Dragon Ball Z: Alternate Love

Chapter 51: Cell's Announcement

Bulma nearly dozed off as she waited outside of the Time Chamber with Dende and Mr. PoPo.

The fighters of the future were near the edge of the LookOut.

But as soon as Bulma heard the door open, she jumped to her feet!

Walking out was Goku and Gohan.

Both of their clothes were torn up, and both had spiky glowing hair that turned black as they got closer to her.

Bulma could feel the power radiating off of them.

Bulma, "you both feel so strong!"

Goku, "yep. Two full fledged Super Saiyan's in the house!"

Gohan, "so, what have we missed?"

Bulma, "uh…."

Dende, "where do we begin?"

….

Later, at Kame House

Bulma and her boys were at Kame House with the others, discussing their next plan of action.

And while that happened, Vegeta and Krillin were in deep shit.

Krillin, "so, wait, what's our punishment for screwing up?"

Tights, "you dipsticks will be playing horror games online, for our amusement."

Maron was holding a camera in one hand, with Madison on her shoulders.

Vegeta, "can we at least wait to do this after Cell had been dealt with?"

Launch, "fine. But as soon as he's gone, you schmucks have to play all of the OutLast games in a row, switching in between sections and dying."

Krillin and Vegeta both gulped in fear at the punishment.

The rest of the babies were napping upstairs.

Trunks was watching all of them, so the moms could get some rest.

On the couch were Tien, Chaotzu, Yamcha and Chi Chi.

Piccolo was outside.

Raditz was leaning against the wall with Bardock.

Gine and Lazuli were sitting in the kitchen.

Chi Cha and Gohan were sitting on the porch with Videl and Eresa.

Roshi and Oolong were in front of the TV, watching an aerobics channel.

Tien was nearby and asked, "you do realize that there's actual porn on the internet, right?"

Roshi, "ya gotta appreciate the classics. It separates the perverts from the dignified."

Raditz scoffed at that.

But Suddenly on screen, the floor beneath the women began to glow. They all jumped out of the way as Cell came through the floor!

Everyone in the House held their gazes to the TV.

As Cell went to the next floor, Krillin yelled, "Roshi, change the channel!"

Roshi quickly changed to the cooking channel. Cell went through the roof.

The channel changed again.

A woman was singing as Cell flew up.

The channel changed to an action flick.

Chaotzu, "oh, I love this movie!"

Tien, "Chaotzu!"

Chaotzu, "ugh, fine!"

The channel changed to the news.

Cell emerged from the floor, and tossed the newscaster aside.

Cell, "hello there. My name is Perfect Cell. I'm here to interrupt your regularly scheduled program! And I have an announcement!"

Krillin, "please be leaving the planet! Please be leaving the planet! Please be leaving the planet!"

Cell, "I shall be leaving the planet!"

Krillin, "whoo hoo!"

Cell, "by blowing it up!"

Krillin, "oh no!"

Cell, "unless…."

Krillin gasped in despair.

Cell, "I am holding myself a little tournament, to decide who is the strongest being on the planet. In roughly two weeks, I shall unveil, 'The Cell Games!' Still need a sponsor. Anyway, I will be waiting south of the land's largest city. You'll know me when you see me. And if anyone wants a taste of this power I have…."

Cell extended his hand, and blew a major hole in the wall with a powerful blast of energy.

Cell, "before I go, I suggest you pray to your God. But I won't be listening."

Chi Cha, "my boyfriend is the guardian! Not you!"

Everyone had fearful faces as Cell rocketed off screen.

That's when Roshi ran upstairs to get on his computer.

Krillin, "Roshi? What the-"

Roshi, "He said two weeks! I'm using em!"

Everyone looked at one another as they knew what they had to do.

Two weeks for each of them to get stronger.

Thank Dende for the Time Chamber!

Goku, "alright, some of us will stay here, and some of us will be heading back to the LookOut."

Maron, "I'll stay here with Tights and Launch, so we can watch the babies."

