Chi-Chi smiled to herself as she stared into the faces of the eager young fighters. Their faces showed their anxiousness to get started. They wanted to jump into the fight. This would be too easy for her. They probably hadn't fought without increasing their power level since they had first started fighting. If she knew Goku, which she did, he had been training them with using energy for far too long. They needed to learn to fight without using their Ki all the time. It was dangerous. They wore themselves out faster that way. And from what she could tell, they really needed to learn some new physical combat techniques. Something she knew plenty about. "Are you ready to be beaten?"

Usagi couldn't help but giggle at that. She had never in her life seen her mother act so normal. She found it to be quite humorous actually. "You're not going to win, mom. There's five of us and only one of you."

Ami stayed behind Usagi. She preferred to stay on the low down during fights so she could analyze her opponent's fighting techniques, which is what she would do here too. She wanted to know what she was up against so she could figure out a way to easily defeat her opponent. "The odds do seem to be against you, Chi-Chi."

Makoto, on the other hand, stood as close to Chi-Chi as she could. She couldn't wait to get started. "Yeah, and we've beaten you before. Actually, we always beat you. I don't think this is going to make THAT much of a difference."

Chi-Chi grinned. "Or really? I think it makes all the difference in the world. It's time for you to learn what it means to really fight. You will not be able to use all of your normal fake fighting techniques such as Ki blasts. You are going to fight the traditional way. They way that Goku fails to teach you. The way he and I both learned when we were young." She readied herself for her attack. "Ready?!" She didn't wait for a reply from any of the five girls before she started her assault on them. "Don't forget to keep your power levels down!"

She decided to start out with some basic moves as she swung for Minako with a chopping motion of her hand. Minako jumped up and flipped backwards. Chi-Chi expected her to do something like this. She had watched her many times in the past month. But that made her all the more ready for it. "You've gotta try harder than that." She reached out and grabbed the girl's leg.

Rei wasn't just going to stand around and watch Chi-Chi take charge of the fight. She remembered how Goku had always told them to never let the enemy take the fight into their hands at the start. It usually meant your own defeat. She quickly got her act together and ran for Chi-Chi. She wouldn't have to worry about being sensed since Chi-Chi didn't have that ability. She as she was about to run into her target, she jumped into the air and extended her leg out. 'Let's see you block this.'

Chi-Chi smirked as she winked at Makoto, startling the young fighter. With a swift pivot of her left foot, she swung Minako around by her leg and threw her into Makoto. She laughed as Minako's head bashed into Makoto's stomach, forcing them both to fall hard to the ground. "Rule number one, never underestimate your opponent. I didn't just start fighting yesterday. I have fought with Goku many times. I know most of his style."

Usagi smiled. This could be more fun than she had thought. Her mother actually knew what she was doing. She could prove to be a hard defeat since power levels were to be kept normal. "Interesting. But I can take you." She stepped forward, careful not to get to close as she didn't want her mother to be able to grab her and attack. She would have to think out this particular fight very carefully.

Chi-Chi mimicked her daughter's movements and also moved forward. "Would you like to try me?"

Usagi didn't move. She was trying to figure out a way that she may be able to attack and still not let her mother make a hit on her. She wouldn't be able to fly over her, she couldn't use much more speed than a normal person either so dashing around her was out. She continued to think for a while until she came to the only conclusion that she could think of. 'Right, here I go.' She crossed her fingers for luck and began to run as fast as she could at her current power level.

Chi-Chi prepared for a hit. "Come on get me, kid!" She molded her hands into two fists, ready for any retaliation that she will dish out.

Usagi continued to run, closer, and closer. 'Almost there. Almost there. Not too much further.' She took a deep breath and dove under her mother's legs just as she was about to come close enough for her mother to punch at her. She slid on the ground, quickly stopping herself and bouncing back to her feet as if she was just dropped onto a spring. "He, he…" She raised her leg and kicked her opponent in the back of her leg.

Stumbling forward, Chi-Chi quickly regained her composure and spun around to face her attacker. "That was good, but not good enough to do any real damage." She jumped back.

