18 opened the door to the Capsule Corp building's restroom, leaving it open as she looked into a mirror she pined for. Finally she could properly maintain herself. The car ride was dull but her brother insisted on it. Now she could stretch her legs, and not worry about her rambunctious brother from messing up her relaxation. She then turned and noticed Krillin watched her, turning as she placed her hand to the sink. "You watch women in the bathroom often?" She asked as her cold eyes stared down at him.
"N-No." Krillin caught off guard by her question, blushing as his eyes shifted to the ground suddenly. "I… I just want to ask you..." Krillin could not seem to pull up the courage he needed to speak to her. He knew he had no chance to stop her if she decided to destroy the place, and asking her directly seemed pointless.
"Kwillin!" A sudden call, a waddling toddler in purple hair moved his way to the family friend. "Pway!" The hybrid demanded as he cut through their conversation with a big grin and clung to Krillin's pant leg while the other hand clutched to a cookie he got from his grandmother.
"T-trunks… now is not a good time." Krillin could feel the sweat drop from his head as the toddler made himself known, wondering how the heck he got away.
"Well aren't you a cutie." Android 18 made herself known to the toddler, whose blue eyes almost sparkled seeing a new person. 18 then squat down to get to his level, a small smile on her face. "What is your name?"
"I am Twunks. You are vewy Pwetty." Trunk let go of Krillin and stepped toward 18. Krillin placed his hand to the young man's head, 18 looking up at the serious faced man. She just smiled lightly to him.
"Thank you very much, but if you keep that up, you will end up in trouble."
"Twouble?" Trunks asked as he turned his head quizzically.
"That's right. It is because I am a bad girl, Bad girls always lead to trouble." 18 gave a closed eye smile. Trunks seemed only more confused, as he watched her return to her tall stature. "You." Her gaze returned to the sharp stare down. "What is there to do around here?"
Krillin gulped from the sudden shift of tone in her voice. She seemed rather kind to the toddler, but snapped back to her more assertive tone with him. "Uh, well we are in west city. There is plenty of things to do." He said a little shaken still.
A few moments pass as she looked down at him, her arms crossing. "Well? Are you going to show me around?" 18's eyebrow cocked.
"Oh! You mean… for me to. Right." Krillin blushed harder as he moved toward the door.
18 followed behind before she felt a small hand on her leg and attempting to grasp her leggings. Her gaze shifted down to the little Trunks, holding up the cookie he had for her. "Whats your name?" He asked, his blue eyes wide to her narrow gaze.
"18." She responded as she looked down at the small toddle, unknowingly a destructive force in a different timeline she would do to him.
"It was nice meeting you, 18. Here." He offered his cookie with a little more effort. 18 just smiled as she took the cookie, Trunks then running off to see if he could get another one.
"Cute kid, not yours by chance." She said as she walked out of the Capsule Corp building, followed by Krillin. "Don't lie, I have sensors for that." She lied to put Krillin on edge again.
"No." Krillin said softly as he followed behind the determined woman. "I have no kids… This will be the first date I have ever had actually."
18 laughed suddenly. "This isn't a date, I needed someone to carry my things. Time to get new cloths." She took to the air, Krillin's hopes only slightly destroyed as he followed behind the blond bombshell.
-Roshi's Island-
Goku sat up as the heart virus was waning finally, strength was returning to him. He continued to take his medicine to keep himself from suddenly going to remission, but he also began to exercise to reclaim some of his lost strength. Tien, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha were not too concerned, and tried to combine their strengths to help him get back to full health. Roshi remarked that it was quite stunning that Goku even at a small portion of his strength was more than enough for the three humans. Goku felt almost at one hundred percent in the few hours that followed, but senses out as a sudden burst of Ki could be felt nearby. He could feel his brother fighting, but another creature was radiating a strange mix of Ki. "I don't like where this is going." The others stopped as well, feeling the evil Ki close by as well.
-Raditz's Home-
Raditz wore his gravity control device, pushing it to the limit it could have taken him. Slowly his body lifted off the ground as he pushed with one arm, slowly lowering as he counted toward one thousand push-ups. He knew Vegeta would try to become something more than Super Saiyan, something greater than the legend that nearly all the saiyans alive had obtained. Instead he focused on making his base stronger, and hope that his little hidden home was enough to keep away from the Androids if he needed more years of training.
