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"Speech"

'Thoughts'

'Telepathic'

Chapter 35

Cell gasped and staggered away, limbs trembling with his aura still up as he watched Gohan glare at him. The child's survival was shocking, especially since the half-Saiyan had reached a level of power beyond his own. Well, at least that's what he wasn't hoping for. But it was undeniable, the boy had survived, and here he was, standing in a field of blue electricity as a whole new person. The Z-fighters were also shocked beyond belief, gaping at Gohan, speechless. The TV crew and Hercule were also silent, paralyzed with astonishment. With the dust finally settled, they could see Gohan's full form, standing in all his golden glory.

Goku stammered. "W-W-What the?"

"Gohan!" Piccolo managed to choke out, blinking several times to see if he wasn't hallucinating. Well, he tried adjusting his senses too. With them checked and feeling better, he could now fully say that Gohan was alive and better then ever.

"I can't believe it!" Trunks exclaimed. "Gohan did it! He actually did it!"

"R-Refresh m-m-my memory again," Krillin stuttered in his speech. "W-What did he do again?"

"He's found a new level of Super Saiyan!" Tien replied for Krillin, fixing up his confusion.

"Incredible," Yamcha continued, still trying to figure out whether he was dreaming or not.

"Even if I can see it with my own eyes, I still can't believe it!" Vegeta choked out as well, blinking in shock. "That brat has done the impossible! Not even my year's worth of training could push me to that level! How does he do it?"

Lime glanced over at her friends and held up a fist. "Yeah! Gohan can't possibly be beaten now!" she exclaimed. Anya glanced back at her, so did Erran, who was standing in the middle of the group of three. "He's got Cell on the ropes!"

"How do you know?" Anya asked incredulously. Erran smiled at her, eyes sparkling.

"Because we know so!" the blonde haired girl exclaimed. "Your heart knows! Trust it!"

"I've already seen Gohan transform into this state before," stated Alaric, causing the girls to look at him in shock and confusion, "I just hope he can maintain focus long enough to finish off Cell."

16, who hadn't said anything just yet, were still gawking at Gohan's incredible power boost. Not only were they gazing at his newly achieved form, but were also shocked he had managed to survive a blast that had the capabilities of wiping out an entire city. However, it was possible since the boy had extraordinary abilities, abilities that could surpass anyone's. 16's expression lowered from shocked to serious as his sensors calculated the total of the young Saiyan's power, and his odds of winning.

"Gohan's energy, strength and power has increased phenomenally. My scanners could not detect any reserve levels of strength before hand. Only one explanation can be had of this…"

"Ladies and gentlemen, something strange has happened out here on the field! After witnessing the initial death of the boy at the hands of Cell by some otherworldly attack, he has come back! But it seems the boy has changed! He's no longer glowing gold folks, but has a field of electricity surrounding him! What could possibly come of this astonishing transformation?" Steve yelled into his microphone, turning to Bob standing behind his camera and shaking in his boots.

"Hey! Buck up man! We want to get a clear picture of this!" Steve yelled. Bob turned to him, looking like he's about to piss his pants.

"Is it…possible to ask for a raise at this point?"

Hercule remained silent in the background, gaping at the pitch.

Gohan continued to glare across at his opponent, eyes flickering with gold flashes as blue lightning and electricity continued shooting out of him. He had Cell in his sights and had no inclination of letting him gain the upper hand anymore. The android was shaking in his boots, backing away ever so slightly. However, as they stared, Cell became aware of their current situations and smirked. Although he was still sweating nervously, he was still able to raise a sinister smile.

"So…this is your true power huh?" Cell said, nodding to the boy. Gohan said nothing. His eyes remained locked with Cell's electricity sizzling around him. It zapped and crackled, one bolt striking the ground and sending sparks into the air. As a show of irritation to the android's behavior and the amount of anger he felt towards him, Gohan balled his fists, his ki taking a leap. A bolt of electricity shot at Cell's face, but the android managed to avoid it as it zipped past and exploded meters behind him. More sparks flew. Judging that as an act of defiance, Cell growled and glared at his opponent, limbs trembling. "Well it won't help you! So you've changed your hair and sparked up your energy level! Big deal! That doesn't scare me! Let's see how long you can keep that up for when I start smashing your face into the ground!"

