A/N: This one's a long one :) See, I can do them some times.
Chapter two - Hope
H.F.I.L.:
Dr. Gero watched with interest as the new Cell watched Android 17 from a rooftop. It had become apparent that this Cell knew everything his counterpart had learned, some of Future Cell's cells were in the knew Cell. That much seemed evident enough from the look of his aura, the blue energy bolts hadn't been part of Future Cell until after he's self destruction yet this Cell already possessed them.
He smiled lightly, something he'd not done in years. With the new Cell this strong already his Perfect form would be nearly unstoppable. And now that the computer had released him it would recognize his energy signal and activate the final phase of the plan shortly, if it hadn't already. Things were finally going his way...
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Earth:
Krillin, Videl, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Goku, and Vegeta were all sitting in front of the T.V. watching for any signs of what had happened to River Town. So far none of those who could had sensed any unknown KI's in the area. "Look." Videl said. "That's Gohan and Piccolo, they're there."
Sure enough the two warriors touched down in the center of the devastated town a moment later. Everything was gone, just a large crater was all that remained. Piccolo took a quick glance around the craters edge and suddenly all the cameras exploded. Gohan just smiled as they walked toward the crater's center. As they neared Gohan noticed the sun reflect off something. Quickly he and Piccolo began to move aside some of the rocks and they revealed a tall, metallic, and cylindrical object.
"This thing's just about large enough to hold a person." Gohan said walking around it looking for some kind of door. "But I don't see any openings. No cracks or bulges."
Piccolo eyed the object as well, he was feeling something from it now that he was this close, a faint KI signature. "I think you're right. I can feel KI coming from this thing, but it seems to be suppressed. I think whoever, or whatever, is in this thing is unconscious. We need to find a way to get it open."
"Yeah, but how? I don't see anything that looks like a door or a switch..."
"Maybe you're not looking the right way." Piccolo said as he saw a faint outline on the cylinder. Slowly he reached out and touched his hand over the outline. He saw a faint glow, the outline reformed to match his hand shape. Then he felt a sudden heat and a sharp pain in his palm that caused him to jerk.
Suddenly a mechanical feminine voice spoke. "Namekian DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Piccolo." Gohan and Piccolo glanced at each other, then the half Sai-jin walked over to were Piccolo was and followed his lead. Once more the outline shifted. Gohan felt the same heat and sharp pain, then the capsule 'spoke' again. "Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Gohan, son of Goku." Again the two looked at each other but the capsule continued speaking this time. "Occupant is unable to exit."
****
Everyone stood gathered outside the Son home examining the strange... thing... that Piccolo and Gohan had found and brought back. "... so you see, we didn't know what else to do with this thing." Gohan finished explaining. "It knows me and Piccolo, and dad."
"Ow!" Goten cried. The teen had returned, with Trunks, shortly before Gohan and Piccolo had and had relaxed some having found Vegeta's hair black once more.
Goten had placed his hand on the capsule this time and once again it spoke. "Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity... unknown."
"Let me try." Trunks said walking up to the capsule. He placed his hand over the outline and the same process as before followed. Again the capsule spoke.
"Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Trunks, son of Bulma and Vegeta."
Goku scratched the back of his head. "That's weird." he said with a confused look. "It knows Trunks but not Goten... I wonder why?"
"Well, the only person who knows is inside this thing... and is the only one who can get him, or herself, out." Bulma said. She was about to say more but Buu suddenly came out of the house pointing back inside. "What is it Buu?" she asked.
"T.V. says man is attacking a city." he said. "Showed picture of man with black hair..." Buu held out a hand and showed them a simple sketch. "Buu draw man to show you." he said.
Krillin reached out and paled as he looked at the image. "This looks like Android 17... But how... I know the Dragon said he wasn't dead but... I thought he was stuck inside Cell..."
"Looks like he found a way out." Gohan said frowning. "What city is he at Buu?"
"T.V. said he's in West City."
