Unexpected Fate
Chapter 27
CMG: Ah, here's another chapter.
Karis: You seem angry.
CMG: Heck yeah. The new loading system is annoying!
Scrix: Live with it.
CMG: Anyway, I'm going to go straight to the Cell Games in this chapter.
Scrix: Well, at least say the disclaimers before you begin.
CMG: I'm getting there. Yo! Gogeta! Come here for a second!
Gogeta: (appears out of nowhere) You called?
CMG: Say the disclaimer I wrote for you on this card.
Gogeta: (reading card) I am neither Akira Toriyama or Funimation for I am just a crazy fan of Dragon Ball Z.
CMG: Yay!
Scrix: Okay. Get on with the story! (raises staff above CMG's head)
CMG: Yes sir! (runs off to write)
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The remaining days until the fate of the planet soon passed as Bardock spent time with Goku's family along with Krillin. Goku also journeyed to New Namek to bring back a guardian for Earth who turned out to be Dende, one of Gohan's old friends. The night before the Cell Games, he sat near the lake where it sparkled with the stars that reflected off the surface of the lake.
'I guess tomorrow's the day my son dies,' mused Bardock as he picked up a russling in the bushes. Bardock pounced and pinned the figure to the ground. Before he could land a blow to it's face, he noticed that he was about to punch Goku in the face.
"Dad!" cried Goku.
"Oops!" said Bardock as he got off of Goku. "Kakarot, why were you sneaking up on me?"
"I just wanted to know why you're not asleep yet," said Goku. "Are you thinking about the visions again?"
"Yes, and I'm still trying to find out what Scrix told me about me ascending," said Bardock.
"Ascending?" said Goku.
"Yes," said Bardock. "Remember when Gohan did it for a brief moment back in the Room of Spirit and Time?"
"Yeah, I remember," said Goku.
"Kakarot, why are you bothering your father?" said Infr as he appears out of thin air.
"I want to spend time with my dad before I die tomorrow," said Goku.
"So, you know your own fate," said Infr as he makes a knife appear in his hand. "Then I want you to do something."
"IF IT'S ANOTHER DAMN HERB QUEST, I REFUSE TO DO IT, INFR!" yelled Bardock in Infr's face.
"NO! IT'S NOT ANOTHER DAMN HERB QUEST, YOU RUDE AND FUCKING SAIYA-JIN WITH NO TASTE IN CLOTHING AND HAS BAD MEMORY!" yelled Infr back at Bardock in his face.
(A/N: Stole that whole plot off of a Magic Knight Rayearth comic I read once. I thought it was funny. Of course, they were arguing on armor, not the quest Bardock had to do twice.)
"I think I'll be going back to bed now..." squeaked Goku as he slowly began to back away.
"Not yet, boy," said Infr. "It's time you cut off your tail."
"My tail?" said Goku.
"Infr's right," said Bardock as he took the knife from Infr's hand and cuts his tail off. "Well?"
"For the fate of Earth and because it's a weakness," said Goku as he got the knife from Bardock and cut his own tail off.
"It's done then," said Infr as the tails vanish. "Now it's time I bid you two farewell. Oh, and get plenty of sleep."
"Bah, you aren't my old man," said Bardock.
"Your old man was killed by Freeza's father," said Infr before he disappears.
"That bastard," said Bardock as he hissed.
"Hey! Dad! It's alright," said Goku.
"No, it's not alright!" yelled Bardock as he felt himself losing control. "King Cold lied to me about him dying on a mission!"
Bardock began to feel lightheaded as he felt the power starting to overtake him. Before he could ascend, he lost consciousness as Goku caught his father in his arms. Bardock maintained his Super Saiya-jin form though as Goku carried his father back to his room and went off to bed. Little did Goku know the vision that his father was having.
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"Bardock," said an unfamiliar voice in the shadows of a cell. "I know one day, you and the other Saiya-jins will perish before Freeza. Even your twin brother, Sparig."
Bardock saw his father, alive, yet beaten. He seemed so tired as he struggled to stay awake longer. Even his tail hung limp behind him. He looked like him, but with scars, some of which were bleeding, on his face.
"Monkey," said a guard as King Cold came into the room. "You are to die for betraying King Cold's orders for not killing one of the twins. How do you plead?"
"My father did this for me?" said Bardock as he watched the old Saiya-jin lift his eyes towards King Cold.
