The Pale Beauty and the Green Beast
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Notes: YAY!!! Look I did it! Through all the piles of homework I made it! Yes! *does a little dance* I stayed up until 3 in the morning to finish this chapter! XD
The Z fighters stood around Kami's lookout, each talking quietly about Terra, Cell and the upcoming Cell games.
"I just don't get it! What is she? Cell's little sister or something?!" Goku was rubbing his head, all the pain of having to actually think hurting him, "She seemed really attached to Cell too."
Goku was talking aloud, on the impression that people were actually listening to him, Vegeta was leaning against a wall, trying to look as uninterested as possible while silently trying to figure out who the girl was so he could then boast about how obvious it was once he had. So far, he hadn't had much luck.
"I don't get it, she knew my name before I told her it and I don't remember seeing her anywhere before. . ." Piccolo muttered to Dende.
"Maybe, like Cell, she has an in-built information center?" Dende suggested.
"If she has, I doubt she uses it very often. Either that or she conceals her high-intelligence very discretely," Piccolo sniggered.
"In other words, she acts like a bimbo," Dende translated.
"More or less."
Chi-chi and Bulma were giggling quietly and ogling over the possibility that Terra and Cell could be in love, "Oh but they look like such a perfect match!" Chi-chi squealed.
"I know! Oh I wonder what their children will look like though. . ." Bulma giggled.
"Do you think they might get married here or fly off somewhere into the sunset?" Chi-chi sighed dreamily.
"Aw that sounds so romantic," Bulma also sighed.
Not too far away, Trunks and Gohan were sniggering, "No, it's not possible."
"Well who ever suggested that it was possible for someone, ANYONE to fall in love with Cell?" Gohan snickered.
"Hmmm. . . No one?" Trunks scoffed.
Gohan scratched his cheek and yelped, the cut that had appeared on the side of his face when Terra had hit him had started to bleed again.
"Gohan! Oh dear, I'll get some ice!" Chi-chi ran off.
"How did that happen?" Trunks frowned at the cut.
"That girl hit me and I fell over," Gohan blushed, not wanting to admit that Terra had actually smacked him over pretty hard.
"How could someone as weak as her do that?" Goku frowned, puzzled as usual.
"I don't know. . ." Gohan trailed off, thinking about what Terra had yelled at him the previous day.
"Come on guys, we better get going, the Cell games are going to start soon."
Terra watched, confused, as Hercule started ranting on to the TV camera crew about how weak Cell is compared to him. Cell was meditating in the center of the marble plateau, Terra standing in a corner and Hercule and the camera crew were a safe distance away from them.
'He really thinks he can beat Cell. . . I almost feel sorry for him. Then again Cell should really kick his butt anyway, he's saying some pretty rude stuff about Cell,' Terra mused, watching the small huddle of idiots with a curious yet blank expression on her face.
"Idiots, complete idiots," Cell muttered quietly to her.
Terra nodded, still watching them, "They're either very brave. . . or very stupid to want to challenge you," she sighed deeply.
"You alright?"
"No. Tired, maybe. Scared more than anything. . ." Terra whispered.
"If your dreams were premonitions, and we are going to die today, then we can't do a thing about it. If we are 'destined' to die on this day as you predicted, then I see no point in running from the inevitable. All I want to do is make sure that I at least get to kill Goku before I go," Cell smirked.
"You're right. Heh, you're always right," Terra smiled up at him, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For staying with me this whole time. . . I don't think I would have survived the past few days if you hadn't been here. I probably would have died before I got to Ginger town. You've saved my life again and again-" Cell interrupted her.
"I also endangered your life too many times to count," Cell sighed, "Terra. . . I'm sorry for dragging you into this. If I had left you in Ginger town. . . You wouldn't have to die today. I'm sorry," Cell apologised quietly.
"Cell, I'd rather die today with you than live without knowing who you are and how much I. . ." Terra trailed off, now blushing severely.
"Hmmm?" Cell inquired subduedly, half meditating.
"Cell I- I-" Terra's voice seemed to fail her.
Cell gazed at her, his magenta eyes slightly glazed over in his meditative state, "Yes Terra?" he asked her smoothly, his deep, mellow voice sending shivers up Terra's spine.
"I. . . I love you," Terra told him quietly, her black lips in a small smile and her deep magenta eyes shining with admiration.
Cell, caught of guard by this sudden show of emotion, blushed so hard that it made his magenta eyes look pale, "Y-you do?"
Terra giggled at how silly he looked, before nodding meekly, a slight blush also spreading across her cheeks too.
". . .And apparently the male Cell is trying to win the female Cell's affection with some form of flattery. . ." the almost emotionless voice of a nature-reporter-guide-person-you-know-what-I-mean reached the sensitive ears of Cell and Terra.
