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Dragon Ball; The Missing Chapters
Cell Jr. Saga
Chapter VIII- The Strongest Team on the Quiet Planet
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"Dammit!"

The sudden outburst form Zuukuuni turned Gluu's head as they raced over the vacant red terrain of the small planet. "What now?" Gluu asked Zuukuuni. "Another strong Ki source has disappeared." Zuukuuni breathed, trying to keep the fire of her burning anger from inside her down. "You don't suppose-" Gluu said, cutting his words abruptly short. "Afraid so," Zuukuuni spat out, "and no doubt Cell's there too. I can feel his Ki anyway, and it's a hell of alot stronger than before." Zuukuuni muttered.

Cell stretched out his blood-drenched tail again, and then tucked it under his large insect-like wing flaps on his back. He hated to conceal his tail under them, he liked to let his tail flap about as he moved. But it was so sore and worn out from assimilating another one of his siblings, he could not bear to let it hang loose. "A pity he had to disagree with me too," Cell said to himself, sighing. "That makes- what- Three? Yes, three. Ho-hum," Cell sung to himself. Cell stretched out his arms and yawned. Being a negotiator to so many suddenly do-gooding siblings was a pain indeed. Cell was about to leave when he heard a famillair voice call out to him.

"Yo Cell!" The voice said. Cell turned his head and saw that the voice belonged to Gluu; Zuukuuni following close behind. "Why hello there, Kibi-jin." Cell smiled a cruel grin. "And what can I do for you?" Cell asked calmly, still wearing a silly smirk across his face as Gluu's feet touched down on the ground before Cell. Before Gluu could utter a word, Zuukuuni landed on the ground, and began channeling her Ki. Within moments, Zuukuuni's long black hair was flailing wildy upright in the air, turning a dazzling golden blonde. "You spit those siblings of yours up now, Cell." Zuukuuni snarled, pointing an accusing finger at Cell. "Who? Oh, me?" Cell laughed, playing a game of innocence. "Don't cross me Cell." Zuukuuni growled, her finger still aimed at Cell. "Whatever." Cell sighed to himself, turning on his heel and walking away cooly. "If you want me to, come and make me." Cell taunted, walking off.

A flash of energy burst from Zuukuuni's body, sending a blast of Ki around her which nearly knocked over Gluu. In a split second Zuukuuni sped over the gound, headed straight for Cell. Zuukuuni pulled back her left arm behind her ear, and threw a wild punch to the back of Cell's head. Cell froze in mid-step. Zuukuuni wound back her other arm and hit Cell in the middle of his back. Hovering higher in the air, Zuukuuni shot out her left leg at Cell, her boot catching him on the shoulders. But to her surprise, Cell just stood there motionless. "Is that all you got, little girl?" Cell snickered, turning his head over his shoulder to look at Zuukuuni. Zuukuuni planted her feet on the ground again, letting Cell turn around to face her. Cell stood a good foot above Zuukuuni, her spikey golden Super-Saiya-jin hair reaching to the bridge of Cell's nose. Then with a swift motion of his elbow, Cell effortlessly smacked Zuukuuni with the back of his hand on her cheek. Zuukuuni was sent to the ground, rubbing her tenderized cheek.

Cell looked upwards to see Gluu charging a considerably large amount of Ki, strangely between his two fingers. "Do as she says Cell," Gluu said firmly, "or I'll give you something which many have not survived." Gluu threatened. After a moment of silence, Cell suddenly burst out into laughter. "Come on then, Kibi-jin, what are you waiting for, hmm?" Cell jeered. Gluu quickly shot out his hand and fired a thin beam of red Ki at Cell. But before the blast could hit its mark, Cell's body blurred and vanished. "Pathetic, really." Cell's voice said from behind Gluu. Gluu spun around to see Cell standing right behind him, smiling. Gluu, now sensing the full force of Cell's Ki, weakly walked backwards and knelt down by Zuukuuni. "Let's go Zuukuuni." Gluu suggested, "Cell outclasses us both." Zuukuuni stood up, dusted herself off, and again began channeling Ki into her body. "Not if we double-team him." Zuukuuni whispered to Gluu.

