Usagi walked to the edge of Kami's lookout with a sense of responsibility. A responsibility to destroy Cell for it was her own fault that he was in this timeline. He followed her there from the future. He was there for her power. But she knew that this would not be an easy thing to achieve. A victory would only be won with hard work. She knew that for certain. She hadn't quite trained for this particular battle, but one just like it. She had been trained by two of the best fighters that she could think of, with two totally different views on the way a battle should be carried out.
But even with her new power and knowledge of fighting, Usagi didn't believe enough in herself to stand up to Cell. His power greatly exceeded her own. She had no idea what her father was talking about when he said that she was the only one who could fight him and be able to stand up to him. Didn't he fell Cell's awesome power? It was an enormous power that brought great fear into Usagi's shimmering blue eyes. 'What am I supposed to do with a power like that?'
Chi-Chi walked up from behind her daughter, who looked as though she was lost in a jumble of thoughts at the moment. She could tell that Usagi was frightened. She didn't blame her for it either. Had her father ever told her that she was to fight one of the strongest beings in the world, she would have passed out right there and then. She was amazed at how well Usagi was taking in all of this. Though, she had been preparing herself for this day for so long she was probably used to the idea. But none of them had expected any enemy to show up so soon, and certainly not in the form of a so called new and improved Cell.
"Do you feel that?" Usagi's skin was overtaken by goose bumps as she began to shiver. The fear was too great for her to handle, but her father was right. She was currently the only one who could fight back against Cell.
Rei didn't know about any of the others, but she definitely felt something strange about Cell's power. It seemed familiar to her but she couldn't figure out why. "Yes, his power is evil and full of hatred. It's a power to fear and watch carefully."
Usagi nodded. She knew that for sure. She wasn't sure why, but she knew that this was not the same power that her friends and family had fought when he first arrived. They wouldn't have been able to defeat him before if had he possessed this type of power. "I know Rei." She perked her head up once she sensed his power move away from the lab. "He's on the move you guys. What are we gonna do?"
"Well we can't just stand here. We have to stop him. Everyone else is still down there. We need to go to them and tell them to get up here so they don't get hurt. They aren't strong enough to fight with them. Well, maybe Mamoru is, but I don't know about the rest." Raising her power level a bit, Makoto jumped to the air. "We need to get there as fast as possible."
"Why don't we teleport? We can get around a lot faster by doing that."
Minako turned to Ami. "There you go Ami. Using the ol brain again. We can get there before Cell and warn the others. Maybe we should split up and not all go to the same person. It would be a lot quicker that way. Plus, there's less of a chance that Cell will get to any of them."
"Good idea Minako. It WILL be a lot faster that way. Once we get them up here we don't have to worry about Cell trying to go after them and kill them. Dad said that Cell was also after them." All of a sudden, her senses picked something up. "Great, he's going for Yamcha first." She pressed her fingers to her forehead, both with fear, and anger. "Gotta go. Come help me when you've warned everyone." She quickly concentrated on Yamcha's energy and was gone in a flash.
Rei couldn't believe what Usagi had just done. She had put herself in danger, knowingly, to get Yamcha outta there. "What is she doing? She can't fight Cell alone. He's nearly there too. What is she going to do when Cell locks on to her energy signature? He'll hunt her down until he kills her. We need to help her you guys."
Chi-Chi put her hand on Rei's shoulder before she became too frantic. "Don't worry about Usagi until everyone else is safe." 'Did I just say that?' "Don't get too over excited or else you'll loose concentration. Now hurry along and get the others. I'll stay up here until Goku and Gohan get out of their training and tell them what's going on. Kami will keep me updated."
"That's right, I will." Kami calmly stated as he walked to the group. "If I see that things are turning too bad, I will summon Goku and Gohan out of their training. But I don't think that I will need to do that. The Goku from the future told me of your progress. And from what I saw, you're all very capable of holding your own against Cell. Yet, I don't know what this evil power filled with hatred is you were talking about."
Makoto eyes grew with confusion. She didn't know who could miss it. It was too great to look over. "What are you saying? That you can't feel that? It's huge."
Kami shook his head. "I'm afraid I can not. But we mustn't speak of such things now for it is not the time to do so. You must be on your way before it is too late."
The girls nodded in agreeance. They had little time before Cell would find Usagi and try to steal her power. If anything should happen, they needed to be there to protect her, just in case. "Right." They all performed their teleportation technique which they had learned from Goku and left the area.
"They hold a power unique to humans. Actually, I have never felt another human with such power. They are special, indeed. And Usagi is no ordinary girl either. Her power has an even greater power than the others."
Chi-Chi looked to Kami with worried eyes. Her daughter was left to fight Cell. "What are you talking about? Of course it's going to be greater than the others'. She is, after all, part Saiyan, and my Goku's child at that."
Kami nodded. "Yes, Goku too has the same power as she. But, her power goes beyond that of a Saiyan. I'm not quite sure how to explain it and I'm not sure why no one else feels it in them, maybe it's because I'm Kami of earth. Their power is spectacular and is built on love. I just wish I knew where they acquired such power."
~*~*~
Usagi arrived standing above Yamcha's head with Cell approaching rapidly. She knew that she didn't have much time to waste, but by looking at all of Yamcha's wounds, moving fast wouldn't be much of an option. She would have to risk Cell arriving at the scene before Usagi got a chance to move out of there. "Yamcha, are you awake?" She kneeled down and looked at the deep jagged cut on his face, which grossed her out just at the thought of what could have caused it.
Yamcha slowly opened his eyes to see Usagi hovering over him with eyes full of fear. "Usagi, you shouldn't be here. Where's Goku at? I don't feel him anymore." He tried to sit up but was forced back down by a piercing pain in his right temple.
"Yamcha!" Usagi cried out. She was worried about him. She hadn't really dealt with having to move anyone who was wounded before. It had always been her who was the victim of an attack. This was an unknown situation for her. She didn't want to hurt him further by moving him, yet, Cell was coming closer and closer each second. "What should I do?"
~*~*~
Cell increased his speed once he felt the sensational energy of Usagi. He didn't believe his queen when she had told him the kind of power that she possessed. But it still didn't match up to his power, it hadn't even come close. 'You better run quick kid or else you're going to meet your doom before you even know what's going on.' He laughed hard and loud, echoing throughout the forest.
~*~*~
Usagi's Saiyan ears picked up the laugh with no problem. She perked her head up and looked in the direction in which Cell was approaching and searched for his energy. It would only be a matter of a couple minutes before he was at their current location. 'Guys, where are you?' She looked back down at Yamcha, who was attempting to sit up again. "Don't hurt yourself."
