Dragon Ball Z: Alternate Love

Chapter 53: The Tournament Begins!

And so, as two weeks draw to a close, the group has done all they can to prepare for the battle with Cell.

And with a few days left, the entire Briefs family were still at the LookOut, waiting for Goku and Bulma to exit with the baby.

As soon as nine months were up, they would exit the Chamber.

Gohan was sitting with Raditz, while Maron and Tights were entertaining Madison and Trunks.

Bardock and Gine had both dozed off next to them.

Vegeta was standing near Tights and Trunks.

A few minutes later, they all heard the door open!

They all turned to see Goku and Bulma walk out holding a small bundle of blankets.

Gohan, "is that…?"

Bulma was beaming as she said, "everyone say hello to Goten!"

Bulma showed everyone her and Goku's second child.

The newborn looked exactly like his father, tail and all.

Tights and Maron both cooed at the little one as Raditz and Vegeta congratulated Goku.

Gohan had a big smile on his face. Seeing his little brother for the first time, it brought some form of ease to his mind….

….

And thus, a few days later, today was the day.

Today would decide the fate of the world.

Hercule had met up with the others for this.

Videl, Erasa, Gohan and Chi Cha grouped themselves together.

The group from the future did so as well.

They all stood together on the LookOut.

Trunks, Tien, Chaotzu, Piccolo, Yamcha, Chi Chi, Ventuna, Lazuli, Bardock, Gine, Raditz, Vegeta, Krillin and Goku.

Bulma was standing with Goten in her arms, Tights with Trunks, Maron with Madison and Launch with Shaun.

Roshi and Oolong were there to help Dende and the others watch the babies, including Mai, Pilaf and Shu.

Dende and Mr. PoPo had the Dragon Balls father before them, ready to make a wish to bring back anyone who might get killed, and everyone absorbed by Cell if, no, when they destroy him.

Goku, "so, this is it."

Raditz, "this is gonna be one Hell of a battle."

Piccolo, "we've gotta give it our all."

That's when Gohan and Chi Cha approached them.

Both kids were in normal clothes.

Gohan, "um, Mr. Piccolo, we have a request."

Piccolo, "what?"

Chi Cha handed the Namekian a note.

It held a description for the fighting outfits they wanted.

As Piccolo and Raditz read it, Piccolo heard the voices in his head.

Nail, "Did our hearts just skip a beat?"

Kami, "That is so precious."

Piccolo, "alright, hold on."

Piccolo used his, 'clothes beam', and shot the two kids.

When the light dies down, we see their outfits.

Gohan was wearing a white cloak like Piccolos, with a dark orange gi like his dad's. The Turtle school symbol was on the front in a small circle, while on the back was Piccolos symbol.

Chi Cha is wearing a dark red gi like her father, with the Turtle symbol on the front, and Piccolos symbol on the back, and over it were shoulder armor like Raditz, and a helmet like her mothers.

Dende, Videl and Erasa were all blushing at the outfits their significant others wore.

Before the group were going to leave, they had asked Baba to show up.

She had her crystal ball ready.

Goku, "so, Baba, can you show us things we should avoid doing in this fight, so we can have the best chances of winning?"

Baba, "of course, hang on."

Baba activated the ball, and everyone had a different reaction to the things they saw from an alternate timeline.

Goku, "... I gave Cell... a senzu bean... that's stupid. He's stupid! NOT EVEN I'M THAT STUPID!"

Gohan, "He stopped training? I stopped training? When the earth is leaving literally a magnet for villains? He's stupider than his version of dad!"

Videl, "WHY AM I LAME?"

Chi Chi, "why am I such a bitch?!"

Bulma, "not to mention, I'm with Vegeta, you're with Goku, Yamcha gets no-one, Maron was just an ex of Krillin's that just disappeared."

Gine, "at least you all lived. Me and Bardock stayed dead."

Raditz, "so did I!"

Tien, "and why wouldn't I try to be with Launch?"

Baba, "it's amazing how strange an alternate timeline can look, hmm?"

Goku, "alright, so when we fight Cell, we're not gonna stop until he's dead. No sensu beans for him. I'm not gonna pass the fight off to Gohan unless absolutely necessary."

Everyone gave nods.

Tien, "this fight may be very different from the one we must fight. So everyone be careful out there."

Everyone gave another nod of their heads.

