Okay, I promise this is an actual chapter, but the top part here will essentially be a mini blog of geeking out from Kamehacon.

OH MY GOD, Vic Mignogna is the kindest person in person. It's shocking. He stayed after hours when everything was closing to finish his lines and meet everyone. His line was 3 times longer than Christopher Sabat's, which itself was at least an hour wait. Jeez.

All sorts of cool people there. Dallas and Irving were amazing. Sonny Strait is really cool.

THE TEAM FOUR STAR PANEL WAS THE GREATEST THING OF THE CONVENTION! I got to meet Lani, Kaiser, Taka, Kirran, and Grant. ALL of them are amazing, funny, charismatic, and I was a stuttering mess, but managed a half hour chat. Kirran is surprisingly the most approachable and easiest to get along with. SUPER CHILL guy. If you watch the panel online, I was, I believe, the second question asking what Trunks' joke would be to get King Kai training. Enjoyable response with all the Trunks and Vegeta mockery they had. Also, I petition the convention to change the name to Galick Con. There's even some sold artwork at the convention of Trunks with the captions "princess trunks". I can't even. At least I got my Lelouch (Code Geass), Bardock, Gogeta, and Android 18 figurines for decoration.

Downsides of the trip: … I spent so much money... a semi truck almost killed me in Arkansas and made a mini van spin out of the road... my legs and voice are both sore as hell. Seththeprogrammer is still an arrogant guy who doesn't understand context of statements. Dragon Ball D&D where a bunch of monks fight the red ribbon army, while entertaining, got stale pretty fast unless you were able to just do stupid stuff (Which I did! HA!)

Finally, I apologize for the long wait. Semester is almost over! YES!

Anyway, where was I, oh YES, SS2 Vegeta! BADMAN! ONWARD BRAVE HEROES!

The smoke billowed out and dispersed in the wind. All eyes on the battlefield were stuck looking at the Prince. His left arm's sleeve and glove were gone. His armor was shattered on one side. Blood around his body began to evaporate and spark off in the small bursts of static. His eyes remained locked on the monster in front of him.

Nearby, Raditz stares with wide eyes, but releases a sigh. "I was right... and we're never gonna hear the end of this from him." Gohan lands next to his uncle, breathing heavily. His eyes remain trained on Cell. Raditz glances to his nephew. "hey, kid. How you holding up?" His smile disappears seeing Gohan's stone cold glare directed at Cell.

The monster still had energy pointed down at Goku. Gohan's teeth ground. "Stop... it... Get... off him..." Gohan mutters, eyes losing focus. Raditz looks elated for a moment. However, he knows the cost of that. For now...

"Hey, let Vegeta try his hand."

Gohan's eyes narrowed. "What, is there another android to let Cell absorb?" His hair lifts for a millisecond, and the comment takes Raditz off guard. That's... more aggressive than the boy has ever said anything. Maybe Goku can... Maybe Piccolo can-

Raditz snaps his eyes to the plateau, where Piccolo stands in awe as the only man standing with three Cell Jrs around him. Yamcha, Tien, and Krillin are all down... where's 16?

Cell stares on at Vegeta. His shocked expression drops to one of disappointment. "Are you serious?" He sighs. "Didn't Trunks try this already? Simply powering up isn't going to do anything to me, Prince. To think I gave you credit that you wouldn't try this stunt."

Vegeta's wide glaring eyes don't bat a lash. Nothing comes back at Cell.

"Oh?... Cat has your tongue? Or is it monkey with you people? HA, don't worry, I couldn't even hazard a guess what animal would be associated with me."

Vegeta's eyes narrow. "Insubordinate insect." He mutters with hatred.

Cell smiles. "Ah, there's a bit of bark. Too bad, the bite is far gone. Children! Someone test the Prince please." He turns his head away from Vegeta, aiming his Death Beam at Goku and ignoring Vegeta's presence.

The nearest Jr leaps up from Raditz side and laughs with glee. He fires off towards Vegeta. The Prince's eyes snap to the Jr coming at him. The Jr snickers as disappears in a flicker. He reappears behind the Saiyan, both hands forward charging a ball of ki into Vegeta's back. "You're too slow!" The high pitched voice squawks.

The ball fires, Vegeta's body flickering out of sight. The attack hits the ground in the distance and detonates. The Jr looks in shock before his body crumples from the force of a devastating punch in the gut.

The Jr chokes out for air, floating gently down to the ground as Vegeta steps away from him. The Jr turns his head to look at the Saiyan in horror. Vegeta's death glare stares back as one hand comes out. The Jr rolls onto his side, bringing up one hand. It rasps out. "Dodon ray!"