Ami hadn't quite figured out Chi-Chi's techniques. They were a mix of Goku's ability to recover from hits somewhat easily, and her own. She couldn't waste anymore time just standing around and analyzing though. She would have to do that while fighting.

Undetected to Chi-Chi, Ami slowly made her way to her opponent, ready to jump away at any given time if needed. 'Perfect, she doesn't even know I'm here. She thinks I'm still watching her every move.' She raised her hands and hovered them over Chi-Chi's upper arms. She poked her head to the side to make eye contact with Minako, who fully understood what to do.

From Minako's expressions Chi-Chi knew that something was going on behind her. She prepared herself for anything that the girls had to dish out. She couldn't totally crush the girls' feelings by blowing them out in this fight. Though they had many things that they needed to learn. Goku obviously hadn't taught them much about the proper way to fight. Though he had taught them many things, he left out the most important part. He left out proper fight etiquette. The point to sneaking up on an enemy was to do just that, and not give it away with stupid mistakes. That was one of the things that Ami had pointed out to the others when they had tried their combined attack. They couldn't just yell out when they were going to do it. Not only would their enemy be able to dodge what ever they had for them, but they would also have time to create an attack of their own.

But Chi-Chi couldn't just let them think that what they were doing was ok. She couldn't let them think that their current fighting system was good. She would be misleading them by not doing anything now. She would be just like Goku. She couldn't overlook their mistakes, not this close to the real battle, which was about a year and a half away. They were still infants when it came to fighting, they had other things to work on. Goku entrusted her with their training and she couldn't let him or any of the girls down by not doing anything. 'Right, I know what I have to do.'

Without moving her head away from its position, she glanced down to her side, taking note of the small hands that hovered closely to her arms. 'Nice try, but you gave yourselves away.' She violently raised her arms up, throwing Ami's hands away. She looked forward to Minako, who had just bluntly stopped in her tracks. "What's wrong? Did I just ruin anything that you had planned?"

Ami took a step back. She didn't know how Chi-Chi could have figured out what they were planning. She didn't think that she made THAT much noise, or maybe Chi-Chi could read power levels and she just wasn't telling them. But she wouldn't lie to them, would she? She didn't have time to try and figure things out. Chi-Chi was now turned around and facing her in an attack stance. 'What to do, what to do…' She looked to her sides for possible options.

Makoto decided that it was time for her to have some fun now. She had been standing on the sidelines for far too long. She had let everyone else have their chance, now she would show them all how it's done. 'Prepare yourself Chi-Chi. These guys just don't know what they're doing, where as I do.' Without further thought she jumped for Chi-Chi. She couldn't quite make it from where she was standing to where Chi-Chi was, but she didn't let that stop her. She had been in many battles for her martial arts class before she began training under Goku. She knew that you had to treat these kinds of fights much differently than the fights that were done with the usage of Ki. It wouldn't be too hard for her. She landed on the ground only to leap into the air again before Chi-Chi had a chance to realize what was happening. Her feet hadn't made too much of a noise on the ground since she knew a special technique from her class, it also helped that she had taken her shoes off so they wouldn't project sound. 'Perfect.' She jumped as far as she could once again.

Chi-Chi neared Ami, ready to grab at her. "What the…" Everything became one giant blur as she was thrown to the side. Once she got her vision back, she looked around, wanting to know who just hit her without her knowledgeable of what was going on around her. She scanned the area, not able to locate anyone until she reached the area where Makoto and Ami were standing. "Very good." She pushed herself up with her arms. "It seems as tough we have one well-rounded fighter in midst of us." She stared at Makoto and was very impressed with what she had just seen. That was the first real hit that any of them had gotten on her during that fight.

Makoto just stared back at Chi-Chi, taking the compliment without a 'thanks'. She would remember to thanks her later. Now wasn't the time to become chummy with her since she was her enemy at the moment.

No words were spoken from either fighter as the both taunted each other with their eyes. Simultaneously, both Minako and Chi-Chi dashed towards each other in a flash, surprising the other fighters who were left to stand by and watch.

Makoto met Chi-Chi halfway, locking forearms with her. She remembered back to this type of fighting when she was still attending martial arts school. She had left it behind when she first started training under Goku, thinking that it was just a waste of time. But she now knew that it was actually and important aspect of fighting. "You're pretty strong, you know that?"

