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Chapter 47: Bryco Takes the Helm! Vegeta and Bryco vs Cell Part 1!

Artificial Humans Saga Part 2: The Rise of Cell- Part 1

[Musical Cue #1: Opening- Chase by batta (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable OP 2)]

[Musical Cue #2: Legacy of Goku 2 Opening Theme]

[Musical Cue #3: Ending: Monster by Skillet]


The two full-blooded Saiyan warriors stood in front of the nightmarish creature frozen in their fighting stances and shocked and sickened expressions plastered all over their faces, much to the delight of the creature, who just exhaled once more, letting the wails of the souls of the people that it had drunk with its tail to come out like steam from its beak-mouth.

As much as the two were hating to admit it, that thing was terrifying them, to the point that the massively chill killing intent it was emitting prevented the prince from transforming on the spot just from the fear alone. The monstrous being took a step forward towards them as it smiled lightly. "What'ssssss the matter? Don't tell me the proudesssssst, loudesssssst and bravesssssst warrior race isssssss afraid of little old me?" it said with arrogance oozing from its frame in unfathomable amounts, to the point that it could have matched Freeza, as well as Vegeta earlier during the day.

Managing to put on a brave face, the flame-haired elite took a step forward. "Afraid, why should I be afraid of a lowly bug?" he asked with his bravado as he gave a rise to a smirk of his face. His body shook lightly, showing that despite his bet efforts, he couldn't completely hide his fear.

Seeing that, the taller of the two Saiyan smirked himself as he took a step forward, his body shaking as well. "Says the little scared princess." he said with a mocking tone to his former boss, making the prince turn his head and focus on him as he stood next to the shorter man. "You're so scared that you're shaking in your boots." Bryco continued to talk towards his prince in a condescending tone, despite his body shaking with fear as well.

The comment angered Vegeta enough that it made him forget about his fear of the creature as he turned around and looked up into the eyes of his supposed "ally". "That's filthy rich coming from you, coward! You're a backstabbing traitor, you have no right to talk to mock me after all these years!" he shouted as he ground his teeth and clenched his fist in front of the spiky-haired Saiyan's face.

However, Vegeta's comment made Bryco feel the same feelings of anger and contempt towards the flame-haired prince, as he grabbed the shorter elite by the collar of his spandex suit and snarled. "Calling me a backstabber?! That takes a lot of nerves, especially coming from the guy who killed Nappa, who took care of us since we were little children!" the taller Saiyan shouted furiously as he increased his ki level slightly as his grasp tightened.

Snarling back, the prince quickly retorted. "I have no need of anyone! Not weaklings like Nappa, not traitors like you and Raditz, and definitely not some idiot low-class clown like Kakarot! I'm the greatest Saiyan to ever exist, so I have no need of assistance from losers like you!" the prince shouted as he angrily ranted in the face of his former ally as he grabbed the wrist of the red-spandex wearing fighter.

Said fighter snarled again with contempt and anger. "Loser?! We'll see who's the loser when I'll smash your skull in!" he declared furiously as he raised his right hand to punch the prince, who just growled at the aggressor, all the while both Saiyans completely ignored the real foe that was in front of them.

Looking at the two, the being looked absolutely baffled at the sight of two people who were supposed to be allies arguing with such ferocity and he believed they would soon start fighting each other rather than him. While it would be a way to kill both of them, some part in it's mind told it not to do so. Instead the creature clenched his hands into fists and started to power up.

"Ahhhhh..." he started his power up with a whisper that slowly grew louder and louder by the seconds. Parts of the pavements and cement of the road started to crack and float up around the being as it raised its power further and further, just to get the attention of the two fighters in front of it. "Stop ignoring me, goddammit! I was doing the scene perfectly! AH!" it screamed at the top of his lungs as the tone of his raspy voice turned more childish as with a final scream it released a powerful white shockwave, from which both fighters jumped back in time.

The two grounded their teeth as they felt the overwhelming power erupting from the monster, to the point that their bodies shook slightly after landing a bit further than the explosive attack. However, their jaws dropped to the floor with horror as they actually focused on his ki signature. "Impossible, how... how can this be? What is he?" Bryco asked with utter shock in his deep voice as he started to sweat buckets from his body.

Vegeta's body reacted in the same manner as his supposed "ally" as he clenched his hands into fists and bit his lower lip. He wasn't wearing his armor and his spandex suit was still torn apart from the fight with the cyborg bitch, so he had less protective gear than usual. "Like I'd know!" he shouted angrily as his body also sweated profoundly.

The pair were sensing a sort of amalgamation of very, very, very familiar ki signatures. The first that they managed to recognize were their own ki signatures coming from the golden aura of the beast in front of them, who was tensing and flexing his muscles to release every drop of energy that it could.

Then they figured out the other signatures that the thing contained: Raditz, Kakarot, the Namekian and the three humans, all inside of the aura of what was standing in front of them. It finally at that time finished powering up, and it raised it's head to meet their eyes. "Well, seems like my monster speak shtick fell apart quickly." it said with a rather childish and disappointed tone. However it then smiled again. "Oh well, you two are dead men walking, so I can still savor this act, because I reeeeaaaallly want to be a horror movie villain." it talked in a rather jovial and immature tone as it made a gigantic leap above the pair in such a quick speed that they couldn't see it move, appearing behind them on top of a post light.


