The girls stepped away from the room, which had previously been holding them prisoner. Each went their separate ways, scattering into the crowd of their fellow fighters, who were completely silent from shock. Not a single word arose from any single person.
Naturally, Usagi walked to where her mother, father, and brother were standing. Not a word was spoken from either of the four as they just stared at each other. One party in awe, and the other in curiosity. Usagi opened her mouth to speak. "What's wrong? You're freaking me out. Stop looking at me like that."
Chi-Chi threw herself down to her daughter and hugged her as tightly as possible. "Oh Usagi, I was so worried about you. Don't ever do that to me again. You hear that? I already have Goku and Gohan to worry about, I don't want to add you to the list."
Usagi smiled as she hugged back. For some reason, she felt closer to her mother of this time. They seemed to connect more. She wished that her own mother acted like this with her. Had she have done that in the future she knew for sure that she would have gotten chewed out for following the egg inside the room. She didn't think that she would express her worry for her at all. "I'm ok, mom. Honest. They never had a chance."
Goku lightly tugged on his wife's shoulder, letting her know that he wanted to speak with his daughter. Chi-Chi-Chi complied with his wishes and moved out of the way, allowing Goku to kneel in front of Usagi so he could look her in the eyes. "What did you mean by that? THEY never had a chance. Was there more than one?"
Usagi nodded as her friends came up from behind her. "Yup! There were thousands of them, daddy. They were afraid of us at first so they ran away."
Goku's face was taken over by concern. "Tell me everything that happened."
"Ok. When the egg first hatched, they were really weak. We were going to attack them all but we needed a plan first. So we made this 'bond' thing were we can talk to each other by concentrating our energy. With that, we made this energy shield around the building inside. The Cells pretty much took themselves out after that, well, a lot of them did because we sort of messed up with the shield. We accidentally made it rubbery. But it still worked. And that's not the best part either."
Goku raised a brow in interest. "Really…"
"Nope. When they started to get more power they attacked us. They came at us with over half of what they had. They were more powerful than the others, but I could take them. But that's when one of those stupid things grabbed my tail so I couldn't help them. And then that's when IT happened."
"It?" At that point all of the people on Kami's lookout were gathered around the two Saiyans, eager to hear what the girls had gone through.
"Yeah. IT happened. When Makoto and Rei and Ami and Minako were all about to be killed by the Cells, they snapped. Kind of like I did when I went Super Saiyan. They got major power ups."
Goku looked up to the girls that stood behind his daughter and smiled. "Is that so? Would you be interested in showing me this new power?" 'I wonder if it's as strong as a Super Saiyan.'
"Right you guys. You heard him. Let's show him what we're made of." Makoto smiled as she couldn't wait to see the look on everyone's faces once they felt their power. They would be blown away by the amount of power that had been gained in such a short time.
They all began to raise their power levels as they tensed their muscles to help the process along. Immediately, their bodies were covered with an aura of their color that shimmered in the light. Each had a separate feeling, but at the same time, felt the same as the next. Once finished, they relaxed and grinned, counting down the seconds before everyone would freak out and congratulate them on their success.
Goku was left unable to say anything. Though him being speechless was not the result of the power, more like the opposite. He just stared at the four young fighters, not knowing how to tell them. "Um, would you like to keep going?"
Makoto frowned. "What are you talking about? We're done."
"Are you sure?" Goku hoped that he wasn't sounding too rude. He could see the disappointment on the girls' faces.
Minako crossed her arms and glared at Goku, who obviously didn't know power when he felt it. "Of course we're sure. Don't you feel it? It's huge."
Usagi looked up at her father. "Yeah. It is huge. Why are you being mean, daddy? Are you just trying to get them stronger like you did with me?" She looked in the direction of Krillin. "Do you feel it?" She frowned when he hesitated. "Come on. You've got to feel it. Are you all stupid or something?"
