Chapter eight - Supreme Defiance, Shattered Planet

Each landed blow, whether blocked or not, sent out massive shockwaves and thunderous roars in all directions. Gogetenks wasn't holding back any of his power but Cell was. The Biodroid was having to much fun to really care, and he had an unlimited supply of energy so he wasn't worried in the least. A sudden kick from the fusion sent Cell through several already heavily damaged buildings and into a mountain several miles distant. Gogetenks quickly followed after firing a volley of KI blasts at his opponent as he neared.

There were several explosions and bursts of purple light in different directions. Gogetenks looked around him at the moving KI's. /Ah, crap! He's split himself into a dozen smaller Cell's. But his power's still just as high? How?/ He charged in at the nearest Cell, it, like the others, was only two foot tall. The fusion lashed out with a hard right that the small Biodroid easily dodged. A short fists lanced up and slammed into his stomach, Gogetenks doubled over and spat up blood.

"My word, you're falling apart already?" the short Cell taunted. "Would you look at that, the last Sai-jin crumpling like a piece of old paper."

Gogetenks looked up at the small Cell silhouetted in the silvery moonlight and growled. Suddenly a small foot slammed into the small of his back. In a flash the miniature Cell's charged in together and began to pound Gogetenks down into the ground showering rocks and dust in every direction. After several moments a bolt of purple light shot up out of the dust, a reformed and full size Cell. He stopped in mid air and fired a stream of brilliant purple energy down at Gogetenks. There was a blinding flash and the planet shook violently. As the dust cleared it revealed a crater nearly four hundred miles across.

"Well now, that was fairly easy, and I didn't even have to try."

"Maybe you should." Gogetenks suggested from behind him. "I mean, I've been waiting here for almost a minute."

Cell spun around at him and glared at the fused Sai-jin. "I'm going to rip you limb from limb Sai-jin!" He charged in again and they began to exchange blows once more. "Tell me Sai-jin, do you actually think you can win?"

"I don't know, but I have to give it a try!" a quick foot lanced out and buried itself into Cell's stomach. The Biodroid was shocked at the sudden blow but managed to shake it off quickly. He then followed up with an elbow to the back of the fusion's head.

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Hope grimaced as the two powers clashed again. Things weren't looking good for their side. Gogetenks wasn't strong enough to win this battle, not alone. She couldn't believe these powers, she'd thought that her and the Buu she'd fought in her time were powerful. Neither would stand a chance against either of these two. She glanced over at Buu who was focusing on the on-going battle as well. The pink creature noticed her glance and looked at her for a moment before turning back to the battle.

After almost an hour of fighting the planet the two were on was beginning to give. Chunks were pulling free and floating into space and a massive fault line was beginning to tear it's way across the surface. As the two swung hard lefts at the other, each connecting with the other's jaw, a thunderous crack rang out. The shock wave tore down into the planet and plunged into the fault line. The world shook madly and ripped apart into two halves. Hope looked at Buu once more.

"No!" Shin cried looking toward them.

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Gogetenks looked around him as towering streams of magma erupted from the ground. The battlefield was becoming eerily reminiscent of Goku's battle against Frieza. Only this time, there was no transformation to attain that would let him win. As he floated starring across at Cell he felt the dropping of his air supply. He could try to find a new planet to continue the fight on but he wasn't sure it would last very long either.

He turned to see Piccolo, Hope, and Buu. The Sai-jin female had already transformed to the second level and maxed out her power, that much was rather obvious. "We thought you could use a little..." she stopped and seemed to gaze off into space. Gogetenks turned to look up and to his left, where Hope was looking. The full moon was shinning through a hole in the clouds created by his and Cell's battle. He was beginning to think maybe he should go... or at least get out of Hope's way.

"Oh boy..." he gasped ducking down to the ground level quickly. Cell hadn't noticed the new arrivals yet but couldn't miss Hope when a sudden roar erupted from her.

"What the hell is that!" he cried. She'd already grown to three times her size and was covered in golden fur. It only took a moment for the transformation to come to an end and surprisingly enough, her clothes had grown with her. "That power! An... Oozaru! Damn you Sai-jins, you're more annoying than roaches!" He surged in at her and slammed his fist into her chest. She glanced down at him and snarled. His eyes went wide in fear as one of her massive hands swatted him away.

Cell pulled himself to a stop and looked down at her, watched her tail swishing around behind her. He floated there for only a moment and then dove down toward her. Suddenly he fired off several dozen energy disks. One managed to slice through her tail and it dropped to the ground with a loud thud. Gogetenks felt one of their best chances slipping away as she began to revert to her normal form. Only she didn't.

As the transformation, or de-transformation as it were, was coming to an end a primal, beast like roar escaped from her throat again as she threw her head back. Her body seemed to pulse in beat with her heart as a golden aura flashed about her body. Gogetenks could feel her power shifting and building again. That sort of thing only happened with a transformation though so he couldn't figure out what was going on.

And then, before he could fully grasp what was happening, there was a massive rush of energy and a flash of light, and that was it, it was over. Long black hair framed her face and hung down her back. Her arms were covered in red fur and a little red fur outlined her eyes which were now a shimmering gold. Her muscles had increased quite a bit more than in previous states yet she still held her obviously feminine form. Her power had also increased considerably. She was still no match for Cell but far stronger than any of the other non-fused warriors.

Gogetenks walked toward her as Piccolo and Buu joined up with him. "What happen to Hope?" the pink creature asked looking her over.

Gogetenks shook his head... "I don't know... some kind of, transformation..."

Hope turned to look at them. First at Gogetenks then at Buu. "This planet won't last much longer." she said matter of factly. "We must merge or we wont win." Both of the others nodded. She, Piccolo, and Gogetenks walked toward Buu and the pink creature absorbed them both and transformed.

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Cell pulled himself to a quick stop and glared back at the shattered and scattering planet. /What the hell just happened? Where did that girl get all that energy?/ As he regained his composure he finally sensed the new KI, it was one he didn't like. Unless he powered up quite a bit it was stronger than him. /What the hell!/

He charged in toward the nearly non-existent planet and landed on a small meteor. Before him floated the source of the energy, a pink man who looked a lot like Gogetenks, even wore his fusion jacket over a black tank-top and had a white cape billowing out behind him. /Buu absorbed them! No!/

~Well, hello there Cell.~ Buu said via telepathy since there was no air for speaking. ~Shall we continue?~

~I don't care how strong you are, you can't defeat me!~

The two warriors charged in at each other and began to trade blows lifting away from the rubble and off into space. As they moved faster and attacked harder the entire solar system became their arena. A hard right kick from Buu sent Cell careening for several thousand miles before slamming into, and through, the moon. Cell recovered quickly and countered with a volley of KI blasts. Buu deflected some while others ripped through his body. The Biodroid grinned for a moment and then Buu's wounds healed causing Cell to growl in protest, not that the sound carried in the void of space.

Cell raised his arms above his head, palms facing each other, and formed a massive ball of KI which he then hurled at Buu. The pink creature smirked, Vegeta showing though quite clearly in the gesture, and reached out. He caught the ball easily enough and threw it right back at Cell. The Biodroid simply vanished to reappear behind him and the hand to hand battle resumed. The forgotten KI ball, however, sped toward the sun of the system.

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Raditz watched the events from where he sat several miles away from the others. He was barely able to move now after his training session with Nappa. He could hardly believe the kind of power these two now had, it was amazing. Still, he was keeping track of things. This wouldn't happen when he had his shot. No, he'd cover all his basses. Closing his eyes he went over the plan in his mind one last time.