Goku nodded. "Right then, we have to get him to stop. 18 changed, maybe he can too." A second later Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Gohan, and Buu (Who'd insisted he come along because Hercule was in West City) where flying through the air toward West City.
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"Get away from me you freak!" a young man shouted thrusting his arms forward. The resulting energy blast bathed the entire street in an eerie orange glow. However the attack didn't even phase the other.
"Please 17, I'm much stronger than the Cell you know. You can't stop me, once I've absorbed you and 18 I'll achieve true perfection!"
"I've seen your perfection and I want nothing of it!"
The pink Cell took a step forward grinning in excitement. "It's your destiny to be a part of me 17. Some things can't be fought and this is one of them. Besides, it wont have to be permanent. I've learned that much thanks to the Cell you know. Once I've had time to integrate you into my being you can be kicked back out again and I'll remain transformed, it'll just have to wait until I've achieved Perfection."
"Any time as a part of you is to much for me, I'd rather die!" With this 17's hand began to glow and he held it near his head. "Take one step closer and you'll never get me." Cell simply laughed and then vanished. Before the android could react Cell had hold of his arms. "What... how..."
"It's called Instant Transmission. Allows me to move from one place to another instantly. Typically I need high levels of KI to move to, but that's only when I can't see where I'm going." Cell smiled and odd grin. "Now, it's time to become one." Cell's tail raised up over his head and began to open but he froze in mid motion. "No, not now!" he cried looking into the air. "Damn it, I'm not strong enough to fight them yet! I need Perfection first!" Suddenly he vanished.
17 looked around frantically for him but instead saw Goku and the others landing. "Never thought I'd be happy to see you." he said.
"Still haven't changed have you?" a voice familiar to him spoke from behind. He turned and saw 18, arms crossed, glaring at him.
"What?" he looked around the city and realized the damage he'd done fighting against Cell. "No, I didn't do this... Well no, that's not right either. I did, but not on purpose. I was fighting Cell..."
"Cell?" Goku asked surprised.
"Nonsense." Vegeta snorted. "Cell's dead, Gohan obliterated him."
17 shook his head. "He's different now, stronger, and pink. He was just about to absorb me when he must have sensed you coming."
Vegeta didn't look like he was believing it but Piccolo was. "It's possible." he said at last. "The Cell we fought was from the future, the one here in our time was never destroyed. But that doesn't explain why he's...." Piccolo trailed off as he looked at Buu beside him. "This can't be good." The others looked at him quizzically until they too realized what a pink Cell meant.
As the group flew off away from the city and back toward Goku's house a pair of eyes, hidden behind dark sunglasses, watched them. "My word, what do we have here?" their owner said grinning lightly. "They've gotten quite stronger. Quite stronger indeed. The boss is going to want to know about this... yes, this changes things some." Suddenly the person lifted into the air and silently flew off in a different direction.
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Unknown location:
The person with the sunglasses touched down lightly on the hard rock. "Boss, I've got my report." he said.
A second later another figure emerged from behind a rock. "So now, what's up? Is everything a go?"
"No." said the one with the glasses. His sunglasses glinted in the sun and a thin beam of light passed from them into the eyes of the other. The taller figure nodded in understanding.
"So it seems our prey has surpassed all expectations. No matter, I see no real danger here. We still surpass them."
****
Son home:
The dinner had been moved outside around the metal thing Gohan and Piccolo had found. They wanted to be there when it finally opened up. 17 and 18 were inside talking to each other, Piccolo still didn't trust the other android. Bulma didn't eat much, she kept looking at the capsule. It was strange, it knew most of them. Everyone except Goten, Pan, Bra, Videl, Hercule, and Buu. Even her and Chi-Chi.
While they ate the guys talked about the threat of the new Cell and how they'd find him before he could get to the androids. They also wondered just how much of Buu's nature had been made a part of him. Would he have the regenerative abilities of the Cell they fought seventeen years ago or of Majin Buu? Would he be able to absorb people as Buu had been?