Yamcha chuckled. "Don't worry about me kid. I've been though worse. You just worry about yourself and what you have to do to stay alive."
Usagi leaned back a ways. She never thought Yamcha would say something like that. She didn't really know much about him as she never spoke to him much in the future. Most of the stuff that she did know came from Bulma, who always seemed to have something bad to say about him. She had always told Usagi that Yamcha was a selfish jerk whom should never be trusted. But this Yamcha didn't seem like too much of a jerk. "Aren't you hurt? You should lay back down. You don't want to make it worse. Here..." She put her hand on his chest and gently pushed on it, hoping that he would lay back down.
Yamcha appreciated Usagi's care, but she needed to leave. "Usagi I'm fine. I can take care of myself. Cell is coming and you need to get out of here. He's after you. He wants to kill you."
"That's right. I'm going to steal your energy and then kill you and all the people you love. This is wonderful. You were conveniently born to all the people I hate with a passion. You should consider yourself one lucky kid."
Usagi cocked her head to her side. She hadn't even realized that Cell was getting closer. She was too busy stressing over the well being of Yamcha. But now she couldn't do that any more. She would have to try and get Cell away from Yamcha. "Why do you want me? I never did anything to you."
Cell smirked. "I know, my dear. You didn't do anything to me, but you've harmed my queen in more ways than one. Plus, once I have some of your cells in my body, I will become the ultimate weapon known to the planet earth. Everyone will bow down to me as the most perfect being in the universe." He couldn't help but laugh at that. It was all too easy to be real. There was no one who could stand in his way.
Usagi stood up and grinned. "You? Perfect?" Usagi giggled. "You don't look perfect to me? In fact, you're not anything like perfection."
Cell stopped laughing and glared at Usagi, who was wrapping her tail around her waste. 'The tail.' "You stupid little brat. I am the most perfect being that ever existed you're just to barbaric to understand."
"Oh really? I don't see how you can call yourself perfect. I mean really, look at you. You're the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my entire life. You need to loose that stupid skin. And those things sticking up from your head. Those have got to go. And what's with the wings back there? Are you trying to look cool? Because if you are, it's not working. It's just making you look like a dork. The Gero guy had some really bad taste to make a bug like you. He could have at least made you into something cute, like a puppy. Now that would have been cute. Then you could truly call yourself perfect, but no, you aren't perfect."
Cell could feel his anger rising deep within him as he summoned his energy. If she was trying to make him want to kill her faster and more painfully, then it was working. He was ready to pop her head of right then and there. "You talk a lot for being such a scrawny little runt."
Usagi grinned. 'What am I doing? I'm just making things worse?' "He, he, he."
Yamcha couldn't exactly grasp the point behind this conversation. Usagi was making Cell angrier, causing him to become stronger. The question that seemed to be on the top of his head at the moment was, why? Why was she doing this? Didn't she fear him at all? Or was she more like Goku than he had thought? This was definitely something that Goku would do. He would act as if he were completely calm, much like he had just before they were attacked. 'Just get it over with already Usagi.' He adjusted his body so he was on his knees and slowly started to crawl away, hoping that he wouldn't be noticed by Cell.
Cell smirked. Usagi's training with her father was truly showing. He acted as if he hadn't a care in the world, which was how Usagi was acting. He trained her well, though it was just a big waste of time as he would soon be shoving his fist into her skull. "Let's get this started. I'm getting bored and I need a nice killing to make me happy again."
Usagi smile slowly disappeared as her face was taken over by a vague frown, more the look of being frightened than anything. 'Where are you guys? I don't think I can stall him much longer. I need your help.'
'Interesting. She hasn't been taught that well after all. She's letting her true feelings show now.'
~*~*~
Rei set Krillin down on the surface of Kami's lookout just as words began to echo through her head. They were the thoughts of Usagi. She looked around. The words sounded too distant for them to be near each other. Usagi's energy signature was by Cells, no where near her own. 'Creepy.'
She looked down at Krillin. He wasn't hurt nearly as bad as Gohan or Goku had been. She was thankful for that. "I gotta go. I'll see you later." With that she performed her teleportation and was soon by her friend's side.
~*~*~
Usagi smiled as she felt Ami and Rei's Ki form directly behind her. That alone boosted her spirits. "You're going down now, Cell. Me and my friends won't let you kill anyone. By the time we're through with you, you're going to wish that your queen never made you come back to life." She slightly crouched to get into her fighting position, keeping a close eye on Cell to make sure he didn't try anything funny.
Ami quietly walked to Usagi from behind. She didn't want Usagi to loose her concentration, but she had to remind her of something very important. She bent down so her mouth was at the same level as Usagi's ear. "Don't forget what your dad taught us about not just rushing into a fight. And remember, we are here for you. Don't worry about going all out because your dad and Gohan will be able to aid us after a while. And most importantly, think before you do. This isn't just a spar we're talking about. This is the real thing."
Usagi nodded. "I know Ami. I'll be careful. I don't want to die or anything. That wouldn't be a good thing for me to do. What would mom and dad do without me in the future?" Though she seemed like she had a level head on her shoulder's, Usagi was actually a ball of nerves inside. She could hardly keep her composure let alone even try to think about fighting Cell. She didn't want to do it without her father. No matter how long he prepared her for this day, she would never have been ready. But she had to carry out with it. Had she not, she would die.
"I'll watch your fight closely and see what I can do." She stood tall once again and backed away, leaving Usagi alone with Cell.
Usagi stared into Cell's eyes, not knowing what to expect. All she knew was that he had an advantage over her. That advantage was being stronger and more experience with fighting than her. But she couldn't let that keep her down. She wouldn't. She would do what her father would have told her to do. And that would be to keep pushing until you were killed or you claimed victory.
She studied him from head to toe, taking note of his armor like skin. That would be hard to penetrate. There had to be some part of his body that wasn't covered with this kind of skin. There had to be a flaw somewhere. But finding it would be tricky. She would have to tremendously wear him down before she could even think about looking for a flaw in his armor. That would be a difficult task. She quickly put those thoughts away, as she had to think of a way to penetrate his skin first. So far, his power wasn't raised to its highest. That was obvious. She could feel his potential power. 'Guess I better get this over with as soon as possible.' With a single thought Usagi's power level was raised right before the breaking point of becoming a Super Saiyan. Her body was consumed with her bright golden aura as she continued to pull together as much strength as she could without proceeding to her Super Saiyan level. She didn't want to waste all of her power at first. She hoped that his energy was all show and nothing to back it up with.