On top of Kami's Lookout,

Everyone froze as they felt the gigantic power level of the creature, running to where Kami was standing. The guardian himself was shaking so hard that if he didn't still use his cane despite his eternal youth, his body would have fallen to the ground. "This, this thing. It's a monster beyond the cyborgs itself. He is a far greater threat!" he said with fear in his voice as he was leaning on the cane while his body was completely drenched from sweat.

Tien and Yamcha looked down with their eyes wide with shock and jaws dropped. "I don't understand, why can I feel the ki signatures of everyone I know? Just what is going down in that town right now?" the former bandit asked as he fell to his knees from the intense sense of death that the aura itself carried.

Tien, however, became rather angry very quickly as he clenched his hand into a fist and ground his teeth with what was obviously frustration. "What's more, he's stronger than Vegeta as a Super Saiyan! That's just great! Every new guy that appears makes my training useless! FUCK!" he shouted angrily as he also fell to his knees and started to pound his fists on the tiles.

Suddenly the djinn began to laugh again for no apparent reason. "That's like me telling my ex-coworker to go and die. Ha!" the black-skinned being said as he kept talking with no inside voice, but the comment was ignored as Piccolo tried to meditate on the lookout, but failed.


The two Saiyans turned around as they managed to bring up some courage to face the being, despite its incredible power. "I've got to say," the blue-skinned creature started talking with an unfettered arrogance to his voice and confidence brimming from its frame. "I'm glad you didn't try to run, even though you two are like insects to me right now at you max power." it said with a malicious, gleeful smirk on its face.

This angered the prince as a vein throbbed on his forehead. "Oh yeah?! I'll show you where we sta-" he started to take a step forward, but the taller Saiyan put his right arm in front of the prince's face, stopping him in his tracks. "What the-" he began to ask as he gave the red-spandex wearing Saiyan an angry glare, to which the taller fighter kept a stoic expression.

"Vegeta wait," Bryco told the flame-haired elite telepathically with urgency in his voice. "I have an idea to uncover whatever he is. Plus I want to fight first." he said as he looked at the monster and smirked lightly.

Vegeta growled. "And why in all that is holy, aka me, should I do that?" the royal warrior asked telepathically as he entered a battle stance and glared at his former worker.

The spiky-haired full-blooded Saiyan glared at his supposed "ally" with intensity in his eyes. "Because when we were kids, we learned never to immediately show our Ace in the Hole. Right now the Super Saiyan transformation is that ace, and whatever techniques you have are also aces. I'll draw his attention so you can figure out how he fights and kick his ass in case I go down. Right now, any info I can get from him will give us an advantage." the middle-class Saiyan explained his plan through the telepathic link he shared with the arrogant prince.

Meanwhile, the monster just looked at the pair with a perplexed expression as he just saw them staring at one another with intensity in their eyes. "Okay seriously, are you two gonna fuck or something? Because if so... that makes my tail hard." it said with an ecstatic tone to it's voice as saliva drops from the beak-mouth it possessed.

The prince finally appeared to fold, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Tsk, whatever." he said as he took a step backwards, much to the interested gaze of the creature.

Bryco smiled as he glared into the eyes of the monster. "Okay then, here is our request before we die: tell us everything about you." the Z-Fighter requested of the thing with a very polite tone.

This surprised the creature, as he was actually taken aback for several seconds before responding. "R-really? That's new. Most people never ask "who", or "what". They just ask "why"..." it said with a smirk rising to it's face as it's voice deepened as he said the last word, making both Saiyan tensing their bodies.

The monstrous being then relaxed his body as he started talking. "I don't have many important things to say about myself," it said as its tail was smacking the ground several times. "but I can say that I have been hibernating for several long years, and now I'm extremely hungry." it said with a smile on its face as it exhaled once more, allowing the wailing, screaming souls to be heard. "What's more, I'm on a quest to gain power, to become...perfect." it said with an absolute orgasmic tone to it's raspy voice, making the creature's body shake.

The spiky-haired Saiyan looked at him with curiosity. "What do you mean 'perfection'?" he asked with an intrigued tone to his deep voice as he let his arms rest at his sides, while also closing his palms into fists. He also started to increased the level of his power very slowly.

The monster smirked as it looked at the taller of the two Saiyans. "Ah, I see... trying to gain info on me?" it said with a smug tone to its voice while crouching on the lamppost. "Well, since you'll be dead in a minute, it doesn't really matter. You see, I came here from an alternate timeline, traveling back in time to one year before Cooler's attempted invasion." it started to explain with its unsettling smirk on its face.

The two saiyans heard what he said and the detail of time travel immediately caught their attention. This time, it was the prince who perked up. "Time travel? That means-" he started to say with cold and stoic composure as he glared at the thing.

The blue-skinned creature smile widened at hearing the words of the Saiyan elite. "That's right Vegeta, in another timeline, I killed your baby boy. Attacked him from behind and drank him before he could realize what happened." it said with evil glee in its voice as it chuckled with joy. Then it stood up once more, balancing itself perfectly on the lamppost and spread its arms apart while flexing its chest forward, creating a cross-like stance. "And when I'll get my hands on the cyborgs, I'll be unstoppable! Hahahahaha!" the monstrous being declared loudly and proudly as it went into a boisterous, maniacal laugh.

Bryco then took another step forward as he smiled a bit. "Now then, last two questions: first, what is your name?" he asked with interest as he glared at the enemy above him.