Chi-Chi smacked her daughter on the back of the head. "Watch your mouth. And no, they aren't stupid. Your father knows not to treat you girls badly just to get power. And I know he's not lying." She shot a glare over at her husband to make sure she wasn't lying to her daughter by saying that.
Goku gulped as he didn't know what to say. But he had to say something. "I'm failing to feel anything. All I see is a unique aura. And…well…maybe a slight increase in power."
Usagi frowned. "Why are you saying this? I know you feel it. How can you not? It's just so…big." Usagi was ready to hall off and slap her father. She knew that he had to be lying. He had been rude to her before, why wouldn't he be doing it again? Though this time he had no reason to do it.
"Odango, I feel it."
Usagi turned to Mamoru, who was looking quite beaten up. "You do? Honest?"
Mamoru nodded. "Yeah. Just like with Cell's power. Remember what we talked about before?"
"But why is it the same with them?" That could have very well been it. None of the others seemed to feel Cell's extra power, they probably just couldn't feel the girls' power. "This is way strange."
Kami stayed silent through this whole ordeal. Even though he too somewhat felt their power. It seemed oddly familiar too.
In the distance, soft clapping could be heard. Everyone turned their heads to the sound. They were not at all shocked at what they saw. Goku grabbed Usagi and threw her behind him so she wouldn't be easily accessible. "What do you want?"
The intruder grinned. "Well I felt some new power coming from here so I thought I'd come check it out. It's nice to see that the girls have gained in power. It's just a pity that on one feels it. But I now know that I am to rid the world of those four in particular. They could become a problem if left to grow. So all of you, out of my way."
Goku nudged Usagi back further. "Get out of here while you can. I don't want you involved in this anymore. Take the others with you."
17 grabbed Goku by the arm and threw him to the side. "Screw this. I'm tired of playing with this thing. It's time to get serious." He bent his knees so he would be in correct fighting position. "Let's go, Cell. You and me. If you want to fight me and kill me that badly go ahead. I'm right here."
Cell smirked. "You know 17, I wasn't going to kill you. I was only going to kill 18. But when you started fighting against my clones instead of with me, that's when I decided to kill you. I have other things I need to do right now, but I can get to you later." He stepped forward but immediately had to step to the side due to an undetected attack coming from the android in front of him. He glared at 17. "You idiot! You almost hit me. I hate Dr. Gero for building you with an undetectable power level. But no matter, it wouldn't have hurt me anyways. You're not match for me. But because your pissing me off, and I feel like killing you, I'm going to cut you a deal. You be a good android and stay there while I attack, and I'll make it fast and pain free." Without a second thought he fired one of his smaller Ki attacks at 17, immediately disintegrating his body. "What a bore. No one is powerful enough to beat me."
"17! NO!" 18 tried to jump and save her comrade before he was totally gone but found herself being held back by Krillin. "What are you doing? Let go of me!" She struggled to free herself from Krillin's hold.
"Don't do it! He'll kill you too. He just said that he originally wanted to kill you. He doesn't care about you or anyone else. He'll kill us all if he gets the chance."
18 frowned. "Why do you care? We were going to kill you too." She violently pulled her arm away from Krillin. "So what are we supposed to do? Just sit here and watch this thing kill us all one by one?"
"No, Goku will think of something. And I care because you are one of us. You are a victim of Cell's violent ways."
'One of them? How can I be one of them? They don't know my suffering. They don't know what Gero put us through, what he made us do. Still, this one seems to show interest in my safety. Maybe I should spare him.' "Fine. We'll see what happens."
Cell walked to the room of spirit and time and peered into the hole that the girls had created with their combined attack. "Well look at that. They got smart." He scowled at the dead bodies of his children, but wasn't too angry as he could feel his one remaining offspring left inside the room as he powered up. "Seems as though you killed them all." He said as he smirked. He would save the last one as a surprise. He turned his head towards Usagi. "You may have killed all of my children, but you will never defeat me."
Goku jumped in front of his daughter and her friends as Cell moved closer to them. "Get the hell out of here, Cell."
