Author's Notes- Kioko: super-saiyan-monkey, I know I'm a slow updater. I'm a procrastinator, thus meaning I wait a really, really long time to get things done. Take for instance the Algebra homework waiting in my book bag that I'm going to end up putting off till study hall tomorrow. And yes, DreamerofDreams, I've realized that I DO need to get started with the romance. *sweatdrop* Maybe I should change the genre to Action/Adventure since the romance won't come until like...

Mirai Trunks: The epilogue? Everything good always comes in the epilogue.

Kioko: Perhaps, but that's for me to know and you to find out.

Mirai Trunks: Aw...

Kioko: Thanks for reviewing last chapter! I was thinking about doing a 400 review special, but I decided I didn't have the time. Enjoy this chapter!!

Disclaimer: Math is my worst subject, Volleyball practice is stupid, and I don't own Dragonball Z.

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Chapter 11: Who? What? Where? When? And Most Importantly...WHY?!?!




"Bring it on!" Gotenks cried, grinning excitedly at his foe.

"That saying is so five minutes ago!" Frieza called, but neither Gotenks nor Cell paid attention to him. Their main focus was on each other.

The stare down continued, each warrior raising his ki level higher, to try and intimidate the other. Raw energy cackled in the air and the foundation of the theater began to crack as the very earth underneath them trembled.

Videl fell out of her seat and under to the ground after one of the rumblings. Her eyes widened in pure shock at the amount of energy they were releasing.

'Wow! They're so strong! No wonder it took someone like Gohan to beat Cell!!' she thought, glancing at him across the room. He returned her gaze and smiled briefly before frowning and turning back to watch the fight.

'I know Goten and Trunks are powerful in this form, but what if it's still not enough? Even when I was at level two, Cell was still a challenge.' He thought, frowning. 'But, I've got to have faith. Gotenks can and will beat them...' Gohan sweatdropped. 'as much as he CAN in thirty minutes.'

Gotenks' and Cell's staring contest came to an abrupt halt when Gotenks charged at Cell, landing a solid blow to his midsection. The super android countered with an uppercut that Gotenks' easily blocked.

"Is this all you got, Cell?" Gotenks grunted, blocking the majority of Cell's blows. "From the stories I'd heard, you're supposedly the strongest being ever."

"I am, you little brat!! Just you wait until I start using my full potential!!"

Gotenks grinned in anticipation and then knocked Cell halfway across the room. "Oh, but I can't wait any more, Cellie!! I want a challenge and I want it now!!"


"Ha! That brat's a true saiya-jin," Vegeta exclaimed. "All his saiya-jin genes must cancel out all the pathetic human ones!!"

"Or, it just could be that he's cockier than hell," Mirai Trunks replied.

"Yes, it could also be that."

"He better not keep this up the whole thirty minutes. I want him to beat Cell at least once." Goku exhaled through his nose in annoyance. "Maybe if Vegeta would have fused with me, we would have solved this problem long ago."

"Don't start with me, Kakarrot."

"Is that a threat?"

"You must've gotten some nerve while you were dead, baka, because no one crosses the Saiya-jin no Ouji like that,"

"Well I just did."

"Why you insolent, little piece of trash..."

"Goku-san! Otousan!" Mirai Trunks protested, stepping between the two growling saiya-jins. "Please, just calm down! You can beat the crap out of each other later!! Right now, we need to worry about Gotenks!!"

Vegeta and Goku glared at each one last time before continuing to watch Gotenks fight.


On Kami's Lookout...


"Dende!! What the hell is going on?!" Piccolo demanded, grabbing his apprentice by the collar. "Why am I all of the sudden feeling Cell's, Frieza's, and a totally new ki for?!"

"I...I...I don't know, Piccolo-san," Dende answered truthfully. He gulped and then said, "If it helps, Goku, Vegeta, and..."

"I don't CARE about those idiots!! And what do you mean by 'I don't know'?! Your Kami for Ka...YOUR sake!!"

Dende stared blankly at Piccolo for a moment before rolling his eyes and saying in a rather exasperated way, "Geez, you expect way too much from me Piccolo-san. I mean, I've only been Kami for what? Seven years? And I am a teenager after all. Dude, maybe you should go easy on me..."

"I don't CARE if you're a fucking teenager or not!! Just find out what the hell is going on before I rip you into so many pieces, you won't have any hands left to heal yourself with!!" Piccolo growled, baring his canine teeth threateningly.

