Well, I'm a day late but oh, well. I got kinda held up with this chapter.
Probably 'cause I had such a hard time writing the fight scenes. I'm not
good at fight scenes... ^_^() Uh, this chapter may not really connect
because I went on and off on it and forgot what I was writing before. And I
was too lazy to look it over to see if it made any sense. ^_^() But I had
fun writing it. I hope you enjoy reading it! ^_^
Warnings: Weak attempts at humor. That is all. You have been warned.
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ElysianAmazon: Oh, well. That's what I always think. ^_^ We think alike! And I will!
Masquerade: Thankies. ^_^ It is gross, isn't it? It's just... ick! Thanx. And thank you for understanding. Yeah, and I am. Thanx. I will. And thank you! They're almost over too! ^_^
SSJ4 Goku: I've got to catch up on your story... And Masq's and ElysianAmazon's and everyone else's... ~.~ I miss them! It happens to everyone. Yes, it should! *** Hmm? Really? Well, then, that's automatically ruled out since I have no money, let alone any to spare. ^_^() So I would like it if you could tell me of a site where I can post my art. Thank you for telling me! ^_^ *** No, don't die! Boy, the truth must hurt enough to kill! But I can't bear to lie to my friends! Hey, thank YOU! Really? And you're sure that it's never wrong? That exploding timer could have been turned off or something... Yeah. Me too! And Dr. Pepper too for me! ^_^ I had a soda while writing this chapter, but humor isn't my strongest suit so it's just weird. All hail the caffeinated soda!! =^_^= Now I'll die of embarrassment. But that is true about any work that has effort put into it. Very often. Did I bother you with that bit of info? I'm sorry. Just got carried away. Aw, thanx! Yeah, they should have a sleep commercial with that slogan... Your slogan! You'll be rich and famous with it! (Though you're already pretty famous with me. ^_^) Wow, really? But I think that'll be next chapter... ~.~ Sorry. I just keep holding the encounter off for some reason. *** Really? Thanx, but I still feel like I'm letting the readers down with the wait. Must be something about me... *** Yep. Yeah! We shall fight! You have a site? Where? Why didn't anyone tell me? Does no one like me enough to tell me? I want to know! I would be honored to have you host my art! ^_^ (Keep going! I love it all!) *** Yeah, but I just couldn't think of it to go any other way. I'm not clever enough to figure out a loophole to his perfection. And I really like Eighteen too. Yep! I'm working on that... Thanx for the vote of confidence! And my rambling has betrayed ME! Eee...
lilmissgoten: Yep, he is. I'm working on her reaction. Next chapter most likely. Good question. I thought, "Hey, Sekai means 'world' so why not name a girl who will help in deciding the fate of the 'world'? Just came up like that. ^_^ And Sekai is a pretty name, too, so... yeah. Me, too! Ehehe. ^_^() Yep. Be afraid of my romanticism! Yep. It is. Uh... Whatever floats your boat! ^_^
SSJSkaterTrunks: Thanx! I think he did too. 'Cause he's really fooling me if he didn't... Oh, why would I do anything to the GREAT Cell?? *looks seemingly innocent* ¬.¬ Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! ^___^
Rene: It's okay. Welcome back though! ^_^ Aw, it's not that bad. Not as bad as mine. ^_^() Thanx for the support. Everyone's so nice and I feel bad about leaving them hanging and... yeah. Here it is! ^_^
kyro: I'm working on it... He is! Maybe... *watches* O.O() Okay then... strong person... Here is the next time! ^_^
Pen Dragon: Okay. I believe you. ^_^ That's a cool name... Good for you! ^_^ That is a good idea... Be careful!
Sailor Taichichi Vegeta: Thank you! Well, he just had been angry so long about what happened to him that it just built up over the years. And since no one was there to tell him that it was wrong to think so hatefully, his beliefs built a strong barrier around him from all reason. Kinda like when you're mad at a time and refuse to listen to anyone about anything. But Nuko had no one to lead him on the right path and the evil took over his heart. Am I making any sense? Sorry for rambling again. I got carried away once more... ~.~ And we aren't. He just can't see that anymore.