Usagi giggled. "Daddy, you said a bad word."
"Don't worry about that, Usagi. You just get yourselves out of here…NOW! And if you don't listen to me this time ther…" 'Why can't I feel their power? Is it THAT big?'
"Don't worry, we're leaving." Usagi continued to giggle as she and her friends, including Mamoru, began to walk away to seek a safer place.
But Cell wasn't going to let that happen. "I've wasted enough time playing with you people. You're annoying me now. I need to get that girl's power NOW! And then I'm going to kill off the rest of your friends for if they are allowed to live everything will fall out of place. Now if you don't mind." With one swipe of his hand, Cell had Goku flying across the lookout.
Chi-Chi ran to her husband's side in near tears. "Goku! Goku! Are you alright?!" She kneeled down beside him and grabbed his hand. "Don't give up Goku. You can't give up."
Goku slowly sat up and shook off the pain that had been distributed to him when his head hit the concrete at full force. "I don't plan on giving up. Cell has been beaten before, it can happen again."
"Maybe you should let Usagi and the girls help. They seem to have a lot of power according to Cell, and even themselves."
Goku grinned as he turned his head to look into his wife's eyes. "THAT did not just come out of your mouth, did it?"
Chi-Chi giggled as she nodded. "Usagi taught me a few things while we were training. I honestly think that they can help."
"Can Gohan fight too?"
Chi-Chi frowned. "Goku, I've been telling you for the past five years, NO! He needs to study to get a good education. NOW GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT!"
Goku laughed. 'Same old Chi-Chi after all.' "Don't worry. I'm going." He bounced to his feet and teleported in front of Cell to block his way from Mamoru and the girls. "Do you really know what you're doing, Cell? I mean, with us all attacking you at the same time, you wont get very far."
Cell chuckled. "You fail to see the truth of this situation. No ONE can beat me. I'm unstoppable. Unless that ONE was here. But she isn't so forget a victory over me." He once again swatted Goku to the side as if he were just a fly buzzing around in his face. "Now back to business." He reached out for Usagi's throat but his hands only grasped around air as Usagi had jumped out of the way at the first sign of movement. Cell grinned arrogantly. "Fast little bugger aren't you? It's useless to try and escape. Resistance will only cause more pain and suffering."
Usagi quietly waddled her way over to Mamoru. "Hey, make a diversion." So wouldn't be heard, she whispered.
"Huh?"
"Just do it. Trust me."
Mamoru shrugged. "All right. But if I die, I'm coming back to haunt you in your sleep." He jumped into the air. Since he wasn't on Cell's 'to kill list', he was easily able to fly away. He positioned himself right behind Cell's head and held his hands out so they would fire directly at the neck of his target. He was soon joined by Gohan, Piccolo, and Goku. "GO!" From the four fighters came four massive beams of Ki, all directed in the same spot. The neck of Cell.
Usagi turned to her friends with a bright smile, a smile that not only told how happy she was, but also told that she had something planned. "You know how we couldn't ever do our combined attack because we would have to shout out? Well guess what? We don't have to do that anymore. We have our bond to do that for us."
"But we've never used it while we were apart." Ami hated always being the skeptical one about things.
"Who says we have to be separated." She glanced over her shoulder to make sure that Cell was still being distracted. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw that he was.
"Cell will feel the power accumulating when we start making it. He will most likely turn around and try to attack us. We will be all in the same place. That's the same as when we first made it. That's why your dad didn't want us to use it. But if we are separated and concentrate on one spot, he'll have a hard time locating us."
"Yeah, we already figured that out when your mom was training with us, Usagi. If we're going to do this we better do it quick. And I say that we DO, do this. It's out only option at this point. He seems to be too strong for your dad and yourself Usagi." Rei was getting nervous that Cell would turn around and see them and then attack them at any moment.
Usagi nodded. "You're right, Rei. Let's do this now, while we can, while he's distracted." She jumped backwards into the air and took her position just above the room of spirit and time.