Chi-Chi pushed as hard as she could against Makoto. They both seemed to be evenly matched in strength. "You are too, kid." She found that she had to use almost all of her strength to keep Makoto from over powering her. 'What is this kid made of? She's much stronger than the rest, physical strength wise.'

Makoto began to grow tired of pushing against Chi-Chi with her arms. She wanted some more action. It was almost like a craving. The more she fought, the more she wanted it. She slowly lifted one of her arms away from Chi-Chi's and put it on her shoulder.

Chi-Chi grinned. 'Not gonna work kiddo.' Chi-Chi learned long ago from fighting Goku that you should never sit around and wait for an enemy to attack. She slowly lifted her leg and stuck her foot behind Makoto's calve. 'Here we go, Makoto.' With a fast pull of her leg up and towards her body at the same time, Makoto was thrown off of her feet and on to her back. She looked down at the girl. "You're good, but not good enough."

Usagi smiled as she looked at her mother. 'Wow, she really IS good. I wonder if she's this good in the future too.' "Mom, that's not fair, you've had more practice at this type of fighting then us."

Chi-Chi looked up to her daughter and frowned. "It's not only that I've had more practice, it's also the fact that you guys are careless in what you do. You need to learn how be more sneaky and quick about what you're doing. Like Makoto here. She's good. I think her problem is that she just hasn't been fighting this way in a long while. This is a weakness to all of you. You've been relying on your Ki attacks for far too long. If five of you can't even beat one person using normal fighting techniques then there's something wrong with your trainer." That would be Chi-Chi's goal for the remainder of the time that she would be in that room with them. She would make sure that they knew how to fight, the proper way.

Usagi frowned. She didn't see anything wrong with the way that she was taught to fight. Not only had her father taught her most of what she knew, but her brothers had helped out a lot too. So had Vejita. "There's nothing wrong with the way dad trains us. There's no point to fighting without using Ki. Monsters use Ki, so we have to too."

Chi-Chi shook her head in disgust. "Goku's done it again. Just another way that he has misled you. Usagi, let me ask you this, what would you do if an enemy you were fighting wasn't susceptible to your Ki attacks? Without very good physical skills you would be as good as dead." 'I wonder if this is how Gohan is taught. I don't want him to only know one way of fighting.'

"Why wouldn't dad teach us this if we didn't need to know it then?" Usagi asked with a challenging tone to her voice.

"To be blunt Usagi, your father is an idiot. Granted he is a good fighter and all, he is lousy when it comes to teaching a diverse way of training. That's pretty obvious when I fight you guys. When Minako and Ami tried to do their little attack, Minako gave it away with her facial expressions. And Makoto, you left yourself wide open for that last attack I gave you." Chi-Chi couldn't believe it. They were horrible when I came to the art of strict physical fighting. They wouldn't last a day if their lives depended on them performing this type of fighting. "Be prepared to learn this type of fighting for the remainder of the time we are here. It's what you need the most work on. Plus, it will increase the energy of your current power level, therefore making you an overall stronger fighter."

~*~*~

~~Time and Space~~

The guardian of time watched Usagi throughout her training in the room of spirit and time. She was happy with the way things were going. She was actually stronger in this branch of her future then she would have been had she taken the other branch, which was originally meant to happen. Originally her body was supposed to accept her new power and be done with it. She wouldn't have trained in the room of spirit and time with her father, therefore, she wouldn't have gained more power.

But now, her official training was all over. She had learned all that she could, for the time being. She only had a couple of months left in the room with her mother, but that would be short lived for it was only a matter of time before her true mission would start. Not only was it a test for her and her friends' new power, but it was also imperative that they win for their survival and the guardian of time knew this. 'Let's see if any of this paid off little ones. I hope we didn't do this for no reason.'

~*~*~

~~The Future~~

In another space…

A young woman, about the age of twenty five, entered a room filled with hate energy. She had short black hair that was somewhat spiked at the ends. It was cut like a male's, but still feminine at the same time. She was heavily armored in her upper body area. Her legs were covered with shorts that were skin tight down to her middle thigh.