Cell smirked. "Is that all the power you've got you little pipsqueak? I would have thought that the missing link would have possessed much more power than that. You're pathetic. What does the queen want with such and insufficient power?" He laughed as loud as he could and raised his powerlevel nearly as high as it would go, just to intimidate his opponent. He regarded her as an easy kill. There wasn't much to her power after all. The queen didn't have a real reason to give him so much power, though he was rather enjoying it.
Usagi frowned. "I'm stronger than you think. But you'll find that out in time. Why don't I show you how strong I am?"
"Now that's what I'm talking about. I want to see your true power." He stepped to the side, analyzing her body for weak points, one in particular. He wanted to see if there was a way to get at her tail. Gero had in fact given him the information regarding the Saiyan's tail. "Why don't you make the first move?"
"Nuh-huh." 'No way. He's got something planned." She made sure that her feet weren't too tightly planted in the ground. She was certain that she would have to move out of the way as soon as he moved.
"Fine you little brat. I'll make the first move but you're not going to like it." He started out by charging full force at Usagi with his shoulder.
Usagi snickered at Cell's stupidity. Running at an opponent pretty much let them know what they were planning. It was pretty obvious that Cell was just going to try and ram himself into her. He was also stupid for doing this because it gave her a chance to make a plan to dodge or counter attack before reached her. In this case, Usagi decided to dodge. Any physical attack from her would just result in her getting severely hurt for he was going to fast for her to successfully hit him. He would knock her to the side before she knew what was happening to her.
Usagi quickly jumped to the side, with Cell following her dodge. He quickly ducked to the ground in front of her and swiftly tripped her with a quick motion of extending his leg and spinning around. "Too slow."
Usagi fell flat on her back. 'He's fast.' She looked up to see the bottom of Cell's foot coming down towards her face. Without even thinking about what she was going to do next, she rolled over to her left, just in time to miss her enemy's foot slamming into the ground. She wasn't quick enough for Cell though. He had anticipated her to roll over and already has his other foot waiting for her. Though, Usagi had seen his other foot moving as she was rolling over and stopped herself short of nearly being stomped on again. She lay on her back and smiled slyly up at Cell.
Cell glared down Usagi with hateful eyes. "You little bitch."
Usagi frowned. "Don't call me a bad name." She clasped both of her hands onto either of his legs, trying to dig her nails in, but they wouldn't go in. The skin was just as hard as it looked. 'Fine.' She began to build up for her special attack. 'This'll hold ya.' She made sure that no part of her body was touching Cell except for her hands as her hands began to glow with a fizzled aura. "Take this."
Cell just grinned. "What's this supposed to do?"
Usagi slightly lifted her legs as she became surprised. "Huh?" She looked to her left, then to her right and was completely confused. "Wait a minute. Why isn't this working?" The energy was just staying in her hands. It wasn't going anywhere. She pulled away when they began to fell warm, which meant that the attack was travelling on to herself.
"You idiot. My skin has been remodeled into armor that repels silly attacks such as that."
"Oh." 'Uh-oh.' Without waiting for any further reply from her foe, she kicked her legs all the way up into Cells upper thigh as she pushed her upper body out from under Cell with her arms.
Cell crossed his arms with annoyance. "Is that all you've got kid? You're going to have to do better than that if you want to beat me. You're beginning to become a bother. If you're not going to put up a good fight I'm just going to steal your energy and proceed with my hunt."
Usagi stood up, scowling at Cell. She had never seen or heard of anyone with the power to make a protective layer of skin. 'How am I supposed to break through that?' The only part of his body that didn't seem to have any protective layer was his face. Usagi fount that odd. She would have figured that the face would be the most desirable place to protect. "I'm just warming myself up.'
~*~*~
Minako arrived at the battle as soon as she could, with Makoto and Mamoru with her. They would have been there earlier had it not been for Piccolo refusing to stay at Kami's lookout. He wanted to watch the fight and make sure nothing too horrible happened, but it would have been dangerous for him to be there.
Mamoru gazed upon the fight between the two unevenly matched fighters. "Looks like Odango is loosing pretty badly?"
Rei turned her head to the, once again, cynical Mamoru. "What are you talking about? Neither of them are really hurt yet. Their power levels are the same now as when they started out." 'But Usagi is holding back, why?'
Mamoru snorted in dissatisfaction. "You females don't know anything. Usagi is loosing. Just sense their power levels and you'll find out. There is a big step between the two."
Rei turned back to the fight and watched as Cell grabbed Usagi and threw her down to the ground. "But she seems to be able to take the hits just fine. She's getting her fair share of hits in too."
"Believe me. I've watched plenty of fights in my life. I know what I'm talking about. Usagi is going to get her ass kicked by this guy." Mamoru turned his head to Yamcha. "What are you going to do about that guy? He's one of the ones that Cell wants to kill isn't he?"
"Yeah." Rei didn't take her eyes off the fight. She couldn't afford to. Even though she wasn't physically helping Usagi at the moment, she was trying to get fighting data on Cell.
Mamoru turned to Rei with disbelief. "What do you mean with just saying 'yeah'? Hello? Earth to Rei. Cell is going to kill Odango and then Yamcha."
Makoto had had enough. Mamoru didn't exactly need to be there. It was a treat that he got to be there. And here, the first thing he did when he got there was immediately decided that Usagi was going to die. "Why don't you just shut your mouth before someone gets hurt."
"And that someone would be you too, Hun." He snickered as he looked back to the fight. He loved having more power than the girls, but it was creeping him out that they were hot on his tail in gaining power.
~*~*~
Cell was growing tired of the fight very fast. Usagi was not proving to be a great enough challenge to him. "Come on kid, I want to see your true power or I'm going to end this here. I know that you have to have more bottled up in there somewhere. You're making me bored. I'm going to end this now. But not before I have a little bit of fun."
'Uh-oh, better change fast. I think he's serious.' She concentrated on raising he power level. She hadn't made the transition from normal to Super Saiyan but once. She wasn't sure how to do it again without taking a while to build up the needed energy.
"Oh? Trying to scrounge for some last bits of energy before you're finished? I don't think so." Seeming as though he had disappeared, he moved using his highest speed. He went so fast that Usagi barely had time to detect his movements. She had never had a reason to try and sense such fast movements. Her eyes weren't used to it. Bye the time she did detect him, his fist was already planted deep within her stomach. The shielded knuckles didn't help with the pain either.