Raija Darknight: I believe you are another new person to me! Hello and welcome! ^_^ Well, you certainly look very joyous... And that makes me happy! ^___^
O2: Oh, hi! After quite a while! That's okay. (Oh, I know how that feels...) Oh, I don't know about that... But it must be good, I guess. I don't know. ^_^() Yay! DBZ! ^_^ Yeah, last time you reviewed, I checked for any works by you but when I searched for you, ff.net said there were no records found on your pen name. But, then again, ff.net was kinda messed up at the time. And after that, I just... forgot. ^_^() Sorry. But I'll look into it again. See if it works this time. Demanding? Not at all! It just reveals me to more wonderful works! ^_^ This is hardly rambling compared to what I drivel on about. So don't worry! ^_^ *** Lemon? O.O Er, no way! I'd better make a note of that at the bottom of this chapter to say that to everyone else too...
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Disclaimer: Same as last time. And the time before. And the time before. And the time before that. And the time bef... Oh, you get it. I'm not going to say it again. Surely if you've read this far, then you know what I do and do not own. If you've ignored all the previous disclaimers, then you'll probably ignore this one, too. So... yeah. ^_^
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Cat and Mouse: Chapter Twenty-one
"Aw, crap. This cannot be happening..."
Sekai jumped up and tried again for about the fiftieth time to reach the edge of the huge pit she had carelessly fallen into. She had focused so much on reaching her destination that she didn't pay attention to where she was going. So much that she hadn't even seen such a big hole until she actually fell in.
"This sucks!" she cried as she jumped up and, again, missed the edge by a mile. She felt like a caged rat or something. And that green light? Well, it had gone and died away along with Sekai's hopes of ever catching up to it. "How could I be so freaking stupid?!" She smacked herself in the forehead.
Finally realizing that hopping up and down trying to catch ahold of the edge over and over again wouldn't work no matter how many times she tried, she thought upon a different approach. All around her the walls of rock around her stood about ten feet above her own height of five feet three inches, making it fifteen feet three inches. No footholds seemed to be visible to her eye; it was all just a sloping, smooth surface. She couldn't open her air bike or car, either; the space was too small with only enough to fit about three other people besides herself. Just thinking about it made her clausterphobic.
"I have got to get out of here!" she screamed, pulling at the ends of her hair and stomping her feet. She sighed and just lunged for the rock wall, climbing as fast as she could and... slid back down as her fingernails scraped into the surface futily, feeling them lift as they were pulled against the flesh by the rock.
(A/N: That really hurts. I should know... ~.~)
As she slid down onto her rear, Sekai glared at the wall and furiously tried again. It looked as if she was climbing very fast, but she wasn't moving at all thanks to gravity. She grabbed ahold of a small stone and ended up pulling it straright out of the wall and having it whack her right on the top of her head. She fell back with a thud, crying out.
"Stupid pit!" she yelled at the wall, rubbing her head. She had to think of a way out before it was too late...
With the others...
"Ahh..."
He could feel the power coarse through his veins as he stood. He had finally done it! After so many years of waiting and tried patience, he'd done it! He was perfect.
'Yes, wonderful... And soon, the universe will be mine for the taking. It will all be destroyed by my hands!' Cell thought.
He flexed his muscles a bit; he stretched, took a few punches, cracked his neck, the usual. He could feel eyes staring at him but simply ignored it all. Right now, all he wanted to do was test his newfound strength and power.
"No, he did it..." Trunks stared with open mouth at Cell as he himself floated several meters up in the air. He so wished that this was all a bad dream that he'd wake up to at any moment. That it wasn't real or was a joke. Yet it continued on unlike any dream or jest and felt terrifyingly real.
Vegeta didn't look impressed at all. Indeed, he thought that Cell's new look was all that was new and that no new challenge would arise for him. He didn't even try sensing for the new level of power Cell had ascended as he underestimated him. Then again, Vegeta never did estimate enemies' power levels too accurately.
