The End of the Cell Games!
(Chapter Begin)
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no." Chronoa said as she picked up Rukido's lifeless body. "You can't die you aren't supposed to die!"
"No not you." Akane said as she hugged Rukido's body along with Chronoa, both of them crying tears of sadness while Cell just laughed at their misfortune. Everyone stayed silent, as the girls cried over the fallen Saiyan's corpse.
(Kame House)
"No it can't be, not him!" Roshi said as he just felt Rukido's life source leave his body as everyone looked at in concern.
"What's wrong Mr. Roshi?" Beat asked as Roshi quickly put on a happy face.
"Don't worry about that right now, how about you kiddies go play outside." Roshi said as the kids smiled as they all went outside. His expression then turned sour as he turned to the others in the room.
"What happened?" Tights asked with some concern. "D-did someone die?"
"Goku energy disappeared quickly so he may have just teleported somewhere I couldn't sense him but Rukido...he's gone I'm afraid." Roshi said with his head down. Tights cried into Bulma's chest as she tried her best to comfort her sister but to no avail. The android were shocked on the other hand, the Saiyan just seemed to be invincible to hear that he was gone was..surprising to say the least.
"Please, please let this be a bad dream." Tights said as Bulma felt her own tears go down her face. Rukido was family to her as well and to lose him was a huge blow on her mind.
"...Were going." 17 said as 18 nodded while 21 looked shocked. "He saved our lives from Gero's sick game and the least we can do is help avenge him along with the others.
"Count me in." 18 said before they turned to 21.
"...I will go as well." 21 said with some determination but still a lot of worry. They all nodded as they went outside and flew off while Roshi went outside to keep the children occupied, leaving Tights to be comforted by Bulma.
(Cell Games)
"How how are you alive!" Gohan asked as his rage skyrocketed.
"It's simply really I can't die." Cell said as a dark smirk came upon his face. "Even if after I self-destructed, I regnerated my entire body through one single cell that remained. Goku failed and now you will all perish."
Everyone looked on in fear as Cell spiked his ki yet again. Akane however different thoughts. She never felt more rage than she did in her entire life. Why, why did he always have to put others first? Just why?! Rukido was dead and Cell was the cause of it. He had to pay no matter what.
Vegeta was having similar thoughts but about his son almost dying. It was far too close in his opinion, he should have realized that Cell was going to attack but Rukido had saved his life. However his fellow Saiyan was dead because of it. Cell targeted Trunks, if he died….no he wouldn't let that happen.
Both Akane and Vegeta let out a roar as they both turned Super Saiyan, surprising everyone especially Cell. Both Saiyan charged at Cell ready to beat down the android, while cell just looked at them annoyed . Vegeta went ahead of Akane and fired a ki-wave directly at Cell, who just slapped it away. Cell was about to fire a Death Beam, but at Vegeta but Akane rushed past Vegeta and began throwing punches at Cell, forcing him on the defensive. Vegeta joined in the assault as Cell was force to block and dodge both of Akane's and Vegeta's attacks.
This went on until Cell jumped away from them and swung his finger forward as ki energy pushed at the two Saiyan's. Vegeta was pushed back, but Akane hopped in the air and began firing ki-blast down at Cell. The Bio-Android was his for sure but Vegeta wanted to make sure, so he held both of his hands out yelling.
"FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta yelled as he fired the ki-wave directly at Cell, as the android was consumed by the large ki-wave. Once Vegeta was done he let out a tired huff. "It's over now."
"It's not over until I say it's over!" Cell yelled as his ki turned dark and gained red eyes, along with a Timebreaker symbol on his head. Cell was about to charge at Vegeta before Akane appeared in front of the prince with a large ball of ki in her hands. With a loud roar akane threw the ki-ball down at Cell, but it was stopped easily with a single hand. Enraged by this she began firing massive ki-blast at the ki-ball, making it expand in size. Cell's eyes widen as the ki-ball got bigger and was about to knock it away before it exploded, forcing everyone back slightly.
Akane huffed as she went back to her base form and looked on, hoping to see Cell's body completely destroyed. Sadly however Cell was just fine much to Akane's fear. He smirked at Akane and was about to fire a ki-blast at her, but Vegeta rushed at him and slammed his fist into Cell's face. Vegeta growled as Cell wasn't even affected by the punch and so the Bio-Android backhanded Vegeta to the ground.