She peered into the room very carefully, fearing the worst from her leader. At the far end of the room sat a large wooden chair. In the chair sat a woman with wild red hair, which made her head look like it was on fire. Her body radiated the same hate energy that lurked all around the room. Her eyes were filled with more hate than her body's aura. The purpose of her arrival to the room was unknown to a woman already in the room, but his arrival didn't go unnoticed. She hissed at the woman as she looked up from her meditation. "What do you want?!"

The woman knew not to become angry at her outburst towards him. It wasn't a wise thing to do for she would have her head if he did. She disregarded it quite fast since her agenda would soon please her. "Your majesty, we are finished reviving our weapon."

The woman smiled as she stood up from a large chair. "Really? Have you located our target?"

The woman nodded. "Yes we have. Actually, my brother did. He said it would be an honor to find this missing link for you. He said it had something to do with his past, something that I would never understand."

The other woman raised an eyebrow in fascination. "Brother? I had no knowledge that there were any siblings among you people."

"Neither did I, Your majesty. He won't have much to do with me though. The only thing that he will tell me is that he does not like my kind, and that I don't belong here. But that doesn't matter at this point, my queen. What does is getting the missing link and full filling the wish of our great ruler."

'It is he who should be dead. I went through great lengths to get you under my control. That damned guardian of time screwed with my plans when I first got you, and now I've found you again. I will not let such a power loose.' She sat down, very calmly "Very well, prepare for the departure of our weapon." The queen couldn't wait to get her revenge as well as her 'missing link'. She stared at the woman in front of her, wondering why she was not leaving. "Is there something wrong? Why are you not commencing operations? My queen will not allow any wasted time! Hurry up!"

She stepped back, fearing that she would be injured by the sudden rage of her queen. "We need your power to send it to our destination. It seems that the guardian of time has intervened with our plans. She has sent our target to the past."

The queen widened her eyes to their fullest extent. "She WHAT!? That BITCH! She's fucked with me for the last time. I must have the missing link. One way or another, I WILL get it!" She jumped out of her chair in anger.

"But that's ok, my queen. We are in a different space then her."

'That's right. I've done it before. The guardian of time will have no control over this dimension. A dimension where light touches nothing.' "Very well. Tell the others to prepare for departure. You will not need to accompany it for I have given it enough of my queen's energy."

The woman nodded. "Right your majesty. We will notify you when we need your power. You won't be displeased." She turned around and ran out of the room. She couldn't wait to tell the others of her progress with their queen. They would be most pleased with her.

~*~*~

~~The Past~~

Goku and Gohan had decided to go back home about two hours before Chi-Chi and the girls would be getting out of the room and time and spirit. They would be going in right after they came out and wanted to be plenty prepared for it. In order to be prepared, they decided that it would be best to eat something. Of course. Both Saiyans sat in the kitchen and at all of the food that looked appealing to them that was in their refrigerator.

Goku stopped stuffing his face with food and looked around his kitchen. Gohan, who had noticed his father's actions, stopped eating too. "What's wrong dad?"

Goku didn't turn to look at his son. He just got up and walked to the window. "I don't know. I fell that something is going to happen soon."

Gohan turned his head to look our to window. He couldn't see anything and had no idea what his father was talking about. He couldn't fell anything strange happening. He couldn't sense anything that would be happening soon. "You're just nervous about going into the room of spirit and time aren't you."

"No. That's not it. Something else. It's something big. I can't quite put my finger on it but I know it's coming." He looked closer out the window. With his senses, he could pin point a new energy forming deep within the mountains. "I think we should check it out."

Gohan threw down his eating utensils and stood up, throwing his chair out from behind him. "Right dad." 'Even though I have no idea what you're feeling.'

~*~*~

Deep in the mountains…

A man sat at a large computer system and typed in various formulas. The system was hooked to a large pod with see through walls. It was filled with a greenish liquid that bubbled up to the top. In the middle of this water was a tiny organism the size of a pea. It was curled up on itself as it floated in its spot.