This caught the creature unprepared, as he stopped laughing on the spot and started to scratch its V-crow exoskeleton on its head. "Well shit. I was never given a name before, so I guess I'll have to pick one right?" he asked as he scratched its head faster and faster as it had trouble thinking on a name for itself. Finally after about half-a-minute, its eyes brightened and a smile appeared on its face. "Wait, I know! Call me "Cell", and I'm a male." Cell said as he decided upon a name and his tone got slightly more serious as he bent forward and put his forearm on its right knee. "And what is you're last question?" he asked with as he licked his beak-mouth with hunger.

Bryco smirked as he raise his arms slightly while keeping them at his sides. "Do you want to see something cool?" he asked with a jovial tone while keeping a large grin on his face. Now his power was starting to grow in a faster pace, which both the prince and the monster noticed.

Cell felt his blood pumping in his veins, as if something was calling him to answer the question with a positive answer. "Show me." he said with interest as saliva started to fall from his mouth.

The smirk on the Saiyan's face grew wider as winds started to blow around the area, or to be more precise, wind currents were blasting out of his frame, carrying dust around the area. Veins throbbed across his arms as his hair started to move in the wind just slightly. "You won't be disappointed." he said as air currents exploded upwards around his frame.

The blue-spandex wearing elite warrior watched this display and felt the increasing power, which angered him. "No way... don't tell me..." he said as he snarled and ground his teeth angrily as he was pushed back a bit by the explosive force.

[Begin Musical Cue #2: Legacy of Goku II opening theme]

The muscles of the tall defender of Earth bulged slightly while the ground itself was shaking hard, causing all the lamppost in the streets to be ripped apart from the ground, causing Cell to jump off and land safely on the ground as he felt a gigantic surge of power swelling up inside the man in front of him.

"Ahhhh..." the Saiyan raised his voice as a low scream came from his mouth, his black eyes turning emerald in an instant while his hair was flailing in the wind freely. Beneath his feet a golden glow appeared in the shape of a circle around his feet, with the ground outside of the golden circle cracking and quaking, as debris started to float around his frame.

"Ahhhhh..." he continued to stretch his voice as he crouched slightly while bringing his hands closer to his chest, raising only his hands and forearms. At this point his hair started to change colors while the power was increasing, which shocked the monster to the point that his jaw actually opened up a bit in amazement.

The spiky hair suddenly turned gold for two seconds before returning to its regular black color, with the power of the Saiyan growing further and further. Looking at this from behind and sensing it, despite the large amounts of dust interfering with his eyesight, Vegeta could easily understand what his "ally" was doing. "You kill stealing jackass! You lied so you can have him all to yourself?!" he shouted angrily as he snarled and covered his eyes with his arms.

The hair turned gold again as this time a powerful explosive burst of air extended out of the frame of the transforming warrior, which pushed back both the prince and the bug monster several meters backwards. "Ahhh!" he started to scream louder and louder as the ground and asphalt around him actually split apart into chasms.

Bryco then took one final breath of air as the wind around him span faster and faster, reaching to the point that it broke glass windows apart and blew away cars and cloths that were surrounding him, as well as the other two combatants. "AAAHHHH!" he roared at the top of his lungs as suddenly there was a gigantic golden blast, spreading golden fire everywhere and emitting a powerful golden light.

As it quickly died down, both Cell and Vegeta looked around them to see everything covered with golden fire, burning clothes to ashes and lighting up cars to the point of blowing them up instantly, which caused many tremors around them. Finally they saw the tall defender of Earth standing in the center of the chaos and destruction around them, with a harsh, golden flame covering his frame as an aura, spiky golden locks that moved in the wind and emerald eyes glaring at the monster with a smirk of confidence on his face.

"Now this, Cell, is called a Super Saiyan transformation. Time for us to fight." he said as he stood with his arms at his sides and fists clenched hard while dust was pushed away from his frame and his aura burned with great intensity, which caused Cell's aura to spring forth and flow around his frame as well. He had a golden aura as well, but a little brighter than that of the Super Saiyan.

Vegeta took several steps forward while mumbling and cursing under his breath. "AH!" he shouted as golden aura surrounded him and his flame-like hair turned golden as well, with his eyes turning emerald as well. "You lying motherfucker! I won't accept this shit, do you hear me?!" the royal fighter screamed furiously at the top of his lungs at his supposed ally.

Bryco just raised his forearm to the point that his left arm was in a 90 degrees position, with the back of his hand facing Vegeta. Then the taller of the two Super Saiyans raised his left middle finger without even turning his head, making the price even angrier.

The tall fighter then took several step towards his monstrous foe. "Sit back and shut the hell up, princess. It's my time to shine." he said as he pulled his white gloves down his wrist to check if it was steady on his palms.

[End Musical Cue #2]

The monster and the Super Saiyan slowly entered a battles stance each as their glared into the eyes of the other, waiting for the other to make the first move. Cell made a step to move to his left, keeping his distance and doing what he could to stay on guard. His opponent stayed stationary in order to keep his distance as well.

It took several minutes of the two to actually annoyed Vegeta to his core. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and used his fingers to tap on his forearm as he growled from frustration as he waited for the two warriors to clash. Meanwhile, Bryco stood firm in his fighting stance while beads of sweat forming on his brow. 'Damn, he's patient. He wants me to charge ahead so he can evade my attack and stab me immediately with the stinger on his tail. Well, guess I'll have to.' he thought to himself as he bit his lip.