Before she fell backwards onto the ground, he clenched her throat and pulled him up to his face. "You're not changing. You've had your chance to beat me, little girl. Don't worry though, I'll tell your real father about your suffering death. I'm sure he would love to hear about it." He lifted her up and threw her over his head. "I'll get your precious energy after I play with you." He put his hand behind his back and fired a Ki beam at her.
Usagi cried out in pain as she was fired upon. The light blue beam hit her boot, which melted from the intense heat that was being put on it. It melted onto her skin, leaving her with not only severe pain on the portion of he leg that was his, but the burning sensation went down to her foot and up to her upper thigh. "Ahhh..." Fresh blood seeped out of her throat from being clasped so tightly by Cell.
~*~*~
Mamoru shook his head. "That stupid idiot Odango. What the hell was she thinking anyways? She should have fought him from the start in Super Saiyan form. Does she have some sort of mental problem or something? I told you she was going to get her ass kicked."
Minako slapped Mamoru in the face and scowled at him. "What's wrong with you? You're lucky Usagi is even out there! I don't see you out there getting totally beaten up by a monster that is completely demented! Why don't you go out there and see how well you hold up against him?" Minako turned back to the fight to see Cell kicking Usagi back and fourth around the battle fields as if she were a ping pong ball. He would kick her one way, speed up to the other side and then kick her again, speed up to the other side and kick her again. "I can't take this anymore! I'm going to help her!"
Mamoru let out a 'humph' as he crossed his arms. "If you wanna get your ass kicked too go ahead. It's fine by me. It's not like it's my body or anything." Minako's words didn't even phase him one bit. He still stood by his words that Usagi was stupid for not changing Super Saiyan at the beginning of this thing.
Minako flew towards Cell at full speed. He was now holding Usagi by the back of her neck. 'At least if he's going to kill her he should just get it done and over with instead of torturing her like this.' "You evil little..." She began to build up her largest Ki blast in her hands as she came closer and closer to him. "Take this!"
Cell turned his head towards the blast. It was heading for his face, one of the only unprotected spot on his body. He bent his head down and allowed it to crash and explode on the top of his head. "That was weak. You're a human aren't you?" He tightened his grip on Usagi's neck as he lifted his head. "You're friend will pay for you mistake." Blood ran down him fingers. "This makes up for all the trouble your stupid brother caused me."
Minako didn't exactly want to believe that what just happened, actually did happen. But it had. He had not been effected by her attack at all. "Not good. Not good at all."
Cell threw Usagi to the ground and turned back to Minako. "The queen said to watch out for you five. She said that you could become a problem and that I should destroy you if possible. Well guess what?" He grinned. "It is possible."
With all her strength, Usagi tried to push against the ground with her weight. She couldn't allow her friends to be hurt. She wouldn't allow it. 'Mamoru was right. I am stupid. I had the chance to use my full power but I didn't. I didn't think that I needed to. What's wrong with me?'
Cell moved closer to the group of human fighters. He knew he wouldn't have a problem with Usagi for she was pretty much tapped out. He would go back to 'playing' with her later. Right now he wanted fresh meat. "Time to say goodbye." He put his hand out in front of him.
Makoto jumped to the air. "YOU MONSTER!" As if all fighters knew that she was going to attack at that exact time, they decided it was time and responded with great speed and reflexes. They all shot their own Ki blast at him, hoping to at least cause SOME damage to their target. The odds were against them though.
Cell just laughed as he put both of his hands out in front to block the blasts. They wouldn't be that hard to block. "You guys crack me up." The multiple attacks hit his hands, not doing any damage at all for his protective skin blocked any type of Ki attack from harming him. It was a flawless design really. His queen's researchers had done a great job with creating it.
Usagi managed to get to her feet after a couple of minutes. Most of her energy was drained from her body from Cell's continuous assaults on her body. 'Why does that lady he talks about want me dead? What did I ever do to her?' She could barely stand on her feet. She wanted to let them collapse beneath her. But her friends needed her help and now was not a time to be regaining power. She had to keep Cell busy until Gohan arrived to help and maybe Piccolo. But how long would that take? She didn't know how long she could keep going before her body would give in.
She staggered towards Cell from behind as he blocked the Ki beam attacks from going pass his hands. That's when she knew that there was no hope. He was too strong. There would be no way of getting around his armored skin. She rubbed some dirt out of her eyes to get a clearer picture of what was going on when her eyes caught sight of something. Behind his wings was a little patch of green skin with black dots. The complete opposite color of his other skin. 'Wait a minute. I don't think there's any armor on that part of his body. He, he, he, maybe they thought that those ugly wings were good enough to keep him protected. Maybe if I attack that he'll be damaged. Of course I am short on power, but I can try.' She pulled her hands to her side. "KA-ME-HA..."
Cell's eyes flew open as wide as possible. He knew that attack. That was the attack that Gohan had defeated him with. But how could Usagi have gotten up after the beating he gave her? How could she possibly have enough energy to attack him after getting up? He smirked when he realized what she was doing. She was just bluffing, like Goku did all the time. She didn't have enough energy to penetrate this defenses.
"HA!" A giant golden Kamehameha wave shot out from Usagi's hands and swept its way to her enemy. It dug into the ground as it went. Usagi made it with her last ounce of remaining power in hopes that it would bring him down.
Cell screamed out in pain once he was hit. His wings were blown off, leaving his back vulnerable to any type of Ki attack one could think of, including Usagi's Kamehameha wave. He immediately dropped his hands, allowing the others' attacks to crash into him, and tried to stand up against the attack. 'Where the hell did all this power come from? She should be nearly dead!'
Usagi continued to keep the wave going. It was actually working. She was actually taking a giant chunk of Cell's energy away from him. "Take this CELL!" She forced out another power boost by trying to power up, but she couldn't get up to Super Saiyan. She had lost too much energy to Cell.
Undetected by Usagi and any of the other fighters, including Cell, a gold ki attack came spiraling out of the tree tops and hit Usagi square in the hip. Usagi's power was stopped then and there as she was thrown into the air and then back down to the ground, falling with a loud thump on the ground. Her head landing in a pile of tiny sharp rocks that dug into her flesh. She slowly lifted her head enough to see who her attackers were. "Androids 17 and 18?!" Though she had never seen 17 before, she had seen 18 and knew that 17 hung out with 18 before he was absorbed by Cell. Common knowledge told her that he was 17.
The two androids jumped down to the ground. 17 took the liberty of walking to Usagi, with everyone staring at him as if they had seen a ghost. He sneered down at her. "Naughty, naughty little Saiyan. You shouldn't attack from the front and back at the same time. It's not fair to do that."