They were lost in thought, and food, until the capsule began to hiss. Everyone turned and watched as the hissing grew louder and steam began to rise from the capsule's surface. Slowly the metal began to ripple, then it parted and slid away from itself forming a doorway. Everyone was on guard for anything as a hand gripped the door frame and a person slowly emerged. They could feel the person's KI better now, it was high but not as high theirs, even without transforming.
The first clearly noticeable detail was that the person was female. She was about five eight, had light purple eyes, and black hair just short of shoulder length. She wore a pair of black and red boots, gray pants, and a black tank top over which she wore purple jacket which bore the Capsule Corp logo on it's shoulders. As she climbed out she looked around at everyone and smiled. "It worked." she said looking at them.
"What worked? Who are you?" Bulma asked.
"And why did you destroy River Town?" Piccolo demanded.
She looked at him confused. "River Town? I... I've never heard of it."
"That's where we found you." Goku said.
She looked back at the capsule for a moment. "You mean... I landed in a town?" she said softly. "Was... was anyone hurt?"
Piccolo relaxed slightly, he didn't trust this girl yet but she seemed genuinely concerned. "Afraid so." he said. "The entire town was destroyed."
She looked down at the ground. "We picked that spot because there wasn't supposed to be anyone there... it was only supposed to be forest."
"You still haven't told us who you are." Vegeta reminded her crossing his arms. "Or told us how that contraption knows most of us."
She nodded. "You're right Vegeta. My name is Hope and I've come from the future."
They stared at her, it was Piccolo who spoke first. "That dosen't look like a time machine to me. We've seen one before."
Hope nodded. "Yes, you would have. That was made here on Earth though, this one was made by a group of aliens. They're not a very strong race but are extremely intelligent." she sighed as she sat down against the time machine. "Let me explain everything, then you'll understand. I'm from twenty nine years in the future." she looked over at Trunks. "And I'm his daughter." Everyone stared at her in shock, then looked over at a very shocked Trunks.
"My... daughter?"
She nodded. "I wont be born for another twelve years, if at all in this time line. My dad told me that my mom was the only good thing that came about because of the androids, so she probably wont even be born here." She sighed. "After he destroyed the androids, about six years before I was born, the world settled into a state of peace. Everything was so much calmer. Despite that he always trained and I trained with him. Not that it did any good. My world is gone, completely destroyed. I'm the only one from Earth who's still alive... the last Human, the last Sai-jin."
"What happened?" Goten asked.
"Majin Buu."
"WHAT!" Everyone cried.
"You're kidding!" Goku cried surprised. "Majin Buu's loose in your time now?"
"Makes sense." Vegeta said. "I'm surprised he didn't come along sooner..."
"We probably scared him off." 18 said walking out of Goku's house. "On a peaceful Earth Bobidi wouldn't be worried about landing, on an Earth ravaged by us... he'd probably stay away until it was safe."
Hope looked at her, she didn't know who she was but it sounded like she was one of the androids... then she realized what they'd said. They knew about Majin Buu! "What... how, how do you know about Majin Buu? He's already attacked you in this time line?"
Goku nodded. "Yeah, ten years ago. We got together today to celebrate his defeat." Hope stared at him for a moment. She hadn't expected that... Then she saw Buu walk out of the house and paled. Everyone looked back and saw Buu smiling while eating a cake. "It's okay Hope, he's on our side." Goku said. "Let me explain." and he did. He told her about Buu befriending Hercule, splitting into two, absorbing himself, and then how Vegetto was absorbed, how he and Vegeta freed the others including the fat Buu. How Buu then shrank, and later how the fat Buu escaped to help them fight.
"Sounds a bit like what happened with us. Buu split just like you said, but it was during his fight against my dad. At the time dad was winning but when the split and the skinny one absorbed the fat one he was outmatched... Buu killed him shortly after that. I took one of the space ships to try and find New Namek but got caught in a meteor storm. When I'd finally found a planet to land on I was totally lost. That's where I met the Kaisers. They built the time machine I used."
"How's it know our DNA?" Gohan asked.
