Chapter VI: The Demon Cell Has Finally Returned to the Capitol
An ever-growing metropolis centered on the achievement of their hero, Satan City is truly the capitol of the world. The center of industrial strength, artistic development, along with scientific and technological progress, all of these achievements have happened because the world's most brilliant thinkers and workers all want to be close to their hero; thus these people can work along side each other and maximize the benefits of their knowledge. The results have been the gifts of prosperity for the entire world, all of which stems back to the act of heroism that liberated the Earth from the reign of terror brought by the creation of the Red Ribbon Army, the Human God Mr. Satan.
And there sat the great hero at a park bench, as he does everyday at noon, enjoying the breezy summer day, puffing away on his cigar. The flowing white cape draped to the ground and the championship belt he bought tightened around his waist as he breathed in the fresh, clean air; he was just smiling at himself, content, feeling happy to be alive. That was a day just as any other day; at his feet was a white dog, a rather young dog, asleep under the sun. A butterfly landed on the dog's nose; it sneezed without waking up. Satan gave a hearty laugh.
On the bench next to the great hero was a big fat pink blob. In one giant yellow-gloved hand was an ice cream cone, in the other a chocolate ice cream Popsicle; resting on its belly were stacks of cupcakes and pastries, very sweet and heavy with icing. All around Majin Bu's boots were candy wrappers and lollypop sticks. He was so busy with his treats; he ignored the world around him.
Mr. Satan looked to his best friend, and folded his arms behind his head, a habit he picked up from Goku. He breathed a long sigh before finally saying something. "Isn't life great, Bu? I mean to simply be able to live." Bu doesn't even stop eating. "The Earth is beautiful; nature, it has unspoiled grandeur; it makes you stop and think about how fragile everything is. In moments of peace like these, you see that there is an order in nature, a balance. I could spend an entire lifetime living in raw nature simply trying to understand it with my limited human mind," examining his cigar, "and I would give it all up for opportunity to do that. To live in the wild with only the bare essentials, and even then we wouldn't need that because nature provides everything you would ever need to live. Nature is like a caring mother, it can give us everything we would ever need to live, and like children, we would take it and not appreciate it." He tapped the cigar, and the ash from the tip spread in the wind; he put the cigar back in his mouth and started puffing. The ash was back to as it was before. "What do you think?"
Bu paused for a moment, and turned to Satan with the squinted eyes he has been known for. "What are you talking about?"
"Nature Bu, nature. Don't you ever stop to think about how the world works, how we are all symbiotic creatures in the larger plan of life here on the planet?"
Bu had no reaction; he turned his head and faced forward. He was really giving Satan's words heavy thought. Finally, "Sometimes. Sometimes…sometimes I feel like I…need to do more. Like I was created for a reason…I know what that reason was…but I never liked it…now that I know that it was wrong…but my creation was for more than just as a warrior…maybe I'm destined for something more. But it all gets to be too much…too much…when it does, I just think to myself, 'Leave it for another time; just enjoy everything like it is. Just enjoy it.'" He blinked a couple of times staring into Satan's eyes, after a rather lengthy pause he stuffed a candy bar into his mouth.
A slender shadow swooped past the Orange Star High School with sonic boom intensity. All of the students ran to the windows of the school to see if a jet plane passed.
It passed the castle for the King of the World, whose power and authority had been dwarfed significantly by the emergence of Earth's Greatest Hero.
Finally, at Satan City Central Park, a child looked up and smiled. A second, a third. Parents close by all wondered as to what their children were looking at, they looked up and a chill of fear traveled down their spine. They actually felt cold, all of the adults were speechless until finally one woman shrieked as she picked up her child and ran. Everyone ran as though the Devil had appeared. In many respects, he did. The screaming, the crying, and the shouting were all caused by the Earth's greatest fear, people were in terror; they could not even say the name that had grown to become infamous in the history of the Earth. Cell had returned.
