There was something wrong about #21, Goku could feel it but he couldn't feel exactly what it was. His strength seemed to be far beyond Super Saiyan yet he hadn't started to show any signs of what he could truly do. Now that Vegeta had gone Super Saiyan in the previous fight perhaps it was safe for him to do it too. They had after all already been seen at the Cell Games all those years ago, perhaps no-one would immediately draw that connection between them.

"Uh, will the fighters please start with the fight!"

And what was with the deal with the name #21. Dr. Gero had only made Androids up to #20 and if he had done any beyond #20 why wouldn't he have unleashed it as well? Perhaps the #21 was not related to Dr. Gero at all?

"Goku, if you ain't going to do something within the next few seconds I hope you don't mind if I do."

Goku looked up, #21 was talking to him. He had gone completely lost in his mind and forgot where he actually was. He made a quick nod at him and got into a combat stance and prepared for the onslaught. 21 jumped at him, the whole cloak covering whole his body, leaving everything for imagination. He threw a punch at Goku which he easily guarded with his elbow. Goku responded with a kick towards 21's right hip but even though it hit it did not have any real effect and 21 hit Goku directly in the face with his right hand knocking him down on his back.

"Get up, stop holding back."

Goku slowly got up and stood face to face with #21. He was slightly taller than himself and he definitely could not be beaten without additional strength. He let go of the power within him and without any movement his hair turned golden and a smooth golden aura surrounded him.

"Well that's better."

#21 immediately went on the offensive again, his punches were hard and relentless. He showed Goku no mercy as he went through a long and painful series of kicks and hard punches where most hit Goku. After a while it got too much for Goku and 21 found a gap in his defense and delivered a powerful uppercut sending Goku high up in the air. Goku quickly regained control quickly and looked down on 21 as he started to fly towards him at high speed.

"…BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH!"

On instinct Goku let out even more power and he was at Super Saiyan 2 level and quickly he stretched out his arm and blocked 21's punch easily. He tried to take the element of surprise to kick 21 in the face but realized that he was not there any longer. Quickly he crouched quickly and felt how 21 punched through his hair. Goku quickly spun around and tried to kick 21 in the chest only to find himself kicking into thin air. #21 was definitely fast and strong, not the strongest opponent he had ever faced but still very strong. He slowed down for a second and try to sense him flying around him at high speed. Suddenly he could see him standing right in front of him and threw a punch at him or to be correct he punched straight through the after-image. Goku quickly looked around, a whole dozen of 21's surrounded him. Suddenly it seemed as if they all started to charge towards him and punch him. Goku shielded himself as best as he could but it felt as if he got punched from more than one direction as he lost his foot in the air and crashed towards the stage floor. He quickly flipped around and landed solidly on his feet and saw 21 slowly land on the ground as well. Goku clenched his fist and eyed 21 up and down. Who was he?

"Ah Goku, do we find ourselves outmatched?"

"Well if you think this is my max you'll be disappointed to know that you are very wrong!"

"Oh really? Then why are you holding back on me? Don't you think I can take it?"

And #21opened his arms and made a welcome gesture at Goku that he was completely letting his guard down. Goku did not however attack but remained in a neutral position with his aura steadily surrounding him and lightning sparks dancing around it.

"I wouldn't want to kill you, just knocking you out is enough for me to beat you. Remember it's just a match, not a matter of life and death."

"Ah yes I forgot that but that doesn't mean we can't try out limits?"

#21 got his guard up again and went into a neutral stance as well. Goku could hear the Announcer talking with the audience but he didn't take any notice of him. 21's strength, it felt familiar as if he had fought him before but he couldn't tell who he was yet. Suddenly 21 started to point at him again revealing a white hand and seemingly green skin. Suddenly a long beam shot from his finger and hit Goku directly in the shoulder. Goku staggered but quickly regained control and dodged an incoming barrage of beams fired at him. Suddenly he could hear the crowd screaming behind him and how large amounts of smoke rose from the places the beams had hit and killed parts of the audience.

"STOP IT NOW TWENTY-ONE!"

21 smirked at him and took his arm down.

"…wait wasn't that one of Furiza's attacks?"

21 crossed his arms.

"Perhaps it was. Or maybe it was my own move, who knows?"

Goku grunted. The audience shouldn't have to take this, this fight had gone overhand, whoever 21 was he had to be knocked out soon and get away from the stage.

"Perhaps you will recognize this one as well!"

Cell quickly cupped his hands together and started to slowly form a Kamehameha. It quickly grew strong and powerful and Goku stared at him powerless to do anything to prevent him from firing at him. This had gone out of hand, Goku would have to finish this now in order to stop him. He clenched both his fists and crouched down. He left his Super Saiyan 2 form and went back to base but began to power up heavily in his base form. 21 yelled at him from across the stage.