"The Kaisers had developed 'Temporal Viewers' years ago and were chronicling the history of the universe. They'd gotten as far as Majin Buu's creation and Bibidi's defeat when I found them. They sent small devices back in time to gather DNA, just like what Gero did, to study in hopes of helping me beat Buu. All of your DNA was gathered and the records stored in the time machines computer."
"Did they find a way to help you?" Gohan asked her. "Beyond the time machine."
She nodded. "They unlocked my hidden powers. It forced me to transform to the second level. I could remember dad telling me about when you did that against Cell, how you completely outmatched him. I thought maybe the same would be true for me against Buu but... it wasn't enough. I should have known that since dad had reached the second level too but..."
"How strong are you?" Goku asked. "I can tell you're suppressing your power."
She smiled. "I think my power might surprise you, though it may not if you were able to beat Majin Buu." She clenched her fists and a purple aura flickered around her before flaring to life. Her power began to build rapidly as the ground shook and the dust flew. As her power built she quickly surpassed Trunks and Goten and began to gain quickly on Goku and Vegeta. All of their eyes went wide as her power matched Vegeta's, then Goku's, and kept on going up. A moment later she relaxed, her aura fading away as she did.
"Your power... it's amazing..." Vegeta said wide eyed. "You... you're as strong as Goku was as a Super Sai-jin against Frieza... that's incredible. And you said you can ascend to the second level?"
She nodded. Instantly her fists clenched again and her power began to build once more as her hair turned gold and lifted into the air, then her eyes turned green. A moment later she was a Super Sai-jin. Still her power built as she continued to transform to the next level. Her muscles grew, her aura deepened, blue energy bolts appeared, and she relaxed.
"That's unbelievable." Goku said. "I had no idea... you're almost as strong as Gohan... and stronger than Buu. Amazing..."
"She is my granddaughter." Vegeta said grinning.
Gohan shook his head at that but smiled. "And we could use your help too." he told her. "We've got something of a problem starting here." and he proceeded to tell her about the new Cell.
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A/N: Anyway, read and review please. And what do you think of Hope?
Chapter two - Hope
H.F.I.L.:
Dr. Gero watched with interest as the new Cell watched Android 17 from a rooftop. It had become apparent that this Cell knew everything his counterpart had learned, some of Future Cell's cells were in the knew Cell. That much seemed evident enough from the look of his aura, the blue energy bolts hadn't been part of Future Cell until after he's self destruction yet this Cell already possessed them.
He smiled lightly, something he'd not done in years. With the new Cell this strong already his Perfect form would be nearly unstoppable. And now that the computer had released him it would recognize his energy signal and activate the final phase of the plan shortly, if it hadn't already. Things were finally going his way...
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Earth:
Krillin, Videl, Bulma, Chi-Chi, Goku, and Vegeta were all sitting in front of the T.V. watching for any signs of what had happened to River Town. So far none of those who could had sensed any unknown KI's in the area. "Look." Videl said. "That's Gohan and Piccolo, they're there."
Sure enough the two warriors touched down in the center of the devastated town a moment later. Everything was gone, just a large crater was all that remained. Piccolo took a quick glance around the craters edge and suddenly all the cameras exploded. Gohan just smiled as they walked toward the crater's center. As they neared Gohan noticed the sun reflect off something. Quickly he and Piccolo began to move aside some of the rocks and they revealed a tall, metallic, and cylindrical object.
"This thing's just about large enough to hold a person." Gohan said walking around it looking for some kind of door. "But I don't see any openings. No cracks or bulges."
Piccolo eyed the object as well, he was feeling something from it now that he was this close, a faint KI signature. "I think you're right. I can feel KI coming from this thing, but it seems to be suppressed. I think whoever, or whatever, is in this thing is unconscious. We need to find a way to get it open."
"Yeah, but how? I don't see anything that looks like a door or a switch..."
"Maybe you're not looking the right way." Piccolo said as he saw a faint outline on the cylinder. Slowly he reached out and touched his hand over the outline. He saw a faint glow, the outline reformed to match his hand shape. Then he felt a sudden heat and a sharp pain in his palm that caused him to jerk.