The beam strikes the Prince in the head, splitting and veering off the Saiyan's forehead to either side into the sky... and the Prince stares at him cold and uncaring. His hand gathers power. "... Big Bang Attack..."

The Jr gasps in horror as he and the entire 100 yards behind him is vaporized in an instant by Vegeta's blast.

Everyone gasps in shock from the scene. Even Gohan calms down a bit upon seeing Vegeta dispatch the Cell Jr with haste. Cell is forced to look up from Goku at the Prince, gasping. Vegeta holds his cold stare on the debris in front of him until he's sure the Cell Jr is dead. Vegeta slowly turns his head towards Cell.

The big green bug stares on in shock until he composes himself, a light bead of sweat on his brow. "Well... WELL! It seems you have some bite for that bark after all!" He laughs out loud and lifts his Death Beam finger from Goku. "Here... if you're so desperate for glory." He fires off three rapid fire Death Beams at Vegeta.

The first one hits an After Image of Vegeta, the Prince ducking his head to the right. The second misses the second After Image as Vegeta dodges left. The last misses Vegeta's chest as he leans and twists back. Vegeta's foot plants on the ground as he stands sideways away from Cell, his glaring eyes still locked on the monster. Each movement leaves an image trying to catch up to his current stance. Cell narrows his eyes and looks serious. Is... is this the challenge Bardock spoke of?

Goku stares wide eyed at Vegeta, smirking and chuckling. "Hey... what do you know? I think you got his number, Vegeta."

Cell glares at Goku for a moment, but smiles. "Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves." He grins at the challenge. "Here you are, Vegeta. Finally ready to assert yourself and move on up in the world! Children!"

The remaining six Jr's all lift into the air, ready to hear orders.

Cell smiles. "Cancel that order to kill everyone." He chuckles. He gestures for one to come to him. Quickly, another Jr from beside Gohan and Raditz comes over. Cell nods his head towards Goku. "Keep him company for me." He looks at the two with the Saiyans. "You two keep on them." He glances at the plateau. "You three, keep an eye on them."

Cell walks forward, still holding the bag of Senzu beans. He quickly checks the bag. "Hm... only five beans left." He snickers, sending a glance at Goku. "Oh, who am I kidding. We won't be needing them."

He tosses the bag up and fires on it, igniting the bag in flames. Krillin, barely able to lift his head, croaks out. "No!" Damn it. They need those for Goku! He watches the flaming bag quickly fizzle out, clenching his eyes in frustration.

Piccolo narrows his eyes and yells out. "Vegeta! End this quickly! Goku needs to be brought to Dende!"

The Namekian is cut off as a Cell Jr slams into his back, knocking him forward. Two more land around him. He curses himself as he looks on towards the battle.

Vegeta doesn't even spare a glance at the Namekian getting ganged up on. His intense stare stays locked on Cell as wisps of lightning radiate off him every few seconds. Cell still had his smirk plastered on. "Oh, I'm actually surprised you aren't shooting your mouth off! I see you're stronger than before. Tell me, what power is this?"

". . ." Vegeta's eyes narrow.

"Ah, I see!" Cell chuckles. "You traded your voice for power! That would certainly give a power boost in your case." Cell snickers. "It's where I get it from, after all. Funny that I inherited that, but Trunks didn't-"

The monster is cut off as Vegeta's fist slams into his gut. Cell coughs out in pain, shocked. His eyes snap to Vegeta's as the prince wrenches his fist out his gut. Cell coughs as he stumbles backward. His arms wrap around his gut, almost doubling over. He looks at Vegeta, eyes wide. The prince's stare remains the same. "Go on. Talk more." Vegeta challenges.

Cell rasps a few breaths, straightening himself and measuring up with Vegeta. His teeth clenched. "Well... I hope you got that out of your system." Cell breathes in and out. "Because you're getting awfully high and mighty for a petty prince."

Vegeta, for the first time since his transformation, smirks. "Oh, is that so?" He closes his eyes in a look of satisfaction. "Cell..." His eyes snap open. "You're not dealing with the average Saiyan warrior anymore."

Cell scoffs as he disappears in a flicker. After Image. Vegeta's eyes snap to the side, his left hand flashing upward and catching Cell's punch with ease. Cell pulls back from Vegeta, raising both hands up at Vegeta. Vegeta doesn't give him the chance, dashing to him and smacking each hand to the side, ruining whatever attack he'd been charging. Vegeta's hands come up at Cell's chest, the monster looking down in horror as Vegeta smirks up at him. Ki erupts from the Saiyan's hands, blasting Cell away with ease.

As the explosion dies down, Raditz stares at the battle. "Wow... he really did it. He increased power without losing speed!"

Goku watches on with one wide eye and one clenched shut in pain. His own astonishment shows. However, something odd catches his eye.