"Well, it's about time! I hate being kept waiting," he said arrogantly.
No response came from Cell. He just continued with what he was doing.
Vegeta frowned. Nobody ignored him like that! Nobody dared to ignore him without considering the consequences!
He growled and lowered down from his high position in the air a little. Trunks took a glance at him out of the corner of his eye.
'Doesn't he see just what he's done? Can't he realize just how powerful and dangerous Cell has especially become now?' he thought. He himself could feel the great power Cell slowly began to reveal bit by bit. And it already was too much to comprehend.
Cell finally glanced at the two Saiya-jins above and smiled slightly. 'How foolish they are to stay. But it's convenient for me. Now I don't have to go on a wild Saiya-jin chase,' he thought wickedly.
Trunks stifled a gasp at feeling a small surge of power emit from Cell. It had been quick but not so much as to miss. He looked to Vegeta to see if he noticed as well.
He didn't appear to have and if he did, then he didn't look fazed at all. In fact, his expression remained bored and restless.
"So, Cell. Are you ready to finally face me? I hope so because, this time, I'm not letting you get off the hook so easily!" he yelled.
Cell observed the hot-headed Saiya-jin calmly. "I am quite ready. But the question is: Are you?"
Vegeta bristled a bit in annoyance. "Of course I'm ready! I wasn't the one running away. What kind of a stupid question is that?"
"Well, I just wanted to make sure that you were still up to the challenge. I wouldn't want to just humor you; that would take the fun out of it," he replied.
Vegeta nearly blew his top. How dare he insult him! Nobody did that, especially not some bug. They wouldn't live to tell about it.
Trunks immediately took notice of his father's rising fury. He knew that if Vegeta got angry, then he would fight blindly and poorly; that would seal his fate.
"Please, father, don't let his words get to you. He's trying to anger you so that you won't fight so well," he tried to get through to him. No such luck.
"Quiet! I'm going to teach that insect just what a mistake it is to mess with a Saiya-jin prince!" With that, Vegeta blasted down to the ground, right in front of Cell.
His magenta eyes followed the Saiya-jin's path to the site before him. 'Strange, sometimes, that his cells are in me. At least I don't have his stupidity. But I'd better finish this quickly. I still have some other business to attend to...' he thought as his eyes wavered to the side towards the mountain.
"Now, Cell, you will regret ever insulting me. I will make you beg for my forgiveness! Do you understand?"
Cell blinked back at Vegeta. "I'm sorry. Were you saying something?"
The vein in Vegeta's forehead began to pop out in his rage. Not only that but it looked as if his eyes were going to fall out of their sockets at any given moment. In other words, Vegeta was mad.
"Don't mock me, insect!" He lunged at Cell.
"No! Father, don't!" Trunks cried, too late.
His fist connected with nothing. Unless air counts. Vegeta gasped quietly and stared at the empty space. Focusing, he whipped around to see Cell waiting behind him with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. He looked disturbingly like Vegeta then when he knew the battle was won.
Vegeta growled again and went to land another punch. Yet Cell simply fazed out of range again with his incredible speed. The Saiya-jin kept trying for a while and got frustrated. The bug was toying with him!
"Stand still!" he yelled, missing a kick by miles. He could hear Cell laughing quietly at him, and that further fueled his anger. He charged up a ki blast and fired it, causing a whirlwind of dust and dirt to form and block off the sight of Cell.
But the silhouette of the monster came back to mock him. It didn't look like it harmed him at all.
'I'll have to charge up more energy,' Vegeta thought. He flew up into the air and raised his arms into the air, gathering energy.
Cell watched, amused. 'Always count on Vegeta for the comic relief,' he grinned.
"Final Flash!" The beam of light fired at Cell, but he didn't feel the need to block or dodge it...
"God, I really need a shower..."