"I plead to spare both of them and kill me," said the man as he began to pray in Saiya-go. "Infr, creator of our worlds, please grant me freedom and spare my son if it's possib..."
His words were cut off as King Cold grabbed the man by his neck. Bardock was horrified as his neck was snapped and he fell limply to the floor.
"Well, he begged me to spare them, so I did," said King Cold. "For now. Guard!"
"Yes sire," said the guard.
"Take this Saiya-jin off this spaceship," said King Cold. "He smells like shit."
"Right away," said the guard as Bardock tries to hit King Cold in the head, but passes right through him.
"Damn you!" screamed Bardock as the scene changes. "What?"
"You should know not to think that I'm dead!" said Cell as he comes out and bitch-slaps Vegeta to the ground hard. (A/N: I am up at 2 in the morning, so bear with me people.) "Now you die a great death!"
"No!" cried Gohan as he zooms towards Vegeta's body and blocks as much of the blast as he could.
"Why?!" cried Krillin. "Vegeta! Why did you have to fly off the handle?"
"First, my son, and then..." said Bardock as the vision ends.
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Bardock wakes as he hears the birds singing. He finds a capsule by the table beside him. Along with it a note as Bardock reads it:
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Dad,
I've gone out to get some food for Chi-chi. Be back soon. Oh and Bulma came by earlier and brought you a replica of the armor you used to wear while serving Freeza. I hope you wear it today.
Your son,
Goku.
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'You wrote in perfect Saiya-go, yet you still use your Earth name,' thought Bardock angrily as he crumbled the letter. 'I wonder how you've learned that?'
Bardock opens the capsule and finds the armor sprawled out before him. It was the exact same thing, except for the scouter. Putting it on, he remembered the visions he had as he growled, but surpressed his anger as he walked downstairs. There, he saw a big breakfast on the table as Goku comes in with some apples in a basket.
"Morning dad," said Goku as he gives the basket to Chi-chi as well as a kiss on her cheek. "Aren't you hungry?"
On cue, Bardock's stomach started to growl. "You jinxed me!"
"Did not!" said Goku.
"Did too!" said Bardock as the two walked over to the table to eat.
"You two stop arguing!" yelled Chi-chi as she pulled out her frying pan.
"Okay!" said both men as they started to eat.
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"Oh Goku," said Chi-chi. "Please promise that you won't let Gohan fight."
"Well, I..." said Goku as Bardock stops.
'I think she knows,' thought Bardock.
"Please," said Chi-chi before both Goku and Bardock sighed.
"Bye!" said both of them as they disappear.
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Twenty minutes later, they arrive at the Cell Games. Cell was standing there in the middle of the ring, ignoring Mr. Satan's taunts (Mr. Satan = Hercule). Just then, Mr. Satan freaks out when he sees them all land.
"I guess a lot of people know that trick today," mumbled Mr. Satan.
"Welcome to the Cell Games," said Cell. "As you all know, I want you to send your best warriors. If all of them fail, the Earth gets destroyed."
"Right, then I'll go..." started Goku.
"No! I want him!" said Mr. Satan.
"Suit yourself," said Bardock.
"Dad!" said Goku in Saiya-go which freaked out Vegeta. "That man isn't strong enough to face Cell!"
"Kakarot, when in the hell did you learn how to speak in our native tongue?" said Vegeta, still not completely over the surprise. Mr. Satan's fans fight against Cell in the background and lose.
"While I was in the Room of Spirit and Time, my dad attacked me and bit my hand," said Goku, lifting his lightly scarred hand. At the moment, Mr. Satan starts fighting against Cell by himself.
"I guess when he bit you, he made you remember everything there is to be a Saiya-jin, correct?" said Vegeta as he gives Bardock a cold stare. "Or did you just remember our language?"
"Just the language and the writing that I somehow learned through several visions that went through my head from his schooling in the past," said Goku as Mr. Satan flies out of the ring.
"Kakarot, you are so hopeless," said Bardock.
"If you three are done talking, I want the next challenger," said Cell as Goku, Bardock, and Vegeta were taken by surprise.
"Oh. Sorry," said Goku as he steps up into the ring.
"Grandfather?" said Gohan.
"What is it?" said Bardock.
"What language were you speaking in?" said Gohan. "I've been trying to figure out what you've been saying."
"It's Saiya-go," said Bardock. "Only our people know this language."
"Oh," said Gohan. "How come my dad does?"
