As The Flowers Dance

The sun set slowly over the horizon. The breeze was calm, and the grass was fertile.It was 2 years after the "encounter" with Buu.

Goku was in his living room, watching the news. Hey,it was a sunday. There was nothing else to watch. Goku sighed. "This is so boring..." he thought, staring at the illuminated t.v. Gohan was in his room, studying. He sighed. "This is so boring..." he thought. Gohan really wanted to fight. He hadn't fought in two years. He wanted to do something else besides study. Maybe go to the arcade or something.

Meanwhile, Goten and Trunks were at the arcade, having fun. As you can see, their still causing trouble. The game ended. "Ha!...Ha! I won!" Goten cried with joy. Trunks frowned. "It was a lucky shot..." he said, envying Goten. All of the sudden, they heard a scream outside. They exchanged glances. They both ran out of the arcade, trying to see where the scream came from. But, there was no one in sight! Trunks and Goten stared, confused. What about the scream? Trunks said,"Do you think the person who was in trouble ran away?" Goten nodded. Then said,"But from what?" The boys were deep in thought. All of the sudden, Trunks had this uneasy feeling. Like something wasn't right. "Whats wrong?" Goten noticed. "Nothing..." Trunks said,"Nothing..."

Meanwhile, inside the arcade, everyone was enjoying their video games. All of the sudden, this creature started absorbing people!

"Did you hear that?" Goten asked Trunks. "Hear what?" he replied. Goten answered,"I don't know, it sounded like a muffled scream...Are you sure you didn't hear it?" Trunks nodded. Goten stared in unison. Trunks and Goten both knew something wasn't right. They went back into the arcade. But...no one was there! Trunks gasped. The only thing that was left of the victims were their clothing! Goten decided to go get Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan immediately. They flew towards Goku's house. "What do you think is happening?" Goten asked, confused. Trunks frowned. He responded,"I don't know...but what-ever it is, I'm sure our dads and the rest of the gang could handle it."

Meanwhile, back at Goku's house, Gohan had finally finished studying. "Oh, by the way Gohan, what did you get on your math test today?" Chi Chi asked Gohan. Gohan sighed. "Ofcoarse, an A" he replied. Chi Chi beamed. On the otherhand, Goku didn't care what Gohan got. The doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Goku said,not wanting to watch the boring t.v. anymore. He opened the door. "Hey guys! Watcha doing here?" Goku asked Goten and Trunks. Trunks answered, We think that the city's in trouble. We went to the arcade and we found that no one was in sight! And what was left of the victims were their clothes!" As soon as Goku heard this, he froze. "Cell....." he whispered. Gohan froze,too. Goku said,"I think we should go get the gang." Gohan nodded.

As soon as all the Z warriors gathered, they all started looking for Cell. Goten and Trunks were confused. Who was Cell? Why was everyone so worried? And worst of all, even Goku looked worried. Wasn't Goku supposed to be a cool, confident fighter? "Who's Cell?" Goten finally asked. Goku looked at him. What could he possibly say? He responded,"A monster..." Goten and Trunks looked at eachother. Vegeta spoke up. "I think, this is stupid, looking for Cell all together. Why don't we split up?" "Because," Piccolo responds,"if we split up and find Cell by ourselves, Cell will surely beat that person that he finds first. Besides,...remember the last we split up?" They all looked at Yomcha. Then they all smiled. Now more than ever, Goten and Trunks were really confused.

An hour later, there was still no sign of Cell. Vegeta was getting very annoyed. "Can we split up now? Really! We couldv'e found Cell by now." Vegeta said. Goku hesitated. "Hey guys!" A familiar voice said.All of the Z fighters turned around. It was Future Trunks! Everyone was shocked. Except ofcoarse, Goten and Trunks. They were really confused. Chibi Trunks stepped up to Goku. "Who's he?" Goku smiled. "It's....you." Chibi Trunks gasped. "That's me?" he asked again. Goku nodded. Future Trunks said,"Listen, I know where Cell is." Gohan replied,"Hold on...why'd you come here?" Future Trunks frowned. He answered,"Well,...It's Cell. Somehow he mananged to build a time machine! And now...he's stronger than ever!" The Z fighters gasped. "C'mon..," Future Trunks said,"lets hurry." The Z fighters followed Trunks for about 10 minutes. "Are we almost there?" Gohan asked. "Yes." Future Trunks replied. In less than a second later, they saw Perfect Cell! Everyone stared,aghaust. The Z warriors flew to the ground,where Cell was. Cell laughed. "Surprised to see me?" he asked, smiling. Future Trunks grumbled. "Why are you absorbing people?" he asked. Cell continued to smile. "Well...if I have to tell you. I found out something...even if I'm in 3rd form, I could still absorb people right? Well, I figured out if I abosrb 100 people, I will be 50 times stronger than Buu!" Goku was shocked. 50 times better than Buu? He could hardly even beat Buu! Vegeta was outraged. How could Cell be 50 times better than Buu? "How did you come back?" Vegeta asked. Cell just laughed. He answered,"Well, you know when you distracted me, and Gohan overpowered my kamehameha? Well, even though he "destroyed" me, one cell remained. Remember? I can never die." Vegeta was speechless. But he still had one more question. He questioned,"But why didn't you come back before Buu came?" Cell frowned. "Well, this whole time I've been training. I had to make sure I would never lose again." Gohan smiled. "Well, I guess your going to lose." Cell laughed. "You think you can defeat me?Oh yes...I forgot to mention one small detail. You know the Hyperbolic Time Chamber? I've trained in there this whole time." Piccolo frowned. "Wait," he interupted,"I was up in Kame's tower this whole time, and I didn't see you." Cell grinned. "I sneaked in." Piccolo still had a question. He asked,"But how could've you trained in there for all this time? After 2 days you get stuck in there forever." Cell replied,"I figured out that there was this control room to determine how much time you can spend in the time chamber. I switched it to 20 years. Ofcoarse, I didn't need that long to train."