Sekai wrinkled her nose as she caught the odor of her body. Although, in the next moment, she forgot all about it as a bright light shone over the horizon lighting up the slowly darkening sky.
(A/N again: Time goes very, very slow in this fic...)
"What the hell...?" Sekai stood up from her place at the bottom of the pit and hopped up and down, catching glances of the light brighter at the base of her view. "What is going on?! What am I missing?!" she screamed. In another attempt to get out of the little hellhole she was in, she jumped and ran along the side of the rock wall. Surprisingly, this time, she managed to grab a hold of the forest floor above. She nearly burst into tears of joy. She would get out!
Yet fate must have decided to play with her and whatever foundation she had gotten a hold of ripped right off and joined the pit with Sekai.
"Why does this happen to me?!" she cried. She sat on the ground cross- legged with her arms resting on her knees and her head rested on the backs of her hands, pressing into her cheeks and giving her a chubby-faced look. She pouted, "I'm missing all the freaking action while the world's getting destroyed. At least Nuko isn't bugging me again..." She stared up at the sky. The light was fading and returned the sky to it's darkening bluish- orange color. 'Soon, it'll be too dark to do anything. And who knows what critters come out in here at night...' She shuddered. Today just hadn't been her day.
Vegeta panted slightly, his hands still extended in their blasting formation. He was sure that that Final Flash had done some, if not much, damage to Cell. Though, nothing could be determined of Cell's state as the dust was still clearing around the site where he was.
The dust cleared, but Cell was nowhere in sight. Vegeta became slightly suspicious. 'It could have destroyed him, but even he isn't so stupid to stay and find out if he could survive it. He must have flown off somewhere...' His eyes searched for any large, green object.
"Looking for me?"
Vegeta refrained from whipping around like last time. He didn't want the bio-android to know that he had actually surprised him. So he turned around slowly and almost calmly, facing him. Then he smirked.
"I should have known that you'd run from a blast, no matter how big or small," Vegeta sounded confident.
Cell was totally unaffected. "Run? Hardly. I may have your cells, Vegeta, but not so many as to make me completely like you."
Vegeta's left eye twitched and he gritted his teeth. Trunks had been watching the whole time and wanted to help his father but knew that the proud Saiya-jin prince would never accept it. And he'd also never accept him then.
'Please, father. Come to your senses before it's too late...' he prayed.
Vegeta seethed silently. "Why don't you cut with the big words and back them up?" He was really asking for it, but he didn't think about it.
"Very well, then. I was getting rather bored anyways," Cell replied. He instantly fazed away out of sight and appeared behind Vegeta before he could react. Not giving the Saiya-jin any time to retaliate, he slammed his elbow sharply into his back. Vegeta could do nothing except get knocked down by the force of the blow and impact into the ground.
"Father!" Trunks just couldn't stand to see his father get beaten up. Yet his desire to abide by his father's wish to let him fight and not interfere burned into his mind as well. But the price of obeying Vegeta would surely end the man's life.
Cell landed by Vegeta's fallen body and watched as the Saiya-jin prince shakily got to his feet and turned to face him. He glared murderously at the monster and powered up even further in his anger. Cell stared, bored again.
'This is taking too long. I'd rather be observing that human girl's behavior right now. I'll just wipe him out now...' he thought, ready to place the final blow through Vegeta's skull...
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*gasp* What will Cell do? Is he really going to bash Vegeta's head in? Will Sekai ever get out of that stinking pit? Will my horrible attempt at humor continue on? Er... I don't know. O.o
Well, next chapter Sekai and Cell will meet. I promise. I know I said it'd be in this chapter, but I didn't feel like writing after I stopped where I did. Not that I didn't enjoy writing it! ^_^ But next chapter. Yeah... Next chapter...
And a note to everyone out there who care: This fic will not turn into a lemon. O2 brought up that question and I had to tell everyone. It's not that I don't like lemons, but, well... I can barely handle reading them. How do you think I'll deal with writing them? O.o Just a few lemons I can bear like ElysianAmazon's and because they're not all that bad. ^_^ Some of you may be disappointed and some of you may be relieved, but a lemon for this fic is just out of the question.
