Chapter 9: Gotenks wins…doesn't he?
Goku came out of his slight black out when he heard what sounded like two people at the same time. Passing it off because of the black out, he tried to get up. He realized he reverted to normal when he felt his hair return to its standard position.
"Dad."
Goku heard the two-in-one voice again, this time closer. He tried to focus his eyes to find who was talking when something grabbed his hand.
"Cell?! No. Hand is too small to be Gohan's. Can't be Vegeta."
His eyes started to focus and made out the person helping him up. Upon seeing lavender hair, he immediately jumped to a conclusion.
"Trunks? Thank goodness. Cell didn't kill you, too. Are you all right? Did he torture you?"
"Torture? He didn't do anything like that to me. But, I'm not Trunks, not in a sense."
"What?"
Goku focused even further and saw the black hair bordering with the lavender. Finally, he saw the entire figure of the fusion warrior.
"Trunks?" Goku asked in confusion. "I don't remember teaching you the fusion technique. Wait. Who did you fuse with?"
"Huh? Goten, of course. Who else?"
Goku breathed a sigh of relief about the news that his son was not dead. Cell had really lied to him. After getting up, he looked for Vegeta.
"Hey, where's…"
"He's over there," Gotenks pointed to Goku's left, answering his incomplete question. Vegeta was getting up as he saw Goku get up.
"Kakarot, what disgusting technique did you teach my son? He's combined with your own brat."
"Goku? Goku?" a familiar voice to Goku shouted telepathically.
"King Ki," Goku answered, "What is it?"
"Goku, I was the one who gave them the knowledge of fusion."
"How?"
"There's no time for explanations now. Cell is approaching your position. You need to let Gotenks fight while you fuse with Vegeta. Now, he doesn't know the technique so here's what you do…"
"King Ki, Gohan won't live though that."
"Now's not the time Goku! Gohan will come to Heaven like you did. I can train him as I did with you. He'll be happy here."
"I have a better idea."
"Goku! There's no other way! I'm sorry to say, but your son will have to die if you want to save the earth."
"No! There is a way. I can use something you never though could be used in the manner I'm thinking of."
"You stubborn, thick headed…! All right. But for the universe's sake, I hope you know what you're doing."
"Kakarot! Kakarot!"
Goku came out of his conversation with King Ki facing an annoyed Vegeta about to punch him.
"Are you listening to me? Cell is approaching. He seems to be taking his time, and we need to use this time to come up with a strategy, not dosing off in some idiotic blank out session!"
"Vegeta, I have a way we can get Cell out of Gohan's body without killing him."
"Well," Vegeta interrupted, "Don't stall and just tell us."
"It's so simple," Goku started, "I don't know why I didn't think of this before. Gotenks, did Cell say anything about Gohan still being alive?"
"Yeah," he answered, "He said he was buried in the recesses of something or other. But, he said he wouldn't be coming back."
"Don't worry. We can bring him back. I just need you and Vegeta to hold him off until I can gather enough energy for a Spirit Bomb. It will hurt Cell, but not Gohan."
"Is this some attempt to back out of the fight, Kakarot?" Vegeta asked.
"Trust me on this one Vegeta." Goku looked towards Gotenks. "How long have you been fused?"
"About ten minutes."
"Good. You still have twenty minutes before the fusion wares off. Do you think you can hold him off?"
"Oh yeah," Gotenks said confidently, "I bet I can take him on with out even braking a sweat."
"Don't under estimate him."
"I won't." Gotenks took off in Cell's direction. Goku looked at Vegeta.
"You better go with them. Make sure they don't act like you."
"And what the hell is that suppose to mean, Kakarot?" Vegeta asked offensively.
With a brief smirk, Goku said, "Oh, nothing."
After a short usual evil smile, Vegeta took off towards the awaiting battle. After Goku made sure nobody was around, he lifted his hands to the air.
"The land, the sea, the sky, and all the living things on the planet…"
Gotenks flew as fast as he could towards Cell's location, eager to battle his capture. After Goten and Trunks had fused for the second time on the space pod, all he could think about was kicking Cell's butt back to hell. As soon as he could see Cell, he transformed into a Super Saiyan, heading Goku's warning. He stopped when he was several yards away from Cell in Gohan's body.
"So, this is what happens when you put Goten and Trunks together."
"Cell," Gotenks responded, "You have invaded Gohan's body and hurt our fathers. You will face my wrath."
"Really. I have had it with you fucking Saiyan's now. I may be in the body of one, but he's will enjoy his new role as the most powerful being in the universe."
Gotenks dashed behind Cell with an unbelievable speed, even by his standards. Cell barely had time to look behind him before the fusion warrior started to pound him mercilessly. Cell fell back and started to charge up a Kamehameha wave, but Gotenks fired one of his own and knocked Cell back. Not wasting any time, Gotenks super speeded beside Cell and grabbed his arm. He spun the evil being 360 degrees and flung him towards a nearby cliff. Cell instant transmitted behind Gotenks and fired an energy blast. The fusion warrior easily evaded it, again, appearing behind Cell.