Then he suddenly charged forward at his opponent, cocking back his left hand to punch his foe, making Cell smile with a sinister smirk as he prepared to evade the punch. However, the Super Saiyan quickly landed on the ground about a few meters away from the creature, only to use the momentum to jump above the monster, shocking said monster instantly. "What?!" Cell said with surprise in his raspy voice as he looked up to see his opponent flipping above his head in the air.

Exactly during that time in the air, the golden-haired fighter extended his right arm, pointing it at his monstrous adversary. On his right glove, on the golden circular spot at the center of the white glove, he started to charge an orb of energy. While it was small at first, it took only about a few seconds, 5 at the maximum, for the attack to reach its full charge and power. Reacting quickly, the bug creature crossed his arms in a X-guard in order for him to brace fro impact of the attack.

Bryco smiled with confidence. "Prepare yourself for this. Geo-Blast!" he shouted at the top of his lungs as he fired the orb of ki at his opponent, which flew towards the bug at insane speed. It crashed against the guard of his foe, pushing the blue-skinned being backwards with incredible force as he sunk his legs in the ground, creating deep trenches with his armored legs in the ground as he skidded backwards. Cell then tried to push the attack away from himself, but the ball of energy had so much force and weight, that he could barely move it an inch, more so than trying to stop being pushed back.

Vegeta himself flew up into the air in order to stay out of the way, and at this point Bryco closed his right palm into a fist. "Detonate." he said calmly and out loud, as the green-blue orb suddenly exploded in the face of the bug-like monster, expanding in size as a powerful explosion engulfed the entire surrounding area, sending powerful winds everywhere, coloring the sky with a shade of green, shaking the planet itself to its core and making dust flow everywhere as a loud, deafening "BOOMMMMMMM!" sound ringed in the ears of both Super Saiyans.

The explosion quickly died down, letting the sky return to their regular color as the green dome of light quickly disappeared after the initial explosion itself ended. It took a while for the ground to stop shaking, causing many skyscrapers to collaps upon themselves, spreading millions of broken glass pieces everywhere, along with a ton of dust that was added to the dome of dust that was now the area of the explosion, or what remained of it.

As the area cleared, the explosion had put a large crater filled with brown ground and rocks everywhere. Dust was flowing everywhere as winds carried it far away. Now inside the once tight street was nothing but a giant hole of destruction. The red-spandex wearing golden warrior slowly descended to the ground as he looked around the area to see where his adversary is in the hole. 'There is no that thing is dead. It either tanked the entire attack or just used afterimage to evade right in time in order to-' he tried to get into the mind of the blue-skinned monster as suddenly he felt a gigantic spike in ki behind him.

The tail of the monster passed through the frame of the Saiyan, however the warrior soon faded into nothingness, as the tail merely pierced an afterimage, making Cell's eyes go wide. "Oh shit!" he shouted in his state of shock, only for the golden, short-spiky haired fighter to reappear right in front of the monster's face and send a powerful uppercut the orange exoskeletal stomach protector, breaking through it and making many cracks along it. While his punch was stopped enough to the point that it didn't pierce the stomach of the creature, it still hurt as all hell.

The beast took several steps backwards. "Dammit, that hurt!" he shouted angrily as he charged at the middle-class Saiyan, sending fast jabs that were headed towards him. The first jab was swatted aside by the Super Saiyan's left hand, with the second being swatted by the right. A third jab was aimed lower, towards the abdomen, but the golden fighter reacted quickly by hitting the hand downwards, deflecting it with an audible "FLACK!" sound echoing with the strike. Using this opportunity, Bryco sent a kick that hit Cell in the mouth, sending him flying backwards.

"Ow, my beak-mouth!" the monster said when the kick impacted him. He didn't fly long before regaining his balance and landing on the ground, created trenches with his feet as he skidded backwards, about 14 meters at most. When he finally managed to stop himself, he fell to one knee and wiped the purple blood that came out of his mouth. He saw the hot, purple liquid on his hand, making him glare at the tall fighter and growl. "Okay, let's see you handle this!" he shouted angrily as he charged forward much faster than before. The red-spandex wearing Z-Fighter looked shocked at this as he raised a X-shaped guard, but by the time he did, Cell's left arm just rode past the gaps and hit him in the face hard enough to send him flying faster than he sent Cell.

As he flew backwards at incredible speeds, the Super Saiyan raised his head to look at where his enemy stood, red blood flowing from his nose and mouth. 'Shit! Just as I thought, he's stronger and faster than me! Maybe I'll try test my fighting skills against his, and if that doesn't work, then it's back to the original plan.' he thought to himself with a bit of a frenzy as he felt blood flowing to his head. Suddenly he saw a shadow looming over his head, so he looked up only to see the blue-skinned being above him, who instantly rammed a double-ax-hammer into his forehead, sending him crashing into the ground, creating a large explosion of dust and rocks.

Cell landed right outside of where he sent his foe crashing and did several back flips backwards to gain some distance, in case the golden-haired Saiyan would try to attack with another of his Geo Blasts from point blank range. However, the monster smirked as he waited for his foe to rise up, hopefully be dazed enough so that he could be struck by the stinger and absorbed.

At that point a large blast of golden fire happened from the crater that was left by Cell's attack, with the Z-Fighter rising up from the crater with blood flowing from his forehead down his nose, blood flowing down from his nose into his mouth and blood flowing from his mouth down his chin and on the ground itself. He was also covered in several bruises as his golden wildfire of an aura surrounded his frame.