Makoto stayed on the ground while Minako hovered just above Usagi only on the opposite side of the lookout. Ami flew up to the highest point just across from Makoto. They all looked to Usagi as she would once again lead the attack, since she had already done it twice before.
Usagi took a deep breath in before she too nodded to let them know that she was ready. 'Right about Cell's head is the place. That way if he detects it before we get a chance to finish he'll try to attack it. But then it will explode right on his head. He, he, he. Too bad for him.'
Minako couldn't help but giggle at that. 'I would pay to see something like that.'
'We should get this started. Ready?'
'Ready.'
'Alright then. Start building up now.' The girls all concentrated the majority of their energy directly above Cell's head as directed by Usagi. This time they had the link to let them know the exact point above his head.
Slowly but surely a white ball of energy began to form above Cell's head. It proved to be even stronger than his power was at the moment. Even to the girls, who had the benefit of feeling his real power. They knew that his was going to do some damage. They would finally see Cell suffer from what he had done.
Cell stopped worrying about Mamoru and the others' attacks and concentrated more on the energy pile up that was happening just above his head. "What the…" He looked up only to be blinded by the magnificent bright Ki attack of the girls. "WHAT IS THAT!?" He could feel its energy, which was in fact larger than his own. There was no way that he would be able to attack against it.
'IT'S READY!' "NOW GIRLS! HAND IT OVER TO ME!" The others gladly complied with Usagi's wishes for none of them knew how to control such a massive energy. Usagi herself was even having trouble holding onto the attack once they let go. She found that she had to pull against the attack just to keep from flying into its pull. "It doesn't look like you're going to be killing anyone else today, Cell. Your terror stops here."
Cell decided to play it cool. He didn't want them to know that the truth was that he was feeling sort of scared by this attack. "Go ahead. It wont do anything."
Everyone else backed away from the two fighter. They felt the potential of the attack and didn't want to be anywhere near it when it hit. "It's lights out for you. You've tried to kill me and my family and friends. No more. I know daddy probably would have given you mercy, but not me. Not after what you've done. It's unforgivable." She became silent as she bowed her head once more. It became easier for her to hold onto the attack as well. "All the suffering your people have cause is unjustifiable. You will not go unpunished. In the name of all who stand for love and justice, you shall parish from this plane." With that, she raised her head and smiled. "Say buh-bye now." She released her hold on the combined attack that she and her friends created and watched as it felt onto Cell and crushed him into the ground and creating a shallow crater.
Mamoru looked to the girls. "Is she always that carefree about killing people?"
Rei rolled her eyes. "Only when they're a threat. Unlike you. You'll just kill people for the heck of it." She walked away from him and smiled as she felt a giant chunk of Cell's power get stripped away. "And that's all we ever had to do in the first place is that one stupid attack. That's kind of depressing."
"Not exactly, kid." Cell emerged from the crater with his shell completely torn away. "I'm not gone yet." He looked at his arms and hands and nearly freaked out. "YOU BITCHES! YOU GOT TRHOUGH MY SHELL!"
Usagi frowned. "Don't call us names. It's not nice. And as for your shell, good. Now we can take you out easier." She let herself land gracefully onto the ground. "You really don't have people skills do you?" She gasped as Cell fell forwards onto his face. "What just happened?"
Behind him stood 18 with her hand directly out. "He killed 17. I had to get back at him. He was weak and had no power. He was a boring enemy." She walked up to his body and examined the black blood that seeped out of it. "This thing wasn't what Gero created. It was something else. Something more evil." She looked up to Usagi. "So kid, what did you do to make this queen or whatever mad at you?"
Usagi shrugged. "I have no idea. I didn't know that any queens existed. Not any with any sort of power anyways." She let her legs drop out from underneath her as her power had been almost completely drained from the last attack. "I still say he was way to easy. Just like his stupid kids."
Goku walked over to his daughter and sat next to her. He put his arm around her shoulders and smiled. "Well kiddo, you guys saved the day…sort of. With the help of 18. But he was already pretty much dead. Umm…and just a quick question. What happened to you just before you threw that attack?"