Suddenly a mechanical feminine voice spoke. "Namekian DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Piccolo." Gohan and Piccolo glanced at each other, then the half Sai-jin walked over to were Piccolo was and followed his lead. Once more the outline shifted. Gohan felt the same heat and sharp pain, then the capsule 'spoke' again. "Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Gohan, son of Goku." Again the two looked at each other but the capsule continued speaking this time. "Occupant is unable to exit."
****
Everyone stood gathered outside the Son home examining the strange... thing... that Piccolo and Gohan had found and brought back. "... so you see, we didn't know what else to do with this thing." Gohan finished explaining. "It knows me and Piccolo, and dad."
"Ow!" Goten cried. The teen had returned, with Trunks, shortly before Gohan and Piccolo had and had relaxed some having found Vegeta's hair black once more.
Goten had placed his hand on the capsule this time and once again it spoke. "Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity... unknown."
"Let me try." Trunks said walking up to the capsule. He placed his hand over the outline and the same process as before followed. Again the capsule spoke.
"Sai-jin DNA identified. Subject's Identity Confirmed as Trunks, son of Bulma and Vegeta."
Goku scratched the back of his head. "That's weird." he said with a confused look. "It knows Trunks but not Goten... I wonder why?"
"Well, the only person who knows is inside this thing... and is the only one who can get him, or herself, out." Bulma said. She was about to say more but Buu suddenly came out of the house pointing back inside. "What is it Buu?" she asked.
"T.V. says man is attacking a city." he said. "Showed picture of man with black hair..." Buu held out a hand and showed them a simple sketch. "Buu draw man to show you." he said.
Krillin reached out and paled as he looked at the image. "This looks like Android 17... But how... I know the Dragon said he wasn't dead but... I thought he was stuck inside Cell..."
"Looks like he found a way out." Gohan said frowning. "What city is he at Buu?"
"T.V. said he's in West City."
Goku nodded. "Right then, we have to get him to stop. 18 changed, maybe he can too." A second later Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Gohan, and Buu (Who'd insisted he come along because Hercule was in West City) where flying through the air toward West City.
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"Get away from me you freak!" a young man shouted thrusting his arms forward. The resulting energy blast bathed the entire street in an eerie orange glow. However the attack didn't even phase the other.
"Please 17, I'm much stronger than the Cell you know. You can't stop me, once I've absorbed you and 18 I'll achieve true perfection!"
"I've seen your perfection and I want nothing of it!"
The pink Cell took a step forward grinning in excitement. "It's your destiny to be a part of me 17. Some things can't be fought and this is one of them. Besides, it wont have to be permanent. I've learned that much thanks to the Cell you know. Once I've had time to integrate you into my being you can be kicked back out again and I'll remain transformed, it'll just have to wait until I've achieved Perfection."
"Any time as a part of you is to much for me, I'd rather die!" With this 17's hand began to glow and he held it near his head. "Take one step closer and you'll never get me." Cell simply laughed and then vanished. Before the android could react Cell had hold of his arms. "What... how..."
"It's called Instant Transmission. Allows me to move from one place to another instantly. Typically I need high levels of KI to move to, but that's only when I can't see where I'm going." Cell smiled and odd grin. "Now, it's time to become one." Cell's tail raised up over his head and began to open but he froze in mid motion. "No, not now!" he cried looking into the air. "Damn it, I'm not strong enough to fight them yet! I need Perfection first!" Suddenly he vanished.
17 looked around frantically for him but instead saw Goku and the others landing. "Never thought I'd be happy to see you." he said.
"Still haven't changed have you?" a voice familiar to him spoke from behind. He turned and saw 18, arms crossed, glaring at him.
"What?" he looked around the city and realized the damage he'd done fighting against Cell. "No, I didn't do this... Well no, that's not right either. I did, but not on purpose. I was fighting Cell..."
"Cell?" Goku asked surprised.
"Nonsense." Vegeta snorted. "Cell's dead, Gohan obliterated him."
