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Chapter 25

To win really means to lose

Gohan and Cell were having a glare competition. Cell was insulted that those assholes would dare send him a child to fight. He was the great Cell and now his fighting skills were made out to be nothing more than mere child's play.

Gohan was trying his best to hold his own ground. Sure, he had fought on Namek and against Garlic Jr., but never before had he faced something so monstrous. Cell towered over him like a skyscraper over a shack.

"What in the hell is Kakkarot thinking!" Bardock rested the palms of his hands into his forehead. "Sure that kid is strong, but he isn't ready to fight against a warrior so strong."

"It is almost as if he is condemning his own son to death…" Nappa raised his eyebrow.

"Well who cares if the little runt fights against Cell now? It is his destiny to be killed by one of my creations sooner or later…" Gero had a very smug smile on his lips and all of the saiyans looked as if they were ready to kill him for a second time.

"Oh shove it Gero! That's what you said about the androids you ass!" Turles yelled over at the over confident creator. "Everyone's been raving about how amazingly smart you are…and they are all morons! Anyone who is that idiotic to think that you could create something worth a damn deserves to spend the rest of eternity in an asylum!"

All of the saiyans stared at Turles in shock. Sure the clone of Kakkarot always had a lot to say…but he had never lashed out like that.

However, Freeza and Gero just kept on smirking…they didn't care…

Cell was the first fighter to move. He threw his arm in the air and almost landed it square in Gohan's head, but within an instant the small boy wonder had already vanished into thin air and reappeared behind the creature.

"That's my boy!" Goku whispered to himself from the sideline. "You can do it son…I know you can!"

Piccolo was sitting in deep meditation…in an attempt to figure out if Goku's calculations were correct. He was there from the beginning of Gohan's training….and sure the kid was extremely strong for his age…but was he ready to face one of the toughest opponents any member of the Z-fighters had ever seen?

The Namek watched the little warrior throwing punches like mad against Cell. It was almost as if he was watching a rerun of Goku's failed match with the green creation… Both were shooting their best Kamehameha waves and it seemed as if it would never affect the other.

BACK AT KAME HOUSE

"Oh my baby!" Chi Chi was very close to passing out when Bulma grabbed her. "I can't believe my husband would be so reckless with out only son!"

"Chi, you need to calm here and lie down on the floor!" Bulma instructed her friend as she grabbed a few pillows and placed them under the nearly fainting woman's feet.

"Bulma what are you doing!" Chi Chi was in major freak out mode…

"I am elevating your legs so we can get some blood to that brain of yours!" Bulma tried her best to soothe her friend…she couldn't imagine what was going through Chi's mind at the moment…frankly she would kill Vegeta if he ever pulled such a stunt…

"Listen Chi, Goku wouldn't have sent Gohan out there if he had any doubt that your son would get hurt!" Bulma started calming Chi Chi down.

"Plus he has all of those warriors out there with him! And you know they wouldn't let anything happen to him…he is their little mascot!" Bulma smiled down at her Chi Chi and looked back at the screen when she heard static. "Oh no…" Bulma thought to her self. One of the fighters must have blasted out the cameras…

BACK TO THE FIGHT

"So do you see now Kakkarot? That son of yours may be strong…hell, he might be one of the strongest of all of us here! But he is still not sure of his actions! It takes many years for ANY warrior to master their skills and that little brat of yours is still to damn confused to do anything at the moment!" Vegeta shot his words out with venom. It was a pain to see a child attempting to do a man's job.

"You know…I hate to say it…but I think that Vegeta is right…" Nappa whispered into the ear of the king, so he could mask his comments from the other.

"I know Nappa…I have a bad feeling about this battle…" King Vegeta rested his chin in the palm of his hand.

Everyone in HFIL watched the screen in total amazement. Both fighters weren't landing a single punch on the other…it was nothing like any of them had ever seen before! Well…with the exception of the Cell vs. Kakkarot battle…but this was different! This was just a mere boy who had barely lived a decade!

"Vegeta, just give him time!" Goku pleaded with the elder saiyan. "I know it seems a little off right now…but I just know Gohan will pull through this!

"Well then you are an even bigger fool Kakkarot!" Vegeta was tired of the other saiyan's recklessness. The prince would never admit it…but just seeing a man be so careless with his own flesh and blood disgusted him. "DID YOU NOT HEAR ME THE FIRST TIME? Your son is still too young! In a few minutes his body is going to start wearing out! And no, I am not just saying that because of that 'arrogant' part of me that all of you claim I have! I have been in many battles Kakkarot and with many kids who showed the same potential as your brat! And you know what happened to them?" Vegeta looked around at everyone who was listening to him very contently. "THEY ALL DIED!"