Usagi looked up to her father's curious eyes. "What are you talking about?"
"You said some pretty strange stuff. It sounded like you were an adult. You said something about his people and how they caused a lot of suffering and something about he shouldn't go unpunished.
Usagi giggled. "Are you sure? I don't remember saying anything like an adult. I don't remember even saying that. I think you're hearing things."
"Usagi, this is just like what happened right before we started fighting all of those Chibi Cells. You said something weird like that." Ami sat down in front of the duo. "It's really strange if you ask me."
"I have no idea what you're talking about. Really I don't."
"Oh well. All that matters is that you're alive and well." Chi-Chi smiled down at the girls. She was so proud of them at that point. They had come so far since she began training with them. They had even established a link. "What are you guys going to do with your time now? There's nothing to train for."
Usagi looked down to the ground with sadness written all over her face. "I was hoping that the guardian of time would let me go home now. I fought Cell. Isn't that what I came here for? That had to be because now there's nothing to fight."
'Do you want to go home THAT badly, little one?'
Usagi looked up to the sky. "Is that you, guardian of time? Yes I want to go home! Can I now? Please?"
'You've learned all you can here. I guess it would be acceptable to allow you to come home now. Things can play out there.'
"Play out? What do you mean by that?" Everyone looked to Usagi as if she were an idiot. All except Goku. This was just as if he were talking to King Kai. ( I know that's probably wrong. I just don't remember the Japanese spelling at this time. )
'Don't worry, little one. Things are out of your hands now. You have done well. Now you may go home to be with your families…where you belong.'
A white light filled the area at Kami's lookout. Once the light was gone, a time rip was left. On the other side were the mountains where Usagi's house was located not too far from. Usagi's eyes were filled with tears of joy as she looked upon the rip. "We can go home now you guys. It's really true. She said we can go." She was so happy that she couldn't even stand up when she tried. She didn't even care that she would get into major trouble when she got there, she just wanted to be home again.
Goku stood up and helped his daughter from the future up. "So you're actually leaving?" The truth was that Goku didn't really want them to leave. He had gotten himself rather attached to them.
Usagi nodded. "Yes. I don't belong here. None of us do. But I'm going to miss you all. You're like a whole different group of people to me. I wish there was a way that I could stay, but I can't." She could see that it was hard on her family. It was probably harder on her though. She had just gotten used to living with them and now she would be torn away from them again. She wrapped her arms around her father's waist and hugged him as tight as she could. "Promise you wont forget us when we leave."
Goku returned the hug with much love. It was harder to give her up now than it was when she first tried to leave. He had grown to actually think of her as his real daughter, and it just ripped his heart to think of her leaving. Though he would be blessed with her as a daughter later in life. "Don't worry, I wont."
Usagi pulled away from her father and went to her mother next. "Thanks for the earrings, mamma. They're really pretty. I can't wait to try them on."
"I'm glad you like them, dear. We wont forget you, but you have to promise not to forget us either."
"I wont ever forget you, I promise." She turned to her older brother. "Gohan, I have one thing to say to you. You're the coolest. I mean look at you. You're powerful and smart. What else could you possibly wish for, besides being rich."
Gohan chuckled as he blushed from embarrassment. "Thanks, sis. You're pretty cool yourself. Along with your friends. You can be a little annoying at times, but I think that's what a sister's job is."
Usagi looked once more around to the group. "You guys have all been good to us and we thank you for that. We wont ever forget you since you have been forever engraved in our hearts. We'll see you in the future." She turned around and face the time portal. "I guess it's time to go."
"Wait." Usagi turned to her father. "Don't ever listen to your dad about that combined attack. He told us that you shouldn't use it because it's a waste of time. But it's a valuable asset. Just make sure you only use it when you know that you can safely do it."