Cell erupts from the rubble, bleeding from various wounds. He growls in anger, seething at Vegeta. "... I don't know what you're playing at, but you're still a far cry from victory..." Cell's eyes flash to the side, meeting one of the three Cell Jrs near Piccolo.

The Jr looks shocked for a moment, before shifting his look to a smirk.

Vegeta misses the look, growling in impatience. "Say what you will, but I'm tired of you." He stands one forward, with his right hand raised towards Cell. "And I say it's time you're crushed, bug!" With all five fingers pointing at Cell, his hand flashes with power before a blinding flash fires out at Cell. His Final Shine.

Cell reacts, throwing up Android 17's Android Barrier. The attack clashes with the shield, shaking the battlefield in an earthquake. The ki washes over the barrier and finally detonates. However, the smoke clears to show the barrier intact. Cell takes a deep breath as he drops the barrier. Cell smirks. "Oh? I thought you were gonna crush me."

Vegeta's eyes narrow at him, only to widen in shock. His arm shook, but he remains in his pose. Cell powers up and flies at him. Everyone is shocked as Cell manages to land a hard punch to Vegeta's jaw. The prince is knocked back, skidding to a halt on his feet. Vegeta stares up at Cell, seething. His limbs shake, but don't move.

Cell smirks. "Oh, I do love target practice." He raises one hand... Krillin's Destructo Disk forming. "Goodnight, sweet prince!"

Vegeta's eyes flicker to the side. In the distance, the Cell Jr Cell made eye contact with earlier floats with both hands raised towards Vegeta.

Cell laughs as he throws the attack at Vegeta. The prince's eyes flash as the Cell Jr is hit with an explosion. Suddenly, Vegeta's limbs are free. He ducks down as the Destructo Disk moves over his head, missing and hitting the ground behind him.

Vegeta powers up. The Cell Jr survived the attack, for now. Vegeta's form flickers away, appearing in front of the Cell Jr. The Jr's eyes widen in fear. That fear is justified as Vegeta ramps his fist into the blue devil's face so hard his head pops from his body. Everyone looks in shock as the Saiyan vaporizes the body and head in separate blasts.

Only five Jr's left. Cell clenches his teeth. However, he takes a deep breath, eventually smirking. "Well well well! I actually thought Chaotzu's telekinesis would be your downfall. It almost worked for Tien in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, after all!"

Piccolo growls. "Coward..."

Cell chuckles. "What was that, Piccolo?" He calls out over the long distance. "I couldn't hear you from the cabal of weaklings." Cell chuckles. "Oh, but fine. No more interference." He looks at Vegeta with glee.

Vegeta's eyes twitch. "The interference is fine. I'll slaughter all of your worthless children soon enough."

Cell's laugh is the first answer he receives. "Now, we're truly alike!"

That comment made the prince frown in fury. With a deep breath, he raises his two hands, yellow lightning sparking off his hands. "Let's see you survive it this time..."

Cell frowns, showing caution. His hands move to the side as he raises into the sky. "Ka... me... ha... me... HA!" The blue beam erupts from the monster casting a blue light over the land. The large beam comes down towards the prince, who remains focused.

"..." He scoffs. "FINAL FLASH!" The prince screams out as the golden beam erupts, painting the landscape in gold instead of blue. His blast is double the size of the Kamehameha, engulfing it and consuming it.

Cell looks with wide eyes. "What the hell?!"

The golden blast seems to engulf the monster as well, a blinding light filling the sky. . .

. . .

The lavender haired warrior stood with his mouth wide open. His hand was on King Kai's right shoulder as he struggled for words. The Kai's focus was clear as a bead of sweat forms on the crease of his forehead. Trunks barely manages to get out. "F-father... this is unreal!"

Bardock, hand lightly on King Kai's left shoulder, smirks. "For once he's got my full support. Not who I expected, but at this point, I'll take it." The elder Saiyan sighs in content.

"He's still outnumbered." Trunks worries aloud. "He's got a leg up on Cell, but with five more of those monsters there to help him..."

"It's a rough situation. Truly, he has his work cut out for him." Comments the Kai. The blue man glances back at Bardock. "Cell still has tricks up his sleeve. I can't imagine he's out of ideas."

. . .

The smoke clears... the dust revealing the green monster... well, one third of him. The right side of Cell's crown is gone, his left shoulder, arm, most of his chest, and everything below are completely gone. Only his head, upper right chest, and right arm is left.

Cell floats, eyes wide in fear and anger mixed. In front of him, Vegeta floats still in the air, lowering his arms and crossing them. He glares at Cell. "Well? Is that all?"