The Super Saiyan charged in at the creature, sending a blinding flurry of punches and kicks aimed all over the upper half of the monster, however, said creature defended and counterattacked using the same method, throwing fast punches and kicks towards the Super Saiyan. They exchanged blows for about twenty seconds, but to the surprise of the middle-class warrior, he was hitting far fewer blows, as Cell's attacks were not only stronger and faster, but far more precise, then finally a powerful blow landed in the center of his chest, sending him flying backwards on the ground, skidding backwards.

Panting, Bryco took his time getting up, as he used his hands to pull himself up from the ground and hunched forward while panting. However, this was a mistake for him, as suddenly Cell struck from behind and above, landing his foot on top of the back of Bryco's head, slamming him face first into the ground. Then Cell smirked as he started dragging the poor Z-Fighter around the ground, making trenches of dirt and rocks with the Saiyan's face. "What's wrong, giving up on this fight already?!" the monster asked mockingly as he laughed maniacally.

However, fighting spirit did not leave the defender of Earth, as suddenly his emerald eyes glowed and an explosive burst of air was released from his frame, sending Cell flying up into the air while making him spew a bit of saliva. Standing up, the golden-haired, full-blooded Saiyna panted as blood flowed all over his face, making it completely red. "Not yet!" he shouted as on the tips of the finger of his right hand, on each finger appeared a small ball of ki the size of the finger tips. He then cocked back his hand backwards as he glared his adversary. "Take this, Geo Trap Shooter!" he shouted as he fired the five orbs towards the bug monster, who simply evaded by flying higher, but the orbs followed him.

While Cell was trying to escape, Bryco then charged 10 more orbs of energy atop all the tip of all his fingers, firing them as a simultaneous barrage, before charging another 5 orbs on the top of his left hand fingers, sending it to follow after the hideous bug monster.

As more small orbs followed him, Cell began swapping them aside more and more as they charged towards him. He growled in frustration that they were constantly following him no matter what, including trying to destroy them, but that did not work. Then all 20 orbs suddenly stopped, making Cell take a sigh of relief. However, he didn't notice that the small orbs were surrounding him from all sized, making the Super Saiyan smirk.

The short-spiky haired fighter then pulled back his hands while also clenching them into fists. "Expand!" he shouted loudly with a deep voice filled with confidence as the orbs of energy started to quickly grown bigger and bigger every second, until they were about 20 meters in their height, much to the shock of the creature.

Then Bryco clapped both hands in front of his face, a loud audible echo ringing in the sky, since the clap created a massive shockwave that caused a small quake. "And Smash! Geo Blast Mega Barrage!" he shouted vigorously the name of his attack while grinding his teeth, and thus all twenty giant orbs smashed at insane speeds into Cell, creating a gigantic explosion in the sky that eclipsed the detonation of the Geo Blast by at least five times in size.

The explosions colored the skies green once again as they sent a humongous shockwave that sent the royal Super Saiyan flying backwards, ragdolling in the air in insane speed, slamming into an outer wall of a skyscraper. The shockwave also blaster apart several upper floors of several skyscrapers while also sending powerful gusts of wind in every direction: North, South, East and West.

The ground tumbled, quaked, shook and cracked apart beneath the area of the fighting, making the tall middle-class Saiyan float up in the sky while covering his eyes by crossing his arms over his face while also flying back from the winds that were caused by his attack.

Then, after about a minute of continues shaking, quaking and powerful gusts of wind, the explosions died down and the color of the sky returned to their normal blue colors and all that was left in the sky was a gigantic screen of black smoke. A few seconds later, the Super Saiyan noticing something, a trail of smoke separating from the big central cloud of black smoke and heading down. It was thin, and it was definitely the bug-like being he was fighting against. He charged forward at his top speed while cocking back his left hand as a fist, preparing to strike.

As he reached the separate trail on smoke, he saw Cell falling down into the ground, his eyes closed, mouth open and gargling with pain while his entire frame was filled with nasty burns and most of of exoskeleton was cracked all over the place or broken. Without hesitation, Bryco sent a thunderous haymaker, which slammed like a sledgehammer into the cheek of his opponent, causing him to spew blood and fly back in a mach cone, as the impact sent the bug creature so fast it broke the sound barrier.

The golden-haired fighter followed, sending a fast barrage of punches into the chest of his adversary, causing the eyes of said adversary to go wide with pain, as an uppercut from Bryco crashed into his chin with a "BRISH!" sound, sending him upwards higher into the sky. Preparing to finish his chain of attacks, the full-blooded Super Saiyan appeared above the blue-skinned monster as he prepared to perform an axe-kick, but as he sent his leg down like a hammer, it cut through the frame of his monstrous foe, who became transparent, as the attack seemed to go through an afterimage.

Appearing about 10 meters away from the Super Saiyan, Cell panted as he glared daggers of hatred at his foe. "Damn you and your damn attacks. I'm about to repay you for that, you bastard." it said with absolute cold and chilling hatred and fury in his voice, as he cupped his arms to his side.

"Allow me to show you what you're really facing." it said as it entered a very, very, very familiar stance. "Ka..." it started to chant his attack as many tiny orbs of energy started to gather in between his cupped palms.

Bryco's eyes widen in complete shock as he realized which attack his opponent was starting to charge. 'No, that's impossible! The Kamehameha is Kakarot's technique!' he thought to himself in disbelief as he started to float backwards, sweating buckets as he looked at the azure light that was starting to form in between the palms of the killed bug.

"Me..." Cell continued to charge his attack as now the tiny orbs formed into a small, singular ball of energy the size of a tennis ball.