"This has been fun, but I think it's time for the Cell games to come to a close." Cell said as he charged up a ki-blast in his noticed that Vegeta wasn't moving and quickly went back to his Super Saiyan 2 state. He wasn't about to let anyone else die, that's for sure. So rushed towards Vegeta, hoping to get the prince away from Cell as soon as possible. But Cell had already fired his blast down at Vegeta, as Gohan just got him. Gohan screamed in pain as he took on the impact and broke his left arm.
"Gohan no!" Akane yelled as she flew down to Gohan and Vegeta. Vegeta was alright for the most part but Gohan looked worse for wear. She turned to glare at Cell, who was smirking at her. He was about to say something before he narrowly dodged a kick from Gohan, and countered with a kick of his own sending the young Saiyan back a bit. Gohan held his broken arm at Cell who cupped his hands together as his ki flared around him.
"Well this planets been good to me, but my feasting here has come to an end." Cell said as Gohan looked at him in horror as Cell's power rose greatly.
"I can't stop him, I can't! He's come back so much more powerful! Dad, I'm sorry I didn't kill quickly like you said." Gohan thought to himself as a frown came on his face. "Just like how its my fault that you and uncle Rukido died."
"What's wrong Gohan? Aren't you going to try and stop me?" Cell asked as a victorious smirk came on his face.
"What's the point? I already lost my one chance to beat you." Gohan said as he held his broken arm tighten and closed his eyes. "Now all of us will die together."
"I expected the ending to be a little more dramatic, but if this is all I get then there's no point in dragging it out." Cell said as Gohan looked at him with stern expression.
"So this is it, this is how it ends." Gohan thought to himself as he was about to accept his fate but then a familiar voice talked in his head.
"You gotta be kidding me! Giving up already? That's not the Gohan I know!" Goku said in Gohan's mind as Gohan was shocked.
"D-dad? Where are you?" Gohan asked out loud.
"In otherworld and thanks to King Kai I talk to you telepathically." Goku said with a tone of confidence. "Someone else is here too."
"Now what this I hear about you giving up?" Rukido asked as gohan felt even more shock.
"Uncle Rukido? How did you find dad?" Gohan asked shocked.
"Instant Transmission. Now enough about that, you have Cell to deal with remember?" Rukido said with a serious tone. "You have the power to beat him, just give him the biggest Kamehameha you can."
"No, my powers was cut in half and one of my arms is broken." Gohan explained.
"Remember what you learned in training Gohan, and trust in yourself." Goku said with a big smile. "It may feel like Cell cut your power, but that's just your doubt in yourself. "
"Just believe in yourself kid, like I said before you have the power, now take it and use it to beat Cell!" Rukido said as Gohan nodded at their words.
"Your right, I understand now." Gohan said before he glared at Cell. "I have one arm left, but that's all I need!"
"Oh look! He's been driven insane by his own fear." Cell stated while the other Z-Fighters looked at Gohan, amazed that he could still stand.
"Gohan?" Trunks asked as Gohan's ki flared largely. Cell's eyes widen before it growled in rage as he flared his own ki.
"Kaaaa...Meeee...Haaaa...Meeeee…."Gohan said with his one good arm held back, glowing blue, while Cell finished charged his attack.
"NOW! YOU! DIEEEEE!" Cell roared as he threw his hands forward, firing his largest Kamehameha, wanting to end this already.
"HAAAAAAA!" Gohan roared as the three his entire arm forward and fired his own Kamehameha. Both of the ki-waves clashed, creating a massive ball of ki in between them. The power between them could be felt all across the galaxy. Cell was laughing while Gohan was struggling greatly.
"This must be hard for you with all those wounds. I bet that they BURN!" Cell yelled as he forced more power into his ki-wave making his over power Gohan's for a moment. "And this is where you end!"
Despite this Gohan held his ground but felt himself ground, as he heard his father talk to him. "What's wrong Gohan? You already have all the power you need! Now let it out!"
"I can't, I can't keep this up! It's too much for me to handle! I'm just a kid, I haven't changed not at all!" Gohan said, disappointed in himself.
"Stop attacking yourself, I don't know where you got this stupid idea that something's wrong with you when there isn't! You saved my life and our friends lives more times than I can count, right now isn't gonna be any different!" Rukido roared in Gohan's mind. Just then a ki-blast hit the back of Cell's back. He turned his head to see Piccolo was his attacker and that the Z-Fighters weren't far behind.
"Finish Buster!" Trunks yelled as he threw a large ball of ki into Cell's back.
"Tri-Beam!" Tien yelled as he fired his ki waves while Yamcha and Krillin fired their own Kamehameha's.
"Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo yelled as he fired the beam from his fingertips while akane was firing ki-blast in her Super Saiyan form, along with Fu.