Cell seethes as grunts of pain choke out. "You... bastard!" He roars out as he regenerates all his body back. His form drips with blood and regenerative liquid. He shakes it off and glares at the prince. "I hope you got that out of your system. Your last moments, monkey!"

Vegeta, for the first time since his new transformation, chuckles. "What I got out of my system was an itch. I was hoping you'd take more than that out of me."

Cell seethes. "Oh? You want more?" He growls as his golden aura forms around him. The wind blows out from him, shaking the ground. However, the golden glow of the landscape slowly darkens to red flowing around Cell. "You get a power up and feel you're unstoppable? Let me show you how wrong you are, dear prince..."

The red aura flares around Cell. Vegeta's amusement fades as he locks to a serious gaze. Cell flickers and dashes at Vegeta, faster than him.

Cell seethes as the move causes him pain as well. "Kaioken!" His fist smashes into Vegeta's guard, pushing the Saiyan back as they enter a strike exchange that shakes the land. The environment flashes gold and red as Vegeta is launched back by a kick.

He recovers, but Cell is behind him already. Cell sends a kick that Vegeta blocks, but aims his finger at the back of the Saiyan's head. Vegeta ducks away, dodging the Death Beam. Vegeta rolls and twists to face Cell, getting beaten back by a dashing elbow strike.

Vegeta is caught in a storm of punches and kicks. He parries or blocks many hits, but others get through. Cell ends with a powerful punch to the prince's face, sending him into a far off plateau, creating a cave like hole into the rock.

The red aura around Cell fades, the monster breathing heavily and sweating. "How did that taste, prince? Take a lot out of you?" He smirks.

From inside the hole, Vegeta's scream echoes, the entire rock formation exploding out with Vegeta standing strong, aura flaring. He's bleeding from the mouth and has more bruises and tears. He's winded, but still seems eager to continue. Cell growls in anger.

"Did you really think that technique would win you the day?" Vegeta spat out towards the monster. "A cheap tactic Kakarot used to measure up to his betters? Did it EVER win him a battle?" Cell glares at the prince, but Vegeta continues. "Face it. This is going to get boring for me really quick."

And it was true. Cell's body was not equipped to use Kaioken to its greatest extents. Possibly because his power already resembles that of Super Saiyans, but he wasn't going to last using that as his only leg up. However, Cell simply laughs. "Oh, dear prince. You forget yourself."

Vegeta's eyes narrow as three Cell Jrs appear around him. Vegeta takes a head count. Two came from Piccolo, the Namekian not in any shape to fight after getting ganged up on. A quick glance sees that only two are near Kakarot, Gohan, and Raditz. Vegeta growls in anger. The only one other than him that's still standing is Gohan, the useless child.

He glares at Cell, who grins back alongside his three backup dancers. He flares his aura as the three Jrs surround him and charge...

Vegeta is pushed back with all three Jrs assaulting him with blows. He blocks each and every strike, but can't throw an attack back. Well, a traditional attack, that is. He parries strikes from two Jrs on his sides before ramming his head into the Jr in front. The Jr is knocked back as the two left try to carry on the assault.

Vegeta hits the left one with a kick while blocking the right, then back hand punches the right one in the jaw. All three are knocked away. Before he can take advantage and destroy one, Cell raises his hands and focuses on Vegeta. The Saiyan's limbs lock harder than they did before. Chaotzu's telekinesis again! His eyes find Cell, but a Jr stands between them, snickering. The leftover two close in and unload punches into Vegeta from both sides.

Raditz grits his teeth, attempting to stand, but he's kicked down by one of the two remaining Jrs floating around him. Gohan sees this and powers up. "Uncle!" He rushes, but the other Jr cuts him off, the two entering a strike exchange.

Cell smiles. To think things would get this exciting. This power that Vegeta has is curious, but not enough to let this drag. No more disappointments. "Alright children-"

His announcement is cut off as strong arms wrap around his torso. His eyes widen and he turns his head to see... damn how could he forget! Android 16 has him wrapped.

The fighting stops all around. Vegeta and the three Jrs around him snap their gaze to the bio android held captive. All eyes on them. Cell's wide eyes glance back at his mechanical brother with a gasp. "16! What are you doing?!" He attempts to get out, but the arms around him tighten.

16 grunts, teeth clenched. "I am ending this now!" He glances at the warriors nearby. "Inside me is a bomb that was originally intended to kill Son Goku! I am going to use it to destroy Cell!"

. . .

"Oh, yeah! His bomb." Bulma slowly lets out with a gulp. All eyes in the room focus on her.

"What do you mean? A bomb?! Able to kill Cell?" Roshi exclaims.

Bulma looks around with a shaky smile. "After he made peace with Goku, I figured he wouldn't use it. At least he's using it for us?"