Mr. Satan, the Greatest Hero the Earth had ever known, sat on the park bench; he and Bu were looking around to see what it was that had everyone so panic stricken. People ran past the hero, as usual he was confused, by the time he could bring himself to ask someone what was happening, the park was practically empty. "Wha-what's happening? What's going on? Bu do you know?" Bu shook his head. Satan turned and looked up. He gasped in terror, his jaw dropped and started to quiver, he finally was able to shout, "C—C—C—Cell!!"
Bu turned, "Hm?" There he was. This green man was skinny and looked weak, Bu wondered why everyone would be so afraid of him. He doesn't look very strong at all. When he turned back to Satan, the Greatest Hero the Earth Had Ever Known was gone.
"Satan? Satan, where are you?" Bu turned around behind him to find the Earth's Greatest Hero hiding in a bush shaking madly, and with his eyes almost wielded shut, holding the dog Bee, crushing the poor little thing with fear, and saying, "Oh God, oh God, oh God…"
"So you are the second most powerful being on Earth, maybe even the Universe. Honestly, I am not very impressed. Actually, I am somewhat disappointed." Cell said with a contemptuous smirk.
Bu turned to face the person who was obviously addressing him, he stared at this bizarre individual; he could not recognize this tall green man, he opened his beady little eyes wider to see clearly whom it was. No one he had ever seen before "Who are you?"
"Let's just say I am an old friend."
Bu stood up, "I don't like you. Leave this place."
Cell grunted in contempt.
"I said 'leave.'"
As Cell lowered to the ground, he said, "Please, I doubt you have the nerve to actually make me leave." With that Cell grabbed a screaming young man as he ran by and snapped his neck.
Bu grit his teeth. "Hey! He didn't do anything to you! He was innocent."
Cell threw the body away into the horizon, staring Majin Bu in the eye with an unflinching smirk on his face; Cell saw this fat blob was not willing to fight. How can I coax this lummox into fighting? I know I'm no where near his power, but I think his naivety is what could be keeping him from using his full power, that is the only way I think I can actually survive against a being with such immense power. I have to take advantage of his childlike nature and beat him as quickly as possible. I have to win, there is no way I can stand before Enma Daio again and expect to save face. How can I get him to fight? Cell examined him. Ah. Cell knew how to get this slob fighting.
Cell walked up the poor pink excuse for a warrior, took the ice cream cone from the massive gloved hand and smothered it in his face. Satan was watching the events as they happened through the bushes, holding Bee close by, crushing the dog in fear.
Cell took a couple of steps back and crossed his arms, staring at the humiliated Bu. Cell started to chuckle, then the chuckle swelled and grew into boisterous laughter. The rage inside of Bu could no longer be controlled, steam rushed out of Bu's head and his clenched fists broke the candy he had. Bu was ready to kill Cell where he stood.
"So, I assume you are going to attack me now."
Bu was stirring in anger, his face contorted in anger, and his breath quickened; his teeth were grinding, he felt as though he could crush Cell. .
"Such a pathetic life form. A coward," said the smirking Cell, " a fat, disgusting coward. You should be ashamed of yourself. You call yourself a warrior? A fat eating machine like you, HA, pathetic. You make me sick."
"SHUT UP!!!" Bu screamed as he exploded with ki.
Holding on to the trunk of a tree for dear life, Satan glared in awe, "My God, he could kill Cell," Bee held on to Satan's cape. Cell stared into the light; almost daring Bu to attack. He remained as stoic as he had ever been, appearing as though he were not impressed when he was actually in awe of the immense power being shown by this extra-terrestrial. Pride would not allow for the show of fear or emotion, other than contempt for an opponent.
When the flash of ki settled, Bu saw Cell had not even flinched, not even blinked, that he was unmoved, expressionless. But Cell started to laugh. "You stupid fool, do you think you could actually scare me into leaving this place with that pathetic show of power? You are obviously stupider than you look, you fat lummox."
That insult finally drove Bu over the edge. "That's it! I can't take this anymore!!" With that, Bu lunged at Cell at fill speed.
Cell could not help but smile at this turn of events; he took his battle stance. He clawed his hands, bent his knees and was prepared. Yes.