17 shook his head. "He's different now, stronger, and pink. He was just about to absorb me when he must have sensed you coming."
Vegeta didn't look like he was believing it but Piccolo was. "It's possible." he said at last. "The Cell we fought was from the future, the one here in our time was never destroyed. But that doesn't explain why he's...." Piccolo trailed off as he looked at Buu beside him. "This can't be good." The others looked at him quizzically until they too realized what a pink Cell meant.
As the group flew off away from the city and back toward Goku's house a pair of eyes, hidden behind dark sunglasses, watched them. "My word, what do we have here?" their owner said grinning lightly. "They've gotten quite stronger. Quite stronger indeed. The boss is going to want to know about this... yes, this changes things some." Suddenly the person lifted into the air and silently flew off in a different direction.
****
Unknown location:
The person with the sunglasses touched down lightly on the hard rock. "Boss, I've got my report." he said.
A second later another figure emerged from behind a rock. "So now, what's up? Is everything a go?"
"No." said the one with the glasses. His sunglasses glinted in the sun and a thin beam of light passed from them into the eyes of the other. The taller figure nodded in understanding.
"So it seems our prey has surpassed all expectations. No matter, I see no real danger here. We still surpass them."
****
Son home:
The dinner had been moved outside around the metal thing Gohan and Piccolo had found. They wanted to be there when it finally opened up. 17 and 18 were inside talking to each other, Piccolo still didn't trust the other android. Bulma didn't eat much, she kept looking at the capsule. It was strange, it knew most of them. Everyone except Goten, Pan, Bra, Videl, Hercule, and Buu. Even her and Chi-Chi.
While they ate the guys talked about the threat of the new Cell and how they'd find him before he could get to the androids. They also wondered just how much of Buu's nature had been made a part of him. Would he have the regenerative abilities of the Cell they fought seventeen years ago or of Majin Buu? Would he be able to absorb people as Buu had been?
They were lost in thought, and food, until the capsule began to hiss. Everyone turned and watched as the hissing grew louder and steam began to rise from the capsule's surface. Slowly the metal began to ripple, then it parted and slid away from itself forming a doorway. Everyone was on guard for anything as a hand gripped the door frame and a person slowly emerged. They could feel the person's KI better now, it was high but not as high theirs, even without transforming.
The first clearly noticeable detail was that the person was female. She was about five eight, had light purple eyes, and black hair just short of shoulder length. She wore a pair of black and red boots, gray pants, and a black tank top over which she wore purple jacket which bore the Capsule Corp logo on it's shoulders. As she climbed out she looked around at everyone and smiled. "It worked." she said looking at them.
"What worked? Who are you?" Bulma asked.
"And why did you destroy River Town?" Piccolo demanded.
She looked at him confused. "River Town? I... I've never heard of it."
"That's where we found you." Goku said.
She looked back at the capsule for a moment. "You mean... I landed in a town?" she said softly. "Was... was anyone hurt?"
Piccolo relaxed slightly, he didn't trust this girl yet but she seemed genuinely concerned. "Afraid so." he said. "The entire town was destroyed."
She looked down at the ground. "We picked that spot because there wasn't supposed to be anyone there... it was only supposed to be forest."
"You still haven't told us who you are." Vegeta reminded her crossing his arms. "Or told us how that contraption knows most of us."
She nodded. "You're right Vegeta. My name is Hope and I've come from the future."
They stared at her, it was Piccolo who spoke first. "That dosen't look like a time machine to me. We've seen one before."
Hope nodded. "Yes, you would have. That was made here on Earth though, this one was made by a group of aliens. They're not a very strong race but are extremely intelligent." she sighed as she sat down against the time machine. "Let me explain everything, then you'll understand. I'm from twenty nine years in the future." she looked over at Trunks. "And I'm his daughter." Everyone stared at her in shock, then looked over at a very shocked Trunks.
"My... daughter?"