"Give it up Cell. I'm obviously more powerful than you are. Why don't you get out of Gohan's body and go back to where you belong?"
Vegeta showed up as this happened and decided to look on as the fighter that had his son in it was beating the invader.
"What power!" He thought. "He's playing with Cell now. I can sense that this Gotenks is far beyond what I or Kakarott could ever accomplish on our own."
"What do you say Cell?" Gotenks asked his out matched opponent.
He waited for a response. The area was silent for several minutes. Then Gotenks heard it, a laugh. It was low at first, and then it became louder. Cell looked up into the air and laughed manically.
"What the Hell is he laughing about?" Vegeta thought. "He's facing defeat and he's laughing?"
Gotenks was annoyed. "Cell, you baka, what are you laughing at?!" Cell turned around to his enemy.
"You can't see the obvious. This is not my true power."
Both Vegeta and Gotenks became shocked at the news.
"Cell," Gotenks shouted, "Quite kidding yourself. Just admit you're beaten."
"Far from it."
Cell descended to the ground and took on a power-up position. He smiled and started to emit a golden aurora. The ground shook, again, but this time even more volatile than the last time he had powered up. Cell only smiled and looked up at Gotenks.
"You should have stayed in the space pod."
A yellow beam of power replaced where Cell was and ascended to the upper atmosphere. Thunder shot from the clouds and landed around Cell as his body was increasing in power. His hair spiked up even more, and its tone became darker. After the light settled, Gotenks saw what Cell had done. He had ascended to the second level.
"No!" Vegeta thought. "Gotenks's power dwindles compared to Cell's power now. He's perverting the Super Saiyan power and becoming stronger because of it."
Cell looked up at Gotenks again with an ear-to-ear grin.
"Now what were you saying about being more powerful?"
Gotenks became frustrated, and raised his hands up.
"I didn't want to do this, but I see I have no choice."
Gotenks, with a thought, ascended to the second level then the third. Vegeta looked at the warrior as if he had seen a ghost.
"What?! He can ascend to Kakarot's form? Impossible! He's only the combination of two children! He's now matched in Cell's power."
"Impressive. Now let us see who is the better fighter."
Gotenks made the first move again, super speeding behind Cell's back, but Cell caught him this time. He turned around and kicked him in the stomach. Gotenks fired multiple energy blast at Cell, who evaded most of them. He shot for Cell with a kick and landed it on Cell's neck. Gotenks flew back and drew in a huge breath of air.
"Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack times one hundred!"
Gotenks spat out one hundred ghost-like figures of himself. All of them, however, went in separate direction away from Cell.
"Hey! Everyone!" Gotenks yelled out, "Get back over here and attack Cell!"
In unison all of them said, "Oh yeah!"
Cell, who was dumbfounded by the whole attack, stood still as each ghost charged for him. With a fury of blast, the area lit up and the heat intensified. The dust settled and nothing was left.
"Ha! Gottcha!"
"Not quite!"
Gotenks turned around and saw Cell fire a red ball of energy from his hand. It hit the warrior dead on, blowing him back towards a small mount. Before he hit it, Gotenks started to feel disoriented. Suddenly, he de-fused and returned to Goten and Trunks. As they hit the mount, they looked at each other with confusion.
"What happened, Trunks?" Goten asked. "We still had ten minutes to go."
"That was a little technique I created in Hell to combat you fusion warriors."
Cell descended fast to Goten and Trunks, stomping on there chests to stop. After there cries of pain, they attempted to get Cell's feet off them.
"Now, you made me waste energy with that last fight. I think I will take some of it back." Cell started to drain their energy again but with lethal effects. Vegeta wasted no time to charge in to the rescue.
"Hey, Cell! Why don't you pick on someone your own age! Or are you too fucking scared to fight a grown warrior?!"
Cell phased out before Vegeta could lay a punch. Looking and sensing around, the Saiyan price could not locate the fiend. Vegeta stood on his guard while he waited for Cell to make the next move.
"Dad…I…can't…move," Trunks whimpered.
Vegeta shot a glance at the two boys, wanting to comfort his son. He was only several feet from them, but if he let his guard down, Cell would be on top of him.
"Hold on, brat," he responded, "a true warrior doesn't whine when he's hurt. That goes for you too Goten. I don't care if you are Kakarot's child. Just…hold on."
"Come on Kakarot. How long does it take you to get energy for a damn Spirit Bomb?"
Vegeta kept scanning the area for Cell, but he came up empty with a location. Then, he felt the energy; not in the area, but near Goku's location.
"No! KAKAROT!