That's all! SAT9 testing is almost over for me so next update may be pretty soon. So until then... Bye! ^_^
Warnings: Weak attempts at humor. That is all. You have been warned.
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ElysianAmazon: Oh, well. That's what I always think. ^_^ We think alike! And I will!
Masquerade: Thankies. ^_^ It is gross, isn't it? It's just... ick! Thanx. And thank you for understanding. Yeah, and I am. Thanx. I will. And thank you! They're almost over too! ^_^
SSJ4 Goku: I've got to catch up on your story... And Masq's and ElysianAmazon's and everyone else's... ~.~ I miss them! It happens to everyone. Yes, it should! *** Hmm? Really? Well, then, that's automatically ruled out since I have no money, let alone any to spare. ^_^() So I would like it if you could tell me of a site where I can post my art. Thank you for telling me! ^_^ *** No, don't die! Boy, the truth must hurt enough to kill! But I can't bear to lie to my friends! Hey, thank YOU! Really? And you're sure that it's never wrong? That exploding timer could have been turned off or something... Yeah. Me too! And Dr. Pepper too for me! ^_^ I had a soda while writing this chapter, but humor isn't my strongest suit so it's just weird. All hail the caffeinated soda!! =^_^= Now I'll die of embarrassment. But that is true about any work that has effort put into it. Very often. Did I bother you with that bit of info? I'm sorry. Just got carried away. Aw, thanx! Yeah, they should have a sleep commercial with that slogan... Your slogan! You'll be rich and famous with it! (Though you're already pretty famous with me. ^_^) Wow, really? But I think that'll be next chapter... ~.~ Sorry. I just keep holding the encounter off for some reason. *** Really? Thanx, but I still feel like I'm letting the readers down with the wait. Must be something about me... *** Yep. Yeah! We shall fight! You have a site? Where? Why didn't anyone tell me? Does no one like me enough to tell me? I want to know! I would be honored to have you host my art! ^_^ (Keep going! I love it all!) *** Yeah, but I just couldn't think of it to go any other way. I'm not clever enough to figure out a loophole to his perfection. And I really like Eighteen too. Yep! I'm working on that... Thanx for the vote of confidence! And my rambling has betrayed ME! Eee...
lilmissgoten: Yep, he is. I'm working on her reaction. Next chapter most likely. Good question. I thought, "Hey, Sekai means 'world' so why not name a girl who will help in deciding the fate of the 'world'? Just came up like that. ^_^ And Sekai is a pretty name, too, so... yeah. Me, too! Ehehe. ^_^() Yep. Be afraid of my romanticism! Yep. It is. Uh... Whatever floats your boat! ^_^
SSJSkaterTrunks: Thanx! I think he did too. 'Cause he's really fooling me if he didn't... Oh, why would I do anything to the GREAT Cell?? *looks seemingly innocent* ¬.¬ Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! ^___^
Rene: It's okay. Welcome back though! ^_^ Aw, it's not that bad. Not as bad as mine. ^_^() Thanx for the support. Everyone's so nice and I feel bad about leaving them hanging and... yeah. Here it is! ^_^
kyro: I'm working on it... He is! Maybe... *watches* O.O() Okay then... strong person... Here is the next time! ^_^
Pen Dragon: Okay. I believe you. ^_^ That's a cool name... Good for you! ^_^ That is a good idea... Be careful!
Sailor Taichichi Vegeta: Thank you! Well, he just had been angry so long about what happened to him that it just built up over the years. And since no one was there to tell him that it was wrong to think so hatefully, his beliefs built a strong barrier around him from all reason. Kinda like when you're mad at a time and refuse to listen to anyone about anything. But Nuko had no one to lead him on the right path and the evil took over his heart. Am I making any sense? Sorry for rambling again. I got carried away once more... ~.~ And we aren't. He just can't see that anymore.
