Rain: All I have to say is thank you all for reading the first chapter of my amped up fic. I truly appreciate it. Merging Spirits: Legacy of Gohan Unchained. Chapter two is a go….Right now!
Mario: Here we go!
Merging Spirits: Legacy of Gohan Unchained
Chapter Two: Gohan Vs Cell (Part One)
It had been one week since Trunks' battle with the evolved Cell and Gohan's confusing battle with Piccolo, and now the Z-warriors were gathered at the Cell tournament, each warrior refreshed and ready to fight against the monstrous being from the future. "Well…This is it…" Trunks said softly.
"The final battle," Gohan added, his eyes narrowed at the ring before him and his friends. They had all been through so much though out this entire ordeal.
From Trunks coming back from the future, the rise and fall of the Androids, Cell emerging, and finally, to Cell evolving.
All of it had come down to this tournament.
"Welcome all to my tournament!" Cell boisterously announced, his arms raised high and his aura flaring around him as he stood in the middle of the ring. "Now, who dares challenge me first?"
Just then, a goofy-looking man with a huge afro, a large mustache, a brown Gi with white martial arts pants and black boots with white laces, and a white trim came leaping into the ring.
"I, Hercule Satan, the strongest man in the world, shall challenge you!" The man, Hercule, exclaimed.
Krillin tilted his head towards Gohan and whispered, "What a goof," Making Gohan place his hand over his mouth to giggle softly, but he paused as a vision of this goofy man in the ring changed into that very same man whose head was being held by Android 17….And nothing else.
Gohan suddenly became pale as his head began to throb in agony.
Gohan grabbed his head and closed his eyes, but the vision remained for a few more seconds before it faded away. 'W-What…Was that?' Gohan thought.
"Hey Gohan, are you okay?" Krillin asked him.
Gohan nodded his head but then heard a yell.
Suddenly, Hercule flew right past them and slammed against the boulder behind them, face first and upside down, causing snickers to erupt from the other Z-Warriors except for Gohan, who was still reeling from the vision he had seen.
Soon, Goku stepped up to the plate and engaged Cell in a long and drawn-out battle with the other fighters watching intently.
Gohan knew that his friends felt that his father could defeat Cell just as he defeated Frieza and all of their other enemies throughout the years, but when his father stopped and forfeited the match, everyone was stunned.
Gohan knew that they were shocked, but Gohan knew what was going on.
During the fly there, Goku had told Gohan what he had planned to do, and at first, Gohan refused, stating that he was not ready to fight Cell, but after a few minutes of encouragement, Gohan felt that he was prepared to do what his father hoped he could do.
"Gohan, it's time!" Goku exclaimed.
Gohan nodded and shrugged off his armored cape that was modeled after Piccolo's and walked into the ring while Goku walked out of it, trading a firm hug with his son when they met. "Gohan, remember, you can do this. You're stronger than me when I was a Super Saiyan on Namek against Frieza and way stronger than me now. Show us what you can do," his father encouraged.
"I will, father," Gohan responded with resolution in his black eyes.
Goku smiled at him and walked off towards his friends, who immediately questioned him about his choice.
Gohan slowly walked to the center of the ring and looked at Cell, who was openly laughing.
"So this is your replacement Goku? Your puny son?" Cell questioned. "He's barely up to my hips, but I will humor you, Son Goku, and fight your son."
Cell's pink eyes then looked down at Gohan's, a smirk playing at his lips as he asked, "So little man, you think you can defeat the all-mighty Cell?"
Gohan, who was getting angry at the disrespect he was being shown by this overgrown bug, answered by slamming his fist into Cell's stomach, knocking the air out of the larger being.
Cell took a few steps back with shock showing on his face, but then Gohan's foot filled his vision, and he was sent flying backward out the ring and into a mountain nearby, destroying it upon impact.
Gohan slowly lowered himself onto the ground and narrowed his eyes, stepping into his fighting stance in wait.
He didn't have to wait long.
With a roar, Cell shot out from the destroyed mountain out at Gohan and decked the demi-Saiyan in the jaw before slamming his knee into Gohan's stomach, but Gohan caught it.
Gohan pushed Cell's knee back sharply before delivering a hard uppercut with his elbow, sending Cell's head whipping backward. Then, the intense clash began. Fists, elbows, knees, feet, anything the two opponents had on their body were used as a weapon to hit their enemy.
Neither seemed to gain the upper hand until Cell broke away from the clash, cupped his hands at his side, and shouted, "Kamehameha!" before his arms flew forward and a beam of energy came shooting from his cupped hands.
Seeing this, Gohan darted backward while placing his hands at his forehead and shouted, "Masenko-ha!" before throwing his hands forward to shoot out a yellow beam of energy that collided with Cell's beam.