"If you all wanted to die so badly, all you had to was ask!" Cell yelled as he flared his ki, pushing all of them back, much to Gohan's anger.
"He hurt them! HE HURT THEM!" Gohan thought to himself before he yelled out loud, as his power rose again and forced more power into his Kamehameha. Cell saw this and quickly force more power into his attack making them stable once again.
"Don't you realize yet that you're up against the perfect weapon!" Cell yelled with a large grin on his face.
"No Gohan, I won't let you die!" Piccolo said as a smile came on his face. "As a kid you were first person to become my friend."
"Don't mind getting up again." Krillin said as he sat up. "I can't give up on Gohan, Goku wouldn't want that."
"These are your last minutes boy, so make them count!" Cell yelled as an angered look was place upon him.
"To be the best was my goal ever since I became a martial artist!" Tien said as he and Yamcha stood up and fired their own ki-waves at Cell. "Goku, Gohan and everyone else is the reason I came so far today. I stood there and watched Goku die. I won't make that mistake again!"
"Goku I hope you know how great your kid is. LIke father like son right? Well I won't let you down!" Yamcha said as he continued to fire at Cell.
"Rukido gave his life to save mine, I can't let his sacrifice go in vain." Trunks said as he was readying up another Finish Buster. "I let Gohan down in my timeline, I won't make the mistake here!"
"There already been enough death here today, I refuse to just sit by and let anyone else die" Akane yelled as she began firing ki-blast at Cell as well.
"I came here for a new life and I'm not about to let that be taking away. I won't give up Gohan!" Fu said before he blew fire out of his mouth at Cell. With that the Z-Fighter continued their assault on Cell, not wanting to give up to protect their home and Gohan, much to Cell's anger.
"That's it! Just stay down!" Cell yelled as he flared his ki again, forcing Yamcha, Tien and Trunks away from him. However Akane, Fu, Piccolo and Krillin kept firing at Cell's back. Eventually the others got up as well and began firing with them as well. "They just keep lining up to die!"
Just then 17, 18 and 21 landed next to Vegeta who turned back into a Super Saiyan. Without a word Vegeta flew up high in the air as 17 and 18 followed while 21 went over to Chronoa.
"NO CHANCE, YOU HAVE NO CHANCE!" Cell yelled enraged as his ki flared even more, sending the Z-Fighters flying one by one. It would have been worse had 21 had not made a barrier around them while Chronoa began to heal their kept himself being pushed back as Cell's Kamehameha began to overpower his once again. "THAT'S IT I FEEL YOU SLIPPING!"
"GOHAN RISE IT HIGHER YOU CAN DO THIS!" Goku yelled.
"RELEASE IT GOHAN, RELEASE ALL THE POWER YOU HAVE! REMEMBER GOHAN THE PEOPLE HURT, THE PAIN HE CAUSED! TURN THAT INTO YOUR POWER!" Rukido yelled out as well.
"SAY GOODBYE!" Cell roared as he was about to over power Gohan completely, until a large ki-blast, along with several mini-ones made him lose focus. He looked up in the air to see Vegeta, 17 and 18 were his attackers. "WHAT YOU?!"
"NOW DO IT NOW!" Goku and Rukido roared seeing the opening Gohan needed to win.
"HAAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan roared as he forced all of his power into his Kamehameha, quickly over powering Cell completely. Cell tried to foce more power into his but was unable to too as he was easily consumed. The Bio-Android's eyes went wide as he Gohan in the wave, walking forward...with Rukido and Goku standing right behind him.
"No I...was...perfect." Cell said as he felt his body being torn apart. "NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Gohan gave one final roar as Cell was annihilated by his Kamehameha. Once all that was said done Gohan went back to his base form and fell on his back. It was over, Cell was done for.
"He, he did it!" Piccolo said as he and others flew down to Gohan to make sure the boy was alright.
"I did it, thank you dad, Rukido everyone." Gohan said as he finally fell unconscious. Yamcha picked him up while Trunks picked him up.
"Let's go to Kami's, we have a wish to make." Akane said wanting Rukido back as soon as possible. With that everyone flew off to Kami's, as Hercule stood up with the camera crew, claiming his victory on Cell.
(Otherworld-Hell)
Once all was said and done Rukido had decided it was a good opportunity to find his mother here. Goku came with him as well, out of curiosity of course. King Yama told him that his mother was in hell surprisingly enough, but only because she wanted to help the souls down there with certain problems. Right now they were waiting in front of a blood fountain, as Rukido kept messing around with his halo.