Raija Darknight: I believe you are another new person to me! Hello and welcome! ^_^ Well, you certainly look very joyous... And that makes me happy! ^___^
O2: Oh, hi! After quite a while! That's okay. (Oh, I know how that feels...) Oh, I don't know about that... But it must be good, I guess. I don't know. ^_^() Yay! DBZ! ^_^ Yeah, last time you reviewed, I checked for any works by you but when I searched for you, ff.net said there were no records found on your pen name. But, then again, ff.net was kinda messed up at the time. And after that, I just... forgot. ^_^() Sorry. But I'll look into it again. See if it works this time. Demanding? Not at all! It just reveals me to more wonderful works! ^_^ This is hardly rambling compared to what I drivel on about. So don't worry! ^_^ *** Lemon? O.O Er, no way! I'd better make a note of that at the bottom of this chapter to say that to everyone else too...
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Disclaimer: Same as last time. And the time before. And the time before. And the time before that. And the time bef... Oh, you get it. I'm not going to say it again. Surely if you've read this far, then you know what I do and do not own. If you've ignored all the previous disclaimers, then you'll probably ignore this one, too. So... yeah. ^_^
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Cat and Mouse: Chapter Twenty-one
"Aw, crap. This cannot be happening..."
Sekai jumped up and tried again for about the fiftieth time to reach the edge of the huge pit she had carelessly fallen into. She had focused so much on reaching her destination that she didn't pay attention to where she was going. So much that she hadn't even seen such a big hole until she actually fell in.
"This sucks!" she cried as she jumped up and, again, missed the edge by a mile. She felt like a caged rat or something. And that green light? Well, it had gone and died away along with Sekai's hopes of ever catching up to it. "How could I be so freaking stupid?!" She smacked herself in the forehead.
Finally realizing that hopping up and down trying to catch ahold of the edge over and over again wouldn't work no matter how many times she tried, she thought upon a different approach. All around her the walls of rock around her stood about ten feet above her own height of five feet three inches, making it fifteen feet three inches. No footholds seemed to be visible to her eye; it was all just a sloping, smooth surface. She couldn't open her air bike or car, either; the space was too small with only enough to fit about three other people besides herself. Just thinking about it made her clausterphobic.
"I have got to get out of here!" she screamed, pulling at the ends of her hair and stomping her feet. She sighed and just lunged for the rock wall, climbing as fast as she could and... slid back down as her fingernails scraped into the surface futily, feeling them lift as they were pulled against the flesh by the rock.
(A/N: That really hurts. I should know... ~.~)
As she slid down onto her rear, Sekai glared at the wall and furiously tried again. It looked as if she was climbing very fast, but she wasn't moving at all thanks to gravity. She grabbed ahold of a small stone and ended up pulling it straright out of the wall and having it whack her right on the top of her head. She fell back with a thud, crying out.
"Stupid pit!" she yelled at the wall, rubbing her head. She had to think of a way out before it was too late...
With the others...
"Ahh..."
He could feel the power coarse through his veins as he stood. He had finally done it! After so many years of waiting and tried patience, he'd done it! He was perfect.
'Yes, wonderful... And soon, the universe will be mine for the taking. It will all be destroyed by my hands!' Cell thought.
He flexed his muscles a bit; he stretched, took a few punches, cracked his neck, the usual. He could feel eyes staring at him but simply ignored it all. Right now, all he wanted to do was test his newfound strength and power.
"No, he did it..." Trunks stared with open mouth at Cell as he himself floated several meters up in the air. He so wished that this was all a bad dream that he'd wake up to at any moment. That it wasn't real or was a joke. Yet it continued on unlike any dream or jest and felt terrifyingly real.
Vegeta didn't look impressed at all. Indeed, he thought that Cell's new look was all that was new and that no new challenge would arise for him. He didn't even try sensing for the new level of power Cell had ascended as he underestimated him. Then again, Vegeta never did estimate enemies' power levels too accurately.
"Well, it's about time! I hate being kept waiting," he said arrogantly.
