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LILY: *throws balloons and streamers around* YAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! A FULL YEAR OLD, ER, WELL 13 MONTHS AND A FEW WEEKS! YAY! YAY!

MIRAI: *sweatdrops* Lils, are you feeling alright?

LILY: Course I am Mirai. Do you know what this means? The Dare is officially over a year old!

MIRAI: *sweatdrops* So you're throwing a birthday party.for your fanfic?

LILY: *blinks* Well when you say it like that it just sounds silly Mirai.

MIRAI: *shakes his head*

LILY: I greatly apologize for such a delay with the chapter. But I'm not really good at coming up with a fight scene. It's hard. So please, bare with me folks. As always I will try to do my best to keep you all entertained. And now without further ado, the battle with Cell.

LILY: And as always, I don't own the characters of DBZ. I own my clones, my own mate Mirai Trunks *points to her mate who just sweatdrops but doesn't say anything*, Mystic Gohan, Gambit from X-men Evolution, Neil from the Final Fantasy Movie, Kou Leifoh from the Bouncer for the PS2 game, and my newest clone, Inuyasha, my Demi-Demon Doggie! *pounces on said hanyou and starts tickling his kawaii ears as Inuyasha struggles in vain to escape* They're all mine, except for Gohan, he's my best friend's mate. So now on with the story.

LILY: Oh, and keep them reviews coming, k? Enjoy ladies and gents.

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THE DARE

Chapter 32 "We're Screwed.Aren't We?"

"Enough talk. I've waited a long time for my revenge and I won't waste time letting you chit chat back and forth!" Cell cried, rushing at the three Saiyans.

Gohan and the others barely had enough time to scatter as Cell launched for them. Whirling around, Vegeta swung his leg out, aiming for the side of the Android's head, but missed as the smirking Cell phased out of the way. Growling, Vegeta put his foot back on the ground, his fists clenched in anger as his head whipped around, searching for Cell.

Gohan narrowed his eyes as he concentrated his ki, filtering out Vegeta and Mirai's instead to focus solely on the Android's very distinct ki signature. He glanced at Mirai as he wrapped his tail securely around his waist. Better safe then sorry. Almost immediately, Mirai and Vegeta followed suit.

"That cowardly bastard is hiding!" Vegeta cried in anger.

"Father, calm down. You have to keep alert or else-" Mirai began but was cut off as Cell suddenly appeared in front of the lavender haired youth, bringing a knee to his midsection and knocking the air out of the teenager. Grabbing his hair and pivoting around Cell sent him crashing into Gohan, knocking them both into the side of the wall.

"Bastard!" Vegeta cried, rushing head on at Cell. His fists clenched in rage he threw a series of punches at Cell, his temper getting the better of him as the Android easily and almost lazily warded off each one.

"Temper temper Vegeta" Cell taunted as he grabbed the ankle Vegeta had sent at him. A swift punch to the stomach sent Vegeta flying backwards with the very momentum of the move itself.

"You pathetic creatures. What have you been doing in these last years? Sitting around? You're hardly worth my time" Cell said with a sinister smirk as he raised his right hand, a huge ball of ki swirling in front of his palm, steadily growing in size. Before Gohan and Mirai could stumble out of the rubble they had created, Cell sent the massive ki ball on a collision course with the two teenagers.

Suddenly there was a blinding flash of light, smoke filling the room as another ki blast collided with Cell's. The explosion rocked the very foundation of CC itself as Gohan, Mirai and Vegeta covered their mouths, coughing at the amount of smoke.

As the smoke finally cleared, King Vegeta stood in the doorway looking more than a little pissed. Gohan doubted even Vegeta would be able to look that homicidal.

"What the HELL is going on here?!" King Vegeta roared.

"Father! Now is not the time! Get the hell outta here!" Vegeta cried. Cell turned to look at the new player, raising an eyebrow as he crossed his arms over his chest. This would be most interesting.

"Vegeta, what is the meaning of this. Who is this...freak attacking? No doubt a distant relative of Frieza's to be that hideous." King Vegeta said with a smirk.

"Vegeta's father? Most interesting. But are you not supposed to be dead as well. This is getting out of hand." Cell said.

Gohan growled deeply in his throat as he narrowed his eyes on Cell. He had taken too much from him. His innocence, his childhood, his father.