"Because I made him remember," said Bardock. "Don't worry, he's still pure-hearted."
Then, they all watched as Goku and Cell fought as they tore up the ring with their slams, blasts, and blows. Each time, either one of them would come close to flying out of the ring, they would stop inches from the ground. Eventually, Cell destroys the ring and Goku gives up after some more fighting.
'I guess it's time,' thought Bardock.
"What did you say?" said Cell.
"I said you win," said Goku. "I give up."
"What?!" yelled Piccolo in rage.
"You coward!" said Vegeta angrily.
"Goku never gives up!" said Yamcha.
"Who else is going to fight him after this and beat him?" said Krillin.
"So, who are you going to send next?" said Cell. "None of these men can't defeat me."
"I know," said Goku. "That's why I'm going to announce the last fighter you're going to face right now." Goku looks down at everyone. "I'm sending you in, son."
"Me?!" said Gohan as Goku lands. "You weren't trying dad!"
"I don't know about you," said Goku as he puts his hands on Gohan's shoulders, "but I was giving it everything I had. You were just comparing my power to yours, weren't you?"
"Is this true, Gohan?" said Piccolo as Gohan confirms it with a head nod.
"Now win this one so we can go home," said Goku as Gohan flies down the cliff.
"Kakarot, I hope you know what you're doing," said Bardock.
"After the visions we shared, I know Gohan's going to win," said Goku.
They watched as Gohan and Cell fought as Cell proved to be more than what he seemed and Gohan resisted against fighting Cell at his full power. Everyone was nervous as Cell crushed the young demi-Saiya-jin in his arms before 16 managed to grab him from behind and get destroyed by Cell. Then, Cell did the unthinkable. He took the Senzu Beans from Krillin and then smiled at the Z-Fighters.
"I'll make you unleash your power," said Cell as he counted the warriors on the cliff. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8! Okay!"
Cell then made 8 Cell Juniors as he commanded them to attack the Z-Fighters on the cliff, as well as Bardock. As they flew at them standing on the cliff, Bardock's mind blanked out.
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"First my son, then..." said Bardock as he felt the energy rise around him. "CELL!"
"What?!" cried Cell as Bardock saw himself ascend.
'No, I need this power now!' thought Bardock as the vision ends.
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As Bardock recovers, the 7 Cell Juniors were only a few feet away as Bardock is knocked out from behind by the 8th.
"Dad!" cried Goku. "I should have eaten the Senzu Bean earlier!"
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CMG: Sorry I called this chapter short from all of the action.
Scrix: (growls and knocks out CMG) This continues now!
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When Bardock awoke, his head ached as he looked down below. He saw Gohan standing there with the severed head of 16 laying there between him and Cell. Then, he remembered what was to happen next.
"Gohan," said 16 as the startled Gohan gasped. "Let it go. Don't hold back against Cell for he does not cherish life like you and I do. Fighting is not a sin."
"Ungh," said Cell. "It's so nice of you to help #16, but I rather do this my way."
"Gohan, do it for the life I love," said 16. "Drop your restraints and let it go."
Cell then stepped on 16's head as Bardock and Gohan both gasp as the fragments of 16 went flying upon the battlefield. Gohan was speechless as Cell smirked.
"Yet another life, you could have saved," said Cell as Bardock began to hear Gohan's thoughts in his head.
*16, you loved life so much,* thought Gohan, *you did everything to protect it. And you were just an android. I let you die. I can't do this! I won't watch anymore! I-I feel it slipping!*
Bardock was suprised. Was this really what was going through his own grandson's head? He couldn't believe that he was fighting against himself as Cell looked at him with a grunt.
*And I won't watch this anymore!!!!!* thought Gohan as his screams made Bardock cringe.
The power inside Gohan was unleashed as Bardock felt Gohan's power jump very high. He knew that Gohan had ascended like what the vision brought out as Bardock heard Piccolo say Gohan's name. The fighting ceased the moment Gohan cried, but it soon began again as Cell stood there near the storm.
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Scrix: (finishes typing a few hours later) There. Much better.
CMG: (wakes up and pushes Scrix aside to read the story) Next time, I'm writing. It's getting late.
Scrix: Whatever.
Karis: I guess the Cell Saga's getting wrapped up quickly.
Scrix: I want us both to be in the next chapter.
CMG: So be it. I got to go to sleep first! Later!