"Goku, we've been over this already! You are no match for me in your base!"

But Goku took no notice of him and his power kept on rising. The stage floor was shaking, whole the arena shaking. Waves formed in the ocean outside and a mighty wind blew through the whole arena. Goku let out a loud scream and in an enormous white flash he had grown out red fur over whole his upper body. His hair had been bewildered and increased in length and his eyes now had a red outline. #21 stopped charging the Kamehameha and started walking towards Goku. He eyed him up and down for a few seconds.

"Where did all fur come from?"

"This form is beyond my normal Super Saiyan forms, but as you can see due to its strange nature and feral looks I only use it when my normal Super Saiyan forms can't get the job done. You could call it Super Saiyan 4 I guess since it is beyond Super Saiyan 3 in power."

"Pfft, how would some fur make you stronger? That's ridiculous!"

#21 quickly threw a heavy punch at Goku which hit him directly in the chest. Goku did not even flinch. 21 threw massive amounts of punches and kicks at Goku, none having the slightest effect. He fired an barrage of beams – no effect either. Goku who had crossed his arms and closed his eyes during the process looked up at a 21 who seemed to had have lost his confidence, even though his body language he showed it in was very limited.

"Twenty-One, you went as far as killing people today to get me to show my true strength. Now that you have seen it do you still want to go on?"

21 didn't answer, he tried to throw another punch at Goku but before it could land he had received an elbow in his face. Next moment Goku was above him and kicked him violently down to the floor and stomped on his limp body once and went back to crossing his arms and look down on him with pity.

"We can do this the easy way – you jump off the stage and lose the match, or we can do it the hard way – I beat the living crap out of you until you are in no state of fighting anymore. It's your choice."

21 slowly rose up. The two attacks he had taken had hurt him clearly. Goku was way beyond his own league. He had gone from being the one toying to being toyed. This was humiliation, was his perfectness not enough?

"Well, what's it gonna be? If you ain't replying I gonna go for the second option. You got five seconds to decide."

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds and five seconds. Goku slowly walked towards 21 who hadn't got up yet. Just before he was about to deliver a blow 21 soared high up in the air. Goku followed him slowly. 21 seemed to have formed two discs in his both hands.

"KIENZAN!"

One disc flew at Goku quickly and even right through him but with no effect whatsoever. Goku stopped in midair.

"You sure like copying other people's moves. Krillin came up with that, Furiza stole it from him and Cell got it from Krillin. Or Furiza I don't know for sure."

"Furiza I think it was."

Goku's eyes widened. There was no way it could be true, no possible explanation that would make sense, no way. It couldn't be, they had all seen him die.

"Cell!"

21 slowly took off whole his robe. There was no question about it. Cell was indeed hovering above Goku in the air, identical to the Cell he had fought all those years ago at the Cell Games, identical to the one Gohan had killed that same day.

"Goku, I'd watch out if I were you."

Goku still stunned about Cell's unveiling did not notice that the second disc approaching him from behind. In the last second he turned around and tried to quickly dodge it. He quickly got up after what he thought was a successful maneuver from his side though he had this strange feeling that he was losing power. Cell was laughing triumphantly at him.

"Take a look at your tail Goku!"

Goku quickly grabbed his own tail but couldn't find it. He felt his bum and the hole where the tail was and could only feel a very small tail that could easily fit in his palm was all that remained. But that was not all of it. He could see the red fur disappearing, how his hair grew back to its original size and how his power slipped away. He had lost his transformation and all the power that came with it. Cell stopped laughing and the next second Goku took a blow to his stomach so hard that he couldn't feel how he smashed down to the ground next to the stage. He could hear the Announcer literally shouting in his microphone but he was very dizzy and couldn't catch anything of what he said.

Meanwhile in one of the VIP rooms, booked by a rich businessman the door knocked. One of the bodyguards to the man went to open the door. A very tall man stood in the door opening. He had long black hair, wore blue jeans and a dark blue shirt of sorts. A red scarf covered his neck and a golden belt with the letters RR was strapped around his waist.

"I'm sorry but this is a private ro-"

The bodyguard fell down to the ground with a large hole in his chest. Next the hole room was covered in an inferno as the strange man blew it up with no effort at all. Five bodies had been incinerated in the process and a dozen of people who had seats below the room had been crushed by falling debris from the explosion. Panic spread through the arena like the wind as people ran towards the exits. The tall man was just about to turn around and go back into the hallway where he had come from but someone stood in his way. A dark haired man wearing glasses and a green jacket.

END OF 29th TENKAICHI BUDOKAI SAGA