(Well, there it is. I had this all written up last night but I couldn't get onto ff.net to post it because of some error within the site. But it's working again. ^_^ So what did you think? Was it any good? Gotta run! Ja ne.)
But even with her new power and knowledge of fighting, Usagi didn't believe enough in herself to stand up to Cell. His power greatly exceeded her own. She had no idea what her father was talking about when he said that she was the only one who could fight him and be able to stand up to him. Didn't he fell Cell's awesome power? It was an enormous power that brought great fear into Usagi's shimmering blue eyes. 'What am I supposed to do with a power like that?'
Chi-Chi walked up from behind her daughter, who looked as though she was lost in a jumble of thoughts at the moment. She could tell that Usagi was frightened. She didn't blame her for it either. Had her father ever told her that she was to fight one of the strongest beings in the world, she would have passed out right there and then. She was amazed at how well Usagi was taking in all of this. Though, she had been preparing herself for this day for so long she was probably used to the idea. But none of them had expected any enemy to show up so soon, and certainly not in the form of a so called new and improved Cell.
"Do you feel that?" Usagi's skin was overtaken by goose bumps as she began to shiver. The fear was too great for her to handle, but her father was right. She was currently the only one who could fight back against Cell.
Rei didn't know about any of the others, but she definitely felt something strange about Cell's power. It seemed familiar to her but she couldn't figure out why. "Yes, his power is evil and full of hatred. It's a power to fear and watch carefully."
Usagi nodded. She knew that for sure. She wasn't sure why, but she knew that this was not the same power that her friends and family had fought when he first arrived. They wouldn't have been able to defeat him before if had he possessed this type of power. "I know Rei." She perked her head up once she sensed his power move away from the lab. "He's on the move you guys. What are we gonna do?"
"Well we can't just stand here. We have to stop him. Everyone else is still down there. We need to go to them and tell them to get up here so they don't get hurt. They aren't strong enough to fight with them. Well, maybe Mamoru is, but I don't know about the rest." Raising her power level a bit, Makoto jumped to the air. "We need to get there as fast as possible."
"Why don't we teleport? We can get around a lot faster by doing that."
Minako turned to Ami. "There you go Ami. Using the ol brain again. We can get there before Cell and warn the others. Maybe we should split up and not all go to the same person. It would be a lot quicker that way. Plus, there's less of a chance that Cell will get to any of them."
"Good idea Minako. It WILL be a lot faster that way. Once we get them up here we don't have to worry about Cell trying to go after them and kill them. Dad said that Cell was also after them." All of a sudden, her senses picked something up. "Great, he's going for Yamcha first." She pressed her fingers to her forehead, both with fear, and anger. "Gotta go. Come help me when you've warned everyone." She quickly concentrated on Yamcha's energy and was gone in a flash.
Rei couldn't believe what Usagi had just done. She had put herself in danger, knowingly, to get Yamcha outta there. "What is she doing? She can't fight Cell alone. He's nearly there too. What is she going to do when Cell locks on to her energy signature? He'll hunt her down until he kills her. We need to help her you guys."
Chi-Chi put her hand on Rei's shoulder before she became too frantic. "Don't worry about Usagi until everyone else is safe." 'Did I just say that?' "Don't get too over excited or else you'll loose concentration. Now hurry along and get the others. I'll stay up here until Goku and Gohan get out of their training and tell them what's going on. Kami will keep me updated."
"That's right, I will." Kami calmly stated as he walked to the group. "If I see that things are turning too bad, I will summon Goku and Gohan out of their training. But I don't think that I will need to do that. The Goku from the future told me of your progress. And from what I saw, you're all very capable of holding your own against Cell. Yet, I don't know what this evil power filled with hatred is you were talking about."
Makoto eyes grew with confusion. She didn't know who could miss it. It was too great to look over. "What are you saying? That you can't feel that? It's huge."
Kami shook his head. "I'm afraid I can not. But we mustn't speak of such things now for it is not the time to do so. You must be on your way before it is too late."
The girls nodded in agreeance. They had little time before Cell would find Usagi and try to steal her power. If anything should happen, they needed to be there to protect her, just in case. "Right." They all performed their teleportation technique which they had learned from Goku and left the area.
"They hold a power unique to humans. Actually, I have never felt another human with such power. They are special, indeed. And Usagi is no ordinary girl either. Her power has an even greater power than the others."
Chi-Chi looked to Kami with worried eyes. Her daughter was left to fight Cell. "What are you talking about? Of course it's going to be greater than the others'. She is, after all, part Saiyan, and my Goku's child at that."
Kami nodded. "Yes, Goku too has the same power as she. But, her power goes beyond that of a Saiyan. I'm not quite sure how to explain it and I'm not sure why no one else feels it in them, maybe it's because I'm Kami of earth. Their power is spectacular and is built on love. I just wish I knew where they acquired such power."
~*~*~
Usagi arrived standing above Yamcha's head with Cell approaching rapidly. She knew that she didn't have much time to waste, but by looking at all of Yamcha's wounds, moving fast wouldn't be much of an option. She would have to risk Cell arriving at the scene before Usagi got a chance to move out of there. "Yamcha, are you awake?" She kneeled down and looked at the deep jagged cut on his face, which grossed her out just at the thought of what could have caused it.
Yamcha slowly opened his eyes to see Usagi hovering over him with eyes full of fear. "Usagi, you shouldn't be here. Where's Goku at? I don't feel him anymore." He tried to sit up but was forced back down by a piercing pain in his right temple.
"Yamcha!" Usagi cried out. She was worried about him. She hadn't really dealt with having to move anyone who was wounded before. It had always been her who was the victim of an attack. This was an unknown situation for her. She didn't want to hurt him further by moving him, yet, Cell was coming closer and closer each second. "What should I do?"
~*~*~
Cell increased his speed once he felt the sensational energy of Usagi. He didn't believe his queen when she had told him the kind of power that she possessed. But it still didn't match up to his power, it hadn't even come close. 'You better run quick kid or else you're going to meet your doom before you even know what's going on.' He laughed hard and loud, echoing throughout the forest.
~*~*~
Usagi's Saiyan ears picked up the laugh with no problem. She perked her head up and looked in the direction in which Cell was approaching and searched for his energy. It would only be a matter of a couple minutes before he was at their current location. 'Guys, where are you?' She looked back down at Yamcha, who was attempting to sit up again. "Don't hurt yourself."
Yamcha chuckled. "Don't worry about me kid. I've been though worse. You just worry about yourself and what you have to do to stay alive."