"Honestly I kinda like it." Rukido said as he kept poking his halo.
"Yeah it's pretty neat." Goku said with a cheerful smile before it turned to one of curiosity. "So what are you gonna tell your mom?"
"...I just wanted to see her again. We never got the chance to say goodbye, so that's what I'm hoping on." Rukido said as he was now thinking about what he should tell her. His family for sure, but what else? The Time Patrol? No too boring. Maybe about what he learned on earth, she'd love living there.
As Rukido was thinking Goku saw two figures walking up to them. The first was a woman with bright green skin, purple hair that had reached her lower back and deep blue eyes. She was wearing a simple lab coat with black jeans. The other was a woman as well and she had short black hair with pale skin and black eyes. She was wearing an white and gold battle armor with white gloves and shoes along with a black skin tight suit. Rukido looked to see the two women and froze.
"Mom?" Rukido said quietly before he got tackled by the green skinned woman and was being hugged by her.
"I missed you so much!" Maria said as she hugged her son tightly. He quickly hugged her back as he got up and spinning them around. "You look like your doing good for yourself, except for the dead part that is."
"Yeah I had a nephew and I needed to protect so here I am." Rukido explained as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "I have so much to tell you."
"I would love to hear all about it, but I want you to meet someone first." Maria said as she walked up next to the other female and pushed her forward. "This is Kira, your other mother."
Rukido and Kira froze stiff, Rukido in surprise while Kira was scared. He never thought he would meet his biological mother. Paragus never mentioned anything about what happened to his mother, and it would be a chance to learn about why he was sent away.
"Um, hi?" Kira said with nervous look on her face. She wanted to meet her son, sure but she had no idea what to talk to you. "You're exactly like Maria described and so much more."
"I-it's nice to meet you." Rukido said unsure what to do. His father and brother were technically evil but he didn't know a thing about his mother. "I don't know what to say."
Kira however pulled him into a hug and cried into his chest, surprising him greatly. "Just let me hug you for a moment...I just want you to know, I never ever wanted anything bad to happen to you or Broly. Paragus only cared for power and I never realized it. Please forgive me."
"...You aren't to blame, he was evil and he turned Broly into a monster. If anything I should apologize, I killed Broly." Rukido said solemnly. "I wanted to save so badly but...he was just too far gone, I'm sorry."
"There's nothing to apologize for, I can never blame you for what happened." Kira said as she pulled away from Rukido for moment and looked up at him. "I'm just so happy that I finally get to see my son."
"I'm glad to meet you as well...mom." Rukido said as Kira hugged him again crying tears of happiness as he hugged her back. She wasn't evil, that much was true. Maria and Goku smiled at the scene as Rukido pulled away and pushed Goku forward. "This is Goku...my little brother."
"Nice to meetcha!" Goku said with a cheer as Kira and Maria looked at him surprised.
"Little brother?" Kira asked as she looked at Goku, knowing she saw him before, but couldn't remember where.
"Well I go by Son Rukido, Goku has been like the brother I never had." Rukido said as he wrapped an arm around Goku's neck. "He's one of kind i can tell you that much."
"Yeah but shouldn't you tell them about your wives?" Goku said as both Maria and Kira froze.
"WIVES?!" Both woman yelled as many thought came to their minds. "Do you have any kids?!
"T-three." Rukido answered worried about the fact his mother's eyes now had stars in them.
"Tell us everything right now!" Both mothers yelled as Rukido gulpped knowing it would be a long story while Goku just laughed.
(Later-Kami's Palace)
Rightnow the Z-Fighters and the Androids were staring up at Shenron, ready to make their wish."
"Shenron I wish for everyone that Cell killed to come back to life!" Yamcha said to Shenron as the dragon's eyes flashed red.
"That wish can be granted however the one known as Son Goku can't be revived." Shenron said as everyone got sad smiles but knew that he would be back later using the Dragonballs on Namek. They saw a light consume Rukido's body and it faded away to show Rukido completely healed and alive.
"Woah, that was something different." Rukido said before he was tackled down into the ground by both Akane and Chronoa, as they cried into his chest. He held them in a hug as he smiled...before he was hit hard.
"DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!" Akane and Chronoa yelled as both of them were ready to continue the beating before Rukido pulled them into a hug.
"I'm sorry but I couldn't let Trunks die, I'll try to avoid that again if possible." Rukido said honestly as he rubbed both of their back lovingly. "Plus I met my mother's down in hell."
"Wait what?!" Akane yelled as Chronoa looked shocked.