With a roar, Cell's energy level increased, his aura expanding with a burst of wind. Then, in an incredible display of force, the android took flight and hurled at his opponent. His charge marked a path along the ground, throwing dust and debris into the air as he made his way towards his opponent. A loud yell escaped his lips as he rose above the ground, bringing his right fist back and powering up. In that second, he was upon his opponent, coming down at him with that attack. Gohan didn't flinch, the Z-fighters watching with anticipation and shock. Then, when it seemed Cell's attack would strike, the young Saiyan acted. There was a split second flash and a burst of energy when suddenly a fist found itself impaled in Cell's stomach before it shot out the other end. Purple and green blood splattered, and was sent flying everywhere as a clean hole was punched straight through the android. Cell's aura vanished completely, leaving a very shocked, winded and stunned android standing on that exact spot. His eyes bulged out of its sockets and his body trembled as if he had a seizure. Gohan had driven his right fist straight into him; his fist sticking out Cell's back and a serious expression still written on his face. The Z-fighters were shocked none to say the least. They didn't even see Gohan move an inch.

With a grunt, Gohan yanked his arm and fist out of Cell's body, dripping with the android's essence. Now overwhelmed with pain, the mighty creation of terror backed away, staggering as he clutched the newly made hole in his gut. His mouth was agape, purple blood leaking out, including saliva. It was a sight to make anyone sick. Gohan, however, wasn't. With little effort, he threw his right hand sharply to the side, throwing the blood that was smeared all over his arm off. It splattered to the ground, joining the puddle that had formed around him from breaching the android's once impenetrable wall. Cell was speechless, so were the Z-fighters. Turning to his friends, Gohan nodded to them.

"Close your eyes guys," the young Saiyan said. "This next show is restricted…"

Lime, Erran and Anya did what they told and shut their eyes, their mother's shielding them with their hands. The Z-fighters just watched, accustomed to seeing such gore. However, what was to follow would make them all cringe. Cell, having just about enough of these games, was about to launch another attack when he suddenly got pounded right in the face by Gohan flying up and sending a right uppercut into his chin. The blow shook the ground, lifting Cell off the ground a bit and sending him flying back from the blow. But before he could even get on that path, Gohan brought his left fist back and sent a mind-boggling punch into Cell's chest, right under the breast bone. Cell reeled forward, eyes bugging out of their sockets and more blood flying free of his mouth. The very blow shook the earth and caused a shock wave. Gohan wasn't done. He floated up so that he was in front of Cell's face. With a quick spin on the spot, he sent a backwards roundhouse kick with his left leg across Cell's face, and then a right to his neck and, spinning one last time, brought his left leg up and down on the same spot of his neck, knocking him senseless and off balance. He then brought his right leg and roundhouse kicked straight into the same area of Cell's face, a massive bruise pounded into the android's cheek with more blood flying. Gohan moved forward quickly, throwing a powerful left hook across Cell's face and brought it back round with a hammer strike. He then ended it with a drive right elbow straight down into Cell's gut and then ended it by pulled back and sending a powerful left side kick into the same spot, breaking many bones and muscles. Cell was sent sliding back, feet skidding and burning along the ground before the android came to a staggered halt.

Bending over, Cell coughed, choked and breathed in through battered lungs, his body aching all over. He panted for air, eyes wide and popping out of their sockets and his mouth agape. It was easy to say he was in agony. With a wretched gag, he spewed up blood, forming another new puddle to join the rest of the damages. The android looked up, trembling violently.

Seeing a weak point, Gohan ducked Cell's punch and sent a earth shattering blow into Cell's gut, driving it in till it looked he was about to break through. Cell was shocked and, unable to feel any pain except a strange gurgling sensation, coughed up grey blood, his arms shaking uncontrollably from Gohan's powerful blow.

Suddenly, in a sickening display of bulging and vomiting, a fairly familiar and delicate arm had managed to punch out of Cell's mouth, grey liquid dripping from her nimble fingers. Krillin and Android 16 immediately recognized the arm and whom it belonged too.

"It's 18! Cell's coughing out 18!", yelled Krillin.

Gohan, seeing this sudden turn of events glanced above him to see that his friend was certainly right. Cell was on the verge of regurgitating the last Android he had absorbed to attain his present form.

Not wanting to miss this opportunity to win the battle, Gohan decided to push the Android further out so he would be able to pull her out himself the rest of the way.

Putting more effort into his attack, Gohan pushed his fist further into Cell's mid section, the mighty android groaning in discomfort and draping one arm over his chest seeing as that his stomach was caving in, he didn't know where else to hold himself.

Seeing that he had penetrated far enough, Gohan dislodged his arm and freed his fist, pushing back and jumping a little bit in the air to gain height. Right now, Gohan had managed to free the whole entire right arm of Android 18 including her head and Cell was doing his best to push the female Android's arm back into his system.