Usagi leaned back a ways. She never thought Yamcha would say something like that. She didn't really know much about him as she never spoke to him much in the future. Most of the stuff that she did know came from Bulma, who always seemed to have something bad to say about him. She had always told Usagi that Yamcha was a selfish jerk whom should never be trusted. But this Yamcha didn't seem like too much of a jerk. "Aren't you hurt? You should lay back down. You don't want to make it worse. Here..." She put her hand on his chest and gently pushed on it, hoping that he would lay back down.
Yamcha appreciated Usagi's care, but she needed to leave. "Usagi I'm fine. I can take care of myself. Cell is coming and you need to get out of here. He's after you. He wants to kill you."
"That's right. I'm going to steal your energy and then kill you and all the people you love. This is wonderful. You were conveniently born to all the people I hate with a passion. You should consider yourself one lucky kid."
Usagi cocked her head to her side. She hadn't even realized that Cell was getting closer. She was too busy stressing over the well being of Yamcha. But now she couldn't do that any more. She would have to try and get Cell away from Yamcha. "Why do you want me? I never did anything to you."
Cell smirked. "I know, my dear. You didn't do anything to me, but you've harmed my queen in more ways than one. Plus, once I have some of your cells in my body, I will become the ultimate weapon known to the planet earth. Everyone will bow down to me as the most perfect being in the universe." He couldn't help but laugh at that. It was all too easy to be real. There was no one who could stand in his way.
Usagi stood up and grinned. "You? Perfect?" Usagi giggled. "You don't look perfect to me? In fact, you're not anything like perfection."
Cell stopped laughing and glared at Usagi, who was wrapping her tail around her waste. 'The tail.' "You stupid little brat. I am the most perfect being that ever existed you're just to barbaric to understand."
"Oh really? I don't see how you can call yourself perfect. I mean really, look at you. You're the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my entire life. You need to loose that stupid skin. And those things sticking up from your head. Those have got to go. And what's with the wings back there? Are you trying to look cool? Because if you are, it's not working. It's just making you look like a dork. The Gero guy had some really bad taste to make a bug like you. He could have at least made you into something cute, like a puppy. Now that would have been cute. Then you could truly call yourself perfect, but no, you aren't perfect."
Cell could feel his anger rising deep within him as he summoned his energy. If she was trying to make him want to kill her faster and more painfully, then it was working. He was ready to pop her head of right then and there. "You talk a lot for being such a scrawny little runt."
Usagi grinned. 'What am I doing? I'm just making things worse?' "He, he, he."
Yamcha couldn't exactly grasp the point behind this conversation. Usagi was making Cell angrier, causing him to become stronger. The question that seemed to be on the top of his head at the moment was, why? Why was she doing this? Didn't she fear him at all? Or was she more like Goku than he had thought? This was definitely something that Goku would do. He would act as if he were completely calm, much like he had just before they were attacked. 'Just get it over with already Usagi.' He adjusted his body so he was on his knees and slowly started to crawl away, hoping that he wouldn't be noticed by Cell.
Cell smirked. Usagi's training with her father was truly showing. He acted as if he hadn't a care in the world, which was how Usagi was acting. He trained her well, though it was just a big waste of time as he would soon be shoving his fist into her skull. "Let's get this started. I'm getting bored and I need a nice killing to make me happy again."
Usagi smile slowly disappeared as her face was taken over by a vague frown, more the look of being frightened than anything. 'Where are you guys? I don't think I can stall him much longer. I need your help.'
'Interesting. She hasn't been taught that well after all. She's letting her true feelings show now.'
~*~*~
Rei set Krillin down on the surface of Kami's lookout just as words began to echo through her head. They were the thoughts of Usagi. She looked around. The words sounded too distant for them to be near each other. Usagi's energy signature was by Cells, no where near her own. 'Creepy.'
She looked down at Krillin. He wasn't hurt nearly as bad as Gohan or Goku had been. She was thankful for that. "I gotta go. I'll see you later." With that she performed her teleportation and was soon by her friend's side.
~*~*~
Usagi smiled as she felt Ami and Rei's Ki form directly behind her. That alone boosted her spirits. "You're going down now, Cell. Me and my friends won't let you kill anyone. By the time we're through with you, you're going to wish that your queen never made you come back to life." She slightly crouched to get into her fighting position, keeping a close eye on Cell to make sure he didn't try anything funny.
Ami quietly walked to Usagi from behind. She didn't want Usagi to loose her concentration, but she had to remind her of something very important. She bent down so her mouth was at the same level as Usagi's ear. "Don't forget what your dad taught us about not just rushing into a fight. And remember, we are here for you. Don't worry about going all out because your dad and Gohan will be able to aid us after a while. And most importantly, think before you do. This isn't just a spar we're talking about. This is the real thing."
Usagi nodded. "I know Ami. I'll be careful. I don't want to die or anything. That wouldn't be a good thing for me to do. What would mom and dad do without me in the future?" Though she seemed like she had a level head on her shoulder's, Usagi was actually a ball of nerves inside. She could hardly keep her composure let alone even try to think about fighting Cell. She didn't want to do it without her father. No matter how long he prepared her for this day, she would never have been ready. But she had to carry out with it. Had she not, she would die.
"I'll watch your fight closely and see what I can do." She stood tall once again and backed away, leaving Usagi alone with Cell.
Usagi stared into Cell's eyes, not knowing what to expect. All she knew was that he had an advantage over her. That advantage was being stronger and more experience with fighting than her. But she couldn't let that keep her down. She wouldn't. She would do what her father would have told her to do. And that would be to keep pushing until you were killed or you claimed victory.
She studied him from head to toe, taking note of his armor like skin. That would be hard to penetrate. There had to be some part of his body that wasn't covered with this kind of skin. There had to be a flaw somewhere. But finding it would be tricky. She would have to tremendously wear him down before she could even think about looking for a flaw in his armor. That would be a difficult task. She quickly put those thoughts away, as she had to think of a way to penetrate his skin first. So far, his power wasn't raised to its highest. That was obvious. She could feel his potential power. 'Guess I better get this over with as soon as possible.' With a single thought Usagi's power level was raised right before the breaking point of becoming a Super Saiyan. Her body was consumed with her bright golden aura as she continued to pull together as much strength as she could without proceeding to her Super Saiyan level. She didn't want to waste all of her power at first. She hoped that his energy was all show and nothing to back it up with.