Usagi smiled. "I'll keep that in mind." She turned back around. "Thank you all for everything. Oh, and 18, why don't you use the Dragon Balls to revive 17. I know you cared a lot about him since you were pretty much best friends. You told me that in the future." With that, she took her first step into the future. Her friends were soon to follow.
Before the time rip closed, however, a large black creature jumped through, which caused the rip to collapse behind it.
Goku's stomach turned inside when he saw that. "That was one of the Cells from inside the room. It had to have been."
Gohan turned to his father. "WHAT!? How? They defeated them all inside. Cell even said that himself." He leaned his head around his father's body and looked the spot where Cell had fallen. "Wait a minute, why is Cell's body all shriveled up like that, dad?"
"What?" Goku turned around to look at the body to see that it was, in fact, shriveled up. "That bastard of a monster. He must have absorbed Cell's body without being detected, but how?"
Chi-Chi put her hand on her husband's shoulder. "All we can do is hope that the Cell Jr. Doesn't get to Usagi and the others before she gets home. If she can tell the others they will be able to destroy it for her."
"Hoping is all we CAN do at this point. We can't go to the future."
~*~*~
~~The Future~
Usagi squealed with joy as he foot landed on the grass of what she considered to be HER mountains. "WE'RE HOME! WE'RE FINALLY HOME!" She jumped around a bit and did a little victory dance.
Mamoru snorted as he rolled his eyes. "Calm down Odango. It isn't THAT big of a deal. I mean yeah, we're home. And we're going to get our asses kicked by our parents."
Usagi stopped moving around and continued to smile. "I don't care. And you know what Mamoru, you helped get us home." She walked towards him. "You distracted Cell from noticing our attack." Once she got to him she threw herself onto him and hugged him. "Thank you."
"Gross Odango! Get off me!" He grabbed her arms and ripped them off of his waist. "All you have to do is say thanks. You don't have to hug me."
Usagi giggled as she jumped back. "You're no fun." She playfully stuck her tongue out at him. "Hey guys, let's go find everyone."
"They're probably still at Bulma's trying to find a way to get us home. That's where we were when you wished us to the past." Makoto couldn't wait to get back and tell everyone of their adventure.
"Well then let's go to Bulma's. I hope mom isn't TOO mad at me. I mean, we only saw her coolest side in the past. I never knew she had it in her. Maybe she'll let me off the hook." She pressed her fingers to her forehead.
Minako laughed. "Yeah right. That'll be that day." She too pressed her fingers to her forehead.
"It's worth a try." Usagi looked to Mamoru. "Are you coming? Piccolo is probably there too."
Mamoru frowned as he seemed disgusted with Usagi. "I'm going home. If he wants to punish me he can to it there." He flew into the air without any further words. He didn't want to be around other people when he got chewed out by his father. He especially didn't want to be around Usagi so she could laugh at him.
"Fine. I'm going to find my parents though."
"I should probably go home and tell my mom that I fight. And that I fought. Gee's I don't want to see what she'll do. She's probably already really mad at me for even going to the past. I'm going to be grounded for months." Ami shuddered at the thought of facing her mother after she expressed her hate for fighting to her on many occasions. "I'll see you guys later. Probably at school since I wont be able to do anything at all this vacation. Usagi, keep studying with that music since it seems to help you." With that she teleported out of there to face her mother.
Rei sighed. "Vacations over for me too. My grandfather will be angry at me for leaving like that. But he'll be happy with all that I've learned. I'll catch up with you later." She too teleported away.
"I want to go tell my dad what I've learned too. I want to rub it in his face. Even though he never believes half the stuff I tell him anyways." Makoto resented her father for that too.
"I need to get home too. My mom isn't worried about me or anything, I just don't want to be around when everyone yells at you Usagi. I've seen too many of your family fights."
Usagi rolled her eyes. "Oh gee thanks Minako." She watched as the last of her friends teleported away. 'I guess that just leaves me.' She took a deep breath and teleported to her mother's Ki.
(DONE! Ok there you go. There's that part for ya. What did you think? Well, gotta go. Ja. ^_^ )