Bu swung with a right, it was a punch that would have destroyed Cell if he had not dodged it. Instead, the swing was nothing but air; the sheer velocity of the punch shattered a statue in the park dedicated to the Man Who Saved Humanity, a statue of Mr. Satan holding a small child oh his shoulders. Mr. Satan peered from behind the tree to see what was going on, he shrieked like a small girl and jumped back behind the trunk when his marble head landed in front of him.
Bu pursued the android with a flurry of punches, which he blocked with his forearms. Cell felt as though his forearms were going to shatter, he had underestimated the strength of this blob, but that was a good thing. The Saiya-jin characteristics of Cell's blood allowed him to battle a strong opponent and have himself become stronger. Dr. Gero accelerated Cell's blood; so rather than having the boost in strength come after the fight with the powerful opponent, Cell grew stronger during the fight.
He never managed to hit Cell, and a huge crater was left in the stone walkway when Bu missed with a double axe handle. Cell countered with a weak kick to the stomach. Bu sucked in his stomach and took Cell's leg in; he was shocked to see his attack completely failed. He pulled his leg out and jumped immediately away. Damn, this is bad. This is really bad. I didn't know this fat bastard was like putty. I need to finish him quickly, but first I need to last against him to gain enough strength to at least hurt him. In the middle of thought, Cell didn't realize that out of sheer frustration, Bu decided to try and end this battle.
"TURN INTO CARAMEL!!!" And a beam fired from his antenna, but Cell teleported. The beam hit a tree, which collapsed into a pile of wrapped caramel candy cubes, and behind the candy was Mr. Satan. With a scream he ran off to another hiding place. Bu growled in anger, Cell looked distracted; he didn't expect to miss.
Bu was still traveling forward from his attack, being the obvious aggressor in this battle. Out of desperation, Cell teleported behind him and fired five shots into Bu's back, and one to the head. All shots came out his chest and forehead and pierced the ground. Bu was able to plant his feet and turned, unaffected. Cell's smirk disappeared as he watched in horror the wounds in Bu's chest seal shut. Damn it, what have I gotten myself into? This is a most inconvenient turn of events, but there is nothing to do now but try and evade this simpleton until I grow strong enough to maybe hurt him. I don't think this one can be killed, he is simply too strong; he is almost invincible.
Bu attacked in a violent fury that made Cell drop his confident smirk, now Cell was fighting for survival. Cell dodged one punch and returned with six punches to Bu's chin. They did not even make Bu slow down. Cell was now completely evasive, pulling a punch occasionally, but it was all in a futile attempt to keep the almost rabid Bu away. Finally, Cell's speed failed and Bu caught him by the throat, now was the time to destroy this demon once again and send him back to Hell, where he rightfully belonged.
Just as the fight had come to its finale, Satan jumped out from behind a birdbath and became the cheerleader, "YES, BU, YOU'VE WON!!! YOU'VE WON!!!" CRUSH HIM!!! DESTROY THAT DEMON!!! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!!!"
Bu turned his attention away from Cell to see what exactly it was Satan was doing; with that window of opportunity, Cell's tail extended like a cobra, and struck with deadly precision to Bu's neck. Bu did not feel any pain; he just turned back to Cell with a look of confusion, not anger. He did not know what it was Cell had just done, it did not feel like an attack, he just held Cell's throat in his hand, he could easily crush Cell's throat without the slightest bit of effort. "What was that? That didn't even hurt. You really are weak."
Cell began to pump at Bu's neck through his tail. Bu instantly felt pain, it was the first dose of pain Cell inflicted on the naïve warrior. In a fit of rage, Bu released Cell and tore off his tail, but Cell had managed to pump about five loads. The goop that was Bu traveled through Cell's system.
He stepped back and watched Bu pull the tip of the tail out of his neck. He threw it to the ground. All the while the sample that was extracted finally made it into Cell's brain; he could feel his mind begin to pulsate as the thick liquid churned; his eye's felt hot. Cell began to scream and wail in pain, thrashing about wildly. As he did this, the sky began to grow dark, clouds gathered. Thunder crashed and lighting streaked down from the heavens. Heavy winds began to develop as the city began to panic from this sudden change in weather.