"WHAT!" the prince angrily shouted from afar as he tried to use anger to cover his disbelief as well, as his body started to shake with both fear and excitement as he saw this.

"Ha..." the monstrous being continued to charge the famous technique as the ball between his cupped palms grew bigger and bigger with every moment that he charged it. At the same time, the red-spandex wearing Super Saiyan was staring at his foe with a shocked expression on his face.

"Me..." Cell chanted on as now the orb in his cupped palms grew enough to reach the palms, as the energy attack was throbbing with condensed destructive power. "HAAAAA!" then he fired the attack at his foe, traveling so fast with such force that Bryco could barely react.

Luckily for him, he managed to move to his left at the last second before being hit by the beam attack fired by the killer bug-like being, leaving an afterimage for the azure-colored attack to pass through while also passing right beside the head of the real Bryco, as sweat poured from his brow and rolled down his skin as he grunted and ground his teeth. As the beam traveled on, it impacted the top of a skyscraper, blowing up with such force that it atomized an entire block behind the muscular frame of the short-spiky haired Super Saiyan.

"Wha- how could you possibly perform Kakarot's attack with such accuracy. From what I gather, that technique is pretty hard to master, and you definitely didn't study under that old pervert Roshi. So who are you?" the middle-class defender of Earth inquired angrily as he ignited his golden aura around himself.

Cell just chuckled as a retort, before opening his mouth. "That doesn't matter. You won't find out anything else about me, because I will take you power and eat your soul." he said as he charged forward, flying at breakneck speed. He cocked back his hand and smiled devilishly as he prepared to attack.

Seeing this, the Super Saiyan immediately floated backwards as fast as he could, managing to form enough distance for him to gain a second more for him to raise his left forearm to block the incoming punch of his adversary. A powerful shockwave sent debris everywhere as he immediately retaliated with a powerful kick that landed on the chin of the beast, sending him backwards a few meters before the monster regained his balance.

Not giving the bug-like monster any time to rest, the middle-class Super Saiyan charged in, closing the distance in almost a second. He started to fire a rapid barrage of punches into the face and torso of his opponent, shouting at the top of his lungs as his attacks connected with the frame of the blue-skinned being. Finishing up his flurry of punches, he extended his left index and middle finger slightly away from the rest of the fingers that were clenched as a fist, ramming the entire fist into the left side of Cell's chest, which was covered in his cracked exoskeleton, from 1 inch away.

"CRACK!" a loud crunching sound was heard as the one-inch punch crashed into Cell's chest, cracking and breaking his natural armor in that area, making him gag and spew purple blood while flying backwards several meters with enough force to almost break the sound barrier.

"Gah!" he spat with a pain cry as he went soaring through the air for no more than 3 seconds, before crashing into a building, flying through several walls made of brick and steel as if they were made of paper, all the while Bryco was flying in after him. As he flew backwards and crashing through more walls, making "BOOM!", "FRAP!", "BROOF!" and "THRACKS!" sounds after breaking through each wall, the red-spandex wearing defender of Earth finally reached him.

Cocking back his left leg to perform a spear kick, the short-spiky golden haired warrior ignited his fiery, golden aura around his body. "This ends now! I win!" he shouted as he charged forth with a spear kick headed to the stomach of the creature, with the intent of ramming his leg through said creature. "AHHHH!" he screamed at the top of his lungs as he charged in like a golden bullet, reaching Cell just as he finally regained his balance and senses.

However, when the former PTO soldier saw what he did, he stopped in his tracks, the leg stopping only a few inches away from the stomach. "Wha-" he said as his eyes went wide with terror. "It can't be." he said as in front of his foot was the orange-colored exoskeleton that he punched right at the beginning of the fight. To his surprise, it wasn't broken at all, as if his fist never hit it at all.

Seeing the reaction of his foe, Cell smirked arrogantly. "Damn... guess you saw it, didn't you?" he asked rhetorically as he chuckled evilly. He then dashed backwards for several meters before stopping. He then clenches his palms into fists as he hunched forward. "Ahh..." an echo ominously rose from his mouth as his power started to emit out of his body for a few seconds. His body moved and moved ever so slightly, shaking as if something was happening to it.

Then Cell started to spazz out, his body shaking wildly as drool started to fall from his mouth and his eyes started to tilt back to the back of his skull. This process lasted for several seconds, much to the horror of his golden-haired opponent, who just stared in horror at the site of his foe like this, not knowing what's going on.

Then Cell's eyes returned to their regular condition, staring right into the eyes of his opponent, as the body stopped spazzing. He then gave him one quick smirk as he inhaled some air into his lungs. "AH!" he shouted as suddenly the missing chunks of his exoskeleton suddenly grew back from where they were missing: from the head, parts of the tail that were missing that grew back instantly, cracks along his entire armored frame closing up instantly. All of that happened at once and instantaneously, much to the horror of his Saiyan opponent.

Said Super Saiyan froze in place at the sight of this. "You can regenerate?" he asked with a frightened tone to his deep voice as he shuttered at this new development.

The monstrous being smiled devilishly and chillingly. "Yes, you can't do damage that I can't regenerate from. You lost the moment you stepped forward." he said arrogantly as a monstrous golden aura surrounded his frame as he charged at his foe, cocking back his right fist, to which Bryco only crossed his arms into a X-shaped guard to defend himself.