The Z warriors were fresh out of questions. "Now who will I fight first?" Cell said. "I will." Piccolo volunteered. But Vegeta had other plans. "No....I will." "Stay out of this Vegeta!" Piccolo replied. Vegeta merely smiled. "C'mon Namek, let me go first. Cell wont be a challenge to me though." Piccolo finally gave in. "Fine." Piccolo said. Cell had a plan. He knew a perfect way to beat Vegeta. Cell said,"Alright then, lets begin." "Let's fight over there in the canyon. Understood?" Vegeta answered. Cell nodded.

They flew over to the canyon. Future Trunks was very nervous. He didn't want his dad to get hurt, And he didn't want to lose him.

"This time, no one will interfere. And no one can help." Vegeta smiled. But Cell smiled more. "Ok." Vegeta charged up, and turned SSJ2. Vegeta wasn't just about to lose. He really wanted to win. As if reading his mind,Cell said,"You really think you can win?" Vegeta smiled. He was confident. Answering Cell's question, Vegeta replied,"Yes, I know I'll win. You have no idea how much I've improved since the last time we've met." Cell snickered. "Neither do you...." he whispered. "Let's begin." Vegeta was impatient.

The battle began. Vegeta charged towards Cell. He got ready to punch. But Cell grabbed his arm. Vegeta tried to pull away, but Cell's mighty grasp refused to let go. Cell then did something that shocked everybody. He let go. But then did another that shocked everyone. Cell cried,"Ka...me...ha...me...ha!!" Vegeta was so shocked; he stood there petrified. Finally the blast hit him. The battlefield was engulfed by smoke. The Z gang struggled to see through the density of the smoke. Finally, but gradually, the smoke cleared. A figure stood out from the smoke...it was Vegeta! He had survived! Cell still stood proud. Vegeta was very uneasy. Deep down inside, Vegeta was very hurt. He knew he was never going to win. To hide his dissapointment, he grinned an uneasy smile. Cell really wanted to end this battle soon, even though they had just started. Cell smirked,"Now Vegeta...how do you wanna lose...fast or slow?" Vegeta grumbled. How much he hated Cell. Why couldn't Cell stop smiling...that evil smile....Vegeta shivered. "Let's continue." Cell said, impatient. "Fine." Vegeta retorted. "C'mon Vegeta...you can win this." Goku thought. Goku was kind of worried. Even though the battle just started it already seemed hopeless.

Cell decided to do another attack. "Destruto Disk!" he said, and it went flying at Vegeta. This time, it hit Vegeta head on! Vegeta again seemed okay. Vegeta was tired of this. He focused all of his energy, then screamed,"Big....Bang....Attack!" As the blast hurdled at Cell, Cell grinned. When the Big Bang Attack culptivated Cell, the whole area was consulted by smoke again. This time the dark, fiery smoke cleared out alot quicker. All of the sudden,Cell emerged. He laughed again. Vegeta was amazed. How could Cell have been hit by such a strong blast, and not even have a scratch? "Amazed?" Cell asked, grinning now more than ever. "How...How did you s-survive?" Vegeta stammered. "Well," Cell replied,"I have a forcefield around me." Vegeta was surprised. Vegeta than shouted,"Didn't we agree to no fooling around? And even if we didn't it still doesn't matter. If you were a true warrior, you wouldn't put a barrier around you." As stubborn as Cell was, Cell knew Vegeta had a point. "Fine. No more fooling around. This time, we fight with full power." Cell annouced. Vegeta nodded. Then Vegeta thought one shocking thought. He was using his full power! "Ok. Let's begin once more." Cell replied.

After Vegeta punched,(and failed)Cell began to get kinda annoyed. He knew Vegeta could never win. Cell had an idea. He said,"Listen. I want to spare you the humiliation. Either you can quit now or lose.Choose." Vegeta didn't want to quit. "I'll go with option 3." Vegeta retorted. "Oh? And what's that?" Cell asked, even more annoyed. Vegeta answered,"I'll win." Cell smirked. "Fool." Cell whispered. "Alright. Let's end this...now." Cell then flew up into the sky. "What's he doing"? Vegeta thought. Vegeta followed him. As soon as they were a few feet away, they stared punching eachother. Cell's punches were like lightning, fast and life-threatening. Then Cell smiled. He flew even higher. Then he did something that shocked everyone. He cried,"Solar Flare!!" Vegeta was flabbergasted. Finally, Vegeta was blinded by the blast. Then Cell flew towards Vegeta and punched as hard as he could! Vegeta fell to the ground really hard. All of the Z fighters were shocked, especially Future Trunks,Trunks and Goku. The three of them stared in awe. "No..."Future Trunks whispered, then turned away. Tears started welling up in Chibi Trunks eyes. Cell laughed. "Ok.Who's my next victim?" He said, hatred in his eyes.

To be Continued...