Dende sweatdropped in horror and then stammered, "Y-Yes, sir, Piccolo, sir!!"

"Good." Piccolo dropped Dende and the young Kami scurried over to his side of the Lookout. "And don't you ever give me that mouth of yours AGAIN!!!"


At The Kame House...


"Uh...dear? Do you feel that?" Kuririn asked, titling his head at his wife.

Juuhachigou looked up from playing with Marron and said, "Am I supposed to be feeling something, Kuririn?"

"I was just wondering because I'm sensing-for the strangest reason-Cell, Frieza's and a weird ki in the direction of Satan City," Kuririn twiddled his thumbs as he awaited his wife's answer.

Juuhachigou looked out the window, towards ocean and said, "My sensors did pick up something a little while ago, but it shouldn't concern us. Your saiya-jin friends are at the same location. They'll take care of those nuisances. And besides, I don't want to be absorbed by that freak any time soon."

Kuririn frowned, but then extended his ki senses. Juuhachigou was right. Vegeta, Goku, Gohan, and Mirai Trunks were at the same spot as the villains.

He shrugged, "You're probably right. Since when have those guys let us down?"


In Middle of Nowhere...


"Hey, Tenshinhan, do you feel that?" Chaotzu asked, glancing at his three-eyed friend. Both had paused in their tough training to concentrate on the spot where a pocket of kis was collected.

"Yes, but I don't believe it. Goku coming back for week was weird enough, but now Cell and Frieza?!" Tenshinhan said, his forehead burrowing in confusion. "And that new ki is even stronger than both of them!"

"Do you think it's another enemy, Tenshinhan?"

"I don't know, Chaotzu, but whatever it is, I'm sure Goku'll be able to handle it."

"And if he doesn't...?"

Tenshinhan grimaced. "I don't even want to think of that possibility."


Back at the Hotel/Theater...


Cell and Gotenks were now fighting high above the theater and the humans could only guess what was going on. Half the roof, the west wall, and the stage were completely demolished. Frieza was impatiently floating a few feet above the ground on the opposite wall from the saiya-jins, Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan were watching Gotenks fight and giving out pointers, and Videl was protecting Chi-Chi and Bulma-who STILL hadn't evacuated-from falling pieces of the building.

"Why the hell are you still fighting in here, Goku?!" Chi-Chi demanded, glaring at her husband. "Go find some empty wasteland or a park reserve or something!!"

"Sorry, Chi, but I can't think of any other million mile wide places that we already haven't been to! And going back to the same place twice will be serious bad luck!" Goku called back. "It's part of the martial artists code!"

"He is right." Videl added, chopping a large piece of the ceiling in half. She grinned to herself. Even in fine evening wear, she could still kick some serious ass. "It says so in 'Martial Arts For Dummies' and Kami knows how many times my father forced me to read that thing."

"Speaking of your father...where is he?" Bulma asked, sarcasm evident in her voice. "Shouldn't he be here to stop Cell again??"

"You mean he should be here to steal my Gohan's credit," Chi-Chi huffed, annoyed.

"So I take it you don't like my father very much, Chi-Chi-san," Videl said.

"Oh, Videl dear, I'm sure he's a nice man and all, it's just I don't have as much faith in him as he's billions of fans do." Chi-Chi clarified, happily. "On second thought, I don't have faith in him at all."

"...Oh..."


"Gotenks!! Get your act together! I want you to at least kill one of them before the fusion time is up!!" Goku yelled. "You have ten minutes!!"

"Yeah-yeah, Goku-san!!" Gotenks yelled, grinning. "But he's just so much fun to play with!!" He pointed to a beaten and bloody Cell who did not look happy. "Hey! Do you think you make some Cell Juniors?! I want to play with them!!"

"Gotenks!" Goku protested. "No Cell..."

A flash of light and a huge 'BANG' cut him off. Goku looked up to that Frieza was nowhere to be found and that there was a gaping whole in the east wall.

All action stopped to stare at Vegeta, Saiya-jin no Ouji, who was dusting his hands off. Goku gave him an accusing glare.

"What?" Vegeta asked, trying to act innocent. "You did say that you wanted one of them dead by the time was the fusion was up, so I killed Frieza. And besides, the bastard was getting on my nerves."