No response came from Cell. He just continued with what he was doing.
Vegeta frowned. Nobody ignored him like that! Nobody dared to ignore him without considering the consequences!
He growled and lowered down from his high position in the air a little. Trunks took a glance at him out of the corner of his eye.
'Doesn't he see just what he's done? Can't he realize just how powerful and dangerous Cell has especially become now?' he thought. He himself could feel the great power Cell slowly began to reveal bit by bit. And it already was too much to comprehend.
Cell finally glanced at the two Saiya-jins above and smiled slightly. 'How foolish they are to stay. But it's convenient for me. Now I don't have to go on a wild Saiya-jin chase,' he thought wickedly.
Trunks stifled a gasp at feeling a small surge of power emit from Cell. It had been quick but not so much as to miss. He looked to Vegeta to see if he noticed as well.
He didn't appear to have and if he did, then he didn't look fazed at all. In fact, his expression remained bored and restless.
"So, Cell. Are you ready to finally face me? I hope so because, this time, I'm not letting you get off the hook so easily!" he yelled.
Cell observed the hot-headed Saiya-jin calmly. "I am quite ready. But the question is: Are you?"
Vegeta bristled a bit in annoyance. "Of course I'm ready! I wasn't the one running away. What kind of a stupid question is that?"
"Well, I just wanted to make sure that you were still up to the challenge. I wouldn't want to just humor you; that would take the fun out of it," he replied.
Vegeta nearly blew his top. How dare he insult him! Nobody did that, especially not some bug. They wouldn't live to tell about it.
Trunks immediately took notice of his father's rising fury. He knew that if Vegeta got angry, then he would fight blindly and poorly; that would seal his fate.
"Please, father, don't let his words get to you. He's trying to anger you so that you won't fight so well," he tried to get through to him. No such luck.
"Quiet! I'm going to teach that insect just what a mistake it is to mess with a Saiya-jin prince!" With that, Vegeta blasted down to the ground, right in front of Cell.
His magenta eyes followed the Saiya-jin's path to the site before him. 'Strange, sometimes, that his cells are in me. At least I don't have his stupidity. But I'd better finish this quickly. I still have some other business to attend to...' he thought as his eyes wavered to the side towards the mountain.
"Now, Cell, you will regret ever insulting me. I will make you beg for my forgiveness! Do you understand?"
Cell blinked back at Vegeta. "I'm sorry. Were you saying something?"
The vein in Vegeta's forehead began to pop out in his rage. Not only that but it looked as if his eyes were going to fall out of their sockets at any given moment. In other words, Vegeta was mad.
"Don't mock me, insect!" He lunged at Cell.
"No! Father, don't!" Trunks cried, too late.
His fist connected with nothing. Unless air counts. Vegeta gasped quietly and stared at the empty space. Focusing, he whipped around to see Cell waiting behind him with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face. He looked disturbingly like Vegeta then when he knew the battle was won.
Vegeta growled again and went to land another punch. Yet Cell simply fazed out of range again with his incredible speed. The Saiya-jin kept trying for a while and got frustrated. The bug was toying with him!
"Stand still!" he yelled, missing a kick by miles. He could hear Cell laughing quietly at him, and that further fueled his anger. He charged up a ki blast and fired it, causing a whirlwind of dust and dirt to form and block off the sight of Cell.
But the silhouette of the monster came back to mock him. It didn't look like it harmed him at all.
'I'll have to charge up more energy,' Vegeta thought. He flew up into the air and raised his arms into the air, gathering energy.
Cell watched, amused. 'Always count on Vegeta for the comic relief,' he grinned.
"Final Flash!" The beam of light fired at Cell, but he didn't feel the need to block or dodge it...
"God, I really need a shower..."
Sekai wrinkled her nose as she caught the odor of her body. Although, in the next moment, she forgot all about it as a bright light shone over the horizon lighting up the slowly darkening sky.
(A/N again: Time goes very, very slow in this fic...)