He then heard something land down beside him, turning his head and seeing a large green armored man stand before him. Silent as he seemed to be scanned. "Genetic match, but not Goku. It appears 17 will be reaching Goku." He said as the android began to turn to leave.
Raditz dropped the Gravity device's gravity to times 1, standing as the android seemed to not care for him. He lifted his arm and fired a blast into the green titan of a man. "If you all split up, this is the best chance to kill at least one of you." Raditz said smiling as he powered up to Super Saiyan. "I am not going to miss this chance."
"You will not survive against me, your best chance is to allow me to leave." 16 spoke, giving the saiyan one last chance before he was hit with a barrage of attacks. "Very well." The cold machine turned back to his opponent as walked forward and met with each blast again and again.
Raditz was not stupid enough to allow the android walk up to him as he attacked though, He took to the air to allow more dodge availability. His hand outstretched and raining blow after blow, tell 16 flew at great speed at him. He attempted to shift out of the way, but his wrist was grabbed suddenly. 16 then began to punch into his defenseless body, reminding the importance of keeping his one arm free. He tried to retaliate with heavy kicks, but 16 simply stood like they were nothing and withstood each one before finally throwing him into the house. Parts of the roof and wall fell on top of him, as he watched the android remove a hand and exposed as strange device. He watched as energy seemed to gather, Raditz readied his hand as a blue aura of energy appeared. The two pointed at each other as they fired, Raditz hit with 16's but was soon and quickly being overwhelmed. 16 coldly stared down as the saiyan struggled to fight, but then watched as his body bulked up. Raditz roared out as more energy was pushed from his palm and forced back 16's blast.
"What is this?" 16 asked as he looked down at Raditz, bulked up abnormally.
"This… is what everyone else is looking for. I, Raditz, already obtained the Ascended form!" He yelled out, launching to the air and collided with the larger man. Raditz was already feeling the stamina drain, not just from working out but form the form. He attempted to push him away from his home. 16 rose his still full arm and slammed it down into Raditz's back again and again. The Saiyan continued to push the android away and into the trees. 16 finally grabbed hold of Raditz and lifted him up over head before throwing him to the ground.
"It will not be enough… I will simply increase my power output." 16 spoke as Raditz righted himself before colliding with the ground. "Your struggle is pointless."
"You threaten my brother, my struggle has the only point I need. Now sit still and try resisting this!" Raditz curled his fingers and formed a ball of red energy in his palm. Raditz pumped as much power as he could manage, energy discharged from his form as he did so. "It has every ounce of my fury! Friday Night Frenzy!" Raditz thrust his hand forward and energy exploded from his hand, a wave of massive energy enveloped 16 without issue. But as Raditz's stamina ran out and he was forced to drop into his base form, he looked up and saw 16 still standing with no damage.
"As I stated… your struggle is pointless." He pointed his handless arm to him once more, and fired a massive blast down into the ground. The ground erupted and the woods caught fire, the destruction well exposed the possibility of 16's destructive force. The android looked at the destroyed land, turned his sad gaze toward Roshi's home and began to fly for his goal.
-Over the ocean-
"Honestly, we just had slept for like years. She spends three days with me and suddenly she is done with me." 17 currently argued with himself. "I mean, I am not that bad of a guy to hang around with am I. My own sister making me go alone, and the big guy then suggests going alone to the other location. Man I am bored." He sighed slightly as he lowered to the ocean watch and enjoyed making the water part as he flew by. He enjoyed the power he had, and now that he was alone he was able to get trapped in his own head about what he would do after killing Goku.
17 could not plan much though, as he was forced to suddenly stop flight. He looked behind her and a strange three fingered hand grasp around his ankle. Cell rose out of the water with a smile, 17 not one to just accept being grabbed by a freaky alien thing, fires blasts that make Cell release him. "Oh brother, why do you treat me so?" Cell ask rhetorically.
"I don't know what you are, but it looks like you're ready for a fight." 17 said as he pointed a finger and fired a blast. "Too bad for you, I don't plan on letting you."
