." He said as it came down towards him and Cell Jr. The screen went gray for a moment. It was at that moment, Krad knew... He fucked up. Boom. The Cell Jr.'s were destroyed, but Krad also knocked himself out, taking him out of the fight.
Krad Owned Count: 10
"100, 200, 300..." Sumai said as she dumped a pouch of Zeni into mine.
"Make it rain." I said cheerfully. "Back to fighting" I said, flying at the Cell Jr.'s that had been attacking me. "Searing Lariat!" I said, lighting myself on fire and spinning with my fists out, sending them all flying, shooting a fireball at them as they crashed into the trees, hill or ground they hit, obliterating them.
Sumai did some strange rolling punch to one that knocked it away, before delivering a powerful kick to the next one. "Mega-Super-Ultra DYNAMITE KICK!" She shouted, delivering one final LITERALLY explosive kick that destroyed it, before firing a kamehameha to destroy her last Cell Jr.
Suddenly, Gohan shouted in anger and his ki exploded, but as soon as it was done, he was surrounded by not only gold energy... but the evil purple energy as well, his eyes flashing red when he opened them.
[Gohan's finally awakened his true power. Something's wrong, though. Gohan's energy... it's not supposed to feel this sinister. It must be Mira he's very close by. Deal with the rest of the Cell Jr.'s and meet me later.] He said.
"Can you handle this?" I asked Sumai.
"Of course! I'm one of Hercule's daughters!" She said, fist-pumping.
"That's what worries me..." I said as I took off, now sensing Towa and Mira's energy myself.
End music
Speaking of them, Towa was tapping her staff on her hand before swinging it impatiently. "Nothing seems to be going our way." She said. "I wonder, is that... Goku's son?" She wondered (didn't she JUST give him power?).
I landed about 7 feet away, already in my fighting stance. "That's enough, Towa! I'll give you ONE chance to walk away, or this gets violent." I said.
"You again, huh? So annoying." She said.
Back to now...
"Actually, I think that Sai's A LOT less annoying than this one." Weiss said.
"Easily." Damion agreed.
"Dodge." I said, annoyed.
"What?" They both asked, before I blasted them with the Dimension Cannon.
Back to then...
"Yeah, I try to inconvenience people threatening the safety of the universe." I said.
"He barely lifted a finger. And yet... I can feel his energy." Mira said.
"I think it's time to harvest. Your energy will be ours." Towa said with an evil smirk.
"Then come and get it." I said, powering up a bit.
Suddenly, we sensed a new approaching energy and came back from the side and looked to see Trunks walking up to and stopping beside me. "You won't have your way!" He said, powering up to Super Saiyan.
"You're Trunks?! What are you doing here?!" Towa demanded, sounding worried, hiding behind Mira.
"We are the Time Patrol! The defenders of time! And we've come here to stop you!" He told her.
"But I thought you can't fight here." I said.
"These guys, they're outside the flow of time. So fighting them won't effect our history. So this time, I'll fight with you!" He said.
"Alright, then! Two on two!" I said, getting ready to fight again.
But apparently, Towa had different ideas. "I just had a great idea..." She said, turning to, "Mira! Can you take care of this?!" She asked, before flying off.
"Hey, where are you going!?" Trunks demanded, attempting to fly after her, but Mira blocked his path.
"I'll be your opponent... this time." He said.
"What? You're going to fight us on your own?!" Trunks demanded.
"Do not disappoint me." He said, throwing a punch at Trunks, knocking him back to me.
Background Music: "Bring It On" by Nathaniel Dawkins
I caught Trunks before he crashed and flew in after Mira, the two of us matching each other move for move. But it was quickly apparent Mira was still faster and stronger. He threw a kick at my head, but I dropped quickly to get below the kick. "Rising Inferno Fist!" I shouted, engulfing myself in fire, with the flames larger and more intense around my fist, flying up and slamming it into his stomach, doubling him over, before delivering a spinning rear kick to his face to send him back a few feet, but he recovered instantly, almost no damage visible.
"Try this!" Trunks shouted, rushing in and slashing at Mira with his sword, who managed to block it with his arms, not receiving even the smallest cut in the process. "What!? Dammit! TAKE THIS!" He shouted, using his burning slash and unleashing a ki blast afterward, pushing Mira back, but still not hurting him.
"Excellent! the energy is not bad!" Mira said with a chuckle.
"What?! Our attacks don't work?! I know they're connecting!" He said, shocked.
"Then start hitting him harder!" I said, flying in and blindsiding Mira with a barrage of flaming punches and kicks, finishing by jumping back, curling up into a ball of white hot fire and slamming into him, creating a large explosion. "There... That should do it..." I said, panting a bit.
"I told you not to disappoint me." Mira said, his form becoming visible as the smoke cleared. He had some bruises and scratches, but he still looked like he was in perfect condition.