"I'll tell you about it later." Rukido said as he got up as he walked to everyone else.
"I can grant one more wish, tell it now or else I'll leave now." Shenron said impatiently.
"You can leave for now!" Yamcha said as Shenron gave a annoyed sigh and left. "Alright now let's go to Namek to
"Hey don't I get a say in this!" Goku said from other world as everyone looked around shock.
"Goku is that you!" Krillin said happy to hear his friends voice.
"Yup I'm talking through King Kai, and I have to tell you something...I'm not coming back." Goku said as everyone except Rukido and Chronoa looked shocked. "Sorry guys but so much has happened because of me. If I hadn't let Gero get away then maybe Cell wouldn't have been such a large problem for us."
"That's bullcrap! Your a hero Goku, there's no reason to do this!" Tien said as everyone agreed.
"Yeah but everyone wants to have vengeance on me. Frieza, King Cold, Gero heck even Broly. All of them wanted to kill me and so many suffered because I messed with them." Goku said aloud as he thought over all the enemies he made. "I'm sorry but this is the only way, I want you all to be safe without having to worry about protecting the earth all the time. Gohan's so strong now, I have nothing left to teach him"
"That doesn't mean I don't need you!" Gohan yelled.
"Take notes about what happens in your life, because I want to hear all it later. Until then bye." Goku said as he broke connection and left everyone in silence.
"...You know even though he was saying good-bye, it wasn't as bad considering how cheerful he sounded." Krillin said.
"He's always been like that ever since he was a kid." Yamcha said as he remembered the old days when they were younger. "Nothing ever seemed to affect him badly and this times no different."
"Yeah your right." Tien said as he went through his own memories. "And with each new adventure were always left behind."
"Goku has and always will be Goku." Piccolo started with a smirk. "He gave me a senzu bean when I was trying to kill him, even with a villain like me, he always assumed that there was good in me."
"Dad I know what I'll remember about you." Gohan said as he looked up in the sky. "When we were all fighting Frieza and knew we stood no chance, but you just kept walking forward. When things seem rough for me I think about that moment and it makes me feel so strong. You've given us so much dad, thank you for it all."
With that the Z-Fighter gave their final goodbye to their greatest friend, hoping to see him once again someday.
(C.C.- Day of Trunks's departure)
Everyone was there to see Trunks return to his original timeline. They had already given their tearful goodbyes even the androids came surprisingly enough. Rukido was all that was left say goodbye.
"Honestly I didn't think any of this would even happen." Trunks said as he looked up in the sky with a smile. "This world has peace now, but I need to save my own world now."
"I understand kiddo, however don't think of this goodbye. More like see ya later." Rukido said before he pulled him into a bear hug. "Give them hell Trunks."
"Of course." Trunks said as he got out of the hug and went into his time machine. He looked outside of it to see everyone waving except his father who just smirked at him. Trunks gave one final wave before he disappeared. Rukido was smirking the most however as Chronoa walked up to him with a small smile.
"So what did you give to him?" Chronoa asked, knowing he slipped something in Trunks's jacket in the bear hug.
"Just a few things to help him out." Rukido said with a smile before he turned to go inside. "Now come on, I gotta cook something before the kids get cranky."
(C.C.-Future)
Trunks was now resting after he killed the androids and Cell of his timeline. Peace had finally been achieved and he had everyone to thank for it. While he was sleeping, Bulma was sowing up his old jacket, only to find some capsules inside along with a letter.
"Hmm? What's this?" Bulma asked as she read the letter.
Trunks if you're reading this you got my letter. I felt bad that I wasn't coming with you, so I decided to give a few things with Bulma's and 21's help of course. There's also a camera to remember all of us by.
-From, Son Rukido
"Son Rukido huh?" Bulma said as she remembered he was the one who saved Trunks's life from his story. She took out a the camera and looked through the pictures and smiled as she looked through them. Her heart stopped when she saw Vegeta, but got over it quickly. She stopped again when she saw who Rukido was and couldn't help but to blush. What? He was a looker! She then decided to look over the list as her eyes went wide before a smile came on he face. "Trunks! Wake up!"
"Wha?" Trunks said as he got up in rush.
"We have some planning to do so let's get to it!" Bulma said as her tone was filled with excitement. Trunks just looked confused about what his mother was talking about but agreed nonetheless.
What, he wasn't about to go against his own mother. She was scary when she was mad!
(Chapter End)
A/N: At last the Cell Games have come to a close. What did Rukido give Bulma you'll have to wait...for like a long time! But anyway onward to the next saga! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and feel free to review. Until next time!