"Dad!!!" Goten shouted from outside.
Goku rushed outside, "What is it, son? Oh my God." In the distance, in the horizon, the sky had turned dark. "That's over the Capitol."
"The Capitol? What do you think it could be?"
"I don't know Goten…I don't know. VEGETA!!! COME HERE, YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!!!"
"What is it Kakarroto…wha—what is that?" Vegeta came out of the house. Trunks followed
"Dad, what is it? What's wrong?"
"Nothing Trunks, go back inside."
Goku took that cue, "You too Goten. Go play some Super Famicom with Trunks."
Goten looked at his father, he knew that something was wrong, but being the obedient son, he reluctantly said, "Okay." He went back inside the house.
With the boys gone, the fathers stared at the darkened sky in the distance, their faces were tense; their eyes were fierce.
"What do you think it is, Vegeta?"
"I don't know…but whatever it is…I don't like it."
Both of them closed their eyes and tried to sense what was causing this disturbance over the capitol. They felt Bu's ki, but before they could find out whom the other warrior was Goku and Vegeta heard a voice through their hearts.
Goku, its important that you head immediately to Enma Daio's before it gets too late. Kaio-sama spoke from the planet of deceased warriors. He tried hard to maintain concentration; a bead of sweat ran down his temple as he spoke. Bubbles and Gregory didn't help at all with their commotion.
"Kaio-sama? What's going on?"
The Earth is in danger again…I wish I could tell you more, but I believe Enma Daio can tell you about this situation better than I can. He has a personal stake in this…and he requested that he be the one to tell you everything.
"But Kaio-sama, this is really important. If Vegeta and I go right now, we can stop whatever is going on."
No, by the time you arrive there, it would be too late. The enemy will be too powerful for either you or Vegeta to stop. Enma Daio is planning on having you meet someone that can help you overcome this challenge.
"Too late, but if I can teleport, we'll be there in an instant."
DAMN IT GOKU, JUST GO TO ENMA DAIO'S!!! Both Vegeta and Goku were startled.
Goku was personally taken aback by this sudden use of authority from his old master, after a pause, "Alright."
I'm…I'm sorry. I didn't mean to shout.
"No, it's alright. I put you in that situation. Come on Vegeta, we're going. Hold my hand."
"I'm not holding your hand."
"Vegeta, this is serious."
"So am I, I'm not going to hold your hand. I'd rather fly on my own."
"You can't fly there, it exists on a different plane."
"Then I'd rather go and fight the monster at the capitol on my own."
"But you'll get killed."
"I know, I'd rather die than hold your hand…plus I'll get to Daio's regardless."
"Then put your hand on my shoulder, we're in a hurry."
Vegeta turned and tried to see if anyone was watching, then put his hand on his shoulder. "Fine, hurry."
"Okay, let me concentrate on a source of ki." And with that, the two warriors disappeared…
Cell could feel the goop traveling through his body, it was warm, and it entered every muscle. Cell grabbed his head; he felt pain, as though his head were about to explode. Had he gone mad?
As this display of pain grew more violently, people began to come out of hiding, and out of curiosity began to gape and stare, everyone asking each other what was going on.
"What? What's happening? Bu, what's happening to Cell?" Yelled Satan.
"I don't know," replied Bu. "Who's Cell?"
"Who's Cell? WHO'S CELL? DON'T YOU KNOW WHO CELL IS?" Bu blinked a couple of times, and Satan realized this was before Bu's time. "No, you don't know who Cell is. Well…that's Cell, he's the worst being to ever come to the Earth."
"Is he a bad person?"
"'Is he a bad person?' He's the worst, he's killed so many people—"
This conversation carried on as Cell was screaming in raging pain, holding his head as though his brain were contracting violently like his heart. Cell looked up, he looked at Bu; Cell's eyes were glowing now. Cell was actually foaming at the mouth.