Snarling with rage, clenching his fists to his side, he began gathering his ki, the blue aura flickering gold as it swept up around his body. His obsidian eyes flickered and glowed turquoise as his hair started flickering gold. Even before he was fully finished with his transformation he launched at Cell, and the smirk dropped immediately from the Android's face.

"Ah, so at least one of you still has fight in him. Glad to see I'm not to be disappointed." Cell said with a sinister smirk as Mirai whirled around to growl low in his throat at his grandfather.

"Unless you'd like to go back to hell you may want to get your ass out of here!" Mirai cried.

"Boy! Don't you dare threaten me!" King Vegeta roared before Vegeta snarled and sent his fist into his father's midsection, knocking the wind out of him.

"For once in your life, listen to someone else's advice Father. And don't you dare speak to my boy in that manner. Only *I* have that right!" Vegeta growled.

King Vegeta narrowed his eyes on his son, before whirling around, his cape billowing out behind him as he walked back down the hallway, his ki flickering around him lightly in his anger. With a snort Vegeta turned his attention back towards Cell as Mirai blinked at his father in surprise. Almost immediately Vegeta turned to snap at him, and Mirai wisely turned his head away.

Gohan's thoughts had completely been cleared of anything else beside his opponent. No one else existed to him. Not Vegeta, not Mirai, just him and Cell. But even in his ssj2 state that he was currently in, he was finding himself getting no leverage against the killer android. It was almost as if he was toying with Gohan, wearing him down.

"What should we do Father? Even as an Ascended Saiyan he still hasn't landed a single punch. This is bad. This is very bad." Mirai said.

"I knew this was going to happen. We may have to try something else" Goku's voice said from behind the two. Mirai and Vegeta jumped suddenly at the sound of Goku's voice, Mirai looking relieved but Vegeta looking furious.

"Kakarrot! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Vegeta snapped.

"What do you have in mind Goku?" Mirai asked.

"The fusion."

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"Son of a-" Piccolo said, narrowing his eyes down the corridor as he sensed the very thing he expected and hoped he never would again. One thought passed his mind as he growled low in his throat.

Trunks was to blame for all this.

"Damn it. I wasn't a match for him seven years ago, and I sure as hell aren't now." Growling, he turned around, narrowing his eyes as he tried figuring out which way he should go to get out of this hell hole. Finally losing his patience, he opted on creating his own door. Not that anyone was going to stop him after all.

"First thing I'm going to do is go up to the lookout and put that kid into early retirement. Somehow, I know Dende had a hand in this." Piccolo said, sending a ki blast at the wall in front of him.

When the smoke finally cleared, he growled as he stepped outside. Wasting not a moment more, he powered up, streaking through the sky towards the lookout.

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"Goten? Do you feel that?" Trunks asked as he narrowed his eyes suddenly.

"Trunks? What is that?" Goten asked a bit nervously as he looked at his best friend.

"I don't know. But I don't like it. This is bad" Trunks said.

"You baka! Of course it's bad! That's gotta be Cell, you know, the evil android that YOU wished back from the dead?!" Pan asked. Shaking her head she lifted off into the sky, flying in the direction of CC.

"Wait a second, where are you going?" Trunks asked with a scowl as he and Goten lifted off into the sky after her. Looking back at him she narrowed her eyes at the lavender haired young boy.

"You're going to get my Daddy killed with your stupid wish! I'm not gonna let that happen. I'm not going to lose my Daddy when I just met him!" Pan declared, adding an extra burst of ki and shooting off at a faster speed.

Trunks and Goten shook their heads as they did the same, the three chibis shooting off towards CC as fast as they could. After a moment, Trunks rolled his eyes, grabbed Pan's wrist and looked down at her.

"Hold on tight" With that, he snapped into super saiyan, and shot off, Pan clinging to his arm for dear life, her eyes clenches tightly closed as Goten, also a super saiyan now, trailed just a few feet behind them.

Within moment, they spotted the familiar yellow dome, dropping out of super saiyan as they touched down on the soft grass. Trunks visibly gulped. It would be a miracle if he did manage somehow to get through today alive.

"He's already inside. I can sense Daddy and the others. Come on" Pan said, pulling her arm free and racing off into CC before the boys could stop her.

"Shit. Gohan will kill me if anything bad happens to her. Pan! Wait a minute! Come back here!" Trunks said, racing off after the little girl. Goten looked at the large hole in the side of the yellow building.

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