From the outside of the building there was a sudden and gigantic blast of dust coming from where the Z-Fighter flew into, with said Z-Fighter flying backwards in breakneck speed out of the cloud of dirt that gathered from the attack, blood spraying out of his mouth. He quickly raised his head as he saw his dangerous, blue-skinned foe charging after him.

Cell pressed the fingers of his right hand against one another, preparing a knife-hand strike. He quickly reached his target, raising his hand above his head, preparing to chop the golden-haired fighter's head into half, but as he swiftly slashed down, his hand passed through an afterimage, much to the shock of the bug-looking beast.

"Shit." he said as he stopped moving and started to float in one spot. He then looked to all sides, searching for his adversary. "I can see him anywhere." he said as he then squinted his eyes and clenched his hands into fists. He floated in his spot for a few more seconds, after which he relaxed his armored body. "Can't sense him either. I'm surprised he could lower his ki to such a degree so quickly." Cell complemented his foe as he just sighed and floated in his spot.


Bryco was hiding inside an office building. He ripped the right sleeve of his spandex suit, wiping away all the blood that was smeared all over his face and was still dripping, making a trail to location he was hiding in. His golden hair has reverted back to its normal black color and his eyes turned back from emerald to black as he entered a cubicle and collapsed against the wall of said cubicle, pressing his back against it.

He was breathing pretty hard. His wounds cost him a in terms of stamina, despite the fact that he still had enough energy for at least two dozens of Geo Blast Mega Barrages and over thirty regular Geo Blasts. He felt his consciousness slip a little as he kept breathing hard, panting and huffing continuously.

He activated his ki sense to feel if his enemy has entered the room, but he didn't feel anything, making him sigh in relief. He then took the blood-soaked sleeve of his suit and wrapped it around his injured forehead, to stop what bleeding he had going from it. He ground his teeth as he tied it to his forehead tight.

'Shit, shit!' he thought to himself as he panted nervously while lying in the cubicle, wracking his brain about the situation. 'What do I do? This is worse than anything I fought before.' he thought to himself as he breathed faster and faster as he was starting to lose himself in his state of panic.

'Wait Bryco, take a deep breath' he thought to himself as he slowly stopped panicking and took a deep breath, slowly relaxing himself. 'and think' he thought to himself as he slowly calmed down, taking deeper and deeper breathes. He relaxed his body as he now started to think with a more clear head.

'Okay, he is something I've never seen before. He knows Kakarot's technique and can regenerate.' he thought to himself as he stated the facts that he knew about Cell by counting his fingers of his left hand, reaching to three fingers. 'He is also superior to me physically' he thought to himself calmly as he raised his ring finger, continuing to tell himself what he already knows. 'and when he first met Vegeta and I, he knew both of our names.' he finished counting the facts as he raised his last left finger.

His panting and huffing slowly became fewer as he focused his mind on the task at hand. 'Remember what Nappa said when you were a kid: "If you meet an alien you can't overpower, treat it carefully.", too bad he never took his own advice.' the middle-class fighter thought to himself as he pressed his back more against the wall of the cubicle.

'Now, this Cell guy has natural traits that aid him in combat, and if I want to defeat him, I need to solve his mystery: what is he and what is he fully capable of.' the defender of Earth thought to himself with a focused mind as he smirked at the prospect of a challenge now, instead of panicking like before. 'This actually might be pretty fun. It's not everyday that I need to work my mind in a fight.' he thought to himself as he felt the exhilarating sensation of blood pumping through his body. The desire to fight was coming back to him now greater than ever.

He started to push himself up, as he sat a bit and managed to get off the floor, crouching as he smiled at the thought of getting back into the fight. 'Yeah, I can do this. I may have taken a bit of a beating, but if I can figure a weakness to his regeneration, I can gain the upper hand.' he thought to himself with confidence as he peeked outside of the cubicle, only to see the shadow of his opponent entering the room, forcing him to hide, pressing his back against the wall of his cubicle and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.

"You're probably thinking to yourself: "If I can find the weakness of his regeneration, I can defeat him." am I wrong?" he heard the raspy voice of his adversary ask what he just thought about, causing his eyes to go wide with shock as he felt a chill going down his spine.

'Shit, of course! He showed me his regeneration capabilities just to direct my actions to his desirable course, dammit!' the full-blooded Saiyan thought to himself as he started to sweat again and his body shook slightly. He also growled silently under his breath.

"Hm... from the blood drops on the floor, I can certainly see that you went to the right, to one of the office cubicles." he heard the voice of the bug-looking creature's voice getting closer to him, as he heard the echoing sound of his footsteps making a "CLANG!" sound upon making contact with the ground.

"No no no." the red-spandex wearing warrior whispered with concern in his voice as beads of sweat fell from his brow and mixed with the blood that remained on his face while pressing his back against the wall of the cubicle, grinding his teeth nervously as he waited to see if the monster would go past his hiding spot or attack him.

"Oh, by the way, I knew where you were the second I finished saying my first sentence. I could hear every sound you made." he said smugly with a chilling sensation of killing intent coming right from behind the wall of the cubicle, causing Bryco to jump up, golden color rising to his short-spiky hair as his eyes turned emerald, all in a single instance.

A green-blue of ki suddenly appeared in the middle of his palm as he extended his arm right into the face of the blue-skinned monster, which had a shit-eating grin plastered all over his face. "Eat this! Geo Blast!" he shouted angrily as he fired his attack, but it seemed to pass right through Cell, who used an afterimage to avoid the point blank attack and appear right above his opponent.