"Why do you challenge me anyway?" Cell asked, confidence seemed to spew from his mouth. "Because you are evil, Cell." Zuukuuni boldly stated. "How'd you guess?" Cell laughed aloud. "And you, Kibi-jin?" Cell asked, looking at Gluu, "why do you join your friend's futile fight?" "She talked me into it." Gluu snorted, looking at Zuukuuni. "I give up," Gluu grumbled, "if you want to kill yourself go ahead Zuukuuni." Gluu said, walking away. "That's a first," Cell chuckled, "a cowardly Kibi-jin. Now I've seen everything." Cell jeered.

Gluu stopped in his tracks.

"What was that?" Gluu asked, turning his head to look at Cell. Cell only stood there, with his hands on his hips, smirking.

Gluu quickly shot out his hand and let a massive blast of Ki fly from it. The assault crashed into Cell, kicking up a thick cloud of dust and smoke around him. Zuukuuni hastily followed Gluu's lead by outstretching both arms and firing burst after burst of Ki from them into the shroud. Zuukuuni leapt backwards to Gluu's side, both of them staring into the crimson mist where Cell supposedly stood. A long silence passed, neither Gluu nor Zuukuuni moved a muscle. "You think we..." Zuukuuni trailed off, still gazing into the smoke cloud before them.

Suddenly, a blurry shadow shot from the dust cloud, and collided with bone-shattering impact with Gluu. Gluu was sent flying backwards a good two kilometers away by the sudden blow. Standing in Gluu's former place was Cell. "Ouch." Cell droned, looking perfectly healthy except for a large blackened blemish on his chest. Cell suddenly turned to Zuukuuni, and rewarded her efforts to kill him with a short Ki blast of his own. Again finding herself lying on the ground, Zuukuuni struggled to stand up.

Cell turned his head, and saw Gluu slowly walking towards him, on a bad limp favoring his left leg. "Well, I hope you've learned your lesson, both of you," Cell smirked, "but you're the only two creatures on this bothersome planet who have actually given me a challenge. We really must do this again some time..." Cell chuckled as he took to the air and flew off.

Gluu and Zuukuuni lifted their heads to watch Cell fly away, both to exhausted to give chase. When Gluu finally managed to limp by Zuukuuni's side, he dropped to his one good knee. "Yeah. Really great idea, Zuukuuni." Gluu growled at Zuukuuni sarcastically. Zuukuuni groaned, and then spat out a wad of blood. Zuukuuni looked like he was going to say something to Gluu, but she closed her mouth and wiped off her chin. Gluu staggered up to his feet and began to trudge off, still walking with an odd limp.

"Gluu! Where are you going?" Zuukuuni shouted after the departing Gluu. "Where does it look like?" Gluu angrily shot back without turning his head. "I don't know," Zuukuuni yelled after him, "where?" "I have no fucking idea," Gluu snarled back to her, "now just leave me alone."

Suddenly, Zuukuuni's image began to appear in front of Gluu, and soon she was standing before him. Oddly, she looked perfectly healthy. "Zuukuu- how?" Gluu stammered, wondering how Zuukuuni could heal herself this quickly. Zuukuuni only unwrapped the jacket she had tied around her waist, dipped her hand into the pocket, and pulled out a small woven sack. She opened up the sack's drawsting, and shook out the contents of the bag into her hand. In her hand lay one small Senzu bean. "Senzu beans?" Gluu gasped, "But- Senzu beans are-" "Didn't you know? This planet is where Senzu beans grow, Gluu. I'm surprised you didn't know that." Zuukuuni said, breaking the bean in half. "Could ya' spare one then, Zuukuuni?" Gluu asked sheepishly, reaching out his hand to her. Zuukuuni sharply pulled her hand away from Gluu. "Why not?" Gluu groaned. "Will you...help me defeat Cell Gluu?" Zuukuuni asked. "No." Gluu shot back.

"Then no Senzu."
"What!?"
"You heard me."
"Zuukuuni..."
"Yes?"

Gluu was about to answer the Saiya-jin, but he closed his mouth. "Fine." Gluu grumbled. Zuukuuni flicked the bean into the air, whereupon Gluu hastily snatched it and swallowed it whole.

"Come on then Gluu," Zuukuuni said, reverting back to her normal form and taking to the air, "we've got a job to to."

-End..?

Next Chapter: One Step Closer to Perfection
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The Asylum's note:
Bah. Working sucks. Bloody bakery work is harder than you think...

-The Asylum(SSJCanadian)
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