Not wanting Cell to regain his full power, Gohan reached up and, grasping the Android's arm, pulled her out, her form sliding if not gracefully out of Cell's mouth and throat. Along with her form, greenish grey blood also spewed out of Cell, a puddle of the acidic liquid spraying out onto the desert floor beneath them. Gohan had released his hold on Android 18 so that the blonde haired Android lay on the ground a few feet in front of Cell, out of danger from the acidic vomit Cell had coughed up along with her, even though she was coated in much of the slimy gunk.

Everyone watched as Cell's appearance started to change. The white of his face and hands turned back into a dark green and his tail shot out, his wings seeming retracting into his body. With his appearance and form morphing and changing, his body became bulkier and fatter, increasing in size till he stood about as tall as Broly but far larger than thinner.

"What? This can't be happening to me!" Cell exclaimed.

"Sorry Cell, but I'm afraid you've coughed up the last of your so called 'perfect power'."

"But how… there's no way that you should've been able to defeat me! I'm the ultimate life form, the terror of the universe, the greatest creation of all kind! You, a mere child can't beat me!" yelled Cell. Gohan frowned and walked over to Android 18, blasting Cell back with a psychic burst of energy to get him away.

The young Saiyan knelt in front of the android and raised her head so she was in plain view of him. She was still alive, but completely paralyzed. She wouldn't be able too wake up for quite a while, considering all the things she's been through inside that monster.

"Rest easy now", whispered Gohan, lowering her back down to the ground and standing up, stepping over her feminine form and coming to stand in front of her in defense. Alaric took the opportunity to fly over towards 18 and Gohan, after landing he picked her bridal style, before leaving he looked toward Cell, "Finish him, now." After he said his peace, he flew back towards the group. Cell fumed and growled, balling his fists and baring his teeth. He may have been trembling, but he was mad!

"YOU! BRAT! I'll get you for this", growled the now second stage Cell, pushing full power into his system and concentrating all of his energy into one giant bubble. Gohan eyed him curiously, wondering what Cell would accomplish from such a maneuver.

Deciding that there was only one way out, Cell started inflating himself like a balloon. Everyone stared in confusion at this bizarre tactic.

"You have 60 seconds. In 60 seconds, my self-destruct sequence will activate and I'll take this planet and all of you with me," Cell proclaimed. Gohan gasped and stepped forward.

"NO! You can't do that! You'll kill everyone! Every innocent life on this planet! I won't let you", yelled Gohan, powering up a ki blast to blow Cell away. Cell laughed evilly and grinned, staring at Gohan with crazy vein filled eyes.

"It's too late for that now brat, attack me, and I explode! There's nothing you can do now except die! Prepare to meet your doom!" yelled the android, letting off a gale of wind. This one almost knocked Gohan off his feet, as the power to this attack began to build from all the raw energy surrounding him.

The Z-fighters could do nothing but stare, absolutely helpless now. With Cell on the verge of killing everyone on the face of planet, including the planet itself, and with no possible way of stopping him, it seemed that the end of the world was imminent.

"Oh-no!" Krillin exclaimed. "Cell's going to blow himself up! What are we going to do?"

The sky began to darken and the energy around cell's bloating form began to increase as time grew closer to the point of which Cell would self destruct, destroying the whole planet in the process. Vegeta and Mirai were just standing and staring at Cell nervously, awaiting the final count down to his explosion. If they could destroy Cell to prevent him from exploding, then they would have done so by now.

The planet began to shake, and mountains started to cave in, collapsing and disappearing into the ground. It was building, and the situation was becoming desperate.

Then, in a final desperate solution to the situation, Goku made up his mind, turning to his friends with a reassuring smile.

"I can't think of any other possible way of saving the planet."

The Z-fighters turned to Goku, all of them with bewildered looks on their faces. Krillin blinked and stepped closer.

"Wait Goku, what are you going to do?" asked Krillin. Goku just smiled and raised a hand towards his friends, placing two fingers to his forehead and a fainter smile appearing on his lips.

"See you guys, sorry…" With that, Goku had landed face first into the dirt, passed out. Krillin and Piccolo and the others gasped, Krillin rushing forward to where Goku stood before.

"NOOOOO GOKUUUUUU!"

Meanwhile, Gohan was thinking to himself to how he would prevent Cell from destroying the world. He did posses knowledge of the instant transmission technique, and with it, he would be able to transport Cell to a different location so to explode at a safe distance from earth. But, what planet could he take Cell too?

It hit him like a ton of bricks and Gohan smiled, walking over to Cell and reaching out, placing two fingers on his forehead.