Gine's eyes narrow. "Wait, won't it kill everyone else?" Her voice raises at the end of the sentence.

Bulma twitches a bit, a nervous sweat as she fails to smile comforting. "... I should have ripped it out, shouldn't I?"

The silence is palpable as the Saiyan woman in the room glares hate in Bulma's direction. It's broken as Launch, blonde in color, scoffs. "'Least we got Dragon Balls."

. . .

16 smiles at everyone. "Goodbye... everyone." His body begins to glow.

Cell's eyes narrow at 16. "16, this is your last warning! Release me!" The android continues to shine as energy builds up.

Everyone holds up a guard, Goku clenching his eyes and looking away. He then opens one eye, confused. He sees Gohan with one of the Jrs... Raditz is still on the ground. Goku glances around before realization hit. With a shot of adrenaline, he manages to sit up, screaming out. "16! Let him go, now!"

16's body shines. 5... 4... 3...

A blue of blue appears behind 16. The missing Cell Jr. With a mad grin, the little devil charges ki around his arm and chops down on 16's right shoulder. The arm around Cell releases, disconnected from its main body. Cell looks back and grins at his spawn.

The light fades from 16's body as he hastily moves back. Cell whips around and kicks through 16's waist line. Energy forms in his off hand as he looks the stunned android in the eye. "Dear 16. Admirable, but I too have friends that can cheap shot." He snickers as he fires the weak blast into the android.

16's body shatters from the impact, sending him into the ground below. Pieces land strewn about all over.

Goku stumbles forward, hitting his fist to the ground. "Darn it!" He coughs up blood, vision blurring for a moment. He struggles to regain his breath. Slowly but surely, he pushes himself to his feet. He sways back and forth, but manages to take a single step.

In the air, Cell laughs as he turns back to Vegeta. He smiles wide at the Saiyan's fierce scowl. "Sorry, dear prince. I had something to deal with real quick. Would you like to continue?" He chuckles before glancing at the Jr behind him. "Join them, boy!"

The Jr grins and joins the other three around Vegeta. The prince takes a scan of his surroundings. Four Jrs, one on each side. Vegeta brings up a guard as all four charge him. The four begin a strike exchange against him from all sides. The green monster smirks as he crosses his arms to enjoy the show.

Goku clenches his teeth at the sight. He takes another slow step. He breathes as he continues on. This process continues painstakingly for a minute as he approaches pieces of metal strewn about on the ground. Goku's leg gives out as he drops to a knee in front of the parts. "16... I'm sorry."

He sulks for a moment before a familiar voice calls out. "I miscalculated."

Goku jolts in shock, looking over and seeing a blurry image of a head. He can't exactly see the mouth move, but... "16?"

16's head stares at Goku. "Yes. I am still alive."

Goku can't help a tired chuckle. "What made you take that risk?"

The robotic voice sounds out. "I had hoped the shock of the event would prevent anyone from interfering." The honesty of the statement makes Goku laugh.

Goku falls to all fours. "I think all bets are off at this point. It's shoot first, react later." He chuckles, but grimaces in pain. "Your bomb... can it still work?"

16 takes a moment to regard Goku. "... Yes. The device was primed, but Cell's spawn stopped the count down. Any direct force could result in a detonation."

Goku looks at the head, well, to the side of the head since his vision is fuzzy. "Then there's still a shot at using it..."

Nearby on the battlefield, Gohan hits the ground on his back. He coughs out in pain, glaring up at the Cell Jr over him. The Jr laughs at him. However, its focus is broken as Raditz appears behind him, Super Saiyan again. Raditz bashes the Jr into a nearby plateau. Raditz drops to his nephew. He breaths heavily as he offers his hand out to the boy.

Gohan takes the hand and gets up. Both are shaky, not nearly as well together as the monster before them. The Cell Jr erupts, frowning at the two. The Cell Jr roars out, powering up. It charges, striking Gohan back as Raditz sends a ki blast point blank. However, the Jr leaps over the blast and kicks the Saiyan away.

Goku watches the display and sighs. He looks up, seeing Cell who focuses entirely on Vegeta. The prince is getting overwhelmed by the different attacks from all sides.

Goku then shifts his gaze to the plateau in the distance... Piccolo stares back at Goku. He can probably hear them. Goku chuckles. "Well, I guess it's time I clean up my mess."

Piccolo's eyes widen, but he's too far, too injured to stop him.

Goku looks at 16. "Vegeta can win... He CAN." He takes a deep breath. "But not by himself."

16's eyes light up, scanning Goku. "You do not have the capability to get the bomb to Cell."

The Saiyan smiles at 16. "It IS your programming to kill me, after all. So, how about lending me a hand?" Goku jokes.