The man looked over at his creation and laughed. "Son Goku…You will pay! Once I unleash my great creation you will learn what happens when you mess with Dr. Gero. My perfect fighting machines will eat you alive, along with your stupid family." Yes, the man was non other than Dr. Gero himself, plotting away at Goku's assassination. He was proud of his 'perfect' fighting machines, as he called them. He had worked on them ever since Goku first destroyed his army. His beloved androids would one day rise up to destroy Goku. There was no way that he would be stopped. And when he released his greater creation the world would fall to his feet and worship him for the great man that he is. He couldn't wait for that day, but it was over a year away. His androids weren't quite finished yet and he had just recently acquired all of the different cells needed to create Cell. But that didn't matter. With the way that he had created the androids, there was no way that he could increase his fighting power enough to destroy them. He was doomed to die at the hands of his killing machines.

At the moment, he was working on Cell. He was injecting him with all of the cells that he had gotten from Frieza and his father, which were very good Cells. They would boost his power up more than he could ever imagine.

~*~*~

~~The Future~~

In another space…

The short haired woman walked into a room with a soft green glow coming from it. The glow was from their weapon. Inside the room stood her brother, a tall man with long black bristly hair, the other man was shorter and had a Mohawk. "The queen is ready to send him into the past. Bring the whole container, we don't want to wake him up as of yet. She has already begun to open a time rip so hurry up. She can only hold it so long before the guardian of time takes control of it." She turned around and walked out of the room.

The woman's brother sneered at her. "Idiot. I don't know what the queen sees in you. You should have stayed dead you menacing healer." He turned to the giant tank with their genetically engineered weapon in it. "This had better work. Once we have the power the queen speaks of we can take over. Then I will have my revenge on those damned people of earth." He grabbed it out of the wall and began to carry it to the door.

The shorter man made sure that the tank didn't fall out of his partner's arms. "Don't worry, things will work out for us. Though they didn't in the past, we are improved with our new power. We will overcome the people with 'pure hearts' and kill them off just as they tried to do before. This time they will not have the help of their ultimate weapon. It has not yet awakened."

The two men stopped their chatter and carried the tank out of the room and into the queen's lair. The set it down before her. The shorter man stood in front of it as the representative of the group. "You're majesty, here it is. It shall bring you what you want. We have programmed it with our mission but also left it its memory to help it along with its anger. Its anger shall increase the new power we have put into it. You will not be displeased at all this time, my queen." He bowed to show respect for his queen. Any sign of disrespect would ultimately mean his death.

The queen smiled. "Thank you for you help. But it is not over yet. First we must see if this thing can perform to our standards. And in order for it to do that, it must retrieve the missing link to my queen's power. If it fails, then we will let it die like the failure it is."

"My queen, that will not happen. I programmed it especially for this fight. It should have no problem returning to you a success. But please, no more talk. We must carry out with our operation before the guardian of time takes over your time rip." The short man with the Mohawked hair opened the top of the tank of the sleeping weapon. "You know what to do my queen."

~*~*~

~~Time and Space~~

"This is good. Everything is going to plane. Except, Usagi and the other's aren't out of the room yet. She and Chi-Chi need to hurry up if they want to have a family by the time they get out."

~*~*~

~~The Past~~

Goku and Gohan flew as fast as they could to their destination, the deepest part of the mountains. Gohan had even begun to feel what his father was feeling. It was an evil like no other they had felt before. It was more powerful than they had ever fought before. It was stronger than the average Super Saiyan. His father wouldn't even be able to stand up against it. "Father, what's happening. The androids aren't supposed to be showing up for a year and a few months. What's up with this?"

Goku was having the same troubling thoughts. He couldn't figure it out for the life of him. But he did know one thing, Usagi was stronger than this being that was beginning to form. "Your sister should be able to stand up against this thing, whatever it is. She had a stronger power level than what this thing has got right now, remember?"

Gohan nodded. "Of course I do. It was only yesterday, but do you think that she can handle it? I mean, she will have to do it alone."

"No she won't. If she can hold it off for a while, then we can go train in the room of spirit and time long enough to change you into a Super Saiyan. Then you can go and help her while I try to go beyond Super Saiyan."

"What?! Dad, you can't be serious. From what Usagi said it takes forever to do that. You are talking about Super Saiyan level 2 right?" Goku nodded. "Yeah, that's going to take forever."