Terra blinked, 'A nature show? . . .Hey!!! I'm no wild animal!!!' Terra scowled, and so did Cell, at the thought of being treated like an animal.
"Try to ignore them. One, they won't listen; Two, they can't hurt us in anyway at all and Tree, we are going to die within the next few hours anyway," Cell told her sadly, regretfully.
". . .But it seems that the female Cell isn't returning his affections, the male Cell isn't too happy about this. . . Wait! The female Cell is approaching us! Yes! Are you getting this Phil? The female Cell doesn't seem too happy, maybe we're on her territory? Yes, it looks like a territorial-" the nature-guy was suddenly cut off when Terra stepped to the very edge of the plateau and scowled down at the nature-reporter and the camera man.
"Excuse me but Cell and I were talking about. . . kettles! Yes! Kettles! Not love got it?! Now go away!!!" Terra growled, her dark magenta eyes flashing dangerously.
As Terra walked away she could hear the nature-guy saying, "Phil, edit that out will you? Ahem. It seems that the female Cell has retreated over to their 'lair' to be with the male Cell. . ." Terra stopped herself from huffing angrily and instead walked calmly over to Cell.
"I now officially hate the Discovery channel and all things related!" Terra sighed, stalking back over to Cell looking defeated.
Cell looked up and smirked, "I told you so," he cooed quietly.
"I'm sorry," Terra blushed.
"It's alright. . . Don't worry. . ." Cell smiled softly, sinking back into his meditative state, preparing himself, mentally, for the upcoming fight. He knew he was going to die, but his psyche remained in tact, 'Life after death,' he mused, 'I will find a way. Terra and I will be together. . . there is no other way. . .'
"Cell. . . ?" Terra's shaky voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
Cell opened his eyes and smiled softly down at her, 'She's so beautiful. . .' thoughts wandered leisurely through his mind. Terra looked slightly nervous, but still tried to cover that up when she was speaking to him. Cell saw her eyes flicker to the direction of the nature-people every now and then. Cell smiled comfortingly and put a pale hand on Terra's shoulder, "Relax. If it makes you feel any better. . . Did you see them in your dream?"
"No," Terra looked up at him, her head tilted to the side slightly.
"Then that means that they'll probably beat us to hell, eh?" Cell smirked.
Meanwhile, Hercule was being an ass. (A/N: Duh. Did you really think he could do anything else?) And insulting Cell quite loudly. Terra turned to frown at the overly pompous idiot, 'How dare he insult Cell?!'
Hercule noticed Terra's disapproving scowl, "what are you looking at, freak?!" he called loudly over too her.
At the word 'freak' Terra cringed slightly and silently hid behind Cell, feeling too ashamed to show her face to anyone. Cell felt her gently grip his arm, her hand shaking slightly. Cell's meditative state vanished in an instant and he looked down at Terra.
'Mental note, kill Hercule,' Cell thought darkly.
Terra watched the games intently as it started. Cell blasted Hercule to bits as soon as he stepped into the ring, Terra closed her eyes when he did. Hercule was an idiot the world could do without, but murder was another thing, no matter how much Cell and the authors of this fic reckon he deserves it.
Terra blinked, as soon as Goku and Cell had entered the ring they had both disappeared. Terra began to worry, then noticed that the other Z fighters were all following something with their eyes, 'Oh sure. The two supposedly strongest fighters have disappeared and they're probably watching a stupid little fly buzzing around the arena. . .' Terra inwardly sighed, worrying about Cell still.
A while later, after Cell had reappeared and Terra had become slightly less worried, Cell got his top blown off. Terra screamed, her pale face going whiter than the purest snow. Terra's dark magenta eyes streamed with tears, fear and woe overcoming the logic that Cell could not possibly die. . . yet. Terra started to shake visibly, nerves twisting her stomach into tight knots, 'No. . . Cell!' her mind shrieked.
Cell's regeneration happened in an instant, his head and torso bursting out of the stump that the blast had left, green goo flying everywhere. Terra was so delighted that she actually jumped in the air, "Woo! Go Cell!!!" she cried happily. Cell smirked to himself and he prepared to face Goku again.
Terra watched silently, Cell had killed Goku a while ago, along with turning ugly, exploding and a whole lot of other mini-dramas that left Terra either bursting out in tears or jumping up and down on the spot, whooping. The grin of triumph vanished quickly on Terra's face as she saw who was going to fight Cell next, Gohan, 'Oh Cell. . . I know that soon we will both be killed and will have to face the other side soon, but. . . for all the good it will do. . . I pray to any and every god, please don't die.'
Terra hugged herself and shivered slightly, ". . .I love you Cell. . ."