"He wasn't doing anything!!"

"He was existing."

"And I suppose that's the biggest crime of the century, isn't it?!"

"Is it just me, or have you been very unpleasant this evening, Kakarrot?"


"Stupid...cocky...little...DEAD...brat!!" Cell grunted as he took another blow from Gotenks. He wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth and glared at the fusion.

"Yeah, I may be cocky and little, heck, I guess I'm kinda stupid, but that's from Goten's side, of course...Hey!!" Trunks' side of the fusion said while Goten's side protested. "I know damn well that I'm a brat, but I'm not dead, that's for sure. You're the dead one and you're about to die a thousands times over again!!"

"Oh really? You haven't killed me once this entire night, Gotenks." Cell said with a smirk. "I know you've been using your best attacks on me,"

Gotenks' large smirk wavered just a bit.

"So what? My attacks seem to be beating the heck out of you," Gotenks said. "and you've only landed a fraction of your attacks on me."

"Well, Gotenks, do you want to know the horrible truth or should I save for when you're begging for mercy?" Cell sneered. "You see, kid, I've only been using a fraction of my power. Any super saiya-jin could beat me up when my power's this low." The android began to chuckle. "And to think you all thought you stood a chance against me!!"

'...Uh-oh...' Gotenks thought, watching fearfully as Cell's ki level grew larger by the minute. 'I think this is bad...'


"Kakarrot, how long do the brats have until the fusion is up?" Vegeta asked slowly, feeling Cell's ki level rise every second.

"Um...about eight minutes..." Goku replied, looking at his watch.

"How long does it take for them to fuse again?"

"About five minutes."

"And how long will it take Cell to kill us if he's really pissed off?"

"The five minutes we wasted waiting for Goten and Trunks to fuse again." Goku glanced at Vegeta questionably. "Are you going to suggest we do something to stop him?

"Maybe if we get another fusion going, we'll have time to distract Cell and then the brats can fuse again." Vegeta said, staring blankly at the wall in front of him.

Goku's jaw hit the floor with a deafening thud.

"You're not suggesting...And after you spent half the chapter refusing to...?" Goku mumbled, clearly shocked beyond belief. "Whoa...Just like that..."

"No, Kakarrot, it wasn't 'just like that'!!" Vegeta growled, grabbing Goku by the collar.
"There have been many principles that I had to think over involving fusing with you! This may not be big issue for you, but it is for me! Performing this act of humiliation will forever scar my pride and my reputation! But..." Vegeta exhaled deeply before continuing. "But if it will keep Bulma and Trunks safe...I'll do it. But only this once, you hear me?!"

Goku stared in wonder at the hesitant prince. He had changed so much in seven years that it was scary. Living with Bulma and Trunks must've cooled him down a bit and made him realize the importance of having a family to protect.

"Gotcha Vegeta. Just this one occasion." Goku replied, finally finding his voice. "If I ask at any other time, you can personally beat me up as much as you want."

"That's better," Vegeta said with a smirk as he let go of Goku's collar. "We will begin the start of the technique as soon as the boys unfuse."


In the past four or so minutes, Gotenks had managed to get Cell really pissed off. Some how, the young saiya-jin prodigy had dodged most of Cell's attacks and landed some of his own against the super android; and Cell was half way up to his maximum!!

"Eat this, Cell!!" Gotenks roared triumphantly, beginning to form a huge ki ball in his hands. Before he could finish, however, Gotenks' super saiya-jin form began to fade away. Gotenks stopped forming the ki ball to look at himself. "What the...?! How come I'm not a super saiya-jin any more?!"

Taking advantage of the boy's confusion, Cell slugged Gotenks hard across the face.

"Maybe it's a sign that your time is up, kid!" Cell laughed, smirking at Gotenks.

"Time...? Oh shoot, that's right!" Gotenks exclaimed. "I only have a few minutes left!!"

"A few minutes, huh? Well, that's perfect amount of time I need to kick your ass!!" Cell laughed, charging at Gotenks.

Without his super saiya-jin power-up, Gotenks was-as he would like to put it-Dead Meat.


"Goten!!" Chi-Chi screamed in horror as she watched the combination of her son and Trunks get pulverized. She looked over at her husband and to her fury, he was watching his son get beaten!! "Goku!! Do something!!"