"..." 16 has no response for a solid minute. "Do you mean literally or figuratively?" Goku gives him a blank look. 16 realizes that Goku didn't understand. Oddly enough, 16 decides to smile. "I can do both."

Goku gives a weak raspy laugh. "I'll take whatever you got."

. . .

Head hung low, the warrior saiyan gives a drawn out sigh. "Damn it, Kakarot..."

King Kai swallows nervous. "Well, he's as fearless as his father."

Trunks clenches his eyes shut. "Darn it..."

. . .

Vegeta is launched back. He recovers, dodging a punch from the first Jr. He follows with a punch into the Jr's gut, stunning him in mid air. Vegeta twists and dodges the second Jr, kicking it into the first. The two hit the ground below. Vegeta whips around, blocking a missile kick from the third. However, the fourth flickers behind him, blasting Vegeta in the back with a ki blast.

Stunned, Vegeta is open as the third punches him dead on. Vegeta recovers, grabbing the third's arm and throwing him into the ground. However, the fourth speeds in and kicks Vegeta down to the ground below. Vegeta hits the ground, rolls, and skids to a halt on his feet. He cups his hands to the side, purple crackling.

"Galick Gun FIRE!" The violet beam erupts out faster than the Jr's can react. The fourth Jr, the one that struck Vegeta, is engulfed in the beam, vaporized.

Counting the one fighting Raditz and Gohan, that leaves four Jrs... Vegeta glares up at the three who each sneer down at him.

Far above in the sky, Cell floats with arms still crossed. "Yes! Show some ferocity! I was beginning to think they would beat you outright!" He calls down. Cell lets loose a rich laugh.

The howls could be heard on the ground below. Goku stands on shaky legs. In his left hand is a rectangular metal device with rounded edges. On it, the Red Ribbon logo sits. In Goku's right hand...

16's head sits behind him, turned away. The android didn't bother making Goku turn his head. 16 states. "Aim it at Cell and hold on."

Goku looks confused, one eye half open, the other wide, one brow raised. "Can you... move it when it's not attached?" His right arm raises... aiming 16's right arm up at Cell, hand first.

16's face remains impassive. "The hands only. It allows me to recall them after firing."

"Wow. That's pretty neat." Goku says weakly, but quickly focuses.

Piccolo, far in the distance, stands. "Goku, stop!"

While Cell is too busy with his laughter to hear the outburst, Vegeta and the Jrs with fighting, the other Z fighters catch it. Krillin glances up weakly, unable to move. "What?" He sees Goku holding something in his hand. "Goku?"

Raditz turns his head to look, but is stopped when he blocks the Jr he and Gohan face. Gohan manages a break to turn around. His eyes widen seeing Goku with 16's remains.

Raditz is beaten down, the Cell Jr slamming onto his gut before grabbing him by the throat. The Jr giggles with glee. Gohan is transfixed on his father though.

Goku nods. "Ready."

Silence follows. 16 frowns. "Rocket Punch."

The forearm in Goku's grip erupts with rockets behind it. The hand blasts from the ground, dragging Goku with it. Goku clenches his eyes in pain, but keeps his grip.

Krillin realizes what's happening... He'd heard of the bomb from Bulma... "GOKU!"

Gohan watches his father blast up towards Cell. "Daddy!"

Cell continues his laughter until his senses bring him down. He looks down to see Goku speed at him. Goku releases 16's arm, the appendage speeding towards the green bug. The monster looks... confused, shocked, annoyed? He narrows his eyes and swipes his left arm out, shattering the limb aimed at him.

The explosion of the arm reveals Goku raising his left hand towards Cell, the device facing the monster. Cell reads the logo as his eyes widen. Goku's hand charges with ki... and clenches the device, cracking it.

"You wouldn't dare-"

Goku's hand cracks the bomb open, light erupting out of the device. Goku smirks... and light engulfs both warriors in the sky. A massive bright white explosion blasts out, the shock wave shuttering the land and sending catastrophic winds in all directions.

. . .

The screen cut to static. "What!?" Bulma screams. She rushes to the TV, checking it. "Nooooo, what happened?" She sighs angry. "Roshi, what kind of cheap-" She stops, looking back at the man. Roshi's head is bowed, a dark air around him... Bulma turns away from the TV, giving him her attention. "H-hey, what happened?"

She's knocked from her focus on the old master as a metallic clang hits the ground. The scouter is on the floor. The bluenette's expression drops seeing Gine's face. The female saiyan's eyes are hauntingly wide.

Bulma finally turns to Roshi. "...who?" Roshi finally looks back up to her.

. . .

The land was shredded from the force of the blast. Parts of the grounds were merely sand. The grounds were shadowed, a massive dust cloud in the sky. Despite the daylight, the lighting of the battlefield was like that of an eclipse.