"Not gonna happen!" the bug-looking monster shouted as he slammed down a double-ax-hammed, but the Super Saiyan jumped to the left at the last second and raised both of his arms, a small orb of ki on the tio of each of his ten fingers. "Geo Blast Mini-Gun!" he shouted in an act of desperation as he rapid fired a long volley of finger-sized Geo Blast in the speed at incredible speed towards his foe, each exploding with great force and sending the armored beast backwards through the cubicles of the floor.

After firing enough small blasts to break some parts of the exoskeleton on the chest of Cell, Bryco charged forward, slamming a thunderous haymaker into the cheek of his monstrous adversary, sending him through the wall of the building and out into the sky once more.

Cell quickly managed to regain his balance as he floated mid air. The red-spandex fighter also flew outside, stopping a safe distance away from him. Then for about ten seconds they just stared at one another while panting. The Cell growled, hunched forward and clenched his hands into fists. "AHHHH!" he roared as he powered up, his power rising to even more than before. He wasn't that much stronger than before, but enough to give his opponent a harder time than before, as a sickly golden aura enveloped him.

"Playtime's over, Bryco!" he shouted as he charged forward as the Super Saiyan entered a fighting stance and ignited his blazing aura around him. However, Cell slowed down when he saw something heading his way, something that glowed blue. He glanced aside only to see a ball of energy heading straight towards him at incredible speed.

The armored monster stopped his momentum and quickly flew backwards, right in time for the attack to blow past him, making the creature sweat as it grunted while watching the ball go past his face. The basketball sized ki attack then flew towards a skyscraper in the distance, detonating against the building and destroying several floors in the explosion.

Both fighters then looked at the source of the attack, with Cell looking left and Bryco looking right, as both saw Vegeta, the golden aura of Super Saiyan enveloping him, with his right arm extended forward. "I've had enough watching such a pahetic fight." he said as Bryco merely spat blood in the direction of the flame-haired prince. "Now it's my turn." he declared as a smirked of arrogance and confidence rose to his face.

{To Be Continued]


[Musical Cue #3: Ending- Monster by Skillet]


With the fight against Cell and Bryco reaching it's climax, Vegeta decides to take the fight to Cell by himself. Can he be the one to discover the mystery of Cell and defeat him? Will anyone else come to their aid? What exactly is Cell and what will solving his mystery unveil? Why are the cyborgs part of his plan? Find out on the next chapter of Changed Path...

Woah boy, took me a little bit more than a week this time around. Kind of surprised myself too. I originally wanted to make the entire fight one chapter, but I decided to make it longer to give my OC character some time to show that he can also kick ass, since all he did against Dr. Gero and Dr. Wheelo was being a battery for Gero. Now I had him fight Cell as a Super Saiyan, unveiling his transformation completely, in front of Vegeta no less. Did you guys enjoyed the fight?

Now the whole mystery thing. After watching Dragon Ball Z Dissection, I decided against revealing every piece of information about Cell, even if all you nice readers know everything. The reason is that the characters know nothing, and slowly gaining intel about him and uncovering everything while he is in his Imperfect Form is such a great opportunity for that. Also, I'm a Jojo fan and despite being incapable of writing something something that is even a third as complex as a Stand Battle, the idea of uncovering a mystery to gain the upper hand is just really good and fits very well with Cell in my opinion.

R&A:

R: This was a good follow up to the last chapter honestly. There isn't too much to say about it other than the numerous threads that are being tied together.

Piccolo and Kami playing a dangerous game of Will They, Won't They. With Cell on the horizon I assume they will, but you have thrown numerous curveballs into the game before. Kami's reasoning for not fusing was great too, another play to logic.

Bulma and Trunks' interaction was nice. The saving of Cell's egg is the only big thing that stands out to me there. Probably nothing important, but one can never be sure with how creative others can be.

Cell's introduction was very well thought out. I could have done without the eerie looming lyrics, but that is just me, but I can also admit you built this atmosphere of a monster. The redesign of Cell interested me. Blue and orange coloration in the same positions as a Turtle School gi subtle but a nice detail.

Pretty good bridging chapter and I know that there is more spectacular things to come from this chapter. Especially the upcoming fight. "Fight the Monster?! Bryco and Vegeta versus Cell" in old school DBZ naming convention.

See you next update.

A: Next update is here! Right now, Piccolo and Kami aren't fusing. They will eventually, but not right now. No, there are other means to get stronger *wink wink*, not that it will help Piccolo much.

Saving Cell's egg is a part to discover the mystery. Studying it will work along with the search in the underground basement of Gero's lab, aka secret lab. Having both these scenes together will really help in the flow of finding out more about Cell.

Oh yes, I thought a lot of Cell's introduction. I wanted it to feel like a horror movie, and this chapter kinda continues his horror movie villain motif while also showing that he is powerful. Last chapter was to show his capability for terror and while the redesign with the coloring is a bit of a coincidence that it's the same colors of the Turtle School, it's more intended so his perfect form will have the dark-blue color that he has in Dragon Ball FighterZ (I'm sure you can find what I mean easily).

So what did you think of Bryco's new fighting style and attacks. I think I'll explain a bit more about it in the next chapter, but this is what I've been waiting to show in this fight. This is what I imagined most when it first came up to my mind. Also, what do you think about Vegeta and Beryco fighting Cell during his introduction rather than Kamicolo?

Okay everyone, that's all for now. Have a nice week and see you next time.