Raditz, "Chi Cha and I will go into the chamber first."

Yamcha, "then me and Chi Chi."

Gine, "Bardock and I will go in after them."

Tien, "Chaotzu and I always train together."

Piccolo, "then it's me and Videl. A new pupil to train."

Krillin, "and I'll get to test my skills at teaching with Eresa."

Bulma, "and I'm going in there so I can have the baby before all of this."

Goku, "that means I'm going back into the chamber with her."

Tights, "let's not forget our kids from the future will need two days.

As everyone looked at their training partners for the chamber, they all heard on the TV.

"Breaking News!"

Everyone turned back to the television.

A reporter stood near a large man in a red and white fighting outfit, with a big afro and mustache.

Videl, "DAD?!"

Eresa, "Mister Hercule?"

The reporter spoke, "up and coming fighter, Mr. Hercule Satan, has informed us that he is going to be training with the world's top fighters in order to help save the Earth from the villain known as Cell!"

Hercule, "that's right. Over the last couple of years, I've been humbled and privileged to train with the Earth's strongest fighters. Including the current World Martial Arts Champion, Goku Briefs."

Goku smiled at himself being mentioned.

Hercule, "so I'll be heading to where ever they are, in order to help them defend our world?"

The reporter, "and there you have it folks. Can these heroes save our world? We can only hope! This is Jimmy FireCracker, signing off!"

Tights, "welp, we've got another helping hand for all of this, huh?"

Goku, "the more the merrier."

Tights, "I can take my hovercar to get Hercule. Maybe I can get Nam, Eighter, Bora and Upa to show up as back up for us."

Launch, "that sounds like a great idea."

And so, everyone knew their plans to save the Earth.

They only hoped the training would be enough.

….

A few hours later, the fighters were at the LookOut.

Raditz and Chi Cha had gone into the chamber.

Most of the others were hanging around various parts of the LookOut.

Dende, Mr. PoPo and Piccolo were all waiting right outside of the chamber.

And at the edge of the LookOut was Lazuli. She was sitting down, her legs dangling.

And I'm her hands was a small bird.

One that had followed her, Lapis and Roku everywhere.

Roku had named him Toriyama.

She heard someone approach, and saw that it was Krillin.

Krillin, "hey."

Lazuli, "hey."

Krillin, "hey, uh, I'm sorry about your brother, and Roku."

Lazuli, "it's okay. I just can't believe they're gone."

Krillin gestured with his hand, silently asking for a seat next to her.

She nodded as the orin monk sat next to her.

Krillin, "the view's beautiful from here."

Lazuli, "yeah, it is."

The sat in silence for a moment.

Lazuli, " thank you."

Krillin, "for what?"

Lazuli, "for trying to come to my rescue."

Krillin, "oh, well, it was no trouble!"

Lazuli, "but, I have to ask…. Why did you go out of your way to save us?"

Krillin, "well…. I learned about what Gero did to all of you guys. I felt horrible for what happened. You guys didn't ask to become Cyborgs."

Lazuli, "so…. It didn't have anything to do with that kiss I have you?"

Krillin, "well, uh, I mean, I liked it, but uh-"

Lazuli started giggling at Krillin's flustered state.

Krillin chuckled along with her.

Lazuli, "so uh, I was wondering…."

Krillin, "yeah?"

Lazuli, "would you, uh, like to get dinner tonight?"

Krillin was surprised that she was asking him out.

Lazuli, "I mean, with Cell giving us only a few days, I'd like to do this before it's too late."

Krillin, "uh, heah, I'd love too! I've got a reservation I've had for awhile now!"

Lazuli, "great, I look forward to it."

Both smiled at one another as they enjoyed the silence between them.

Back with the others.

Yamcha, "I just hope we can all get strong enough for this."

Chi Chi, "even if we can't, all of us together might make all of the difference."

Yamcha, "you're right about that."

Bardock, "I'm just glad he gave us two weeks for all of us to get ready."

Gine, "even that might not be enough."