And so, every one gave hugs, kisses and such to their loved ones before our heroes all ran to the edge of the LookOut and jumped off, flying towards their destination, with Gohan calling Iccarus, who he landed on with Videl as Chi Cha and Erasa landed on the Flying Nimbus.

For some reason, as Maron saw her husband fly off, she had a sinking feeling in her gut.

….

About an hour later, our heroes landed on a a large plateau, and saw Cell standing there.

Nearby was a news crew, secretly filming the whole thing.

Cell, "ah, there you all are! Come to defend your home, eh?"

Goku gave a firm nod to Cell.

Piccolo, "you call this a tournament, and yet we see but one person here to fight."

Cell gave a shit-eating grin as he pulled out those beans we saw in the last chapter.

Krillin, "the Hell are those?"

Cell, "my ace in the hole."

Cell threw the small things into the ground behind him. After a few moments, they slowly dug themselves into the ground, as the ground began to crack.

Everyone grew wide eyes as many figures vegan to rise from the ground.

And they all recognized most of these people, except four smaller ones.

Each of them had glowing red eyes and fangs.

And these figures were;

Mercenary Tao!

The Ginyu Force!

Android Thirteen!

Nappa!

Lord Slug!

Zarbon!

Dedoria!

Doctor Gero!

Android Nineteen!

The Bio Warriors!

The original King Piccolo!

Cooler!

Frieza!

And several small blue looking Cell's.

Cell, "as you all know, I am an amalgamation of all of your DNA. And that includes the DNA of your worst enemies. And using the cell of those strange Saibamen, I have created these! Clones of your enemies of the past. And on top of that, they are much stronger than their counterparts! And on top of that, these little scamps are my verison of those Saibamen. Cell Jr's. Now we've got a proper tournament! Hahahahaha!"

All of our heroes grew uneasy at this information.

….

We see the others at the Lookout, using a portable TV Bulma and her father built to watch the broadcast.

Everyone was on the edge of their seats, seeing all of this going on.

Bulma, "it's like my worst nightmare. So many of the people we've fought, all standing there!"

Maron, "that's why we have the Dragon Balls. If anyone dies, we'll be able to bring them back."

Dende, "I just hope it won't come to that."

….

Cell, "now, who shall be the first of you fools to fight!"

The first one to step forward was Hercule.

Hercule, "show me what you got!"

Cell gave an evil grin, "well, I'll give you a fair shot."

Cell snapped his fingers, and Tao stepped forward.

Tien spoke to Hercule, "be careful Hercule. Tao was a very dangerous opponent for Goku and us."

Hercule gave a firm nod as he jumped down to the arena.

He stood firm as stone as Tao stood at the other end.

Cell, "ready!"

Hercule and Tao both got into fighting stances.

Cell, "fight!"

Tao was the first to dash forward at Hercule, trying to land any blow he could on the famous martial artist, but Hercule put up a solid defense against every single attack.

Videl found herself clenching her fists as she watched her father fighting against the demonic looking merc.

As Tao tried to punch him, Hercule pulled a Johnny Cage, sliding to the ground and punching Tao in the balls, making the merc double over in pain as everyone else winced.

Hercule quickly uppercutted Tao, sending him to the ground.

Hercule was now on the offensive, landing kick after kick on Tao, namely in the news and chest, disorienting him and knocking the wind out of him.

Hercule showed amazing skill in his fighting.

Training with Goku and the others had helped him become a much better fighter.

And it definitely showed.

Hercule and Tao were trading blows as hard and as fast as they could.

As the two separated, Tao tried to shout an attack, but was elbowed across the face, sending him to the ground.

Hercule jumped back as Tao tried to collect himself.

And that's when Hercule brought his hands together.

Hercule, "Ka…. Me…."

Tao rose, and brought his fingers together to try and perform a deadly attack!

Hercule, "Ha…. Me….."

Just as Tao was about to fire an attack….

Hercule, "HAAAAAA!"

Hercule fired forth the brilliant blue light, hitting Tao dead center, and burning him to ash in a matter of moments.

When the light faded, the ashes flowed into the wind, leaving Hercule to sigh in relief.

He had won the first battle of this tournament!

Cell gave an evil grin, "and thus, Hercule Satan wins round one."

Hercule quickly jumped back up the others, receiving a hug from his daughter as Goku said, "well done Hercule. You did amazing!"

Hercule, "heh, I did my best."