"...Goten..." Gohan growled, his fists clenching by his sides. He could feel his anger rising and if he could, he would've turned super saiya-jin long ago and beaten Cell into the mass of broken bones he deserved to be.

He heard his mother's cry and his blood boiled even more. Why wasn't anyone going to help Gotenks?! Did they even care of he died?!

Mirai Trunks sensed his friend's anger and put a calming hand on Gohan's shoulder.

"Don't do anything, Gohan," he commanded.

"And why not, Trunks?!" Gohan replied, glaring at Trunks. "If no one's going to help Gotenks, I will!!"

"Goku-san and Dad have something planned," Mirai explained. "Otherwise, they would have attacked Cell long ago. You just watch."

"And what if you're wrong?!"

"I'm not wrong." Mirai Trunks replied. "If I didn't trust Goku-san's or Dad's judgment, I would've been out there the instant Cell started powering up."


"Ki levels even?' Goku asked in a whisper. He watched Frieza closely out of the corner of his eye. The Ice-jin hadn't done very much damage yet, but he had seen the fusion twice already and could easily interrupt them.

"Even and remember, once we're in one body, no looking through my memories or my brain in particular!"

"Yeah, yeah. I know...And no going through my side of the brain either!!"

"You have a brain...?" Vegeta asked sounding greatly disturbed.

"Vegeta!!"


Frieza raised a non-apparent eyebrow. Why would the two of them be talking about sharing brains? Unless...
Nah! That'd never happen! There's no way Goku and Vegeta would fuse together! Not even if the end of the world was coming!


Gotenks let out an 'eep!' of terror as he dodged one of Cell's right hooks and he narrowly escaped becoming bald when Cell shot a new and improved Gallic Gun at him.

"Nah-Nah!! Missed me!!" Gotenks yelled, sticking his tongue out at Cell who was now more than fifty feet away. "Some aim you've got there, Cell!!"

Suddenly, Cell disappeared from Gotenks' field of vision and then reappeared right in front of his face.

A small smirk curled at the android's lips as he said, "Be assured, this time I'll be right on target." Gotenks watched apprehensively as he saw Cell's hands moving into the first position of the ever famous move. His eyes widened in horror when he saw the blue ki ball forming in the palms of Cell's hands. "KA...ME..."

"Oh shit!!" Gotenks cried. He was starting to feel the two sides of him getting further and further apart. "My time is...!!"

With a pop Goten and Trunks reappeared in front of Cell. They looked at each other in shock before calling out in unison,

"UP!!"


"NOW!!" Goku and Vegeta roared together as they began to first pose of the fusion.

"FU...SION...HA!!!!"

The flash of light following was far greater than the first two and the power coming from it was enough to knock Videl to the ground.

Cell stopped powering up the Kamehameha wave just to gaze in shock at the wonder that was taking place and Goten and Trunks forgot about running away from Cell just to stare at their father's in awe.

The light faded abruptly and the new warrior appeared. The fusion was wearing the same outfit as Gotenks had been, although it looked like it was made for an adult. He had Goku's height advantage and his face and hair was a mixture of both saiya-jins genes.

While Gotenks may have been cool, the new fusion was hot.

Bulma and Chi-Chi's jaws dropped at the sight of the combination of their husbands.

"Oh...my..." they mumbled together.

"Told ya." Mirai Trunks replied smugly at the silent Gohan.


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Kioko: Yes, I KNOW it's another cliffhanger, but just be glad I didn't cut it off right when Goku and Vegeta were fusing like I was planning on doing!

Mirai Trunks: Kioko-sama does have an evil gene in her, if you haven't figured that out by now.

Kioko: Yeah, so anyways I didn't get as much Gogeta action in here as I wanted and some of the action scenes sucked(I tried my best...I guess). I took up at least two pages writing about what the other Z senshi were doing as well and please don't rant about them being wimps. Piccolo at least TRIED to figure out what's going on, it's just Dende wasn't being too cooperative and the Kuririn and Tenshinhan don't know that the super saiya-jin abilites have been taken away, so they figure Goku and crew will be able to finish Cell off again. Hope that was a good enough explanation. ^^;

Please review!! ^-^

Next Chapter: Gogeta's ready to kick some android butt in the next chapter of 'Nothing But The Truth' and Gotenks goes in for round two against Cell! Will both fusions have enough power to stop the evil android once and for all or will they have to call in a possible third fusion???