Yamcha, "regardless of how much time we have, we're all gonna be working together to protect our planet."

Tien, "what is this, the sixth time?"

Chaotzu, "i think it was more than that Tien."

Piccolo, "he's right. We've defended this world countless times. Ain't nothing gonna keep us from doing so now…."

"Glad to see you so passionate about protecting the Earth."

"I've seen your memories. You've truly changed Piccolo."

Piccolo, 'I forgot you two were here.'

"I honestly forgot we were here."

"Don't mind us. Let your thoughts race."

"That'll just make us run with them."

Piccolo, 'shut up!'

Videl and Eresa were staring at Piccolo as he seemed to be trying to glare at his forehead.

Videl, "what's up with him?"

Eresa, "don't ask me! I don't get Namekians!"

Krillin walked over with Lazuli, "this may be one of our most dangerous challenges yet."

Gine, "if we all lose…."

Bardock, "so does the Earth."

Dende, "I hope I don't lose this job in just one day."

Mr. PoPo, "you all need to have faith in your abilities. You've fought so many dangerous foes in the past. I believe in all of you."

Everyone smiled at the genie's words.

As everyone enjoyed the brief silence that followed Mr. PoPo's words, we notice our heroes of the future staring at Lazuli.

F-Chi Cha, "still hard to believe this, isn't it?"

F-Madison, "A psychopathic cyborg in our timeline, is now giving lovey dovey looks at Krillin."

F-Trunks, "and promised them dinner tonight."

F-Gohan, "if only we had gotten her like that in our timeline."

F-Sean, "would have saved a lot of problems in our timeline."

They all gave a chuckle at their jokes, even if they seemed a tiny bit morbid.

Everyone needed a bit of a laugh, given their situation.

With Cell being such a big danger to the Earth, this may have been their biggest battle coming. Even the battle against Vegeta and Nappa, and the events on Namek seemed to pale in comparison to the threat to their home. They knew that maybe one day they might face another terrible threat, nut so far, this would be their biggest brawl coming up!

….

Meanwhile, in the Time Chamber.

We see Raditz and Chi Cha training relentlessly, sweat heavy on their brows as they keep trading blows with one another.

Both of them growing stronger and stronger, determined to save the Earth.

….

We see Cell standing in the middle of a huge empty area.

His hands were in the air, pointing at a large number of square tiles floating in midair.

He carefully lowers them all to the ground, putting them all into place, as one large square arena, exactly like the World Martial Arts Tournament arenas.

As Cell looks over everything, he says, "now, all I have to do is wait. And once these next two weeks are up…. The games will begin…."

….

Reviews:

thewittywhy: consider it done! Also, glad you liked the humor.

mmat: I'm not gonna reveal who helps Gohan unlock his transformation yet, but I will confirm that Gohan will be much smarter than in the series.

Amanny: it's a surprise. And as for the second question, read the message at the end for an answer.

….

Oh joy, Cell gave our heroes more time to prepare!

Also, I have a confession to make….

. I've never seen the Buu saga.

Gasp!

Yeah. When I first started watching DBZ, it was DBZ Kai. So I didn't see most of the filler until years later, (Maron, fake Namek, Gohan turning into a giant monkey a second time, Goku getting stuck in Hell, etc.)

And I never got to see the Buu saga. I've seen bits and pieces, and know the basic plot of the story, but other than that, I have no idea what happens scene by scene. That's why the Buu saga will be quite different from the real one. Like, I'm not gonna have the Earth blown up, or half of the characters turned into chocolate and eaten. I just don't have the heart for it.

But the stakes will still be very high.

A basic synopsis of the story and how I'll be doing it: a group of space pirates come to Earth to find an old artifact that'll release the being known as Buu. But when it happens, two actually emerge! A good fat one, and an evil slim one. When the two combine later on, it's up to Goku, an older Gohan and Vegeta to take down this new foe when he threatens to destroy the Earth.

Next chapter will finally be another lemon, as it'll focus on Krillin and Lazuli going out.