Cell yelled to everyone, "now then, who shall be the next one to fight?!"

Before anyone could speak, Gine and Bardock jumped down into the arena.

Bardock, "why don't you start with us, your royal assness?"

Cell gave an evil grin, "gooood."

Cell snapped his fingers, making the copies of Zarbon and Dedoria walk forward, standing on the other side across from the Saiyan couple.

Gine, "I've been waiting for this rematch for years!"

Bardock, "that makes two of us."

Bardock and Gine both got into fighting positions, glaring at their foes.

The Zarbon copy transformed into its uglier form right away, trying to gain an advantage in the fight.

Cell, "ready!"

Bardock and Gine gave one another a firm nod as they quickly transformed into their Super Saiyan forms.

Cell, "fight!"

Much like the fight with Yamcha and the Saibamen, the fours fighters disappeared to the naked eye.

But to our heroes, as well as Cell and his cloned minions, Bardock and Gine were in a furious battle between Dedoria and Zarbon, every strike that met its mark sounded like a thunderclap! Every kick was like a machine, acting with amazing accuracy and strength behind them.

These clones of Frieza's minions were much stronger than the original ones, giving Gine and Bardock much more of a challenge.

But the two Super Saiyans were still giving it their all, slowly but surely gaining the upper hand on their foes.

Bardock was focused mainly on Dedoria as Gine focused her attacks on Zarbon.

This furious battle went on for a few more tense filled moments, until Bardock and Gine suddenly gained the upper hand!

Bardock managed to kick Dedoria right into Zarbon, who had just been punched in the chest a number of times by Gine.

As both goes tried to get up, Gine and Bardock both fired a deadly beam of energy that hit their foes, immediately engulfing them in an explosion!

As the explosion faded, all you could see of Zarbon and Dedoria were their ashes.

And with that, Bardock and Gine jumped back to the others before the ashes of their foes could even hit the floor.

Cell, "I'll admit, I'm impressed. Some of you may actually pull all of this off…. Now, who's gonna join the pile of death?"

And as soon as those words were out, Tien and Chaotzu jumped into the arena.

….

Launch was on the edge of her seat as she held baby Sean in her lap.

Bulma and Tights both squeezed her shoulders as comfort.

….

Cell found himself glaring at Tien, given that time he had used the Tri-Beam on him.

But it was soon replaced with another evil grin as he snapped his fingers.

And it was the Nappa clone that stepped forward.

Vegeta, upon seeing this, whispered, "Dende damnit. Nappa…."

Cell, "ready!"

Tien and Chaotzu both got into the Crane school pose, glaring at the Nappa clone, who was grinning madly.

Cell, "FIGHT!"

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Reviews:

thewittywhy: it was such a good short, that I decided to use quite a bit of it for the chapter, like many other chapters of the story.

mmat: that's a good idea. I was thinking, Tien and Chaotzu open up a Crane School, more honourable than their old master. Maybe Krillin and Yamcha begun teaching people in the Turtle School.

Amanny: eventually Goku will unlock it, and I'm glad you like my decision to keep Goku alive.

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And thus, the Cell games begin!

Goten is born, so I can get all of that out of the way.

Gohan and Chi Cha each get outfits that look like their teacher's outfits.

And what did you think of this idea?

Cell creating clones of our heroes worst enemies.

Here's the brackets.

Hercule vs Tao, (done).

Bardock and Gine vs Zarbon and Dedoria, (done).

Tien and Chaotzu vs Nappa, (the next chapter).

Videl, Eresa, Chi Cha and Gohan vs the Cell Jr's.

The future crew vs the Ginyu Force.

Trunks vs Thirteen.

Piccolo vs Slug.

Ventuna vs Gero.

Lazuli vs Nineteen.

Yamcha and Chi Chi vs the Bio Warriors.

Krillin vs King Piccolo.

Raditz vs Cooler.

Vegeta vs Frieza.

Goku vs Cell.

Goku isn't gonna do that bull-shit where he gave Cell a sensu bean and sicked him Gohan. Cell will fight Gohan, but it'll be because Goku is incapacitated in some way, and Gohan's transformation into a Super Saiyan 2, (let me know if you can think of a better name for that form), will be caused be something different that I won't spoil….

Also, as a final message, it's my father's birthday! Happy birthday dad!

And with all of that info out, all of you have a great day/night and stay safe.