"Wha- Bu-..." Still shocked, Gohan stands one of the few rocky surfaces in the sandy landscape. His arms both up, having been shielding himself from the shock wave. His wide eyes simply look on to the sky.

Far behind him, Raditz drops to all fours. He barely manages to look up, a Cell Jr right by him making short gasps as it looks to the sky as well. Raditz grits his teeth, hanging his head low.

Directly under ground zero, Piccolo stands, one eye drooping while the other is wide. His arms fall, tired from defending against the blast. 16's head sits on the ground behind his feet. Piccolo growls out. "Damn it, Goku..."

Far off, behind a car sized hunk of rock... "We're still alive!" Screams the camera man. "Sir! I can't believe it!"

The camera man, clothing in some tatters, grips the cracked camera as he sits behind the rock. The announcer sits right beside him, suit torn and one side of his glasses shattered. "T-Tell me you got a shot of the two individuals who protected us."

The two poke their heads around, seeing Tien and Yamcha. Yamcha falls onto his back onto the boulder. He seems to nurse a broken arm, breathing heavily. Tien falls to a sitting position, two of his three eyes clenched shut with the last one barely open.

Behind the announcer, Hercule pops his head out. "I-It was a trick! The light show with planted explosives! They're all in on it!"

The Announcer looks to Hercule. "Mr Satan, please be real with us. What actually happened?"

Hercule glances back at the camera man. The poor guy jiggles the camera. "Busted sir."

Hercule snaps his face back to the Announcer. "I have no idea, Jimmy."

Far off, Krillin rolls out from the sand, coughing and breathing for air. He looks into the sky, shock and awe filling him before realization. His teeth clench. "G-Goku!" He screams out... but nothing comes.

Finally, Vegeta floats in the sky, staring up in anger. Around him, the three Jrs all look to each other, asking how they should treat this situation. However, the prince could only think one thing. "Kakarot... You couldn't stop from taking the glory, after all..."

One of the Jr's glares at him, face contorting into anger as he charges the prince from behind. Vegeta barely pays it mind as his hand snaps up, firing a ki blast. The attack detonates and launches the Jr into the ground below. Vegeta grimaces, slowly facing the remaining two. His aura flares. He glares at the one on the ground, his veins on his temples bulging. With a yell, he fires a beam down onto the Jr. The little blue bastard glances up in fear. An echoed scream sounds with an explosion.

Three more... Vegeta scoffs. "Three more insignificant bugs left." He glares at the two before him. "This is no more fun anymore. Not worth my time without Cell." He releases a rumbling sigh, as if venting both anger and disappointment. "Whatever, I'll crush you all and end this stupid charade." He releases his power, ready to continue until...

Gohan's eyes remain locked on the sky, tears forming under his eyes. His shock giving way slow but surely. His eyes hollow, losing focus. Until that sensation.

The massive cloud of dust in the sky, suddenly bursts, blowing outward. Vegeta, Krillin, Gohan, Raditz, and Piccolo each go rigid as they feel it. The cloud warps into a swirl, blowing out again as streams of dust blow by Vegeta and the two Jrs in the Sky.

The sandy terrain on the ground blows away, Piccolo staring up in horror. "How?"

For as dark as the environment gets, the golden glow from Vegeta lights several streams of dust flowing by him, and another glow shines from within the cloud. Vegeta's wide eyes portray his growing sense of anger. "No..."

From within the cloud, laughter can be heard. Familiar, too. The glow reveals the same green frame... a crown, black spots on the green. The cloud disperses, revealing the same monster that was just erased... "Why, yes, dear prince." Cell smiles in the open air. His golden aura filled with arcs of electricity just like Vegeta's aura. "I'd think Saiyans would know best. What doesn't kill you... makes you stronger." His voice dips as his smirk grows.

The growth in power stuns everyone... even the monster's own spawn. All except for one person. The Super Saiyan boy's eyes lock on Cell, tears stopping. Gohan's eyes dilate, face darkening, teeth clenching. If the boy had an image of his mental state... a single line snaps.

The second energy spike pulls everyone's attention just like the first. Gohan is unable to contain his roar as the landscape erupts in a tornado of ki.

In the middle of the storm of power, Gohan's hair stands up fully, save for one spike of bangs waving in front of his eyes. His tears evaporate into the air as lightning sparks around him. His eyes reflect a single image... Cell.

The monster seems shocked, but smiles down at him. "Well, well, well!" He snickers. One eye reflects the image of Vegeta, one reflects the image of the newly transformed child. "Is this a bargain sale?"

Well... this is going to suck.

Next time: For Father. For Son. No, He's MINE!