The two beams struggled for dominance. Each warrior poured more of their energy into the attack before Gohan finally gave up on his attack and flew in the air to avoid the Kamehameha.
Cell canceled his attack, flew into the air, and slammed his fist into Gohan's stomach, making Gohan gasp in pain.
Cell then followed that up with a right fist to Gohan's face, which caused Gohan's head to whip to the left, but the youth caught Cell's left foot, only for Cell's left fist to catch him in the face.
Soon, Cell was delivering blows to Gohan's face repeatedly before kicking Gohan farther into the air.
Cell flew up past the demi-Saiyan, stopped, and then started to fly down, his blue aura flaring from his body with his hands clasped together in a fist.
With a roar, Cell slammed his hammered fist into Gohan's head hard, sending the demi-Saiyan soaring down to the ring where it exploded upon impact.
"Gohan!" The Z-warriors screamed out except for Vegeta, who looked disinterested with his arms crossed, and Goku, who wore a confident smirk on his face as he crossed his arms and gazed out at the ring.
Seeing the smirk, Piccolo turned to Goku and shouted, "Goku, what the hell are you smirking about?! Can't you see that your son is getting beaten by Cell?!"
"Oh, I see it…" Goku responded with a wide smirk on his face, his teal eyes gazing out at the smoke that was covering the ring before adding, "But trust me, Piccolo. This fight is far from over…"
Cell was floating high above the air with a confident smirk on his face. He had beaten that little runt with minor problems at all.
"How pathetic…" Cell said as he slowly floated down to the ring with his arms crossed, a disappointed frown on his face. "Oh Well…Now that he's out of the picture, it's time for the next contestant to step forward and fi-"
Suddenly, the smoke around the area that Gohan had crashed into began to shoot out in different directions. Then, golden beams of light seemed to burst through various places of the smoke, getting brighter and brighter until it suddenly stopped.
Everything was quiet for a moment until the smoke cleared away, revealing the golden aura around the faintly glowing Gohan in his Super Saiyan form, his eyes closed, his fist clenched, and a frown on his face.
Cell, as well as the other Z-Warriors, were stunned into silence.
'Gohan's power level just shot up from out of nowhere! His power even trumps mine, and he's only in Super Saiyan form, not the ascended form. How is this possible?!' Vegeta thought to himself in surprise.
'Wow…Gohan has gotten strong. Far stronger than me. I know he can do what I couldn't and defeat Cell once and for all,' Trunks thought, a smile gracing his lips.
'Man…And I thought Gohan was tough before! His power is off the charts!' Krillin thought with a wry grin on his face.
'Whoa! You go, little dude! Show Cell who's the boss!' Yamcha thought with excitement on his face.
'You have improved far beyond any of us…You are your father's son,' Tien smirked at his thought.
'His power may still be rising, but he's still just a child…But…He may just be the one to defeat Cell…' Piccolo thought with a frown.
The Z-Warriors watched as Cell stared at Gohan with an astonished look on his face which then changed into a cocky one.
"Well, it seems this fight shall continue after all but for how long I won-" Suddenly, Cell hunched forward, pain shooting up and down his body.
He then slowly looked down to see Gohan form and his elbow piercing his stomach.
"W-What?" Was all Cell could get out because Gohan removed his elbow and slammed his fist under Cell's chin, sending his head whipping backward.
The group watched as Gohan then jumped high into the air and flew down, his aura flaring to life as he did so and slammed his elbow into Cell's face so hard, the ring cracked from the impact.
Gohan removed his elbow from his opponent's face, put his hands together, spun around, and slammed them into the side of Cell's head, sending the being flying past the Z-warriors and straight at the boulder, resulting in it being destroyed on impact.
"As I told you, Piccolo," Goku said with a wide smile, eyes shining with pride as Gohan floated down to the ring before flying off past the Z-warriors towards the mountain Cell had crashed into.
"This battle is far from over. Get ready for the show of your life," Goku told him.
As Gohan flew towards the remains of the mountain nearby, a roar caught his attention.
Gohan watched as the remains of the mountain exploded with a halt, revealing an angered Cell, yellow aura flowing around his body with his arms crossed and his eyes narrowed.
"Very good child," Cell congratulated with his angered expression giving way to a cocky smirk reminiscent of Vegeta's. "But you'll need far more than that to put me down!"
But while Cell seemed confident on the outside, inside, he was a little nervous. 'The power that laid behind his attacks were above the ones of his father...I must be careful of this one…' Cell thought to himself as his power flared.