By Psycho Llama and Sarah Dempster
Disclaimer: Neither of us own DBZ. Sarah Dempster owns Terra.
Notes: YAY!!! Look I did it! Through all the piles of homework I made it! Yes! *does a little dance* I stayed up until 3 in the morning to finish this chapter! XD
The Z fighters stood around Kami's lookout, each talking quietly about Terra, Cell and the upcoming Cell games.
"I just don't get it! What is she? Cell's little sister or something?!" Goku was rubbing his head, all the pain of having to actually think hurting him, "She seemed really attached to Cell too."
Goku was talking aloud, on the impression that people were actually listening to him, Vegeta was leaning against a wall, trying to look as uninterested as possible while silently trying to figure out who the girl was so he could then boast about how obvious it was once he had. So far, he hadn't had much luck.
"I don't get it, she knew my name before I told her it and I don't remember seeing her anywhere before. . ." Piccolo muttered to Dende.
"Maybe, like Cell, she has an in-built information center?" Dende suggested.
"If she has, I doubt she uses it very often. Either that or she conceals her high-intelligence very discretely," Piccolo sniggered.
"In other words, she acts like a bimbo," Dende translated.
"More or less."
Chi-chi and Bulma were giggling quietly and ogling over the possibility that Terra and Cell could be in love, "Oh but they look like such a perfect match!" Chi-chi squealed.
"I know! Oh I wonder what their children will look like though. . ." Bulma giggled.
"Do you think they might get married here or fly off somewhere into the sunset?" Chi-chi sighed dreamily.
"Aw that sounds so romantic," Bulma also sighed.
Not too far away, Trunks and Gohan were sniggering, "No, it's not possible."
"Well who ever suggested that it was possible for someone, ANYONE to fall in love with Cell?" Gohan snickered.
"Hmmm. . . No one?" Trunks scoffed.
Gohan scratched his cheek and yelped, the cut that had appeared on the side of his face when Terra had hit him had started to bleed again.
"Gohan! Oh dear, I'll get some ice!" Chi-chi ran off.
"How did that happen?" Trunks frowned at the cut.
"That girl hit me and I fell over," Gohan blushed, not wanting to admit that Terra had actually smacked him over pretty hard.
"How could someone as weak as her do that?" Goku frowned, puzzled as usual.
"I don't know. . ." Gohan trailed off, thinking about what Terra had yelled at him the previous day.
"Come on guys, we better get going, the Cell games are going to start soon."
Terra watched, confused, as Hercule started ranting on to the TV camera crew about how weak Cell is compared to him. Cell was meditating in the center of the marble plateau, Terra standing in a corner and Hercule and the camera crew were a safe distance away from them.
'He really thinks he can beat Cell. . . I almost feel sorry for him. Then again Cell should really kick his butt anyway, he's saying some pretty rude stuff about Cell,' Terra mused, watching the small huddle of idiots with a curious yet blank expression on her face.
"Idiots, complete idiots," Cell muttered quietly to her.
Terra nodded, still watching them, "They're either very brave. . . or very stupid to want to challenge you," she sighed deeply.
"You alright?"
"No. Tired, maybe. Scared more than anything. . ." Terra whispered.
"If your dreams were premonitions, and we are going to die today, then we can't do a thing about it. If we are 'destined' to die on this day as you predicted, then I see no point in running from the inevitable. All I want to do is make sure that I at least get to kill Goku before I go," Cell smirked.
"You're right. Heh, you're always right," Terra smiled up at him, "Thank you."
"For what?"
"For staying with me this whole time. . . I don't think I would have survived the past few days if you hadn't been here. I probably would have died before I got to Ginger town. You've saved my life again and again-" Cell interrupted her.
"I also endangered your life too many times to count," Cell sighed, "Terra. . . I'm sorry for dragging you into this. If I had left you in Ginger town. . . You wouldn't have to die today. I'm sorry," Cell apologised quietly.
"Cell, I'd rather die today with you than live without knowing who you are and how much I. . ." Terra trailed off, now blushing severely.
"Hmmm?" Cell inquired subduedly, half meditating.
"Cell I- I-" Terra's voice seemed to fail her.
Cell gazed at her, his magenta eyes slightly glazed over in his meditative state, "Yes Terra?" he asked her smoothly, his deep, mellow voice sending shivers up Terra's spine.
"I. . . I love you," Terra told him quietly, her black lips in a small smile and her deep magenta eyes shining with admiration.
Cell, caught of guard by this sudden show of emotion, blushed so hard that it made his magenta eyes look pale, "Y-you do?"
Terra giggled at how silly he looked, before nodding meekly, a slight blush also spreading across her cheeks too.
". . .And apparently the male Cell is trying to win the female Cell's affection with some form of flattery. . ." the almost emotionless voice of a nature-reporter-guide-person-you-know-what-I-mean reached the sensitive ears of Cell and Terra.