Powers:

Perfect Cell – 1,100,000,000

Perfect Cell Kaioken – 2,200,000,000

Super Perfect Cell – 2,200,000,000

Fairly straight forward. Cell's base power is similar to Gohan and Goku's Super Saiyan forms. Cell only managed to injure Gohan's arm in canon due to Gohan saving Vegeta, but in terms of raw power, they were still the same. This makes Super Perfect Cell the same x2 power up that Super Saiyan 2 is from Super Saiyan. Either that, or Cell is actually subject to zenkai boosts and simply raised to SS2 Gohan's level, since he DID reform as his perfect form and gained power similar. However, since his aura upon revival is the same as a Super Saiyan 2's, I'll stick with him gaining the x2 power up. More fun that way too.

Vegeta Super Saiyan 2 – 1,520,000,000

Gohan Super Saiyan – 720,000,000

Gohan Ascended Super Saiyan – 900,000,000

Gohan Super Saiyan 2 – 1,440,000,000

Reviews:

Lawrence Hbain – Gohan should have been a lot of things that he didn't end up being. At least as far as Z and GT took him, I could understand it at least. But Super took it to a new level dumb, which is sad cause Gohan's Super Saiyan 2 transformation is one of the best moments in the franchise.

Gold Testament – Vegeta's pride levels up! Yeah, he's going to probably come out the best for a while after all of this.

Anonymously96 – Yeah... those senzu beans... hmm... sorry, Goku!

ILiekFishes – Why don't you count Bojack? Asides from Goku, Gohan is the ONLY only character to get a final villain win in a movie. THAT is a feat. (Yo Son Goku doesn't count for Gotenks because Goku and Vegeta still just go Super Saiyan and end the threat, and Bio Broly doesn't count because the sludge kills Broly in the end, NOT our heroes who simply manage to survive.

Super Sayan Mystic Gohan – We'll see, but in canon, Piccolo pretty much just stays on par with the Saiyan's Super Saiyan 1 forms. He's always outclassed by SS2 from here onward until DB Super where he beats Gohan's SS2 with strategy. It's sad for the big green. He should have absorbed the Universe 6 Namekians to become god level. UGH.

UNTensaZangetsu – (SO much to comment on, you're killing me, kidding!) Piccolo showing off skill is always a highlight! And thanks for the compliment on Goku's speech.

Right, Snap transformations were in the Black arc. My bad. I forgot. Although that's more using the enemy's ignorance in Black's case and conserving energy in Dyspo's case. But right, I forgot those.

Well, we know SS4 has less energy burn off than SS3. But as far as draw backs of the form, Goku only ever stated that it's hard for him to restrain himself in the form cause of the animal instincts. "I'd just lose control" as he puts it. As far as drawbacks to it, that's it. It might have larger burnoff than SS2, but not much implies that. Even using the "Hey he could have gone 4 here" argument doesn't hold much since they could do that almost all of GT, like with Gohan vs Rildo in the Super 17 arc. Gohan COULD have wrecked him, but instead didn't transform and needed saving from Majuub. Why? No answer.

Yeah. SSRage has no true explanation. Even saying it's just anger means absolutely nothing since Anger is involved in EVERY SINGLE EPIC TRANSFORMATION IN DBZ! Seeing as Vegeta obtained god form merely by training in the presence of god ki and passively absorbing it, that's why fan theories put it with Trunk's SSRage form due to training with Vegeta and fighting Black. Otherwise, it's nonsense for a form.

Regarding Blue, let's talk about regular Super Saiyan. Ki is different from God ki, but all ki is similar to other ki. There's no difference in the ki of a Saiyan with a Super Saiyan, at least in canon, since the only instance of the ki having a special property is in the non canon Dragon Ball AF. While I might steal some concepts from it for some stuff later, there's no difference. It's simply a new form that allows for using more power in exchange for using more energy. Why would Blue have to use basic ki if it's the same concept? Even in the manga, SSB is described as using far more power than SSG, so the energy burnoff is extreme. Vegeta is incredibly weak against Hit because he used Blue before hand and didn't have the energy reserves to be at full power. That leads them to "Perfect" Blue to cancel the energy burnoff. Saying it's like going Super Saiyan just translates to powering up. Besides, Trunks proves that you can't sense Blue when he trains with Vegeta. He can't sense the ki, but feels pressure in the air instead. If SSB used regular Ki mixed in, Trunks should have sensed it.

SS4 and Blue together.. I would want it to be white with colored aura since blue fur would look AWFUL! White fur is also the fan look for Super Saiyan 5, non canon as it is, so I'd want that personally.

No comment on the Super Perfect Cell bits. And Yamcha would wreck everyone in the entire franchise given a fair fight.