Goku looked down at the ground and then back over to his son. And as if it had been planned, Cell finally landed his first punch on the small half breed warrior. Goku watched as his son was thrown across the arena and listened to him shout out in pain.

"Just give him a little while longer Vegeta…if he isn't doing any better we will all intervene…" Goku looked over at Piccolo. He couldn't tell what the Namek was thinking. He hated to admit it, but Piccolo knew as much, if not more than Goku, about Gohan's strength.

Vegeta was right…Gohan was starting to wear down, but he was still showing very promising signs of strength. The young boy disappeared once again and reappeared right in front of Cell…quickly yelling, "Kaaaaa-meeee-haaaaa-meeee-HAAAA!"

A large flash of light flew through out the whole arena! Dust was flying everywhere and the wind was blowing madly.

"What in the hell…?" Bardock drew his attention back towards the screen. "That little idiot might have actually done something…"

Turles smirked to himself and allowed himself to gaze towards Gero…just as he planned…Gero was pissed!

"They might have a chance after all…" King Vegeta allowed himself to inhale and exhale deeply.

"That little bloke might actually do it!" Zarbon punched Dodoria in the shoulder …knocking Cheeto's out of the pink mans hand.

"Zarbon…you think you could watch it there…." Dodoria went back to eating.

"Shhhh... you guys shut up! The dust is clearing! I wanna see what happens!" Captain Ginyu grabbed the Cheeto's away and began munching…This just was not Dodoria's day….

The dust was settling back on the ground…all of the Z-fighters, including Gohan, were trying their best to quit their coughing fits so they could see if the attack made any damage.

And sure enough…Cell had a huge hole right in the middle of his abdomen!

Gohan allowed himself to smile for a moment….that was until Cell began to regenerate himself.

"Holy HFIL! I forgot he could do that!" Jeice yelled out at the screen.

"Damn it!" Piccolo yelled out. He hated to be reminded of how Cell could regenerate…just like him! It murdered him how his own cells could be used against him and the other Z-fighters.

"Is that all you have kid?" Cell laughed as his insides started moving around in an attempt to rebuild what Gohan had demolished.

"Is that all I have?" Gohan glared at the villain with all the hatred he could muster. "What about you Cell…you have only managed in a punch throughout the entire match!"

"That's the way! Tell him kid!"

"Yeah don't take that crap!"

"Show that slime ball what you can really do!"

"Yeah…give him a one way ticket down here kid!"

"Well than I guess we should try again…." Cell yelled out and began hurling more attacks at the boy.

3 HOURS HAVE GONE BY

The punches and energy attacks were still flying wildly between Cell and Gohan. And believe it or not…this time they were actually making some progress…well Cell that is. Every time Gohan would land a very good hit on the monster, Cell would just regenerate!

"Well I must admit child, that you have been a better fight than I first perceived…" Cell smirked over at Gohan, who was now covered in scratches.

Gohan punched the bridge of Cell's head in as hard as he could, "I guess you will one day regret underestimating me…when you are in HFIL!"

"Oh tell him kid!" Bardock smirked. "You would've never known that he is half human…"

"He sure is a little fighter…" King Vegeta put a hand on Bardock's shoulder. "I can't believe a child of his age is doing so well…"

"I just wished that he would quit regenerating…but how do you keep him from doing it?" Nappa raised an eyebrow.

The other saiyans just shook their heads…they'd been watching the Cell games for hours…in fact on earth the sun was slowly fading…

"I have grown tired of this!" Cell yelled out of no where. "It's time that we ended this little fight of ours kid!"

All the Z-fighters immediately turned their attention to Cell…who seemed to have just lost his mind…

"Well you guys we found a way to defeat him…." Krillen smirked over to Yamacha.

"What are you talking about?" The scared man gave a quizzical stare back over to his old friend.

"Well obviously he has lost his marbles….he is starting to yell stuff out of no where…so maybe we can give him a ticket to Whitfield and then he will just spend out the rest of his days in a straight jacket…" Krillen grinned and then moaned when he felt Piccolo's green fist land square on his balding head.

"What are you talking about?" Gohan rolled his eyes and hit Cell in the stomach as hard as he could!

"WHAT IN THE HELL!" Bardock yelled out…

Back on earth Cell looked like he was about to throw up his lunch. He was grabbing his stomach and seemed to try his best to keep what ever was about to come out down...

All of the Z-fighters and residents of HFIL watched the mutant with all eyebrows raised…

"Oh God…" Cell kept grabbing his stomach and moaning. Gohan took this opportunity to kick him while he was down…so he ran over and kicked him with all the power he had I him.

And then….it happened… Cell's mouth opened up to about the size of a very large beach ball…A terrible noise was heard from the creature as he threw up non other than Android 18…

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