The blast hit cell, making the bug man fall into the water again. But then dived down below what 17 could see properly. Cell then charged a Kamehameha once more, and from under the water he fired it. The energy erupted from the ocean waters, and sent 17 into the air with some pain. Cell then rushed out of the water, toward his pray. 17 attempted to punch at his foe, but Cell slipped through and slammed his own into 17's stomach. A quick turn of Cell's body and a knee collided into the back of 17 and force the android to straighten up.
17 could not believe he was getting outclassed, turning as Cell tail opened and attempted to envelope the android. His hands grabbed the sides just before it went over his head, struggling as Cell pushed to try and absorb his first android. 17's eyes widened with how easy Cell was making it look. The boy let his body drop, forcing his foot out and kicking Cell in the chin and making the bug man back off. He then pulled energy to his palms and fired it at Cell. The bug man instead knocked the blast away, then placed his hands beside his head. "Solar Flare!"
A blinding light, so bright that 16 who was on his way and Goku with his friends could see it. 17 yelled out in pain with his eyes blinded. He could not tell where the beast was, and unable to defend himself when the tail engulfed the witless boy. Absorbing the young android into his being, Cell smiling as he felt his power increasing more and more. His body shifted and took a more human shape, looking at his hands as he felt a power that everyone could feel was massively more powerful. "Now… begins the age of semi-perfect Cell." he spoke with a deeper tone then before and stretched his body. "Let us find out where my dear sister is now." He then began his travels toward a hidden lab somewhere near North city, the one where Gero had recently pass in.
-Roshi's home-
The sudden power could be felt through the bones of every fighter there. Yamcha shook as he could feel how unprepared he was for what was coming. But Goku felt things were off, that something was not right about the creature. He could feel just how dangerous everything was getting, and how weak everyone was. "This is not good… it looks like we will need to use it." Goku said, to the confusion of his friends. Goku then uses his Instant Transmission to teleports to Piccolo and Gohan, and brings Gohan with him to collect vegeta and Ashe. The father and daughter were training, pushing each other in super saiyan in an attempt to ascend.
Goku announces to the prince and his daughter, that there is a place where they can get a year's training in a single day. Vegeta had felt the power of Cell, still unknown that it was the creature. He agrees to join as long as he trains in it first, wishing to be the first to Ascend. Goku agrees and brings them to the Lookout, Tarble and Yurin concerned but are relieved when they heard and felt everyone was safe. Goku remarks that he brought only Vegeta, Ashe, and Gohan because he felt that the five of them were the best option for the time chamber. Tarble confused by what goku meant, and Goku reminds him of the yearlong training they added when preparing to fight Piccolo. Tarble surprised he forgot about it, Yurin even more surprised as she had been upgrading it as well as other parts of the Lookout.
Yurin then explains what 'upgrades' she was talking about. She says that there is only one major change, and that is that entering the time chamber does not cause the people inside to age. They can still grow tired and get stronger, but they no longer physically age. The doorway still disappears after two years of total time inside the chamber, but she put protections in so that someone will be forced out at the two year limit. The door simply disappears in their realm as well for them so they cannot attempt to force more time.
Vegeta remarks that it does not matter, in the year's time both he and Ashe would be far greater than any would need to hope to be. Goku remarks that he and Gohan will follow up, and Tarble should find a partner. Tarble then informs them, he does not plan on going in. Both his longtime friend and his brother demand a reason. Tarble explains that if they can get strong enough in the year, then he will not need to, and he can save his last year to help his own son get stronger later on. He does suggest though to gather the other fighters, but remarks to leave Krillin for now. Yurin agrees as she had used her god training to sneak a peek at the human and saw he was with an android that might try killing Goku.
Goku then agrees as Vegeta heads into the time chamber, returning to Roshi's island to gather yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu. Attempts to sense his brother, but suddenly realizing he cannot. Yurin then attempts to find him, and sees he is fatally wounded and near death. She helps Goku find his brother. Goku appeared to Raditz, and then transported to Nappa. The large saiyan spooked by the sudden appearance. Goku demanding a sensu bean, Nappa having grown plenty by this time for a small back log. With Raditz fed and brought back to full strength, the three saiyans are informed of the time chamber and agree to go.
And so the plan to build up and prepare for a growing threat has begun! But will Tarble really not go into the chamber? Will Raditz somehow obtain a higher form simply because of himself Ascending already to a grade 2 super Saiyan? Who will team up with who? Where will android 16 end up? And will 18 be safe? Let's see in the next chapter!