Cell smirked. "Is that all the power you've got you little pipsqueak? I would have thought that the missing link would have possessed much more power than that. You're pathetic. What does the queen want with such and insufficient power?" He laughed as loud as he could and raised his powerlevel nearly as high as it would go, just to intimidate his opponent. He regarded her as an easy kill. There wasn't much to her power after all. The queen didn't have a real reason to give him so much power, though he was rather enjoying it.
Usagi frowned. "I'm stronger than you think. But you'll find that out in time. Why don't I show you how strong I am?"
"Now that's what I'm talking about. I want to see your true power." He stepped to the side, analyzing her body for weak points, one in particular. He wanted to see if there was a way to get at her tail. Gero had in fact given him the information regarding the Saiyan's tail. "Why don't you make the first move?"
"Nuh-huh." 'No way. He's got something planned." She made sure that her feet weren't too tightly planted in the ground. She was certain that she would have to move out of the way as soon as he moved.
"Fine you little brat. I'll make the first move but you're not going to like it." He started out by charging full force at Usagi with his shoulder.
Usagi snickered at Cell's stupidity. Running at an opponent pretty much let them know what they were planning. It was pretty obvious that Cell was just going to try and ram himself into her. He was also stupid for doing this because it gave her a chance to make a plan to dodge or counter attack before reached her. In this case, Usagi decided to dodge. Any physical attack from her would just result in her getting severely hurt for he was going to fast for her to successfully hit him. He would knock her to the side before she knew what was happening to her.
Usagi quickly jumped to the side, with Cell following her dodge. He quickly ducked to the ground in front of her and swiftly tripped her with a quick motion of extending his leg and spinning around. "Too slow."
Usagi fell flat on her back. 'He's fast.' She looked up to see the bottom of Cell's foot coming down towards her face. Without even thinking about what she was going to do next, she rolled over to her left, just in time to miss her enemy's foot slamming into the ground. She wasn't quick enough for Cell though. He had anticipated her to roll over and already has his other foot waiting for her. Though, Usagi had seen his other foot moving as she was rolling over and stopped herself short of nearly being stomped on again. She lay on her back and smiled slyly up at Cell.
Cell glared down Usagi with hateful eyes. "You little bitch."
Usagi frowned. "Don't call me a bad name." She clasped both of her hands onto either of his legs, trying to dig her nails in, but they wouldn't go in. The skin was just as hard as it looked. 'Fine.' She began to build up for her special attack. 'This'll hold ya.' She made sure that no part of her body was touching Cell except for her hands as her hands began to glow with a fizzled aura. "Take this."
Cell just grinned. "What's this supposed to do?"
Usagi slightly lifted her legs as she became surprised. "Huh?" She looked to her left, then to her right and was completely confused. "Wait a minute. Why isn't this working?" The energy was just staying in her hands. It wasn't going anywhere. She pulled away when they began to fell warm, which meant that the attack was travelling on to herself.
"You idiot. My skin has been remodeled into armor that repels silly attacks such as that."
"Oh." 'Uh-oh.' Without waiting for any further reply from her foe, she kicked her legs all the way up into Cells upper thigh as she pushed her upper body out from under Cell with her arms.
Cell crossed his arms with annoyance. "Is that all you've got kid? You're going to have to do better than that if you want to beat me. You're beginning to become a bother. If you're not going to put up a good fight I'm just going to steal your energy and proceed with my hunt."
Usagi stood up, scowling at Cell. She had never seen or heard of anyone with the power to make a protective layer of skin. 'How am I supposed to break through that?' The only part of his body that didn't seem to have any protective layer was his face. Usagi fount that odd. She would have figured that the face would be the most desirable place to protect. "I'm just warming myself up.'
~*~*~
Minako arrived at the battle as soon as she could, with Makoto and Mamoru with her. They would have been there earlier had it not been for Piccolo refusing to stay at Kami's lookout. He wanted to watch the fight and make sure nothing too horrible happened, but it would have been dangerous for him to be there.
Mamoru gazed upon the fight between the two unevenly matched fighters. "Looks like Odango is loosing pretty badly?"
Rei turned her head to the, once again, cynical Mamoru. "What are you talking about? Neither of them are really hurt yet. Their power levels are the same now as when they started out." 'But Usagi is holding back, why?'
Mamoru snorted in dissatisfaction. "You females don't know anything. Usagi is loosing. Just sense their power levels and you'll find out. There is a big step between the two."
Rei turned back to the fight and watched as Cell grabbed Usagi and threw her down to the ground. "But she seems to be able to take the hits just fine. She's getting her fair share of hits in too."
"Believe me. I've watched plenty of fights in my life. I know what I'm talking about. Usagi is going to get her ass kicked by this guy." Mamoru turned his head to Yamcha. "What are you going to do about that guy? He's one of the ones that Cell wants to kill isn't he?"
"Yeah." Rei didn't take her eyes off the fight. She couldn't afford to. Even though she wasn't physically helping Usagi at the moment, she was trying to get fighting data on Cell.
Mamoru turned to Rei with disbelief. "What do you mean with just saying 'yeah'? Hello? Earth to Rei. Cell is going to kill Odango and then Yamcha."
Makoto had had enough. Mamoru didn't exactly need to be there. It was a treat that he got to be there. And here, the first thing he did when he got there was immediately decided that Usagi was going to die. "Why don't you just shut your mouth before someone gets hurt."
"And that someone would be you too, Hun." He snickered as he looked back to the fight. He loved having more power than the girls, but it was creeping him out that they were hot on his tail in gaining power.
~*~*~
Cell was growing tired of the fight very fast. Usagi was not proving to be a great enough challenge to him. "Come on kid, I want to see your true power or I'm going to end this here. I know that you have to have more bottled up in there somewhere. You're making me bored. I'm going to end this now. But not before I have a little bit of fun."
'Uh-oh, better change fast. I think he's serious.' She concentrated on raising he power level. She hadn't made the transition from normal to Super Saiyan but once. She wasn't sure how to do it again without taking a while to build up the needed energy.
"Oh? Trying to scrounge for some last bits of energy before you're finished? I don't think so." Seeming as though he had disappeared, he moved using his highest speed. He went so fast that Usagi barely had time to detect his movements. She had never had a reason to try and sense such fast movements. Her eyes weren't used to it. Bye the time she did detect him, his fist was already planted deep within her stomach. The shielded knuckles didn't help with the pain either.
Before she fell backwards onto the ground, he clenched her throat and pulled him up to his face. "You're not changing. You've had your chance to beat me, little girl. Don't worry though, I'll tell your real father about your suffering death. I'm sure he would love to hear about it." He lifted her up and threw her over his head. "I'll get your precious energy after I play with you." He put his hand behind his back and fired a Ki beam at her.