"Sorry Cell, I can't let you do this. You're reign ends now!"

Suddenly, Alaric appeared in front of Gohan, blocking the young Saiyan from touching Cell. Gohan backed off in surprise and stared up at his brother in shock.

"B-Brother", Gohan stuttered. Alaric smiled and, reaching out with his hand, grabbed the young Saiyan's shoulder.

"You've done well Gohan, I'm proud of you. But I made a promise to save the planet. Take care of our mother and father for me while I'm gone, and train hard," said Alaric. Gohan gasped and stepped forward, only to have Alaric disappear into thin air, along with Cell. Alaric's last words echoed through the air, reaching Gohan's ears like the winds of his homeland.

"I love you bro… good bye…"

"AAAALLLAAARRRIICCC!" screeched Gohan, his hand reaching out to grab the slightly transparent form of Alaric's after image, but it faded before he could grab it.

Everyone just stood there, numb with shock at what had just happened. And to think that it only took a split second for Alaric, amongst the strongest men in the universe to lose his life to an inferior creature created by a maniacal man with hopes and dreams of conquering the world. All the Z Warriors bowed their heads in respect for their fallen friend, family member and most importantly, earth's savior. All except Vegeta bowed who was shocked for his 'arch rival' and comrade of sorts. During the silence that egged on and through Gohan's continuous sobs, Krillin went to check on Android 18 from the pile of green slimy gunk and move her aside while 16 watched from afar.

Goku soon woke up after his fateful encounter with the ground before realizing who was missing, 'No, NOT AGAIN!' "ALARIC NOOOO!" His aura flared as his power began to rise out of control and bits of electricity began dancing along his body.

"Calm down dad," a voice said from behind him.

Goku turned around his aura settling down in an instant. "But how?" he asked.

"Simple," Alaric replied. "I teleported Cell out of here and then left him in the depths of space and got back before he exploded."

Goku remained silent before basically tackling Alaric into a bear hug as tears of joy cascaded down his face. A moment later, another bone crushing pressure was felt by Alaric as Gohan also bear hugged his older brother. A few minutes passed by before the Son family ceased their hugging.

"But how'd you take him somewhere away from innocent people?" Gohan asked. "I thought Instant Transmission required you to sense someone's ki."

"I've found that you can use the lack of ki as well," Alaric explained.

"Good thinking. I never thought that you could get out of the way of the blast with Instant Transmission too." said Goku.

Suddenly, out of the blue, a fierce wind picked up from seemingly out of nowhere, blowing dust all over the place and sending mountains and hills collapsing to the ground. All the Z Warriors were staring in shock. How could he possibly be back?

All of a sudden, a narrow, purple beam of energy shot forth from the cloud of swirling dust, and struck Mirai Trunks right through the chest, shattering his Saiyan armor and piercing his heart, killing him instantly. His shocked expression fell along with his body with a loud thud. The Z-fighters never saw it coming. Neither did Alaric for that matter as the blast also pierced through his armor, but instead of striking through his heart it struck the left lung.

"So then, who did I hit?" a familiar and sinister voice asked through the cloud of dust. The cloud immediately dispensed as soon as the Z-fighters turned their attention towards it again, seeing a new, perfect form Cell standing in a golden warping aura. They were shocked to find that Cell was in his perfect form again. But even weirder, was that Cell's energy had skyrocketed to 35% from his regular strength and was stronger then Gohan had been when he had been fighting Cell a few minutes ago before Alaric left, taking the suicidal android with him.

Cell smirked when he saw the fallen lavender haired warrior lying motionless in a pond of his own blood behind the rest of the Z-warriors. He also enjoyed Alaric garbled and internally drown in his own blood, with Goku by his side holding him protectively. He chuckled when he saw Trunks spew up a wave of blood before finally resting at ease.

"Oh, I hit Trunks. Bet that's disappointing…But two roaches, one stone...it must be my lucky day."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Power levels:

(Cell Games)

Cell:

Perfect Cell (Reborn): 9 billion

Gohan:

Super Saiyan: 100 million (suppressed)

Super Saiyan 2: 11.25 billion

Goku:

Super Saiyan: 4.5 billion (Super Saiyan beyond his max in a fit of rage on the verge of ascending)

Alaric:

Base: 89.9 million

Vegeta:

Base: 50 million

Mirai Trunks:

Base: 49 million

Piccolo: 2.2 billion

Krillin: 60 million

Tien: 55 million

Yamcha: 53 million

Android 16: 2.5 billion

Hercule: 120

Lime: 5

Erran: 4.8

Anya: 4.5

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