"I've got to try Gohan. Usagi isn't capable of fighting a monster like this. Can't you feel it? Its power is steadily increasing as we speak. So far it's still under Usagi, but it's getting too big." 'Plus, no I know how Demi-Saiyans work. The angrier you become, the stronger you are. That's why you're going to go and help Usagi.' "Trust me Gohan."

Gohan sighed. His father had never led him wrong before when it came to fights. He had to agree with him. "All right. I guess we can try that."

~*~*~

~~Dr. Gero's Lab~~

Dr. Gero stared at the power meters for Cell in complete awe. He had never seen anything like it before. The power of Cell was increasing rapidly. It was like he was growing his full life in one day. "This is spectacular. Goku will meet his doom before his time. GREAT!"

"That's where you're wrong old man."

Dr. Gero gasped. "What?!" He gazed in on Cell more to notice that it was starting to bulge. "Ok, now THIS is getting weird." He moved closer to get a better look, and took note that a small body was beginning to form. With every second that went by the small body became more and more detailed while the power metes went up and up and up.

"The power, the power!" Black energy electricity began to form around the container as Cell's body began to expand in size and mass. His body was fully formed. All of a sudden, from no where, Cell got a large sum of power thrown into his body, upping his body size.

~*~*~

~~Outside the Lab~~

Goku stopped flying immediately after seeing an explosion take place in a mountain. "What the hell was that?" His muscles began to go numb as his body shook with severe fear. "What is that power?"

Gohan too was overtaken by fear as he sensed the new power that had just been born into the world. "I don't know. It's a little bit higher than Usagi's power. She can't easily block against it by herself. Even if the others are with her she can't block it. Dad, what's going on?" He turned around when he felt Piccolo and Mamoru's Ki shooting towards them.

"This is insane. Where did this come from? Usagi never told us about this coming here at this time. It's so much further ahead of schedule than it should be. I can't let her fight this alone with the girls. I can't let anything happen to Usagi, her father would kill me."

"Odango isn't going to endure this alone. We're going to be here too." Mamoru flew up beside Gohan and looked to Goku. "I'll kick that thing's ass anyways."

"You can't beat that thing boy. It's too damned powerful. You wouldn't stand a chance." Piccolo looked to the mountain. He could sense the evil being walking around in it. "Go get the others. We're going to need all the help we can get."

Mamoru sighed. "Fine. If we must, but I'm telling you. This thing is going to be a piece of cake." He took off in the direction of the Kame house. He figured that Krillin and Yamcha were probably already on their way and coming from that direction anyways.

~*~*~

~~Dr. Gero's Destroyed Lab~~

A tall black creature stepped on Dr. Gero's head, crushing it. He laughed as the blood sprayed out in all directions. "Stupid man. I never cared about you. I only cared about becoming perfect." He lifted up his foot and hissed in disgust as blood ran down it. "Stupid humans are so messy." He looked around the lab. The only things that were left in tact were two pods. One held android 18 and the other held android 17. "I won't be needing you two." He raised his hand and began to form a light blue Ki blast in it, but stopped. Something else had caught his attention. "Saiyan."

~*~*~

~~Back Outside~~

"Dad, what should we do? We can't fight that?" Gohan kept his eyes locked onto the mountainside. He didn't want whatever was inside to come out.

Goku shook his head. "I have no idea. That power is far beyond my own. I don't know what we're going to do son." He turned his head to a suddenly large source of power that stood before him. "What the…Who the hell are you!?" He got into as good a fighting stance as anyone could while they were in the air. Before him stood a black creature with very few small speckles on his arms and legs. What appeared to be wings on his back were a pale green.

"Why don't you know who I am? I know who all of you are." He smirked. This would be too fun. Here they were, with such a low power, at his mercy. "Let me see, you're Goku, you're Gohan, and you, green man are Piccolo. Yes I remember you all very well. My only question is, where's Vejita? I had fun playing with him before."

Goku scowled at the bug like creature before him. "I said, who the HELL are you!? And how the HELL do you know who we are!?"

"If you must be so rude as to ask in such a tone, I am a new and improved Cell."

(Ok, that's it for this part. What did you think? Good or Bad? Please review and tell me. Thanks!)