Usagi cried out in pain as she was fired upon. The light blue beam hit her boot, which melted from the intense heat that was being put on it. It melted onto her skin, leaving her with not only severe pain on the portion of he leg that was his, but the burning sensation went down to her foot and up to her upper thigh. "Ahhh..." Fresh blood seeped out of her throat from being clasped so tightly by Cell.
~*~*~
Mamoru shook his head. "That stupid idiot Odango. What the hell was she thinking anyways? She should have fought him from the start in Super Saiyan form. Does she have some sort of mental problem or something? I told you she was going to get her ass kicked."
Minako slapped Mamoru in the face and scowled at him. "What's wrong with you? You're lucky Usagi is even out there! I don't see you out there getting totally beaten up by a monster that is completely demented! Why don't you go out there and see how well you hold up against him?" Minako turned back to the fight to see Cell kicking Usagi back and fourth around the battle fields as if she were a ping pong ball. He would kick her one way, speed up to the other side and then kick her again, speed up to the other side and kick her again. "I can't take this anymore! I'm going to help her!"
Mamoru let out a 'humph' as he crossed his arms. "If you wanna get your ass kicked too go ahead. It's fine by me. It's not like it's my body or anything." Minako's words didn't even phase him one bit. He still stood by his words that Usagi was stupid for not changing Super Saiyan at the beginning of this thing.
Minako flew towards Cell at full speed. He was now holding Usagi by the back of her neck. 'At least if he's going to kill her he should just get it done and over with instead of torturing her like this.' "You evil little..." She began to build up her largest Ki blast in her hands as she came closer and closer to him. "Take this!"
Cell turned his head towards the blast. It was heading for his face, one of the only unprotected spot on his body. He bent his head down and allowed it to crash and explode on the top of his head. "That was weak. You're a human aren't you?" He tightened his grip on Usagi's neck as he lifted his head. "You're friend will pay for you mistake." Blood ran down him fingers. "This makes up for all the trouble your stupid brother caused me."
Minako didn't exactly want to believe that what just happened, actually did happen. But it had. He had not been effected by her attack at all. "Not good. Not good at all."
Cell threw Usagi to the ground and turned back to Minako. "The queen said to watch out for you five. She said that you could become a problem and that I should destroy you if possible. Well guess what?" He grinned. "It is possible."
With all her strength, Usagi tried to push against the ground with her weight. She couldn't allow her friends to be hurt. She wouldn't allow it. 'Mamoru was right. I am stupid. I had the chance to use my full power but I didn't. I didn't think that I needed to. What's wrong with me?'
Cell moved closer to the group of human fighters. He knew he wouldn't have a problem with Usagi for she was pretty much tapped out. He would go back to 'playing' with her later. Right now he wanted fresh meat. "Time to say goodbye." He put his hand out in front of him.
Makoto jumped to the air. "YOU MONSTER!" As if all fighters knew that she was going to attack at that exact time, they decided it was time and responded with great speed and reflexes. They all shot their own Ki blast at him, hoping to at least cause SOME damage to their target. The odds were against them though.
Cell just laughed as he put both of his hands out in front to block the blasts. They wouldn't be that hard to block. "You guys crack me up." The multiple attacks hit his hands, not doing any damage at all for his protective skin blocked any type of Ki attack from harming him. It was a flawless design really. His queen's researchers had done a great job with creating it.
Usagi managed to get to her feet after a couple of minutes. Most of her energy was drained from her body from Cell's continuous assaults on her body. 'Why does that lady he talks about want me dead? What did I ever do to her?' She could barely stand on her feet. She wanted to let them collapse beneath her. But her friends needed her help and now was not a time to be regaining power. She had to keep Cell busy until Gohan arrived to help and maybe Piccolo. But how long would that take? She didn't know how long she could keep going before her body would give in.
She staggered towards Cell from behind as he blocked the Ki beam attacks from going pass his hands. That's when she knew that there was no hope. He was too strong. There would be no way of getting around his armored skin. She rubbed some dirt out of her eyes to get a clearer picture of what was going on when her eyes caught sight of something. Behind his wings was a little patch of green skin with black dots. The complete opposite color of his other skin. 'Wait a minute. I don't think there's any armor on that part of his body. He, he, he, maybe they thought that those ugly wings were good enough to keep him protected. Maybe if I attack that he'll be damaged. Of course I am short on power, but I can try.' She pulled her hands to her side. "KA-ME-HA..."
Cell's eyes flew open as wide as possible. He knew that attack. That was the attack that Gohan had defeated him with. But how could Usagi have gotten up after the beating he gave her? How could she possibly have enough energy to attack him after getting up? He smirked when he realized what she was doing. She was just bluffing, like Goku did all the time. She didn't have enough energy to penetrate this defenses.
"HA!" A giant golden Kamehameha wave shot out from Usagi's hands and swept its way to her enemy. It dug into the ground as it went. Usagi made it with her last ounce of remaining power in hopes that it would bring him down.
Cell screamed out in pain once he was hit. His wings were blown off, leaving his back vulnerable to any type of Ki attack one could think of, including Usagi's Kamehameha wave. He immediately dropped his hands, allowing the others' attacks to crash into him, and tried to stand up against the attack. 'Where the hell did all this power come from? She should be nearly dead!'
Usagi continued to keep the wave going. It was actually working. She was actually taking a giant chunk of Cell's energy away from him. "Take this CELL!" She forced out another power boost by trying to power up, but she couldn't get up to Super Saiyan. She had lost too much energy to Cell.
Undetected by Usagi and any of the other fighters, including Cell, a gold ki attack came spiraling out of the tree tops and hit Usagi square in the hip. Usagi's power was stopped then and there as she was thrown into the air and then back down to the ground, falling with a loud thump on the ground. Her head landing in a pile of tiny sharp rocks that dug into her flesh. She slowly lifted her head enough to see who her attackers were. "Androids 17 and 18?!" Though she had never seen 17 before, she had seen 18 and knew that 17 hung out with 18 before he was absorbed by Cell. Common knowledge told her that he was 17.
The two androids jumped down to the ground. 17 took the liberty of walking to Usagi, with everyone staring at him as if they had seen a ghost. He sneered down at her. "Naughty, naughty little Saiyan. You shouldn't attack from the front and back at the same time. It's not fair to do that."
(Well, there it is. I had this all written up last night but I couldn't get onto ff.net to post it because of some error within the site. But it's working again. ^_^ So what did you think? Was it any good? Gotta run! Ja ne.)