She nodded. "I wont be born for another twelve years, if at all in this time line. My dad told me that my mom was the only good thing that came about because of the androids, so she probably wont even be born here." She sighed. "After he destroyed the androids, about six years before I was born, the world settled into a state of peace. Everything was so much calmer. Despite that he always trained and I trained with him. Not that it did any good. My world is gone, completely destroyed. I'm the only one from Earth who's still alive... the last Human, the last Sai-jin."
"What happened?" Goten asked.
"Majin Buu."
"WHAT!" Everyone cried.
"You're kidding!" Goku cried surprised. "Majin Buu's loose in your time now?"
"Makes sense." Vegeta said. "I'm surprised he didn't come along sooner..."
"We probably scared him off." 18 said walking out of Goku's house. "On a peaceful Earth Bobidi wouldn't be worried about landing, on an Earth ravaged by us... he'd probably stay away until it was safe."
Hope looked at her, she didn't know who she was but it sounded like she was one of the androids... then she realized what they'd said. They knew about Majin Buu! "What... how, how do you know about Majin Buu? He's already attacked you in this time line?"
Goku nodded. "Yeah, ten years ago. We got together today to celebrate his defeat." Hope stared at him for a moment. She hadn't expected that... Then she saw Buu walk out of the house and paled. Everyone looked back and saw Buu smiling while eating a cake. "It's okay Hope, he's on our side." Goku said. "Let me explain." and he did. He told her about Buu befriending Hercule, splitting into two, absorbing himself, and then how Vegetto was absorbed, how he and Vegeta freed the others including the fat Buu. How Buu then shrank, and later how the fat Buu escaped to help them fight.
"Sounds a bit like what happened with us. Buu split just like you said, but it was during his fight against my dad. At the time dad was winning but when the split and the skinny one absorbed the fat one he was outmatched... Buu killed him shortly after that. I took one of the space ships to try and find New Namek but got caught in a meteor storm. When I'd finally found a planet to land on I was totally lost. That's where I met the Kaisers. They built the time machine I used."
"How's it know our DNA?" Gohan asked.
"The Kaisers had developed 'Temporal Viewers' years ago and were chronicling the history of the universe. They'd gotten as far as Majin Buu's creation and Bibidi's defeat when I found them. They sent small devices back in time to gather DNA, just like what Gero did, to study in hopes of helping me beat Buu. All of your DNA was gathered and the records stored in the time machines computer."
"Did they find a way to help you?" Gohan asked her. "Beyond the time machine."
She nodded. "They unlocked my hidden powers. It forced me to transform to the second level. I could remember dad telling me about when you did that against Cell, how you completely outmatched him. I thought maybe the same would be true for me against Buu but... it wasn't enough. I should have known that since dad had reached the second level too but..."
"How strong are you?" Goku asked. "I can tell you're suppressing your power."
She smiled. "I think my power might surprise you, though it may not if you were able to beat Majin Buu." She clenched her fists and a purple aura flickered around her before flaring to life. Her power began to build rapidly as the ground shook and the dust flew. As her power built she quickly surpassed Trunks and Goten and began to gain quickly on Goku and Vegeta. All of their eyes went wide as her power matched Vegeta's, then Goku's, and kept on going up. A moment later she relaxed, her aura fading away as she did.
"Your power... it's amazing..." Vegeta said wide eyed. "You... you're as strong as Goku was as a Super Sai-jin against Frieza... that's incredible. And you said you can ascend to the second level?"
She nodded. Instantly her fists clenched again and her power began to build once more as her hair turned gold and lifted into the air, then her eyes turned green. A moment later she was a Super Sai-jin. Still her power built as she continued to transform to the next level. Her muscles grew, her aura deepened, blue energy bolts appeared, and she relaxed.
"That's unbelievable." Goku said. "I had no idea... you're almost as strong as Gohan... and stronger than Buu. Amazing..."
"She is my granddaughter." Vegeta said grinning.
Gohan shook his head at that but smiled. "And we could use your help too." he told her. "We've got something of a problem starting here." and he proceeded to tell her about the new Cell.
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A/N: Anyway, read and review please. And what do you think of Hope?