"What?!" I said in disbelief.
"It's over now!" He said, appearing in front of me in an instant, bringing his head back before slamming it into mine, sending me crashing down into the ground, making a crater big enough for an Olympic swimming pool.
"NOOOOOO!" Trunks shouted, rushing in at Mira and attacking wildly with sword, fist and legs, but Mira easily kept up with him, smacking the sword out of his hand and bringing his fist down on Trunks' head, sending him to the ground as well, about 20 away from me. He tried to get back up, but Mira was suddenly on top of him, grabbing him by the throat with his left hand and bringing his right hand back in a fist to kill Trunks.
"Don't worry. I'll use your energy well." He said.
"NO!" I shouted, getting up in an instant and releasing massive amounts of energy, breaking more rocks around the crater and sending them flying everywhere.
"What?!" Mira demanded, looking back at me. My muscles were even more defined and my hair had grown, looking like a large, winding flame.
"That must be... Super Sai-yan 2." Trunks said weakly.
"You can't do this... I won't let you..." I told him. Just like he did before to me, I rushed in faster than he could see, appearing in front of him in an instant. He threw a left punch, then right, but I simply turned enough to the side to dodge them, kicking him in the leg above the knee to knock his leg back and force him off balance, causing him to lean forward and leaving him open to an uppercut, staggering him back and dazing him, leaving him open. "Pyro Execution Surge!" I shouted throwing my head back and increasing my temperature as much as I could, my throat visibly glowing an intense orange, before I brought it back down to look at Mira, opening my mouth and releasing a powerful stream of fire that took the shape of an eagle before crashing into Mira, sending him flying a tumbling, eventually stopping face down on the ground.
End music
"You okay?" I asked Trunks, moving over to him and returning to base form.
"Yeah... I think so..." He said, using his sword to get to one knee. But to our shock, Mira slowly got back up and began releasing huge amounts of energy. Far more than I had just done. "He's still hiding some of his full power!" Trunks said in shock.
"Damn! I gave him everything I got and he's still got more!" I growled.
Suddenly, however, Towa reappeared. "I'm here, Mira. That'll be all. Let's retreat for today." She said, extending her staff, black and red energy swirling from it.
Meanwhile, Cell had somehow reappeared stronger than ever, while Gohan suddenly dropped to his hands and knees, returning to regular Super Saiyan. "Gohan!" Sumai said, landing beside him and grabbing him, trying to lift him up a bit before glaring back at... "Cell!" She snapped.
the genetic monster, however, only focused on... "What's wrong, GOHAN? Oh, I'm sorry. Are you scared at my return?" He asked condescendingly.
Towa absorbed all the energy she had given Gohan, swinging her staff once again. "There, it's done. This... is going to be most interesting." She said, before they disappeared.
"Dammit! They got away!" Trunks snapped.
"We'll get them, but they must have done something significant. I'll go check on the others." I said.
"Right." He said.
I took off back to the fight, witnessing Cell and sensing far more powerful than he was before. "Cell! And you're even stronger?! How!" I asked.
He simply laughed at this. "Oh, thanks to my Saiyan Cells, returning to health from a near death experience has only made me even MORE powerful." He laughed.
"It's over... We can't win." Gohan said.
"Don't talk like that. You're not alone. We can do this." I told him, pulling him back to his feet.
"Y-you're right." He said, getting his balance back.
"Okay, team! Let's do this!" Sumai said.
Background Music: "Til I Collapse" by Eminem
Gohan flew to the left, Sumai flew to the right and I went straight forward to Cell, matching him move for move. He was strong, but nowhere near as hard to deal with as Mira had been. Meanwhile, Gohan and Sumai flew around us and hit Cell with several ki blasts, before hitting him with a combined kamehameha that dealt him cringe-worthy damage, making him arch forward, at which point I hit him with a double kick to the stomach, doubling him over and allowing me to hit him with my Coiled Serpent Strike, sending him back into the wall of the arena's crater.
"How is this possible?! I have all this perfect power!" Cell said, flying upward with a decent struggle, only to be met by Sumai.
"A monster like you will NEVER achieve perfection. True perfection is using your power for good. I'll show you now!" Sumai said, executing the Dynamite kick again and knocking him back.
"Gohan, NOW!" I told him as he prepared for the kamehameha.
Cell recovered and fired back, but it was clear he didn't have enough energy left. He gave one more shout of strain, trying to push Gohan's wave back, but with a shout of rage, Gohan easily overpowered Cell, Goku firing the beam with him in spirit, Cell finally being broken down and vaporized.
End music
"Well, our job here is done." I told Sumai as I went over and grabbed the still-unconscious Krad.
"FINALLY! I am taking like a MONTH off from the time patrol." Sumai said tiredly as we returned to the time nest.