With a scowl, Cell flew forward to meet the charging demi-saiyan and began their intense dual once more, only to break away when Cell kicked Gohan hard in his stomach, sending the super Saiyan flying backward.
Still, the villain smirked and flew forward but swiftly had to change his direction as Gohan sent out a fairly large Ki blast.
Cell passed above it, only to see Gohan's body flicker for a moment before vanishing entirely, sending confusion vibrating through his being.
"Where did he go?" Cell asked himself in confusion, looking around for his opponent.
Cell's confusion didn't last long because the moment he said those words, he felt Gohan's energy above him just seconds before he felt a hard object slam into his head, sending him spiraling to the ground.
Cell caught himself and shot three large Ki blasts at Gohan, who flew down towards Cell, deflecting the attacks with the slap of his right hand, but when Gohan did this, he felt Cell's right fist slam into his stomach, knocking the air from his lungs.
With a smirk, Cell began to lay his attacks on the defenseless form of Gohan, who grunted and groaned with every hard impact of Cell's fists against his body, trying to block or dodge the ruthless onslaught but failing.
"He's hurting him!" Piccolo shouted out as his energy flared around his body, but as he went flying, Goku grabbed his turban, making the Namekian stop.
"Piccolo, you can't interfere! This is Gohan's fight now!" Goku shouted in response, eyes narrowing in anger.
"The hell I can't! You may think this is Gohan's fight, but this isn't. It's your battle Goku and having your son fight it for you is disgraceful, no matter how powerful he has gotten," Piccolo argued with anger within his eyes.
Goku paused faintly at this, but then he shook his head.
No, this was Gohan's battle.
Goku knew from the moment Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan in the time chamber that he would be the one strong enough to defeat Cell.
Not him, Not Piccolo or Vegeta or even Trunks.
But for that split moment, Goku felt enraged at the stab at his honor.
"Piccolo, I understand what you're saying but trust me, Gohan is far more powerful than any of us right now...You saw my battle. I could hardly lay a blow on Cell but look at Gohan..." Goku urged with a slight frown.
Piccolo gazed at the fighting demi-Saiyan and saw Gohan catch Cell's right hand and slammed his forehead against Cell's, sending the monster backward.
The teen then followed up with three punches to the face before spinning around and slamming his foot into Cell's face hard, sending Cell flying towards the ground where he bounced off of it and flew back at Gohan with a roar.
"Gohan is doing more than any of us have done...Have faith in him, Piccolo..." Goku told him.
Piccolo's energy died down as he floated down to Goku's level, a cold stare on his face, but then he sighed.
Piccolo knew that Goku was right, but he knew Gohan far more than Goku did, despite being his father. He knew that despite the power and the look he had seen in Gohan's eyes, the demi-Saiyan was still the kind-hearted, nature-loving, educated boy he had trained since the boy was five years old.
And he couldn't let that go.
'Gohan...Be careful...' Piccolo thought.
Cell let out a furious growl as Gohan's attacks began to increase in speed and strength, each hit taking more energy from the monster.
But when Gohan aimed a kick Cell in his head, Cell ducked it and managed to land a well-placed left hook to Gohan's side, causing Gohan's body to whip to the left, where Cell then punched Gohan's face.
Cell smirked, clasped his hands together, and bashed them onto Gohan's head, sending the Saiyan spiraling down towards the ground.
Cell watched as Gohan fell and swiftly adjusted his body.
Cell placed his hands behind him in an upwards position with a smirk, and swiftly, light energy began to form into it, making Vegeta's eyes widen.
"No...He wouldn't dare use my attack!" Vegeta roared out in anger, his Saiyan pride coming to light once more, causing everyone to look at him warily, waiting for him to rush off to attack Cell, but he didn't, much to everyone's relief.
They didn't need him dying from Cell's hands.
"Take this you Saiyan scum! Galick Gun!" With his furious shout, his attack flew towards the falling being, but luckily, Gohan managed to land on the ground on his feet with a slam and a grunt and swiftly looked up to see the purple light beam coming towards him.
"No...I won't let it end here!" Gohan swore as his energy flared before he cupped his hands together and slide them to his side, gathering blue Ki into them. "Ka-me-ha-me...HA!"
With his shout, a large blue beam shot out from his hands and collided with the purple beam.
The attacks fought for dominance with both combatants' eyes narrowed in concentration, needing to gain the upper hand. Unfortunately for Gohan, Cell's Galick Gun began to get the upper hand, causing Gohan's eyes to widen.
Gohan gritted his teeth and tried to dig deep, but to his horror, he couldn't summon enough power to keep him going.
He had reached his limit.
Captain Blues: And that is the end of this chapter. The next chapter will be out fairly soon and after that, canon is going out the window so until then, time to set sail.