"What the hell...?" Sekai stood up from her place at the bottom of the pit and hopped up and down, catching glances of the light brighter at the base of her view. "What is going on?! What am I missing?!" she screamed. In another attempt to get out of the little hellhole she was in, she jumped and ran along the side of the rock wall. Surprisingly, this time, she managed to grab a hold of the forest floor above. She nearly burst into tears of joy. She would get out!
Yet fate must have decided to play with her and whatever foundation she had gotten a hold of ripped right off and joined the pit with Sekai.
"Why does this happen to me?!" she cried. She sat on the ground cross- legged with her arms resting on her knees and her head rested on the backs of her hands, pressing into her cheeks and giving her a chubby-faced look. She pouted, "I'm missing all the freaking action while the world's getting destroyed. At least Nuko isn't bugging me again..." She stared up at the sky. The light was fading and returned the sky to it's darkening bluish- orange color. 'Soon, it'll be too dark to do anything. And who knows what critters come out in here at night...' She shuddered. Today just hadn't been her day.
Vegeta panted slightly, his hands still extended in their blasting formation. He was sure that that Final Flash had done some, if not much, damage to Cell. Though, nothing could be determined of Cell's state as the dust was still clearing around the site where he was.
The dust cleared, but Cell was nowhere in sight. Vegeta became slightly suspicious. 'It could have destroyed him, but even he isn't so stupid to stay and find out if he could survive it. He must have flown off somewhere...' His eyes searched for any large, green object.
"Looking for me?"
Vegeta refrained from whipping around like last time. He didn't want the bio-android to know that he had actually surprised him. So he turned around slowly and almost calmly, facing him. Then he smirked.
"I should have known that you'd run from a blast, no matter how big or small," Vegeta sounded confident.
Cell was totally unaffected. "Run? Hardly. I may have your cells, Vegeta, but not so many as to make me completely like you."
Vegeta's left eye twitched and he gritted his teeth. Trunks had been watching the whole time and wanted to help his father but knew that the proud Saiya-jin prince would never accept it. And he'd also never accept him then.
'Please, father. Come to your senses before it's too late...' he prayed.
Vegeta seethed silently. "Why don't you cut with the big words and back them up?" He was really asking for it, but he didn't think about it.
"Very well, then. I was getting rather bored anyways," Cell replied. He instantly fazed away out of sight and appeared behind Vegeta before he could react. Not giving the Saiya-jin any time to retaliate, he slammed his elbow sharply into his back. Vegeta could do nothing except get knocked down by the force of the blow and impact into the ground.
"Father!" Trunks just couldn't stand to see his father get beaten up. Yet his desire to abide by his father's wish to let him fight and not interfere burned into his mind as well. But the price of obeying Vegeta would surely end the man's life.
Cell landed by Vegeta's fallen body and watched as the Saiya-jin prince shakily got to his feet and turned to face him. He glared murderously at the monster and powered up even further in his anger. Cell stared, bored again.
'This is taking too long. I'd rather be observing that human girl's behavior right now. I'll just wipe him out now...' he thought, ready to place the final blow through Vegeta's skull...
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*gasp* What will Cell do? Is he really going to bash Vegeta's head in? Will Sekai ever get out of that stinking pit? Will my horrible attempt at humor continue on? Er... I don't know. O.o
Well, next chapter Sekai and Cell will meet. I promise. I know I said it'd be in this chapter, but I didn't feel like writing after I stopped where I did. Not that I didn't enjoy writing it! ^_^ But next chapter. Yeah... Next chapter...
And a note to everyone out there who care: This fic will not turn into a lemon. O2 brought up that question and I had to tell everyone. It's not that I don't like lemons, but, well... I can barely handle reading them. How do you think I'll deal with writing them? O.o Just a few lemons I can bear like ElysianAmazon's and because they're not all that bad. ^_^ Some of you may be disappointed and some of you may be relieved, but a lemon for this fic is just out of the question.
That's all! SAT9 testing is almost over for me so next update may be pretty soon. So until then... Bye! ^_^