Goku could feel the energy flowing around him. It seemed like an eternity for it to gather to a useable quantity. He had only used this type of Spirit Bomb against Frieza, and, although it did not really make a difference then, he know it would be enough to expel Cell from his son's body. He was only surprised that Gotenks could keep Cell so busy that he did not notice the large magnitude of the sphere.
"Almost done. As soon as I can locate Cell, I'll release it."
"That may be a little premature for you, Goku."
Goku froze as he heard the creepy voice of Cell behind him.
"I've got you now Cell."
Goku honed in on Cell's location and released the Spirit Bomb. Cell only crossed his arms and waited for the attack. It made contact with the enemy…and dissipated. Goku turned around only to be caught by total alarm. Cell had his arms upturned to the Spirit Bomb's former location. His hands were smoking from a very powerful energy blast.
"Goku, you bastard, that attack will never work on me. If Frieza could survive that attack, then I certainly could destroy it with a thought."
"No, No, NO! How? That attack could have killed anyone else."
"I can see that you're still weak. Are you ready to die now?" Cell extended his hand towards the hero.
"I don't know why. Wait!" Goku took on a shocked look. "What an idiot I've been. I used only plants and animals. I've been using the wrong energy."
"Well? It would be no use to try to kill you only to have you instant transmit away. I'll make absorbing your energy very painful."
After five seconds of silence, Goku responded. "Ok, Cell. Do it."
"What? No! You've done this before. Why should I believe you?"
"I can't go on. I've failed the earth, just like I did back in the Cell Games."
"Only this time, no one can back you up. There are no other warriors strong enough to beat me. Gohan's body is mine, Vegeta's too weak, and your sons are beaten."
"But, you have to promise to leave earth as soon as you absorb my energy."
"I give you my word." Goku raised his hands in the air.
"Ok, Cell. I'm ready."
"Fool. I'll leave earth alright…after I blow it up."
"King Ki. I need to contact my friends."
Piccolo tried to get up from the couch, but his body was still regenerating. Chi-Chi and the others were still waiting to hear from Goku and Vegeta.
"Eeerrgghh. I can't take this any more. I've got to help," Piccolo struggled.
"You're in no condition to fight," Chi-Chi said, "Yajarobi is already coming with some sensu beans."
"I can't wait that long."
"Piccolo, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Videl."
"Goku?" Chi-Chi asked. "Goku is that you?"
"Yes. All of you, I need some of your energy."
"Ok everyone," Piccolo ordered, "Outside and extend your hands."
"What are we going to do out there?"
Piccolo stood up to much pain, but still managed to walk. "We need to give our energy to Goku."
"AHHHHHHGGGGGGG!!!!"
"Come on, Goku. I know you can scream louder than that."
"Please, Cell! No more!"
"Ha! I'm just starting."
Goku was now lying face up on the ground yelling out as Cell sapped lethal doses of life energy from him.
"That's it Cell. Keep it up. I can feel the others' energy coming to me."
"You are going to die like the rest of humanity, Goku. Once I drain Vegeta's and the rest of your sons' energy, I am going to be a symbol of death to the universe. Nothing standing in my way will live. And, all of it will be in Gohan's body, the one who killed me. Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Goku started to store the energy so it would not be absorbed. Suddenly, he looked up at Cell smiling. Cell only kept draining his energy.
"Hey, Cell! You want energy?!!" Goku's body glowed with a bright light of life energy from the others: Piccolo, Goten, Trunks, Chi-Chi, Videl, and Bulma.
"WELL TAKE IT!"
A baffled Cell looked at the Saiyan with confusion. The life energy was absorbed into Cell as he stopped the draining.
"What the Hell are…"
Cell stopped in mid-sentence as he realized he absorbed something he was not supposed to. His hand started to glow white as the sensation numbed from it.
"No. You purposely let me absorb your energy so I would absorb a Spirit Bomb!"
"Even I could have figured that one out in less time, Cell."
"It can't be. I can resist that attack!"
"Not while you're in Gohan's body. Energy from those who care about him can force an evil spirit from his body. I just needed you to voluntarily absorb it."
Cell saw Goku's point. He could feel Piccolo's energy he had absorbed in the Spirit Bomb, as well as Gohan's mother, his girlfriend, Bulma's, Trunks's, and his brother's. It started to make its way to his torso.
"No! I can't be defeated! I am the perfect being!"
Cell's eyes and mouth started to fire beams of light, and he tried to force the energy out. Goku could see something forced from Gohan's body, a dark figure of Cell. Cell could not hold on for any longer and disappeared. After that, Gohan's body fell to the ground.
"DAMN YOU FUCKING SAIYANS!!!"
Cell could see that he was speeding towards the afterlife again. After zooming past King Yenma's head, he fell past the clouds beneath Snake Way. Landing in a blood fountain, he stood up panting. Frieza just happened to have walked past the fountain.
"What's the matter, Cell? Was the all-perfect being thrown off his plans? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Cell only growled in anger.