Terra blinked, 'A nature show? . . .Hey!!! I'm no wild animal!!!' Terra scowled, and so did Cell, at the thought of being treated like an animal.
"Try to ignore them. One, they won't listen; Two, they can't hurt us in anyway at all and Tree, we are going to die within the next few hours anyway," Cell told her sadly, regretfully.
". . .But it seems that the female Cell isn't returning his affections, the male Cell isn't too happy about this. . . Wait! The female Cell is approaching us! Yes! Are you getting this Phil? The female Cell doesn't seem too happy, maybe we're on her territory? Yes, it looks like a territorial-" the nature-guy was suddenly cut off when Terra stepped to the very edge of the plateau and scowled down at the nature-reporter and the camera man.
"Excuse me but Cell and I were talking about. . . kettles! Yes! Kettles! Not love got it?! Now go away!!!" Terra growled, her dark magenta eyes flashing dangerously.
As Terra walked away she could hear the nature-guy saying, "Phil, edit that out will you? Ahem. It seems that the female Cell has retreated over to their 'lair' to be with the male Cell. . ." Terra stopped herself from huffing angrily and instead walked calmly over to Cell.
"I now officially hate the Discovery channel and all things related!" Terra sighed, stalking back over to Cell looking defeated.
Cell looked up and smirked, "I told you so," he cooed quietly.
"I'm sorry," Terra blushed.
"It's alright. . . Don't worry. . ." Cell smiled softly, sinking back into his meditative state, preparing himself, mentally, for the upcoming fight. He knew he was going to die, but his psyche remained in tact, 'Life after death,' he mused, 'I will find a way. Terra and I will be together. . . there is no other way. . .'
"Cell. . . ?" Terra's shaky voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.
Cell opened his eyes and smiled softly down at her, 'She's so beautiful. . .' thoughts wandered leisurely through his mind. Terra looked slightly nervous, but still tried to cover that up when she was speaking to him. Cell saw her eyes flicker to the direction of the nature-people every now and then. Cell smiled comfortingly and put a pale hand on Terra's shoulder, "Relax. If it makes you feel any better. . . Did you see them in your dream?"
"No," Terra looked up at him, her head tilted to the side slightly.
"Then that means that they'll probably beat us to hell, eh?" Cell smirked.
Meanwhile, Hercule was being an ass. (A/N: Duh. Did you really think he could do anything else?) And insulting Cell quite loudly. Terra turned to frown at the overly pompous idiot, 'How dare he insult Cell?!'
Hercule noticed Terra's disapproving scowl, "what are you looking at, freak?!" he called loudly over too her.
At the word 'freak' Terra cringed slightly and silently hid behind Cell, feeling too ashamed to show her face to anyone. Cell felt her gently grip his arm, her hand shaking slightly. Cell's meditative state vanished in an instant and he looked down at Terra.
'Mental note, kill Hercule,' Cell thought darkly.
Terra watched the games intently as it started. Cell blasted Hercule to bits as soon as he stepped into the ring, Terra closed her eyes when he did. Hercule was an idiot the world could do without, but murder was another thing, no matter how much Cell and the authors of this fic reckon he deserves it.
Terra blinked, as soon as Goku and Cell had entered the ring they had both disappeared. Terra began to worry, then noticed that the other Z fighters were all following something with their eyes, 'Oh sure. The two supposedly strongest fighters have disappeared and they're probably watching a stupid little fly buzzing around the arena. . .' Terra inwardly sighed, worrying about Cell still.
A while later, after Cell had reappeared and Terra had become slightly less worried, Cell got his top blown off. Terra screamed, her pale face going whiter than the purest snow. Terra's dark magenta eyes streamed with tears, fear and woe overcoming the logic that Cell could not possibly die. . . yet. Terra started to shake visibly, nerves twisting her stomach into tight knots, 'No. . . Cell!' her mind shrieked.
Cell's regeneration happened in an instant, his head and torso bursting out of the stump that the blast had left, green goo flying everywhere. Terra was so delighted that she actually jumped in the air, "Woo! Go Cell!!!" she cried happily. Cell smirked to himself and he prepared to face Goku again.
Terra watched silently, Cell had killed Goku a while ago, along with turning ugly, exploding and a whole lot of other mini-dramas that left Terra either bursting out in tears or jumping up and down on the spot, whooping. The grin of triumph vanished quickly on Terra's face as she saw who was going to fight Cell next, Gohan, 'Oh Cell. . . I know that soon we will both be killed and will have to face the other side soon, but. . . for all the good it will do. . . I pray to any and every god, please don't die.'
Terra hugged herself and shivered slightly, ". . .I love you Cell. . ."